Two-Socket, Half-Height, Memory-Dense, Enterprise-Class Server
The PowerEdge M710HD is an Intel processor-based 2-socket, half-height blade server with extensive I/O flexibility and robust memory scalability for virtualization and workload consolidation.
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Improve Effectiveness, Operate Efficiently and Recover Valuable Time
The PowerEdge™ M710HD blade server helps you run business applications efficiently, reduce your data center footprint, ease data management and trim system maintenance time.
Flex Your Data Center Muscles
With massive I/O throughput, powerful core processing and ultrahigh-density memory, the PowerEdge M710HD blade server can take on your toughest data center workloads.- Flexible deployment achievable through multiple Internet SCSI (iSCSI), Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand® options (10 Gigabit Ethernet, Quad Data Rate InfiniBand, 8 Gb Fibre Channel and more)
- Modular Network Daughter Card (NDC) for future integrated network connectivity options
- Robust processing power from up to 12 Intel® Xeon® 5600 series cores
- Maximised RAM density with 18 DIMM slots for cost-efficient double data rate 3 (DDR3) memory scaling
The Closest Thing to a Worry-Free Data Center
The PowerEdge M710HD blade server is designed to ease your mind and reduce your operating costs.
Enterprise-Class High AvailabilityOptional fail-safe embedded hypervisors and HDD fault tolerance through hardware RAID controller offer protective redundancy that safeguards your organisations data from loss or corruption.
Efficiency
Optimised airflow design coupled with high-efficiency fans and power supplies enables the Dell™ PowerEdge M1000e modular blade enclosure to effectively power and cool PowerEdge M710HD servers, while helping to reduce overall power draw. This enables you to reclaim kilowatt hours for use elsewhere in your data center.
Simplified System Management
Spend more time on your business and less on maintaining your IT with embedded system-management features on the PowerEdge M710HD and the Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
Automated Discovery
CMC automates configuration of new hardware through a one-to-many relationship and enables pre-provisioning of local area network/storage area network (LAN/SAN) resources.
CMC automates configuration of new hardware through a one-to-many relationship and enables pre-provisioning of local area network/storage area network (LAN/SAN) resources.
One-to-Many Deploy and Update
CMC and Virtual Media File Share enable customers to quickly and simply deploy OS images and update to one or many blades in a chassis without agents, additional software or using Pre-Boot eXecution Environment (PXE).
CMC and Virtual Media File Share enable customers to quickly and simply deploy OS images and update to one or many blades in a chassis without agents, additional software or using Pre-Boot eXecution Environment (PXE).
Proactive Management
CMC provides immediate access to system status, issues and alerts through a single, easy-to-use interface plus one-click access to key functions to help quickly resolve issues.
CMC provides immediate access to system status, issues and alerts through a single, easy-to-use interface plus one-click access to key functions to help quickly resolve issues.
Processor
- Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series
Six-core Intel® Xeon®
Quad-core Intel® Xeon®
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V®)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V v2)
Microsoft Windows® HPC Server 2008
Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Oracle® Solaris™
Virtualization Options:
Citrix® XenServer™
Microsoft Hyper-V through Microsoft Windows Server 2008
VMware® vSphere™ ESX and ESXi
Chipset
- Intel® 5520
Memory*
- Up to 288GB (18 DIMM slots): 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB ECC DDR3
Up to 1333MHz
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
- Citrix® XenServer™ v 5.6 (embedded option available)
- Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, with Hyper-V™
- VMware® vSphere™ Version 4.1 (including ESX v4.1/ESXi™ v4.1)
Storage
- Hot-plug Hard Drive Options:
2.5" SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K)
Drive Bays
- Hot-Swap options available:
Up to two 2.5" SAS or SSD drives
I/O Mezzanine Card Options
- Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules will yield 3 redundant I/O fabrics per blade.
1Gb & 10Gb Ethernet:
Dual-Port Broadcom® Gb Ethernet w/ TOE(BCM-5709S)
Quad-Port Intel® Gb Ethernet
Quad-Port Broadcom® Gb Ethernet(BCM-5709S)
Dual-Port Intel® 10Gb Ethernet
Dual-Port Broadcom® 10Gb Ethernet(BCM-57711)
Brocade® BR1741M-k Dual-Port Mezzanine CNA
10Gb Enhanced Ethernet & Converged Network Adapters(CEE/DCB/FCoE):
Dual-Port Intel® 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet(FCoE Ready for Future Enablement)
Dual-Port Emulex® Converged Network Adapter(OCM10102-F-M) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE
Dual-Port Qlogic® Converged Network Adapter(QME8142) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE
Dual-Port Qlogic® Converged Network Adapter(QME8242-k) - Supports 10GbE + NPAR
Dual-Port Broadcom® 57712-k Converged Network Daughter Card(NDC) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + NPAR + FCoE + iSCSI-TLV
Brocade® BR1741M-k Dual-Port Mezzanine CAN
Fibre Channel:
Dual-Port QLogic® FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter(HBA)(QME2572)
Dual-Port Emulex® FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter(HBA)(LPe1205-M)
Emulex® 8 or 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module
Infiniband:
Dual-Port Mellanox® ConnectX-2™ Dual Data Rate(DDR) and Quad Data Rate(QDR) InfiniBand
RAID Controllers
- PERC H200 Integrated SAS Controller (6Gb/s)
Communications
- Four embedded Broadcom® 5709S Gigabit NIC with failover and load balancing.
TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) supported on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 SP1 or higher with Scalable Networking Pack. iSCSI Offload supported on Windows Server® 2003 SP1 or higher, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5, and SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server 10. Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server® 2003 is not required.
Boot from SAN (iSCSI and FC) supported
Optional add-in NICs: See I/O Mezzanine Card Options
Optional add-in HBAs: See I/O Mezzanine Card Options
Power
- Supplied by Dell’s M1000e Blade Chassis
Chassis
- The PowerEdge M710HD blade server fits in the PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure. A total 16 half-height blades can fit into every M1000e enclosure. Full-height and half-height blades can be mixed in M1000e enclosures with no limitations.
M710HD Dimensions and Weight (blade only):
Height: 18.9 cm (7.4 in)
Width: 5 cm (2 in)
Depth: 48.6 cm (19.2 in)
Management
- Dell™ OpenManage™ software tools
- Integration with 3rd party management solutions via Dell’s Certified Partner Program
- BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant
Designed to help reduce deployment time from hours to minutes
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
Out of Band alerting, status, inventory, and troubleshooting via Secure Web GUI / CLI (telnet/SSH)
Console Redirection
vMedia (virtual media) - Map optical or hard drives to the blade from remote workstations over a network
vKVM (virtual KVM) out-of-band remote console redirection-supports Java or ActiveX plug-ins
IPMI 2.0 support
Regulatory
- Regulatory Model: HHB
Regulatory Type: HHB001
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
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Flexibility Redefined
Only Dell M-Series provides complete, snap-in FlexIO scalability down to the switch interconnects. FlexIO technology is the foundation of the M1000e I/O subsystem and delivers the flexibility to design the solution to meet your requirements today, and the scalability to add or change options as warranted by your data center or future technologies in the future.
 |  | EthernetThe M-Series enclosure supports a broad set of modular Ethernet blade switches including PowerConnect and Cisco Catalyst. Dell's fully-modular PowerConnect switches provide great flexibility with choices in models from 1Gb to 10GbE speeds, flexible modular uplinks of varying media types, and many other valuable features. The PowerConnect portfolio, including the M6220 and M8024, offers a selection of switches for a variety of needs. Spanning entry-level GbE to GbE with stacking and 10GbE uplinks – Cisco models include the Catalyst 3032, 3130G, and 3130X. The 3130 switches feature Cisco's Virtual Blade Switch functionality, enabling customers to interconnect up to 9 switches to create a single logical switch, thereby simplifying the manageability of their data center. Learn More about Ethernet Blade Switches Learn More about Ethernet Blade Mezzanine Cards |
Fibre ChannelBrocade 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel Switches provide powerful connectivity to fibre channel SANs, such as those offered by Dell/EMC. Models currently available include the M4424 and M5424. For heterogeneous integration into any Fibre Channel network, these Brocade FC Switches can be configured as in Access Gateway mode. Based on NPIV functionality, Access Gateway mode delivers the cable aggregation benefits and cost savings offered by Dell’s M-Series blade solution. Learn More about Fibre Channel Blade Switches Learn More about Ethernet Blade Mezzanine Cards | |  |
InfiniBandFor High-Performance Computing (HPC) or other environments requiring the highest bandwidth and lowest latency available, the M-Series offers two levels of InfiniBand switches. The industry’s first chassis-integrated Quad Data Rate IB switch is available in the Mellanox M3601Q, with speeds of up to 40Gbps. For Dual Data Rate (DDR) InfiniBand infrastructures, the M-Series can be equipped with Cisco M7000E or Mellanox M2401G switches. Each switch features 16 ports in and 8 ports out to ensure the availability and redundancy needed for the most demanding applications. Learn More about InfiniBand Blade Switches Learn More about InfiniBand Blade Mezzanine Cards | |  |
FlexIO for M-Series: Delivering the speed you need, when you need it
Learn More about M-Series Blade I/O Options
Dell can offer, via Local Partners, a wide range of Services to suit you and your business. Extensions to the parts or exchange warranty, upgrades to any service level required, International warranty, Installation Services, and other competitive items are available. Dell can also offer Custom Factory Integration (CFI) to customise hardware settings and add Asset Services.
Please contact your Local Partner for further information.
Please contact your Local Partner for further information.
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