Dell PowerEdge R710
Server rooms or corporate data centers and remote sites that require exceptional virtualization, system management and energy efficiency.
Purposeful, Customer-Inspired Design
The next generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 is customer inspired. By listening and focusing on the details, we have delivered on your inspiration with simplicity of operation and innovative features.The PowerEdge R710 takes advantage of Dell’s system commonality; when IT managers learn one system, they have learned the logic required to manage Dell’s next generation servers. The logical layout of components and power supply placement delivers a simple, straight forward installation and simplified redeployment in the future.
In addition, Dell’s latest PowerEdge servers provide a graphical and interactive LCD for system health monitoring, alerting and control of basic management configuration right in the front of the server. Customers have an AC power meter and ambient temperature thermometer built into the server which they can monitor on this display without any software tools.
Increased Virtualisation Performance
The PowerEdge R710 is designed with 125% more memory capacity and more integrated I/O than the previous generation PowerEdge 2950 III. This increased capacity is crucial for virtualisation performance and scalability. The R710 allows for quick virtualisation deployment with embedded hypervisors from leading vendors via an SD card or internal USB.Intel® VT FlexMigration integrates multiple generations of Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers, improving flexibility and investment protection.
New DDR3 memory offers higher bandwidth and lower power consumption than previous FBD or DDR2 technologies. Increased memory slots allows you to use smaller, less expensive DIMMs to meet computing needs and balance cost.
Simplified Systems Management
The next generation Dell OpenManage™ suite offers enhanced operations and standards-based commands designed to integrate with existing systems for effective control.Lifecycle Controller is the engine for advanced systems management integrated on the server. Lifecycle Controller simplifies administrator tasks to perform a complete set of provisioning functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a single intuitive interface called Unified Server Configurator (USC) in a pre-OS environment. This eliminates the need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/DVD media.
The new Dell Management Console delivers a single view and a common data source into the entire infrastructure. Dell Management Console is built on Symantec™ Management Platform (formerly Altiris® Notification Server platform), an easily extensible, modular foundation that can provide basic hardware management or more advanced functions such as asset and security management. Dell Management Console helps reduce or eliminate manual processes so less time and money is spent keeping the lights on and more time can be spent on strategic uses of technology.
The Dell Unified Server Configurator delivers a single access point for secure, efficient and user-friendly infrastructure management. Embedded and integrated into the system, it provides quick and consistent access, excellent flexibility and advanced capabilities. With built-in driver installations, firmware updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics, the USC tool is a one-stop shop for operating system deployment.
Energy-Efficient Design
The PowerEdge™ R710 features Energy Smart™ technologies that are designed to reduce power consumption while increasing performance capacity. Energy efficient design features include efficient power supply units right-sized for system requirements, innovative system-level design efficiency, policy-driven power and thermal management, and highly efficient standards-based Energy Smart components. All these elements are designed to increase energy efficiency across our latest core data center servers while delivering the performance your business requires.
Tests by Dell engineers have shown that the processors in the comparable HP DL380 can run 17% hotter than the PowerEdge™ R710 due to lower airflow, far exceeding Intel® design specifications at any room temperature.
Processor
- Intel® Xeon® 5500 and 5600 series processors
Operating System
- Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2008
Microsoft® Windows® Essential Business Server 2008
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V™)
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2, x64 (includes Hyper-V™ v2)*
Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008 R2
Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Sun® Solaris™
Optional Embedded Hypervisors:
Citrix® XenServer™
VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX® 4.1 or VMware ESXi™ 4.1)
For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit www.dell.com/OSsupport.
Chipset
- Intel 5520
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
- Citrix® XenServer®
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, with Hyper-V™
VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX® 4.1 or VMware ESXi™ 4.1)
Storage
- SAS, SATA, Near-line SAS, SSD:
2.5" SAS (10K rpm): 146GB*, 300GB*, 600GB*
2.5” SAS (15K RPM) 73GB*, 146GB*
2.5” SATA II (7.2K RPM): 80GB*, 160GB*, 250GB*, 500GB*
2.5" SSD: 50GB*,100GB*
2.5" Near-Line SAS (7.2K) 500GB*
3.5" SATA (7.2K): 160GB*, 250GB*, 500GB*, 1TB*, 2TB*
3.5" SATA (5.4k) 2TB*
3.5" SAS (10K): 600GB*
3.5" SAS (15K): 146GB*, 300GB*, 450GB*, 600GB*
3.5" Near-Line SAS (7.2K): 500GB*, 1TB*, 2TB*
Maximum Internal Storage:
Up to 12TB* via six 3.5” 1TB hot plug SAS or SATA drives
External Storage
Disk Storage Options:
Dell EqualLogic™ PS6000 Series
PowerVault™ RD1000 disk-based backup system
PowerVault MD3000 Modular Disk Storage Array
PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI Disk Storage Array
PowerVault MD1000 SAS external storage system
Dell/EMC products:
Dell/EMC AX150 and AX150i Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-10c Networked Multi-protocol Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-20 Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-40 Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-80 Networked Storage Array
External Backup Options:
Libraries:
PowerVault TL2000 and TL4000 Compact Tape Libraries
PowerVault ML6000 Modular Tape Libraries
Autoloaders:
PowerVault 124T Autoloader
Single Drives:
PowerVault LTO Tape Drives
PowerVault Rackable Tape Drives
Backup and Recovery Software:
Symantec® Backup Exec(TM) 12.5
Symantec® Backup Exec(TM) System Recovery 8.5
CommVault® 7.0
Vizioncore®
Solid State Storage:
FusionIO® 160IDSS - 160GB ioDrive PCIe solid state storage card
Fusion IO® 640IDSS - 640GB ioDrive Duo PCIe solid state storage card
Drive Bays
- Hot-Swap options available:
8 x 2.5” Hard Drive Option or 6 x 3.5” Hard Drive Option; Optional flex bay expansion to support half-height TBU
Up to six 3.5” drives without optional flex bay OR
Up to eight 2.5” SAS or SATA drives with optional flex bay
Peripheral bay options:
Slim optical drive bay with choice of DVD-ROM, Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM, or DVD + RW
Slots
- 4 PCIe G2 slots + 1 storage slot:
Two x8 slots
Two x4 slots
One x4 Storage slot
RAID Controllers
- Internal:
PERC H200 (6Gb/s)
PERC H700 (6Gb/s) with 512MB Non-Volatile cache
PERC H700 (6Gb/s) with 512MB battery-backed cache; 512MB, 1G Non-Volatile battery-backed cache
SAS 6/iR
PERC 6/i with 256MB battery-backed cache
External:
PERC H800 (6Gb/s) with 512MB Non-Volatile cache
PERC H800 (6Gb/s) with 512MB of battery-backed cache; 512MB, 1G Non-Volatile battery-backed cache
PERC 6/E with 256MB or 512MB of battery-backed cache
External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
SAS 5/E HBA
LSI2032 PCIe SCSI HBA
Communications
- Optional add-in NICs:
Dual Port 10GB Enhanced Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 (FcoE Ready for Future Enablement)
Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x4
Intel PRO/1000 VT Quad Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x4
Intel 10GBase-T Copper Single Port NIC, PCI-E x8
Intel Single Port Server Adapter, 10Gigabit, SR Optical, PCI-E x8
Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter -Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
Broadcom 10GbE NIC, Broadcom Dual Port 10GbE SFP+
Broadcom® BMC57710 10Base-T Cooper Single Port NIC, PCI-E x8
Broadcom® BMC5709C IPV6 Gigabit Copper Dual Port NIC with TOE and iSCSI Offload, PCI-E x4
Broadcom® BMC5709C IPV6 Gigabit Copper Dual Port NIC with TOE, PCI-E x4
Broadcom® NetXtreme II® 57711 Dual Port Direct Attach 10Gb Ethernet PCI-Express Network Interface Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload
Brocade® CNA (1020) Dual Port Server Adapter
Optional add in HBAs:
Qlogic® QLE 2462 FC4 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic® QLE 2460 FC4 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic® QLE2562 FC8 Dual-channel HBA, PCI-E Gen 2 x4
Qlogic® QLE2560 FC8 Single-channel HBA, PCI-E Gen 2 x4
Emulex® LPe-1150 FC4 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI-E x4
Emulex® LPe-11002 FC4 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI-E x4
Emulex® LPe-12000, FC8 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI-E Gen 2 x4
Emulex® LPe-12002, FC8 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI-E Gen 2 x4
Brocade® FC4 and 8 GB HBAs
Emulex® OCE10102-IX-DCNA iSCSI HBA stand-up adapter
Power
- Energy Smart- Two hot plug high efficient 570w PSU OR High Output Two hot-plug 870W PSUs
Uninterruptible Power Supplies
1000W-5600W
2700W-5600W High Efficiency Online
Extended Battery Module (EBM)
Network Management Card
Availability
- Hot-plug hard drives
- Hot-plug redundant power
- Hot-plug redundant cooling
- ECC memory
- Spare Row
- Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)
- iDRAC6
- Tool-less chassis
- Cluster support
Video Card
- Matrox G200
Chassis
- R710 physical dimensions:
2U
Height: 8.64cm (3.40”)
Width: 44.31cm (17.44”)
Depth: 68.07cm (26.80”)
Weight (maximum config): 26.1kg (57.54lb)
Fans
Optional redundant cooling
Rack Support
Sliding ReadyRails™ for 4-post Racks:
Support tool-less installation in 19” CEA-310-E compliant square or round hole 4-post racks including all Dell 42xx & 24xx racks
Support full extension of the system out of the rack to allow serviceability of key internal components
Support optional cable management arm (CMA)
Rail depth without the CMA: 751 mm
Rail depth with the CMA: 840 mm
Square-hole rack adjustment range: 692-756 mm
Round-hole rack adjustment range: 678-749 mm
Static ReadyRails™ for 4-post & 2-post Racks:
Support tool-less installation in 19” CEA-310-E compliant square or round hole 4-post racks including all Dell 42xx & 24xx racks
Support tooled installation in 19” CEA-310-E compliant threaded hole 4-post and 2-post racks
Rail depth: 608 mm
Square-hole rack adjustment range: 588-828 mm
Round-hole rack adjustment range: 574-821 mm
Threaded-hole rack adjustment range: 592-846 mm
Management
- Dell™ OpenManage™
Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC6 Enterprise (Optional)
vFlash (Optional)
Microsoft® System Center Essential (SCE) 2010 v2
Environmental Operating Conditions
- Acoustics:
Typically configured 2.5” chassis in 23 ± 2 C ambient
Idle: LwA-UL = 5.5 bels, LpAm = 39 dBA
Regulatory
- Regulatory Model: E02S
Regulatory Type: E02S001
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
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