Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
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SECTION 1. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
A. Overview / Description
The PowerEdge R710 will lead Dell's 11th Generation PowerEdge portfolio in key areas of dierentiation,
primarily:
•Virtualization
•Power,thermal,eciency
•Systemsmanagement,andusability
B. Product Features Summary
strategic technology usage. Secure, ecient, and more user friendly than its predecessors, the Dell
Unified Server Configurator (USC) delivers “Instant On” integrated manageability through a single
access point. You get quick, persistent access to the tool because it is embedded and integrated into
the system for increased flexibility and capabilities. The USC is a one-stop shop for deploying operating
systems with built-in driver installations, firmware updates, hardware configuration, and issue diagnoses.
FEATURE DETAILS
Processor
Nehalem EP
Front Side Bus
Intel
®
QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) @ maximum 6.GT/s
# Procs
2S
# Cores
4 cores
L2/L3 Cache
4MB and 8MB
Chipset
Tylersberg
DIMMs/Speed
18 RDIMM or UDIMM DDR3 (9 per processor)
Min/Max RAM
1GB – 144GB
HD Bays
Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane
Up to six 3.5" SAS or SATA drives without optional ex bay OR
Up to eight 2.5" SAS or SATA drives with optional ex bay
HD Types
SAS, SATA, Near-line SAS, and SSD
Ext Drive Bay(s)
Optional ex-bay expansion to support a half-height TBU
Int. HD Controller
PERC 6i and SAS 6/iR
Opt. HD Controller
BIOS
Video
Based on the Matrox G200 w/iDRAC
Availability
Server
Management
I/O Slots
Two x8 and two x4 PCIe Gen2 slots or One x16 PCIe slot and two x4 PCIe Gen2