Dell Power Edge R710

Dell next-generation Intel^® Xeon^® processor-based 2U Rack Server.

Enhanced memory capacity and I/O (input/output)
Great virtualization and database performance
Lifecycle Controller for advanced systems management

Purposeful Customer-Inspired Design

The next generation Dell PowerEdge™ R710 is customer-inspired. By listening and focusing on the details, Dell has 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, straightforward 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.

Processor

Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series
Six-core Intel® Xeon®
Quad-core Intel® Xeon®

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server® 2011
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 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V™ v2)
Windows® HPC Server 2008 R2
Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Oracle® Solaris™

Virtualization Options

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

Memory

Up to 288GB (18 DIMM slots): 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3
Up to 1333MHz

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
Hot-plug Hard Drive Options:

2.5" SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (10K, 15K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
3.5" SAS (10K, 15K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
Solid State Storage Cards
Fusion-io® 160GB ioDrive PCIe solid state storage card
Fusion-io® 640GB ioDrive Duo PCIe solid state storage card
Fusion-io® 320GB ioDrive Mono PCIe solid state storage card
Fusion-io® 640GB ioDrive Mono PCIe solid state storage card
Fusion-io® 1.28TB ioDrive Mono PCIe solid state storage card

Maximum Internal Storage:

Up to 18TB

External Storage:

For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage

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