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Dell
PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide 9
Dell Management Console (DMC)
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infrastructure. DMC is an easily extensible, modular foundation that can provide basic hardware management
or more advanced functions such as asset and security management. It 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.
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depth domain knowledge for the lowest TCO.
Comparison
Feature Comparison to PowerEdge R610 and R810 Table 1.
Feature
R610
R710
R810
Processor
Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 5500 and
5600 series
Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 5500 and
5600 series
Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 6500 and
7500 series
Form Factor
1U rack
2U rack
2U rack
Front Side Bus
Intel
®
QuickPath
Interconnect (QPI)
Intel
®
QuickPath
Interconnect (QPI)
Intel
®
QuickPath
Interconnect (QPI)
# Sockets
2
2
4
# Cores
2, 4, or 6
2, 4, or 6
4, 6, or 8
L2/L3 Cache 4MB, 8MB, and 12MB 4MB, 8MB, and 12MB
12MB, 18MB, or
24MB (shared)
Chipset
Intel
®
5520
Intel
®
5520
Intel
®
7500
DIMMs
12 DDR3
18 DDR3
32 DDR3
Min/Max RAM
1GB/192GB
1GB/288GB
1GB/512GB
Drive Bays 6 x 2.5”
4 x 3.5" with optional
flex bay,
6 x 3.5" without flex
bay, or
8 x 2.5
6 x 2.5”
Hard Drive Types
Hot-plug SAS and
SATA, nearline SAS
and SSD
Hot-plug SAS and
SATA, nearline SAS
and SSD
Hot-plug SAS and
SATA, SATA SSD
External Drive
Bay(s)
Optional internal
SATA slimline optical
drives such as DVD-
ROM or DVD+RW
Optional flex bay
expansion to support
half-height tape
backup unit
N/A
Embedded Hard
Drive Controller
PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR,
PERC H200, PERC
H700
PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR,
PERC H200, PERC
H700
PERC H200, PERC
H700