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Technical Specifications
NOTE: The following specifications apply to both PowerEdge R720 and PowerEdge R720xd unless specified
otherwise.
Processor
Processor type
One or two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family
Expansion Bus
Bus type
PCI Express Generation 3
Expansion slots using riser card:
Riser 1
(Slot 1) One half-height, low-profile x8 link
(Slot 2) One half-height, low-profile x8 link
(Slot 3) One half-height, low-profile x8 link
Riser 2
(Slot 4) One full-height, full-length x16 link
NOTE: To use slots 1 through 4, both the processors
must be installed.
(Slot 5) One full-height, full-length x8 link
Riser 3 (default)
(Slot 6) One full-height, full-length x8 link (PowerEdge
R720)
(Slot 7) One full-height, full-length x8 link (PowerEdge
R720)
Riser 3 (alternate for GPU)
(Slot 6) One full-height, full-length x16 link
Memory
Architecture
800 MT/s, 1066 MT/s, 1333 MT/s or 1600 MT/s DDR3
registered, unbuffered or load-reduced Error Correcting
Code (ECC) DIMMs
Support for advanced ECC or memory optimized
operation
Memory module sockets
Twenty-four 240-pin
Memory module capacities
LRDIMMs
32 GB quad-ranked
RDIMMs
2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, or 32 GB single-, dual-, or quad-ranked
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