Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide
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Product Comparison
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Overview
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 is a full-height blade server featuring Intel
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Xeon
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processor 5500 and
5600 series architecture, including:
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Designed with large memory capacity and several I/O (input/output) options
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Great virtualization and database performance
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Designed for high energy efficiency
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Strong IT Foundation
To build the most efficient data center solutions, Dell sought input from IT professionals. You asked
for reliability, scalability, energy efficiency, and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Our M710
blade servers deliver, becoming the cornerstone of a high-performance data center capable of
keeping pace with your changing business demands.
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Purposeful Design
Today’s data centers demand performance, high availability and redundancy. Designed with those
needs in mind, the M710 blade server uses the Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series. These
processors adapt to your software in real time, processing more tasks simultaneously. Using Intel
Turbo Boost Technology, the M-Series blades can increase performance during peak usage periods.
When demand decreases, Intel Intelligent Power Technology helps reduce operating costs and energy
usage by proactively putting your server into lower power states.
Dell’s innovative full-height M710 provides 18 DIMM slots and up to 288GB of total RAM, coupled with
double the I/O capabilities of half-height blades and full-fabric redundancy on all three fabrics. The
M710 blade server allows quick virtualization with software from leading industry vendors using an SD
card or internal USB for embedded hypervisors.
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Scalability for Growth
To keep pace with changing requirements, you can effectively scale I/O application bandwidth with
end-to-end 10Gbe or Fibre Channel solutions. Use NPIV and Port Aggregator modes on a variety of
switches to virtualize Ethernet or Fibre Channel ports for integration into heterogeneous fabrics. By
harnessing Dell’s FlexIO modular switches, you can cost-effectively scale your I/O needs, adding
ports and functionality through expansion modules— including 10Gb uplinks and stacking ports—
instead of needing to buy complete new switches. Dell provides a range of solutions for building on
your investment to avoid costly ―rip and replace‖ scenarios.
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Smart Investment
The M710 is a foundational component of smart M-Series blade solutions that can help protect your
infrastructure investments, simplify your IT environment, and drive real and sustainable savings in
power efficiency and productivity. Features include:
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A future-ready, passive midplane capable of supporting multiple generations of blade servers
and a full array of upcoming I/O technologies
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FlexIO eliminates ―rip and replace‖ blade switch upgrades; modularity is built into the
switches
