Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide
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FlexAddress™ technology simplifies efforts and interactions between server and networking
teams by providing slot-assigned, persistent WWN/iSCSI/MAC addresses for maintenance,
without additional management tools or proprietary hardware
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Energy Smart Technologies, including ultra-efficient fans and power supplies for outstanding
energy efficiency
With savings in time and money previously needed for maintenance, you free up resources that can
be used for true innovation.
1.6
Simplified Systems Management
The next generation Dell™ OpenManage™ suite offers enhanced operations and standards-based
commands designed to integrate with existing systems for effective control.
1.7
Lifecycle Controller
Lifecycle Controller is the engine for advanced systems management integrated on the server.
Lifecycle Controller simplifies administrator tasks so you can perform a complete set of provisioning
functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a
single intuitive interface called Unified Server Configurator (USC) in a pre-OS environment. This
eliminates the need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/DVD media.
1.8
Comparison
Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M710 blade server to the PowerEdge M710HD, M610x, and M610
servers.
Table 1.
Product Comparison
Feature
M710
M710HD
M610x
M610
Description
General purpose Full-
height 2S
General purpose
Full-height 2S
Special purpose
Full-height 2S
General purpose
Half-height 2S
Processor
Intel Xeon Processor 5500 or 5600 Series
Front Side
Bus
Two Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
Sockets
Two
Cores
Up to six
L2/L3 Cache
8MB (5500 Series) or 12MB (5600 Series)
Chipset
Intel 5520
Intel 5520
Intel 5500
Intel 5500
DIMMs
18 x DDR3 DIMMs
18 x DDR3 DIMMs
12 x DDR3 DIMMs
12 x DDR3 DIMMs
Min/Max RAM
4GB/288GB
4GB/288GB
4GB/192GB
4GB/192GB
Hard Drive
Bays
SAS: 4 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SSD SATA: 4 x 2.5‖
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SSD SATA: 2 x 2.5‖
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SATA: 1 x 2.5‖
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SATA: 1 x 2.5‖
Hard Drive
Types
SAS SSD, SATA SSD,
SAS, nearline SAS
SAS/SSD
SAS SSD, SATA SSD,
SAS, nearline SAS
SAS SSD, SATA SSD,
SAS, nearline SAS
Hard Drive
Controller
PERC H200
PERC H700
CERC 6/i
Embedded H200
PERC Η200
PERC Η700
PERC Η800
SAS6/Ε
H200
Non-RAID SATA
(one hard drive only)
Optional Hard
SAS6/iR
SAS6/iR
SAS6/iR
