Dell
PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide
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Comparison
The PowerEdge M710HD is an optimized blade solution for customers looking for large capacity
memory capabilities and I/O scalability in a dense, easy-to-deploy, half-height blade form factor.
Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M710HD blade server to the PowerEdge M710, M610x, and M610
servers.
Table 1.
Product Comparison
M710HD
M710
M610x
M610
Description
General purpose
Half-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) links
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
(800/1066/1333MT/s
)
18 x DDR3 DIMMs
(800/1066/1333MT/s
)
12 x DDR3 DIMMs
(800/1066/1333MT/s)
12 x DDR3 DIMMs
(800/1066/1333MT/s)
Min/Max RAM
4GB/288GB
4GB/288GB
4GB/192GB
4GB/192GB
Form Factor
Half-height blade,
dual socket
Full-height blade,
dual socket
Full-height blade,
dual-socket/
expansion module
Half-height blade,
dual socket
Hard Drive
Bays (2.5”
only)
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖
(hot-plug)
SSD SATA: 2 x 2.5‖
SAS: 4 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
Hard Drive
Controller
Embedded H200
PERC H200
PERC H700
CERC 6/i
PERC Η200
PERC Η700
PERC Η800
SAS 6/Ε
PERC H200
Non-RAID SATA
(one hard drive only)
Optional Hard
Drive
Controller
SAS 6/iR
PERC 6/i with RAID
battery
SAS 6/iR
PERC 6/i with RAID
battery
SAS 6/iR
PERC 6/i with RAID
battery
Availability
Hot-plug hard drives
ECC memory
Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)
Supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing
High-availability failover cluster support
Server
Management
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise (both standard) with IPMI
2.0 +vMedia/vKVM, and CMC (on the PowerEdge M1000e chassis)
Mezz Slots
2 x8 PCIe Mezzanine
1 x4 and 3 x 8 PCIe
2 x8 (PCI Gen 2);
Fabric B limited to a
2 x8 (PCI Gen 2);
Fabric B limited to a
