Dell
PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide
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Product Comparison
1.1
Overview
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD blade server helps you run business applications efficiently, reduce
your data center footprint, ease data management, and trim system maintenance time.
The PowerEdge M710HD is a data-center, virtualization-optimized blade that offers tremendous I/O
throughput, maximized memory density, and robust optional Intel
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Xeon
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5600 processing power, all
in an ultra-dense form factor with enterprise-class high availability. The PowerEdge M710HD has the
option to set up redundant, mirrored SD cards through a BIOS setting.
1.2
Rack-Dense Performance
Unleash the power of massive I/O throughput, core-rich Intel Xeon processors, and an abundance of
DDR3 DIMMs on your toughest data center workloads. With massive I/O throughput, powerful multi-
core processing and ultra-high-density memory options, the PowerEdge M710HD blade server can let
you flex your data center muscles while taking on the toughest workloads. Flexible and robust I/O
deployment is achievable through multiple iSCSI, Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand options with
additional future integrated network connectivity through the network daughtercard (NDC).
Processing power from up to 12 Intel Xeon 5600 series cores and maximized RAM density with 18
DIMM slots allows for condensed full-height blade horsepower and cost-efficient DDR3 memory
scaling in an ultra-dense form factor.
1.3
Efficiency Without Compromise
Increase your capability to deploy virtualized solutions that can reduce power consumption while
increasing performance capacity. The expanded addressable memory in the PowerEdge M710HD
allows you to use more virtual machines from your existing hypervisor licensing, helping you save
money, and increase your virtualized deployments using existing resources. Optimized airflow design
coupled with high-efficiency fans and power supplies enable the Dell M1000e blade enclosure to
effectively power and cool PowerEdge M710HD servers while helping to reduce overall power draw.
This allows you to reclaim power for use elsewhere in your data center, save on operational costs,
and help the environment.
1.4
Enterprise-Class Reliability and Management
Spend more time on your business and less on maintaining your IT with embedded system
management features on the PowerEdge M710HD and the Chassis Management Controller (CMC). The
PowerEdge M710HD blade server is designed to ease your mind and reduce your operating costs
delivering the closest thing to a worry-free data center. Optional failsafe embedded hypervisors and
hard drive fault tolerance through a hardware RAID controller offer protective redundancy that
safeguards your organization’s data from loss or corruption. Simplified systems management is
achieved through automated discovery that automates configuration of new hardware and enables
pre-provisioning of LAN/SAN resources.
In addition, one-to-many updating through the CMC and Virtual File Share simplifies the update
process for BIOS, firmware, and drivers without additional software. Proactive management provides
immediate access to system status, issues, and alerts through a single, easy-to-use interface that
includes one-click key functions to help quickly resolve issues.
