Dell POWEREDGE R720 - Manual (Page 8)

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Reference Configurations using PowerEdge R720 and PowerVault MD3620i
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Disks 48* 146G, 6Gbps 15k SAS drives
Network Switch 2 * PowerConnect 8024
Operating System Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition
Clustering Software Microsoft Windows Clustering
Database Software SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition
Reference architecture configuration hardware component details
This section describes the hardware details used for the specific reference configurations.
Dell PowerEdge R720 server
Dell launched the 12 th generation PowerEdge servers with support for Intel Xeon E5 series processors.
The PowerEdge R720 is a 2-socket 2U rack server that offers simplified management, purposeful
design, and energy efficiency with support of Intel E5 Series Sandy-Bridge processors and ECC DDR3
RDIMMs @1600MHz with a maximum capacity of 768GB Memory. PowerEdge R720 supports five x8 PCIe
Gen3 & two x16 PCIe Gen3 slots.
Visit dell.com/us/enterprise/p/poweredge-r720/pd for more information on PowerEdge R720 Servers.
Intel Ethernet X540 DP 10GBASE-T server adapter
The proposed reference architectures use two dual port Intel Ethernet X540 DP 10GBASE-T Server
Adapter cards. This new dual port adapter has RJ-45 copper interfaces and is available both in low
profile and full height interfaces.
Visit intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/10-gigabit-network-adapters/ethernet-
10gigabit-adapters.html for more information on Intel Ethernet X540 DP 10GBASE-T Server Adapters.
Dell PowerConnect 8024 Ethernet switch
Dell PowerConnect 8024 switch is a rack mountable 10Gb Ethernet switch with 24 ports. The last four
ports (21-24) are combo ports which have the option to use SFP+ slots. These allow the use of fiber
optic connection uplinks to core switches.
Visit dell.com/us/enterprise/p/switch-powerconnect for more information on PowerConnect 8024
switches.