Chassis Features - Dell External R720 T Technical Manual

The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd implement a new chassis design which supports an increased
number of DIMMs, PCIe slots, and hard drives, relative to their predecessor servers. The following
sections provide external and internal views of the systems and describe the chassis features.
For information on features and descriptions for these systems, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and
R720xd Owner's Manual
on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
The R720 and R720xd are available in several chassis options with varying numbers of drive bays.
Note: A chassis cannot be reconfigured or upgraded after point of purchase.
The R720 supports up to 16 2.5-inch or up to 8 3.5-inch front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that
are secured by a removable front bezel. Other front-panel features include an interactive LCD
control panel, 2 USB connectors, a video connector, and a vFlash media card slot.
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