Dell PowerEdge R720 Setup (Upgrade from R710)

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0:00 Intro
2:57 RAM Install
3:45 Drive Installs
7:31 Initial Boot
9:44 Firmware Update
11:39 ProxMox Hypervisor Install
14:02 Conclusion
Watch me upgrade my Homelab from a Dell PowerEdge R710 to a Dell PowerEdge R720. I install 192GB Ram, a 2TB Samsung SSD, 5TB Hard Drive, Update the firmware drivers and then install ProxMox Hypervisor (after running into a problem with VMware ESXI).
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@cobyharwood599 Год назад

This is a great video props to you, my friend!

@Franchyze923 Год назад

Thank you!

@davidwilliss5555 2 года назад

I just recently upgraded from an R710 to an R730 and even though I have 2x the cores and 2x the RAM, it runs at about half the power consumption.

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

Nice! That's awesome. I'd like to snag a R730 at some point.

@JasonsLabVideos Год назад

Good video, i was just thinking about grabbing a 720.

@MADDOG-sq9oj 3 месяца назад

little tip, if you don't know the iDRAC IP address you can get the front panel to display basic information including this Dell gear really is great and I know this is late but definitely should have reset iDrac and the BIOS configuration to defaults to give you a clean slate

@NetworKingmadeSimple 2 года назад

Thankyou

@mamdouh-Tawadros 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the interesting video. I am fascinated that the Samsung ssd is probably same price of the server!

@meulinuxaqui Год назад

muito bom!!!

@MarloMitchell 9 месяцев назад

What's the largest single drive that can be installed?

@SteveHartmanVideos 8 месяцев назад

What is the difference in PowerDraw between the two

@dominicburrows7317 Год назад

I am unable to install Proxmox. After installing I am unable to connect to the GUI or ping the IP of Proxmox. Should I do anything differently in the BIOS to make sure my harddrive RAID is configured properly ?

@tfmotorsbr 3 месяца назад

I have the 8 bays, can I transform it into 16 for HD?

@gabormisuth4999 2 года назад

Great video, I have one question though. Where did you plug in the 5TB hdd? On the front there are only 2.5" slots right?

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

Thanks! Yea that's correct only 2.5" slots. I shucked a portable external harddrive - www.costco.com/seagate-one-touch-5tb-portable-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services.product.100761181.html So the 5TB harddrive is 2.5"

@gabormisuth4999 2 года назад

@@Franchyze923 Got it, thank you!

@R1PPA-C Год назад

I'm just entering the world of servers, r720 on its way tomorrow to be used as a render node to my main rig , exciting times ahead

@Franchyze923 Год назад

Awesome! I was in your shoes a few years ago, its been a ton of fun and learned a lot. What are you rendering?

@R1PPA-C Год назад

@@Franchyze923 yeah man, mainly vray, hopefully sim calculations for fluids and tyflow too, it's got 2x e5 2695v2, 96gb (soon to go up) and hopefully sticking an rtx a5000 in there then another later down the line. I dont know the pros and cons of using a virtual machine and was just going to install win 11 on it to make life simple as I already have a rack mount nas for my music project files, but after seeing what else can be done on a vm I'm probably going to run virtual, so another learning curve ahead of me, can't wait!

@clipsXD 3 года назад

I notice on your intial boot you have all 192gb of ram installed is this with all slots filled? With my r710 I have all slots filled with 8gb sticks for a total of 144 but im ram speed gets reduced to 800mhz i see youre running I assume at full speed with your ram

@Franchyze923 3 года назад

No I don't have all RAM slots filled. In the video when I boot and you see 192GB, that is on my R720, not the R710. If you watch here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hvfYJ34WZF0.html the R720 is on the right and you can see only 12 slots are filled (some slots have fake plastic sticks in them). I have 12 16GB sticks of RAM. I'm not sure the top speed of the R710, it might be 800mhz so it's possible the R710 is lowering your RAM speed.

@chadgnadinger1492 2 года назад

So the ISO is on the outside usb drive, I assume you selected the internal usb as the boot drive. I have a 720XD trying to load up TrueNAS Scale. The iso boot usb is not finding my internal usb to save to. Did you have any similar issues? (The PERC is flashed to IT mode)

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

You're talking about the Firmware ISO right? Yes, that was on the outside front usb drive. When I wanted to update the firmware, I booted directly from that, so I selected the OUTSIDE usb drive. When you run the ISO firmware updater, you boot directly from it, you don't need to find your internal usb to save to. Does that help? I ran this firmware updater before I even had anything installed on the internal usb drive.

@dominicburrows7317 Год назад

Great Vid. I am newbie. Can you please tell if I can connect a wireless mouse and keyboard or should it be wired ? secondly, Can I connect monitor with HDMI ? the Flash drive that you inserted inside had EXSI I guess. What was in the other USB external flash drive ? I have bought a renewed R720 for the first time and need some advice. Thanks

@Franchyze923 Год назад

I've never tried connecting a wireless keyboard/mouse to the server. I'd recommended wired. No, the server does not have an HDMI port. The usb drive inside the server was empty, the external usb drive had the proxmox installer on it. I booted from the external usb drive (which ran the installer) then I chose the internal usb drive as my target device (where I wanted to install proxmox). Does that make sense?

@dominicburrows7317 Год назад

@@Franchyze923 That helps. Thank you so much brother!

@ismailkrdemir4091 2 года назад

Did you had any blinking lights on your samsung ssd 870 Evo? I tried Kingston a400 480gb I got errors and blinking orange lights planing to switch to samsung 870 Evo.

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

No, I didn't have any blinking lights with the Samsung 870. Yea, I'd try the 870 and see how it goes.

@JoannaDianco 2 года назад

Can I attach HDD from R710 to R720 without needing to rebuild the RAID?

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

hmm, I'm definitely not an expert on this but pretty sure it depends on the RAID controller. If they are identical, I think you might be able to do this. Anyone else know?

@smileyrylie 2 года назад

Is your 720 missing the air shroud?

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

it definitely is in the video, but I'm fairly certain I have it. I might have taken it out earlier before filming.

@bigjlm718 2 года назад

How loud is the Dell PowerEdge R720 ? is it much quieter than the R710?

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

Yea it’s much quieter, can barely hear it. Sounds pretty much just like an ordinary computer.

@zanderfaehrteisenbah Год назад

I love that jump from 11g to 12g 🥰 had a R310 and it sounded like a fighter jet, but my R320 is easily running in my office the whole day

@frankwalder3608 2 года назад

What VMs do you run? Are they part of a business you run from your house?

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

They are all personal VM's. Running things like OpenMediaVault - NAS software Plex - Media OpenVPN - VPN Software A bunch of Ubuntu VM's, doing various things, ones a Docker host, one is an NFS share, I have a Kubernetes cluster A bunch of Windows VM's, some are just spare windows machines, one is a domain controller (wanted to practice domains and AD).

@GurkoKurdo 2 года назад

what happened to your esxi then

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

esxi is long gone, I got rid of my R710 and how use R720 with ProxMox

@PicyPoe 2 года назад

What is your day job?

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

Software Developer

@ypr1962 2 года назад

I am from India, please help me to buy a used/refurbished server with $500 budget, with a 32GB RAM, 1/2 Processor with 8/12 Cores.It is not for business, it is for Education/training purpose. if you have any such used sever, please help me to setup a home lab for Linux Admin and Networking Practice. Thank you so much.

@ypr1962 2 года назад

If some Kind hearted helps with donating the same, we can pool funds and pay for shipping charges to India. We are in need of any server which can accommodate 4/5 VMs for Admin/Networking practices. Thank you so much.

@Franchyze923 2 года назад

I would consider looking for a Dell R710. They fit your specifications and can be found pretty cheap these days. I think I got my R710 for around $150 a few years ago.

@ypr1962 2 года назад

@@Franchyze923 Thank you so much for note. It will be really helpful , could you please share any reliable vendor info or weblink.

@davidwilliss5555 2 года назад

I don't know how bad shipping would be, but TechMikeNY sells referbished DELL servers.

@ypr1962 2 года назад

@@davidwilliss5555 thank you so much for info.