Intel E7420 BX80583E7420 User Manual
Product codes
BX80583E7420
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Built for Virtualization, Built for Efficiency
Intel Xeon processor 7400 series is built specifically for virtualization
and helps you keep up by optimizing server productivity and efficiency,
and supports more virtual machines per server. On a four socket platform,
with up to 24 threads and 16 MB of shared L3 cache per processor,
you can consolidate your data center onto fewer systems. This may
be done while providing the peak load responsiveness needed for the
unpredictability of virtualized applications, while still reducing cooling
challenges, and giving you more performance and services per
square foot.
and helps you keep up by optimizing server productivity and efficiency,
and supports more virtual machines per server. On a four socket platform,
with up to 24 threads and 16 MB of shared L3 cache per processor,
you can consolidate your data center onto fewer systems. This may
be done while providing the peak load responsiveness needed for the
unpredictability of virtualized applications, while still reducing cooling
challenges, and giving you more performance and services per
square foot.
Intel Xeon processor 7400 series-based servers provide up to 10%
reduction in platform power consumption
reduction in platform power consumption
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versus those with previous
generation processors, with further reductions available with 65 and
50 watt versions, offered by multiple OEM partners for blade and
ultra-dense applications.
50 watt versions, offered by multiple OEM partners for blade and
ultra-dense applications.
The Intel Xeon processor 7400 series has integrated virtualization
hardware support with Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT). Intel
VT works by hardware assisting your virtualization environment and,
in combination with powerful, reliable processor features, boost asset
utilization and IT flexibility while reducing overall operating costs.
hardware support with Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT). Intel
VT works by hardware assisting your virtualization environment and,
in combination with powerful, reliable processor features, boost asset
utilization and IT flexibility while reducing overall operating costs.
You can now build one compatible group of platforms offering
maximum flexibility for live migration across all Intel Core microarchi-
tecture-based servers including 1-socket Intel® Xeon® processor 3000
sequence-, 2-socket Intel® Xeon processor 5000 sequence-, and the
scalable 4-socket Intel® Xeon® processor 7000 sequence-based servers.
maximum flexibility for live migration across all Intel Core microarchi-
tecture-based servers including 1-socket Intel® Xeon® processor 3000
sequence-, 2-socket Intel® Xeon processor 5000 sequence-, and the
scalable 4-socket Intel® Xeon® processor 7000 sequence-based servers.
The ability to conduct live VM migration offers tremendous flexibility
for fail-over, load-balancing, disaster-recovery, and real-time server
maintenance scenarios. And with Intel® VT FlexMigration, you have
the capability to add future Intel® Xeon® processor-based systems to
the same resource pool. This gives you the power to choose the right
server platform to best optimize performance, cost, power, and reli-
ability. These enhancements are further supplemented by additional
processor, chipset, and NIC features, including:
for fail-over, load-balancing, disaster-recovery, and real-time server
maintenance scenarios. And with Intel® VT FlexMigration, you have
the capability to add future Intel® Xeon® processor-based systems to
the same resource pool. This gives you the power to choose the right
server platform to best optimize performance, cost, power, and reli-
ability. These enhancements are further supplemented by additional
processor, chipset, and NIC features, including:
• Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq), a network silicon technology
that off-loads the network I/O management burden from the hypervisor,
freeing processor cycles and improving overall system performance.
freeing processor cycles and improving overall system performance.
• Intel® VT FlexPriority, which optimizes virtualization software
efficiency by improving interrupt handling.