DELL R420 R420-2820 Leaflet
Product codes
R420-2820
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Feature
PowerEdge R420 technical specification
Form factor
1U rack
Processors
Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor E5-2400 product family
Processor sockets
2
Internal interconnect
Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s; 7.2GT/s; 8.0 GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8
Chipset
Intel C600 series
Memory
1
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
I/O slots
2 PCIe slots:
With two processors:
With two processors:
•
One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, half-height
•
One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, full-height
With one processor:
•
One x8 PCIe slot with x4 bandwidth, 2.0, half-length, half-height
•
One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, full-height
RAID controller
Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
External HBAs (non RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
PERC H810
External HBAs (non RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
Drive bays
Up to eight 2.5” hot-plug SSD, SAS, or SATA or up to four 3.5” hot-plug SAS, SATA, or SSD
Maximum internal storage
1
Up to 16TB
Hard drives
Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Self-encrypting drives available
2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Self-encrypting drives available
Cabled hard drive options:
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Embedded NIC
Broadcom
®
5720 Dual Port 1Gb LOM
I/O adapter options
1Gb Ethernet:
Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC
Broadcom 5729 Quad Port 1Gb NIC
Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
10Gb Converged Ethernet:
Brocade
Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC
Broadcom 5729 Quad Port 1Gb NIC
Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
10Gb Converged Ethernet:
Brocade
®
BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA
QLogic
®
QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+
Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb Base-T CNA
Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA
10Gb Ethernet:
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA
10Gb Ethernet:
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
10Gb Ethernet:
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base-T adapter
FC8/FC4 HBA:
QLogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Emulex
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base-T adapter
FC8/FC4 HBA:
QLogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Emulex
®
LPe-12000-E 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
Emulex LPe-12002-E 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Power supply
Platinum efficiency 550W and 350W (for one processor only) power supplies
Silver efficiency cabled 550W power supply, auto-ranging power supplies
Silver efficiency cabled 550W power supply, auto-ranging power supplies
Availability
High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug hard drives; TPM; dual internal SD support; fan fault
tolerance; optional bezel; luggage tag; ECC memory, interactive LCD screen; ENERGY STAR
tolerance; optional bezel; luggage tag; ECC memory, interactive LCD screen; ENERGY STAR
®
compliant
Remote management
Basic management (default), iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC7 Express (upgrade), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade),
8GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade)
8GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade)
Systems management
IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Connections:
Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Connections:
•
OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft
®
System Center
•
Dell plug-in for VMware
®
vCenter™
•
HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli
®
Netcool
®
, and CA Network and Systems Management
Rack support
•
ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for toolless mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled
mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional toolless cable management arm
mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional toolless cable management arm
•
ReadyRails static rails for toolless mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled
mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks
mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks
Operating
systems
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
®
v2)
Microsoft Windows
®
Small Business Server 2011
Novell
®
SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
Virtualization options:
Citrix
Citrix
®
XenServer
®
VMware vSphere
®
ESX™ and ESXi™
Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization
®
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1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.