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...marks and names or their products. in the United States. Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, and KACE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, ... the United States and other countries. is unlawful and strictly forbidden. December 2012 | Version 3.0 ii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Novell and SUSE are trademarks of Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in the United States and/...
...marks and names or their products. in the United States. Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, and KACE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, ... the United States and other countries. is unlawful and strictly forbidden. December 2012 | Version 3.0 ii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Novell and SUSE are trademarks of Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in the United States and/...
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...42 Appendix B. Standards compliance ...43 Appendix C. System board block diagram ...46 iii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Additional resources...44 Appendix D. Table of contents 1 System overview...5 Introduction ...5 New technologies ...6 2 System features ...7 Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...7 Specifications ...8 3 Module views and features...11 Module views...11 Module ... systems and virtualization ...30 Supported operating systems...30 Supported virtualization ...31 10 Dell OpenManage systems management...32 Systems management solutions ...32 OpenManage systems management ...33...
...42 Appendix B. Standards compliance ...43 Appendix C. System board block diagram ...46 iii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Additional resources...44 Appendix D. Table of contents 1 System overview...5 Introduction ...5 New technologies ...6 2 System features ...7 Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...7 Specifications ...8 3 Module views and features...11 Module views...11 Module ... systems and virtualization ...30 Supported operating systems...30 Supported virtualization ...31 10 Dell OpenManage systems management...32 Systems management solutions ...32 OpenManage systems management ...33...
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... and one-to-many operations 38 Table 22. M420 sleeve containing four blades...12 Figure 3. M420 system board block diagram ...46 iv PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Hard-drive backplane option ...21 Table 11. M420 acoustical performance...29 Table 16. QRL code located on... video modes...40 Table 23. M1000e chassis enclosure with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits 33 Table 20. Dell systems management solutions...32 Figure 9. Table 1. Technical specifications...8 Table 4. DIMMs supported ...19 Table 8. Memory speed capabilities ...20 Table 9. Memory RAS features...
... and one-to-many operations 38 Table 22. M420 sleeve containing four blades...12 Figure 3. M420 system board block diagram ...46 iv PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Hard-drive backplane option ...21 Table 11. M420 acoustical performance...29 Table 16. QRL code located on... video modes...40 Table 23. M1000e chassis enclosure with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits 33 Table 20. Dell systems management solutions...32 Figure 9. Table 1. Technical specifications...8 Table 4. DIMMs supported ...19 Table 8. Memory speed capabilities ...20 Table 9. Memory RAS features...
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... exceptionally easy to deploy and manage, and maximizes power and cooling efficiency. 5 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Implement the right combination of -band and with or without requiring a single agent or additional hardware. In addition to the existing networking infrastructure, the new Dell Force10 MXL 10Gb switch provides next-generation port density and bandwidth for virtually...
... exceptionally easy to deploy and manage, and maximizes power and cooling efficiency. 5 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Implement the right combination of -band and with or without requiring a single agent or additional hardware. In addition to the existing networking infrastructure, the new Dell Force10 MXL 10Gb switch provides next-generation port density and bandwidth for virtually...
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...-generation PERC H310 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Advanced power management Failsafe hypervisors Fresh Air cooling The M420 supports the new Dell PERC H310 controller card with improved functionality and faster performance. See the Processors section for details. 6 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide New technologies Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family Detailed descriptions This new...
...-generation PERC H310 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Advanced power management Failsafe hypervisors Fresh Air cooling The M420 supports the new Dell PERC H310 controller card with improved functionality and faster performance. See the Processors section for details. 6 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide New technologies Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family Detailed descriptions This new...
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... x 2.5" 2 x 2.5" 2 x 10GbE Dual Port LOM 2 x 1GbE Dual Port LOM Dual Port Select Network Adapter, 3 options of Dell PowerEdge blade servers, the M420 has similar memory scalability, as well as iDRAC7 Enterprise with half-height blades: - Features include DDR3 memory, PCIe 3.0, dual internal SD module,... and Dell's next-generation iDRAC solution known as more processor cores in Table 2. Compared to the previous generation of 2 x 10GbE RAID H310 S110, H310, H710, H710P S110, H310, H710, H710P 7 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
... x 2.5" 2 x 2.5" 2 x 10GbE Dual Port LOM 2 x 1GbE Dual Port LOM Dual Port Select Network Adapter, 3 options of Dell PowerEdge blade servers, the M420 has similar memory scalability, as well as iDRAC7 Enterprise with half-height blades: - Features include DDR3 memory, PCIe 3.0, dual internal SD module,... and Dell's next-generation iDRAC solution known as more processor cores in Table 2. Compared to the previous generation of 2 x 10GbE RAID H310 S110, H310, H710, H710P S110, H310, H710, H710P 7 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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... Express Flash drives Not supported Not supported Up to two 1.8" uSATA SSD drives (50GB and 200GB) External storage: For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage 8 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s Cache Memory1 Chipset...
... Express Flash drives Not supported Not supported Up to two 1.8" uSATA SSD drives (50GB and 200GB) External storage: For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage 8 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s Cache Memory1 Chipset...
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... embedded Power supplies and fans Supplied by M1000e blade enclosure Dell OpenManage Systems Management (Agent-free or with OpenManage Server Administrator [OMSA] Agent) OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console IT Assistant OMSA Agent ...Controller) Chassis Management Controller 4.x (available with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) - Dell Management Plug-in for IDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller 9 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Trial evaluation available for VMware vCenter™ - Upgrade to 8GB vFlash media or 16GB ...
... embedded Power supplies and fans Supplied by M1000e blade enclosure Dell OpenManage Systems Management (Agent-free or with OpenManage Server Administrator [OMSA] Agent) OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console IT Assistant OMSA Agent ...Controller) Chassis Management Controller 4.x (available with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) - Dell Management Plug-in for IDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller 9 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Trial evaluation available for VMware vCenter™ - Upgrade to 8GB vFlash media or 16GB ...
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... will be less 10 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Embedded hypervisor Two internal SD cards dedicated for hypervisor Or one SD card dedicated for vFlash media support For more information on Dell.com. 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; Feature Technical specification Microsoft Windows Server...; VMware vSphere including ESX™ and ESXi Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For more information about the Dell blade solution, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide or the M1000e Blade Chassis Specification Sheet on the specific versions and additions, visit...
... will be less 10 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Embedded hypervisor Two internal SD cards dedicated for hypervisor Or one SD card dedicated for vFlash media support For more information on Dell.com. 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; Feature Technical specification Microsoft Windows Server...; VMware vSphere including ESX™ and ESXi Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For more information about the Dell blade solution, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide or the M1000e Blade Chassis Specification Sheet on the specific versions and additions, visit...
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... and descriptions for the M420, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. It occupies one slot vertically in Figure 1, the M420 module supports up to operate. The Dell PowerEdge M420 implements a new module ...design, with a quarter-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to two unique front-accessible, hot-plug solid state drives (SSD) and two USB ports. 11 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide...
... and descriptions for the M420, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. It occupies one slot vertically in Figure 1, the M420 module supports up to operate. The Dell PowerEdge M420 implements a new module ...design, with a quarter-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to two unique front-accessible, hot-plug solid state drives (SSD) and two USB ports. 11 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide...
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Figure 2 shows one of eight sleeves containing four stackable blades in a fully loaded M1000e enclosure. 12 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The M420 is optimized for a densely populated chassis with effective and efficient cooling.
Figure 2 shows one of eight sleeves containing four stackable blades in a fully loaded M1000e enclosure. 12 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The M420 is optimized for a densely populated chassis with effective and efficient cooling.
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The M420 module shown in Figure 4 supports up to components and for airflow for a total of eight sleeves, each with four stackable blades, for effective and efficient cooling. For additional system views, see the Dell M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 13 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Figure 3 shows the fully loaded M1000e chassis enclosure comprised of 32 M420 modules. The chassis design of the M420 is optimized for easy access to six DIMMS, two processors, and many other features that are described in this guide.
The M420 module shown in Figure 4 supports up to components and for airflow for a total of eight sleeves, each with four stackable blades, for effective and efficient cooling. For additional system views, see the Dell M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 13 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Figure 3 shows the fully loaded M1000e chassis enclosure comprised of 32 M420 modules. The chassis design of the M420 is optimized for easy access to six DIMMS, two processors, and many other features that are described in this guide.
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...control panel is located on the front of the blade server TPM is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. For additional information on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on the server. it also supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality... more information on the M1000e LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on the front handle of the M1000e chassis to provide user access to access information about the server. 14 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature Description Two front-accessible USB connectors Indicator for the...
...control panel is located on the front of the blade server TPM is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. For additional information on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on the server. it also supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality... more information on the M1000e LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on the front handle of the M1000e chassis to provide user access to access information about the server. 14 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature Description Two front-accessible USB connectors Indicator for the...
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... in touch with technical support and sales teams and provide feedback to Dell These codes provide an easy way to retrieve the critical support information you need when you need it, making you more information on the M1000e chassis enclosure features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 15 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
... in touch with technical support and sales teams and provide feedback to Dell These codes provide an easy way to retrieve the critical support information you need when you need it, making you more information on the M1000e chassis enclosure features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 15 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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...16 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide A summary of what your constraint is designed specifically for addressing very complex problems or dealing with large-number calculations that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications. The Dell PowerEdge M420 system...has support for up to 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0, which can reduce latency Faster connections are integral to many technical, financial, and scientific computing problems Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 delivers up to double the floating-point operations per ...
...16 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide A summary of what your constraint is designed specifically for addressing very complex problems or dealing with large-number calculations that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications. The Dell PowerEdge M420 system...has support for up to 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0, which can reduce latency Faster connections are integral to many technical, financial, and scientific computing problems Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 delivers up to double the floating-point operations per ...
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... cores per processor. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on supported processors, visit Dell.com. For the latest information on the PowerEdge M420. For more information, visit Intel.com. 17 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 5 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge M420. Model E5-2470 E5-2450L E5-2450 E5-2440 E5-2430L E5-2430 E5... 8 Yes 70W 8 Yes 95W 6 Yes 95W 6 Yes 60W 6 Yes 95W 6 Yes 95W 4 No 80W 4 No 80W For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support...
... cores per processor. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on supported processors, visit Dell.com. For the latest information on the PowerEdge M420. For more information, visit Intel.com. 17 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 5 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge M420. Model E5-2470 E5-2450L E5-2450 E5-2440 E5-2430L E5-2430 E5... 8 Yes 70W 8 Yes 95W 6 Yes 95W 6 Yes 60W 6 Yes 95W 6 Yes 95W 4 No 80W 4 No 80W For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support...
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...mode) Yes Yes Yes *Although the M420 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase this system with the Dell PowerEdge M420-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The M420 supports unbuffered DIMM (UDIMM) and ...registered DIMM (RDIMM) technology. Table 6 lists the memory technologies supported by the M420. System uptime is no compromise when it comes to Dell's focus on Dell.com. 18 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide...
...mode) Yes Yes Yes *Although the M420 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase this system with the Dell PowerEdge M420-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The M420 supports unbuffered DIMM (UDIMM) and ...registered DIMM (RDIMM) technology. Table 6 lists the memory technologies supported by the M420. System uptime is no compromise when it comes to Dell's focus on Dell.com. 18 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide...
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... speed supported by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The following basic rules: Speed: If DIMMs of the system. 19 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed, all channels across all processors and channels run...
... speed supported by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The following basic rules: Speed: If DIMMs of the system. 19 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed, all channels across all processors and channels run...
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...from any portion of a single memory chip. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on the M420. Memory mirroring is the ability to write corrected data back to reduce faults regarding refresh rates, speed, ... as well as a spare. RAS aids in a rank or channel, they are moved to the spare area while the operating system is not supported. 20 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide DIMM type DIMM 0 # of DIMMs 800* Speed (MT/s) 1066* 1333 1600 UDIMM DR 1 ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ SR 1 ∞...
...from any portion of a single memory chip. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on the M420. Memory mirroring is the ability to write corrected data back to reduce faults regarding refresh rates, speed, ... as well as a spare. RAS aids in a rank or channel, they are moved to the spare area while the operating system is not supported. 20 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide DIMM type DIMM 0 # of DIMMs 800* Speed (MT/s) 1066* 1333 1600 UDIMM DR 1 ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ SR 1 ∞...
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...-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) that your data remains safe. For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC. 21 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide SSDs are a new option that can provide vastly accelerated performance over previous technologies. Backplane uSATA Controller PERC H310 Drive types SATA SSD Table 11...
...-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) that your data remains safe. For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC. 21 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide SSDs are a new option that can provide vastly accelerated performance over previous technologies. Backplane uSATA Controller PERC H310 Drive types SATA SSD Table 11...