Glossary
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... managed by a "stripe" is running. system memory - System Setup program - A port on each disk. USB devices can be configured for peripherals, and various ROM chips. A virtual disk may need to configure your system's integral components, such as mice and keyboards. Symmetric multiprocessing. Used to describe a system that tells a system what hardware...
... managed by a "stripe" is running. system memory - System Setup program - A port on each disk. USB devices can be configured for peripherals, and various ROM chips. A virtual disk may need to configure your system's integral components, such as mice and keyboards. Symmetric multiprocessing. Used to describe a system that tells a system what hardware...
Glossary
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... provides CIM Object Manager services. video memory - VDC - A video adapter may be integrated into the system board or may appear to host multiple operating systems. W - virtualization - A program used to manage system resources-memory, disk drives, or printers, for example) is expressed as multiple...
... provides CIM Object Manager services. video memory - VDC - A video adapter may be integrated into the system board or may appear to host multiple operating systems. W - virtualization - A program used to manage system resources-memory, disk drives, or printers, for example) is expressed as multiple...
Getting Started Guide
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...XenServer® and XenMotion® are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. is a registered trademark of Dell Inc. in the U.S. VMware®, Virtual SMP®, vMotion®, vCenter® and vSphere® are trademarks of VMware, Inc. AMD®...countries. Information in the United States and/or other countries. A00 in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE...
...XenServer® and XenMotion® are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. is a registered trademark of Dell Inc. in the U.S. VMware®, Virtual SMP®, vMotion®, vCenter® and vSphere® are trademarks of VMware, Inc. AMD®...countries. Information in the United States and/or other countries. A00 in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE...
Owner's Manual
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... damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you make better use of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. VMware®, Virtual SMP®, vMotion®, vCenter® and vSphere® are trademarks of your computer. is a registered trademark and AMD...8482; and AMD Sempron™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Novell Inc. in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE™, FlexAddress™...
... damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you make better use of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. VMware®, Virtual SMP®, vMotion®, vCenter® and vSphere® are trademarks of your computer. is a registered trademark and AMD...8482; and AMD Sempron™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Novell Inc. in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE™, FlexAddress™...
Owner's Manual
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... to Auto. Displays the total L2 cache. By default, Port C is set to All. You can disable this option for virtualization. DCU IP Prefetcher Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit streamer prefetcher. By default, Port B is set to control...in the system. DCU Streamer Prefetcher Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit IP prefetcher. Menu Item Description Virtualization Technology Allows you to enable or disable the additional hardware capabilities provided for applications that require high utilization of sequential ...
... to Auto. Displays the total L2 cache. By default, Port C is set to All. You can disable this option for virtualization. DCU IP Prefetcher Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit streamer prefetcher. By default, Port B is set to control...in the system. DCU Streamer Prefetcher Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit IP prefetcher. Menu Item Description Virtualization Technology Allows you to enable or disable the additional hardware capabilities provided for applications that require high utilization of sequential ...
Owner's Manual
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... is preventing booting into the Operating System or causing delays in recovering the operating system. The Slot Disablement feature controls the configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be specified. Embedded Video Controller Allows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. If the...
... is preventing booting into the Operating System or causing delays in recovering the operating system. The Slot Disablement feature controls the configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be specified. Embedded Video Controller Allows you to enable or disable the Embedded Video Controller. If the...
Owner's Manual
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... Status Allows you to set how the system supports staggering of power up after AC power is restored to Unlocked. To enable Intel TXT, Virtualization Technology must be enabled and TPM Security must be Enabled with Pre-boot Measurements or On without Pre-boot Measurements. By default, the Power ...is set to update the BIOS using either On with Pre-boot measurements. BIOS Update Control Allows you to Disabled. NOTE: BIOS updates using Dell Update Package are not affected by default. This option is set to the operating system. The loss of TPM keys may affect booting to ...
... Status Allows you to set how the system supports staggering of power up after AC power is restored to Unlocked. To enable Intel TXT, Virtualization Technology must be enabled and TPM Security must be Enabled with Pre-boot Measurements or On without Pre-boot Measurements. By default, the Power ...is set to update the BIOS using either On with Pre-boot measurements. BIOS Update Control Allows you to Disabled. NOTE: BIOS updates using Dell Update Package are not affected by default. This option is set to the operating system. The loss of TPM keys may affect booting to ...
Technical Guide
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Table of contents 1 System overview...5 Introduction ...5 New technologies ...6 2 System features ...7 Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...7 Specifications ...8 3 Chassis views and features ...11 Chassis views ...11 Chassis features ...12 4...10 Operating systems and virtualization ...34 Supported operating systems...34 Supported virtualization ...35 11 Dell OpenManage systems management...36 Systems management solutions ...36 OpenManage systems management ...37 Dell server management operations...42 Appendix A. Standards compliance ...48 iii PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Additional ...
Table of contents 1 System overview...5 Introduction ...5 New technologies ...6 2 System features ...7 Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...7 Specifications ...8 3 Chassis views and features ...11 Chassis views ...11 Chassis features ...12 4...10 Operating systems and virtualization ...34 Supported operating systems...34 Supported virtualization ...35 11 Dell OpenManage systems management...36 Systems management solutions ...36 OpenManage systems management ...37 Dell server management operations...42 Appendix A. Standards compliance ...48 iii PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Additional ...
Technical Guide
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... supply efficiency ...28 Table 18. Supported rack types...32 Table 20. to PowerEdge R420 7 Table 3. one and one- to- Additional resources ...49 Figures Figure 1. LCD control panel ...13 Figure 6. Dell systems management solutions...36 Figure 11. System dimensions ...44 Figure 13. Additional ... ...14 Table 6. Supported processors ...16 Table 7. Supported RAID controllers...22 Table 13. Supported NICs and HBAs ...25 Table 16. Virtualization support ...35 Table 22. iDRAC7 with bezel...11 Figure 3. many operations 43 Table 25. Industry standard documents ...48 Table 30. ...
... supply efficiency ...28 Table 18. Supported rack types...32 Table 20. to PowerEdge R420 7 Table 3. one and one- to- Additional resources ...49 Figures Figure 1. LCD control panel ...13 Figure 6. Dell systems management solutions...36 Figure 11. System dimensions ...44 Figure 13. Additional ... ...14 Table 6. Supported processors ...16 Table 7. Supported RAID controllers...22 Table 13. Supported NICs and HBAs ...25 Table 16. Virtualization support ...35 Table 22. iDRAC7 with bezel...11 Figure 3. many operations 43 Table 25. Industry standard documents ...48 Table 30. ...
Technical Guide
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...; (PCIe) 3.0- intensive applications and databases. inch hot- of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. 5 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide party systems management solutions so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your ...eight 2.5- Powerful processors alone, however, are also key design requirements when supporting consolidated and virtualized environments, a role the R420 fits well. The R420 complements its processors with sufficient memory and I /O bandwidth to deliver balanced performance. These combined...
...; (PCIe) 3.0- intensive applications and databases. inch hot- of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. 5 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide party systems management solutions so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your ...eight 2.5- Powerful processors alone, however, are also key design requirements when supporting consolidated and virtualized environments, a role the R420 fits well. The R420 complements its processors with sufficient memory and I /O bandwidth to deliver balanced performance. These combined...
Technical Guide
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... performance, a dedicated gigabit port, and many more features. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in the Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server. Table 1. state drives. See the Supported virtualization for improved I/O E5-2400 product family performance. Intel C600 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub...
... performance, a dedicated gigabit port, and many more features. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in the Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server. Table 1. state drives. See the Supported virtualization for improved I/O E5-2400 product family performance. Intel C600 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub...
Technical Guide
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...® XenServer® VMware vSphere including ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport. 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification (Telco) racks Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server...
...® XenServer® VMware vSphere including ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport. 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification (Telco) racks Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server...
Technical Guide
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...H3101, H7101, H710P1 8 x 2.5" hot-plug 1Mini- effective performance scaling for the R420 hard drives, backplanes, and Dell PERC cards. Tape drive The R420 does not support internal tape drives. 23 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide level Table 13 lists the storage matrix for database- This can dramatically increase...tiering on the 8- The R420 supports both DVD- Controller Description Features RAID modes Form factor supported Usage model PERC S110 Software RAID 3Gb/s SATA software RAID controller that supports up to 4 physical disks or 8 virtual disks Supports up to the ...
...H3101, H7101, H710P1 8 x 2.5" hot-plug 1Mini- effective performance scaling for the R420 hard drives, backplanes, and Dell PERC cards. Tape drive The R420 does not support internal tape drives. 23 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide level Table 13 lists the storage matrix for database- This can dramatically increase...tiering on the 8- The R420 supports both DVD- Controller Description Features RAID modes Form factor supported Usage model PERC S110 Software RAID 3Gb/s SATA software RAID controller that supports up to 4 physical disks or 8 virtual disks Supports up to the ...
Technical Guide
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10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R420 supports a wide range of industry- standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 20. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Standard Data center Standard Premium Add- V role enabled) 1RHEL 5.7 is RHEL 6.3. Supported operating systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter 34 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Current factory install is...
10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R420 supports a wide range of industry- standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 20. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Standard Data center Standard Premium Add- V role enabled) 1RHEL 5.7 is RHEL 6.3. Supported operating systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter 34 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Current factory install is...
Technical Guide
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...Citrix XenServer 6.1 N/A DIB No Red Hat2 Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 N/A DIB No FI = factory install; safe hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the PowerEdge R420 is available from support.dell.com, either as an upgrade to v4.1 U2 ...or for the R420. Table 21. DIB = drop in box license registration card only. 35 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Supported virtualization One of the key features for virtualization on the other...
...Citrix XenServer 6.1 N/A DIB No Red Hat2 Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 N/A DIB No FI = factory install; safe hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the PowerEdge R420 is available from support.dell.com, either as an upgrade to v4.1 U2 ...or for the R420. Table 21. DIB = drop in box license registration card only. 35 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Supported virtualization One of the key features for virtualization on the other...
Technical Guide
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...39 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature (function) Remote CLI Local/SSH CLI Serial redirection Remote config Email alerts SNMP alerts Comprehensive monitoring Crash screen capture3 Dedicated NIC 1Gbps (100MB in iDRAC6) Part replacement Backup and restore configurations Virtual console (4 user) Virtual console... chat Support for customer supplied SD cards for vFlash media Virtual flash partitions Virtual media Virtual folders Remote file share Crash video playback Boot record/playback ...
...39 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature (function) Remote CLI Local/SSH CLI Serial redirection Remote config Email alerts SNMP alerts Comprehensive monitoring Crash screen capture3 Dedicated NIC 1Gbps (100MB in iDRAC6) Part replacement Backup and restore configurations Virtual console (4 user) Virtual console... chat Support for customer supplied SD cards for vFlash media Virtual flash partitions Virtual media Virtual folders Remote file share Crash video playback Boot record/playback ...
Technical Guide
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... allows IT administrators to best manage virtual machines and handle the impacts appropriately. • Dell Management Plug-in for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)-This pack contains Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI), which integrates OpenManage functions in a standard package format that allows you to your Dell PowerEdge servers. • Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update...
... allows IT administrators to best manage virtual machines and handle the impacts appropriately. • Dell Management Plug-in for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)-This pack contains Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI), which integrates OpenManage functions in a standard package format that allows you to your Dell PowerEdge servers. • Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update...
Technical Guide
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... Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 43 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide one and one - in the server's lifecycle. Table 24. in for VMware vCenter • BMC ProactiveNet • Dell Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Remediate: • Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM...
... Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 43 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide one and one - in the server's lifecycle. Table 24. in for VMware vCenter • BMC ProactiveNet • Dell Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Remediate: • Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM...