Dell PowerEdge R420 Server – Specifications

Processor – 2 Sockets

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
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, 10

Operating System

• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V®)
• Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

Virtualization options:

• Citrix® XenServer®
• VMware® vSphere® ESXi™
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®

Chipset

Intel® C602

Memory

Up to 384GB
Up to 1600MT/s DDR3
12 DIMM slots (6 DIMMs per CPU)

Storage

Maximum internal storage:

• Up to 16TB

Hot-plug hard drive options:

• 2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS 512n (15K)
• 3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
• Self-encrypting drives available

Cabled hard drive options:

• 3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)

Drive Bays

• Up to 8 2.5” hot-plug SSD, SAS, or SATA
• Up to 4 3.5” hot-plug SAS, SATA, or SSD

Slots

2 PCIe slots:

• With two processors:
  • One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, half-length, half-height
  • One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, half-length, full-height
• With one processor:
  • One x8 PCIe slot with x4 bandwidth, half-length, half-height
  • One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, half-length, full-height

Network Controller

Embedded NIC:

• Broadcom® 5720 Dual Port 1Gb LOM

I/O adapter options:

• 1Gb Ethernet:
  • Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC
  • Broadcom 5719 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 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

Power

• Platinum efficiency hot-plug 550W and 350W 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® compliant

Chassis

1U Rack

Raid

Internal controllers:

• PERC S110 (SW RAID)
• PERC H310
• PERC H710
• PERC H710P

External HBAs (RAID):

• PERC H810

External HBAs (non RAID):

• 6Gbps SAS HBA

Management

Remote management:

• Basic management (default)
• iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
• iDRAC7 Express (upgrade)
• iDRAC7 Enterprise (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:
  • OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
  • Dell plug-in for VMware® vCenter™
  • HP Operations Manager
  • IBM Tivoli® Netcool®
  • CA Network and Systems Management

Rack Support

ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm
ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks