Dell PowerEdge M420 Technical Manual

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ii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, and KACE are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel, Xeon, and Speed Step are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. a...

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iii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5 Introducti...

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iv PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 1. New technologies ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge M420, ...

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5 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Enjoy remarkable computational density with the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M420 that can deploy up to 32 server nodes in just 10U of rack space. Scaling up to 16 processor cores and 192GB of RAM, each M420 couples p...

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6 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide A number of new technologies are featured on the PowerEdge M420 system, as shown in Table 1. New technologies Detailed descriptions Intel ® Xeon ® processor E5-2400 product family This new family o...

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7 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge blade servers, the M420 has similar memory scalability, as well as more processor cores in a much denser form factor than ever before. Features include DDR...

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8 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature PowerEdge M420 PowerEdge M520 PowerEdge M620 Express Flash drives Not supported Not supported Up to 2 Mezzanine slots 1 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card slot 2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card s...

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9 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature Technical specification USB ports 2 front NIC/LOM Embedded Broadcom ® 57810S-k 2P 10Gb I/O mezzanine card options 1Gb/10Gb Adapters: Broadcom 5719 Serdes 4P 1Gb Intel I350 Serdes 4P 1Gb...

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10 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature Technical specification Operating systems Microsoft Windows Server ® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V ® v2) Novell ® SUSE ® Linux Enterprise Server Red H...

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11 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge M420 implements a new module design, with a quarter-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to operate. It occupies one slot vertically in the M1000e rack chassis, which is popu...

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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. ...

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13 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The chassis design of the M420 is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling. Figure 3 shows the fully loaded M1000e chassis enclosure comprised of eight sleeves...

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14 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 4 lists the modules features for the M420 system. For additional information on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Description...

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15 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide This QRL code allows you to:  View step-by-step videos, including overviews of system internals and externals, as well as detailed, concise, task-oriented videos and installation wizards  Locate re...

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16 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge M420 system features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family, offering an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost, featuring eight-core processing to maximize p...

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17 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The M420 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 5 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge M420. For the latest information on supported processors, visit De...

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18 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide More memory options are available than ever before with the Dell PowerEdge M420—greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The M420 supports up to 192GB of memory using up to 6 DIMMs in a...

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19 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The M420 server supports the DIMMs listed in Table 7. For the latest information on supported memory, visit Dell.com. Capacity (GB) Speed (MT/s) Type Ranks per DIMM Data width SDDC support V...

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20 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 8 lists the memory configuration and performance details for the M420, based on the population of the number and type of DIMMs per memory channel. DIMM type DIMM 0 # of DIMMs Speed (MT/s) 8...

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21 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge M420 provides comprehensive internal storage options, including an SSD and an H310 embedded storage controller. The M420 currently supports up to 400GB of internal storage. SSDs are a new ...

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22 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 12 lists the features supported by the RAID controller on the M420. Feature PERC option H310 iMR firmware stack  SSD support  uSATA backplane  SAS hard drives  Unconfig...

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23 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge M420 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including one integrated PCIe 3.0 capable mezzanine card slot. With M420, the job of deploying, updating, and monitoring is fast and easy. ...

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24 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The M420 provides one PCIe 3.0 mezzanine connector for add-in cards. The M420 is designed to be PCIe 3.0-compliant to take full advantage of the processor capabilities. Installation of a mezzanine card requires...

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25 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Examples of fabric interconnectivity and their associated parameters are illustrated in Figure 7. ...

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27 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Lower overall system-level power draw is a result of Dell’s breakthrough system design. The PowerEdge M420 blade server and M1000e chassis enclosure maximize performance per watt through a combination of po...

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28 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature Description Active power management Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology that provides individual server-level power reporting and power limiting functionality. Dell offers a complete pow...

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29 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Thermal control also detects and responds to hardware configuration. Thermal management adjusts cooling according to what the system really needs, and draws lower fan power draw and generates lower acoustical n...

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30 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge M420 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 16 lists the operating systems supported on the M420. For the latest information on supp...

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31 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide One of the key features for virtualization on the M420 is the support for a fail-safe hypervisor. By running the hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the other mirrored SD card, you...

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32 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is base...

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33 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and software management tools and consoles. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining yo...

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34 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide iDRAC7 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge M420, and Dell also offers an option of iDRAC7 Express for Blades. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for Blades is shown in ...

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35 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Feature (function) iDRAC7 Enterprise iDRAC7 Express for Blades Crash video playback ∞ Boot record/playback ∞ Part replacement ∞ Backup and restore configurations ∞...

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36 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide in the IT environment. The Dell systems management portfolio includes several powerful consoles, depending upon your needs, including the following:  Dell OpenManage Essentials—OpenManage Essentials (OME)...

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37 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide  Dell Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)—This suite of server management packs enables several functions through System Center Operations Manager, includin...

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38 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 21 lists the products that are available for one-to-one and one-to-many operations, and when they are used in the server’s lifecycle: Operation One-to-one One-to-many Deploy  Lifecycl...

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39 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Operation One-to-one One-to-many Monitor  iDRAC7  OMSA  Dell OpenManage Essentials  Dell OpenManage ITA  BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management  Dell OpenManage Power Cen...

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40 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Figure 10 details the dimensions of the M420 module. Xa Xb Y Zb (handle closed) Zb (handle open) 97.5mm 93.8mm 50.5mm 501.5mm 564.9mm The weight of a maximum-configured M420 bla...

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41 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Table 23 details the environmental specifications for the M420. Fresh A...

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42 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Altitude Operating –15.2m to 3048m (–50 ft to 10,000 ft) Storage –15.2m to 12,000m (–50 ft to 39,370 ft) Airborne contaminant level Class G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 USB per...

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43 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide The M420 system conforms to the industry standards in Table 24. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c www.acpi.info Et...

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44 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Table 25 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge M420. Resource Description of contents Location PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner’s Manual ...

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45 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide Resource Description of contents Location PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide This guide provides detailed technical information on the M1000e chassis enclosure and its supported features. Dell.com D...

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