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1. 10 of annual operating hours 5 C to 10 C and 35 C to 40 C with no direct sunlight on the equipment at 5 to 85 relative humidity with 26 C dew point maximum wet bulb temperature Outside the standard operating temperature 10 C to 35 C the system can operate down to 5 C or up to 40 C for a maximum of 10 of its annual operating hours For temperatures between 35 C and 40 C 95 F to 104 F de rate maximum allowable dry bulb temperature by 1 C per 175m above 950m 1 F per 519 ft above 3117 ft lt 1 of annual operating hours 5 C to 5 C and 40 C to 45 C with no direct sunlight on the equipment at 5 to 90 relative humidity with 26 C dew point maximum wet bulb temperature Outside the standard operating temperature 10 C to 35 C the system can operate down to 5 C or up to 45 C for a maximum of 1 of its annual operating hours For temperatures between 40 C and 45 C 104 F to 113 F de rate maximum allowable dry bulb temperature by 1 C per 125m above 950m 1 F per 228 ft above 3117 ft Expanded operation restrictions e No cold startup below 5 C e Maximum altitude for the operating temperature must be 5050m 10 000ft e Redundant power supplies required Temperature Operating See Fresh Air for temperature information Storage 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F with a maximum temperature gradation of 20 C per hour Relative humidity Operating See Fresh Air for relative humidity
2. A tooled latch is integrated on the top cover with a coin key lock to secure the Cover latch system An optional metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID A Bezel lock on the bezel is used to protect un authorized access to hard drives System status is viewable on the LCD screen when the bezelis installed The Trusted Platform Module TPM is used to generate store keys protect authenticate passwords and create store digital certificates It also TPM supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality TPM can also be used to enable the BitLocker hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server 2008 TPM 1 2 is supported No TPM version is available for China or Russia Power off security BIOS has the ability to disable the power button function Intrusion alert An internal switch is used to detect chassis intrusion BIOS has the ability to enter a secure boot mode through system setup This Secure mode mode includes the option to lock out the power and NMI switches on the control panel or set up a system password 14 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u 4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge R420 features the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product family which offers an ideal combination of performance power efficiency and cost These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is floor space power or budget and on workloads that range from the most compl
3. The R420 supports a flexible memory configuration according to these basic rules e Speed If DIMMs of different speeds are mixed all channels across all processors operate at the slowest DIMM s common frequency e DIMM type Only one type of DIMM can be used in a system UDIMMs and RDIMMs cannot be mixed The following additional memory population guidelines apply to the R420 e Up to two quad rank OR duat rank DR or single rank SR DIMMs may be populated per channel e DIMMs must be installed in each channel starting with the DIMM farthest from the processor e DIMMs should be installed with largest rank count to smallest For example if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots followed by the SR DIMMs For more information on memory configuration see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals 18 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Memory speed The R420 supports memory speeds of 1600MT s 1333MT s 1066MT s and 800MT s depending on the DIMM types installed and the configuration All memory on all processors and channels run at the same speed and voltage By default the systems run at the highest speed for the channel with the lowest DIMM voltage and speed The operating speed of the memory is also determined by the maximum speed supported by the processor the speed settings in
4. Table 18 Acoustical performance Configuration Power PCI gt Lyme 23 2 C CPUs Hie supply Memory card HDD suci i Hi i ambient unit controller bels 1x Dual 4 Typical 3x35 Port 1GbE Idle 5 1 32 None RA 2 300GB 2x 6 x 4GB NIC me non Plug sw SAS 550W 1323Hz HDD chassis 15K 1xPERC Stress 51 33 None H310 mini as 6x25 E d ccn Idle 5 2 32 None re ric r Spi g 2 300GB 2x 8x8GB UC plu Ww SAS 550W 1600H HDD chassis pow 15K BUORE 1x PERC Stress 5 5 33 None H710 mini Ems UL is the upper limit sound power levels Lwa calculated per section 4 4 1 of ISO 9296 1988 and measured in accordance to ISO 7779 2010 Lu is the average bystander position A weighted sound pressure level calculated per section 4 5 of ISO 9296 1988 and measured in accordance with ISO 7779 2010 The system is placed within a rack enclosure base of system is 75 cm above floor 3 Prominent tone Criteria of D 6 and D 11 of ECMA 74 11th ed 2010 are followed to determine if discrete tones are prominent The system is placed inside rack in 75 cm height and acoustic transducer binaural head is at front bystander position ref ISO 7779 2010 Section 8 6 2 4 dle Reference ISO 7779 2010 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity Stress An operating mode per ISO 7779 2010 definition 3 1 6 The software SPECPower at 50 is activated to stress the processors a
5. Upgrade to 8GB vFlash media or 16GB vFlash media for DRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller Trial evaluations available for IDRAC7 Express and Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller e ReadyRails 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 Rack support 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 9 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide out Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification Telco racks Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 includes Hyper V v2 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating systems Virtualization options Citrix 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 actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less 10 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide peo 5 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R420 is a 1U 2 socket rack server For additional system vie
6. hardware management and can manage operating systems and applications using various plug ins from Symantec e Dell IT Assistant Dell IT Assistant ITA is a console for managing Dell servers storage arrays and other components distributed throughout a network Dell IT Assistant allows for easy identification of system issues through alerts helping to reduce system downtime Systems administrators can easily monitor systems anywhere within their network using ITA ITA is supported on the R420 however enhanced functionality is now available with OpenManage Essentials OpenManage systems management tools and utilities Dell OpenManage systems management tools and utilities consist of the following e Dell Repository Manager The Dell Repository Manager RM is a standalone GUI based productivity tool that helps simplify the process of managing downloads and baseline BIOS firmware and driver updates Repository Manager can create deployment disks as well as create and manage customized repositories 40 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility The Dell Server Update Utility SUU is a DVD based application for identifying and applying BIOS and firmware updates to your Dell PowerEdge servers Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility The Dell System Build and Update Utility SBUU provides one to one and one to
7. Dell Management Plug in for VMware vCenter iDRAC7 e Dell OpenManage Essentials e Dell Management Plug in for OMSA e Dell OpenManage ITA VMware vCenter e BMC ProactiveNet e BMC ProactiveNet Monitor Performance Management e Dell Server Management Pack Suite e Dell OpenManage Power for Microsoft System Center Center Operations Manager SCOM e Dell Management Console IPMI e Lifecycle Controller Remote Remediate DRAC7 Services e Dell Server PRO Management Pack Lifecycle Controller GUI for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM Maintain Replace parts Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration DLCI for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager For additional detailed information on Management Overview Guide on Support Dell com Manuals 45 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Dell s systems management portfolio see the Dell Systems Appendix A Additional specifications Chassis dimensions and weight Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R420 chassis Figure 12 System dimensions TL Xa Bezel or Outer Most Feature Za with Za without Zb bezel bezel _EIA Rack Flange v Zc 625 2mm with non dundant PSU 4824mm 4340mm 42 8mm 35 0mm 21 0mm 607 0mm redundan 3 642 3mm with redundant PSU Zb goes to the nominal back wall external surface where the system board I O connectors are located The R420 chassis at maximum configuration is 19 9 k
8. MHz Bridge a 3 um D D TPM 9 PCle Gen2 x2 1GB s DMI QPI s hi USB PCIE x1 E x16 ai Rear Video PCle Gen3 x16 16GB s aa v x8 nh 9 e PCle Gen3 x8 8GB s CPU1 4 gt Serial Port e a LPG g tlo Video 5 hi n x Mim BroadCom Ai y iDRAC 1GbE x 2 ilo Non RDNT PSU PDB PIB for RDNT PSU Power Supply Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2
9. Redundant 350W or 550W OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console T Assistant OMSA Agent OpenManage Power Center requires DRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller OpenManage Integrations and Connections Basic management standard option Dell OpenManage Dell OpenManage Dell Management Console DMC Lifecycle Controller 1 x iDRAC6 Express or Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller Systems Management Power efficiency Gold Platinum ot plug drives ot plug redundant power supply units Fan fault tolerance Fault resilient memory nternal dual SD module Hot plug drives Availability Hot plug redundant power supply units GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less 7 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Specifications Table 5 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R420 features For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R420 visit Dell com Table 3 Technical specifications Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification Form factor 1U rack Processors Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product family Processor sockets 2 sockets Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect QPI link 6 4GT s 7 2GT s 8 0GT s Cache 2 5MB per core with core options of 4 6 or 8 Chipset Intel C600 Memory Up to 58
10. flash partitions Virtual media Virtual folders Remote file share Crash video playback Boot record playback Power capping Enterprise group power management Directory services AD LDAP PK authentication Two factor authentication Rack and tower systems only Feature available with IPMI not web GUI Requires OMSA agent on target server Uses Microsoft ActiveX on Internet Explorer only PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Agent based management Most systems management solutions require pieces of software called agents to be installed on each node in order to be managed within the IT environment Additionally the same agent is often used as a local interface into the hardware health and may be accessed remotely as a management interface typically referred to as a one to one interface For customers that continue to use agent based solutions Dell provides OpenManage Server Administrator OpenManage Server Administrator The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA agent gives you a comprehensive one to one systems management solution for both local and remote servers and their storage OMSA can help simplify single server monitoring with a secure command line interface CLI or Web based management graphical user interface GUI It can also be used to view system configuration inventory health and performance Agent free management Because
11. management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products OpenManage connections with third party consoles 41 Dell OpenManage provides connections with many third party consoles including PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide e Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer Associates Network and Systems Management his connection allows you to monitor PowerEdge servers and PowerVault storage arrays from within the Computer Associates Network and Systems Management CA NSM console e Dell OpenManage Connection for HP Operations Manager This connection enables several functions through HP Operations Manager including auto grouping SNMP trap reception global health monitoring and a context sensitive launch of OpenManage Server Administrator e Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIBus This connection provides event monitoring capabilities to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell EqualLogic systems lt allows event monitoring automatic event correlation and launching device consoles from the Netcool OMNibus console Dell server management operations Dell OpenManage systems management is centered on automating th ifecycle deploy update monitor and maintain To manage an infras efficiently you must perform all of these functions easily and quickly i e server management tructure properly and DRAC7 with Lifecycle Contro
12. serverd for Microsoft Windows Server c IPMI Intelligent Platform Management www intel com design servers ipmi Interface v2 0 DDR3 Memory DDR3 SDRAM Specification www jedec org download search JESD79 5C pdf Rev 5A LPC Low Pin Count Interface developer intel com design chipsets industry lpc htm Specification Rev 1 1 PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev www pcisig com specifications pciexpress 2 0 and 3 0 PMBus Power System Management pmbus info specs html Protocol Specification v1 2 ans www tlO org Serial Attached SCSI v1 1 EE SATA Serial ATA Rev 2 6 SATA II SATA WWW Sata io org 1 0a Extensions Rev 1 2 SMBIOS System Management BIOS www dmtf org standards smbios Reference Specification v2 7 TPM Trusted Platform Module www trustedcomputinggroup org Specification v1 2 UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware www uefi org specs Interface Specification v2 1 USB Universal Serial Bus Specification www usb org developers docs Rev 2 0 Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and www microsoft com whdc winlogo hwrequirements mspx Device Requirements v3 10 48 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Appendix C Additional resources Table 50 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge R420 Resource PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual PowerEdge R420 Getting Started Guide Rack Installa
13. 00GB SED 2 5 SAS SSD N A 200GB 300GB SATA SSD N A 100GB 160GB 200GB 400GB 600GB SATA N A 250GB 500GB 1TB SATA 7 2K 500GB 1TB 2TB 3TB 4TB 3 5 Nearline SAS 7 2K 1TB 2TB 3TB 4TB SAS 15K 300GB 600GB Applies to the 8 drive bay only 21 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide External storage External storage Storage controllers Dell provides highly capable RAI D options for you to ensure that your data remains safe Dell s RAID for the R420 is available through optional HBAs for SAS and iSCSI For more information see Dell com Storage controller options offer impressive performance improvements including the following features e FastPath O This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs e Split mirror This function allows you to break mirrored disk connection in order to quickly replace a drive e Physical disk power management Dimmer Switch This feature allows for power control of spare or idle drives which can save energy and operating expenses Supported RAID controllers The newest line of PERC PowerEdge RAID Controller cards offer high I O performance for database applications and streaming digital media environments The internal RAID controllers have a dedicated connection to the system board The R420 supports the new PERC 8 family of controllers wi The default P th improved functionality and faster performance ERC for t
14. 20 For the latest information on supported operating systems see Dell com OSsupport Table 20 Primary operating system support Operating System Platform Edition 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 8 x N A x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 3 x64 N A Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC X64 N A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 x64 N A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 x64 N A Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 X64 ani Data center Standard Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 x64 ii Premium Add on Web xe Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 with Hyper V Enterprise role enabled Datacenter RHEL 5 7 is the minimum supported version Current drop in box option is RHEL 5 8 RHEL 6 1 is the minimum supported version Current factory install is RHEL 6 3 34 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Supported virtualization One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge R420 is the support for a fail safe hypervisor By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the other mirrored SD card you can protect against hardware failure and maximize virtualization uptime Table 21 highlights the virtualization support for the R420 Table21 Virtualization support Internal dual Operating systems Install version eco SD module options install support vSphere v4 1 U3 ESX Classic DIB No vSphere v4 1 U
15. 3 ESXi Installable DIB No vSphere v4 1 U3 ESXi Embedded Fliv41U2 Yes Vmware vSphere v5 0 ESXi DIB Yes vSphere v5 0 U1 ESXi one version DIB Yes vSphere v5 1 ESXi one version DIB Yes Citrix XenServer 6 1 N A DIB No Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 1 N A DIB No Fl factory install DIB drop in box 144 1 U3 image is available from support dell com either as an upgrade to v4 1 U2 or for a clean install No OpenManage support drop in box license registration card only 35 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 11 Dell OpenManage systems management 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 based on open standards and provides agent based and agent free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers OpenManage solutions help you automate and streamline essential hardware management tasks The advanced management capabilities of Dell OpenManage also integrates into offerings from other popular systems management solutions that you may already use making Dell platforms easy to manage and deploy in any IT environment This ensures your IT services are available when your business needs them If you have already standardized on offerings from industry leaders such as BMC Software Microsoft Symantec VMware or other vendors you can lev
16. 4GB 12 DIMM slots 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT s 2 PCle slots With 2 processors e 1x16 slot with x16 bandwidth 3 0 half height half length PCle slots e 1x16 slot with x16 bandwidth 3 0 full height half length With 1 processor e 1x8slot with x4 bandwidth 2 0 half height half length e 1x16 slot with x16 bandwidth 5 0 full height half length Internal controllers External HBAs RAID PERC S110 SW RAID PERC H810 RAID controller PERC H310 External HBAs non RAID PERC H710 6Gbps SAS HBA PERC H710P Drive bay options 4 x 3 5 cabled drive bays or 4 x 3 5 hot plug drive bays 2 5 hybrid kit available or 8 x 2 5 hot plug drive bays Hot plug hard drive options Arnes 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 Embedded NIC Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1GbE LOM 8 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification 1Gb Ethernet Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC Broadcom 5719 Quad Port 1Gb NIC Intel 1550 Dual Port 1Gb stand up adapter Intel 550 Quad Port 1Gb stand up adapter 10Gb Converged Ethernet Brocade BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA QLogic QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA SFP Broadcom 57 8105 Dual Port 10Gb Base T CNA Broadcom 578105 Dual Port 10Gb DA SFP CNA 10Gb Ethernet Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA SFP s
17. Dell PowerEdge servers have embedded server lifecycle management in many cases there is no need to install an OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell PowerEdge server This greatly simplifies and streamlines the management footprint Dell consoles The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one to many console The central console provides a rapid view and insight into the overall health of all systems in the IT environment The Dell systems management portfolio includes several powerful consoles depending upon your needs including the following e Dell OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Essentials OME is a recently released systems management console that provides a comprehensive view of Dell systems devices and components in an enterprise network It is used to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers EqualLogic and PowerVault storage and PowerConnect switches to update and configure Dell servers and to create asset reports OpenManage Essentials also Communicates health status alerts for Dell servers storage and network devices to the Dell KACETM K1000 service desk OpenManage Essentials is available as a no charge software download from Support Dell com e Dell Management Console Dell Management Console DMC offers sophisticated data center management capabilities with comprehensive reporting features DMC can perform basic
18. PowerEdge R420 car Technical Guide The powerful 2 socket 1U Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server delivers double down density for web serving collaboration and high performance computing This document is for informational purposes only Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind Dell the DELL logo PowerEdge EqualLogic PowerVault PowerConnect OpenManage KACE and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows Windows Server SQL Server BitLocker ActiveX Internet Explorer and Hyper V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries IBM Tivoli and Netcool are registered trademarks of IBM in the United States Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others OCopyright 2012 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U S copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc is unlawful and stri
19. PowerEdge R420 Systems Owners Manual on Support Dell com Manuals Figure 5 LCD control panel Quick Resource Locator A useful feature included with Dell PowerEdge 12 generation servers is the Quick Resource Locator ORL a model specific Quick Response QR code that is located inside the R420 chassis cover see Figure 6 Use your smartphone to access the Dell ORL app to learn more about the server Figure 6 QRL location 13 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide ut This QRL code allows you to e View step by step videos including overviews of system internals and externals as well as detailed concise task oriented videos and installation wizards e Locate reference materials including searchable owner s manual content LCD diagnostics and an electrical overview e Look up your service tag so you can quickly gain access to your specific hardware configuration info and warranty information e Contact Dell directly by link to get 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 efficient and effective in managing your hardware Security features The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 5 to help ensure the security of your data center Table5 Security features Security feature Description
20. a low power state e High bandwidth low latency bidirectional ring interconnect allows faster access to up to 20 MB multi banked last level cache e Intel Advanced Vector Extensions offer up to double the floating point operations per clock Cycle by doubling the length of registers which can be useful for addressing very complex problems or dealing with large number calculations which are integral to many technical financial and scientific computing problems e Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2 0 which allows processor cores to run faster than the base operating frequency if it s operating below power current and temperature specification limits delivers up to double the boost than the previous generation e Continued improvements to both Intel TXT and AES NI help to better protect systems and data e For more information on the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product family visit Intel com Supported processors Table 6 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R420 For the latest information on supported processors visit Dell com PowerEdge 15 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Table 6 Supported processors Max e Tol af up QPI ye Turbo E5 2470 2 5GHz 95W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2450L 1 8GHz 70W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2450 2 1GHz 95W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2440 2 4GH
21. able with or without the optional CMA Figure 8 shows the sliding rails with the CMA Figure8 Sliding rails with optional CMA B i s a 5 2g 2 L s The static rails shown in Figure 9 support a wider variety of racks than the sliding rails but do not support serviceability in the rack and are therefore are not compatible with the CMA Figure9 Stat ic rails One key factor in selecting the proper rails is identifying the type of rack in which they will be installed Both the sliding rails and the static rails support tool less mounting in 19 wide EIA 510 compliant square hole and unthreaded round hole 4 post racks Both also support tooled mounting in threaded hole 4 post racks but only the static rails as the more universal solution support mounting in 2 post Telco racks Table 19 lists the rack types that the R420 supports The R420 is backward compatible with the R410 rails and CMA Rail Producta rdeniitier Table 19 Supported rack types Mounting Interface ReadyRails Other key factors governing proper rail selec mounting flanges of the rack the type and location o rack such as power distribution units PDUs complexity and lack of need for CMA suppor smaller overall mounting footprint than the s For detailed information Appendix A For more in Instructions on Support about static and slidi formation on installing the R420 in a rack see t
22. as performance and advanced monitoring Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration DLCI for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager SCCM This pack contains Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration DLCI which integrates OpenManage functions in SCCM to manage the Dell PowerEdge servers including auto discovery operating system deployment and configuration of hardware elements RAID NIC BIOS iDRAC OS and hypervisor agnostic updates firmware management and system viewer utilities Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM This pack manages Dell physical servers and hosts of virtual machines VMs by using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager System Center Essentials SCOM SCE and System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM It provides guidance for remedial actions based on alerts to best manage virtual machines and handle the impacts appropriately Dell Management Plug in for VMware vCenter This plug in allows IT administrators to monitor provision and manage the physical PowerEdge server hardware and firmware from a dedicated Dell menu accessed through the VMware vCenter console using the same role based access control model as vCenter combining physical server management BMC Software Dell and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell server storage and network
23. at departmental or remote sites of large businesses and public organizations Performance and reliability combined for confidence The R420 features the extensive performance of two Intel Xeon processors alone however are not enough to deliver bal be combined with sufficient memory and I O bandwidth R420 complements its processors with 12 O slots providing a substantial memory footprint and wide I O bandwidth to support both memory intensive and data intensive appl environmen redundant S features incl software RA features are also key design requirements when s ts a role the R420 fits well To protect your virtualized D media making your hypervisors redundant and failsa ude up to four 5 5 inch or eight 2 5 inch hot plug hard drives both hardware and D options and redundant hot plug power supplies The PowerEdge server line The Power DIMM slots and two PC ications and databases upporting conso Edge family is engineered with the right combi E5 2400 processors Powerful anced performance Compute power must to prevent performance bottlenecking The Express PCle 3 0 enabled These combined technology idated and virtualized workloads the R420 offers dual fe Other reliability and availability nation of features and performance scalability to handle tough workloads for both large and small data center environments The Dell OpenManage syst
24. ayout and system jumper settings Text is minimi consid platfor zed due to space limitations and translation erations The label size is standardized across ms 49 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Location Support Dell com Manuals Support Dell com Manuals Support Dell com Manuals Support Dell com Manuals Support Dell com Manuals Inside the system chassis cover se Resource Quick Resource Locator QRL Dell Energy Smart Data Center Assessment Energy Smart Solution Advisor Power and cooling technologies Energy management Operating system matrix for Dell PowerEdge systems Processor and chipset Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers Power distribution unit Uninterruptible power supply Volatility information Dell Enterprise Acoustics Description of contents This code on the chassis can be scanned by a phone application to access additional information and resources for the server including videos reference materials service tag information and Dell contact information This tool uses infrastructure and thermal analysis to help maximize system efficiency The Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor ESSA enables easier and more meaningful estimates to help you determine the most efficient configuration possible Use ESSA to calculate the power consumption of your hardware power infrastructure and storage Provides details for improving energy efficie
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26. d the bandwidth of each PCle slot Table 14 lists the slot configurations for the R420 Table 14 PCle slot configurations One processor Two processors PCIe slot 1 PCle x8 connector with x4 bandwidth PCle x16 connector with x16 bandwidth half length half height 2 0 half length half height 5 0 from PCH from CPU2 PCIe slot 2 PCle x16 connector with x16 bandwidth PCle x16 connector with x16 bandwidth half length full height 5 0 half length full height 5 0 from CPU1 from CPU Storage slot Storage slot for PERCs H310 H710 or H710P 24 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide PCle expansion cards The R420 supports a variety of PCle expansion cards Table 15 lists the supported add in NICs and HBAs for the R420 Table 15 Supported NICs and HBAs Type Adapter Broadcom 5720 2x1Gb Base T Broadcom 5719 4x1Gb Base T ntel 1350 2x1Gb Base T ntel 550 4x1Gb Base T Broadcom 578105 2x10Gb SFP 1Gb 10Gb NICs Broadcom 578105 2x10Gb Base T ntel X520 2x10Gb SFP ntel X540 2x10Gb Base T QLogic QLE8262 2x10Gb SFP Brocade BR1020 2x10Gb SFP O Logic QLE2460 4Gb QLogic QLE2462 4Gb O Logic QLE2560 8Gb O Logic QLE2562 8Gb FC4 FC8 HBAs Emulex LPe12000 8Gb Emulex LPe12002 8Gb Brocade BR815 8Gb Brocade BR825 8Gb For the latest information on all supported add in PCle expansion cards for the R420 visit Dell com GPU and HIC cards The R420 has limited su
27. e Manager for circuit breaker fast capping iDRAC7 Enterprise provides server level management that monitors reports and controls power consumption at the processor memory and Systems management system level redundant PSU only Dell OpenManage Power Center delivers group power management at the rack row and data center level for servers power distribution units and uninterruptible power supplies 26 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u Feature Description Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology that provides individual server level power reporting and power limiting functionality Dell offers a complete power management solution comprised of Intel Node Manager accessed through Dell iDRAC Enterprise and OpenManage Power Center that allows policy based management of power and thermals at the Active power management Ndividual server rack and data center level hot plug only Hot spare reduces power consumption of redundant power supplies Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power consumption Idle power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full workload With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products you can have the Fresh Air cooling capability to operate at excursion based temperatures beyond the industry hot plug PSU only standard of 35 C 95 F without
28. e eae oa 14 Table 6 Suppotrted DFOCGeSSOFS xcd a a ere ede E chev A E R E 16 JableJ Memory technologies SUD POMS Ceo v dme a E er deem EE E 17 Table EM DIMMS UPPOO murio andayenaas cavendatiaw enced davapeantagndaveaugeday 18 Table 9 Memory speed capabilis Seere ae 19 Table T0 Memory RAS TOIU 65 nc ison A A stet E EE A E A 20 Tabledi SUPPORT en e T N E EE E 21 Table 12 Supported RAID cControlleks i o ettet teet tes Pee tec en rene eee Eh nde ea tao echec eo cedo 22 Table 15 Hard dnveibackplatie ODLOFlS cete rrt tese Chee bct eet ta iuto 23 Table 14 POle slot CONAGUA is 24 Tablet Supone NIES and IIB AS tada 25 Table 16 Power toolsand techno SS go accessi A ttr os 26 Table 17 Power supply eiii uc 28 Table 18 Acoustical perfornfmaltiGe id cdas 50 Table 19 Supported rack types idad 32 Table 20 Primary operating system support entren en ee etre nnn enne enne 4 Table 21 Virtualization support ans 55 Table 22 DRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits 37 Table 23 Feature comparison for basic management iDRAC7 Express and iDRAC7 Enterprise 58 Table 24 One to one and one to many operations ssssssssssssssseseneeneeeemeenee nennen nnne nne 435 Table 25 Supported video MOdES eene enne eene eene ene nennen ertet er entere cns 44 Table 26 Environmental speclficatlOns cipe t ec tete pitt ttiv en ipei tese cesses 45 Table 27 Power supply SpeCifiCatiONs ici emen
29. e spacing dimensions for the R420 sliding and static rails Table 28 Rail adjustability range Rail adjustability range mm Rail depth mm without identifier CMA CMA pal Rail type Square Round Threaded with Min Max Min Max Min Max A7 Sliding 681 868 667 861 681 883 720 845 R420 pq gt u _ 0QqOK t ItgIII A A A8 Static 608 879 594 872 604 890 622 46 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted The min max values listed above represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack Rail depth without the CMA represents the minimum depth of the rails with the outer CMA brackets removed if applicable as measured from the front mounting flanges of the rack USB peripherals USB peripherals are supported through the front and back USB ports on the R420 These ports are USB 2 0 compliant 47 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Appendix B Standards compliance The Dell PowerEdge R420 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 29 Table 29 Industry standard documents Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power www acpi info Interface Specification v2 0c Ethernet IEEE 802 3 2005 HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3 0 standards ieee org getieee802 802 3 html www microsoft com whdc system platform pcdesign desquide
30. ems management portfolio er This embedded feature helps IT administrators Controller 7 iIDRAC7 manage out of band with or management portfoli Dell servers i with Lifecycle Control n physical virtual local without a systems man includes Integrated and remote agement sof Dell Remote Access environments operating in band or tware agent The OpenManage systems O also integrates and connects to third party systems management solutions SO you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying updating monitoring and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers 5 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide New technologies Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server Table 1 New technologies New technologies Detailed descriptions Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product family This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCIe lanes for improved O performance See the Processor section for details Intel C600 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub PCH chip is implemented on the R420 server 1600 MT s DDR3 memory Certain models of the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product family support 1600MT s memory The R420 supports two DIMMs per channel at 1600MT s with certain models See the Memory section for detail
31. ente eene nen en nennen enne nennen 46 Table 28 Ral adjustabllity Fang aee ennt datae eec bier gag te dace e cca ga gae daten da 46 Table 29 Industry standard documents er en en er enne cns 48 Table 30 Additiorialresoutees A tides ttt e 49 Figures Figure Ll FROME ew Without DEZA tel 11 FIQUIES 2 Front view Wie dias 11 docs BaCk VEW Eas 11 Figures Mau EE 12 Figures EDICTO Ml Oe RR N u Em 15 Figure XORISIOCQtIO Ets ds 15 Fae Z 290W Mole i d Dlelelatgpe re a E ieee a Regn ed RR ee Bee 28 Figure 8 Sliding rails with Optional CMA cc nas 31 URSS e AAA o Pe II See ROPE Oe ee tee ee 32 Figure 10 Dell systems management solutions eterne tentent pret nn te eR nene nnns 56 Figure 11 Systems management server le leal 42 Figure La System IMSS atada uet noL a By eae LUN LLL 44 Figure 15 R420 system board block diagram sesser anea EN eene een eene tnim tenen eene inen 51 iv Power Edge R420 Technical Guide lt u 1 System overview Introduction The Dell Power Edge R420 is a 2 socket 1U rack mount server offering powerful performance and scalability in a dense 1U rack form factor It is an excellent fit for compute intense applications and high performance computing HPC workloads The R420 s low profile also makes it highly attractive for departmental email workgroup collaboration and file and print in space constrained environments
32. erage OpenManage integration and connections developed to use with your existing systems management framework to efficiently manage Dell servers storage business client PCs and network devices Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools utilities and management consoles OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination of embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the entire server lifecycle deploy update monitor and maintain OpenManage solutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity save time achieve efficiency control costs and empower productivity Systems management solutions Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools products and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework As shown in Figure 10 Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management featuring DRAC with Lifecycle Controller Figure 10 Dell systems management solutions OpenManage integration with third party consoles Dell OpenManage i server management Dell Services VIS Virtual Integrated System Dell AIM Dell Creator iDRAC with Lifecycle f Dell Manage Controller Professional Deploy Update Monitor 4 BS N OpenManage Tools and utilities Connections with third party conso
33. erver 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 I O adapter options Platinum efficiency 550W or 550W power supply Power supply Silver efficiency cabled 550W power supply Auto ranging power supplies High efficiency hot plug redundant power supplies hot plug hard drives TPM Availability dual internal SD support fan fault tolerance optional bezel information tag ECC memory interactive LCD screen extended power range ENERGY STAR compliant e OpenManage Essentials e Dell Management Console e T Assistant e OMSA Agent e OpenManage Power Center requires DRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller OpenManage Integrations and Connections OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center Dell Management Plug in for VMware vCenter Connections for HP Operations Manager IBM Tivoli Netcool and CA Network and Systems Management Dell OpenManage Systems Management Agent free or with OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA Agent gent e Basic management standard option Upgrade to iDRAC7 Express or Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller
34. es not support internal tape drives 25 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 7 Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge R420 offers balanced scalable I O capabilities including integrated PCle 3 0 capable expansion slots The R420 supports up to 2 PCIe slots Embedded NIC controller The R420 system board has one embedded NIC controller The Broadcom 5720 Gigabit NIC chip is connected to the platform controller hub through a PCle 2 0 x2 link The Broadcom 5720 is a 14 generation 10 100 1000BASE T Ethernet LAN controller solution suitable for high performance server applications The Broadcom 5720 combines dual triple speed IEEE 802 5 compliant Media Access Controllers MACs with dual 10 100 1000 Ethernet transceivers PHYs selectable individually per port a network controller sideband interface NC SI and an on chip memory buffer in a single device The device provides a PCle 2 1 compliant interface which operates at 5 GT s or 2 5 GT s x2 link width PCle expansion The R420 provides expanded PCIe slot capability over the previous servers This is made possible by the 24 PCIe lanes available from each processor in the system Dell designed the R420 to be PCle 5 0 compliant in order to take full advantage of the processor capabilities PCle slots PCle connectivity is integrated with the processor in that the number of processors in a system impacts the number of PCle slots an
35. evices The redundant power supplies are managed through a PMBus interface The following power supply options are available for the R420 e 550W AC non redundant e 350W AC hot plug redundant e 550W AC hot plug redundant 27 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide ut Figure 7 shows a 550W power supply unit extended from the R420 chassis Figure 7 550W power supply unit The PowerEdge R420 supports up to two AC PSUs with 1 1 redundancy auto sensing and auto switching capability The 350W redundant PSU 1 or 1 1 is recommended for a one processor configuration the 550W PSU in a two processor configuration may not provide sufficient power which may impact system performance To support the Intel turbo boost feature default enabled in BIOS a system with 95W processors 8 core or 6 core and a 550W non redundant PSU may not sufficiently support feature rich configurations Using a 550W hot plug redundant PSU for feature rich configurations is recommended To verify this and other possible system configurations use the Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor at Dell com ESSA Dell PSUs have achieved Platinum efficiency levels as shown in Table 17 Table 17 Power supply efficiency Efficiency targets by load Form factor Output Class 350W AC Platinum 82 0 90 0 94 0 91 0 Redundant eee 550W AC Platinum 82 0 90 0 94 0 91 0 Non redundant 550W AC Silver N A 85 0 88 0 85 0 Thermal and acous
36. g 43 87 lb Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge R420 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem The graphics controller is the 2D Matrox G200 The video frame buffer 16MB is contained within the iDRAC RAM 256MB device The R420 system supports the 2D graphics video modes listed in Table 27 Table 25 Supported video modes Resolution Refresh Rate Hz Color Depth bit 640 x 480 60 70 8 16 32 800 x 600 60 75 85 8 16 32 1024 x 768 60 75 85 8 16 32 44 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Resolution Refresh Rate Hz Color Depth bit 1152 x 864 60 75 85 8 16 32 1280 x 1024 60 75 8 16 32 Environmental specifications Table 26 details the environmental specifications for the R420 For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations see Dell com environmental_datasheets Table 26 Environmental specifications Fresh Air temperature humidity altitude de rating Continuous 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F at 10 to 80 relative humidity with 26 C 78 8 F maximum operation dew point maximum wet bulb temperature De rate maximum allowable dry bulb temperature at 1 C per 500m above 950m 1 F per 547 ft above 3117 ft Expanded When operating in the expanded temperature range system performance may be impacted operation and ambient temperature warnings may be reported on the LCD and in the System Event Log
37. he R420 is a mini type PERC The R420 also supports the new software RAID solution that supports RAID O 1 5 and 10 The R420 supports the PERC cards listed in Table 12 For more information about the latest P Controller ERC offerings see Dell com PERC Table 12 Supported RAID controllers Description RAID Features modes Form factor supported Eight port external and Includes 1GB NV DDR3 cache premium Eum 6Gp s PCle RAID performance and feature Hue d Adapter iis AAN controller set security SED EKMS at P and SSD as cache Includes 1GB NV DDR3 PERC H710P Fight port internal 6Gb s cache premium 0 1 10 5 Integrated Premium Internal PCle RAID controller pertormance ain reote 50 6 60 mini type performance set security SED EKMS tot and SSD as cache ncludes 512MB NV PERC H710 Eight port internal 6Gb s DDR3 cache advanced 0 1 10 5 Integrated BS ones Internal PCle RAID controller feature set security 50 6 60 mini type SED EKMS PERCHZ10 Fight port internal 6Gb s a i iei as 0110 5 Integrated ae Internal PCle RAID PED de 50 mini type 22 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide through RAID Controller Description Features modes Form factor sage model supported 3Gb s SATA software RAID Supports up to 4 System PERC S110 controller that supports up hot plug SATA drives no board Software i l 0 1 5 10 Entry level RAID to 4 p
38. he Rack Installation Dell com Manuals 52 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Ra and the t the sta iding ral ng rails Rack Types Supported il Type 4 Post 2 Post Square Round Thread Flush Center tion include the spacing between the front and rear f any equipment mounted in the back of the overall depth of the rack Due to their reduced tic rails offer a greater adjustability range and a S see the Rack rail specifications section in Cable management arm The optional CMA organizes and secures the cords and cables exiting the back of the server and unfolds to allow the server to extend out of the rack without having to detach the cables Some key features of the R420 CMA include 55 Large U shaped baskets to support dense cable loads Open vent pattern for optimal airflow Ability to be mounted on either side Use of hook and loop straps rather than plastic tie wraps to eliminate the risk of cable damage during cycling Low profile fixed tray to both support and retain the CMA in its fully closed position Ability to mount the CMA and tray without the use of tools due to snap in designs PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R420 supports a wide range of industry standard operating systems and virtualization software Supported operating systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R4
39. hysical disks or 8 expansion Microsoft embedded virtual disks Windows only SATA Table 15 lists the storage matrix for the R420 hard drives backplanes and Dell PERC cards Table 13 Hard drive backplane options Backplane options Controller Drive types 3 5 SATA 4 x 3 5 cabled PERC S110 H310 H710 H710P 3 5 Nearline SAS 3 5 SAS 3 5 SATA 3 5 Nearline SAS 4 x 3 5 or 2 5 hot plug PERC S110 H310 H710 H710P 3 5 SAS 2 5 SAS 2 5 SSD 2 5 SATA 8 x 2 5 hot plug PERC H310 H710 H710P ec Pau 2 5 SAS 2 5 SSD Mini type PERC CacheCade CacheCade is a technology that provides automated storage tiering on SSDs with the PERC H810 and H710P It works by detecting the most often accessed data and copying it over time to the CacheCade SSD s where that cached data is accessed directly instead of accessing the hard disk drives This can dramatically increase how your applications respond when they are under peak traffic times and how they perform when response time is critical CacheCade provides cost effective performance scaling for database type applications that perform lots of random reads and saves the cost of adding extra drives Optical drive The R420 supports one slim 9 5mm internal optical drive on the 8 drive bay chassis through the system board embedded SATA The 4 drive bay chassis supports the 12 mm optical drive The R420 supports both DVD ROM and DVD RW Tape drive The R420 do
40. ias 26 POWER SUB OLY aec m 27 nermaland acousUES siai aaga a a e o a aii ad a a eaa i EEE 28 9 Rack rak and cable Maa Mirada SL SUC ana static ral iate Mm 31 Ca DLE mmamagermerib abis A AP 33 10 Operating systems and VINCUAUZAUON citadino 34 Supported PEA is 34 Supported virtualization RN 55 11 Dell OpenManage systems Man Ma a e eea decies pande aE 36 Systems management solutions nisura siis inseii ten rniniee iN ETENN EEn ON EEn nennen rentre entren EENEN EE EEEE 36 OpenManage systems management ioe EEE EEEE EEEE AAEE EEEE EEE EEEE EE 57 Dell server management operations erre 42 Appendix A Additional specification S Nr Chassis dimensions and weight eerte nennen ener eren Video SPecificatlONS APP 44 Environmental specifications ini nine ena enn nnns 45 Power supply specifICatlols au be ted eb adu oor ba beta a dede a e toca lu adde Go Rea eet qu a RR 46 isTaiert essor er leto NR 46 USB pene cta 47 Appendix B Standards COmplianCe id 48 iii PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u Appendix C Additonal TESQUECES restado altillo 49 Appendix D System board block diagtal Tias acea tie aaa il Tables Tablet N w techol OgleS siue tepore petet i Rede d sa 6 Table 2 Comparing the PowerEdge R410 to PowerEdge R420 sssssssssssssseeeeneeneenen enn 7 Tables Tecnnical species 8 Wea lS O O E E O E OE T T E eae eetes 12 Table a CON eatUl e a E A A d
41. icated GigE port PowerEdge rack and tower systems Email alerts Gigabit Ethernet replaces 10 100 on predecessor DRAC6 Fast throughput for better performance compatibility with setup for switches More detail allows IT administrators to be more efficient in diagnosing and remediating an issue alerts include a direct embedded URL in the email notification to further speed resolution Simplified more informative and expanded coverage than previous versions of iDRAC vFlash media Enabled with iDRAC7 Enterprise Allows for use of a non Dell SD card Enhanced power management Integration with Intel Node Manager provides data center level power monitoring and capping requires iIDRAC7 Enterprise Fine tune data center power policies capping and usage report on historical power usage by rack row or room using Power Center Manager new 57 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature Function Benefit IF IDRAC7 Express or DRAC7 Enterprise is ordered during initial point of sale license key is installed If Basic Management is Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or ordered during initial point of sale customer DRAC7 Enterprise by software must request a license key through the Dell Electronic h licensing key and license portal may Licensing Portal licensing require installation of hardware option For most server models embedded server for 300 500 series servers management and elect
42. icated scientific exploration to crucial web serving and infrastructure applications In addition to providing raw performance gains improved O is also made possible with Intel Integrated I O which can reduce latency by adding more lanes and doubling bandwidth This helps to reduce network and storage bottlenecks unleashing the processor s performance capabilities Processor features The new Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product family provides the following features e 2 socket processor design with power and dimensions optimized for density e Upto 8 execution cores per processor e Intel Hyper Threading technology enables up to 16 computational threads e Micro architecture on 52nm process for greater performance per watt e Support for more memory 4 additional DIMMs up to 12 DIMM slots and support for up to 32GB DIMMs increasing the memory capacity from 128GB to 384GB e Integrated memory controller with 5 channels of DDR3 and 46 bit physical addressing facilitate greater memory capacity tel Integrated I O has support for up to 48 lanes 24 lanes per socket of PCle 3 0 links capable of 8 0 GT s e Faster connections throughout the system with support for up to DDR3 1600 MT s memory and 8 0 GT s QPI e Intel Data Direct I O DDIO allows I O traffic to skip the main system memory and be directed straight to the processor cache which can provide a significant reduction in latency as well as allowing memory to remain in
43. impacting your availability model This solution takes into account servers networking storage and other infrastructure Find additional information at Dell com FreshAir Dell offers some of the industry s highest efficiency power infrastructure solutions including e Power distribution units PDUs Rack infrastructure e Uninterruptible power supplies UPS e Energy Smart containment rack enclosures Find additional information at http content dell com us en enterprise power and cooling technologies components rack infrastructure aspx Find additional information at Dell com PowerAndCooling and Power com PowerCenter Power supply units Energy Smart power supplies hot plug PSUs only have intelligent features such as the ability to dynamically optimize efficiency while maintaining availability and redundancy Also featured are enhanced power consumption reduction technologies such as high efficiency power conversion and advanced thermal management techniques and embedded power management features including high accuracy power monitoring The R420 power supply subsystem consists of one non redundant or up to two hot plug AC DC power supplies The power supply provides 3 3V 5V 12V and 12Vaux for non redundant design and provides 12V and 12Vaux for redundant design There are several voltage regulators in the system to supply different voltage levels needed by different logic d
44. information Storage 5 to 95 at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 33 C 91 F atmosphere must be condensing at all times Maximum vibration Operating 0 26 Grms at 5Hz to 550Hz in all orientations Storage 1 87 Grms at 10Hz to 500Hz for 15 minutes all six sides tested 45 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u Maximum shock Half sine shock in all operational orientations of 31G 5 with a pulse duration of 2 6ms 10 Half sine shock on all six sides of 71G 5 with a pulse duration of 2ms 10 square wave shock on all six sides of 27G with velocity change at 235 in sec or greater Operating Storage 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 Power supply specifications Table 27 lists power supply specifications for the Power Edge R420 Table 27 Power supply specifications Specification Redundant 350W Non redundant 550W Redundant 550W Current consumption 4 8A 2 4A 7 AA 3 7A 7 AA 3 7A Supply voltage 100 240 VAC 100 240 VAC 100 240 VAC Frequency 50 60Hz 50 60Hz 50 60Hz T 1356 2317 2133 Maximum inrush current 55A 55A 55A lAuto ranging Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range the inrush current may reach 55A per power supply for 10ms or less Rack rail specifications Table 28 lists th
45. ives and locks for security Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors use only if directed NMI button to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system s documentation System identification button Buttons on the back and front of a system to help identify the unit in a data center environment Hard drives Up to eight 2 5 inch drives USB connectors Connects USB devices to the server Information tag Slide out label panel for recording system information Video connector Connects a monitor to the server 12 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature Description Displays system ID status information and system error messages two LCD panel and buttons navigation buttons to scroll through the menu on the LCD and one select button Optical drive Optional slim DVD or DVD RW drive Power supply units Supplies power to the server Power supply indicators Indicates whether server has power NIC indicators Indicates network activity and status PCle slots Connects PCle expansion cards to the server Ethernet connectors Connects integrated 10 100 1000 NICs to the server Serial connector Connects a serial device to the server iDRAC7 Enterprise port Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC Ports card Front control panel The R420 control panel is located on the front of the chassis as shown in Figure 5 For more information about the LCD control panel see the Dell
46. les ons 56 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide OpenManage systems management 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 your Dell PowerEdge servers iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller The Integrated second generati enabling agent Dell Remote Access Controller 7 IDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of the on of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality In addition to free management DRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to the system whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server These embedded features improve all aspects of a typical server lifecycle Table 22 describes the functions and benefits of i DRAC with Lifecycle Controller Table 22 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits Feature Function Benefit iDRAC7 offers real time OOB Out of band discovery inventory deployment Manage servers independent of the OS type OOB monitoring alerting and updates for X or status even if an OS is not installed servers and internal storage Single code base All server types have the same embedded management hardware and firmware Simplified and consistent maintenance across server platforms Ded
47. ller technology provides you with these intelligent capabilities embedded within the server infrastructure This allows you to invest more time and energy on business improvements and less on maintenance Figure 11 illustrates the various operations that can be performed during the server s lifecycle Figure 11 Systems management server lifecycle 42 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Table 24 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 Table 24 One to one and one to many operations Operation One to one One to many Lifecycle Controller GUI Symantec Deployment Server e Dell Server Deployment Pack DTK e Dell Management Plug in for DSDP for Microsoft System SBUU VMware vCenter Center Configuration Manager and e KACE K1000 Appliance Dell Lifecycle Controller Deploy e Lifecycle Controller Remote Integration DLCI for Microsoft Services System Center Configuration e BMC BladeLogic integration Manager with Lifecycle Controller DRAC7 with LifeCycle e Dell OpenManage Essentials e Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft Controller e Dell OpenManage ITA System Center Configuration Lifecycle Controller GUI Dell Management Console Manager Repository Manager e Lifecycle Controller Remote e Dell Lifecycle Controller DUP Services Integration DLCI for Microsoft Update SUU System Center Configuration SBUU Manager
48. many deployment and single server update capabilities in the pre operating system environment Dell Update Packages The Dell Update Packages DUP is a self contained executable in a standard package format that updates a software element on a Dell server such as the BIOS a driver firmware and other software updates Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit DTK is a CLI based tool that includes a set of utilities for configuring and deploying Dell PowerEdge systems and can be used to build scripted unattended OS installations to deploy large numbers of servers in a reliable fashion RACADM The RACADM command line utility provides a scriptable interface that allows you to locally or remotely configure DRAC7 IPMITool IPMITOool includes scriptable console application programs used to control and manage remote systems using the IPMI version 1 5 and later protocol Integration with third party consoles e Dell OpenManage easily integrates with several leading third party consoles including 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 including in band discovery and monitoring of racks and towers out of band discovery and monitoring through IDRAC with Lifecycle Controller as well
49. mation on memory mirroring and sparing configurations see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals 20 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u 6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge R420 supports internal and external storage options and controllers different drive types and different chassis configurations for a varied number of drives Features such as CacheCade provide accelerated performance over previous technologies CacheCade uses Dell PERC storage controllers to accelerate performance over hard drives or traditional solid state drives Internal storage R420 has three chassis to support up to three different drive bay options e 4x 3 5 inch drive option base configuration cabled tray e 4x 5 inch drive option volume configuration hot plug tray 2 5 inch hybrid kit available for 2 5 inch drives e 8x2 5 inch drive option maximum drive support in 1U hot plug tray Supported hard drives The R420 supports up to eight 2 5 inch or four 5 5 inch hard drives or solid state drives Self encrypting drives SED are available Table 11 lists more information about these drives For an up to date list of supported hard drives for the R420 see Dell com PowerEdge Table 11 Supported hard drives Form Speed Capacities factor rpm Nearline SAS N A 500G 1TB 1TB SED SAS 10K 300GB 600GB 900GB 900GB SED SAS 15K 146GB 300GB 3
50. ncy in the data center Provides information on Dell s Fresh Air cooling solutions Provides updated information on which operating systems are avallable on which PowerEdge systems Provides more information about the R420 processors and chipset Provides more information about Dell PERCs Provides help selecting a rack based power distribution unit Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply model Contact your Dell sales representative White paper that explores the mechanisms of people s reaction to language of and from Enterprise products 50 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Dell s work to control noise Location Inside the system chassis cover Dell com EnergySmart Dell com ESSA Dell com PNC Dell com FreshAir Dell com OSsupport Intel com Dell com PERC DellPDU com Dell UPS com Dell com www dell com downloads g lobal products pedge en ac oustical education dell enterprise white paper pdf Appendix D System board block diagram Figure 13 R420 system board block diagram DVD ofo 110 D o ifi C LL CPU2 gt tlo D o ifi Mm SATA SATA PCle x4 fox QPI UE oin LPC x4 DMI 2GB s gt DDR3 Memory sauh DMIC 2 1066 1333 1600
51. nd DIMM For more information on Dell s acoustical design see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper 30 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u 9 Rack rails and cable management The sliding and static rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R420 provide tool less support for 4 post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes Both rail systems also support tooled mounting in 4 post threaded racks and the static rails support tooled mounting in 2 post Telco racks as well for added versatility Compared to the R410 sliding rails that required the use of adapter brackets the sliding rails for the R420 now offer support for threaded hole racks with the ReadyRails II mounting interface The optional cable management arm CMA can be mounted on either the left or right side of the sliding rails without the use of tools for fast and easy deployment Sliding and static rail systems The R420 supports both sliding rails and static rails Both rails have a new slim rail design that supports the wide system chassis The rails ship in the tool less mounting configuration but can be converted to the tooled configuration very quickly and easily Sliding rails include a self adjusting feature to allow the rails to be shared across multiple systems and accommodate various chassis depths The sliding rail system allows you to fully extend the server out the rack for easy access for service The sliding rails are avail
52. pport for external graphics processing unit GPU technology and interface card solutions through the PowerEdge C410x series 5U external PCle through a hardware interface card HIC An external GPU is available through certified factory installation CFI or field upgrade only 25 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 8 Power thermal and acoustics Lower overall system level power draw is a result of breakthrough system design The Dell PowerEdge R420 server maximizes performance per watt through a combination of power and cooling energy efficient technologies and tools Additionally the PowerEdge R420 has an extensive collection of sensors that automatically track thermal activity which helps regulate temperature thereby reducing server noise and power consumption Power consumption and energy efficiency With the rise in the cost of energy coupled with increasing data center density Dell provides tools and technologies to help you realize greater performance with less energy cost and waste More efficient data center usage can reduce costs by slowing the need for additional center space Table 16 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency Table 16 Power tools and technologies Feature Description Power supply unit PSU Dell s PSU portfolio includes intelligent features such as dynamicall
53. r is tolerated with degradation in performance through active throttling and increased fan speeds The feature helps reduce downtime by allowing you to schedule a fan replacement within 560 hours of a fan failure 6 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 2 System features Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers the R420 supports more PCle slots PCle 5 0 more memory and advanced system management Table 2 compares some of the features of the R420 to its R410 predecessor Table 3 lists all of the R420 s specifications Comparison of PowerEdge systems The R420 is the new generation PowerEdge server replacing the R410 Table 2 Comparing the PowerEdge R410 to PowerEdge R420 Feature PowerEdge R410 PowerEdge R420 Chassis 1U rack 1U rack P Intel Xeon processors 5500 and 5600 Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 product rocessors l series family Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect 1 8 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM 12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM Memory Up to 128GB Up to 584GB i Up to 4 x 3 5 cabled or hot plu Para drive bays Up to 4 x 3 5 cabled or hot plug i Se hot plug Up to 8 x 2 5 hot plug RAID controller PERC H200 H700 H800 PERC H310 H710 H710P H810 S110 PCI slots 1 PCle 2 0 slots 2 PCle 3 0 slots Embedded NIC Dual Port 1GbE LOM Dual Port 1GbE LOM Non redundant 480W Non redundant 550W Power supplies Redundant 500W
54. ress parity Memory technologies supported UDIMM RDIMM No Yes No No 800 1066 1555 or 1600MT s 1or2 2 or 4GB 2 x8 Yes Yes Yes with advanced ECC mode Yes 800 1066 1333 or 1600MT s 1 2 0r4 2 4 8 16 or 32GB 2 x4 or x8 Yes Yes Yes Yes Although the R420 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT s and 1066MT s you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT s and 1600MT s on Dell com 17 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide The R420 supports the DIMMs listed in Table 8 For the latest information on supported memory visit Dell com Table 8 DIMMs supported Capacity Speed Ranks per Data GB MT s Typs SAM d A I MSDERES 2 1600 UDIMM 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 55 4 1600 RDIMM 2 x8 Advanced ECC 1 55 2 1555 RDIMM 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 55 2 1600 RDIMM 1 X8 Advanced ECC 1 55 4 1333 RDIMM 2 x8 Advanced ECC 1 55 4 1333 RDIMM 1 x4 All modes 1 35 4 1600 RDIMM 2 x8 Advanced ECC 1 55 8 1333 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 55 8 1600 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 35 16 1333 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 55 16 1600 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 55 32 1333 RDIMM 4 x4 All modes 1 35 Memory configurations Flexible memory configurations are supported on the R420 ranging from capacities of 2GB to 384GB The system supports up to 6 DIMMs per processor up to 12 DIMMs in a 2 processor configuration The R420 has 3 memory channels per processor with each channel supporting up to 2 DIMMs
55. ronic licensing enables feature enhancements that do not require installation of additional hardware or system downtime Feature comparison The systems management default for the R420 is basic management with an upgrade option for iDRAC7 Express or DRAC7 Enterprise A detailed feature comparison of basic management iDRAC7 Express and iDRAC7 Enterprise is shown in Table 23 Table 23 Feature comparison for basic management iDRAC7 Express and iDRAC7 Enterprise Basic iDRAC7 iDRAC7 Feature function management Express Enterprise Local configuration with Lifecycle Controller GUI PMI 2 0 Embedded diagnostics Local OS install e Local updates Driver pack Shared NIC LOM Remote update e Power control e Power monitoring e Encryption e IPv6 e Auto discovery e Auto recovery e Web GUI 38 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u Feature function Basic DRAC7 management Express iDRAC7 Enterprise Remote CLI Local SSH CLI Serial redirection Remote config Email alerts SNMP alerts Comprehensive monitoring Crash screen capture Dedicated NIC 1Gbps LOOMB in iDRACO Part replacement Backup and restore configurations Virtual console 4 user Virtual console chat Support for customer supplied SD cards for vFlash media Virtual
56. s Next generation PERC options The R420 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality and faster performance See the Storage section for details PERC S110 software RAID Solution This new software RAID solution supports RAID O 1 5 and 10 and supports a maximum of four hot plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid state drives See the Storage section for details iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting in depth memory alerting faster performance a dedicated gigabit port and many more features See the Dell OpenManage systems management section for details Advanced power management The R420 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can help manage power consumption See the Power thermal and acoustics section for details Fresh Air cooling Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller less See the Power thermal and acoustics section for details Failsafe hypervisors The internal dual SD module enables Dell s unique Failsafe Virtualization architecture ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded hypervisors such as VMware vSphere ESXITM See the Supported virtualization for details Fan fault tolerance Failure of one fan roto
57. s we are introducing limited user configurable settings in the DRAC7 BIOS setup screen For more information see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals and Advanced Thermal Control Optimizing across Environments and Power Goals on Dell com e Fan fault tolerance The R420 allows continuous operation with a motor failure in the system The base configuration of the R420 has four fans Additional fans are needed when using redundant power supplies and a second processor The fault tolerance feature allows one motor fan to fail at a time allowing a fan replacement within 560 hours of a fan failure e Environmental specifications The optimized thermal management makes the R420 reliable under a wide range of operating environments as shown in the environmental specifications in Table 26 Many configurations are also compliant under expanded operating temperature environments but a few are not Acoustical design The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R420 reflects the following e Versatility The PowerEdge R420 saves you power draw in the data center but it also is quiet enough for the office environment in typical and minimum configurations Compare the values for LpA in Table 18 for these configurations and note that they are lower than ambient measurements of typical office environments e Adherence to Dell s high sound quality standards Sound qualit
58. ta back to the memory once a correctable error is detected on a read transaction Patrol scrubbing proactively searches the system memory repairing correctable errors Recovery from single DRAM device failure Recovery from Single DRAM Device Failure SDDC provides error checking and correction that protects against any single memory chip failure as well as multi bit errors from any portion of a single memory chip Failed DIMM isolation This feature provides the ability to identify a specific failing DIMM channel pair thereby enabling the user to replace only the failed DIMM pair Memory mirroring intra socket Memory mirroring is a method of keeping a duplicate secondary or mirrorea copy of the contents of memory as a redundant backup for use if the primary memory fails The mirrored copy of the memory is stored in memory of the same processor socket Memory address parity protection This feature provides the ability to detect transient errors on the address lines of the DDR channel Memory sparing rank Memory sparing allocates one rank per channel as a spare If excessive correctable errors occur in a rank or channel it is moved to the spare area while the operating system is running to prevent the error from causing an uncorrectable failure Memory thermal throttling This feature helps to optimize power performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating For infor
59. the BIOS and the operating voltage of the system Table 9 lists memory configuration and performance details for the RA20 based on the population of the number and type of DIMMs per memory channel Table 9 Memory speed capabilities DIMM su Eee bina Speed MT s DIMMs 800 1066 1333 1600 SR 1 DR 1 UDIMM SR SR 2 e e e SR DR 2 e DR DR 2 e SR 1 DR 1 QR 1 SR SR 2 e RDIMM SR DR 2 e e DR DR 2 e QR SR QR DR 2 e QR QR 2 Although the R420 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT s and 1066MT s you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT s and 1600MT s on Dell com 19 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Memory RAS features Reliability availability serviceability RAS features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to performance and can decrease data loss and crashing due to errors RAS aids in rapid accurate diagnosis of faults that require service Table 10 describes the RAS features supported on the R420 Table 10 Memory RAS features Feature Description Dense configuration optimized profile Increased memory reliability can be a result from this selectable platform profile that adjusts parameters to reduce faults regarding refresh rates speed temperature and voltage Memory demand and patrol scrubbing Demand scrubbing is the ability to write corrected da
60. tics Optimized thermal management makes the PowerEdge R420 cool and quiet Benefiting from smart cooling fan speed control the R420 can keep both high performance and good acoustics across a wide range of ambient temperatures from 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F and to extended ambient temperature ranges see Table 26 Operating environments for the R420 can vary from the data center to general use spaces In a typical configuration the R420 is suitable for an open office environment Thermal design The thermal design of the PowerEdge R420 reflects the following e Multiple sensors are monitored for thermal feedback control The PowerEdge R420 dynamically controls system cooling fan speed based on responses from component 28 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide temperature sensors including processors hard disk drives DIMMs storage cards and the inlet ambient temperature Thermal control 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 noise levels than servers without such controls e User configurable settings An R420 thermal control design target is to minimize the contribution of fan power to overall system power However with the understanding and realization that every customer has a unique set of circumstances or expectations of the system in this generation of server
61. tion Instructions Cable Management Arm Installation Instructions Information Update System Information Label Table 30 Additional resources Description of contents This m anual is provided in HTML format on the CD provided with the R420 system and also in HTML and PDF format at the Dell support site A printed version is available in Asian languages as a customer orderable option followi This manual provides information on the ng e Chassis features e Sys e Sys e Sys e Sys tem Setup program tem messages tem codes and indicators tem BIOS e Remove and replace procedures e Tro ubleshooting e Diagnostics e Jumpers and connectors This guide is printed and shipped with the system and is also available in PDF format on the Dell support site This guide provides information on the following e Initial setup steps e Key system features e Technical specifications This printed document is provided with the rack kits The document provides the instructions for installing the Server in a rack This printed document is provided with the CMA kits The document provides the instructions for installing the cable management arm on the rails This document is printed and shipped with the system and is also available in PDF format on the Dell support site This document provides information on system updates The system information label documents the system board l
62. ws and features see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals Chassis views Figure 1 shows the features on the front of the RA20 chassis including eight 2 5 inch hard drives control panel USB connectors and many other components and features described in this guide Figure 1 Front view without bezel Figure 2 shows the optional locking bezel on the front of the R420 chassis Figure2 Front view with bezel Figure 5 shows the features on the back panel of the R420 including USB connectors Ethernet connectors serial connector video connector PCle slots power supplies and many other components and features described in this guide Figure 3 Back view The chassis design of the R420 is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling The R420 supports up to 12 DIMMs 2 processors hot plug redundant power supplies and many other components and features described in this guide 11 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Figure 4 Internal view Chassis features Table 4 lists the features on the R420 chassis For additional information see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals Table 4 Chassis features Feature Description Power button ACPI compliant power button with an integrated green power LED Front bezel Covers the system s front loading hard dr
63. y portfolio optimizing efficiency while maintaining availability and redundancy Find redundant PSU only additional information in the Power supply units section Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor ESSA is a tool that helps you determine the most efficient configuration possible With ESSA you can calculate the power consumption of your hardware power infrastructure and storage ESSA can help you determine exactly how much power your server will use Tools for right sizing at a given workload and the PSU Advisor can help you choose the best most efficient PSU for your workload Learn more at Dell com calc Energy Smart Data Center Assessment is a Dell Services offering that uses infrastructure and thermal analysis to help maximize system efficiency Learn more at Dell com EnergySmart Dell s servers are compliant with all relevant industry certifications and Industry compliance guidelines including 80 PLUS Climate Savers and ENERGY STAR PSU power monitoring improvements include Power monitoring e Dells power monitoring accuracy is currently 1 whereas the industry accuracy standard is 5 hot plug PSU only e More accurate reporting of power e Better performance under a power cap Use Dell s systems management to set the power cap limit for your systems Power capping to limit the output of a PSU and reduce system power consumption Dell is hot plug PSU only the first hardware vendor to leverage Intel Nod
64. y is different from sound power level and sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to annoyances in sound like whistles and hums One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone which is listed in Table 18 e Noise ramp and descent during bootup from power off Fan speeds and noise levels ramp during the boot process from power off to power on in order to add a layer of protection for component cooling in the case that the system were not to boot properly To keep bootup as quiet as possible the fan speed reached during bootup is limited to about half of full speed e Noise level dependencies If acoustics is important to you you may want to make the following configuration choices and settings for the PowerEdge R420 for quieter operation In the BIOS select the power optimized DAPC rather than performance optimized for the system thermal profile Turn hot spare feature off in PSU Since hard drive noise is highly dependent on spindle speed the 7200 rpm SATA hard drive will have the quietest hard drive operation However some components cause significant but not necessarily intuitive increases in loudness when they are installed in the R420 Contributors to acoustical output can include More than one processor PERC H710 mini PERC H710P mini or PERC H810 29 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Table 18 details the acoustical performance for the R420
65. z 95W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2430L 2 0GHz 60W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2430 2 2GHz 95W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2420 1 9GHz 95W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2407 2 2GHz 80W 10MB 4 8 6 4GT s 1066MT s NA E5 2403 1 8GHz 80W 10MB 4 8 6 4GT s 1066MT s NA For information on processor installation and configuration see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals Chipset The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge R420 For more information visit Intel com 16 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 5 Memory The large memory footprint of the frequencies and more flexibility The R420 supports up to 584G Dell PowerEdge R420 offers greater capacities higher B of memory 12 DIMM slots and speeds of up to 1600MT s providing high performance in a variety of applications The new reliability availability serviceability RAS features like memory mirroring and sparing help you increase your uptime and reduce data loss RAS aids in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of faults that require service increasing your memory reliability Supported memory The R420 supports the memory technologies shown in Table 7 Table 7 Feature Register Buffer Frequencies Ranks supported Capacity per DIMM Maximum DIMMs per channel DRAM technology Temperature sensor Error Correction Code ECC Single Device Disable Code SDDC Add

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