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1. 17 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide The R420 supports the DIMMs listed in Table 8 For the latest information on supported memory visit Dell com PowerEdge Table 8 DIMMs supported Capacity Speed Ranks per Data GB MT s Type DIMM width SDDC support Voltage 2 1600 UDIMM 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 35 2 1600 RDIMM 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 35 4 1600 RDIMM 2 x8 Advanced ECC 1 35 4 1600 UDIMM 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 35 4 1600 UDIMM 2 x8 Advanced ECC 1 35 4 1600 RDIMM 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 35 8 1600 RDIMM 1 x4 All modes 1 35 8 1600 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 35 16 1600 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 35 16 1600 RDIMM 2 x4 All modes 1 35 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 six DIMMs per processor up to 12 DIMMs in a two processor configuration The R420 has three memory channels per processor with each channel supporting up to two DIMMs 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 QR dual rank DR or single rank SR DIMMs may b
2. 29 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide More than one processor PERC H710 mini PERC H710P mini or PERC H810 Table 18 details the acoustical performance for the R420 Table 18 Acoustical performance Power Configuration PCI 2 i I UE i 23 2 C CPUs Ms supply Memory card HDD phu ui 2 dias ambient unit controller bels dBA 3x 3 5 e ldle 51 32 None i X 2 t 1GbE ae 2 300GB 2x 6x4GB ee mig s ug 95W SAS 550W 1233Hz cnassis 15K 1x PERC Stress 51 33 None H310 mini 1 x quad 4 6 x 2 5 Idle 5 2 32 None o 300GB 2x 8x8GB pu 95W SAS 550W 1600H HDD chassis 15K Z 1xPERC Stress 55 33 None H710 mini T gU 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 Los is the average bystander position A weighted sound pressure level calculated per section 4 3 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 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 Idle Reference ISO 7779 2010 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its operating system but no other sp
3. Operating systems Install version Factory SD module options install support vSphere v5 0 ESXi DIB Yes vSphere v5 0 U1 ESXi one version DIB Yes VMware vSphere v5 1 ESXi one version DIB Yes vSphere v5 1 U1 ESXi one version DIB Yes vSphere v5 5 ESXi one version DIB Yes Citrix XenServer 6 1 N A DIB No Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 1 N A DIB No FI factory install DIB drop in box 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 leverage OpenManage integration and connections developed to use with your existing systems managemen
4. Supported NICSs and HBAS re trn te dua rias ica 25 Table 16 Powertools and technologies utendo srt om Rar n nea domus Dr mda un mein DU n ras aA 26 Table 17 Powersupply effICIeHey strany nre ida l cu E me Na nen d 28 Table 18 Acoustical performance see etre tete ee denn ae Un Cae ESTEE TER E NER E EAER AAEE BR RAKA ee E Ear 30 Tables9 Supported ACK types occae mener O quedas unte cite 32 Table 20 Primary operating system support netten entente A RKK stent enn 34 Table 21i Virtualization SU don ese I E 35 Table 22 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits sss 37 Table 23 Feature comparison for basic management iDRAC7 Express and iDRAC7 Enterprise 38 Table 24 One to one and one to many operations u treed rin inik aee Eer ENA Na FEET ERE AEEA FEEN 43 Table 25 Supported video MO ES sanidad E EEA 44 Table 26 Environmental specifications sssssssssssssssssssssseseeneeene nennen eene nnne entente ates e nen 45 Table 27 Power Supply SDecltiCakOfllS a eto eto 46 Table 28 Railadjustability Tag S tee serit ert eek ette enr t denter ha mere pl A io litio died 46 Table 29 Industry sstandards docu MENA su torte bot use te abge e rele RR 48 Table 30 Additional resOUtCes u eet erem Pen 49 Figures Figured Front view without Dezel cerit A danas mt nema AES 11 Figure 2 Front view With Deza licita erteilt ere t tied estes ltd der t Mod iat ed dec 11 FIg r irr sul 1
5. USB Universal Serial Bus Specification Rev 2 0 Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements v3 10 48 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide URL for information and specifications acpi info standards ieee org getieee802 802 3 html microsoft com whdc system platform pcdesign desguide serverdg msp x intel com design servers ipmi jedec org download search JESD79 3C pdf developer intel com design chipsets industry lpc htm pcisig com specifications pciexpress pmbus info specs html t10 org sata io org dmtf org standards smbios trustedcomputinggroup org uefi org specs usb org developers docs microsoft com whdc winlogo hwrequirements mspx Appendix C Additional resources Table 30 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge R420 Resource Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual Dell PowerEdge R420 Getting Started Guide Rack Installation Instructions Cable Management Arm Installation Instructions Information Update System Information Label Quick Resource Locator Description of contents This manual available in PDF format provides information on the following This guide printed and shipped with the system is also available in PDF format on the Dell com with detailed Table 30 Chassis features System setup program System messages System codes and i
6. so users can maintain a single point of control and capitalize on an existing systems management investment OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying updating monitoring and maintaining Dell PowerEdge servers 5 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Key technologies Table 1 summarizes key technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server Table 1 Key technologies Detailed description Key technology Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families This Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families have embedded PCIe lanes for improved I 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 1600MT s DDR3 memory Certain models of Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families product families support 1600MT s memory The R420 supports two DIMMs per channel at 1600MT s with certain models See the Memory section for details 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 0 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 Del
7. 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 Dell s systems management portfolio see the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Overview Guide on Dell com Support Manuals 43 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Appendix A Additional specifications Chassis dimensions and weight Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R420 chassis Figure 12 System dimensions Xa TOP VIEW Bezel or Outer Most Feature P EIA Rack Flange Za with Za without bezel bezel Xb LY Zb Zc 625 2mm with non redundant PSU 642 3mm with redundant PSU 482 4mm 434 0mm 42 8mm 35 0mm 21 0mm 607 0mm 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 kg 43 87 lb Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge R420 DRAC 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 25 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
8. Intel TXT and AES NI help to better protect systems and data For more information on the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families visit Intelcom 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 Cores Max Cache threads QPI memory Turbo speed E5 2470 2 3GHz 95W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2470 v2 2 4GHz 95W 25MB 10 20 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2450L 1 8GHz 70W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2450L v2 1 7GHz 60W 25MB 10 20 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2450 2 1GHz 95W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2450 v2 2 5GHz 95W 20MB 8 16 8 0GT s 1600MT s Yes E5 2440 2 4GHz 95W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2440 v2 1 9GHz 80W 20MB 8 16 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2430L 2 0GHz 60W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2430L v2 2 4GHz 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 2430 v2 2 5GHz 80W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2420 1 9GHz 95W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2420 v2 2 2GHz 80W 15MB 6 12 7 2GT s 1333MT s Yes E5 2407 2 4GHz 80W 10MB 4 4 6 4GT s 1066MT s N A E5 2407 v2 2 4GHz 80W 10MB 4 4 6 4GT s 1066MT s N A E5 2403 1 8GHz 80W 10MB 4 4 6 4GT s 1066MT s N A E5 2403 v2 1 8GHz 80W 10MB 4 4 6 4GT s 1066MT s N A For information on
9. R420 technical specification Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 includes Hyper V Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 includes Hyper V Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating systems Virtualization options Citrix XenServer VMware vSphere including ESXi Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization For more information on the specific versions and additions visit Dell com OSsupport TGB 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 bou 3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R420 is a 1U two socket rack server For additional system views and features see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Dell com Support Manuals Chassis views Figure 1 shows the features on the front of the R420 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 Figure 2 Front view with bezel Figure 3 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 compo
10. arves Fan fault tolerance Hot plug redundant power supply units Fault resilient memory Internal dual SD module TGB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less Specifications Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R420 features For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R420 visit Dell com PowerEdge 7 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Table 3 Technical specifications Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification Form factor 1U rack Processors Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families 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 8 or 10 Chipset Intel C602 Memory Up to 384GB 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 1x8 slot with x4 bandwidth 2 0 half height half length e 1x16 slot with x16 bandwidth 3 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 Dr
11. 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 offers 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 with improved functionality and faster performance The default PERC for the 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 PERC offerings see Dell com PERC Table 12 Supported RAID controllers RAID Controller Description Features modes Form factor supported Includes 1GB NV DDR3 cache premium PERC H810 8 port external and 6Gp s O 1 10 5 Premium performance and feature Adapter External PCle RAID controller set security SED EKMS 50 6 60 performance and SSD as cache Includes 1GB NV DDR3 PERC H710P 8 port internal 6Gb s PCle Ned oie feature 0110 5 Integrated Premium Internal RAID controller P 50 6 60 mini type performance set security SED EKMS and SSD as cache Includes 512MB NV PERC H710 8 port internal
12. 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 reguire service Table 10 describes the RAS features supported on the R420 Table 10 Memory RAS features Feature Description Dense configuration Increased memory reliability can be a result from this selectable platform profile optimized profile that adjusts parameters to reduce faults regarding refresh rates speed 19 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature Description temperature and voltage Memory demand and patrol scrubbing Demand scrubbing is the ability to write corrected data 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 mirrored copy of the contents of memory as a redund
13. 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 Processors IntelXeon processors 5500 and 5600 Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and series E5 2400 v2 product families Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Memory 8 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM 12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM Up to 128GB Up to 384GB Hard drive bays Up to 4 x 3 5 cabled or hot plug Up to 4 x 3 5 cabled or hot plug 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 slot 2 PCle 3 0 slots Embedded NIC Dual Port 1GbE LOM Dual Port 1GbE LOM Power supplies Non redundant 480W Non redundant 550W Redundant 500W Redundant 350W or 550W OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA Agent Dell OpenManage OpenManage Power Center requires E a Lifecycle Controller 1 x iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle ystems Management DRAC6w with Lifecycle Controller Controller Express or Enterprise OpenManage Integrations and Connections Basic management standard option Power efficiency Gold Platinum Hot plug drives l Hot plug redundant power supply units Availability noe plug
14. menu on the LCD and one select button 12 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide bou Feature Description 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 PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Dell com Support Manuals Figure 5 LCD control panel Quick Resource Locator Dell PowerEdge 12 generation servers feature a 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 This ORL 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 diag
15. processor installation and configuration see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owners Manual on Dell com Support Manuals Chipset The Intel C602 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 Dell PowerEdge R420 offers greater capacities higher freguencies and more flexibility The R420 supports up to 384GB 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 reguire service increasing your memory reliability Supported memory The R420 supports the memory technologies shown in Table 7 Table 7 Memory technologies supported Feature UDIMM RDIMM Register No Yes Buffer No No Frequencies 1600MT s 1333 or 1600MT s Ranks supported 1or2 1 20r4 Capacity per DIMM 2 or AGB 2 4 8 16 or 532GB Maximum DIMMs per channel 2 2 DRAM technology x8 x4 or x8 Temperature sensor Yes Yes Error Correction Code ECC Yes Yes Conci o Disable Code Yes with advanced ECC mode Yes Address parity Yes Yes Although the R420 supports DIMM speeds lower than 1333MT s you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT s and 1600MT s on Dellcom PowerEdge
16. provides one to one and one to many deployment and single server update capabilities in the pre operating system environment e 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 e 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 40 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide e RACADM The RACADM command line utility provides a scriptable interface that allows you to locally or remotely configure iDRAC7 e IPMITool IPMITool includes scriptable console application programs used to control and manage remote systems using the IPMI version 1 5 and later protocol OpenManage Integration with third party consoles Dell OpenManage integrates iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller functionality with several leading third party consoles including Microsoft System Center VMware vCenter and BMC Software BladeLogic and ProactiveNet Performance Management Microsoft System Center offers management of applications services physical resources hypervisors software defined networks configuration and automation in a single comprehensive platf
17. sliding rail system allows you to fully extend the server out the rack for easy access for service The sliding rails are available with or without the optional CMA Figure 8 shows the sliding rails with the CMA Figure 8 Sliding rails with optional CMA a L A Ld P A A 31 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 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 Figure 9 Static 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 310 E compliant square hole and unthreaded round hole four post racks Both also support tooled mounting in threaded hole four post racks but only the static rails as the more universal solution support mounting in two post Telco racks Table 19 lists the rack types that the R420 supports The R420 is backward compatible with the R410 rails and CMA Table 19 Supported rack types Rack types supported Rail TAN Product identifier Mounting interface Rail type 4 post 2 post Square Round Thread Flush Center A7 ReadyRails II Sliding Y Y Y x X R420 A8 ReadyRails Static v Y Y Y Y Other key factors governing proper rail selection include the spacing between the front and rear mounting flanges of the rack the t
18. 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 46 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 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 standards documentation Standard ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification v2 0c Ethernet IEEE 802 3 2005 HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3 0 for Microsoft Windows Server IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface v2 0 DDR3 Memory DDR3 SDRAM Specification Rev 3A LPC Low Pin Count Interface Specification Rev 1 1 PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2 0 and 3 0 PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specification v1 2 SAS Serial Attached SCSI v1 1 SATA Serial ATA Rev 2 6 SATA Il SATA 1 0a Extensions Rev 1 2 SMBIOS System Management BIOS Reference Specification v2 7 TPM Trusted Platform Module Specification v1 2 UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification v2 1
19. to set the power cap limit for your systems Power capping hot plug to limit the output of a PSU and reduce system power consumption Dell is PSU only the first hardware vendor to leverage Intel Node Manager for circuit breaker fast capping iDRAC7 Enterprise provides server level management that monitors reports and controls power consumption at the processor memory and system Systems management 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 bou Feature Description Intel Node Manager Dell offers a complete power management solution comprised of Intel Node Manager accessed through Dell iDRAC7 Enterprise and OpenManage Power Center that allows policy based management of power and thermals at the individual server rack and data center level Intel Active power management Node Manager is an embedded technology that provides individual server Rack Infrastructure for level power reporting and power limiting functionality the Efficient Data Center Hot spare reduces power consumption of redundant power supplies plug only 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 workloa
20. 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 e iDRAC7 with LifeCycle Symantec Deployment Server e Dell Server Deployment Pack Controller GUI e OpenManage Integration for DSDP for Microsoft System e DIK VMware vCenter Center Configuration Manager and e SBUU e KACE K1000 Appliance Dell Lifecycle Controller Deploy e Lifecycle Controller Remote Integration DLCI for Microsoft Services System Center Configuration BMC BladeLogic integration Manager with Lifecycle Controller e iDRAC7 with LifeCycle e Dell OpenManage Essentials e Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft Controller e Lifecycle Controller Remote System Center Configuration e Repository Manager Services Manager e DUP e Dell Lifecycle Controller Update e SUU Integration DLCI for Microsoft e SBUU System Center Configuration e OpenManage Manager Integration for VMware vCenter e iDRAC7 with LifeCycle e Dell OpenManage Essentials e Dell Management Plug in for Controller e BMC ProactiveNet VMware vCenter e OMSA Performance Management e BMC ProactiveNet Performance Integration with Lifecycle Management Integration with Monitor Controller Lifecycle Controller e Dell OpenManage Power e Dell Server Management Pack Suite Center for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager SCOM o IPMI e Lifecycle Controller Remote Remediate e iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Services e Dell Server PRO Management Pack Controller
21. 0S 2x10Gb Base T Intel X520 2x10Gb SFP Intel X540 2x10Gb Base T QLogic QLE8262 2x10Gb SFP Brocade BR1020 2x10Gb SFP QLogic OLE2460 4Gb QLogic OLE2462 4Gb OLogic OLE2560 8Gb QLogic OLE2562 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 PowerEdge GPU and HIC cards The R420 has limited support for external graphics processing unit GPU technology and interface card solutions through the PowerEdge C410x series 3U 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
22. 1 PIQUE As auis Ru E Moats 12 Fig re 5 LCD control Pe linia ii te teens eee a apes ans Seed RED deka aU UR s Rd SURE Ra LEER SN dU d 15 Figure 6 OREMOCARION TEES 13 Figure 7 550W power supply Uli tr etr p ien ta detains 28 Figure 8 Sliding rails with optional CMA hui sak kte at edd ve deci edd za doc dd codd 51 Fig re 9 E o artes epp ende ERE K E REA XR Vo ERR o CR RP E DR 32 Figure 10 Dellisysterms management solutions edad d ere bete te eb a la ene dak zn 36 Figure 11 Systems rrianagermentserver lifecycle iii it A e eo dd ae Rn 42 Figure 12 System dimensional lll lila 44 Fig re 15 R420 system board block di Minnie radica sE yu ete VE HE nk Ra Koa E d dn 51 iv PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide bou 1 System overview Introduction The Dell PowerEdge R420 is a two socket 1U rack mount server offering powerful performance and scalability in a dense 1U rack form factor 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 departmental or remote sites of large businesses and public organizations Performance and reliability combined for confidence The R420 features the extensive performance of the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 or E5 2400 v2 product families Powerful processors alo
23. 6Gb s PCle DDR3 cache advanced O 1 10 5 Integrated Internal RAID controller feature set security 50 6 60 mini type PDIORIIBIGG SED EKMS PERCH310 8 port internal 6Gb s PCIe 2UPPoris hot plug 0 1 10 5 Integrated drives expansion pass Value Internal RAID 50 mini type through 22 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide RAID Controller Description Features modes Form factor Dee model supported PERC S110 3Gb s SATA software RAID Supports up to 4 System controller that supports up hot plug SATA drives no board Software i 0 1 5 10 Entry level RAID to 4 physical 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 110 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 A 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 in
24. 85 8 16 32 1152 x 864 60 75 85 8 16 32 44 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Resolution Refresh rate Hz Color depth bit 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 Dell 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 300m 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 lt 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 31
25. 9 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 No cold startup below 5 C e Maximum altitude for the operating temperature must be 3050m 10 000ft e Redundant power supplies required e PCle SSD Drives e GPU cards e Express flash e LR DIMM e Non Redundant PSU configurations Temperature Operating See Dell 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 Dell Fresh Air for relative humidity information Storage 5 to 95 at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 33 C 91 F atmosphere must be non condensing at all times Maximum vibration Operating 0 26 Grms at 5Hz to 350Hz in all orientations Storage 1 87 Grms at 10Hz to 500Hz for 15 minutes all six sides tested 45 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide bou Maximum shock Operating Half sine shock in all operational ori
26. C7 management Express iDRAC7 Enterprise Local configuration with Lifecycle Controller GUI IPMI 2 0 e e Embedded diagnostics e Local OS install e e Local updates Driver pack Shared NIC LOM Remote update e Power control e Power monitoring Encryption IPv6 Auto discovery Auto recovery Web GUI Remote CLI 38 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Basic iDRAC7 iDRAC7 Feature function management Express Enterprise Local SSH CLI e Serial redirection e Remote config e e Email alerts SNMP alerts Comprehensive monitoring Crash screen capture Dedicated NIC 1Gbps 100MB in iDRAC6 e Part replacement Backup and restore configurations Virtual console 4 user Virtual console chat Support for customer supplied SD cards for vFlash media Virtual flash partitions i Virtual media gt Virtual folders s Remote file share Crash video playback Boot record playback by Power capping e 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 Agent based management Most systems management s
27. PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide The PowerEdge R420 a two socket 1U rack server that 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 EgualLogic PowerVault 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 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 Copyright 2013 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 strictly forbidden January 2014 Version 5 0
28. agement Pack provides effective management of Dell physical servers that host virtual workloads running on Microsoft Windows Server Hyper V by monitoring the health of the host system and enabling recommendations and remedial actions PRO Tips when a compromised system is identified e OpenManage Integration 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 IT Administrators use the same role based access control model within vCenter to combine physical and virtual server management e BMC Software BMC offers best in class integration of OpenManage iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller technology within select BMC Enterprise Systems Management ESM portfolio products OpenManage connections with third party consoles Dell OpenManage Connections are designed specifically for monitoring Dell server and storage platforms within infrastructures managed by HP Operations Manager IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus or Computer Associates CA Network and Systems Management NSM OpenManage Connections improve operational efficiency and flexibility in managing Dell hardware in large heterogeneous data center environments 41 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide e Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer Associates Network and Systems Management This connection allows you to monitor PowerEdge servers and Po
29. agement 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 Dell Networking 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 KACE K1000 service desk OpenManage Essentials is available as a no charge software download from Dell com Support 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 e 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 e Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility The Dell System Build and Update Utility SBUU
30. ant 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 and performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owners Manual on Dell com Support Manuals 20 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide bou 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 3 5 inch drive option vol
31. arget is to minimize the contribution of fan power to overall system power However with the understanding and realization that every customer has a unigue set of circumstances or expectations of the system in this generation of servers we are introducing limited user configurable settings in the IDRAC7 BIOS setup screen For more information see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner s Manual on Dell com Support Manuals and Advanced Thermal Control Optimizing across Environments and Power Goals on Dell com PowerEdge 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 360 hours of a fan failure 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
32. compliant interface which operates at 5GT s or 2 5GT s x2 link width PCle expansion The R420 provides expanded PCle slot capability over the previous servers This is made possible by the 24 PCle lanes available from each processor in the system Dell designed the R420 to be PCle 3 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 and the bandwidth of each PCle slot Table 14 lists the slot configurations for the R420 Table 14 PCle slot configurations One processor Two processors PCle slot 1 PCle x8 connector with x4 bandwidth PCle x16 connector with x16 bandwidth half length half height 2 0 half length half height 3 0 from PCH from CPU2 PCle slot 2 PCle x16 connector with x16 bandwidth PCle x16 connector with x16 bandwidth half length full height 3 0 half length full height 3 0 from CPU1 from CPU1 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 Intel 1350 2x1Gb Base T Intel 1350 4x1Gb Base T Broadcom 57810S 2x10Gb SFP 1Gb 10Gb NICs Broadcom 5781
33. crease 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 avoiding the cost of adding extra drives Optical drive The R420 supports one slim 9 5mm internal optical drive on the eight drive bay chassis through the system board embedded SATA The four drive bay chassis supports the 12 7mm optical drive The R420 supports both DVD ROM and DVD RW Tape drive The R420 does 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 two PCle 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 3 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
34. d With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products certain configurations have the capability to operate at excursion based Dell Fresh Air cooling temperatures beyond the industry standard of 35 C 95 F up to 45 C 113 F dual PSUs are required for excursionary periods of time and up to a 26 C dew point at 90 relative humidity without impacting your availability model Find additional information at Dellcom FreshAir Dell offers some of the industry s highest efficiency power infrastructure solutions including e Power distribution units Rack infrastructure e Uninterruptible power supplies e Energy Smart containment rack enclosures Find additional information about Dell solutions at Rack Infrastructure for the Efficient Data Center For more information about power and cooling go to 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 provid
35. dix D System board block diagram Figure 13 R420 system board block diagram DVD rhe M M A un tlo o o fit A Lo PCle Gen3 x16 16GB s CP U2 M M xd slo H H D D El ifi Mm SATA SATA PCle x4 QPI t UE coin tlo use ge LPC South x4 DMI 2GB s o DDR3 Memory i DMI 2 S 1066 1333 1600 MHz Bridge a S S LPL nails TPM amp PCle Gen2 x2 1GB s DMI QPI M M Rear Video PCle Gen3 x16 16GB s EJ o v x8 a 9 EN PCle Gen3 x8 8GB s CPU1 gt M M SPI z D D Video NI IBN SB x Mim n BroadCom Mim IDRAC 1GbE x 2 l5 a Non RDNT PSU PDB PIB for RDNT PSU SD wac Power Supply Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2 Oo
36. e 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 Dell com Support Manuals 18 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Memory speed The R420 supports memory speeds of up to 1600MT s depending on DIMM types installed and configuration The loading within a channel significantly affects memory speed Table 9 illustrates the maximum achievable speed of the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families based on memory loads e Green boxes are defaults for performance per watt e White boxes with lower voltage can save power but will run at slower speeds e White boxes with higher voltage can be custom configured in the bios Table 9 Memory speed capabilities Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families DIMM DIMM rated voltage DIMMs per channel DPC rank and speed 1 35V 1 5V DDR3L 1 5V RDIMM 1R 2R 1600MT s T 1600 RDIMM 1R 2R pl om E ELE 1333 1333MT s DDR3L 1 35V 1 5V UDIMM 1R 2R 1600MT s Ko 1600 DDR3L 1 35V 1 5V RDIMM 4R 1333MT s DDR3L 1 35V 1 5V LRDIMM 4R 1333MT s Memory RAS features RAS
37. ecific activity Stress An operating mode per ISO 7779 2010 definition 3 1 6 The software SPECPower at 50 is activated to stress the processors and DIMM For more information on Dell s acoustical design see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper 30 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 9 Rack rails and cable management The sliding and static rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R420 provide tool less support for four post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes Both rail systems also support tooled mounting in four post threaded racks and the static rails support tooled mounting in two 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
38. 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 Power supply unit PSU Dell s PSU portfolio includes intelligent features such as dynamically portfolio redundant PSU optimizing efficiency while maintaining availability and redundancy Find 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 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 ESSA Tools for right sizing Dell s servers are compliant with all relevant industry certifications and guidelines including 80 PLUS Climate Savers and ENERGY STAR PSU power monitoring improvements include Industry compliance Power monitoring e Dell s power monitoring accuracy is currently 1 whereas the industry accuracy hot plug PSU standard is 5 only e More accurate reporting of power e Better performance under a power cap Use Dell s systems management
39. entations of 31G 5 with a pulse duration of 2 6ms 10 Storage 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 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 PowerEdge R420 Table 27 Power supply specifications Specification Redundant 350W Non redundant 550W Redundant 550W Current consumption 4 8 2 4A 7 4 5 7A 7 4 5 7A Supply voltage 100 240VAC 100 240VAC 100 240VAC Frequency 50 60Hz 50 60Hz 50 60Hz Heat dissipation runs a 1356 2317 2133 Maximum inrush current 55A 55A 55A T E Auto 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 the spacing dimensions for the R420 sliding and static rails Table 28 Rail adjustability range Rail adjustability range mm Rail depth mm Rail Product identifier Rail type Square Round Threaded without ita Min Max Min Max Min Max CMA CMA A7 Sliding 681 868 667 861 681 883 720 845 R420 A8 Static 608 879 594 872 604 890 622 The adjustment range of the rails is a function of
40. es ener T REZEK AE KR AKE KARA KA R RAK ERA KRKA KR AA RAK K 49 AppendoucD System board block diagratri scettr tratas ta dur rt Fas ERE n daa aus ok th vd Dr 51 Tables Table Keyteclhnologles e ee eter percibe PE ever cada CHE lay dea kud daa oa 6 Table 2 Comparing the PowerEdge R410 to PowerEdge R420 sssssssssssssseseeeeeemeeneen nns 7 Table 5 Technical specificatioris 5 eee ci eee d oco e ate te dba Road dnd Hp wna ap eda 8 Trable 4 Chassis features sont eap edit t etat e lei ted eo ia de ade urat 12 Tables Security featUl es scettr teta E rea ERR coe Feed una de 14 Table 6 Supported processor bee tdi ne tet eee k sk nd ka He ho ad ada dak ad ds Ua dd cdm tcd t Rd pan 16 Table 7 Memory technologies supported ed ee a a EARS DE E ka EURO o cop de ERE GERNE 17 Table 8 DIMMSs supported oce e dede Cei tea tad eate es ld eb te o a E ease 18 Table 9 Memory speed capabilities isiro teninta a aii i teinte RAKA tates tnis RA AAA taa Rt 19 Table 10 AA 19 Table 11 Supported SAA daaauaddvads E Ra dx PR EE E n E apa eR Exon agn 21 Table 12 Supported RAID CONtrOMELS ccc ccccccscccsccssecssecseessecssecssscssssecsseesseesseesseessecssscsesssesssessseessecssecsascsaecseesaeenses 22 Table 13 Hardsdrive backplane optlOris siii ipe n e cam fni pen et deu eundem pex e nbn 25 Table 14 PCl amp slot conflglallOris ecce erret een ener ad a cae imer te bar tpe Fey tae tanh eripere tpe Pee OHA tap S e 24 Table 15
41. es 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 devices 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 bou 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 350W 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 fact
42. ii PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u Table of contents ll SYSTEM ui sixes nio ito eee 5 Otro dC Mm 5 Maced A A E 6 PARES O l E A LL LU LIII 7 Comparison of PowerEdge SyStelTIS vivida rrr rit rer terr ete cta re pa e Fi a rp fn ee 7 SPOS CU SAI ONS mM E 7 Si Chassis views and eaU SS erre en eer areis pet ser terere ad teins libro ina S INERAT Git ey says D ii 11 Chassis O oues sites poeta 11 Chassis MS AMIE SS saree is cect O E 12 4 Process Ol U UURmRET mT T5 Processor features us sies daba a utar ere B ed e p d de tdeo ia a er eo bac ee a ds 15 Supported prOCeSSOTS secte a te re nat ept ee ap 15 Soi HM 16 S MGI OMY esa EEUU 17 SUPported IMEMONY s ssh westinee saab ta a uda aa 17 Mero y COMUNAS EH AA abner ates AR cies aa ena a MKS 18 Memory SPESO urato Et 19 Memory RAS TE AUTE Sta EE 19 Alsa ls done sde aer 2L mi da Storage A A eee aE Rate 21 A sipusdasnaeduecevapizadbeantananepes 22 Storage COn O STS A az oo 22 EAC FAN Saatchi ea e O ee te ateo 23 IUD o PARS RN 23 7 Networking arid PCC ico teet adas ended enk sad inde c cuc d va Cur vata sat n 24 Embedded NIC controller ccce loas 24 PC ED OAO PO O O P O ochoa 24 B Power thermalandAacousties 2 dtes t nape dene tet ded Debe teta lado
43. ing systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R420 For the latest information on supported operating systems see Dell com OSsupport Table 20 Primary operating system support Operating System Platform Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 8 pon 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 11 SP3 x64 NA SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 x64 N A Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 m Data center Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Data center Standard Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 x64 f Premium Add on Web Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 with Hyper V role enabled Enterprise 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 Table 21 Virtualization support Internal dual
44. ive bay options 4 x 3 5 cabled drive bays 4 x 3 5 hot plug drive bays 2 5 hybrid kit available 8 x 2 5 hot plug drive bays Hard drives Hot plug hard drive options 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 1350 Dual Port 1Gb stand up adapter Intel 1350 Quad Port 1Gb stand up adapter 10Gb Converged Ethernet Brocade BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA QLogic QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA SFP Broadcom 578105 Dual Port 10Gb Base T CNA Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA SFP CNA 10Gb Ethernet Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA SFP server adapter Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base T adapter FC8 FC4 HBA QLogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA QLogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA QLogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA Emulex LPe 12000 E 8Gb Single Port FC HBA Emulex LPe 12002 E 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA I O adapter options Platinum efficiency 550W or 350W power supply Power supply Silver efficiency cabled 550W power supply Auto ranging power supplies High efficiency hot p
45. ix 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 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 efficiency in the data center Provides information on Dell s Fresh Air cooling solutions Provides updated information on which operating systems are available 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 Dell s work to control noise from Enterprise products 50 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Location Dell com ESSA Dell com PNC Dell com FreshAir Dell com OSsupport InteLcom Dell com PERC DellPDU com DellUPS com Dell com dell com downloads global products pedge en acoustic al education dell enterprise white paper pdf Appen
46. l s embedded systems 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 rotor 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 360 hours of a fan failure 6 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide bou 2 System features Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers the R420 supports more PCle slots PCle 3 0 more memory and advanced system management Table 2 compares some of the
47. lali cuenta o au akad olaa 26 Power consumption and energy Edic A REX RE ROLES ETE ERR SIKA hance dok 26 Power supply Uhltsus dct eode eate e eti pa D labio bends e beeen de dad 27 Thermal and acoustles eade Retire ii EDS 28 9 Rackrails and cable iman MEN Esc uso d ie tr ice e ed vacas GR adc HA us ach eh doc ade HR ud ud eod 51 Sliding and static rail SYSTEMS ira a saci vedeaues vena CUR EHE EUR ky hai CUR UHR 51 Cable manage Medical redaktorka sele aaa ctc cedit us iaces din nad zz kn d tug 55 10 Operating systems and virtualiZatlOFis io sees treno rrt ert rne ESAE vesseys anes e ASEA tipa ANEN eru supe ANES ak ANEA top ANES ERA 34 SUP POLES operating Systainer 34 SUPpported VIFCUAU ZATION ONERE T 35 11 Del OpenManage systems managere sisson ber pe queg ctu en da date EE ada E NEEE NETER La pepe epu acr EG 56 Systems management Solution S orante MONA o ub SU oil 56 OpenManage systems management ada tmt nd eee pex uei unte dr Ue rna ed 57 Dell server management OperatiOM S ses Fere nter ee ene aes astenia iaa sonia bee Op FR ROMS Re p tI Rae EE Vak ERR ERES 42 Appendix A Additional SpeclfICatlOFris acce e ret ls u ao at ii 44 Chassis dimensions and Welglt sus AN 44 Video SP ECIHCAUONS mE 44 Environmental specifications cerati irritantes 45 Power Supply Specials 46 RACK TAE CAOS ios 46 MOS BBS aN SUS iaa 47 Appendix B Standards COMPANIES mireia meas ata 48 iii PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide bou Appendix C Additional resourc
48. lug 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 OMSA agent e OpenManage Power Center requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller e OpenManage Integrations and Connections OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Connections for HP Operations Manager IBM Tivoli Netcool and CA Network and Systems Management e Basic management standard option Upgrade to iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Express or Enterprise Upgrade to 8GB vFlash media or 16GB vFlash media for iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller Trial evaluations available for IDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Express and Enterprise Dell OpenManage Systems Management Agent free or with OMSA agent e ReadyRails sliding rails for tool less mounting in four post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in four post threaded hole racks with support for optional tool less cable management arm ReadyRails static rails for tool less mounting in four post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in four post threaded and two post Telco racks 9 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide lt u Rack support Feature PowerEdge
49. 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 iDRAC7 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 37 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Feature Function Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or iDRAC7 Enterprise by software licensing key and license portal may require installation of hardware option for 300 500 series servers Electronic licensing Benefit If iDRAC7 Express or iDRAC7 Enterprise is ordered during initial point of sale license key is installed If Basic Management is ordered during initial point of sale customer must reguest a license key through the Dell Licensing Portal For most server models embedded server management and electronic licensing enables feature enhancements that do not reguire 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 iDRAC7 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 Feature function Basic DRA
50. ndicators System BIOS Remove and replace procedures Troubleshooting Diagnostics Jumpers and connectors information about This printed document is provided with the rack kits and provides instructions for installing the server in a rack This printed document is provided with the CMA kits and provides instructions for installing the cable management Initial setup steps Key system features Technical specifications arm on the rails This document printed and shipped with the system provides information on system updates It is also available in PDF format on Dell com The system information label documents the system board layout and system jumper settings Text is minimized due to space limitations and translation considerations The label size is standardized across platforms 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 49 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Additional resources Location Dell com Support Manuals Dell com Support Manuals Dell com Support Manuals Dell com Support Manuals Dell com Support Manuals Inside the system chassis cover Inside the system chassis cover Resource Energy Smart Solution Advisor Power and cooling technologies Energy management Operating system matr
51. ne however are not enough to deliver balanced performance Compute power must be combined with sufficient memory and I O bandwidth to prevent performance bottlenecking The R420 complements its processors with 12 DIMM slots and two PCI Express PCle 3 0 enabled I O slots providing a substantial memory footprint and wide I O bandwidth to support both memory intensive and data intensive applications and databases These combined technology features are also key design requirements when supporting consolidated and virtualized environments a role the R420 fits well To protect your virtualized workloads the R420 offers dual redundant SD media making your hypervisors redundant and failsafe Other reliability and availability features include up to four 3 5 inch or eight 2 5 inch hot plug hard drives both hardware and software RAID options and redundant hot plug power supplies Simplified systems management without compromise The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller This embedded feature helps IT administrators manage Dell servers in physical virtual local and remote environments operating in band or out of band with or without a systems management software agent installed OpenManage iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller integrates and connects to leading third party systems management solutions such as those from Microsoft VMware and BMC Software
52. nents 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 two 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 Dell com Support 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 drives 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 Buttons on the back and front of a system to help identify the unit in a data System identification button 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 Displays system ID status information and system error messages two LCD panel and buttons navigation buttons to scroll through the
53. nostics and an electrical overview 13 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 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 Table 5 Security features Security feature Description 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 bezel is 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 BitLockerTM 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
54. ntroller is the heart of the second generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality In addition to enabling agent free management iDRAC7 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 DRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Table 22 Feature Function iDRAC7 offers real time OOB Out of band OOB discovery inventory deployment monitoring alerting and updates for servers and internal storage iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits Benefit Manage servers independent of the OS type or status even if an OS is not installed Single code base All server types have the same embedded management hardware and firmware Simplified and consistent maintenance across server platforms Dedicated GigE port PowerEdge rack and tower systems GbE replaces 10 100 on predecessor iDRAC6 Fast throughput for better performance compatibility with setup for switches Email alerts Simplified more informative and expanded coverage than previous versions of iDRAC 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 vFlash
55. olutions 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 39 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 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 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 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 OpenManage 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 man
56. or 350W AC Platinum 82 0 90 0 94 0 91 0 Redundant u A 550W AC Platinum 82 0 90 0 94 0 91 0 Non redundant 550W AC Silver N A 85 0 88 0 85 0 Find power supply specifications for the R420 in Power supply specifications Thermal and acoustics 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 28 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide Multiple sensors are monitored for thermal feedback control The PowerEdge R420 dynamically controls system cooling fan speed based on responses from component 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 User configurable settings An R420 thermal control design t
57. orm For customers with existing investments in MS System Center Dell offers the OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center a portfolio of software tools that streamline and optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of managing Dell hardware with System Center Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center includes e 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 as performance and advanced monitoring e 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 e Dell Server PRO Management Pack with PRO Tips for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM This pack integrates Dell PowerEdge server knowledge with Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM and Operations Manager SCOM Dell Server PRO Man
58. t 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 IDRAC with Lifecycle Controller 36 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 Dell Remote Access Controller 7 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Co
59. 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 bou 4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge R420 features the Intel Xeon processor E5 2400 and E5 2400 v2 product families which offer 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 complicated scientific exploration to crucial web serving and infrastructure applications In addition to providing raw performance gains improved I 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 and E5 2400 v2 product families provides the following features e Two socket processor design with power and dimensions optimized for density e Up to ten execution cores per processor e Intel Hyper Threading technology enables up to 16 computational threads e Microarchitecture on 32nm process for greater performance per watt e S
60. ume configuration hot plug tray 2 5 inch hybrid kit available for 2 5 inch drives e 8x 2 b 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 3 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 Type Speed Capacities factor rpm Nearline SAS N A 500G 1TB 1TB SED SAS 10K 300GB 600GB 900GB 900GB SED 1 2TB SAS 15K 146GB 500GB 500GB SED 2 5 SAS SSD N A 200GB 500GB 100GB 160GB 200GB 400GB 600GB SATA SSD N A 800GB 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 eight drive bay only 21 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide External storage External storage for the R420 is available through optional HBAs for SAS and iSCSI For more information see Dell com Storage Storage controllers Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe Dell s RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements including the following features e FastPath I O This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs e Split mirror This function allows you to
61. upport for more memory four additional DIMMs up to 12 DIMM slots and support for up to 32GB DIMMs increasing the memory capacity from 128GB to 384GB Integrated memory controller with three channels of DDR3 and 46 bit physical addressing facilitate greater memory capacity e Intel Integrated I O has support for up to 48 lanes 24 lanes per socket of PCle 3 0 links capable of 8 0GT s e Faster connections throughout the system with support for up to DDR3 1600MT s memory and 8 0GT 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 a low power state High bandwidth low latency bidirectional ring interconnect allows faster access to up to 20MB 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
62. values for LpA in Table 18 for these configurations and note that they are lower than ambient measurements of typical office environments Adherence to Dell s high sound quality standards Sound quality 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 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 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
63. werVault 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 It 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 the server management lifecycle deploy update monitor and maintain To manage an infrastructure properly and efficiently you must perform all of these functions easily and quickly iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller 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
64. ype and location of any equipment mounted in the back of the rack such as power distribution units and the overall depth of the rack Due to their reduced complexity and lack of need for CMA support the static rails offer a greater adjustability range and a smaller overall mounting footprint than the sliding rails For detailed information about static and sliding rails see the Rack rail specifications section in Appendix A For more information on installing the R420 in a rack see the Rack Installation Instructions on Dell com Support Manuals 32 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide 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 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 33 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 operat

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