Specs
Quick Specs
Form Factor: Quarter Height Blade Server
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2400 | Max: 8 Cores
Memory: 6 DDR3 RDIMM 1600Mhz | Max: N/A
Storage: 2 SFF 1.8" SATA SSD | Max: 400GB
Rear Storage: None
PCIe Slots: 1 LOM and 1 Mezzanine Slot | Gen: 3.0
GPU: None
Ideal for:
- Cloud Servers
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
PLEASE NOTE -
Since these are Quarter Height Sleds. They MUST go into the M420 Sleeve which holds (4) Sleds / Nodes. If you plan to order this Sled you must also order this Sleeve.
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Dell’s no-compromise approach towards enterprise-class features on our M-series blade servers is not limited by the M420’s ultra-dense form-factor. The fully redundant and individually serviceable M420 platform offers such capabilities as hardware RAID and hot-pluggable dual solid-state drives in order to ensure maximum uptime. Dell’s unique failsafe virtualization technology even extends the redundancy and resiliency of the M420 to virtual environments, offering a redundant, failover-capable infrastructure for embedded hypervisors.
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Enjoy remarkable computational density with the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M420 capable of deploying 32 server nodes in just 10U of rack space. Scaling up to 20 processor cores and 192GB of RAM, each M420 couples processing power and memory capacity with tremendous I/O throughput, with up to four ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) available in an exceptionally compact, individually serviceable form factor. From entry and mid-tier business applications, to high node-count virtual environments, and even distributed workloads such as cloud or high-performance computing (HPC) environments, the M420 provides advantages for virtually any data center where a large number of computational nodes need to be deployed in minimal space.
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Base Standard Capabilities
| Feature | PowerEdge M420 technical specification |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Quarter-height blade |
| Enclosure | M1000e Blade Enclosure |
| Processors | Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family |
| Internal interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI): 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s |
| Cache | 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8 |
| Memory | Up to 6 DIMM slots and 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MHz |
| Chipset | Intel C600 |
| Primary storage | Hot-plug hard drive options: Up to two 1.8” SATA SSD (50GB or 200GB) |
| USB ports | 2 front |
| I/O mezzanine card options | Ethernet:
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| I/O slots | Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules yield three redundant I/O fabrics per blade. |
| RAID controller | Internal controller: PERC H310 |
| Power supplies and fans/td> | Supplied by Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e Blade Enclosure |
| Remote management | iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller for Blades (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller (upgrade option) |
| Systems management | IPMI 2.0 compliant Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console Dell OpenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Connections:
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| Operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V™ v2) Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011 SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux Virtualization options: Citrix® XenServer™ VMware® vSphere |
| Embedded hypervisor | Two internal SD cards dedicated for hypervisor One dedicated for vFlash media support |
Spec Sheet 4
| Feature | PowerEdge M420 | PowerEdge M520 | PowerEdge M620 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chassis; enclosure | Ultra-dense, quarter-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure | General purpose, halfheight blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure | General purpose, halfheight blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure |
| Processors | Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families | Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families | Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600v2 product families |
| Internal interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect |
| Memory | 6 x DDR3 RDIMMs | 12 x DDR3 RDIMMs and UDIMMs | 24 x DDR3 RDIMMs, UDIMMs and LRDIMMs |
| Hard drive bays (hot plug) | 2 x 1.8” | 2 x 2.5” | 2 x 2.5” |
| Embedded NIC | 2 x 10GbE dual-port LOM | 2 x 1GbE dual-port LOM | Dual Port Select Network Adapter, 3 options of 2 x 10GbE |
| RAID | H310 | S110, H310, H710, H710P | S110, H310, H710, H710P |
| Express Flash drives | Not supported | Not supported | Up to 2 |
| Mezzanine slots | 1 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card slot | 2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card slots | 2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card slots |
| Optional SD port | 2 Internal SD slots (2 for redundant hypervisor or 1 for vFlash) | 3 Internal SD slots (2 for redundant hypervisor and 1 for vFlash) | 3 Internal SD slots (2 for redundant hypervisor and 1 for vFlash) |
| Dell OpenManage Systems Management | • OpenManage Essentials
• OMSA Agent • OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) • CMC 4.x (available with the M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure) • OpenManage Integrations and Connections • iDRAC7 Express for Blades with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) |
• OpenManage Essentials
• OMSA Agent • OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) • CMC 4.x (available with the M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure) • OpenManage Integrations and Connections • iDRAC7 Express for Blades with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) |
• OpenManage Essentials
• OMSA Agent • OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) • CMC 4.x (available with the M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure) • OpenManage Integrations and Connections • iDRAC7 Express for Blades with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) |