Specs
Quick Specs
Half Height Blade Server
Processor | Max: 8 Cores2 x Intel Xeon E5-2400
Memory | Max: 384GB12 DDR3 RDIMM 1600Mhz
Boot Option:IDSDM
USB
vFlash
2 SFF SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)
Storage Controllers:PERC S110 (SW RAID)
H310, H710, H710p
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
PCIe Slots | 2.0:1 LOM and 2 Mezzanine Slots
GPU:None
Ideal for:
- Database
- Virtualization
This is one of the supported Blade servers, each Modular Enclosure is a separate CTO you must configure.
When installed into the Modular Enclosure. The M520 has a few different supported items. When you configure the M520 for the VRTX, the Blade Server will not support SATA drives and has only 1 Mezzanine Ethernet Pass-through option.
- Dell PowerEdge M1000e CTO Blade Enclosure
- Dell PowerEdge M420 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M520 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M620 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M630 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M640 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M710 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M710HD CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M820 CTO Blade Server
- Dell PowerEdge M830 CTO Blade Server
Achieve business continuity
Ensure maximum uptime with the fully redundant M-series power, cooling, and networking infrastructure, designed to provide the stability and resiliency our customers demand for Enterprise-class deployments. The M520’s design matches Dell’s commitment to reliability, with features such as multiple hardware RAID choices and our unique failsafe virtualization technology, which utilizes redundant SD media to provide failover capabilities for embedded hypervisors.
Improve operational efficiency
Help manage your servers using the Dell OpenManage portfolio, including Dell’s exclusive integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller. iDRAC, an embedded systems management feature, allows you to manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, either in-band or out-ofband, with or without a systems management software agent. OpenManage also integrates and connects to leading third-party systems management solutions you may already use, allowing you to maintain a single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.
PowerEdge M-series blade server line
Implement the right combination of features and performance scalability with the PowerEdge M-series blade servers, which can handle tough workloads in any size data centers. In addition to the world-class management features provided in all PowerEdge servers, the M520 also takes advantage of the capabilities of the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC). The CMC allows M-series blades to be managed individually or as groups, in single or multiple chassis, and within a data center or in multiple geographically dispersed locations around the globe without requiring a single agent or additional hardware. PowerEdge M-series blade servers use the redundant power, cooling, and networking infrastructure provided by the Dell M1000e blade enclosure, which is exceptionally easy to deploy and manage, and maximizes power and cooling efficiency.
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Base Standard Capabilities
| TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR DELL POWEREDGE M520 BLADE SERVER | |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | Half-height blade |
| Processors | Intel® Xeon E5-2400 Series Product Family Processors |
| Internal Interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI): 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s |
| Cache | 2.5MB per core Core Options: 4, 6, 8 |
| Memory | Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s |
| Chipset | Intel C600 |
| Primary Storage | Hot-plug Hard Drive Options: Up to two SATA HDD/SSD or SAS HDD/SSD |
| USB Ports | 2 in Front 1 Internal with Optional RIPS Card |
| NIC/LOM | Two Broadcom® 5720 1Gb Dual Port LOMs (4 x 1Gb ports) |
| RAID Controller Options | Internal: PERC S110 (software RAID) PERC H310 PERC H710 PERC H710p |
| I/O Mezzanine Card Options | Ethernet: Broadcom® 5719 Quad Port 1Gb Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb 1Gb/10Gb Adapters: Brocade® BR1741M-K Dual Port 10Gb CNA QLogic ® QME8262-K Dual Port 10Gb KR CNA Broadcom® 57810S-k Dual Port 10Gb KR Intel Ethernet X520-x/k Dual Port 10Gb Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb Broadcom 5719 Quad Port 1Gb Fibre Channel: QLogic QME2572 (FC8) Emulex® LPe1205-M (FC8) InfiniBand: Mellanox® ConnectX®-3 Dual Port FDR10 Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port QDR |
| Power Supplies and Fans | Supplied by M1000e Blade Enclosure |
| Remote Management | iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller for Blades (default) iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller (upgrade) |
| Systems Management | IPMI 2.0 Compliant Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console Dell OpenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Connections: OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center Dell Plug-in for VMware® vCenter™ HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management |
| Operating Systems | Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V® v2) Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Virtualization Options: Citrix® XenServer® VMware® vSphere® ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® |
| Embedded Hypervisor | Two internal SD cards dedicated for hypervisor or one SD card dedicated for vFlash media support |
Spec Sheet 4
| Feature | PowerEdge M520 | PowerEdge M620 | PowerEdge R420 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chassis; enclosure | Half-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure | Half-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure | 1U rack |
| Processors | Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families | Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600v2 product families | Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families |
| Internal interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect | Intel QuickPath Interconnect |
| Memory | 12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM | 24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM and LRDIMM | 12 x DDR3 RDIMM |
| Hard drive bays (hot plug) | 2 x 2.5” | 2 x 2.5” | 4 x 3.5” 8 x 2.5” |
| Embedded NIC | 2 x 1GbE dual-port LOM | Dual Port Select Network Adapter, 3 options of 2 x 10GbE | 1 x 1GbE dual-port LOM |
| RAID | S110, H310, H710, H710P | S110, H310, H710, H710P | S110, H310, H710, H710P, H810 |
| Express Flash drives | Not supported | Up to 2 | Not supported |
| I/O slots | 2 x PCIe 2.0 x8 mezzanine card slots | 2 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card slots | 2 PCIe 3.0 |
| Optional SD port | Yes (redundant hypervisor + vFlash media) | Yes (redundant hypervisor + vFlash media) | Yes (redundant hypervisor + vFlash media) |
| 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) OpenManage Integrations and Connections iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller (standard option) |