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SKU: DPE-T420-8x3.5-Chassis

Dell PowerEdge T420 Tower Server Chassis (8x3.5")

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Quick Specs

Form Factor:

Tower server | 5U (Rack conversion kit)

Processor | Max: 10 Cores

2x Intel E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 Processors

Memory | Max: 384GB

12 DDR3 UDIMM 1600Mhz

Storage | Max: 32TB

8x 3.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)

Boot Options

Boot Optimized Server Storage (BOSS)
IDSDM
Internal USB

RAID Controller:

S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310, H710, H710P, H810, HBA330, 6Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID)

NIC/LOM

2 x 1GbE LOM

Remote Management:

iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller

PCIe Slots: 6

2 x16 with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height
1 x8 with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, full-height
1 x8 with x4 bandwidth, 2.0, half-length, full-height
1 x8 with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height
1 x8 with x1 bandwidth, 2.0, full-length, full-height

GPU:

1x DW or 2x SW GPU


The Dell PowerEdge T420, a 2-socket tower server, delivers performance, expandability and reliability in a quiet office setting.

PowerEdge T420
  • Powered by Intel Xeon processors E5-2400
  • Up to sixteen 2.5-inch or eight 3.5-inch drive capacity
  • Up to twelve DIMMs with RAS
  • PCIe 3.0-enabled expansion slots
  • Optional internal GPU accelerators

The Dell PowerEdge T420 is a powerful and reliable 2-socket tower server that delivers performance and built-in capacity for non-disruptive growth. The T420’s acoustical profile allows it to fit unobtrusively into quiet office environments and data centers alike. This tower server is an excellent fit for general-purpose small and medium business workloads such as database, file and print sharing, retail and email. The T420 also fulfills platform needs in small offices with the growing trend of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Hot pluggability of key components, combined with leading manageability, make it an excellent server for branch offices and other remote sites where IT skills might not be present. Consistent worldwide support makes it highly appealing to multinational businesses and organizations with remote offices.


A versatile workhorse

Featuring the extensive performance of two Intel Xeon E5-2400 processors, and complemented by substantial memory capacity and broad I/O bandwidth, the T420 provides high, balanced performance and built-in room for growth. Its twelve DIMM slots and six PCIe slots provide memory density and wide I/O bandwidth to support both memory-intensive and data-intensive applications and databases. Built-in capacity for up to eight 3.5-inch or sixteen 2.5-inch hard drives accommodate data storage as your business or organization grows. These combined technology features are necessary to support consolidated and virtualized environments, a role in which the T420 also shines.


To protect your virtualized workloads, the PowerEdge T420 offers dual SD media making your hypervisors redundant and failsafe. Other reliability and availability features include hot-plug hard drives, both hardware and software RAID options, redundant fans and hot-plug power supplies.


Start building your future with PowerEdge T420, a workhorse tower server engineered to deliver performance, expandability and reliability in a quiet office setting.




Productive performance

Help enhance office productivity with the two-socket PowerEdge T420, powered by the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families. Matching the fast and efficient processing with a dense memory footprint enables small and midsize business offices to crunch through critical business applications quickly and efficiently.

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Base Standard Capabilities

FeaturePowerEdge T420 technical specification
Form factorTower (5U rackable)
ProcessorsIntel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family
Processor sockets2
Internal interconnectIntel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0 GT/s
Cache2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8
ChipsetIntel C600 series
MemoryUp to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
I/O slots6 PCIe slots:
• Two x16 slots with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height
• One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, full-height
• One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 2.0, half-length, full-height
• One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height
• One x8 slot with x1 bandwidth, 2.0, full-length, full-height
GPU optionsOne NVIDIA Quadro 6000 graphics card or up to two NVIDIA Quadro 4000 graphics cards
RAID controllerInternal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
Internal HBAs (non-RAID):
Internal tape adapter
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
Drive baysChoose from four 3.5” cabled, eight 3.5” hot-plug, or sixteen 2.5” hot-plug drive bays
Maximum internal storageUp to 32TB
Hard drivesHot-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 NICBroadcom® 5720 GbE Dual Port 1Gb LOM
I/O adapter options1Gb Ethernet:
Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC
Broadcom 5719 Quad Port 1Gb NIC
Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
10Gb Converged Ethernet:
Brocade® BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA
QLogic® QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+
Broadcom 57810S 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
Power supplyPlatinum efficiency, hot-plug, redundant 495W, 750W, 1100W power supplies
Silver efficiency, cabled 550W power supply
Auto-ranging power supplies
AvailabilityOptional high-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays; TPM; dual internal SD support; redundant
fans; optional bezel; information tag; ECC memory; optional interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY
STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning
Remote managementBasic management (default), iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC7 Express (upgrade option) or iDRAC7 Enterprise
(upgrade option), 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)
Systems managementIPMI 2.0 compliant
OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console
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 (NSM)
Rack supportReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting
in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm
Operating systemsMicrosoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V® v2)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Optional embedded hypervisors:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® vSphere® ESX™ and ESXi™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport.

Spec Sheet 4

Feature PowerEdge T410 PowerEdge T420
Chassis 5U tower 5U rackable tower
Processors IntelXeonprocessors 5500 and 5600 series Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Memory Up to 8 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM Up to 12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM
Hard drive bays Up to 6 x 3.5”or 2.5” hot-plug or cabled 16 x 2.5“ hot-plug or 8 x 3.5“/2.5” hot-plug or 4 x 3.5” cabled
RAID controller PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/E, H200, H700, H800, S100, S300 PERC H310, H710, H710P, H810, S110
PCI slots Up to 4 PCIe 2.0 and 1 PCIe 1.0 Up to 4 PCIe 3.0 and 2 PCIe 2.0
Embedded NIC Dual Broadcom® 1GbE LOM Dual Broadcom 1GbE LOM
Power supplies Non-redundant 525W Redundant 580W Non-redundant 550W or hot-plug redundant 495W, 750W, or 1100W
Dell OpenManage Systems Management Dell OpenManage
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) with Lifecycle Controller
OpenManage Essentials
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller)
OpenManage Integrations and Connections Basic management (standard option)
Internal GPU Not supported Up to 2 single-width or 1 double-width
Power efficiency Gold Platinum
Availability Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Fan fault tolerance
Fault-resilient memory
Internal dual SD modules


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