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PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide The quiet, powerful, scalable PowerEdge T420 delivers capacity, performance, and high availab

10 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Feature PowerEdge T420 technical specification Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Novell® SUSE® Linu

11 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge T420 is a 5U, 2-socket, rackable tower server. For additional s

12 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Figure 2. Front view with bezel Figure 3 shows the features on the back panel of the T420 including USB connec

13 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Figure 4. Internal view Figure 5 shows the front view of the rackable T420 chassis without a bezel. Figure 5.

14 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Chassis features Table 5 lists the various features on the T420. For additional information, see the Dell PowerE

15 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Front control panel Figure 6 shows the T420 control panel, located on the front of the chassis. For more informa

16 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Security features The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 6 to help ensure t

17 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge T420 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 series, which offers an ideal comb

18 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Table 7. Supported processors Model Speed TDP Cache Cores/ threads QPI Max memory speed Turbo E5-2450 2.1GHz 95

19 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 5 Memory More options are available for the Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers than in previous generations

ii PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make chan

20 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide The T420 supports the DIMMs listed in Table 9. For the latest information on supported memory, visit Dell.com/Po

21 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide the same speed and voltage. By default, the systems run at the highest speed for the channel with the lowest DIM

22 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Feature Description Recovery from single DRAM device failure Recovery from Single DRAM Device Failure (SDDC) pro

23 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge T420 supports internal and external storage options and controllers, different driv

24 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Storage controllers Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Del

25 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Controller Description Features RAID modes supported Form factor Usage model PERC S110 Software RAID 3Gb/s SATA

26 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 7 Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge T420 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated

27 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Type Adapter QLogic QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Brocade BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ CNA FC4/FC8 HBAs QLogic QL

28 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 8 Power, thermal, and acoustics Lower overall system-level power draw is a result of breakthrough system design.

29 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Feature Description Active power management (redundant PSU only) Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology th

iii PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview ...

30 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Figure 8 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from the T420 chassis. Figure 8. 750W power supply unit The

31 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide  Multiple sensors are monitored for thermal feedback control: The PowerEdge T420 dynamically controls system c

32 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Table 18 details the acoustical performance for the T420. Table 18. Acoustical performance Configuration (23 ±

33 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 9 Rack rails and cable management The sliding rail system for the Dell PowerEdge T420 provides tool-less support

34 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide mounted in the back of the rack such as power distribution units (PDUs), and the overall depth of the rack. For

35 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge T420 supports a wide range of industry-standard oper

36 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Supported virtualization One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge T420 is the support for a

37 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 11 Dell OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand

38 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide OpenManage systems management The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and so

39 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Feature Function Benefit Electronic licensing Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or iDRAC7 Enterprise by software licens

iv PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Appendix B. Standards compliance ...

40 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Feature (function) Basic management iDRAC7 Express iDRAC7 Enterprise Local/SSH CLI ∞ ∞ Serial red

41 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide interface, typically referred to as a one-to-one interface. For customers that continue to use agent-based solut

42 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide  IPMITool—IPMITool includes scriptable console application programs used to control and manage remote systems

43 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide OpenManage connections with third-party consoles Dell OpenManage provides connections with many third-party cons

44 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Table 24. One-to-one and one-to-many operations Operation One-to-one One-to-many Deploy  iDRAC with Lifecycle

45 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Appendix A. Additional specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdg

46 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Specification Redundant 1100W Redundant 750W Redundant 495W Non-redundant 550W Maximum inrush current2 55A

47 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Temperature Operating See Fresh Air for temperature information Storage –40°C to 65°C (-40°F to 149°F) with a ma

48 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Rack rail specifications Table 29 lists the spacing dimensions for the T420 sliding rails. Table 29. Rail adj

49 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Appendix B. Standards compliance The Dell PowerEdge T420 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 30.

5 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 1 System overview Introduction The two-socket Dell™ PowerEdge™ T420 tower server delivers balanced performance a

50 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Appendix C. Additional resources Table 31 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more inform

51 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Resource Description of contents Location materials, service tag information, and Dell contact information. Ener

52 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Appendix D. System board block diagram Figure 13. T420 system board block diagram

6 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide New technologies Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge T420 tower server. Table 1

7 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide 2 System features Compared to the previous-generation PowerEdge T410, the T420 supports up to 33% more processor

8 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Specifications Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge T420 features. For the latest info

9 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide Feature PowerEdge T420 technical specification I/O adapter options 1Gb Ethernet: Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb Bas