Table Of Contents - Dell PowerEdge M420 Technical Manual

Table of contents

1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Module views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Module views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Module features ................................................................................................................................................................14
4 Processors .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
5 Memory ...............................................................................................................................................................................18
Supported memory ..........................................................................................................................................................18
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Memory speed .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 20
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Storage controllers ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
7 Networking and mezzanine cards ................................................................................................................................ 23
System management integration ................................................................................................................................. 23
Expansion connectors .................................................................................................................................................... 23
Mezzanine cards .............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Interconnectivity matrix ................................................................................................................................................. 24
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 27
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 28
9 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 30
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Supported virtualization .................................................................................................................................................. 31
10 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 32
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 32
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 33
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 37
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 40
Module dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 40
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 40
Environmental specifications .........................................................................................................................................41
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 43
Appendix C. Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 44
Appendix D. System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 46
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