Dell PowerEdge C6420 EMC Installation and Service Manual - Page 20

Chassis weight, Processor specifications, Supported operating systems, System battery, Expansion bus

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Chassis weight Table 6. Chassis weight of the enclosure with the sleds System Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives) 12 x 3.5-inch hard drive systems 43.62 Kg (96.16 lb) No backplane systems 34.56 Kg (76.19 lb) Processor specifications The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processor in each of the four independent sleds. Each processor supports up to 28 cores. NOTE: The fabric processor must be installed in the processor 2 socket in a mixed configuration of fabric and non-fabric processors. Supported operating systems The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 supports the following operating systems: • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V • Canonical Ubuntu LTS • VMware ESXi • Citrix XenServer NOTE: For more information about the specific versions and additions, see https://www.dell.com/support/home/ drivers/supportedos/poweredge-c6420 System battery The PowerEdge C6420 sled uses a CR 2032 3V replaceable lithium coin cell battery. NOTE: There is a system battery in each of the sleds. Expansion bus specifications The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled supports four Generation 3 capable PCIe slots. Table 7. Expansion bus specifications PCIe Slots x8 Mezz PCIe riser Description Slot 1: x8 PCIe Gen3 from processor 1 x8+x8 OCP Mezz riser Slot 2: x8 PCIe Gen3 from processor 1 Slot 3: x8 PCIe Gen3 from processor 1 x16 PCIe main riser Slot 4: x16 PCIe Gen3 processor 1 x16 buried PCIe riser Slot 5: x16 PCIe Gen3 from processor 2 Form factor Custom form factor Standard Open Compute Project (OCP) form factor Standard Low Profile PCIe form factor Custom form factor NOTE: M.2 SATA riser is supported on the buried riser. 20 Technical specifications

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Chassis weight
Table 6. Chassis weight of the enclosure with the sleds
System
Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives)
12 x 3.5-inch hard drive systems
43.62 Kg (96.16 lb)
No backplane systems
34.56 Kg (76.19 lb)
Processor specifications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processor in each of the four independent sleds. Each
processor supports up to 28 cores.
NOTE:
The fabric processor must be installed in the processor 2 socket in a mixed configuration of fabric and non-fabric
processors.
Supported operating systems
The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 supports the following operating systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
Canonical Ubuntu LTS
VMware ESXi
Citrix XenServer
NOTE:
For more information about the specific versions and additions, see
drivers/supportedos/poweredge-c6420
System battery
The PowerEdge C6420 sled uses a CR 2032 3V replaceable lithium coin cell battery.
NOTE:
There is a system battery in each of the sleds.
Expansion bus specifications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled supports four Generation 3 capable PCIe slots.
Table 7. Expansion bus specifications
PCIe Slots
Description
Form factor
x8 Mezz PCIe riser
Slot 1: x8 PCIe Gen3 from processor 1
Custom form factor
x8+x8 OCP Mezz riser
Slot 2: x8 PCIe Gen3 from processor 1
Standard Open Compute Project (OCP)
form factor
Slot 3: x8 PCIe Gen3 from processor 1
x16 PCIe main riser
Slot 4: x16 PCIe Gen3 processor 1
Standard Low Profile PCIe form factor
x16 buried PCIe riser
Slot 5: x16 PCIe Gen3 from processor 2
Custom form factor
NOTE:
M.2 SATA riser is supported
on the buried riser.
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Technical specifications