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    of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden. December 2012 | Version 3.0 ii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    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 iii PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    New technologies ...6 Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge M420, M520, and M620 7 Table 3. Technical specifications...8 Table 4. Module features...14 Table 5. Supported processors ...17 Table 6. Memory technologies supported...18 Table 7. DIMMs supported ...19 Table 8. Memory speed capabilities ...20
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    and bandwidth for exceptional throughput. PowerEdge M-series blade servers use the redundant power and cooling infrastructure provided by the Dell M1000e blade enclosure, which is exceptionally easy to deploy and manage, and maximizes power and cooling efficiency. 5 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    capability for embedded hypervisors, such as VMware® vSphere® ESXi™. Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details. 6 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    servers, the M420, M520, and M620 systems, are compared in Table 2. For the latest information on supported features, visit Feature PowerEdge M420 PowerEdge M520 PowerEdge M620 Chassis; enclosure Ultra-dense, quarter-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade , H710P 7 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    ) Table 3 lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge M420 blade server. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. Feature Technical specification Form factor; enclosure Processors Quarter-height blade; Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Intel Xeon processor
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    slot and switch modules yields 2 redundant I/O fabrics per blade RAID controller Internal controller: PERC H310 embedded Power supplies and fans Supplied by M1000e blade enclosure Dell OpenManage Systems Management (Agent-free or with OpenManage Server 9 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    Dell blade solution, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide or the M1000e Blade Chassis Specification Sheet on Dell.com. 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less 10 PowerEdge M420 Technical
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    The Dell PowerEdge M420 implements a new module design, with a quarter-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to operate. It occupies one slot vertically in the M1000e rack chassis, which is populated with a sleeve and contains four blades. The M1000e chassis can contain a maximum of 32
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    The M420 is optimized for a densely populated chassis with effective and efficient cooling. Figure 2 shows one of eight sleeves containing four stackable blades in a fully loaded M1000e enclosure. 12 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    blades, for a total of 32 M420 modules. The M420 module shown in Figure 4 supports up to six DIMMS, two processors, and many other features that are described in this guide. For additional system views, see the Dell M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 13 PowerEdge M420 Technical
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    with Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers is the Quick Resource Locator (QRL)-a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code (shown in Figure 5) that is located on the server. Just use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL application to learn more about the server. 14 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    support information you need when you need it, making you more efficient and effective in managing your hardware. For more information on the M1000e chassis enclosure features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 15 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    specifically for servers and workstation applications. A summary of what's new and improved includes the following:  Up to eight cores per processor and 64-byte cache line size  Intel Integrated I/O has support processor E5-2400 product family, visit Intel.com. 16 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    4 No 80W 4 No 80W For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge M420. For more information, visit Intel.com. 17 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    and reduce data loss due to Dell's focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. RAS aids in the M420 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com. 18 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    example, if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The M420 supports memory speeds of
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    to optimize power/performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Memory RAID is not supported. 20 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    carrier for the M420. For the latest information on supported drives, visit Dell.com/storage. Form factor 1.8" Type uSATA SSD (3GB) Capacities 50GB, 200GB Dell provides highly capable . For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC. 21 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    uSATA backplane SAS hard drives Unconfigured drive support (non-RAID) RAID 0 RAID 1 Microsoft Windows support Linux support Virtualization support Embedded on system board PCIe 3.0 Local support for self-encrypting disk (SED) UEFI browser Hll PERC option H310 22 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    of firmware and driver version deployment upon component Supports the embedded Broadcom 57810S-k 2P 10Gb - iDRAC7 shared LOM is not supported, the blade iDRAC has a dedicated 100Mbps link  Embedded PERC: A custom PERC + RIPS connector connects to a x4 PCIe slot. 23 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    fit into a single M1000e chassis. Understanding how the blades connect demonstrates the impact of switch choice on the number of available ports, as shown in Figure 6. Blades connect to Fabrics B and C differently depending on the slot within the M420 sleeve. 24 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    Examples of fabric interconnectivity and their associated parameters are illustrated in Figure 7. 25 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    , reports, and controls power consumption at the processor, memory, and system level. Dell OpenManage Power Center delivers group power management at the rack, row, and data center level for servers, power distribution units, and uninterruptible power supplies. 27 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    . The M1000e chassis enclosure provides power and cooling for the M420 blade server. For information on the M1000e power supply units, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide on Dell.com. High density and high performance of the PowerEdge M420 requires an aggressive thermal management solution
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    Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The acoustical performance of the PowerEdge M420 is reflected in Table 15. Four sleeves, each containing four typically1 configured M420 blades operating system but no other specific activity; 29 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    contact the software vendor for additional support or questions about running the operating system in a virtualized environment. Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP2 Platform x86 x64 Edition Standard Enterprise Standard Enterprise Data center web 30 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    Hat2 Enterprise Virtualization v3.1 N/A DIB No FI = factory install; DIB = drop-in-box 1v4.1 U3 image is available from support.dell.com, either as an upgrade to v4.1 U2 or for a clean install 2No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only 31 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    wide variety of tools, products, and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 8, Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller. 32 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    of sale, customer must request a license key through the Dell Licensing Portal. For most server models, embedded server management and electronic licensing enables feature enhancements that do not require installation of additional hardware or system downtime. 33 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    user) Virtual media Crash screen capture3 Power control Power monitoring Virtual console chat Support for customer-supplied SD cards for vVFirltausahl mflaesdhiapartitions Virtual folders Remote file share 34 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide iDRAC7 Enterprise 1 iDRAC7 Express for Blades 1 2
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    Dell blade chassis. It provides a secure interface that enables an administrator to inventory, perform configuration and monitoring tasks, remote power on/off blades, and enable alerts for events on servers and components in the blade overall health of all systems 35 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    configure iDRAC7.  IPMITool-IPMITool includes scriptable console application programs used to control and manage remote systems using the IPMI version 1.5 and later protocol. Dell OpenManage easily integrates with several leading third-party consoles, including: 36 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    intelligent capabilities embedded within the server infrastructure. This allows you to invest more time and energy on business improvements and less on maintenance. Figure 9 illustrates the various operations that can be performed during the server's lifecycle. 37 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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     Dell OpenManage ITA  Dell Management Console  Lifecycle Controller Remote Services  Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 38 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    Replace parts:  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager For additional detailed information on Dell's systems management portfolio, see the Dell Systems Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 39 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    of a maximum-configured M420 blade server is 12.0 kg (26.5 lb). The Dell PowerEdge M420 iDRAC7 incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The graphics controller is the 2D Matrox® G200. The video frame buffer (16MB) is contained within the iDRAC7 RAM (256MB) device. The M420 system supports the 2D
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    about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Table 23 details the environmental specifications for the M420. Fresh Air: temperature, axes (one pulse on each side of the system) of 71G for up to 2ms 41 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    12,000m (-50 ft to 39,370 ft) Airborne contaminant level Class G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 USB peripherals are supported through the front USB ports, which are USB 2.0 compliant. 42 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 www.uefi.org/specs www.usb.org/developers/docs www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx 43 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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    tag information, and Dell contact information. On the module Information Update This document is printed and shipped with the system, and is also available in PDF format on the Dell support site. This guide provides system update information. Support.Dell.com/Manuals 44 PowerEdge M420 Technical
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    Provides help selecting a power distribution unit (PDU). unit (PDU) DellPDU.com Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) model. DellUPS.com Volatility information Contact your Dell Sales Representative. 45 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
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