Dell PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide - Page 7

2 System features The new half-height M520 has more memory, processor cores, and networking options than ever before. Features include the new family of Intel® Xeon® ES-2400 processors, DDR3 memory, PCI Express 3.0, dual internal SD module, and the Dell next-generation iDRAC solution known as iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller. Comparison of PowerEdge systems Table 2 compares the features of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M520 system with the features of similar current- and previous-generation PowerEdge systems. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge M520, M620 and R420 Feature PowerEdge M520 PowerEdge M620 PowerEdge R420 Chassis; enclosure Half-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Half-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Processors Intel Xeon processors E5-2400 series Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600v2 product families Internal Intel QuickPath interconnect Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Memory Hard drive bays (hot plug) 12 x DDR3 RDIMM and 24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM UDIMM, and LRDIMM 2 x 2.5" 2 x 2.5" Embedded NIC Dual Port Select 2 x 1GbE dual-port LOM Network Adapter, 3 options of 2 x 10GbE 1U rack Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 series Intel QuickPath Interconnect 12 x DDR3 RDIMM 4 x 3.5" 8 x 2.5" 1 x 1GbE dual-port LOM RAID S110, H310, H710, H710P S110, H310, H710, H710P S110, H310, H710, H710P, H810 Express Flash drives Not supported Up to 2 Not supported I/O slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x8 mezzanine card slots 2 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine card slots 2 PCIe 3.0 7 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide