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PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide The powerful 2-socket, 1U Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server delivers double-down density for web serving, collaboration and highperformance computing. - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 2
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 R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 3
A. Additional specifications...44 Chassis dimensions and weight ...44 Video specifications ...44 Environmental specifications ...45 Power supply specifications ...46 Rack rail specifications ...46 USB peripherals ...47 Appendix B. Standards compliance ...48 iii PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 4
28 Figure 8. Sliding rails with optional CMA ...31 Figure 9. Static rails ...32 Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions...36 Figure 11. Systems management server lifecycle ...42 Figure 12. System dimensions ...44 Figure 13. R420 system board block diagram ...51 iv PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 5
2.5- inch hot- plug hard drives, both hardware and software RAID options, and redundant, hot- plug power supplies. The PowerEdge server line The PowerEdge family is engineered with the of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. 5 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 6
RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, and supports a maximum of four hot- plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid- state drives. See the Storage section for details. The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in- depth memory - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 7
units Hot- plug redundant power supply units Fan fault tolerance Fault resilient memory Internal dual SD module 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. 7 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 8
for each of the PowerEdge R420 features. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R420, visit Dell.com. Table 3. Technical specifications Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification Form factor 1U rack Processors Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 9
ranging power supplies High- efficiency, hot- plug, redundant power supplies; hot- plug hard drives; TPM; dual internal SD support; fan fault tolerance; optional bezel; information tag; ECC memory; interactive LCD screen; extended power range; ENERGY STAR® compliant • OpenManage Essentials • Dell - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 10
PowerEdge R420 technical specification (Telco) racks Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper- V® v2) Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Operating systems Virtualization - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 11
, see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Chassis views Figure 1 shows the features on the front of the R420 chassis including eight 2.5- inch hard drives, control panel, USB connectors, and many other components and features described in this guide. Figure - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 12
. For additional information, see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Table 4. Chassis features Feature Description Power button Front bezel NMI button System identification button Hard drives USB connectors Information tag Video connector ACPI- compliant - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 13
LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Figure 5. LCD control panel Quick Resource Locator A useful feature included with Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers is the Quick Resource Locator (QRL)- a model- specific Quick Response (QR) code - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 14
and installation wizards • Locate reference materials, including searchable owner's manual content, LCD diagnostics, and an electrical overview • Look up your service tag so you can quickly gain access to your specific hardware configuration info and warranty information • Contact Dell directly - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 15
2- socket processor design with power and dimensions optimized for density • Up to 8 execution cores per processor • Intel Hyper- Threading technology enables up to 16 computational threads • Micro- architecture on 32nm process for greater performance per watt • Support for more memory- 4 additional - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 16
Yes Yes NA NA For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Chipset The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge R420. For more information, visit Intel.com. 16 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 17
of the Dell PowerEdge R420 offers greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The R420 supports up to 384GB of memory (12 DIMM slots) and speeds of up to 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of applications. The new reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 18
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, see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 18 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 19
and speed. The operating speed of the memory is also determined by the maximum speed supported by the processor, the speed settings in the BIOS, and the operating voltage of the system. Table 9 lists memory configuration and performance details for the R420 based on the population of the number and - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 20
failure. This feature helps 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 R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 20 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 21
Storage The Dell PowerEdge R420 supports internal and external storage options and controllers, different drive types, and different chassis configurations for a varied number of drives. Features such as CacheCade™ provide accelerated performance over previous technologies. CacheCade uses Dell PERC - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 22
, advanced feature set, security SED/EKMS Supports hot- plug drives, expansion, passthrough 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 Adapter Integrated mini- type Integrated mini- type Integrated mini- type Premium performance Premium performance Performance Value 22 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 23
9.5mm, internal optical drive on the 8- drive bay chassis through the system board embedded SATA. The 4- drive bay chassis supports the 12.7mm optical drive. The R420 supports both DVD- ROM and DVD+/- RW. Tape drive The R420 does not support internal tape drives. 23 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 24
Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge R420 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0 capable expansion slots. The R420 supports up to 2 PCIe slots. Embedded NIC controller The R420 slot Storage slot for PERCs H310, H710, or H710P 24 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 25
graphics processing unit (GPU) technology and interface card solutions through the PowerEdge C410x series 3U external PCIe through a hardware interface card (HIC). An external GPU is available through certified factory installation (CFI) or field upgrade only. 25 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 26
, 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. 26 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 27
levels needed by different logic devices. The redundant power supplies are managed through a PMBus interface. The following power supply options are available for the R420: • 550W AC, non- redundant • 350W AC, hot- plug redundant • 550W AC, hot- plug redundant 27 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 28
a 550W power supply unit extended from the R420 chassis. Figure 7. 550W power supply unit The PowerEdge R420 supports up to two AC PSUs with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto- sensing, and auto- switching capability. The 350W redundant PSU (1 or 1 + 1) is recommended for a one- processor configuration; the - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 29
of the system, in this generation of servers, we are introducing limited user- configurable settings in the iDRAC7 BIOS setup screen. For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals and "Advanced Thermal Control: Optimizing across Environments - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 30
Table 18 details the acoustical performance for the R420. Table 18. Acoustical performance Configuration (23 ± 2°C CPUs ambient) Hard drives Power supply unit Memory PCI card/HDD controller Operating mode LWA-UL1 (bels) LpA2 (dBA) Prominent tones3 Typical x4 hot-plug HDD chassis 2 (95W) - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 31
depths. The sliding rail system allows you to fully extend the server out the rack for easy access for service. The sliding rails are available with or without the optional CMA. Figure 8 shows the sliding rails with the CMA. Figure 8. Sliding rails with optional CMA 31 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 32
than the sliding rails. For detailed information about static and sliding rails, see the Rack rail specifications section in Appendix A. For more information on installing the R420 in a rack, see the Rack Installation Instructions on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 32 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 33
straps rather than plastic tie wraps to eliminate the risk of cable damage during cycling • Low- profile fixed tray to both support and retain the CMA in its fully closed position • Ability to mount the CMA and tray without the use of tools, due to snap- in designs 33 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 34
5.7 is the minimum supported version. Current drop in box option is RHEL 5.8. 2RHEL 6.1 is the minimum supported version. Current factory install is RHEL 6.3. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Standard Data center Standard Premium Add- on Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter 34 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 35
Hat2 Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 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. 35 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 36
- free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManage Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions 36 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 37
of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In power monitoring and capping (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise) Fine tune data center power policies, capping, and usage; report on historical power usage by rack, row or room using Power Center Manager (new) 37 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 38
∞ Local OS install ∞ ∞ ∞ Local updates ∞ ∞ ∞ Driver pack Shared NIC (LOM)1 Remote update Power control ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞2 ∞ ∞ ∞2 ∞ ∞ Power monitoring ∞ ∞ Encryption ∞ ∞ IPv6 ∞ ∞ Auto- discovery ∞ ∞ Auto- recovery ∞ ∞ Web GUI ∞ ∞ 38 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 39
configurations Virtual console (4 user) Virtual console chat Support for customer supplied SD cards for vFlash media Virtual flash partitions Virtual media Virtual folders Remote file share Crash video playback Boot record/playback Power capping Enterprise group power management Directory services - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 40
Dell PowerEdge servers, EqualLogic™ and PowerVault™ storage, and PowerConnect™ switches; to update and configure Dell servers; and to create asset reports. OpenManage Essentials also communicates health status alerts for Dell servers, storage, and network devices to the Dell KACE™ K1000 service - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 41
Dell PowerEdge servers, including auto- discovery, operating system deployment and configuration of hardware elements, (RAID, NIC, BIOS, iDRAC), OS and hypervisor agnostic updates, firmware management, and system viewer utilities. • Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 42
allows you to monitor PowerEdge servers and PowerVault storage arrays from within the Computer Associates Network and Systems Management (CA NSM) console. • Dell OpenManage Connection for HP Operations Manager- This connection enables several functions through HP Operations Manager, including - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 43
Replace parts: • Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager For additional detailed information on Dell's systems management portfolio, see the Dell Systems Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 43 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 44
at maximum configuration is 19.9 kg (43.87 lb). Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge R420 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The graphics controller is the 2D Matrox® G200. The video frame buffer (16MB) is contained within the iDRAC RAM (256MB) device. The R420 system supports the - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 45
Depth (bit) 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 Environmental specifications Table 26 details the environmental specifications for the R420. For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell Redundant power supplies required PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 46
55A per power supply for 10ms or less. Rack rail specifications Table 28 lists the spacing dimensions for the R420 sliding and static rails. Table 28. Rail adjustability range Product R420 Rail identifier A7 A8 Rail type Sliding Static Rail adjustability range (mm) Rail depth (mm) Square - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 47
minimum depth of the rails with the outer CMA brackets removed (if applicable) as measured from the front mounting flanges of the rack. USB peripherals USB peripherals are supported through the front and back USB ports on the R420. These ports are USB 2.0 compliant. 47 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 48
The Dell PowerEdge R420 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 29. Table 29. Industry standard documents Standard ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet IEEE 802.3- 2005 HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for Microsoft Windows Server IPMI - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 49
• System BIOS • Remove and replace procedures • Troubleshooting • Diagnostics • Jumpers and connectors Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge R420 Getting Started Guide This guide is printed and shipped with the system, and is also available in PDF format on the Dell support site. This guide provides - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 50
Acoustics White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people's reaction to, language of, and Dell's work to control noise from Enterprise products. www.dell.com/downloads/g lobal/products/pedge/en/ac oustical- education- dellenterprise- white- paper.pdf 50 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Dell PowerEdge R420 | Technical Guide - Page 51
SD2 MAC IDRAC Port Card FRU RJ45 12 Non-RDNT PSU System Power Conn. BP Power Conn. DVD/ TBU Power Conn. PDB+PIB for RDNT PSU System Power Conn. BP Power Conn. DVD/ TBU Power Conn. Vflash RJ45 SD Conn. (w/ PHY) Power Supply Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2 51 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide
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PowerEdge R420
Technical Guide
The powerful 2-socket,
1U Dell PowerEdge R420
rack server delivers
double-down density
for web serving,
collaboration and high-
performance computing.