Dell PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide - Page 7

2 System features Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R420 supports more PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0, more memory, and advanced system management. Table 2 compares some of the features of the R420 to its R410 predecessor. Table 3 lists all of the R420's specifications. Comparison of PowerEdge systems The R420 is the new generation PowerEdge server replacing the R410. Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge R410 to PowerEdge R420 Feature PowerEdge R410 PowerEdge R420 Chassis Processors Internal interconnect Memory1 Hard drive bays (hot-plug) 1U rack Intel Xeon processors 5500 and 5600 series Intel QuickPath Interconnect 8 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM Up to 128GB Up to 4 x 3.5" cabled or hot- plug 1U rack Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family Intel QuickPath Interconnect 12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM Up to 384GB Up to 4 x 3.5" cabled or hot- plug Up to 8 x 2.5" hot- plug RAID controller PERC H200, H700, H800 PERC H310, H710, H710P, H810, S110 PCI slots 1 PCIe 2.0 slots 2 PCIe 3.0 slots Embedded NIC Dual Port 1GbE LOM Dual Port 1GbE LOM Power supplies Non- redundant 480W Redundant 500W Non- redundant 550W Redundant 350W or 550W Dell OpenManage Systems Management Dell OpenManage Dell Management Console (DMC) Lifecycle Controller 1.x iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) with Lifecycle Controller OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console IT Assistant OMSA Agent OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) OpenManage Integrations and Connections Basic management (standard option) Power efficiency Gold Platinum Hot- plug drives Availability Hot- plug drives Hot- plug redundant power supply 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