PowerEdge C6420 is ideal for high performance hyperscale workloads. With 4 nodes in a 2U form factor, it maximizes density, scalability, and energy efficiency per U.
Base:
PowerEdge C6420
Processor:
Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 205W and 28 cores per processor
Memory:
8 DIMM slots per socket with max of 1024GB with options for 16GB/32GB/64GB RDIMMS @ 2933MT/s, 8GB RDIMMs @2666MT/s, and 128 LRDIMMs @2666MT/s
Storage:
One 120/240GB M.2 SATA RI SSD boot drive or Two 120/240GB M.2 SATA RI SSD boot drives in RAID 1,
One 16/32/64GB MicroSD card
Controllers: S140 Software RAID with Intel C620 Chipset SATA controller (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
Hardware RAID using PERC H330 Mezzanine (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50), PERC H730p Mezzanine (RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60)
Non RAID: HBA330 Mezzanine, 12Gbps SAS LP PCIe HBA
Drive Options:
HDD:
300/600/900GB 2.5” 15K 12Gb SAS Drives
300/600GB/1.2TB/1.8TB/2.4TB 2.5” 10K 12Gb SAS Drives
1TB/2TB 2.5” 7.2K 12Gb SAS Drives
1/2/4/8/10/12TB 3.5” 7.2K 12Gb SAS/ 6Gbps SATA Drives
SSD:
120GB 2.5” 6Gbps SATA Boot SSD
240/480GB/800GB/960GB/1.6TB/1.92TB/3.84TB 6Gbps SATA Read Intensive
200/240/400/480/800/960GB/1600/1962GB 6Gbps SATA Mixed Use
480/960/1920/3840/7680 GB 12Gb SAS Read Intensive
400/480/960/1600/1920/3840GB 12Gbps SAS Mixed Use
400/800/1600/3200GB12Gb SAS Write Intensive
FIPS-140 Self Encrypting Drives:
900GB/1.2TB/2.4TB 2.5” 10K 12Gb SAS FIPS-140 SED HDD
2TB 2.5” 7.2K 12Gb SAS FIPS-140 SED HDD
4TB/8TB 12Gbps SAS FIPS-140 SED HDD 1.92TB Mixed Use
SATA SED SSD
2.5” NVMe Drives and Add-in PCIe cards:
800GB/1TB/1.6TB/2TB/3.2TB/4TB/6.4TB Mixed Use
1/2/4/TB Read Intensive
Power & Cooling Options:
Dual Hot-plug fault-tolerant, fully redundant or non-redundant 1600W AC Power Supply
Dual Hot-plug fault-tolerant or fully redundant 2000W and 2400W AC Power Supply
Four dual rotor redundant, non-hot swappable fans
Air and Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) options
Dimensions & Weight:
HxWxD: 86.8mm x 448mm x 790mm
Weight: 3.5” Direct Backplane
Chassis: 43.62 Kg
2.5” Direct/Expander/NVMe
Backplane Chassis: 41.46 Kg
No Backplane Chassis: 34.56 Kg
Form factor: Rack (2U)
Chassis Options:
24 x 2.5” Direct Backplane w/ up to 6 SAS/SATA drives
24 x 2.5” Expander Backplane w/ up to 12 SAS/SATA drives per sled & 2 sleds per C6400 chassis
24 x 2.5” NVMe Backplane w/ up to 2 SAS/SATA/NVMe drives & 4 SAS/SATA drives
12 x 3.5” Direct Backplane w/ up to 3 SAS/SATA drives
No Backplane option w/ no external drives
Embedded / At-Server:
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC REST API with Redfish
Consoles & Mobile:
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Essentials
Dell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
Dell EMC Update Catalogs
OpenManage Integrations:
Microsoft® System Center
VMware® vCenter™
BMC Software (available from BMC)
Connections:
Nagios Core and Nagios XI
Oracle Enterprise Manager
HPE Operations Manager i (OMi)
Tools:
iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
Dell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
Dell EMC Update Catalogs
Security:
TPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Hardware Root of Trust
System Lockdown
Secure Erase
I/O & Ports:
Rear: 2 x USB 3.0 ports, 1 Micro USB port for iDRAC Direct
1 x16 PCIe Gen3 riser (low profile, half height & length)
1 x8 PCIe Gen3 Mezzanine (for storage controller)
1 x16 PCIe Gen3 OCP Mezzanine (for network controller)
1 x16 PCIe Gen3 riser (for M.2 Boot Device)
Supported Operating Systems:
Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® XenServer®
Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi
Network Cards:
One 1Gb Ethernet LOM port for systems management or shared with host
1Gb Ethernet
Intel i350 1Gb Dual Port Ethernet LP PCIe
Broadcom 5720 1Gb Dual Port Ethernet LP PCIe
10Gb Ethernet
Intel X710 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ OCP Mezzanine
Intel X710 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ LP PCIe
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ LP PCIe
Intel X710 Dual Port 10Gb BASE-T LP PCIe
Intel X550 Dual Port 10Gb BASE-T LP PCIe
Intel X710 Quad Port 10Gb BASE-T LP PCIe
Broadcom 57412 10Gb SFP+ LP PCIer
Broadcom 57416 10Gb BASE-T LP LP PCIe
QLogic 41162 Dual Port 10Gb BASE-T LP PCIe
QLogic 41112 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ LP PCIe
SolarFlare 8522 Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ LP PCIe
Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro 10Gb Dual Port LP PCIe
25Gb Ethernet
Broadcom 57414 Dual Port 25Gbps SFP28 PCIe LP
QLogic 41262 Dual Port 25Gbps SFP28 LP PCIe
Intel® 25GBE 2P XXV710
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25Gbps SFP28 LP PCIe
40Gb Ethernet
Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro Dual Port 40Gbps QSFP+ LP PCIe
Intel XL710 Dual Port 40Gbps QSFP+ LP PCIe
100Gb Ethernet / Infiniband
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port 100Gb QSFP+ LP PCIe
Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI QSFP+ Single Port FDR LP PCIe
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port VPI QSFP28 EDR LP PCIe
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port VPI QSFP28 EDR LP PCIe
Dual port QSFP carrier card for processors with integrated Intel Omni-Path Fabric
ConnectX-5 Single Port VPI EDR QSFP28