Base:
PowerEdge T420 Server
Form Factor:
Tower (5U rackable)
Processor:
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
Processor Sockets:
2
Internal Interconnect:
Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s
Cache:
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10
Chipset:
Intel C602
Power Supply:
Platinum efficiency, hot-plug, redundant 495W, 750W, 1100W power supplies; Silver efficiency, cabled 550W power supply;
Auto-ranging power supplies
I/O Slots:
6 PCIe slots:
2 x16 with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height
1 x8 with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, full-height
1 x8 with x4 bandwidth, 2.0, half-length, full-height
1 x8 with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height
1 x8 with x1 bandwidth, 2.0, full-length, full-height
RAID Controller:
Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
Internal HBAs (non-RAID):
Internal tape adapter
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
Memory:
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
Hypervisor Support:
Microsoft Windows Server (with Hyper-V® enabled)
VMware® vSphere® ESXi®
Drive Bays:
Choose from four 3.5” cabled, eight 3.5” hot-plug, or sixteen 2.5” hot-plug drive bays
GPU Options:
One NVIDIA® Quadro® 6000 graphics card or up to two NVIDIA Quadro 4000 graphics cards
I/O Adapter Options:
1Gb/10Gb Ethernet:
Broadcom 5720 dual-port 1Gb NIC
Broadcom 5719 quad-port 1Gb NIC
Intel I350 dual-port 1Gb stand-up adapter
Intel I350 quad-port 1Gb stand-up adapter
Intel X520 dual-port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X540 dual-port 10Gb Base-T adapter
10Gb Converged Ethernet:
Brocade® BR1020 dual-port 10Gb CNA
QLogic® QLE8262 dual-port 10Gb DA/SFP+
Broadcom 57810S dual-port 10Gb Base-T CNA
Broadcom 57810S dual-port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA
FC8/FC4 HBA:
QLogic QLE2460 4Gb single-port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2462 4Gb dual-port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2560 8Gb single-port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2562 8Gb dual-port FC HBA
Emulex® LPe-12000-E 8Gb single-port FC HBA
Emulex LPe-12002-E 8Gb dual-port FC HBA
Brocade 815 8Gb single-port FC HBA
Brocade 825 8Gb dual-port FC HBA
Embedded NIC:
Broadcom® 5720 GbE dual-port 1Gb LOM
Hard Drives:
Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Self-encrypting drives available
Cabled hard drive options:
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Maximum Internal Storage:
Up to 32TB
Remote Management:
Basic management (default), iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC7 Express (upgrade option) or iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option), 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)
Systems Management:
IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell OpenManage Mobile
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Connections:
HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool® and CA Network and Systems Management
Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle® Database Manager
Dell OpenManage Integrations:
Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center
Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware® vCenter®
Availability:
Optional high-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays; TPM; dual internal SD support; redundant fans; optional bezel; information tag; ECC memory; optional interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning
Rack Support:
ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm
Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Optional embedded hypervisors:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware vSphere® ESXi™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
