Contents
1 Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 overview........................................................................................................... 7
Supported congurations..................................................................................................................................................7
Back view of the PowerEdge C6420 sled...................................................................................................................... 9
Network ports indicator codes....................................................................................................................................... 10
Sled to hard drive mapping..............................................................................................................................................12
Expander zoning............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Locating the Service Tag of your system...................................................................................................................... 14
System information label..................................................................................................................................................15
System board information......................................................................................................................................... 15
Mechanical overview..................................................................................................................................................16
Memory information................................................................................................................................................... 17
Jumper settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 18
2 Documentation resources.............................................................................................................................19
3 Technical specications................................................................................................................................21
Dimensions of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled..................................................................................................21
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Processor specications................................................................................................................................................. 22
Supported operating systems.........................................................................................................................................22
System battery.................................................................................................................................................................22
Expansion bus specications..........................................................................................................................................22
Memory specications.................................................................................................................................................... 23
Drives and storage specications.................................................................................................................................. 23
Video specications.........................................................................................................................................................24
Environmental specications.......................................................................................................................................... 24
Standard operating temperature specications..................................................................................................... 24
Expanded operating temperature specications ...................................................................................................33
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications..........................................................................................35
Maximum vibration specications............................................................................................................................36
Maximum shock specications................................................................................................................................ 36
Maximum altitude specications..............................................................................................................................36
Fresh Air Operation....................................................................................................................................................36
4 Initial system setup and conguration.......................................................................................................... 38
Setting up your system................................................................................................................................................... 38
iDRAC conguration........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................38
Log in to iDRAC..........................................................................................................................................................39
Options to install the operating system.........................................................................................................................39
Methods to download rmware and drivers...........................................................................................................39
Downloading drivers and rmware.......................................................................................................................... 40
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