Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 - PCIe Slots

Description Type Speed DPN Form Factor Connectivity
Broadcom Dual Port 25Gbps SFP PCIe Adapter Ethernet 25Gbps 24GFD LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP+
QLogic Dual Port 25Gbps SFP LP PCIe Adapter Ethernet 25Gbps XV3MV LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP+
Mellanox Dual Port 25Gbps SFP LP PCIe Adapter Ethernet 25Gbps 20NJD LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP+
Mellanox Dual Port 40Gbps QSFP LP PCIe Adapter Ethernet 40Gbps R3F0N LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP+
Intel Dual Port 40Gbps QSFP LP PCIe Adapter Ethernet 40Gbps 8DKFV LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP+
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port 100Gb QSFP28 LP PCIe
Adapter
Ethernet 100Gbps HWTYK LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP28
Mellanox ConnectX3 VPI QSFP+ Single Port FDR LP
PCIe Adapter
InniBand 56Gbps 79DJ3 LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP+
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port VPI QSFP28 EDR LP
PCIe Adapter
InniBand/
Ethernet
100Gb JJN39 LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP28
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port VPI QSFP28 EDR LP
PCIe Adapter
InniBand/
Ethernet
100Gb NNJ2M LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP28
ConnectX-5 Single Port VPI EDR QSFP28 Adapter InniBand/
Ethernet
100Gb 6FKDT LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP28
Intel Omni-Path Single Port Host Fabric Adapter 100
Series LP PCIe Adapter
OmniPath 100Gb N64D3 LP PCIe
Adapter
QSFP28
PCIe slots
The PowerEdge C6420 compute sled provides exible options for IO and storage connectivity using the PCIe slots. The table below
summarizes various options available and the standard usage of each slot.
Slot
Description Fed by CPU Standard Usage
x8 Mezz PCI-e Riser One x8 PCIe Gen3 for Mezz
(x8 lanes)
CPU 1 Storage Controller
x16 (x8+x8) OCP Mezz Riser X8 + X8 PCIe Gen3 for OCP
Mezz (x16 lanes max)
CPU 1 Network card for host
x16 PCI-e Main Riser (plug-
in)
One x16 PCIe Gen3 for LP
from CPU 1 (x16 lanes)
CPU 1 Half Height Low Prole PCIe
Adapter
x16 buried PCI-e Riser One x16 PCIe Gen3 for specic
form factor (x16 lanes)
CPU 2 M.2 SATA Boot Device /
Modular BOSS
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