Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 - Acoustics

Table 15. 2400W PSU Eciency
10% Load 20% Load 50% Load 100% Load
Power Supply
eciency at 115Vac
82% 88% 92% 91%
Power Supply
eciency at 230Vac
89% 93% 94% 91.50%
Acoustics
The PowerEdge C6420 has been tested in two typical congurations. The following tables summarizes the conguration and
acoustical performance of the C6420. Each conguration has been tested according to Dell EMC acoustical standards for rack-
mounted servers.
Table 16. Acoustical Performance of C6420
Conguration Typical Typical
CPU Intel® Xeon® Gold 6130 Intel® Xeon® Gold
CPU 125 W 105 W
CPU Quantity per 2 2
Memory 16GB, 2667MHz, 8GB, 2667MHz,
DIMM Quantity per 12 12
Backplane 2.5" x 24 3.5" x 12
HDD 10K RPM SAS 7.2K RPM SAS
HDD Quantity per host chassis 8 16
PSU 1600 W 1600 W
PSU Quantity per host chassis 2 2
PERC H330 Mini H330 Mini
PCI Dual Port 10Gbe Single port EDR IB
Table 17. Acoustical Performance: Idle/ Operating at 25 °C Ambient
Conguration Typical Typical
LwA-UL Idle 7.2 7.2
Operating 7.3 7.2
LpA (dBA) Idle 58 58
Operating 58 58
Not objectionable tones under conditions above
LwA-UL (Bels) 8.5 8.5
LpA 71 71
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