Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 - Hard Drives and Storage Specifications; Video Specifications

Memory module sockets Architecture Memory capacity and
ranking
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
with support for
advanced ECC or
memory optimized
operation
• Dual rank - 64 GB • 16 GB with dual
processor
• 1024 GB with dual
processor
Hard drives and storage specications
The PowerEdge C6420 sled supports SAS and SATA hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Table 9. Supported drive options for the PowerEdge C6420 sled
Maximum number of drives in the enclosure Maximum number of drives assigned per sled
12 x 3.5-inch drive systems Three SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
24 x 2.5-inch drive systems Six SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
24 x 2.5-inch drive systems with NVMe The NVMe backplane supports either of these congurations:
• Two NVMe drives and four SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs
per sled
• Six SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
M.2 SATA drive (optional) The supported capacity of the M.2 SATA card is 120 GB
NOTE: The M.2 SATA card can be installed on the x8 (slot
1) mezzanine riser or the x16 riser slot (slot 5).
microSD card (optional) for boot (up to 64 GB) One on each PCIe riser of each sled
Table 10. Supported RAID options with M.2 SATA drives
Options Single M.2 SATA drive without RAID Dual M.2 SATA drives with hardware RAID
Hardware RAID No Yes
RAID Mode N/A RAID 1
Number of drives supported 1 2
Supported CPUs CPU 1 CPU 1 and CPU 2
Video specications
The PowerEdge C6420 sled supports a Matrox G200 integrated graphics card with 16 MB RAM.
Table 11. Supported video resolution options
Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits)
1024 x 768 60 up to 24
1280 x 800 60 up to 24
1280 x 1024 60 up to 24
1360 x 768 60 up to 24
18 Technical specications