iii    PowerEdge C6220 Technical Guide     
Table of contents 
1  System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5 
New technologies ..............................................................................................................................................................5 
Product comparison ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 
2  Chassis views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 11 
Front panel ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 
Back panel .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 12 
Compute sled options ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 
3  Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 
GPU support ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16 
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 
4  Memory ...............................................................................................................................................................................18 
Supported memory ..........................................................................................................................................................18 
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18 
Memory speed ..................................................................................................................................................................18 
5  Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 
PowerEdge C6220 MicroSD card reader ..................................................................................................................... 19 
PowerEdge C6220 hard drive cable routing ............................................................................................................... 19 
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................. 19 
RAID configurations ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 
LED indicators .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 
Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 
6  Networking and I/O ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 
Embedded NIC/LAN on motherboard (LOM) ............................................................................................................. 23 
I/O slots ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 
NIC cards ........................................................................................................................................................................... 24 
7  Power ................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 25 
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 26 
System power supply throttling feature ...................................................................................................................... 26 
8  Rack information .............................................................................................................................................................. 27 
Static rails .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 
9  Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 28 
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 28 
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 28 
10 Systems management ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 
Embedded server management .................................................................................................................................... 29 
Appendix A.  Additional specifications and options ................................................................................................... 30 
System dimensions .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 
System weight .................................................................................................................................................................. 30 
Environmental specifications ......................................................................................................................................... 31 
Video specifications ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 32 
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 32