8 PowerEdge R420 Technical Guide
Specifications
Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R420 features. For the latest
information on supported features for the PowerEdge R420, visit Dell.com
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Table 3. Technical specifications
Feature PowerEdge R420 technical specification
Form factor 1U rack
Processors Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family
Processor sockets 2 sockets
Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s
Cache 2.5MB per core with core options of 4, 6, or 8
Chipset Intel C600
Memory
1
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
PCIe slots
With 2 processors:
• 1 x16 slot with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, half- height, half- length
• 1 x16 slot with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, full-height, half- length
With 1 processor:
• 1 x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 2.0, half- height, half- length
• 1 x16 slot with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, full- height, half- length
RAID controller
Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
Hard drives
4 x 3.5” cabled drive bays or
4 x 3.5” hot- plug drive bays (2.5” hybrid kit available) or
8 x 2.5” hot- plug drive bays
Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Self- encrypting drives available
Cabled hard drive options:
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Embedded NIC Broadcom
®
5720 Dual Port 1GbE LOM