Specifications

8 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
Feature
PowerEdge M420
PowerEdge M520
PowerEdge M620
Express Flash drives
Not supported
Not supported
Up to 2
Mezzanine slots
1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine
card slots
2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine
card slots
2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine
card slots
Optional SD port
2 x Internal SD slots
(2 for redundant hypervisor
or 1 for vFlash)
3 x Internal SD slots
(2 for redundant hypervisor
and 1 for vFlash)
3 x Internal SD slots
(2 for redundant hypervisor
and 1 for vFlash)
Dell OpenManage
Systems
Management
(Agent-free or with
OpenManage Server
Administrator
[OMSA] Agent)
 OpenManage Essentials
 Dell Management Console
 IT Assistant
 OMSA Agent
 OpenManage Power Center
(requires iDRAC7 Enterprise
with Lifecycle Controller)
 Chassis Management
Controller 4.x (available
with the M1000e Modular
Blade Enclosure)
 OpenManage Integrations
and Connections
 iDRAC7 Express for Blades
with Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)
 Trial evaluation available for
IDRAC7 Enterprise with
Lifecycle Controller
 OpenManage Essentials
 Dell Management Console
 IT Assistant
 OMSA Agent
 OpenManage Power
Center (requires iDRAC7
Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
 Chassis Management
Controller 4.x (available
with the M1000e Modular
Blade Enclosure)
 OpenManage Integrations
and Connections
 iDRAC7 Express for Blades
with Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)
 Trial evaluation available
for IDRAC7 Enterprise with
Lifecycle Controller
 OpenManage Essentials
 Dell Management Console
 IT Assistant
 OMSA Agent
 OpenManage Power
Center (requires iDRAC7
Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
 Chassis Management
Controller 4.x (available
with the M1000e Modular
Blade Enclosure)
 OpenManage Integrations
and Connections
 iDRAC7 Express for Blades
with Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)
 Trial evaluation available
for IDRAC7 Enterprise with
Lifecycle Controller
Table 3 lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge M420 blade server. For the latest
information on supported features, visit Dell.com.
Feature
Technical specification
Form factor;
enclosure
Quarter-height blade;
Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure
Processors
Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family
Internal interconnect
Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI): 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8
Memory
1
Up to 192GB
1
(6 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
Chipset
Intel C600
Video
Integrated Matrox
®
G200
Primary storage
Hot-plug hard drive options:
Up to two 1.8” uSATA SSD drives (50GB and 200GB)