Specifications
8 PowerEdge M420 Technical Guide
Feature
PowerEdge M420
PowerEdge M520
PowerEdge M620
RAID
H310
S110, H310, H710, H710P
S110, H310, H710, H710P
Express Flash
drives
Not supported
Not supported
Up to 2
Mezzanine
slots
1 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine
card slot
2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine
card slots
2 PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine
card slots
Optional SD
port
2 Internal SD slots
(2 for redundant hypervisor
or 1 for vFlash)
3 Internal SD slots
(2 for redundant hypervisor
and 1 for vFlash)
3 Internal SD slots
(2 for redundant hypervisor
and 1 for vFlash)
Dell
OpenManage
Systems
Management
OpenManage Essentials
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)
OpenManage Essentials
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)
OpenManage Essentials
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)
Specifications
Table 3 lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge M420 blade server. For the latest
information on supported features, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Table 3. Technical specifications
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) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8
Memory
1
Up to 192GB (6 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s