Specifications
iii PowerEdge M620 Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
Accomplish more ..........................................................................................................................................................5
Designed for your hyper-dense environments ........................................................................................................5
The PowerEdge M-series blade server line ...............................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Module views and features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Module views .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Module features ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
LCD control panel ....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Resource Locator ............................................................................................................................................ 12
M1000e chassis enclosure features ......................................................................................................................... 13
4 Processors ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................14
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
Memory capacity options ..........................................................................................................................................18
Flexible memory configuration .................................................................................................................................18
Memory speed .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 20
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Supported hard drives ................................................................................................................................................. 21
Express Flash drives ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Supported RAID controllers ...................................................................................................................................... 22
RAID controller feature support ............................................................................................................................... 22
7 Networking and mezzanine cards ................................................................................................................................ 24
Select Network Adapters ................................................................................................................................................ 24
System management integration ............................................................................................................................ 25
Mezzanine cards .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 27
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 27
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 28
Thermal design ........................................................................................................................................................... 28
Acoustical performance ............................................................................................................................................ 29
9 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 30
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 30
10 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 32
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 33
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller ............................................................................................................................ 33
Agent-based systems management ....................................................................................................................... 35
Dell consoles ............................................................................................................................................................... 36










