Dell PowerEdge M420 Technical Manual

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25 PowerEdge M420 Technical GuideMezzanine cardsThe M420 provides one PCIe 3.0 mezzanine connector for add-in cards. The M420 is designed tobe PCIe 3.0-compliant to take full advantage of the processor capabilities. Installation of amezzanine card requires an M1000e I/O Module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installedin the corresponding fabric slot of the mezzanine card to support data flow through the fabric/slot.Table 13 lists the supported mezzanine cards for the M420.Table 13. Supported mezzanine cardsType Adapter1Gb/10GB AdaptersBroadcom 5719 Serdes 4P 1GbIntel I350 Serdes 4P 1GbBroadcom 57810S-k 2P 10GbIntel X520-x/k 2P 10GbQlogic QME8262-k 2P 10GbBrocade BR1741M-k 2P 10GbMellanox ConnectX-3 dual-port 10GbEKR bladeInfiniBand Mellanox FDR10 CX-3 40GbFibre channelQLogic QME2572 2P 8GbEmulex LPe1205-M 2P 8GbQLogic QME2662 2P 16GbEmulex LPm16002B-D 2P 16GbFor the latest information on supported mezzanine cards for the M420, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.Interconnectivity matrixThe full height, single-wide M420 sleeve holds up to four M420 blades in four slots: a, b, c and d.A maximum of eight sleeves fit into a single M1000e chassis. Understanding how the blades connectdemonstrates the impact of switch choice on the number of available ports, as shown in Figure 6.Blades connect to Fabrics B and C differently depending on the slot within the M420 sleeve.