Dell PowerEdge R420 Technical Manual

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6 PowerEdge R420 Technical GuideNew technologiesTable 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R420 rack server.Table 1. New technologiesNew technologies Detailed descriptionsIntel Xeon processorE5-2400 product familyThis new family of Intel processors has embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/Operformance. See the Processor section for details.Intel C600 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the R420 server.1600 MT/s DDR3memoryCertain models of the Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family support1600MT/s memory. The R420 supports two DIMMs per channel at 1600MT/s withcertain models. See the Memory section for details.Next generation PERCoptionsThe R420 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality andfaster performance. See the Storage section for details.PERC S110 softwareRAID SolutionThis new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, and supports amaximum of four hot- plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid- state drives. See theStorage section for details.iDRAC7 with LifecycleControllerThe new embedded system management solution for Dell servers featureshardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in- depth memory alerting, fasterperformance, a dedicated gigabit port, and many more features. See the DellOpenManage systems management section for details.Advanced powermanagementThe R420 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that canhelp manage power consumption. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics sectionfor details.Fresh Air coolingDell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables youto operate at higher temperatures or even chiller- less. See the Power, thermal, andacoustics section for details.Failsafe hypervisorsThe internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique Failsafe Virtualizationarchitecture, ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embeddedhypervisors, such as VMware ® vSphere ® ESXi™. See the Supported virtualizationfor details.Fan fault toleranceFailure of one fan rotor is tolerated with degradation in performance throughactive throttling and increased fan speeds. The feature helps reduce downtime byallowing you to schedule a fan replacement within 360 hours of a fan failure.