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Tables

Table 1.

New technologies ................................................................................................................................................ 6

Table 2.

Comparison of PowerEdge M420, M520 and M620 ...................................................................................... 7

Table 3.

Technical specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Table 4.

Module features ...................................................................................................................................................14

Table 5.

Supported processors ........................................................................................................................................ 17

Table 6.

Memory technologies supported .....................................................................................................................18

Table 7.

DIMMs supported ................................................................................................................................................ 19

Table 8.

Memory speed capabilities ............................................................................................................................... 20

Table 9.

Memory RAS features ......................................................................................................................................... 21

Table 10. Hard drive backplane option ............................................................................................................................ 22

Table 11. Supported drives................................................................................................................................................. 22

Table 12. RAID controller feature support ...................................................................................................................... 23

Table 13. Supported mezzanine cards............................................................................................................................. 25

Table 14. Power tools and technologies ......................................................................................................................... 28

Table 15. M420 acoustical performance ......................................................................................................................... 30

Table 16. Primary operating system support ................................................................................................................... 31

Table 17. Virtual guest operating system support ......................................................................................................... 32

Table 18. Virtualization support ........................................................................................................................................ 32

Table 19. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits ........................................................................... 34

Table 20. Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for Blades .......................................... 35

Table 21. One-to-one and one-to-many operations .................................................................................................. 39

Table 22. Supported video modes .....................................................................................................................................41

Table 23. Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................... 42

Table 24. Industry standards documentation ................................................................................................................. 44

Table 25. Additional resources .......................................................................................................................................... 46

Figures

Figure 1. M420 front view .................................................................................................................................................. 11

Figure 2. M420 sleeve containing four blades ................................................................................................................ 12

Figure 3. M1000e chassis enclosure with 32 M420 blades .......................................................................................... 13

Figure 4. M420 internal module view ............................................................................................................................... 13

Figure 5. QRL code located on module ..........................................................................................................................14

Figure 6. M420 connectivity matrix for 32 blades......................................................................................................... 26

Figure 7. Fabric interconnectivity examples................................................................................................................... 27

Figure 8. Dell systems management solutions .............................................................................................................. 33

Figure 9. Systems management server lifecycle ........................................................................................................... 39

Figure 10. Module dimensions .............................................................................................................................................41

Figure 11. M420 system board block diagram ................................................................................................................ 48

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