Enjoy excellent performance and exceptional value with the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M520 system's
well-balanced processing capabilities and memory capacity in a compact half-height blade form
factor. With up to 16 processor cores and up to 12 DIMMs of RAM, the scalability and performance
of the M520 makes it a natural fit for general business applications such as email and databases, as
well as mid-tier virtual environments.
Ensure maximum uptime with the fully redundant M-series power, cooling, and networking
infrastructure, designed to provide the stability and resiliency our customers demand for
Enterprise-class deployments. The M520 system's design matches Dell's commitment to reliability,
with features such as multiple hardware RAID choices and our unique failsafe virtualization
technology, which uses redundant SD media to provide failover capabilities for embedded
hypervisors.
Help manage your servers using the Dell OpenManage™ portfolio, including the exclusive
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. iDRAC7, an
embedded systems management feature, allows you to manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local
and remote environments, either in-band or out-of-band and with or without a systems
management software agent. OpenManage also integrates and connects to leading third-party
systems management solutions you may already use, allowing you to maintain a single point of
control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of
deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.
Implement the right combination of features and performance scalability with the PowerEdge
M-series blade servers, which can handle tough workloads in a data center of any size. In addition to
the world-class management features provided in all PowerEdge servers, the M520 also takes
advantage of the capabilities of the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis management controller (CMC).
The CMC allows M-series blades to be managed individually or as groups, in single or multiple
chassis, and within a data center or in multiple geographically dispersed locations around the globe
without requiring a single agent or additional hardware. PowerEdge M-series blade servers use the
redundant power, cooling, and networking infrastructure provided by the M1000e blade enclosure,
which is exceptionally easy to deploy and manage and maximizes power and cooling efficiency.
PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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