The Dell PowerEdge T420 is a powerful and reliable 2-socket tower server that delivers performance and built-in capacity for non-disruptive growth. The T420’s acoustical profile allows it to fit unobtrusively into quiet office environments and data centers alike. This tower server is an excellent fit for generalpurpose small and medium business workloads such as database, file and print sharing, retail and email. The T420 also fulfills platform needs in small offices with the growing trend of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Hot pluggability of key components, combined with leading manageability, make it an excellent server for branch offices and other remote sites where IT skills might not be present. Consistent worldwide support makes it highly appealing to multinational businesses and organizations with remote offices.
- Powered by Intel Xeon processors E5-2400
- Up to sixteen 2.5-inch or eight 3.5-inch drive capacity
- Up to twelve DIMMs with RAS
- PCIe 3.0-enabled expansion slots
- Optional internal GPU accelerators
Form Factor: |
5U Tower or Rack Mount |
Dimensions: |
Tower H: 443.3 mm (17.45 inch) with feet, 430.3 mm (16.94 inch) without feet W: 304.5 mm (11.99 inch) with feet opened, 218 mm (8.58 inch) with feet closed D 542.2 mm (21.35 inch) without bezel 558.6 mm (21.99 inch) with bezel Rack H: 218mm (8.58 in) W: 430.3mm (16.94 in) without ear; 482.40mm (18.99 in) with ear D (minimum): 538.4 mm (21.2 in) from rack ear back side to chassis rear wall D (maximum): 584.05mm (22.99 in) |
Processors: |
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family Chipset: Intel C600 series chipset Processor sockets: 2 Internal interconnect: Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0 GT/s Cache: 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8 |
Memory: |
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s |
I/O Slots: |
6 PCIe slots: • Two x16 slots with x16 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height • One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, half-length, full-height • One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 2.0, half-length, full-height • One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, 3.0, full-length, full-height • One x8 slot with x1 bandwidth, 2.0, full-length, full-height |
GPU Options: |
One NVIDIA® Quadro® 6000 graphics card or up to two NVIDIA Quadro 4000 graphics cards |
RAID Controllers: |
Internal controllers: PERC S110 (SW RAID), PERC H310, PERC H710, PERC H710P Internal HBAs (non-RAID): Internal tape adapter External HBAs (RAID): PERC H810 External HBAs (non-RAID): 6Gbps SAS HBA |
Drive Bays: |
Choose from four 3.5” cabled, eight 3.5” hot-plug, or sixteen 2.5” hot-plug drive bays |
Hard Drives: |
Hot-plug hard drive options: 2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD 3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K) Self-encrypting drives available Cabled hard drive options: 3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K) |
Embedded NIC: |
Broadcom® 5720 GbE Dual Port 1Gb LOM |
I/O adapter options: |
1Gb Ethernet: Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC Broadcom 5719 Quad Port 1Gb NIC Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter 10Gb Converged Ethernet: Brocade® BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA QLogic® QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb Base-T CNA Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA 10Gb Ethernet: Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base-T adapter FC8/FC4 HBA: QLogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA QLogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA QLogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA Emulex® LPe-12000-E 8Gb Single Port FC HBA Emulex LPe-12002-E 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA |
Power Supplies: |
Platinum efficiency, hot-plug, redundant 495W, 750W, 1100W power supplies Silver efficiency, cabled 550W power supply Auto-ranging power supplies |
Availability: |
Optional high-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays; TPM; dual internal SD support; redundant fans; optional bezel; information tag; ECC memory; optional interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning |
Systems Management: |
Systems management: IPMI 2.0 compliant OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console OpenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Connections: • OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center • Dell plug-in for VMware® vCenter® • HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management (NSM) Remote management: Basic management (default), iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC7 Express (upgrade option) or iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option), 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options) |
Rack support: |
ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm |
Supported Operating Systems: |
Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V® v2) Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Optional embedded hypervisors: Citrix® XenServer® VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® |
More information can be found on the official Dell PowerEdge T420 Specs PDF.
PowerEdge T420
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