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- Page 2 Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, KACE, and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, BitLocker, ActiveX, Internet Explorer, and Hyper-V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
- Page 3 Cable management arm..............................34 10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................... 35 Supported operating systems ............................35 Supported virtualization ..............................36 11 Dell OpenManage systems management ........................36 Systems management solutions ........................... 37 OpenManage systems management ........................... 38 Dell server management operations ..........................43 Appendix A.
- Page 4 Figure 8. 750W power supply unit ........................... 30 Figure 9. Sliding rails with optional CMA ........................33 Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions ......................37 Figure 11. Systems management server lifecycle ......................43 Figure 12. Tower and rack chassis dimensions ....................... 45...
- Page 5 The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. This embedded feature helps IT administrators manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in-band or out-of-band, with or without a systems management software agent. Dell OpenManage solutions integrate with and connect to third-party systems management solutions so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment.
- Page 6 Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge T420 tower server. New technologies Detailed descriptions Intel Xeon processor This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/O E5-2400 product family performance. See the Processor section for details.
- Page 7 Power supplies Redundant 580W 495W, 750W, or 1100W OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Dell Management Console (DMC) Dell OpenManage OMSA Agent Lifecycle Controller 1.x Systems Management OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) with...
- Page 8 Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge T420 features. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge T420, visit Dell.com. Feature PowerEdge T420 technical specification Form factor 5U rackable tower Processors Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family...
- Page 9 OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) Dell OpenManage OpenManage Integrations and Connections: Systems Management OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center (Agent-free or with ® Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter™ OpenManage Server ® ® ® ® Connections for HP Operations Manager, IBM...
- Page 10 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport. Optional kit available for field conversion from tower to rackable unit. GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and...
- Page 11 The Dell PowerEdge T420 is a 5U, 2-socket, rackable tower server. For additional system views and Dell PowerEdge T420 Systems Owner’s Manual features, see the on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Table 4 lists the possible chassis configurations available for the T420. Number of...
- Page 12 Figure 2 shows the optional lockable bezel on the front of the T420 chassis. Figure 3 shows the features on the back panel of the T420 including USB connectors, Ethernet connectors, serial connector, video connector, PCIe slots, power supplies, iDRAC dedicated port, and many other components and features described in this guide.
- Page 13 The chassis design of the T420 is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling. Figure 4 provides an internal view of the T420 including the DIMMs, PCIe card slots, power supplies, fans, and processors. Figure 5 shows the front view of the rackable T420 chassis without a bezel.
- Page 14 Dell PowerEdge Table 5 lists the various features on the T420. For additional information, see the T420 Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Description Power button ACPI-compliant power button with an integrated green power LED Front bezel Covers the system’s front-loading hard drives and locks for security Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors;...
- Page 15 Quick Resource Locator (QRL)—a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located inside the T420 chassis cover (see Figure 7). Use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server. This QRL code allows you to: ...
- Page 16 Cover latch chassis) with a coin key lock to secure the system. An optional metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel protects un-authorized access to the hard drives and optical Bezel drive.
- Page 17 The Dell PowerEdge T420 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family, which offers an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost. These processors provide substantial performance and capacity for entry and mainstream workloads, as well as applications requiring significant memory and I/O scalability no matter what your constraint is—floor space, power, or budget.
- Page 18 E5-2403 1.8GHz 10MB 6.4 GT/s 1066MT/s Dell PowerEdge T420 Systems For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The T420 supports graphics processing unit (GPU) technology, providing accelerated performance for a variety of applications such as VDI and medical imaging.
- Page 19 More options are available for the Dell PowerEdge 12 generation servers than in previous generations—more capacity choices and more frequency choices. The PowerEdge T420 supports up to 384GB of memory with speeds of up to 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of applications.
- Page 20 DIMMs should be installed with largest rank count to smallest. For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge T420 Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
- Page 21 ∞ *Although the T420 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com. RAS features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to performance, and can decrease data loss and crashing due to errors.
- Page 22 Memory thermal This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to throttling prevent DIMMs from overheating. Dell PowerEdge T420 For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
- Page 23 The Dell PowerEdge T420 supports internal and external storage options and controllers, different drive types, and different chassis configurations for a varied number of drives. The T420 has one chassis that supports three different drive bay options: 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive bays ...
- Page 24 Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features: FastPath™ I/O: This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs.
- Page 25 Up to one internal RD1000 drive+ one SAS interface tape drive The T420 supports the external storage device types listed in Table 14. For additional information, visit Dell.com/Storage. Tape devices Interface cards LTO5-140 SAS Internal tape adapter...
- Page 26 The T420 provides expanded PCIe slot capability over the previous servers. This is made possible by the 24 PCIe lanes available from each processor in the system. Dell designed the T420 to be PCIe 3.0-compliant in order to take full advantage of the processor capabilities.
- Page 27 QLogic QLE2562 Dual Port 8Gbps FC4/FC8 HBAs Emulex LPe12000 Single Port 8Gbps Emulex LPe12002 Dual Port 8Gbps Brocade BR815 Single Port 8Gbps Brocade BR825 Dual Port 8Gbps For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the T420, visit Dell.com.
- Page 28 Table 16 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.
- Page 29 Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power consumption. Idle power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full workload. With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products, you can have the...
- Page 30 PSU; in this case, 1+1 redundancy is not supported. Use the Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor at Dell.com/ESSA to help you configure your system optimal power performance. Dell PSUs have achieved Platinum efficiency levels as shown in Table 17. Efficiency targets by load Form factor Output Class 100%...
- Page 31 One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, which is listed in Table 18.
- Page 32 Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity. Stress: An operating mode per ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.6. The software MemBW4 is activated to stress the processors. For more information on Dell’s acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.
- Page 33 The sliding rail system for the Dell PowerEdge T420 provides tool-less support for 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes. Compared to the T610 sliding rails that required the use of adapter brackets, the sliding rails for the T420 now offer support for threaded hole racks with the ReadyRails II mounting interface.
- Page 34 Rack Installation Instructions more information on installing the T420 in a rack, see the Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The optional CMA organizes and secures the cords and cables exiting the back of the server and unfolds to allow the server to extend out of the rack without having to detach the cables. Some key features of the T420 CMA include: ...
- Page 35 The Dell PowerEdge T420 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the T420. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. Operating System Platform Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 SP8...
- Page 36 One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge T420 is the support for a fail-safe hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the other mirrored SD card, you can protect against hardware failure and maximize virtualization uptime. Table 21 highlights the virtualization support for the T420.
- Page 37 Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products, and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 10, Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring...
- Page 38 OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of the second generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In addition to enabling agent-free management, iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to the system—whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server.
- Page 39 If Basic Management is ordered during initial point of sale, customer Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or must request a license key through the Dell iDRAC7 Enterprise by software Electronic Licensing Portal.
- Page 40 Basic iDRAC7 iDRAC7 management Express Enterprise Remote CLI ∞ ∞ Local/SSH CLI ∞ ∞ Serial redirection ∞ ∞ Remote config ∞ ∞ Email alerts ∞ ∞ SNMP alerts ∞ ∞ Comprehensive monitoring ∞ ∞ Crash screen capture ∞ ∞ Dedicated NIC 1Gbps (100MB in iDRAC6) ∞...
- Page 41 EqualLogic™ and PowerVault™ storage, and PowerConnect™ switches; to update and configure Dell servers; and to create asset reports. OpenManage Essentials also communicates health status alerts for Dell servers, storage, and network devices to the Dell KACE™ K1000 service desk. OpenManage Essentials is available as a no-charge software download from Support.Dell.com.
- Page 42 Dell Update Packages—The Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable in a standard package format that updates a software element on a Dell server such as the BIOS, a driver, firmware and other software updates. ...
- Page 43 OpenManage Server Administrator. Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIBus—This connection provides event monitoring capabilities to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell EqualLogic systems. It allows event monitoring, automatic event correlation, and launching device consoles from the Netcool/OMNIbus console.
- Page 44 Lifecycle Controller Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Maintain Replace parts: Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Dell Systems For additional detailed information on Dell’s systems management portfolio, see the Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
- Page 45 Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge T420 chassis. with without bezel bezel 304.5mm (foot) 218.0mm 430.3mm 443.3mm 471.3mm 16.4mm 0.0mm 542.2mm 578.42mm 307.9mm (caster) Zb goes to the nominal back wall external surface where the I/O connectors reside.
- Page 46 Up to two redundant fans (back fans required) Redundant PSU configuration required Not supported: — — LRDIMM — Peripheral cards not qualified by Dell — Peripheral cards greater than 25W Temperature Operating See Fresh Air for temperature information Storage –40 C to 65...
- Page 47 –15.2m to 12,000m (–50 ft to 39,370 ft) Airborne contaminant level Class G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 The Dell PowerEdge T420 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The graphics ® controller is the 2D Matrox G200. The video frame buffer (16MB) is contained within the iDRAC RAM (256MB) device.
- Page 48 Rail adjustability range (mm) Rail depth (mm) Rail Product Rail type Square Round Threaded identifier without with T420 Sliding The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted. The min-max values listed above represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack.
- Page 49 The Dell PowerEdge T420 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 30. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power www.acpi.info Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverd Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 g.mspx for Microsoft Windows Server...
- Page 50 Table 31 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge T420. Resource Description of contents Location This manual is provided in HTML format on the CD Support.Dell.com/Manuals provided with the T420 system, and also in HTML and PDF format at the Dell support site.
- Page 51 Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply DellUPS.com model. Contact your Dell sales representative. Dell.com White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people’s www.dell.com/downloads/g reaction to, language of, and Dell’s work to control noise lobal/products/pedge/en/ac from Enterprise products. oustical-education-dell- enterprise-white-paper.pdf...