Balanced processing, memory and I/O
Start building your future with PowerEdge T420, a workhorse tower server engineered to deliver performance, expandability and reliability in a quiet office setting.
Productive performance
Help enhance office productivity with the two-socket PowerEdge™ T420, powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families. Matching the fast and efficient processing with a dense memory footprint enables small and midsize business offices to crunch through critical business applications quickly and efficiently.
Advanced I/O
Improve your I/O capabilities for data intensive tasks through PCIe expansion slots and optional internal GPU acceleration.
Versatile storage
Tailor your storage capacity to fit your needs. The PowerEdge T420 features up to 16 hot-swap drive bays to help maximize data management efficiency.
Designed to grow with you
Implement the T420’s versatile performance and efficient management as an office tower server or mount as a rack server as you grow into larger data centers.
Intelligent systems management
Simplify deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining your PowerEdge™ servers with the Dell™ OpenManage™ portfolio.
Outstanding efficiency and availability
Help keep your workplace efficient, your operating expenses in check and your workflow secure with the T420’s designed-in reliability, availability and serviceability features.
Flexible deployment
Easily deploy the T420 as an office-environment tower or take advantage of its rack-mount capability to move it into the data center as your business grows.
Processor
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
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, 10
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V®)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Virtualization options:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® vSphere® ESXi ™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
Chipset
Intel C602
Memory1
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots) 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
Storage
Maximum Internal Storage:
Up to 32TB
Hard Drives:
Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS 512n (15K)
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Self-encrypting drives available
Cabled hard drive options:
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Drive Bays
Choose from four 3.5” cabled, eight 3.5” hot-plug, or sixteen 2.5” hot-plug drive bays
Slots
6 PCIe slots:
Two x16 slot s 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
RAID Controllers
Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
Network Controller
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
OLogic 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
Power Supply:
Titanium efficiency, hot-plug, redundant 750W power supply
Platinum efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W or 1100W power supplies
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; luggage tag; ECC memory; optional interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning
Chassis
Form factor:
Tower (5U rackable)
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 (for rackable chassis model only)
Management
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)
Systems Management:
IPMI 2.0 compliant
OpenManage™ Essentials
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)
