Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 User manual

Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420
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Regulatory Type: E43S001

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2018 - 03
Rev. A02

Contents
1 PowerEdge C6420 overview.......................................................................................................................... 4
2 Technical specications................................................................................................................................. 5
Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6420 sled.................................................................................................................... 5
Chassis weight....................................................................................................................................................................6
Processor specications....................................................................................................................................................6
System battery................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Expansion bus specications............................................................................................................................................6
Memory specications...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Video specications........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Environmental specications............................................................................................................................................ 7
Temperature specications......................................................................................................................................... 7
Relative humidity specications................................................................................................................................. 8
Maximum vibration specications..............................................................................................................................8
Maximum shock specications...................................................................................................................................8
Maximum altitude specications................................................................................................................................8
Operating temperature de-rating specications...................................................................................................... 9
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications............................................................................................9
Standard operating temperature specications......................................................................................................10
Expanded operating temperature specications ................................................................................................... 18
Fresh Air Operation.................................................................................................................................................... 19
3 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 20
4 Getting help.................................................................................................................................................22
Receiving automated support with SupportAssist ..................................................................................................... 22
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................22
Documentation feedback................................................................................................................................................23
Accessing system information by using QRL................................................................................................................23
Quick Resource Locator for C6400 and C6420 systems..................................................................................... 23
Technical Specications
Contents
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PowerEdge C6420 overview
The PowerEdge C6420 sled supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable E5- 2600 or E5- 2600 Fabric product family processors with 28 cores
per processor. The sled also supports 16 memory modules, dedicated mezzanine, PCIe and Open Compute Project (OCP) adapters for
expansion and connectivity.
NOTE: The Intel Xeon Scalable processor with fabric connector is also known as Native Omnipath.
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PowerEdge C6420 overview

Technical specications
The technical and environmental specications of your system are outlined in this section.
Topics:
• Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6420 sled
• Chassis weight
• Processor specications
• System battery
• Expansion bus specications
• Memory specications
• Video specications
• Environmental specications
Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6420 sled
Figure 1. Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6420 sled
Table 1. Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6420 sled
X Y Z
17.44 mm (6.86 inches) 4.05 mm (1.59 inches) 57.45 mm (22.61 inches)
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Chassis weight
Table 2. Chassis weight of the PowerEdge C6400 enclosure with PowerEdge C6420 sleds
System Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives)
12 x 3.5-inch hard drive systems 43.62 Kg (96.16 lb)
24 x 2.5-inch hard drive systems 41.46 Kg (91.40 lb)
No backplane systems 34.56 Kg (76.19 lb)
Processor specications
The PowerEdge C6420 sled supports up to two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processor in each of the four independent sleds. Each
processor supports up to 28 cores.
NOTE: The fabric processor must be installed in the CPU2 socket in a mixed conguration of fabric and non-fabric processors.
System battery
The PowerEdge C6420 sled uses a CR 2032 3V replaceable lithium coin cell battery.
Expansion bus specications
The PowerEdge C6420 sled supports four Generation 3 capable PCIe slots.
Table 3. Expansion bus specications
PCIe Slots Description Form factor
x8 Mezz PCIe riser Slot 1: x8 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 1 Custom form factor
x8+x8 OCP Mezz riser Slot 2: x8 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 1 Standard Open Compute Project (OCP)
form factor
Slot 3: x8 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 1
x16 PCIe main riser Slot 4: x16 PCIe Gen3 CPU 1 Standard Low Prole PCIe form factor
x16 buried PCIe riser Slot 5: x16 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 2 Custom form factor
NOTE: M.2 SATA riser is supported
on the buried riser.
Memory specications
PowerEdge C6420 sled supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) and Load Reduced DIMMS (LRDIMMs) (including 3dx).
Table 4. Memory specications
Memory module sockets Architecture Memory capacity and
ranking
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
Sixteen 288-pin 2666 MT/s DDR4
RDIMMs and LRDIMMS
with support for
• Single rank - 8 GB
• Dual rank - 16 GB
• 8 GB with a single
processor • 512 GB with a single processor
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Memory module sockets Architecture Memory capacity and
ranking
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
advanced ECC or
memory optimized
operation
• Dual rank - 64 GB • 16 GB with dual
processor • 1024 GB with dual processor
Video specications
The PowerEdge C6420 sled supports a Matrox G200 integrated graphics card with 16 MB RAM.
Table 5. Supported video resolution options
Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits)
1024 x 768 60 up to 24
1280 x 800 60 up to 24
1280 x 1024 60 up to 24
1360 x 768 60 up to 24
1440 x 900 60 up to 24
Environmental specications
Temperature specications
Table 6. Temperature specications
Temperature Specications
Storage –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F)
Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft) 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the
equipment.
Fresh air For information about fresh air, see Expanded Operating
Temperature section.
Maximum temperature gradient (operating and storage) 20°C/h (36°F/h)
NOTE: Some congurations require a lower ambient temperature for more information, see the Standard operating temperature
specications.
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Relative humidity specications
Table 7. Relative humidity specications
Relative humidity Specications
Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point. Atmosphere
must be non-condensing at all times.
Operating 10% to 80% relative humidity with 29°C (84.2°F)
Maximum vibration specications
Table 8. Maximum vibration specications
Maximum vibration Specications
Operating 0.26 Grms at 5 Hz to 350 Hz (all operation orientations).
Storage 1.88 Grms at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 min (all six sides tested).
Maximum shock specications
Table 9. Maximum shock specications
Maximum shock Specications
Operating 24 executed shock pulses 6 G in the positive and negative x, y, z
axis for up to 11 ms (four pulses on each side of the system).
Storage Six consecutively executed shock pulses of 71 G in the positive and
negative x, y, z axes for up to 2 ms (one pulse on each side of the
system).
Maximum altitude specications
Table 10. Maximum altitude specications
Maximum altitude Specications
Operating 3048 m (10,000 ft)
Storage 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
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Operating temperature de-rating specications
Table 11. Operating temperature
Operating temperature de-rating Specications
Up to 35°C (95°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft)
above 950 m (3,117 ft).
35°C to 40°C (95°F to 104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft) above
950 m (3,117 ft).
40°C to 45°C (104°F to 113°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 m (1°F/228
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications
Table 12. Particulate contamination specications
Particulate contamination Specications
Air ltration Data center air ltration as dened by ISO
Class 8 per ISO 14644-1 with a 95% upper
condence limit.
NOTE: This condition applies only to data center environments. Air ltration requirements do not apply to IT equipment
designed to be used outside a data center, in environments such as an oce or factory oor.
NOTE: Air entering the data center must have MERV11 or MERV13 ltration.
Conductive dust Air must be free of conductive dust, zinc
whiskers, or other conductive particles.
NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments.
Corrosive dust Air must be free of corrosive dust.
Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60% relative humidity.
NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments.
Table 13. Gaseous contamination specications
Gaseous contamination Specications
Copper coupon corrosion rate <300 Å/month per Class G1 as dened by ANSI/ISA71.04-1985.
Silver coupon corrosion rate <200 Å/month as dened by AHSRAE TC9.9.
NOTE: Maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at ≤50% relative humidity.
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Standard operating temperature specications
NOTE:
1 Not available: Indicates that the conguration is not oered by Dell EMC.
2 Not supported: Indicates that the conguration is not thermally supported.
NOTE: All components including the DIMMs, communication cards, M.2 SATA, and PERC cards can be supported with sucient
thermal margin if the ambient temperature is equal to or below to the maximum continuous operating temperature listed in these
tables with the exception of the Mellanox DP LP card.
Table 14. Standard operating temperature specications
Standard operating temperature Specications
Temperature ranges (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft) 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the
equipment.
NOTE: Some congurations require a lower ambient temperature. For more information see the following tables.
Table 15. Maximum continuous operating temperature for non-fabric dual processor conguration
TDP
(W)
Process
or
model
number
Max
DIMM
count
per CPU
12x 3.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
8x 3.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
4x 3.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
24x 2.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
20x 2.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
16x 2.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
12x 2.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
8x 2.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
4x 2.5”
HDDs
enclosur
e
No back
plane
enclosur
e
205W 8180 CPU1: 6
| CPU2:
8
Not supported 21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
30°C/
86°F
8180M CPU1: 6
| CPU2:
8
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
30°C/
86°F
8168 CPU1: 6
| CPU2:
8
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
21°C/
69.8°F
30°C/
86°F
200W 6154 CPU1: 6
| CPU2:
8
Not supported 22°C/
71.6°F
22°C/
71.6°F
22°C/
71.6°F
22°C/
71.6°F
30°C/
86°F
165W 6150 CPU1: 8
| CPU2:
8
Not supported 30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
35°C/
95°F
35°C/
95°F
6146 CPU1: 6
| CPU2:
8
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
35°C/
95°F
35°C/
95°F
8176 CPU1: 8
| CPU2:
8
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
35°C/
95°F
35°C/
95°F
8176M CPU1: 8
| CPU2:
8
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
30°C/
86°F
35°C/
95°F
35°C/
95°F
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