
iii PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System Overview.................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ...................................................................................................................................................................7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...............................................................................................................................7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Module views and features.............................................................................................................................................. 11
Module views..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Module features ................................................................................................................................................................13
4 Processors ..........................................................................................................................................................................15
Processor features............................................................................................................................................................15
Supported processors......................................................................................................................................................16
Chipset................................................................................................................................................................................16
5 Memory...............................................................................................................................................................................17
Supported memory ..........................................................................................................................................................17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
Memory speed ..................................................................................................................................................................19
Memory RAS features.......................................................................................................................................................19
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................21
Internal storage .................................................................................................................................................................21
Storage controllers.......................................................................................................................................................... 22
7 Networking and mezzanine cards ................................................................................................................................ 24
System management integration ................................................................................................................................. 24
Mezzanine cards .............................................................................................................................................................. 24
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Power consumption and energy efficiency................................................................................................................ 26
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 27
9 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 29
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 29
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 30
10 Dell OpenManage systems management.....................................................................................................................31
Systems management solutions....................................................................................................................................31
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 32
Dell server management operations............................................................................................................................ 37
Appendix A. Additional specifications.......................................................................................................................... 39
Module dimensions and weight.................................................................................................................................... 39
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 39
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................40
USB peripherals.................................................................................................................................................................41
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 42
Appendix C. Additional resources................................................................................................................................. 43
Appendix D. System board block diagram.................................................................................................................. 45
Table 1. New technologies ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge M520, M610, M620, and R420..........................................................................7
Table 3. Technical specifications...................................................................................................................................... 8