System Features; Comparison Of Poweredge Systems; Table 2. Comparing The Poweredge M910 And M820 - Dell PowerEdge M820 Technical Manual

2 System features

Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge blade servers, the M820 has more memory,
processor cores and networking options than ever before. Features include DDR3 memory, PCIe 3.0,
a network daughtercard (NDC), dual internal SD module and Dell's next-generation iDRAC solution
known as iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller.

Comparison of PowerEdge systems

The PowerEdge M820 is a replacement for the M910 system. Table 2 compares the features of both
systems. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Table 2.
Feature
Chassis; enclosure
Processors
Internal interconnect
Memory
Hard drive bays
(hot plug)
Embedded NIC
RAID controller
Express Flash drives
I/O slots
Optional SD port
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Comparing the PowerEdge M910 and M820
PowerEdge M910
Full-height blade;
PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure
Intel Xeon processors 6500 and 7500
series, Intel Xeon processors
E7-2800, E7-4800 and E7-8800
product families
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
32 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM
2 x 2.5"
4 x 1GbE LOM
PERC H200, H700
Not supported
4 PCIe 2.0 x8 mezz card slots
Yes
PowerEdge M820
Full-height blade;
PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure
Intel Xeon processor E5-4600
product family
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
48 x DDR3 RDIMM and LRDIMM
4 x 2.5"
2 Dual Port Select Network Adapters:
3 options of 4 x 10GbE
PERC H310, H710, H710P
Up to 2
4 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezz card slots
Yes (redundant hypervisor with vFlash
media)