New Technologies - Dell PowerEdge M420 Technical Manual

A number of new technologies are featured on the PowerEdge M420 system, as shown in Table 1.

New technologies

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Intel Xeon processor
E5-2400 product family
Intel C600 series chipset
Next-generation
PERC H310
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle
Controller
Advanced power
management
Failsafe hypervisors
Fresh Air cooling
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Detailed descriptions
This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCI Express
improved I/O performance and additional new features. See the Processors
section for details.
The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the M420.
The M420 supports the new Dell PERC H310 controller card with improved
functionality and faster performance. See the Storage section for details.
The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features
hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster
performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the Systems
management section for details.
The M420 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can
help manage power consumption in the data center.
The internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique Failsafe Virtualization
architecture, ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded
hypervisors, such as VMware
Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you to
operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and
acoustics section for details.
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vSphere ESXi™.
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(PCIe) lanes for