Storage; Poweredge C6220 Microsd Card Reader; Poweredge C6220 Hard Drive Cable Routing; Internal Storage - Dell PowerEdge C6220 Technical Manual

5 Storage

To accommodate various drive options, the PowerEdge C6220 supports one backplane for
12 x 3.5-inch drives, one for 24 x 2.5-inch drives without expander, and one for 24 x 2.5-inch drives
with expander. Each backplane can be used in a two-node or four-node configuration. These drive
slots are divided equally across server nodes by default, but the 2.5-inch chassis with expander
allows user-defined split of drives. All drive slots are hot-pluggable, and each SAS or SATA slot has
two LED indicators to indicate drive status and health.
In addition, the PowerEdge C6220 has a MicroSD slot located on the PCIe riser for loading an
embedded hypervisor.

PowerEdge C6220 MicroSD card reader

The PCIe risers on the PowerEdge C6220 include a MicroSD card reader slot. Cards installed in this
slot can be used for storing an embedded hypervisor.

PowerEdge C6220 hard drive cable routing

To facilitate easier and cleaner cable routing, the SAS/SATA signals in the PowerEdge C6220 are
routed through the system board to the midplane. This eliminates the need to run cables the length
of the system board to connect to the midplane. Hard drive controller connectors are provided near
the expansion slots to facilitate easier connection between the controller and system board. The
advantages of this design are:

Configurations that use the onboard controller are cable-less to avoid clutter and additional cost.

Cabling for add-in controllers is shorter and promotes better signal integrity and a streamlined
design.

Internal storage

The PowerEdge C6220 supports up to 24 hard drives per server node depending on the number of
installed nodes (2-4) and the backplane type (2.5-inch direct, 2.5-inch expander or 3.5-inch
expander).

Support for 7.2K, 10K and 15K RPM 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SAS drives

Support for 7.2K RPM Enterprise 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives

Hard drives must use the PowerEdge C6220-specific drive carrier
Supported hard drives
Table 9 lists PowerEdge C6220 hard drive options. For additional information, see
Dell.com/PowerEdgeC.
Form Type
factor
SATA (3Gb)
3.5" SAS (6Gb)
Nearline SAS (6Gb)
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Table 9. Supported hard drives
Speed
(rpm)
7.2K
15K
7.2K
Capacities
500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB
300GB, 600GB
1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB