Phenomenal performance and scalability
Power through tough workloads in dense data center environments with the exceptional performance and scalability of the 4-socket PowerEdge™ M820 blade.
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Outstanding performance and scalability
Harness the exceptional processing power of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 and E5-4600 v2 product families in the four-socket, full-height PowerEdge M820 blade. Designed for high-end databases and dense data center environments, the Intel Xeon processor is at the heart of a flexible and efficient solution that enables you to quickly resolve your most demanding tasks.
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Intelligent systems management
Simplify deploying,updating,monitoring and maintaining your PowerEdge servers with the Dell™Open Manage™ portfolio.
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Enhanced I/O capabilities
The M820’s flexible Select Network Adapter and mezzanine card NIC options enable you to link to the networking technologies that serve your data center applications best.
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Harness the exceptional processing power of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 and E5-4600 v2 product families in the four-socket, full-height PowerEdge M820 blade. Designed for high-end databases and dense data center environments, the Intel Xeon processor is at the heart of a flexible and efficient solution that enables you to quickly resolve your most demanding tasks.
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Intelligent systems management
Simplify deploying,updating,monitoring and maintaining your PowerEdge servers with the Dell™Open Manage™ portfolio.
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Enhanced I/O capabilities
The M820’s flexible Select Network Adapter and mezzanine card NIC options enable you to link to the networking technologies that serve your data center applications best.
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Fit for challenging environments
Wield tremendous computing power and flexibility for your critical core business applications or consolidated workloads with the PowerEdge M820.
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Efficient and reliable
Help ensure maximum availability and extended uptime for your blade systems with the M820’s redundant features and hot-swappable components.
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Versatile M1000e blade enclosure
Take advantage of the shared power, cooling and networking infrastructure of the M1000e blade enclosure with Dell Chassis Management Controller to manage your M820 blades.
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Wield tremendous computing power and flexibility for your critical core business applications or consolidated workloads with the PowerEdge M820.
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Efficient and reliable
Help ensure maximum availability and extended uptime for your blade systems with the M820’s redundant features and hot-swappable components.
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Versatile M1000e blade enclosure
Take advantage of the shared power, cooling and networking infrastructure of the M1000e blade enclosure with Dell Chassis Management Controller to manage your M820 blades.
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The new-generation PowerEdge experience
Make IT the engine for your business success. The newest generation PowerEdge™ family is engineered with the right combination of features and performance scalability to handle tough workloads for both large and small data center environments.
Improve operational efficiency with enhanced systems management
Streamline operations and help boost productivity to get the most out of every dollar spent. Manage your Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers in complex IT environments by automating the most essential server lifecycle management tasks: deploy, update, monitor and maintain. For more information, visit dell.com/openmanage
Global services and support
Dell™ Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment and business objectives while using established delivery methods, local talent and in-depth domain knowledge to help lower your total cost of ownership.
Processor
- Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 or E5-4600v2 product families
Processor Sockets:
4
Internal interconnect
2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI); 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Operating System
- Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V®)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Virtualization options:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® vSphere® ESXi™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
Memory*
- Up to 3TB (48 DIMM slots) 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB DDR3 up to 1866MT/s
Chassis
- USB ports
2 front
I/O slots
Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules yield three redundant I/O fabrics per blade.
Form factor
Full-height blade
Power
- Supplied by Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e Blade Chassis
Enclosure
M1000e enclosure
RAID Controllers
- Internal controllers:
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
Chipset
- Intel C602
Storage
- Hot-plug hard drive options:
Up to four 2.5” SAS,SSD,or up to two Express Flash PCIe SSD
Maximum internal storage:
Up to 4.8TB with 2 x 2.5” SAS (10K) 1.2TB hard drives
Management
- Remote management
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller for Blades (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller (upgrade option)
Systems management
IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage™ Essentials
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage integrations and Connections:
• OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
• OpenManage Integration for VMware® vCenter™
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
- Two internal SD cards dedicated for hypervisor
One dedicated for vFlash media support
I/O Mezzanine Card Options
- Dell Select Network Adapter options:
Broadcom® 57810S-k dual-port 10Gb KR blade NDC
Broadcom 57840 quad-port KR blade converged NDC
Intel X520-k dual-port 10Gb KR blade NDC
QLogic® QMD8262-k dual-port 10Gb NDC
1Gb/10Gb adapters:
Brocade® BR1741M-k dual-port 10Gb CNA
QLogic QME8262-k dual-port 10Gb KR CNA
Broadcom 57810S-k dual-port 10Gb KR
Intel Ethernet X520-K dual-port 10Gb
Intel I350 quad-port 1Gb
Broadcom 5719 quad-port 1Gb
Mellanox ConnectX-3 dual-port 10GbE KR blade
Fibre channel:
QLogic QME2662 (FC16)
Emulex® LPm16002B-D (FC16)
QLogic QME2572 (FC8)
Emulex LPe1205-M (FC8)
InfiniBand:
Mellanox® ConnectX®-3 dual-port FDR10
Regulatory
- Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
ENERGY STAR®
The Dell PowerEdge M820 is qualified in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis for ENERGY STAR® Enterprise Server designation
ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered U.S. marks, Click here.
Flexibility Redefined
Only Dell M-Series provides complete, snap-in FlexIO scalability down to the switch interconnects. FlexIO technology is the foundation of the M1000e I/O subsystem that has the flexibility you need to design today’s solution and the scalability you require to add or change data center options to meet future demands. |  | Ethernet Dell's fully modular Ethernet switches provide great flexibility, with choices of 1Gb to 10Gb speeds, flexible modular uplinks of varying media types, and many other valuable features. This portfolio offers a selection of switches that can meet even the most extreme networking demands. |
Fibre Channel Brocade 16Gb Fibre Channel Switches provide powerful connectivity to Fibre Channel SANs, such as those offered by Dell/EMC. The M6505 includes 16 internal and 8 external fabric port options as well as a performance pack for enhanced features and management. For heterogeneous integration into any Fibre Channel network, the Brocade M5424 8Gb Fibre Channel switch can even be enabled in Access Gateway mode. Based on N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) functionality, Access Gateway mode delivers the cable aggregation benefits and cost savings offered by Dell’s M-Series blade solutions without separate management or configuration requirements. | |
 | | InfiniBand For high-performance computing (HPC) or other environments requiring the highest bandwidth and lowest latency available, the M-Series offers InfiniBand™ switches and adapter cards. Dell offers chassis-integrated fourteen data rate (FDR) InfiniBand switches from Mellanox, with speeds of up to 56Gbps. Each switch features 16 internal ports and 8 external ports to ensure the availability and redundancy needed for the most demanding applications. |
FlexIO for M-Series: Delivering the speed you need, when you need it.
Dell EMC offers complete end-to-end services
Optimizing the IT lifecycle is vital. We have expert services* for all lifecycle phases that save you time and resources, reduce effort, and improve your IT experience.
ProSupport Enterprise Suite
Gain the freedom to focus on your business transformation with the support expertise and insights Dell EMC is known for across the globe. Choose the right support based on the criticality of specific systems with available automated predictive analysis, collaborative third-party assistance and service account management.
ProDeploy
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite helps you get more out of technology starting on day one. Trust our experts to lead deployments from basic hardware installations through planning, configuration and complex integrations. Our complete suite of deployment services and professional certifications helps you achieve business outcomes today and tomorrow.
Training & Certification
Education Services offers an expansive suite of training services with multiple delivery methods, including instructor-led, self-paced online and virtual instructor-led training. With comprehensive and flexible training programs, we make it easy to ensure your staff has the skills they need to successfully manage and utilize your new technology to its full potential.
Consulting
Consulting services give expert guidance to help you grow, optimize and transform your IT environment at your own pace and budget. We employ a broad range of certified consultants and engineers, backed by program management teams, who can deliver deep technical expertise. We give you the confidence that your project will be done right and on time.
Financing and leasing
Acquiring the latest IT solutions shouldn’t be as complicated as running your business. With Dell Financial Services you can finance and purchase in the same place.** It’s quick, it’s easy and most important, it lets you keep the “flow” in your cash flow.
Dell OpenManage Systems Management portfolio
The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio, including Dell PowerEdge server embedded management feature integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller, helps IT Administrators efficiently manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in band or out of band, with or without a systems management software agent. Irrespective of the operating system or hypervisor you deploy, iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller automates the most essential and frequently performed server management tasks to help your IT resources become more productive and your IT environment more cost-effective and well-maintained. Dell OpenManage also integrates and connects to leading third-party systems management solutions you may already own, so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment.
Solutions and Systems Management
Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Dell’s purpose-built DVS solutions combine the performance, memory capacity and embedded hypervisor options in Dell PowerEdge servers with desktop virtualization software in optimized configurations. DVS solutions simplify deployments and accelerate your time-to-value. Dell DVS solutions deliver:
Storage Options
With Dell Compellent, Dell EqualLogic and Dell PowerVault, we have created a comprehensive and innovative portfolio of storage products, all of which are easy to deploy, manage and grow. Whether you use network attached storage (NAS), direct attached storage (DAS), internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel (FC), Dell has a product that can meet your business needs and reduce the cost and complexity of storage.
The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio, including Dell PowerEdge server embedded management feature integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller, helps IT Administrators efficiently manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in band or out of band, with or without a systems management software agent. Irrespective of the operating system or hypervisor you deploy, iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller automates the most essential and frequently performed server management tasks to help your IT resources become more productive and your IT environment more cost-effective and well-maintained. Dell OpenManage also integrates and connects to leading third-party systems management solutions you may already own, so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment.
Solutions and Systems Management
Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions
 | You face an expanding set of challenges for provisioning, managing and supporting end-user computing across your enterprise. Your IT team is not growing, but support requirements are more complex as you plan how best to migrate and update client systems, and secure new “smart” mobile devices. With Dell DVS you can create a centralized end-user computing environment that streamlines desktop management and reduces maintenance burden on your IT staff. Now you can focus on important projects to improve IT services. Dell DVS solutions are completely integrated and tested solutions that are powered by advanced Dell PowerEdge rack and blade servers. |
Dell’s purpose-built DVS solutions combine the performance, memory capacity and embedded hypervisor options in Dell PowerEdge servers with desktop virtualization software in optimized configurations. DVS solutions simplify deployments and accelerate your time-to-value. Dell DVS solutions deliver:
Storage Options
With Dell Compellent, Dell EqualLogic and Dell PowerVault, we have created a comprehensive and innovative portfolio of storage products, all of which are easy to deploy, manage and grow. Whether you use network attached storage (NAS), direct attached storage (DAS), internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel (FC), Dell has a product that can meet your business needs and reduce the cost and complexity of storage.
 | The Value of Dell Storage: Dell’s open, standards-based solutions let customers of all sizes integrate new technologies without sacrificing performance or their existing IT investments. | |
| Direct-Attached Storage: The Dell PowerVault MD storage family offers easy and economical expansion for Dell PowerEdge servers enabling high availability and scalability for demanding business applications. | ||
| Disk-to-Disk Backup Due to expanding volumes of data that must be backed up and protected along with shrinking backup windows, many IT departments have moved to or added disk-based backups. | ||
| Network-Attached Storage NAS is a specialized storage server with its own IP address that is made available to multiple clients and servers on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). | ||
| Object-Based Storage The Dell DX Object Storage Platform is designed to intelligently access, store, protect and distribute fixed digital content. | ||
 | Storage Area Network A storage area network (SAN) is a network of shared storage devices, such as disk storage arrays and tape automation | |
| Tape Backup Considered the first and last line of defense against data loss, tape and removable disks can be used for long-term data storage and backup. | ||
| Unified Storage Unified Storage is a term that describes the ability to manage both file- and block-level data. |