Categories: Servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell Blade Servers, M520
The Dell PowerEdge M520 two-socket, half-height blade server delivers an extraordinary balance of value and performance for mainstream business applications, with no compromise on enterprise-class features.
Enjoy excellent performance and exceptional value with the Dell PowerEdge M520’s well-balanced processing capabilities and memory capacity in a compact half-height blade form factor. With up to
20 processor cores and up to 12 DIMMs of RAM, the scalability and performance of the M520 make it a natural fit for general business applications such as email and databases, as well as mid-tier virtual
environments.
Form factor
Half-height blade
Enclosure
M1000e Dell™ PowerEdge™ Blade Enclosure
Processors
ntel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
Internal interconnect
Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI): 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10
Memory
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
Hot-plug hard drive options:
Up to two SATA HDD/SSD or SAS HDD/SSD
Maximum internal storage:
Up to 2.4TB with 2 x 2.5” SAS (10K) 1.2TB hard drives
RAID controller
PERC S110 (software RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell OpenManage Mobile
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Integrations:
• Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center
• Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware® vCenter
Dell OpenManage Connections:
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management
• Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle® Database Manager
Ethernet:
Broadcom 5719 quad-port 1Gb
Intel I350 quad-port 1Gb
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-x/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 QME2572 (FC8)
Emulex® LPe1205-M (FC8)
InfiniBand:
Mellanox® ConnectX®-3 dual-port FDR10
Mellanox ConnectX-3 dual-port QDR