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Dell PowerEdge C6420 vs HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen10 Server

Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge C6420 is an enterprise 2U 4-node server powered by 2 Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake) and 16 memory slots supporting up to 1024GB DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM (per node). The HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen10 is a 1U half-width dual-socket server node engineered for the Apollo 2000 Gen10 System.

Dell PowerEdge C6420HPE ProLiant XL170r Gen10 Server
BrandDellHPE
Statusend-of-saleend-of-sale
ReleasedJul 2017Sep 2017
Form factor2U 4-node1U half-width tray
Cpu sockets2—
Cpu platformIntel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake), up to 28 cores, 205W TDP—
Memory slots16—
Memory typeDDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM (per node)—
Memory max (GB)1,024—
Drive baysUp to 6x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe or 3x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives per node (24x 2.5 or 12x 3.5 in 2U)—
Pcie slotsUp to 2 PCIe Gen3 slots per node—
Gpu supportNone supported—
Network onboardNetwork Daughter Card (NDC) slot; 1x 1GbE iDRAC9 port per node—
Power supplyShared dual hot-plug 1600W, 2000W or 2400W Platinum in C6400 chassis—
Processor—Up to 2 Intel Xeon Scalable 1st or 2nd Generation processors up to 165W TDP
Memory—16 DDR4 DIMM slots up to 2TB DDR4-2933 MT/s Registered SmartMemory
Storage—Up to 6 SFF SAS/SATA or 2 NVMe SSDs per tray
Networking—Dual embedded 1GbE ports and FlexibleLOM or PCIe riser options
Management—HPE iLO 5 with Silicon Root of Trust security

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