
Table 57. PowerEdge XE2420 system controller cards
Internal controllers
External controllers
•
PERC H740P
•
PERC H730P+
•
PERC H330+
•
S140
•
HBA330
•
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S1): HWRAID 2 x
M.2 SSDs
External controller is not supported.
Drive specifications
Drives
The PowerEdge XE2420 system supports the following drive configurations:
Table 58. Supported drives
Configuration
Number of drives
Drive types
1A
up to 2 x 2.5-inch
SATA/NVME
2C
up to 4 x 2.5-inch
SATA/NVME/SAS
3A
up to 6 x SSDs
Enterprise and Data Center SSD Form
Factor (EDSFF)
NOTE:
In 2C configuration, hard drive slots 2 and 3 do not support NVMe drives if only one processor is installed.
NOTE:
For more information about how to hot swap NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 device, see the
Dell Expres> Browse all
Products > Data Center Infrastructure > Storage Adapters & Controllers > Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe
SSD > Documentation > Manuals and Documentss Flash NVMe PCIe SSD User's Guide
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports specifications
Table 59. PowerEdge XE2420 system USB specifications
Front
Rear
Internal
USB port type
No. of ports
USB port type
No. of ports
USB port type
No. of ports
USB 3.0-compliant
port
Two
N/A
N/A
Internal USB 3.0-
compliant port
One
Micro USB 2.0-
compliant port for
iDRAC Direct
One
NOTE:
The micro USB 2.0 compliant port can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port.
Technical specifications
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