Dell PowerEdge C6400 User Manual

Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400

Technical Specifications

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Contents

Chapter 1: Technical specifications............................................................................................... 4

Dimensions of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure...................................................................................... 4

Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................5

PSU specifications.............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Chassis management board specifications....................................................................................................................6

Drives and storage specifications.................................................................................................................................... 6

Midplane specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 7

Environmental specifications............................................................................................................................................ 7

Standard operating temperature specifications..................................................................................................... 7

Expanded operating temperature specifications .................................................................................................16

Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications........................................................................................17

Maximum vibration specifications............................................................................................................................ 18

Maximum shock specifications................................................................................................................................. 18

Maximum altitude specifications.............................................................................................................................. 18

Fresh Air Operation......................................................................................................................................................18

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Technical specifications

The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section.

Topics:

• Dimensions of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure

• Chassis weight

• Supported operating systems

• PSU specifications

• Chassis management board specifications

• Drives and storage specifications

• Midplane specifications

• Environmental specifications

Dimensions of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure

Figure 1. Dimensions of PowerEdge C6400 enclosure

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Table 1. Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6400 enclosure

Xa Xb Y Za Zb Zc

482.6 mm (19 inches)

448 mm (17.63 inches)

86.8 mm (3.41 inches)

26.8 mm (1.05 inches)

763.2 mm (30.28 inches)

797.3 mm (31.38 inches)

Chassis weight

Table 2. Chassis weight of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure with PowerEdge C6420 sleds

System Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives)

12 x 3.5-inch hard drive systems 43.62 Kg (96.16 lb)

24 x 2.5-inch hard drive systems 41.46 Kg (91.40 lb)

No backplane systems 34.56 Kg (76.19 lb)

Supported operating systems

The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 supports the following operating systems:

● Canonical Ubuntu LTS

● Citrix XenServer

● Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V

● Red Hat Enterprise Linux

● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

● VMware ESXi

NOTE:

For more information about the specific versions and additions, see https://www.dell.com/support/home/drivers/

supportedos/poweredge-c6400

PSU specifications

The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure supports two AC power supply units (PSUs).

Table 3. PSU specifications

PSU wattage Class Heat dissipation

(maximum)

2400 W AC Platinum 9000 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz

2000 W AC Platinum 7500 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz

1600 W AC Platinum 6000 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz

NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 240

Frequency Voltage Maximum input

100–240 V AC, autoranging

current

14 A–16 A

11.5 A

10 A

NOTE: If a system with 2400 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to

1400 W.

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NOTE: If a system with 2000 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to

1000 W.

NOTE: If system with 1600 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to 800

Chassis management board specifications

Figure 2. Chassis management board specifications

Fan cage 1 connector for fans 1 and 2 2. Left midplane signal cable

3. Chassis management board signal cable to backplane 4. Chassis management board power connector from PIB

5. Chassis management board signal cable to PIB 6. FPGA connector

7. MCU connector 8. COM connector

9. Firmware jumpers 10. Right midplane signal cable

11. Fan cage 2 connector for fans 3 and 4

Drives and storage specifications

The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure supports SAS and SATA hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).

Table 4. Supported drive options for the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 enclosure

Maximum number of drives in the enclosure Maximum number of drives assigned per sled

12 x 3.5-inch drive systems Three SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled

24 x 2.5-inch drive systems Six SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled

24 x 2.5-inch drive systems with NVMe The NVMe backplane supports either of these configurations:

● Two NVMe drives and four SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled

● Six SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled

M.2 SATA drive (optional) The supported capacity of the M.2 SATA card is up to 240 GB

NOTE: The M.2 SATA card can be installed on the x16

riser slot (slot 5).

Micro-SD card (optional) for boot (up to 64 GB) One on each PCIe riser of each sled

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