Specifications

The Dell PowerEdge R420 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 29.
Standard
URL for information and specifications
ACPI
Advance Configuration and Power
Interface Specification, v2.0c
www.acpi.info
Ethernet
IEEE 802.3-2005
standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html
HDG
Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0
for Microsoft Windows Server
www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverd
g.mspx
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management
Interface, v2.0
www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi
DDR3 Memory
DDR3 SDRAM Specification,
Rev. 3A
www.jedec.org/download/search/JESD79-3C.pdf
LPC
Low Pin Count Interface
Specification, Rev. 1.1
developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/industry/lpc.htm
PCI Express
PCI Express Base Specification Rev.
2.0 and 3.0
www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress
PMBus
Power System Management
Protocol Specification, v1.2
pmbus.info/specs.html
SAS
Serial Attached SCSI, v1.1
www.t10.org
SATA
Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; SATA II, SATA
1.0a Extensions, Rev. 1.2
www.sata-io.org
SMBIOS
System Management BIOS
Reference Specification, v2.7
www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
Specification, v1.2
www.trustedcomputinggroup.org
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface Specification, v2.1
www.uefi.org/specs
USB
Universal Serial Bus Specification,
Rev. 2.0
www.usb.org/developers/docs
Windows Logo
Windows Logo Program System and
Device Requirements, v3.10
www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx