Introduction

Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Extend Your Scale
Introducing GIGABYTE's new generation of motherboards and systems built around Intel's Skylake Purley architecture - 'Intel Xeon Scalable'. This new product family provides a wealth of new options in scalability - across compute, network and storage - to deliver solutions for a range of applications.
GIGABYTE's system design and engineering expertise applied to this Intel Xeon Scalable series enables it to meet the increasingly diverse requirements of the industry, from entry-level HPC to large scale clusters.

Intel's Xeon Scalable platform brings improved features and functionality at both the host and fabric levels. These enable performance improvements - both natively on chip and for future extensibility through compute, network and storage peripherals.

Multi-Node Management
Multi-Node Control (Simultaneous)
CMC (Central Management Control) Function for Easy Node Management and Less ToR (Top of Rack) Cabling.

Aspeed CMC (with LAN connector) connects with Aspeed BMC on each node.

Optimized for high TDP
GIGABYTE systems are thermally designed to provide optimal support for the maximum range of CPU SKUs. On certain models, high density fan designs enable efficient performance at up to 165W TDP.

Carefully selected components
GIGABYTE's passive components are meticulously selected to guarantee a super stable operating environment and allow the processors and the memory to deliver their maximum performance.With some of the longest service lifetimes in the industry, our server motherboards are built with ultra long lasting components to attain the highest reliability levels.

Ease of Deployment and Management
GIGABYTE continues to be responsive to market needs and to create user-friendly solutions, including:

Tool-less rail kit included as a default across all new server models
- In-house designed proprietary tool-less sleds for 3.5" HDDs to allow for easy swapping
- Supplying multiple connector options and tools where appropriate

Efficient, Reliable Power Supply
GIGABYTE's Xeon Scalable servers are designed to guarantee high conversion efficiency regardless of load. Redundant 80 Plus 'Platinum' PSUs, combined with GIGABYTE's precision engineering, translates to super efficient power usage which maximizes the system's power : performance ratio and reduces OPEX for the user.

GIGABYTE Server Management (GSM)
GIGABYTE's proprietary software, 'GIGABYTE Server Management', is designed to provide an effortless user experience. This software can be downloaded as a 'GSM Client'/ 'GSM Agent'/ 'GSM Server' module - depending on user applications - all of which are IPMI and Redfish compliant. Through these protocols, users and administrators can manage and monitor their server groups easily and remotely through multiple concurrent sessions.

GIGABYTE BMC Interface
Easy BIOS Upgrade
GIGABYTE has developed this integrated function (requiring no additional software) that allows users to update the BIOS of motherboards through the BMC controller:
- No need to install core components such as CPUs, memory, drives and OS
- No need to power on the system (NB. PSU must be connected)
- Update individual (IPMI 2.0) or multiple boards simultaneously (Command Line)

Environmental Compliance
GIGABYTE maintains its commitment to green products, and adheres to the latest RoHS regulations (in effect July 2017).

Processor

Motherboard chipset

Intel® C621

Processor socket

LGA 3647 (Socket P)

Number of processors supported

8

Supported processor frequency (max)

2 GHz

Compatible processor series

Intel® Xeon®

Memory

Number of DIMM slots

64

Supported memory types

DDR4-SDRAM

Supported DIMM module capacities

64GB

Supported RDIMM clock speeds

2133,2400,2666 MHz

Memory voltage

1.2 V

Storage

Number of storage drives supported

24

Hot-swap HDD bays

Y

Number of 2.5" bays

24

Storage drive sizes supported

2.5"

Supported storage drive types

HDD & SSD

Supported storage drive interfaces

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA

RAID levels

0,1,5,10

Graphics

On-board graphics card model

Aspeed AST2500

Network

Ethernet LAN

Y

Ethernet interface type

10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet

Ethernet LAN data rates

10,100,1000,10000 Mbit/s

Copper ethernet cabling technology

10GBASE-T

LAN controller

Intel® X550

Ports & interfaces

USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity

8

Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports

12

VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity

4

Microphone in

N

Expansion slots

PCI Express slots version

3.0

PCI Express x8 slots

4

PCI Express x16 slots

4

PCI Express x8 (Gen 3.x) slots

4

PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slots

4

Features

Optical drive type

N

PC health monitoring

Fan, Temperature, Voltage

Backplanes support

Y

Design

Chassis type

Rack (2U)

Product colour

Black, Grey

LED indicators

Y

Number of fans

4 fan(s)

Fan diameter

8 cm

Power

Power supply

2200 W

Redundant power supply (RPS) support

Y

Number of redundant power supplies installed

2

AC input voltage

100 - 240 V

AC input frequency

47 - 63 Hz

Input current

12.6/14 A

80 PLUS certification

80 PLUS Platinum

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

10 - 35 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 60 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

8 - 80%

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

20 - 95%

Weight & dimensions

Width

700 mm

Depth

1167 mm

Height

309 mm