R281-G30

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Rack Server - 2nd/1st Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable - 2U DP 3 x PCIe Gen3 GPUs
  • NVIDIA-Certified Systems™ - Data Center Servers
  • Supports up to 3 x Dual slot Gen3 GPUs
  • Dual 2nd/1st Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
  • 6-Channel DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM, 24 x DIMMs
  • Supports Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory
  • 2 x 1Gb/s LAN port via Intel® I350-AM2
  • Onboard 12Gb/s SAS expander
  • 24 x 2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable bays
  • 6 x FHFL PCIe Gen3 x16 and x8 slots
  • 2 x FHHL PCIe Gen3 x8 slots
  • 2 x OCP Gen3 x16 mezzanine slots
  • Dual 2000W 80 PLUS Platinum redundant power supply
  • Optimized performance with Mellanox InfiniBand EDR 100G or Ethernet 100G products
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Specifications

Dimensions (WxHxD, mm)
2U
438 x 87.5 x 730
Motherboard
MR91-FS0
CPU
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Dual processor, TDP up to 205W

Note: If only 1 CPU is installed, some PCIe or memory functions might be unavailable.
Socket
2 x LGA 3647
Socket P
Chipset
Intel® C621
Memory
24 x DIMM slots
DDR4 memory supported only
6-channel memory architecture
RDIMM up to 64GB supported
LRDIMM up to 128GB supported
Supports Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory (DCPMM)
1.2V modules: 2933/2666/2400/2133 MT/s

Maximum verified DCPMM configuration:

* Ambient temperature 35°C
* 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors 205W (Max.)
* DCPMM 256GB x12 pcs

DCPMM installation locations:
DIMM_P0_(A1, B1, C1)
DIMM_P0_(D1, E1, F1)
DIMM_P1_(G1, H1, I1)
DIMM_P1_(J1, K1, L1)

Note:
1. 2933 MT/s for 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors only.
2. Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory for 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors only.
3. The maximum number of DCPMM that can be installed is based on a maximum operating (ambient) temperature of 35°C.
4. To enquire about installing a greater number of DCPMM, please consult with your GIGABYTE technical or sales representative.
LAN
Rear side:
2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (1 x Intel® I350-AM2)
Support NCSI function

1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Management LAN
Video
Integrated in Aspeed® AST2500
- 1 x VGA port
Storage
Front side:
24 x 2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable bays

LSI SAS35x36 expander
Bandwidth: SATA 6Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s per port

Default configuration supports:
0 x SAS/SATA drives

SAS card is required to enable the drives
SATA
2 x 7-pin SATA 6Gb/s with SATA DOM supported
By using pin_8 or external cable for power function
SAS
Supported via SAS add-in cards
RAID
Depends on SAS add-in cards
Expansion Slots
Riser Card CRS2131:
- 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16 or x8) FHFL slot, from CPU_0, for GPUs
- 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen3 x0 or x8) FHFL slot, from CPU_0
- 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen3 x8) FHHL slot, from CPU_0

Riser Card CRS2132:
- 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16 or x8) FHFL slot, from CPU_1, for GPUs
- 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen3 x0 or x8) FHFL slot, from CPU_1
- 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen3 x8) FHHL slot, from CPU_0

Riser Card CRS2123:
- 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen3 x0 or x8) FHFL slot, from CPU_1, for GPUs
- 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16 or x8) FHFL slot, from CPU_1

1 x OCP mezzanine slot with PCIe Gen3 x16 bandwidth (Type1, P1, P2, P3, P4, K2, K3), from CPU_0

1 x OCP mezzanine slot with PCIe Gen3 x16 bandwidth (Type1, P1, P2, P3, P4, K2, K3), from CPU_1

Notes:
- System is validated for population with a uniform GPU model.
- Support is not provided for mixed GPU populations.
- For the latest QVL, please contact your GIGABYTE representative.
Internal I/O
2 x Power supply connectors
4 x SlimSAS connectors
2 x SATA 7-pin connectors
2 x CPU fan headers
1 x USB 3.0 header
1 x TPM header
1 x VROC connector
1 x Front panel header
1 x Backplane board header
1 x IPMB connector
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x BIOS recovery jumper
Front I/O
2 x USB 3.0
1 x Power button with LED
1 x ID button with LED
1 x NMI button
1 x Reset button
2 x LAN activity LEDs
1 x Storage activity LED
1 x System status LED
Rear I/O
2 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
1 x COM (RJ45)
2 x RJ45
1 x MLAN
1 x ID button with LED
Backplane Board
Speed and bandwidth:
SATA 6Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s
TPM
1 x TPM header with LPC interface
- Optional TPM2.0 kit: CTM000
Power Supply[#1]
Dual 2000W 80 PLUS Platinum redundant power supply

AC Input:
- 100-127V~/ 12.5A, 50-60Hz
- 200-240V~/ 12.5A, 50-60Hz

DC Output:
- Max 1008W/ 100-127V~
+12V/ 84A
+12Vsb/ 2A
- Max 2004W/ 200-240V~
+12V/ 167A
+12Vsb/ 2A

Note: The system power supply requires C19 power cord.
System Management
Aspeed® AST2500 Baseboard Management Controller
Avocent® MergePoint IPMI 2.0 web interface:
  • Network settings
  • Network security settings
  • Hardware information
  • Users control
  • Services settings
  • IPMI settings
  • Sessions control
  • LDAP settings
  • Power control
  • Fan profiles
  • Voltages, fans and temperatures monitoring
  • System event log
  • Events management (platform events, trap settings, email settings)
  • Serial Over LAN
  • vKVM & vMedia (HTML5)
OS Compatibility
For Skylake processors:

Citrix Xenserver 7.1.0 CU2 or later
Citrix Xenserver 7.4.0 or later
Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 or later

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS or later
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later

VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 or later
VMware ESXi 6.5 or later
VMware ESXi 6.7 or later
VMware ESXi 7.0 or later
VMware ESXi 8.0 or later

Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019

For Cascade Lake processors:

Citrix Xenserver 7.1.0 CU2 or later
Citrix Xenserver 7.5.0 or later
Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 or later

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later

VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 or later
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2 or later
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 1 or later
VMware ESXi 7.0 or later
VMware ESXi 8.0 or later

Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
System Fans
4 x 80x80x38mm (16,300rpm)
Operating Properties
Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C
Operating humidity: 8-80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 60°C
Non-operating humidity: 20%-95% (non-condensing)

Note: Please contact Technical Support for more information about optimized GPU system operating temperature.
Weight
21 kg
Packaging Dimensions
982 x 588 x 268 mm
Packaging Content
1 x R281-G30
2 x CPU heatsinks
1 x Rail kit
2 x Non-fabric CPU carriers
Part Numbers
- Barebone package: 6NR281G30MR-00-4*
- Motherboard: 9MR91FS0NR-00
- Rail kit: 25HB2-3A0202-K0R
- CPU heatsink: 25ST1-253100-F2R
- Non-fabric CPU carrier: 12KRC-0F3647-50R
- Front panel board - CFP2001: 9CFP2001NR-00
- Backplane board - CBP20O2: 9CBP20O2NR-00
- Fan module: 25ST2-883829-D0R
- Riser card - CRS2131: 9CRS2131NR-00
- Riser card - CRS2132: 9CRS2132NR-00
- Riser card - CRS2123: 9CRS2123NR-00
- SAS Expander module: 9CEP26O0NR-00
- Power supply: 25EP0-220005-A0S

Optional parts:

- C19 power cord 125V/15A (US): 25CP1-018000-Q0R
- C19 power cord 250V/15A (US): 25CP1-018300-Q0R
- C19 power cord 250V/16A (EU): 25CP3-01830H-Q0R
- RJ45 type COM cable: 25CR0-200400-Y4R

[#1] Power cords are not included with server packages. Customers are responsible for selecting appropriate power cords from the optional accessories or contacting sales for customization.

[#2] All materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at any time without prior notice.

[#3] Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical values as specified by the respective chipset vendors or standards organizations. Actual performance may vary depending on system configuration.

[#4] All trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners.

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