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Gigabyte E252-P30 Edge Server - System Overview

Description

Gigabyte E252-P30 front panel view

As an Edge server, the Gigabyte E252-P30 edge server is designed for processing data on site for a faster solution. This is especially important for applications in artificial intelligence and Internet of Things. The multi-core architecture does not use hyperthreading technology for virtual threads and instead relies on a contingent of physical cores to boost performance. The single processor offers more cores at up to 80x than the core count on AMD’s top EPYC series processors. The system also supports PCIe 4.0 speeds for faster throughput in GPUs, storage, and networking.

Other Edge Servers Offered By Gigabyte

Gigabyte E152-ZE0 Edge Server
1U, 1x 1st or 2nd Gen AMD EPYC, 8x DIMMs, 2x 2.5-Inch Bays, 2x 1Gb/s LAN ports

Gigabyte E252-P30 Edge Server
2U, 1x Ampere Altra CPU, 16x DIMMs, 6x 2.5-Inch Bays, 2x 1Gb/s LAN ports

Gigabyte E162-220 Edge Server
2U, 1x 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPU, 16x DIMMs, 2x 2.5-Inch Bays, 2x 1Gb/s LAN ports

Gigabyte H242-Z11 Edge Server
2U, 4x Front-Loading Single-Socket Nodes, each with 1x 2nd or 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPU, 16x DIMMs, 4x 2.5-Inch Bays, 2x 10Gb/s LAN ports

Gigabyte H242-Z10 Edge Server
2U, 4x Back-Loading Single-Socket Nodes, each with 1x 2nd or 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPU, 16x DIMMs, 4x 2.5-Inch Bays, 2x 10Gb/s LAN ports

Gigabyte E251-U70 Edge Server
2U, 1x 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPU, 16x DIMMs, 2x 2.5-Inch Bays, 2x 1Gb/s LAN ports

Performance

Ampere Altra processors have a system on a chip (SoC) design with the chipset integrated with the processor, enabling predictable performance, high scalability, and power efficiency. There are also 8x memory channels to draw upon, plus support for PCIe 4.0 in 128 lanes with just a single CPU.

Memory

Offering 8x memory channels, the E252-P30 edge server is compatible with DDR4 registered (RDIMM) and load-reduced (LRDIMM) memory modules. There are 16x memory module slots with 2x DIMMs per channel for up to 4TB when outfitted with 256GB memory modules in all 16x slots. Depending on configuration, plus CPU and memory module speeds, memory can run at up to 3200MHz.

Storage

Gigabyte E252-P30 rear ports and PSUs

In addition to the 6x 2.5-inch storage bays up front there are two x4 PCIe 4.0 slots on the system board for support of dual PCIe M.2 drives. Supported drive formats include SATA and SAS hot-swappable HDDs and SSDs. SAS drives are supported natively via the CRAO338 SAS RAID Card, which offers RAID of 0, 1, 1E, and 10.

Expansion

For a single-socket application, the Ampere Altra processors can support up to 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes and with dual processors that number jumps to 192 PCIe 4.0 with a dual processor configuration. With just the single processor on this system, there are 6x low-profile PCIe 4.0 slots 4x using a x8 bus and the other 2x using a x16 bus. In this case, an open compute project (OCP) 2.0 mezzanine card slot is outfitted with the CRAO338 SAS RAID Card for control of the upfront storage drives.

Management

This system has all the same management features found on non-edge servers with a dedicated RJ45 management port on the front of the system for easy access. With dedicated access to the Aspeed AST2500 baseboard management controller (BMC) Administrators can manage the system remotely or at the chassis. Gigabyte also provides a few software utilities to manage the system. The Gigabyte Management Console is for single server management and the Gigabyte Server Management (GSM) is for multi-server management. Both are provided free of charge and are compatible with other third-party hardware.

Summary

Designed for remote, inaccessible areas plus for use when on site processing is preferred, the Gigabyte E252-P30 edge server delivers powerful performance for Edge applications including real-time monitoring, UHD video steaming, IoT devices, and autonomous vehicles. With a single Ampere Altra processor the system can support up to 80 cores, and up to 4TB of memory coupled with SAS and SATA storage and M.2 options.

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Gigabyte E252-P30 Edge Server - Specifications

Processor - Single-Socket
  • Ampere Altra Processor
  • Single Processor, 7nm technology
  • Motherboard: MP32-AR1
  • Up to 80 cores per processor
Memory
  • 16 x DIMM slots
  • Compatible: DDR4 memory
  • 8-Channel memory architecture
  • Memory speed: 3200 MHz
  • Maximum memory configuration

  • RDIMM modules up to 256GB supported
  • LRDIMM modules up to 256GB supported
  • Up to 4TB of memory capacity supported per processor
Drive Bays
  • 6 x 2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/SSD bays from CRAO338 SAS RAID Card
Power Supplies
  • Redundant 800W 80 PLUS Platinum hot-swap power supply
Fans
  • 4 x 80x80x38mm, 2-ball
I/O
    Internal I/O

  • 2 x M.2 slots
  • 1 x USB 3.0 header
  • 1 x USB 2.0 header
  • 1 x TPM header
  • 1 x Front panel header
  • 1 x HDD back plane board header
  • 1 x PMBus connector
  • 1 x IPMB connector
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • 1 x Buzzer
  • Front I/O

  • 3 x USB 3.0
  • 1 x VGA
  • 1 x Debug port
  • 2 x RJ45
  • 1 x MLAN
  • 1 x ID button with LED
  • Front Panel

  • 1 x Power button with LED
  • 1 x ID button with LED
  • 1 x Reset button
  • 1 x System status LED
  • 1 x HDD activity LED
  • 2 x LAN activity LEDs
  • Backplane I/O

  • Speed and bandwidth: SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s
Expansion Slots

    Total 6 x low profile PCIe Gen4 expansion slots

  • Slot_7: Disabled
  • Slot_6: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16 bus) slot
  • Slot_5: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8 bus) slot
  • Slot_4: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16 bus) slot
  • Slot_3: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8 bus) slot
  • Slot_2: 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen4 x8 bus) slot
  • Slot_1: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8 bus) slot
  • 1 x OCP 2.0 mezzanine slot, occupied by CRAO338 SAS RAID Card

    2 x M.2 slots:

  • M-key
  • PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 cards
Dimensions
    Height: 86mm (3.385")
    Width: 439mm (17.283")
    Depth: 449mm (17.677")
OS Compatibility
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 ( ARM64)

  • CentOS 8.3-2011 (ARM64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 ( ARM64)

  • Ubuntu 18.04.5-server (ARM64)
  • Ubuntu 20.04.1-legacy-server (ARM64)

  • Fedora Server 33-1.2 (ARM64)

  • FreeBSD 13.0 current (ARM64)

  • OracleLinux R8 U2 (ARM64)

  • Debian 10.9 (Buster) (ARM64)

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