G242-P31

ARM Server - 2U UP 4-GPU HPC ServerFeatures• Hardware-level root of trust support• Supports up to 4 x PCIe Gen4 double slot GPU cards• Single socket Ampere ® Altra® Processor• 8-Channel RDIMM/LRDIMM DDR4, 16 x DIMMs• 2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (Intel® I350-AM2)• 1 x Dedicated management port
• 4 x 3.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/SSD bays
• 2 x Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen4 x4 interface• 3 x PCIe Gen4 x8 low profile expansion slots in rear side
• Aspeed ® AST2500 management controller• 2 x 80 PLUS Platinum 1600W (240V) power supply

Specification
Dimensions

2U (W438 x H87.5 x D660 mm)

Motherboard

MP32-AR2CPUAmpere® Altra® Processor
Single processor, 7nm technology, LGA4926 socket
Up to 80-core per processor

Chipset

System on Chip

Memory8-Channel DDR4 memory, 16 x DIMM slots
RDIMM/LRDIMM modules up to 256GB supported
Up to 4TB of memory capacity supported per processor
Memory speed: Up to 3200 MHz

Backplane I/O

Backplane P/N: 9CBPG041NR-00
Speed and bandwidth: SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s

TPM

1 x TPM header with SPI interface
Optional TPM2.0 kit: CTM010

Power Supply

Dual 1600W 80 PLUS Platinum power supply
AC Input: 100-240V

SystemManagementAspeed® AST2500 management controller
GIGABYTE Management Console (AMI MegaRAC SP-X)

OSCompatibility

RHEL 8.3 / 8.5 (ARM64)
CentOS 8.3-2011 / 8.4.2105 / 8.5.2111 (ARM64)
SLES 15 SP2 / 15 SP3 (ARM64)
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS / 20.04.1 LTS (ARM64)
Fedora Server 33-1.2 / 35-1.2 (ARM64)
FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT (ARM64)
OracleLinux R8 U2 / R8 U5 (ARM64)
Debian 10.9 (Buster) / 11.1 (ARM64)

NOTE: Only supports configurations with 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, or 16 DIMMs

LAN

2 x 1GbE LAN ports (1 x Intel® I350-AM2)
1 x 10/100/1000 management LANVideo

Integrated in Aspeed® AST2500
2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface
1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM

System Fans

5 x 80x80x38mm (16,300rpm)

Storage

4 x 3.5"/2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/SSD bay from
CRA3338 SAS RAID Card

OperatingProperties

SAS

Supported

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)

RAID

RAID 0/ 1/ 1E/ 10Expansion
Slots

4 x PCIe x16 slots (4.0 x16) for GPU cards
2 x PCIe x16 slots (4.0 x8), Low-profile
1 x PCIe x8 slot (4.0 x8), Low-profile
2 x M.2 slots (4.0 x4), supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 cards

PackagingContent

1 x G242-P31 system
1 x CPU heatsink
1 x Rail kit

Reference
Numbers

Barebone with rail kit: 6NG242P31MR-00- Motherboard: 9MP32AR2NR-00- Rail kit: 25HB2-3A0202-K0R- CPU heatsink: 25ST1-2534Z0-C1R- PCIe type SAS RAID Card: 9CRA3338NR-00- Power supply: 25EP0-216008-L0S

Front I/O

1 x USB 3.0

Rear I/O

3 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x COM, 2 x RJ45, 1 x MLAN

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