* The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.
* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
* All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.
* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

SPECIFICATIONS

Form Factor

E-ATX
305W x 330D mm

CPU

2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
1st Generation 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

Memory

16 x DIMM slots
DDR4 memory supported only
6-channel memory architecture
RDIMM up to 128GB supported
LRDIMM up to 128GB supported
Supports Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory (DCPMM)
Memory speed: 2933/2666/2400/2133 MT/s

Maximum verified DCPMM configuration:

*Ambient temperature 35°C
*2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (205W)
*DCPMM 256GB x4

DCPMM installation locations:
DIMM_P0_(A1, D1)
DIMM_P1_(G1, J1)

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

2 x 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports (1 x Intel® X557-AT2)
2 x 1Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports (2 x Marvell® 88E1514)
1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Management LAN

Video

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

Storage Interface

CPU_1:
- 2 x SlimSAS connectors for 2 x Gen3 NVMe

PCH:
- 3 x SlimSAS connectors for 12 x SATA 6Gb/s
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports supporting SATA DOM

RAID

Intel® SATA RAID 0/1/10/5

Expansion Slots

Slot_6: PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16) slot, from CPU_1
Slot_5: PCIe x8 (Gen3 x8) slot, from CPU_1
Slot_4: PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16) slot, from CPU_1
Slot_3: PCIe x8 (Gen3 x8) slot, from CPU_0
Slot_2: PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16) slot, from CPU_0
Slot_1: PCIe x8 (Gen3 x4) slot, from PCH

2 x M.2 slots:
- M-key
- PCIe Gen3 x4, from CPU_0
- Support 2280/22110 cards

Internal I/O

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
2 x CPU fan headers
5 x System fan headers
1 x USB 3.0 x2 header
2 x M.2 slots
5 x SlimSAS connectors
2 x SATA connectors
1 x VROC connector
1 x Front panel header
1 x Backplane board header
1 x COM_2 header
1 x PMBus connector
1 x IPMB connector
1 x TPM header

Rear I/O

2 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
1 x RJ45 serial port
4 x RJ45
1 x MLAN
1 x ID button with LED

TPM

1 x TPM header with LPC interface

OS Compatibility

For Skylake processors:

Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update
Windows Server 2016

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (x64) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (x64) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (x64) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 (x64) or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x64) or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x64) or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (x64) or later

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (x64) or later
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (x64) or later
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (x64) or later

VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3 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

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

For Cascade Lake processors:

Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update
Windows Server 2016

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (x64) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (x64) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 (x64) or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x64) or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (x64) or later

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (x64) or later
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (x64) or later
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (x64) or later

VMware ESXi 6.0 Update3 or later
VMware ESXi 6.5 Update2 or later
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update1 or later
VMware ESXi 7.0 or later
VMware ESXi 8.0 or later

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

Board Management

Aspeed® AST2500 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)

PSU Connectors

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

Operating Properties

Operating temperature: 10°C to 40°C
Operating humidity: 8-80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 60°C
Non-operating humidity: 20%-95% (non-condensing)

Retail Packaging Content

1 x MD71-HB0
1 x I/O shield
1 x Quick start guide
2 x SlimSAS for 8 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
2 x Non-Fabric CPU carriers

Single Box dimensions: 409 x 355 x 78 mm
Carton dimensions: 729 x 415 x 432 mm
Quantity: 10 x single boxes in one carton

Bulk Packaging Content

10 x MD71-HB0
10 x I/O shields
20 x Non-Fabric CPU carriers

Carton dimensions: 600 x 473 x 495 mm

Reference Numbers

Retail: 9MD71HB0MR-00-1*
Bulk: 9MD71HB0NR-00-1*

* The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.
* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
* All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.
* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.