Supermicro SYS-520P-WTR 2U barebone server

SuperServer 2U barebone for Xeon LGA 4189

This Supermicro SuperServer SYS-520P-WTR is a 2U rackmount barebone built around the Intel C621A chipset and an LGA 4189 socket for Xeon processors. It ships without a CPU or memory installed, providing a chassis, motherboard and cooling foundation for custom integration. The platform targets organisations that assemble their own compute nodes from validated components.

Suits builders who need PCIe 4.0 expansion

The system offers two full-height full-length PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, one low-profile PCIe 4.0 x16 slot and a PCIe 3.0 x4 M-key slot for 2280 or 22110 modules. Dual Intel X550 controllers deliver two 10 Gigabit RJ45 ports plus a dedicated IPMI LAN interface. Buyers who require onboard GPU compute or single-thread frequency optimisation should evaluate alternative platforms.

Four 3.5-inch hot-swap bays accept NVMe

The front cage supports four 3.5-inch hybrid bays that each operate with NVMe or SATA 600 devices, backed by ten SATA ports and RAID 0, 1, 5 or 10 on the chipset. Maximum memory capacity reaches 2 TB with eight 256 GB DRAM DIMMs or 3 TB when four 512 GB persistent memory modules are combined with four 256 GB DRAM DIMMs. ECC is supported across all eight 288-pin slots.