1. G242-P36

HPC/AI Arm Server - Ampere® Altra® Max - 2U UP 2 x PCIe Gen4 GPUs

• Hardware-level root of trust support
• Up to 2 x NVIDIA® H100 PCIe Gen4 GPU cards
• Up to 2 x NVIDIA® BlueField-2 DPUs
• Ampere® Altra® Max or Altra® Processors
• Single processor, 7nm technology
• 8-Channel RDIMM/LRDIMM DDR4, 16 x DIMMs
• 2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (Intel® I350-AM2)
• 1 x Dedicated management port
• 4 x 2.5" Gen4 NVMe hot-swappable bays
• 2 x M.2 slots with PCIe Gen4 x4 interface
• 2 x FHFL PCIe Gen4 x16 slots for GPUs
• 2 x LP PCIe Gen4 x16 slots on rear side for DPUs
• 2 x LP PCIe Gen4 x8 slots on rear side
• 1+1 1600W (240V) 80 PLUS Platinum power supplies

* 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

Dimensions (WxHxD, mm)

2U
438 x 87.5 x 820

CPU

Ampere® Altra® Max or Altra® Processors
Single processor, 7nm technology
Up to 128-core per processor, TDP 250W

Memory

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

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

LAN

Rear side:
2 x 1GbE LAN ports (1 x Intel® I350-AM2)
NCSI function supported

1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps management LAN

Video

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

Storage

Front side:
4 x 2.5" Gen4 NVMe hot-swappable bays

Gen4 NVMe SSD supported only

Expansion Slots

Riser Card CRSG01B x 2:
- 2 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) FHFL slots, for GPUs
- *Compatible with optional NVIDIA H100 80GB PCIe GPUs

Total 4 x PCIe Gen4 low-profile slots on rear side
Slot_7: Disabled
Slot_6: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot
- Compatible with optional NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs
Slot_5: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8) slot, occupied by CNV3132
Slot_4: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot
- Compatible with optional NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs
Slot_3: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8) slot, occupied by CNV3132
Slot_2: 1 x PCIe x8 (Gen4 x8) slot
Slot_1: 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen4 x8) slot

2 x M.2 slots:
- M-key
- PCIe Gen4 x4
- Supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 cards

*Please refer to optional parts for H100 power cables. 1x360mm+1x490mm configuration is recommended.

Internal I/O

2 x M.2 slots
1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 header
1 x USB 2.0 header
1 x TPM header
1 x Front panel header
1 x Backplane board header
1 x PMBus connector
1 x IPMB connector
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x Buzzer

Front I/O

1 x USB 3.2 Gen1
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

Rear I/O

3 x USB 3.2 Gen1
1 x VGA
1 x Debug port
2 x RJ45
1 x MLAN
1 x ID button with LED

Backplane Board

Speed and bandwidth:
PCIe Gen4 x4

TPM

1 x TPM header with SPI interface

Power Supply

1+1 1600W 80 PLUS Platinum power supplies (-100)

AC Input:
- 100-120V~/ 12A, 50-60Hz
- 200-240V~/ 10A, 50-60Hz

DC Input:
- 240Vdc/ 10A

DC Output:
- Max 1000W/ 100-120V~
+12V/ 81.5A
+12Vsb/ 2.5A
- Max 1600W/ 200-240V~ or 240Vdc Input
+12V/ 133A
+12Vsb/ 2.5A

1+1 1600W 80 PLUS Titanium power supplies (-1T0)

AC Input:
- 100-240V~/ 12-9.5A, 50-60Hz

DC Input:
- 240Vdc/ 9.5A

DC Output:
- Max 1000W/ 100-120V~
+12.2V/ 82A
+12Vsb/ 3A
- Max 1600W/ 200-240V~ or 240Vdc Input
+12.2V/ 131.2A
+12Vsb/ 3A

System Management

Aspeed® AST2500 management controller
GIGABYTE Management Console (AMI MegaRAC SP-X) web interface

• Dashboard
• HTML5 KVM
• Sensor Monitor (Voltage, RPM, Temperature, CPU Status …etc.)
• Sensor Reading History Data
• FRU Information
• SEL Log in Linear Storage / Circular Storage Policy
• Hardware Inventory
• Fan Profile
• System Firewall
• Power Consumption
• Power Control
• LDAP / AD / RADIUS Support
• Backup & Restore Configuration
• Remote BIOS/BMC/CPLD Update
• Event Log Filter
• User Management
• Media Redirection Settings
• PAM Order Settings
• SSL Settings
• SMTP Settings

OS Compatibility

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 (aarch64) or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 (aarch64) or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (aarch64) or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 (aarch64) or later

Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (aarch64) or later
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (aarch64) or later

Fedora Server 33-1.2 (aarch64) or later
Fedora Server 35-1.2 (aarch64) or later

OracleLinux R8 U2
OracleLinux R8 U5

Debian 10.9 (Buster)
Debian 11.1

System Fans

5 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)

Packaging Dimensions

1077 x 679 x 300 mm

Packaging Content

1 x G242-P36
1 x CPU heatsink
1 x 2-Section Rail kit

Part Numbers

- Barebone package: 6NG242P36MR-00-1*
- Motherboard: 9MP32AR2NR-00
- 2-Section Rail kit: 25HB2-3A0202-K0R
- CPU heatsink: 25ST1-2534Z0-C1R
- Front panel board - CFP1000: 9CFP1000NR-00
- Backplane board - CBP1047: 9CBP1047NR-00
- Fan module: 25ST2-88382A-D0R
- Fan board - CBPG041: 9CBPG041NR-00
- Fan duct for CPU: 25HA8-G24232-S5R
- GPU Riser card - CRSG01B: 9CRSG01BNR-00
- PCIe Riser card - CNV3132: 9CNV3132NR-00
- Power supply (-100): 25EP0-216008-L0S
- Power supply (-1T0): 25EP0-21600E-L0S

Optional parts:

- Power cable (2x4P to 12+4P, 360mm): 25CRI-360102-Y4R
- Power cable (2x4P to 12+4P, 490mm): 25CRI-490102-Y4R

* 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.