1. MD72-HB2

Motherboard - 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable - E-ATX DP 10Gb/s LAN

• Dual 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
• 8-Channel RDIMM/LRDIMM DDR4, 16 x DIMMs
• Supports Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 200 series
• Intel® C621A Chipset
• 2 x 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports via Intel® X710-AT2
• 2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports via Intel® I210-AT
• 3 x SlimSAS connectors for 12 x SATA 6Gb/s
• 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• 2 x M.2 slots with PCIe Gen4 x4 interface
• 6 x PCIe Gen4 x16 expansion slots

* 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

3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Dual processor, 10nm technology
TDP up to 270W

Socket

2 x LGA 4189
Socket P+

Memory

16 x DIMM slots
DDR4 memory supported only
8-channel memory architecture
RDIMM up to 128GB supported
LRDIMM up to 128GB supported
3DS RDIMM/LRDIMM up to 256GB supported
Memory speed: 3200/2933/2666 MT/s

LAN

2 x 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports (Intel® X710-AT2)
2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (Intel® I210-AT)
Support NCSI function (by switch)

1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Management LAN

Video

Integrated in Aspeed® AST2600
2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface
1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp

Storage Interface

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

RAID

Intel® SATA RAID 0/1/10/5

Expansion Slots

Slot_6: PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot, from CPU_0
Slot_5: PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot, from CPU_1
Slot_4: PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot, from CPU_1
Slot_3: PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot, from CPU_0
Slot_2: PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot, from CPU_0
Slot_1: PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16) slot, from CPU_1

2 x M.2 slots:
- M-key
- PCIe Gen4 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
1 x 6-pin ATX 12V power connector for PCIe slots
2 x CPU fan headers
5 x System fan headers
1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 x2 header
2 x M.2 slots
3 x SlimSAS connectors
2 x SATA connectors
1 x VROC connector
1 x Front panel header
1 x Backplane board header
1 x PMBus header
1 x IPMB header
1 x TPM header

Rear I/O

2 x USB 3.2 Gen1
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 SPI interface

OS Compatibility

Windows Server 2016

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 or later

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or later

VMware ESXi 6.7 Update3 P03 or later
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update2 or later
VMware ESXi 8.0 or later

Citrix Hypervisor 8.2.0 or later

Board Management

Aspeed® AST2600 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
• Advanced power capping
• 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

PSU Connectors

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
1 x 6-pin ATX 12V power connector

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 MD72-HB2
1 x I/O shield
1 x Quick start guide
1 x SlimSAS to 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cable (600mm)

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 MD72-HB2
10 x I/O shields

Carton dimensions: 600 x 473 x 495 mm

Reference Numbers

Retail: 9MD72HB2MR-00-1*
Bulk: 9MD72HB2NR-00-1*

Part Numbers:

- I/O shield: 12AIO-MD72HB-00R
- SlimSAS to 4 x SATA cable (600mm): 25CFM-600800-A4R

Optional parts:

- Fansink: 25ST4-353203-M1R

* 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.