Inspur NF8480M7 4U Rack Server

Inspur NF8480M7 Enterprise Server

Overview

The Inspur NF8480M7 is a high-end 4U 4-socket rack server powered by 4th/5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. Engineered for mission-critical enterprise applications, it delivers cloud-native flexibility, massive computing density, and extreme reliability for scenarios such as core databases, high-density virtualization, SAP HANA, and complex AI/data analytics.

Key Technical Specifications

Processor System

• Form Factor: 4U Rack Server

• Sockets: 4 Sockets

• Supported CPUs: Up to four 4th or 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (up to 60/64 cores per CPU, max TDP up to 350W per processor)

• Interconnect: Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) 2.0 (up to 16 GT/s)

Memory

• Memory Slots: 64 DDR5 DIMM slots (16 DIMM channels per CPU)

• Memory Speed: Up to 4800 MT/s / 5600 MT/s (depending on processor generation and population)

• Memory Types: RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM

• Maximum Capacity: Up to 16 TB

Storage & RAID Control

• Front Drive Bays:

  • Up to 24 × 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe SSDs

  • Optional configuration supporting up to 50 × 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives via dual-layer drive cages

• Internal Storage: Up to 2 × M.2 NVMe/SATA SSDs for OS boot

• RAID Controllers: HW RAID controllers (SAS 12Gb/s or PCIe 4.0/5.0) supporting RAID 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 with cache protection.

I/O Expansion & Networking

• PCIe Slots: Up to 16 × PCIe slots (PCIe 5.0 compliant)

• GPU Support: Supports full-height, full-length double-width GPUs or single-width acceleration cards

• Network Interfaces: Flexible OCP 3.0 NIC slots (1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 100GbE, or 200GbE options)

Power & Cooling

• Power Supplies: 2+2 redundant 2000W / 2700W / 3200W Titanium/Platinum CRPS power supply units (PSUs)

• Cooling System: Hot-swappable N+1 redundant fans; intelligent thermal management with dynamic speed control.

Management & Security

• BMC Module: Onboard ASPEED AST2600 BMC controller

• Management Software: Inspur InBand/Out-of-Band Management, IPMI 2.0, Redfish, SNMP, KVM over IP

• Security: Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0 / TCM), Secure Boot, chassis intrusion detection, silicon root of trust.

Target Applications

• Core Enterprise Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2

• In-Memory Computing: SAP HANA, Redis

• Mission-Critical Virtualization: VMware ESXi, Nutanix AHV, OpenStack

• AI & Big Data Analytics: High-density analytics pipelines, deep learning inference, enterprise data warehousing