Name: Inspur/IEIT NF5180M6 1U Rackmount Server - SunSpike
SKU: NF5180M6

Inspur/IEIT NF5180M6 Product Datasheet

The IEIT / Inspur NF5180M6 is a 1U 2-socket high-density rack server powered by 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Ice Lake). It is engineered to maximize performance, storage density, and I/O expansion in high-density data centers, making it suitable for virtualization, high-performance computing (HPC), cloud infrastructure, and enterprise data processing.

Key Features & Architectural Highlights

High-Performance Compute Density: Supports up to two 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 40 cores per socket (270W TDP) and 3 × 11.2 GT/s UPI interconnect links.
Flexible Memory Architecture: Features 32 DDR4 DIMM slots delivering memory speeds up to 3200 MT/s and support for Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 200 Series.
Versatile Storage Configurations: Supports up to 12 × 2.5-inch NVMe/SAS/SATA drives or up to 32 × hot-swappable E1.S SSDs for ultra-dense all-flash deployments.
PCIe Gen 4 Expansion: Up to 3 standard PCIe 4.0 x16 slots plus an OCP 3.0 mezzanine card slot providing up to 200GbE networking.

Hardware Specifications

Feature	Specification
Form Factor	1U Rackmount Server
Processor	1 or 2 × 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (Ice Lake) • Up to 40 cores per CPU (2.3 GHz base, up to 3.6 GHz Turbo) • Max TDP: 270W per socket • Interconnect: 3 × 11.2 GT/s UPI links
Chipset	Intel® C621A Chipset
Memory Capacity	Up to 32 × DDR4 DIMM slots (16 memory channels per CPU) • Speed: Up to 3200 MT/s RDIMM/LRDIMM • Persistent Memory: Supports up to 16 × Intel® Optane™ PMem 200 Series • Memory Protection: ECC, Memory Mirroring, Rank Sparing
Front Storage Options	• 12-Drive Model: Up to 12 × 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe SSDs • E1.S All-Flash Model: Up to 32 × hot-plug E1.S SSDs • Hybrid Drive Layout: 4 × 3.5-inch + 2 × M.2 + 2 × E1.S, or 8 × 2.5-inch + 2 × E1.S + 2 × M.2
Rear & Internal Storage	• Rear: Optional up to 2 × 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA SSDs • Internal: Up to 2 × M.2 SSDs (SATA or PCIe Gen3 x4) + 2 × TF cards (BIOS/BMC)
Storage Controllers	• Onboard SATA controller (RAID 0/1/5/10) • Onboard NVMe controller with Intel® VROC RAID key support • Optional Hardware RAID / HBA SAS controllers
PCIe Expansion Slots	Up to 3 × PCIe Gen 4 slots (all PCIe 4.0 x16 lanes) • Slot 1: Full-height, half-length x16 slot • Slot 2: Half-height, half-length x16 slot • Slot 3: Half-height, half-length x16 slot
Network Interfaces	• 1 × OCP 3.0 mezzanine card slot (supports 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, 200GbE) • Optional dual-port 10GbE / 1GbE LOM module
I/O Ports	• Front: 1 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA, 1 × UID Button/LED • Rear: 2 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA, 1 × Dedicated 1GbE BMC RJ45 Port, 1 × UID Button/LED
System Cooling	8 × hot-plug 4056 dual-rotor system fans with N+1 redundancy
Power Supply (PSU)	1+1 Redundant Hot-Plug PSUs: 550W / 800W / 1300W Platinum, or 800W Titanium
System Management	Onboard ISBMC4 (BMC) supporting IPMI 2.0, SOL, KVM over IP, Virtual Media, and Redfish API
Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi, Ubuntu, CentOS