IEIT / Inspur NF5280M7 2U Rack Server

The IEIT / Inspur NF5280M7 is a flagship 2U 2-socket rack server powered by 4th/5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. Engineered for high compute density, versatile storage, and flexible I/O expansion, it is optimized for cloud computing, virtualization, AI inference, enterprise data centers, and big data processing.

Key Features

High Processing Density: Supports up to two 4th/5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with up to 64 cores per CPU and a maximum TDP of 350W.
High Memory Bandwidth: Features 32 DDR5 ECC DIMM slots operating at up to 5,600 MT/s, delivering substantial throughput for memory-intensive workloads.
Flexible Modular Storage: Adaptable drive options including 3.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe, 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe, and E3.S/E1.S SSD configurations.
High PCIe Expansion: Up to 16–20 PCIe expansion slots (supporting PCIe 5.0/4.0), GPU accelerators, and dedicated RAID/OCP 3.0 mezzanine slots.
Intelligent & Tool-less Management: Incorporates an independent IPMI 2.0 / BMC management engine, real-time power capping, and a tool-less chassis design for simplified maintenance.

Technical Specifications

Feature	Specification
Form Factor	2U Rackmount Server
Processor	1 or 2 × 4th/5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors • Up to 64 cores per CPU • Max Turbo Frequency up to 4.2 GHz • 4 UPI links per CPU (up to 20 GT/s per link) • Max TDP: 350W per socket
Chipset	Intel® Emmitsburg (C630 series)
Memory	32 × DDR5 ECC DIMM slots (16 DIMMs per CPU) • Speeds up to 5,600 MT/s • Supports RDIMMs / 3DS RDIMMs
Front Storage Drive Bays	• 12 × 3.5″ SAS/SATA/NVMe • 24 × 2.5″ SAS/SATA/NVMe • 25 × 2.5″ SAS/SATA (up to 4 × NVMe) • 24 × E3.S SSDs
Rear Storage Drive Bays	• 4 × 3.5″ SAS/SATA + 4 × 2.5″ SAS/SATA/NVMe • 4 × 3.5″ SAS/SATA + 2 × SATA M.2 / E1.S SSDs • 10 × 2.5″ SAS/SATA/NVMe + 2 × SATA M.2 / E1.S SSDs
Internal Storage	• Up to 2 × SATA / PCIe x4 M.2 SSDs • Up to 3 × TF cards (1 for BMC, 2 for PCH)
Storage Controllers	Onboard PCH (supports 14 SATA ports), onboard Intel NVMe RAID / VMD, optional hardware SAS/RAID mezzanine controllers
PCIe & I/O Expansion	• Up to 16–20 PCIe expansion slots (including RAID Mezz slot) • Supports single-width / double-width GPU accelerators (e.g., NVIDIA L20, A10)
Network Interfaces	Up to 2–3 hot-swappable OCP 3.0 slots (supporting 1Gb, 10Gb, 25Gb, 100Gb, 200Gb, and 400Gb NICs)
External Ports	Front: 1 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB 3.0, 1 × DB15 VGA, 1 × USB Type-C Rear: 2 × USB 3.0, 1 × DB15 VGA, 1 × Micro USB system serial port, 1 × RJ45 BMC management port Internal: 1 × USB 3.0
System Management	Onboard BMC controller with 1 × 1,000 Mbps dedicated IPMI port; Web GUI, Virtual KVM, SNMP, Redfish, and hardware telemetry
Security Features	TPM 2.0, security bezel, chassis intrusion detection, dual-flash BMC/BIOS chip redundancy, power capping
Power Supply	800W / 1300W / 1600W / 2000W / 2700W CRPS standard PSUs (1+1 redundancy, 80 PLUS Platinum/Titanium certified)
Cooling	6 × hot-swappable N+1 redundant dual-rotor fans; optional cold plate liquid cooling schemes