QUANTA D51BP-1U User manual - page 14

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1.1 Introduction

QuantaGrid D51BP-1U is a revolutionary 1U rackmount server that dramatically increases 

data storage IOPS. All ten 2.5” front-access drive bays support hot-pluggable SATA/SAS/

PCIe I/O interface. Owners can tailor system storage architecture by mixing traditional 

hard disk drives and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD. 

Greener and More Powerful 

Powered by Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 product family and the DDR4 mem-

ory technology, it allows owners to upgrade computing performance without com-

promising power consumption. Also with QCT’s enhanced thermal and power 

design, the server can operate under 35˚C ambient temperature without throttling 

even if a fan rotor fails. This allows you to save unnecessary datacenter cooling cost 

and achieve higher DCIE (Data center infrastructure efficiency) value.

Ultra Low Latency NVMe Solution 

NVMe is an innovative host controller interface specification for SSDs to be accessed 

through the PCIe bus. The data bandwidth increases to five times the traditional 

SATAIII interface (6Gb/s compared with 31.5Gb/s of PCIe3.0x4), and the new inter-

face significantly reduces the latency caused by register access. This solution effi-

ciently supports multi-core architectures and SR-IOV for data-intensive 

virtualization workloads. On QuantaGrid D51BP-1U, all ten 2.5” front-access drive 

bays support hot-pluggable SATA/SAS/PCIe I/O interface. Owners can combine tra-

ditional hard disk drives and NVMe-based SSDs to tailor system storage architecture 

to their needs. 

Flexible and Scalable I/O options

QuantaGrid D51BP-1U provides flexible I/O scalability for today’s diverse data center 

application requirements. It features OCP LAN mezzanine card solutions in addition 

to dual GbE or 10GbE LAN on motherboards (LoM). With various controller vendors 

and different speed and technology options, customers can choose from 1GbE to 

56GbE bandwidth, copper or fiber-optic cabling, basic Ethernet function or FCoE 

and ISCSI SAN connectivity. The onboard SAS controller offers multiple Quanta SAS 

mezzanine card options with different RAID levels and data transfer bandwidth so 

customers can tailor the SAS controller for specific application needs.

Specifications

Table 1.1: System Specifications

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Form factor

1U rack mount

Dimensions

W x H x D (inch): 17.244 x 10.97 x 29.21

W x H x D (mm): 438 x 43.2 x 742