We just received word that Gigabyte has launched four new Intel Xeon D motherboards. All four are based on the newer revision chips launched by Intel in November. We have heard that the new Xeon D parts are starting to make their way to manufacturers and so we should see platforms ship soon. Xeon D supply was limited during the initial launch, but we expect to have a review of our first Gigabyte Xeon D platform soon. No word on pricing or retail availability yet, but we will update you as soon as we have more on that.
[Update 1] We have word that US distributors have placed orders but the boards have not shipped yet. Expected availability is “soon.” We are still confirming pricing.
Four new Gigabyte Xeon D motherboards
The four Gigabyte Xeon D motherboards launched today use the new Intel Xeon D-15×1 processors. Gigabyte is using two different models across the four platforms: the Intel Xeon D-1521 (4 core / 8 thread) and the Intel Xeon D-1541 (8 core / 16 thread). All four motherboards are mITX form factors. Two of the motherboards have dual 10GbE SFP+ networking, which has been requested by STH forum members for a long time, along with dual 1GbE. The other two motherboards have dual 1GbE only without 10GbE.
Here are the quick specs for each motherboard:
MB10-DS4 Server Motherboard
- Mini-ITX form factor
- Intel Xeon D-1521 processor (4 cores, 8 threads)
- Dual 10GbE SFP+ LAN ports + Dual GbE LAN ports
- Up to 128GB of ECC DDR4 memory @ 2133MHz
- 6 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- Integrated Easy BIOS update utility
- Complete remote management functions via IPMI 2.0 web interface and iKVM
MB10-DS3 Server Motherboard
- Mini-ITX form factor
- Intel Xeon D-1541 processor (8 cores, 16 threads)
- Dual 10GbE SFP+ LAN ports + Dual GbE LAN ports
- Up to 128GB of ECC DDR4 memory @ 2133MHz
- 6 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- Integrated Easy BIOS update utility
- Complete remote management functions via IPMI 2.0 web interface and iKVM
MB10-DS1 Server Motherboard
- Mini-ITX form factor
- Intel Xeon D-1521 processor
- Dual GbE LAN ports
- Up to 128GB of ECC DDR4 memory @ 2133MHz
- 6 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- Integrated Easy BIOS update utility
- Complete remote management functions via IPMI 2.0 web interface and iKVM
MB10-DS0 Server Motherboard
- Mini-ITX form factor
- Intel Xeon D-1541 processor
- Dual GbE LAN ports
- Up to 128GB of ECC DDR4 memory @ 2133MHz
- 6 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- Integrated Easy BIOS update utility
- Complete remote management functions via IPMI 2.0 web interface and iKVM
We are hoping to see these soon as we have heard Xeon D supply constraints have been improving.
No M.2? :-(
Nice. Very nice.
Just wish Gigabyte server gear was better supported here in Oz.
I hoped, but unfortunately still not good enough.
Supermicros board is missing 10G SFP+ but Gigabytes is missing m.2!!
I’d like a D-1541 board with m.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 and 10G SFP+ w/SR-IOV. And of course full support for VM.
I want a comparison of this vs supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F.
Gigabyte: 1541, Supermicro 1540, so gigabyte has sr-iov, supermico not.
Gigabyte: 10g sfp+ (fiber), Supermicro 10g rj45
Gigabyte – no m.2, supermicro has m.2
Supermicro available (see info at tinkertry.com). gigabyte unknown till first availability.
Is that it? I don’t want fiber 10gig at my house.
We are going to have a lot of Xeon D wave 2 content starting Monday.