Supermicro SYS-5019C-MR Management Overview
These days, out of band management is a standard feature on servers. Supermicro offers an industry standard solution for traditional management, including a WebGUI. This is based on the ASPEED AST2500 solution, a leader in the BMC field. The company is also supporting the Redfish management standard. On this motherboard, we see similar features as we would across the Supermicro X11/H11 ranges. That means whether you are using an embedded Intel motherboard or a 4U EPYC storage server, you will have a similar look and feel to the management experience.
In the latest generation of Supermicro IPMI is an HTML5 iKVM. One no longer needs to use a Java console to get remote KVM access to their server.
Currently, Supermicro allows users to utilize Serial-over-LAN, Java or HTML5 consoles from before a system is turned on, all the way into the OS. Other vendors such as HPE, Dell EMC, and Lenovo charge an additional license upgrade for this capability (among others with their higher license levels.) That is an extremely popular feature. One can also perform BIOS updates using the Web GUI but that feature does require a relatively low-cost license (around $20 street price.) That is a feature we wish Supermicro would include with their systems across product lines.
This pricing differential for a serviceable iKVM functionality is a big deal in this segment. Adding a $200 license to a server can add 10% or more in the Intel Xeon E-2100 platform costs. Supermicro’s iKVM feature is extremely popular due to its inclusion with the server.
Now that we have a good overview of the hardware and management, we will focus on the performance of the platform with different Intel Xeon E-2100 and Core i3-8000 series parts. We are going to finish up this review with the power consumption and our final thoughts.
Supermicro SYS-5019C-MR Topology
One area that we are keenly aware of today, and will be increasingly so with future multi-chip packages, is system topology. Luckily, the Intel Xeon E-2100 series has an extremely simple system topology.
The Intel Xeon E-2100 series is a relatively simple solution meant for smaller servers. At the same time, the Supermicro SYS-5019C-MR configuration we have using the Supermicro X11SCM-F motherboard and a variety of high-end components is just about maxing the systems recorded topology. For our readers who expect to see this in our reviews, here it is.
Next, we are going to look at the performance of the Supermicro SYS-5019C-MR before moving to power consumption and our final thoughts.
Patrick, How important it is for a SOHO server to use the larger 22110 drives like P4511 instead or e.g standard Samsung’s EVO 870. The price difference per drive is about 300€ in EU e.g P4511 is about 800€ and EVO 520€. The machine does have an UPS
wow a 9.6! must be really exceptional! was expecting a 9.4 or 9.5!
Can you publish the price of the server as configured?
And is it possible to add the noise levels to your reviews?
Hi Stijn, we will do that for some of the pedestal/ tower servers. For rackmount units meant for a data center we do not do this.
OK, this is a long shot, and it’s actually what I thought this review was originally going to be about… I’ve been out of the loop for the last several months due to a career change. I was expecting this machine to be a powerful, rack-mounted _workstation_, if such a concept even makes sense or there is a market for it.
As a fan of Supermicro, this is something I would love to see one day in the future. Do you know if anything like this is on the cards? There are exciting workstations appearing in Supermicro’s catalogs recently, and I thought this might be one of those. What do you think about this, in general?
Hi Patrick, thanks for the in-depth review! Just have a question on the storage: it says in your article “The two drives can be used for a mirrored storage or …” Do you have any hint how to configure it? Thanks!