St Albans, Hertfordshire, May 23th, 2006 – Furthering its reputation for being first-to-market with the latest in cutting edge server technologies, Boston Limited in co-operation with Supermicro is delighted to announce the launch of the industry’s first and most comprehensive line of dual-core Xeon 5000 and 5100 Sequence (Dempsey/Woodcrest) server solutions.
With more than 60 new motherboards and chassis scheduled for release this month alone Supermicro is offering a record-breaking selection of dual-core Xeon 5000/5100 server solutions. This exciting new range of 1333MHz FSB server solutions provide newfound support for both the latest Intel Dual Core Xeon 5000 (Dempsey) and next-generation Dual Core Xeon 5100 (Woodcrest) CPUs. In addition; the adoption of the latest in FBD (Fully Buffered DIMM) technologies pushes the performance envelope over existing platforms even further!
“For many applications, our new server solutions deliver double the performance, consume less power than previous Xeon servers, and require users to pay no price premium,” notes Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “Some of our customers are already enjoying this new generation of server technology, and now is the best time for our customers to stock up. We anticipate strong demand for server solutions based on the new generation Dempsey and Woodcrest processors, and Supermicro is well positioned to deliver these exceptionally high-performance platforms right away.”
“Supermicro is supporting an extensive portfolio of high-quality solutions based on the new Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5000 series,” said Kirk Skaugen, vice president, Digital Enterprise Group at Intel Corporation. “These new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors are expected to improve server responsiveness and provide energy efficient performance while reducing total cost of ownership."
Consistently a leader in server technology development, some of Supermicro’s new dual-core Dempsey/Woodcrest systems support up to 64 GB of ECC DDR2 fully buffered memory via 16 DIMM slots. Based on the Super X7DB8+ serverboard, the SuperServer 7045-8R+ supports 3 PCI-Express x8 and 3 PCI-X-133/100 slots along with dual gigabit LAN ports. Housed in Supermicro's state-of-the-art SC745S2-R800 chassis, it provides eight Ultra320 SCSI hot-swap drive bays and redundant cooling fans with fan speed control. Its redundant 800-watt high-efficiency power supply performs at approximately 5% higher efficiency than today’s industry standard server power supplies meaning customers can realize net energy savings of up to $200 per server over 3 years.
All of Supermicro’s new server platforms come equipped with Supermicro Intelligent Management (SIM) support featuring IPMI 2.0 server remote management with virtual media over LAN and optional KVM-Over-LAN support. SIM enables server administrators to view a server’s hardware status remotely, receive an alarm automatically if a failure occurs, and power cycle a system that is non-responsive.
In addition to the products mentioned above, Supermicro’s product offerings optimized for dual-core Dempsey and next-generation Woodcrest processors also include:
Motherboards
Super X7DB8+/X7DBE+: For 2U, 3U, 4U and tower servers with 16 FBD memory slots
Super X7DB8/X7DBE: For high-performance 2U, 3U, 4U and tower servers
Super X7DB8-X/X7DBE-X: For maximum PCI-X expansion via six PCI-X slots
Super X7DB3: For SAS storage systems
Super X7DA8/X7DAE: For high-performance workstations
Super X7DBR-8+/X7DBR-i+: For 1U servers with 16 FBD memory slots
Super X7DBX-8/X7DBX-i: For high-end redundant 1U servers
Super X7DBR-3/X7DBR-E: For 1U SAS/SATA servers
Super X7DVL-E: For cost-effective servers
Super X7DVA-8/X7DVA-E: For mid-range servers
Super X7DBP-8/X7DBP-i: For redundant 1U servers
New Server Chassis Series
SC815 Series: 1U high-performance chassis with 4 hot-swap drive bays
SC816 Series: 1U with redundant power and 4 hot-swap drive bays
SC819 Series: 1U supports 5 add-on cards
SC825 Series: 2U with 8 hot-swap drive bays, 7 LP slots and optional redundant power
SC826 Series: 2U with 12 hot-swap drive bays
SC836 Series: 3U high-capacity (16 drive bays) chassis with 100% cooling redundancy
SC745 Series: Tower/4U rackmount with 100% cooling redundancy
SC811-520 Series: Cost-effective 1U chassis
SC512-520 Series: Compact mini-1U chassis
SC825M Series: Compact 2U chassis
Systems
SuperServer 7045B-8R+/TR+: 4U/tower server with 8 HD & 16 FBD memory slots
SuperServer 7045B-T: 4U/tower server with 8 HD & 100% cooling redundancy
SuperServer 7045B-3: 4U/tower server with 8 hot-swap SAS/SATA bays
SuperServer 7045B-3R+: 4U/tower server with 8 SAS/SATA & 16 FBD memory slots
SuperServer 6035B-8/8R: 3U server with 8 HD, 6 expansions & optional red. Power
SuperServer 6035B-3RS: 3U server with 16 SAS/SATA & 16 FBD memory slots
SuperServer 6025B-8R+/TR+: 2U server with 8 HD & 16 FBD memory slots
SuperServer 6025B-8/T: 2U server with 6 HD & 6 low-profile expansion slots
SuperServer 6025B-3: 2U server with 8 hot-swap SAS/SATA bays
SuperServer 6025B-3R+: 2U server with 8 SAS/SATA & 16 FBD memory slots
SuperServer 6015B-8+/T+: 1U server with 4 HD & 16 FBD memory slots
SuperServer 6015B-3: 1U server with 4 hot-swap SAS/SATA bays
SuperServer 6015B-8/T: 1U server with 4 hot-swap HD bays
SuperServer 6015P-8R/TR: 1U server with 4 HD & 700-watt redundant power supply
SuperServer 6015X-3: 1U server supports 4 SAS/SATA and 5 expansion slots
SuperServer 6015X-8/T: 1U server supports 4 HD & 5 expansion slots
SuperServer 6015V-T: Cost-effective 1U server
SuperServer 6015V-MR/MF: Compact mini-1U server
SuperWorkstation 7045A-8/T: 4U/tower workstation with 8 HD
SuperWorkstation 7045A-3: 4U/tower workstation with 8 hot-swap SAS/SATA bays
All-in-One (SAS/SATA/SCSI) Zero-Channel RAID Cards
AOC-LPZCR2: 600MHz low-profile ZCR card with 256MB onboard DDR memory and RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, JBOD & 50 support (RAID 50 for SAS and SATA modes only)
AOC-LPZCR1: 400MHz low-profile ZCR card with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, JBOD & 50*
AOC-SOZCR1: 400MHz Socket DIMM ZCR card with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, JBOD & 50*
• RAID 50 is SAS mode only
With an all encompassing range covering chassis, power supplies, motherboards, chassis etc Supermicro’s dominance within the server and workstation arena continues to grow from strength to strength. To view Supermicro’s complete line of technologically advanced motherboards, SuperServers, and optimized chassis, please visit www.boston.co.uk & www.Supermicro.com.
About Boston Limited
Boston Ltd has successfully completed over 13 years of business supplying OEMs, Integrators and the Reseller Channel with leading edge and high quality computer components. Boston Limited specialises in distributing built-to-order server, workstation, Linux Clusters and storage solutions on a Pan-European basis backed up with a comprehensive range of onsite warranty packages. From an entry level application server through to our latest 1U Quad AMD Dual Core Opteron server solution Boston has built up a long established reputation within the industry as the channels leading one stop shop for all server, workstation , Linux Cluster solutions and storage requirements.
