FusionServer G5500 V6 Server
Technical White Paper
6 Product Specifications
2023-02-14
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Specifications
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Supports hot swap of SAS/SATA/NVMe U.2 drives.
NOTE
When NVMe drives are configured, note the following:
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Before using the VMD function, contact technical support
engineers of the OS vendor to check whether the OS supports
the VMD function. If yes, check whether the VMD driver needs
to be manually installed and check the installation method.
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Surprise hot swap is supported if the VMD function is enabled
and the latest Intel VMD driver is installed.
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Orderly hot swap is supported if the VMD function is disabled.
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Supports a variety of RAID controller cards. For
details, see "OS and Parts Compatibility" in the
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The RAID controller card supports RAID
configuration, RAID level migration, and drive
roaming.
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The RAID controller card supports a supercapacitor
for power-off protection to ensure user data
security.
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The PCIe RAID controller card occupies one PCIe
slot.
For details about the RAID controller card, see the
Server RAID Controller Card User Guide
NOTE
If the BIOS is in legacy mode, the 4K drive cannot be used as the
boot drive.
Network
The OCP 3.0 network adapters provide network
expansion capabilities.
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Supports three OCP 3.0 network adapters, which can
be configured as required.
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Supports orderly hot swap.
NOTE
The OCP 3.0 network adapter supports orderly hot swap only
when the VMD function is disabled.
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Supports a variety of OCP 3.0 network adapters. For
details, see "OS and Parts Compatibility" in the
I/O expansion
Supports 16 PCIe slots.
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12 PCIe NIC slots
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Three OCP 3.0 network adapter slots
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One built-in PCIe slot
For details, see 5.7.2 PCIe Slots and 5.7.3 PCIe Slot
Description.
NOTE
The preceding information is for reference only. For details, see
"OS and Parts Compatibility" in the