Supermicro 6015T-TV 1U Twin

Author:  Jason Jacobs Date:  2007.05.07 Topic:  Networking Provider:  Supermicro Manufacturer:  Supermicro

Supermicro 6015T-TV 1U

Product SKUs SYS-6015T-TV SuperServer 6015T-TV (Silver) SYS-6015T-TB SuperServer 6015T-TB (Black)   Motherboards Super X7DBT + Super X7DBT   Processor/Cache (per Node) CPU Dual 771-pin LGA Sockets Supports up to two Intel® 64-bit Xeon® processor(s) of the same type below: Quad-Core Intel® Xeon®Processor 5300 sequence (Clovertown processor) up to 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel® Xeon®Processor 5100/5000 sequence (Woodcrest/Dempsey processor) up to 3.73 GHz System Bus 1333 / 1066 / 667 MHz system bus   System Memory (per Node) Memory Capacity Eight 240-pin DIMM sockets Supports up to 32 GB 667 / 533MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory Dual branch memory bus Memory must be populated in pairs Memory Mirroring supported Memory Type 667 / 533MHz FB-DIMM (Fully Buffered DIMM) ECC DDR2 SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs DIMM Sizes 512 MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB Memory Voltage 1.8V only 1.5V (AMB) Error Detection Corrects single-bit errors Detects double-bit errors (using ECC memory) Supports Intel® x4 and x8 Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)   On-Board Devices (per Node) Chipset Intel® 5000P (Blackford) chipset MCH + ESB2 SATA Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support IPMI Support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface v.2.0, v.1.5 200-pin IPMI slot (SIMSO) (Optional: AOC-SIMSO) Network Controllers 2x Intel® (ESB2/Gilgal) 82563EB Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output Intel® I/OAT support for fast, scaleable, and reliable networking Graphics ATI ES1000 controller with 16 MB of video memory Super I/O Winbond 83627HF chip Clock Generator CK410B   Input / Output (per Node) Serial ATA Four Serial ATA ports LAN 2x RJ45 LAN ports USB 2x USB rear ports 2x USB internal headers Total 4 USB 2.0 Compliant VGA 1x VGA Port Serial Port 1 Fast UART 16550 serial port Chassis Form Factor 1U Rackmount Model SC808T-980V(B)   Dimensions Height 1.7" (43mm) Width 17.2" (437mm) Depth 27.75" (705mm) Gross Weight 40 lbs (18.1kg) Available Colors Silver, Black   Front Panel (per Node) Buttons Power On/Off button System Reset button LEDs Power LED Hard drive activity LED 2x Network activity LEDs System Overheat LED   Expansion Slots (per Node) PCI-Express 1 (x8) PCI-e slot   Drive Bays (per Node) Hot-swap 2x 3.5" SATA Hot-swap drive bays   SATA Backplane 1U SATA Backplane   System Cooling Fans 6x Cooling Fans   Power Supply 980W AC-DC power supply w/ PFC AC Voltage 100 - 240V, 60-50Hz, 14-6 Amp +5V standby 4 Amp +12V 81 Amp   System BIOS BIOS Type 8Mb Flash EEPROM with Phoenix® BIOS BIOS Features Plug and Play (PnP) SMBIOS 2.3 DMI 2.3 PCI 2.2 ACPI 1.0/2.0 USB Keyboard support   Operating Environment / Compliance Environmental Spec. Operating Temperature: 10º to 35º C (50º to 95º F) Non-operating Temperature: -40º to 70º C (-40º to 158º F) Operating Relative Humidity: 8% to 90% (non-condensing) Non-operating Relative Humidity: 5 to 95% (non-condensing) Click on the picture for a larger image.

Server Comments:

What is important here are the twin gigabit ethernet ports per node and the ability in the 6015T-INFV to daisy chain the two nodes together via Infiniband. This is especially useful to the HPC crowd. Support for dual and quad core cpu's is native to all releases of the X7DBT integrated boards. In our review of Microsoft Windows Server code named "Longhorn" we put this server to the test and found that is blazed through all of our benchmarks.

Setup and Configuration:

Setup of the 6015T-TV was as simple as plug and play. Internal cable management and design is excellent. All 6 of the push pull fans are seated in a rubber cushion chair designed to help minimize vibrations, a needed feature at the speed and airflow of these fans. CPU and heatsink mounting was ultra simplistic with the included SNK-P0017 heatsinks and installing hard drives was equally as easy. Initial setup of a single node took approximately 15 minutes and worked on the first boot. As is traditional with server and HPC boards the bios has many options and tweaks designed to allow for ultra customization of nearly every system option. We used the defaults and with some minor tweaks to the boot order which includes USB and external storage options we were booting Longhorn in minutes.

980w of High Efficiency Power:

The included power supply with the 6015T is rated at 980W which may be a bit of overkill unless you populate all of the memory slots, hard drive bays, and put the highest rated CPU's into each position. Even then we cannot see the 6015T requiring more than 75% of the rated output of the 980w PSU. Our test configuration included twin Xeon 5150 cpu's, 2GB of Crucial DDR2 PC-5300 FB DIMM ram, and two WD 250GB SATA hard drives on a single node and we only drew a mere 210w from this single node. Amazingly our Seasonic Power Angel shows that the 980w PSU has a PF (power factor) of between 98 and 99% which is nearly unheard of at that wattage rating. We let the system run for a full 24h hours and the power factor rating never dropped below 98% even during high CPU and hard drive utilization. Companies with high electrical expenses looking to cut their costs while improving their computing power the 6015T is definitely worth looking at.

980W AC-DC power supply w/ PFC
AC Voltage	100 - 240V, 60-50Hz, 14-6 Amp
+5V standby	4 Amp
+12V	81 Amp