Gigabyte MD72-HB2 Extended ATX Server Motherboard — Intel C621A, Socket LGA-4189, 3rd Gen Intel Xeon, 16-DIMM, Optane PM200 Ready (261314)

The Gigabyte MD72-HB2 is an Extended ATX server motherboard engineered for 3rd Gen. Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and built around the Intel C621A Express Chipset. It uses Socket LGA-4189 and provides a high-density memory footprint with 8-Channel RDIMM/LRDIMM DDR4 per processor across 16 x DIMMs and Supports Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 series. Networking on the MD72-HB2 includes 2 x 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports (Intel X710-AT2), 2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (Intel I210-AT) and 1 x Dedicated management port for out-of-band administration. Storage connectivity is extensive: 2 x 7-pin SATA 6Gb/s ports, 3 x SlimSAS connectors providing 12 x SATA 6Gb/s ports in total, plus 2 x Ultra-Fast M.2 slots with PCIe Gen4 x4 interface for NVMe devices. In summary, this Gigabyte server board combines Intel C621A chipset reliability, comprehensive I/O and networking, and broad memory and storage support to meet demanding data center workloads.