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4U Rackmount Server - 5 x Hot-Swap Bays

Model: 421CS2H

The industrious 421CS2H is our most unique model in the 4U form factor category, featuring Intel's latest Rocket Lake Xeon E platform with up to 8 powerful cores and up to 128GB of DDR4 memory. This highly flexible system comes equipped with 5 x hot-swap bays, 3 x 5.25-inch bays for additional storage, optical drives or other devices, and 11 x chassis PCIe slots for multiple full-height, full-length PCIe cards. This 4U Rackmount Server is perfect for just about any project that requires medium multitasking workloads. 

Key Features
  • Short Depth
  • Quiet / Low-Noise (optional)
  • Front USB
  • 5.25" Drive Bay
  • 21-Inch deep
Recommended Uses

4 - 6 Cores
Xeon E

8 - 128 GB

5 x 3.5 Hot-Swap

2 x 1GbE

3 x PCI-e

Chassis

Motherboard

Processor

Memory

Storage

Samsung 980
Samsung 990 EVO
Samsung 990 PRO
WD_BLACK™ SN850X
Samsung 870 EVO
Solidigm-SKHynix D3-S4520 (formerly Intel)
Solidigm-SKHynix D3-S4620 (formerly Intel)
Western Digital® Enterprise-class

Storage 2

Storage 3

Exposed 5.25'' Drive Bay

RAID / Storage Controller

Additional Network Adapter

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) -- Required for Windows

Power Supply

Low-Noise Cooling Fans

Rack Mounting Rail Kit

OS Compatibility

Operating System

Microsoft®
Special Order

** Windows Installation (w/ Microsoft Windows purchase only)

Warranty

Special Configuration Requirements (RAID level, OS, etc.)

Chassis
  • 4U Short Rack Mountable Enclosure
  • Rack Unit Height: 7.0-inch
  • Dimensions: 20.5" (D) x 19" (W) x 7.0" (H)
  • Metal thickness: 1.2 mm
  • Front: 2 x USB 3.0 Ports and 1 x COM port
Processor/Chipset
  • Single Socket LGA-1200 (Socket H5)
  • Supports 10th Gen. Intel® Pentium® Processor, Intel® Xeon®  E-2300 Processor
  • Intel® C256 chipset
BIOS
  • 256MB UEFI
  • ACPI 6.0
  • SMBIOS 2.7
  • Plug and Play (PnP)
  • RTC (Real Time Clock) Wakeup
  • UEFI 2.7
  • USB Keyboard support
  • PCI 3.0
Memory
  • 4 x DIMM sockets
  • Supports up to 128GB ECC Un-buffered DIMM
  • 3200/2933 MHz ECC DDR4 UDIMM
Storage / IPMI
  • 8 x SATA3 (6Gbps) ports
  • Intel® C256 controller on-board
  • IPMI 2.0 support (ASPEED AST2600 BMC)
  • Chassis supports up to five hard drives
  • 1 x M.2 NVMe (2280)
Drive Bays
  • HD1-5 Bay: hot-swap SATA/ SSD Hard Drive
  • Up to 110 Terabyte of storage can be supported
  • 3 x 5.25-inch Peripheral Bay
I/O ports
  • 2 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports
  • 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x rear, 4 x via header)
  • 5 x USB 3.2 Gen.1 ports (2 x via header, 2 x rear, 1 x type A)
  • 1 x VGA port
  • 2 x COM Port (1 x header, 1 x rear)
  • 2 x SATA DOM (Disk on Module) power connector support
  • 1 x TPM Header
Video
  • ASPEED AST2600 BMC on-board
 
Network
  • Dual LAN with Intel® i210 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on-board
Hardware Monitor
  • CPU/System Fan Speed
  • CPU Temperature
  • System Voltage Vcore,+3.3V,+5V,+12V
Expansion 
  • 1 x PCI-e 3.0 (x4) in (x8) slot
  • 1 x  PCI-e 4.0 (x16) slot
  • 1 x PCI-e 4.0 (x4) in (x8) slot
Power Consumption/Acoustic noise emission
  • Dependent upon hardware configuration.
  • Please contact our tech support at 714-258-2269 for further details.
Power Supply
  • High-efficiency PS2 power supply
  • Tested to comply with FCC class B Standards
  • Certifications: BSMI, CCC, CE/EMC, TUV/CB, UL/CUL
CD-ROM /DVD-ROM
  • 5.25-inch Optical Drive is OPTIONAL
Rack Support
  • Rackmount rails kit is OPTIONAL
OS Compatibility
  • Please call our tech support at 714-258-2269 for details
Warranty
  • 3 years Parts* and Labor Standard
  • * Batteries are subject to DOA only and are NOT subject for replacement or return
  • Extended Warranties Available
Motherboard X12STH-F OverallChipset
Intel C256		LAN
Intel I210		Video
ASPEED AST2600
CentOS 8.4
9
Debian 12
Fedora Server 38
Fedora Workstation 38
FreeBSD 14
OpenBSD 7
OPNsense 23.7
PFSense 2.7.2
Proxmox VE 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Rocky Linux 9
SUSE Enterprise Server 15
TrueNAS 13
Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS
22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
22.04 LTS
VMWare ESXi 8
Windows 11
Windows Server 2022

DISCLAIMER: Despite our best efforts, compatibility cannot be guaranteed. This is due to the ever-changing nature of technology and software, which is beyond our control. This data is simply to warn about known compatibility issues our team has revealed so far. If you discover issues or solutions, please let us know so it can be shared with others.

Motherboard X12STH-LN4F

DISCLAIMER: Despite our best efforts, compatibility cannot be guaranteed. This is due to the ever-changing nature of technology and software, which is beyond our control. This data is simply to warn about known compatibility issues our team has revealed so far. If you discover issues or solutions, please let us know so it can be shared with others.