Supermicro SSG-542B-DE1CR90 — 4U 90-Bay Top-Loading Storage Server

Key Applications

Big Data & Analytics, Data Lake
HPC and AI/ML Workloads
Telco & Cloud Service Providers
Financial Services & Healthcare Image Archives
Content Repositories
Government Data Protection

Key Features

Two hot-pluggable systems (nodes) in a 4U form factor
Intel® Xeon® 6700/6500 series (P-cores) or 6700 series (E-cores), Single Socket LGA-4710 (Socket E2), up to 350W TDP
Up to 16 DIMMs — up to 2TB DDR5-6400 (1DPC) or 2TB DDR5-5200 (2DPC)
Up to 1× PCIe 5.0 x8 HHHL + 3× PCIe 5.0 x16 HHHL slots
Up to 90 top-loading hot-swap 3.5"/2.5" SAS/SATA + 2 internal fixed 2.5" NVMe bays
2× Redundant 2600W Titanium Level power supplies

Official Supermicro specifications. Processor, memory, I/O and expansion figures are per node (this is a 2-node system).

Product SKUs

SSG-542B-DE1CR90	Base model
SSG-542B-DE1CR90-01-G2	Gold Series version with pre-configured components

Motherboard

Model	Super X14SBSC

Processor (per Node)

CPU	Single Socket E2 (LGA-4710)
Supported processors	Intel® Xeon® 6700/6500 series with P-cores, or 6700 series with E-cores
Core count	P-cores: up to 86C/144T, up to 108MB cache · E-cores: up to 144C/144T, up to 108MB cache
Note	Supports up to 350W TDP CPUs (air cooled)

System Memory (per Node)

Slot count	16 DIMM slots
Max memory (1DPC)	Up to 2TB 6400MT/s ECC DDR5 RDIMM
Max memory (2DPC)	Up to 2TB 5200MT/s ECC DDR5 RDIMM
Memory voltage	1.1V

On-Board Devices (per Node)

NVMe	NVMe; RAID 0/1 support
Network connectivity	No onboard NIC; network via AOC option

Input / Output (per Node)

LAN	1× RJ45 1GbE dedicated BMC LAN port
USB	2× USB 3.0 ports (rear)
Video	1× VGA port

Expansion Slots (per Node)

PCIe	1× PCIe 5.0 x8 (in x8) HHHL slot · 3× PCIe 5.0 x16 (in x16) HHHL slots
M.2	2× M.2 PCIe 4.0 x2 NVMe slots (M-key 2280/22110)

Drive Bays / Storage (per Node)

Default	Total 90 bays — 90 top-loading hot-swap 3.5"/2.5" SAS/SATA drive bays
Option A	Total 2 bays — 2 internal fixed 2.5" PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe drive bays (NVMe support may require additional storage controller and/or cables)
M.2	2× M.2 PCIe 4.0 x2 NVMe slots (M-key 2280/22110)

Chassis

Form factor	4U Rackmount
Chassis model	CSE-947HTS-R2K63P
Dimensions (H×W×D)	6.96" (177 mm) × 17.6" (447 mm) × 43.3" (1099 mm)
Weight	Gross: 225 lbs (102.06 kg) · Net: 130 lbs (58.97 kg)
Palletized packing (W×H×L)	35.82" (910 mm) × 29.92" (755 mm) × 53.15" (1345 mm)

System Cooling

Fans	Up to 1× counter-rotating 6cm fan; up to 6× heavy-duty 8cm fans

Power Supply

PSU	2× 2600W Redundant (1+1) Titanium Level (96%) power supplies
Dimension (W×H×L)	73.5 × 40 × 265 mm
Input	2600W: 200-240Vac · 200-240Vdc (CQC only) · 200-240Vac / 50-60Hz · 200-240Vdc / 50-60Hz (CQC only)
+12V	Max 216A / Min 0A (11.4–12.6Vdc) · Max 216A / Min 0A (200–240Vac)
12V SB	Max 3.5A
Output type	Backplanes (gold finger)

System BIOS

BIOS type	AMI 64MB SPI Flash

Management

Software	SuperCloud Composer® (SCC), Supermicro Server Manager (SSM), Super Diagnostics Offline (SDO), Supermicro Thin-Agent Service (TAS), SuperServer Automation Assistant (SAA)
Power configurations	Power-on mode for AC power recovery; ACPI Power Management

Security

Hardware	Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0; Silicon Root of Trust (RoT) — NIST 800-193 compliant
Features	Cryptographically signed firmware · Secure Boot · Secure firmware updates · Automatic firmware recovery · Supply-chain security: remote attestation · Runtime BMC protections · System lockdown

PC Health Monitoring

CPU	Monitors CPU cores, chipset voltages, memory
Fan	Fans with tachometer monitoring; PWM fan connectors; status monitor for speed control
Temperature	Monitoring for CPU and chassis environment; thermal control for fan connectors

Certifications

Operating systems	Oracle Linux 9.6, RHEL 10.0, Windows Server 2025

Operating Environment

Operating temperature	10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
Non-operating temperature	-40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
Operating humidity	8% to 90% (non-condensing)
Non-operating humidity	5% to 95% (non-condensing)

Official Supermicro firmware, drivers, manuals, and certification resources for the SSG-542B-DE1CR90. Semifly does not host these files — each link opens Supermicro’s official page so you always get the latest version.