Data Sheet FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX2520 M5 Rack Server
Data Sheet
FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY® RX2520 M5 Rack Server
Scalable rack server for essential business apps
FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY will give you exactly what
you need to power any workload and changing
business requirements. As business processes
expand so does the need for applications. Each
has its own resource footprint, so you need a way
to optimize your computing to better serve your
users. PRIMERGY systems will help you match your
computing capabilities to your business priorities
with our complete portfolio of expandable
PRIMERGY tower servers for remote and branch
hyper-converged multi-node servers. They convince
by business proven quality with a wide range of
cost and complexity, provide more agility in daily
operations, and integrate seamlessly to let help
you concentrate on core business functions.
FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX rack systems are
versatile rack-optimized servers providing best-
thus set the “standard” in each data center.
PRIMERGY RX servers deliver more than 20 years of
development and production know-how resulting
in extremely low failure rates which are much better
than the market average, and lead to continuous
operations and outstanding hardware availability.
storage drives. Further
prepared for individual future demands by offering
further various modular options and upgrade kits
for LAN, RAID and storage. Power supply units with
management will result in lower operational costs.
more, the RX2520 M5 is
PRIMERGY RX2520 M5
and scalable platform for essential business
applications. As a dual socket rack server it
features the latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable Family
processors with max. 18 cores fueled by up to
768 GB RAM. The PRIMERGY RX2520 delivers an
especially well balanced price / performance ratio
making it ideal for baseline datacenter workloads
i.e. for collaboration platforms or storage-hungry
applications. Its compact PRIMERGY 2U modular
chassis provides storage demanding applications
and services a powerful environment of up to
twelve 3.5-inch or up to twenty-four 2.5-inch
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Features & Benefits
Main FeaturesBenefits
Well-balanced price / performance ratio
A good choice of Intel® Xeon® Scalable Family processors with up
to 18 cores combined with up to 768GB DDR4 RAM (12 DIMM slots)
and up to 6x PCIe slots.
Flexible and scalable platform
Huge numbers of storage drives in various base units with up to
12x 3.5-inch or 24x 2.5-inch storage drives are av
support, the modular concept for the base unit as well as a choice
for optional LAN controller, RAID controller and power supplies as
for this server.
ailable. M.2 device
The variability of choice for the new generation “Cascade Lake”
processors are ideal for price/performance sensitive environments.
The system offers well-enough scalability for memory and
additional devices to complement small-scale virtualization or
collaboration platforms.
The server is a scalable platform to best meet an increasing individual
demand, optimized to suit serverized storage scenarios or high storage
demand applications. Thanks to upgrade kits and its modular
platform, you can grow your system over time with minimal impact
and get the best out of your system over its entire lifecycle.
management with profiles for “minimum power” and “low-noise.”
Titanium) save everyday. Our onboard iRMC S5 server management
controller connects well to the Fujitsu ServerView® Suite offers tools
for installation and deployment, permanent status monitoring and
control.
Revolutionize data center management
Fujitsu ServerView Suite is a free-of-charge management software
including tools for installation and deployment, permanent status
software updates. In addition FUJITSU Software Infrastructure
Manager (ISM) provides converged management across multiple
data centers. The new ISM Essential license, available free-of-charge
provides essential server management and converged monitoring
functions.
savings. Fujitsu ServerView Suite provides all the functions for fail-
end-user productivity via intelligent and innovative system
management solutions.
Fujitsu offers comprehensive infrastructure management and
automated 24x7 IT operations and improves end-user productivity
via intelligent and innovative system management solutions. ISM
converged infrastructure management, paving the path to software-
Power supplyHot-plugHot-plugHot-plugHot-plugHot-plug
Product TypeDual Socket Rack
Server
Mainboard
Mainboard typeD3386-B
ChipsetIntel® C624
Processor quantity and type1 - 2 x Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family
Mainboard type
Processor quantity and type1 - 21 - 21 - 21 - 21 - 2
PRIMERGY RX2520
M4 SFF
16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/
PCIe
Dual Socket Rack
Server
PRIMERGY RX2520
M4 SFF
24x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/
PCIe
Dual Socket Rack
Server
PRIMERGY RX2520
M4 LFF
4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
Dual Socket Rack
Server
PRIMERGY RX2520
M4 LFF
Dual Socket Rack
Server
Processor notes
Memory slots12 (6 DIMMs per CPU, 6 channels with 1 DIMM per channel)
Memory slot typeDIMM (DDR4)
Memory capacity (min. - max.)8 GB - 768 GB
Memory protectionAdvanced ECC
Memory Scrubbing
SDDC
Memory notesMemory Mirroring Mode with identical modules in both channel pairs of a bank (4 or 6 modules per bank) per CPU.
Rank Sparing Mode with minimum of 2 modules single ranked (1R) or dual ranked (2R) or 1 module quad ranked
(4R) per CPU.
Interfaces
USB 2.0 ports1 x USB 2.0 internal for backup devices
USB 3.0 ports7 x USB 3.0 (2x front, 4x rear, 1x internal type A)
Graphics (15-pin)1 x VGA rear
Serial 1 (9-pin)1 x serial RS-232-C, optional
LAN / Ethernet2 x Gbit/s Ethernet (RJ45 based on Intel® X722)
Management LAN (RJ45)1 x dedicated management LAN port for iRMC S5 (10/100/1000 Mbit/s)
Onboard or integrated Controller
RAID controllerAll hardware storage controller options are described under Components
SATA ControllerIntel® C624, 1 x SATA channel for ODD
LAN Controller2 x 1 Gbit/s onboard
PXE-Boot via LAN from PXE server, iSCSI boot (also diskless)
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Drive bays
Storage drive bays2.5-inch base units (max. 24 x 2.5) or 3.5-inch base units (max. 12 x 3.5)
Accessible drive bays1 x 5.25/0.5-inch for ODD
1 x 5.25/1.6-inch for backup devices
Notes accessible drives
Storage drive bays12 x 2.5-inch hot-plug
SAS/SATA
Accessible drive bays1 x 5.25/1.6-inch for
1 x backup drive or 1
x ODD
Optional accessible drives1x optical drive, 1x
backup drive
Number of fans4
redundant, non hot-plug
Fan notes
Operating panel
Operating buttonsOn/off switch
Reset button
NMI button
ID button
Status LEDsSystem status (orange / yellow)
Hard disks access (green)
Power (amber / green)
At system rear side:
System status (orange / yellow)
16 x 2.5-inch hot-plug
SAS/SATA
SAS expander not
required with PRAID
EP5xxi
1 x 5.25/1.6-inch for
1 x backup drive or 1
x ODD
1x optical drive, 1x
backup drive
24 x 2.5-inch hot-plug
SAS/SATA
not expandable, incl.
SAS expander
4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug
SAS/SATA
optionally expandable
to 8x 3.5“ with SAS
expander
1 x 5.25/1.6-inch for
1 x backup drive or 1
x ODD
1x optical disk drive
12 x 3.5-inch hot-plug
SAS/SATA
not expandable, incl.
SAS expander
LAN connection (green)
LAN speed (green / yellow)
BIOS
BIOS featuresROM based setup utility
Recovery BIOS
BIOS settings save and restore
Local BIOS update from USB device
Online update tools for main Linux versions
Local and remote update via ServerView Update Manager
SMBIOS V2.4
Remote PXE boot support
Remote iSCSI boot support
Cryptographically Signed BIOS Firmware Update
HTTP and HTTPS Boot
Operating Systems and Virtualization Software
Operating system release linkhttp://docs.ts.fujitsu.com/dl.aspx?id=d4ebd846-aa0c-478b-8f58-4cfbf3230473
Operating system notesSupport of other Linux® derivatives on demand
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Server Management and Infrastructure Management
StandardInfrastructure Manager (ISM) Essential
Node Management
Health status Monitoring and Control
Capacity/Threshold Management
Power Management
Converged Management
Auto Discovery
Remote Management
Update Management
Logging and Auditing
ServerView Suite (Deploy)
ServerView Installation Manager
ServerView Scripting Toolkit
ServerView Suite (Control)
ServerView Operations Manager (incl. PDA and ASR & R)
ServerView Agents and CIM provider
ServerView Agentless Management
ServerView System Monitor
SVOM- Event Manager
ServerView RAID Manager
SVOM- Threshold Manager
Power Monitor (monitoring the Power Consumption)
Power Management (iRMC)
Storage Management (server) with SVOM/SV-RAID
ServerView Suite (Maintain)
iRMC S5 (Remote Management)
System Update Manager (BIOS, Firmware, Windows® Drives and SV Agents)
Performance management (SVOM)
Asset Management
Primecollect
Customer Self Service
Online Diagnostics
ServerView Suite (Integrate)
ServerView Integration packs for MS System Center, VMware® vCenter®, VMware vRealize®, Nagios®, and HP® SIM
OptionServerView Suite (Maintain)
ServerView e
iRMC Advanced Pack incl. Advanced Video Redirection (AVR), video capturing and Virtual Media
Infrastructure Manager (ISM)
Mass OS installation
Node Management
Health status Monitoring and Control
Capacity/Threshold Management
Power Management
Converged Management
Auto Discovery
Virtual-IO Management
Network topology Management
Remote Management
Update Management
Logging and Auditing
Integrate in to
Enterprise Management
Monitor 3rd party platforms
Server Management notesRegarding dependencies for ServerView Suite software products see dedicated product data sheets.
LCM
Dimensions / Weight
Rack (W x D x H)18.99 ins. (Bezel) / 17.52 ins. (Body) x 30.31 x 3.41 ins. mm
Mounting Depth Rack29.13 ins.
Height Unit Rack2 U
19” rackmountYes
Sound power (LWAd; 1B = 10dB)Minimum noise : 5.76 B (idle) / 5.76 B (operating)
Typical noise : 6.1 B (idle) / 6.1 B (operating)
Noise notes
Electrical values
1x non hot-plug power supply or 2x hot-plug power supply for redundancy
Hot-plug power supply redundancyOptional
643 W
600 VA
2314.8 kJ/h (2194.0 BTU/h)
Rated current max.5.5 A (100 V) / 2.5 A (240 V)
Active power note
Power supply
Power supply notesPower Safeguard adapts system performance in case the power requirements exceeds supply limits.
!96% Titanium Power supply unit is only released for 200-240V
Compliance
GlobalCB
RoHS (Substance limitations in accordance with global RoHS regulations)
WEEE (Waste electrical and electronical equipment)
GermanyGS
EuropeCE
USA/CanadaCSAc/us
FCC Class A
ICES-003 / NMB-003 Class A
JapanVCCI:V3 Class A + JIS 61000-3-2
RussiaEAC
South KoreaKC
ChinaCCC (planned)
Australia/New ZealandRCM
TaiwanBSMI
Compliance link
Compliance notesThere is general compliance with the safety requirements of all European countries and North America. National
approvals required in order to satisfy statutory regulations or for other reasons can be applied for on request.
* Warning:
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.
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Components
Warranty
Warranty period3 years
Warranty typeOnsite warranty
Warranty Terms & Conditionshttps://www.fujitsu.com/us/support
Product Support Services - the perfect extension
Support Pack OptionsGlobally available in major business areas:
9x5, Next Business Day Onsite Response Time
9x5, 4h Onsite Response Time (depending on country)
24x7, 4h Onsite Response Time (depending on country)
Recommended Service24x7, Onsite Response Time: 4h - For locations outside of EMEIA please contact your local Fujitsu partner.
Service Lifecycle5 years after end of product life
Service Weblinkhttps://www.fujitsu.com/us/products/product-support-services/index.html
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