Supermicro H11SSL-i + AMD EPYC 7542 
The atx and CPU are separate products and need to be purchased individually.

Product Overview

This single-socket enterprise server combo pairs Supermicro H11SSL-i ATX Server Motherboard (Rev.2.x) with AMD EPYC 7542 (Rome Zen2, EPYC7002 series 32C/64T Processor). It is a cost-effective single-socket server platform optimized for virtualization, cloud computing, database, media transcoding, small HPC cluster and enterprise application deployment, widely applied in IDC, private cloud and enterprise IT infrastructure construction. The H11SSL-i Rev.2.x natively supports EPYC7002 generation CPUs including EPYC7542 without BIOS modification.

1. AMD EPYC™ 7542 Processor Core Specifications

Item Detailed Parameter
Architecture Zen2 (Rome), TSMC 7nm CPU die +12nm IO die
Core/Thread 32 Cores /64 Multi-threads
Base Frequency 2.9GHz
Max Boost Frequency 3.4GHz
Cache 16MB L2 Cache + 128MB Unified L3 Cache
TDP 225W
Socket SP3 (FCLGA4094)
Memory Controller 8-channel DDR4, up to DDR4-3200MT/s
Native PCIe PCIe4.0 ×128 total lanes
Security Tech AMD Infinity Guard, Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
Release Aug 2019, AMD EPYC 7002 series mainstream enterprise CPU

Core Advantages of EPYC7542: Massive multi-thread performance for high-density virtual machine deployment; large 128MB L3 cache improves database & big-data read-write efficiency; native PCIe4.0 expansion reserves upgrade space for high-speed NVMe SSD and GPU accelerator cards.

2. Supermicro H11SSL-i (Rev.2.x) Server Motherboard Key Specs

Form Factor & CPU Support

- Standard ATX form factor, Single SP3 socket, fully compatible with AMD EPYC7542/ full EPYC7001 &7002 series CPUs (Rev2.x required for EPYC7002 native support)

Memory Configuration

- 8×DDR4 RDIMM slots, max 2TB Registered ECC DDR4 3200MHz (Rev2.x); Max 1TB DDR4 2666MHz for early PCB version; ECC error correction ensures stable long-running server operation

Expansion Slots

- 3×PCIe3.0 x16 +3×PCIe3.0 x8 full-length expansion slots; 1×M.2 M-key PCIe3.0 x4 slot (supports 2280/22110 NVMe SSD)

Storage Interface

- 16×SATA3 (6Gbps) onboard ports for HDD/SATA SSD array +1×M.2 NVMe high-speed storage, flexible RAID storage construction

Network & BMC Management

- Dual onboard Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for data transmission; ASPEED AST2500 BMC chip with IPMI2.0 + remote KVM over IP; independent BMC management port for out-of-band remote power control, hardware monitoring, BIOS remote flashing without onsite operation

I/O & Thermal

- Rear I/O: 2×USB3.0,2×USB2.0, VGA video port; extended USB via onboard pin headers; total 7×4-Pin PWM fan headers with rotational speed monitoring for customizable server cooling solution

3. Combined Platform Overall Performance & Compatibility

1. Memory Matching: EPYC7542’s 8-channel DDR4 controller perfectly matches H11SSL-i’s 8-DIMM layout, up to 2TB high-capacity ECC memory, ideal for running hundreds of virtual machines, in-memory database and caching service.
2. PCIe Compatibility Note: Although H11SSL-i only implements PCIe3.0 physical slot, EPYC7542’s native PCIe4.0 lanes are downward compatible with PCIe3.0, stable running of PCIe3.0 NVMe, RAID card, GPU, 10G/25G network adapter without compatibility failure.
3. Power Matching: EPYC7542 225W TDP matches standard 1U/2U Supermicro server chassis power specification; compatible with Supermicro SC813MFTQC(1U) / SC216BE1C4(2U) standard server cabinets.

4. Main Application Scenarios

- Virtualization Server: VMware ESXi, Proxmox, KVM high-density multi-VM host; 32C/64T enables 80~200 lightweight virtual machines in single host
- Database & Storage Server: MySQL/PostgreSQL, small-scale NAS & storage cluster, large cache business relying on 128MB large L3 cache
- Media & Cloud Service: Video transcoding, cloud hosting, small private cloud node construction
- Entry-level HPC: CFD simulation, data analysis, AI inference with single GPU acceleration

5. Product Selling Points

✅ Mature stable combo, verified by global IDC & enterprise market for years, low failure rate
✅ Supermicro industrial-grade motherboard with strict server-level component screening, 7×24h continuous operation support
✅ EPYC7542 outstanding multi-core cost-performance vs Intel Xeon same-tier products
✅ Expandable storage & network design, supports later upgrade of high-speed NIC, NVMe array and compute accelerator

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