Chapter 1: Introduction Congratulations; Hardware Specifications - TYAN Thunder n6650W S2915-E User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions available. The
Thunder n6650W (S2915-E) is a high-end server motherboard, based on the
NVIDIA NFP3600 and NFP3050 chipsets. It also includes the NEC nPD72044
PCI-X tunnel and SMsC 5307 Super I/O chipsets.
This motherboard is designed to support two AMD Opteron 2000 Series
processors and up to 32GB of DDR2 400/533/667 memory. The S2915-E is
ideal for CPU, memory, and I/O intensive applications required in the HPC
(High Performancec Computing) and clustering environments. The S2915-E is
also ideal for computing and graphics acceleration applications required in the
HPC/clustering environments or workstation platforms.
Remember to visit TYAN's website at http://www.tyan.com. There you can find
information on all of TYAN's products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS
upgrades.

1.2 - Hardware Specifications

Processors
• Dual 1207-pin sockets
• Supports up to 2 x AMD Opteron
Rev.F 2000 series Dual-core / Quad-
core processors.
• Up to 1.0GHz Hyper-Transport link
support
• AMD Dual Dynamic Power support
Chipset
• NVIDIA NFP3600 + NFP3050
• NEC nPD720404 PCI-X tunnel
•
SMsC 5307 Super I/O controller
Integrated I/O
•
One 9-pin 16550 UART serial port
•
10 USB 2.0 ports (6 at rear, 1 internal
vertical connector, and 3 front ports
via optional cables)
•
PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
•
6 SATA-II connectors
•
Dual RJ-45 10/100/1000 LAN ports
•
One IDE and one Floppy connectors
System Management
Memory
•
Dual-channel memory bus
•
Eight DDR2 sockets (four per CPU)
•
Supports ECC Registered DIMMs
•
Maximum of 32GB DDR2-
400/533/667
Integrated Network Processor
•
Two GbE via Marvell PHY 88E1121
•
Supports WOL and PXE
•
Two RJ-45 ports with LEDs
Integrated FireWire (1394a)
Controller
•
TI TSB43AB22A 1394a PCI controller
•
1394a channel for rear (connector)
•
1394a channel for front (header)
Integrated Audio Controller
•
HDA link
•
RealTek ALC262 controller (High
Definition Audio)
•
Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in rear ports
•
SPDIF-out in rear
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