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Serverboard Features
At the heart of the SuperWorkstation 7037A-I lies the X9DAi, a dual processor
serverboard based on the Intel® C600 chipset. Below are the main features of the
X9DAi. (See Figure 1-1 for a block diagram of the chipset).
Processors
The X9DAi supports single or dual Intel E5-2600 processors in LGA 2011 sockets.
Please refer to the serverboard description pages on our web site for a complete
listing of supported processors (www.supermicro.com).
Memory
The X9DAi has sixteen DIMM slots that can support up to 512 GB of registered/
unbuffered ECC DDR3-1333/1066/800 LRDIMMs (load-reduced DIMMs). See
Chapter 5 for details.
SATA
A SATA controller is integrated into the chipset to provide a SATA subsystem that
supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 (RAID 5 is not supported with Linux OS). The X9DAi
supports six SATA 3.0 and four SATA 2.0 ports.
PCI Expansion Slots
The X9DAi has three PCI-E 3.0 x16, two PCI-E 3.0 x8 and one PCI-E 3.0 x4 slots.
Onboard Controllers/Ports
The color-coded I/O ports include one COM port, six USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and
keyboard ports, two Gb Ethernet ports and six HDA (High Defi nition Audio) ports.
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