Motherboard Features; Processor; Memory; Onboard Sas - Supero SUPERSERVER 5015B-M3 User Manual

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Motherboard Features

At the heart of the SuperServer 5015B-M3 lies the X7SB3, a single processor
motherboard based upon Intel's E3210 chipset. Below are the main features of
the X7SB3.

Processor

The X7SB3 supports single Intel® Xeon® 3000 Series/Core 2 LGA775 processors
at system bus speeds of 1333, 1066 and 800 MHz. Please refer to the motherboard
specifi cations pages on our web site for updates on supported processors.

Memory

The X7SB3 has four 240-pin DIMM slots that can support up to 8 GB of unbuffered
ECC/non-ECC DDR2-800/667 SDRAM.

Onboard SAS

An onboard LSI 1068E SAS controller in integrated into the X7SB3. The hot-swap
SAS drives are connected to a backplane that provides power, bus termination and
confi guration settings.
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable
the hot-swap capability and RAID function of the SAS drives. RAID 0, 1,
5 and 10 are supported. Refer to the following ftp site for setup guidelines
<ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/SAS/LSI/LSI_SAS_EmbMRAID_SWUG.pdf>.

Onboard SATA

A SATA controller is built in to the ICH9 portion of the chipset to provide support for
a six port, 3 Gb/sec Serial ATA subsystem. The SATA drives are hot-swappable
units.

PCI Expansion Slots

The X7SB3 has one PCI-Express x8 slot and one PCI 33 MHz slot. The PCI-E slot
may be populated with a riser card (included).
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