PCIe x16 (up to 150 W supported)
Sigmatel STAC9200 High Defintion Audio CODEC and
Azalia/ High Definition digital controller
24-bit analog-to-digital; 24-bit digital-to-analog
integrated SAS, with RAID 0/1
integrated SATA
optional PCI Express SAS, with RAID
PCI 2.3
PCI Express 1.0A
PCI-X 2.0A
USB 2.0
PCI: 133 MB/s
PCI-X: 800 MB/s
PCI Express:
x4/ x8 slot bidirectional speed - 2 GB/s
x16 slot bidirectional speed - 8 GB/s
The center five connector slots support full-length
cards, and the connector slots on either side (one x8
PCI Express slot (wired as x4) and one PCI-X card)
support half-length cards.
connector data width (maximum)
connector data width (maximum)
PCI Express x8 (wired as x4)
three x8 (supports x8, x4, and x1 modes/cards)
connector data width (maximum)
one x16 slot (supports x16, x8, x4, and x1
modes/cards)
connector data width (maximum)
four 5.25-inch drive bays
four 3.5-inch hard-drive bays
two 9-pin connectors; 16550C-compatible
25-hole connector (bidirectional)
two 6-pin connectors (one front-panel and one rear-
panel connector)
PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)
two front-panel and five back-panel USB 2.0–
compliant connectors