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Introducing the Motherboard
Onboard LAN (optional)
• 10/100/1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3 compliant
• Supports GMII, TBI, reduced pin count GMII (RGMII), reduced pin count TBI
(RTBI), and serial GMII (SGMII) interfaces
• IEEE 802.3u compliant Auto-Negotiation
• Prevents outgoing packets with spoofed IP source addresses and pro-
vides logging/configuration capabilities
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
Integrated I/O
The motherboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:
• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard
• One serial port
• One parallel port
• 2 digital SPDIF (Optical & Coaxial) out (optional)
• Four USB ports
• One LAN port (optional)
• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
BIOS Firmware
The motherboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to configure many system features
including the following:
• Power management
• Wake-up alarms
• CPU parameters
• CPU and memory timing
The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.
Some hardware specifications and software items are subject to change
without prior notice.