Chapter 1: Introduction
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Motherboard Features
CPU Single Intel® C2000 Tri-Gate 22nm SoC in the FCBGA
1283 package
Each SoC supports 4 or 8 cores
Refer to the Model Variation table on Page 1-4 or Page
1-6 for SoC support on each MB SKU
Memory Four (4) DIMMs memory slots support up to 32 GB of
DDR3 Unbuffered ECC 1600/1333 MHz (1.5V, 1.35V)
memory; populate identical memory (of the same type/
same frequency/same speed/same size) in all slots
Dual-Channel memory or Single-Channel w/x8 data width,
Single or Dual Rank memory
DIMM sizes
DIMMs 2 GB, 4GB, and 8GB
Expansion Slot One (1) PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot
Network Connections C2000 Series SoC I354 built-in Quad-port GbE control-
lers (MACs) w/Marvell 88E1543 Transceiver
Four (4) RJ-45 rear I/O panel connectors with Link and
Activity LEDs
One (1) IPMI LAN Connector (Realtek 8211E-PHY)
I/O Devices SATA Connections
SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) Two (2) SATA 3.0 (I-SATA 0/1)
SATA 2.0 (3Gb/s) Four (4) SATA 2.0 (I-SATA 2-5)
USB Devices
Two (2) USB 3.0 ports on the I/O backplane (USB 3.0-
0/1),
Two (2) USB 3.0 front accessible support (USB 3.0-2:
internal header, USB 3.0-3: Type A connector)
Two (2) USB 2.0 on the rear I/O panel (USB2.0-0/1)
Serial (COM) Ports
One (1) COM Port on the rear I/O panel (COM1)
One (1) front accessible Serial port header (COM2)
IPMI 2.0
IPMI 2.0 supported by Aspeed AST2400 BMC (Base-
board Management Controller)
VGA (Graphics Display)
One (1) VGA Port on the rear I/O panel supported by the
Aspeed AST2400 VGA Controller
BIOS 64 Mb AMI BIOS
®
SPI EEPROM BIOS