Chapter 1: Introduction
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Motherboard Features
CPU Single Intel
®
E5-2600/1600 Series processor in an
LGA2011 R3 socket.
Note: Both E5-2600v4 and E5-1600v4 re-
quire Revision 2.0 BIOS (or higher).
Memory Supports DDR4 memory up to 256GB RDIMM or 512GB
LRDIMM at 2400 MHz (max.) in eight (8) DIMM slots.
Dual-channel memory
DIMM sizes
RDIMM 1 GB, 2 GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
Chipset Intel
®
C612 Express
Expansion Slots Two (2) PCI Express 2.0: 1 (x2 in x4), 1 (x4 in x8)
Four (4) PCI Express 3.0: 1 (x4 in x8), 1 (x8 in x16), 2 (x8)
Four (4) RJ-45 rear I/O panel connectors with Link and
Activity LEDs
I/O Devices SATA/SAS Connections
SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s)
Ten (10) SATA3 ports
• AHCI controller supports six (6)
SATA3 drives compatible with
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10.
• sSATA controller supports four
(4) SATA3 drives compatible
with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10.
• RAID array and volume(s) can-
not span across the two (AHCI
and sSATA) controllers.
SATA DOM Two (2) SATA DOM Ports (SATA 4/5)
USB Devices
Eight (8) USB 2.0 ports ( 2 rear, 6 via headers)
Four (4) USB 3.0 headers for USB 3.0 support (2 rear, 1
Type-A, 1 via header)
Serial (COM) Ports
One (1) COM Port
Graphics Controller
AST 2400 Graphics Controller
Super I/O
AST 2400
Disk-On-Module
Two (2) SMC SSD-DOM connector (yellow color)