Storage controllers
| RAID support |
Y |
| Hard drive interface |
Serial ATA III |
Back panel I/O ports
| PS/2 ports quantity |
2 |
| Serial ports quantity |
1 |
Internal I/O
| Serial port headers |
1 |
| Chassis intrusion connector |
Y |
| USB 2.0 connectors |
2 |
Memory
| Supported DIMM module capacities |
8GB, 4GB, 1GB, 16GB |
| ECC |
Y |
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| Number of DIMM slots |
6 |
| Maximum internal memory |
96 GB |
| Supported memory types |
DDR3-SDRAM |
| Memory voltage |
1.5, 1.35 V |
Processor
| Processor manufacturer |
Intel |
| Supported QPI |
6.4 GT/s |
| Number of processors supported |
2 |
| Thermal power |
95 W |
| Processor number of cores supported |
4, 6 |
Expansion slots
| PCI Express x4 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x4 slots |
1 |
| PCI slots |
2 |
BIOS
| BIOS type |
AMI |
| BIOS memory size |
4 MB |
Additionally
| Ethernet LAN connection |
Y |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
2 |
| Chipset |
Intel 5500 |
Intel Xeon 5600/5500 series, Intel 5500 Chipset, Up to 96GB DDR3, Dual Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet, Bulk Pack
<b>5500 (Tylersburg) BOARDS / Socket 1366</b>
Supermicro motherboards based on the Intel 5500 chipset support Intel's Xeon® 5600/5500 series processors in the LGA 1366 socket. With features that include support for 24 PCI-E 2.0 lanes, up to 192 GB DDR3 memory, and optional integrated IPMI 2.0 support, these Supermicro server boards are available in various optimized models.