Storage controllers
| RAID support |
Y |
| Hard drive interface |
Serial ATA |
Back panel I/O ports
| VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity |
1 |
| PS/2 ports quantity |
2 |
| IPMI LAN (RJ-45) port |
Y |
| Serial ports quantity |
1 |
Internal I/O
| Serial port headers |
1 |
| Chassis intrusion connector |
Y |
| USB 2.0 connectors |
5 |
Memory
| Supported DIMM module capacities |
8GB, 4GB, 2GB, 1GB, 16GB |
| ECC |
Y |
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| Memory voltage |
1.5, 1.35 V |
| Maximum internal memory |
288 GB |
| Supported memory types |
DDR3-SDRAM |
Processor
| Supported QPI |
6.4 GT/s |
| Number of processors supported |
2 |
| Processor manufacturer |
Intel |
| Processor number of cores supported |
4, 2, 6 |
Processor special features
| Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support |
Y |
Expansion slots
| PCI Express x8 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x4 (Gen 2.x) slots |
2 |
| PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
BIOS
| BIOS type |
AMI |
| BIOS memory size |
32 MB |
Additionally
| Ethernet LAN connection |
Y |
| Chipset |
Intel 5520 |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
5 |
Intel Xeon 5600/5500, Intel 5520 Chipset, Up to 288GB DDR3, 1333 MHz, Intel 82576, Matrox G200eW, Retail Pack
Supermicro motherboards based on the Intel 5520 chipset support Intel's Xeon® 5600/5500 series processors in the LGA 1366 socket. With features that include support for 36 PCI-E 2.0 lanes, up to 288 GB DDR3 memory, and optional integrated IPMI 2.0 support, these boards deliver the highest performance.