Tyan Thunder K8SRE S2891 Motherboard

TYAN Updated: 2009-01-29 RSS
Tyan Thunder K8SRE S2891 Motherboard

Optimized for 1U environments and built to perform, the Thunder K8SRE (S2891) delivers exceptional performance to meet the demands of any server application. Based on the NVIDIA nForce™ Professional 2200 core-logic solution, the Thunder K8SRE (S2891) also features support for dual AMD Opteron™ 200 series processors with 32-bit and 64-bit power. Strategically-positioned PCI Express x16 and PCI-X slots, plus features such as Serial ATA-II with NVIDIA NVRAID™ , and hardware monitoring support all add up to a compelling package to meet any server system requirement.

Processor
- Dual µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets
- Two onboard 4-phase VRM
- Supports up to two AMD Opteron™ 200 processors
- Three HyperTransport™ links support up to 8.0GB/s data transfer rate each link
- 144-bit DDR interface (128-bit data + 16 bit ECC)
- Scalable 32bit & 64bit computing
- Secure computing with Nx register support
- Supports Single and Dual Core processors

Chipset
- AMD-8131™ HyperTransport™ PCI-X Tunnel
- NVIDIA nForce™ Prof. 2200 (CrushK8-04 Pro)
- Winbond™ W83627HF Super I/O ASIC
- Analog Devices ADT7463 Hardware Monitoring IC

Memory
- 128-bit dual channel (interleaved) memory bus
- Total eight DDR DIMM sockets (four per CPU)
- Supports up to 32GB of Registered DDR
- Supports Single/Dual/Quad Rank mem. modules
- Supports DDR 266/333/400 memory
- Supports ECC with CHIPKILL Technology

Expansion Slots
- One PCI Express x16 slot with 1U riser support: Other riser solutions in development
- One Tyan TARO SO-DIMM 100MHz (PCI-X B)
- One PCI-X 100MHz slot (Bridge B)
- Total of three usable slots

Integrated I/O
- One floppy connector
- One parallel port header and two serial (one connector, one header)
- Six USB 2.0 ports (two rear connector & four front panel headers)
- One 15-pin VGA connector
- PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors

System Management
- Total of ten 3-pin fan headers with PWM support
- Seven fan headers with tachometer (four from ADT7463 three from W83627HF)
- One 2-pin Chassis Intrusion header
- Temperature, voltage and fan monitoring
- Port 80h LED 7-segment display

Integrated LAN Controller
- One Broadcom BCM5704 dual port GbE LAN: Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs; Connected to PCI-X Bridge A (133MHz)
- Two Front Panel LED headers

Integrated PCI Graphics
- ATI® RAGE™ XL 8MB PCI graphics controller

Integrated Enhanced IDE Controller
- Two IDE ports for up to four EIDE devices
- Supports ATA-133 IDE drives & ATAPI devices

Integrated SATA Controller
- Two integrated dual port SATA-II controllers
- Four SATA-II ports support up to four drives
- Supports 1.5 Gb/s per port; RAID 0, 1, 0 + 1
- NvRAID™ v2.0 support

Intelligent Platform Management Interface Header
- TYAN Server Management Daughter card (optional) supports features listed below via IPMI header
- Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
- Tailored for IPMI
- Supports KCS and BT styles
- Flexible Windows or Linux Management Solution
- Supports RMCP and SNMP protocols
- Supports ASF standard and EMP
- I2C serial multi-master controllers and UARTs
- Build-in IPMB connector
- Remote power on/off and reset support (IPMI-over-LAN)

BIOS
- Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit LPC Flash ROM
- Supports ACPI 2.0 and SRAT
- Supports PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot
- SMBIOS 2.3.1, BBS 1.1 compliant
- Headless Operation via serial console redirect
- 48-bit LBA Support

Form Factor
- Extended ATX (12"x13"; 304.8x330.2mm)
- SSI 3.0/3.51 (24pin + 8pin) power connectors
- Serial (one) and VGA (one) connectors
- Stacked USB 2.0 (two) connectors
- Stacked PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors
- Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs