Tyan Tempest i5000XT S2696 Motherboard

TYAN Updated: 2009-01-30 RSS
Tyan Tempest i5000XT S2696 Motherboard

Power and performance combine in this exciting new offering for the workstation market: the Tempest i5000XT (S2696). Based on Intel's 5000X chipset, the Tempest i5000XT offers many key features, including support for (2) Intel® Xeon® processors 5000/5100/5300 series; FBDIMM support; dual PCI Express x16 slots, as well as multiple PCI-X slots; built-in FireWire (1394a), Audio, SAS, and SATA2 RAID, and onboard dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Processor
- Dual LGA771 sockets
- Up to (2) Intel® Xeon® 5000/5100/5300 series processors; dual-core; quad-core
- 1333/1066/667 MHz FSB; VRD 11.0

Chipset
- Intel® 5000X chipset
- Intel® 6321ESB I/O Controller Hub
- Winbond 83627EHG Super I/O chip

Memory
- (8) 240-pin DDR2 FBDIMM sockets
- Four memory channels; supports ECC DIMMs
- Maximum of 32GB of DDR2-533/667

Expansion Slots
- (2) PCI-E x16 slots (one x4 sig. from 6321ESB; one x16 signals for graphics cards)
- (1) PCI-E x8 slot (x4 sig. from 6321ESB)
- (2) PCI-X 133/100MHz slots from 6321ESB
- (1) PCI 32-bit 33MHz slot

Integrated I/O
- (4) USB 2.0 ports (via 2 headers)
- (6) standard SATA2 connectors
- (1) IDE and (1) floppy ports
- (8) SAS ports
- (1) 4-pin CD-in and (1) 4-pin Aux-in header
- (1) 9-pin front panel audio header

Back Panel I/O
- Stacked PS/2 keyboard & mouse connectors
- Stacked (1) serial and (1) parallel connector
- Stacked (2) USB 2.0 ports
- Firewire (1394a) connector
- (2) stacked USB 2.0 ports & (1) RJ45 port
- Stacked Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in audio connectors

System Management
- ADI ADT7470 Hardware Monitor
- CPU thermal & voltage monitor support
- Five (5) fan headers (4-pin configuration)

Integrated Audio Controller
- HDA link; SPDIF in/out port in rear
- RealTek ALC888 controller (High-Def. Audio)
- Stacked Mic-in/Line-in/Line-out rear ports
- Front panel audio header
- CD-in, Aux-in headers (4-pin configuration)

Integrated SATA Controller
- (6) SATA-II ports running at 3.0Gb/s
- RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 supported (Window OS only)

Integrated SAS Controller
- LSI 1068E SAS controller
- (8) SAS ports; RAID 0, 1, and 1E supported
- Supports Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Enhanced Mirroring, and Integrated Stripping

Integrated FireWire (1394a) Controller
- TI TSB43AB22 1394a controller
- 1394a channel for rear (connector)
- 1394a channel for front (header)

Integrated LAN Controllers
- Intel® Gigabit from 6321ESB (with dual pors "Gilgal"): two RJ-45 ports with LED

Trusted Platform Management (TPM)
- Infineon SLB9635TT 1.2 (w/ 5000X-G chipset)

BIOS
- Phoenix BIOS® on 8Mbit Flash ROM
- Support ACPI 2.0
- PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot
- PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0 Power Management
- User-configurable H/W monitoring
- Auto-configuration of hard disk types
- Multiple boot options
- 48-bit LBA support

Form Factor
- SSI / Extened ATX footprint (12" x 13")

Power
- EPS12V / SSI (24 + 8 + 4 pin) power connectors