Introduction

The E7520 (Lindenhurst) chipset products support 800MHz FSB Xeon processors with EM64T, dual-channel DDR and DDR2 memory with ECC support. Moreover, the E7520 integrates PCI-X and PCI-Express technology into server solutions.

Features

* Lowest Cost SAS Solution
* Highest Data Availability Bandwidth

Specifications

Form Factor
* Extended ATX

Dimensions
* 12" x 13.05" (30.5cm x 33.2cm)

CPU
* Dual 604-pin FC-mPGA4 Sockets
* Supports up to two Intel® 64-bit Xeon® processor(s) of the same type below:
o Xeon Dual Core (Paxville) CPU with 2x2MB L2 Integrated Advanced Transfer Cache
o Xeon (Nocona) CPU with 1MB L2 Integrated Advanced Transfer Cache, up to 3.60 GHz
o Xeon (Irwindale) CPU with 2MB L2 Integrated Advanced Transfer Cache, up to 3.80 GHz
o Xeon LV (Low Voltage) CPU, up to 2.8 GHz

System Bus
* 800 MHz system bus

Operating System Software
* Supports 64-bit Operating Systems
* Supports 32-bit Operating Systems

Memory Capacity
* Eight 240-pin DIMM sockets
* Supports up to 16 GB DDR2 400MHz memory
* Dual channel memory bus
* Memory must be populated in pairs
* Single-rank modules are recommended for 6+ DIMM support

Memory Type
* DDR2 400MHz buffered (registered) ECC SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs

DIMM Sizes
* 1GB, 2GB

Memory Voltage
* 1.8 V only

Error Detection
* Corrects single-bit errors
* Detects double-bit errors (using ECC memory)
* Supports Intel® x4 Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)

Chipset
* Intel® E7520 chipset
* MCH + 6300ESB + PXH/V + 82541PI

SAS
* Adaptec AIC-9410: Adaptec 8-port SAS Controller
* RAID 0, 1, 10, JBOD support

SATA
* 6300ESB 2-port SATA Controller

SAS ZCR
* RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD support
* Support for Zero-Channel RAID with Supermicro All-In-One-ZCR Card: AOC-LPZCR2
* (Card not included)

IPMI
* Support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface v.2.0
* (Optional: AOC-IPMI20-E)

Network Controllers
* Dual Intel® 82541PI Single-Port Gigabit Controller

Graphics
* ATI Rage XL SVGA PCI video controller with 8 MB of video memory

Super I/O
* Winbond 83627HF chip

Chassis ( Optimized for X6DH3-G2 )
2U
* SC823T-R500RC
* SC823T-550LP

3U
* SC833T-R760
* SC833T-550
* SC933T-R760

Tower / 4U Rackmount
* SC743T-R760
* SC743T-650

Important Chassis Notes
* To ensure system stability with non-Paxville CPUs, a 420W (minimum) ATX power supply
[4-pin (+12V), 8-pin (+12V) and 24-pin are required]
* To ensure system stability with Paxville Dual Core CPUs, a 500W (minimum) ATX power supply
[4-pin (+12V), 8-pin (+12V) and 24-pin are required]
* Chassis must have CPU mounting holes required for 800MHz FSB CPUs with this serverboard.

PCI-Express
* 2 (x8) PCI-e slots

PCI-X
* 1x 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X (3.3V) slot
* 2x 64-bit 100MHz PCI-X (3.3V) slots

PCI
* 1x PCI slot

Serial ATA / SAS
* Two SAS connectors support up to 8 SAS or SATA drives
* Two SATA connectors support 2 SATA drives

IDE
* Dual EIDE channels support up to four UDMA IDE devices
* Supports ATA/100

Floppy
* 1 Floppy controller; 1.44 MB, 2.88 MB, 3-mode support

LAN
* 2x RJ45 LAN ports

USB
* 2x USB rear ports
* 2x USB internal headers
* USB 2.0 Compliant / 1.1 Compliant

VGA
* 1x VGA Port

Keyboard / Mouse
* PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports

Serial Ports
* 1 Fast UART 16550 serial ports
* 1 header

BIOS Type
* 8Mb Flash EEPROM with Phoenix® BIOS

BIOS Features
* Plug and Play (PnP)
* SMBIOS 2.3
* DMI 2.1
* ACPI 1.0
* Fan Speed Control

Management Software
* Optional IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) 2.0 / 1.5
* Super Doctor III
* Watch Dog<
* NMI

Power Configurations
* ACPI/APM Power Management
* Wake-On-Ring (WOR) header
* Wake-On-LAN (WOL) header

PC Health Monitoring
CPU
* Monitors for CPU Cores, CPU0, CPU1, +3.3V, +5V, ±12V

FAN
* Total of four 4-pin fan headers and four 3-pin fan headers
* 8x fans with tachometer status monitoring
* Low noise fan speed control

Temperature
* Monitoring for CPU and chassis environment
* CPU thermal trip support
* Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support

Other Features
* Chassis intrusion detection
* Chassis intrusion header

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