User`s guide

1.2 Serverboard Features
The R423-E3 server is built around the R423-E3 serverboard, a dual processor
serverboard based on the Intel C602 chipset and designed to provide maximum
performance. Below are the main features of the R423-E3 serverboard. (See Figure 1-1
for a block diagram of the chipset).
Processors
The R423-E3 serverboard supports single or dual Intel® E5-2600 Series (Socket R)
processors in LGA 2011 sockets).
Memory
The R423-E3 serverboard has sixteen DIMM slots that can support up to 512 GB of
ECC registered/unbuffered DDR3-1600/1066/800 memory. Please refer to
Chapter 5
for details on installing memory.
SAS
An LSI 2208 hardware RAID controller provides support for eight SAS 2.0 ports,
which
are RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 capable.
SATA
A SATA controller is integrated into the C602 chipset to provide a 6+4 port SATA
subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 capable. Two ports support SATA 3.0 (I-
SATA0/1) and 6+2 support SATA 2.0 (I-SATA2-5).
PCI Expansion Slots
The R423-E3 serverboard has six PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x8 slot), and one PCI-E 3.0 x16 (in x16
slot). Note that the PCI slots are controlled by the CPU so some slots may not be available
when two CPUs are not installed on the board at
the same time. See the serverboard
layout in Chapter 5 for details.
I/O Ports
The color-coded I/O ports include one COM port, a VGA (monitor) port, four USB,
two
Ethernet LAN 1GB ports and a dedicated IPMI LAN port.
Graphics Controller
The R423-E3 serverboard features an integrated Matrox G200eW video controller. The
G200eW is a 2D/3D/video accelerator chip with a 128-bit core.
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