System Overview
ROBO-8112VG2AR User’s Manual
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Chapter 1
System Overview
1.1 Introduction
ROBO-8112VG2AR series, the PICMG 1.3 SHB (Single Host Board) supports the
Intel® 4th Generation Core i3/i5/i7 and Xeon E3-1200v3 series processors. The
attractive Core i3/i5/i7 and Xeon E3-1200v3 family processors not only posses
amazing parallel computing power but also support ECC /non-ECC memory . That
makes the system more powerful.
The SHB adopted Intel® C226 / Q87 chipset and Core i7/i5/i3/Xeon E3-1200v3
family processors. The 4th Generation Core i series /Xeon E3-1200v3 family
processors integrated Intel® integrated graphics engine that supports 3D
performance, DirectX11.1, Shader model 4.0, OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.2. More
than that, user could utilize even higher-end, the latest PCI Express x16 interface
graphics card via backplane.
ROBO-8112VG2AR series built with dual Intel® Gigabit Ethernet. Two DDR3 long
DIMM sockets support system memory up to 16GB. Five SATA 600 ports (dual ports
via backplane) support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10. Support triple display by DVI-I (DVI-D +
VGA) on bracket and HDMI port on-board. The SBC also equipped with Six USB 3.0
ports (dual ports on bracket). It can offer 5Gbps data transfer rate which is higher
than the current USB 2.0.
To meet bandwidth of storage and expansion cards requirement, the
ROBO-8112VG2AR series were designed flexible with four PCI Express lanes via
backplane. Those four PCI Express lanes could be four PCI Express x1 links or one
PCI Express x4 link by different bios support. Four PCI Express x1 links
configuration can support more PCI Express x1 devices via backplane and one PCI
Express x4 link configuration can support RAID card or special add-on cards such as
image processing board. In addition, the flexible configuration can be leveraged with
bridge on backplane to support more PCI or PCI-X slots that benefits industries with
legacy support. PCI Express x16 from processors can be one PCI Express x16 or two
PCI Express x8 or One PCI Express x8 + Two PCI Express x4 by jumper setting with
C226 chipset. It only supports one PCI Express x16 with Q87 chipset. Intel C226
chipset be very flexible for customer to adopt with server or non-server BP.
Advanced Management Technology (AMT) 9.0 is feature that ROBO-8112VG2AR
series equipped with Xeon E3-1200v3 family and Core i5/i7 processors (Core i3
doesn’t support AMT). This technology provides remote access capability via Intel®
Gigabit Ethernet controller. The new technology is a hardware-based solution that
uses out-of-band communication for system management access to client systems.
Beside that, the hardware and software information can be gathering by 3rd party
