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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Thunder
K8HR (S3891) is a flexible AMD
®
Opteron™ platform for multiple applications,
based on ServerWorks BCM5785 chipsets.
Designed to support AMD
®
Opteron™ 200 series processor and 32GB DDR
400/333 memory, the S3891 with integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN, built-in
32MB ATI
®
ES1000 video and four serial ATA ports, is your best choice of
server board in high stable quality.
Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at
http://www.TYAN.com
. There you can
find information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS
upgrades.
1.2 - Hardware Specifications
Processors
•
Dual mPGA 940-pin sockets
•
AMD Opteron™ 200 series
processor support
•
VRD for 95W/80A (dual core) and
Rev E processors
Chipset
•
ServerWorks B
BCM5785 (SB) chipset
•
National PC87417 super I/O chip
Memory
•
Dual memory channel bus
•
Eight (8) DDR DIMM sockets
- Each socket 4 rank support
•
Up to 32GB of registered
DDR400/333
•
Supports ECC memory and
ChipKill
InfiniBand Network Controller
(optional)
Mellanox
InfiniHost MT25204
single port
Memory on DIMM, PCIe x8
interface
TARO
TM
Storage Expansion
Proprietary 200-pin SO-DIMM
connector
Operating on PCI-X 133/100/66
MHz bus
Integrated Serial ATA RAID
(from BCM5785)
•
Four (4) Serial ATA-II ports,
3.0Gb/s per port
•
RAID (0,1, 5) support
Integrated Graphics Controller
ATI
®
ES1000 Controller
32MB DDR1 frame buffer
