TYAN S8236, Hardware User Manual

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Chapter 1: Instruction
1.1 Congratulations
You have purchased the powerful TYAN
®
S8236 motherboard, based on the
AMD
®
SR5690 & SP5100 chipsets. The S8236 is designed to support dual
AMD
®
45nm 8-Core/12-Core Opteron 6100 Series Processors and up to 256GB
of 800, 1066 and 1333MHz DDR3 memory modules. Leveraging advanced
technology from AMD
®
, the S8236 is capable of offering scalable 32 and 64-bit
computing, high-bandwidth memory design, and lightning-fast PCI-E bus
implementation.
The S8236 not only empowers you in today’s demanding IT environment but also
offers a smooth path for future application upgradeability. All of these rich feature
sets provides the S8236 with the power and flexibility to meet demanding
requirements for today’s IT environments.
Remember to visit the TYAN
®
website at http://www.tyan.com . There you can
find all the information on all TYAN
®
products as well as all the supporting
documentation, FAQs, Drivers and BIOS upgrades.
1.2 Hardware Specifications
S8236WGM3NR
Supported CPU Series
AMD 45nm 8-Core/12-Core Opteron 6100 Series Processors (Magny-
Cours) / (4) HT3; 12MB L3 per socket
Features
HyperTransport
TM
3 technology (HT3) links provide up to 102.4 GB/s
peak bandwidth per processor; Quad 16-bit HyperTransport
TM
3
technology (HT3) links provide up to 6.4GT/s per link.
Socket Type / Q'ty G34 / (2)
Average CPU Power
(ACP) wattage
Up to 105W
Processor
System Bus Up to 6.4 GT/s Hyper-Transport link support
Chipset AMD SP5100
Chipset
Super I/O Winbond W83627
Supported DIMM Qty (8)+(8) DIMM slots
DIMM Type / Speed U/RDDR3 & LV RDDR3, 800/1066/1333 MHz
Capacity Up to 256GB (total)
Memory channel 4 Channels per CPU
Memory
Memory voltage 1.5V or 1.35V
PCI-E (2) PCI-E Gen.2 x16 slots
Expansion Slots
Recommended TYAN
Riser Card
M2091, PCI-E x16 1U riser card (left) and M2091-R, PCI-E x16 1U riser
card (right)
Recommended
Barebone / Chassis
2U Barebone GT24-B8236
Port Q'ty (3)
LAN
Controller Intel 82574L / Intel 82576EB
Connector (2) Mini-SAS connectors (totally support 8 ports)
Controller LSI SAS2008
Speed 6.0 Gb/s
SAS
RAID RAID 0/1/1E/10 (LSI Integrated RAID)
Storage
SATA Connector (1) Mini-SAS (4-port) + (2) SATA