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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Tempest
i5000VS (S5372) is a flexible Intel
®
platform for multiple applications, based on
Intel
®
“Blackford-VS” MCH and ESB2 chipsets.
Designed to support Intel
®
Xeon 5000/5100/5300 processors and DDR2-
533/667 FB-DIMM memory, and featured with integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet
LAN, built-in 16MB XGI XG20
TM
video plus six serial ATA ports, the S5372
offers exceptional performance and versatile solution for your server platform.
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 LGA771 sockets
•
Supports up to two (2) Intel
R
Xeon
5000/5100 series processors with
667/1066/1333 MHz FSB
•
Supports up to two (2) Intel
R
Xeon
5300 series processors with1066
MHz FSB
Chipset
•
Intel
R
“Blackford-VS” MCH+ESB2
chipset
•
SMSC SCH5017 super I/O chip
Memory
•
Six (6) 240-pin DDR2 FBDIMM*
sockets
•
2 memory channels
•
Supports ECC DIMMs
•
Maximum of 16/24GB of DDR2
FBDIMM 533/667
*
FB-DIMM: Fully Buffered DIMM
Integrated LAN Controllers
•
Dual Gigabit MAC (ESB2
embedded) with i82563EB Dual
PHY
•
One Intel i82551QM fast Ethernet
controller
- operating at 32bit/33MHz
interface
•
Pin headers for front panel LAN
LED
Integrated PCI IDE (ESB2)
•
Single channel master modes
support up to two (2) IDE
devices
•
Support Ultra ATA-100/66/33 IDE
drives and ATAPI compliant
devices
Integrated SATA Controller
(ESB2)
•
One (1) Serial ATA Host controller
embedded
•
Supports six (6) ports running up
to 3.0Gb/s
•
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 supported