The Board Up Close:
At first glance the S5502 looks to have everything and the kitchen sink in terms of support and expandability. What is easy to spot is the onboard 4 port SAS controller, a single CPU socket, a x16 PCI-E slot, and two onboard USB ports. For those not in the know the onboard USB ports come in very handy with VMWare ESXi as use as bootable devices inside the system case. Additionally the S5502 has not one or two but a total of three LAN ports and onboard Aspeed VGA video. Conspicuously missing from the list of features for some is audio support, but remember this platform is intended as a server and typically servers have no use for audio. If this is an issues you only have to look at the extra onboard PCI and PCI-E slots to fulfill your expansion needs. Server and storage admins will be pleased with the 6 onboard SATA ports and additional 4 SAS ports controlled by the Marvell 6440 controller. In fact a quick look at the number of SATA, SAS, PCI-E, and memory slots should give you the impression that this bad boy was meant for growth.
Specifications:
Processor |
Supported CPU Series |
Intel Xeon Processors 3400 Series |
Socket Type / Q’ty |
LGA 1156/ (1) |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) wattage |
Max up to 95W |
CPU list |
Coming soon |
Chipset |
PCH |
Intel 3420 |
Super I/O |
Winbond W83627 |
PCI-E Switch |
IDT 89HIO524G2PS |
Memory |
Supported DIMM Qty |
(6) DIMM slots |
DIMM Type / Speed |
DDR3 800/1066/1333* RDIMM/UDIMM / * limit 1 per channel for 1333MHz speed |
Capacity |
Up to 32GB RDIMM/ 16GB UDIMM |
Memory channel |
2 Channels |
Memory voltage |
1.5V |
Expansion Slots |
PCI-E |
(2) PCI-E Gen.2 x8 slots / (1) PCI-E Gen.2 x16 slot (w/ x8 link) / (1) PCI-E x4 slot (w/ x1 link) |
Recommended TYAN Riser Card |
M2083-RS, PCI-E x16 1U riser card (left) / M2091, PCI-E x16 1U riser card (left) |
PCI |
(1) PCI 32-bit slot |
Recommended Barebone / Chassis |
1U Barebone |
GT20-B5502 |
LAN |
Port Q’ty |
(3) |
Controller |
Intel 82574L |
Storage |
SAS |
Connector |
(4) SAS |
Controller |
Marvell 6440 |
Speed |
3.0 Gb/s |
RAID |
RAID 0/1/10 |
SATA |
Connector |
(6) SATA |
Controller |
Intel 3420 |
Speed |
3.0 Gb/s |
RAID |
RAID 0/1/10/5 (Intel Matrix RAID) |
Graphic |
Connector type |
D-Sub 15-pin |
Resolution |
1600×1200@60Hz |
Chipset |
Aspeed AST2050 |
TPM |
Chipset |
Infineon SLB9635 |
Version |
TPM v1.2 |
Input /Output |
USB |
(8) USB2.0 ports (2 at rear, 4 via cable, 2 type A – vertical onboard) |
COM |
(2) ports (1 at rear, 1 via cable) |
PS/2 |
(1) PS/2 connector |
SAS |
(4) SAS connectors |
RJ-45 |
(3) GbE ports |
Power |
EPS12V / SSI 24-pin + 8-pin power connectors |
Front Panel |
(1) 2×12-pin SSI front panel header |
SATA |
(6) SATA-II connectors |
System Monitoring |
Chipset |
Winbond W83793G |
Voltage |
Monitors voltage for CPU, memory, chipset & power supply |
Fan |
Total (5) 4-pin headers / Total (5) 8-pin headers |
Temperature |
Monitors temperature for CPU & system environment |
Others |
Chassis intrusion detection / Watchdog timer support |
Server Management |
Onboard Chipset |
Onboard Aspeed AST2050 |
AST2050 IPMI Feature |
IPMI 2.0 compliant baseboard management controller (BMC) / Supports storage over IP and remote platform-flash / USB 2.0 virtual hub |
AST2050 iKVM Feature |
24-bit high quality video compression / Dual 10/100 Mb/s MAC interfaces |
BIOS |
Brand / ROM size |
AMI / 4MB |
Feature |
Plug and Play (PnP) /PCI2.3 /WfM2.0 /SMBIOS2.3 /PXE boot / ACPI 2.0 power management /Power on mode after power recovery / User-configurable H/W monitoring / Auto-configurable of hard disk types |
Physical Dimension |
Form Factor |
ATX |
Board Dimension |
12″x9.6″ (305×243.8mm) |
Operating System |
OS supported list |
Coming soon |
Regulation |
FCC (DoC) |
Class B |
CE (DoC) |
Yes |
Operating Environment |
Operating Temp. |
10° C ~ 35° C (50° F~ 95° F) |
Non-operating Temp. |
– 40° C ~ 70° C (-40° F ~ 158° F) |
In/Non-operating Humidity |
90%, non-condensing at 35° C |
RoHS |
RoHS 6/6 Complaint |
Yes |
Package Contains |
Manual |
(1) User’s manual / (1) Quick Ref. Guide |
Installation CD |
(1) TYAN installation CD |
I/O Shield |
(1) I/O Shield |
Cable |
SATA |
(6) SATA signal cables |
Optional accessories |
Riser Card |
M2083-RS, PCI-E 1U riser card (left) / M2091, PCI-E x16 1U riser card (left) |
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Ok that’s a lot to look at I know but the S5502 is a very robust platform. Our model, the S5502WGM3NR integrates the Marvel 6440 SAS controller onboard. A staggering 32GB of registered DIMMs can be installed in the S5502 and with current hard drives topping out at 2TB you can have a maximum of 12TB of storage using just the standard SATA ports. The bios features iKVM and IPMI technology tied to an IP address, a technology we will go into a bit later which really adds a lot of usability to the S5502.
Lets talk about installation. . .
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