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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Thunder
n3600S (S2933) is a flexible AMD64 platform for multiple applications, based on
NVIDIA nForce Pro3600 and SMSC SCH5017 chipsets.
Designed to support AMD
®
Opteron™ 2000 series processors and DDRII-
667/533/400 memory, the S2933 with integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN,
built-in 16MB XGI XG20
TM
video and four serial ATA ports, is ideal for CPU,
memory, and video intensive applications such as CAD, Graphics Design, and
High Bandwidth Video Editing, etc.
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
Processor
•Dual 1207-pin ZIF sockets
•Supports up to two AMD Socket F
Opteron 2000 series processors
•Up to 1.0GHz Hyper-Transport link
support
Expansion Slots
•One (1) x16 PCI Express slot with
x16 signal
Chipset
•nVIDIA NFP3600 chipset
•SMSC SCH5017
Memory
•Dual memory channels
•Supports up to 8x (4+4) DDR2
667/533/400 DIMMs
•Up to 32GB of registered, ECC
memory
Back Panel I/O Ports
•Stacked PS/2 mouse & keyboard
ports
•Stacked two USB2.0 ports
•One 9-pin COM1 port
•One 15-pin VGA port
•Stacked two RJ-45 gigabit LAN
ports
Integrated LAN Controllers
•Two NFP3600 integrated MAC
with two Marvell 88E1116 single
port Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- Integrated TCP offload Engine
(TOE)
- IEEE802.3 compliant, WOL/PXE
support
- Pin header for front panel LAN
LED