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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 - Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions. The Thunder
n3600W (S2935) is a flexible AMD64 platform for multiple applications, based
on NVIDIA MCP55Pro (NFP3600) and SMSC SCH5017 chipsets.
Designed to support AMD
®
Socket F/FR2 Opteron™ 2000 series processors
and DDRII-667/533/400 memory, the S2935 with integrated Dual Gigabit
Ethernet LAN, built-in 16MB XGI XG21
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
•Supports up to two AMD Socket
FR2 Opteron 2000 series
processors
Chipset
•nVIDIA MCP55PRO (NFP3600)
•SMSC SCH5017 Super I/O
Memory
•Dual memory channels
•Supports up to 16 DDR2 667
DIMMs
•Up to 64GB of registered, ECC
memory
Expansion Slots
•One (1) x8 PCI-E with riser (pre-
installed)
•One SO-DIMM connector for IPMI
2.0 w/ KVM over IP (optional)
External I/O Ports
•One 9-pin COM port
•One 15-pin VGA port
•Two of double-decked RJ-45
ports
•One of double-decked USB 2.0
ports
•
One of InfiniBand connector
(for S2935G4NRI only)
LAN
•Two (2) 10/100/1000 Base-T LAN
ports (Intel 82571EB) Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Hardware Monitor
•Two SMSC EMC6D103 hardware
monitors
•Voltage Monitoring
•Fan Fail LED indicator
•Supports 3 PWM Fan control and
up to 8 fans tachometers (one of
tachometers is measured by
SCH5017)