Chapter 1: Introduction

Motherboard Features

CPU

Single Intel® Core™ i7 and future Nehalem Family processors in the LGA1366 socket

Memory

Six 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets with support for unbuffered ECC or non ECC 1333/1066/800 MHz memory.

Note: Both Unbuffered ECC and Non-ECC DIMM modules are supported by the motherboard. Using ECC or Non-ECC memory on your motherboard depends on the CPU installed.

Supports 3-channel memory bus

Supports DIMM sizes of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB

Chipset

Intel® X58 Express Chipset

Intel ICH10R

Expansion Slots

One (1) (PCI-Express x16 Gen2 + PCI-Express x8 in x4) slot

One (1) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slot (Slot 1)

Integrated Graphics

Matrox G200ew with 8 MB Video Memory

Network Connections

Two Intel 82574L Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet Controllers for LAN 1 and LAN 2 ports, additional two 82574L for LAN 3 and LAN 4 ports on the X8STi-LN4 model

Two (2) or four (4)* RJ-45 Rear IO Panel Connectors with Link and Activity LEDs (*Four RJ-45 ports are available on the X8STi-LN4 only)

Single Realtek RTL8201N PHY for the Dedicated IPMI 2.0LAN for the X8STi- F/-3F

One (1) RJ45 Rear I/O Panel Dedicated IPMI 2.0 Connector for the X8STi-F/- 3F

I/O Devices

SATA Connections

Six (6) SATA ports supported by the Intel ICH10R SATA Controller

Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 under the Windows OS environment

Supports RAID 0, 1, 10 under the Linux OS environment

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