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- By David_W @Sep 29, 2009
Growing businesses need a reliable server solution for web servers, file and print servers, e-mail servers, storage servers and vertical-specific business applications. A general-purpose entry server platform plays a fundamental role in the success of a workgroup, department, small- to medium- sized business or high performance computing (HPC). The Intel® Server Board S3420GP provides server-class performance without sacrificing cost-effectiveness or reliability.
Features and benefits
Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series
Significant performance increase with new microarchitecutre and delivers world-class performance and superior energy/power efficiency
Intel® 3420 Chipset
Provides enterprise performance and reliability
6 DIMM slots for DDR3 1066/1333 MHz
Ensures ample capacity and energy-efficient performance for any application
Dual Intel® Gigabit Ethernet connections
Provide ample network bandwidth
Expandable I/O architecture with PCI Express* 2.0
Maximum flexibility with up to six I/O slots, including up to three high speed PCI Express* 2.0 slots and optional Intel® I/O Expansion Module
Integrated manageability
Onboard IPMI 2.0 with optional Intel® Remote Management Module 3 (RMM3) offers integrated baseboard management with remote management capabilities
6 SATA ports at 3.0Gbps with embedded RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
Allow for excellent data protection at no extra cost
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Product specifications
Board order code
S3420GPLX
S3420GPLC
Form factor
ATX (12" x 9.6")
Processor support
Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series
Chipset
Intel® 3420 chipset with IDT PCI Express* 2.0 switch
Intel® 3420 chipset
Memory
6 DDR3 DIMM sockets (Registered or Unbuffered)
2 channel native (800/1066/1333MHz)
Total slots
One PCI Express* 2.0 x8 slot (x16 mechanical)
One PCI Express* 2.0 x8 slot (x8 mechanical)
One PCI Express* 2.0 x4 slot (x8 mechanical)
One PCI Express* x4 slot (x8 mechanical)
One PCI Express* x1 slot (x1 mechanical)
One PCI 32/33 (5V) slot
One PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot (x16 mechanical)
One PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot (x8 mechanical)
One PCI Express x4 slot (x8 mechanical)
One PCI 32/33 (5V) slot
Storage
6 SATA ports (3Gbps) via Intel® 3420 chipset with Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology and Intel® Matrix Storage RAID Technology
Modular 4 port SAS and SAS RAID options via Intel® I/O Expansion Module
6 SATA ports (3Gbps) via Intel® 3420 chipset with Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology and Intel® Matrix Storage RAID Technology
Intel® RAID support
Integrated SATA RAID levels 0/1/5/10
Optional SW RAID 5 with activation key for Intel® SAS Module
Optional internal SAS RAID module available
Integrated SATA RAID levels 0/1/5/10
Integrated LAN
Embedded Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller and 82578DM
Integrated graphics
Server Engine* LLC Pilot II* Controller with 64 MB DDR2 memory, 8 MB allocated to graphics
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bought this to set up a server, with a Xeon processor. It's good for the job, however it is difficult to access the RAID firmware (CTRL-I - the documentation, very user-unfriendly, long, tedious, too many details, mentions either CTRL-E or CTRL-G - and Intel changed the marketing name of the RAID four times in three years, making web searches for it useless) and the functionality is very limited. With hindsight, I'd rather buy a motherboard from another provider and add a cheap RocketRAID
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