Today I am taking a quick peek at the new range of Intel C600 chipset based server motherboards from Tyan for the new Intel Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs. Having been a fan of Tyan motherboards for some years except the last couple of years where Supermicro have come into their own in the server market. Did Tyan deliver a full range of motherboards for Intel’s most important server CPU launch in recent history? Let’s take a look at what they are bringing to market.
Tyan S7050 range (S7050A2NRF / S7050GM4NR / S7050WGM4NR)
Processor
Dual LGA2011 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Chipset
Intel® C602 PCH
Intel® C602 PCH + TYAN TRK#5 ROM Kit (S7050WGM4NR)
Memory
(8+8) DDR-III DIMM sockets
Support up to 512GB of LRDIMM 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 256GB of R-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 128GB of U-DDR3 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Expansion
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x16 slots (w/ x16 or x8 link)
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x8 slots (w/ x0 or x8 link)
(1) PCI-E (Gen.2) x4 slot
(1) PCI 32/33MHz slot
Storage
(2) SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(8) SAS 3Gb/s conncetors (Intel® RSTe 3.0) (S7050WGM4NR)
Network
(4) GbE (via Intel® i350-AM2 and 2x Intel® 82574L)
Video
ASPEED AST2300 Integrated Graphics
Management
ASPEED AST2300 (IPMI v2.0 compliant w/ iKVM)
Form Factor
SSI EEB (12″ x 13″, 305mm x 330mm)
Great all round board for those needing a PCI slot (talk about legacy support on a 2012 platform!) and nothing too fancy with storage needs. Plenty of expansion slots for video cards, RAID controllers, extra LAN etc.
Tyan S7052 range (S7052GM3NR / S7052GM5NR / S7052WGM5NR)
Processor
Dual LGA2011 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Chipset
Intel® C602 PCH
Intel® C602 PCH + TYAN TRK#5 ROM Kit (S7052WGM5NR)
Memory
(12+12) DDR-III DIMM sockets
Support up to 768GB of LRDIMM 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 384GB of R-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 192GB of U-DDR3 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Expansion slots
(3) PCI-E (Gen.3) x8 slots
(1) PCI-E (Gen.3) x4 slot
Storage
(2) SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(8) SAS 3Gb/s ports by (2) mini-SAS conncetors (Intel® RSTe 3.0) (S7052WGM5NR)
Network
(5) GbE (via Intel® I350-AM4 and Intel® 82574L) (S7052GM5NR/S7052WGM5NR)
(3) GbE (via Intel® I350-AM2 and Intel® 82574L) (S7052GM3NR)
Video
ASPEED AST2300 Integrated Graphics
Management
ASPEED AST2300 (IPMI v2.0 compliant w/ iKVM)
Form factor
SSI EEB (12″ x 13″, 305mm x 330mm)
This board is more suited for a server, with it’s expansion slots. It supports up to 768MB of RAM making it a powerful system. Up to 5 GbE LAN ports on the backpane so this Mobo is meant to dish out serious data.
Tyan S7053 (S7053GM2NR / S7053WGM2NR / S7053GM4NR / S7053WGM4NR)
Processor
Dual LGA2011 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Chipset
Intel® C602 PCH
Intel® C602 PCH + LSI SAS 2308 (S7053WGM2NR/S7053WGM4NR)
Memory
(8+8) DDR-III DIMM sockets
Support up to 512GB of LRDIMM 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 256GB of R-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 128GB of U-DDR3 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Expansion
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x16 slots
(4) PCI-E (Gen.3) x8 slots
Storage
(2) SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s ports by (1) mini-SAS connector (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(8) SAS 6Gb/s ports by (2) mini-SAS conncetors (LSI RAID stack) (S7053WGM2NR/S7053WGM4NR)
Networking
(2) GbE (via Intel® I350-AM2) (S7053GM2NR/S7053WGM2NR)
(4) GbE (via Intel® I350-AM4) (S7053GM4NR/S7053WGM4NR)
Video
ASPEED AST2300 Integrated Graphics
Management
ASPEED AST2300 (IPMI v2.0 compliant w/ iKVM)
Form factor
SSI EEB (12″ x 13″, 305mm x 330mm)
This is a nice board for anyone looking at a storage server as it comes with a LSI SAS2308 SAS controller with 8 ports. Put this in a case with a SAS expander or several additional SAS controllers and you have a great storage server. The board has Plenty of Expansion options, supports up to 512MB of RAM and up to 4 GbE LAN ports.
Tyan S7055 (S7055AGM3NR / S7055WGM3NR / S7055GM3NR-B)
Processor
Dual LGA2011 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Chipset
Intel® C602 PCH
Intel® C602 PCH + TYAN TRK#5 ROM Kit (S7055WGM3NR)
Memory
(4+4) DDR-III DIMM sockets
Support up to 256GB of LRDIMM 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 128GB of R-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 64GB of U-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Expansion
(4) PCI-E (Gen.3) x16 slots
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x8 slots (S7055GM3NR-B)
(1) PCI 32/33MHz slot
Storage
(2) SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(8) SAS 3Gb/s ports by (2) mini-SAS conncetors (Intel® RSTe 3.0) (S7055WGM3NR)
Network
(3) GbE (via Intel® I350-BT2 and Intel® 82574L) (S7055AGM3NR/S7055WGM3NR)
(2) 10GbE (via Intel® X540-AT2) + (1) GbE (Intel® 82574L) (S7055AGM3NR-2T-B)
Video
ASPEED AST2300 Integrated Graphics
Audio
Realtek ALC262 audio CODEC (S7055AGM3NR)
Management
ASPEED AST2300 (IPMI v2.0 compliant w/ iKVM)
Form Factor
SSI EEB (12″ x 13″, 305mm x 330mm)
10GbE ports a huge plus for dataserving other computers/storage but on the other hand Tyan is only supporting a total of four DIMM slots per CPU. This also appears to be a potential workstation board with the audio option on the S7055AGM3NR making is a competitor to the ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS.
Tyan S7056 (S7056GM3NR / S7056WGM3NR / S7056WGM3NR-2T)
Processor
Dual LGA2011 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Chipset
Intel® C602 PCH
Intel® C602 PCH + TYAN TRK#5 ROM Kit (S7056WGM3NR/S7056WGM3NR-2T)
Memory
(8+8) DDR-III DIMM sockets
Support up to 512GB of LRDIMM 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 256GB of R-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 128GB of U-DDR3 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Expansion
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x16 slots
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x4 slots in-lined w/ x16 slots & x8 link
Storage
(2) SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s ports by (1) mini-SAS connector (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(8) SAS 3Gb/s ports by (2) mini-SAS conncetors (Intel® RSTe 3.0) (S7056WGM3NR/S7056WGM3NR-2T)
Network
(3) GbE (via Intel® I350-BT2 and Intel® 82574L) (S7056GM3NR/S7056WGM3NR)
(2) 10GbE (via Intel® X540-AT2) + (1) GbE (Intel® 82574L) (S7056WGM3NR-2T)
Video
ASPEED AST2300 Integrated Graphics
Management
ASPEED AST2300 (IPMI v2.0 compliant w/ iKVM)
Form Factor
EATX (12″ x 13″, 305mm x 330mm)
This board is optimized for 1U and 2U chassis with expansion ports via PCIe riser board(s). This is very similar to the AMD G34 based Tyan S8236WGM3NR that Patrick reviewed last year.
Tyan S7066 (S7066GM3NR / S7066WGM3NR)
Note, there is very little information of the S7066 online. It is not even listed on Tyan’s Xeon E5 2600 series page. We did find some quick specs on the board(s) and are including them here.
Processor
Dual LGA2011 sockets support Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors (Sandy Bridge-EP)
Chipset
Intel® C602 PCH
Intel® C602 PCH + LSI SAS2308 (S7066WGM3NR)
Memory
(8+8) DDR-III DIMM sockets
Support up to 512GB of LRDIMM 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 256GB of R-DDR3 1600/1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Support up to 128GB of U-DDR3 1333/1066 w/ ECC memory
Expansion
(2) PCI-E (Gen.3) x16 slots
Storage
(2) SATA 6Gb/s connectors (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(4) SATA 3Gb/s ports by (1) mini-SAS connector (Intel® RSTe 3.0)
(8) SAS 6Gb/s ports by (2) mini-SAS conncetors (LSI RAID stack) (S7066WGM3NR)
Network
(3) GbE (via Intel® I350-AM2 and Intel® 82574L)
Video
ASPEED AST2300 Integrated Graphics
Management
ASPEED AST2300 (IPMI v2.0 compliant w/ iKVM)
Form Factor
EATX (12″ x 13″, 305mm x 330mm)
This board seems very similar in layout to the S7056 but with a an onboard LSI SAS controller option, (and no option for 10GbE in sight)
Overall, these look like some interesting boards from Tyan. I am sure Patrick will have some reviews on the board(s) shortly.
