Power and performance combine in this exciting new offering for the workstation market: the Tempest i5000XT (S2696). Based on Intel's 5000X chipset, the Tempest i5000XT offers many key features, including support for (2) Intel® Xeon® processors 5000/5100 series; FBDIMM support; dual PCI Express x16 slots, as well as multiple PCI-X slots; built-in FireWire (1394a), Audio, SAS, and SATA-II with RAID, and onboard dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.


Processor
• Dual LGA771 sockets
• Supports up to two Intel® Xeon® processors 5000/
5100 series ("Dempsey/Woodcrest"); dual-Core
• 1333/1066/667 MHz FSB; VRD 11.0

Chipset
• Intel® 5000X chipset
• Intel® 6321ESB I/O Controller Hub
• Winbond 82627EHG Super I/O chip

Memory
• (8) 240-pin DDR2 FBDIMM sockets
• Four memory channels; supports ECC DIMMs
• Maximum of 32/16GB of DDR2-533/667

Expansion Slots
• (2) PCI-E x16 slots (one x4 sig. from EBS2;
one x16 signals for graphics cards)
• (1) PCI-E x8 slot (x4 sig. from EBS2)
• (2) PCI-X 133/100MHz slots from EBS2
• (1) PCI 32-bit 33MHz slot

Integrated I/O
• One 9-pin 16550 UART serial port
• Six USB 2.0 ports (4 rear; 4 for 2 pin headers)
• PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors
• Six standard SATA connectors
• Two RJ-45 10/100/1000 LAN ports
• One IDE and one floppy ports
• Eight SAS ports

System Management
• ADI ADT7470 Hardware Monitor
• CPU thermal & voltage monitor support
• Five (5) fan headers (4-pin configuration)

Integrated Audio Controller
• HDA link; SPDIF in/out port in rear
• RealTek ALC888 controller (High-Def. Audio)
• Stacked Mic-in/Line-in/Line-out rear ports
• Front panel audio header
• CD-in, Aux-in headers (4-pin configuration)


Integrated SATA Controller
• (6) SATA-II ports running at 3.0Gb/s
• RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 supported
(RAID 10 only supported under windows)

Integrated SAS Controller
• LSI 1068E SAS controller
• (8) SAS ports; RAID 0, 1, and 1E supported
• Supports Integrated Mirroring, Integrated
Enhanced Mirroring, and Integrated Stripping

Integrated FireWire (1394a) Controller
• TI TSB43AB22 1394a controller
• 1394a channel for rear (connector)
• 1394a channel for front (header)

Integrated LAN Controllers
• Intel® Gigabit from ESB2 (w/ dual pors "Gilgal")
- ASF 2.0; two RJ-45 ports with LED

Trusted Platform Management (TPM)
• Infineon SLB9635TT 1.2 (w/ 5000X-G chipset)

BIOS
• Phoenix BIOS® on 8Mbit Flash ROM
• Support ACPI 2.0
• PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot
• PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0 Power Management
• User-configurable H/W monitoring
• Auto-configuration of hard disk types
• Multiple boot options
• 48-bit LBA support

Form Factor
• SSI / Extened ATX footprint (12" x 13")

Power
• EPS12V / SSI (24 + 8 + 4 pin) power connectors

Regulatory
• FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity)
• European Community CE (DoC)