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Overview

The IntelŽ 5500 Tylersburg XeonŽ Based IX-Athena is a solid 4U/Tower solution, offering the best performance per watt and the best total cost of ownership. The IX-Athena was designed to optimize system power by utilizing a high-efficiency power supply, in addition to motherboard, components, and cooling sub-system designs for high-performance and high-efficiency.

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The IX-Athena is perfect for situations that require a high performance server in a small office environment, or university computing lab.   Offering industry-first FCC Class B certification for a workstation with 1400W redundant power and Super-Quiet 38 dB operation makes it a perfect solution in non-rackmounted environment.

The chassis offeres redundant Gold Level high-efficiency (93%+) 1400W power supplies and PMBus support for intelligent power management, incorporating the highest level MTBF cooling and exhaust fans utilizing advanced fan speed controls. Its 8 hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD bays offer exceptional storage capacity for all conceivable technical computing, graphics applications, and as an added feature includes four dedicated power connectors for high-end graphics cards and GPUs.

Features

Enclosure

  • Redundant (1+1) 1400W Gold-Level Power Supplies, FCC Class B Certified
  • Super Quiet 38dB system at normal operation for office environment
  • Four dedicated power connectors (6pin + 8pin) for high-end GPUs
  • Eight 3.5" Hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs
  • Nine Full-height, Full-length expansion slots optimized for 4x double width high-end graphic cards
  • Advanced fan speed control - SuperQuiet 38dB
  • Tower and Rackmount configurations
  • Highest Quality Chassis Built - Superb Components, Fans, & Power Supply

Cooling System

  • Two 5000 RPM Hot-swap Cooling Fans
  • Two 5000 RPM Hot-swap Rear Exhaust Fan

Unit Dimensions

  • Height          7"    
  • Width           17.8"
  • Depth             26.5"
  • Gross Weight         2 lbs
  • Package         38.6" x 26.6" x 17.4"
  • Available Color     Dark Gray

Optional

  • Rail set + handles, quick/quick Rail kit

Motherboard

  • Dual IntelŽ 5500 series XeonŽ Quad/Dual-Core, with QPI up to 6.4 GT/s
  • Dual IntelŽ 5520 (Tylersburg) Chipsets
  • Up to 144GB DDR3 1333/1066/800MHz ECC Registered DIMM / 24GB Unbuffered DIMM
  • IntelŽ 82576 Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
  • 6x SATA2 (3 Gbps) Ports via ICH10R Controller
  • Two (x16) PCI-E 2.0, Four (x8) PCI-E 2.0 (1 in x 16 slot), One (x4) PCI-E (in x8 slot)
  • Realtek ALC888 7.1 HD Audio
  • Integrated Matrox G200eW Graphics
  • Two IEEE 1394a Ports
  • Integrated IPMI 2.0 with Dedicated LAN

Processors Supported

  • Dual 1366-pin LGA Sockets
  • Supports up to two IntelŽ 64-bit XeonŽ processor(s) of the same type:
  • Quad-Core IntelŽ XeonŽProcessor 5500 sequence (Nehalem-EP processor)

Memory

  • Eighteen 240-pin DIMM sockets
  • Supports up to 144GB 1333/1066/800MHz DDR3 ECC Registered memory
  • Supports up to 24GB 1333/1066/800MHz DDR3 ECC Unbuffered memory
  • Memory Mirroring supported

Chipset

  • IntelŽ 5520 (Tylersburg) chipset
  • ICH10R +2x IOH-36D

LAN support

  • IntelŽ 82576 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
  • One Realtek RTL8201N PHY (dedicated IPMI)

Remote Management

  • Support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface v.2.0
  • IPMI 2.0 with virtual media over LAN and KVM-over-LAN support
  • WinbondŽ WPCM450 BMC

Peripheral interfaces

  • Realtek ALC888 7.1 HD audio
  • Matrox G200eW Graphics Support

Expansion capabilities

  • Two (x16) PCI-E 2.0 slots
  • Four (x8) PCI-E 2.0 slots (1 in x16 slot)
  • One (x4) PCI-E slot

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