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Supermicro® Solutions with Thunderbolt™ Support
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Supermicro SuperServers and motherboards support Thunderbolt™ Technology.
Benefits
- Thunderbolt™ is the fastest, most versatile connection to your PC with transfer speeds up to 20Gbps
- Thunderbolt simultaneously supports high-resolution displays and high-performance data devices through a single compact port
- Thunderbolt expands computing capability via a simple daisy-chain connection of up to six devices
- Compatible with a variety of display technologies, including DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, and VGA using Mini DisplayPort adapters
Usage
- Transfer an HD movie in less than 30 seconds
- Backup a year's worth of continuous mp3 playback in just over 10min
- Sync and back up all your movies, TV shows, music, and photos at blazingly fast speeds
- Edit and view video while simultaneously backing up your content over a single cable connection
Installation
- AOC-TBT-DSL5320 is the qualified Thunderbolt AOC that will work with Supermicro motherboards
- Plug Thunderbolt add-on card into PCIe 2.0 x4 slot from PCH
- Connect one end of GPIO cable to GPIO header JTBT1 on the motherboard and other end to the GPIO header on AOC-TBT-DSL5320
- Connect GPU card display output into the DisplayPort input connector on the Thunderbolt card
- Connect the Thunderbolt port on the AOC to the Thunderbolt device
- User may daisy chain up to 6 devices and a legacy monitor (legacy monitor must be at the end of the daisy chain); user can daisy chain one additional monitor if legacy monitor is DP 1.2; TBT devices can be connected after TBT monitor in the daisy chain
Specifications
Form Factor |
Single slot (3.71" length x 2.99" height) with full height bracket |
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Chipset |
DSL5320 Thunderbolt 2 controller (Falcon Ridge) |
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Thunderbolt Connector |
1 |
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DisplayPort Connector |
1 |
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DisplayPort Revision |
1.2 |
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PCIe Connection |
PCIe 2.0 x4 from PCH PCIe slot |
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GPIO Connector |
Needs GPIO cable to TBT GPIO header on MB
(Supported on X10DAi/C/X, X10DAL and X10DRG-Q) |
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Thunderbolt Bandwidth |
20 Gbps |
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TBT AIC Power Consumption |
4.1W max |
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For more information, contact your Supermicro sales representatives to find out more about Supermicro products with Thunderbolt support.

Thunderbolt Support
Up to 5 GPUs
7.1 HD Audio
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- GPU Server, Mission-critical app., enterprise server, large database, e-business, on-line transaction processing, oil & gas, medical app.
- Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- 8 Hot-swap 3.5" SATA HDD Bays, 3 peripheral 5.25" drive bays, 1 fixed 3.5" drive bay
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 4 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (4 GPU cards opt.), 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (1 in x16), and 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slot
- 2 GbE, 1 Video, 2 COM/Serial, 5 USB 3.0, 4 USB 2.0, 7.1 HD Audio, Thunderbolt Support
- System management: Built-in Server management tool (IPMI 2.0, KVM/media over LAN) with dedicated LAN port
- 4 PWM Middle cooling fans and 2 PWM rear exhaust fans
- 2000W Redundant Titanium Level Power Supplies
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Thunderbolt Support
Up to 3 GPUs
7.1 HD Audio
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- 4U Whisper Quiet Workstation for Virtualization and Multi Tasking
- Dual Socket R3 support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- 8x 3.5" Hot-swap drive bays
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, and 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slot supports Thunderbolt 2.0 AIC
- I/O ports: 2 GbE, 1 Video, 2 COM/Serial, 2 USB 3.0 (rear), 4 USB 2.0, 7.1 HD Audio
- 2x 2800 RPM cooling fans and 1x 2700 RPM fan
- 1200W Platinum Level Power Supply
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Thunderbolt Support
Up to 3 GPUs
7.1 HD Audio
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- Mid-Tower Mainstream Whisper Quiet Workstation
- Dual Socket R3 support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- 4x 3.5" internal drive bays, 2x 5.25" drive bays, and 1x 3.5" internal fixed drive bay
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, and 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slot supports Thunderbolt 2.0 AIC
- I/O ports: 2 GbE, 1 Video, 2 COM/Serial, 6 USB 3.0, 4 USB 2.0, 1 Type A, 7.1 HD Audio
- 1 Super-quiet PWM rear fan
- 900W Gold Level Power Supply
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- Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- Intel® C612 Express chipset
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slots
- Intel® i210 Dual port Gigabit Ethernet
- 10 SATA3 (6Gbps) ports via C612
- 6 USB 3.0 ports (4 rear + 2 via header) + 1 Type A
- 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 rear + 2 via header)
- 2 SuperDOM (Disk on Module) ports
- RealTek ALC889 7.1 HD 8 Channel Audio w/ S/PDIF header
- Form factor: E-ATX, 12" x 13"
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- Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- Intel® C612 Express chipset
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slots
- Intel® i210 Dual port Gigabit Ethernet
- 8 SAS3 (12Gbps) ports via Broadcom 3008; SW RAID 0, 1, 10
- 10 SATA3 (6Gbps) ports via C612
- 6 USB 3.0 ports (4 rear + 2 via header) + 1 Type A
- 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 rear + 2 via header)
- 2 SuperDOM (Disk on Module) ports
- RealTek ALC889 7.1 HD 8 Channel Audio w/ S/PDIF header
- Form factor: E-ATX, 12" x 13"
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- Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- Intel® C612 Express chipset
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slots
- Intel® i210 Dual port Gigabit Ethernet
- 10 SATA3 (6Gbps) ports via C612
- 6 USB 3.0 ports (4 rear + 2 via header) + 1 Type A
- 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 rear + 2 via header)
- 2 SuperDOM (Disk on Module) ports
- RealTek ALC889 7.1 HD 8 Channel Audio w/ S/PDIF header
- Form factor: E-ATX, 12" x 13"
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- Dual Socket R3 (LGA 2011) support: Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4/v3 family; QPI up to 9.6GT/s
- Intel® C612 Express chipset
- 16 DIMM slots; up to 2TB ECC 3DS LRDIMM or RDIMM DDR4‑2400MHz
- 4 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16), 1 PCI-E 3.0 x8 and 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8) slots
- Intel® i350 Dual port Gigabit Ethernet
- IPMI 2.0 and KVM with dedicated LAN
- 10 SATA3 (6Gbps) ports via C612
- 4 USB 3.0 ports (2 rear + 2 via header) + 1 Type A
- 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 rear + 2 via header)
- 2 SuperDOM (Disk on Module) ports
- HD Audio (via header)
- Form factor: Proprietary WIO, 15.2" x 13.2"
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- Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 family, Intel® 4th Gen Core i7/i5/i3 processor (formerly codenamed Haswell); Socket H3 (LGA 1150)
- Intel® C226 PCH Express Chipset
- Up to 32GB DDR3 1600MHz ECC/non-ECC UDIMMs in 4 sockets
- 8 SATA3 (6Gbps): 6 via PCH (RAID 0,1,10,5), 2 via ASM1061
- 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 3 PCI-E 2.0 x1 (in x4) slots
- Audio: RealTek ALC1150 High Definition Audio
- 8 USB 3.0 (4 rear, 4 via headers)
- 6 USB 2.0 (2 rear, 4 via headers)
- Dual GbE LAN ports (1 via Intel® i217LM + 1 via Intel® i210AT)
- SATA DOM power connector support; TPM 1.2 header
- Form factor: ATX, 12" x 9.6"
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