From a comment on the Xeon-W launch announcement article I got here, with the big difference that now the C422 Motherboards links somewhere. There are two base PCBs, one for the X11SRM and another for the X11SRA. Links for the Motherboard Manual are there but they are still unpublished, so we can't peek at the Block Diagrams...
X11SRM-F --- mATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI
X11SRM-VF --- mATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / 4x OCuLink ports for NVMe PCIe 4x
Note that OCuLink is a sort of internal/external PCIe like ThunderBolt. Some info here
X11SRA --- ATX / Intel I219-LM LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound / 2x M.2 Slots
X11SRA-F --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound / 2x M.2 Slots
X11SRA-RF --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN / 2x M.2 Slots
While the X11SRA series says that it supports only Xeon-W and no mention about Ci7/Ci9 HEDT, it has this funny remark:
***3xPCI-E3.0 x16 Slots(8/16/16 (Skylake-W 48 lanes)or 4/16/16 (Skylake-X 44 Lanes)or 4/8/16 (Skylake-X 28 lanes) or NA/4/8 (Kabylake-X 16 lanes), 1xPCI-E3.0x4 slots***
There is also this other one:
Intel VROC licence kit is needed to enable RAID.
Congratulations Intel, you just made a nightmarish platform even more so!
It seems that it uses the 48 Processor PCIe Lanes as 8/16/16 for the three PCIe Slots but I don't know where the 8 missing lanes are (The two M.2 Slots makes the most sense). It is a rather ultra clean layout, since there is no bifurcation. However, I don't like the M.2 Slots themselves because they are taking away possible expansion room with standard PCIe Slots.
Somehow I'm not satisfied with the Aquantia 5G LAN. Is more about the typical brand loyalty to Intel LANs due to them being considered the highest quality ones that anything else.
Also, the X299 based LGA 2066 Motherboards are available on their website, too. They are based on a different PCB that the C422 ones, with 4 PCIe 16x Slots instead of 3:
C9X299-PG --- ATX / Intel I210-AT LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound
C9X299-PGF --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound
C9X299-RPFG --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN
What the hell is that "Play Harder" on the Heatsink? And the -PG with those creepy shapes looks like a postmodern attention seeker. Seriously Supermicro, we have too many Motherboards with gaming products and there is no room for one more, just hybridize your Workstation line instead of tainting your brand name with those stupid gimmicks.
X11SRM-F --- mATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI
X11SRM-VF --- mATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / 4x OCuLink ports for NVMe PCIe 4x
Note that OCuLink is a sort of internal/external PCIe like ThunderBolt. Some info here
X11SRA --- ATX / Intel I219-LM LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound / 2x M.2 Slots
X11SRA-F --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound / 2x M.2 Slots
X11SRA-RF --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN / 2x M.2 Slots
While the X11SRA series says that it supports only Xeon-W and no mention about Ci7/Ci9 HEDT, it has this funny remark:
***3xPCI-E3.0 x16 Slots(8/16/16 (Skylake-W 48 lanes)or 4/16/16 (Skylake-X 44 Lanes)or 4/8/16 (Skylake-X 28 lanes) or NA/4/8 (Kabylake-X 16 lanes), 1xPCI-E3.0x4 slots***
There is also this other one:
Intel VROC licence kit is needed to enable RAID.
Congratulations Intel, you just made a nightmarish platform even more so!
It seems that it uses the 48 Processor PCIe Lanes as 8/16/16 for the three PCIe Slots but I don't know where the 8 missing lanes are (The two M.2 Slots makes the most sense). It is a rather ultra clean layout, since there is no bifurcation. However, I don't like the M.2 Slots themselves because they are taking away possible expansion room with standard PCIe Slots.
Somehow I'm not satisfied with the Aquantia 5G LAN. Is more about the typical brand loyalty to Intel LANs due to them being considered the highest quality ones that anything else.
Also, the X299 based LGA 2066 Motherboards are available on their website, too. They are based on a different PCB that the C422 ones, with 4 PCIe 16x Slots instead of 3:
C9X299-PG --- ATX / Intel I210-AT LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound
C9X299-PGF --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN / Realtek ALC1220 Sound
C9X299-RPFG --- ATX / ASPEED AST2500 BMC for IPMI / Intel I210-AT LAN
What the hell is that "Play Harder" on the Heatsink? And the -PG with those creepy shapes looks like a postmodern attention seeker. Seriously Supermicro, we have too many Motherboards with gaming products and there is no room for one more, just hybridize your Workstation line instead of tainting your brand name with those stupid gimmicks.
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