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ASRock Rack's New Intel® C612 Series Server & Workstation Motherboards

TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 30, 2014 – Compact ones, humongous ones, long ones and some even with Thunderbolt ports. ASRock Rack has announced its new line of Intel® C612 series servers and workstations for either enterprise customers or workstation customers. These systems support Intel's latest Xeon E5-2600/1600 v3 (Haswell-EP) CPUs plus the next generation DDR4 memory modules for providing superior performance and efficiency. Check out the new models here:http://www.asrockrack.com/events/EnhancedComputing/index.html

High Performance Computing Servers

EP2C612D16-2L2T
EP2C612D16-4L

Both motherboards come with dual CPU sockets and 16x DDR4 DIMM slots, offering all the standard features for running professional server applications. In addition to its 10x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by Intel® C612, they also have two more SATA3 6Gb/s ports that can create RAID 0/1, which are powered by a Marvell 9172 chip.

  • Dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600/4600 v3
  • 16 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612, 2 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by Marvell 9172
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Support 2x 10G Base-T by Intel® X540( or 2 x GLAN by Intel® i350), 2 x GLAN by Intel® i210

Cutting-edge Front PCIe Design

EP2C612D16FM
3U8G-C612

For customers who want a clean system with lots of drives installed to the main storage bays, the server board EP2C612D16FM is specifically designed to fit into these kind of cases, it is also tailored for ASRock Rack's 3U8G-C612 barebone. The four edge connectors on the side of the motherboard may be connected with system switch boards to support up to 8 GPGPU/MIC cards!

  • Dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600/4600 v3
  • 16 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612, 2 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by Marvell 9172
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Supports Front Right Angle 2 x16 from each CPU to Mid-plane, total 4 x16 (need to bundle with ASRock Rack system board)
  • Support 2 x GLAN by Intel® i210 and additional Mezzanine card to support 2 x 10G Ethernet or 2 x GLAN

Thermal Optimized Servers

EP2C612D16NM-2T8R
EP2C612D16NM-8R
EP2C612D16NM

Considering dynamics of the thermal airflow, ASRock Rack designed these server boards with CPU sockets located where they are able to receive air flow equally without disturbing the efficiency of the CPUs. Moreover, there's an added LSI 3008 controller (optional) for providing 8 SAS3 12Gb/s through a mini SAS HD connector, and two onboard 10G Base-T LAN ports (optional). On the side, the rear i/o and PCIe x16 slots are redesigned to not only fit into 1U chassis, but also install two full height add-on cards.

  • Dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600/4600 v3
  • 16 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612, 8 x SAS3 12Gb/s (from 2 x mini SAS HD connectors) by LSI3008
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Supports 3 PCIE 3.0 x16 slots which can support 2 full-high Add-on card in 1U system
  • Support 2 x 10 GLAN by Intel® X540(BOM option: 2 x GLAN by Intel® i350) and additional Mezzanine card to support 2 x 10G Ethernet or 2 x GLAN

Highly Expandable Servers

EP2C612D16SM-2T
EP2C612D16SM

Besides the 6 PCIe 3.0 x8 slots and 10 SATA3 6Gb/s ports by Intel® C612, costumers are able to install an ASRock Rack storage mezzanine card (M2208/M8076) to the onboard mezzanine slot for more SAS3 12Gb/s storage options.

  • Dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600/4600 v3
  • 16 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612, additional mezzanine slot for storage mezzanine card (by ASRock rack) provide SAS3 12Gb/s.
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Supports 6 PCIE 3.0 x 8 slots
  • Support 2 x 10 GLAN by Intel® X540(BOM option: 2 x GLAN by Intel® i350)

ATX Compact Storage with onboard SAS3

EP2C612D8-2T8R
EP2C612D8-8R
EP2C612D8

Compact ATX sized motherboards with an abundance of storage ports, including 10 SATA3 6Gb/s ports by Intel® C612 and 8 SAS3 12Gb/s ports supported by an LSI 3008 chip. What's even more amazing is ASRock Rack has also managed to cram 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 slots and a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot onto the motherboard!

  • Dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600/4600 v3
  • 8 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612, 8 x SAS3 12Gb/s (from 2 x mini SAS HD connectors) by LSI3008
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Supports 2 PCIE 3.0 x16 slots, 1 PCIE3.0 x8
  • Support 2 x 10 GLAN by Intel® X540(BOM option: 2 x GLAN by Intel® i350)

High Performance, High Density

EP2C612D16HM-2T
EP2C612D16HM

Propriety half width designed server boards with dual CPU sockets, 16 DDR4 DIMM slots, plus a mezzanine slot for upgrading to two 10G-Base-T or fiber Ethernet. These special shaped boards are designed so that two of them may fit nicely in a 1U chassis, while four can compose a 2U high density server.

  • Dual Intel® Xeon E5-2600/4600 v3 with a half-width size(18.6''x 6.5'')
  • 16 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612, 8 x SAS3 12Gb/s (from 2 x mini SAS HD connectors) by LSI3008
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Supports 1 PCIE 3.0 x16 slot
  • Support 2 x 10 GLAN by Intel® X540(BOM option: 2 x GLAN by Intel® i350) and additional Mezzanine card to support 2 x 10G Ethernet or 2 x GLAN

Versatile Server/Work Station/IPC with Thunderbolt

EPC612D8A-TB
EPC612D8A
EPC612D8

ATX sized all-rounder motherboards with a single CPU socket, 8 DDR4 DIMM slots, and an onboard M.2 socket that supports M.2 SATA SSD cards up to 6Gb/s or M.2 PCIe SSD cards up to 10Gb/s. Furthermore, EPC612D8A-TB also supports Thunderbolt technology with its mini DisplayPort located at its rear i/o.

  • Single Intel® Xeon E5-1600/2600 v3
  • 8 x DDR4 DIMM slots
  • 10 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports by C612
  • Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
  • Supports 4 PCIE 3.0 x16, 1 PCIE 3.08 x8 and M.2 slot.
  • Support 2 x GLAN by Intel® i210+Intel® i217

For more product information, please visit:
http://www.asrockrack.com/events/EnhancedComputing/index.html