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New Server Motherboards on Greenlow Platform

Published: Nov 11,2015

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ASRock Rack released the new series of server motherboard based on Intel Greenlow Platform. The new models are in uATX, ATX and miniITX. ASRock Rack makes use of the enhanced features to expand the market for web servers and storage servers.

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Prior to the previous launch of Greenlow workstation motherboards, ASRock Rack introduced four models: E3C236D4U, E3C232D4U-V1L, E3C236D4M and E3C236D2I. All the motherboards benefit from the improvements of the new generation platform.

Compared with those predecessors based on C226, new models support from DDR3 to DDR4 ECC DIMM slots, from 6 SATA3 to 8 SATA3, and more PCIe3.0 slots and USB 3.0 ports. The new models can be deployed in various applications from general servers, web-hosting servers, to blade type micro servers and power home NAS.

E3C236D4U is in uATX, it can fit in rack or short-depth chassis. With the enhanced features from Greenlow platform, E3C236D4U is suitable for either enterprise or general purpose servers. Except for the SKU based on C236, ASRock Rack developed another model E3C232D4U-V1L, as the economic option for web hosting service providers. It is built with the entry-level C232 chipset, supports 1G LAN and 1*VGA ports for displays.

Key Specification

E3C236D4U:

- Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Series Processor

- Supports Dual channel DDR4 2133/1866 ECC and U DIMM max 64 GB

- Support 8*SATA3 by C236

- 1*PCIex16(x16/x0, x8/x8), 1*PCIex8, 1*PCIex4 shared with M.2, 1*PCIex1

- Integrated IPMI 2.0 with KVM and Dedicated LAN (RTL8211E)

- Supports Intel 2* i210

Key Specification

E3C232D4U-V1L:

- Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Series Processors

- Supports Dual channel DDR4 2133/1866 ECC and U DIMM max 64 GB

- Support 6*SATA3 by C232

- 1*PCIex16(x16/x0, x8/x8), 1*PCIex8, 1*PCIex4 shared with M.2, 1*PCIex1

- 1*RJ45:1

- Supports Intel 1* i210

E3C236D4M is in ATX with 8 SATA3.0 ports and multiple PCIe slots. Through the upgrade to Greenlow platform, the storage capacity and memory speed are enhanced. It supports M.2 for OS installation, speed at the data transfer. Besides, there are two mezzanine slots for adding up max40G network controller or SAS controller. All in all E3C236D4M has fantastic storage capacity and throughput. It is ideal for high density web service servers, video broadcasting servers and multi-display applications.

Key Specification

- Intel XeonE3-1200v5 Series Processors

- Supports Dual channel DDR4 2133/1866 ECC and U DIMM max 64 GB

- Support 8*SATA3 by C236

- Supports 1*PCIe3.0 x16, 1*PCIe3.0x8, 1*PCIe3.0x1

- Integrated IPMI 2.0 with KVM and Dedicated LAN (RTL8211E)

- Supports 2*Intel i210

E3C236D2I is in miniITX, easy to deploy as micro server, mini servers or tower servers. It supports 2 DDR4 ECC DIMM slots, fast memory speed and enhanced data protection. It supports 8 SATA3 ports and 1 PCIex16, solid storage and expandability. It targets enterprise NAS users, power home users and other applications such as blade-type colocation server nodes.

Features:

- Mini-ITX 6.7”x6.7

- Single Socket LGA 1151 H4 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Series Processors

- Supports Dual channel DDR4 2133 ECC/Non-ECC UDIMM 2*DIMM

- Supports 8*SATA3 by C236

- Supports 1* PCIex16

- Supports Intel i210*1+ Intel i219*1

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