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ASUS DSBF-D SeriesASUS DSBF-D Series

ASUS DSBF-D Series

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PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect

technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point

serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by

carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with

existing PCI or PCI-X specifications. See page 2-25 for details.

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology supportSerial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology support

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology support

(DSBF-D/SAS model only)(DSBF-D/SAS model only)

(DSBF-D/SAS model only)

SAS is the latest storage interface for enterprise-class storage devices.

Building on and improving the parallel SCSI foundation, SAS is the new

industry standard that includes Serial ATA interoperability, and is projected

to be the succesor of the Ultra320 SCSI technology. See page 2-34 for the

location of the SAS connectors.

Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solutionZero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution

Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution

(DSBF-D/SAS model only)(DSBF-D/SAS model only)

(DSBF-D/SAS model only)

The motherboard comes with a ZCR socket for an optional Zero-Channel

RAID card, allowing RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 0+1, and

RAID 5 configurations. The ZCR capability provides a cost-effective

high-performance and added reliability.

IntelIntel

Intel

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82563 LAN solution 82563 LAN solution

82563 LAN solution

The motherboard comes with a dual-port Intel

82563 network connection

to provide a total solution for your networking needs. See page 2-31 for

the location of the LAN ports. See section “2.6 Jumpers” for details on

Gigabit LAN settings.

IntelIntel

Intel

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IOAT IOAT

IOAT

Intel

I/O Acceleration Technology (IOAT) is an integrated server platform

I/O solution that addresses all segments of the server I/O bottleneck

problem using TCP/IP without requiring any modification of existing or

future applications. Intel

IOAT is a system-wide solution that increases CPU

efficiency and delivers data to/from applications faster than current server

platforms.