Asus NCCH-DR User Manual

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Dual Gigabit LAN solution

The Intel

PRO/1000 CT Network Connection allows full-duplex Gigabit

performance on LAN on Motherboard (LOM) applications through the
Communication Streaming Architecture (CSA). Instead of connecting to the
PCI bus, the controller connects to the dedicated CSA bus on the Memory
Controller Hub (MCH) thus reducing the PCI bottlenecks by freeing the PCI
bus for other I/O operations.

The Intel

PRO/1000 MT Network Connection is also onboard to support

32-bit LAN through the PCI bus. See page 2-26 for details.

Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution

Zero-Channel RAID (ZCR) solution (on SATA models only)

The Adaptec AIC-8130 PCI-X SATA-II controller also supports an optional
Zero-Channel RAID card on the 64-bit PCI-X slot to create a RAID solution,
including RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 0+1, and RAID 5. The
ZCR capability provides a cost-effective, high-performance RAID sets.

Integrated graphics

The onboard ATI Rage™ XL graphics controller with 8MB memory provides a
reliable graphics solution for server applications. See page 2-26 for details.

USB 2.0 technology

The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the
12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is
backward compatible with USB 1.1. See page 2-26 and 2-30 for details.

Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring

The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC (integrated in the Winbond
Super I/O) to prevent overheating and damage. The system fan rotations
per minute (RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection. The ASIC
monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical
components. See page 4-36 and 4-37 for details.