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Intel® C202, C204, and C206 Chipsets

The Intel® C202, C204, and C206 Series Chipsets support the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family in entry level workstations and one socket server platforms designed for use in small and medium businesses. These chipsets deliver dependability and productivity by providing new levels of cost effective data protection, performance, expanded security, virtualization, and power management options.

The Intel® C206 chipset specifically supports eight flexible PCI Express* 2.0 x1 ports configurable as x2 and x4, two SATA 6 Gb/s ports and four SATA 3 Gb/s ports, fourteen USB 2.0 ports, Legacy PCI, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST), Intel® HD Graphics P30001, Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio)2, and Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)3 7.0 (server only) or Intel® vPro™ technology4 (workstation only).

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Features and benefits
Serial ATA (SATA) 6 Gb/s Enables faster HDD cache transfers with next generation devices and helps Intel® Solid-State Drive (Intel® SSD) take full advantage of the higher bandwidth, speeding boot times and application load times.
PCI Express* 2.0 For expanded flexibility to support various I/O options such as networking and storage.
Universal Serial Bus* 2.0 (USB) Support for up to 14 ports with ability to disable individual ports for added data protection.
Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager Provides power and thermal monitoring and policy based power management for an individual server.
Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) 7.0 Allows IT to better discover, heal, and protect their networked computing assets even if system is powered off, OS unresponsive or hardware (such as hard drive) has failed.
Intel® vPro™ technology (workstation only) Enables IT to take advantage of hardware-assisted security and manageability capabilities that enhance their ability to maintain, manage, and protect their workstations.
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST)

Protects against hard drive failure and loss of critical business data (RAID 1/10/5).

Accelerates system performance (RAID 0/5).

New Email Alerting capability can notify a Managed Server Provider or IT administrator in the event of a hard drive failure.
Intel® Integrated 10/100/1000 MAC Support for the Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection.
Green technology Manufactured with Lead free and Halogen free component packages.

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1. Only available with select Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 SKUs.


2. Requires an Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) enabled system. Consult your PC manufacturer for more information. Sound quality will depend on equipment and actual implementation. For more information about Intel® HD Audio, refer to www.intel.com/design/chipsets/hdaudio.htm.


3. Requires activation and a system with a corporate network connection, an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware, and software. For notebooks, Intel AMT may be unavailable or limited over a host OS-based VPN, when connecting wirelessly, on battery power, sleeping, hibernating, or powered off. Results dependent upon hardware, setup, and configuration. For more information, visit www.intel.com/technology/vpro/index.htm.


4. Intel® vPro™ technology is sophisticated and requires setup and activation. Availability of features and results will depend upon the setup and configuration of your hardware, software, and IT environments. To learn more visit: www.intel.com/technology/vpro.