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- Intel X520-T2 10GBE, Dual Port – I had access to use these from a friend
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The Supermicro system board has 4 memory slots and supports 32 MB of memory. It has 6 SATA3 ports for a maximum of 6 devices. The Onboard USB is very nice for installing the 8 GB USB drive for the esxi install. It has a built in video card, dual 1 GB NIC’s, USB ports, IPMI port and a serial port.