The Tyan S8056GME, also known as the Tomcat CX S8056, is a single-socket server motherboard designed for demanding workloads in data centers, cloud computing, and enterprise environments. It supports AMD's EPYC 9004 series of processors and offers high-performance computing through extensive memory and storage capabilities. StrengthsPowerful CPU support: The S8056GME is built for a single AMD EPYC Genoa, Bergamo, or Genoa X processor (Socket SP5). This provides the board with high core counts and processing power for a wide range of compute-intensive tasks.

• Extensive memory capacity: With 24 DDR5 DIMM slots, the motherboard can support a maximum capacity of up to 3 TB of ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM memory. This massive memory support makes it suitable for virtualization, big data analytics, and other memory-intensive applications.
• High-speed storage: The board is designed for high-density, high-speed storage configurations. It features:9 PCIe 5.0 x8 MCIO connectors for NVMe drives.
• 2 NVMe M.2 22110/2280 slots.
• U.2 connectors for additional high-speed storage.

• Robust expansion options: The S8056GME includes multiple PCIe 5.0 expansion slots, such as two PCIe 5.0 riser slots and a PCIe 5.0 x16 OCP v3.0 LAN mezzanine slot, for adding network cards, GPUs, and other accelerators.
• Comprehensive remote management: The board has an Aspeed AST2600 BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) with support for IPMI 2.0 and Redfish. This allows for seamless remote management, maintenance, and monitoring.
• High reliability: As a Tyan server board, it is designed for reliability and stability in mission-critical environments. 

LimitationsProprietary form factor: The board has a proprietary form factor with dimensions of 14.18" x 12.16" (360.2 x 308.8mm). This makes it compatible with specific Tyan chassis and limits its use in standard cases, which can complicate system building and reduce flexibility.

• Not a workstation board: As noted by users on forums like ServeTheHome, the S8056GME's architecture is optimized for high-density storage and massive memory capacity, not for high-end graphics card usage. For workstation builds requiring multiple full-length GPUs, other models may be more suitable.
• Cabling length issues: Some Reddit users have noted that the placement of MCIO ports near the I/O shield may require longer-than-standard cables if U.2 drives are placed at the front of a server chassis.

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