Supermicro Supero X9SRH-7F - Preface and Introduction; About This Motherboard

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Preface
Preface
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
X9SRH Motherboard Series motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The X9SRH Motherboard Series supports a single Intel® E5-1600/E5-2600
series processor (2011-pin, Socket R). With the Intel® C602J chipset built in, the
X9SRH Motherboard series offers top-of-the-line server performance and storage
capability. Features such as fourteen (14) SAS/SATA ports, dual 10 Gb LAN ports,
support for up to 256GB of memory, and IPMI support make the X9SRH series ideal
for high end server platforms.
Please refer to our website (http://www.supermicro.com/products/) for processor
and memory support updates.
*This product is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1describesthefeatures,specicationsandperformanceofthemother-
board, and provides detailed information on the Intel Patsburg chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-
stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the
system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS, and provides detailed information
on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.
Appendix B lists software program installation instructions.
Appendix C contains the UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.