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Supermicro Supero X9SRi User Manual

Supermicro Supero X9SRi
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USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0b
X9SRi
X9SRi-F
X9SRi-3F
X9SRE
X9SRE-F
X9SRE-3F

Table of Contents

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Supermicro Supero X9SRi Specifications

General IconGeneral
Form FactorATX
CPU SocketLGA 2011
ChipsetIntel C602
Memory Slots8
Maximum Memory256GB
PCI-Express 3.0 x162
PCI-Express 3.0 x81
PCI-Express 2.0 x41
PCI-Express 2.0 x11
RAID Support0, 1, 5, 10
Supported Memory TypesDDR3 1066/1333/1600
SATA6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s
LANDual Gigabit LAN
NetworkIntel 82574L
USB Ports4 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0

Summary

Preface

About This Motherboard

Provides overview of the motherboard's features, processor, chipset, and memory support.

Manual Organization

Outlines the structure and content of each chapter in the manual for user navigation.

Conventions Used in the Manual

Contacting Supermicro

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1 Overview

Introduces the motherboard and lists the retail box contents for new users.

Motherboard Layout

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Quick Reference

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Jumpers

Lists and defines the function of various jumpers on the motherboard for configuration.

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series LED Indicators

Explains the meaning and status of onboard LED indicators for system monitoring.

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Headers/Connectors

Motherboard Features

Motherboard Features (continued)

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Features Comparison

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Block Diagram

1-2 Chipset Overview

1-3 Special Features

Recovery from AC Power Loss

Configures system behavior upon restoration of AC power after an outage.

PC Health Monitoring

Describes features for monitoring system voltages, fans, and temperature.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring (continued)

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control

Monitors and controls fan speeds based on firmware settings.

Environmental Temperature Control

Manages thermal control and alerts for overheating.

System Resource Alert

Notifies users of system events via Super Doctor III.

1-5 ACPI Features

1-6 Power Supply

1-7 Super I/O

1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton WPCM450 Controller

Chapter 2: Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Provides precautions for handling static-sensitive components to prevent damage.

2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Opening the LGA2011 Socket

Step-by-step instructions for opening the CPU socket lever mechanism.

Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink

Removing the Heatsink

2-3 Installing DDR3 Memory

DIMM Installation

Step-by-step process for inserting DDR3 DIMMs into the slots.

Removing Memory Modules

Reverse steps for safely removing DIMM modules from the motherboard.

Memory Support

Memory Population Guidelines

2-4 Motherboard Installation

Tools Needed

Lists the required tools for motherboard installation.

Location of Mounting Holes

Shows the locations of mounting holes on the motherboard for chassis alignment.

2-5 Connectors/IO Ports

Motherboard I/O Backpanel

Identifies and labels the ports on the motherboard's rear I/O panel.

ATX PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Ports

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

Ethernet Ports

Serial Ports

Video Port

Front Control Panel

JF1 Header Pins

Illustrates the pinout for the JF1 front control panel header.

Front Control Panel Pin Definitions

NIC1/NIC2 (LAN1/LAN2)

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail / UID LED

NMI Button

Reset Button

Power Button

2-6 Connecting Cables & Optional Devices

ATX Main PWR (JPW1) & CPU PWR Connectors (JPW2)

Details the pin definitions for the 24-pin ATX main power and 8-pin CPU power connectors.

Fan Headers (FAN1~4, FANA)

Chassis Intrusion (JL1)

Speaker (JD1)

Internal Buzzer (SP1)

Wake-On-LAN (JSTBY1)

Power Supply I2C (JPI2C1)

DOM PWR Connector (JSD1)

T-SGPIO 1/2 & 3-SGPIO 1/2 Headers

TPM Header (JTPM1)

Unit ID Switch (UID SW)

Overheat/Fan Fail LED (JOH1)

System Management Bus (JIPMB1)

2-7 Jumper Settings

Explanation of Jumpers

General explanation of how jumpers function to change board settings.

LAN Port Enable/Disable (JPL1~2)

Describes jumpers to enable or disable LAN ports 1 and 2 for network connectivity.

CMOS Clear (JBT1)

PCI-E Slot SMB Enable (JI2C1/JI2C2)

VGA Enable (JPG1)

Watch Dog Reset (JWD1)

USB Wake-Up (JPUSB1)

BMC Enable/Disable (JPB1)

BIOS Recovery (JPBIOS1)

ME Recovery (JPME1)

2-8 Onboard Indicators

LAN Port LEDs

Describes the Link and Activity LEDs for the Ethernet ports.

IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs

Details the LEDs for the IPMI dedicated LAN port.

Rear Unit ID LED (UID LED)

IPMI Heartbeat LED (DP3)

Onboard Power LED (DP2)

2-9 SATA and SAS Connections

Chapter 3: Troubleshooting

3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures

General procedures to follow when troubleshooting system problems.

Before Power On

Checks and steps to perform before powering on the system for troubleshooting.

No Power

Steps to diagnose and resolve issues related to no power.

No Video

Memory Errors

When You Lose the System’s Setup Configuration

3-2 Technical Support Procedures

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions

IASTOR.SYS Read Error During Windows Installation

Heatsink Part Numbers

BIOS Recovery Troubleshooting

3-4 Battery Removal and Installation

Battery Removal

Step-by-step guide to safely remove the onboard battery.

Proper Battery Disposal

Important warnings and guidelines for proper disposal of used batteries.

Battery Installation

Step-by-step guide to securely install a new onboard battery.

3-5 Returning Merchandise for Service

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

4-1 Introduction

Describes the AMI BIOS Setup Utility and how to update it.

Starting BIOS Setup Utility

Instructions on how to enter the BIOS setup utility during system boot.

How to Start the Setup Utility

4-2 Main Setup

System Overview

4-3 Advanced Setup Configurations

▶BOOT Feature

Options related to boot behavior, including quiet boot and ROM display.

Quiet Boot

Configures the boot screen display between POST messages or OEM logo.

AddOn ROM Display Mode

Sets the display mode for Option ROMs.

Bootup Num-Lock

Controls the power-on state of the NumLock key.

Wait For 'F1' If Error

Forces the system to wait for F1 key press on error.

Interrupt 19 Capture

Manages the software interrupt for boot disk function.

Watch Dog Function

Power Button Function

Restore on AC Power Loss

CPU Configuration

Socket 1 CPU Information

Displays information about the CPU, such as type, speed, and cores.

Clock Spread Spectrum

Hyper Threading

Active Processor Cores

Limit CPUID Maximum

Execute-Disable Bit

Intel® AES-NI

Hardware Prefetcher

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

DCU Streamer Prefetcher

DCU IP Prefetcher

Intel® Virtualization Technology

CPU Power Management Configuration

Power Technology

Selects the motherboard's power-saving scheme.

EIST

Enables/disables Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology for dynamic frequency adjustment.

Turbo Mode

Allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency.

C1E Support

Enables/disables Enhanced Halt State for reduced CPU power consumption.

CPU C3 Report, CPU C6, CPU C7 Report

Enables/disables reporting of CPU power states for OS.

Package C State Limit

Sets the limit for C-State package registers.

Long duration power limit

Short duration power limit

Chipset Configuration

North Bridge Configuration

Displays the current IO chipset revision.

Integrated IO Configuration

Configures integrated I/O devices like VT-d, I/OAT, and DCA.

Intel® VT-d

Enables Intel's Virtualization Technology for I/O devices.

Intel® I/OAT

Enables Intel I/O Acceleration Technology for reduced CPU overhead.

DCA Support

Accelerates I/O device performance using Direct Cache Access.

IIO 1 PCIe Port Bifurcation Control

Controls PCIe port bifurcation for specific slots.

Slot 6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 Link Speed

Sets the target link speed for Slot 6 PCI-E.

Slot 4 PCI-E 3.0 x8 Link Speed

Sets the target link speed for Slot 4 PCI-E.

DIMM Configuration

Memory Configuration

Shows details about installed memory, speed, and mode.

DIMM Information

Provides general information about the installed memory modules.

Memory Mode

Sets the memory mode, with 'Independent' as the only option.

DRAM RAPL Mode

Sets the DRAM Running Average Power Limit mode.

DDR Speed

Forces system memory to run at a specific DDR speed.

Channel Interleaving

Selects channel memory interleaving methods for performance.

Rank Interleaving

Selects rank memory interleaving methods for performance.

Patrol Scrub

Enables/disables Patrol Scrub for correcting memory errors.

Demand Scrub

Data Scrambling

Device Tagging

Thermal Throttling

South Bridge Configuration

All USB Devices

EHCI Controller 1 / EHCI Controller 2

Legacy USB Support

Port 60/64 Emulation

EHCI Hand-Off

SATA Configuration

SATA Port0~Port5

Displays information about installed SATA drives on each port.

SATA Mode

Selects the operating mode for installed SATA drives (IDE, AHCI, RAID).

IDE Mode

Details settings when IDE Mode is selected, like Serial-ATA Controller activation.

AHCI Mode

Details settings when AHCI Mode is selected, like Link Power Management.

Port 0~5 Hot Plug

Staggered Spin Up

RAID Mode

SCU Configuration

Disable Storage Controller Unit (SCU)

Enables or disables chipset SCU devices.

OnChip SCU Option PROM

Enables or disables the onboard SAS option ROM.

PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration

PCI ROM Priority

Specifies which Option ROM to launch (Legacy or EFI).

PCI Latency Timer

Sets the latency timer for PCI devices.

Above 4G Decoding

PERR# Generation

SERR# Generation

Maximum Payload

Maximum Read Request

ASPM Support

Slot Option ROMs (PCI-X/PCI-E)

Onboard LAN Option ROM Select

Onboard LAN Option ROM Load

Load Onboard SAS Option ROM

VGA Priority

Super IO Device Configuration

Serial Port 1 Configuration / Serial Port 2 Configuration

Enables or disables onboard serial ports.

Serial Port 1 Settings / Serial Port 2 Settings

Specifies I/O port and Interrupt Request addresses for serial ports.

Serial Port Console Redirection

COM1, COM2, SOL Console Redirection

Enables console redirection for COM1, COM2, and SOL ports.

Console Redirection Settings

Configures terminal type, BPS, data bits, parity, stop bits, and flow control.

ACPI Settings

ACPI Sleep State

Configures the ACPI sleep state for system suspend mode.

High Precision Event Timer

Activates HPET for periodic interrupts and multimedia synchronization.

ME Subsystem

4-4 Event Logs

Change SmBIOS Event Log Settings

Enables/disables SmBIOS event logging and related features.

Smbios Event Log

Enables or disables all features of Smbios Event Logging during boot.

Runtime Error Logging Support

Enables or disables runtime error logging.

Memory Correction Error Threshold

Defines the system's memory correction error threshold.

PCI Error Logging Support

Enables or disables runtime error logging for PCI devices.

Erase Event Log

Option to erase all logged events from the event log.

When Log is Full

Configures automatic clearing of the event log when it becomes full.

Log System Boot Event

MECI

METW

View SmBIOS Event Log

4-5 IPMI (X9SRi-F, X9SRi-3F, X9SRE-F, X9SRE-3F Only)

System Event Log

Configures the System Event Log (SEL) settings.

SEL Components

Enables/disables SEL features and configures logging options.

Erase SEL

Erases logged SEL events based on selected options.

When SEL Full

Automatically clears SEL memory when it is full.

Log EFI Status Codes

Enables or disables logging of Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) status codes.

BMC Network Configuration

Configures the IPMI LAN adapter with network address settings.

Update IPMI LAN Configuration

Configuration Source

4-6 Boot Settings

Boot Options Priorities

Specifies boot devices and their priority for system startup.

Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, etc.

Sets the order of boot devices like EFI Shell or detected devices.

Network Devices

Sets the order of legacy network devices for booting.

Delete Boot Option

Allows deletion of previously defined boot devices.

4-8 Security Settings

Administrator Password

Sets or changes the Administrator password for BIOS setup access.

User Password

Sets or changes the User password for system startup.

4-8 Save & Exit

Discard Changes and Exit

Quits BIOS setup without saving changes and reboots the computer.

Save Changes and Reset

Saves configuration changes and reboots the system for them to take effect.

Save Changes

Saves any made changes without rebooting the system.

Discard Changes

Discards all changes made and returns to the BIOS utility.

Restore Optimized Defaults

Save As User Defaults

Restore User Defaults

Boot Override

Appendix A: POST Error Beep Codes

A-1 BIOS Error Beep Codes

Details beep codes and descriptions for fatal and non-fatal errors.

Appendix B: Software Installation Instructions

B-1 Installing Drivers

Instructions for installing system drivers after OS installation.

B-2 Configuring SuperDoctor® III

SuperDoctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information)

Shows the health information interface of SuperDoctor III.

SuperDoctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control)

Appendix C: UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions

An Overview to the UEFI BIOS

Explains the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) concept.

How to Recover the UEFI BIOS Image (-the Main BIOS Block)

Describes the process of recovering the main BIOS image if corrupted.

To Recover the Main BIOS Block Using a USB-Attached Device

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