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Preface
Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, IT technicians, and knowledgeable end users.
It provides information for the installation and use of the X11DPi-N(T) motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The Super X11DPi-N(T) motherboard supports dual Intel® Xeon
81xx/61xx/51xx/41xx/31xx series processors (Socket P0) with a TDP (Thermal Design
Power) of up to 205W and a UPI (Ultra Path Interconnect) of up to 10.4 GT/s (Note below).
With the Intel C621/C622 PCH built-in (Note 2), this motherboard supports four PCI-E 3.0
x16 slots, two PCI-E 3.0 x8 slots, 14 SATA 3.0 connections, and 3DS LRDIMM/LRDIMM/3DS
RDIMM/RDIMM/NV-DIMM DDR4 ECC 2666/2400/2133 MHz memory in 16 memory slots.
The X11DPi-N(T) provides maximum performance, system cooling, and PCI-E capacity
currently available on the market. This motherboard is optimized for PCI-Express expansion
with fl exible IO support, and is ideal for high-performance, general-purpose server platforms.
Please note that this motherboard is intended to be installed and serviced by professional
technicians only. For processor/memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.
supermicro.com/products/.
Notes: 1. UPI/memory speeds are dependent on the processors installed in your
system. 2. The X11DPi-N supports Intel C621 PCH, and the X11DPi-NT, Intel C622.
Manual organization
Chapter 1 describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the motherboard, and
provides detailed information on the C621/C622 chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when installing the
processor, memory modules, and other hardware components into the system.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting 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 lists standardized warning statements in various languages.
Appendix D provides UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.