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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 X11DPT-B motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The X11DPT-B motherboard supports dual Intel® Xeon Scalable-SP or 2nd Generation
Intel® Xeon Scalable-SP processors (Socket P) with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to
205W and two UPI (UltraPath Interconnect) links of up to 10.4GT/s. Built with the Intel C621
chipset, this motherboard supports up to 6TB of 3DS LRDIMM/LRDIMM/3DS RDIMM/RDIMM/
NV-DIMM DDR4 ECC 2933*/2666/2400/2133 MHz memory in 24 DIMM slots. (See Note2
below.) It also supports up to 9 TB memory with DCPMM** modules (See Note 3 below). The
X11DPT-B includes two slots for riser card support, eight SATA 3.0 ports, one SATADOM slot,
and two USB 3.0 ports. The X11DPT-B provides maximum performance, system cooling, PCIe
capacity, and I/O exibility. This motherboard is ideal for high-performance 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/.
Note 1. UPI and memory speeds are dependent on the processors installed in your
system.
Note 2. Support for 2933 MHz memory is dependent on the CPU SKU.
Note 3. This motherboard also supports up to 9TB memory with DCPMM modules
installed based on the DCPMM population table on page 39 in Chapter 2.
Manual organization
Chapter 1 describes the features, specications, and performance of the motherboard, and
provides detailed information on the Intel C621 chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when installing the
processor, memory modules, and other hardware components into the system.
Chapter 3 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.