Supero B1SA4-2750F - Preface; About This Motherboard; Manual Organization

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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
B1SA4-2750F/B1SA4-2550F Motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The B1SA4-2750F/B1SA4-2550F Motherboard is a micro cloud mother-
board optimized for the Supermicro Microblade chassis. The motherboard supports
four Intel® ATOM C2750 (8 Cores) or four Intel ATOM C2550 (4 Cores) CPUs.
Each of the four nodes of the B1SA4-2750F/B1SA4-2550F supports up to 32GB of
memory, and features two SATA 3.0 ports on the backplane, two Serdes 2.5Gb/s,
and an ASPEED BMC on board. The motherboard supports a total of eight SATA
3.0 ports, eight 2.5Gb/s Serdes, and one 1Gb/s Serdes for IPMI support, all con-
nections to the backplane.
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.