Supermicro X9SCA-F User Manual

X9SCi-LN4

X9SCi-LN4F

X9SCA

X9SCA-F

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.1b

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Manual Revision 1.1b

Release Date: May 4, 2016

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Preface

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and

knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the

X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F supports a single Intel®

Xeon E3-1200 series, 2nd generation Intel Core® i3, Pentium®, Celeron® proces-

sor in an LGA 1155 socket. With the Intel® C204 chipset built in, the X9SCi-LN4/

X9SCA series motherboard offers substantial enhancement in system performance

and storage capability for next generation high end server platforms* in a sleek

package. 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.

*The X9SCi-LN4 series motherboard supports 1U server platforms, and the X9SCA

supports 3U/4U platforms.

Manual Organization

Preface

Chapter 1 describes the features, specications and performance of the mother-

board, and provides detailed information on the Intel C204 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.

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Conventions Used in the Manual:

Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and

to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself:

Danger/Caution: Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic

system failure or to avoid bodily injury

Warning: Critical information to prevent damage to the components or

data loss.

Important: Important information given to ensure proper system installa-

tion or to relay safety precautions.

Note: Additional Information given to differentiate various models or pro-

vides information for correct system setup.

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

Web Site: www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Web Site: www.supermicro.nl

Contacting Supermicro

Asia-Pacic

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

3F, No. 150, Jian 1st Rd.

Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235

Taiwan (R.O.C)

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Motherboard ................................................................................................ iii

Manual Organization .....................................................................................................iii

Conventions Used in the Manual: .................................................................................iv

Contacting Supermicro ...................................................................................................v

Chapter 1 Introduction

1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1

Checklist .......................................................................................................... 1-1

Motherboard Features ..................................................................................... 1-8

1-2 Chipset Overview ..........................................................................................1-11

Intel C204 Chipset Features ..........................................................................1-11

1-3 Special Features ........................................................................................... 1-12

Recovery from AC Power Loss ..................................................................... 1-12

1-4 PC Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 1-12

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control .................................................. 1-12

Environmental Temperature Control ............................................................. 1-12

System Resource Alert ................................................................................. 1-12

1-5 ACPI Features ............................................................................................... 1-13

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator ........................................... 1-13

1-6 Power Supply ................................................................................................ 1-13

1-7 Super I/O ....................................................................................................... 1-14

1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton WPCM450 Controller ........................................... 1-14

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................. 2-1

Precautions ..................................................................................................... 2-1

Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 2-1

2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................ 2-2

Installing the LGA1155 Processor .................................................................2-2

Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink ................................................................. 2-5

Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 2-6

Installing an Active Fan CPU Heatsink ........................................................... 2-7

Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 2-9

2-3 Installing DDR3 Memory ............................................................................... 2-10

DIMM Installation .......................................................................................... 2-10

Removing Memory Modules ......................................................................... 2-10

Memory Support .............................................................................................2-11

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Memory Population Guidelines ......................................................................2-11

2-4 Motherboard Installation ................................................................................ 2-13

Tools Needed ................................................................................................ 2-13

Location of Mounting Holes .......................................................................... 2-13

Installing the Motherboard ............................................................................ 2-14

2-5 Connectors/IO Ports ...................................................................................... 2-15

Motherboard I/O Backpanel .......................................................................... 2-15

ATX PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Ports ............................................................ 2-16

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ...................................................................... 2-17

Ethernet Ports .......................................................................................... 2-18

Serial Ports ............................................................................................... 2-19

Video Connector ....................................................................................... 2-20

Front Control Panel ....................................................................................... 2-21

Front Control Panel Pin Denitions............................................................... 2-22

Power LED .............................................................................................. 2-22

HDD LED .................................................................................................. 2-22

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-22

NIC1/NIC2 (LAN1/LAN2) .......................................................................... 2-23

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail / UID LED .......................................................... 2-23

Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-24

Power Button ........................................................................................... 2-24

2-6 Connecting Cables ........................................................................................ 2-25

ATX Main PWR & CPU PWR Connectors .............................................. 2-25

Fan Headers (FAN1~4, FANA) ................................................................ 2-26

Chassis Intrusion (JL1) ............................................................................ 2-26

Internal Buzzer (SPKR1) .......................................................................... 2-27

Speaker (JSPK) ........................................................................................ 2-27

Onboard Power LED (JLED1) .................................................................. 2-28

Power Supply I2C (JPI2C) ......................................................................... 2-28

T-SGPIO 0/1 Headers (T-SGPIO) ........................................................................2-29

TPM Header (JTPM) ................................................................................ 2-29

DOM PWR Connector (JWF1) ................................................................. 2-30

Wake-On-LAN (JWOL) ............................................................................. 2-30

NIC3/NIC4 (NIC LED3/LED4) .................................................................. 2-31

Unit ID Switch ........................................................................................... 2-31

2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-32

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-32

LAN Port Enable/Disable (JPL1~4) .......................................................... 2-32

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CMOS Clear (JBT1) ................................................................................. 2-33

PCI Slot SMB Enable (JI2C1/JI2C2) ......................................................... 2-33

VGA Enable (JPG1) ................................................................................. 2-34

Watch Dog Enable (JWD) ........................................................................ 2-34

USB Wake-Up (JPUSB1) ......................................................................... 2-35

BMC Enable (JPB) ................................................................................... 2-35

2-8 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 2-36

LAN Port LEDs ......................................................................................... 2-36

IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs ..................................................................... 2-36

Onboard Power LED (LE2) ...................................................................... 2-37

Unsupported Memory LED (LE3) ............................................................. 2-37

Onboard Standby Power LED (LE4) ........................................................ 2-37

Rear UID LED (LE5) ................................................................................ 2-38

IPMI Heartbeat LED (LE7) ....................................................................... 2-38

2-9 SATA Connections ......................................................................................... 2-39

SATA Connections .................................................................................... 2-39

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ........................................................................... 3-1

Before Power On ............................................................................................ 3-1

No Power ........................................................................................................ 3-1

No Video ......................................................................................................... 3-2

Memory Errors ............................................................................................... 3-2

Losing the System’s Setup Conguration ....................................................... 3-2

3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................ 3-3

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................... 3-4

3-4 Battery Removal and Installation .................................................................... 3-6

Battery Removal .............................................................................................. 3-6

Proper Battery Disposal .................................................................................. 3-6

Battery Installation ........................................................................................... 3-6

3-5 Returning Merchandise for Service................................................................. 3-7

Chapter 4 BIOS

4-1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 4-1

Starting BIOS Setup Utility .............................................................................. 4-1

How To Change the Conguration Data ......................................................... 4-1

How to Start the Setup Utility ......................................................................... 4-2

4-2 Main Setup ...................................................................................................... 4-2

System Overview: The following BIOS information will be displayed: ....... 4-3

System Time/System Date ........................................................................ 4-3

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Processor ................................................................................................... 4-3

System Memory ........................................................................................ 4-3

4-3 Advanced Setup Congurations...................................................................... 4-4



BOOT Feature .............................................................................................. 4-4

Quiet Boot .................................................................................................. 4-4

AddOn ROM Display Mode ........................................................................ 4-4

Bootup Num-Lock ....................................................................................... 4-4

Wait For 'F1' If Error ................................................................................... 4-4

Interrupt 19 Capture ................................................................................... 4-4

Watch Dog Function ................................................................................... 4-5

Power Button Function ............................................................................... 4-5

Restore on AC Power Loss ........................................................................ 4-5

Deep Sx ...................................................................................................... 4-5



Processor & Clock Options .......................................................................... 4-5

Clock Spread Spectrum ............................................................................. 4-5

Hardware Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU) ................. 4-5

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available when supported by the CPU) ... 4-6

Intel® Virtualization Technology (Available when supported by the CPU) 4-6

Execute-Disable Bit Capability (Available when supported by the OS and

the CPU) ..................................................................................................... 4-6

Intel® Hyper Threading Technology ........................................................... 4-6

Active Processor Cores .............................................................................. 4-6

Power Technology ...................................................................................... 4-6

EIST ............................................................................................................ 4-6

P-STATE Coordination ............................................................................... 4-6

CPU C3 Report, CPU C6 Report ............................................................... 4-7

C-State package limit setting ..................................................................... 4-7



Intel® Turbo Boost Technology (Available if Intel® EIST technology is

Enabled) ..................................................................................................... 4-7

Turbo Mode ................................................................................................ 4-7



Chipset Conguration ................................................................................... 4-7



CPU Bridge Conguration ....................................................................... 4-7

Memory Frequency .................................................................................... 4-7



Integrated IO Conguration ..................................................................... 4-7

VT-d ............................................................................................................ 4-8

Active State Power Management ............................................................... 4-8

PCIE Maximum Payload Size .................................................................... 4-8

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PCI Express Port ........................................................................................ 4-8

PEG Force Gen1 ........................................................................................ 4-8

Detect Non-Compliant Device .................................................................... 4-8



South Bridge Conguration ..................................................................... 4-8

USB Functionst .......................................................................................... 4-8

Legacy USB Support .................................................................................. 4-9

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off.................................................................................. 4-9



IDE/SATA Conguration ............................................................................... 4-9

SATA Mode ................................................................................................. 4-9

IDE Mode ................................................................................................... 4-9

Serial-ATA Controller 0~1 ........................................................................... 4-9

SATA Port0~Port5 ...................................................................................... 4-9

AHCI Mode ................................................................................................. 4-9

Aggressive Link Power Management ......................................................... 4-9

SATA Port0~Port5 .................................................................................... 4-10

Staggered Spin Up ................................................................................... 4-10

External SATA Port ................................................................................... 4-10

Hot Plug .................................................................................................... 4-10

RAID Mode ............................................................................................... 4-10

SATA Port0~Port5 .................................................................................... 4-10

Hot Plug .................................................................................................... 4-10



PCIe/PCI/PnP Conguration ..................................................................... 4-10

PCI ROM Priority ...................................................................................... 4-10

PCI Latency Timer .................................................................................... 4-10

SR-IOV Support ........................................................................................4-11

PCI-E Slot 4, 5, 6, & 7 OPROM................................................................4-11

Onboard LAN Option ROM Select ............................................................4-11

Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM/Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM ....4-11



Super IO Device Conguration ..................................................................4-11

Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2 .......................................................................4-11

Serial Port1 Settings/ Serial Port2 Settings ..............................................4-11



Remote Access Conguration ....................................................................4-11



Hardware Health Conguration .................................................................. 4-12

Fan Speed Control Mode ......................................................................... 4-12

CPU Temperature Display Mode .............................................................. 4-13

Fan1 ~ Fan4, FanA Reading .................................................................... 4-13

12V, VDIMM, 5VCC, -12V, AVCC, 3.3VCC, VSB, VBAT ......................... 4-13



ACPI Conguration ..................................................................................... 4-14

High Precision Event Timers .................................................................... 4-14

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NUMA Support ......................................................................................... 4-14

WHEA Support ......................................................................................... 4-14

4-4 Event Logs .................................................................................................... 4-14

Smbios Event Log .................................................................................... 4-14

Erase Event Log ....................................................................................... 4-14

When Log is Full ...................................................................................... 4-14

MECI ......................................................................................................... 4-15

METW ....................................................................................................... 4-15

4-5 IPMI Conguration (X9SCi-LN4F, X9SCA-F Only) ....................................... 4-15

BMC Support ............................................................................................ 4-15

Wait For BMC ........................................................................................... 4-15

BMC Self Test Log................................................................................. 4-16

System Event Log ................................................................................. 4-16

When SEL Full ......................................................................................... 4-16

Log EFI Status Codes .............................................................................. 4-16

View FRU Information ........................................................................... 4-16

BMC Network Conguration .................................................................. 4-17

Conguration Source ................................................................................ 4-17

4-6 Boot Settings ................................................................................................ 4-18



Boot Options Priority ............................................................................. 4-18

Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, Boot Option #3, etc .............................. 4-18



Delete Boot Option ................................................................................ 4-18

Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, Boot Option #3, etc .............................. 4-18

4-7 Security Settings ........................................................................................... 4-19

Administrator Password .......................................................................... 4-19

User Password: ........................................................................................ 4-19

Boot Sector Virus Protection .................................................................... 4-19

4-8 Exit Options ................................................................................................... 4-20

Save Changes and Exit ........................................................................... 4-20

Discard Changes and Exit ...................................................................... 4-20

Discard Changes ...................................................................................... 4-20

Restore Defaults ....................................................................................... 4-20

Save As User Defaults ............................................................................. 4-21

Restore User Defaults .............................................................................. 4-21

Boot Override ........................................................................................... 4-21

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Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes

A-1 BIOS Error Beep Codes .................................................................................A-1

Appendix B Software Installation Instructions

B-1 Installing Drivers ..............................................................................................B-1

B-2 Conguring SuperDoctor® III ..........................................................................B-2

Appendix C UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions

An Overview to the UEFI BIOS ..................................................................................C-1

How to Recover the UEFI BIOS Image (-the Main BIOS Block) ...............................C-1

To Recover the Main BIOS Block Using a USB-Attached Device ............................. C-1

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged

leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to

detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.

Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard.

If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

The following items are included in the retail box:

• One (1) Supermicro Mainboard

• Six (6) SATA cables

• One (1) I/O shield

• One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities

• One (1) User's Manual

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X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F

X9SCA Series Motherboard Image

Note: All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB

Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard

you've received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics

shown in this manual.

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X9SCi-LN4 Series Motherboard Image

Note: All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB

Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard

you've received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics

shown in this manual.

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Motherboard Layout (X9SCA Series)

Important Notes to the User

• See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front

panel connections.

• " " indicates the location of "Pin 1".

• Jumpers not indicated are for testing only.

• When LE2 (Onboard Power LED Indicator) is on, system power is on. Unplug

the power cable before installing or removing any components.

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Motherboard Layout (X9SCi-LN4 Series)

Chapter 1: Introduction

Important Notes to the User

• See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front

panel connections.

• " " indicates the location of "Pin 1".

• Jumpers not indicated are for testing only.

• When LE2 (Onboard Power LED Indicator) is on, system power is on. Unplug

the power cable before installing or removing any components.

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X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F Quick Reference

LAN2

LE7

LE5

LAN4

LAN1
LAN3

VGACOM1

IPMI LAN

USB

0/1

KB

Mouse

JPB

JPG1
JWOL

USB 12/13

USB 4/5

USB 2/3

SATA 5

SATA 3
SATA 1 (3.0)

COM2

JWF1

LE4

LE3 LE2

FAN A

SLOT2

SLOT1

JBT1

T-SGPIO1

SLOT4

SLOT3

SATA 4
SATA 2

SATA 0 (3.0)

T-SGPIO2 JL1

SLOT5

JI2C2

JI2C1

B1

SW1

JPL4

SLOT6

JTPM

NIC LED3 NIC LED4

FAN4

JPL3 JPL2 JPL1

CPU

JLED FAN 3

FAN 2

SPKR1

JSPK

JWD

FAN 1

X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F Jumpers

Jumper Description Default

JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Chpt. 2)

JI2C1/JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slots (See Chpt. 2)

JPB BMC Enable (X9SCi-LN4F, X9SCA-F Only) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPG1 Onboard VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL1/JPL2 LAN1/LAN2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL3/JPL4 LAN3/LAN4 Enable (X9SCi-LN4/-LN4F only) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPUSB1 Backpanel USB 0/1 Wake-Up Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD Watch Dog Timer Enable Pins 1-2 (Reset)

JPUSB1

JPW2

JPW1

DIMM1A
DIMM2A
DIMM1B
DIMM2B

JF1

JPI2C

X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F LED Indicators

LED Description Color/State Status

LE2 Onboard Power On LED Green: Solid on System On

LE3 Unsupported Memory Installed Indicator Yellow: Blinking Unsupported Memory

LE4 Onboard Standby PWR LED Green: Solid On Standy Power On

LE5 UID (Unit ID) LED Blue: Solid On UID: On

LE7 IPMI Heartbeat (X9SCi-LN4F, X9SCA-F Only) Green: Blinking IPMI Normal

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X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F Headers/Connectors

Connector Description

B1 Onboard Battery

COM1, COM2 COM1 Backpanel Serial Port, COM2 Serial Port Header

BIOS SPI BIOS

Fans 1~4, Fan A System/CPU Fan Headers

JF1 Front Panel Control Header

JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header

JLED1 Power LED Indicator Header

JPW1 24-pin ATX Main Power Connector (Required)

JPW2 +12V 8-pin CPU power Connector (Required)

KB, Mouse Keyboard/Mouse Connectors

LAN1/LAN2/LAN3/LAN4 Gigabit (RJ45) Ports (LAN3/LAN4 is supported on the X9SCi-LN4 only)

IPMI LAN IPMI LAN (X9SCA-F/X8SCi-LN4F models only)

SATA 0/1 Serial ATA 3.0 Ports 0/1 (6Mb/s)

SATA 2~5 Serial ATA 2.0 Ports 2~5 (3Mb/s)

JPI2C PWR supply (I2C) System Management Bus

JSPK Speaker Header (Pins 3/4: Internal, 1~4:External)

JTPM Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Header

JWF1 SATA DOM (Disk On Module) Power Connector

JWOL Wake On LAN Header

SPKR1 Internal Speaker/Buzzer

T-SGPIO-1/2 Serial Link General Purpose I/O 1/2 Headers (5V Gen1/Gen 2)

USB0/1 Backpanel USB 0/1

USB2/3, USB4/5,

USB 12/13

VGA Onboard Video Port

NIC LED3, NIC LED4 LED Headers for LAN3 and LAN4 (X9SCi-LN4 Only)

DIMM 1A, 2A, 1B, 2B 1066/1333 DDR3 DIMM Slots (ECC, Unbuffered type is required)

SW1 Unit ID Switch to turn on UID LED (LE5)

Slot 1~3 33MHz PCI Slots (Slot 2/3 are not available on the X9SCi series)

Slot 4~5 PCI-Express Slots x4 in x8 (Not available on the X9SCi series)

Slot 6 PCI-Express Slot x16

Front Accessible USB Connections (via 3 Headers)

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Motherboard Features

CPU Single Intel® Xeon E3-1200 series, 2nd generation Intel

Core® i3, Pentium®, Celeron® processor in an LGA 1155

socket

Memory Four (4) SDRAM slots support up to 32 GB of DDR3 Unbuf-

fered, ECC 1333/1066 memory

Supports dual-channel memory bus

DIMM sizes

UDIMM 1 GB, 2 GB, 4GB, and 8GB

Chipset Intel® C204 Standard

Expansion Slots X9SCA/X9SCA-F Only

Three (3) 33MHz PCI Slots

Two (2) PCI-Express 2.0 x4 in x8 Slots

One (1) PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Slot

X9SCi-LN4/-LN4F Only

One (1) 33MHz PCI Slot

One (1) PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Slot

Integrated Graphics Matrox® G200eW

Network Connections Two (2) Intel 82574L (Four for the X9SCi-LN4/-LN4F)

Two (2) RJ-45 Rear IO Panel Connectors with Link and
Activity LEDs, Four (4) for the X9SCi-LN4/-LN4F

Single Realtek RTL8201N PHY to support IPMI 2.0 LAN
(X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA-F Only)

I/O Devices SATA Connections

SATA 3.0 Ports Two (2) (I-SATA 0/1)

RAID 0, 1 Support

SATA 2.0 Ports Four (4) (I-SATA 2~5)

RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

Integrated IPMI 2.0

IPMI 2.0 supported by the WPCM450 Server BMC
(X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA-F Only)

USB Devices

Two (2) USB ports on the rear I/O panel (USB 0/1)

Six (6) USB header connectors for front access (USB 2/3,
USB 4/5, USB 12/13)

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Keyboard/Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse ports on the I/O backpanel

Serial (COM) Ports

Two (2) Fast UART 16550 connections: one 9-pin RS-232
port (Backplane COM1 port) and one header (FP COM2)

Super I/O

Winbond Super I/O NCT6776F

BIOS 64 Mb SPI AMI BIOS® SM Flash BIOS

Plug and Play (PnP), DMI 2.3, PCI 2.3, ACPI 1.0/2.0/3.0,
USB Keyboard and SMBIOS 2.5

Power Conguration ACPI/ACPM Power Management

Main Switch Override Mechanism

Keyboard Wake-up from Soft-Off

Internal/External Modem Ring-On

Power-on mode for AC power recovery

PC Health Monitoring CPU Monitoring

Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core, +3.3V, +5V, +/­12V, +3.3V Stdby, VBAT, Memory, VCORE for CPU

CPU 4-phase switching voltage regulator

CPU/System overheat LED and control

CPU Thermal Trip support

Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support

Fan Control

Fan status monitoring with rmware 4-pin (Pulse Width

Modulation) fan speed control

Low noise fan speed control

System Management PECI (Platform Environment Conguration Interface) 2.0

CD Utilities BIOS ash upgrade utility

Other ROHS 6/6 (Full Compliance, Lead Free)

Dimensions ATX form factor (12" x 9.6")

support

System resource alert via SuperDoctor® III

SuperDoctor® III, Watch Dog, NMI

Chassis Intrusion header and detection

Drivers and software for Intel® C204 chipset utilities

Note: For IPMI Conguration Instructions, please refer to the Embedded

IPMI Conguration User's Guide available at http://www.supermicro.com/

support/manuals/.

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

4 UDIMM

X9SCi-LN4/X9SCi-LN4F/X9SCA/X9SCA-F Block Diagram

RoHS 6/6

(SLOT6)

PCIe x16 SLOT

(SLOT5)

PCIe x8 SLOT

VRM 12

MISC VRs

P28-29

PCIe x8 SLOT

(X9SCA/-F only)

PCI 32 SLOT

PCI 32 SLOT

(X9SCA/-F only)

PCI 32 SLOT

(X9SCA/-F only)

4 SATA PORTS

2 SATA PORTS

8 USB PORTS

TPM1.2 Header

FLASH
SPI 32Mb

PCIe2.0_x16

5.0Gb

(X9SCA/-F only)

SVID

PCIe2.0_x4

5.0Gb

PCIe_x4

5.0Gbps

PCI32

PCI32

PCI32

300MB/s

SATA-II

SPI

LPC

600MB/s

480Mbps

COM1,2

P/S2

HEALTH

INFO

SATA-III

USB2.0

Sandy Bridge

P13-16

Cougar Point
(C204 / C206)

5.0Gb

x4 DMI II

PCH

NCT6776F

LPC I/O

DDR3 (CHA)

1333/1066MHz

DDR3 (CHB)

1333/1066MHz

PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps

PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps

PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps
PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps

PCI32

LPC

LPC

P9-10

DIMM1
DIMM2(Far)

P11-12

DIMM1
DIMM2(Far)

GLAN1
82574L

GLAN2
82574

GLAN3
82574L

GLAN4
82574L

HERMON WPCM450

RTL8201

(X9SCA-F only)

WINBOND

RMII

PHY

RJ45

RJ45

RJ45

RJ45

(X9SCI-LN4 only)

RJ45

(X9SCI-LN4 only)

VGA
PORT

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent

the features on your motherboard. See the Motherboard Features

pages for the actual specications of each motherboard.

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1-2 Chipset Overview

The X9SCi-LN4/ X9SCA series motherboard supports a single Intel® Xeon E3-

1200 series, 2nd generation Intel Core® i3, Pentium®, Celeron® processor in

an LGA 1155 socket. Built upon the functionality and the capability of the C204

chipset, the motherboard provides substantial enhancement to system performance

and storage capability for Bromolow server platforms in a sleek package.

The high-speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) featured in the Intel C204 chipset

supports high-speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) for chip-to-chip true isochronous

communication, providing up to 10 Gb/s of software-transparent data transfer rate

on each read/write direction. In addition, the X9SCi-LN4/X9SCA series mother-

board also features the TCO timer which allows the system to recover from a

software/hardware lock and perform tasks, including ECC Error Reporting, Func-

tion Disable and Intruder Detect.

Intel C204 Chipset Features

• Direct Media Interface (up 10 Gb/s transfer, Full Duplex)

• Intel® Matrix Storage Technology and Intel Rapid Storage Technology

• Intel I/O Virtualization (VT-d) Support

• Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support

• PCI Express 2.0 Interface (up to 5.0 GT/s)

• SATA Controller (up to 3G/s)

• Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)

• Two (2) SATA 3.0 ports (up to 6G/s)

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1-3 Special Features

Recovery from AC Power Loss

Basic I/O System (BIOS) provides a setting for you to determine how the system

will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can

choose for the system to remain powered off (in which case you must press the

power switch to turn it back on), or for it to automatically return to a power-on state.

See the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting. The default setting

is Last State.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the board. All have

an onboard System Hardware Monitoring chip that supports PC health monitoring.

An onboard voltage monitor will scan these onboard voltages continuously: CPU

Vcore, NIC Vcore, BMC Vcore, AUX Vcore, Standby ME Vcore, 12V Scale, 1.5V,

3.3V Vcc(V), 3.3VSB, and Battery Voltage. Once a voltage becomes unstable, a

warning is given, or an error message is sent to the screen. The user can adjust

the voltage thresholds to dene the sensitivity of the voltage monitor.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control

PC health monitoring in the BIOS can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The

onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS

(under the Hardware Monitoring section in the Advanced Setting).

Environmental Temperature Control

The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn

on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user-dened

threshold. The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU. Once the ther-

mal sensor detects that the CPU temperature is too high, it will automatically turn

on the thermal fans to prevent the CPU from overheating. The onboard chassis

thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert the user when

the chassis temperature is too high.

Note: To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to provide

adequate airow to your system.

System Resource Alert

This feature is available when the system is used with SuperDoctor® III in the

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Windows OS environment or used with SuperDoctor II in Linux. SuperDoctor

is used to notify the user of certain system events. For example, you can also

congure SuperDoctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature,

CPU temperatures, voltages and fan speeds go beyond predened thresholds.

1-5 ACPI Features

ACPI stands for Advanced Conguration and Power Interface. The ACPI specica-

tion denes a exible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard

way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system, including

its hardware, operating system and application software. This enables the system

to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD-ROMs, network cards, hard

disk drives and printers.

In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI also

provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play, and an operating

system-independent interface for conguration control. ACPI leverages the Plug and

Play BIOS data structures, while providing a processor architecture-independent

implementation that is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows

2008 Operating Systems.

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the chassis power LED will start to blink

to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the

CPU will "wake up", and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on.

1-6 Power Supply

As with all computer products, a stable power source is necessary for proper and

reliable operation. It is even more important for processors that have high CPU

clock rates.

This motherboard accommodates 24-pin ATX power supplies. Although most

power supplies generally meet the specications required by the CPU, some are

inadequate. In addition, the 12V 8-pin power connector located at JPW2 is also

required to ensure adequate power supply to the system. Also your power supply

must supply 1.5A for the Ethernet ports.

Warning: 1. To prevent damage to the power supply or motherboard,

please use a power supply that contains a 24-pin and a 8-pin power con-

nectors. Be sure to connect these connectors to the 24-pin (JPW1) and the

8-pin (JPW2) power connectors on the motherboard. Failure in doing so will

void the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard.

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2. To provide adequate power to SATA devices, please connect the SATA

DOM PWR connector (JWF1) to the power supply.

It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX

power supply Specication 2.02 or above. It must also be SSI compliant. (For more

information, please refer to the web site at http://www.ssiforum.org/). Additionally, in

areas where noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a line

lter to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install a

power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.

1-7 Super I/O

The Super I/O supports two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication

ports (UARTs). Each UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable

baud rate generator, complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt

system. Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps

as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which

support higher speed modems.

The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Conguration

and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage-

ment through an SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management

to reduce power consumption.

1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton WPCM450 Controller

The Nuvoton WPCM450R Controller is a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

that supports 2D/VGA-compatible Graphics cores, Virtual Media, and Keyboard/

Video/Mouse Redirection (KVMR) modules. With blade-oriented Super I/O capability

built in, the WPCM450R Controller is ideal for legacy-reduced server platforms.

The WPCM450R interfaces with a host system via PCI interface to communicate

with the Graphics core. It supports USB 2.0 and 1.1 for remote keyboard/mouse/

virtual media emulation. It also provides LPC interface to control Super IO func-

tions. The WPCM450R is connected to the network via an external Ethernet PHY

module.

The WPCM450R communicates with onboard components via six SMBus inter-

faces, fan control, and Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) buses.

Note: For more information on IPMI conguration, please refer to the Em-

bedded IPMI User's Guide posted on our website at http://www.supermicro.

com/support/manuals/.

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Chapter 2

Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electrostatic-Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To avoid dam-

aging your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following

measures are generally sufcient to protect your equipment from ESD.

Precautions

• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic

bag.

• Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral

chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

• Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in

use.

• For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent

conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and

the motherboard.

• Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery. Do not install the onboard

battery upside down to avoid possible explosion.

Unpacking

The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage. When

unpacking the board, make sure that the person handling it is static protected.

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2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Warning: When handling the processor package, avoid placing direct

pressure on the label area of the fan.

Important:

• Always connect the power cord last, and always remove it before adding,

removing or changing any hardware components. Make sure that you install

the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink.

• If you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use an Intel-certied multi-

directional heatsink only.

• Make sure to install the system board into the chassis before you install

the CPU heatsink.

• When receiving a server board without a processor pre-installed, make sure

that the plastic CPU socket cap is in place and none of the socket pins are

bent; otherwise, contact your retailer immediately.

• Refer to the Supermicro website for updates on CPU support.

Installing the LGA1155 Processor

1. Press the load lever to release the load plate, which covers the CPU socket,

from its locking position.

Load Plate

Load Lever

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2. Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate. Remove the plastic cap.

3. Use your thumb and your index nger to hold the CPU at the North center

edge and the South center edge of the CPU.

North Center Edge

South Center Edge

4. Align the CPU key that is the semi-circle cutouts against the socket keys.

Once it is aligned, carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket. (Do

not drop the CPU on the socket. Do not move the CPU horizontally or verti-

cally.

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5. Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to

avoid damaging the CPU or the socket.)

6. With the CPU inside the socket, inspect the four corners of the CPU to make

sure that the CPU is properly installed.

7. Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock.

CPU properly
installed

Load lever locked

Warning: You can only install the CPU inside the socket only in one direction.

Make sure that it is properly inserted into the CPU socket before closing the

load plate. If it doesn't close properly, do not force it as it may damage your

CPU. Instead, open the load plate again and double-check that the CPU is

aligned properly.

into place

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