Supero X8SIE-F, X8SIE, X8SIE-LN4, X8SIE-LN4F, X8SI6-F User Manual

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.1

X8SIE-F

X8SIE

X8SIE-LN4

X8SI6-F

X8SIE-LN4F

Manual Revision 1.1

Release Date: February 16, 2011

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WARNING: Handling of lead solder materials used in this
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reproductive harm.

Preface

This m a n u al is written f o r s y s tem integrato r s , P C t e chnicians and

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

X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F supports the Intel®

Xeon® processor 3400 series in an LGA 1156 socket. With the Intel 3420 chipset

built-in, the X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F offers substantial

enhancements in price/system performance ratio in a cost-effective, small form-

factor package. Please refer to our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/products/)

for updates on supported processors. 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 about the 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 Other Software

Program Installation Instructions. Appendix C contains the BIOS Recovery In-

structions.

Preface

iii

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: Important information given to ensure proper system installation

or to prevent damage to the components

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

vides information for correct system setup.

Contacting Supermicro

v

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)

Asia-Pacic

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County

Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw

Technical Support:

Email: [e-mail]

Tel: [phone], ext.132 or 139

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Motherboard ................................................................................................ 3

Manual Organization ..................................................................................................... 3

Conventions Used in the Manual: ................................................................................. 3

Contacting Supermicro .................................................................................................. 4

Chapter 1 Introduction

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

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

Motherboard Features ..................................................................................... 1-7

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

Intel 3420 Chipset Features ...........................................................................1-11

1-3 PC Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 1-12

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

Onboard Voltage Monitoring ........................................................................ 1-12

Fan Status Monitor with Software ................................................................. 1-12

CPU Overheat LED and Control .................................................................. 1-12

1-4 Power Conguration Settings........................................................................ 1-12

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

BIOS Support for USB Keyboard.................................................................. 1-13

Main Switch Override Mechanism ................................................................ 1-13

1-5 Power Supply ................................................................................................ 1-13

1-6 Super I/O ....................................................................................................... 1-14

iSCSI Support ............................................................................................... 1-14

1-7 Overview of the Winbond WPCM450 Controller .......................................... 1-15

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 LGA1156 Processor ................................................................... 2-2

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

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

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

2-3 System Memory ............................................................................................ 2-10

How to Install DIMMs .................................................................................... 2-10

Memory Support ............................................................................................ 2-10

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

Installing and Removing DIMMs ................................................................... 2-13

Tools Needed ................................................................................................ 2-15

Location of Mounting Holes .......................................................................... 2-15

2-4 Motherboard Installation ................................................................................ 2-15

Installation Instructions .................................................................................. 2-16

2-5 Connectors/IO Ports ...................................................................................... 2-17

Back Panel Connectors and IO Ports ........................................................... 2-17

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ............................................ 2-18

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ...................................................................... 2-19

Ethernet Ports .......................................................................................... 2-20

Serial Ports ............................................................................................... 2-21

Video Connector ....................................................................................... 2-22

Front Control Panel ....................................................................................... 2-23

Front Control Panel Pin Denitions............................................................... 2-24

Power LED .............................................................................................. 2-24

HDD LED .................................................................................................. 2-24

NIC1/NIC2 (LAN1/LAN2) .......................................................................... 2-25

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail/Front UID LED ................................................... 2-25

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-26

Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-26

Power Button ........................................................................................... 2-26

2-6 Connecting Cables ........................................................................................ 2-27

ATX Main PWR & CPU PWR Connectors .............................................. 2-27

Fan Headers ............................................................................................. 2-28

Chassis Intrusion ..................................................................................... 2-28

Internal Buzzer ......................................................................................... 2-29

Speaker .................................................................................................... 2-29

Onboard Power LED ................................................................................ 2-30

Power Supply I2C Connector.................................................................... 2-30

T-SGPIO 0/1 Headers .............................................................................. 2-31

Wake-On-LAN .......................................................................................... 2-32

Unit ID Switch ........................................................................................... 2-33

NIC3 / NIC 4 LED (X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F Only) ................................. 2-33

I-Button RAIDKey Header ........................................................................ 2-34

2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-35

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-35

LAN Port Enable/Disable ......................................................................... 2-35

CMOS Clear ............................................................................................. 2-36

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PCI Slot SMB Enable ............................................................................... 2-36

VGA Enable .............................................................................................. 2-37

SAS Enable/Disable (X8SI6-F Only) ........................................................ 2-37

USB Wake-Up ......................................................................................... 2-38

BMC Enable (X8SIE-F/X8SI6- F/X8SIE-LN4F Only) ............................... 2-38

2-8 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 2-39

LAN LEDs ............................................................................................... 2-39

IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs ..................................................................... 2-39

Onboard Power LED ............................................................................................................ 2-40

IPMI Heartbeat LED (X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4F only) ..................... 2-40

Rear UID LED .......................................................................................... 2-40

SAS Heartbeat LED & SAS Error LED (X8SI6-F only) ........................... 2-41

Unsupported Memory LED ....................................................................... 2-41

2-9 SATA, SAS and Floppy Drive Connections .................................................. 2-42

SATA Connections .................................................................................... 2-42

SAS Connections (X8SI6-F Only) ............................................................ 2-42

Floppy Connector ..................................................................................... 2-43

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

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

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

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

No Video ......................................................................................................... 3-1

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

Lost System Setup Conguration ................................................................... 3-2

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

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

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

Battery Removal .............................................................................................. 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

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

4-4 Security Settings ........................................................................................... 4-20

4-5 Boot Settings ................................................................................................4-21

4-6 Exit Options ................................................................................................... 4-22

Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes

Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes ......................................................................A-1

Appendix B Software Installation Instructions

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

B-2 Conguring Supero Doctor III .........................................................................B-2

Appendix C - BIOS Recovery

C-1 Recovery Process from a USB Device/Drive (Recommended Method) .............C-1

C-2 Recovery Process from an IDE/SATA ATAPI Disc Drive ....................................C-2

Table of Contents

Quick-Start Guide

1

Quick-Start Guide

Install the Processor

2

Install the Heatsink and Fan

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

3

4

Install the Memory Modules

Install the I/O Shield

1

2

3

1

2

Note: Chassis and I/O plate images are for illustration purposes only. They may be

different from what you have.

Quick-Start Guide

Lock

Lock

Press Down

Quick-Start Guide

5

Install the Motherboard

6

Attach the Power Supply

1

2

3

4

1

2

R1312

4

1

JPW2

1

JPW1

5 1

+

B1

JBT1

+

J8

J5

Y2

JS8
JS7

J13

JWOL

JWF1

JF1

JSPK

J25

FAN2

FAN1

1

FAN5

FAN3

FAN4

T-SGPIO2

JI2C1

JIBTN

JL1

JPUSB1

1

JLED

JPL4

JPL3 JPL1JPL2

JPG1

JPS1

R572

J28

D1

J12

LE3

LE2

LE6

LE8

LE7

LE4

SPKR1

U89

U2

USB4

USB5

FAIL

PWR

NIC_LED4

NIC_LED3

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPL4:LAN4

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JPL3:LAN3

LED

UID

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable
JPB:

JPT1:

1-2:Enable

2-3:Disable

DOM PWR

JWOL:

I-SATA5 I-SATA4

UID

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

DIMM2C

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

SW1

SAS4~7

SAS0~3

Chassis Intrusion

Wake on Lan

CMOS CLEAR

USB2/3

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE
JPL2:LAN2

JPL1:LAN1

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPB:BMC

JPI2C:PWR I2C

JSPK:Buzzer/Speaker

COM2

FLOPPY

DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM/RDIMM required

VGA

COM1

JL1:

JPS1:SAS

LAN2/LAN4

LAN1/LAN3

JPUSB1:B/P USB WAKE UP

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JI2C1/JI2C2

USB10/11

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X16

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JAR:
PSU ALARM RST

CPU

JLED1:Power LED

OFF:Disable

ON:Enable

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

REV:1.00

X8SIE

DESIGNED IN USA

2-3:DISABLE
1-2:ENABLE

JF1

ON

LED LED

PWRHDD

NIC1

NIC2

OH/FF

RST

PWR

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA0

SLOT2 PCI-E X4 on X8

SLOT1 PCI 33MHZ

KB/MOUSE

DIMM1C

JPG1: VGA

C A

LE5

JI2C2

JPB

R1312

4

1

JPW2

1

JPW1

5 1

+

B1

JBT1

+

J8

J5

Y2

JS8
JS7

J13

JWOL

JWF1

JF1

JSPK

J25

FAN2

FAN1

1

FAN5

FAN3

FAN4

T-SGPIO2

JI2C1

JIBTN

JL1

JPUSB1

1

JLED

JPL4

JPL3 JPL1JPL2

JPG1

JPS1

R572

J28

D1

J12

LE3

LE2

LE6

LE8

LE7

LE4

SPKR1

U89

U2

USB4

USB5

FAIL

PWR

NIC_LED4

NIC_LED3

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPL4:LAN4

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JPL3:LAN3

LED

UID

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable
JPB:

JPT1:

1-2:Enable

2-3:Disable

DOM PWR

JWOL:

I-SATA5 I-SATA4

UID

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

DIMM2C

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

SW1

SAS4~7

SAS0~3

Chassis Intrusion

Wake on Lan

CMOS CLEAR

USB2/3

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE
JPL2:LAN2

JPL1:LAN1

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPB:BMC

JPI2C:PWR I2C

JSPK:Buzzer/Speaker

COM2

FLOPPY

DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM/RDIMM required

VGA

COM1

JL1:

JPS1:SAS

LAN2/LAN4

LAN1/LAN3

JPUSB1:B/P USB WAKE UP

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JI2C1/JI2C2

USB10/11

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X16

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JAR:
PSU ALARM RST

CPU

JLED1:Power LED

OFF:Disable

ON:Enable

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

REV:1.00

X8SIE

DESIGNED IN USA

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JF1

ON

LED LED

PWRHDD

NIC1

NIC2

OH/FF

RST

PWR

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA0

SLOT2 PCI-E X4 on X8

SLOT1 PCI 33MHZ

KB/MOUSE

DIMM1C

JPG1: VGA

C A

LE5

JI2C2

JPB

R1312

4

1

JPW2

1

JPW1

5 1

+

B1

JBT1

+

J8

J5

Y2

JS8
JS7

J13

JWOL

JWF1

JF1

JSPK

J25

FAN2

FAN1

1

FAN5

FAN3

FAN4

T-SGPIO2

JI2C1

JIBTN

JL1

JPUSB1

1

JLED

JPL4

JPL3 JPL1JPL2

JPG1

JPS1

R572

J28

D1

J12

LE3

LE2

LE6

LE8

LE7

LE4

SPKR1

U89

U2

USB4

USB5

FAIL

PWR

NIC_LED4

NIC_LED3

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPL4:LAN4

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JPL3:LAN3

LED

UID

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable
JPB:

JPT1:

1-2:Enable

2-3:Disable

DOM PWR

JWOL:

I-SATA5 I-SATA4

UID

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

DIMM2C

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

SW1

SAS4~7

SAS0~3

Chassis Intrusion

Wake on Lan

CMOS CLEAR

USB2/3

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE
JPL2:LAN2

JPL1:LAN1

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPB:BMC

JPI2C:PWR I2C

JSPK:Buzzer/Speaker

COM2

FLOPPY

DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM/RDIMM required

VGA

COM1

JL1:

JPS1:SAS

LAN2/LAN4

LAN1/LAN3

JPUSB1:B/P USB WAKE UP

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JI2C1/JI2C2

USB10/11

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X16

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JAR:
PSU ALARM RST

CPU

JLED1:Power LED

OFF:Disable

ON:Enable

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

REV:1.00

X8SIE

DESIGNED IN USA

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JF1

ON

LED LED

PWRHDD

NIC1

NIC2

OH/FF

RST

PWR

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA0

SLOT2 PCI-E X4 on X8

SLOT1 PCI 33MHZ

KB/MOUSE

DIMM1C

JPG1: VGA

C A

LE5

JI2C2

JPB

Quick-Start Guide

7

Install Internal Peripherals

8

Install External Peripherals

Add-on Cards

IDE / Floppy Drives

SATA / SAS Drives

1

2

3

IPMI Port

Serial Port

(COM1)

Mouse

VGA Port

LAN Ports

USB 0/1

Keyboard

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1

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 (CBL-0044L)•

Two (2) iPass to SAS cables (4 SAS Ports each, for the X8SI6-F Only) (CBL-•

0097L-02)

One (1) oppy drive ribbon cable (CBL-022L)•

One (1) I/O shield (MCP-260-00027-ON)•

One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities (CDR-X8-UP)•

One (1) User's Manual (MNL-1144)•

1-2

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Motherboard (X8SIE-LN4F) 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.

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-3

Motherboard Layout (X8SI6-F Shown)

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 LE4 (Onboard Power LED Indicator) is on, system power is on. Unplug •

the power cable before installing or removing any components.

R1312

4

1

JPW2

1

JPW1

5 1

+

B1

JBT1

+

J8

J5

Y2

JS8
JS7

J13

JWOL

JWF1

JF1

JSPK

J25

FAN2

FAN1

1

FAN5

FAN3

FAN4

T-SGPIO2

JI2C1

JIBTN

JL1

JPUSB1

1

JLED

JPL4

JPL3 JPL1JPL2

JPG1

JPS1

R572

J28

D1

J12

LE3

LE2

LE6

LE8

LE7

LE4

SPKR1

U89

U2

USB4

USB5

FAIL

PWR

NIC_LED4

NIC_LED3

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPL4:LAN4

1-2:ENABLE

2-3:DISABLE

JPL3:LAN3

LED

UID

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JPB:

JPT1:

1-2:Enable

2-3:Disable

DOM PWR

JWOL:

I-SATA5 I-SATA4

UID

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

DIMM2C

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

SW1

SAS4~7

SAS0~3

Chassis Intrusion

Wake on Lan

CMOS CLEAR

USB2/3

1-2:ENABLE

2-3:DISABLE

JPL2:LAN2

JPL1:LAN1

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPB:BMC

JPI2C:PWR I2C

JSPK:Buzzer/Speaker

COM2

FLOPPY

DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM/RDIMM required

VGA

COM1

JL1:

JPS1:SAS

LAN2/LAN4

LAN1/LAN3

JPUSB1:B/P USB WAKE UP

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JI2C1/JI2C2

USB10/11

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X16

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JAR:
PSU ALARM RST

CPU

JLED1:Power LED

OFF:Disable

ON:Enable

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

REV:1.00

X8SIE

DESIGNED IN USA

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JF1

ON

LED LED

PWRHDD

NIC1

NIC2

OH/FF

RST

PWR

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA0

SLOT2 PCI-E X4 on X8

SLOT1 PCI 33MHZ

KB/MOUSE

DIMM1C

JPG1: VGA

C A

LE5

JI2C2

JPB

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JS7

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JWOL

JWF1

JF1

JSPK

J25

FAN2

FAN1

1

FAN5

FAN3

FAN4

T-SGPIO2

JI2C1

JIBTN

JL1

JPUSB1

1

JLED

JPL4

JPL3 JPL1JPL2

JPG1

JPS1

R572

J28

D1

J12

LE3

LE2

LE6

LE8

LE7

LE4

SPKR1

U89

U2

USB4

USB5

FAIL

PWR

NIC_LED4

NIC_LED3

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPL4:LAN4

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JPL3:LAN3

LED

UID

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JPB:

JPT1:

1-2:Enable

2-3:Disable

DOM PWR

JWOL:

I-SATA5 I-SATA4

UID

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

DIMM2C

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

SW1

SAS4~7

SAS0~3

Chassis Intrusion

Wake on Lan

CMOS CLEAR

USB2/3

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE
JPL2:LAN2

JPL1:LAN1

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JPB:BMC

JPI2C:PWR I2C

JSPK:Buzzer/Speaker

COM2

FLOPPY

DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM/RDIMM required

VGA

COM1

JL1:

JPS1:SAS

LAN2/LAN4

LAN1/LAN3

JPUSB1:B/P USB WAKE UP

1-2:ENABLE

2-3:DISABLE

JI2C1/JI2C2

USB10/11

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X16

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

JAR:
PSU ALARM RST

CPU

JLED1:Power LED

OFF:Disable

ON:Enable

2-3:Disable

1-2:Enable

REV:1.00

X8SIE

DESIGNED IN USA

2-3:DISABLE

1-2:ENABLE

JF1

ON

LED LED

PWRHDD

NIC1

NIC2

OH/FF

RST

PWR

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA0

SLOT2 PCI-E X4 on X8

SLOT1 PCI 33MHZ

KB/MOUSE

DIMM1C

JPG1: VGA

C A

LE5

JI2C2

JPB

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Motherboard Model Differences

Feature X8SIE X8SIE-F X8SI6-F X8SIE-LN4 X8SIE-LN4F

SATA Ports Six (6) Six (6) Six (6) Six (6) Six (6)

IPMI 2.0 Port None One (1) One (1) None One (1)

SAS Ports None None Eight (8)* None None

PCI-E 2.0 Slot x16 One (1) One (1) One (1)** One (1) One (1)

LAN Ports Two (2) Two (2) Two (2) Four (4) Four (4)

Note: *Two iPass connectors with 4 SAS ports each. **One x8 (x16 physical) Slot

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Headers & Connectors

Number Connector Description

4 COM1 COM1 Serial Port (Backpanel)

17 COM2 COM2 Header Connector

38, 37, 32,

28, 7

Fans 1~5 System/CPU fan headers (CPU Fan: Fan 1, #38)

39 Floppy Floppy Disk Drive connector

33 JF1 Front Panel Control header

22 JL1 Chassis Intrusion header

36 JLED Power LED Indicator header

21 JWOL Wake on LAN

41 JPW1 24-pin ATX main power connector (required)

42 JPW2 +12V 8-pin CPU power connector (required)

24 JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector

1 KB/Mouse Keyboard/mouse connectors

8, 9 LAN1/LAN3, LAN2/

LAN4

Gigabit Ethernet, RJ45 ports (LAN3 & LAN4: X8SIE-LN4/

X8SIE-LN4F motherboards only)

25 I-SATA 0~5 Serial ATA ports

27 SAS 0~3, 4~7 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Ports (X8SI6-F Only)

3 IPMI LAN IPMI LAN Port (X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4F Only)

40 JPI2C PWR supply (I

2

C) System Management Bus

34 SPKR1 Internal speaker/buzzer

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

23 B1 On-board Battery

30 T-SGPIO-0/1 Serial General Purpose I/O headers (for SATA)

2 USB0/1 Backpanel USB 0/1

44, 26 USB 4, USB 5 Type A USB Connectors

19, 20 USB 10/11, USB 2/3 Front Panel USB headers

6 VGA Onboard Video Port

31 NIC_3/4 LED connectors for LAN ports 3/4 (X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-

LN4F only)

12 SW1 Unit ID Switch

47 JIBTN I-Button for RAIDKey (RAID 5 SAS support, X8SI6-F)

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Jumpers

Number Jumper Description Default

43 JPUSB1 USB0/1 Wake-up Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

48 JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Chpt. 2)

45 JPS1 SAS Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

14 JI

2

C1/JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slots (See Chpt. 2)

15 JPG1 Onboard VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

10 JPL1/JPL2/JPL3/JPL4 LAN1/LAN2/LAN3/LAN4 Enable

(LAN3/LAN4, X8SIE-LN4/

X8SIE-LN4F only)

Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

13 JPB BMC Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

LED Indicators

Number LED Description Color/State Status

52 LE3

Unsupported Memory Installed
Indicator

Yellow: Blinking

Unsupported
Memory Installed

49 LE4 Onboard Standby PWR LED Green: Solid on PWR On

16 LE7 IPMI Heartbeat LED Green: Blinking IPMI: Normal

50 LE6 SAS Heartbeat LED Green: Blinking SAS: Normal

51 LE8 SAS Error LED Yellow: Solid On SAS: Error

11 UID LED Unit ID LED Blue: Solid On UID On

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Motherboard Features

CPU Single Intel® Xeon® 3400 Series and L3426 processors,

LGA1156 socket.

Memory Six (6) 240-pin, DDR3 ECC SDRAM DIMM sockets with

support for up to 16GB of UDIMM or up to 32GB of RDIMM

1333/1066/800 MHz memory only.

Supports dual-channel memory bus

DIMM sizes

UDIMM 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB

RDIMM 512MB,1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB

Chipset Intel® 3420 Chipset (Ibex Peak)

Expansion Slots One (1) PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot (X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SIE-LN4/

X8SIE-LN4F) or one (1) PCI-E 2.0 x8 (x16 physical)

(X8SI6-F)

One (1) PCI-E 2.0 x4 (x8 physical)

One (1) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slot. 5V for motherboard revi-

sion 1.01 and below, 3.3V for motherboard revision 1.02

and above.

Integrated Graphics Matrox® G200eW with 16MB of memory

Network Connections Two Intel 82574L Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet

Controllers for LAN 1 and LAN 2 ports. The X8SIE-LN4/
X8SIE-LN4F has two additional Ethernet Controllers (LAN
3 and LAN 4) for a total of four.

Two (2) RJ-45 Rear IO Panel Connectors with Link and
Activity LEDs . The X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F has two ad­ditional RJ-45 Rear IO Panel Connectors for a total of four.

Single Realtek RTL8201N PHY to support IPMI 2.0
(X8SIE-F, X8SIE-LN4F and X8SI6-F Only)

I/O Devices SATA Connections

SATA Ports Six (6)

RAID (Windows) RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

RAID (Linux) RAID 0, 1, 10

SAS Connections (X8SI6-F Only)

SAS Ports Eight (8)

RAID (Windows) RAID 0, 1, 5*, 10

RAID (Linux) RAID 0, 1, 10

IPMI 2.0 Port (X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4F Only)

IPMI 2.0 supported by the WPCM450 Server BMC

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Floppy Disk Drive

One (1) oppy drive interface (up to 1.44 MB)

USB Devices

Two (2) USB ports on the rear IO panel

Four (4) USB devices via Two (2) USB header connectors
for front access

Two (2) Type A internal connectors

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 and one header

Super I/O

Winbond Super I/O W83627DHG

BIOS 32 Mb SPI AMI BIOS

®

SM Flash BIOS

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

Wake on LAN Header

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

CPU 5-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

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

support

System resource alert via Supero Doctor III

SuperoDoctor III, Watch Dog, NMI

Chassis Intrusion Header and Detection

iSCSI Internet Protocol support

CD Utilities BIOS ash upgrade utility

Drivers and software for Intel® 3420 chipset utilities

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

Dimensions ATX form factor, 12" x 9.6"

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

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

support/manuals/.

*Supports RAID Key for RAID 5 which allows the RAID host adapter to in-

terface with the LSI Mega-RAID rmware for enhanced RAID performance.

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X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F 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.

RJ45

2 iPass

(reserved)

PCIe2.0_x8

SASII LSI2008

5.0GT/s

Intel® 3420

GLAN2
82574L

RMII

VGA
PORT

RTL8201
PHY

WINBOND WPCM450

(BMC)

PCI32

Intel®

Xeon® 3400

Series

6 RDIMM

(4 Quad rank
RDIMM run on
800MHz)

DIMM3

DIMM3

SW

LPC

PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps

CK505
Rev1.0

CLOCK

COM1,2

P/S2

LPC

GLAN3
82574L

2.5Gbps

PCIe_x1

HEALTH
INFO

RJ45

PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps

GLAN4
82574L

RJ45

LPC

TPM1.2

BLOCK DIAGRAM

DDR3 (CHA)

PCIe2.0_x8

VRM 11.1

VID[0-7]

RoHS 6/6

LPC I/O

W83627DHG

PCIe x16 SLOT

RJ45

RJ45

DDR3 (CHB)

DIMM1(Far)
DIMM2

DIMM1(Far)
DIMM2

4 UDIMM

MISC VRs

1333/1066MHz

1333/1066MHz

5.0GT/s

x4 DMI

2.5Gb

PCH

2.5Gbps

PCIe_x4

PCIe x8 SLOT

PCI 32

1 PCI 32 SLOT

6 SATA PORTS

SATA-II

300MB/s

8 USB PORTS

USB2.0

480Mbps

FLASH

SPI 32Mb

SPI

PCIe_x1

2.5Gbps

GLAN1
82574L

PCIe x16 SLOT

PCIe2.0_x16

5.0GT/s

X8SI6-F Only

X8SIE-LN4/

X8SIE-LN4F

Only

X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/

X8SIE-LN4F Only

X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F Only

(For IPMI

only)

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1-2 Chipset Overview

The X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F supports the Intel® Xeon®

processor 3400 series. Built upon the functionality and the capability of the

single-chip Intel 3420 chipset, the X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-

LN4F motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for single-

processor-based systems with conguration options optimized for performance

server platforms.

The Intel 3420 chipset features a high-speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) for chip-

to-chip true isochronous communication with the processor. This feature allows

the X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F to achieve up to 10 Gb/s of

software-transparent data transfer in each direction, achieving better performance

than comparable systems. The X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F

also features a TCO timer (to enable the system to recover from a software/hard-

ware lock), ECC Error Reporting, Function Disable and Intruder Detect.

Intel 3420 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 1.1 Interface (up to 2.5 GT/s)•

SATA Controller (up to 3Gb/s)•

Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)•

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1-3 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X8SIE/X8SIE-F/

X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F. These features are supported by an onboard

System Hardware Monitor chip.

Recovery from AC Power Loss

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 hit the power switch to turn it back

on) or for it to automatically return to a power on state. See the Power Lost Control

setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting. The default set-

ting is Last State.

Onboard Voltage Monitoring

The onboard voltage monitor will scan the following voltages continuously: CPU

core, +3.3V, +5V, +/-12V, +3.3V Stdby, VBAT, Memory. Once a voltage becomes

unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen. Users

can adjust the voltage thresholds to dene the sensitivity of the voltage monitor

by using SD III.

Fan Status Monitor with Software

PC health monitoring can check the RPM status of the cooling fans via Supero

Doctor III.

CPU Overheat LED and Control

This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning feature

in the BIOS. This allows the user to dene an overheat temperature. When this tem-

perature reaches this pre-dened overheat threshold, the CPU thermal trip feature

will be activated and it will send a signal to the buzzer and, at the same time, the

CPU speed will be decreased.

1-4 PowerCongurationSettings

This section describes the features of your motherboard that deal with power and

power settings.

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

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

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

key, the CPU will wake-up and the LED indicator will automatically stop blinking

and remain on.

BIOS Support for USB Keyboard

If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal

keyboard during system boot-up.

Main Switch Override Mechanism

When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a system

suspend button. When the user presses the power button, the system will enter

a SoftOff state. The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down.

Pressing the power button again to wake-up the whole system. During the SoftOff

state, the ATX power supply provides power the system to keep the required cir-

cuitry "alive". In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power,

just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds. The power will turn off and no

power will be provided to the motherboard.

1-5 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 of 1 GHz and faster.

The X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F accommodates

ATX12V standard power supplies. Although most power supplies generally meet

the specications required by the CPU, some are inadequate. A 2-Amp of current

supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended.

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

ATX12V standard power supply Specication 1.1 or above. It is also required that

the 12V 8-pin power connection (JPW2) be used for adequate power supply. 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.

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1-6 Super I/O

The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O chip include a oppy disk drive

controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077/765, a data separator,

write pre-compensation circuitry, decode logic, data rate selection, a clock genera-

tor, drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic. The wide range of

functions integrated onto the Super I/O greatly reduces the number of components

required for interfacing with oppy disk drives. The Super I/O supports two 360 K,

720 K, 1.2 M, 1.44 M or 2.88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb/s,

500 Kb/s or 1 Mb/s.

It also provides 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 sys-

tem. 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 a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management

to reduce power consumption.

iSCSI Support

The X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F motherboard supports the

iSCSI Internet Protocol. iSCSI is an IP networking standard used to link and man-

age data storage, and for data transfers across the internet/intranets through long

distances. iSCSI can be used to transmit data over local area networks (LANs),

wide area networks (WANs), or the Internet. It can enable location-independent

data storage and retrieval.

iSCSI allow clients to issue SCSI commands to remote SCSI storage devices and

allows data centers to consolidate remote storage devices into storage arrays, giv-

ing an illusion of locally-attached disks to host servers. Unlike ber-optic networks

that require special cabling, iSCSI can be run over long distances using existing

networks. For the X8SIE/X8SIE-F/X8SI6-F/X8SIE-LN4/X8SIE-LN4F motherboard,

iSCSI is supported on LAN1. This can be enabled through the BIOS: Advanced =>

PCI/PnP Conguration => Onboard LAN1 Option ROM Select. Please see Chapter

4 for details.

Chapter 1: Introduction

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1-7 Overview of the Winbond WPCM450 Controller

The Winbond WPCM450, a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), supports

the 2D/VGA-compatible Graphics Core with the PCI interface, Virtual Media, and

Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) Redirection modules.

The WPCM450 BMC interfaces with the host system via a PCI interface to com-

municate 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 I/O

functions. The WPCM450 is connected to the network via an external Ethernet

PHY module.

The WPCM450 communicates with onboard components via six SMBus interfaces,

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

Purpose I/O (T-SGPIO) ports.

There are two different versions of the WPCM450 chip that are used in this prod-

uct series. The WPCM450-G which includes all of the features above, is the chip

installed in the X8SIE and the X8SIE-LN4 motherboards. Another version, the

WPCM450-R also has all the features as described above plus IPMI 2.0 support.

This particular chip is installed in the X8SIE-F, X8SI6-F and X8SIE-LN4F mother-

board models.

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

Embedded IPMI User's Guide posted on our website @ http://www.super-

micro.com/support/manuals/.

Chapter 2: Installation

2-1

Chapter 2

Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

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

age to 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

upside down battery to avoid possible explosion.

Unpacking

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

unpacking the board, make sure 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.

Notes:

Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before add-

ing, 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 serverboard into the chassis before you install

the CPU heatsinks.

When receiving a serverboard 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 web site for updates on CPU support.

Load Lever

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

from its locking position.

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Chapter 2: Installation

2-3

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

Once aligned, carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket. (Do not

drop the CPU on the socket. Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically.

Use your thumb and your index nger to hold the CPU at the top center edge

and the bottom center edge of the CPU.

3

4

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

2