Supero X9DRW-3F, X9DRW-iF User Manual

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0

X9DRW-3F

X9DRW-iF

Manual Revision 1.0

Release Date: Feb. 22, 2012

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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

X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The Super X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF motherboard supports dual Intel E5-2600 Series

(Socket R) processors and Intel QPI (QuickPath Interface) Technology (V.1.1),

providing point-to-point connections with transfer speeds of up to 8.0 TG/s. With

the Intel PCH C606/C602 chipset built in, the X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF motherboard

supports Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM), Manageability Engine (ME),

Digital Media Interface (DMI), PCI-E Gen. 3.0, and 1600 MHz DDR3 memory. These

features greatly enhance system performance for 1U/2U servers. This motherboard

is ideal for high-end server platforms. Please refer to our Website (http://www.

supermicro.com) for processor and memory support updates.

Manual Organization

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

board. It also provides detailed information about the Intel PCH C606/C602 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 how to congure the CMOS Setup settings.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.

Appendix B lists software installation instructions.

Preface

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iv

Conventions Used in the Manual

Pay special attention to the following symbols to install your system properly and

to prevent damage to your system or injury to yourself:

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

system failure or bodily injury

Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation

or to avoid damaging the components

Note: Additional information provided to differentiate between various

models or to provides information for proper 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)

Website: 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]

Website: www.supermicro.com.tw

Email: [e-mail] (Technical Support)

Tel: [phone]

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Overview

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

1-2 Processor and Chipset Overview...................................................................1-11

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

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

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

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

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

1-8 Advanced Power Management ..................................................................... 1-14

1-9 Introduction to the IPMI 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 LGA2011 Processor ................................................................. 2-2

Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink ................................................................. 2-6

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

2-3 Installing and Removing the Memory Modules ............................................... 2-7

Installing & Removing DIMMs ......................................................................... 2-7

Removing Memory Modules ........................................................................... 2-8

2-4 Motherboard Installation .................................................................................2-11

Tools Needed .................................................................................................2-11

Location of Mounting Holes ...........................................................................2-11

Installing the Motherboard ............................................................................ 2-12

2-5 Control Panel Connectors and I/O Ports ...................................................... 2-13

Back Panel Connectors and I/O Ports .......................................................... 2-13

Back Panel I/O Port Locations and Denitions ........................................... 2-13

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ...................................................................... 2-14

Serial Ports ............................................................................................... 2-15

Video Connection ..................................................................................... 2-15

Ethernet Ports .......................................................................................... 2-16

Unit Identier Switch ................................................................................ 2-17

Front Control Panel ....................................................................................... 2-18

Front Control Panel Pin Denitions............................................................... 2-19

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NMI Button ............................................................................................... 2-19

Power LED .............................................................................................. 2-19

HDD LED .................................................................................................. 2-20

NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators ....................................................................... 2-20

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail/PWR Fail/UID LED ............................................ 2-21

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-21

Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-22

Power Button ........................................................................................... 2-22

2-6 Connecting Cables ........................................................................................ 2-23

Power Connectors ................................................................................... 2-23

Fan Headers ............................................................................................. 2-24

Chassis Intrusion ..................................................................................... 2-24

Internal Speaker ....................................................................................... 2-25

Overheat/Fan Fail LED ............................................................................ 2-25

Port 80 Header ......................................................................................... 2-26

Standby Power Connector ....................................................................... 2-26

Power SMB (I2C) Connector .................................................................... 2-27

IPMB ......................................................................................................... 2-27

T-SGPIO 1/2 Headers .............................................................................. 2-28

DOM Power Connector ............................................................................ 2-28

Power LED/Speaker ................................................................................. 2-29

2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-30

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-30

GLAN Enable/Disable .............................................................................. 2-30

CMOS Clear ............................................................................................. 2-31

Watch Dog Enable/Disable ...................................................................... 2-31

VGA Enable .............................................................................................. 2-32

BMC Enable ............................................................................................ 2-32

2-8 Onboard LED Indicators ............................................................................... 2-34

GLAN LEDs .............................................................................................. 2-34

IPMI_Dedicated_LAN LEDs ..................................................................... 2-34

Onboard Power LED ............................................................................... 2-35

Rear UID LED ......................................................................................... 2-35

BMC Heartbeat LED ................................................................................ 2-36

2-9 SATA/SCU Connections ................................................................................ 2-37

SATA/SC8U Ports ..................................................................................... 2-37

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

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

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

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

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

System Boot Failure ..................................................................................... 3-2

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

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

When the System Becomes Unstable ............................................................ 3-3

3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................ 3-5

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

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

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

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

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................... 3-7

3-5 Returning Merchandise for Service................................................................. 3-8

Chapter 4 BIOS

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

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

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

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

4-3 Event Logs .................................................................................................... 4-23

4-4 IPMI ............................................................................................................... 4-25

4-5 Boot ............................................................................................................... 4-27

4-6 Security ......................................................................................................... 4-28

4-7 Save & Exit ................................................................................................... 4-29

Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes

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

Appendix B Software Installation Instructions

B-1 Installing Software Programs ..........................................................................B-1

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

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Chapter 1: Overview

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Chapter 1

Overview

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

• Two (2) Serial ATA cables (CBL-0044Lx2)

• Two (2) I-Pass to Serial ATA cables (CBL-0097L-03 x2) (X9DRW-3F)

• One (1) I-Pass to Serial ATA cable (CBL-0097L-03) (X9DRW-iF)

• One (1) I/O Shield (MCP-260-00042-0N)

• One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities

• One (1) User's/BIOS Manual (MNL#1278)

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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

Notes:

•See Chapter 3 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front

panel connections.

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

•Jumpers/LED Indicators not indicated are for testing only. Also, components that

are not documented in this manual are reserved for internal use only.

•Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specied by the manufac-

turer. Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion.

SP1

JPW3

JPW2

JPW4

JPB1

FAN2

FAN1

FAN4

FANA

FAN3

JPI2C1

LED3

LED1

COM2

JTAG OF CPLD

SXB1A

SXB1B: CPU PCI-E 3.0 x16 + x16

P1-DIMMC1

CPU1

P1-DIMMC2

P1-DIMMD2

P1-DIMMD1

UID

SXB2: CPU2 PCI-E3.0 X16

LAN2

CPU2

LAN1

P1-DIMMB2

P1-DIMMA1

P1-DIMMA2

P1-DIMMB1

USB2/3

USB0/1

IPMI-LAN

P2-DIMMH1

P2-DIMMG2

P2-DIMMH2

P2-DIMMG1

COM1

P2-DIMMF2

P2-DIMMF1

P2-DIMME2

P2-DIMME1

X9DRW-3F/iF
Rev.1.02

VGA

LAN
CTRL

BIOS

BMC
CTRL

JPW1

PHY

JPL1

B1B2A1A2B1B2A1

A2

SXB1C

JVRM_I2C2

JVRM_I2C1

JPG1

JIPMB1

JSTBY1

JSD1

JD1

JI2C1

JI2C2

JL1

JF1

I-SATA1

I-SATA0

JLPC1

JSM1

JSM2

T-SGPIO1

T-SGPIO2

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA5

I-SATA4

JBAT1

JPME2

JWD1

JPME1

JP3

FANB

1

LED2

SATA/

USB4/5

PCH

JBT1

SCU0~3

SATA/

SCU4~7

JVR1

JUIDB

JOH1

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SP1

JPW3

JPW2

JPW4

JPB1

FAN2

FAN1

FAN4

FANA

FAN3

JPI2C1

LED3

LED1

COM2

JTAG OF CPLD

SXB1A

SXB1B: CPU PCI-E 3.0 x16 + x16

P1-DIMMC1

CPU1

P1-DIMMC2

P1-DIMMD2

P1-DIMMD1

UID

SXB2: CPU2 PCI-E3.0 X16

LAN2

CPU2

LAN1

P1-DIMMB2

P1-DIMMA1

P1-DIMMA2

P1-DIMMB1

USB2/3

USB0/1

IPMI-LAN

P2-DIMMH1

P2-DIMMG2

P2-DIMMH2

P2-DIMMG1

COM1

P2-DIMMF2

P2-DIMMF1

P2-DIMME2

P2-DIMME1

X9DRW-3F/iF
Rev.1.02

VGA

LAN
CTRL

BIOS

BMC
CTRL

JPW1

PHY

JPL1

B1B2A1A2B1B2A1

A2

SXB1C

JVRM_I2C2

JVRM_I2C1

JPG1

JIPMB1

JSTBY1

JSD1

JD1

JI2C1

JI2C2

JF1

I-SATA1

I-SATA0

JLPC1

JSM1

JSM2

T-SGPIO1

T-SGPIO2

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA5

I-SATA4

JBAT1

JPME2

JWD1

JPME1

JP3

FANB

1

LED2

SATA/

USB4/5

PCH

JBT1

SCU0~3

SATA/

SCU4~7

JVR1

JUIDB

JOH1

P2-DIMMF2

P2-DIMMF1

P2-DIMME2

P2-DIMME1

X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF Jumpers

Jumper

Description Default Setting

JBT1

Clear CMOS See Chapter 3

JI2C1/JI2C2 SMB to PCI-E Slots Open (Normal)

JPB1 BMC Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

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

JWD1 Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF Quick Reference

SXB1A

COM1

USB 0/1

IPMI LAN

USB 2/3

LAN1LAN2VGA

LED3

UID

JPL1

SXB2: PCI-E 3.0 x16

SXB1B: PCI-E 3.0 x16 + X16

JPW4

LED1

JPG1

BIOS

JPB1

COM2 USB4/5T-SGIOP1/2JLPC1

I-SATA4

FANB

P2-DIMMH2

P2-DIMMH1

P2-DIMMG2

P2-DIMMG1

P1-DIMMD2

P1-DIMMD1

P1-DIMMC2

P1-DIMMC1

P1-DIMMB2

P1-DIMMB1

P1-DIMMA2

P1-DIMMA1

JPW3

JPI2C1

JPW2

JPW1

SP1

JBAT1

FAN3

FAN2

FAN1

JI2C2

JI2C1

JBT1

I-SATA1

I-SATA5

JL1

I-SATA2

I-SATA3

PCH-C602

CPU1

CPU2

LAN CTLR

BMC CTLR

JWD1

LED2

SXB1C

JSTBY1

I-SATA0

JSD1

JF1

FANA

FAN4

JD1

JOH1

SATA

SCU 0~3

SATA

SCU4~7

Note: Components not documented are reserved for internal use only.

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X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF Connectors

Connectors Description

COM1/COM2 Backplane COM Port1/Front Accessible COM2 Header

FAN1~4,FANA, FANB CPU/System Fan Headers

I-SATA 0~5 Intel PCH SATA Connectors 0~5

JBAT1 Onboard Battery (See Chpt. 4 for Used Battery Disposal)

JD1 Speaker/Power LED Connector (Pins 1~3: PWR LED, Pins

6~7: Onboard Buzzer/Pins 4~7: External Speaker)

JF1 Front Panel Control Header

JIPMB1 4-pin External BMC I2C Header (for an IPMI Card)

JL1 Chassis Intrusion

JLPC1 Port80 Header

JOH1 Overheat/Fan Fail LED

JPI2C1 Power Supply SMBbus I2C Header

JPW1 ATX 24-Pin Power Connector (See Warning on Pg. 1-6)

JPW2/3 12V 8-Pin Power Connectors (See Warning on Pg. 1-6)

JPW4 12V 4-Pin Power Connector (See Warning on Pg. 1-6)

JSD1 SATA DOM (Device_On_Module) Power Connector

JSTBY1 Standby Power Connector

LAN1/2 G-bit Ethernet Ports 1/2

(IPMI) LAN IPMI_Dedicated LAN

SATA/SCU 0~3, 4~7 Serial_Link SATA/SCU Connections 0~3, 4~7 (for X9DRW-

3F), SCU 0~3 (for X9DRW-iF)

SP1 Onboard Buzzer (Internal Speaker)

SXB1A SMC-Proprietary SPEC Slot (See Note 1 below.)

SXB1B SMC-Proprietary PCI-E 3.0 x16 + x16 Add-on Card Slot

(Left) (See Note 1 below.)

SXB1C SMC-Proprietary SPEC Slot (See Note 1 below.)

SXB2 SMC-Proprietary PCI-E 3.0 x16 Add-on Card Slot (Right)

(See Note 2)

T-SGPI0 1/2 Serial-Link General_Purpose IO Headers 1/2

USB 0/1, 2/3 Back Panel USB 0/1, 2/3 Ports

USB 4/5 Front Panel Accessible USB 4/5 Connections

UID Switch UID (Unit Identier) Switch

Note 1: For SXB1A/SXB1B/SXB1C PCI-Exp. slots to work properly, please

use an SMC-proprietary riser card (eg. RSC-RIUW-2E16) in the slots.

Note 2: For SXB2 PCI-Exp. slot to work properly, please use the SMC-

proprietary riser card RSC-R2UW-2EBR or RSC-R1UW-E8R in the slot.

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Warning!

•To prevent damage to the power supply or motherboard, please use a power

supply that contains a 24-pin, two 8-pin power connectors and one 4-pin power

connector. Be sure to connect these power supply connectors to the 24-pin

power connector (JPW1), two 8-pin power connectors (JPW2/JPW3) and the

4-pin power connector (JPW4) on the motherboard. Failure in doing so will void

the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard.

VGA1 Backpanel VGA Port 1/Front Panel VGA Port2

X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF LED Indicators

LED Description State Status

LED1 BMC Green: Blinking Normal

LED2 Power LED Green: On SB Power On

LED3 UID LED Blue: On Unit Identied

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Motherboard Features

CPU

• Dual Intel

®

E5-2600 series (Socket R of up to 130W)

processors; each processor supports two full-width

Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links of up to 8.0

GT/s per QPI link and with data transfer rate of up to

16 GB/s direction peak bandwidth per port

Memory

1. 16 240-pin DDR3 ECC RDIMM modules with sup-

port for up to 512 GB of Registered/Unbuffered

ECC DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 MHz memory in

two-channel memory bus

2. It supports 512 GB (max.) of LRDIMM (Reduced

Load) DDR3 800/1066/1333/ MHz

Note: For the latest CPU/memory updates,

please refer to our Website at http://www.su-

permicro.com/products/motherboard.

DIMM sizes

• RDIMM 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB,16GB and

32GB @ 1.35V/1.5V

• Virtualization: VT-x, VT-d, and VT-c

Chipset

• Intel® PCH 606/602 Chipset

Expansion

• One (1) SMC-Proprietary PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot (Right)

(SXB2) (See Note 2 on Page 1-5),

• One (1) SMC-Proprietary PCI-E 3.0 x16 + x16 slot

(Left) (SXB1B) (See Note 1 on Page 1-5),

• Two (2) SMC-Proprietary SPEC slot (SXB1A/

SXB1C) (See Note 1 on Page 1-5.)

Slots

Graphics

• Renesas BMC Video Controller

Network

• One Intel I350 Gigabit Dual-Channel Ethernet Con-

troller for LAN1/LAN2 ports.

• Renesas Baseboard (BMC) Controller (SH7757)

supports IPMI_LAN 2.0

I/O Devices

SATA Connections

• SATA Ports Six (6) SATA ports total: two

SATA 3.0 and four SATA 2.0

ports

• RAID (Win-

dows)

RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

• RAID (Linux) RAID 0, 1, 10

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SAS/SATA/SCU Connection

• Eight (8) Connections 0~3, 4~7 (For X9DRW-3F),

• Four (4) Connections 0~3 (For X9DRW-iF)

• RAID 0, 1, 10

IPMI 2.0

• IPMI 2.0 supported by the Renesas BMC

Serial (COM) Port

• Two (2) Fast UART 16550 connections: 9-pin RS-

232 port

Note: COM2 does not support modem func-

tion)

VGA

• Backplane VGA Port 1

Peripheral
Devices

USB Devices

• Four (4) USB ports on the rear I/O panel (USB 0/1,

USB 2/3),

• Two (2) Front Panel USB headers (USB 4/5)

BIOS

• 16 MB AMI BIOS

®

Flash EEPROM

• APM 1.2, PCI 2.3, ACPI 1.0/2.0/3.0/4.0, USB Key-

board, Plug & Play (PnP) and SMBIOS 2.3

Power

• ACPI/ACPM Power Management

Management

• Main switch override mechanism

• Power-on mode for AC power recovery

• Keyboard Wake-up from Soft-off

• Intel

®

Intelligent Power Node Manager (Available

when the NMView utility is installed in the system)

• Manageability Engine

PC Health

CPU Monitoring

Monitoring

• Onboard voltage monitors for onboard chipset,

memory, processors, standby power, and other criti-

cal components.

• CPU 6-Phase switching voltage regulator

• CPU/System overheat LED and control

• CPU Thermal Trip support

• Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support

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Fan Control

• Fan status monitoring with rmware 4-pin (Pulse

Width Modulation) fan speed control

• Low noise fan speed control

LED Indicators

• System/CPU Overheat LED

• Suspend-state LED

System Management

• UID/Remote UID LED

System
Management

• PECI (Platform Environment Conguration Interface)

2.0 support

• System resource alert via SuperDoctor III

• Dual Cooling Zones

• Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support

• PECI (Platform-Environment Conguration Interface)

support

• SuperDoctor III, Watch Dog, NMI

• Chassis Intrusion Header and Detection

Dimensions

• 13.05" (L) x 12.29" (W) (331.47 mm x 312.17 mm)

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

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

support/manuals/.

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System Block Diagram

Notes: 1. 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. 2. This block diagram

is intended for your reference only.

PROCESSOR

PROCESSOR

DDR3 DIMM

#1

#2

DDR3 DIMM

DDR3 DIMM

DDR3 DIMM

DDR3 DIMM

#2

#1

DDR3 DIMM

G

A

CPU Rear

DDR3 DIMM

B

DDR3 DIMM

D

C

H

F

E

Socket 00

Socket 01

#1

#2

#1

#2

#1

#2

#1

#2

#1

#2

#1

#2

P0

P0

P1

P1

x1

x16

x16

x16

J1

Right Slot

PCIE 3.0x16

DMI

PE3 PE2 PE1

QPI

QPI

CPU Front

DMI

PE1PE2PE3

P0PE3

J3

Left Slot

PCIE 3.0x16+x16

x4 (Lane4~7)

UL1

I350AM2

JLAN1

RJ45

JLAN2

RJ45

Lane Reversal & Polarity Inversion

DMI: Lane Reversal

BIOS

SPI Flash

SPI

DMI
PEG [0...3]

PET8 USB [10,11] LPC

SSB

PCH C602/C606

Gen 3 [1...7]

SATA [0...5]

USB [0...9]

SATA Gen3

SATA Gen2

SATA0

SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

SATA5

DDR3 RAM

Renesas

VGA

BMC

TPM Chip

Super I/O

W83527

NCT7904D

HW Monitor

VGA

CONN

PHY

RTL8211E

IPMI LAN

RJ45

REAR

HDR 2X5

REAR

3Gbps

6Gbps

JSM2(SCU4~7)

(3F only)

JSM1(SCU0~3)

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1-2 Processor and Chipset Overview

Built upon the functionality and the capabilities of the Intel E5-2600 Series Pro-

cessor (Socket R) and the PCH-C606/C602 chipset, the X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF

motherboard provides the performance and feature sets required for dual_pro-

cessor-based, high-performance WIO platforms.

With support of Intel QuickPath interconnect (QPI) Technology, the X9DRW-3F/

X9DRW-iF motherboard offers point-to-point serial interconnect interface with a

transfer speed of up to 8.0 GT/s, providing superb system performance.

The PCH C606/C602 chipset provides extensive IO support, including the follow-

ing functions and capabilities:

•PCI-Express Rev. 2.0 support

•PCI-Express Gen. 3 uplink supported by some SKUs

•ACPI Power Management Logic Support Rev. 3.0b or Rev. 4.0

•USB host interface backplane and front access support

•Intel Rapid Storage Technology supported

•Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel VT-d) supported

•Intel Trusted Execution Technology supported

•Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Supported

•Digital Media Interface (DMI) supported

•Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) supported

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1-3 Special Features

Recovery from AC Power Loss

The Basic I/O System (BIOS) provides a setting that determines 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 the power-on state. See the

Advanced BIOS Setup section for this setting. The default setting is Last State.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the features of PC health monitoring of the motherboard.

This motherboard has an onboard System_Hardware_Monitor chip that supports

PC health monitoring. An voltage monitor will scan the voltages of onboard chips,

memory modules, processors, battery, and other critical components continuously.

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

The PC health monitor chip can check the RPM status of a cooling fan. The onboard

CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the BIOS Thermal Management under the

Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting.

Environmental Temperature Control

A 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 it detects

that the CPU temperature is too high, it will automatically turn on the thermal fan

control 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 used with SuperDoctor III in the Windows OS

environment or used with SuperDoctor II in Linux. SuperDoctor is used to notify

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the user of certain system events. For example, you can congure SuperDoctor to

provide you with warnings when system temperature, CPU temperature, voltages

and fan speeds go beyond a predened range.

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

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 Vista, Windows 2008 and Windows

7 Operating Systems.

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

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

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.

The X9DRW-3F/X9DRW-iF motherboard accommodates 24-pin ATX power sup-

plies. Although most power supplies generally meet the specications required

by the CPU, some are inadequate. In addition, two 12V 8-pin power connections

(JPW2/JPW3) and a 4-pin power connector are also required to ensure adequate

power supply to the system. Your power supply must also supply 1.5A for the

Ethernet ports.

Warning! To prevent damage to the power supply or motherboard, please

use a power supply that contains a 24-pin, two 8-pin power and a 4-pin

connectors. Be sure to connect these power supply connectors to the

24-pin (JPW1), two 8-pin power connectors (JPW2/JPW3), and a 4-pin

power connector (JPW4) on the motherboard. Failure to do so will void the

manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard.

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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 website 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 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 Advanced Power Management

The new advanced power management features supported by the motherboard

includes the following:

Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager (NM) (Available
when the NMView utility is installed in the system)

The Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM) provides your system with

real-time thermal control and power management for maximum energy efciency.

Although IPNM Specication Version 1.5/20 is supported by the BMC (Baseboard

Management Controller), your system must also have IPNM-compatible Manage-

ability Engine (ME) rmware installed to use this feature.

Note: Support for IPNM Specication Version 1.5 or Version 2.0 depends

on the power supply used in the system.

Manageability Engine (ME)

The Manageability Engine, which is an ARC controller embedded in the PCH,

provides Server Platform Services (SPS) to your system. The services provided by

SPS are different from those provided by the ME on client platforms.

1-9 Introduction to the IPMI Controller

This motherboard incorporates the Renesas IPMI Controller, which integrates a

RISC (Reduced _Instruction_Set_Computing) CPU Core with peripheral capabili-

ties required for a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). The Renesas IPMI

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Controller offers the user a superb solution to manage PC server systems with

great efciency.

The BMC controller supports a 32Kb_instruction cache and a 32Kb_operand cache,

which can be switched between write-back and write-through. The instruction cache

offers a 4-way full-associative instruction TBL (Translation Lookaside Buffer) and a

64-way full-associative shared TBL. The memory management unit, which is embed-

ded on the chip, provides access to 4 Gb virtual address space. In addition, this

controller also supports 32 Kb on-chip SRAM, allowing for faster access which is

especially critical to time-sensitive, high-density/high-performance server platforms.

The BMC supports VGA Graphic Cores for remote video displaying and editing. It

also provides a video data compressor for Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) support if

keyboard/mouse are installed in the system. With two Ethernet controllers built in,

the BMC controller supports USB media hosting, an LPC bus interface, an I2C bus

interface, a NAND Flash Timer Interface and serial communication interfaces. The

BMC controller offers great system enhancement at a low cost.

BMC Subsystem Features

•CPU speed: 576MHz

•System Memory: 256MB

•Flash Memory: 32MB

•Network connections: Two Gigabit connections (One dedicated LAN connection

and one shared LAN with an on-board LAN controller)

•Resolutions:

•Supports 1680 x 1200 resolution at 32 bpp and 75 Hz

•Supports 1680 x 1050 wide screen resolution at 32 bpp and 60 Hz

Note: The term "IPMI controller" and the term "BMC controller" can be

used interchangeably in this section.

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Notes

Chapter 2: Installation

2-1

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 that your system chassis provides excellent

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

the motherboard.

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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OPEN 1st

WARNING!

2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Warning: When handling the processor package, avoid placing direct

pressure on the label area.

Notes:

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

removing or changing any hardware components. Make sure that you in-

stall 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.

Press down

on

Load Lever

labeled 'Open 1st'.

Installing the LGA2011 Processor

1. There are two load levers on the LGA2011 socket. To open the socket cover,

rst press and release the load lever labeled 'Open 1st'.

!

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

1

2

Chapter 2: Installation

2-3

1. Press the second load lever labeled 'Close 1st' to release the load plate that

covers the CPU socket from its locking position.

2. With the lever labled 'Close 1st' fully retracted, gently push down on the

'Open 1st' lever to open the load plate. Lift the load plate to open it com-

pletely.

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

1

2

Press down on

Load

Lever 'Close 1st'

Pull lever away from
the socket

Gently push
down to pop the
load plate open.

WARNING!

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

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WARNING!

1. Using your thumb and the index nger, remove the 'WARNING' plastic cap

from the socket.

2. Use your thumb and index nger to hold the CPU on its edges. Align the CPU

keys, which are semi-circle cutouts, against the socket keys.

3. Once they are 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

vertically. Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the

socket to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket.)

Socket Keys

CPU Keys

Warning: You can only install the

CPU inside the socket in one direc-

tion. 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 dou-

ble-check that the CPU is aligned

properly.

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2-5

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

sure that the CPU is properly installed.

2. Close the load plate with the CPU inside the socket. Lock the lever labeled

'Close 1st' rst, then lock the lever labeled 'Open 1st'. Use your thumb to

gently push the load levers down to the lever locks.

OPEN 1st

OPEN 1st

OPEN 1st

Lever Lock

Lever Lock

Push down and

lock lever labeled

'Open 1st'.

Push down and lock

lever labeled 'Close 1st'.

Gently close

the load plate.

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3

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Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink

1. Apply the proper amount of thermal grease (with thickness of up to 0.13 mm)

to the heatsink.

2. Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the two mounting holes on the

heatsink are aligned with those on the retention mechanism.

3. Insert two push-pins on the sides of the heatsink through the mounting holes

on the motherboard, and turn the push-pins clockwise to lock them.

1U Heatsink (SNK-P0044P) 2U/4U Heatsink (SNK-P0045P)

Note: For instructions on CPU/Heatsink installation and removal, please

refer to the CPU/Heatsink Instructions posted on our website at http://www.

supermicro.com/support/manuals/.

Removing the Passive Heatsink

Warning: We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be re-

moved. However, if you do need to remove the heatsink, please follow

the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to avoid damaging the

CPU or other components.

1. Unplug the power cord from the power supply.

2. Press down the push-pin on the heatsink, and turn counter-clock-wise to

loosen it. Repeat the same step to loosen the second push-pin.

3. Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture below, and gently wriggle the heat-

sink to loosen it. (Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink.)