Supero X9SRA, X9SRA-3 User Manual

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0b

X9SRA
X9SRA-3

Manual Revision 1.0b

Release Date: February 14, 2012

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Preface

Preface

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and

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

X9SRA motherboard series.

About This Motherboard

The X9SRA motherboard series supports a single Intel® E5-1600 / E5-

2600 Series Processor (2011-pin, Socket R). With the Intel® C600 series chipset

built in, the X9SRA motherboard series offers top-of-the-line system performance

and storage capability. Features such as eight SAS ports, support for up to 256GB

of memory, dual 1Gb LAN, USB 3.0 and SP/DIF support make the X9SRA moth-

erboard series ideal for high end workstation platforms.

Please refer to our website (http://www.supermicro.com/products/) for processor

and memory support updates.

*This product is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians.

Manual Organization

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

board, and provides detailed information on the Intel Patsburg chipset.

Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-

stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the

system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-

shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS, and provides detailed information

on running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.

Appendix B lists software program installation instructions.

Appendix C contains the UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.

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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

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]

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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 ..................................................................................... 1-6

1-2 Chipset Overview ........................................................................................... 1-9

Intel C600 Chipset Features ........................................................................... 1-9

1-3 Special Features ........................................................................................... 1-10

Recovery from AC Power Loss ..................................................................... 1-10

1-4 PC Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 1-10

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control .................................................. 1-10

Environmental Temperature Control ............................................................. 1-10

System Resource Alert ................................................................................. 1-10

1-5 ACPI Features ................................................................................................1-11

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator ............................................1-11

1-6 Power Supply .................................................................................................1-11

1-7 Super I/O ....................................................................................................... 1-12

Chapter 2

Installation

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

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

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

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

Opening the LGA2011 Socket ....................................................................... 2-2

Installing the LGA2011 Processor ................................................................. 2-4

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

Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 2-7

2-3 Installing DDR3 Memory ................................................................................. 2-8

DIMM Installation ............................................................................................ 2-8

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

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Memory Support .............................................................................................. 2-9

Memory Population Guidelines ..................................................................... 2-10

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

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

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

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

2-5 Connectors/IO Ports ...................................................................................... 2-13

Motherboard I/O Backpanel .......................................................................... 2-13

ATX PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Ports ............................................................ 2-14

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ...................................................................... 2-15

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

(Back_Panel)HighDenitionAudio(HDAudio) ..................................... 2-16

Front Control Panel ....................................................................................... 2-17

FrontControlPanelPinDenitions............................................................... 2-18

Power LED .............................................................................................. 2-18

HDD LED .................................................................................................. 2-18

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-18

NIC1/NIC2 (LAN1/LAN2) .......................................................................... 2-19

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail ............................................................................ 2-19

NMI Button ............................................................................................... 2-20

Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-20

Power Button ........................................................................................... 2-20

2-6 Connecting Cables & Optional Devices ........................................................ 2-21

ATX Main PWR (JPW1) & CPU PWR Connectors (JPW2) ..................... 2-21

Fan Headers (FAN1~4, FANA) ................................................................ 2-22

Chassis Intrusion (JL1) ............................................................................ 2-22

Speaker (JD1) .......................................................................................... 2-23

Legacy Wake-On-LAN Header (JSTBY) .................................................. 2-23

Power Supply I2C (JPI2C) ......................................................................... 2-24

DOM PWR Connector (JWF1) ................................................................. 2-24

T-SGPIO 1/2 & 3-SGPIO 1/2 Headers ..................................................... 2-25

TPM Header (JTPM1) .............................................................................. 2-25

Overheat/Fan Fail LED (JOH1) ................................................................ 2-26

Serial Ports ............................................................................................... 2-27

Front Accessible Audio Header ................................................................ 2-27

SPDIF IN / SPDIF OUT (JSPDIF_IN/JSPDIF_OUT) ............................... 2-28

2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-29

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-29

LAN Port Enable/Disable (JPL2) .............................................................. 2-29

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Clear CMOS (JBT1) ................................................................................. 2-30

PCI Slot SMB Enable (JI2C1/JI2C2) ......................................................... 2-30

Watch Dog Reset (JWD1) ........................................................................ 2-31

USB Wake-Up (JPUSB1) ......................................................................... 2-31

TPM Support Enable (JPT1) .................................................................... 2-32

CF Card Master/Slave (JCF1).................................................................. 2-32

ME Recovery (JPME1) ............................................................................. 2-33

Audio Enable (JPAC1).............................................................................. 2-33

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

LAN Port LEDs ......................................................................................... 2-34

Onboard Power LED (DP2)...................................................................... 2-34

2-9 SATA and SAS Connections ......................................................................... 2-35

SATA/SAS Connections (X9SRA-3 only) ................................................ 2-35

SATA/SAS Connections (X9SRA only)..................................................... 2-36

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

WhenSystemLosesthe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

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System Time/System Date ........................................................................ 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



CPUConguration ....................................................................................... 4-5



Socket 1 CPU Information ....................................................................... 4-5

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

Hyper Threading ......................................................................................... 4-5

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

Limit CPUID Maximum ............................................................................... 4-6

Execute-Disable Bit (Available when supported by the OS and the CPU) 4-6

Intel® AES-NI ............................................................................................. 4-6

Hardware Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU) ................. 4-6

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

DCU Streamer Prefetcher .......................................................................... 4-6

DCU IP Prefetcher...................................................................................... 4-6

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



CPUPowerManagementConguration ................................................. 4-7

Power Technology ...................................................................................... 4-7

EIST ............................................................................................................ 4-7

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

C1E Support ............................................................................................... 4-7

CPU C3 Report, CPU C6, CPU C7 Report ............................................... 4-7

Package C State Limit ............................................................................... 4-7



ChipsetConguration ................................................................................... 4-8



NorthBridgeConguration ...................................................................... 4-8



IntegratedIOConguration ..................................................................... 4-8

Intel® VT-d .................................................................................................4-8

Intel® I/OAT ................................................................................................ 4-8

DCA Support ..............................................................................................4-8

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IIO 1 PCIe Port Bifurcation Control ............................................................ 4-8

Slot 2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 Link Speed ................................................................. 4-8

Slot 6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 Link Speed ............................................................... 4-8

Slot 4 PCI-E 3.0 x16 Link Speed ............................................................... 4-8



DIMMConguration ................................................................................. 4-9

MemoryConguration ................................................................................ 4-9



DIMM Information .................................................................................... 4-9

Memory Mode ........................................................................................... 4-9

DRAM RAPL Mode .................................................................................... 4-9

DDR Speed ................................................................................................ 4-9

Channel Interleaving .................................................................................. 4-9

Rank Interleaving ....................................................................................... 4-9

Patrol Scrub .............................................................................................. 4-10

Demand Scrub ......................................................................................... 4-10

Data Scrambling ...................................................................................... 4-10

Device Tagging ........................................................................................ 4-10

Thermal Throttling .................................................................................... 4-10



SouthBridgeConguration ................................................................... 4-10

All USB Devices ....................................................................................... 4-10

EHCI Controller 1 / EHCI Controller 2 ..................................................... 4-10

Legacy USB Support .................................................................................4-11

Port 60/64 Emulation .................................................................................4-11

EHCI Hand-Off ..........................................................................................4-11

GbE Controller ...........................................................................................4-11

Wake on LAN from S5 ..............................................................................4-11

Deep Sx (EUP) ..........................................................................................4-11

Azalia HD Audio ........................................................................................4-11



SATAConguration .....................................................................................4-11

SATA Port0~Port5 .....................................................................................4-11

SATA Mode ............................................................................................... 4-12

IDE Mode ................................................................................................. 4-12

Serial-ATA Controller 0~1 ......................................................................... 4-12

AHCI Mode ............................................................................................... 4-12

Aggressive Link Power Management ....................................................... 4-12

Port 0~5 Hot Plug..................................................................................... 4-12

Staggered Spin Up ................................................................................... 4-12

RAID Mode ............................................................................................... 4-12

Port 0~5 Hot Plug..................................................................................... 4-12

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

SCUConguration ..................................................................................... 4-13

Disable Storage Controller Unit (SCU) Devices ...................................... 4-13

OnChip SCU Option PROM ..................................................................... 4-13



PCIe/PCI/PnPConguration ..................................................................... 4-13

PCI ROM Priority ...................................................................................... 4-13

PCI Latency Timer .................................................................................... 4-13

Above 4G Decoding ................................................................................. 4-13

PERR# Generation ................................................................................... 4-13

SERR# Generation ................................................................................... 4-13

Maximum Payload .................................................................................... 4-13

Maximum Read Request .......................................................................... 4-14

ASPM Support .......................................................................................... 4-14

Slot 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 OPROM,
Slot 2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 OPROM,
Slot 3 PCI 33MHz OPROM,
Slot 4 PCI-E 3.0 x16 OPROM,
Slot 5 PCI-E 2.0 x1 OPROM,

Slot 6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 OPROM.................................................................. 4-14

Onboard LAN Option ROM Select ........................................................... 4-14

Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM / Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM . 4-14

Load Onboard SAS Option ROM ............................................................. 4-14

VGA Priority .............................................................................................. 4-14



SuperIODeviceConguration ................................................................. 4-14



SerialPort1Conguration/SerialPort2Conguration ...................... 4-14

Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2 ...................................................................... 4-14

Serial Port 1 Settings / Serial Port 2 Settings.......................................... 4-15



Serial Port Console Redirection ................................................................. 4-15



HardwareHealthConguration .................................................................. 4-16

Fan Speed Control Mode ......................................................................... 4-16

CPU Temperature Display Mode .............................................................. 4-17

CPU Temperature ..................................................................................... 4-17

System Temperature / Peripheral Temperature ....................................... 4-17

Fan 1 ~ Fan 4, Fan A Speed ................................................................... 4-18

VCORE, 12V, VDIMM, 5VCC, CPU VTT, AVCC, 3.3VCC, VSB, VBAT .. 4-18



ACPI Settings ............................................................................................. 4-18

High Precision Event Timer ...................................................................... 4-18



Trusted Computing ..................................................................................... 4-18

TPM Support ................................................................................................. 4-18

TPM State ................................................................................................ 4-18

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Pending operation .................................................................................... 4-19

Pending operation .................................................................................... 4-19



Intel®TXT(LT-SX)Conguration............................................................... 4-19

Intel TXT Initialization ............................................................................... 4-19



ME Subsystem ........................................................................................... 4-19

4-4 Event Logs .................................................................................................... 4-20



Change SmBIOS Event Log Settings ........................................................ 4-20

Smbios Event Log .................................................................................... 4-20

Runtime Error Logging Support ............................................................... 4-20

Memory Correction Error Threshold ......................................................... 4-20

PCI Error Logging Support ....................................................................... 4-20

Erase Event Log ....................................................................................... 4-20

When Log is Full ...................................................................................... 4-21

Log System Boot Event ........................................................................... 4-21

MECI ......................................................................................................... 4-21

METW ....................................................................................................... 4-21

View SmBIOS Event Log ......................................................................... 4-21

4-5 Security Settings ........................................................................................... 4-22

Administrator Password .......................................................................... 4-22

User Password: ........................................................................................ 4-22

4-6 Boot ............................................................................................................... 4-23

Boot Options Priorities ............................................................................. 4-23

Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, Boot Option #3, etc .............................. 4-23

USB Device BBS Priorities ...................................................................... 4-23

Network Devices, Hard Disk Drives ......................................................... 4-23

Add New Boot Option .............................................................................. 4-23



Delete Boot Option ................................................................................ 4-23

Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, Boot Option #3, etc .............................. 4-23

4-7 Save & Exit ................................................................................................... 4-24

Discard Changes and Exit ...................................................................... 4-24

Save Changes and Reset ........................................................................ 4-24

Save Changes .......................................................................................... 4-24

Discard Changes ...................................................................................... 4-24

Restore Optimized Defaults ..................................................................... 4-24

Save As User Defaults ............................................................................. 4-25

Restore User Defaults .............................................................................. 4-25

Boot Override ........................................................................................... 4-25

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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SuperoDoctor® 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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Notes

X9SRA Motherboard Series User’s Manual

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

•Two (2) SATA cables

•One (1) I/O shield

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

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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.

Motherboard Image

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-3

Motherboard Layout

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.

T-SGPIO1

3-SGPIO1

7

1

3-SGPIO2

T-SGPIO2

I-SATA5

I-SATA4

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA1

I-SATA0

JPTM1

SAS0

SAS1

SAS2

SAS3

SAS4

SAS5

17

JUSB1617

9

21

JFPAUDIO

JSTBY

1

3

B81

B82

A81

A82

PCIE4

JPCI3

JWF1

1

3

JCOM2

156

JCOM1

JUSB89

JUSB1011

1

7

JUSB1213

1

CPU1

JUSB45

JUSB23

JKBMS_USB01

JAUDIO1

JLAN2_USB67

BT1

+

PCIE1

PCIE2

DIMM2A

DIMM3A

DIMM4A

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

DIMM3B

DIMM4B

DIMM1A

JF1

JD1

JTAG1

6

1

REV:1.01

Tested to Comply

With FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

DESIGNED IN USA

MAC

SAS CODE

BAR CODE

JPW2

PCIE6

1

JPI2C1

JBT1

JPW1

1

JSPDIF_OUT

1

JSPDIF_IN

JI2C2

1

JI2C1

1

1

JL1

1

JCF1

1

JOH1

DP2

31

JPME1

JPAC1

JWD1

JVR2

JPL2

JPUSB1

JPME_DBG

4

FANA

FAN3

FAN1

FAN2

FAN4

MH3

MH7

MH4

MH8

MH1

MH9

MH6

MH5

H*

Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH

JRK1

Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU

:TPM/PRO80

OFF:By BIOS

JFPAUDIO_EN1

ON:Force Enable

USB3.0 2/3

2-3:Normal

1-2:BIOS recovery

JPBIOS1

JPME_DBG
1-2:ME Debug
2-3:Normal

JPME1
1-2:ME recovery
2-3:Normal

SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

SLOT4 PCI-E 3.0 X16

SLOT2 PCI-E 3.0 X4(IN X8)

SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 X4(IN X8)

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JPT1

USB12/13

USB10/11

COM1

1-2:ENABLE

JPAC1:AUDIO

2-3:DISABLE

AUDIO FP

HD AUDIO

USB6/7

USB3.0 0/1

USB2/3

USB0/1

X9SRA-6

1-2 ENable

Power

Flash

KB/MOUSE

JPUSB1:USB Wake Up

2-3 Disable

PWRI2C

JF1

RSTONPWR

PWR

FF

FAIL

HDD

NIC

1

2

NICOHLED

NMI

PWR

X

PWR LED
SPEAKER

1-3:
4-7:

JD1:

2-3:NMI

JWD1:Watch Dog

1-2:RST

LAN1

LAN2

USB4/5

INTRUSION

CHASSIS

OFF: SLAVE

ON: MASTER

JCF1:Compact Flash

Compact

USB8/9

Wake on Lan

COM2

OFF:DISABLE

ON: ENABLE

I2C bus for PCI slot

JI2C1/JI2C2

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X1

SLOT3 PCI 33MHZ

CLOSE 1st

OPEN 1st

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Motherboard Quick Reference

T-SGPIO1

3-SGPIO1

7

1

3-SGPIO2

T-SGPIO2

I-SATA5

I-SATA4

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA1

I-SATA0

JPTM1

SAS0

SAS1

SAS2

SAS3

SAS4

SAS5

17

JUSB1617

9

21

JFPAUDIO

JSTBY

1

3

B81

B82

A81

A82

PCIE4

JPCI3

JWF1

1

3

JCOM2

156

JCOM1

JUSB89

JUSB1011

1

7

JUSB1213

1

CPU1

JUSB45

JUSB23

JKBMS_USB01

JAUDIO1

JLAN2_USB67

BT1

+

PCIE1

PCIE2

DIMM2A

DIMM3A

DIMM4A

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

DIMM3B

DIMM4B

DIMM1A

JF1

JD1

JTAG1

6

1

REV:1.01

Tested to Comply

With FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

DESIGNED IN USA

MAC

SAS CODE

BAR CODE

JPW2

PCIE6

1

JPI2C1

JBT1

JPW1

1

JSPDIF_OUT

1

JSPDIF_IN

JI2C2

1

JI2C1

1

1

JL1

1

JCF1

1

JOH1

DP2

31

JPME1

JPAC1

JWD1

JVR2

JPL2

JPUSB1

JPME_DBG

4

FANA

FAN3

FAN1

FAN2

FAN4

MH3

MH7

MH4

MH8

MH1

MH9

MH6

MH5

H*

Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH

JRK1

Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU

:TPM/PRO80

OFF:By BIOS

JFPAUDIO_EN1

ON:Force Enable

USB3.0 2/3

2-3:Normal

1-2:BIOS recovery

JPBIOS1

JPME_DBG
1-2:ME Debug
2-3:Normal

JPME1
1-2:ME recovery
2-3:Normal

SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

SLOT4 PCI-E 3.0 X16

SLOT2 PCI-E 3.0 X4(IN X8)

SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 X4(IN X8)

1-2:ENABLE
2-3:DISABLE

JPT1

USB12/13

USB10/11

COM1

1-2:ENABLE

JPAC1:AUDIO

2-3:DISABLE

AUDIO FP

HD AUDIO

USB6/7

USB3.0 0/1

USB2/3

USB0/1

X9SRA-6

1-2 ENable

Power

Flash

KB/MOUSE

JPUSB1:USB Wake Up

2-3 Disable

PWRI2C

JF1

RSTONPWR

PWR

FF

FAIL

HDD

NIC

1

2

NICOHLED

NMI

PWR

X

PWR LED
SPEAKER

1-3:
4-7:

JD1:

2-3:NMI

JWD1:Watch Dog
1-2:RST

LAN1

LAN2

USB4/5

INTRUSION

CHASSIS

OFF: SLAVE

ON: MASTER

JCF1:Compact Flash

Compact

USB8/9

Wake on Lan

COM2

OFF:DISABLE

ON: ENABLE

I2C bus for PCI slot

JI2C1/JI2C2

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X1

SLOT3 PCI 33MHZ

CLOSE 1st

OPEN 1st

COM2

USB8/9

3-SGPIO1

3-SGPIO2

SAS1

SAS0

SAS3

SAS2

JPI2C1

JPW2

USB 0/1

JKBMS1

JPME1

T-SGPIO2

T-SGPIO1

USB 2/3

AUDIO FP

COM1

USB10/11

USB12/13

SAS4
SAS5
SAS6
SAS7

I-SATA1
I-SATA0

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

I-SATA4
I-SATA5

JWF1

JCF1
JOH1

FANA

JUSB 2/3

FAN 3

JF1

JPT1

JTPM1

JWD1

JD1

FAN 2

FAN 1

JPW1

USB 6/7 USB3.0 0/1

USB 4/5

LAN1LAN2

HD AUDIO

FAN 5

FAN 4

JPUSB1

JPL2

JSPDIF OUT

JSPDIF IN

JI2C1

JI2C2

JSTBY

JPAC1

JBT1

JL1

DP2

Motherboard Jumpers

Jumper Description Default

JPME1 Intel ME Mode Select Pins 1-2 (Normal)

JCF1 Compact Flash Card Master/Slave Select On (Master)

JPT1 TPM Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD1 Watch Dog Reset Pins 1-2 (Reset)

JPL2 LAN2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPUSB1 USB Wake-up Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JI2C1/JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slots On (Enabled)

JPAC1 Audio Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2

Motherboard LED Indicators

LED Description Color/State Status

DP2 Power On LED Green: Solid On System is On

SLOT1

SLOT2

SLOT3

SLOT4

SLOT6

DIMM SLOTS

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Motherboard Headers/Connectors

Connector Description

AUDIO FP Front Panel Audio Header

COM1, COM2 COM1 & COM2 Serial Port Headers

USB 8/9, USB 10/11, USB 12/13 USB 2.0 Headers for front panel access

JUSB2/3 (USB 3.0) USB 3.0 Header for USB 2/3

USB 0/1, USB 2/3, USB 4/5, USB 6/7 Back Panel USB 2.0 Ports

USB 3.0 0/1 Back Panel USB 3.0 Ports

JKBMS1 Combination PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

LAN1, LAN2 Gb Ethernet LAN Ports (LAN1 & LAN2)

HD Audio High Denition (HD) Audio output jacks

JSPDIF OUT/IN SP/DIF Audion In/Out Headers

SAS0~SAS3 X9SRA-3 only: SATA 2.0 (3Gb/sec) / SAS 2.0 (3Gb/sec)

X9SRA only: SATA 2.0 (3Gb/sec)

SAS4~SAS7 X9SRA-3 only: SATA 2.0 (3Gb/sec) / SAS 2.0 (3Gb/sec)

X9SRA only: Not supported

3-SGPIO1, 3-SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose I/O Headers for SAS

I-SATA0, I-SATA1 Serial ATA ports (SATA 3.0), 6Gb/s

I-SATA2~5 Serial ATA ports (SATA 2.0), 3Gb/s

JWF1 SATA DOM (Disk On Module) Power Connector

JOH1 Overheat LED/Fan Fail

FAN A, FAN1~FAN4 Internal Fan Headers

JF1 Front Panel Control Header

JTPM1 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Header

JD1 Power LED / Speaker Header (Pins 4~7: External Speaker)

T-SGPIO1, T-SGPIO2 Serial Link General Purpose I/O Headers (5V Gen1/Gen 2)

JPW1 24-pin Main ATX Power Connector

JPW2 8-pin Secondary Power Connector

JPI2C1 Power Supply SMBus I2C Header

JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header

JSTBY Legacy Wake On LAN Header

SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8 Slot)

SLOT2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8 Slot)

SLOT3, PCI 33MHz Slot

SLOT4, SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 Slots

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Motherboard Features

CPU Single Intel® E5-1600 / E5-2600 Series Processor (LGA

2011-pin, Socket-R)

Memory Eight (8) DIMM slots support up to 256GB of DDR3 Unbuf-

fered, ECC RDIMM memory or 64GB of DDR3 Unbuffered,

non-ECC UDIMM memory, up to 1600MHz..

Supports dual-channel memory bus

DIMM sizes

UDIMM 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB

RDIMM 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB

Chipset Intel® C600-D (X9SRA-3), Intel C600-A (X9SRA)

Expansion PCI Slots

Two (2) PCI-Express 3.0 x16 Slot

One (1) PCI-Express 3.0 x4 in x8 Slot

One (1) PCI-Express 2.0 x4 in x8 Slot

One (1) PCI 33MHz Slot

Network Connections Integrated LAN

One (1) Intel 82579LM and One (1) Intel 82574L Gb LAN

I/O Devices SAS/SATA Connections (X9SRA-3 Only)

SATA/SAS 2.0 Ports Eight (8)

3 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 10 (via SCU)

SATA 3.0 Ports Two (2)

6 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (via AHCI)

SATA 2.0 Ports Four (4)

3 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (via AHCI)

I/O Devices SATA Connections (X9SRA Only)

SATA 2.0 Ports Four (4)

3 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 10 (via SCU)

SATA 2.0 Ports Four (4)

3 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (via AHCI)

SATA 3.0 Ports Two (2)

6 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (via AHCI)

Audio

Realtek ALC889 7.1 HD Audio with S/P DIF (In/Out)

USB Devices

Eight (8) USB 2.0 ports on the rear I/O panel

Six (6) USB 2.0 headers for front panel access

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Two (2) USB 3.0 (5Gb/s) headers for front panel access

Two (2) USB 3.0 (5Gb/s) ports on the rear I/O panel

Keyboard/Mouse

One (1) PS/2 KB/Mouse combo port on the I/O backpanel

Serial (COM) Ports

Two (2) Fast UART 16550 connections on two headers
(COM1 & COM2)

Super I/O

Winbond Super I/O NCT6776F

BIOS 32 Mb SPI AMI BIOS® SM Flash BIOS

Play and Plug APM 1.2, DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0/2.0,
USB Keyboard and SMBIOS 2.3

Power Conguration ACPI/ACPM Power Management

Wake On LAN (WOL) Header

Keyboard Wake-up from Soft-Off

CPU Fan Auto-off in Sleep Mode

Power-on mode for AC power recovery

PC Health Monitoring CPU & Chassis Monitoring

Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core, +1.8V, +3.3V,
+5V, +/-12V, +3.3V Stdby, +5V Stdby, VBAT, HT, Memory,
Chipset

CPU 6-phase switching voltage regulator

CPU/System overheat LED and control

CPU Thermal Trip support

CPU & Chassis Environment Monitor

Fan Control

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

Modulation) fan speed control

Low noise fan speed control

System Management System resource alert via Supero Doctor III

SuperoDoctor III, Watch Dog, NMI, PECI 2.0

Chassis Intrusion header and detection

CD Utilities BIOS ash upgrade utility

Drivers and software for Intel® C204 chipset utilities

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

TPM 1.2 on board & Disk on Module Power Connector

FCC B, EuP Lot 6, WHQL

Dimensions ATX form factor (12" x 9.6")

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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.

Motherboard Block Diagram

SLOT 1

SLOT 6

#8

COM1
Header

6 PHASE

PCI-E X16

X9SRA

800/1066/1333

PCI-E X8

PCI 32Bit/33MHz

SLOT 2

PCI-E X16 G3

VR12

PCI-E X4 G3

#0-4

#0-3

#5

SLOT 5

#0-2

PCI-E X1 G2

PCI-E X1

#0-8

#0-7

uPD720200

#0-6

LAN1
82579

PCI-E X1 G2

PCI-E X1 G2

#6

#7

LAN2
82574

PCI-E X1 G2

#8

RJ45

RJ45

USB 3.0

#14

#15

#1/2/3/4

#6

#7

COM2
Header

SLOT 4

USB 2.0

6.0 Gb/S

Sandybridge-EP

PCH
PATSBURG
SSB-D

PCI-E X16 G3

BIOS

SIO

NCT6776F

LPC

#0

#5

#0

#1

FRONT PANEL

SYSTEM POWER

DEBUG

PORT

FAN SPEED

CTRL

8 Rear
6 Front

PCI-E X4 G2

#9

#10

PCI-E X8

#4

#5

3.0 Gb/S

#2

#3

3.0 Gb/S

PCI-E X16

#0

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

DMI2 4GB/s

DMI2

8 SNB CORE
DDR-III

0 Ohm

0 Ohm

uPD720201

#16

#17

USB 3.0

SPI

TPM

HEADER

PCI-E X4 G3

SLOT 3

#2 #3 #1B #1A

PCI 33M

#4

#11

#12

#13

800/1066/1333

#0-1

DDRIII

SATASATA

DDRIII

#0-5

USB

#1

#2

#3

USBUSB

SAS

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1-2 Chipset Overview

The Intel® C600 series is a single chip solution that is designed for dedicated servers and work-

stations. It supports high-speed SAS, SATA and advanced requirements for Intel Xeon platforms.

Intel C600 Chipset Features

•Direct Media Interface (up 5 Gt/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)

•Eight SAS ports (up to 3Gb/s)

•4 SATA 2.0 ports, 2 SATA 3.0 ports (up to 6Gb/s)

•Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)

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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.

Important: To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to pro-

vide adequate airow to your system.

System Resource Alert

This feature is available when the system is used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS

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environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux. Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of

certain system events. For example, you can also congure Supero Doctor 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.

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 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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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 'Open 1st'

Opening the LGA2011 Socket

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

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2-3

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

which covers the CPU socket from its locking position.

3. With the 'Close 1st' lever fully retracted, gently push down on the 'Open 1st'

lever to open the load plate. Lift the load plate to open it completely.

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

1

2

Press down on

Load

Lever 'Close 1st'

WARNING!

OPEN 1st

WARNING!

Gently push down to pop

the load plate open

1

2

Pull lever away from

the socket

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WARNING!

Installing the LGA2011 Processor

1. With the LGA 2011 socket open, remove the 'WARNING' plastic cap using

your ngers.

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

keys (semi-circle cutouts) against the socket keys.

Socket Keys

CPU Keys

Warning: You can only in-

stall the CPU inside the

socket 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.