Trenton NTM6900, WTM7026 Technical Reference

NTM6900 / WTM7026

6900-xxx / 7026-xxx

No. 87-006903-000 / No. 87-007029-000 Revision C

TECHNICAL REFERENCE

Intel® Xeon® E5500- ies

Extended ATX Motherboards

series / Intel® Xeon® E5600-ser

Quad Core

PROCESSOR-BASED

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ARRANTY

The following is an abbreviated version of Trenton Technology’s warranty policy for Extended ATX
motherboards. For a complete warranty statement, contact Trenton or visit our website at
www.TrentonTechnology.com.

Trenton Extended ATX motherboards products are warranted against material and manufacturing defects
for five years from date of delivery to the original purchaser. Buyer agrees that if this product proves
defective Trenton Technology Inc. is only obligated to repair, replace or refund the purchase price of this
product at Trenton Technology’s discretion. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to
alteration, neglect, misuse or abuse; if any repairs have been attempted by anyone other than Trenton
Technology Inc.; or if failure is caused by accident, acts of God, or other causes beyond the control of
Trenton Technology Inc. Trenton Technology Inc. reserves the right to make changes or improvements in
any product without incurring any obligation to similarly alter products previously purchased.

In no event shall Trenton Technology Inc. be liable for any defect in hardware or software or loss or
inadequacy of data of any kind, or for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out
of or in connection with the performance or use of the product or information provided. Trenton
Technology Inc.’s liability shall in no event exceed the purchase price of the product purchased hereunder.
The foregoing limitation of liability shall be equally applicable to any service provided by Trenton
Technology Inc.

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ETURN POLICY

Products returned for repair must be accompanied by a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number,
obtained from Trenton Technology prior to return. Freight on all returned items must be prepaid by the
customer, and the customer is responsible for any loss or damage caused by common carrier in transit.
Items will be returned from Trenton Technology via Ground, unless prior arrangements are made by the
customer for an alternative shipping method

To obtain an RMA number, call us at [phone] or [phone]. We will need the following
information:

Return company address and contact
Model name and model # from the label on the back of the product
Serial number from the label on the back of the product
Description of the failure

An RMA number will be issued. Mark the RMA number clearly on the outside of each box, include a
failure report for each board and return the product(s) to our Utica, NY facility:

TRENTON Technology Inc.
1001 Broad Street
Utica, NY 13501
Attn: Repair Department

Contact Trenton for our complete service and repair policy.

TRADEMARKS

IBM, PC/AT, VGA, EGA, OS/2 and PS/2 are trademarks or registered trademarks
of International Business Machines Corp.
AMI and AMIBIOS are trademarks of American Megatrends Inc.
Intel, Xeon, Intel Quick Path Interconnect, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Virtualization
Technology and Intel Trusted Execution Technology are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation.
MS-DOS and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
PCI Express is a trademark of the PCI-SIG
All other brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective companies.

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IABILITY DISCLAIMER

This manual is as complete and factual as possible at the time of printing; however, the information in this
manual may have been updated since that time. Trenton Technology Inc. reserves the right to change the
functions, features or specifications of their products at any time, without notice.

Copyright

© 2010 by Trenton Technology Inc. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................................... 1-1

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

Dual-Processor NTM6900 Models................................................................................................................... 1-1

Dual-Processor WTM7026 Models.................................................................................................................. 1-2

Single-Processor NTM6900 Models................................................................................................................ 1-3

Single-Processor WTM7026 Models...............................................................................................................1-3

Features............................................................................................................................................................. 1-4

NTM6900 (6900-xxx) – Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram............................................................ 1-5

WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram........................................................... 1-6

WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Extended ATX Motherboard Layout ........................................................................ 1-7

NTM6900 (6900-xxx) / WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Rear I/O Plate Dimension Drawing..................................... 1-8

Processor..........................................................................................................................................................1-9

Bus Interface..................................................................................................................................................... 1-9

Data Path...........................................................................................................................................................1-9

Serial Interconnect & Bus Speeds..................................................................................................................1-9

Quick Path Interconnect Speeds..................................................................................................................... 1-9

Memory Interfaces............................................................................................................................................ 1-9

DMA Channels ..................................................................................................................................................1-9

Interrupts........................................................................................................................................................... 1-9

BIOS (Flash)......................................................................................................................................................1-9

Cache Memory..................................................................................................................................................1-9

DDR3 Memory.................................................................................................................................................1-10

PCI Express Option Card Slots..................................................................................................................... 1-11

PCI Option Card Slot......................................................................................................................................1-11

Universal Serial Bus (USB)............................................................................................................................ 1-11

Video Interface................................................................................................................................................ 1-11

Ethernet Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................1-11

Serial ATA/300 Ports ......................................................................................................................................1-11

Audio Interface................................................................................................................................................1-11

Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) .............................................................................................................. 1-12

Battery .............................................................................................................................................................1-12

System BIOS Setup Utility............................................................................................................................. 1-12

Power Requirements...................................................................................................................................... 1-12

Temperature/Environment............................................................................................................................. 1-12

Mechanical ......................................................................................................................................................1-13

UL Recognition...............................................................................................................................................1-13

Configuration Jumpers ..................................................................................................................................1-13

Ethernet LEDs and Ethernet Connectors..................................................................................................... 1-15

Motherboard Status LEDs.............................................................................................................................. 1-15

Motherboard Connectors...............................................................................................................................1-18

CHAPTER 2 PCI EXPRESS® AND PCI OPTION CARD SLOTS........................................................ 2-1

Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................2-1

PCI Express Links ............................................................................................................................................2-1

Motherboard PCIe Card Slot Configurations .................................................................................................2-2

Motherboard PCI Card Slot Configuration .....................................................................................................2-2

CHAPTER 3 MOTHERBOARD INSTALLATION ................................................................................. 3-1

Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................3-1

Recommended Board Handling Precautions ................................................................................................ 3-1

Chassis Mounting.............................................................................................................................................3-1

Memory Installation.......................................................................................................................................... 3-3

Rear I/O Connectors......................................................................................................................................... 3-4

Front I/O Header................................................................................................................................................ 3-4

Connecting Power ............................................................................................................................................3-5

Fan Headers......................................................................................................................................................3-5

SATA II 300 Connectors................................................................................................................................... 3-6

RS-232 Serial Port Headers ............................................................................................................................. 3-6

On-board USB Header......................................................................................................................................3-7

Intruder Alert and Speaker Headers ............................................................................................................... 3-8

Optional IPMI and TPM 1.2 Headers ............................................................................................................... 3-8

Password Clear Jumper................................................................................................................................... 3-9

CMOS Clear Jumper....................................................................................................................................... 3-10

System Fan Speed Control Jumpers............................................................................................................ 3-10

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PSON Soft Control Jumper............................................................................................................................ 3-11

Ethernet LAN LEDs.........................................................................................................................................3-12

Processor Power LEDs..................................................................................................................................3-12

Processor Thermal Throttling LEDs .............................................................................................................3-13

CAT LED..........................................................................................................................................................3-13

IOH Thermal Throttling LED .......................................................................................................................... 3-14

PRCHT “Processor Hot” LED........................................................................................................................ 3-14

Port 80 Post Code LEDs................................................................................................................................. 3-15

S3, S4 and S5 Sleep State LEDs ................................................................................................................... 3-15

Power Status LEDs......................................................................................................................................... 3-16

LED Number.................................................................................................................................................... 3-16

CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM BIOS................................................................................................................. 4-1

BIOS Operation................................................................................................................................................. 4-1

Running AMIBIOS Setup.................................................................................................................................. 4-4

BIOS Setup Utility Main Menu ......................................................................................................................... 4-5

Security Setup...................................................................................................................................................4-6

Boot Sector Virus Protection........................................................................................................................... 4-9

Exit Menu......................................................................................................................................................... 4-11

CHAPTER 5 ADVANCED SETUP........................................................................................................ 5-1

Advanced Setup................................................................................................................................................5-1

CPU Configuration Setup................................................................................................................................. 5-5

IDE Configuration.............................................................................................................................................5-9

IDE Device Setup............................................................................................................................................ 5-13

SuperIO Configuration ...................................................................................................................................5-17

USB Configuration.......................................................................................................................................... 5-19

ACPI Configuration......................................................................................................................................... 5-21

Advanced ACPI Configuration......................................................................................................................5-22

Chipset ACPI Configuration .......................................................................................................................... 5-24

AHCI Configuration ........................................................................................................................................5-26

AHCI Port Configuration................................................................................................................................5-28

I/O Virtualization .............................................................................................................................................5-30

Intel TXT(LT) Configuration ...........................................................................................................................5-31

Intel VT-d Configuration.................................................................................................................................5-33

MPS Configuration .........................................................................................................................................5-35

PCI Express Configuration............................................................................................................................5-36

Trusted Computing......................................................................................................................................... 5-39

CHAPTER 6 PLUG AND PLAY SETUP............................................................................................... 6-1

Plug and Play Setup.........................................................................................................................................6-1

CHAPTER 7 BOOT SETUP.................................................................................................................. 7-1

Boot Setup.........................................................................................................................................................7-1

Boot Setting Configuration.............................................................................................................................. 7-3

Boot Device Priority .........................................................................................................................................7-7

Hard Disk Drives............................................................................................................................................... 7-9

Removable Drives...........................................................................................................................................7-11

CD/DVD Drives................................................................................................................................................ 7-13

CHAPTER 8 CHIPSET SETUP................................................................................................................ 1

Chipset Setup....................................................................................................................................................... 1

CPU Bridge Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 4

North Bridge Configuration................................................................................................................................8

South Bridge Configuration.............................................................................................................................. 10

APPENDIX A BIOS MESSAGES...........................................................................................................A-1

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

BIOS Beep Code Troubleshooting..................................................................................................................A-1

BIOS Error Messages.......................................................................................................................................A-2

Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints....................................................................................................A-6

Bootblock Recovery Code Checkpoints ........................................................................................................A-7

POST Code LEDs..............................................................................................................................................A-8

DIM Code Checkpoints...................................................................................................................................A-11

Additional Checkpoints..................................................................................................................................A-12

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HANDLING PRECAUTIONS

WARNING: This product has components that may be damaged by electrostatic discharge.

To protect your motherboard from electrostatic damage, be sure to observe the following precautions when
handling or storing the board:

 Keep the motherboard in its static-shielded bag until you are ready to perform your installation.

 Handle the motherboard by its edges.

 Do not touch the I/O connector pins.

 Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the motherboard.

 Use a grounded wrist strap at your workstation or ground yourself frequently by touching the

metal chassis of the system before handling any components. The system must be plugged into an
outlet that is connected to an earth ground.

 Use antistatic padding on all work surfaces.

 Avoid static-inducing carpeted areas.

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ECOMMENDED BOARD HANDLING PRECAUTIONS

This motherboard has components on both sides of the PCB. Some of these components are extremely
small and subject to damage if the board is not handled properly. It is important for you to observe the
following precautions when handling or storing the board to prevent components from being damaged or
broken off:

 Handle the board only by its edges.

 Store the board in padded shipping material or in an anti-static board rack.

 Do not place an unprotected board on a flat surface.

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Before You Begin

INTRODUCTION

It is important to be aware of the system considerations listed below before installing your NTM6900 (6900-xxx) or
WTM7026 (7026-xxx) embedded motherboard. The NTM6900 motherboard supports the Intel
Nehalem-EP processors, while the WTM7026 features the Intel
performance may be affected by incorrect usage of the features listed below.

® Xeon® 5600 series of Westmere-EP CPUs. System

ECHANICAL LAYOUT AN D CHASSIS INSTALLATION

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Trenton’s NTM6900 /WTM7026 Extended ATX motherboards comply with the SSI-EEB Enterprise Bay
Specification 2008, Revision 1.0. This specification defines the Extended ATX motherboard form factor
including the board’s mechanical dimensions, mounting hole locations, option card slot locations, I/O
connector placements, maximum component heights and the motherboard’s I/O plate dimensions.

Note: The I/O plate for the motherboard is packed with the motherboard inside its own separate bag. The

I/O plate needs to be installed into the standard chassis opening to cover the gaps between the
motherboard’s I/O connectors and ensure ESD protection.

Chassis that adhere to the SSI-EEB industry standard should be used with the NTM6900 motherboard. See

the NTM6900/WTM7026 dimension diagram in the Chapter 1 - Specifications for more details.

12V AUX P

OWER REQUIREMENTS

Both 12V AUX motherboard connectors (P15 and P16) must be connected to the system power supply to
ensure proper board operation.

DDR3 M

EMORY

The DDR3 memory modules used in the NTM6900 must be ECC registered (72-bit) DDR3 DIMMs and
must be PC3-10600, PC3-8500 or PC3-6400 compliant.

NOTES:

• All memory modules must have gold contacts.

• Low voltage (DDR3L) DIMMs are not supported.

• To maximize memory interface speed, populate each memory channel with DDR3

DIMMs having the same interface speed.

• Populate the memory channels starting with the DIMM socket farthest from the CPU.
Work you way toward the processor populating the DIMM sockets labeled with an “A”
first followed by the “B” labeled sockets.

• If populating a memory channel with a Quad-rank and a Single- or Dual-rank DIMM
place the Quad-rank DIMM farthest from the processor.

The motherboard will support DIMMs with different speeds, but the memory channel interface will operate
at the speed of the slowest DIMM.

SATA RAID O

PERATION

The ICH10R I/O Controller Hub used on the NTM6900 and WTM7026 features Intel® Matrix Storage
Technology, which allows the ICH10R’s SATA controller to be configured as a RAID controller
supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 implementations. To configure the SATA ports as RAID drives or to use
advanced features of the ICH10R, you must install the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. A link to the

software is available under the Downloads tab on either the

web pages located on Trenton’s website

.

NTM6900 or the WTM7026 product detail

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CPU FAN CONNECTION OPTIONS

The motherboard uses a 4-wire fan mounted on each CPU heat sink to ensure proper system operation.
These CPU fans connect to P28 for CPU1 and P31 for CPU2. Like the system fan connectors, these fans
make use of the ACPI soft control lines via jumpers W2 and W4. Jumper W4 is associated with P28 and
W2 works with P31. The factory default settings for W2 and W4 is CLOSED which enables speed control
for the CPU fans. If jumpers W2 and W4 are removed, the speed of the CPU fans will not be accurately
controlled. Today’s processors have internal logic to prevent excessive temperatures from damaging the

CPUs should a failure occur with the system’s ACPI control signals. The Advanced Setup chapter in the

manual contains information on the motherboard’s ACPI BIOS settings. Motherboards that have BIOS
revision TTIRYF27 or later support the speed control functionality for the CPU fans.

S

YSTEM FAN CONNECTION OPTIONS

The four chassis fan connections on the NTM6900 and WTM7026 motherboards are labeled: P25, P26,
P27 and P30. A system fan speed control jumper (W7, W6, W5 and W3) is associated with each system
fan connector and the position of this jumper determines speed control operation. Speed control operation
is a function of the fan type used in the chassis design. Three-wire fans and four-wire fans with a PWM
control line will behave differently depending on the jumper settings. These jumper settings are shown in

the system fan speed control table. The Advanced Setup chapter in the manual contains information on the

motherboard’s ACPI BIOS settings.

System Fan Speed Control Operation P25 –> W7 P26 –> W6 P27 –> W5 P30 –> W3

4-Wire-System Fans

System fan speed controlled via ACPI soft
control commands
* = Factory default W# jumper setting
System fan speed runs at max speed all of
the time

Closed* - No

effect, system
fan speed max.

No

Open –

effect, system
fan speed max

Closed* -

effect, system
fan speed max.

Open – No

effect, system
fan speed max

No

Closed* - System fan
under ACPI control

Open – System fan

speed range limited –
Not Recommended

Closed* - System fan
under ACPI control

Open – System fan

speed range limited –
Not Recommended

3-Wire System Fans

System fan speed controlled via ACPI soft
control commands
* = Factory default W# jumper setting
System fan speed runs at max speed all of
the time

Closed* - No

effect, system
fan speed max.

Open – No

effect, system
fan speed ma

x

Closed* -

effect, system
fan speed max.

Open –

effect, system
fan speed max

No

No

Closed* - System fan
runs at max. speed

Open – System fan has

some limited speed
control

Closed* - System fan
runs at max. speed

System fan has

Open –

some limit

control

ed speed

System fans connected to connectors P25 and P26 will always run at full speed because the W7
and W6 control jumpers have no effect regardless of position. Alternatively, system fans
connected to P27 or P30 may vary in speed based on the temperature sensor readings and the

associated ACPI soft control signal commands. The Advanced Setup chapter in the manual

contains information on the motherboard’s ACPI BIOS settings. Motherboards that have BIOS
revision TTIRYF27 or later support the speed control functionality for the system fans.

XPRESS OPTION CARD SLOT CONFIGURATIONS

PCI E

There are six PCI Express® option card slots supported on Trenton’s Extended ATX motherboards.
these slots (PCIe7, PCIe6, PCIe5, PCIe4 and PCIe2) support either PCI Express 2.0 or 1.1 option cards.
PCIe3 is a PCI Express slot dedicated to supporting PCIe 1.1 option cards. Slots 2, 4 and 6 are x16
mechanical slots driven with x8 PCIe electrical links. Slots 3, 5, and 7 are x8 mechanical slots driven with
x4 PCIe electrical links.

ARD SLOT CONFIGURATION

PCI C

There is an additional PCI slot supported on the motherboard to enable a mix of option card bus
technologies. The PCI card slot is labeled PCI-1 and the slot is configured with a 32-bit/33MHz parallel
PCI bus interface. The motherboard’s PCI slot supports 5V or Universal PCI cards.

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NVIRONMENTAL AND SYSTEM AIRFLOW CONSIDERATIONS

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Trenton has performed many hours of thermal testing on the motherboard under a variety of simulated
system conditions using different processor options. The system design using the NTM6900 or WTM7026
should provide a chassis airflow of 350LFM over the motherboard. The steady state operating temperature
range specification for the Trenton NTM6900 motherboard is 0° C to 50° C (32° F to 122° F).

Trenton’s thermal testing methodology is engineering driven, verifiable and conservative in order to ensure
long-lasting and reliable system operations under varying environmental conditions. We have validated
proper board operation with typical temperature excursions 10% above the motherboard’s stated maximum
operating temperature. Operating temperature excursions below 0° C have also been verified in Trenton’s
labs. The amount and duration of these extended temperature excursions are application dependent.
Contact Trenton to discuss your specific system’s environmental parameters should you need to exceed our
published operating temperature range specification.

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OR MORE INFORMATION

For more information on any of these features, refer to the appropriate sections NTM6900 / WTM2026
Technical Reference Manual (#87-006903-000 / #87-007029-000). The latest manual revision may be

found on Trenton’s website -

www.TrentonTechnology.com.

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Chapter 1 Specifications

Introduction

The NTM6900 and WTM7026 are long-life, Extended ATX motherboards that support one or two,
dual/quad-core, Intel
respectively. The series 5500 CPUs used on the NTM6900 are based on the Nehalem-EP micro-architecture
while the series 5600 processors utilized on the WTM7026 use the Westmere-EP micro-architecture. The
Westmere-EP processors feature Intel
feature three dual-channel DDR3 direct memory interfaces into each processor. All twelve (12) DDR3
DIMM slots are available for use in a dual-processor board configuration and can theoretically support up to
144GB of total system memory. However, the market realities for PC3-10600, PC3-8500 or PC3-6400
memory modules limit this maximum capacity to 96GB. The maximum amount of system memory
supported is cut in half with a single processor motherboard configuration. The NTM6900/WTM7026
motherboard architecture is based upon the proven Intel
ICH10R I/O Controller Hub. Trusted Computing applications are supported by the motherboard’s built-in
TPM 1.2 component and the TPM header. A Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) provides an additional 8MB of
dedicated video memory that enables a system to support WUXGA video resolutions (i.e. 1920 x 1200
pixels) at a 64k color depth on the board’s built-in video port. Standard audio ports are available on the
motherboard’s I/O plate along with four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet interfaces and eight USB 2.0 ports.
Additional PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports for legacy input devices are also available for use on the I/O plate.
On-board headers support two RS-232 serial ports, two additional USB 2.0 interfaces and six SATA/300
ports. These SATA/300 ports support either independent SATA drives or RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 drive arrays.

Here is a listing of all the possible Intel
embedded motherboards. The Trenton model number for your motherboard indicates the processors that
were installed on the motherboard at our factory. This information may prove useful for any component
driver support questions that may arise regarding your final system configuration.

Dual-Processor NTM6900 Models
Model # Model Name Speed Intel® CPU Brand Number

Two Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors – Dual Core, 4.8GT/s, 4MB cache

6900-005 NTM/1.86DM 1.86GHz E5502
6900-007 NTM/2.20DM 2.20GHz E5503

Two Intel Xeon 5500 Series LV Processors – Dual Core + Hyper-Threading, 5.86GT/s, 8MB cache

6900-030 NTM/2.0DLN 2.0GHz L5508 (embedded)

Two Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors – Quad Core, 4.8GT/s, 4MB cache

6900-106 NTM/2.0QM 2.0GHz E5504 (embedded)
6900-107 NTM/2.13QM 2.13GHz E5506
6900-108 NTM/2.26QM 2.26GHz E5507

Two Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors – Quad Core + Hyper-Threading, 5.86GT/s, 8MB cache

6900-208 NTM/2.26QN 2.26GHz E5520
6900-210 NTM/2.40QN 2.40GHz E5530
6900-211 NTM/2.53QN 2.53GHz E5540 (embedded)

Two Intel Xeon 5500 Series LV Processors – Quad Core, 4.8GT/s, 4MB cache

6900-307 NTM/2.13QLM 2.13GHz L5506

Two Intel Xeon 5500 Series LV Processors – Quad Core + Hyper-Threading, 5.86GT/s, 8MB cache

6900-407 NTM/2.13QLN 2.13GHz L5518 (embedded)
6900-408 NTM/2.26QLN 2.26GHz L5520
6900-410 NTM/2.40QLN 2.40GHz L5530

® Xeon® 5500 Series and quad/six-core Intel® Xeon® 5600 Series processors

® TXT support and Intel® Hyper-Threading. Both processor types

® 5520 (i.e. Tylersburgh) chipset with the Intel®

® processors supported on Trenton’s NTM6900 and WTM7026

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Dual-Processor WTM7026 Models
Model # Model Name Speed Intel® CPU Brand Number

Two Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors – Six Core, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-610 WTM/2.4MN 2.4GHz E5645 (embedded)

Two Intel Xeon 5600 Series LV Processors – Six Core, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-631 WTM/2.0MLN 2.0GHz L5638 (embedded)
7026-633 WTM/2.26MLN 2.26GHz L5640

Two Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors – Quad Core, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-710 WTM/2.4QN 2.4GHz E5620 (embedded)
7026-711 WTM/2.53QN 2.53GHz E5630
7026-712 WTM/2.66QN 2.66GHz E5640

Two Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors – Quad Core, LV, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-730 WTM/1.87QLN 1.87GHz L5618 (embedded)
7026-732 WTM/2.13QLN 2.13GHz L5630

NOTE: The term “embedded” in the Intel® CPU Brand Number column indicates a processor speed targeted by Intel® for long-life
availability and support. The length of support ranges from five years to over seven years. Contact Trenton for additional details.

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Single-Processor NTM6900 Models
Model # Model Name Speed Intel® CPU Brand Number

One Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processor – Dual Core, 4.8GT/s, 4MB cache

6900-045 NTMS/1.86DM 1.86GHz E5502
6900-047 NTMS/2.20DM 2.20GHz E5503

One Intel Xeon 5500 Series LV Processor – Dual Core + Hyper-Threading, 5.86GT/s, 8MB cache

6900-070 NTMS/2.0DLN 2.0GHz L5508 (embedded)

One Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processor – Quad Core, 4.8GT/s, 4MB cache

6900-146 NTMS/2.0QM 2.0GHz E5504 (embedded)
6900-147 NTMS/2.13QM 2.13GHz E5506
6900-148 NTMS/2.26QM 2.26GHz E5507

One Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processor – Quad Core + Hyper-Threading, 5.86GT/s, 8MB cache

6900-248 NTMS/2.26QN 2.26GHz E5520
6900-250 NTMS/2.40QN 2.40GHz E5530
6900-251 NTMS/2.53QN 2.53GHz E5540 (embedded)

One Intel Xeon 5500 Series LV Processor – Quad Core, 4.8GT/s, 4MB cache

6900-347 NTMS/2.13QLM 2.13GHz L5506

One Intel Xeon 5500 Series LV Processor – Quad Core + Hyper-Threading, 5.86GT/s, 8MB cache

6900-447 NTMS/2.13QLN 2.13GHz L5518 (embedded)
6900-448 NTMS/2.26QLN 2.26GHz L5520
6900-450 NTMS/2.40QLN 2.40GHz L5530

Single-Processor WTM7026 Models
Model # Model Name Speed Intel® CPU Brand Number

One Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processor – Six Core, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-650 WTMS/2.4MN 2.4GHz E5645 (embedded)

One Intel Xeon 5600 Series LV Processor – Six Core, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-671 WTMS/2.0MLN 2.0GHz L5638 (embedded)
7026-673 WTMS/2.26MLN 2.26GHz L5640

One Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processor – Quad Core, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-750 WTMS/2.4QN 2.4GHz E5620 (embedded)
7026-751 WTMS/2.53QN 2.53GHz E5630
7026-752 WTMS/2.66QN 2.66GHz E5640

One Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processor – Quad Core, LV, 5.86GT/s, 12MB cache

7026-770 WTMS/1.87QLN 1.87GHz L5618 (embedded)
7026-772 WTMS/2.13QLN 2.13GHz L5630

NOTE: The term “embedded” in the Intel® CPU Brand Number column indicates a processor speed targeted by Intel® for long-life
availability and support. The length of support ranges from five years to over seven years. Contact Trenton for additional details.

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Features

 Extended ATX motherboard form factor complies with the SSI-EEB Enterprise Electronics Bay

Specification 2008, Revision 1.1

 NTM6900 - Two, Intel

• Intel® Virtualization and Intel® VT-D on all CPUs

• Intel® Hyper-Threading available on selected CPUs

 WTM7026 - Two, Intel

• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT) on all CPUs

• Intel® Virtualization and Intel® VT-D on all CPUs

• Intel® Hyper-Threading available most CPUs

 Intel

® 5520 chipset (Tylersburg) with 4.8GT/s, 5.86GT/s or 6.4GT/s Intel® Quick Path Interconnect

(Intel

® QPI) support

• I/O Controller Hub - Intel® ICH10R with built-in SATA/300 RAID support

® Xeon® Series 5500 (Nehalem-EP), Quad Core Processors

® Xeon® Series 5600 (Westmere-EP), Six Core Processors

 Six, dual-channel, DDR3-1333 memory interfaces

 Twelve, DIMM slots with a maximum capacity of 144GB of Double Data Rate (DDR3) system

memory

 Seven option card slots

• Five PCI Express® 2.0 or 1.1 slots

• One PCI Express 1.1 slot

• One 32-bit/33MHz PCI slot

 Four, 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet interfaces

 Six, SATA/300 ports support independent SATA storage devices or may be configured to support

RAID 0, 1, 5 or 10 implementations

 Trusted Computing support via an on-board TPM 1.2

 Ten, Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0) interfaces

• Eight USB ports are located on the motherboard’s I/O plate

• Two, USB ports are available via an on-board header

 Two, RS-232 serial communication ports available via on-board headers
 Video port driven with Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) with 8MB of video memory to support

WUXGA resolutions (i.e. 1920 x 1200 pixels) at a 64k color depth

 Standard audio ports located on the motherboard’s I/O plate

 PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports located on the motherboard’s I/O plate

 Four, fan power headers simplify the integration of the system cooling solution
 Full PC compatibility

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WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram

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NTM6900 (6900-xxx) – Extended AT X Moth erboard Layout

WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Extended ATX Motherboard Layout

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N

p

NTM6900 (6900-xxx) / WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Extended ATX Motherboard Dimension Drawing

otes:

• All dimensions are inches

• Typical PCIe pin 1 location is 0.049” from
connector center

• Typical PCI pin 1 location is 0.150” from
connector center

• Mounting holes have a nominal 0.156”
diameter

• Italic text indicates the center dimension of a
card slot or I/O connector

• Superscript 1 indicates card slot center
spacing

• Superscript 2 indicated I/O connector center
spacing

• The system power supply must provide +12V
ower to both 12V AUX power connectors

(P15 and P16) for proper motherboard
operation

NTM6900 (6900-xxx) / WTM7026 (7026-xxx) – Rear I/O Plate Dimension Drawing

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Processor

 Intel® Xeon® Processor, 5500 Series, Quad or Dual-Core (NTM6900)

 Intel® Xeon® Processor, 5600 Series, Six or Quad-Core (WTM7026)

 Processor plugs into an LGA1336 socket

Bus Interface

PCI Express® 2.0

compatible and supports a PCI Local Bus

Data Path

DDR3-1333 Memory - 72-bit
PCI Express 2.0 & 1.1, x4 and x8 electrical links
PCI Bus - 32-bit

Serial Interconnect & Bus Speeds

PCI Express 2.0 – 5.0GHz per lane
PCI Express 1.1 – 2.5GHz per lane
PCI – 33MHz

Quick Path Interconnect Speeds

The Intel
between the processors and the motherboard’s IOH. The speed of the Intel

® 5520 chipset supports 4.8GT/s, 5.86GT/s or 6.4GT/s data transfer speeds between processors and

® QPI depends on the type of CPU

installed. The Quick Path Interconnect enables both processor-to-processor resource sharing and fast data
transfers between CPUs and the Intel

® 5520 IOH.

Memory Interfaces

Three, dual-channel, Double Data Rate (DDR3) memory channels support PC3-10600, PC3-8500 or PC3­6400 DIMMS connected directly to the processors. These memory interfaces may operated at speeds up to
1333MHz depending on the type of DDR3 DIMMs installed.

DMA Channels

The motherboard is fully PC compatible with seven DMA channels, each supporting type F transfers.

Interrupts

The motherboard is fully PC compatible with interrupt steering for PCI plug and play compatibility.

BIOS (Flash)

The BIOS is an AMIBIOS8
management for configuring on-board peripherals and other system parameters. The BIOS resides in the

® AT25128 SPI Serial EEPROM (SPI Flash). The BIOS may be upgraded from a USB thumb drive

Atmel

storage device by pressing <Ctrl> + <Home> immediately after reset or power-up with the USB device

installed in drive A:. Custom BIOSs are available.

Cache Memory

The processors include either a 4MB, 8MB or 12MB last-level cache (LLC) memory capacity that is equally
shared between all of the processor cores on the die. Each individual processor core also has 256k mid-level
cache (MLC), a 32k L1 instruction cache and a 32k L1 data cache.

® with built-in advanced CMOS setup for system parameters, peripheral

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DDR3 Memory

Each processor on the motherboard supports three, dual-channel, DDR3-1333 memory interfaces. There are
twelve DIMM sockets on the board and each one can support up to 12GB DIMMs for a total possible DDR3
system memory capacity of 144GB. DDR3 memory capacities of 2GB, 4GB and 8GB are more common in
today’s market; thereby, making the maximum practical limit of system memory supported 96GB. The
memory channel transfer rates is 1333MHz when using PC3-10600 (i.e. DDR3-1333) DIMMs. Each of the
channels (BK##A and BK##B) terminates with two dual in-line memory module (DIMM) sockets. The
System BIOS automatically detects memory type, size and speed.

The motherboard uses industry standard gold finger memory modules, which must be PC3-10600, PC3-8500
or PC3-6400 compliant and have the following features:

 Gold-plated contacts
 ECC registered (72-bit) DDR3 memory
 240-pin

The following DIMM sizes are supported:

MT/s DIMM Type Rank Component Density

1333 PC3-10600 Single, Dual, Quad 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 12GB

1066 PC3-8500 Single, Dual, Quad 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 12GB

800 PC3-6400 Single, Dual, Quad 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB

NOTE 1: To maximize memory interface speed, populate each memory channel with DDR3 DIMMs having

the same interface speed. The motherboard will support DIMMs with different speeds, but the memory
channel interface will operate speed of the slowest DIMM.

NOTE 2: Low voltage (DDR3L) DIMMs are not supported.

NOTE 3: PC3-10600 DIMMs (DDR3-1333) are supported when one DIMM per channel is populated. If two

PC3-10600 DIMMs are installed in the same channel then the BIOS will log an error and operate the memory
channel at 1066 MT/s.

NOTE 4: Populating the memory channels with DIMMs having different speeds is supported on the

motherboard; however, the overall memory interface speed will run at the speed of the slowest DIMM.

NOTE 5: If populating a memory channel with a Quad-rank and a Single- or Dual-rank DIMM place the

Quad-rank DIMM farthest from the processor.

NOTE 6: Populate the memory channels starting with the DIMM socket farthest from the CPU and work you

way toward the processor as illustrated in the chart below:

Population order CPU1 CPU2

1 BK02A BK12A
2 BK01A BK11A
3 BK00A BK10A
4 BK02B BK12B
5 BK01B BK11B
6 BK00B BK10B

If populating a memory channel with a Quad-rank and a Single- or Dual-rank DIMM place the Quad-rank
DIMM farthest from the processor.

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PCI Express Option Card Slots

There are six PCI Express® option card slots supported on the motherboard.

Five of these slots (PCIe7,

PCIe6, PCIe5, PCIe4 and PCIe2) support either PCI Express 2.0 or 1.1 option cards. PCIe3 is a PCI Express
slot dedicated to supporting PCIe 1.1 option cards. Slots 2, 4 and 6 are x16 mechanical slots driven with x8
PCIe electrical links. Slots 3, 5, and 7 are x8 mechanical slots driven with x4 PCIe electrical links. PCI
Express 2.0 bas a base frequency per lane of 5.0GHz while PCIe 1.1 runs at half of this speed or 2.5GHz per
lane. The PCI Express auto-negotiation capability built-in to the motherboards’ PCIe interface controllers
enable support for PCI Express option cards with x16, x8, x4 and x1 PCIe 2.0 or 1.1 electrical links. The
PCIe interfaces on the option cards must also support PCI Express auto-negotiation as per the PCI Express

Base Specification. Refer to the PCI Express chapter of this manual for more information.

PCI Option Card Slot

A 32-bit/33MHz option card slot is available on the motherboard to enable system support for an option card
with a parallel bus interface. This card slot accepts either 5V or universal voltage PCI cards

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

The motherboard supports up to ten on-board high-speed USB 2.0 ports. Connectors for eight of the USB
interfaces (0 and 7) are rear panel I/O port, while the remaining two interfaces are available via an on-board
header.

Video Interface

The motherboard supports a standard VGA video connector located at the rear of the motherboard. The video
port is driven with a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) with 8MB of video memory. This enables video
support for WUXGA resolutions (i.e. 1920 x 1200 pixels) at a 64k color depth.

Ethernet Interfaces

Four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports are located at the rear of the motherboard. Two Intel

® 82575

Ethernet controllers with dual-channel outputs are driven with PCI Express communication links on the
motherboard. This motherboard design feature ensures that the final system solution supports fastest Ethernet
network communications possible. The Ethernet interfaces are compliant with the IEEE 802.3 Specification.

The main components of the Ethernet interfaces are:

 Intel

® 82575 for dual 10/100/1000-Mb/s media access control (MAC) with SYM, a serial ROM port

and a PCIe interface

 Serial ROM for storing the Ethernet address and the interface configuration and control data
 Integrated RJ-45/Magnetics module connectors on the motherboards require category 5 (CAT5)

unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) 2-pair cables for a 100-Mb/s network connection or category3
(CAT3) or higher UTP 2-pair cables for a 10-Mb/s network connection. Category 5e (CAT5e) or
higher UTP 2-pair cables are recommended for a 1000-Mb/s (Gigabit) network connection.

 Link status and activity LEDs on the I/O bracket for status indication (See Ethernet LEDs and

Connectors later in this chapter.)

Software drivers are supplied for most popular operating systems.

Serial ATA/300 Ports

The motherboard’s six Serial ATA 300 (SATA/300) ports comply with the SATA II specification and support
six independent SATA storage devices such as hard disks and CD-RW devices. SATA produces higher
performance interfacing by providing data transfer rates up to 300MB per second on each port. The ICH10R
I/O Controller Hub features Intel

® Matrix Storage Technology, which allows the ICH10R’s SATA controller

to be configured as a RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 implementations.

Audio Interface

Standard audio ports located at the rear of the motherboard support the Line In, Line Out and MIC audio
functions.

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Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2)

The motherboard is compliant with version 1.2 of the Trusted Computing Group specification for Trusted
Platform Modules via the us of the Atmel

® ATC97SC3203 TPM.

Battery

A built-in lithium battery is provided, for ten years of data retention for CMOS memory.

CAUTION: There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace it only with the

same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the
manufacturer's instructions.

System BIOS Setup Utility

The System BIOS is an AMIBIOS8

® with a ROM-resident setup utility. The BIOS Setup Utility allows you

to select to the following categories of options:

 Main Menu
 Advanced Setup

 PCIPnP Setup

 Boot Setup
 Security Setup
 Chipset Setup
 Exit

Each of these options allows you to review and/or change various setup features of your system. Additional
BIOS utility details are provided in the BIOS chapters of this manual.

Power Requirements

The following are typical values:

Processor Type Processor Speed +5V +12V +3.3V

CPU Idle State with 12GB of system memory:
Intel® Xeon® E5645 2.40GHz 4.59A 7.77A 1.98A

Intel® Xeon® L5638 2.00GHz (LV) 4.60A 7.60A 2.06A

Intel® Xeon® E5540 2.53GHz 4.59A 7.87A 1.87A

Intel® Xeon® E5504 2.00GHz 4.41A 8.04A 1.93A

100% CPU Stress State with 12GB of system memory:
Intel® Xeon® E5645 2.40GHz 4.61A 13.70A 2.15A

Intel® Xeon® L5638 2.00GHz (LV) 4.61A 11.21A 2.04A

Intel® Xeon® E5540 2.53GHz 4.60A 12.79A 1.92A

Intel® Xeon® E5504 2.00GHz 4.42A 11.67A 1.91A

Tolerance for all voltages is +/- 5%

CAUTION: Trenton recommends an EPS type of power supply for systems using high-performance

processors. Dual +12V power connectors are provided on the motherboard and must be used when using
dual Intel

® Xeon® Series 5500 processors.

Temperature/Environment
Operating Temperature: 0º C. to 50º C.

Air Flow Requirement: 350LFM continuous airflow

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Storage Temperature: - 40º C. to 70º C.

Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing

Mechanical

The Extended ATX form factor of the motherboard complies with the SSI-EEB 2008 – Rev. 1.0 industry
standard for overall board dimensions [12.0” (30.5cm) x 13.0” (33.1cm)] and mounting-hole placements.
The motherboard’s standard height cooling solution is designed for 2U and greater chassis heights.

UL Recognition

This motherboard is designed to meet UL60950 and CAN/CSA C22.22 No. 60950-00.

Configuration Jumpers

The setup of the configuration jumpers on the motherboard is described below. An asterisk (*) indicates the
default value of each jumper.

NOTE: For the three-position jumper, "TOP" is toward the bracket end of the board; "BOTTOM" is toward

the Post Code LEDs.

JU8

Password Clear (two position jumper)

Install for one power-up cycle to reset the password to the default (null password).
Remove for normal operation. *

JU12

CMOS Clear (three position jumper)

Install on the TOP to clear.
Install on the BOTTOM to operate. *

NOTE: To clear the CMOS, power down the system and install the jumper on the TOP. Wait for at least two

seconds, move the jumper back to the BOTTOM and turn the power on. When AMIBIOS displays the "CMOS
Settings Wrong" message, press F1 to go into the BIOS Setup Utility, where you may reenter your desired

W2,
W4

W3,
W5,
W6,
W7

BIOS settings, load optimal defaults or load failsafe defaults.

CPU Fan Speed Control (two position jumper)

Install to run CPU fan at full speed*
Remove to enable ACPI soft control of the CPU cooling fan

Note: W2 jumper is connected to CPU1 fan header P28 and W4 is for CPU2 fan header P31

System Fan Speed Control (two position jumper)

4-Wire-System Fans

W7 – Closed* = No effect, system fan runs at maximum speed
W6 – Closed* = No effect, system fan runs at maximum speed
W5 – Closed* = System fan under ACPI control
W3 – Closed* = System fan under ACPI control

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------­W7 – Open = No effect, system fan runs at maximum speed
W6 – Open = No effect, system fan runs at maximum speed
W5 – Open = System fan speed range limited, NOT RECOMMENDED
W3 – Open = System fan speed range limited, NOT RECOMMENDED

3-Wire System Fans
W7 – Closed* = System fan speed runs at max speed all of the time
W6 – Closed* = System fan speed runs at max speed all of the time
W5 – Closed* = System fan speed runs at max speed all of the time
W3 – Closed* = System fan speed runs at max speed all of the time

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------­W7 – Open = No effect, system fan runs at maximum speed
W6 – Open = No effect, system fan runs at maximum speed
W5 – Open = System fan has some limited speed control
W3 – Open = System fan has some limited speed control

Note: The following jumpers provide the speed control capability to the system fan headers listed below;
W3 – P30, W5 – P27, W6 – P26 and W7 – P25.

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W8

PSON Soft Control (two position jumper)

Install to enable ACPI soft control of the PSON signal line*

Remove to disable PSON control

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Ethernet LEDs and Ethernet Connectors

P1, P2, P3 and P4 Ethernet LEDs

The I/O bracket houses the four RJ-45 network connectors for Ethernet LAN1, LAN2, LAN3 and LAN2.

Each LAN interface connector has two LEDs that indicate activity status and Ethernet connection speed.
Listed below are the possible LED conditions and status indications for each LAN connector:

LED/Connector Description

Activity LED

This green LED indicates network activity. This is the LED closest to connector P12 on
the LAN connector.

Off No current network transmit or receive activity

On (flashing) Indicates network transmit or receive activity.

Link Speed LED

This green/yellow LED identifies the connection speed. This is the LED farthest from
connector P12 on the LAN connector.

Off Indicates a valid link at 1000-Mb/s

On Indicates a valid link at 100-Mb/s.

The RJ-45 network connector requires a Connectors category 5 (CAT5) unshielded

RJ-45 Network
Connectors

twisted-pair (UTP) 2-pair cable for a 100-Mb/s network connection or a category 3
(CAT3) or higher UTP 2-pair cable for a 10-Mb/s network connection. A category 5e
(CAT5e) or higher UTP 2-pair cable is recommended for a 1000-Mb/s (Gigabit) network
connection.

Motherboard Status LEDs

LED1 and LED2 – Processor Power LEDs

LED1 is located just above the P28 CPU Fan1 connector in the lower right corner of the motherboard. LED2
is located near the center of the board and just above and to the left of memory DIMM socket BK02A. These
red LEDs are off during normal motherboard operations. If the LEDs are on, this indicates that the
processor’s VCC voltage levels are below the required levels to maintain proper CPU operations.

LED3 and LED4 – Processor Thermal Throttling LEDs

The processor throttling LEDs for each CPU are labeled LED3 and LED4, and located to the right on the Intel
ICH10 Southbridge. LED3 indicates the thermal shutdown status of CPU2 and likewise LED4 monitors the
thermal of CPU1 as illustrated below:

LED Status Description

Off Indicates the processor is operating within acceptable thermal levels.

On (flashing)

On (solid
orange)

NOTE: When a thermal shutdown occurs, the LED will stay on in systems using non-ATX/EPS power

Indicates the processor is throttling down to a lower operating speed due to rising CPU
temperature.

Indicates the processor has reached the thermal shutdown threshold limit. The motherboard
is still operating, but a thermal shutdown may soon occur.

supplies. The processor will cease functioning, but power will still be applied to the motherboard. In systems
with ATX/EPS power supplies the LED will turn off when a thermal shutdown occurs because system power
is removed via the ACPI soft control power signal S5. In this case, all motherboard LEDs will turn off;
however, stand-by power will still be on.

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LED5 – CAT

When LED5 is illuminated this indicates that a catastrophic error has occurred in the system and the
motherboard’s processor(s) cannot continue to operate. The processor(s) will turn this LED on for non­recoverable machine check errors and other internal unrecoverable errors.

LED6 - IOH Thermal Throttling LED

The IOH throttling LED is located to the right on the Intel ICH10 Southbridge. LED6 indicates the thermal
shutdown status of the IOH as illustrated below:

LED Status Description

Off Indicates the IOH is operating within acceptable thermal levels.

On (flashing)

On (solid
orange)

Indicates the IOH is throttling down to a lower operating speed due to rising IOH
temperature.

Indicates the IOH has reached the thermal shutdown threshold limit. The motherboard is
still operating, but a thermal shutdown may soon occur.

NOTE: When a thermal shutdown occurs, the LED will stay on in systems using non- ATX/EPS power

supplies. The IOH will cease functioning, but power will still be applied to the motherboard. In systems with
ATX/EPS power supplies, the LED will turn off when a thermal shutdown occurs because system power is
removed via the ACPI soft control power signal S5. In this case, all motherboard LEDs will turn off;
however, stand-by power will still be present.

LED7 – PRCHT

This is the “Processor Hot” LED and it will turn on when a processor’s temperature monitoring sensor detects
that the CPU has reached its maximum safe operating temperature. This indicates that the processor’s
Thermal Control Circuit has been activated, if enabled.

POST Code LEDs

As the POST (Power On Self Test) routines are performed during boot-up, test codes are displayed on Port 80
POST Code LEDs 16, 9, 10,11,12,13,14 and 15. These LED are located in the lower left corner of the
motherboard to the right of the power status LEDs. The POST Code LEDs and are numbered from top
(position 1 = LED16) to bottom (position 8 – LED15). Refer to the board layout diagram for the exact
location of the POST code LEDs.

These POST codes may be helpful as a diagnostic tool. Specific error codes are listed in Appendix A - BIOS
Messages section of the NTM6900 Technical Reference Manual, along with a chart to interpret the LEDs into
hexadecimal format.

LED41 – S5 State

This is a green LED that when it is it on indicates that the motherboard has entered the S5 or OFF state. In
the S5, state the system is in a complete shutdown mode. The system/motherboard must be rebooted in order
to recover from the S5 state.

LED42 – S3 State

When this green LED is on it indicates that the motherboard has entered the S3 SLEEP state. Any processor
instructions, cache contents or chipset instructions that were pending when the motherboard entered the S3

state are lost. System memory is retained during the S3 sleep state.

LED47 – S4 State

If this green LED is on it indicates that the motherboard has entered the S4 or HIBERNATE state. This sleep
state consumes less power than the S3 state. A small amount of power is used to support writing any pending
data to the system’s hard drive. System memory contents are not retained in the S4 sleep state.

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LED52 – 3.3V Level

LED52 is at the bottom of a group of power status LEDs located in the lower left corner of the motherboard
near USB header connector P33. When this green LED is on the 3.3V level is in the proper range for the
board.

LED53 – 12V Level

LED53 is just above LED52 and this green LED indicates that the 12V level is in the proper range for the

board.

LED54 – 5V Standby

LED54 is just above LED53 and this green LED represents what amounts to a caution indicator. When this
LED is on the 5V stand by voltage is present on the motherboard. Option cards and any other motherboard
components must not be removed or installed when the LED 54 is illuminated.

CAUTION: Never remove or install option cards or any other system components while LED54 is

illuminated.

LED55 – 5V Level

LED55 is just above LED54 and this green LED indicates that the 5V level is in the proper range for the

board.

LED58 – Power Good

Located just below the PCIe1 card slot, when this green LED is turned on it indicates that each system power
level is at the proper operating level required by the motherboard.

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Motherboard Connectors

NOTE:

A connectors square solder pad located on the bottom

side of the PCB indicates pin 1.

P1, P2, P3, P4 - 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet and
Dual USB Combo Connectors - LAN1 + USB0/USB1,
LAN2 + USB2/USB3, LAN3 + USB4/USB5, LAN4 +
USB6/USB7

RJ-45/Dual USB combo connector,
Pulse #JG0-0006NL
Each individual RJ-45 connector is defined as follows:

PIN SIGNAL

1 MX0+

2 MX0-

3 MX1+

4 MX2+

PIN SIGNAL

5 MX2-

6 MX1-

7 MX3+

8 MX3-

Each individual USB connector is defined as follows:

P14, P24 – RS-232 Serial Port

10 pin vertical connector, Amp #1761602-3

PIN SIGNAL

1 Carrier Detect

2 Data Set Ready

3 Receive Data

4 Request To Send

5 Transmit Data

P15, P16 – +12V AUX Input Power Connector

PIN SIGNAL

6 Clear To Send

7 Data Terminal Ready

8 Ring Indicator

9 Signal Gnd

10 NC

8 pin vertical connector, Molex #39-29-3086

PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

PIN SIGNAL

1 +5V – USB#

2 USB#-

Notes:
1 – P1 = LAN1 + USB0/USB1, P2 = LAN2 + USB2/USB3,
P3 = LAN3 + USB4/USB5, P4 = LAN4 + USB6/USB7
2 – LAN ports support standard CAT5 Ethernet cables
3 – USB ports support standard USB cables and devices
4 - # indicates USB port number

PIN SIGNAL

3 USB#+

4 GND – USB#

P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10 - SATA PORT II 300 Ports

7 pin vertical connector, Molex #67491-0031

PIN SIGNAL

1 Gnd

2 TX+

3 TX-

4 Gnd

Notes:
1 – P5 = SATA0 interface, P6 = SATA1 interface,
P7 = SATA2 interface, P8 = SATA3 interface,
P9 = SATA4 interface, P10 = SATA5 interface,
2 – SATA connectors support standard SATA II interface cables

PIN SIGNAL

5 RX-

6 RX+

7 Gnd

1 Gnd 5 +12V Aux Input

2 Gnd 6 +12V Aux Input

3 Gnd 7 +12V Aux Input

4 Gnd 8 +12V Aux Input

Caution: Both P15 and P16 must be connected to the
system power supply to ensure proper board operation.

P17 – ATX/EPS Power Connector

24 pin vertical dual row, Molex #44206-0007

PIN SIGNAL

1 +3.3V

2 +3.3V

3 Gnd

4 +5V

5 Gnd

6 +5V

7 Gnd

8 PWRGD

9 +5V AUX

10 +12V

11 +12V

12 +3.3V

PIN SIGNAL

13 +5V

14 -12V

15 Gnd

16 PSON

17 Gnd

18 Gnd

19 Gnd

20 -5V

21 +5V

22 +5V

23 +5V

24 Gnd

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Connectors (continued)

P12 –Video and PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Connector

VGA/Dual PS/2 combo connector,
NORCOMP #999-H15-PS2L571
15-pin Video connector (blue):

PIN SIGNAL

1 Red

2 Green

3 Blue

4 NC

5 Gnd

6 Gnd

7 Gnd

8 Gnd

PIN SIGNAL

9 +5V

10 Gnd

11 NC

12 EEDI

13 HSYNC

14 VSYNC

15 EECS

PS/2 Keyboard connector (purple):

PIN SIGNAL

1 Kbd Data

2 NC

3 Gnd

PIN SIGNAL

4 5V AUX

5 Kbd CLK

6 NC

PS/2 Mouse connector (green):

PIN SIGNAL

1 Mouse Data

2 NC

3 Gnd

Notes:
1 – Video connector supports standard video cables
2 – PS/2 keyboard connector supports standard PS/2 keyboards
3 – PS/2 mouse connector supports standard PS/2 pointing devices

PIN SIGNAL

4 5V AUX

5 Mouse CLK

6 NC

P25, P26, P27, P28, P30, P31 – System Fan & CPU
Fan Power Connectors

4 pin single row header, FOXCONN #HF2704E-M1

PIN SIGNAL

1 Speed Control Line P28 = CPU1 fan connector

2 +12V P31 = CPU2 fan connector

3 Fan Tach P25, P26, P27, P28 = optional

4 Fan PWM Sys System fan connectors

P13 - TPM GPIO Signal Connector

2 pin single row header, Amp #640456-2

PIN SIGNAL

1 Gnd

P18 – Intruder Alert Connector

PIN SIGNAL

2 Future Use

2 pin single row header, Amp #640456-2

PIN SIGNAL

1 Gnd

P20– Speaker Header

PIN SIGNAL

2 Alert Signal

2 pin single row header, Amp #640456-2

PIN SIGNAL

1 Speaker Out

P23 – IPMI Header

PIN SIGNAL

2 +5V

20 pin dual row header, Molex #10-89-7202

PIN SIGNAL

1 +3.3V SBY

3 +5V

5 SYS RST#

7 CLK_33_TPM

9 LPC_LDRQ1#

11 RST_LPC#

13 Gnd

15 SMBALRT#

17 SMBDATA

19 SMBCLK

PIN SIGNAL

2 LPC_LFRAME#

4 LPC_LAD3

6 LPC_LAD2

8 LPC_LAD1

10 LPC_LAD0

12 SERIRQ

14 Gnd

16 LAN_ SMBALRT#

18 LAN_ SMBDATA

20 LAN_ SMBCLK

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