Supermicro X11DSC+ Manuals

USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0a X11DSC+ The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, and makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our website at www.supermicro.com. Super Micro Computer, Inc. ("Supermicro") reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice. This product, including software and documentation, is the property of Supermicro and/ or its licensors, and is supplied only under a license. Any use or reproduction of this product is not allowed, except as expressly permitted by the terms of said license. IN NO EVENT WILL Super Micro Computer, Inc. BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, INTEGRATING, INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA. Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product. FCC Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense. California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials: This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR (Manganese Dioxide) Lithium coin cells. “Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”. The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. Accordingly, Supermicro disclaims any and all liability, and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra-hazardous applications, it does so entirely at its own risk. Furthermore, buyer agrees to fully indemnify, defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims, demands, actions, litigation, and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra-hazardous use or sale. Manual Revision 1.0a Release Date: October 15, 2018 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer, Inc., you may not copy any part of this document. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders. Copyright © 2018 by Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. ! 3 Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators, IT technicians, and knowledgeable end users. It provides information for the installation and use of the X11DSC+ motherboard. About This Motherboard The Super X11DSC+ motherboard supports dual Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors in Socket P type with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to 205W and three UPI (Ultra Path Interconnect) links of up to 10.4 GT/s (Note below). With the Intel® C621 PCH built-in (Note 2), this motherboard supports two PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots, one PCI-E 3.0 x8 slot, one PCI-E 3.0 x16 in SIOM slot, one PCI-E 3.0 (x8 + x8) slot for SAS3 AOM slot, four PCI-E 3.0x4 for NVMe in Oculink connector, four SATA 3.0 connections (two SATA3 and two SuperDOM ports), and 3DS LRDIMM/RDIMM, NVDIMM DDR4 ECC of up to 2666 MHz memory in 24 memory slots. The X11DSC+ provides maximum performance, system cooling, and PCI-E capacity currently available on the market. This motherboard is ideal for high-end, high-performance enterprise storage, database storage, and virtualization server platforms. Please note that this motherboard is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians only. For processor/memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/ products/. Notes: 1. UPI/Memory speeds/Max. memory support are dependent on the processors installed in your system. 2. The X11DSC+ supports Intel® C621. Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features, specifications and performance of the motherboard, and provides detailed information on the C621 chipset. Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when installing the processor, memory modules, and other hardware components into the system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting 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 lists standardized warning statements in various languages. Appendix D provides UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.