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PaCkage Contents

(Appliestosingle-packonly)

X8DA6 / X8DAE

QuICk referenCe guIde

• One(1)SupermicroMotherboard

• One(1)FloppyRibbonCable

• One(1)1394aConnectorCable

• Two(2)SASCablesforSATA/SASBackplane

• Four(4)SerialATACables(forX8DA6)

• Six(6)SerialATACables(forX8DAE)

• One(1)I/OBackPanelShield

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Motherboard Layout and Features

CPU Installation

DIMM Installation

Jumpers, Connectors, and LED Indicators

Connectors

Memory Support

Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots, starting with

P1-DIMM1A. For memory to work properly, follow the tables below for

memory population order. Refer to the motherboard layout (at left) for the

location of the DIMM slots.

Memory Population for Optimal Performance

-For a motherboard with One CPU (CPU1) installed

Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2

3 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM3A

6 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B

Memory Population for Optimal Performance

-For a motherboard with One CPU (CPU2) installed

Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2

3 DIMMs P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM3A

6 DIMMs P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM3A P2 DIMM3B

Memory Population for Optimal Performance

-For a motherboard with Two CPUs installed

CPU1 CPU2

Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2

6 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 1A 2A 3A

DIMMs

1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B

Note: Refer to Chapter 2 of the User Manual for detailed information on memory support and

CPU/motherboard installation instructions.

Heatsink Installation

Front Panel Control (JF1)

Note: Refer to Chapter 2 of the User Manual on detailed information on jumpers, connectors, and LED indicators.

Note: Graphics shown in this quick guide are for illustration only. Your components may or may not look exactly the same as drawings shown in this guide.

Back Panel IO Connectors

LED Indicators

Connectors Item# Description

Audio 6 Audio Input/Output and Mic

CD1 10 CD-ROM

Audio FP (J27) 11 Front Panel HD Audio Headers

CNF1, CNF2 12 IEEE 1394a Connectors 1/2

COM1, COM2 3, 4 COM1 and COM2 Serial Ports

FAN 1~4 36, 32, 29, 21 System Fan Headers

Fans 5~8 41, 42, 35, 43 System/CPU Fan Headers (Fans 7~8: CPU Fans)

Floppy 25 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

JD1 30 Speaker/Power LED Header

JF1 33 Front Panel Connector

JIBTN1 27 RAIDKey for RAID5 support (X8DA6 only)

JL1 19 Chassis Intrusion Header

JOH1 31 Overheat LED Header

JPI

C1 40 SMB Power Supply I

C Header

JPW1, JPW2 37, 38 +12V 8-pin Secondary PWR Connector

JPW3 39 24-pin ATX Main Power Connector

JWOL 22 Wake-On-LAN Header

KB/MS 1 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse

LAN1/2 5 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports

I-SATA0 ~ I-SATA5 17 (Intel South Bridge) SATA Ports

SAS 0~3, 4~7 24, 23 SAS Connectors (X8DA6 only)

T-SGPIO-1, T-SGPIO-2 26 Serial General Purpose Input/Output Headers

USB 0/1/2/3 2 (Back Panel) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports

USB 4/5, 6/7, 8 15, 13, 14 Front Panel Accessible USB Headers

LED Item# Description State Status

LE1 34

Onboard Standby PWR

On System Power On

LED1 28

SAS LED (X8DA6 only)

On SAS Normal

Jumpers

This motherboard supports up to 192 GB of Registered (RDIMM) ECC or

up to 48 GB of Unbuffered (UDIMM) ECC/Non-ECC DDR3 800/1066/1333

MHz 3-channel (per CPU) memory in 12 DIMM slots.

Note: For memory optimization, use only DIMM modules that have been validated by

Supermicro. For the latest memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.

supermicro.com/products/motherboard.

Note: Item num-

bers are listed in

counterclockwise

order.

= mounting hole

A. Keyboard I. GLAN 1

B. PS/2 Mouse J. GLAN 2

C. USB 0 K. Side Sur

D. USB 1 L. Back Sur

E. USB 2 M. CEN/LFE

F. USB 3 N. Mic In

G. COM 1 O. Front

H. COM 2 P. Line-In

Motherboard

Screw#1

Screw#2

Mounting Hole

Screw#3

Screw#4

Jumper Item # Description Default

JBT1 16 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 in User Manual

C1, JI

C2 44 SMB (I

C) to PCI-X Slots Pins 2-3 (Disabled)

JPAC1 7 Audio Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL1, JPL2 9 GLAN 1/2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPI1 8 CNF1, CNF2 (1394a_1/2) Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPS1 20 SAS Enable (X8DA6 only) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD1 18 Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

Socket Keys

CPU Keys

Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

PWR

Vcc

Ground

1920

Vcc

Ground

NMI

Vcc

PWR Fail LED

NIC2 LED

P2-DIMM1A

JWOL

CD1

J27

JBT1

JWD1

JPS1

JI2C2

JI2C1

JPI1

JPI2C1

JD1

JOH1

JPW3

FAN8 (CPU1 Fan)

P2-DIMM1B

P1-DIMM1B

P1-DIMM1A

P1-DIMM2B

P1-DIMM2A

P1-DIMM3B

SAS0~3

FAN2

FAN4

FAN3

FAN7/CPU2

FAN1

P1-DIMM3A

KB/MS

USB

0/1

/2/3

COM1

COM2

LAN1/2

HD Audio

I-SATA1

I-SATA0

I-SATA3

I-SATA5

I-SATA2

I-SATA4

FLOPPY

USB6/7

USB4/5

P2-DIMM2A

P2-DIMM3A

P2-DIMM2B

P2-DIMM3B

BIOS

JPW1

PWR SMB

Intel 5520

IOH-36D

Intel

ICH10R

South Bridge

LSI

2008

SAS CTRL

82574

LAN

CTRL

82574

LAN

CTRL

Audio

CTRL

JL1

X8DA6/E

Rev. 2.01

S/IO

LE1

FAN6

FAN5

JPW2

Slot6 PCI-E 2.0 x16

Slot4 PCI-E x4

Battery

Slot1 PCI-X 133/100MHz

Slot2 PCI-X 133/100MHz

Slot3 PCI-X 133/100MHz

JPAC1

CNF1

CNF2

USB8

T-SGPIO2

T-SGPIO1

JIBTN1

SAS4~7

SP1

JF1

LED1

Slot5 PCI-E 2.0x4

Slot7 PCI-E 2.0x4

PXH

JPL2

JPL1

Audio FP

CPU1