SuperMicro Motherboard X9Sri

X9SRi
X9SRi-F
X9SRi-3F
X9SRE
X9SRE-F
X9SRE-3F
USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0c
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there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turn-
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of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
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• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
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WARNING: Handling of lead solder materials used in this prod-

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Manual Revision 1.0c

Release Date: February 22, 2013
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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
X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series motherboard.
About This Motherboard

The X9SRi/X9SRE 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 X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard series offers top-of-the-line system perfor-
mance and storage capability. Features such as eight SAS/SATA ports, support
for up to 256GB of memory, and IPMI support make the X9SRi/X9SRE series ideal
for high end server 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, specifications 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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X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series User’s Manual
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
1-4 Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000
Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
Web Site: www.supermicro.com
Europe
Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390
Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacific
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd
Chung-Ho Dist., New Taipei City 235
Taiwan
Tel: +886-(2) 8226-3990
Fax: +886-(2) 8226-3991
Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +886-(2)-8226-3990
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Table of Contents
Preface
About This Motherboard................................................................................................. iii
Manual Organization...................................................................................................... iii
Conventions Used in the Manual:..................................................................................iv
1-4 Contacting Supermicro.........................................................................................v
Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview.......................................................................................................... 1-1
Checklist........................................................................................................... 1-1
Motherboard Features...................................................................................... 1-7
1-2 Chipset Overview ...........................................................................................1-11
Intel C600 Chipset Series Features................................................................1-11
1-3 Special Features............................................................................................ 1-12
Recovery from AC Power Loss...................................................................... 1-12
1-4 PC Health Monitoring..................................................................................... 1-12
Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control ................................................... 1-12
Environmental Temperature Control.............................................................. 1-12
System Resource Alert.................................................................................. 1-12
1-5 ACPI Features................................................................................................ 1-13
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator............................................ 1-13
1-6 Power Supply................................................................................................. 1-13
1-7 Super I/O........................................................................................................ 1-14
1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton WPCM450 Controller............................................ 1-14
Chapter 2
Installation
2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices................................................................................... 2-1
Precautions...................................................................................................... 2-1
Unpacking........................................................................................................ 2-1
2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................ 2-2
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
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Removing Memory Modules............................................................................ 2-8

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
Serial Ports................................................................................................ 2-17
Video Port.................................................................................................. 2-18
Front Control Panel........................................................................................ 2-19
Front Control Panel Pin Definitions............................................................... 2-20
Power LED ............................................................................................... 2-20
HDD LED................................................................................................... 2-20
Power Fail LED......................................................................................... 2-20
NIC1/NIC2 (LAN1/LAN2)........................................................................... 2-21
Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail / UID LED........................................................... 2-21
NMI Button................................................................................................ 2-22
Reset Button ............................................................................................ 2-22
Power Button ............................................................................................ 2-22
2-6 Connecting Cables & Optional Devices......................................................... 2-23
ATX Main PWR (JPW1) & CPU PWR Connectors (JPW2)...................... 2-23
Fan Headers (FAN1~4, FANA)................................................................. 2-24
Chassis Intrusion (JL1)............................................................................. 2-24
Speaker (JD1)........................................................................................... 2-25
Internal Buzzer (SP1)................................................................................ 2-25
Wake-On-LAN (JSTBY1)........................................................................... 2-25
Power Supply I2C (JPI2C1)....................................................................... 2-26
DOM PWR Connector (JSD1)................................................................... 2-26
T-SGPIO 1/2 & 3-SGPIO 1/2 Headers...................................................... 2-27
TPM Header (JTPM1)............................................................................... 2-27
Unit ID Switch (UID SW)........................................................................... 2-28
Overheat/Fan Fail LED (JOH1)......................................................... 2-28
System Management Bus (JIPMB1).................................................. 2-29
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2-7 Jumper Settings............................................................................................. 2-30

Explanation of Jumpers................................................................................. 2-30
LAN Port Enable/Disable (JPL1~2)........................................................... 2-30
CMOS Clear (JBT1).................................................................................. 2-31
PCI-E Slot SMB Enable (JI2C1/JI2C2)..................................................... 2-31
VGA Enable (JPG1).................................................................................. 2-32
Watch Dog Reset (JWD1)......................................................................... 2-32
USB Wake-Up (JPUSB1).......................................................................... 2-33
BMC Enable/Disable (JPB1)..................................................................... 2-33
BIOS Recovery (JPBIOS1)....................................................................... 2-34
ME Recovery (JPME1).............................................................................. 2-34
2-8 Onboard Indicators......................................................................................... 2-35
LAN Port LEDs.......................................................................................... 2-35
IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs ...................................................................... 2-35
Rear Unit ID LED (UID LED).................................................................... 2-36
IPMI Heartbeat LED (DP3)....................................................................... 2-36
Onboard Power LED (DP2)...................................................................... 2-36
2-9 SATA and SAS Connections.......................................................................... 2-37
SATA/SAS Connections ........................................................................... 2-37
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 You Lose the System’s Setup Configuration......................................... 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
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Chapter 4
BIOS
4-1 Introduction....................................................................................................... 4-1
Starting BIOS Setup Utility............................................................................... 4-1
How To Change the Configuration 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
System Time/System Date ......................................................................... 4-3
Supermicro X9SRE/X9SR-3F/X9SRi/X9SRi-3F.......................................... 4-3
Memory Iniformation.................................................................................... 4-3
Total Memory............................................................................................... 4-3
4-3 Advanced Setup Configurations...................................................................... 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 Configuration........................................................................................ 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..................................................................................... 4-6
Intel® AES-NI.............................................................................................. 4-6
Hardware Prefetcher................................................................................... 4-6
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch.................................................................... 4-6
DCU Streamer Prefetcher........................................................................... 4-6
DCU IP Prefetcher...................................................................................... 4-6
Intel® Virtualization Technology.................................................................. 4-7
CPU Power Management Configuration.................................................. 4-7
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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 Configuration.................................................................................... 4-8
North Bridge Configuration....................................................................... 4-8
Integrated IO Configuration...................................................................... 4-8
Intel® VT-d.................................................................................................. 4-8

Intel® I/OAT................................................................................................. 4-8
DCA Support............................................................................................... 4-8
IIO 1 PCIe Port Bifurcation Control............................................................. 4-8
Slot 6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 Link Speed................................................................ 4-8
Slot 4 PCI-E 3.0 x8 Link Speed.................................................................. 4-8
DIMM Configuration.................................................................................. 4-9
Memory Configuration................................................................................. 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................................................................................................. 4-9
Demand Scrub.......................................................................................... 4-10
Data Scrambling ....................................................................................... 4-10
Device Tagging ......................................................................................... 4-10
Thermal Throttling..................................................................................... 4-10
South Bridge Configuration.................................................................... 4-10
All USB Devices........................................................................................ 4-10

EHCI Controller 1 / EHCI Controller 2...................................................... 4-10
Legacy USB Support................................................................................. 4-10
Port 60/64 Emulation..................................................................................4-11
EHCI Hand-Off...........................................................................................4-11
SATA Configuration......................................................................................4-11
SATA Port0~Port5......................................................................................4-11
SATA Mode.................................................................................................4-11
IDE Mode...................................................................................................4-11
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Serial-ATA Controller 0~1...........................................................................4-11

AHCI Mode.................................................................................................4-11
Aggressive Link Power Management.........................................................4-11
Port 0~5 Hot Plug..................................................................................... 4-12
Staggered Spin Up.................................................................................... 4-12
RAID Mode................................................................................................ 4-12
Port 0~5 Hot Plug..................................................................................... 4-12
SCU Configuration...................................................................................... 4-12
Disable Storage Controller Unit (SCU)..................................................... 4-12

OnChip SCU Option PROM...................................................................... 4-12
PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration ...................................................................... 4-12
PCI ROM Priority....................................................................................... 4-12

PCI Latency Timer..................................................................................... 4-12
Above 4G Decoding.................................................................................. 4-13
PERR# Generation.................................................................................... 4-13
SERR# Generation.................................................................................... 4-13
Maximum Payload..................................................................................... 4-13
Maximum Read Request........................................................................... 4-13
ASPM Support........................................................................................... 4-13
Slot 1 PCI-X 133/100MHZ OPROM
Slot 3 PCI X 133/100MHZ OPROM
Slot 4 PCI-E 3.0 x8 OPROM
Slot 6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 OPROM.................................................................. 4-13
Onboard LAN Option ROM Select............................................................ 4-13
Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM / Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM.. 4-13
Load Onboard SAS Option ROM.............................................................. 4-14
VGA Priority............................................................................................... 4-14
Super IO Device Configuration .................................................................. 4-14
Serial Port 1 Configuration / Serial Port 2 Configuration....................... 4-14
Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2....................................................................... 4-14

Serial Port 1 Settings / Serial Port 2 Settings.......................................... 4-14
Serial Port Console Redirection.................................................................. 4-15
ACPI Settings.............................................................................................. 4-16
High Precision Event Timer....................................................................... 4-16

ME Subsystem............................................................................................ 4-16
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4-4 Event Logs..................................................................................................... 4-17

Change SmBIOS Event Log Settings......................................................... 4-17
Smbios Event Log..................................................................................... 4-17

Runtime Error Logging Support................................................................ 4-17
Memory Correction Error Threshold.......................................................... 4-17
PCI Error Logging Support........................................................................ 4-17
Erase Event Log........................................................................................ 4-17
When Log is Full....................................................................................... 4-17
Log System Boot Event............................................................................ 4-18
MECI.......................................................................................................... 4-18
METW........................................................................................................ 4-18
View SmBIOS Event Log.......................................................................... 4-18
4-5 IPMI (X9SRi-F, X9SRi-3F, X9SRE-F, X9SRE-3F Only)................................. 4-19
System Event Log.................................................................................. 4-19
When SEL Full.......................................................................................... 4-19
Log EFI Status Codes............................................................................... 4-19
BMC Network Configuration................................................................... 4-19
Update IPMI LAN Configuration................................................................ 4-20
Configuration Source................................................................................. 4-20
4-6 Boot Settings.................................................................................................. 4-21
Boot Options Priorities.............................................................................. 4-21
Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, etc......................................................... 4-21
Network Devices....................................................................................... 4-21
Delete Boot Option................................................................................. 4-21
4-8 Security Settings............................................................................................ 4-22
Administrator Password ........................................................................... 4-22
User Password:......................................................................................... 4-22
4-8 Save & Exit.................................................................................................... 4-23
Discard Changes and Exit ....................................................................... 4-23
Save Changes and Reset......................................................................... 4-23
Save Changes........................................................................................... 4-23
Discard Changes....................................................................................... 4-23
Restore Optimized Defaults...................................................................... 4-24
Save As User Defaults.............................................................................. 4-24
Restore User Defaults............................................................................... 4-24
Boot Override............................................................................................ 4-24
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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 Software Programs...........................................................................B-1
B-2 Configuring SuperDoctor 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
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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
• Six (6) SATA cables
• One (1) I/O shield
• One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities
• One (1) User's Manual
Note: For your system to work properly, please follow the links below to
download all necessary drivers/utilities and the user's manual for your
motherboard.
• SMCI product manuals: http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/

• Product Drivers and utilities: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/
Warning: For safety considerations, please refer to the complete list of
safety warnings posted on the Supermicro website at http://www.supermi-
cro.com/about/policies/safety_information.cfm.
If you have any questions, please contact our support team at support@supermicro.
com.
1-1
X9SRE Motherboard Series Image
Note: All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB
Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard
you've received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics
shown in this manual.
1-2
X9SRi Motherboard Series Image
Note: All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB
Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard
you've received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics
shown in this manual.
1-3
• See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front
JPI2C1 PWRI2C
5
KB/MOUSE JKBMS1 JPUSB1:USB Wake Up

1-2 Disable
2-3 ENable
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM3B
JPW2
JPW2
1
DIMM_C1
JVR6
JVR4
JVR3
JVR5
3
JTAG1
3
3 3 +
JPUSB1
1
1
SP1
1
USB0/1
24
1
JPW1
12
1 FAN1 4
P1-DIMM4A
P1-DIMM4B
1 FAN2 4
JL1
COM1
JD1
JCOM1
JWD1
7
OPEN 1st
VGA
1-3: PWR LED

4-7: SPEAKER
A
JVR1
C
JD1:
3
4 1
FAN4
FAN4
JVGA
1
JWD1:Watch Dog
3
1
2-3:NMI
1-2:RST
1
JPL1/2: LAN
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
1
JPL2 JPL1
CLOSE 1st
JVR2
3 1
19
20
Motherboard Layout
JF1
JF1
NMI
LAN1
X
PWR
LED
HDD
NIC
1
NIC
2
OH
FF
• Jumpers not indicated are for testing only.

PWR
FAIL
JLAN2
RST
PWR
ON
P1-DIMM2B
LAN2
Available on the X9SRE series only.
1-4
FAN3
" indicates the location of "Pin 1".

1 4
MH7
UID
UID_SW
UID_LED
T-SGPIO1
1
A
T-SGPIO2
Important Notes to the User

P1-DIMM2A 8
P1-DIMM1B
2
C
P1-DIMM1A 7
1
8
MAC CODE
2
PCIE6
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16 SAS CODE

JI2C1/JI2C2
I2C Bus for PCI slot
ON: ENABLE
OFF:DISABLE PCIE4
MAC CODE
I-SATA0
X_BT1
I-SATA1
CHASSIS
INTRUSION
SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (IN X16)
I-SATA2
panel connections.
U8 PCIE5
I-SATA3
I-SATA4
ON:RECOVER BIOS
OFF:NORMAL
MH5
Tested to Comply Compact
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
Flash
With FCC Standards Power
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPB: BMC
R625
ON:ME IN FORCE UPDATA MODE
Pin2:Ground
JWF1
JBT1
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
JCF1
1
JPBIOS_RCV1
1
JRK1
PCIX3
3
3
JCF1:Compact Flash
ON: MASTER I-Button Header 1
I-SATA5
OFF:NORMAL
OFF: SLAVE
3
JPME_RCV1
SLOT3 PCI-X 133/100MHZ
X9SRi
SAS7
JPG1: VGA
1-2 Enable
1
2-3 Disable
REV:1.01
JPG1
DESIGNED IN USA
SAS6
PCIX2 SLOT2 PCI-X 133/100MHZ
Connect to IPMI
SAS5
JOH1
JI2C2
JIPMB1
JI2C1
• "
1
JSTBY : Wake on Lan
DP3
SAS4
MH1
JSTBY
USB4/5 USB6/7 USB8/9 SAS1/SAS3
3
JUSB45 JUSB67
FANA
SAS0/SAS2
JUSB2
6 4 1 4
USB2
1
JUSB89 3-SGPIO1 3-SGPIO2
10
10
9
1
2
+
7
19
1
2
7
1
JCOM2
20
COM2 JTPM1
5
1
2
JPB1 TPM/PORT80
7
7
1
1
8
2
8
X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Quick Reference

JLAN1 JVGA JCOM1 JKBMS1
JSTBY1 UID LED
JLAN2 JLAN_USB12
DP3 JI2C1 JI2C2
JPG1
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
FAN4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
JPL2 JPL1 2-3 Disable
1
UID SW
6
JCOM2 JPUSB1
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
JSTBY : Wake on Lan 1-2 Enable
2-3 Disable
JPB1
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPL2 JPL1
JPB1
JIPMB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
JTPM1
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
JUSB4/5
USB4/5
JUSB45
2
JOH1
JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
JUSB6/7
JUSB67
1
2
JUSB8/9
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
3-SGPIO1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
3-SGPIO2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
JPBIOS1
ON:RECOVER BIOS
JPBIOS_RCV1 OFF:NORMAL
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
JUSB2 JPME1
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
JSD1
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
JPW1
24
SCU6
4
12
SCU1
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
JBT1
3
SCU4
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
SCU0 T-SGPIO2 T-SGPIO1 JPW2

1
JBT1 JD1:
DP2
JWD1:Watch Dog 1-3: PWR LED
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
SCU3
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
3
JPI2C1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
SCU2
3
1
SAS5 SAS6 SAS7 I-SATA3 I-SATA2 1 2
I-SATA5
2 3
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
FAN A
I-SATA4
1
1
1
JF1
SAS4
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
FAN3 JL1
19
1
4
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
I-SATA 2.0 I-SATA 3.0

SCU5 5 4 3 2 1 0 FAN3 JTAG1 JD1 FAN2
SCU7 JF1 JWD1 JL1 FAN1
X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Jumpers

Jumper Description Default
JPB1 BMC Enable (for "F" models only) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JWD1 Watch Dog Reset Pins 1-2 (Reset)
JPUSB1 USB Power Select Pins 1-2 (Dual Power)
JPG1 Onboard VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JSTBY1 Wake on LAN Enable Pins 1-3 (Enabled)
JI2C1/JI2C2 SMB to PCI-E Slots On (Enabled)
JPL1/JPL2 LAN1/LAN2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPBIOS1 BIOS Recovery Pins 1-2 (Normal)
JPME1 Intel ME Mode Select Pins 1-2 (Normal)
JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2
X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series LED Indicators

LED Description Color/State Status
DP3 IPMI Heartbeat Green/Blinking BMC/IPMI Normal
UID LED UID (Unit ID) LED Blue: Solid On UID: On
DP2 Power On LED Green: Solid On System is On
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X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Headers/Connectors

Connector Description
JCOM1, JCOM2 COM1 Backpanel Serial Port, COM2 Serial Port Header
JIPMB1 System Management Bus Header for the IPMI Slot
JTPM1 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Header
JUSB 4/5, 6/7, 8/9 Front Accessible USB Connections (via 3 Headers)
JOH1 Overheat LED/Fan Fail
3-SGPIO1, 3-SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose I/O Headers for SAS
JUSB2 Internal Type A USB port
SCU0~7 Internal Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) ports
FAN A, FAN 1~4 Internal Fan headers
I-SATA 0/1 SATA 3.0 ports (6Gb/s)
I-SATA 2~5 SATA 2.0 ports (3Gb/s)
T-SGPIO1, T-SGPIO2 Serial Link General Purpose I/O 1/2 Headers (5V Gen1/Gen 2)
JF1 Front Panel Control Header
JD1 Power LED / Speaker Header (Pins 4~7: External Speaker)
JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header
JPI2C1 Power Supply SMBus I2C Header
JPW2 8-pin Secondary Power Connector
JPW1 24-pin Main ATX Power Connector
JKBMS1 Backpanel Keyboard and Mouse Port
JLAN_USB12 IPMI LAN Port ("F" models only) / Backpanel USB 2.0 Port
JVGA Backpanel VGA Port
JLAN1, JLAN2 Backpanel Gbit LAN Ports 1, 2
UID_SW Unit ID Switch
JSD1 Disk On Module (DOM) Power
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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, 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
RDIMM/LRDIMM 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
Chipset Intel® C606 or C602
Expansion Slots X9SRE Series Only (optimized for 3U/4U chassis)
Three (3) PCI-X 64-bit Slots
One (1) PCI-Express 3.0 x16 Slot
One (1) PCI-Express 3.0 x8 in x16 Slot
X9SRi Series Only (optimized for 1U/2U chassis)
One (1) PCI-Express 3.0 x16 Slot
Integrated Graphics Matrox® G200eW (on BMC controller)
Network Connections Two (2) Intel Powervill Gbit LAN Ports
I/O Devices SAS/SATA Connections
SAS Ports Eight (8)
3 Gb/s
(on "3F" models only) RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 (option)
SATA 3.0 Ports Two (2)
6 Gb/s RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
SATA 2.0 Ports Four (4)
3 Gb/s
Integrated IPMI 2.0 (X9SRi-F, X9SRi-3F, X9SRE-F, and
X9SRE-3F Only)
IPMI 2.0 supported by the WPCM450 Server BMC
USB Devices
Two (2) USB ports on the rear I/O panel
Six (6) USB headers for front access
One (1) Type A internal connectors
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Keyboard/Mouse
One (1) PS/2 KB/Mouse combo port on the I/O backpanel
Serial (COM) Ports
Two (2) Fast UART 16550 connections: one 9-pin RS-232
port (Backpanel COM1 port) and one header (COM2)
Super I/O
Winbond Super I/O NCT6776F
BIOS 64 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 Configuration 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 Monitoring
Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core, +3.3V, VDIMM,
CPU VTT, +5V, +3.3V Stdby, VBAT
CPU 6-phase switching voltage regulator
CPU/System overheat LED and control
CPU Thermal Trip support
CPU & Chassis Environment
Fan Control
Fan status monitoring with firmware 4-pin (Pulse Width
Modulation) fan speed control
Low noise fan speed control
System Management PECI (Platform Environment Configuration Interface) 2.0
support
System resource alert via Supero Doctor III
SuperDoctor® III, Watch Dog, NMI
Chassis Intrusion header and detection
CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility
Drivers and software for Intel® C204 chipset utilities
Other ROHS 6/6 (Full Compliance, Lead Free)
Dimensions ATX form factor (12" x 9.6")
Note: For IPMI Configuration Instructions, please refer to the Embedded

IPMI Configuration User's Guide available @ http://www.supermicro.com/
support/manuals/.
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X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Features Comparison

Model SAS SATA IPMI 1Gb PCI-X PCI-E PCI-E PCI-E
(2.0/3.0) LAN Slots x16 x8 on x16 x4 on x16
X9SRi-3F 8 (3Gb/s) 4/2 Yes 2 1 1 1
X9SRE-3F 8 (3Gb/s) 4/2 Yes 2 3 1 1 1
X9SRi-F No 4/2 Yes 2 1 1 1
X9SRE-F No 4/2 Yes 2 3 1 1 1
X9SRi No 4/2 No 2 1 1 1
X9SRE No 4/2 No 2 3 1 1 1
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X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Block Diagram
#0-8 #0-4
#0-7 VR12 #0-3
#0-6 6 PHASE #0-2
#0-5 #0-1
Intel® E5-1600/E52600 Series
Processor
800/1066/1333
800/1066/1333
8 SNB CORE
DDRIII
DDRIII
DDR-III
MAX 130W
#2 #3C/D #3A/B #1B #1A DMI2
SLOT 6
PCI-E X16
PCI-E X16 G3
PCI-E X8 G3
PCI-E X4 G3
DMI2 4GB/s
SLOT 4
PCI-E X16
RJ45 LAN#1/2 PCI-E X8 G3
i350/x540
RJ45
#5
#4
#3
#2
SLOT 5 3.0 Gb/S
SATA
PCI-E X4 G2
PCI-E X16
#1/2/3/4
#1
#0
SLOT 1/2/3 PCH 6.0 Gb/S
SATA
PCI-X PXH PCI-E X4
PCI-X
#5/6/7/8
#5
#4
#7 #2 #9
#6 #1 #8
#5 #0 #7
#4 USB 2.0 #6
USB
#3
#2
#1
#0
3.0 Gb/S
PCI
SAS
LPC
SPI #12
#13
DEBUG PORT
BIOS
SIO TPM BMC DDR2
NCT6776F HEADER WPCM450
FRONT PANEL
RMII
VGA PHY
SYSTEM POWER
RJ45
COM1 PS/2 COM2
FAN SPEED Rear KB/MS Header
CTRL
Rev. 1.2
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 specifications of each motherboard.
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1-2 Chipset Overview

The Intel® C600 series is a single chip solution that is designed for dedicated
servers and workstations. It supports high-speed SAS, SATA and advanced
requirements for Intel Xeon platforms.
Intel C600 Chipset Series Features

• Direct Media Interface (up 20 Gb/s each direction, 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)
• PCI Express 3.0 Interface (up to 8.0 GT/s)
• Eight SAS ports (up to 3 Gb/s)
• 4 SATA 2.0 ports, 2 SATA 3.0 ports (up to 6 Gb/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,
12V Scale, DIMM, 1.5V, 3.3V Vcc(V), Vcc5V, CPU VTT, 3.3VSB, and Battery Volt-
age. 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 define 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-defined
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.
Note: To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to provide
adequate airflow to your system.
System Resource Alert

This feature is available when the system is used with Supero Doctor III in
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the Windows OS 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 configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system
temperature, CPU temperatures, voltages and fan speeds go beyond predefined
thresholds.
1-5 ACPI Features

ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. The ACPI specifica-
tion defines a flexible 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 configuration 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 specifications 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
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8-pin (JPW2) power connectors on the motherboard. Failure in doing so will

void the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard.
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 Specification 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
filter 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 Configuration
and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage-
ment through an SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management
to reduce power consumption.
1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton WPCM450 Controller

The Nuvoton WPCM450R Controller is a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
that supports 2D/VGA-compatible Graphics cores, Virtual Media, and Keyboard/
Video/Mouse Redirection (KVMR) modules. With blade-oriented Super I/O capabil-
ity built in, the WPCM450R Controller is ideal for legacy-reduced server platforms.
The WPCM450R interfaces with a host system via PCI interface to communicate
with the Graphics core. It supports USB 2.0 and 1.1 for remote keyboard/mouse/
virtual media emulation. It also provides LPC interface to control Super IO functions.
The WPCM450R is connected to the network via an external Ethernet PHY module.
The WPCM450R communicates with onboard components via six SMBus inter-
faces, fan control, and Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) buses.
Note: For more information on IPMI configuration, please refer to the
Embedded IPMI User's Guide posted on our Website @ http://www.su-
permicro.com/support/manuals/.
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Chapter 2: Installation
Chapter 2
Installation
2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electrostatic-Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To avoid dam-
aging your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following
measures are generally sufficient 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.
2-1
2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Warning: When handling the processor package, avoid placing direct
pressure on the label area.
Important:
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-certified
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.
Opening the LGA2011 Socket

1. There are two load levers on the LGA2011 socket. To open the socket cover,
first press and release the load lever labeled 'Open 1st'.
WA
R NI
WA NG
R NI !
NG
!
2
OP
EN
1st
OP
EN
1
1st
Press down on Load

Lever 'Open 1st'
2-2
2. Press the second load lever labeled 'Close 1st' to release the load plate
which covers the CPU socket from its locking position.
Press down on Load

1 Lever 'Close 1st'
2
Pull lever away from
the socket
WA
R NI
NG
!
WA
R NI
NG
!
OP
EN
1st
OP
EN
1st
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.
1
Gently push down to pop
the load plate open
WA
R NI
NG
!
2
OP
EN
1st
WA
R NI
NG
!
2-3
Installing the LGA2011 Processor
WA
RNIN
G!
1. With the LGA 2011 socket open, remove the 'WARNING' plastic cap using
your fingers.
Socket Keys
CPU Keys
2. Use your thumb and index finger to hold the CPU on its edges. Align the CPU
keys (semi-circle cutouts) against the socket 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.
2-4
3. Once it is aligned, carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket. (Do
not drop the CPU on the socket. Do not move the CPU horizontally or verti-
cally.
4. Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to
avoid damaging the CPU or the socket.)
5. With the CPU inside the socket, inspect the four corners of the CPU to make
sure that the CPU is properly installed.
6. To close and lock the socket, close the load plate with the CPU. Lock the
'Close 1st' lever first, then lock the 'Open 1st' lever second. Use your thumb
to gently push the load levers down to the lever locks.
Push down and lock
Gently close
'Close 1st' lever
2
the load plate
OP
EN
1st
Lever Lock Push down and lock

'Open 1st' lever
3 4
OP OP
EN EN
1st 1st
Lever Lock
2-5
Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink

1. Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die -- the re-
quired amount has already been applied.
2. Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are
aligned with those on the Motherboard's and the Heatsink Bracket under-
neath.
3. Screw in two diagonal screws (i.e., the #1 and the #2 screws) until just snug
(-do not over-tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU.)
4. Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws.
Screw#1
Screw#2
Motherboard
OP
EN
1s
t
Mounting Holes
2-6
Removing the Heatsink

Warning: We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed.
However, if you do need to uninstall the heatsink, please follow the instruc-
tions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU
or the CPU socket.
1. Unscrew the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as shown
in the illustration below.
2. Gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU. (Do not use excessive
force when wriggling the heatsink!!)
3. Once the heatsink is loosened, remove the heatsink from the CPU socket.
4. Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink, removing the used thermal
grease. Re-apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before
re-installing the CPU and the heatsink.
Loosen screws in
sequence as shown.
Screw#4
Screw#1
Screw#2
Motherboard
Screw#3
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2-3 Installing DDR3 Memory

Note: Check the Supermicro website for recommended memory modules.
CAUTION
Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM
modules to prevent any possible damage.
DIMM Installation C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
JSTBY
1. Insert the desired number of DIMMs
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1
1-2 Disable
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
3
into the memory slots, starting with
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19

With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
DIMMA1 (see the next page for the
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2
location). For best performance, SLOT1 PCI-X 133/100MHZ

JOH1

7
10
+ 1
2 USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
please use the memory modules

USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
of the same type and speed in the

3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
same bank.
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
X
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
1
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
3
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
3
1
I-SATA5
2 3
2. Push the release tabs outwards

1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
1
JF1
SAS4
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
on both ends of the DIMM slot to

unlock it.
3. Align the key of the DIMM mod-
ule with the receptive point on the
memory slot.
4. Align the notches on both ends of
the module against the receptive
points on the ends of the slot. Notches
5. Use two thumbs together to press

the notches on both ends of the
module straight down into the slot
until the module snaps into place.
6. Press the release tabs to the lock

Release Tabs
positions to secure the DIMM module
into the slot.
Press both notches
straight down into
the memory slot.
Removing Memory Modules
Reverse the steps above to remove the
DIMM modules from the motherboard.
2-8
Memory Support
T h e X9 S R i / X9 S R E m o t h e r b o a r d s e r i e s s u p p o r t s u p t o 2 5 6 G B o f
1600/1066/1333/1600 MHz ECC/Non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs in eight (8) memory
slots (UDIMM/RDIMM). Populating these DIMM modules with a pair of memory
modules of the same type and same size will result in interleaved memory, which
will improve memory performance. Please refer to the table below:
Edge of the motherboard
DIMMC1 (Blue Slot)

DIMMC2
DIMMD1 (Blue Slot)

DIMMD2
CLOSE 1st
OPEN 1st
DIMMB2
DIMMB1 (Blue Slot)
DIMMA2
DIMMA1 (Blue Slot)
JPI2C1 PWRI2C
5

1-2 Disable
2-3 ENable
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM3B
JPW2
JPW2
1
DIMM_C1
JVR6
JVR4
JVR3
JVR5
3
JTAG1
3
3 3 +
JPUSB1
1
1
SP1
1
USB0/1
24
1
JPW1
12
1 FAN1 4
P1-DIMM4A
P1-DIMM4B
1 FAN2 4
JL1
COM1
JD1
JCOM1
JWD1
7
OPEN 1st
VGA
1-3: PWR LED
4-7: SPEAKER
A
JVR1
C
JD1:
3
4 1
FAN4
FAN4
JVGA
1
JWD1:Watch Dog
3
1
2-3:NMI
1-2:RST
1
JPL1/2: LAN
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
1
JPL2 JPL1
CLOSE 1st
JVR2
3 1
19
20
JF1
JF1
NMI
LAN1
X
PWR
LED
HDD
NIC
1
NIC
2
OH
FF
PWR
FAIL
JLAN2
RST
PWR
ON
P1-DIMM2B
LAN2
1
FAN3
1 4
MH7
UID
UID_SW
UID_LED
T-SGPIO1
A
T-SGPIO2
7
P1-DIMM2A 8
P1-DIMM1B
2
C
P1-DIMM1A 7
1
MAC CODE
2
PCIE6

JI2C1/JI2C2
ON: ENABLE
OFF:DISABLE PCIE4
MAC CODE
I-SATA0
X_BT1
I-SATA1
CHASSIS
INTRUSION

I-SATA2
U8 PCIE5
I-SATA3
I-SATA4
ON:RECOVER BIOS

OFF:NORMAL
MH5

1
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
Flash
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPB: BMC
R625
Pin2:Ground
JWF1
JBT1

JCF1
1
JPBIOS_RCV1
1
JRK1
PCIX3
3
3
JCF1:Compact Flash
I-SATA5
OFF:NORMAL
3
OFF: SLAVE
JPME_RCV1

X9SRi
SAS7
JPG1: VGA
1-2 Enable
1
2-3 Disable
REV:1.01
JPG1
DESIGNED IN USA
SAS6
Connect to IPMI
SAS5
JOH1
JI2C2
JIPMB1
JI2C1
1
JSTBY : Wake on Lan

DP3
SAS4
MH1
JSTBY
3
JUSB45 JUSB67
FANA
SAS0/SAS2
JUSB2
6 4 1 4
USB2
1

10
10
9
1
+
7
19
1
2
7
1
JCOM2
20
COM2 JTPM1
5
1
JPB1 TPM/PORT80
7
7
7
1
1
8
2
2-9
Memory Population Guidelines

When installing memory modules, the DIMM slots should be populated in the follow-
ing order: DIMMA1, DIMMB1, DIMMC1, DIMMD1 then DIMMA2, DIMMB2, DIMMC2,
DIMMD2.
• Always use DDR3 DIMM modules of the same size, type and speed.
• Mixed DIMM speeds can be installed. However, all DIMMs will run at the speed
of the slowest DIMM.
• The motherboard will support 1 ,3 ,5 ,or 7 modules. However, for best memory
performance, install DIMM modules in pairs (2, 4, 6, 8, as below).
Recommended Population (Balanced)

DIMMA1 DIMMB1 DIMMC1 DIMMD1 DIMMA2 DIMMB2 DIMMC2 DIMMD2 Total
System
Memory
2GB 2GB 4GB
2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8GB
2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB
2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 16GB
4GB 4GB 8GB
4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 16GB
8GB 8GB 16GB
16GB 16GB 32GB
32GB 32GB 64GB
Note: Up to 256GB of memory are supported using ECC QR (Quad

Rank or 4-Rank) registered DIMM technology at 1600/1333/1066/800
MHz. Up to 64GB of memory are supported using non-ECC
UDIMMs.
2-10
2-4 Motherboard Installation

All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis.
Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and
chassis match. Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fas-
teners, metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard
to the chassis. Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly.
Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray.
Tools Needed
Philips Screwdriver Philips Screws Standoffs
Location of Mounting Holes
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
Caution: 1) To prevent damage to the motherboard and its components,

please do not use a force greater than 8 lb/inch on each mounting screw
during motherboard installation. 2) Some components are very close to the
mounting holes. Please take precautionary measures to avoid damaging
these components when installing the motherboard to the chassis.
2-11
Installing the Motherboard

1. Install the I/O shield into the chassis.
2. Locate the mounting holes on the motherboard.
3. Locate the matching mounting holes on the chassis. Align the mounting holes
on the motherboard against the mounting holes on the chassis.
4. Install standoffs in the chassis as needed.
5. Install the motherboard into the chassis carefully to avoid damaging mother-
board components.
6. Using the Philips screwdriver, insert a Pan head #6 screw into a mounting
hole on the motherboard and its matching mounting hole on the chassis.
7. Repeat Step 5 to insert #6 screws into all mounting holes.
8. Make sure that the motherboard is securely placed in the chassis.
Note: Images displayed are is for illustration only. Your chassis or compo-
nents might look different from those shown in this manual.
2-12
2-5 Connectors/IO Ports

The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification. See the
figure below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports.
Motherboard I/O Backpanel
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2 5
1 4 6 7 8 9
3

1. Keyboard (Purple) 7. VGA
2. PS/2 Mouse (Green) 8. LAN1
3. USB Port 0 9. LAN2
4. USB Port 1
5. IPMI LAN (X9SRi-3F/X9SRE-3F only)
6. COM1
2-13
ATX PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Pin

Ports Definitions
PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse

The ATX PS/2 keyboard and
Pin# Definition Pin# Definition
PS/2 mouse are located next to
1 KBDAT_R 7 MSDAT_R
the Back Panel USB Ports 0/1 on
2 No Connection 8 No Connection
the motherboard. See the table at
3 Ground 9 Ground
right for pin definitions.
4 P5V_DUAL 10 P5V_DUAL
5 KBCLK_R 11 MSCLK_R
6 No Connection 12 No Connection
13 Ground 17 Ground
14 Ground
15 Ground
16 Ground
1. Keyboard (Purple)
Mouse
2. Mouse (Green)
Keyboard
2-14
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Back Panel USB Ports

Pin Definitions
Two Universal Serial Bus ports (USB
0/1) are located on the I/O back panel.
1 +5V 5 +5V
In addition, six USB headers (USB
2 USB_PN0 6 USB_PN1
4/5, USB 6/7, USB 8/9) are used to
3 USB_PP0 7 USB_PP1
provide front chassis access. There
4 Ground 8 Ground
is also one Type A internal USB port
located on USB 2. (USB Cables are Front Panel USB Headers
Pin Definitions
not included). See the tables on the
1 +5V 6 USB_PP5
2 +5V 7 Ground
1. Backpanel USB 0
3 USB_PN4 8 Ground
2. Backpanel USB 1
4 USB_PN5 9 Key
3. Front Panel USB 4/5
5 USB_PP4 10 No Connection
6. Type A USB 2
2
1
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
3
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16
PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
4
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
5
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
6
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-15
Ethernet Ports LAN Ports

Pin Definition
Two Ethernet ports (LAN1/LAN2) are
located next to the VGA port on the
1 TRCT2 13 IETCT
I/O Backpanel. In addition, an IPMI
2 TRD2+ 14 IET+
Dedicated LAN port is also located
3 TRD2- 15 IET-
above USB 0/1 to provide a dedicated
4 TRD3+
network connection for IPMI 2.0 on
5 TRD3- 17 L1-COMMON
the X9SRi-3F and X9SRE-3F moth-
6 TRCT3 18 L1-GRE-
erboard.
7 TRCT1 19 L2-YEL
8 TRD1+ 20 L2-COMMON
9 TRD1- 21 L2-GRE-
10 TRD4+ 22 CG1
11 TRD4- 23 CG2
12 TRCT4 24
(NC: No Connection)
1. LAN1
2. LAN2
3.IPMI Dedicated LAN
1 2
2-16
Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions

(COM1/COM2)
A COM Port (COM1) is located on
Pin # Definition Pin # Definition
the I/O backpanel, and another Serial
1 DCD 6 DSR
header (COM2) is located towards
2 RXD 7 RTS
the rear of Slot 1 to provide front se-
3 TXD 8 CTS
rial access. See the table on the right
4 DTR 9 RI
for pin definitions.
5 Ground 10 Ground
1. COM1
2. COM2
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
2
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-17
Video Port VGA Pin

Definitions
A Video (VGA) port is located next to
the COM Port on the I/O backpanel.
1 Red 10 Ground
This port is used to provide a connec-
2 Green 11 NC
tion for video and graphics display.
3 Blue 12 MS1: SDA (DDC Data)
Refer to the board layout below for
the location. 4 NC 13 HSYNC
5 Ground 14 VSYSNC
6 Ground 15 MS3: SCL (DDC CLK)
7 Ground 16 Case
8 Ground 17 Case
9 5V
NC= No Connection
1. VGA
2-18
Front Control Panel

JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo-
cated on a control panel at the front of the chassis. These connectors are designed
specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis. See the figure below for the
descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators. Refer to the
following section for descriptions and pin definitions.
20 19
Ground NMI
X X
Pin 20 Pin 19
Power LED Vcc
HDD LED Vcc/UID Switch
NIC1 LED Vcc
NIC2 LED Vcc
OH/Fan Fail LED Vcc/Blue UID LED

Pin 2 Pin 1
Power Fail LED Vcc
Ground #3~4 Reset Button
Ground #1~2 Power Button

2 1
JF1 Header Pins

C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-19
Front Control Panel Pin Definitions
Power LED
Power LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
The Power LED connection is located Pin# Definition
on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. Refer to the 15 +3.3V
table on the right for pin definitions. 16 Ground
HDD LED
HDD LED
The HDD LED connection is located Pin Definitions (JF1)
on pins 13 and 14 of JF1. Attach a Pin# Definition
cable here to indicate the status of 13 +3.3V
HDD-related activities, including IDE, 14 HD Active
SATA activities. See the table on the
PWR Fail LED

Power Fail LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
The Power Fail LED connection is Pin# Definition
located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1. Refer 5 Vcc
to the table on the right for pin defini- 6 Ground
tions.
A. PWR LED
B. HDD LED
C. PWR Fail LED
20 19
Ground NMI
X X
A Power LED Vcc
B HDD LED Vcc/UID Switch
NIC1 LED Vcc
NIC2 LED Vcc
C Power Fail LED Vcc

2 1
2-20
NIC1/NIC2 (LAN1/LAN2) LAN1/LAN2 LED

Pin Definitions (JF1)
The NIC (Network Interface Controller)
Pin# Definition
LED connection for LAN port 1 is located
9/11 Vcc
on pins 11 and 12 of JF1, and the LED
10/12 LAN Active
connection for LAN Port 2 is on Pins 9
and 10. NIC1 LED and NIC2 LED are
2-pin NIC LED headers. Attach NIC LED
cables to NIC1 and NIC2 LED indicators
to display network activities. Refer to the OH/Fan Fail LED
table on the right for pin definitions. Pin Definitions (JF1)
Pin# Definition
Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail / UID LED 7 Vcc/Blue UID LED
Connect an LED cable to the OH/Fan 8 OH/Fan Fail LED
Fail connections on pins 7 and 8 of JF1

OH/Fan Fail Indicator
to display signals or to provide advanced Status
warnings for chassis overheat/fan failure. State Definition
Refer to the table on the right for pin defi Off Normal
nitions. The UID LED is used togther with On Overheat
the UID Switch (see 2-32). Flash- Fan Fail
ing
20 19 A. NIC1 LED
Ground NMI B. NIC2 LED
C. OH/Fan Fail / UID LED
X X
Power LED Vcc
A NIC1 LED Vcc
B NIC2 LED Vcc
C OH/Fan Fail LED Vcc/Blue UID LED
Power Fail LED Vcc

2 1
2-21
NMI Button NMI Button

Pin Definitions (JF1)
The non-maskable interrupt button
Pin# Definition
header is located on pins 19 and 20
19 Control
of JF1. Refer to the table on the right
20 Ground
for pin definitions.
Reset Button
The Reset Button connection is located Reset Button
on pins 3 and 4 of JF1. Attach it to a Pin Definitions (JF1)
hardware reset switch on the computer Pin# Definition
case to reset the system. Refer to the 3 Reset
table on the right for pin definitions. 4 Ground
Power Button
Power Button
The Power Button connection is located Pin Definitions (JF1)
on pins1 and 2 of JF1. Momentarily con- Pin# Definition
tacting both pins will power on/off the sys-
1 Signal
tem. This button can also be configured
2 Ground
to function as a suspend button (with a
setting in the BIOS - see Chapter 4). To
turn off the power in the suspend mode,
press the button for at least 4 seconds.
A. NMI Button
Refer to the table on the right for pin
B. Reset Button
definitions.
C. PWR Button
20 19
Ground NMI A
X X
Power LED Vcc
NIC1 LED Vcc
NIC2 LED Vcc
Power Fail LED Vcc
Ground #3~4 Reset Button B
Ground #1~2 Power Button C

2 1
2-22
2-6 Connecting Cables & Optional Devices

This section provides brief descriptions and pin-out definitions for onboard headers
and connectors. Be sure to use the correct cable for each header or connector.
ATX Power 24-pin Connector

ATX Main PWR (JPW1) & CPU PWR Pin Definitions (JPW1)
Connectors (JPW2) Pin# Definition Pin # Definition
The 24 - pin main power connector 13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V
(JPW1) is used to provide power to 14 -12V 2 +3.3V
the motherboard. The 8-pin CPU PWR 15 Ground 3 Ground
connector (JPW2) is also required for 16 PS_ON 4 +5V
the processor. These power connectors 17 Ground 5 Ground
meet the SSI EPS 12V specification. See 18 Ground 6 +5V
the table on the right for pin definitions. 19 Ground 7 Ground
20 -5V 8 PWR_OK
A B
21 +5V 9 5VSB
22 +5V 10 +12V
23 +5V 11 +12V
24 Ground 12 +3.3V
12V 8-pin Power Connec-

tor Pin Definitions
24-Pin Main PWR 8-Pin Processor PWR
Pins Definition
1 through 4 Ground
A. 24-Pin ATX Main PWR
5 through 8 +12V
B. 8-Pin Processor PWR
(Required)
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1
1-2 Disable
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2
A
OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
B
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-23
Fan Headers (FAN1~4, FANA) Fan Header

Pin Definitions
The X9SRi/X9SRE series has five fan headers
Pin# Definition
(Fan 1~Fan 4 and Fan A). These fans are 4-pin
1 Ground (Black)
fan headers. Pins 1-3 of these fan headers are
2 +12V (Red)
backward compatible with the traditional 3-pin
3 Tachometer
fans. However, the fan speed control setting
4 PWM_Control
in the BIOS Hardware Monitoring section will
only work with 4-pin fans. This allows the BIOS Fan Usage
to automatically set fan speeds based on the
system temperature. Refer to the table on the FAN# Use for
right for pin definitions and fan usage. 1~4 System/CPU
A I/O Cards
Note: We recommend that 4-pin fans
are used on the motherboard.
Chassis Intrusion (JL1)

Chassis Intrusion
A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on Pin Definitions (JL1)
the motherboard. Attach the appropriate cable Pin# Definition
from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intru- 1 Intrusion Input
sion when the chassis is opened. 2 Ground
A. Fan 1
D B. Fan 2
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
C. Fan 3
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
D. Fan 4
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
E. Fan A
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
F. Chassis Intrusion
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
B
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
A
E C F
2-24
Speaker (JD1) Speaker Connector

Pin Definitions
On the JD1 header, Pins 6~7 are used for
Pin Setting Definition
the internal speaker. Close Pins 6~7 with a
Pins 6~7 Internal Speaker
jumper or cap to use the onboard speaker.
Pins 1~3 PWR LED
If you wish to use an external speaker, at-
Pins 4~7 External Speaker
tach the external speaker's cable to Pins
1~4. See the table on the right for pin
Internal Buzzer
definitions. Pin Definition
Pin# Definitions
Internal Buzzer (SP1)
Pin 1 Pos. (+) Beep In
The Internal Buzzer (SP1) can be used Pin 2 Neg. (-) Alarm
to provide audible indications for various Speaker
beep codes. See the table on the right for

Wake-On-LAN
pin definitions. Pin Definitions
Pin# Definition
Wake-On-LAN (JSTBY1)
1 +5V Standby
The Wake-On-LAN header is located at 2 Ground
JSTBY1 on the motherboard. See the
3 Wake-up
table on the right for pin definitions. (You
must also have a LAN card with a Wake-
A. Internal Buzzer
On-LAN connector and cable to use this
B. Speaker Header
feature.)
C. Wake On LAN
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
C
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
A B
2-25
Power Supply I2C (JPI2C1) PWR Supply I2C

Pin Definitions
The Power Supply I2C Connector,
Pin# Definition
located at JPI2C, monitors the status
1 Clock
of the power supply, fan and system
2 Data
temperature. See the table on the right
for pin definitions. 3 PWR Fail
4 Ground
DOM PWR Connector (JSD1) 5 3.3V
The Disk-On-Module (DOM) power

DOM PWR
connector, located at JSD1, provides Pin Definitions
5V (Gen1/Gen) power to a solid_state Pin# Definition
DOM storage device connected to one 1 5V
of the SATA ports. See the table on the 2 Ground
3 Ground/NC*
A. Power Supply I2C

B. DOM Power
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
1-3: PWR LED
B
JWD1:Watch Dog 4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
A
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-26
T-SGPIO 1/2 & 3-SGPIO 1/2 Headers Serial_Link-SGPIO

Pin Definitions
Two T-SGPIO (Serial-Link General Pur-
Pin# Definition Pin Definition
pose Input/Output) headers are located
1 NC 2 NC
next to the I-SATA Ports on the mother-
3 Ground 4 DATA Out
board. Additionally, two 3-SGPIO ports
(for SAS) are also located next to JUSB 5 Load 6 Ground
8/9 . These headers are used to com- 7 Clock 8 NC
municate with the enclosure manage- NC: No Connections

ment chip in the system. See the table
on the right for pin definitions. Refer to
the board layout below for the locations Trusted Platform Module Header
Pin Definitions
of the headers.
Pin # Definition Pin # Definition
1 LCLK 2 GND
TPM Header (JTPM1)
3 LFRAME 4 No Pin
This header is used to connect a
5 LRESET 6 VCC5
Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which
7 LAD3 8 LAD2
is available from a third-party vendor.
9 VCC3 10 LAD1
A TPM is a security device that sup-
11 LAD0 12 GND
ports encryption and authentication
13 SMBCLK 14 SMBDAT
in hard drives. It enables the moth-
15 SB3V 16 SERIRQ
erboard to deny access if the TPM
17 GND 18 CLKRUN
associated with the hard drive is not
19 LPCPD 20 LDRQ1
installed in the system. See the table
on the right for pin definitions.
A. T-SGPIO 1
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
B. T-SGPIO 2
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
C. 3-SGPIO 1
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
D. 3-SGPIO 2
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
E. TPM Header
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
E
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
OPEN 1st
C
10
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
D
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
A
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
B
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-27
Unit ID Switch (UID SW) UID Switch
The rear UID switch, the rear UID LED and

Pin# Definition
front UID LED on JF1 are designed to work
1 Button In
together. When the user pushes the rear
2 Ground
UID switch, the blue backpanel UID LED
3 Ground
and front UID LED will turn on. Push the
4 Ground
rear UID switch again to turn off UID LED
and the front UID LED. This provides easy
identification of a system unit that may be Overheat LED
Pin Definitions
in need of service.
Pin# Definition
1 P3V3
Overheat/Fan Fail LED (JOH1) 2 OH Active
The JOH1 header is used to connect an

LED to provide warnings of chassis over- OH/Fan Fail LED
Pin Definitions
heat. This LED will also blink to indicate a
State Message
fan failure. Refer to the table on right for
Solid Overheat
pin definitions.
Blinking Fan Fail
A. UID Switch
B. Overheat/Fan Fail LED

A
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
B
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-28
A. System Management Bus
JPI2C1 PWRI2C
5
1-2 Disable
2-3 ENable
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM3B
JPW2
JPW2
1
DIMM_C1
JVR6
JVR4
JVR3
JVR5
3
JTAG1
System Management
3 3 +
No Connection
3
JPUSB1
1
1
SP1
1
USB0/1
24
Definition
Ground
1
JPW1
12
1 FAN1 4
Bus
Clock
P1-DIMM4A
P1-DIMM4B
Data
1 FAN2 4
JL1
COM1
JD1
JCOM1
JWD1
7
Pin#
OPEN 1st
VGA
1-3: PWR LED

4-7: SPEAKER
A
JVR1
C
JD1:
3
4 1
1
FAN4
FAN4
JVGA
1
JWD1:Watch Dog
3
1
2-3:NMI
1-2:RST
1
JPL1/2: LAN
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
1
JPL2 JPL1
CLOSE 1st
JVR2
3 1
19
20
JF1
JF1
NMI
LAN1
X
PWR
LED
HDD
NIC
1
NIC
2
OH
FF
PWR
FAIL
JLAN2 RST
PWR
ON
P1-DIMM2B
LAN2
1
A System Management Bus header for the
IPMI slot is located at IPMB. Connect the
appropriate cable here to use the IPMB I2C
2-29
FAN3
1 4
System Management Bus (JIPMB1)
MH7
UID
UID_SW
UID_LED
T-SGPIO1
1
A
T-SGPIO2
7
P1-DIMM2A 8
P1-DIMM1B
2
C
2
P1-DIMM1A 7
1
8
MAC CODE
2
PCIE6
JI2C1/JI2C2
ON: ENABLE
OFF:DISABLE PCIE4
MAC CODE
I-SATA0
X_BT1
I-SATA1
CHASSIS
INTRUSION
connection on your system.
I-SATA2
U8 PCIE5
I-SATA3
I-SATA4
ON:RECOVER BIOS
OFF:NORMAL
MH5
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
Flash
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPB: BMC
R625
Pin2:Ground
JWF1
JBT1
JCF1
1
JPBIOS_RCV1
1
JRK1
PCIX3
3
3
JCF1:Compact Flash
I-SATA5
OFF:NORMAL
OFF: SLAVE
3
JPME_RCV1
X9SRi
SAS7
JPG1: VGA
1-2 Enable
1
2-3 Disable
REV:1.01
JPG1
DESIGNED IN USA
SAS6
Connect to IPMI
SAS5
A
JOH1
JI2C2
JIPMB1
JI2C1
1
JSTBY : Wake on Lan
DP3
SAS4
MH1
JSTBY
3
JUSB45 JUSB67
FANA
SAS0/SAS2
JUSB2
6 4 1 4
USB2
1
10
10
9
1
2
+
7
19
1
2
7
1
JCOM2
20
COM2 JTPM1
5
1
2
JPB1 TPM/PORT80
7
7
1
1
8
2
8
2-7 Jumper Settings
Explanation of Jumpers
To modify the operation of the mother-
board, jumpers can be used to choose
between optional settings. Jumpers create
shorts between two pins to change the
function of the connector. Pin 1 is identified
with a square solder pad on the printed
circuit board.
Note: On two pin jumpers,
"Closed" means the jumper is
on, and "Open" means the jumper
is off the pins.
LAN Port Enable/Disable (JPL1~2) GLAN Enable

Jumper Settings
Jumpers JPL1/JPL2 enable or disable Pin# Definition
LAN Port 1/LAN Port 2 on the moth- 1-2 Enabled (default)
erboard. See the table on the right for 2-3 Disabled
jumper settings. The default setting is
enabled.
A. LAN Port 1 Enable
B. LAN Port 2 Enable
B A
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-30
CMOS Clear (JBT1)

JBT1 is used to clear CMOS. Instead of pins, this "jumper" consists of contact pads
to prevent accidental clearing of CMOS. To clear CMOS, use a metal object such
as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection.
Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS.
Important: For an ATX power supply, you must completely shut down the
system, remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS.
PCI-E Slot SMB Enable (JI2C1/JI2C2) PCI-E Slot SMB Enable

Jumper Settings
Use Jumpers JI2C1/JI2C2 to enable PCI-E
Jumper Setting Definition
SMB (System Management Bus) support
Short Enabled
to improve system management for the
Open (Default) Disabled
PCI-E slots. See the table on the right for
jumper settings.
A. Clear CMOS
B. JI2C1
C. JI2C2
B C
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
A
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-31
VGA Enable (JPG1) VGA Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (JPG1)
JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the
Both Jumpers Definition
onboard VGA connector. The default posi-
Pins 1-2 Enabled (Default)
tion is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA. See
Pins 2-3 Disabled
the table on the right for jumper settings.
Watch Dog Reset (JWD1) Watchdog Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (JWD1)
Watch Dog (JWD1) is a system moni-
Jumpers Definition
tor that can reboot the system when a
Pins 1-2 Reset (Default)
software application hangs. Close Pins
Pins 2-3 NMI
1-2 to reset the system if an applica-
tion hangs. Close Pins 2-3 to generate a
non-maskable interrupt signal for the ap-
plication that hangs. See the table on the
right for jumper settings. Watch Dog must
also be enabled in the BIOS.
A. VGA Enable
B. Watch Dog Reset
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
USB0/1
A
1 JPUSB1
3
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
2-32
USB Wake-Up (JPUSB1) USB 0/1 Wake-up Enable

Jumper Settings
Use the jumper JPUSB1 to "wake-up"
Pin# Definition
your system by pressing a key on a USB
1-2 Enabled (Default)
keyboard or clicking the USB mouse con-
2-3 Disabled
nected to the backpanel USB Ports 0/1.
JPUSB1 is used together with a USB
Wake-Up feature in the BIOS. Enable this
jumper and the USB support in the BIOS to
wake up your system via USB devices.
Note: When the USB is set to Enabled

in the BIOS, and JPUSB1 is set to Dis-
abled, remove the USB devices from
Backplane USB Ports 0/1 before the
system goes into the standby mode. BMC IPMI Enable/Disable
Jumper Settings
BMC Enable/Disable (JPB1) Settings Definition
JPB1 is used to enable or disable the Pins 1-2 Enabled (Default)
BMC (Baseboard Management Control) Pins 2-3 Disabled
chip and the onboard IPMI connection.

This jumper is used together with the IPMI
A. USB 0/1 Wake-up
settings in the BIOS. See the table on the
B. BMC Enable/Disable
right for jumper settings. Supported on the
X9SRi-3F and X9SRE-3F only.
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
A
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
B
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
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BIOS Recovery (JPBIOS1) BIOS Recovery

Jumper Settings
The BIOS Recovery (JPBIOS1) is used to
Pin# Definition
enable or disable the BIOS Recovery fea-
1-2 Normal (Default)
ture of the motherboard. Install the jumper
2-3 Recover
on pins 1-2 to begin the recovery process.
ME Recovery (JPME1) ME Recovery

Jumper Settings
ME Recovery (JPME1) is used to enable Pin# Definition
or disable the ME Recovery feature of the 1-2 Normal (Default)
motherboard. This jumper will reset Intel 2-3 Force Update
ME values back to their default settings.
A. BIOS Recovery
B. ME Recovery
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
B
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
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2-8 Onboard Indicators LAN

Link LED Activity LED
LAN Port LEDs
The LAN ports are located on the I/O
LAN
backpanel of the motherboard. Each Eth- Link LEDs (Green/Amber/Off)
ernet LAN port has two LEDs. A blinking LED Color Definition
Activity LED indicates there is data passing Off 100 Mbps
through the port, while the Link LED may be Amber 1 Gbps
green, amber, or off to indicate the speed of Green 10 Gbps (if supported)
the connection. See the tables at right for Note: 10 Mbps is not supported.
more information. 10Gbps is only supported on
IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs some motherboards.
In addition to the LAN ports, an IPMI Dedi-

IPMI LAN Link LED (Left) &
cated LAN port is also located on X9SRi/ Activity LED (Right)
X9SRE series. The yellow LED on the right Status Color Definition
indicates activity, while the green LED on Link (Left) Green: Solid 100 Mbps
the left indicates the speed of the con- Activity Yellow: Blink- Active
nection. See the tables at right for more
(Right)
LAN 1/LAN 2
ing
information.
IPMI LAN
Link LED Activity LED
A. LAN1
B. LAN2 IPMI LAN
(X8ST3-F)
C.IPMI Dedicated LAN (See table on page 1-10 for information)
A B
2-35
Rear Unit ID LED (UID LED) Rear UID LED

LED Settings
The rear Unit ID LED is located at UID
Blue: Solid UID Toggled On
LED on the backpanel. This LED is used
in conjunction with the rear UID switch to
provide easy identification of a system that
might be in need of service.
IPMI Heartbeat LED (DP3)

IPMI Heartbeat LED Indicator
The IPMI Heartbeat LED is located at DP3. LED Settings
When DP3 blinks, the IPMI feature is func- Green: Blinking IPMI is ready for use
tioning properly. Refer to the table on the

right for details. Also see the layout below
for the LED location. This is supported on
the X9SRi-3F/X9SRE-3F only.
Onboard PWR LED (DP2)
LED Status
Onboard Power LED (DP2) Status Definition
An Onboard Power LED is located at Off System Off (Soft Switch)
PWR LED on the motherboard. When On System is Running
PWR LED is on, it means that the AC

power cable is connected, the power
A. Rear Unit ID LED
supply switch and soft switch are on, and
B. IPMI Heartbeat LED
the system is running.
C. Power LED
A
B C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
1
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
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2-9 SATA and SAS Connections
SATA/SAS Connections
SATA/SAS Connectors
Six Serial ATA (SATA) connectors (I-SATA Pin Definitions
0~5) are located on the motherboard. I-SATA Pin# Signal
0/1 supports data transfer rates of up to 1 Ground
6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), while I-SATA 2~5 supports 2 SATA_TXP
data transfer rates of up to 3Gb/s (SATA 3 SATA_TXN
2.0). Please see the pin definitions on the 4 Ground
right table. 5 SATA_RXN

6 SATA_RXP
In addition to these six SATA ports, eight
7 Ground
3Gb/s SAS connections (Serial-Attached
SCSI) are also located on the X9SRi-3F/ G. SCU0
X9SRE-3F series (SCU0~7). H. SCU1
A. I-SATA 0 (3.0)
B. I-SATA 1 (3.0) I. SCU2
C. I-SATA 2 (2.0) J. SCU3
D. I-SATA 3 (2.0) K. SCU4
E. I-SATA 4 (2.0) L. SCU5
F. I-SATA 5 (2.0) M. SCU6
N. SCU7
C A
UID_LED
VGA
KB/MOUSE
UID
MH1 UID_SW
1 JVGA JCOM1
2
FAN4 COM1
4
1
COM2
JCOM2
JKBMS1
FAN4
DP3
1
JPL1/2: LAN
1-2 Enable
1
6
JSTBY
LAN2
1
JLAN2
LAN1
1 3 USB0/1 JPUSB1
U8
9 JVR1
5 3
JPB: BMC
2-3 Disable
PCIX1
2-3 ENable
1-2 Disable
1
JPUSB1:USB Wake Up
PCIX3
PCIX2
PCIE6
JPB1
1
JPG1
Connect to IPMI
P1-DIMM4B
P1-DIMM4A
TPM/PORT80
2-3 Disable
1-2 Enable
JPG1: VGA
JTPM1
JIPMB1
20 19
With FCC Standards
Tested to Comply
JI2C2
JI2C1
JI2C1/JI2C2
CLOSE 1st
OFF:DISABLE
ON: ENABLE
PCIE5
2 1
SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

PCIE4
USB4/5
JUSB45
2

JOH1
7
10
+ 1
2
USB6/7
1
JUSB67
1
2
USB8/9
7
10 OPEN 1st
JUSB89
2
1
DESIGNED IN USA
P1-DIMM3B
P1-DIMM3A
P1-DIMM2B
3-SGPIO1
8 7
X9SRi
REV:1.01
2
1
3-SGPIO2
X_BT1
MH5
SAS CODE
MAC CODE
MAC CODE
8 7
P1-DIMM1A
P1-DIMM1B
P1-DIMM2A
ON:RECOVER BIOS
1 DIMM_C1
USB2
1
JPME_RCV1
3
JUSB2
R625
SAS1/SAS3
SAS0/SAS2

OFF:NORMAL JRK1
JF1
JTAG1
FAIL
Pin1:RAID_KEY_PCH
PWR
PWR
RST
NIC
NIC
HDD
LED
PWR
NMI
ON
FF
OH
2
1
Pin2:Ground
Pin3:PCH_DYN_SKU
24
2
4
12
JPW2
JPW2
JPW1
JVR2
3
OFF: SLAVE
ON: MASTER
JCF1:Compact Flash
JBT1 JD1:
3
4-7: SPEAKER
1-2:RST
1 2-3:NMI
I-Button Header 1
Power
Flash
Compact
3
JWF1
JVR6 5
JVR5
3 JVR4
1
JVR3
JCF1
1
I-SATA0
I-SATA1
1
I-SATA5
2 3
4
1
CHASSIS
+
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
JPI2C1
INTRUSION
I-SATA4
1
1
JF1
SAS4
7
FAN1
MH7
FAN2
PWRI2C
8
A
7
2 20
C
FANA
JWD1
JD1
JL1
FAN3
19
1
4
1 1
1
3 7 SP1
5 A
6 7 8 F E B
D C
2-37
Notes
2-38
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
Chapter 3
Troubleshooting
3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures

Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system. If you have followed all
of the procedures below and still need assistance, refer to the ‘Technical Support
Procedures’ and/or ‘Returning Merchandise for Service’ section(s) in this chapter.
Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding, changing or installing any
hardware components.
Before Power On
1. Make sure that the Standby is not on. (Note: If it is on, the onboard power
is on. Be sure to unplug the power cable before installing or removing the
components.)
2. Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and
chassis.
3. Disconnect all ribbon/wire cables from the motherboard, including those for
the keyboard and mouse. Also, be sure to remove all add-on cards.
4. Install a CPU and heatsink (-be sure that it is fully seated) and then connect
the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard. Check all jumper
settings as well.
No Power
1. Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and
chassis.
2. Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions.
3. Check if the 115V/230V switch on the power supply is properly set.
4. Turn the power switch on and off to test the system.
5. The battery on your motherboard may be old. Check to make sure that it still
supplies ~3VDC. If it does not, replace it with a new one.
3-1
No Video
1. If the power is on, but you have no video--in this case, you will need to re-
move all the add-on cards and cables first.
2. Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist. (Refer to Appendix A
for details on beep codes.)
3. Remove all memory modules and turn on the system. (If the alarm is on,
check the specs of memory modules, reset the memory or try a different one.)
Memory Errors
1. Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly installed and fully seated in
the slots.
2. You should be using memory recommended by Supermicro (see Section 2-3).

Also, it is recommended that you use the memory modules of the same type
and speed for all DIMMs in the system. Do not use memory modules of differ-
ent sizes, different speeds and different types on the same motherboard.
3. Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots to
see if you can locate the faulty ones.
4. Check the switch of 115V/230V power supply.
When You Lose the System’s Setup Configuration

1. Please be sure to use a high quality power supply. A poor quality power sup-
ply may cause the system to lose CMOS setup information. Refer to Section
1-5 for details on recommended power supplies.
2. The battery on your motherboard may be old. Check to verify that it still sup-
plies ~3VDC. If it does not, replace it with a new one.
3. If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem, contact your
vendor for repairs.
3-2
3-2 Technical Support Procedures

Before contacting Technical Support, please make sure that you have followed all
the steps listed below. Also, Note that as a motherboard manufacturer, Supermicro
does not sell directly to end users, so it is best to first check with your distributor or
reseller for troubleshooting services. They should know of any possible problem(s)
with the specific system configuration that was sold to you.
1. Please go through the ‘Troubleshooting Procedures’ and 'Frequently Asked
Question' (FAQ) sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our website
(http://www.supermicro.com/support/faqs/) before contacting Technical Sup-
port.
2. BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our website at (http://www.supermi-

cro.com/support/bios/).
Note: Not all BIOS can be flashed. Some cannot be flashed; it depends
on the boot block code of the BIOS.
3. If you've followed the instructions above to troubleshoot your system, and still
cannot resolve the problem, then contact Supermicro's technical support and
provide them with the following information:
• Motherboard model and PCB revision number

• BIOS release date/version (this can be seen on the initial display when your
system first boots up)
• System configuration
• An example of a Technical Support form is on our website at (http://www.su-
permicro.com/support/contact.cfm).
4. Distributors: For immediate assistance, please have your account number

ready when placing a call to our technical support department. We can be
reached by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at: (408) 503-
8000, option 2, or by fax at (408)503-8019.
3-3
3-3 Frequently Asked Questions

Question: What type of memory does my motherboard support?
Answer: Please see Section 2-3 for a comprehensive answer.
Question: How do I update my BIOS?
Answer: It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not
experiencing any problems with your system. Updated BIOS files are located on
our website at http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/. Please check our BIOS
warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web
site. Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS ROM file to your
computer. Also, check the current BIOS revision to make sure that it is newer than
your BIOS before downloading. Please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device
or a USB pen/thumb drive. To flash the BIOS, run the batch file named "ami.bat"
with the new BIOS ROM file from your bootable device or USB pen/thumb drive.
Use the following format:
F:\> ami.bat BIOS-ROM-filename.xxx <Enter>
Important: Always use the file named “ami.bat” to update the BIOS, and
insert a space between "ami.bat" and the filename. The BIOS-ROM-
filename will bear the motherboard name (i.e., X9SCi) and build date as
the extension. For example, "X9SRE1.218". When completed, your system
will automatically reboot.
When the BIOS flashing screen is completed, the system will reboot and
will show “Press F1 or F2”. At this point, you will need to load the BIOS
defaults. Press <F1> to go to the BIOS setup screen, and press <F9> to
load the default settings. Next, press <F10> to save and exit. The system
will then reboot.
Warning: Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS
to prevent possible system boot failure!
Note: The SPI BIOS chip installed on this motherboard is not removable.
To repair or replace a damaged BIOS chip, please send your motherboard
to RMA at Supermicro for service.
Question: I think my BIOS is corrupted. How can I recover my BIOS?

Answer: Please see Appendix C-BIOS Recovery for detailed instructions.
Question: What's on the CD that came with my motherboard?
Answer: The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will
greatly enhance your system. We recommend that you review the CD and install the
applications you need. Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows,
security programs, and audio drivers.
3-4
Question: Why do I get an error message “IASTOR.SYS read error” and "press F6
to install Intel RAID driver" when installing Windows on my motherboard?
Answer: To solve this issue, disable the IPMI jumper. Another solution is to use a
USB floppy drive instead of the onboard floppy drive. For the IPMI jumper location,
please check Chapter 1.
Question: What is the heatsink part number for my X9SRi/X9SRE Series moth-
erboard?
Answer: The heatsink part numbers are as follows:
1U Passive Heatsink: SNK-P0047P
2U Passive Heatsink: SNK-P0048P
4U Active Heatsink: SNK-P0050AP4
Question: Why can't I recover the BIOS even when I’ve followed the instructions
in the user’s manual for the motherboard?
Answer: Please disable the IPMI jumper and try it again. For the jumper location,
please check Chapter 1.
3-5
3-4 Battery Removal and Installation

Battery Battery
Lock
Battery Removal
To remove the onboard battery, follow the steps below:
1. Power off your system and unplug your power
Battery Holder
cable.
2. Locate the onboard battery as shown below.
3. Using a tool such as a pen or a small screwdriver,

push the battery lock outwards to unlock it. Once
unlocked, the battery will pop out from the holder.
4. Remove the battery.
Proper Battery Disposal

Warning! Please handle used batteries
carefully. Do not damage the battery in any
way; a damaged battery may release hazard-
ous materials into the environment. Do not
discard a used battery in the garbage or a
public landfill. Please comply with the regula- This side up
tions set up by your local hazardous waste
management agency to dispose of your used
battery properly.
Battery Installation
1
1. To install an onboard battery, follow the steps 1&
2 above and continue below:
2. Identify the battery's polarity. The positive (+) side

should be facing up.
3. Insert the battery into the battery holder and push Press down until
it down until you hear a click to ensure that the you hear a click.
battery is securely locked.
2
Warning: When replacing a battery, be sure
to only replace it with the same type.
3-6
3-5 Returning Merchandise for Service

A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required
before any warranty service will be rendered. You can obtain service by calling
your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. For faster
service, you may also obtain RMA authorizations online (http://www.supermicro.
com/support/rma/). When you return the motherboard to the manufacturer, the
RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping
carton, and mailed prepaid or hand-carried. Shipping and handling charges will
be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete.
This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages
incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration, misuse, abuse or improper
maintenance of products.
During the warranty period, contact your distributor first for any product prob-
lems.
3-7
Notes
3-8
Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
Chapter 4
BIOS
4-1 Introduction
This chapter describes the AMI BIOS Setup Utility for the X9SRi/X9SRE Mother-
board Series. The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily
updated. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility
setup screens.
Note: For instructions on BIOS recovery, please refer to the instruction
guide posted at http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/.
Starting BIOS Setup Utility

To enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screens, press the <Delete> key while the
system is booting up.
Note: In most cases, the <Delete> key is used to invoke the AMI BIOS
setup screen. There are a few cases when other keys are used, such as
<F1>, <F2>, etc.
Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual. The Main BIOS setup
menu screen has two main frames. The left frame displays all the options that can
be configured. Grayed-out options cannot be configured. Options in blue can be
configured by the user. The right frame displays the key legend. Above the key
legend is an area reserved for a text message. When an option is selected in the
left frame, it is highlighted in white. Often a text message will accompany it. (Note:
the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in. Supermicro retains the option to
include, omit, or change any of these text messages.)
The AMI BIOS Setup Utility uses a key-based navigation system called "hot keys".
Most of the AMI BIOS setup utility "hot keys" can be used at any time during the
setup navigation process. These keys include <F1>, <F10>, <Enter>, <ESC>, ar-
row keys, etc.
Note: Options printed in Bold are default settings.
How To Change the Configuration Data

The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by
entering the AMI BIOS Setup utility. This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing
<Del> at the appropriate time during system boot.
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How to Start the Setup Utility

Normally, the only visible Power-On Self-Test (POST) routine is the memory test.
As the memory is being tested, press the <Delete> key to enter the main menu of
the AMI BIOS Setup Utility. From the main menu, you can access the other setup
screens. An AMI BIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of
the screen, below the copyright message.
Warning! Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS-related
issue. Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the
system. In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update. If you
have to update the BIOS, do not shut down or reset the system while the
BIOS is updating. This is to avoid possible boot failure.
4-2 Main Setup

When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility, you will enter the Main setup screen.
You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the
top of the screen. The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below.
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System Overview: The following BIOS information will be displayed:
System Time/System Date

Use this option to change the system time and date. Highlight System Time or Sys-
tem Date using the arrow keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the
<Tab> key or the arrow keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in
Day MM/DD/YY format. The time is entered in HH:MM:SS format. (Note: The time
is in the 24-hour format. For example, 5:30 P.M. appears as 17:30:00.)
Supermicro X9SRE/X9SR-3F/X9SRi/X9SRi-3F
Version: This item displays the version of the BIOS used in the system.
Build Date: This item displays the day this version of BIOS was built.
Memory Iniformation
Total Memory
This displays the size of memory available in the system:
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4-3 Advanced Setup Configurations

Use the arrow keys to select Boot Setup and hit <Enter> to access the submenu
items:
BOOT Feature
Quiet Boot
This option allows the bootup screen options to be modified between POST mes-
sages or the OEM logo. Select Disabled to display the POST messages. Select
Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages. The op-
tions are Enabled and Disabled.
AddOn ROM Display Mode

This sets the display mode for Option ROM. The options are Force BIOS and
Keep Current.
Bootup Num-Lock
This feature selects the Power-on state for Numlock key. The options are Off
and On.
Wait For 'F1' If Error

This forces the system to wait until the 'F1' key is pressed if an error occurs. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Interrupt 19 Capture
Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When this
item is set to Enabled, the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will "capture" Interrupt
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19 at boot and allow the drives that are attached to these host adaptors to function
as bootable disks. If this item is set to Disabled, the ROM BIOS of the host adap-
tors will not capture Interrupt 19, and the drives attached to these adaptors will not
function as bootable devices. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Watch Dog Function

If enabled, the Watch Dog Timer will allow the system to reboot when it is inactive
for more than 5 minutes. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Power Button Function

This feature controls how the system shuts down when the power button is pressed.
Select 4-Second Override to force the user to press and hold the Power Button for
4 seconds before the system turns off. Select Instant Off if you want the system to
instanty power off when the Power Button is pressed. The options are 4 Second
Override and Instant Off.
Restore on AC Power Loss

Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage. Select Power-Off for
the system power to remain off after a power loss. Select Power-On for the system
power to be turned on after a power loss. Select Last State to allow the system
to resume its last state before a power loss. The options are Power-On, Stay-Off
and Last State.
CPU Configuration
Warning: Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings. An incorrect
value, a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause
system to become unstable. When this occurs, revert to the default setting.
Socket 1 CPU Information
This item is for informational purposes only and displays CPU information
including type, speed, number of cores, etc.
Clock Spread Spectrum

Select Enable to use the feature of Clock Spectrum, which will allow the BIOS to
monitor and attempt to reduce the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by
the components whenever needed. Select Disabled to enhance system stability.
The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Hyper Threading
Set to Enabled to use the processor's Hyper Threading Technology feature. The
options are Enabled and Disabled.
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Active Processor Cores

Set to Enabled to use a processor's Second Core and beyond. (Please refer to
Intel's web site for more information.) The options are All and 1.
Limit CPUID Maximum

This feature allows the user to set the maximum CPU ID value. Enable this function
to boot the legacy operating systems that cannot support processors with extended
CPUID functions. The options are Enabled and Disabled (for the Windows OS.).
Execute-Disable Bit (Available when supported by the OS and the CPU)

Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor
to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute
and where it cannot, thus preventing a worm or a virus from flooding illegal codes
to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack. The default is
Enabled. (Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information.)
Intel® AES-NI
Set to Enabled to use the processor's Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) feature.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Hardware Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU)

If set to Enabled, the hardware pre fetcher will pre fetch streams of data and instruc-
tions from the main memory to the L2 cache in the forward or backward manner to
improve CPU performance. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available when supported by the CPU)

The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled. The
CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled.
DCU Streamer Prefetcher

This feature enables prefetch of the next L1 data line based on multiple loads in
the same cache line. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
DCU IP Prefetcher
Set this feature to Enabled to activate the L1 Data Prefetcher based on sequential
load history. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (Available when supported by the CPU)

Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one plat-
form to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions,
creating multiple "virtual" systems in one physical computer. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
Note: If there is any change to this setting, you will need to power off and
restart the system for the change to take effect. Please refer to Intel’s
web site for detailed information.
CPU Power Management Configuration
Power Technology
This feature determines what power-saving scheme the motherboard uses. The
options are Disabled, Energy Efficient and Custom. If Custom is selected, the
following options become available:
EIST
EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology) allows the system to automati-
cally adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce
power consumption and heat dissipation. Please refer to Intel’s web site for
detailed information. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Turbo Mode
This feature allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in
specific conditions. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
C1E Support
Select Enabled to use the "Enhanced Halt State" feature. C1E significantly
reduces the CPU's power consumption by reducing the CPU's clock cycle
and voltage during a "Halt State." The options are Disabled and Enabled.
CPU C3 Report, CPU C6, CPU C7 Report

This BIOS feature enables or disables C3 (ACPI C2), C6 (ACPI C3). C7 (ACPI
C3) reporting to the operating system. The options for C3 are Disabled and
Enabled. The options for C6 and C7 are Disabled and Enabled.
Package C State Limit

If set to Auto, the AMI BIOS will automatically set the limit on the C-State
package register. The options are C0, C2, C6, and No Limit.
Long duration power limit - this is the processor power consumption limit (in
Watts) during a long duration time window.
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Long duration maintained - this is the time in milliseconds where the Long Dura-
tion Power Limit is maintained.
Short duration power limit - During Turbo Mode, the system may exceed the
processor's default power setting and exceed the Short Duration Power limit. By
increasing this value, the processor can provide better performance for a short
duration.
Chipset Configuration
WARNING: Setting the wrong values in the following sections may cause
the system to malfunction.
North Bridge Configuration
This item displays the current IO chipset Revision.
Integrated IO Configuration
Intel® VT-d
Select Enabled to enable Intel's Virtualization Technology support for
Direct I/O VT-d by reporting the I/O device assignments to VMM through
the DMAR ACPI Tables. This feature offers fully-protected I/O resource-
sharing across the Intel platforms, providing the user with greater reliabil-
ity, security and availability in networking and data-sharing. The settings
are Enabled and Disabled.
Intel® I/OAT
The Intel I/OAT (I/O Acceleration Technology) significantly reduces
CPU overhead by leveraging CPU architectural improvements, freeing
resources for more other tasks. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
DCA Support
This feature accelerates the performance of I/O devices using Direct
Cache Access. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
IIO 1 PCIe Port Bifurcation Control
Slot 6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 Link Speed

This feature enables the user to select the target link speed for this slot.
The options are GEN1, GEN2 and GEN3.
Slot 4 PCI-E 3.0 x8 Link Speed

This feature enables the user to select the target link speed for this slot.
The options are GEN1, GEN2 and GEN3.
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DIMM Configuration
Memory Configuration
This section displays memory status such as Current Memory Mode,
Memory Speed, Mirroring and Sparing information.
DIMM Information
This feature displays information regarding the installed memory.
Memory Mode
The only option is Independent, a feature that allows for all DIMMs to be
available to the operating system.
DRAM RAPL Mode

RAPL which stands for Running Average Power Limit is a feature that
provides mechanisms to enforce power consumption limits on supported
processors The options are DRAM RAPL MODE0 , DRAM RAPL MODE1,
and Disabled.
DDR Speed
Use this option to force the system memory to run at a different frequency
than the default frequency. The available options are Auto, Force DDR-
800, Force DDR-1066, Force DDR-1333, Force DDR3-1600 and Force
SPD.
Channel Interleaving
This feature selects from the different channel memory interleaving meth-
ods. The options are Auto, 1 Way, 2 Way, 3 Way and 4 Way.
Rank Interleaving
This feature selects from the different rank memory interleaving methods.
The options are Auto, 1 Way, 2 Way, 3 Way, 4 Way and 8 Way.
Patrol Scrub
Patrol Scrubbing is a process that allows the CPU to correct correctable
memory errors detected on a memory module and send the correction to
the requestor (the original source). When this item is set to Enabled, the
North Bridge will read and write back one cache line every 16K cycles,
if there is no delay caused by internal processing. By using this method,
roughly 64 GB of memory behind the North Bridge will be scrubbed every
day. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
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Demand Scrub
Demand Scrubbing is a process that allows the CPU to correct correctable
memory errors found on a memory module. When the CPU or I/O issues
a demand-read command, and the read data from memory turns out to
be a correctable error, the error is corrected and sent to the requestor
(the original source). Memory is updated as well. Select Enabled to use
Demand Scrubbing for ECC memory correction. The options are Enabled
and Disabled.
Data Scrambling
This feature enables Data Scrambling. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
Device Tagging
This feature enables Device Tagging. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
Thermal Throttling
This feature selects from the different throttling methods. The options
are Disabled and CLTT.
CLTT - Closed Loop Thermal Throttling.
South Bridge Configuration
This item displays the current South Bridge Revision.
All USB Devices

This feature enables all USB ports/devices. The options are Enabled
and Disabled.
EHCI Controller 1 / EHCI Controller 2

This feature enables the Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI). The
Legacy USB Support

This feature enables support for legacy USB devices. Select Auto to dis-
able legacy support if USB devices are not present. Select Disable to
have USB devices available only for EFI applicatioins. The options are
Enabled, Disabled and Auto.
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Port 60/64 Emulation

This feature enables I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. This should be
enabled for complete USB keyboard legacy support for non-USB aware
Operating Systems. The options are Enabled, and Disabled.
EHCI Hand-Off
This item is for Operating Systems that does not support Enhanced Host
Controller Interface (EHCI) hand-off. When enabled, EHCI ownership
change will be claimed by the EHCI driver. The settings are Enabled
and Disabled.
SATA Configuration
When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence
of the IDE Devices and displays the following items:
SATA Port0~Port5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives on the
particular SATA port.
SATA Mode
This item selects the mode for the installed drives. The options are Disabled, IDE
Mode, AHCI Mode and RAID Mode. The following are displayed depending on
your selection:
IDE Mode
The following items are displayed when IDE Mode is selected:
Serial-ATA Controller 0~1

This feature is used to activate/deactivate the SATA controller, and sets the
compatibility mode. The options are Disabled, Enhanced and Compat-
ible. The default of Serial-ATA Controller 1 is Enhanced.
AHCI Mode
The following items are displayed when AHCI Mode is selected:
Aggressive Link Power Management

This feature Enables or Disables Agressive Link Power Management
support for Cougar Point B0 stepping and later. The options are Enabled
and Disabled.
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Port 0~5 Hot Plug

Set this item to Enabled to enable hot-plugging for the particular port.
Staggered Spin Up
Set this item to Enabled to enable Staggered Spin-up support. The
RAID Mode
The following items are displayed when RAID Mode is selected:
Port 0~5 Hot Plug

Set this item to Enabled to enable hot-plugging for the particular port.
SCU Configuration
When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence
of the SAS SCU Devices and displays the following items:
Disable Storage Controller Unit (SCU)

Set this item to Enabled to activate the chipset's SCU devices. The options are
OnChip SCU Option PROM

Set this item to Enabled to activate the onboard SAS option ROM. The options are
PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration
This feature allows the user to set the PCI/PnP configurations for the following items:
PCI ROM Priority

In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI-compatible), this feature speci-
fies what ROM to launch. The options are Legacy ROM and EFI Compatible ROM.
PCI Latency Timer

This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus. Se-
lect 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32 PCI Bus
Clocks, 64 PCI Bus Clocks, 96 PCI Bus Clocks, 128 PCI Bus Clocks, 160 PCI
Bus Clocks, 192 PCI Bus Clocks, 224 PCI Bus Clocks and 248 PCI Bus Clocks.
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Above 4G Decoding
Set this item to Enabled to activate 64-bit capable devices to be decoded above
the 4G address space. This works only if the system supports 64-bit PCI decoding.
PERR# Generation
Set this item to Enabled to allow PCI devices to generate PERR# error codes. The
SERR# Generation
Set this item to Enabled to allow PCI devices to generate SERR# error codes. The
Maximum Payload
This feature selects the setting for the PCIE maximum payload size. The options
are Auto, 128 Bytes, and 256 Bytes.
Maximum Read Request

This feature selects the setting for the PCIE maximum Read Request size. The
options are Auto, 128 Bytes, 256 Bytes, 512 Bytes, 1024 Bytes, 2048 Bytes, and
4096 Bytes.
ASPM Support
Set this item to the desired ASPM (Active State Power Management) level. The
options are Disabled, Auto and Force L0s.

Slot 3 PCI X 133/100MHZ OPROM
Use this feature to enable or disable PCI-E or PCI-X slot Option ROMs. The options
are Disabled and Enabled.
Onboard LAN Option ROM Select

This feature selects whether to load the iSCSI or PXE onboard LAN option ROM.
The options are iSCSI and PXE.
Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM / Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM
This feature is to enable or disable the onboard option ROMs. The options are Dis-
abled and Enabled. The default for LAN 1 is Enabled. Default for LAN 2 is Disabled.
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Load Onboard SAS Option ROM

This feature selects whether to load the SAS option ROM. The options Enabled
and Disabled.
VGA Priority
This option allows the user to specify which graphics controller to be used as the
primary boot device. The options are Onboard and Offboard.
Super IO Device Configuration
Serial Port 1 Configuration / Serial Port 2 Configuration
Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2

Select Enabled to enable the onboard serial port. The options are Enabled
and Disabled.
Serial Port 1 Settings / Serial Port 2 Settings

This option specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request
address of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2. Select Disabled to prevent the
serial port from accessing any system resources. When this option is set to
Disabled, the serial port becomes unavailable.
The options for Serial Port 1 are:
Auto,
IO=3F8h; IRQ=4;
IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
IO=3E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
The options for Serial Port 2 are:

Auto,
IO=2F8h; IRQ=3;
IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
IO=3E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;
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Serial Port Console Redirection
COM1, COM2, SOL Console Redirection

Use this feature to enable console redirection for COM1, COM2, and SOL ports. The
options are Enabled and Disabled. The default for COM1 and COM2 is Disabled.
The default for SOL is Enabled.
Console Redirection Settings
Configure the following options for the Console Redirection Settings. The
most common settings are set as default:
Terminal Type : Select ANSI, VT100, VT100+, or VT-UTF8
Bits per Second (BPS): 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200
Data Bits: 8 or 7
Parity: None, Even, Odd, Mark, or Space
Stop Bits: 1 or 2
Flow Control: None or Hardware RTS/CTS
VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support: Enabled or Disabled
Recorder Mode: Disabled or Enabled
Resolution 100x31: Disabled or Enabled
Legacy OS Redirection Resolution: 80x24 or 80x25
PuTTY Keypad: VT100, Linux, XTerm86, SCO, ESCN, VT400
Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management / Windows Emergency

Management Services (EMS)
Use this feature to enable console redirection.
Console Redirection
Use this feature to enable console redirection for Serial Port Out-of-Band Manage-
ment / Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) ports. The options are
Console Redirection Settings
Configure the following options for the Console Redirection Settings. The
most common settings are set as default:
Out-of-Band Mgmt Port: COM1, COM2, and SOL

Terminal Type: Select ANSI, VT100, VT100+, or VT-UTF8
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Bits per Second (BPS): 9600, 19200, 57600, or 115200

Flow Control: None, Hardware RTS/CTS, Software Xon/Xoff
Data Bits: 8 or 7
Parity: None, Even, Odd, Mark, or Space
Stop Bits: 1 or 2
ACPI Settings
Use this feature to configure Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
power management settings for your system.
ACPI Sleep State

This setting allows you to configure the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface) sleep state for your system when it is in the Suspend mode. The options
are Suspend Disabled, S1 (CPU Stop Clock).
High Precision Event Timer

Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer (HPET) that produces
periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does in
synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the de-
pendency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc-
tion embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace
the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
ME Subsystem
This item displays the ME Subsystem information.
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Change SmBIOS Event Log Settings
Smbios Event Log

Change this item to enable or disable all features of the Smbios Event Logging
during boot. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Runtime Error Logging Support

Change this item to enable or disable runtime error logging. The options are En-
abled and Disabled.
Memory Correction Error Threshold

Change this item to define the system's memory correction error threshold. Directly
enter a numeric value, default is 10.
PCI Error Logging Support

Change this item to enable or disable runtime error logging. The options are En-
abled and Disabled.
Erase Event Log

This option erases all logged events. The options are No, Yes, Next reset and
Yes, Every reset.
When Log is Full

This option automatically clears the Event Log memory of all messages when it is
full. The options are Do Nothing and Erase Immediately.
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Log System Boot Event

This option toggles the System Boot Event logging to enabled or disabled. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
MECI
The Multiple Event Count Increment (MECI) counter counts the number of oc-
curences a duplicate event must happen before the MECI counter is incremented.
This is a numeric value. The default value is 1.
METW
The Multiple Event Time Window (METW) defines number of minutes must pass
between duplicate log events before MECI is incremented. This is in minutes, from
0 to 99. The default value is 60.
View SmBIOS Event Log

This feature displays the contents of the SmBIOS Event Log.
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4-5 IPMI (X9SRi-F, X9SRi-3F, X9SRE-F, X9SRE-3F Only)

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a set of common interfaces that
IT administrators can use to monitor system health and to manage the system as a
whole. For more information on the IPMI specifications, please visit Intel's website
at www.intel.com.
System Event Log
This feature is used to change the Sytem Event Log (SEL) configuration.
SEL Components - Change this item to enable or disable all features of System
Event Logging. The options are Enabled and Disabled. When Enabled, the
following can be configured:
Erase SEL - This option erases all logged SEL events. The options are No, Yes,
On Next reset and Yes, On Every reset.
When SEL Full

This option automatically clears the System Event Log memory of all messages
when it is full. The options are Do Nothing and Erase Immediately.
Log EFI Status Codes

This option enables or disables the logging of Extensible Firmware Interface
(EFI) status codes. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
BMC Network Configuration
Set this feature to configure the IPMI LAN adapter with a network address.
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Update IPMI LAN Configuration

This feature allows the user to decide if the BIOS should configure the IPMI setting
at next system boot. The options are No and Yes. If the option is set to Yes, the
user is allowed to configure the IPMI settings at next system boot.
Configuration Source
This feature selects whether the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address
are automatically assigned by the network's DHCP server (Dynamic Host and Con-
figuration Protocol) "Dynamic" or manually entered by the user "Static". If Static is
selected, the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address must be manually
entered below. When Dynamic is selected, all the options below are automatically
assigned to the system by itself or by an external DHCP server.
The options are Static and DHCP. The following items are displayed when Static
is selected:
Station IP Address - Enter the IP address for this machine. This should be in
decimal and in dotted quad form (i.e., 192.168.10.253). The value of each three-
digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255.
Subnet Mask - Subnet masks tell the network which subnet this machine be-
longs to. The value of each three-digit number separated by dots should not
exceed 255.
Station MAC Address - MAC addresses are 6 two-digit hexadecimal numbers
(Base 16, 0 ~ 9, A, B, C, D, E, F) separated by dots (i.e., 00.30.48.D0.D4.60).
Gateway IP Address - Enter the Gateway or Router address this machine will
use (i.e., 192.168.10.1).
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4-6 Boot Settings

Use this feature to configure Boot Settings:
Boot Options Priorities

This feature allows the user to specify which devices are boot devices and the order
of priority from which the systems boots during startup.
Boot Option #1, Boot option #2, etc.

The settings are Built-in EFI Shell, [any detected boot device] and Disabled.
Network Devices
This option sets the order of the legacy network devices detected by the motherboard.
Delete Boot Option
This feature allows the user to delete a previously defined boot device from which
the systems boots during startup.
The settings are Built-in EFI Shell, and [any pre defined boot device]
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• If the Administrator password is defined ONLY - this controls access to the

BIOS setup ONLY.
• If the User's password is defined ONLY - this password will need to be entered
during each system startup or boot, and will also have Administrator rights in
the setup.
• Passwords must be at least 3 and up to 20 characters long.
Administrator Password
Press Enter to create a new, or change an existing Administrator password.
User Password:
Press Enter to create a new, or change an existing User password.
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4-8 Save & Exit

Select the Exit tab from the BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup
screen.
Discard Changes and Exit

Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes
to the system configuration, and reboot the computer. Select Discard Changes and
Exit from the Exit menu and press <Enter>.
Save Changes and Reset

When you have completed the system configuration changes, select this option
to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer, so the new system con-
figuration parameters can take effect. Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit
menu and press <Enter>.
Save Changes
When you have completed the system configuration changes, select this option to
save any changes made. This will not reset (reboot) the system.
Discard Changes
Select this option and press <Enter> to discard all the changes and return to the
AMI BIOS Utility Program.
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Restore Optimized Defaults

To set this feature, select Restore Defaults from the Exit menu and press <Enter>.
These are factory settings designed for maximum system stability, but not for
maximum performance.
Save As User Defaults

To set this feature, select Save as User Defaults from the Exit menu and press <En-
ter>. This enables the user to save any changes to the BIOS setup for future use.
Restore User Defaults

To set this feature, select Restore User Defaults from the Exit menu and press <En-
ter>. Use this feature to retrieve user-defined settings that were saved previously.
Boot Override
Listed on this section are other boot options for the system (i.e., Built-in EFI shell).
Select an option and press <Enter>. Your system will boot to the selected boot
option.
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Appendix A: POST Error Beep Codes
Appendix A
During the POST (Power-On Self-Test) routines, which are performed each time
the system is powered on, errors may occur.
Non-fatal errors are those which, in most cases, allow the system to continue
with bootup. The error messages normally appear on the screen.
Fatal errors will not allow the system to continue to bootup. If a fatal error oc-
curs, you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs.
These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps.
The numbers on the fatal error list correspond to the number of beeps for the
corresponding error.
A-1 BIOS Error Beep Codes

Beep Code/LED Error Message Description
1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset.
(Ready to power up)
5 short beeps + 1 long Memory error No memory detected in the
beep system
8 beeps Display memory Video adapter missing or with
read/write error faulty memory
OH LED On System OH System Overheat
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Notes
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Appendix B: Software Installation Instructions
Appendix B
Software Installation Instructions
B-1 Installing Software Programs

The Supermicro ftp site contains drivers and utilities for your system at ftp://ftp.
supermicro.com. Some of these must be installed, such as the chipset driver.
After accessing the ftp site, go into the CDR_Images directory and locate the ISO
file for your motherboard. Download this file to create a CD/DVD of the drivers and
utilities it contains. (You may also use a utility to extract the ISO file if preferred.)
Another option is to go to the Supermicro Website at http://www.supermicro.com/
products/. Find the product page for your motherboard here, where you may down-
load individual drivers and utilities.
After creating a CD/DVD with the ISO files, insert the disk into the CD/DVD drive
on your system and the display shown below should appear.
Note 1: Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the
readme files for each item. Click the computer icons to the right of these
items to install each item (from top to the bottom) one at a time. After
installing each item, you must re-boot the system before moving on
to the next item on the list. The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you
to view the entire contents.
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Note 2. When making a storage driver diskette by booting into a Driver

CD, please set the SATA Configuration to "Compatible Mode" and configure
SATA as IDE in the BIOS Setup. After making the driver diskette, be sure
to change the SATA settings back to your original settings.
B-2 Configuring SuperDoctor III

The SuperDoctor® III program is a web-based management tool that supports
remote management capability. It includes Remote and Local Management tools.
The local management is called SD III Client. The SuperDoctor III program allows
you to monitor the environment and operations of your system. SuperDoctor III
displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature, system voltages
and fan status. See the figures below for examples of the SuperDoctor III interface.
Note: The default User Name and Password for SuperDoctor III is ADMIN
/ ADMIN.
Note: When SuperDoctor III is first installed, it adopts the temperature

threshold settings that have been set in BIOS. Any subsequent changes to
these thresholds must be made within SuperDoctor III, as the SuperDoc-
tor III settings override the BIOS settings. To set the BIOS temperature
threshold settings again, you would first need to uninstall SuperDoctor III.
SuperDoctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information)
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Appendix B: Software Installation Instructions
SuperDoctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control)
Note: SD III Software Revision 1.0 can be downloaded from our Web
Site at: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/utility/Supero_Doctor_III/. You can also
download the SDIII User's Guide at: <http://www.supermicro.com/PROD-
UCT/Manuals/SDIII/UserGuide.pdf>. For Linux, we will recommend using
Supero Doctor II.
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Notes
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UEFI BIOS Recovery
Appendix C
UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions
Warning! Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS-related
issue. Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the
system. In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update. If you
need to update the BIOS, do not shut down or reset the system while the
BIOS is updating to avoid possible boot failure.
An Overview to the UEFI BIOS

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification provides a software-
based interface between the operating system and the platform firmware in the
pre-boot environment. The UEFI specification supports an architecture-independent
mechanism for add-on card initialization to allow the UEFI OS loader, which is stored
in the add-on card, to boot up the system. UEFI offers a clean, hand-off control to
a computer system at bootup.
How to Recover the UEFI BIOS Image (-the Main BIOS

Block)
An AMIBIOS flash chip consists of a boot sector block and a main BIOS code block
(a main BIOS image). The boot sector block contains critical BIOS codes, including
memory detection and recovery codes for the user to flash a new BIOS image if the
original BIOS image is corrupted. When the system power is on, the boot sector
codes execute first. Once it is completed, the main BIOS code will continue with
system initialization and bootup.
Note: Follow the BIOS Recovery instructions below for BIOS recovery
when the main BIOS block crashes. However, when the BIOS Boot sec-
tor crashes, you will need to send the motherboard back to Supermicro
for RMA repair.
To Recover the Main BIOS Block Using a USB-Attached

Device
This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB-attached device
without additional utilities used. A USB flash device such as a USB Flash Drive, or
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a USB CD/DVD ROM/RW device can be used for this purpose. However, a USB
Hard Disk drive cannot be used for BIOS recovery at this time.
To perform UEFI BIOS recovery using a USB-attached device, follow the instruc-
tions below.
1. Using a different machine, copy the "Super.ROM" binary image file into the
disc Root "\" Directory of a USB device or a writeable CD/DVD.
Note: If you cannot locate the "Super.ROM" file in your driver disk, visit
our website at www.supermicro.com to download the BIOS image into a
USB flash device and rename it to "Super.ROM" for BIOS recovery use.
2. Insert the USB device that contains the new BIOS image ("Super.Rom") into
your USB drive and power on the system
3. While powering on the system, keep pressing <Ctrl> and <Home> simultane-
ously on your PS2 or USB keyboard until your hear two short beeps. This
may take from a few seconds to one minute.
4. After locating the new BIOS binary image, the system will enter the BIOS
Recovery page as shown below.
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.

Main Advanced Event Logs IPMI Boot Security Exit Recovery
WARNING! BIOS Recovery Mode has been detected Set this to start flash
update
Flash Update Parameters
Reset NVRAM [Enabled]
Proceed with Flash Update
: Select Screen
: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/- : Change Opt.
F1 : General Help
F2 : Previous Values
F3 : Optimized Defaults
F4 : Save & Exit
ESC : Exit
Version 2.12.1211. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
Note: At this point, you may decide if you want to start with BIOS Recov-
ery. If you decide to proceed with BIOS Recovery, follow the procedures
below.
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UEFI BIOS Recovery

Recovery
WARNING! System firmware is being updated.

Keyboard is locked.
DO NOT TURN THE POWER OFF!!!
Once firmware update is completed
press any key to reboot the system
Flash update progress 47%
: Select Screen
: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/- : Change Opt.
F1 : General Help
F4 : Save & Exit
ESC : Exit
5. When the screen as shown above displays, using the arrow key, select the
item- "Proceed with flash update" and press the <Enter> key. You will see the
progress of BIOS Recovery as shown in the screen below.

Recovery
WARNING! System firmware is being updated.

Keyboard is locked.
DO NOT TURN THE POWER OFF!!!
Once firmware update is completed
press any key to reboot the system
Flash update progress Completed.
: Select Screen
: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/- : Change Opt.
F1 : General Help
F4 : Save & Exit
ESC : Exit
Note: Do not interrupt the process of BIOS flashing until it is completed.
6. After the process of BIOS Recovery is complete, press any key

to reboot the system.
7. Using a different system, extract the BIOS package into a bootable USB flash
drive.
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8. When a DOS prompt appears, type AMI.BAT BIOSname.### at the prompt.
Note: Do not interrupt this process until BIOS flashing is completed.
9. After seeing the message that BIOS update is completed, unplug the AC
power cable to clear CMOS, and then plug in the AC power cable to power
on the system.
10. Press <Del> continuously to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
11. Press <F3> to load default settings.
12. After loading default settings, press <F4> to save the settings and exit the
BIOS Setup utility.
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(Disclaimer Continued)
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.

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

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Important: Important information given to ensure proper system installa-

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1-4 Contacting Supermicro

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

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

Quiet Boot................................................................................................... 4-4

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

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

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

North Bridge Configuration....................................................................... 4-8

Integrated IO Configuration...................................................................... 4-8

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

Memory Configuration................................................................................. 4-9

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

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

Serial-ATA Controller 0~1...........................................................................4-11

Disable Storage Controller Unit (SCU)..................................................... 4-12

PCI ROM Priority....................................................................................... 4-12

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

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

High Precision Event Timer....................................................................... 4-16

4-4 Event Logs..................................................................................................... 4-17

Smbios Event Log..................................................................................... 4-17

BIOS Error Beep Codes

Software Installation Instructions

UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions

• SMCI product manuals: http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/

X9SRE Motherboard Series Image

X9SRi Motherboard Series Image

KB/MOUSE JKBMS1 JPUSB1:USB Wake Up

1-3: PWR LED

• Jumpers not indicated are for testing only.

Available on the X9SRE series only.

" indicates the location of "Pin 1".

Important Notes to the User

SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16 SAS CODE

ON:ME IN FORCE UPDATA MODE

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Quick Reference

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (IN X16)

SLOT6 PCI-E 3.0 X16

SLOT3 PCI-X 133/100MHZ

ON:ME IN FORCE UPDATA MODE

SCU0 T-SGPIO2 T-SGPIO1 JPW2

I-SATA 2.0 I-SATA 3.0

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Jumpers

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series LED Indicators

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Series Headers/Connectors

CPU Single Intel® E5-1600/E5-2600 series processor (LGA

Note: For IPMI Configuration Instructions, please refer to the Embedded

X9SRi/X9SRE Motherboard Features Comparison