Supero X9SCE-F User manual

USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0
X9SCE-F

Manual Revision 1.0
Release Date: Dec. 10, 2012
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protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc-
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interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interfer-
ence to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
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•Consult the authorized dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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WARNING: Handling of lead solder materials used in this
product may expose you to lead, a chemical known to the
State of California to cause birth defects and other repro-
ductive harm.

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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of
the X9SCE-F motherboard product series. This product is intended to be
professionally installed and serviced by a technician.
About This Motherboard
The X9SCE-F motherboard is a proprietary form-factor, high-density motherboard
designed for microcloud node applications.
The X9SCE-F supports an Intel® Xeon E3-1200 & E3-1200 v. 2 series and 3rd Gen.
Core i3 CPU on an H2 socket (LGA 1155) and the Intel C204 PCH chipset. This
motherboard also features support for up to 32 GB DDR3 ECC UDIMMM memory,
two SATA 3.0 ports on the backplane (6 Gb/sec), one 10/100 IPMI LAN, and a
KVM connector on the I/O panel. These features enable the X9SCE-F to deliver a
cost-effective microcloud solution in a small form-factor package.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 describes the features, specications and performance of the mother-
board and provides detailed information about the C204 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 lists Driver Installation Instructions.
Appendix B provides the UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions.
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Conventions Used in the Manual:
Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and
to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself:
Warning: Critical information to prevent damage to the components or injury to your-
self.
Important: Important information given to ensure proper system installa-
tion or to relay safety precautions.
Note: Additional Information given to differentiate various models or pro-
vides information for correct system setup.

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Contacting Supermicro
Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [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: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacic
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd
Chung-Ho Dist., New Taipei City 235
Taiwan
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: [phone]

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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 Chipset Overview ........................................................................................... 1-9
1-3 PC Health Monitoring.................................................................................... 1-10
1-4 Power Supply ................................................................................................ 1-10
1-5 Super I/O........................................................................................................1-11
Chapter 2 Installation
2-1 Standardized Warning Statements ................................................................. 2-1
2-2 Static-Sensitive Devices.................................................................................. 2-4
2-3 Motherboard Installation.................................................................................. 2-5
Installation Instructions.................................................................................... 2-6
Location of Mounting Holes ............................................................................ 2-5
2-4 System Memory .............................................................................................. 2-8
How to Install DDR3 DIMMs........................................................................... 2-8
Memory Support.............................................................................................. 2-8
Installing and Removing DIMMs ..................................................................... 2-9
Memory Population Guidelines ..................................................................... 2-10
2-5 Connectors/I/O Ports......................................................................................2-11
Back Panel Connectors and I/O Ports...........................................................2-11
UID Button/LED Indicator......................................................................... 2-12
Power Button & LED ................................................................................ 2-12
KVM Port .................................................................................................. 2-12
IPMI_LAN Port ......................................................................................... 2-12
2-6 Connecting Cables........................................................................................ 2-13
IF + POWER ............................................................................................ 2-13
SATA DOM Power .................................................................................... 2-13
2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-14
Explanation of Jumpers............................................................................ 2-14
CMOS Clear (JBT1) ................................................................................. 2-15
BMC Enable/Disable (JPB1) .................................................................... 2-15
VGA Enable (JPG1) ................................................................................ 2-16
Watch Dog RST/NMI Selection (JWD1)................................................... 2-16
2-8 Onboard Indicators........................................................................................ 2-17
IPMI Dedicated LAN Port......................................................................... 2-17
IPMI Heartbeat LED ................................................................................. 2-17
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Unit ID LED .............................................................................................. 2-18
2-9 SATA Connections......................................................................................... 2-19
SATA Connections (SATA4) ..................................................................... 2-19
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ........................................................................... 3-1
Before Power On ............................................................................................ 3-1
No Power ........................................................................................................ 3-1
No Video ......................................................................................................... 3-1
Memory Errors ............................................................................................... 3-2
If You Lose the System’s Setup Conguration ............................................... 3-2
3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................ 3-2
3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................... 3-3
3-4 Battery Removal and Installation .................................................................... 3-5
Battery Removal.............................................................................................. 3-5
Proper Battery Disposal .................................................................................. 3-5
Battery Installation........................................................................................... 3-5
3-5 Returning Merchandise for Service................................................................. 3-6
Chapter 4 BIOS
4-1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 4-1
4-2 Main Setup ...................................................................................................... 4-2
4-3 Advanced Setup Congurations...................................................................... 4-4
4-4 Event Logs .................................................................................................... 4-17
4-5 IPMI Conguration ........................................................................................ 4-18
4-6 Boot...............................................................................................................4-20
4-7 Security ......................................................................................................... 4-21
4-8 Exit ................................................................................................................ 4-22
Appendix A Software Installation Instructions
A-1 Installing Software Programs ..........................................................................A-1
A-2 Conguring SuperDoctor III ............................................................................A-2
Appendix B UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions
B-1 An Overview to the UEFI BIOS ......................................................................B-1
B-2 How to Recover the UEFI BIOS Image (-the Main BIOS Block)....................B-1
B-3 To Recover the Main BIOS Block Using a USB-Attached Device..................B-1

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Notes

Chapter 1: Introduction
1-1
Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged
leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention
to detail and to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.
This motherboard was intended to be used in an SMC system. It is not sold as a
stand-alone product unit. The following items are included in the shipping package.
•One (1) Supermicro Motherboard
•One (1) Quick Reference Guide (QRG)
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/
If you have any questions, please contact our support team at support@supermicro.
com.

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X9SCE-F Image
Note: All graphics and images 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 image shown in
this manual.

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Motherboard Layout
Important Notes to the User
•Jumpers/Components not indicated are for testing only. See Chapter 2 for
detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front panel connections.
•"" indicates the location of "Pin 1".
•This motherboard supports up to 12 nodes/trays; each node/tray supports four
2.5" or two 3.5" HDDs.
JP18
JP17
JPWR2
I-SATA1I-SATA3
J4
JKVM1
JPB1
JPG1
JWD1
JPME1
JPME2
JSD1
JBT1
HEARTBEAT LED
UID LED
MICRO-LP PCI-E 3.0 X8
X9SCE-F
PWR
P1-DIMMB2
P1-DIMMB1
P1-DIMMA2 P1-DIMMA1
CPU1
LED4
BIOS
JP16
UID SW
I-SATA2
I-SATA0
SW
8
Rev. 1.0a

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JP18
JP17
JPWR2
I-SATA1I-SATA3
J4
JKVM1
JPB1
JPG1
JWD1
JPME1
JPME2
JSD1
JBT1
HEARTBEAT LED
UID LED
MICRO-LP PCI-E 3.0 X8
X9SCE-F
PWR
P1-DIMMB2
P1-DIMMB1
P1-DIMMA2 P1-DIMMA1
CPU1
LED4
BIOS
JP16
UID SW
I-SATA2
I-SATA0
SW
8
Rev. 1.0a
1
2
4
5
6
7
8
3
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
DIMMB2
DIMMA2
DIMMA1
DIMMB1
Note: DIMMA1-DIMMB2 memory slots only support very low prole unbuf-
fered (VLP UDIMM) memory modules.
See Note below.
Socket H2
LGA 1155
CPU

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1/2 UID SW/LED Unit Identier Switch and LED Indicator
3 PWR SW/LED Power Switch and PWR LED
4 JKVM1 Keyboard, Video, Mouse Backpanel Connector
5 IPMI_LAN RJ45 IPMI Port
6LED4 IPMI Status (Heartbeat)
7MICRO-LP PCI-E 3.0/2.0 x8 Micro LP (Low Prole) Slot
12 BT1 On-board Battery
13 JP17, JP18 Motherboard Interface to PDB
14 JP16 Power Output for Hard Disk Drive (12V and 5V)
15 JPWR2 Power Connector from PDB
16~19 I-SATA3,2,1,0 I-SATA Ports. I-SATA0/1 supports SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s)
21 JSD1 Disk-On-Module (DOM) Power Connector
23 BIOS BIOS Chip
Note: This motherboard supports up to 12 nodes/trays; each node/tray
supports four (4) 2.5" or two (2) 3.5" disk drives.
Jumpers/Ports/Connectors
Jumpers
Connectors & LED Indicators
8 JPME2 ME Manufacturing Mode Pins 1-2 (Normal)
9 JBT1 CMOS Reset Short contact pads to reset CMOS
10 JWD1 Watch Dog Timer RST/NMI Selection Pins 1-2 (Reset)
11 JPME1 ME Recovery Mode Select Pins 1-2 (Normal)
20 JPG1 Onboard VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
22 JPB1 BMC Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

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Motherboard Features
CPU Single Intel® Xeon E3-1200 & E3-1200 v. 2 series and 3rd
Gen. Core i3 CPU on an H2 socket (LGA 1155)
Memory Four (4) DIMM slots support up to 32 GB of Dual-Channel
Unbuffered ECC *1600/1333/1066 MHz DDR3 very low
prole (VLP) memory in 4 DIMM modules (*See the note
on Expansion Slots.)
DIMM sizes
DIMM 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8GB
Chipset Intel® C204 PCH
Expansion Slots One (1) PCI-E Micro-LP (Low Prole) x 8 Slot
*BIOS Rev. 2.0 or above is required for support of new
E3-1200 v. 2 processors, which support PCI-E 3.0 & DDR3
1600 MHz memory.
Graphics One Video (KVM) Port supported by Matrix G200W
Network Connections One (1) Dual Channel RJ-45 Gigabit LAN IPMI Dedicated
LAN Port w/Activity LED
I/O Devices SATA/SAS Connections
SATA 2.0 Ports Two (2) SATA/SAS Ports from
SCU
SATA 3.0 Ports Two (2) (SATA 0/1)
(on IF Backpanel)
USB Devices
one (1) Internal Type A USB connector.
Serial Ports
One (1) COM port on the KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse)
connector
BIOS 8 MB SPI AMI BIOS®SM Flash BIOS
Play and Plug, ACPI 1.0/2.0/3.0, USB Keyboard, RTC
wakeup and SMBIOS 2.3 support
Power ACPI/ACPM Power Management
Main Switch Override Mechanism
One (1) Disk-On-Module (DOM) Power Connector (SATA)
Power-on mode for AC power recovery

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PC Health Monitoring CPU Monitoring
Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core,+1.8V, +3.3V,+5V,
+12V, +3.3V Stdby, +5V Stdby, VBAT, VCCP, Memory,
Chipset
Tachometer Monitoring
CPU Thermal Trip support
Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support
System Management PECI (Platform Environment Conguration Interface) 2.0
support
System resource alert via Supero Doctor III
SuperoDoctor III, Watch Dog
Unit ID LED, System/CPU overheat LED
CD Utilities BIOS ash upgrade utility
Drivers and software for Intel® C204 PCH chipset utilities
Other ROHS 6/6 (Full Compliance, Lead Free)
One (1) TPM Header
Dimensions 4.75" x 15.95"

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X9SCE-F Block Diagram
Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the Motherboard Features pages
for details on the details of motherboard features.
Cougar Point
BLOCK DIAGRAM
DDR3 (CHA)
Sandy Bridge
PCIe2.0_x8
VRM 12
SVID
RoHS 6/6
PCIe x8 SLOT
DDR3 (CHB)
DIMM1
DIMM2(Far)
DIMM1
DIMM2(Far)
4 UDIMM
MISC VRs
1333/1066MHz
1333/1066MHz
5GT/s
x4 DMI II
5GT/s
P11-12
P29-30
LPC
RMII
VGA (KVM)
RTL8201
PHY
HERMON WPCM450
WINBOND
PCI32
RJ45
PCIe2.0_x8
PCIe x8 SLOT (Micro LP)
5GT/s
600MB/s
SATA-III
PCH
C204
2 SATA PORTS (BP)
300MB/s
SATA-II
1 SATA PORT (DOM)
3 USB PORTS
USB2.0
480Mbps
2 USB PORTS (KVM)
USB2.0
480Mbps
LPC
TPM1.2 Header
COM1(KVM)
LPC
HEALTH
INFO
LPC I/O
NCT6776F
FLASH
SPI 64Mb
SPI
PCIe2.0 x1
5GT/s

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1-2 Chipset Overview
The X9SCE-F supports a single Intel® Xeon E3-1200 series processor in an H2
Socket (LGA 1155). Built around the Intel C204 chipset, this motherboard provides
substantial enhancement to system performance and storage capability for entry-
level to mid-range blade servers in a microcloud platform.
The high-speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) featured in the Intel C204 chipset
supports high-speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) for chip-to-chip true isochronous
communication, providing up to 2 Gb/s of software-transparent data transfer rate
on each read/write direction. In addition, the X9SCE-F also features a TCO (Time
Controlled Operations) timer which allows the system to recover from a software/
hardware lock and perform tasks, including ECC Error Reporting, Function Dis-
able and Intruder Detect.
Intel C204 Express Chipset Features
•Direct Media Interface (up 4 Gb/s transfer, Full Duplex)
•Intel® 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)
•SATA Controller
•6 Gb/s on up to two ports
•3 Gb/s on all ports
•Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)

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1-3 PC Health Monitoring
This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X9SCE-F. The
motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC
health monitoring.
Recovery from AC Power Loss
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 hit the power switch to turn it back
on) or for it to automatically return to a power on state. See the Power Lost Control
setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting. The default set-
ting is Last State.
Onboard Voltage Monitoring
The onboard voltage monitor will scan the following voltages continuously: CPU
core, +1.8V, +3.3V,+5V, +12V, +3.3V Stdby, +5V Stdby, VBAT, VCCP, Memory,
Chipset. Once a voltage becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error
message to the screen. The User can adjust the voltage thresholds to dene the
sensitivity of the voltage monitor by using SD III.
Fan Status Monitor with Software
The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans via Supero
Doctor III.
BIOS Support for USB Keyboard
If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal
keyboard during system boot-up.
1-4 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 of 1 GHz and faster.
The X9SCE-F accommodates the SMC 1620W power supply through the
PDB and SATA back plane.

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1-5 Super I/O
The Super I/O provides one high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication
ports (UARTs). This UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable
baud rate generator, complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt
system. It also provides legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well
as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support
higher speed modems.
The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Conguration
and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage-
ment through a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management
to reduce power consumption.

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Notes