SUPER MICRO Computer X9SPU-F user manual About This Motherboard, Manual Organization

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 X9SPU-F motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The X9SPU-F Motherboard supports a single Intel® Xeon E3-1200 v2 processor family and Gen-2 Core-i3 (LGA 1155) processors. It is also backward compatible with Xeon E3-1200 processors.

With the Intel® C216 series chipset built in, the X9SPU-F Motherboard offers ex- ceptional system performance using Supermicro's unique Universal I/O (UIO) form factor. Features such as two SATA 3 ports, four SATA 2 ports, support for up to 32GB of memory, RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support, dual 1Gb LAN, TPM support and eight USB ports make the X9SPU-F series ideal for 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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