SUPER MICRO Computer X6QT8 Motherboard Features, Memory, Chipset, Expansion Slots *See Note 3 on

Chapter 1: Introduction

Motherboard Features

CPU ￿ Latest CPU technology!

•supports single, dual or quad 64-bit Intel® Xeon processor MP, 7000 Series and 7100 Series processors at front side bus speed of 800 or 677 MHz

•supports the dual system bus architecture with increased bus speeds and bandwidth, especially designed or the 4-way server platform

(*Note: The X6QTE+ supports up to 95W CPUs.)

Memory

•16 (Sixteen) 240-pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB Registered ECC DDR2 533/400 SDRAM

Note: Interleaved memory: requires memory modules to be installed in pairs. See Section 2-3 for

details.

Chipset

•Intel E8501 chipset, including: E8501 Chipset (North Bridge) with E8501 Chipset External Memory Bridge (XMB), ICH5R (South Bridge) and PXH PCI Controller Hub (*The PXH Controller is available for the X6QT8 only.)

Expansion Slots (*See Note 3 on Page 1-4.)

•Two PCI-Exp slots--Slot 5: PCI-Ex4 in x8 slot (x4 signal in x8 connector) Slot 6: PCI-E x8 in x 16 slot (x8 signal in x16 connector)

•Four PCI-X slots (Slot 1:PCI-X 100MHz ZCR, Slots 2-4: PCI-X 133MHz)

(*Note: Slot 1 to Slot 5 are not available on the X6QTE+)

BIOS

•8 Mb AMI® Flash ROM

•APM 1.2, DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0, Plug and Play (PnP), SMBIOS 2.3, USB Keyboard, and Hardware BIOS Virus protection

PC Health Monitoring

•Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores, +3.3V, +5V, +12V,−12V and +3.3V standby

•CPU 5-phase switching voltage regulator

•CPU/chassis temperature monitors

•Environmental temperature monitor and control via Supero Doctor III

•I2C Temperature sensing logic

•CPU fan auto-off in sleep mode

•CPU thermal trip support for processor protection

•Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss

•Auto-switching voltage regulator for CPU core

•System overheat LED and control

•Chassis intrusion detection

•System resource alert via Super Doctor III

•Thermal Management 2 support

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