Chapter 2: Installation

T-SGPIO Headers

Two SGPIO (Serial-Link General

T-SGPIO

Pin Definitions

Purpose Input/Output) headers (T-SGPIO-1/T-SGPIO-2) are located the motherboard. These headers support serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA and SAS connectors.

Pin#

1

3

5

7

Definition

NC

Ground

Load

Clock

Pin

2

4

6

8

Definition

NC

Data

Ground

NC

See the table on the right for pin defini- tions. Refer to the board layout below for the location.

RAIDKey Header (Optional for X8DT6/X8DT6-F only)

A RAIDKey header, located at JIBTN1, provides RAID function support to en- hance system performance.

Note: NC= No Connections

KB/MOUSE

FAN5

 

 

FAN6

USB 0/1

IPMI

LAN

COM1

 

 

VGA

PHY

 

 

LAN1

 

 

LAN2

 

 

 

FAN8/

 

 

CPU2 Fan

P1-DIMM3A

P1-DIMM3B

P1-DIMM2A

P1-DIMM2B

P1-DIMM1A

P1-DIMM1B

CPU1

SLOT7 PCI-E 2.0 X8

JPI2C1

JPW2

JPW3

JPW1

CPU2

 

 

P2-DIMM1B

 

 

P2-DIMM1A

 

 

P2-DIMM2B

 

 

P2-DIMM2A

 

 

P2-DIMM3B

 

 

P2-DIMM3A

 

 

FAN1

FAN7 CPU1 Fan

JF1

LE1

FAN2

JD1

JOH1

A.T-SGPIO-1

B.T-SGPIO-2

C.RAIDKey Connection (Optional for X8DT6/ X8DT6-F only)

LAN

CTRL

LAN

CTRL

BMC

CTRL

D1

COM2

 

 

 

 

 

X8DT6/E Series Rev. 2.01

 

 

FAN3

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP1

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPL1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel 5520

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X8

 

 

 

 

IOH

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLOPPY

 

 

BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOT4 PCI-E 2.0 X8

JBT1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED1

 

J5

 

JPL2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel ICH10R

 

 

 

 

 

SAS0~3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOT3 PCI-E 2.0 X4

 

South Bridge

TPM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSI 2008

 

 

 

 

Battery

 

 

 

 

JP7

 

 

SAS4~7

 

 

 

 

 

 

JIBTN1 C

SAS CTRL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-SGPIO1

A I-SATA5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-SGPIO2

I-SATA2

 

 

 

 

JWOL

 

SLOT1 PCI-E X4

 

 

 

USB3

US 2 I-SATA4

I-SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

JI2C2

JPB

USB6/7

USB4/5

 

B I-SATA3

I-SATA0

 

JL1

JPS1

FAN4

 

JI2C1

JPG1

 

 

 

 

JWF1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JWD

 

 

 

 

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