X8DT6/X8DT6-F/X8DTE/X8DTE-F User's Manual

Serial ATA Ports

Six Serial ATA Ports (I-SATA0~I- SATA 5) are located on the mother- board. These ports provide serial-link signal connections, which are faster than the connections of Parallel ATA. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Serial ATA

Pin Definitions

Pin# Definition

1Ground

2TX_P

3TX_N

4Ground

5RX_N

6RX_P

7Ground

SAS Ports (X8DT6/X8DT6-F only)

SAS Ports 0~3, 4~7, located at JSM1/ JSM2, provide Serial-Attached SCSI connections on the X8DT6/X8DT6-F. See the layout below for SAS port locations.

Note 1: For more information on SATA HostRAID configuration, please refer to the Intel SATA HostRAID User's Guide posted on our website @ http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/.

Note 2: For more information on LSI SAS RAID configuration, please refer to the LSI MegaRAID User's Guide posted on our website @ http:// www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/.

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

X8DT6/E Series Rev. 2.01

FAN3

A. I-SATA0

B. I-SATA1

C. I-SATA2

D. I-SATA3

E. I-SATA4

F. I-SATA5

G. SAS 0~3 (X8DT6/

X8DT6-F only)

H. SAS 4~7 (X8DT6/

LAN

CTRL

LAN

CTRL

BMC

CTRL

D1

COM2

JPL1

SP1 SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X8

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X8

SLOT4 PCI-E 2.0 X8

JPL2

SLOT3 PCI-E 2.0 X4

Battery

SLOT1 PCI-E X4

JI2C2

JI2C1

JBT1

 

 

 

 

 

Intel 5520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IOH

 

 

 

 

 

FLOPPY

 

BIOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED1

J5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel ICH10R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAS0~3

G

 

South Bridge

TPM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSI 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JP7

 

 

 

 

SAS4~7

 

 

 

 

 

F

 

JIBTN1C

SAS CTRL

 

H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-SGPIO1

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-SGPIO2

 

I-SATA5

I-SATA2

 

 

JPS1FAN4JWOL

 

JPG1

 

D

I-SATA3

I-SATA0

A

JL1

 

 

 

 

USB3

E

I-SATA4

I-SATA1

B

 

 

 

 

JPB

USB6/7

USB4/5

USB2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JWF1

JWD

 

 

 

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X8DTE-F, X8DT6-F, X8DT6, X8DTE specifications

Super Micro Computer offers a robust line of server motherboards designed for high performance, reliability, and scalability. Among these are the X8DTE, X8DT6, X8DT6-F, and X8DTE-F models, which cater to diverse computing needs in enterprise environments.

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