About This Motherboard - Supermicro X10SDV User Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, IT technicians and
knowledgeable end users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
X10SDV Flex ATX Series motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The
Pentium SoC (System-on-a-Chip) D-1500 Family processor in a BGA package. The
X10SDV Flex ATX Series motherboard addresses a low-power, high-density infra-
structure need with up to 16 Cores and 128 GB of DDR4 memory, two integrated
10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports, up to 6 Gigabit Intel Ethernet ports, USB 3.0 and a
thermal design up to 65 watts. The X10SDV Flex ATX Series motherboard provides
software consistency from the data center to the storage and network edge with the
same instruction set as the robust Xeon processor.
Please refer to our website at (http://www.supermicro.com/products/) for memory
support updates. This product is intended to be installed and serviced by profes-
sional technicians.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 describes the features, specifications and performance of the mother-
board, and provides detailed information on the Intel Xeon/Pentium D-1500 Family
processor.
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 UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.
Appendix D contains Dual Boot Block instructions.
X10SDV Flex ATX Series motherboard supports an Intel
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