About This Manual; About This Motherboard - Supermicro X11DDW-L/NT User Manual

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, IT technicians, and knowledgeable end users.
It provides information for the installation and use of the X11DDW-L/NT motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The Super X11DDW-L/NT motherboard supports dual Intel Xeon 81xx/61xx/51xx/41xx/31xx
series processors (Socket P -F) with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to 205W and a
QPI (QuickPath Interconnect) of up to 10.4GT/s. Built with the Intel® C621/C622 PCH, this
motherboard supports 1536GB Registered ECC DDR4 in 12 memory slots. It offers support for
Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager, Active Management Technology, and vPro technology.
The X11DDW-L/NT includes four NVMe connectors, slots for riser card support, fourteen
SATA 3.0 ports, and dual LAN and USB 3.0 ports. The X11DDW-L/NT provides maximum
performance, system cooling, and PCI-E capacity. This motherboard is optimized for PCI-
Express expansion with flexible IO support, and is ideal for general-purpose server platforms.
Please note that this motherboard is intended to be installed and serviced by professional
technicians only. For processor/memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.
supermicro.com/products/.
Manual organization
Chapter 1 describes the features, specifications and performance of the motherboard, and
provides detailed information on the Intel C621/C622 chipsets.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when installing the
processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the system.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting 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 lists standardized warning statements in various languages.
Appendix D contains UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.
Preface
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Preface