About This Manual; About This Motherboard - Supermicro X11DPFR-S(N) 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 X11DPFR-S(N) motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The X11DPFR-S(N) motherboard supports dual Intel® Xeon 81xx/61xx/51xx/41xx/31xx series
processors (Socket P) with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to 165W and 2 UPI (UltraPath
Interconnect) of up to 10.4GT/s. Built with the C621 PCH, this motherboard supports up to
1.5TB of Load Reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), Registered DIMM (RDIMM), and Non-Volatile
DIMM (NV-DIMM) DDR4 (288-pin) ECC 2666/2400/2133 MHz modules in 12 slots. It offers
support for Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager, Active Management Technology, and vPro
technology. The X11DPFR-S(N) includes two slots for riser card support, ten SATA 3.0 ports,
one SIOM slot, and 4 NVMe ports. The X11DPFR-S(N) provides maximum performance,
system cooling, PCI-E capacity, and I/O flexibility. This motherboard is optimized for PCI-
Express expansion with flexible IO support, and is ideal for cloud and 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 chipset.
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