About This Manual; About This Motherboard - Supermicro M11SDV-4C-LN4F 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 M11SDV-4C/4CT/8C/8CT/8C+-LN4F
motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The Supermicro M11SDV-4C/4CT/8C/8CT/8C+-LN4F motherboard supports an AMD EPYC™
3000 SoC series processor with up to 8 cores and 16 threads per socket. The AMD EPYC™
3000 upholds optimized performance with NVMe storage, offering up to 512GB of memory,
with speeds of up to 2666MHz. It offers an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
feature, IPMI out-of-band, and a power usage effectiveness mode that provides management
and monitoring capabilities, as well as a M.2 solid-state drive. This is a high performance,
low powered mini-ITX motherboard that is ideal for super compact servers requiring high
compute power. 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 AMD® EPYC 3000 SoC.
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 BIOS 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 provides UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.
Preface
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Preface