Supermicro X11DPL-i User Manual page 3

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 X11DPL-i motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The X11DPL-i motherboard supports dual Intel® Xeon Scalable-SP and 2nd Generation Intel
Xeon Scalable-SP processors (Socket P) with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of up to 140W
and 2 UPIs (Ultra Path Interconnects) of up to 10.4 GT/s (Note 1 below). Built with the Intel
C621 PCH, this motherboard supports up to 2TB of 3DS LRDIMM/LRDIMM/RDIMM/NV-DIMM
DDR4 ECC 2933*/2666/2400/2133 MHz memory in 8 memory slots. It offers support for Intel
Intelligent Power Node Manager, Active Management Technology, and vPro technology. The
X11DPL-i includes ten SATA 3.0 ports, one M.2 slot, and dual LAN and USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports.
The X11DPL-i provides maximum performance, cost effectiveness, PCI-E capacity, and I/O
flexibility. This motherboard is optimized for PCI-Express expansion with flexible IO support,
and is ideal for high-performance 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/.
Note: 1. UPI/memory speeds are dependent on the processors installed in your
system. 2. 2933 MHz memory is supported by 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable-SP
(82xx/62xx series) processors only.
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.
Chapter 3 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