Supermicro X11DPG-SN 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 X11DPG-SN motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The X11DPG-SN supports dual Intel® Xeon Scalable-SP and 2nd Generation Scalable-SP
processors (Socket P) with three UltraPath Interconnects (UPIs) of up to 10.4 G/s (note below).
By utilizing the Intel C621, this motherboard supports up to 4TB of 3DS LRDIMM/LRDIMM/
RDIMM DDR4 ECC 2933*/2666/2400/2133 MHz memory in 16 memory slots (*Note 2 below),
four PCI-E 3.0 x16 for GPU support, one PCI-E x8 expansion slot, one PCI-E 3.0 x16 for
SIOM support, ten SATA 3.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, 2x NVMe, and a BMC with dedicated
LAN and VGA headers. It also supports up to 5TB memory with DCPMM modules installed.
This motherboard is optimized for High Performance Computing systems (HPC), computer
clusters, and VDI computing. 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.
Note 2. Support for 2933MHz memory is dependent on the CPU SKU.
Note 3. Populating DDR4 memory modules in a two-DIMMs per-channel (2DPC) con-
figuration on this motherboard will affect memory bandwidth and performance.
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 information.
Appendix B lists software program installation instructions.
Appendix C provides UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.
Appendix D lists standardized warning statements in various languages.
Preface
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Preface