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Motherboard Features
At the heart of the SuperServer 5016I-M6F lies the X8SI6-F, a single processor
motherboard based on the Intel® 3420 chipset. Below are the main features of the
X8SI6-F. See Figure 1-1 for a block diagram of the chipset.
Processors
The X8SI6-F supports a single Intel
an LGA1156 socket. Please refer to the motherboard description pages on our web
site for a complete listing of supported processors (www.supermicro.com).
Memory
The X8SI6-F has six DIMM slots that can support up to 16 GB of UDIMM (unbuf-
fered DIMMs) or up to 32 GB or RDIMM (registered DIMMs) DDR3-1333/1066/800
memory. Dual-channel confi gurations are supported. Memory modules of the same
size and speed should be used. See Chapter 5 for details.
SAS
An LSI SAS 2008 controller is included on the motherboard to provide an eight-port,
SAS subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 10 and (Windows only) 5 capable. The SAS
drives are hot-swappable units.
Serial ATA
A SATA controller is integrated into the chipset to provide a six-port, 3 Gb/s Serial
ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 10 and (Windows only) 5 capable. The SATA
drives are hot-swappable units.
PCI Expansion Slots
The X8SI6-F has one PCI-Express 2.0 x8 (in a x16 slot), one PCI-Express 2.0 x4
(in a x8 slot) and one 32-bit PCI 33 MHz slot.
I/O Ports
The color-coded I/O ports include a COM port, two USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse
and keyboard ports and two Gb Ethernet ports. A dedicated IPMI LAN port is also
included on the X8SI6-F.
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