About This Motherboard; Manual Organization - Supermicro X9SRW-F User Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
X9SRW motherboard series.

About This Motherboard

The X9SRW motherboard series supports a single Intel® E5-1600/E5-
2600 series processor (2011-pin, Socket R). With the Intel® C600 series chipset
built in, the X9SRW Motherboard series offers top-of-the-line system performance
and storage capability. Features such as support for up to 256GB of memory, dual
1Gb LAN, eight (8) USB ports, and an IPMI port make the X9SRW series ideal for
high end rack-mounted single-processor platforms.
Please refer to our website (http://www.supermicro.com/products/) for processor
and memory support updates.
*This product is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 describes the features, specifications and performance of the mother-
board, and provides detailed information on the Intel Patsburg chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-
stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the
system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-
shooting 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 contains the UEFI BIOS Recovery instructions.
Preface
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Preface