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PACKAGE CONTENTS (Applies to single-pack only)

X8DA6 / X8DAEQUICK REFEREN CE GUIDE

• One (1) Supermicro Motherboard• One (1) Floppy Ribbon Cable• One (1) 1394a Connector Cable• Two (2) SAS Cables for SATA/SAS Backplane

• Four (4) Serial ATA Cables (for X8DA6)• Six (6) Serial ATA Cables (for X8DAE)• One (1) I/O Back Panel Shield

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Motherboard Layout and Features

CPU Installation

DIMM Installation

Jumpers, Connectors, and LED Indicators

Connectors

Memory Support

Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots, starting with P1-DIMM1A. For memory to work properly, follow the tables below for memory population order. Refer to the motherboard layout (at left) for the location of the DIMM slots.

Memory Population for Optimal Performance-For a motherboard with One CPU (CPU1) installed

Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2

3 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM3A

6 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B

Memory Population for Optimal Performance-For a motherboard with One CPU (CPU2) installed

Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2

3 DIMMs P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM3A

6 DIMMs P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM3A P2 DIMM3B

Memory Population for Optimal Performance-For a motherboard with Two CPUs installed

CPU1 CPU2

Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2

6 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 1A 2A 3A

12 DIMMs

1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B

Note: Refer to Chapter 2 of the User Manual for detailed information on memory support and CPU/motherboard installation instructions.

Heatsink Installation Front Panel Control (JF1)

Note: Refer to Chapter 2 of the User Manual on detailed information on jumpers, connectors, and LED indicators.Note: Graphics shown in this quick guide are for illustration only. Your components may or may not look exactly the same as drawings shown in this guide.

Back Panel IO Connectors

LED Indicators

Connectors Item# DescriptionAudio 6 Audio Input/Output and MicCD1 10 CD-ROMAudio FP (J27) 11 Front Panel HD Audio HeadersCNF1, CNF2 12 IEEE 1394a Connectors 1/2COM1, COM2 3, 4 COM1 and COM2 Serial Ports FAN 1~4 36, 32, 29, 21 System Fan HeadersFans 5~8 41, 42, 35, 43 System/CPU Fan Headers (Fans 7~8: CPU Fans)Floppy 25 Floppy Disk Drive ConnectorJD1 30 Speaker/Power LED HeaderJF1 33 Front Panel ConnectorJIBTN1 27 RAIDKey for RAID5 support (X8DA6 only)JL1 19 Chassis Intrusion HeaderJOH1 31 Overheat LED HeaderJPI2C1 40 SMB Power Supply I2C HeaderJPW1, JPW2 37, 38 +12V 8-pin Secondary PWR Connector JPW3 39 24-pin ATX Main Power Connector JWOL 22 Wake-On-LAN HeaderKB/MS 1 PS/2 Keyboard and MouseLAN1/2 5 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) PortsI-SATA0 ~ I-SATA5 17 (Intel South Bridge) SATA PortsSAS 0~3, 4~7 24, 23 SAS Connectors (X8DA6 only)T-SGPIO-1, T-SGPIO-2 26 Serial General Purpose Input/Output HeadersUSB 0/1/2/3 2 (Back Panel) Universal Serial Bus (USB) PortsUSB 4/5, 6/7, 8 15, 13, 14 Front Panel Accessible USB Headers

LED Item# Description State StatusLE1 34 Onboard Standby PWR On System Power OnLED1 28 SAS LED (X8DA6 only) On SAS Normal

Jumpers This motherboard supports up to 192 GB of Registered (RDIMM) ECC or up to 48 GB of Unbuffered (UDIMM) ECC/Non-ECC DDR3 800/1066/1333 MHz 3-channel (per CPU) memory in 12 DIMM slots.

Note: For memory optimization, use only DIMM modules that have been validated by Supermicro. For the latest memory updates, please refer to our website at http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard.

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A. Keyboard I. GLAN 1

B. PS/2 Mouse J. GLAN 2

C. USB 0 K. Side Sur

D. USB 1 L. Back Sur

E. USB 2 M. CEN/LFE

F. USB 3 N. Mic In

G. COM 1 O. Front

H. COM 2 P. Line-In

Motherboard

Screw#1 Screw#2

Mounting Hole

Screw#3

Screw#4

Jumper Item # Description Default

JBT1 16 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 in User ManualJI2C1, JI2C2 44 SMB (I2C) to PCI-X Slots Pins 2-3 (Disabled)JPAC1 7 Audio Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)JPL1, JPL2 9 GLAN 1/2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)JPI1 8 CNF1, CNF2 (1394a_1/2) Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)JPS1 20 SAS Enable (X8DA6 only) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)JWD1 18 Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

Socket Keys CPU Keys

Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

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NIC1 LED

Reset Button

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HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

PWR

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NIC2 LED

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FAN8 (CPU1 Fan)

P2-D

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I-SATA1I-SATA0

I-SATA3

I-SATA5

I-SATA2

I-SATA4

FLOPPY

USB6/7

USB4/5

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