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X8DA3/X8DAi User's Manual
Motherboard Features
CPU
Two Intel•
®
5500 Series Processor (LGA 1366) processors. Each processor sup-
ports two full-width Intel QuickPath Interconnect links of up to 51.2 GB/s Data
Transfer Rate (6.4 GT/s per direction)
Memory
Twelve 240-pin DIMM sockets support up to 96 GB of DDR3 Registered ECC •
Memory (See Section 2-3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population.)
Chipset
Intel 5520 chipset, including the 5520 (North Bridge) and the ICH10R (South •
Bridge).
Warning:To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to provide
adequate airfl ow to your system.
Expansion Slots
Two PCI-E x16 slot (Slot3 and Slot6)•
One PCI-E x4 slot (Slot2)•
Three 32-bit PCI 33 slot (Slot1, Slot4 and Slot5)•
One SIMLC IPMI Slot (Slot0) •
Note: IPMI 2.0 is supported by the motherboard. To use this feature,
please install a SIMLC add-on card on the SIMLC Slot (Slot 0). For more
information on IPMI, please refer to the AOC-SIMLC User Guide @ http://
www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/SIM.cfm.
BIOS
32 Mb AMI SPI Flash ROM•
PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0/2.0/3.0, Plug and Play (PnP), DMI 2.3, USB Keyboard sup-•
port, and SMBIOS 2.3
PC Health Monitoring
Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores, chipset voltage, 3.3Vcc, 12V, V_DIMM, •
5V, -12V, 3.3VSB, and Vbatt
Fan status monitor and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Fan Control
•
CPU/chassis temperature monitors•
Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) ready and Thermal Monitor 2 •
(TM2) support
CPU fan auto-off in sleep mode/CPU slow-down on temperature overheat
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CPU thermal trip support for processor protection, power LED•
