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•  Manuals: http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals

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•  One (1) Supermicro Motherboard

•  One (1) USB 2.0 Cable

•  One (1) COM Port Cable

•  Six (6) Serial ATA Cables (X8DTH-i/-iF)

•  Four (4) Serial ATA Cables (X8DTH-6/-6F)

•  Two (2) iPass to SATA Cables (X8DTH-6/-6F)

•  One (1) IO Back Panel Shield

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Rev. 1.00

SPI BIOS

I-SA
TA

1

I-SA
TA

0

I-SA
TA

5

I-SA
TA

4

JBT
1

SA

TA-SGPIO1

DP5

LED5

DP
4

JPL1

JPG
1

JPS1

JWD

JI2C2

JI2C1

JOH1

JD1

LAN1

VGA

FAN5

KB/MS

P2-DIMM3

A

FA

N6

P2-DIMM3

B

JPI2C

1

JPW

1

JPW

2

FAN1

 P2-DIMM2

A

 P2-DIMM2

B

P2-DIMM1

A

P2-DIMM1

B

FAN7

COM1

JF1

IPMI LAN

USB0/1

P1-DIMM1

B

P1-DIMM1

A

FAN2

P1-DIMM2

A

SMBus1

LAN2

FAN8

P1-DIMM3

B

P1-DIMM3

A

FAN3

Slot6 PCI-E 2.0 X8

Slot6 PCI-E 2.0 X8

Slot5 PCI-E 2.0 X8

Battery

Slot4 PCI-E 2.0 X8

Buzzer

Slot3 PCI-E 2.0 X8

FLASH

(IOH36D-1)

BMC

Slot2 PCI-E 2.0 X8

SAS0~3

ICH10R

SAS4~7

Slot1 PCI-E 2.0 X8

USB4/5

USB3

USB6/7

LS

I

SAS2008

FA

N4

JPW

3

P1-DIMM2

B

LAN CTRL

SAS

PH

Y

I-SA
TA

2

I-SA
TA

3

X8DT

H

Rev
. 2.01

SATA

-SGPIO2

DP
6

DP
7

Inte

l

(South Bridge)

5520

Inte

l

(IOH36D-2)

5520

Inte

l

RAID Ke

y

JL

1

1

1

COM2

TP

M

JHB1

JWOL1

JWF1

CPU1

CPU2

Motherboard Layout and Features

CPU Installation

DIMM Installation

Jumpers/Connectors/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 two CPUs installed)

CPU1

CPU2

Branch 0

Branch 1

Branch 3

Branch 0

Branch 1

Branch 3

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#

Description

Buzzer

33

Onboard Buzzer/Internal Speaker

COM1/COM2

4, 15

Serial Ports 1/2

FAN 1-4

43, 38, 34, 29 System/CPU Fan Headers

FAN 5-8

48, 47, 42, 9

System/CPU Fan Headers (Fans 7~8: CPU Fans)

IPMI LAN

3

IPMI Dedicated LAN (X8DTH-iF/6F only)

JD1

35

PWR LED/Speaker Header (Pins 1~3: PWR LED, Pins 4~7: 

Speaker)

JF1

41

Front Panel Connector

JHB1

14

Front Panel IPMI Heartbeat LED Connection Header

JL1 

30

Chassis Intrusion Header

JOH1

36

Overheat LED Header

JP I

2

C1

46

Power Supply SMBbus I

2

C Header

JPW1

45

24-pin ATX PWR 

JPW2, JPW3

44

8-pin Secondary PWR

JWF1

23

SATA DOM (Disk-On-Module) Power Header

JWOL1

16

Wake-On-LAN Header

KB/MS

1

PS2 Keyboard/Mouse

LAN1/2, 

6, 7

G-LAN (RJ45) Ports (Dedicated LAN: X8DTH-6F/iF)

I-SATA0 ~ I-SATA5

22

(Intel South Bridge) SATA Ports

RAIDKey

28

RAIDKey for RAID5 support (JIBTN1) (X8DTH-6/6F)

SAS Ports 0~3, 4~7 32, 31

SAS Ports 0~3, 4~7 (X8DTH-6/6F only)

SMBUS1

37

System Management Bus Header

SATA-SGPIO-1/-2

20

Serial General Purpose I/O Headers for SATA

TPM Header

12

Trusted Platform Module Header

USB 0/1, 3, 4/5, 6/7 2, 19, 18, 17 

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports

VGA

5

VGA Connector

LED

Item#

Description

State

Status

DP4

40

Onbard Standby Power

Green

System Power On

DP5

11

BMC Activity LED

Green: On

BMC is Active

DP6

26

SAS Heartbeat LED

Green: On

SAS is Normal

DP7

25

SAS Error LED

Red: On

SAS Error Occurred

LED5

24

SAS Activity LED

Green: On

SAS is Active

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.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

1

5

1

9

1

14

1

10

1

15

1

4

1

8

1

13

1

3

1

7

1

12

1

17

1

18

1

19

1

20

1

2

1

6

1

11

1

16

1

21

1

26

1

31

1

36

1

41

1

37

1

42

1

43

1

44

1

45

1

46

1

47

1

48

1

38

1

39

1

40

1

32

1

33

1

34

1

35

1

27

1

28

1

29

1

30

1

22

1

23

1

24

1

25

1

1

Note

: Item num-

bers are listed in 
counterclockwise 
order.

=

 mounting hole 

A. Keyboard

F. COM 1

B. Mouse

G. VGA

C. USB 0

H. LAN1

D. USB 1

I. LAN2

E. IPMI LAN

Motherboard

Screw#1

Screw#2

Mounting Hole

Screw#3

Screw#4

Jumper

Item #

Description

Default

JBT1

21

Clear CMOS

Open (Normal)

JI

2

C1/JI

2

C2

10

SMB to PCI/PCI-E Slots

Closed/Closed (Enabled)

JPG1

13

VGA Enable

Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL1

8

LAN1/2 Enable

Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPS1

27

SAS2.0 Enable

Pins 1-2 (Enabled) (X8DTH-6/-6F only)

JWD

39

Watch Dog

Pins 1-2 (Reset)

Socket Keys

CPU Keys

Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

1

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

2

HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

PWR

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Ground

Ground

19

20

Vcc

X

Ground

NMI

X

Vcc

PWR Fail LED

NIC2 LED

X8DTH-iF/6F only

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