Supermicro H8DG6 MBD-H8DG6-O Manuale Utente

Preface

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This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable 

PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the H8DG6/i(-F) 

serverboard. 

The H8DG6/i(-F) serverboard is based on the AMD® Dual SR5690 and one SP5100 

chipset and supports two AMD Socket G34 type processor with up to 128 GB of 

ECC/Non-ECC UDIMM or 512 GB of ECC RDIMM. This board series includes the 

following serverboards and characteristics:

H8DG6

Yes

H8DGi

H8DG6-F

Yes

Yes

H8DGi-F

Yes

Please refer to the motherboard specifi cations pages on our web site for updates on 

supported processors (http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/). This product is intended 

to be professionally installed.

Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your motherboard 

box, describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the motherboard 

and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this 

chapter when installing the processor(s) and memory modules and when installing 

the motherboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the hard disk 

drives, the various ports, and the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs. 

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting 

procedures for the video, the memory and the setup confi guration stored in CMOS. 

For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is 

provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In addition, 

you can visit our web site for more detailed information.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on 

running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages.

Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes.