Supermicro SuperMicro X6DAi-G XEON MBD-X6DAI-G-O Manual De Usuario

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Preface

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knowledgeable PC users.  It provides information for the installation and use of

the 

 X6DAT-G/X6DAi-G motherboard.  Installation and maintenance

should be performed by experienced technicians only.

The 

 X6DAT-G/X6DAi-G supports single or dual Intel

®

 Xeon

TM

 EM64T

processors at an 800 MHz front side bus speed.  Please refer to the motherboard

specifications pages on our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/products/

motherboard/)

 

for updates on supported processors.  This product is intended to

be professionally installed.

Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your

mainboard box, describes the features, specifications 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 you want to install the processor and memory

modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis.  Also refer to

this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, SATA drives, the

IDE interfaces, the parallel and serial ports, the keyboard and mouse, the

power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators.

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-

shooting procedures for the video, the memory and the setup configuration

stored in CMOS.  For quick reference, a general FAQ [Frequently Asked

Questions] section is provided.  Instructions are also included for contact-

ing technical support.  In addition, you can visit our web site (http://

www.supermicro.com/support/) for more detailed information.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-

tion on running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A gives information on BIOS POST messages.

Appendix B lists software drivers, SATA HostRAID Utility and the OS in-

stallation instructions.

Appendix C provides information on  installing Adaptec's SATA HostRAID

Utility based on Marvell's SATA chip