H8DMT/H8DMT-IBX/H8DMT-F/H8DMT-IBXF User’s Manual The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com . Super Micro Computer, Inc. (“Supermicro”) reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice.

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This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense. California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials: This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR (Manganese Dioxide) Lithium coin cells. Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate for further details. WARNING:

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Preface About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the H8DMT/H8DMT-IBX/ H8DMT-F/H8DMT-IBXF serverboards. All these serverboards are based on the nVidia MCP55 Pro chipset and support AMD Opteron™ processors with up to 64 GB of DDR2-800/667/533/400 registered ECC SDRAM. The differences between these serverboards is that some have full IPMI capability, some have InfiniBand components and some have both or neither capability. Refer to the chart below for details on which boards have which capabilities.

Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site for updates on supported processors ( http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/ ). This product is intended to be professionally installed. Manual Organization Chapter 1 – This chapter includes a checklist of what should be included in your Serverboard box. It also describes the features, specifications and performance of the Serverboard along with detailed information about the chipset. Chapter 2 – This chapter 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, power and reset buttons and system LEDs. Sections on enabling SATA RAID and system drivers are also included. Chapter 3 – If you encounter any problems, see this chapter, which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video, 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 contacting technical support. Chapter 4 – This chapter includes an introduction to the motherboard’s BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A – This appendix provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages. Appendix B – This appendix lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes. iii Serverboard Full IPMI Capability InfiniBand Components H8DMT - - H8DMT-F X - H8DMT-IBX - X H8DMT-IBXF X X

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