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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.
Serverboard Full IPMI
Capability
InfiniBand
Components
H8DMT - -
H8DMT-F X -
H8DMT-IBX - X
H8DMT-IBXF X X