Supermicro X8QBE-F Motherboard

In this article you will find detailed information about the Supermicro X8QBE-F Motherboard.

Motherboard Data

Supermicro X8QBE-F Motherboard

• Manufacturer: Supermicro
• Motherboard: X8QBE-F
• Manual: manual X8QBE-F
• FAQs: FAQs for 'X8QBE-F' bei Supermicro
• Downloads: Supermicro Mainboard X8QBE-F
• Supermicro Motherboard Drivers & Tools CD: CD/DVD Image (Please note, that the files (drivers, tools, ...) on this CD might be out-of-date.)

Features

• Motherboard form factor: Proprietary 16.4" x 16.8" (41.66cm x 42.65cm)
• CPU socket: 1567-pin LGA Sockets
• RAM:
  • Number of DIMM slots: 32
  • Memory type: 1333 / 1066 / 978 / 800MHz ECC Registered, DDR3 SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin DIMMs
  • Possible sizes of Memory Modules: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB , 8GB, (16GB, 32GB RAM are currently not available at Thomas-Krenn.)
  • Maximum Memory Capacity: 1024GB, Currently at Thomas-Krenn: 256GB
• SATA chip: Intel ICH10R (3.0Gbps)
• LAN-Chip: Intel 82576
• Expansion slots:
  • 1x PCI-E 2.0 (x16)
• Internal I/O ports:
  • 6x SATA-2
• External I/O ports:
  • 2x USB 2.0 Ports (Rear)
• Graphics chip: Matrox G200eW 16 MB DDR2
  • Graphic interfaces:
    • 1x VGA Port
• IPMI chip: Nuvoton WPCM450R IPMI Chip with AMI-Software

BIOS

BIOS Versions

Recommendation: After a BIOS update load the default settings of the BIOS, and adjust the configuration as suggested below at BIOS Configuration.

• Version 2.0c
  • The quality assurance update version release date: 12/03/2012.

BIOS Settings

At Thomas Krenn, after loading the default settings the following BIOS configuration adjustments are applied before a server with this motherboard gets its test installation and gets shipped:

Advanced Menu Option

Advanced > Boot Features                 > Quick Boot         > Disable
                                         > Quiet Boot         > Disable
         > PCI/PnP Configuration         > LAN1 Option ROM    > PXE
                                         > LAN2 Option ROM    > PXE

Optionally the configuration of the supermicro motherboard's onboard raid activation Settings of the SATA Raids or SAS Raids follows depending on the server configuration.

Boot Menu Option

Boot     > Boot Device Priority          > Floppy
                                         > CD/DVD
                                         > Festplatte
                                         > Netzwerk

IPMI

IPMI Versions

• Version 2.04
  • The quality assurance update version release date: 12/04/2012.

Software Tools

• Intel Rapid Storage Technology: Enables the Management of an Intel Onboard Raid Controller under Windows.
• Supero Doctor: With this software the Motherboard can be monitored. The available sensors are displayed graphically.
• IPMI View: Centralized tool Management of the IPMI functions.

Servers with Supermicro X8QBE-F

• 1HE Intel Quad-CPU SC8016 Server (Version 1.0)