SuperMicro X9DR3-LN4F+ secrets exposed | Motherboard Review

In this video I go into a detailed review of the SuperMicro X9DR3-LN4F+ motherboard and expose the truth about this motherboard that you won't find anywhere else.
2:54 - EE-ATX form factor
6:11 - CPU processor support
11:22 - RAM / Memory configuration
20:19 - PCI-E support
23:06 - C606 SAS controller
25:32 - SATA ports
26:47 - fan headers and controls
29:25 - internal USB and boot drive options
31:57 - quad port Intel 1Gbps NIC
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[@manievanniekerk7732]

This video is a hidden gem. I just found one of these boards on the secondhand market, still in the original packaging, for a very good price. That being said, your video was really informative and helped explain all the things I wanted to know (without delving into forums and digging through whitepaper) before buying it. Regardless of whether or not you see this comment, just thank you for this detailed video.

[@ArtofServer]

Glad this video was helpful to you. I appreciate the comment and thank you for watching! :-)

[@wildmanjeff42]

love supermicro - have 3 x10sra-f-o. Had a problem with one board, bought 2 rdimms then 2 additional rdimms from them, same exact brand and type and when I installed it would no longer enter bios (keyboard worked for reset, but no bios on the IPMI or through regular kvm. just cost me to send to them and they repaired and sent back in 2 weeks. great video series and playlists glad I found your channel. I was searching for flashing IBM Serveraid 1015 SAS controllers (ordered 2 more since I already have 2 of them I flashed year or so ago). Lot of great info

[@ArtofServer]

welcome and thanks for watching!

[@SeanAnthony]

Thank you for the detail explanation of this Supermicro mobo!

[@bigchew3149]

I Like Them Bords Real Well..I Think I Have 3 of Them + 2 Other Models & I have Always Had Good Luck With Super Micro Bords !

[@kreigrastalovich2577]

Anyone looking to build a home lab, the X9D range is excellent. Definitely go 2nd hand/ebay, even reclamation stores. I bought a full Supermicro server, stripped the mobo out, used a standard atx psu. 2x 10 core intel v2, and 96g at this point - I went non ecc. Memory is a balancing act versus speed. Some second hand lsi cards is perfect for the slots. This is model I have except I think it only has 1x 8087

[@woxit6107]

@Art of Server Thanks for the hint at this vid, explained all I needed! Thanks for your time and effort.

[@ArtofServer]

Glad to help!

[@marcxx131]

Looking at pulling the trigger on this board on eBay .. inexpensive way to upgrade from E3-1245 X10 board Iimit 32GB ugh) and also to power up ECS-847 Supermicro Chassis that i inadvertently won the bid for) ... Even though its 3 years old your information was extremely useful !!! So thanks very much for taking the time to make and post this.

[@ArtofServer]

Glad to hear this video is still helpful 3 years later! :-)

[@studentinfomovie]

Couple of things I would add: 1. I do not know about Supermicro boards, but this C602 platform was "just" before NVMe frenzy emerged. I managed to boot in UEFI mode with Intel's NVMe drives (Intel 750 AIC and Optane 900p AIC) on Asus PE-Z9 WS and 2 Dell R620 servers, but could not do it with Samsung 960 EVO. There were some success reports with 950 evo's and pro's as they had some additional legacy bootloader - but I would suggest to go with these Intel drives if you wanna be sure. So using this platform still gives you a chance of going NVMe (and Intel's drives are great!) Older platform (ie HP Z400, Z800, R710...) does not give you this option. 2. These dual socket boards have 80 (40 per socket!) PCIe 3.0 lanes! You can basically imagine anything you want for your expansions (4 dual width GPUs , 7 RAID AIC cards, extra 10Gb cards, quad NIC AIC for virualized pfSense...). Often you need to read the manual VERY carefully to figure out where you can put anything if you already have a modern GPU installed. With this you are basically looking only for (literally speaking) SPACE on the board. 3. CPUs go from highly afordable and still very decent (I have 2 of these machines with dual 6c/12t 2650 v1's that go for $50-70/piece - which still give solid single and multi thread performance) to some quite capable ones (I also have 2x E5 2690's). If starting now E5-2667v2 would be my recomendation for WS and 2680v2 or 2690v2 for ws/server stuff. 4. Quad channel RAM. It's a bit lower frequency than newer ones, but DDR3 in quad channel mode will probably not be your bottleneck. It's also a lot cheaper than DDR4. If you wanna ie: - try out ZFS properly, - give mySQL enough RAM, - use/test Redis, - have/test a RAM disk on Windows... you probably need 64GB+ ECC RAM 5. These setups are great for virtualization! Ryzen/Threadripper looks very promising on specs, but I found variuous reports on issues in this kind of usage. For enthusiasts on a budget, this platform might save you a lot of headaches (just this weekend I managed to set up "nested virtualization" with Hyper-V host and 2x Proxmox VM's to start testing cluster setup, Win-Linux NFS/SMB/, HA with ie HAproxy load balancer container, virtualized pfSense... With this platform it's a breeze at least for my level of knowledge (+ Google is your friend! :-) My Win10 workstation with Hyper-V now besides very usable Win10 WS also serves 1 VM Ubuntu 16.04 1 VM Ubuntu 18.04 with desktop 1 VM: Proxmox-1 + 1-2 VMs or LXC containers 1 VM: Proxmox-2 + 1-2 VMs or LXC containers You give each final VM/container 2 or 4 vCPUs and 2-4GB RAM without calculating the needs much and start going fairly quickly. 6. It's not the most power efficient solution in 2018, but it's probably worth it if you use/need it. I would say you'll learn much more and much quicker than going with some consumer setup and saving a bit on power bill. Someone recently said in his video "if you wanny do video content, go for Threadripper" right now and leave older/cheaper things aside. You wanna progress quickly. 7. Carefull when buying coolers as they often need to have a support for narrow ILM (I use Noctua's). Sound card is often not present. MB Size is almost always EATX+ or even some custom size. Check proven setups and compatible parts lists before buying. 8. you can get very good deals on used machines - I saw a local Supermicro WS with 2x 2680 v2 (that's a total of 20c/40t CPUs with very good performance), 32GB ECC RAM, noctua coolers in a quiet nice-looking tower setup for 1.000€ & seller's warranty - and it's being unsold for months. www.bolha.com/racunalnistvo/procesorji/intel/intel-xeon/garancija-2x-intel-xeon-e5-2680-v2-20-jeder-supermicro-1337497459.html?aclct=1545336026&kw=2680+v2 Go for E5 v3+ platform and it is a whole new pricing ball park for not really that much more performance, mostly a bit better power consumption. Something like a used Lenovo Thinkstation P700 with 2x E5 2697v3 ie www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Workstation-P700-Two-E5-2697V3-64GB-DDR4-256GB-512GB-SSD-4TB-W8-1Pro-K620/183464723266?hash=item2ab7598342:g:p-IAAOSwfEdbsxlS:rk:3:pf:0 would be a next step above if it still fits your budget. Wanted to give credit to your effort/video and share my experience with this platform if someone else goes this path.

[@ArtofServer]

Thanks for the additional information!

[@dorinxtg]

Vladimir, what issues with Ryzen/Threadripper have you had regarding virtualization? I would love to hear, so I can forward it to the right people to take care of them.

[@ArtofServer]

@@dorinxtg Do you work for AMD?

[@StreamingF1ydave]

Can you confirm if any V2's work on the 1.10 board?

[@patrickgeneva]

Great video, really insightful and helpful. Thanks!

[@ArtofServer]

Thanks. Glad it was helpful!

[@tycilluffo109]

This was extremely helpful in figuring out the v2 issue with processors not functioning. I have hope that contacting SuperMicro will be able to get it updated. Even their Tech Support didn't hit on that.

[@ArtofServer]

Glad this was helpful! I learned about all this from Supermicro tech support. I guess you might have gotten someone who wasn't as familiar with the problems of this generation of hardware? They are generally pretty helpful. Explain to them the issue and ask them if Supermicro as an "ECO" (engineering change order) for your board. If so, then their RMA department may be able to help you fix your issue. Either way, hope you get your board's issue resolved. Good luck!

[@tycilluffo109]

@@ArtofServer Just for reference, SuperMicro are no longer updating those boards. Tech Support will however, tell you what 7 components (mostly resistors) need to be changed to bring it up to Rev 1.2a for someone with superior soldering skills. If you get a board that isn't at least Revision 1.2a, you need to stick with v1 processors which are basically 8 core/16 thread. Hope that helps someone :)

[@ArtofServer]

@@tycilluffo109 supermicro RMA department won't do the ECO for you, even if you pay for the service?

[@tycilluffo109]

@@ArtofServer I inquired with tech and was told talk to sales? Talking to RMA dept, they don't do it. I even submitted an RMA request including how much would it cost and was denied with no further info. It is an 8yr old board....

[@steveallen1382]

@@tycilluffo109 I recently acquired one of these boards. Upon application of power, it immediately blew a capacitor near the edge opposite the ethernet ports. Tech support wouldn't give me the time of day to even identify the blown part. I was able to remove several similar capacitors nearby to determine its value, and I fortunately had parts on hand to replace the bad one. If someone could list what those replacement parts are, I would much appreciate it.

[@andrewformosa7844]

Question. do you know... Is this board Legacy only bios? I cant seem to see how to set the bios to UEFI boot mode, so that i can get a UEFI windows installation. Ive tried twice and can only get Legacy Boot to run, installing on Sata0 or Sata1, to unprovisioned bare drives. The system wont boot a GPT Fat32 installation flash drive. Is this board Legacy only?

[@discoverick]

Thank you for all the information, very helpful.

[@ArtofServer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adamlongoria3061]

Question about the C606 SAS controller. I can't see any drives connected to these ports in the BIOS. What settings will enable that?

[@dorinxtg]

Great video! BTW - which camera do you use?

[@ArtofServer]

Thanks! I just have a GoPro hero session strapped to my head.

[@pennakira]

thank you for the video, very help

[@ArtofServer]

Glad it helped

[@bigchew3149]

I Really Like The Super micro X9DR3-LN4F+ Bords Real Well..I Think I Have 3 of Them + 2 Other Models & I have Always Had Real Good Luck With Super Micro Bords ! I Am Still Using 3 Dual Xeon Systems Even in 2021 I Am Still Running My first Dual Socket Supermicro X8DTH-6F with X5675's 64gb Ecc Ram & 10Gb Nic..its Ran 24/7 for years & Never Complains !

[@ArtofServer]

The X8DTH-6F was one of my favorites from the westmere Xeon generation! Thanks for watching!

[@rkt2583]

your video is soo helpful!! would you be able to also show us how you add RAID controller and configure RAID in BIOS??

[@ArtofServer]

i'm glad this was helpful to you! I don't generally do much stuff with hardware RAID controllers, but I'll put that on my list of future videos.

[@TheSasquatchjones]

I love these videos

[@ArtofServer]

Thank you! I hope they have been useful! :-)

[@cadvuive]

can the general PSU like the EVGA atx 850w use with this board ? I have bought this board before and had no luck with it, even bought a new 850w EVGA still no post no beep just ipmi work

[@ArtofServer]

Yes, Supermicro doesn't do anything weird. Their boards usually take standard ATX power connectors.

[@XanatosDavid]

Does the board support suspend to disk, a.k.a. hibernation?

[@parsec3d]

Do you know if there is jumper to clear the password other than the clear cmos one ? I'm having trouble clearing a X9DRi-LN4F+ board I've got from ebay.

[@ArtofServer]

I don't know of a sure solution. one suggestion i've seen is to boot a FreeDOS with the IPMI/BMC firmware and BIOS. And re-flash both of those with factory reset option (do not preserve settings).

[@JaimeZX]

I thought one of your videos walked through the IPMI configuration one one of these X9D series, but I can't find it now. Anything non-trivial about it?

[@ArtofServer]

I might have, but it might have been part of another video. I don't recall making a video specifically on the Supermicro BMC/IPMI interface. But yeah, it's pretty straight-forward though..

[@skynetcybersystem3tech]

super materiał .

[@ArtofServer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@keratishvili]

what bad could happen by forcing speed to rams?

[@UmbraAtrox_]

Thank you for the video, helped a lot. Where did you find the memory speed table? i cant find it in my manual or quick refernce quide but i have a different board. X9SRI-F can you help me out? I want to fill that board with R dimms to 64 or 128gb i think which speed do i go for? all the manual says about speed is: The X9SRi/ X9SRE motherboard series suppor ts up to 256GB of 1600/1066/1333/1600 MHz ECC/Non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs in eight (8) memory slots (UDIMM/RDIMM). does that mean i just go for 1600mhz 16 GB r dimm modules and fine?

[@ArtofServer]

the memory table is in the user manual for the motherboard.

[@keratishvili]

Hi, could you resolve issue with onboard sas chip and hgst sas drives?

[@ArtofServer]

No, I have no idea how that can be resolved.

[@linuxmq3945]

Hi, Very interesting video. A lot of talking. Maybe you could have shorten it by providing some on screen editing for some of the features. One thing you have not mentioned: Upgrading passive heatsinks... I have this same board and if I transcode videos or other CPU intensive activities, my CPUs' temperature is going through the roof! OK I am not in a usual server A/C at 17 Celsius environment but in a home office, so my case might be different. I hope that this board has square ILM that can be fitted with those nice Noctua NH-U9 to NH-U15 models for LGA2011 sockets. Some have optional "narrow ILM" adapters. But if plain square ILM it would be better. I think they are square with the heatsink mounts at same distances from each others. It would be great to know more about that. Thank you for the good work.

[@NIXIEPIXIE]

hey i have this exact motherboard do you by chance know how to configure ipmi when i input the ip address i find in the bios it takes me to a page where it says site cant be reached

[@ArtofServer]

Download the ipmicfg tool from Supermicro. Use that to configure the IPMI and also check the current status and settings. If all of that is set correctly, make sure the IPMI interface is on the same network as the machine you're connecting from. From there do standard network troubleshooting like check ARP cache for the MAC addresses, etc.

[@NIXIEPIXIE]

@@ArtofServer i got it sorted had to reset the password all is well now just need to sort out my memory issues

[@theicon2020]

I see you have more boards around.. lol Video on making your own standoffs, holes etc might be nice to make!

[@ArtofServer]

Lol... Yeah, there are always a few projects going on here. I'll have to think about showing how to make your own standoffs; I don't have a PC case that I can use to demo that right now. Thanks for watching!

[@wiedapp]

Just two questions: You showed and described all the fan headers. They are obviously the equivalent to the "SYS_FAN" headers on all the consumer mainboards out there. Now, if I would grab a board like you have there and put it - for example - into a Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra (where I live it is still sold as Jou Jye GTX-U322D-FD for just under 100€), these passive server heatsinks will certainly not do. So, for some sufficient active cooled heatsinks I need to choose two of all the fan headers for the CPU fans. Which headers should I use? Can these two headers actually be defined as "CPU_FAN" headers in the BIOS? I mean, I would make sure to use some silent stuff that could possibly work even at full speed without chewing away on my ears. But still, the option would be nice to have. Great videos you make there, keep it on!

[@ArtofServer]

To use this in a desktop PC case, I would attach the CPU coolers to FAN1-6, not FAN-A/B. That way, the CPU fans are controlled according to CPU temps, which I think is the primary input signal driving the fan controller for that zone. There is no way to "define" individual fan headers as "CPU_FAN", as the entire zone is driven by the same signal. As for CPU coolers in a desktop PC case for this motherboard, I really like the Noctua CPU coolers. They are really quiet, and their cooling performance is great, comparable to AIO liquid coolers. thanks for watching!

[@linuxmq3945]

@@ArtofServer Hi, sorry I did not read this conversation before I posted my comment. Maybe if you could confirm the Square ILM heatsink mounting brackets instead of the Narrow ILM for this board, that would be great. Thank you very much.

[@ArtofServer]

@@linuxmq3945 it is square ILM.

[@markiangooley]

I’m considering a used one complete with CPUs and heat sinks and some memory, suggested by someone on the Folding@Home forums, to put three double-width GPUs in for a Folding@Home rig. (I don’t see how four can fit: maybe an extension cable?) Cooling those closely-packed GPUs could be a problem, but all of them would presumably get true PCIe 3.0 x16 bandwidth. Running F@H CPU work units would probably not be worth the extra heat and power consumption...

[@ArtofServer]

I don't know the F@H algorithms and how they use the GPUs. In many cases, the full x16 PCIe3 bandwidth is not necessary...

[@soniclab-cnc]

I have 192 gigs of ram in mine... they get hot with all 24 dimms full! lol. I was using this system with E5-2680v1 cpus with dual GTX1660ti for some folding@home. 700 watts from the wall. I just boxed the board back up for now to free up some bench space. Fun playing with giant older server stuff even in 2021. I will eventually build myself a custom chassis for EEatx as nothing I have will enclose this mammoth motherboard.

[@ArtofServer]

Nice. Yeah, eeatx can be hard to fit. Still a very useful board. If you upgrade to v2 CPUs, it should lower the power consumption.

[@soniclab-cnc]

@@ArtofServer I have a few sets of spare V2 cpus but this one is the older REV 1.2 board and will need retrofit. Its not really worth it for me to send back... I have an Asrock Rack board for my Proxmox setup with 2690V2 that works very well for all my VM's. I am not doing any CPU folding anymore as the numbers just aren't worth it so I am not too worried about the power consumption. Currently heating my home with GPU power...

[@clementrousseau9431]

my motherboard show as Supermicro X9DRi-LN4+/X9DR3-LN4+ , Version REV:1.20A look very similar but only one SAS port i'm kinda have problem to install my ram that are rdimm, I can't find anything online on the not -f version any help will be appreciated i'm running 2 Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHz

[@ArtofServer]

The non-F version just means there's no IPMI interface. Otherwise, those boards are all very similar, just slightly different features. Not sure what problem you're having, but the RAM part of this video should equally apply.

[@clementrousseau9431]

@@ArtofServer i have a bunch of 4gb RDIMM that i install it exactly like you show on the board in this video for a total of 64gb i boot my unraid server but like after 15 to 30 minute it just freeze and i have to power cycle if i fully populate the back part of the the board where the I/O are i have no problem but have only 48gb it seem as soon i put a ram in the front of the board i have prob

[@lazychris2000]

Supermicro REALLY needs to add the 1.20a revision caveat to their website! They definitely list the v2 Xeons as being compatible with you visit the board's page.....I wonder if they'll still help us out in 2020 since the rev 1.01 boards seem to be quite plentiful and cheap on ebay?

[@ArtofServer]

In my interaction, they have been very generous. I really enjoy working with Supermicro people.

[@keratishvili]

@@ArtofServer is there any guide how to mod motherboard to support v2 processors in my regions there is no RMA :(

[@ArtofServer]

@@keratishvili no, sorry I don't know of one.

[@C12DDK]

I’ve got this mobo, one other thing to consider is that some models only have one mini sas port 😒 I didn’t see or know this from the eBay listing!

[@ArtofServer]

wait, are you talking about a model different than this X9DR3-LN4F+ ? or, are you talking about this model coming with only 1 SAS port?

[@C12DDK]

Art of Server well specifically I have the x9DRi-F apparently, the manuals online state that can come with one or two mini sas ports, so perhaps not quite the same.

[@marcxx131]

Thanks for posting this -- i was just looking at pulling the trigger for this board and went back to look at the pic on aBay and sure enough only 1 SAS port!! although its a Rev 1.20A No matter now long stuff stays on the interweb its worth it ...

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

be nice if we could find out what changes they made and do it our self's if we needed to.

[@ArtofServer]

You could try asking Supermicro RMA department. But I agree...

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

@@ArtofServer What be nice is if some one has a board that didn't have changes made and one that did and see what changed

[@elbachir4720]

Thank you very much!

[@ArtofServer]

Thanks for watching!

[@elbachir4720]

@@ArtofServer I'm building a NAS and i think going with this motherboard. I got lot to learn and this video is exactly what i'm looking for. Liked + subscribed!

[@ArtofServer]

@@elbachir4720 Cool! For NAS build, just make sure to note the point I made about the onboard SAS controllers not working well with HGST SAS drives... welcome to my channel! :-)

[@elbachir4720]

@@ArtofServer I'm outside the US so i can't get my hand on the Easystore lol but i will go with two 8 or 10to WD Essential + 1 parity. I'm hesitating between dual E5-2650 to start or go big with 2670 (i think they have to match model/frequency). Can't wait even tho it seems that in Europe the 2nd hand server part market is way smaller than in the US. Thanks!

[@ArtofServer]

@El Bachir I don't know about the European market, but in US market, the Ivy Bridge-EP Xeons seem to be better value than Sandy Bridge-EP Xeons. Make sure your board supports v2 before you buy v2 CPUs though! As for go "big", it really depends on your workload and what you want to do with your server.

[@dsegundo]

How tall are the coolers? I have a 36 bay supermicro and my stupid current mobo and cpu fan is too tall

[@ArtofServer]

The coolers you saw in this video are 2U made specifically for Supermicro servers. 3U and 4U Supermicro servers use the same 2U CPU heatsinks, but add an air shroud to push the air down towards the heatsinks.

[@user-fe1et9ze2b]

Hello. Your video helped me a lot. But I would like to clarify a few points. The motherboard specification States: - that the maximum cache is 30 MB. Which cache is meant: - L1, L2, L3 and this cache=30MB belongs to one socket or is divided into two sockets(that is, each socket has 15 MB)? And the maximum number of cores is not specified. in the processor?

[@ArtofServer]

glad the video helped you! :-) to be honest, i'm not sure what you're talking about. the CPU cache is all on the CPU, not a function of the motherboard. It's been 20 yrs (?) since there was cache on the motherboard for CPU...

[@user-fe1et9ze2b]

@@ArtofServer I apologize for the wrong meaning, it could have been formed incorrectly by the translator. I meant that the motherboard supports processors with up to 30MB of cache. So I can install two processors and each one has 30MB of cache?

[@ArtofServer]

@@user-fe1et9ze2b I don't think the cache size on the cpu matters. What matters is the supported TDP. Some CPUs have very high TDP, and only some motherboards will support that. Example being E5-2687v2.

[@user-fe1et9ze2b]

@@ArtofServer I understand well. Thank you for your clarification.)))

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

Well thats crazy I guess Supermicro took this board off their support list. for the most part they used to have the IPMI firmware update 3.61. It used to work great but no since Java is no longer supported and html is. The new firmware 3.72 or so I can't find for this board. I need to flash this bios so I can get the HTML support for consul. You have any idea were they may be hiding it. Because now they only have the 3.4 firmware and seems as if the 3.61 is no longer even on their site.

[@ArtofServer]

yeah, they've made their legacy products really difficult to find. search engines aren't even indexing these pages for some reason. But here it is: www.supermicro.com/en/support/resources/downloadcenter/firmware/MBD-X9DR3-LN4F+/BMC Hope that helps! :-)

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

@@ArtofServer yea I had that one downloaded a long time a go. I picked up a supermicro X10SLH-N6-ST031 Great board and I seen it had a revision 3.72 and it had a iKVM/HTML5 for console witch works great with little to no lag. were as the X9DR3-LN4F+ does not. I used to be able to use IPMIView 2.19 build 210401 to view the console, but that no long works at all to launching a KVM Console. and the only board that I can even use a console on is the X10SLH-N6-ST031 from the web gui using the HTML. The X9DR3-LN4F+ can't access its console at all, though the web gui or the IPMIView.

[@drakenstrijder2463]

do you know if the HPE H240 card in it mode just works with this motherboard or do I have to buy one from supermicro itself support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=c04496621#N10057

[@ArtofServer]

I've used the HP H240 in supermicro motherboards before. It wasn't a problem, but I could not figure out how to configure it to boot though.

[@drakenstrijder2463]

@@ArtofServer thanks. is it also easy to flash to it mode? i want to use this motherboard raid card combination for unraid.

[@ArtofServer]

You don't need to flash the H240 to IT mode. The same firmware has both modes available, you just run a command to configure the desired mode you want.

[@drakenstrijder2463]

@ Art of Server what command is that ( or link to an artikel or video with the command)

[@ahmedeid188]

I bought the same motherboard and I am trying to connect it with NVME M.2 SSD through PCIe, but unfortunately the board doesn't support that :( The question is there any way we can make it work?

[@ArtofServer]

Is it because your M.2->PCIe adapter requires bifurcation? If so, then it will not work unless Supermicro releases a BIOS that supports the PCIe lane bifurcation for this motherboard.

[@ahmedeid188]

@@ArtofServer I don't know if the card require bifurcation , but when I try to install the windows I can see the ssd listed and I can format it too and click install. but with the 1st restart before windows load, it doesn't boot from the SSD and it say boot failure. super micro said it is not supported and i was aiming to have a solution that can modify the AMI bios and add the driver of NVME to the bios the I can flash the MB my be it work.

[@gintaraspobedinskas3777]

@@ahmedeid188 there's a solution to boot drivers from usb with clover boot load utility and then nvme adapter disk will be seen as C:

[@ahmedeid188]

@@gintaraspobedinskas3777 Thank you for your recommendation. I was able to add the drivers to the bios and boot from SSD.

[@gintaraspobedinskas3777]

@@ahmedeid188 usb could be unreliable, I'd recommend clover utility put on sata sdd, then hide partition by removing drive letter in windows. I am using windows server 2019 so I had to install win10 then make that boot disk and then install server os as BDU utility doesn't work in server OS.

[@prydain2823]

Can you overclock xeons with this motherboard?

[@ArtofServer]

Not that I know of.

[@21Lettere]

What are those? Aluminum foils instead of a certified ESD anti static discharge mat?

[@UmbraAtrox_]

How much is a fair price for these? I have seen everything from 200 - 600€

[@ArtofServer]

2nd hand market is always fluctuating. Also, availability in your region of the world may vary.

[@ehrenfeldmichael]

I might be late to the party, but I got one recently the whole package with dual xeons 64 GB ram and 12tb storage it is a rev.1.20a, 300 € all in. Got it in NL. Good luck if you still searching

[@wushu1017]

Do Not Drill holes in that board, OMFG. This is a great board (I Confer with my colleagues' preference here) and is less expensive alternative to so-called "Enthusiast" boards made by third party manufacturers like Asus, and Asrock, which DO NOT support Ivy Bridge--from what I have investigated, only the Chinese knock offs got the updated v2 bios'. Supermicro is a great company and american designed motherboards. I have one of these I paid a small premium for on ebay, anybody thinking about buying consider plastic stand offs or some way of supporting the upper part of the board with, I use plastic clips and non-conductive material heatsink stickers stuck to one another to make the stand off height. At least put it in an ee-atx box or e-atx standard case(or server tray--1u or 4u depending on the components you choose)because this is a very large board @ 13.68 x 4.8 x 13 inches for. Thanks Uploader, Great video, Thanks for the Info, I really didn't know much of these things about the sas or ipmi features before this informative video. -Dave

[@ArtofServer]

Glad you found this informative. However, I don't recall saying anything about drilling holes into this board?

[@thetocinow]

can you overclock ?

[@ArtofServer]

I don't know how to on this motherboard, but maybe someone else can chime in.

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

darn. I just got this board rev 1.1 and it may not fit in my case well that sucks. I have a Rosewill case so I might have to do some modding to make it work. I want it for my Freenas I might have to look for a different power supply it has a power supply that has 3 power supplies. and if I can fine one to fit my case that has only 2, and set up higher the board could fit under the power supply dont have the board in yet but I will make it fit LOL>

[@ArtofServer]

Supermicro EE-ATX is *very* large... may require custom stand-off installation.

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

@@ArtofServer I went ahead and ordered the case these are usually in. Supermicro CSE-846E1-R900B off eBay, and man that thing is heavy. I will later order the SQ power supplies for it, and upgrade fans. Waiting on back Plain for pass though, rails and a SSD carriage for the back of the case and orderd 2 of those on for inside for Cash drives and the to outer for operating system for FreeNas The old Case I will make it in to a JBOD case and put either SSD drives up to 54, or something anyhow I will think of something to do with the old case.

[@unknown_try1]

what case would best fit this motherboard?

[@ArtofServer]

I've successfully used this board in a Supermicro 216 and 846.

[@unknown_try1]

@@ArtofServer Thank you!

[@JaimeZX]

Also Supermicro CSE-836 chassis

[@yvestourigny7702]

Very Good Video, Anyone try to over clock CPU and or Memory on this board ?? :-D

[@ArtofServer]

CPU overclock is not possible without BIOS ROM modding...

[@StreamingF1ydave]

I thought I future proofed myself with the 1.10 since it states on their site that you can use v2's...I am kind of annoyed by this. I have two of these. The first one (revision 1.10) I bought on ebay, sent it to Supermicro for bios update to 1.2...they did it for free. They tested it and fixed a bunch of pins they said were bent, replaced a fan header... When I got it back I popped in two E5-2690v1's...wouldn't boot with both of them in. It would with either one in either socket...just not together. Though their report claims no problems booting with two cpu's. Bought another 1.10 and booted just fine with the same cpu's...so I dont know what that is about. I am not confident in selling the other one on ebay. At the very least I was hoping to toss in one 12 core v2 for an unraid home lab...it seems you have shattered my dream for that. Its not even worth it for a v1 at home. Not sure what to do now.

[@ArtofServer]

sorry you are having troubles with this board, but something doesn't sound right. 1) you can't boot this board with a single CPU in the 2nd socket. the 1st socket has to have CPU to boot. So, your statement of "it would with either one in either socket" doesn't compute. 2) when you got the motherboard back from Supermicro, there should be a sheet that shows what they tested and repaired. Does it mention a ECO number? if they modified your board to support V2, they should mention the ECO they applied. if your symptoms are as you claim, there is definitely something still wrong with the board. I had a Rev 1.10 that had the ECO to support V2 applied, and it came back in fully working order.

[@AndyMcClements]

Dave, FWIW, today I received a 'new-old-stock' rev 1.11A X9DRi-F. It would not post with the E5-2630L-V2 I fitted. So I ran over to my local IT recycler and grabbed a cheap E5 V1 CPU. The board posted OK with this and I found it had original 2012 pre-Ivy Bridge firmware (the board had never been used so had whatever it left the factory with). Then, I carefully upgraded first the IPMI firmware (after using the 2 jumpers to disable the IME) followed by the main BIOS. I used the current versions from the Supermicro website. After this it runs great with the Low-Power V2 Ivy Bridge CPU. It might be worth you trying to re-do this on your own boards before giving up, possibly your support provider did not do the job correctly.

[@StreamingF1ydave]

@@AndyMcClements That's not a bad idea, wouldn't hurt to go through the process...both my boards are on 1.2 firmware but are 1.10 hardware revision. I may consider buying a v2 when the time comes and testing it. I haven't sold the other board that won't boot with two v1's...cause I am not sure who would want that and I don't want to pass my problem onto someone else on ebay.

[@craftarthoby6201]

E5 2643 ok

[@ArtofServer]

I think so.

[@SeanLynchXY]

Assume this board is using the Intel C610 chipset? I've heard nothing but good about SuperMicro support, which beats the often "blank stare" I get from Dell, along with "That controller card is not supported in your configuration, so no you can't download the drivers, manuals or firmware updates...now go away you silly non-enterprise user."

[@ArtofServer]

This m/b uses the Intel C660 chipset. Yes, my experience with Supermicro has been very positive. My experience with Dell use to be really great about 10 yrs ago. They would provide support even if you were out of warranty, but you'd just have to pay for parts not covered under warranty. That generosity ended years ago, which was really disappointing.