Motherboard Key Features

Product SKUs  
MBD-X8SIL-F -O
  • X8SIL-F (Standard Retail Pack)
MBD-X8SIL-F -B
  • X8SIL-F (Bulk Pack)
Physical Stats  
Form Factor
  • Micro ATX
Dimensions
  • 9.6" x 9.6" (24.4cm x 24.4cm)
Processor/Cache  
CPU
  • LGA 1156 Socket Intel®
  • Xeon® X3400 series Intel®
  • Xeon® L3400 series Intel®
  • Core™ i3 Intel® Pentium®
  • G6950 Intel® Celeron®
  • G1101
System Memory  
Memory Capacity
  • 4x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
  • Supports up to 32 GB DDR3 ECC Registered memory (RDIMM)
  • Supports up to 16 GB DDR3 ECC Un-Buffered memory (UDIMM)
  • 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz
  • Dual Core processors of Ci3 and Pentium: support ECC UDIMM only
  • Note: Supports 1-Gb and 2-Gb x8 devices only - Intel 3420 / 3400 Chipset Memory Requirements
Memory Type
  • 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz ECC Registered / ECC Unbuffered DDR3 SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs
DIMM Sizes
  • 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
Memory Voltage
  • 1.5 V
Error Detection
  • Corrects single-bit errors
  • Detects double-bit errors (using ECC memory)
On-Board Devices  
Chipset
  • Intel® 3420 chipset
SATA
  • 6x SATA (3 Gbps)
  • RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support (Windows)
  • RAID 0, 1, 10 support (Linux)
IPMI
  • Support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface v.2.0
  • IPMI 2.0 with virtual media over LAN and KVM-over-LAN support
  • Nuvoton WPCM450 BMC
Network Controllers
  • 2x Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controllers
  • Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output
  • 1x Realtek RTL8201N PHY (dedicated IPMI)
VGA
  • Matrox G200eW 16MB DDR2
Super I/O
  • Winbond 83627DHG-P
Clock Generator
  • CK505
Input / Output  
Serial ATA
  • 6 SATA ports
  • 6 SATA hard drives supported
LAN
  • 2x RJ45 LAN ports
  • 1x RJ45 Dedicated IPMI LAN port
USB
  • 2x USB rear ports
  • 1x USB on-board
  • 2x USB internal header (4 ports)
  • Total 7 USB 2.0 Compliant
VGA
  • 1x VGA port
Keyboard / Mouse
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
Serial Port / Header
  • 1x Fast UART 16550 serial port
  • 1x internal header
Operating Environment / Compliance
RoHS
  • RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free
Environmental Spec.
  • Operating Temperature: 10°to 35°C (50°to 95°F)
  • Non-operating Temperature: -40°to 70°C (-40°to 158°F)
  • Operating Relative Humidity: 8% to 90% (non-condensing)
  • Non-operating Relative Humidity: 5 to 95% (non-condensing)
I/O Panel
  • Please see this board's I/O Panel
OS Compatibility
  • Please see our OS Compatibility Chart
Chassis ( Optimized for X8SIL-F )
1U Chassis
  • CSE-111T-560CB CSE-510-200B
  • CSE-510L-200B CSE-510T-200B
  • CSE-512-200B CSE-512F-280B
  • CSE-512F-350B
  • CSE-512F-520B
  • CSE-811i-280
  • CSE-811i-520
  • CSE-811T-410
  • CSE-811T-420
  • CSE-811TQ-280
  • CSE-811TQ-520B
  • CSE-813MTQ-280C
  • CSE-813MTQ-520C
2U Chassis
  • CSE-213A-R900LPB
  • CSE-216A-R900LPB
  • CSE-216E1-R900LPB
  • CSE-216E2-R900LPB
  • CSE-822T-400LPB
  • CSE-823MTQ-R700LPB
  • CSE-823TQ-650LPB
  • CSE-825MTQ-R700LPB
  • CSE-825TQ-560LPB
  • CSE-825TQ-R700LPB
  • CSE-825TQ-R720LPB
  • CSE-826A-R1200LPB
  • CSE-826E1-R800LPB
  • CSE-826E2-R800LP
  • CSE-826TQ-R800LPB
3U Chassis
  • CSE-833T-550B
  • CSE-833T-650B
  • CSE-833T-R760B
  • CSE-835TQ-R800B
  • CSE-836A-R1200B
  • CSE-836E1-R800B
  • CSE-836E2-R800B
  • CSE-836TQ-R800B
  • CSE-933E1-R760B
  • CSE-933E2-R760B
  • CSE-933T-R760B
  • CSE-936A-R1200B
  • CSE-936A-R900B
  • CSE-936E1-R900
Mid-Tower
  • CSE-731D-300B
  • CSE-731i-300B
  • CSE-733TQ-465B
  • CSE-733TQ-645
  • CSE-733TQ-665B
Tower / 4U Rackmount
  • CSE-743T-645
  • CSE-743T-650
  • CSE-743T-665B
  • CSE-743T-R760
  • CSE-743TQ-865B
  • CSE-743TQ-865B-SQ
  • CSE-743TQ-R760
  • CSE-745TQ-800B
  • CSE-745TQ-R800B
  • CSE-846A-R1200B
  • CSE-846E1-R900B
  • CSE-846E2-R900
  • CSE-846TQ-R900B
Important Chassis Notes
  • To support the new generation Intel® Xeon® processor-based motherboards, a Revision K chassis is recommended for most models. Please talk to your sales representative or follow the link for details.
Expansion Slots  
PCI-Express
  • 2 (x8) PCI-E 2.0 slot
  • 1 (x4) PCI-E (using x8 slot)
PCI
  • 1 32-bit PCI slot
System BIOS  
BIOS Type
  • 32Mb SPI Flash EEPROM with AMI BIOS
BIOS Features
  • DMI 2.3
  • PCI 2.2
  • ACPI 1.0 / 2.0
  • USB Keyboard support
  • SMBIOS 2.3
Management  
Software
  • IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) v1.5 / 2.0 with KVM support
  • SuperDoctor® III
  • Watch Dog
  • NMI
Power Configurations
  • ACPI / ACPM Power Management
  • Main Switch Override Mechanism
  • Wake-On-LAN (WOL) header
  • Keyboard Wakeup from Soft-Off
  • Power-on mode for AC power recovery
  • Internal/External modem ring-on
PC Health Monitoring  
Voltage
  • Monitors for CPU Cores, +1.8V, +3.3V, +5V, ±12V, +3.3V Standby, +5V Standby, VBAT, HT, Memory, Chipset Voltages.
  • 3-Phase-switching voltage regulator with auto-sense from 0.8375V-1.60V
FAN
  • Total of 5 fan headers supporting up to 5 fans
  • Five 4-pin fan headers
  • 5x fans with tachometer status monitoring
  • Status monitor for speed control
  • Status monitor for on/off control
  • Support 3-pin fans (w/o speed control)
  • Low noise fan speed control
  • Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) fan connectors
Temperature
  • Monitoring for CPU and chassis environment
  • CPU thermal trip support
  • FC temperature sensing logic
  • Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support
  • PECI
LED
  • CPU / System Overheat LED
  • +5V Standby alert LED
Other Features
  • Chassis intrusion detection
  • Chassis intrusion header