Motherboard Features

Motherboard Features

Processor

  • Supports a single Intel® Core™ Ultra 9/7/5 series processor (in LGA 1851 Socket) and a thermal design power (TDP) of up to 125 W

Note: The processor TDP is subject to chassis and heatsink cooling restrictions. For proper thermal management, check the chassis and heatsink specifications for proper TDP sizing.

Memory

  • Supports up to 256 GB of Unbuffered (UDIMM) and Clocked Unbuffered (CUDIMM) ECC/non-ECC DDR5 memory with speeds of up to 5600 MT/s (1DPC), 4800 MT/s (2DPC, 1R DIMM ), and 4400 MT/s (2DPC, 2R DIMM) in four 288-pin memory slots

Note: Memory capacity and frequency are processor-dependent.

DIMM Size

  • 8 GB, 16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, 48 GB, and 64 GB

Chipset

  • Intel PCH W880

Expansion Slots

  • One PCIe 5.0 x8 (IN x16) Slot (SLOT3, from CPU, with support of 1x8 or 2x4 bifurcation)

  • One PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (SLOT6, from CPU, with support of 1x8 or 1x16 bifurcation)

  • One PCIe 4.0 x4 Slot (SLOT7, from CPU)

  • One PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 M-Key Slot (from CPU, with support of 2280 form factor)

  • One PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 M-Key Slot (from PCH, with support of 2280 and 22110 form factors)

Notes: 

  • SLOT3 will be enabled only when SLOT6 is populated.

  • SLOT3 supports single-width and double-width graphics cards.

  • SLOT6 supports storage and graphics cards only.

  • SLOT6 will function at PCIe 1x8 when SLOT3 is populated or when SLOT3 is configured to 2x4 bifurcation mode.

Network Controller

  • Intel Ethernet i219-LM (1 GbE LAN)(for AMT/vPro)

  • Intel Ethernet i226-LM (2.5 GbE LAN port)

  • Realtek RTL8211F (dedicated BMC LAN port, X14SAE-F )

I/O Devices

  • One front accessible COM port header (COM1)

  • Eight SATA 3.0 ports at 6 Gb/s (I-SATA0–I-SATA7 with support of RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10)

  • One SlimSAS 8i connector supporting two U.2 connections

  • One DisplayPort 2.1 connection on the rear I/O

  • One HDMI 2.1 connection on the rear I/O

  • One VGA connection on the rear I/O (X14SAE-F)

Peripheral Devices

  • One Thunderbolt 4 port on the rear I/O (40 Gb, Type-C, USB10)

  • Three USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 ports on the rear I/O (10 Gb, Type-A, USB5–USB7)

  • One USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports on the rear I/O (20 Gb, Type-C, USB8)

  • One front accessible USB 2.0 header supporting two USB connections (USB0/1)

  • Two front accessible USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 headers (5 Gb, USB2/3 and USB4)

  • One front Accessible USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 header (20 Gb, Type-C, USB9)

BIOS

  • 256 Mb AMI BIOS® SPI Flash BIOS

  • ACPI 6.5 or later, Plug and Play (PnP) SPI dual/quad speed support, riser card auto detection support, SMBIOS 3.8 or later

Power Management

  • ACPI power management

  • Power button override mechanism

  • Power-on mode for AC power recovery

  • Wake-on-LAN

  • Power supply monitoring

System Health Monitoring

  • Onboard voltage monitoring for +12 V, +5 V, +3.3 V, CPU, Memory, VBAT, +5 V stdby, +3.3 V stdby, +1.8 V PCH, +1.05 V PCH, CPU temperature, VRM temperature, PCH temperature, system temperature, and memory temperature

  • Five CPU switch phase voltage regulators

  • CPU thermal trip support

  • Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI)/TSI

Fan Control

  • Triple cooling zones

  • Multi-speed fan control via Embedded Controller (X14SAE) or BMC (X14SAE-F)

  • Seven 4-pin fan headers

System Management

  • SuperServer Automation Assistant (SAA)

  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support

  • SuperDoctor® 5

  • Chassis intrusion header and detection

Note: Connect a cable from the Chassis Intrusion header at JL1 to the chassis to receive an alert.

LED Indicators

  • Standby Power LED (X14SAE)/BMC Heartbeat LED (X14SAE-F)

  • Catastrophic Error LED (CATERR_LED)

  • Onboard Power LED (LEDPWR)

  • LAN activity/status LEDs (on LAN1/2 port)

  • UID LED (X14SAE-F)

Dimensions

ATX, 12" (L) x 9.6" (W) (304.8 mm × 243.8 mm)