NTM6900 / WTM7026 Technical Reference
Before You Begin
I
NTRODUCTION
It is important to be aware of the system considerations listed below before installing your NTM6900 (6900-xxx) or
WTM7026 (7026-xxx) embedded motherboard. The NTM6900 motherboard supports the Intel
®
Xeon
®
5500 series of
Nehalem-EP processors, while the WTM7026 features the Intel
®
Xeon
®
5600 series of Westmere-EP CPUs. System
performance may be affected by incorrect usage of the features listed below.
M
ECHANICAL
L
AYOUT AND
C
HASSIS
I
NSTALLATION
Trenton’s NTM6900 /WTM7026 Extended ATX motherboards comply with the SSI-EEB Enterprise Bay
Specification 2008, Revision 1.0. This specification defines the Extended ATX motherboard form factor
including the board’s mechanical dimensions, mounting hole locations, option card slot locations, I/O
connector placements, maximum component heights and the motherboard’s I/O plate dimensions.
Note:
The I/O plate for the motherboard is packed with the motherboard inside its own separate bag. The
I/O plate needs to be installed into the standard chassis opening to cover the gaps between the
motherboard’s I/O connectors and ensure ESD protection.
Chassis that adhere to the SSI-EEB industry standard should be used with the NTM6900 motherboard. See
the NTM6900/WTM7026 dimension diagram in the
Chapter 1 - Specifications
for more details.
12V AUX P
OWER
R
EQUIREMENTS
Both 12V AUX motherboard connectors (P15 and P16) must be connected to the system power supply to
ensure proper board operation.
DDR3 M
EMORY
The DDR3 memory modules used in the NTM6900 must be ECC registered (72-bit) DDR3 DIMMs and
must be PC3-10600, PC3-8500 or PC3-6400 compliant.
NOTES:
•
All memory modules must have gold contacts.
•
Low voltage (DDR3L) DIMMs are not supported.
•
To maximize memory interface speed, populate each memory channel with DDR3
DIMMs having the same interface speed.
•
Populate the memory channels starting with the DIMM socket farthest from the CPU.
Work you way toward the processor populating the DIMM sockets labeled with an “A”
first followed by the “B” labeled sockets.
•
If populating a memory channel with a Quad-rank and a Single- or Dual-rank DIMM
place the Quad-rank DIMM farthest from the processor.
The motherboard will support DIMMs with different speeds, but the memory channel interface will operate
at the speed of the slowest DIMM.
SATA RAID O
PERATION
The ICH10R I/O Controller Hub used on the NTM6900 and WTM7026 features Intel® Matrix Storage
Technology, which allows the ICH10R’s SATA controller to be configured as a RAID controller
supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 implementations. To configure the SATA ports as RAID drives or to use
advanced features of the ICH10R, you must install the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. A link to the
software is available under the
Downloads
tab on either the
NTM6900
or the
WTM7026
product detail
web pages located on Trenton’s website
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