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7 uio – SUPER MICRO Computer H8QI6-F User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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The Super I/O supports one PC-compatible printer port (SPP), Bi-directional Printer

Port (BPP) , Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) or Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).

The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Confi guration

and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage-

ment through a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management

to reduce power consumption.

The IRQs, DMAs and I/O space resources of the Super I/O can be fl exibly adjusted

to meet ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power

Management).

1-7 UIO

The H8QI6/i-F is a specially-designed serverboard that features Supermicro's

UIO (Universal I/O) technology. UIO serverboards have a PCI-Express x4 and

x8 signals that can support PCI-E cards or any one of several types of UIO card

types to add SAS ports, additional LAN ports, Infi niband®, etc. to the serverboard.

This allows the user to tailor the serverboard to their own needs.

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