Editing Supermicro Xeon D-1500 (section)

== Caveats ==
# When building your own, or when poking around inside the chassis, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, use both the 24-pin and the 4-pin power supply cables. It'll make your motherboard go *poof*.
# When building your own, make sure to attach the CBL-0157L for SES information exchange between your backplane and motherboard to the 'I-SGPIO1' pin block on the motherboard and JP51 on the SAS-733TQ backplane. There seem to be two different versions of the CBL-0157L cable. Buy the CBL-0157L-02 version. It's shorter and is a better candidate for cable management (i.e. tucking it away from the airflow)
# Make sure to include a processor fan in your build-your-own approach. Some SoC motherboards do include a CPU fan (like the X10SDV-TLN4F motherboard included with the default SYS-5028D-TN4T package), others don't. I bought the Noctua NF-A6x25 PWM fan. Check out [https://tinkertry.com/superserver-combined-cpu-and-m2-cooling-fan how to add fans] to the motherboard.
# Make sure to include a case fan in your build-your-own approach if you plan to include an NVMe drive. Those sticks get HOT! I bought another Noctua NF-A6x25 PWM fan and positioned it as explained in this [http://www.servethehome.com/near-silent-powerhouse-making-a-quieter-microlab-platform/ Serve the Home article]
# Please make sure to set the 'High Performance' power management setting. Doesn't have a big effect on power usage (I saw a 10W increase under full load), but really does make a performance difference. Case in point: when set to 'balanced' or 'low power', I could successfully complete an Azure Stack deployment using a X10SDV-4C-TLN2F SoC motherboard.
# If you buy a SATA DOM (which I did), please realize that it'll take away one SATA port. In my case, this meant not being able to use the second 2.5" bay to house an SATA SSD. A good alternative to a SATA DOM is a small USB thumb drive, but be aware that there's no internal USB port to put it in. I'd recommend you buy a very small USB drive to put into one of the front or back USB ports.
# SR-IOV not supported on Xeon D-15x0 series, but is supported on the Xeon D-15x1 series. You want to buy the latest version of the processor anyway. Check https://tinkertry.com/esxi-6-and-sr-iov-supported-on-supermicro-superserver-1541-10gbe-only