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Page 2: ... for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is o...

Page 3: ...hapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DB3 serverboard and the SC743TQ 650 chassis which comprise the SuperServer 7045B 3 Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 7045B 3 into a rack and check out the server configuration pri...

Page 4: ...g or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC743TQ 650 server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SAS or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chap...

Page 5: ...v Preface Notes ...

Page 6: ...ay Setup 2 9 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Power 3 1 Reset 3 1 3 3 Control Panel LEDs 3 2 Power 3 2 HDD 3 2 NIC1 3 2 NIC2 3 2 Overheat Fan Fail 3 2 Power Fail 3 3 3 4 SAS Drive Carrier LEDs 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4 1 4 2 General Safety Precautions 4 2 4 3 ESD Precautions 4 3 4 4 Operating Precautions 4 4 Chapter 5 A...

Page 7: ... 5 12 NMI Button 5 12 Power LED 5 12 HDD LED 5 13 NIC1 LED 5 13 NIC2 LED 5 13 Overheat Fan Fail LED 5 13 Power Fail LED 5 14 Reset Button 5 14 Power Button 5 14 Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 5 14 Serial Ports 5 15 Power Fail Header 5 15 Fan Headers 5 15 Chassis Intrusion 5 15 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers 5 16 Power LED Speaker 5 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports 5 16 Overheat LED 5 16 Wake ...

Page 8: ... 23 IDE Connectors 5 24 SATA Ports 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Front Control Panel 6 3 6 3 System Fans 6 4 Fan Failure 6 4 Replacing Chassis Cooling Fans 6 4 6 4 Drive Bay Installation 6 6 SAS Drives 6 6 Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive Bays 6 8 6 5 Power Supply 6 9 Power Supply Failure 6 9 Replacing the Power Supply 6 9 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Intr...

Page 9: ...Table of Contents ix Appendix B Appendix C HostRAID Setup Appendix D Software Installation Appendix E System Specifications ...

Page 10: ...Notes x SUPERSERVER 7045B 3 User s Manual ...

Page 11: ...is various hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 7045B 3 as listed below Four 4 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0072 Two 2 8 cm hot swap rear exhaust fans FAN 0081 One 1 air shroud CSE PT0123 One 1 3 5 floppy drive FPD PNSC 02 01 Two 2 5 25 dummy drive trays One 1 floppy cable CBL 040L One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 One 1 I O shield CSE PT55 SAS Accessories One 1 SAS b...

Page 12: ...ffered DIMM ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM The memory operates in a 2 way interleaved configurations and requires requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs two at a time See Section 5 5 for details Onboard SAS An onboard Adaptec AIC 9410 SAS controller in integrated into the X7DB3 which supports eight SAS hard drives The SAS drives are connected to a backplane that provides power...

Page 13: ... 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports ATI Graphics Controller The X7DB3 features an integrated ATI video controller based on the ES1000 graph ics chip The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers featuring low power consumption high reliability and superior longevity Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni t...

Page 14: ...work activity system overheat and power failure A main power button and a system reset button are also included In addition two USB ports have been incorporated into the control panel to provide front side USB access I O Backplane The SC743TQ 650 is an ATX form factor chassis that may be used in either a tower or a 4U rackmount configuration The I O backplane provides seven motherboard expansion sl...

Page 15: ...orts 5 S I O BIOS Kybd Mouse Floppy COM Ports 2 CPU2 5000P MCH Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 SEPC Slot 5 PCI Express x8 LPC 82563 Parallel Port ATI ES1000 FBD DIMM Bank2 FBD DIMM Bank3 FBD DIMM Bank4 FBD CH0 FBD CH1 FBD CH2 FBD CH3 PCI E x4 PCI E x8 Slot 4 PCI Express x8 PXH Slot 2 PCI X Slot 1 PCI X Slot 3 PCI X LAN Ports 2 USB 2 0 3 0 Gb s ATA 100 PCI 32 PCI X 133 PCI E x8 PCI E x4 Kumeran PCI Exp x8 PCI Ex...

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Page 17: ...o Section 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the system was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the SuperServer 7045B 3 It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise an...

Page 18: ...rs should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine t...

Page 19: ...omised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate considerati...

Page 20: ...nstructions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the chassis an outer rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself and two rail brackets which also attack to the ...

Page 21: ...chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right specific Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 3 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installing into a telco rack Locking Tabs As mentioned...

Page 22: ...xed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the other assembly to the other side of the rack making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward Figure 2 3 Installing the Rails to the Chassis ...

Page 23: ...hese first keeping in mind that they are left right specific marked with L and R Then line up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by...

Page 24: ...l access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 CPU clock ratio setting The CPU speed should be automatically detected No jumper or BIOS settings need to be made 4 Check the system memory Your serv...

Page 25: ... will need to remove the top left chassis cover The SAS disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing any chassis covers 2 Installing components into the 5 25 drive bays To install components into the 5 25 drive bays you must first remove the top left chassis cover as described in the previous section Refer to Chapter 6 for details 3 Installing DVD ROM and ...

Page 26: ...was carefully designed to promote suf ficient airflow through the chassis Also note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans Keep this in mind when you reroute them after working on the system 6 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from the powe...

Page 27: ...nd the activity and health of specific components 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off button and a reset button POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power s...

Page 28: ...this LED indi cates DVD ROM SAS drive activity when flashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on JLAN1 when flashing NIC2 Indicates network activity on JLAN2 when flashing Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too w...

Page 29: ...uickly oveheat For this reason it is recommended that you replace the power supply soon after the primary fan fails 3 4 SAS Drive Carrier LEDs Each SAS drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SAS drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SAS backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red ...

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Page 31: ... memory modules and the DVD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when wo...

Page 32: ... can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or a...

Page 33: ...PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer c...

Page 34: ... that the chassis cover is in place when the 7045B 3 is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7045B 3 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY OR ...

Page 35: ...at the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup port it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touc...

Page 36: ...d fans 2 When purchasing a Xeon 5000 5100 CPU or when receiving a serverboard with a CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the serverboard on a conduct...

Page 37: ...y or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts 7 With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down until it snaps into the retention clasp 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the PnP cap will be auto m...

Page 38: ...mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws or you may damage the CPU 4 Add the two remaining screws then finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Removing the Heatsink 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the serverboard in the sequence as show in the picture above 2 Hold the heatsink and gently wri...

Page 39: ...e red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the system keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chapter for connector locations Floppy Drive cable J22 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page SAS cables SAS0 SAS7 Connecting Power Cables ...

Page 40: ... sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for details and pin descrip tions of JF1...

Page 41: ...y possible damage Also note that the memory is inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with slots 1A and 2A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time See memory installation table on next page 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention t...

Page 42: ...nt sizes and speeds See Figure 5 3 for installing and removing memory modules Memory Installation Table Branch0 Branch1 Number of DIMMs Bank 1 Channel 0 Bank 2 Channel 1 Bank 3 Channel 2 Bank 4 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A 4 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 4A 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both 667 and 533 MHz FBD DIMMs are supporte...

Page 43: ...date up to seven PCI expansion cards PCI cards are installed directly to the serverboard 2 PCI Card Installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above Begin by swinging out the release tab on the appropriate PCI slot shield Insert the expansion card into the correct slot on the serverboard pushing down with you...

Page 44: ...IPMI Slot 6 x8 PCI Express Slot 4 x4 PCI Express Slot 3 133 MHz PCI X Slot 2 133 MHz PCI X COM2 PXH BIOS SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA4 SATA3 SATA5 South Bridge PSF CPU 1 CPU 2 JPW3 Floppy IDE 2 Compact Flash IDE 1 SMB ATI ES 1000 JPW2 CPU1 FAN7 Kybd Mouse USB0 1 JLAN1 FAN6 FAN5 JF1 FAN1 FAN2 JD1 JP1 JWD JPG1 FAN4 J22 FAN8 CPU2 FAN3 JUSB2 JL1 JWOL Battery Speaker JBT1 JCF1 JWF1 JWOR JPL1 JPL2 COM1 VGA Pa...

Page 45: ...ppy Disk Drive Connector JAR Alarm Reset JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JK1 Keylock Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports JOH1 Overheat LED JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 Auxiliary Power Connector JPW3 Processor Power Connector JUSB2 JUSB3 Extra USB Headers JUSB2 3 and JUSB4 JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Co...

Page 46: ...e the Auxiliary 4 pin connector at JPW2 must also be con nected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Processor Power Pin Definitions JPW3 Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V 12V 4 pin Aux Power Pin Definitions JPW2 Pins Definition 1 2 Ground 3 4 12V Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1...

Page 47: ...s NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Ground NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 11 Vcc 12 Ground NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 Vcc 10 Ground HDD LED The HD...

Page 48: ...tton for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located on the IO backplane USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 PW_ON 2 Ground...

Page 49: ...for pin definitions Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 5 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control Power Fail Header Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the Power...

Page 50: ...round 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Function Definition 4 Speaker data red wire 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Three additional USB headers USB2 3 and USB4 are included on the serverboard These may be used for front side access A USB cable not included is needed for the con nection See the table on the right for pin definitio...

Page 51: ...ave a WOR card and cable to use this feature SMB The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus designated SMB is located near the SATA0 port Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin definitions Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wak...

Page 52: ...put SGPIO provides a bus between the SATA controller and the SAS drive backplane to provide SAS enclosure management functions Connect the appropriate cables from the back plane to the SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 headers to utilize SAS management functions on your system Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Supermicro redundant power sup...

Page 53: ...ar JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the...

Page 54: ...pply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin definitions Note JP10 should be disabled on the 7045B 3 which has only a single pow er supply 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable Jumper Settings J3P Jumper Se...

Page 55: ... in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled 5 10 Onboard Indicators JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs The Ethernet ports located beside the VGA port have two LEDs On each Gigabit LAN port one LED indicates activity when blinking while the other LED ma...

Page 56: ... The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel printer port is located above the COM1 and VGA ports See the table below for pin definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Dat...

Page 57: ...Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette ...

Page 58: ...definitions IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions IDE 1 IDE 2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Gr...

Page 59: ...rtant to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts Whe...

Page 60: ...6 2 SUPERSERVER 7045B 3 User s Manual 8 SAS Drive Bays behind locking bezel Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View System Reset Main Power System LEDs Floppy Drive 5 25 Drive Bays 2 USB Ports ...

Page 61: ...EDs on the control panel inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs Power NIC1 HDD Power Fail Overheat Fan Fail Indicates power is being supplied to the system Indicates network activity on JLAN port 1 Indicates IDE device and hard drive activity On the SC743TQ 650 this LED indicates SAS hard drive activity when flashi...

Page 62: ...ils on removing the cover 2 Removing a hot plug fan housing Depress the locking tab on a chassis cooling fan and pull the unit straight out by the handle see Figure 6 3 The fan wiring for these fans has been designed to detach automatically 3 Installing a new system fan Replace the failed fan with an identical one Supermicro p n FAN 0072 Install it in and then reassemble the fan housing then plug ...

Page 63: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 4 Removing the Air Shroud Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan ...

Page 64: ... you need to add a new SAS drive insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws see Figure 6 6 6 4 Drive Bay Installation SAS Drives A total of eight SAS drives may be housed in the SC743TQ 650 chassis The drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through 7 in order ...

Page 65: ...struct the airflow holes Figure 6 5 Removing a SAS Drive Carrier 3 SAS backplane The SAS drives plug into a SAS backplane Two ribbon cables from the SAS0 3 and SAS4 7 ports on the serverboard should be connected to the SAS backplane There are also two power connectors on the backplane both should be connected The backplane has four channel connectors that the SAS drives plug into when inserted with...

Page 66: ...Then slide the DVD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Adding an IDE or floppy drive to add one of these drives install it into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so ...

Page 67: ...y one power supply unit in the 7044H T the server must be powered down before removing and or replacing the power supply for whatever reason Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First power down the server Then unplug the power cord from the power supply module Remove the screws that secure the module to the chassis then pull it completely out 2 Installing a new power supply Repl...

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Page 69: ... a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setu...

Page 70: ...pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow ke...

Page 71: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 ...

Page 72: ...he sub menu are Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to...

Page 73: ...Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to en...

Page 74: ...ve IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable SerialATARAID Functions For a Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be ...

Page 75: ...ry This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 7 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvancedfromthe PhoenixBIOSSetupUtilitymainmenuwiththearrowkeys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing Enter ...

Page 76: ...to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This ...

Page 77: ...e buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 51...

Page 78: ...s Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded t...

Page 79: ...ion of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Use ...

Page 80: ...tion Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DB8 E the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to d...

Page 81: ...able when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported ...

Page 82: ...allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Availab...

Page 83: ... Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to sp...

Page 84: ...t log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Se...

Page 85: ...onsole Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to c...

Page 86: ...matically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage I...

Page 87: ... of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin...

Page 88: ...the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with ...

Page 89: ...face The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and...

Page 90: ...e this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry ...

Page 91: ...Chapter 7 BIOS 7 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 92: ...visor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue bo...

Page 93: ...bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable d...

Page 94: ...ility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in ...

Page 95: ...ed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at o...

Page 96: ...evious POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is c...

Page 97: ... ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup p...

Page 98: ...ly tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIO...

Page 99: ...up Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of t...

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Page 101: ... error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN PO...

Page 102: ...wn 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video...

Page 103: ... and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs 8Ah Initiali...

Page 104: ...done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h...

Page 105: ...mory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicat...

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Page 107: ...he current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than th...

Page 108: ... RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to selec...

Page 109: ...after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non endorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly th...

Page 110: ...e and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlight...

Page 111: ...the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this...

Page 112: ...Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press Enter when the Cre...

Page 113: ...ive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press ...

Page 114: ...drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu ...

Page 115: ...set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resett...

Page 116: ...A and press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP ...

Page 117: ...the next item on the list You should in stall everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix D Software Installation D 1 Installing Drivers After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install sof...

Page 118: ...vironment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note The default User Name and Password for SuperDoctor III is ADMIN AD MIN Note When SuperDoctor III is first installed it adopts the temperature threshold settings that have been s...

Page 119: ...trol Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II ...

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Page 121: ...city Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Note 2 way interleaved memory requires memory to be installed four modules at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SAS Controller Adaptec 9410 controller for 8 port SAS RAID 0 1 and 10 supported SAS Drive Bays Eight 8 hot swap drive bays to house eight 8 SAS drives Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 3 5...

Page 122: ...tower 4U chassis System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 100 11A 240V 5A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz PFC Power Supply Rated Output Power 650W Model SP650 RP Part PWS 0056 Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 30A 5V 30A 12V 46A 5Vsb 4A 12V 0 6A BTU Rating 3431 BTUs hr for rated output power of 650W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10º to 35º C 50...

Page 123: ...EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca ...

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