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Chapter 2: Installation

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Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

PWR

Vcc

Ground

Vcc

Ground

NMI

Vcc

NIC2 LED

Overheat/FanFail LED

Connect an LED cable to the OH/Fan

Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of

JF1 to provide an advanced warning

of chassis overheating or system fan

failure. Refer to the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions.

OH/Fan Fail LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

Vcc

Ground

OH/Fan Fail Indicator

Status

State Deﬁ nition

Off

Normal

Overheat

Flash-
ing

Fan Fail

Reset Button

The Reset Button connection is lo-

cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1. Attach

it to the hardware reset switch on the

computer case. Refer to the table on

the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Reset Button

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

Reset

Ground

A. OH/Fan Fail LED

B. Reset LED

PCI 32-bit 33 MHz

UPER PDSMA+

CPU

LGA 775

KB/MS

COM1

JLAN1

North Bridge

J P L 1

J L 1

J L E D

24-Pin ATX PWR

ICH7R

South Bridge

8-pin PWR

Battery

J 9

CTRL

USB 1/2

VGA

JLAN2

LAN1

CTRL

S I/O

Printer

J P L 2

Floppy

DIMM 2B

PCI-X 64-bit 133 MHz

BIOS

PXH-V

Primary IDE

JWOR

LE1

JBT1

USB3/4

USB5/6

J P 3

JPF

J W D

WOL

Fan3

DIMM 1B

DIMM 2A

DIMM 1A

VGA

CTRL

L E 3

L E 4

*Compact Flash only

COM2

PCI 32-bit 33 MHz

JI2C1

JI2C2

JPG1

LAN2

CTRL

IPMI 2.0

SATA0
SATA1

SATA2
SATA3

Fan1

Fan4

Fan6

Fan2

Fan5

PCI 32-bit 33 MHz

JWF1

SPKR

PCI-Exp. x8

Intel 3000

JPR1

PW3

PW4

(CPUFan)

Summary of Contents for PDSMA Plus

Page 1: ...PDSMA USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c...

Page 2: ...OMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOF...

Page 3: ...cessor support This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features speci cations and performance of the PDSMA motherboard and provides detailed...

Page 4: ...10 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 Power Con guration Settings 1 11 1 6 ACPI Features 1 12 1 7 Power Supply 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices...

Page 5: ...ower Connector 2 21 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 22 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 22 CMOS Clear 2 23 VGA Enable 2 23 Watch Dog Enable 2 24 Power Force On Enable Disable 2 24 Compact Flash...

Page 6: ...dise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 6 4 5 Security Setup 4 18 4 6 Boot Setup 4 19 4 7 Exit 4 20 Appendices Appen...

Page 7: ...in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following ite...

Page 8: ...per Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical...

Page 9: ...e to the User All images and layouts shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look...

Page 10: ...or multiple devices Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale PCI 32 bit 33 MHz S UPER PDSMA CPU LGA 775 KB MS COM1 JLAN1 North Bridge JPL1 JL1 JLED 24 Pin ATX PWR ICH7R J F 1 South Bridge J 3 1 J 2 8 8 p...

Page 11: ...P Control JF1 Front Panel Control Header Floppy Connector J27 Floppy Disk Connector GLAN1 2 JLAN1 2 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Port1 Port2 Connectors IDE J3 Compact Flash J4 IDE Master Compact Flash Se...

Page 12: ...ble the HT feature in the BIOS Enable the HT feature in the BIOS under Advanced Setting before install ing a supported OS Note visit www Intel com for CPU support and driver updates OS Licensing Suppo...

Page 13: ...EIDE Channel Intel ICH7R SATA HostRAID Controller 4 connectors for 4 devices with sup port of RAID functions 0 1 5 and 10 1 oppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 1 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port...

Page 14: ...OCESSOR ICH 7R USB PORT_0 5 MS KB FDD SER 1 SER 2 PRN VRM 11 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA UDMA 100 DMI S ATA 300 4 x SATA CK410 CLK PORTS FSB 1066 800 533MHz USB 2 0 1 1 DDR2_667 533 400 1x PCIE_x8 P...

Page 15: ...f ciently It also provides the bandwidth needed for the system to maintain its peak performance The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the connection between the MCH and the ICH7R The ICH7R supports...

Page 16: ...Cores Chipset Voltage 1 5V Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V 12V VTT FSB and VBAT The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstab...

Page 17: ...supply provides power to the required circuitry and keep the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds The pow...

Page 18: ...compatible with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems 1 7 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important f...

Page 19: ...ts edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their...

Page 20: ...ssor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Pentium 4 CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink as sembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only I...

Page 21: ...carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the...

Page 22: ...if the protective lm is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearr...

Page 23: ...ake all necessary precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when installing the motherboard into the chassis 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the moun...

Page 24: ...ster than the single channel non interleaved memory When ECC memory is used it may take 25 40 seconds for the VGA to display Notes 1 Due to chipset limitation 8GB Memory can only be supported by the f...

Page 25: ...DR2 Slot Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub ash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3...

Page 26: ...for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin de nitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins S UPER PDSMA Figure 2 3 I O P...

Page 27: ...n5 PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc G...

Page 28: ...N port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and for the GLAN port2 is lo cated on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activities Refer to the tables on the right for pin...

Page 29: ...ted on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Reset Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 3 Reset 4 Ground...

Page 30: ...s Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Power Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby A A PWR Button PCI 32 bit 33 MHz S UPER PDSMA CPU LGA 775 KB MS COM1 JLAN1 Nort...

Page 31: ...the SSI Superset ATX speci cation You can only use a 24 pin power supply cable on the motherboard Make sure that the orientation of the connector is correct You must also use the 8 pin JPW2 processor...

Page 32: ...z PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chass...

Page 33: ...0 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 1 2 are located at J15 on the I O back panel Additional four USB ports USB 3 4 USB 5 6 located are at J46 and J45 on t...

Page 34: ...JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located next to the Back Panel USB ports on the motherboard See the...

Page 35: ...r Pin De nitions Fan1 5 Pin De nition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM_Control Fan Headers The PDSMA has six fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 Fan6 is designated as the CPU Cooling Fan Note all thes...

Page 36: ...MHz JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR This function allows your computer to be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when...

Page 37: ...COM2 PCI32 bit33MHz JI2C1 JI2C2 JPG1 LAN2 CTRL IPMI 2 0 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 Fan1 Fan4 Fan6 Fan2 Fan5 PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFa...

Page 38: ...a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail PSF header PW3 to provide a warning of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on th...

Page 39: ...wer On Off Compact Flash Power Off PCI 32 bit 33 MHz S UPER PDSMA CPU LGA 775 KB MS COM1 JLAN1 North Bridge JPL1 JL1 JLED 24 Pin ATX PWR ICH7R South Bridge 8 pinPWR Battery J9 FP CTRL USB1 2 VGA JLAN2...

Page 40: ...el 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between...

Page 41: ...CPUFan CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal ob ject such as a small screwdriver...

Page 42: ...D controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a soft ware application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if a program hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt for...

Page 43: ...r Slave Select A Compact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumper is located at JP3 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need t...

Page 44: ...off to indicate the speed of the connec tion See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED 2 8 Onboard Indicators Activity LED Link LED GLAN Link LED Connection Speed Indica...

Page 45: ...PMI 2 0 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 Fan1 Fan4 Fan6 Fan2 Fan5 PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan B A LE3 B LE4 A BIOS POST Code LEDs There are...

Page 46: ...py disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single oppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two oppy disk drives...

Page 47: ...2 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz PCI32 bit33MHz JWF1 SPKR PCI Exp x8 Intel 3000 JPR1 PW3 PW4 CPUFan Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located on the motherboard See the table on th...

Page 48: ...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 Ground 25 I O Read 26...

Page 49: ...r and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 6 Make sure to use the correct type of CMOS battery as speci ed by the Manu facturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside dow...

Page 50: ...battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not x the Setup Con guration problem contact your v...

Page 51: ...is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS les are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please c...

Page 52: ...to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoic...

Page 53: ...etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each t...

Page 54: ...ng Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears brie y at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the m...

Page 55: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year elds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This eld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built...

Page 56: ...ng items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item...

Page 57: ...he connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Se...

Page 58: ...in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub m...

Page 59: ...hen signals are received by the selected PME of a PCI slot The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpec...

Page 60: ...w the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Un...

Page 61: ...Hz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Slot 1 Slot 5 PCI 32 bit Slot 6 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 7 PCI E x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the follow...

Page 62: ...pectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enable...

Page 63: ...ology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer...

Page 64: ...o classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a ood of codes to overwhelm the processor or dama...

Page 65: ...options are Enabled user de ned Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Parallel Port The options are 378 278 and 3BC In...

Page 66: ...pacity 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 Eve...

Page 67: ...2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows...

Page 68: ...die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice 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...

Page 69: ...vice 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 c...

Page 70: ...means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user p...

Page 71: ...t Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speci ed The boot functions for the devices...

Page 72: ...scarding Changes Highlight this item and press Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and press Enter to load the def...

Page 73: ...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 co...

Page 74: ...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...

Page 75: ...Software NMI Failed 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 Con ict...

Page 76: ...ested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enoug...

Page 77: ...d Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identi ed Run the I2O Con gu...

Page 78: ...A 6 PDSMA User s Manual Notes...

Page 79: ...initialize video and write the 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 In...

Page 80: ...hadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced con guration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initiali...

Page 81: ...and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC...

Page 82: ...pare 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...

Page 83: ...ory 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 Ma...

Page 84: ...B 6 PDSMA User s Manual Notes...

Page 85: ...e Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of...

Page 86: ...n size without any data Con guring 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 rst time powering on the...

Page 87: ...een appears 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 sh...

Page 88: ...ss Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm 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...

Page 89: ...to select 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 volu...

Page 90: ...ow 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 hig...

Page 91: ...hlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm 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...

Page 92: ...hen 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 messag...

Page 93: ...t the RAID 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 Ex...

Page 94: ...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...

Page 95: ...access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to t...

Page 96: ...to load the BIOS default setting 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press Enter to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and p...

Page 97: ...plications Using the Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Con guration Utility Use this utility to create c...

Page 98: ...s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and con gure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the enter key select Managing Arrays from the main menu...

Page 99: ...may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Note Do not con gure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks...

Page 100: ...u want to con gure and press Insert 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to con gu...

Page 101: ...endix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 7 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to con gure If correct type Y to contin...

Page 102: ...commended that you con gure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the...

Page 103: ...the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate...

Page 104: ...s in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or rst drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller dri...

Page 105: ...d An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arr...

Page 106: ...ress Insert and then press Enter 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a H...

Page 107: ...Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown b...

Page 108: ...ld to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare befo...

Page 109: ...to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The follow ing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to de...

Page 110: ...mat or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press Enter The following...

Page 111: ...at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears 4 Read the warning message when i...

Page 112: ...e screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enter 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed...

Page 113: ...aptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 19 To Exit Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array con gurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit...

Page 114: ...F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SAS or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver...

Page 115: ...ystem before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Inst...

Page 116: ...isplays 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 1 The default user name and passwor...

Page 117: ...I Remote Control 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 supermic...

Page 118: ...E 4 PDSMA User s Manual Notes...

Page 119: ...expected to result in signi cant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in su...

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