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Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Installation Guidelines

C-3

Using the Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Utility Program

1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes: 

a. After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility, the system will automatically 

reboot. The following screen 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 shots shown in the manual are for reference only.  The 

screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro's endorsement or non-en-

dorsement on any 3rd party's product.  Your screens may or many not look exactly the 

same as the graphics shown in this manual.

Summary of Contents for PDSMU

Page 1: ...PDSMU USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a...

Page 2: ...COMPUTER 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 SOFTWA...

Page 3: ...ard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware componen...

Page 4: ...g 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 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mountin...

Page 5: ...larm Reset 2 20 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 CMOS Clear 2 22 VGA Enable 2 22 Watch Dog Enable 2 23 Power Force On Enable Disable 2 23 2 8 Onboard Indic...

Page 6: ...IOS 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 16 4 6 Boot Setup 4 17 4 7 Exit 4 18 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 App...

Page 7: ...owing items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer The following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboa...

Page 8: ...perMicro 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: ...nt Note 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 no...

Page 10: ...ton has been pressed by the user to indicate the location of the unit Figure 1 3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale SBX2 PCI E x4 SUPER PDSMU KB MS GLAN1 Intel 3010 North Bridge LAN CTRL JPL1 Fan5...

Page 11: ...ector LAN1 LAN2 JLAN1 2 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Port1 Port2 Connectors PWR LED JLED Power LED Connector PWR Fault PW3 Power Supply Failure PWR SMB PW4 Power System Management Bus I2C SATA 0 3 J1 J4...

Page 12: ...sure to disable the HT feature in the BIOS Enable the HT feature in the BIOS under the Advanced Setting before install ing a supported OS Note visit www Intel com for the CPU support and driver updat...

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

Page 14: ...ns of the motherboard Intel 3010 ES1000 LGA775_PROCESSOR ICH 7R USB PORT_0 5 FWH LPC I O MS KB FDD SER 1 SER 2 PRN PRI_IDE VRM 11 0 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA UDMA 100 PCI_32_BUS DDR2_667 533 400 D...

Page 15: ...erate ef 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 su...

Page 16: ...CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 5V Standby 12V and 12V via SuperO Doctor III The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it...

Page 17: ...power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in 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 Th...

Page 18: ...is 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 importan...

Page 19: ...its 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: ...the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Pentium CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink as sembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certi ed multi directional heatsink and...

Page 21: ...ed 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 th...

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: ...e 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 mounti...

Page 24: ...n dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster 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...

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: ...bit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 for details SBX2 PCI E x4 SUPER PDSMU KB MS GLAN1 Intel 3010 North Bridge LAN CTRL JPL1 Fan5 Buzzer JLED 24 Pin ATX PWR ICH7R J31 8 pin PWR Battery J 9 FP CTRL USB1 2 VGA GLA...

Page 27: ...ht for pin de nitions Power LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 15 5V 16 Ground NMI Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 19 Control 20 Ground A B A NMI B PWR LED C Front Control Panel Pin De nitio...

Page 28: ...Interface Controller LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED con nection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity...

Page 29: ...Core CPU Overheat OH Fan Fail PWR Fail FP UID LED Connect an LED to the Overheat Fan Fail PWR Fail UID Unit ID LED connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings of chas sis overheatin...

Page 30: ...1 PCI E x8 x8 UID Button LE1 PWR_OK LED UIOP SIMSO IPMI PW4 UID LED Intel Dual Core Quad Core CPU Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both...

Page 31: ...4 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 power connector for adequate power supply to the syste...

Page 32: ...e CPU Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pin De nitions JL1 Pin De nition 1 Intrusion In...

Page 33: ...B Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 0 1 are located at J15 on the I O backplane Additional four USB ports USB 2 3 USB 4 5 are located at J45 and J46 on the motherboard These ports can be used to prov...

Page 34: ...CPU 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 table at right for pin de ni tions Note NC No co...

Page 35: ...ition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM_Control Fan Headers The PDSMU has six fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 Note all these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan head ers are backward co...

Page 36: ...d Core CPU 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 in the suspend state See the table on the rig...

Page 37: ...I PW4 UID LED Intel Dual Core Quad Core CPU VGA Connector A VGA connector J16 is located next to COM1 Port on the I O backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location A B A VGA B PWR SMB Pow...

Page 38: ...er 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 the chassis See the table on the right for p...

Page 39: ...ngs Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the conne...

Page 40: ...nstead 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 to touch both pads at the same time to short th...

Page 41: ...kes actions when a software 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 the program that hangs This function require...

Page 42: ...ort has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connec tion See the table at right for the functions associated with the s...

Page 43: ...Core Quad Core CPU UID LED The Universal Identi cation LED Indicator is located at LE1 on the motherboard When the blue indicator is on either the Front Panel UID button or the Back Panel UID button...

Page 44: ...rmal SBX2 PCI E x4 SUPER PDSMU KB MS GLAN1 Intel 3010 North Bridge LAN CTRL JPL1 Fan5 Buzzer JLED 24 Pin ATX PWR ICH7R J31 8 pin PWR Battery J 9 FP CTRL USB1 2 VGA GLAN2 LAN CTRL SI O COM2 Floppy DIMM...

Page 45: ...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 The connector with twisted wires always conne...

Page 46: ...ard See the table on the right pin de nitions SIMSO IPMI Socket There is a SIMSO IPMI Socket on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the location of SIMSO IPMI Socket IDE Drive Connectors Pin...

Page 47: ...hassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Make sure to use the correct type of CMOS battery as speci ed by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery...

Page 48: ...6 for details on recommended power supplies The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one If the above steps do not x...

Page 49: ...unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 677 533 400 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do I update my BIOS It is recommended that you do not...

Page 50: ...rvice A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandi...

Page 51: ...p battery provides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the s...

Page 52: ...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 53: ...nd 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 Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type o...

Page 54: ...o Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID rmware If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI E...

Page 55: ...s 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 use...

Page 56: ...the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo scre...

Page 57: ...as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select...

Page 58: ...e extended memory area 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 Uncached to disable this f...

Page 59: ...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...

Page 60: ...Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use this function which will allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model speci c registers MSRs...

Page 61: ...cations 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...

Page 62: ...ed Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O A...

Page 63: ...ity 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...

Page 64: ...200 2400 9600 19 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...

Page 65: ...rolled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled...

Page 66: ...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 67: ...re bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speci ed The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the devic...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...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 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 74: ...A 6 PDSMU User s Manual Notes...

Page 75: ...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 Mo...

Page 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 Manage...

Page 80: ...B 6 PDSMU User s Manual Notes...

Page 81: ...g the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came with your motherboard Note that the current version of the...

Page 82: ...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 s...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...ress 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 ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit En...

Page 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ...ghlight 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 ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RA...

Page 88: ...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 89: ...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 Exit...

Page 90: ...ler 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 inst...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 Manag ing Arrays from the main menu...

Page 95: ...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 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ...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 100: ...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 101: ...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 102: ...ress Insert and then press Enter 5 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 103: ...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 104: ...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 105: ...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 106: ...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 107: ...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 108: ...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 me dia defects Select Yes and hit Enter to procee...

Page 109: ...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 110: ...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 di...

Page 111: ...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 112: ...ys 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 Both default user name and password ar...

Page 113: ...te 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 supermicro com...

Page 114: ...E 4 PDSMU User s Manual Notes...

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