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X6DHR-C8

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...SUPER X6DHR C8 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 SUPER...

Page 2: ...ILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH TH...

Page 3: ...DHR C8 mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hard...

Page 4: ...n Settings 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Insta...

Page 5: ...D 2 20 3rd Power Supply Power Fault Detect 2 20 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 CMOS Clear 2 22 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 22 VGA Enable Disable 2 23 SCSI...

Page 6: ...ise for Service 3 3 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 16 4 6 Boot Setup 4 17 4 7 Exit 4 18 Appendices Append...

Page 7: ...with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed...

Page 8: ...SuperMicro 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 Technica...

Page 9: ...ant 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 n...

Page 10: ...7520 JLAN3 JLAN4 JLAN5 Cavium 1230 SL JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 82546GB 82546GB 8...

Page 11: ...AM Slots FAN 1 8 CPU Chassis OH Fan Headers Fans7 8 CPU1 2 Fans IPMI JIPMI IPMI Connector J22 System Management Bus Connector J24 Power System Management I2 C Connector JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHead...

Page 12: ...tel com for CPU support and driver updates Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory modules to be installed...

Page 13: ...tical Small Form Factor Pluggable GLAN SFP One Slim IDE 44 pin connector and one Type 1 compact ash connector Two Fast UART 16550 compatible serial connections 1 port 1 header PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyb...

Page 14: ...I O Mouse Floppy H W COM1 COM2 Keyboard MONITOR 4 DDR II 400 4 DDR II 400 DDRII 400 X8 PCI EXP C X8 B PCI EXP A A X8 PXH 1 B PCI X BUS 100 MHZ IDSEL PXH1_PAAD18 U24 U4E1 U6 CPU1 CPU2 U16 X3P1 U10 Gbi...

Page 15: ...interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Express Interface Speci cation Rev 1 0a The MCH interfaces with the 82801ER I O Controller Hub 5...

Page 16: ...the user to de ne an overheat temperature When this temperature reaches the threshold the CPU thermal trip feature will be activated and it will send a signal to the Speaker LED and at the same time t...

Page 17: ...s a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01...

Page 18: ...es It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Speci cation 2 02 or above Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It must als...

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: ...battery and prevent the system from booting up CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU soc...

Page 21: ...that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow the instruc tions below to remove the heatsink to prevent dam age done to the CPU or the CPU so...

Page 22: ...ommended because they ground the moth erboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray...

Page 23: ...DDR 2 memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incor rectly See support information below 2 Gently press down o...

Page 24: ...ection for descriptions and pin de nitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins 2 4 A I O Ports and Front Panel Control Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 speci cation See Fi...

Page 25: ...IMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan1 JF1 FP Ctrl J D 1 JP15 Fan2 JOH1 Fan3 J L 1 IPMI JIDE1 BIOS J 1 8 J P A 1 SCSI CH A SCSI CH B Fan4 7 9 0 2 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 U S B 2 3 SMBUS Buzzer JWOR...

Page 26: ...o m p a c t Flash Card Type 1 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector The main power supply connector on the X6DHR C8 meets the SSI Su perset ATX 24 pin speci cation You must also connect the 4 pin...

Page 27: ...Cavium 1230 SL JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB JLAN6 JL...

Page 28: ...ium 1230 SL JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB JLAN6 JLAN7...

Page 29: ...3 J L 1 IPMI JIDE1 BIOS J 1 8 J P A 1 SCSI CH A SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 USB2 3 SMBUS Buzzer JWOR1 Battery JPL1 RAGE XL PCI X 1 100 MHz Super IO North Bridge JPG1 COM1 U S B 0 1 K B Mouse...

Page 30: ...Button Reset Button JLAN1 SUPER X6DHR C8 JLAN2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan1 J F 1 FP Ctrl J D 1 JP15 Fan...

Page 31: ...SL JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB JLAN6 JLAN7 JLAN8 C...

Page 32: ...D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB JLAN6 JLAN7 JLAN8 C o m p a c t Flash Card Type 1 Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers...

Page 33: ...JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB 82546GB JLAN6 JLAN7 JLAN8 C o m...

Page 34: ...t Flash Card Type 1 Power LED Speaker On the JDI header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector...

Page 35: ...MM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan1 J F 1 FP Ctrl J D 1 JP15 Fan2 JOH1 Fan3 J L 1 IPMI JIDE1 BIOS J 1 8 J P A 1 SCSI CH A SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 USB2 3 SMBUS B...

Page 36: ...hurst Clear CMOS South Bridge E7520 JLAN3 JLAN4 JLAN5 Cavium 1230 SL JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5...

Page 37: ...JLAN8 C o m p a c t Flash Card Type 1 Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fault header JP12 to provide warning of power supply failure This warning signal is passed throug...

Page 38: ...Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan1 J F 1 FP Ctrl J D 1 JP15 Fan2 JOH1 Fan3 J L 1 IPMI JIDE1 BIOS J 1 8 J P A 1 SCSI CH A SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 USB2 3 SMBUS Buzzer JWOR1 Battery JPL1 RAGE XL PC...

Page 39: ...MM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan1 J F 1 FP Ctrl J D 1 JP15 Fan2 JOH1 Fan3 J L 1 IPMI JIDE1 BIOS J 1 8 J P A 1 SCSI CH A SCSI C...

Page 40: ...1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS WD Clear CMOS JLAN1 SUPER X6DHR C8 JLAN2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 1A...

Page 41: ...CTRL SATA0 SATA1 USB2 3 SMBUS Buzzer JWOR1 Battery JPL1 RAGE XL PCI X 1 100 MHz Super IO North Bridge JPG1 COM1 U S B 0 1 K B Mouse Fan5 Fan6 ATX PWR 4 Pin P W R 24 Pin Fan7 J 2 4 JP12 Fan8 SCSI CPU 1...

Page 42: ...DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan1 J F 1 FP Ctrl J D 1 JP15 Fan2 JOH1 Fan3 J L 1 IPMI JIDE1 BIOS J 1 8 J P A 1 SCSI CH A SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SAT...

Page 43: ...located near the SCSI controller AIC 7902 chip DA1 indicates the activity status of SCSI Channel A and DA2 DA1 indicates the activity status of SCSI Channel B See the table at right for the functions...

Page 44: ...546GB JLAN6 JLAN7 JLAN8 C o m p a c t Flash Card Type 1 2 8 Hard Disk Drive IPMI and SCSI Connections IDE Connectors There are no jumpers needed to con gure the onboard IDE 1 connector at JIDE1 See th...

Page 45: ...outh Bridge E7520 JLAN3 JLAN4 JLAN5 Cavium 1230 SL JPL3 JPL4 J P L 2 J A 2 J 2 7 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 J P C 1 DA10 DA12 JWOL1 D A 8 DA14 CPU 2 VGA 8 Pin PWR JP14 JP13 L E 1 JUSB2 J 5 1 J 5 2 J 2 4 PCI1 8254...

Page 46: ...2 28 X6DHR C8 User s Manual Note Please refer to Appendix B for software and Windows OS installation instructions...

Page 47: ...battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Che...

Page 48: ...ease date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system rst boots up System con guration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support...

Page 49: ...e les onto a bootable oppy and reboot your system At the DOS prompt enter the command phlash This will start the ash utility and give you an opportunity to save your current BIOS image Flash the boot...

Page 50: ...3 4 X6DHR 8C User s Manual Notes...

Page 51: ...etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS ash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each...

Page 52: ...urning 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 main Setup menu Press the Dele...

Page 53: ...the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This feature allows BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of oppy d...

Page 54: ...u are Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermin...

Page 55: ...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 enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The o...

Page 56: ...tup options are described in this section Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test r...

Page 57: ...che Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory...

Page 58: ...ffer 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 Extended Memory If enabled this feat...

Page 59: ...he submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabl...

Page 60: ...will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Remap Function Select Enabled to re allocate memory resource for PCI slots The options are Enabled...

Page 61: ...system crash after a reset The options are Disabled and Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as...

Page 62: ...to BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for COM1 The options are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard COM2 This setting allows you to assign control of COM2 Th...

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: ...5 2K Console 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 VT UTF8 Flow...

Page 65: ...CPU die temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by the Thermal Management Settings pre con gured by the user at this f...

Page 66: ...r 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 pas...

Page 67: ...he arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Spec...

Page 68: ...xit 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 d...

Page 69: ...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 A BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable...

Page 70: ...ow 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 42h Initialize interrupt...

Page 71: ...t 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external para...

Page 72: ...tBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear...

Page 73: ...ize 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 Cl...

Page 74: ...A 6 X6DHR C8 User s Manual Notes...

Page 75: ...is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better air...

Page 76: ...s to con rm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enable and press the Enter Ke...

Page 77: ...r Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of...

Page 78: ...ect this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sec tions describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the enter key to select Manag...

Page 79: ...fore you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the...

Page 80: ...urn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Con guration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the rst screen on page B 5 3 From the ACU...

Page 81: ...cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new ar...

Page 82: ...rate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost Raid Level Create Via...

Page 83: ...f different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or rst drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger dri...

Page 84: ...sk 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 Arrays select...

Page 85: ...to access the ARC Util ity 2 From the ARC menu select Array Con guration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk...

Page 86: ...rwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of...

Page 87: ...Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 13 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below...

Page 88: ...that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives...

Page 89: ...must perform a Rebuild to optimized 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...

Page 90: ...k Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the...

Page 91: ...Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 17 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below...

Page 92: ...ure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array...

Page 93: ...Setup Screen and press the Enter key k 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 s...

Page 94: ...al The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID...

Page 95: ...anagement is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor...

Page 96: ...ntrol 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 PROD...

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