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X6DHR-TG

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0

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Page 1: ...X6DHR TG 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: ...com Product_page product m htm for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally in stalled Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be incl...

Page 4: ...ery from AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 12 1 6 Power Supply 1 13 1 7 Super I O 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpack...

Page 5: ...arm Reset 2 20 SMB Power 2 20 Power Fail 2 21 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 22 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 CMOS Clear 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 23 VGA Enable Disable 2 23 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 24 3rd Po...

Page 6: ...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 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 18 4 6 Boot Setup 4 20 4 7 Exit 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1...

Page 7: ...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 mother board If anything listed here...

Page 8: ...dress 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 Te...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Figure 1 1 X6DHR TG Image...

Page 10: ...2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA Battery JPG1 JPL1 RAGE XL GLAN CTRL P X H PCI X 133 MHz PCI X 100 MHz E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR RAID IPMI2 0 IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy WOL COM2 Fan3 USB2 3...

Page 11: ...mory RAM Slots Floppy Drive Floppy Drive Connector GLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 2 J5 J6 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI J9 IPMI 2 0 Connector KB Mouse J33 J34 PS 2 Keyboard J34 Mouse J33 P...

Page 12: ...s Chipset Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots One PCI X 133 MHz slot One PCI X 100 MHz slot Two PCI Express x8 slots BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and P...

Page 13: ...t Ethernet controllers 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Un...

Page 14: ...ATA ADDR CTRL DIMMs ICH5R FWH LPC I O LPC BUS HUB BMC CON PCI BUS 32 BIT DIMMs 4_DDR266 333 USB 0 1 2 3 USB PORTS VGA KB SER 2 SER 1 H W MONITOR FDD MS VRM 0 1 SATA SATA UDMA 100 IDE PRI SEC PCI EXP B...

Page 15: ...I O bandwidth The MCH provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two indepen dent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of t...

Page 16: ...ion to change this setting The de fault setting is Always On 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DHR TG All have an onboard System Hardware...

Page 17: ...fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Overheat Fa...

Page 18: ...ssor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows Operating Systems Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device...

Page 19: ...ed in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reli...

Page 20: ...with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible s...

Page 21: ...t touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags wh...

Page 22: ...area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up Socket lever CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the...

Page 23: ...screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 1 Screw 2 Pin 1 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns w...

Page 24: ...otherboard in the sequence as show in the second picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use exces...

Page 25: ...s of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground t...

Page 26: ...2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 1B and...

Page 27: ...it from the slot 2 4 I OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O p...

Page 28: ...gned specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and...

Page 29: ...ition 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 COM 14 PS_ON 15 COM 16 COM 17 COM 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V Pin Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PW OK 9 5VSB 10 12V ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J1...

Page 30: ...PW PW SMB JL1 JWD CPU1 CPU2 JOH1 J D 1 J4F4 J4F5 PWR Fail SPKR Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 Bank4 PCI Ex8 PCI Ex8 SATA S I O Graphic Memory SMB IPMB COM2 BIOS WOR JS10 JPS1 SATAII JWF2 JP18 JWF1 JP17 SATA0 SATA1...

Page 31: ...JP18 JWF1 JP17 SATA0 SATA1 Fan5 Fan4 JP10 JP11 12V 8 Pin PWR 12V 4 Pin PWR J S 9 Marvell SATA 0 3 J3 J4 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connection for GLAN port1 is...

Page 32: ...Fan4 JP10 JP11 12V 8 Pin PWR 12V 4 Pin PWR J S 9 Marvell SATA 0 3 J3 J4 Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19...

Page 33: ...ted on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 To tur...

Page 34: ...4F4 J4F5 PWR Fail SPKR Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 Bank4 PCI Ex8 PCI Ex8 SATA S I O Graphic Memory SMB IPMB COM2 BIOS WOR JS10 JPS1 SATAII JWF2 JP18 JWF1 JP17 SATA0 SATA1 Fan5 Fan4 JP10 JP11 12V 8 Pin PWR 12V 4...

Page 35: ...DTR 5 Ground Pin Number Definition 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC USB2 3 COM2 K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA Battery JPG1 JPL1 R...

Page 36: ...s Pin 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers use DC power K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA B...

Page 37: ...eader Pin Definitions J22 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA Battery...

Page 38: ...ns 6 7 with a jumper Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Number 4 5 6 7 Function Key Definition Red wire Speaker data No connection Key Speaker data K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM...

Page 39: ...Definition 5V OH Active Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA Battery JPG1 JPL1 RAGE XL GLAN CTRL P...

Page 40: ...monitors the sta tus of PWR Supply Fan and sys tem temperature SMB PWR Pin Definitions Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Definition Clock SMB Data N A N A N A K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIM...

Page 41: ...hic Memory SMB IPMB COM2 BIOS WOR JS10 JPS1 SATAII JWF2 JP18 JWF1 JP17 SATA0 SATA1 Fan5 Fan4 JP10 JP11 12V 8 Pin PWR 12V 4 Pin PWR J S 9 Marvell SATA 0 3 J3 J4 P W R Fail Power Fail Connect a cable fr...

Page 42: ...me to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS JBT1 is located near the FPUSB0 1 headers on the motherboard Note For an ATX power supply you must compl...

Page 43: ...le Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA Battery JPG1 JPL1 RAGE XL GLAN CTRL P X H PCI X 133 MHz PCI X 1...

Page 44: ...er supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JP13 to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin definitions K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM...

Page 45: ...lect Jumper Settings J4F4 J4F5 Default DDR333 K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA Battery JPG1 JPL1 RAGE XL GLAN CTRL P X H PCI X 1...

Page 46: ...JS10 JPS1 SATAII JWF2 JP18 JWF1 JP17 SATA0 SATA1 Fan5 Fan4 JP10 JP11 12V 8 Pin PWR 12V 4 Pin PWR J S 9 Marvell SATA 0 3 J3 J4 GLAN1 GLAN2 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs The Gigabit Ethernet LAN por...

Page 47: ...k drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connecto...

Page 48: ...ta 15 20 Key 22 GND 24 GND 26 GND 28 BALE 30 GND 32 IOCS16 34 GND 36 Addr 2 38 Chip Select 1 40 GND IDE Connector Pin Definitions J5 J6 IPMI J9 is designated as the IPMI Socket for the Motherboard IPM...

Page 49: ...s fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufact...

Page 50: ...know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes...

Page 51: ...ached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board...

Page 52: ...e your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchand...

Page 53: ...ttle electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer...

Page 54: ...ing 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...

Page 55: ...in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Pres...

Page 56: ...ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation This option allows the user to select...

Page 57: ...ct a predetermined type of hard drive CD ROM 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 BIOS to...

Page 58: ...O operation The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Sele...

Page 59: ...highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following...

Page 60: ...for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you...

Page 61: ...t Uncached to disable this funciton Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being...

Page 62: ...figure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration...

Page 63: ...from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00C0h and 00E0h For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the in...

Page 64: ...aster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto Algorithms and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC erro...

Page 65: ...acent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Processor Power Management This feature allows...

Page 66: ...llows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options...

Page 67: ...vent log capacity 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 Loggin...

Page 68: ...4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type 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 Control...

Page 69: ...mperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This item displays the system Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes Disable 3 pin Se...

Page 70: ...All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been us...

Page 71: ...en prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protect...

Page 72: ...pecific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Removable Devices Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in...

Page 73: ...changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility 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 Def...

Page 74: ...4 22 X6DHR TG User s Manual Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility...

Page 75: ...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...

Page 76: ...OST 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 w...

Page 77: ...tware 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 Conflict Add...

Page 78: ...tested 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 eno...

Page 79: ...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 identified Run the I2O Configu...

Page 80: ...A 6 X6DHR TG User s Manual Notes...

Page 81: ...rite 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 POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable No...

Page 82: ...w 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 42h Initialize interrupt...

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

Page 84: ...etBoot 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 Clea...

Page 85: ...ory 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 F...

Page 86: ...B 6 X6DHR TG User s Manual Notes...

Page 87: ...e tradi tional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better air flow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm...

Page 88: ...roving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro offers the user the...

Page 89: ...S Utility in cluding Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID C...

Page 90: ...this option to view array properties and delete arrays The follow ing sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the Enter key to select Managing...

Page 91: ...array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu selec...

Page 92: ...computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page C 4 3 From the ACU menu sel...

Page 93: ...ide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown on the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array typ...

Page 94: ...Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to pres...

Page 95: ...ws you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 mig...

Page 96: ...eated An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable ar...

Page 97: ...ss the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration 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 you want...

Page 98: ...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 a boot array To determine which disks are associated...

Page 99: ...Appendix C Software Installation C 13 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown on the following screen...

Page 100: ...eration 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 before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main...

Page 101: ...isk Utilities 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown below You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the en...

Page 102: ...press ESC to exit The following screen will appear For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your ship ping package You can a...

Page 103: ...Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette labelled A...

Page 104: ...ional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Note Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide included in the CD for installing the Adaptec SATA RAID Controller...

Page 105: ...ed SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III dis plays cru...

Page 106: ...te 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 the SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PROD UCT...

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