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Chapter 2: Installation

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System LED (DS9)

There is is a system LED (DS9)

on the motherboard. DS9

(System LED) indicates the status

of the system. Refer to table on

the right for information. Please

refer to Appendix A for

information.

DS7

DS8

DS9

Onboard LED Indicators
(DS1-DS5, DS7-DS8)

In addition to the LAN LEDs and

SATA LED, there are other LED in-

dicators (DS1-DS5, DS7-DS8) on

the X6DVA-4G/EG. DS7 and DS8

are POST Codes LEDs. See the

table on the right for speaker pin

definitions. (*Note: Please refer to

Appendix A for DS7 and DS8 LED

POST Codes.)

On board LED Definitions

DS#
DS1

DS2
DS3
DS4
DS5

DS7-8

Definition

CPU PW R good or CPU +12V PW R

Cable must be connected.

CPU2 VRM Overheat

SCSI LED

CPU1 VRM Overheat

PW R LED

POST LED

System Alert LED (DS9) Definition

DS9

Green

Amber

Red

Definition

System: On & OK

System: Off, PW R Cable Connected
PW R or CPU Failure, CPU Overheat

GLAN1

UPER X6DVA-4G

GLAN2

DIMM 2B

DIMM 2A

DIMM 3B

DIMM 3A

DIMM 1A

DIMM 1B

8-pin
PWR2

SMB
PWR

FP CTRL

Speaker

WOR

GLAN
CTLR

X4 PCI-Epxess

PCIX #6 (PCIX-133)

North
Bridge

VGA

COM1

USB0/1

KB/
Mouse

PW4

ATX
PWR1

24-Pin

Fan1

PW1

CPU 1

CPU 2

COM2

6300ESB
ICH

GLAN
CTLR

PWR
Fault

PW3

J18

J19

J20

J21

J22

J23

J8B1

JPL1

LAN1Enable

JPL2

LAN2Enable

PCIX #5 (PCIX-100)

JPR1

Alarm
Reset

J9B1

J15
J13

JPA1(*SCSI Enable)

PCIX slots/
SMB Connect

JF2

PWLED/
SPKR

PCI-E#4

J14

Battery

Fan6 Fan5

JPG1

J17

VGA Enable

32- bit PCI #1

Printer

J10

Floppy

J24

SCSI

J28

JL1

IDE 2

J38

Fan4

SATA0

SATA1

JS0

Cha. Intru

JS1

Clr CMOS

J41

IPMI

JWD

E 1

J44

JF1

Fan3

E7320
(Lindenhurst
-VS)

MCH

PXH

(PCI-E/
PCIX
Interface)

SI/O

VGA
CTLR

SCSI (LSI
53C20)

64- bit

USB2,3

JA1

JSLED

SATA
LED

Fan2

PW2

JWOL

System LED

SCSI
ChannelTerm.
Enable

JPF PWR Force On

BIOS

DS1

DS4

DS2

DS3

CPU
PW LED

CPU1 VRM
OHLED

CPU2 VRM
OH LED

DS5

PWR LED

WOL

SCSI LED

DS1

DS4

DS2

DS5

DS3

Summary of Contents for Supero X6DVA-4G

Page 1: ...X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 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: ...dates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes...

Page 4: ...very 1 10 Recovery 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 Precaut...

Page 5: ...ble Disable 2 19 Clear CMOS 2 20 Watch Dog 2 20 Connecting PCI Slot 1 2 3 to SMB 2 21 SCSI Controller Enable Disable 2 22 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 22 Alarm Reset 2 23 Power Force On 2 23 2 7...

Page 6: ...roduction 4 1 4 2 Running Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup 4 4 4 4 Boot Setup 4 18 4 5 Security Setup 4 21 4 6 Exit 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B...

Page 7: ...ll been in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing contact your retailer All included with Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices...

Page 8: ...pe Address 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...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG Image...

Page 10: ...JBT1 Clr CMOS J41 IPMI JWD WD IDE 1 J44 JF1 Fan3 E7320 Lindenhurst VS MCH PXH PCI E PCIX Interface SI O VGA CTLR SCSI LSI 53C20 64 bit 64 bit USB2 3 JA1 JSLED SATA LED DS9 Fan2 PW2 JWOL DS7 DS8 POST...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 DS7 DS8 POST Code LED See Chpt 2 App A DS9 System LED See Chapter 2 FAN 1 6 CPU Chassis Fan Headers GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 J44 IDE2 J38 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J1 VGA C...

Page 12: ...PCI E slot x4 2GB sec Two 64 bit PCI X slots One 64 bit PCI X 133 slot one PCI X 100 slot One 32 bit PCI slot BIOS 8 Mb AMI Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC...

Page 13: ...IPMI 2 0 Two Intel 82541 GI Gigabit Ethernet controllers 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 1 EPP ECP Parallel Header PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports...

Page 14: ...20 Lindenhurst VS Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Mouse Keyboard Flpy Prntr COM1 FPUSB F...

Page 15: ...ble x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two independent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are c...

Page 16: ...uration 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 X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG All have an onboard Sy...

Page 17: ...ED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture TM2 CPU VRM Overheat When the CPU r...

Page 18: ...connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an...

Page 19: ...ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up date...

Page 20: ...on a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfaci...

Page 21: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 15 Introduction The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management...

Page 22: ...1 16 Introduction X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG User s Manual Notes...

Page 23: ...o not 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 bag...

Page 24: ...e surface which can damage the BIOS 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 ot...

Page 25: ...n We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to...

Page 26: ...screws from the motherboard 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 CP...

Page 27: ...le vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place...

Page 28: ...ge of both ends of the module This should release 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...

Page 29: ...ed 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 p...

Page 30: ...to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI...

Page 31: ...ICH GLAN CTLR PWR Fault J2 J3 J4 J1 PW3 J18 J19 J20 J21 J22 J23 J8B1 JPL1 LAN1Enable JPL2 LAN2Enable PCIX 5 PCIX 100 JPR1 Alarm Reset J9B1 J15 J13 JPA1 SCSI Enable PCIX slots SMB Connect JF2 PWLED SP...

Page 32: ...n PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse PW4 ATX PWR1 24 Pin Fan1 PW1 CPU 1 CPU 2 COM2 6300ESB ICH GLAN CTLR PWR Fault J2 J3 J4...

Page 33: ...UPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse PW4 ATX PWR1 24...

Page 34: ...round Reset Pin Definitions GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA C...

Page 35: ...0 1 USB 2 3 GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mo...

Page 36: ...r J10 Floppy J24 SCSI SI O VGA CTLR 53C20 JWOL BIOS DS3 WOL SCSI LED GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI...

Page 37: ...LAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse PW4 ATX PWR1 24 Pin Fan1 PW1 CPU 1 CPU 2 COM2 6300ESB ICH GLAN CTLR PWR Fault J2 J3 J4 J1 PW3 J18 J19 J20 J21 J22 J23 J8B1...

Page 38: ...r 4 PWR_Control GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 K...

Page 39: ...et PXH PCI E PW2 JPF PWR DS1 CPU PW LED GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North...

Page 40: ...ylock Keylock GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB...

Page 41: ...le Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bri...

Page 42: ...W_ON connector to clear CMOS GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA...

Page 43: ...pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse PW4 ATX PWR1 24 Pin Fan1 PW1 CPU 1 CPU 2 COM2 6300ESB ICH GLAN CTLR PWR Fault J2 J3 J...

Page 44: ...IMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse PW4 ATX PWR1 24 Pin Fan1 PW1 CPU 1 CPU 2 COM...

Page 45: ...on the system Jumper Position Off On Definition Normal Force On Power Force On JPF GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GL...

Page 46: ...e JPF PWR Force On BIOS DS1 DS4 DS2 DS3 CPU PW LED CPU1 VRM OHLED CPU2 VRM OH LED DS5 PWR LED WOL SCSI LED FP CTRL 6300ESB ICH D 1 IDE 2 J38 Fan4 TA0 SATA1 JS0 Cha Intru JS1 JBT1 Clr CMOS J41 IPMI JWD...

Page 47: ...Cable Connected PWR or CPU Failure CPU Overheat GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 1...

Page 48: ...Error 6 Init 8 SLCT IN 10 GND 12 GND 14 GND 16 GND 18 GND 20 GND 22 GND 24 GND 26 NC Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions J10 GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1...

Page 49: ...Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J24 GLAN1 SUPER X6DVA 4G GLAN2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PC...

Page 50: ...R2 SMB PWR FP CTRL Speaker WOR GLAN CTLR X4 PCI Epxess PCIX 6 PCIX 133 North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse PW4 ATX PWR1 24 Pin Fan1 PW1 CPU 1 CPU 2 COM2 6300ESB ICH GLAN CTLR PWR Fault J2 J3 J4 J1 P...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...now 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 53: ...istributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408...

Page 54: ...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 Merchandise Authorizatio...

Page 55: ...guide The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be config ured Options in blue can be configured by t...

Page 56: ...he following items will be automatically displayed System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed Main Main Advanced AdvancedBoot Boot Security SecurityExit Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY S...

Page 57: ...ues through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in DAY MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour f...

Page 58: ...Limit This feature allows the user to set the maximum CPU ID value Enable this function to boot legacy OS that cannot support processors with ex tended CPUID functions The options are Enabled and Dis...

Page 59: ...er threading results in increased CPU performance Intel R Speed Step tm Tech This setting allows you enable the function of Intel Speedstep Tech to set the CPU speeds The options are Maximum Speed Min...

Page 60: ...n press Enter to access this sub menu for the primary secondary third and fourth IDE master and slave drives Use this screen to select options for the Primary and Secondary IDE drives Use the up and d...

Page 61: ...e IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer ra...

Page 62: ...44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 OnBoard Floppy Controller Select Enabled to enable the Onboard Floppy Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled to activate the function of 32 Bit data tran...

Page 63: ...No PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and writing to IDE drives The options are Disa...

Page 64: ...e The options are Available Reserved DMA Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 3 Channel 5 Channel 6 Chan nel 7 Select Available to indicate that a specific DMA channel is available to be used by a PCI PnP devi...

Page 65: ...allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O ad...

Page 66: ...ction of Memory Mirroring and Sparing if memory configuration supports this function The options are Disabled and Sparing XSouthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the setti...

Page 67: ...is 100MHz PCI X M1 The default setting for PCI X CHB is 133MHz PCI X M1 I O Port decode Select the decode range for IO The options are 4K Decode and 1K De code RAS Sticky Error Handling Select the me...

Page 68: ...be included in the RSDP pointer list The options are Enable and Disabled AMI OEMB Table Select Enabled to allow the OEMB Table Pointer to be included in the R x SDT pointer lists The options are Enab...

Page 69: ...le or disable Hub Interface Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled System Bus Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable System Bus Error Event logging The options are Enabl...

Page 70: ...of power management for signal transactions between PCI Express L0 and L1 Link The options are Enabled and Disabled I O Expander Mode This feature allows the user to set the IO Expand Mode for Hot Plu...

Page 71: ...Mode The options are Hi Speed 480 Mbps and Full Speed 12Mbps This feature allows you to enable 2 USB Ports or 4 USB Ports The options are Disabled 2 USB Ports and 4 USB Ports USB Function XSystem Hea...

Page 72: ...your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a S...

Page 73: ...orce BIOS and Keep Current Boot up Num Lock Set this value to allow the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up The default setting is On The options are On and Off PS 2 Mouse Support Set th...

Page 74: ...ature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Hard Drives 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Removable Drive The Options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled XCD DVD Drives T...

Page 75: ...isplays a warn ing when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 Security Settings AMI...

Page 76: ...ss Enter Discarding Changes and Exit Select this option to quit BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from...

Page 77: ...ed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then Select OK to allow BIOS to au...

Page 78: ...4 24 X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG User s Manual Notes...

Page 79: ...y communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exce...

Page 80: ...A 2 X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG User s Manual A 2 DS7 DS8 LED Post Codes LEDIndicators Description Message DS7 DS8 On On PWR On On Off SPD Read OK Off On Memory Size OK Off Off Starting Bus Initialization...

Page 81: ...e initialization code checksum will be verified D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next D3h Starting me...

Page 82: ...e FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size F5h Next disabling internal cache...

Page 83: ...llers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h Thevideodisplayhasbeendisabled PortBhasbeeninitialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h The 8254 timer test...

Page 84: ...ce checking next 34h Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next 37h The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next 38h Initializing the bus input IPL general devices ne...

Page 85: ...xt 4Fh The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next 50h The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized...

Page 86: ...completed Checking for a locked key next 84h Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next 85h The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and chec...

Page 87: ...after the Coprocessor test next 9Eh Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Dis...

Page 88: ...B 8 X6DVA 4G X6DVA EG User s Manual Notes...

Page 89: ...o point connection between devices It 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 A...

Page 90: ...4 Under the item Configure S ATA as RAID select Yes 5 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Once...

Page 91: ...ded Serial ATA with HostRAID Con troller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RA...

Page 92: ...ys Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the enter key to select...

Page 93: ...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 94: ...1 Turn on your 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 5 3 From t...

Page 95: ...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 96: ...Migrate 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...

Page 97: ...ifferent 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 migrating from a larger driv...

Page 98: ...sterisk 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 se...

Page 99: ...to access 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...

Page 100: ...overwrites 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 par...

Page 101: ...Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 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 102: ...4 so 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 d...

Page 103: ...must perform a Rebuild to optimized its function ality 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 nee...

Page 104: ...e Disk 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...

Page 105: ...Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 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 106: ...at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scan...

Page 107: ...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 sp...

Page 108: ...ional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID...

Page 109: ...anagement is called 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...

Page 110: ...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...

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