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Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 6011L USER SMANUAL 1 0a SUPER...

Page 2: ...R INABILITY 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 W...

Page 3: ...ity is also supported Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the SU...

Page 4: ...or removing proces sors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC810 1U rackmount server chassis You...

Page 5: ...Control Panel L E D s S C S I L E D s Power Supply Switch Motherboard L E D Static Safety MB Installation C a b l e s I O Ports CPU Installation M e m o r y PCI Cards MB Layout Connectors DIP Switches...

Page 6: ...eparing for Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 6011L into a Rack 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 3 Inst...

Page 7: ...Connecting Power Cables 5 3 Connecting the Control Panel 5 4 5 4 I O Ports 5 5 5 5 Installing Processors 5 5 5 6 Installing Memory 5 7 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 8 Super P3TDLR Layout 5 10 5 8 Connector...

Page 8: ...Drive and SCSI Connections 5 21 Floppy Connector 5 21 IDE Connectors 5 21 Ultra160 SCSI Connectors 5 22 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 Syst...

Page 9: ...k Drives 7 25 Removable Devices 7 25 ATAPI CD ROM Drives 7 25 7 9 Security Setup 7 26 Supervisor Password 7 26 User Password 7 26 Change Supervisor Password 7 27 Change User Password 7 27 Clear User P...

Page 10: ...NOTES SUPERSERVER 6010H User s Manual x...

Page 11: ...ith the SuperServer 6011L www supermicro com In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 6011L as listed below l Up to two 2 370 p...

Page 12: ...nnected to an SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SCSI drives are also hot swap units Control Panel The SC810 s control panel provides important system mon...

Page 13: ...has an innovative cooling design that includes a 10 cm blower system cooling intake fan and one optional 4 cm fan that can be installed in the midsection of the chassis The blower fan plugs into a ch...

Page 14: ...including the PCI to ISA bridge and support for UDMA33 security passwords and system pro tection Plug Play USBs power management interrupt controllers and the SMBus Processors The P3TDLR supports sin...

Page 15: ...ics memory chip has been integrated onboard the P3TDLR to provide graphics memory This onboard graphics package provides a bandwidth of up to 512 MB sec over a 32 bit graphics memory bus Onboard Contr...

Page 16: ...ss 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 Techn...

Page 17: ...it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the SuperSe...

Page 18: ...tending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and...

Page 19: ...should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6011L Each of these assemblies consist of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 6011L A and an outer fixed rac...

Page 20: ...h serves two functions The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when full...

Page 21: ...the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server h...

Page 22: ...ou are installing the SuperServer 6011L into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will be the pos...

Page 23: ...d have one or two processors already installed into the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Section 5 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 Verify the proper...

Page 24: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 6011L Manual Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6011L with one SCSI Drive removed...

Page 25: ...rver For servicing the CD ROM and floppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The SCSI disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top c...

Page 26: ...st thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from the power supply unit into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surge...

Page 27: ...pply This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of the...

Page 28: ...irflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm You should also check to make sure that the chassis cover is installed and that all fans are present and operat ing normally Finally...

Page 29: ...ure A SAF TE compliant SCSI backplane is optional on the 6011L If one of the SCSI drives fail you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Section 6 4 for instructions on...

Page 30: ...SUPERSERVER 6011L Manual 3 4 NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES...

Page 31: ...ing power you should first power down the system with the operating system first and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system l When working around exposed electrical ci...

Page 32: ...toned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan l Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that...

Page 33: ...omponents and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use l Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag l Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 34: ...SUPERSERVER 6011L Manual 4 4 NOTES...

Page 35: ...onic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter Also note that the size and weight of the motherboard can cause...

Page 36: ...ld The P3TDLR requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 10 motherboard such as Supermicro s SC810 1U rackmount Make sure that the I O ports on the motherboard properly align with their respectiv...

Page 37: ...you should take care to keep them routed as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations The following data cables with their locations noted sh...

Page 38: ...s marked on the board The other end connects to JP4 of the Control Panel PCB board located just behind the system status LEDs on the chassis The control signals are all on the even numbered pins See p...

Page 39: ...th the heat sink attached keeping the notched corner oriented toward pin one on the socket Make sure the processor is fully seated in the socket and then close the lever You can also install a single...

Page 40: ...heat sink Make sure that you apply the compound evenly and that good contact is made between the CPU chip the die and the heat sink Insufficient contact or improper types of heat sinks and thermal com...

Page 41: ...t sensitive to the order the memory modules are installed in the DIMM slots 3 Installing Memory Modules Insert each DIMM module parallel to its slot s guide rails Pay attention to the orientation of t...

Page 42: ...u are installing see step 1 Begin by removing the I O shield for the PCI slot Then fully seat the PCI card into the riser card and screw it into the metal retention rail shown in Figure 2 5 Finally in...

Page 43: ...Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 9 Figure 5 6 Adding PCI Cards CPU Sockets 64 32 bit33MHz PCI Slot 1 Memory Modules Figure 5 5 5V Riser Card 5V 64 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 2...

Page 44: ...ERY FLOPPY 10 5 ATX POWER CPU FAN J28 FCPGA Processor 2 CPU FAN CH FAN3 DIMM0 IDE 1 IDE 2 1 JP2 J23 ULTRA160 LVD SCSI JBT1 JF1 JP7 WOM NIC1 COM2 FCPGA Processor 1 J12 J15 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI64 1 PCI64 2 J...

Page 45: ...5 20 Open Enabled DIP Switches Description Default Setting SW1 1 4 CPU Core Bus Ratio see p 5 17 Connectors Description ATX Power 24 pin ATX Power Connector p 5 12 DIMM0 DIMM3 Memory SDRAM Slots p 5 1...

Page 46: ...efinition 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 Ground 16 PS_ON 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 Res 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 Ground Table 5 2 ATX Power Supply 20 pin Connector Pin Definitions ATX PWR 1 ATX PWR 2 Pin Number...

Page 47: ...is header is used to indicate network activity on LAN Ethernet port 2 See Table 5 7 for pin definitions and Figure 5 2 for pin locations Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 1...

Page 48: ...wer Button Mode set ting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode hold down the power button for at least 4 seconds See Table 5 10 for pin definitions and Figure 5 1 for pin locations Ov...

Page 49: ...he SC810 1U rackmount chassis only the main blower fan is used The blower fan should be connected to the chassis fan header located near the JF1 header See the motherboard layout on page 5 10 for loca...

Page 50: ...located beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables There are two jumpers for the LAN1 LAN2 ports JP8 NIC 1 Enable Disable Open enable JP24 NIC2 Enable Disable Open e...

Page 51: ...he suspend state Refer to Table 5 16 for pin definitions You must also have a WOM card and cable to use WOM Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN WOL header allows the system to be woken up upon receiving an ap...

Page 52: ...in of a two pin jumper Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 Front Side Bus Speed JP2 sets the FSB speed CPU speed FSB x Core Bus ratio Core Bus Ratio settings are de scribed in...

Page 53: ...ee Table 5 23 for jumper settings LAN 2 Enable Disable Use jumper JP24 to enable or disable the onboard LAN 2 Ethernet port The default setting is enabled See Table 5 24 for jumper settings T able 5 2...

Page 54: ...26 for jumper settings Watchdog Reset Enable Disable Jumper JP210 allows you to en able or disable all onboard SCSI The normal default position is open to enable SCSI operation See Table 5 27 for jump...

Page 55: ...on 1 GND 3 GND 5 Key 7 GND 9 GND 11 GND 13 GND 15 GND 17 GND 19 GND 21 GND 23 GND 25 GND 27 GND 29 GND 31 GND 33 GND Pin Number Function 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive S...

Page 56: ...24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Signal Names DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPWR TERMPWR RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C...

Page 57: ...ly The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions l Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge l Touch a grounded metal obj...

Page 58: ...e cable from JF1 on the motherboard to JP4 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both JF1 and JP4 Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path Th...

Page 59: ...LED on the control panel You will need to power down the system to replace the blower fan Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing the blower fan After turning off the power to the system first remove...

Page 60: ...eed to the next step for instructions Note You must use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 6011L CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or floppy disk drive...

Page 61: ...tall a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as show...

Page 62: ...d removal The SCSI drive is a hot swap unit meaning that it can be installed and removed while the system is running To remove a SCSI drive first push the release button located beside the drive s LED...

Page 63: ...011L First release the retention screws that secure the unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two b...

Page 64: ...ill hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover and push it away from you You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the i...

Page 65: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 9 Figure 6 6 Chassis Rear View Power Supply I O Shield see Figure 1 1...

Page 66: ...6 10 SUPERSERVER 6011L Manual NOTES...

Page 67: ...power to the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which...

Page 68: ...itoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Additional temperature sensors Chass...

Page 69: ...how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes The Main BIOS Setup Menu Press the...

Page 70: ...iguration to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section...

Page 71: ...4 and 3 Select the desired setting and then press Enter Serial Port 2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2...

Page 72: ...e user to set the Parallel Port IRQ The settings for this item include 5 and 7 Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional...

Page 73: ...is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode i...

Page 74: ...WDMA0 through MWDMA2 to set Multi word DMA0 through DMA2 Select UDMA0 trhough UDMA4 to set Ultra DMA0 through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technolog...

Page 75: ...Enabled allows the drive to be used normally read write and erase functions can all be performed Disabled prevents the hard disk from being erased This function is effective only when the device can b...

Page 76: ...ssed through BIOS Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on bootup Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that...

Page 77: ...low Fast This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to und...

Page 78: ...on is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru and Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache...

Page 79: ...the plus and minus keys to change the option setting The settings are described on the following pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC e...

Page 80: ...levels and temperatures System Overheat Warning This option allows you to Enable or Disable a system overheat warning signal used to notify you in the event of a dangerous rise in heat levels Overheat...

Page 81: ...hadow Cached WP C800 16k Shadow Disabled CC00 16k Shadow Disabled D000 16k Shadow Disabled D400 16k Shadow Disabled D800 16k Shadow Disabled DC00 16k Shadow Disabled Act to Deact 6 CLKS Act to Read Wr...

Page 82: ...option are 3 CLKS and 2 CLKS SDRAM CAS Latency This settings for this option are CAS Latency 3 and CAS Latency 2 CAS stands for Column Address Strobe DC00 16k Shadow These options specify how the 16 K...

Page 83: ...N2 IRQ preference PCI Slot 3 IRQ preference PCI Slot 4 IRQ preference Onboard SCSI IRQ preference No No 64 Yes Disabled Disabled Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto No lets the BIOS c...

Page 84: ...adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No Palette Snooping When enabled this option informs PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed The settings are Disabled and Enabled This does...

Page 85: ...e BIOS assign the IRQ Onboard LAN1 IRQ Preference This option allows you to change the IRQ for the onboard LAN1 The settings are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 The Auto setting lets the BIOS assign...

Page 86: ...rd SCSI IRQ Preference This option allows you to change the IRQ for the onboard SCSI The set tings are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 The Auto setting lets the BIOS assign the IRQ IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5...

Page 87: ...ton on the computer chas sis functions When set to On Off depressing the power button turns the computer on or off When set to Suspend depressing the power button places the computer in Suspend mode o...

Page 88: ...isk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive s enters after the specified period of inactivity has expired The settings include Disabled Standby and Su...

Page 89: ...Q12 IRQ14 IRQ15 With the above options you can monitor each interrupt request and resume the system s normal power up state when activated Settings are Ignore and Monitor All IRQs are defaulted to Ign...

Page 90: ...available system devices The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Disabled 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI C...

Page 91: ...e Devices Use this screen to view the removable devices that have been auto de tected or entered manually on your system ATAPI CDROM Drives Use this screen to view the ATAPI CDROM drives that have bee...

Page 92: ...rity If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If...

Page 93: ...a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive Change User Password ously Clear User Password Use this option to clear...

Page 94: ...setup with saving the changes Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highl...

Page 95: ...and system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discar...

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Page 97: ...screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fat...

Page 98: ...oard is faulty The BIOS was unable to find the specific file nam e required to flash the BIOS Mem ory failure occurred in the first 64KB of m em ory The flash was properly program m ed with the BIOS R...

Page 99: ...Next the 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 Star...

Page 100: ...g for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette Efh A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root...

Page 101: ...troller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command 11h Next checking if End or Ins keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize...

Page 102: ...set Displaying the power on message next 38h Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initializati...

Page 103: ...he sequential and random memory test next 50h The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51h The memory size display wa...

Page 104: ...reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next 82h The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the command byte and initializing the circul...

Page 105: ...t 91h The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next 95h Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for addition...

Page 106: ...ic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next A5h Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next A7h NMI and parity enabled Performing any init...

Page 107: ...checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines The high byte of checkpoint indicates that the routine is being executed in Different buses High Byte Th...

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Page 109: ...co Rack 2 6 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6011L 2 8 Control Panel Header Pins 5 4 I O Ports 5 5 FCPGA Socket Empty and with Processor Installed 5 6 Side View of DIMM Installation into Slot 5...

Page 110: ...SUPERSERVER 6011L Manual C 2 NOTES...

Page 111: ...ximum of 4 GB ECC registered SDRAM DIMM Sizes 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB and 1 GB PC100 133 SDRAM modules supported SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7892 for single channel Ultra160 SCSI SCSI Backplane Controlle...

Page 112: ...15 CISPR 22 EN 55022 Cooling Fans System One 1 10 cm ball bearing blower fan Optional One 1 4 cm ball bearing fan Onboard Fan Headers Two 2 CPU two 2 chassis and two 2 overheat fan headers max curren...

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