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Chapter 3: System Interface

3-3

z

Power:

 

 Indicates power is being supplied to the system's power

supply units.  This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is

operating.

3-4

Serial ATA Drive Carrier LED

Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED.  When illuminated, this

green LED (on the front of the Serial ATA drive carrier) indicates drive

activity.  A connection to the Serial ATA backplane enables this LED to blink

on and off when that particular drive is being accessed.

Summary of Contents for SUPERSERVER 6013A-T

Page 1: ...SUPER SUPERSERVER 6013A T USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b...

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: ...provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the Super X5DPA TGM motherboard and the SC811T 350 chassis Chapter 2 Server Installation...

Page 4: ...removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC811T 350 1U rackmount server chassis You...

Page 5: ...v Preface Notes...

Page 6: ...Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 6013A T into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Chassis Rails 2 5 Installing the...

Page 7: ...ting the Control Panel 5 3 5 4 I O Ports 5 4 5 5 Processor and Heatsink Installation 5 5 5 6 Installing Memory 5 9 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 10 5 8 Motherboard Details 5 11 X5DPA TGM Layout 5 11 X5DPA TG...

Page 8: ...21 Parallel Port 5 21 Floppy Connector 5 22 IDE Connectors 5 22 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fans 6 3 System Fan Failure 6 3 Repl...

Page 9: ...le of Contents ix 7 6 Exit Options 7 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 1 Appendix C Software Installation C 1 Appendix D System Specifications...

Page 10: ...x Notes SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual...

Page 11: ...been included with your SuperServer 6013A T as listed below z Two 2 1U CPU heatsinks SNK 039 z Four 4 heatsink retention clips for either 604 or 603 pin CPUs z Two 2 CPU mounting plates and retention...

Page 12: ...andwidth of 3 2 GB s The ICH5R interface is a 266 MB sec point to point connection using an 8 bit wide 66 MHz base clock at a 4x data transfer rate The P64H2 interface is a 1 GB s point to point conne...

Page 13: ...the Serial ATA drives PCI Expansion Slots The X5DPA TGM has five 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots one of which is available in the 6013A T 1U configuration One riser card is included with the system for use w...

Page 14: ...C hannel D D R SD RAM I C H5R USB Ports G LAN LAN ATIRage 32 bi t PC I 1 33 M Hz PC IBus 32 bi t PC I 3 32 bi t PC I 2 32 bi t PC I 4 32 bi t PC I 5 LPC I O C O M Ports H W M oni tor Fl oppy Kybd M ou...

Page 15: ...re hot swappable units ATA 100 IDE drives are also supported Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the Serial ATA drives Control Panel The contr...

Page 16: ...es two 10 cm blower fans for system cooling located in the midsection of the chassis The blower fans plug into chassis fan headers on the motherboard and operate at full rpm continuously If either bre...

Page 17: ...s 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 Techni...

Page 18: ...1 8 SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual Notes...

Page 19: ...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 SuperServer...

Page 20: ...upled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to...

Page 21: ...mised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the...

Page 22: ...s You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6013A T Each of these assemblies consist of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the unit A and an outer fi...

Page 23: ...rails have a locking tab which 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...

Page 24: ...assis 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 3a and 2 3b When the server has been pushed completely into...

Page 25: ...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 positioning of the rack brackets to the rack The...

Page 26: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual Figure 2 4 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack...

Page 27: ...s processors You may have one or two processors already installed in the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 Ch...

Page 28: ...2 10 SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6013A T with drives removed...

Page 29: ...o the system 3 Check the Serial ATA disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or two Serial ATA drives already installed If you need to install Serial ATA drives...

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Page 31: ...itch on the power supply 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...

Page 32: ...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 check...

Page 33: ...minated when the system is operating 3 4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LED Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED When illuminated this green LED on the front of the Serial ATA drive carrier indicat...

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Page 35: ...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 z When working around exposed electrical ci...

Page 36: ...into a cooling fan z Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit...

Page 37: ...omponents and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use z Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag z Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 38: ...that the chassis cover is in place when the 6013A T is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6013A T system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 In...

Page 39: ...nt to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the X5DPA TGM motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures a...

Page 40: ...until the rails lock into place 2 Check compatibility of motherboard ports and I O shield The X5DPA TGM requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 10 motherboard such as Supermicro s SC811T 350 1...

Page 41: ...ctor locations z IDE Device Cable J3 z Floppy Drive Cable JP7 z Serial ATA Device Cables J13 and J14 z Serial ATA Cable J5 z Control Panel Cable JF2 Connecting Power Cables The X5DPA TGM has a 24 pin...

Page 42: ...1 Control Panel Header Pins Note The COM2 port is a header on the motherboard located near the PCI 5 slot Mouse Green Mb LAN Gb LAN Keyboard Purple COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port Blue USB 0 1 Ports Pow...

Page 43: ...he back side of the motherboard and the four standoffs on each of the retention plates shown in the pic tures on the right Retention Brackets 2 3 Make sure that the small sheet of mylar is attached to...

Page 44: ...he retention plate on the back with the screws provided Repeat this step for the second retention bracket 6 Repeat Steps 2 5 to install the second CPU Retention plate and brackets to the CPU 2 socket...

Page 45: ...t side bus 604 pin processors These new retention clips have 604P clearly marked on them Using the old clips will not keep the proper amount of pressure applied and may cause the processor to overheat...

Page 46: ...5 8 SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual Figure 5 4b Heatsink Installation...

Page 47: ...modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X5DPA TGM only supports registered ECC DDR 266 200 MHz SDRAM memory If you are using 533 MHz front side bus processor s you must use DDR 266 SDRAM If you ar...

Page 48: ...ore installing a PCI add on card locate the PCI riser card mentioned in Step 1 Begin by removing the shield for the PCI slot you wish to populate Fully seat the PCI card into the riser card and screw...

Page 49: ...USB 0 1 COM1 V G A GLAN LAN ATX PWR CONN CPU 1 CPU 2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A PCI 4 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 3 ICH5R SOUTH BRIDGE JP3 JP4 Printer Floppy IDE 1 IDE 2 CH FAN4 BIOS IPMI JP39 CPU FAN2 JP40...

Page 50: ...Reset Connector Description ATX PWR CONN Primary ATX Power Connector DIMM 1A DIMM 2B Memory RAM Slots CPU CHASSIS FANS CPU Chassis Fan Headers LAN 10 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Port Intel 82541 GLAN Giga...

Page 51: ...ica tion however it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure that the orientation of the PS connector is correct See the table on the right for pin defini tions Pins 1 thru 4 5 thru 8 D...

Page 52: ...he NIC1 Network Interface Con troller LED connection is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF2 Attach the NIC1 LED cable to display net work activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD...

Page 53: ...rial Bus ports are located beside the PS 2 key board mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions USB 0 1 Pin Definitions Pin N...

Page 54: ...layout See the table on the right for pin defini tions The COM2 J26 connector is a header on the motherboard see motherboard layout Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition 1 CD 2 R...

Page 55: ...No connection Key Speaker data Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers are DC power Fan Headers The X5DPA TGM has five CPU and...

Page 56: ...r pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake on Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 Pin Number 1 2 Definition Ground Wake up Keylock The keyboard lock connection is lo...

Page 57: ...system front side bus speed for the processors It is best to keep this jumper set to Auto This jumper is used to gether with the CPU Clock setting in BIOS See the table on the right for jumper settin...

Page 58: ...abled GLAN LAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP3 GLAN JP6 LAN Watch Dog Enable Disable JP41 allows you to enable or dis able the Watch Dog function See the table on the right for jumper settings Clos...

Page 59: ...py disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is lo...

Page 60: ...Connector Pin Definitions JP7 IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE interfaces J2 IDE 1 and J3 IDE 2 See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number Function 1 R...

Page 61: ...ully The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD discharge Precautions z Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge z Touch a grounded meta...

Page 62: ...r on the motherboard to provide you with system control buttons and status indicators These wires have been bundled together in a ribbon cable to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF2 on...

Page 63: ...r to the system first remove the chassis cover and unplug the fan cable from the motherboard Unscrew the failed blower fan from the chassis and pull it completely out from the motherboard 2 Installing...

Page 64: ...lign with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as shown in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal Accessing the Drive B...

Page 65: ...r obstruct the holes which aid in proper airflow 2 Installing removing hot swap Serial ATA drives Two Serial ATA drive bays are located in the front of the chassis making them easily accessible for in...

Page 66: ...profile to fit into the 6013A T 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 c...

Page 67: ...l it locks you will 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...

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Page 69: ...de 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 the...

Page 70: ...4 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 Floppy Diskette Device Move the cursor to these fields via the up and down arrow keys Select the floppy type The options...

Page 71: ...hange the value of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages The screen for the Primary IDE Master is shown above Type Select the type of device connected to the system The...

Page 72: ...Select 3 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 3 for a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 4 for a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with al...

Page 73: ...For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help pre dict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive support Select Disable...

Page 74: ...7 6 SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual BIOS Features Boot Settings Configuration This item allows the user to configure the system s boot settings...

Page 75: ...essages Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select Keep Current to have the computer system display the BIOS information during sys...

Page 76: ...be included in the RSDP pointer list AMI OEMB Table Select Enabled to allow the OEMB Table Pointer to be included in the R x SDT pointer lists Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Ope...

Page 77: ...ions are Enabled or Disabled Set Watch Dog Timer Allows the user to set the value of Watch Dog Timer The options are 2 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes and 15 Minutes Keyboard Clock Setting Select Enabled...

Page 78: ...er indicates otherwise Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA based graphics device is installed in the system so that the card will func tion correctly Always check with your adapter ca...

Page 79: ...e This item allows the system to reserve memory that is used by ISA devices Select Disabled to prevent BIOS from reserving memory for ISA devices Select 16K to allow the system to reserve 16K of the s...

Page 80: ...r motherboards that run on WindowsXP or Windows 2000 OS S ATA Configure This feature allows the user to set the S ATA Mode The options are Na tive and Legacy Combined Mode Operation This feature allow...

Page 81: ...bit LBA mode The options are Dis abled and Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transfer...

Page 82: ...BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 which has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMA3 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 Select UDMA4 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 Select UDMA5 to a...

Page 83: ...s the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of Serial Port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the seria...

Page 84: ...ic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled DMI Event Logging View Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark All Events as Read Highlight this i...

Page 85: ...ns are VT100 and ANSI Send Carriage Returen Enable this feature if the target terminal has more than 80 columns Disable this function if you do not wish the text to wrap lines even if the text exceeds...

Page 86: ...2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate the USB 2 0 Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode This feature allows the user to select the USB 2 0 Controller Mode The op...

Page 87: ...CD ROM 7 4 Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration The settings are described on the following pages The screen is shown below...

Page 88: ...ture allows the user to specify the boot sequence from the avail able removable drives 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for the 1st removable drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled ATA...

Page 89: ...Password Highlight this and press Enter to access the submenu then type in the password Clear User Password Highlight this and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to clear the...

Page 90: ...Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the BIOS settings and reboot the computer Select Discard...

Page 91: ...23 Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but may not provide m...

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Page 93: ...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...

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Page 95: ...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 96: ...te 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 97: ...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 98: ...ace 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 n...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...s 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 che...

Page 101: ...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 102: ...B 8 SUPERSERVER 6013A T User s Manual Notes...

Page 103: ...e serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition th...

Page 104: ...es No No Yes No No Secondary Slave SS Yes No No No Yes No SATA Port0 No SM SM PM PM PM SATA Port1 No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels...

Page 105: ...Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced Menu 4 Scroll down to IDE Configurations and press the Enter key to select this option 5 Scroll...

Page 106: ...ec 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 server You can also download a copy of Adaptec s Us...

Page 107: ...Select this option to view array properties and to 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 selec...

Page 108: ...u delete it to pre vent any 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 ARC m...

Page 109: ...urn on the computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select the Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page C 5 3 From th...

Page 110: ...aptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RA...

Page 111: ...te Note 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...

Page 112: ...llows 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 a single volume to RAID...

Page 113: ...n asterisk will appear next to the new bootable array as shown on the screen below Deleting a Bootable Array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable arr...

Page 114: ...ing Array Properties To initialize drives 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 ACU 3 From the Main me...

Page 115: ...Appendix C Software Installation C 13 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown below...

Page 116: ...er s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 to select both drives as shown below 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message that appears below 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If...

Page 117: ...perform a Rebuild to optimized its functionality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to crea...

Page 118: ...screen Using the 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 pro...

Page 119: ...hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the dri...

Page 120: ...ray configurations press ESC to exit The screen below will appear 2 Select Yes to exit the Utility For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the...

Page 121: ...e F6 key when the message 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...

Page 122: ...l everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility Intel LDCM and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are op tional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD...

Page 123: ...o monitor the environment and operations of your sys tem Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See Figure C 2 for an ex ample of...

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Page 125: ...aximum of 8 GB of registered ECC DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 low profile SDRAM Serial ATA Controller Adaptec Embedded SATA RAID Controller Driver Intel ICH5R I O Hub incorporated into chipset RAID 0 and R...

Page 126: ...s hr for rated output power of 350W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 90 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensin...

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