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Page 1: ...SUPER SUPERSERVER 6014L M4 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0...

Page 2: ...RODUCT 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 THE PRODUCT INCLUDING...

Page 3: ...rovides a checklist of the main components included with the serv er system and describes the main features of the Super X6DLP 4G2 serverboard and the SC813MS 300C chassis Chapter 2 Server Installatio...

Page 4: ...g or removing processors or main memory and when recon guring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC813MS 300C 1U rackmount server chass...

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

Page 6: ...utions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Rear Inner Rails 2 4 Installing the Rack Rails 2 5 I...

Page 7: ...5 6 Connecting the Control Panel 5 7 5 5 I O Ports 5 7 5 6 Installing the Processor 5 5 5 7 Installing Memory 5 8 5 8 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 9 Serverboard Details 5 10 X6DLP 4G2 Layout 5 10 X6DLP 4G2...

Page 8: ...ermination Enable Disable 5 20 5 12 Onboard Indicators 5 21 JLAN LEDs 5 21 System Status LEDs 5 21 Onboard LED Indicators 5 21 5 13 Parallel Port Floppy IDE SATA and SCSI Drive Connections 5 22 Parall...

Page 9: ...ply 6 7 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 Main Setup 7 2 7 3 Advanced Settings 7 3 7 4 Boot Settings 7 15 7 5 Security Settings 7 18 7 6 Exit Options 7 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep C...

Page 10: ...x Notes SUPERSERVER 6014L M4 User s Manual...

Page 11: ...arious hardware components may have been included with the 6014L M4 as listed below Two 2 CPU heatsinks SNK P0019 One 1 slim DVD drive DVM PNSC 824 B SCSI Accessories Four 4 SCSI hard drive carriers C...

Page 12: ...sed to populate the system should be the same size type and speed SCSI Subsystem The onboard Adaptec AIC 7902 SCSI controller supports four 80 pin SCA Ultra320 SCSI hard drives SCA Single Connection A...

Page 13: ...nboard I O backpanel ports include one COM port a VGA port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two GLAN NIC ports Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include v...

Page 14: ...1 DIMM 1A DIMM 2A DIMM 3A DIMM 4A DDR2 400 667 MT s SATA Ports 4 IDE ATA133 USB Ports 4 S I O BIOS Kybd Mouse Floppy COM Ports CPU2 E7520 MCH 8x PCI Express Slot 6 8x PCI Express Slot 3 Group A Links0...

Page 15: ...m you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drives Control Panel The SC813MS 300C s control panel provides important system monitoring and control information LEDs i...

Page 16: ...system cooling fans Each of these fans plug into a chassis fan header on the serverboard An air shroud channels the air ow generated by the fans to ef ciently cool the processor area of the system A f...

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...

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Page 19: ...damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should le a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the SuperServer 6014...

Page 20: ...coupled 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 simul taneously may cause the rack...

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: ...hind the preinstalled front inner rails Note that these two rails are left right speci c Installing the Rear Inner Rails First locate the right rear inner rail the rail that will be used on the right...

Page 23: ...on the chassis rail guides at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach t...

Page 24: ...e server into the rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may...

Page 25: ...Telco Rack If you are installing the SuperServer 6014L M4 into a Telco type rack follow the di rections given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation proce...

Page 26: ...processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 Ch...

Page 27: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 4 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6014L M4...

Page 28: ...system s con guration your system may have one or more SCSI drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives please refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 6 4 Check the air ow Air ow...

Page 29: ...he chassis control panel 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 30: ...ondition which may be caused by cables obstructing the air ow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operat...

Page 31: ...minated the green LED on the front of the SCSI drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being a...

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Page 33: ...system with the operating system rst and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with th...

Page 34: ...d into a cooling fan 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 35: ...l components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 36: ...hat the chassis cover is in place when the 6014L M4 is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6014L M4 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 I...

Page 37: ...the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup...

Page 38: ...ng the steps in the order given will eliminate the most common problems encountered in such an installation To access the inside of the server remove the screws from the back lip of the top cover of t...

Page 39: ...Phillips screwdriver and thermal grease Installing the Processors Pin 1 no hole Pin 1 triangle CPU Socket Align pin 1 of proces sor with pin 1 of the CPU socket Processor 1 Locate the pin 1 locations...

Page 40: ...n applied 2 Locate the four heatsink mounting holes on the serverboard 3 Place the heatsink on top of the processor and insert the heatsink s four pegs into the heatsink mounting holes 4 Using a Phill...

Page 41: ...ly wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the processor Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink has been loosened re move the heatsink from the processor 4 Clean the...

Page 42: ...onnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are con guring the system keep the air ow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard...

Page 43: ...on Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 as marked on the board The other end connects to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Co...

Page 44: ...t information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Repeat to install all DIMMs Memory Support The X6DLP 4G2 supports up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR2 400 type SDR...

Page 45: ...of using the CSE RR1U EL riser card optional not included to support the use of an expansion card in the x8 PCI Express slot 2 PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card see step 1 abo...

Page 46: ...DE1 VGA PW2 CPU2 PW3 E7520 MCH North Bridge Slot6 PCI X 66 MHz ZCR Slot5 PCI X 66 MHz 8x PCI Express Slot4 8x PCI Express JLAN1 JLAN2 BIOS COM2 Rage XL Slot1 PCI 33 MHz Printer Floppy IDE2 I SATA0 I S...

Page 47: ...an Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket I SATA0 1 Serial ATA0 Serial ATA1 Connectors J28 Ultra320 SCSI Connector JF1 Front Contro...

Page 48: ...ATX power connector above the 12V processor power connector at PW2 must also be connected to your power supply to provide adequate power to the system ATX Power Connector The main power supply connec...

Page 49: ...n pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC cables to display net work activity Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions HDD LED The HDD LED for IDE and SCSI drives connection is located on pins 1...

Page 50: ...n off power in suspend mode depress the button for at least 4 seconds Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion P...

Page 51: ...1 Pin De nition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 N A 5 Key USB Headers Pin De nitions USB2 3 USB2 Pin De nition USB3 Pin De nition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 N...

Page 52: ...by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin de nitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin De nitions JWOR Pi...

Page 53: ...NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the PW4 header to provide warning of power supply failure...

Page 54: ...f pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected...

Page 55: ...hen a soft ware application freezes the system Jumping pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system if an application is hung up Jumping pins 2 3 will gen erate a non maskable interrupt signal for the a...

Page 56: ...allows you to enable or disable the onboard SCSI control ler The normal default position is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settin...

Page 57: ...or that informs you of the system power status Refer to table on the right for information Please refer to Appendix A for more information System Status LED Indicator DS9 DS9 De nition Green System On...

Page 58: ...th twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Printer Port Header The parallel printer port is located beside the o...

Page 59: ...Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Wri...

Page 60: ...ta 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 1...

Page 61: ...DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground...

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Page 63: ...very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded...

Page 64: ...ese wires have been bundled together in a ribbon cable to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard to JP4 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red...

Page 65: ...ed by a setting in BIOS see page 7 13 System Fan Failure If a fan fails you will need to have it replaced with the same type Contact your vendor or Supermicro for information on replacement fans 6 4 D...

Page 66: ...so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with screws as shown in Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier Accessing the Drive Bays SCSI Dri...

Page 67: ...hem easily accessible for installation and removal These SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning they can be installed and removed without powering down the system To remove rst push the release button...

Page 68: ...tons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover and at the same time push the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the ins...

Page 69: ...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 inside of the serv...

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Page 71: ...accompany it Note AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMIBIOS Setup Utility uses a key based navigation s...

Page 72: ...S Setup screen is shown below When you select the Main Setup the following items will be automatically displayed System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed AMIBIOS Version Build...

Page 73: ...time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 7 3 Advanced Settings The Advanced Settings screen and sub menus are listed below Warning When you rst enter...

Page 74: ...t threshold The options are Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled to allow the CPU to reduce its power consumption by lowering the CPU frequency and the CPU voltage when the CPU temperature reaches a pr...

Page 75: ...etween the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect...

Page 76: ...Con guration This option allows the user to con gure the settings for the oppy drives installed in the system Floppy A Move the cursor to these elds via up and down arrow keys to select the oppy type...

Page 77: ...I Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 and PCI Slot6 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 This feature speci es the availability of an IRQ to be used by a PCI PnP device Select Reserved for...

Page 78: ...ss and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Parallel Port Address This option speci es the I O address used by the parallel port Select Disabled to p...

Page 79: ...DMA Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled SouthBridge Con guration This feature allows the user to con gure the settings for the Intel ICH SouthBridge chipset CPU B I S T Enable Select Enab...

Page 80: ...Table Select Enabled to allow the OEMB Table Pointer to be included in the R x SDT pointer lists The options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Operation M...

Page 81: ...he options are Enabled or Disabled System Bus Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable the function of System Bus Error Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled Memory Buffe...

Page 82: ...tA Slot4 PCI Express PortB Slot6 PCI Express PortC0 NIC1 PCI Express PortC1 NIC2 This feature allows the user to con gure the PCI Express slot speci ed If set to Auto the slots with IO cards installed...

Page 83: ...ow Control This feature allows the user to set the ow control for Console Redirection The options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST This feature allows the user to select Disa...

Page 84: ...to decide how long the system should wait in an attempt to detect the presence of a USB Mass Storage Device before it issues a start command the system to proceed with the next operation during POST...

Page 85: ...eases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed will be controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pu...

Page 86: ...to display the current BIOS information during system boot Boot up Num Lock This option allows the Number Lock setting to be modi ed during boot up The default setting is On The options are On and Off...

Page 87: ...fy the boot sequence from available Remov able Drives 1st Drive This option allow the user to specify the boot sequence for 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled CD DVD Dri...

Page 88: ...to clear the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to ena...

Page 89: ...this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system con guration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discardin...

Page 90: ...M4 User s Manual 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 not...

Page 91: ...lly 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 ex...

Page 92: ...A 2 SUPERSERVER 6014L M4 User s Manual A 2 DS7 DS8 LED Post Codes LED Indicators Description Message DS7 DS8 On On PWR On On Off SPD Read OK Off On Memory Size OK Off Off Starting Bus Initialization...

Page 93: ...s are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be veri ed D1h Initializing the DMA contro...

Page 94: ...or occurred while reading the oppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM le in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM le is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing t...

Page 95: ...d during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the End key was pressed 12h Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interru...

Page 96: ...t IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional inf...

Page 97: ...was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The...

Page 98: ...d control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Co...

Page 99: ...option ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system con guration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization...

Page 100: ...B 8 SUPERSERVER 6014L M4 User s Manual Notes...

Page 101: ...erial link that supports transfer rates from 150MBps Because the SATA cables are thinner than the traditional cables used for Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better air ow and can be installed in...

Page 102: ...ty to the SATA I O controller and enhances the performance of PCI Express based products RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O pe...

Page 103: ...multaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Using the Array Con guration Utility ACU When you press Ctrl and A keys simultaneously at th...

Page 104: ...ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown above 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed informatio...

Page 105: ...Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Creating Arrays Before yo...

Page 106: ...C 6 SUPERSERVER 6014L M4 User s Manual...

Page 107: ...s Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter The label cannot contain more...

Page 108: ...s of the source drive will be preserved however the data on the new drive will be lost 5 When you are nished press Done as the screen shown below RAID Levels RAID Level Create Via When Appropriate RAI...

Page 109: ...volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or recover the data from the source drive A...

Page 110: ...talled disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to t...

Page 111: ...Appendix C Software Installation C 11 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screenshot below...

Page 112: ...eat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown be low 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives...

Page 113: ...st perform a Rebuild to optimized its functionality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create...

Page 114: ...s enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC me...

Page 115: ...formatted 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...

Page 116: ...e Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embe...

Page 117: ...boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the Super Doctor utility which is optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to vie...

Page 118: ...o 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 displays crucial system information suc...

Page 119: ...ote Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website 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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Page 121: ...DIMM slots to support a maximum of 16 GB registered ECC DDR2 400 SDRAM SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7901 controller RAID 0 1 JBOD SCSI Backplane SCSI backplane w SAF TE CSE SCA 813S Main Drive Bays Fou...

Page 122: ...for rated output power of 300W 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 condensing No...

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