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Summary of Contents for SUPERSERVER 6015B-8+

Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 6015B 8 USER S MANUAL 1 0b SUPER...

Page 2: ...e laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liabi...

Page 3: ...Introduction The rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DBR 8 serverboard and the SC815S 560 chassis which co...

Page 4: ...er when adding 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 SC815S 560 server chassis...

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

Page 6: ...stalling the System into a Rack 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Reset 3 1 Pow...

Page 7: ...5 11 5 8 Connector De nitions 5 12 ATX Power Connector 5 12 Auxiliary Power Connector 5 12 Processor Power Connector 5 12 NMI Button 5 12 Power LED 5 12 HDD LED 5 13 NIC1 LED 5 13 NIC2 LED 5 13 Overhe...

Page 8: ...s 5 22 5 10 Onboard Indicators 5 22 JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs 5 22 5 11 Floppy IDE and SCSI Drive Connections 5 23 Floppy Connector 5 23 IDE Connectors 5 24 Ultra320 SCSI Ports 5 25 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis...

Page 9: ...7 1 7 2 Running Setup 7 2 7 3 Main BIOS Setup 7 2 7 4 Advanced Setup 7 7 7 5 Security 7 24 7 6 Boot 7 25 7 7 Exit 7 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C S...

Page 10: ...Notes x SUPERSERVER 6015B 8 User s Manual...

Page 11: ...nter rotating fans FAN 0086L One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 One 1 rackmount kit CSE PT51 Riser Cards see Section 5 6 for details One 1 riser card CSE RR1U XR for PCI X add on card One 1 rise...

Page 12: ...ard SCSI Onboard SCSI is provided with an Adaptec AIC 7902 SCSI chip which supports Ultra320 SCSI at a throughput of 320 MB sec for each channel The X7DBR 8 pro vides two LVD Ultra320 SCSI ports The S...

Page 13: ...is a general outline of the main features of the SC815S 560 chassis System Power The SC815S 560 features a single 560W power supply Power must be removed from the system before servicing or replacing...

Page 14: ...USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports Cooling System The SC815S 560 chassis has an innovative cooling design that features four sets of 40 mm counter rotating fan...

Page 15: ...5 PCIE X4 PCIE X4 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA100 KB MS PORT PORT PORT PORT PORTPORT PORT PORT 0 3 4 5 6 7 4 4 1 2 0 USB2 0 3 0...

Page 16: ...ddress Super Micro 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...

Page 17: ...maged 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 6015B 8 It should b...

Page 18: ...uld be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only on...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies in the rack mounting kit Each assembly consists of two sections an inner...

Page 21: ...cket to the front side of the outer rail with two M4 screws and the long bracket to the rear side of the outer rail with three M4 screws Repeat these steps for the left outer rail Locking Tabs Both ch...

Page 22: ...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 have to depress t...

Page 23: ...mine how far follow the server will extend out the front of the rack Larger chassis should be positioned to balance the weight between front and back If a bezel is included on your server remove it Th...

Page 24: ...mpletely depress the locking tabs in the chassis rails push the right side tab down and the left side tab up to continue to pull the system out past the locked position 2 Check the CPUs processors You...

Page 25: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System...

Page 26: ...ystem 3 Check the SCSI disk drives Depending upon your system s con guration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives please refer to Chapter 6 4 Ch...

Page 27: ...and an on off switch 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 buttons...

Page 28: ...n 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 operating nor...

Page 29: ...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 31: ...should rst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another pers...

Page 32: ...from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present Serverboard Batter...

Page 33: ...se Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing...

Page 34: ...that the chassis cover is in place when the 6015B 8 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6015B 8 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 In...

Page 35: ...at 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 s...

Page 36: ...ans 2 When purchasing a Xeon 5100 5000 CPU or when receiving a serverboard with a CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact t...

Page 37: ...or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts 7 With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure...

Page 38: ...Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws or you may damage the CPU 4 Add the two remaining screws then nish the installation by fully ti...

Page 39: ...d 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 connector locations noted shoul...

Page 40: ...sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the c...

Page 41: ...y is inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A etc The memory scheme...

Page 42: ...ease Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gen tly push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot Memory Installation Table Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of DIMMs Bank 1 Channel 0 Bank 2 Channel 1...

Page 43: ...nnel RAID The CSE RR1U X riser supports a standard size PCI X 100 MHz card and the CSE RR1U XLP riser supports a low pro le PCI X 100 MHz card An additional two riser cards are included as accessories...

Page 44: ...DIMM 1B DIMM 1A North Bridge 5000P Slot 6 133 MHz PCI X COM2 BIOS South Bridge ESB2 CPU 1 CPU 2 JPW3 J22 JIDE2 Compact Flash JIDE1 ATI ES 1000 Kybd JLAN1 JF1 FAN1 FAN2 JD1 JWD JPG1 FAN5 FAN3 JUSB2 JWO...

Page 45: ...Headers 1 5 J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector JA1 JA2 U320 SCSI Channel A B Ports JAR Alarm Reset JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JIDE1 IDE Hard Drive Con...

Page 46: ...above the Auxiliary 4 pin connector at JPW2 must also be con nected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin de nitions NMI Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 19 Control 20 Ground...

Page 47: ...NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display JLAN2 network activ ity Refer to the table on the right for pin...

Page 48: ...ton for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located on the IO backplane USB0 is the bottom connector an...

Page 49: ...r pin de nitions Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin De nitions COM1 COM2 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 C...

Page 50: ...Ground 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Speaker Connector Pin De nitions JD1 Pin Function De nition 4 Speaker data red wire 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data Universal Serial Bus Headers Four additional USB...

Page 51: ...ve a WOR card and cable to use this feature SMB The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus designated SMB is located near the SATA0 port Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your...

Page 52: ...ons on your system Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Supermicro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis Conn...

Page 53: ...ar CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of 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 unp...

Page 54: ...ed the user needs to write their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer JLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 Jumper Setting De nition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Watch...

Page 55: ...on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Both Jumpers De nition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Termination Enable Di...

Page 56: ...table on the right for the func tions associated with the connection speed LED JLAN LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color De nition Off 10 MHz Green 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz SMB to PCI Slots Jumpers JI2...

Page 57: ...rive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector The oppy connector is designated J22 See the table below for pin de nitions Floppy Drive Connector...

Page 58: ...Host Data 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 D...

Page 59: ...4 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 56 Ground 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK...

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Page 61: ...ent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a g...

Page 62: ...iate header on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the air ow path The control panel LEDs inform you o...

Page 63: ...top chassis cover while the system is still running to determine which of the two fans has failed Then power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power cord s is also recommended as a...

Page 64: ...ove it to gain access to the drive bays To remove the bezel rst unlock the front of the chassis then press the release knob see Figure 6 3 Carefully re move the bezel with both hands A lter located wi...

Page 65: ...for instructions DVD ROM Floppy Disk Drives For installing removing a DVD ROM or oppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the 6015B 8 by removing the top cover of the chassis Proc...

Page 66: ...stall it into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws as shown in Figure...

Page 67: ...ly out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 5 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug ca pability of the SCSI drives Figure 6 5 Removing a Drive from...

Page 68: ...ide of the server With the chassis cover removed unplug the power and data cables from the drive you want to remove Then locate the locking tab at the rear of the drive It will be on the left side of...

Page 69: ...g the power supply unit for whatever reason Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First unplug the power cord from the power supply module To remove the failed power module r...

Page 70: ...6 10 SUPERSERVER 6015B 8 Manual Figure 6 6 Removing Replacing the Power Supply Screws on inside edge...

Page 71: ...a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by th...

Page 72: ...essing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears brie y at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate t...

Page 73: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year elds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This eld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built...

Page 74: ...e sub menu are Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select...

Page 75: ...ormat Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mo...

Page 76: ...rted by Windows 2000 OS or later versions When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable SerialATARAID Functions...

Page 77: ...y This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 7 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvancedfromthe PhoenixBIOSSetupUtilitymainmenuwiththearrowkeys You should see...

Page 78: ...d Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button...

Page 79: ...h to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Selec...

Page 80: ...es the write combining con guration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Con guration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard G...

Page 81: ...oftware you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be acc...

Page 82: ...tection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is...

Page 83: ...ement 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a prede ned overheat threshold Se...

Page 84: ...ature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The opt...

Page 85: ...options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting a...

Page 86: ...log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging...

Page 87: ...ole Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow...

Page 88: ...d the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fan...

Page 89: ...onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan s...

Page 90: ...this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on d...

Page 91: ...ace The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabl...

Page 92: ...this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Rese...

Page 93: ...Chapter 7 BIOS 7 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components...

Page 94: ...isor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user...

Page 95: ...bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speci ed The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device u...

Page 96: ...lity Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load...

Page 97: ...d Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not c...

Page 98: ...evious POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On s...

Page 99: ...ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Con ict Address con ict for s...

Page 100: ...y tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block stor age devices Operating system no...

Page 101: ...p Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identi ed Run the I2O Con guration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Con guration R...

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Page 103: ...error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mod...

Page 104: ...n 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced con guration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h I...

Page 105: ...and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC...

Page 106: ...one prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Init...

Page 107: ...emory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management...

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Page 109: ...ist You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the storage managers which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD...

Page 110: ...vironment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Do...

Page 111: ...rol 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 PRODUC...

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Page 113: ...porting up to 32 GB of ECC FBD DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Note Dual channel memory requires memory to be installed two modules at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SCSI Controller AIC 790...

Page 114: ...em Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240 VAC Rated Input Current 10A 115V to 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 560W Model PWS 561 1H20 Rated Output Voltages...

Page 115: ...N 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certi ed Germany CE Marking Europe California Best Management Practices Regu...

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