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Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 6021H USER S MANUAL 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: ...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 SUPER P3TDER mainboard and the SC822 chassi...

Page 4: ...this chapter when adding 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 SC822 2U rack...

Page 5: ...p Overvie w C on trol P an el B utto ns C on trol P an el L E Ds SC S I L E Ds Po we r S upp ly S witch M other bo ar d L ED Static Sa fety M B In stalla tio n Ca bles I O P or ts CP U In stalla tio n...

Page 6: ...2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 6021H into a Rack 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 3 Installing the Chassi...

Page 7: ...cting 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 8 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 SUPER P3TDER Layout 5 11 SUPER P3TDER Quick R...

Page 8: ...Disable 5 21 LVD Channel A SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 22 LVD Channel B SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 22 Thermal Fan Enable Disable 5 22 VGA Enable Disable 5 22 CPU CPU Chassis Fan Select 5...

Page 9: ...l Device Configuration 7 14 System Health Monitor 7 14 7 5 Chipset Setup 7 15 7 6 PCI PnP Setup 7 18 7 7 Power Setup 7 20 7 8 Boot Setup 7 23 Boot Device Priority 7 23 Hard Disk Drives 7 24 Removable...

Page 10: ...SUPERSERVER 6021H User s Manual x Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B POST Checkpoint Codes B 1 Appendix C System Specifications C 1...

Page 11: ...permicro com In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 6021H as listed below l Up to two 2 370 pin Pentium III Tualatin processo...

Page 12: ...ives are supported SCA Single Connection Attach ment The SCSI drives are connected to an SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SCSI drives are also hot swap...

Page 13: ...orts See Figure 1 1 Cooling System The SC822 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes four 8 cm redundant system cooling intake fans The fans plug into chassis fan connectors that locate...

Page 14: ...South Bridge provides various integrated functions including the PCI to ISA bridge and support for UDMA100 security passwords and system protection Plug Play USBs power management interrupt controlle...

Page 15: ...floppy drive controller and two onboard IDE controllers support up to four hard drives or ATAPI devices Onboard I O ports include one COM port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports a video monit...

Page 16: ...ope Address 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 supermicr...

Page 17: ...if 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 Super...

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: ...k Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6021H Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 6021H A and an o...

Page 20: ...ve 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 Sec ondly these tabs also lock the ser...

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 6021H 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: ...e inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Section 5 5 fo...

Page 24: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 6021H Manual Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6021H with one SCSI Drive removed Figure 2 6 Installing 5 25 drive bay rails on a new component CD ROM in example...

Page 25: ...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 chassis cover The 5 25 drive bay cover can be removed by...

Page 26: ...routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans 2 7 Supplying Power to the System The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord f...

Page 27: ...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 on the front of t...

Page 28: ...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 Make certain...

Page 29: ...SCSI drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed l Red A SAF TE compliant backplane...

Page 30: ...SUPERSERVER 6021H Manual 3 4 Notes...

Page 31: ...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 circui...

Page 32: ...and unbuttoned 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 conduc...

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: ...Operating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 6021H is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6021H system can occur if this...

Page 35: ...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 it t...

Page 36: ...ed in a rack you must first release the retention screws that secure the unit to the rack Then grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until the rails lock into place 2 Che...

Page 37: ...onnect any of these cables 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 wit...

Page 38: ...to simplify their connection 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...

Page 39: ...FCPGA 500 MHz 1 50 GHz 512K L2 cache processors at front bus speeds of 100 and 133 MHz Lift the lever on the FCPGA socket and insert the processor with the heatsink attached keeping the notched corne...

Page 40: ...to best conduct the heat from the processor to the heatsink Make sure that you apply the compound evenly and that good contact is made between the CPU chip the die and the heatsink Insufficient contac...

Page 41: ...Chapter 5 Installation 5 7 Figure 5 4 Heatsink Installation...

Page 42: ...lots of Bank0 and then in both slots of Bank1 if needed 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the two notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM...

Page 43: ...d Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The I O shield protects the motherboard and its components from EMI electromagnetic interfer ence and aids in proper venti...

Page 44: ...5 10 SUPERSERVER 6021H User s Manual Figure 5 6a 3 3V and 5V Riser Cards 3 3V 64 bit 66 33 MHz PCI 5V 64 bit 33 MHz PCI Figure 5 6b Installing Riser Card...

Page 45: ...W BIOS BATTERY JA1 J14 J13 J15 Ultra III LVD SE ChA JBT1 JP56 WOR WOL JP65 CPU FAN1 CPU FAN2 JP64 JP62 JP58 JA2 JA4 SLED1 JP1 JP3 JP72 J214 JP52 FAN JP70 North Bridge South Bridge CIOB Speaker JP67 FA...

Page 46: ...Disabled Connector Description ATX POWER Primary ATX Power Connector BANK0 BANK1 Memory RAM Slots COM1 COM2 COM1 2 Serial Port Connector Header CPU CH OH FAN CPU Overheat Chassis Fan Headers J13 J14...

Page 47: ...13 3 3V 14 12V 15 COM 16 PS_ON 17 COM 18 COM 19 COM 20 Res NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 COM Pin Number Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PWR_OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V Reset The...

Page 48: ...Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 11 12 Definition 3V Control Pin Number 7 8 Definition 5V Control O verheat LED Pin Definitions JF1 NIC2 LED The Network Interface Controller 2 LED connection is located...

Page 49: ...initions J214 Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 It is used to provide indication that power is being supplied to the system Refer to the table on the right for pi...

Page 50: ...M2 Pin Number Definition 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 Serial In 4 RTS 5 Serial Out Pin Number Definition 6 CTS 7 DTR 8 RI 9 Ground 10 NC Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located beside the...

Page 51: ...passed through the PWR_LED pin on JF1 to provide indication of a power failure on the chassis This feature is only available when using Supermicro power supplies See the table on the right for pin def...

Page 52: ...al switches which are used to set the core bus ratio The example on the right shows you which CPU Core Bus Ratio to use The general rule is to divide the CPU speed by the bus speed If you have a 550 M...

Page 53: ...pins and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear Refer to the table on the right for the jumper settings to clear CMOS Always remov...

Page 54: ...The SCSI Termination jumper JP64 allows you to enable or disable termination for the SCSI connec tors The normal default position is open to enable SCSI termination See the table on the right for jump...

Page 55: ...ble Jum per Settings JP58 Onboard LAN2 NIC Enable Disable Change the setting of jumper JP62 to enable or disable the onboard LAN1 or Network Interface Card on your motherboard See the table on the rig...

Page 56: ...CSI T erm ination Jum per Settings JA4 Thermal Fan Enable Disable JP65 allows you to enable or disable opera tion of the thermal fan The default position is open to enable operation See the table on t...

Page 57: ...sk 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 located...

Page 58: ...otor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 W rite Data 24 W rite Gate 26 Track 00 28 W rite Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP15 Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 3...

Page 59: ...D REQ I O DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 Connector Contact Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 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 D...

Page 60: ...isplay shown in Figure 5 8 should appear If this display does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon Figu...

Page 61: ...refully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions l Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge l Touch a grounded metal...

Page 62: ...nection Connect the 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 t...

Page 63: ...fan header on the P3TDER motherboard Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan Remove the chassis cover Press the tabs on the top side of the fan housing and remove the fan and its housing The s...

Page 64: ...drives Proceed to the next step for instructions Note You must use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 6021H CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or floppy...

Page 65: ...stall 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 sho...

Page 66: ...l 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 LEDs then s...

Page 67: ...slim line CD ROM drive in a 6021H server First release the retention screws that secure the server unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks y...

Page 68: ...en need to replace the power supply unit You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit The redundant feature will keep the system up and running while you replace the failed u...

Page 69: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 9 Figure 6 6 Chassis Rear View 3 Full Length PCI Slots...

Page 70: ...6 10 SUPERSERVER 6021H Manual Notes...

Page 71: ...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 gains control...

Page 72: ...AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring 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 Chassi...

Page 73: ...ustrate 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 P...

Page 74: ...perIO Configuration 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 thi...

Page 75: ...ess This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address o...

Page 76: ...is item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of the DMA Channel The settings for this item include 0 1 and 3 I...

Page 77: ...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 if you...

Page 78: ...rd 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 Technology a feature that can help predict im...

Page 79: ...tion of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwrit...

Page 80: ...1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 The Enabled setting is effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on boot...

Page 81: ...econd Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second System Keyboard This option is to let the system know i...

Page 82: ...n allows the operating system and applications to be able to read the CPU serial number from your CPUs The settings are Enabled and Dis abled Note This option is not available for Intel Celeron Proces...

Page 83: ...MIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or hard drive errors Clear All Event Logs This option can be used to tell the system to clear the event log on the next boot up The settings are...

Page 84: ...ion 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 Warning Temperature This option allows you to specify t...

Page 85: ...s of 16 KB of video ROM beginning at the above address are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit C000 16k Shadow Cached C400 16k Shad...

Page 86: ...KS RAS Cycle Time This option defines the RAS cycle time Settings include 10 CLKS 9 CLKS 8 CLKS and 7 CLKS SDRAM CAS Latency This option defines the SDRAM CAS Latency settings CAS stands for Column Ad...

Page 87: ...ettings for this option are FULL Delay 1 5 BLCK 2 5 BLCK and 3 5 BLCK Scrubbing Enable The settings are Enabled and Disabled AGP Device Address Space Size This settings for this option are 32MB 64MB 1...

Page 88: ...figuration Data Choosing the Yes setting will cause the PnP configuration data in the BIOS to be cleared on the next boot up Choosing the No setting does not force PnP data to be cleared on the next b...

Page 89: ...BusMaster The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Enable to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capabilities USB Function The settings for this option are D...

Page 90: ...SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit ACPI Aware O S Power Management Green PC Monitor Power State Video Power Down Mode Hard Disk Power Down Mode Inactivity Timer Suspen...

Page 91: ...ctivity time that should expire before entering the power conserving state The settings include Off 1 5 10 20 30 60 and 120 minutes Suspend Timeout This option specifies if BIOS is to monitor for disp...

Page 92: ...RQs are defaulted to Ignore except for IRQ 1 12 and 14 whcih default to Monitor USB Controller Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a USB device The settings for this option Disabled and...

Page 93: ...The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Intel UNDI PX 2 and Disabled 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Har...

Page 94: ...o view the boot sequency of hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removable Devices Use this screen to view the boot sequency of the removeable devices that have...

Page 95: ...f 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 you f...

Page 96: ...his option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection progr...

Page 97: ...ith 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 Highlighting...

Page 98: ...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...

Page 99: ...een 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 fatal e...

Page 100: ...BIOS cannot switch to protected mode 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error The CPU generated an exception interrupt 8 beeps Display memory read write error The system video adapter is either mis...

Page 101: ...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 mem...

Page 102: ...and analyzing the floppy diskette 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 F...

Page 103: ...ey was pressed 12h Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 82...

Page 104: ...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 105: ...e memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadow ing next 51h The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Testing...

Page 106: ...y required program ming before WINBIOS Setup next 87h The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility n...

Page 107: ...y next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Displaying any soft errors next A3h The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next A4h The keyboard typematic rate is set...

Page 108: ...checkpoints The low byte of 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...

Page 109: ...1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP Memory Capacity Four 168 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB registered ECC SDRAM Note The memory speed must match the front side bus speed being used Both 133...

Page 110: ...rmware software on off control Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU fan auto off in sleep mode Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat LED and control System...

Page 111: ...r P3TDER motherboard Extended ATX 12 05 x 11 475 in SC822R 350RC chassis 2U rackmount Operating Systems Supported Windows NT Windows 2000 Solaris Netware SCO UNIX and Linux Dimensions 16 7 x 3 46 x 25...

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