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Chapter 1

Introduction to the SuperServer 6023L-8R

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Overview

The Supermicro SuperServer 6023L-8R is a high-end dual processor, 2U

rackmount server that features some of the most advanced technology

currently available. The SuperServer 6023L-8R is comprised of two main

subsystems: the SC822R-400RC 2U rackmount chassis and the X5DLR-8G2

dual Xeon processor mainboard. Please refer to our web site for informa-

tion on operating systems that have been certified for use with the

SuperServer 6023L-8R. (www.supermicro.com)

In addition to the mainboard and chassis, various hardware components

may have been included with your SuperServer 6023L-8R, as listed below:

Up to two (2) 604-pin Xeon 512k L2 cache processors*

Two (2) CPU heatsinks* Fan (Fan-042-CFD)

Up to 12 GB ECC registered DDR-266/200 (PC 2100/1600) SDRAM

main memory*

One (1) 1.44" floppy drive

One (1) slim CD-ROM drive

One (1) 5.25" drive bay

One three-slot active riser card (CSE-RR2U-LE)

One (1) SCA SCSI backplane (SAF-TE compliant)

Six (6) SCA

1-inch high

SCSI drive carriers

SCSI Accessories

Six (6) internal 68-pin Ultra320 SCSI cables for SCA SCSI backplane

One (1) set of SCSI driver diskettes

One (1) SCSI manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Summary of Contents for SUPERSERVER 6023L-8R

Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 6023L 8R USER SMANUAL 1 0a SUPER...

Page 2: ...R INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED W...

Page 3: ...ual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the SUPER X5DLR 8G2 mainboard a...

Page 4: ...chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC822R 400RC 2U rac...

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

Page 6: ...1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 6023L 8R into a Rack 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 3 Installing the Chassi...

Page 7: ...Cables 5 5 Connecting Power Cables 5 5 Connecting the Control Panel 5 6 5 4 I O Ports 5 7 5 5 Installing Memory 5 7 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 7 Motherboard Details 5 10 SUPER X5DLR 8G2 Layout 5 10 SU...

Page 8: ...r Enable Disable 5 22 Fan Detection Select 5 22 Chassis Overheat Fan Select 5 22 Watch Dog Enable 5 22 SCSI Enable Disable 5 23 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 23 PCI X Bus Speed Setting 5 23 Front...

Page 9: ...9 Removing Replacing the Power Supply 6 9 Chapter 7 AMIBIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 BIOS Features 7 2 7 3 Running Setup 7 2 The Main BIOS Setup Menu 7 3 7 4 Advanced BIOS Setup 7 4 7 5 Chipset Setup...

Page 10: ...Notes SUPERSERVER 6023L 8R User s Manual x...

Page 11: ...r 6023L 8R www supermicro com In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 6023L 8R as listed below Up to two 2 604 pin Xeon 512k L...

Page 12: ...SAF TE compliant SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SCSI drives are also SAF TE compliant hot swap units Control Panel The SC822R 400RC s control panel pr...

Page 13: ...The SC822R 400RC chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes four 8 cm redundant system cooling intake fans The fans plug into chas sis fan connectors that are located behind the HDD drive...

Page 14: ...significant boost in performance The South Bridge provides various integrated functions including the PCI to ISA bridge and support for UDMA100 security passwords and system protection Plug Play USBs...

Page 15: ...cludes an integrated ATI video controller based on the Rage XL 8 MB PCI graphics chip Rage XL fully supports sideband address ing and AGP texturing This onboard graphics package can provide a band wid...

Page 16: ...ice Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 E mail sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicr...

Page 17: ...te 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 Su...

Page 18: ...xtending 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 an...

Page 19: ...Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6023L 8R Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 6023L 8R A...

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

Page 21: ...ith 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 serv...

Page 22: ...ou are installing the SuperServer 6023L 8R 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...

Page 23: ...nside 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 Chapter 5 for ins...

Page 24: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 6023L 8R Manual Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6023L 8R with one SCSI Drive removed...

Page 25: ...an 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 pressing the tab on the corner of the drive bay and then pus...

Page 26: ...such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans 6 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from both po...

Page 27: ...components There are also two buttons on the chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right...

Page 28: ...erating normally Overheat Indicates an overheat condition in the chassis This may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm You should al...

Page 29: ...at particular drive is being accessed Red A SAF TE compliant backplane is needed to activate the red LED which indicates a drive failure A SAF TE compliant SCSI backplane is standard on the 6023L 8R I...

Page 30: ...SUPERSERVER 6023L 8R User s Manual 3 4 Notes...

Page 31: ...memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units...

Page 32: ...tact with electrical circuits or be pulled 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 the...

Page 33: ...ll 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 34: ...erating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 6023L 8R is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6023L 8R system can occur if t...

Page 35: ...and weight of the mother board can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in dam age To prevent the motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it...

Page 36: ...ing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up 1 Lift the lever on...

Page 37: ...oper position 6 Connect the three wires of the CPU fan to the respective CPU fan connector Make sure you route the wires so they do not impede airflow through the chassis If installing two processors...

Page 38: ...5 4 SUPERSERVER 6023L 8R User s Manual Figure 5 2 Heatsink Installation...

Page 39: ...were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the sys tem keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data c...

Page 40: ...ify 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 in the...

Page 41: ...ded memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the...

Page 42: ...e slot 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X5DLR 8G2 only supports ECC registered PC2100 1600 DDR 26...

Page 43: ...table for the S1 P1 jumper settings has been silk screened on the riser card The speed of PCI X 1 is set with jumpers P2 and JP4 on the motherboard see Section 5 11 Release the latch that secures the...

Page 44: ...GA GLAN2 CPU1 CPU2 North Bridge J56 Bank 2B Bank 2A Bank 1B Bank 1A Bank 0B Bank 0A Parallel Port J65 D5 D8 COM2 D1 D4 South Bridge SUPER X5DLR 8G2 J12 J19 J18 IDE 2 IDE 1 FLOPPY PCI X BIOS AIC 7902 U...

Page 45: ...mination Open Terminated P1 2 S1 2 PCI X Speed Settings See Section 2 8 Connector Description ATX POWER Primary ATX Power Connector BANK1A BANK4B Memory RAM Slots COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Conne...

Page 46: ...Bus ATA 100 Ports CIOBX2 IO Bridge Processor 1 Processor 0 DDR SDRAM PCI X Slot CSB5 South Bridge USB Ports SMBus ATI XL Graphics Ethernet Controller SIO Serial Ports Parallel Port Floppy Flash BIOS S...

Page 47: ...er supply connector meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification however it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure that the ori entation of the PS connector is correct See the tabl...

Page 48: ...ber 9 10 Definition 5V GND Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 7 8 Definition 5V GND NIC2 LED The NIC2 GLAN2 LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to d...

Page 49: ...ports are located beside the keyboard mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions Pin Num...

Page 50: ...ders The motherboard has fan headers for CPU chassis and overheat fans See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located under the parallel port see Figure 2...

Page 51: ...CR5 in Section 2 6 Third Power Supply Fail Header Connect a cable from your power supply to the JP46 header to pro vide warning of power supply fail ure The warning signal is passed through the PWR_LE...

Page 52: ...sion condition SMB Header Pin Definitions J21 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers USB2 3 Two USB headers are located at J1 The odd numbered...

Page 53: ...e most common codes are given below D5 D8 8 2 1 8 2 1 4 4 D1 D4 Reading the Debug LEDs W hen on each of the eight separate LEDs represent the value of the number shown beside it in the diagram Add up...

Page 54: ...he setting of DIP Switch 4 2 The DIP Switch Settings can be auto detected by the AMI BIOS It is not necessary to configure the DIP Switch settings manually SW 2 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON CPU 1 3 GHz 1 4 GH...

Page 55: ...shut down the system remove the AC power cords and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS 5 11 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the...

Page 56: ...h fan speed to have displayed in the Hard ware Monitors section of BIOS the CPU1 2 fans or the CPU1 CPU2 Chassis fans The default position is open to select the CPU1 2 fans See the table on the right...

Page 57: ...abled SCSI Channel Termination Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 JPA2 PCI X Bus Speed Setting Jumper P2 is used to change the speed of the single PCI X bus on the motherboard See the table on the ri...

Page 58: ...lt position is open to disable Spread Spectrum See table at right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Enable Disable Jumper Settings J35 VGA Ena...

Page 59: ...ting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable h...

Page 60: ...Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 GND 21 DRQ3 23 I O W rite 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 31 IRQ14 33 Addr 1 35 Addr 0 37 Chip Select 0 39 Activity Pin Numbe...

Page 61: ...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 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUN...

Page 62: ...rting this CD into your CD ROM drive the display shown in Figure 5 8 should appear If this display does not appear double click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM dr...

Page 63: ...ry carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded meta...

Page 64: ...on the motherboard to JP4 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both JF1 and JP4 Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The LEDs inform yo...

Page 65: ...eplacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan Remove the chassis cover Unplug the wires of the failed fan from the motherboard Press the tabs on both sides of the top of the fan housing and remove the...

Page 66: ...0 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 6023L 8R CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or floppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the 6023L 8R by removin...

Page 67: ...SCSI drive install 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...

Page 68: ...SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning that they can be installed and removed while the system is running To remove a SCSI drive first push the colored release button located beside the drive s LEDs...

Page 69: ...ckplane Installing a Component in the 5 1 4 Drive Bay 1 Mounting the component in the drive carrier A component such as an IDE hard drive or an additional SCSI drive that can fit into a standard IDE d...

Page 70: ...The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provi...

Page 71: ...ng Replacing the Power Supply If a power supply unit fails the system will sound an alarm and illuminate the Power Fail LED on the control panel You will then need to replace the power supply unit You...

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Page 73: ...ower to the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which ga...

Page 74: ...e 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 Chas...

Page 75: ...illustrate 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 Me...

Page 76: ...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 this sec...

Page 77: ...n 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 of serial port...

Page 78: ...option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this 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...

Page 79: ...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 yo...

Page 80: ...ct UDMA0 through 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 impending drive failures Th...

Page 81: ...for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows the drive to be used nor...

Page 82: ...3 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 boo...

Page 83: ...computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second Primary D...

Page 84: ...tion is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache T...

Page 85: ...following pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC events The events logged by AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or h...

Page 86: ...ertain voltage levels and temperatures CPU1 Current Temperature CPU2 Current Temperature This reading displays the real time temperatures of CPU1 and CPU2 System Current Temperature1 System Current Te...

Page 87: ...tting Support Disabled DQS Selection 36 Watch Dog Timer Disabled Options for MCH Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V07 00 C Copyright 1985 200...

Page 88: ...Enabled and Disabled Auto DQS Setting Support The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled DQS Selection This setting is preset Watchdog Timer This option is used to configure the Watchdog ti...

Page 89: ...n the next boot Allocate IRQ to VGA This option lets you allocate an interrupt request IRQ to the PCI VGA adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No PCI IDE BusMaster The settings for this optio...

Page 90: ...s are described in this section The Power Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit ACPI Aware O S Power Management Yes Disabled Select Scree...

Page 91: ...e entering the power conserving state The settings are Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 minutes ACPI Aware O S This option allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interf...

Page 92: ...for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Onboard LAN2 Option ROM and IBA 4 0 1 9 Slot 0102 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CD...

Page 93: ...he 5th Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Onboard LAN2 Option ROM and IBA 4 0 1 9 Slot 0102 Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency of hard drives that have bee...

Page 94: ...urity If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down I...

Page 95: ...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 program...

Page 96: ...setup with saving the changes Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highl...

Page 97: ...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 Discard Ch...

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Page 99: ...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 101: ...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 102: ...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 me...

Page 103: ...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 104: ...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 next...

Page 105: ...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 106: ...ompleted 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 checki...

Page 107: ...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...

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Page 109: ...n DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 12 GB of registered ECC PC1600 DDR 200 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory to be installed two at a time PC2100 memory modules are supported but only at 2...

Page 110: ...auto switching capable Fans Four 8 cm ball bearing fans Operating Environment Operating Temperature Range 0 to 35 degrees C Humidity Range 5 90 non condensing Form Factor X5DLR 8G2 motherboard Extende...

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