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Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 6035B 8R SUPERSERVER 6035B 8 USER S MANUAL 1 0 SUPER...

Page 2: ...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 WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDI...

Page 3: ...The rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DB8 serverboard and the SC833S2 R760 SC833S2 550 chassis which com...

Page 4: ...er to this chapter 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 SC833S2 R...

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

Page 6: ...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 Mute 3 1 Reset 3 1 Power 3 2 3 3...

Page 7: ...ector 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 Overheat Fan Fail L...

Page 8: ...allel Port Connector 5 22 Floppy Connector 5 23 IDE Connectors 5 24 Ultra320 SCSI Connectors 5 25 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fan...

Page 9: ...Running Setup 7 2 7 3 Main BIOS Setup 7 2 7 4 Advanced Setup 7 7 7 5 Security 7 19 7 6 Boot 7 20 7 7 Exit 7 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C S...

Page 10: ...Notes x SUPERSERVER 6035B 8R 6035B 8 User s Manual...

Page 11: ...s various hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 6035B 8R 6035B 8 as listed below Four 4 9 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0064 Two 2 8 cm hot swap rear exhaust fans FAN 0062 Two 2 a...

Page 12: ...s modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs Onboard SCSI An onboard Adaptec AIC 7902 dual channel SCSI controller in integrated into the X7DB8 which supports eight 80 pin SCA Ultra32...

Page 13: ...Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC833S2 R760 SC833S2 550 server chassis System Power 6035B 8R The SC833S2 R760 features a redundant 760W power su...

Page 14: ...3U rackmount con guration The I O backplane provides six PCI expansion slots one COM port a parallel port a VGA port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports Coo...

Page 15: ...orts 5 S I O BIOS Kybd Mouse Floppy COM Ports 2 CPU2 5000P MCH Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 SEPC Slot 5 PCI Express x8 LPC 82563 Parallel Port ES 1000 FBD DIMM Bank2 FBD DIMM Bank3 FBD DIMM Bank4 FBD CH0 FBD CH1...

Page 16: ...Europe Address 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 superm...

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 SuperServer 6035B 8...

Page 18: ...be 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 simultaneously may cause the ra...

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: ...are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6035B 8R 6035B 8 Each of these assemblies consist of two sections an inner...

Page 21: ...ns and the rail should secure itself to the chassis see Figure 2 2 Once a rail is placed on the chassis pull it forward until the rail buttons lock in the small ends of the corresponding holes Secure...

Page 22: ...ck and adjust the length of the rails accordingly Repeat the same steps to install the other outer rail on the chassis Secure both outer rail assemblies to the rack using M5 x 12 mm athead screws and...

Page 23: ...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 positioning of the rack brackets to the rac...

Page 24: ...to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions...

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

Page 26: ...he 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 Check the air ow...

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

Page 28: ...module has failed This should be accompanied by an audible alarm A backup power supply module will take the load and keep the system running but the failed module will need to be replaced Refer to Cha...

Page 29: ...sts NIC2 Indicates network activity on JLAN2 when ashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on JLAN1 when ashing HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the SuperServer 6035B 8R 6035B 8 this LED indicates...

Page 30: ...SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red A SAF TE compliant backplane is needed to activate the red LED which indicates a drive failure...

Page 31: ...board memory modules and the DVD ROM and oppy drives When disconnecting power you should rst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply uni...

Page 32: ...kties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal con...

Page 33: ...se Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the 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: ...the chassis cover is in place when the 6035B 8R 6035B 8 is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6035B 8R 6035B 8 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed...

Page 35: ...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 36: ...hen receiving a serverboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 3 Revision 2 0...

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: ...al 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 tightening all four sc...

Page 39: ...nnect 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 should be conne...

Page 40: ...site 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...

Page 41: ...le damage Also note that the memory 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 Bank1 bo...

Page 42: ...ch release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot Memory Support The X7DB8 supports up to 32 GB of ECC FBD Fully Buffered DIMM DDR2 667 or ECC FBD DDR2 533 SDRAM The memory is an interleaved con g...

Page 43: ...installed directly to the serverboard riser cards are not needed 2 PCI Card Installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card s...

Page 44: ...x8 PCI Express Slot 4 x4 PCI Express Slot 3 133 MHz PCI X Slot 2 133 MHz PCI X Slot 1 100 MHz PCI X ZCR COM2 PXH BIOS SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA4 SATA3 SATA5 South Bridge J17 PSF CPU 1 CPU 2 JPW3 Floppy I...

Page 45: ...h Card Connector J7 BIOS Recovery J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector JA1 JA2 SCSI Channel A B Connectors JAR Alarm Reset JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JK...

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: ...nly applies to redundant power supplies and so does not apply to the 6035B 8 NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable...

Page 48: ...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 beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connec...

Page 49: ...for location See the table on the right for 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 D...

Page 50: ...NC 3 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 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Three ad...

Page 51: ...rd and cable to use this feature SMB The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus designated SMB is located near the battery Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See th...

Page 52: ...s header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Super...

Page 53: ...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 unplu...

Page 54: ...3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one a...

Page 55: ...ault setting is 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 Termin...

Page 56: ...ee the table at right for pin de nitions Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin De nitions Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN...

Page 57: ...n De nition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 1...

Page 58: ...rst need to connect a power cable to JWF1 IDE Drive Connectors Pin De nitions J5 J6 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data...

Page 59: ...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 58 ACK 25...

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Page 61: ...ents To prevent 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 Precaut...

Page 62: ...ntrol 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 air ow path The LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 Syst...

Page 63: ...ousing see Figure 6 2 The fan wiring will detach automatically System power can remain on since the 9 cm chassis cooling fans are hot pluggable 2 Installing a new fan Remove from the housing and repla...

Page 64: ...80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 6035B 8R 6035B 8 DVD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the DVD ROM or oppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the server by...

Page 65: ...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 scre...

Page 66: ...iant dual channel SCA backplane that provides power SCSI ID and bus termination A RAID controller can be used with the SCA backplane to provide data security The operating system you use must have RAI...

Page 67: ...he chassis making them easily accessible for installation and removal Components installed in these bays are not hot swappable meaning system power must be turned off before installing and or removing...

Page 68: ...the top cover of the chassis Push the latch located at the rear of the DVD ROM or oppy drive bay and then push the drive bay out through the front of the chassis See Figures 6 6 and 6 7 for illustrati...

Page 69: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 9 Figure 6 6 DVD ROM Drive Installation Figure 6 7 Floppy Drive Installation...

Page 70: ...hot swap capability meaning you can replace the failed unit without powering down the system Removing Replacing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit...

Page 71: ...the power supply for whatever reason Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First turn the power switch on the control panel off then unplug the power cord from the power sup...

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Page 73: ...ff a backup battery provides power to the BIOS ash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by...

Page 74: ...By pressing 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 activ...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...the 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 selec...

Page 77: ...ulti Sector Transfer 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 Mode Contr...

Page 78: ...ode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial...

Page 79: ...em 7 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that c...

Page 80: ...t to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longe...

Page 81: ...gh 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 Sele...

Page 82: ...e memory The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Con guration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Con gure Enabl...

Page 83: ...of a new software 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 ar...

Page 84: ...allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference...

Page 85: ...ture reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are...

Page 86: ...d and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to sele...

Page 87: ...rt The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the D...

Page 88: ...vent 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 logg...

Page 89: ...onsole 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 and VT UTF8 Flow Co...

Page 90: ...system controls the speeds of the 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 op...

Page 91: ...ord has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user pass...

Page 92: ...etting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 7 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS S...

Page 93: ...above to specify the priority of boot order of a device or to move items from the category of Excluded from Boot Order to the category of Boot Priority Order and vise versa See details on how to chan...

Page 94: ...p utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings...

Page 95: ...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 co...

Page 96: ...d Previous 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...

Page 97: ...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 98: ...sfully 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 storage devices Operating syste...

Page 99: ...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 101: ...te the 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 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non...

Page 102: ...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 42h Initialize...

Page 103: ...t 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external para...

Page 104: ...inate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu...

Page 105: ...ory 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 Manager F4h Output one beep F...

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Page 107: ...B2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to cr...

Page 108: ...you the change the HDD partition size without any data Con guring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it...

Page 109: ...rs after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown...

Page 110: ...rive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array a...

Page 111: ...t the previous menu 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter 4 When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capaci...

Page 112: ...row Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia syst...

Page 113: ...drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array...

Page 114: ...isk drives when deleting a RAID set 1 From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter 2 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Wa...

Page 115: ...ID set drive A Warning message displays 4 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility 1 From the main menu select item4 Exit and p...

Page 116: ...r from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key 6 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be instal...

Page 117: ...tion Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme les for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the...

Page 118: ...led SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the Supermicro CDROM allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system informati...

Page 119: ...e 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 PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we...

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Page 121: ...BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of DDR2 533 FBD SDRAM or DDR2 667 FBD SDRAM Note Dual channel memory requires memory to be installed two m...

Page 122: ...stem Cooling Four 4 9 cm system cooling fans hot pluggable Two 2 8 cm rear exhaust fans hot pluggable System Input Requirements 6035B 8R AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 100...

Page 123: ...to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A EN 6100...

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