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USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ... X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b SUPER ...

Page 2: ...anagement Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See WWW dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules...

Page 3: ...rmicro com products motherboard for updates on supported processors This product is in tended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling ...

Page 4: ... PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 13 1 7 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 9 ATX Power Connector 2 9 Processor Power Connector 2 9 NMI Button 2 10 Power LED 2...

Page 5: ...21 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 22 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 22 Power Supply Alarm Reset 2 23 CMOS Clear 2 24 Watch Dog Enable 2 24 SCSI Control Enable 2 25 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 25 PLLSEL Select 2 26 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 27 GLAN LEDs 2 27 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 28 Parallel Port Connector 2 28 Floppy Connector 2 29 IDE Conne...

Page 6: ...ently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 19 4 6 Boot Setup 4 21 4 7 Exit 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System B 1 ...

Page 7: ...ance Check that the following items have all been in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing contact your retailer All included in Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 SCSI U320 cable X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 One 1 SATA cable One 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilitie...

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Page 9: ... X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Image Notes The differences between these models are 1 SCSI is available for the X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 only 2 There are two Gigabit LAN ports on the X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 and only one Gigabit LAN on the X6DA8 G and the X6DAE G ...

Page 10: ...MM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 J D 2 SATA0 JPA3 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 J9 J 4 0 J3 J4 J P 8 J D 1 J 2 4 XJ4F2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 J 3 2 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 4 ATX PWR J1B4 J P F Force P W JLAN Lin...

Page 11: ...3B 4A 4B GLAN1 G bit Ethernet Ports GLAN2 G bit Ethernet Ports X6DA8 G2 DAE G2 only IDE1 J3 IDE2 J4 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J9 Keyboard Mouse J20 IPMI 2 0 Connector J22 System Management Bus Connector J23 Parallel Printer Port J24 PWR System Management Bus JA1 JA2 Ultra 320 SCSI Channel A Channel B X6DA8 G G2 JBT1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is a pad See Chapter 2 JD1 PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins 4 ...

Page 12: ...1 Memory size is set via BIOS 2 Interleaved memory requires memory modules to be installed in pairs See Section 2 3 for details Chipset Intel E7525 Tumwater chipset Expansion Slots One PCI e slot x16 4GB sec One PCI e slot x4 2GB sec Three 64 bit PCI X slots One 64 bit PCI X 133 slot one PCI X 100 slot One PCI X 100MHz ZCR One 32 bit 33MHz PCI slot w PCI Graphic Card support BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix BIOS...

Page 13: ...I 2 0 One Intel 8254x Gigabit Ethernet controller X6DA8 X6DAE G 1 LAN X6DA8 X6DAE G2 2 LAN ports 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 Back Panel USB ports 4 Front Panel USB headers 2 serial ports 2 Serial ATA support w RAID 0 RAID 1 support Other Interna...

Page 14: ...7 PCI EXP B C X16 J 15 1 PCI EXP SLOT 6 DI M M s I DE PRI SEC UDM A 100 X8 X4 X4 DI M M s 0 1 SATA SATA LPC BUS USB USB PORT 0 1 2 3 BM C CON FW H LPC I O PARALLEL PORT M S FDD SER 1 SER 2 KB 4 DDR I I 400 4 DDR I I 400 DDRI I 400 SCSI 7902 PCI BUS 32 BI T PCI 32 BI T SLOT 5 AC 97 J 19 1 PCI X SLOT 1 J 12 H W M ONI TOR 5 6 7 8 Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7525 Tumwater Chipset Note This is a g...

Page 15: ...he new PCI Express high speed serial I O interface for supe rior I O bandwidth The MCH provides configurable x16 PCI Express inter faces which may alternatively be configured as two independent x8 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Express Interface Specification Rev 1 0a such as 82546GB GLAN Adaptor t...

Page 16: ...V and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboar...

Page 17: ... Manager optional LDCM is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insuf ficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator can auto detect and regulate power supply to the CPU This will allow th...

Page 18: ...tem enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This opti...

Page 19: ...andard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and d...

Page 20: ...1 14 Introduction X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ...do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the cor...

Page 22: ...o do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up Socket lever CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right other wise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied In stall CPU1 first CPU Retention Plates are pre in stalled Pictures shown on ri...

Page 23: ...t fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tight ening all four screws Screw 1 Screw 2 Pin 1 2 Insert the CPU in the socket mak ing sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both cor ners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is au tomatically disabled if only one CPU is used ...

Page 24: ...e heatsink screws from the motherboard in the se quence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use ex cessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to ge...

Page 25: ...hly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some compo nents are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis Lev...

Page 26: ...rt each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 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 X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 supports up to 16 GB of Reg ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 memory The X6DA8 G X6DAE G supports up to 32 G...

Page 27: ...Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Parallel Port COM1 COM2 KB Mouse USB 0 3 LAN1 Line In Mic X6DA8 G X6DAE G COM1 COM2 LAN1 2 KB Mouse USB 0 3 Parallel Port Line out Line out Line In Mic ...

Page 28: ...ecifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X NIC2 LED Vcc...

Page 29: ...cessor connector at J1D1 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Pins 1 2 3 4 Definition Ground 12 V 12V 4 pin Connector J32 Required Connection Required Connection K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP...

Page 30: ...IMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 4 ATX PWR Force P W Line_In Line_Out PLL Select Audio Enable SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PC...

Page 31: ... Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X NIC2 LED Vcc NIC1 LED NIC 2 HDD LED K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parr...

Page 32: ...verheat LED OH Power Fail LED Overheat Fan Fail LED State Solid Blink Message Overheat Fan Fail K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 ...

Page 33: ...ase Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number 3 4 Definition Reset Ground Reset Pin Definitions JF1 Reset Button Power Button K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrall...

Page 34: ...ntrusion Pin Definitions JL1 USB 0 3 J40 USB4 5 JD3 Chassis Intrusion K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 3 Bank ...

Page 35: ... PWR L E D SPKR I C H S P K R J1D1 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term J C 2 Mic J C 1 x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 JP13 JP14 JOH1 JP15 P W Fault J P 1 2 P X H L A N USB4 5 J D 3 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at J9 See the table on the right for pin defini tions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the ...

Page 36: ...8 E G JBT1 Clear c m o s FAN1 3rd PS Alarm OH L E D PWR L E D SPKR I C H S P K R 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term Mic x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL JOH1 P W Fault X6DA8 E G2 P X H L A N USB4 5 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR1 This function al lows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the ta...

Page 37: ...s FAN1 3rd PS Alarm OH L E D PWR L E D SPKR I C H S P K R 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term Mic x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL JOH1 P W Fault X6DA8 E G2 P X H L A N USB4 5 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin defini tions Note The speaker connec tor pins are for use with an ex...

Page 38: ...c x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL JOH1 P W Fault X6DA8 E G2 P X H L A N USB4 5 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail header JP12 to provide warning of power supply failure This warn ing signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail Pin Definitions JP12 Pin N...

Page 39: ...y Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 J D 2 SATA0 JPA3 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 J9 J 4 0 J3 J4 J P 8 J D 1 J 2 4 XJ4F2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 J 3 2 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 4 ATX PWR J1B4 J P F Force P W JLAN Line_In Line_Out XJ4F1 PLL Select JPC1 Audio Enable SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCIX 3 133MHz PCIX 2 100MHz J 2 7 BIOS Debug CD...

Page 40: ...PW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term J C 2 Mic J C 1 x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 JP13 JP14 JOH1 JP15 P W Fault J P 1 2 P X H L A N USB4 5 J D 3 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l AC 97 Output Audio Enable AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 features 6 channel sound for front L R rear L R center and subwoofer speak ers This feature is activated with the Advanced software on...

Page 41: ... B JPA2 SCSI Ch A J A 1 J A 2 Fan3 Cha Intru JPA1 SCSI CTRL Enable J 2 0 JWD WD J K 1 Keylock Fan8 JBT1 Clear c m o s FAN1 3rd PS Alarm OH L E D PWR L E D SPKR I C H S P K R J1D1 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term J C 2 Mic J C 1 x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 JP13 JP14 JOH1 JP15 P W Fault J P 1 2 P X H L A N USB4 5 J D 3 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l Keylock The keyboard lock connection is lo cated on ...

Page 42: ...R L E D SPKR I C H S P K R 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term Mic x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL JOH1 P W Fault X6DA8 E G2 P X H L A N USB4 5 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified...

Page 43: ...SCSI Ch A Fan3 Cha Intru JPA1 SCSI CTRL Enable J 2 0 JWD WD Keylock Fan8 P W R Fault X6DA8 E G JBT1 Clear c m o s FAN1 3rd PS Alarm OH L E D PWR L E D SPKR I C H S P K R 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term Mic x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL JOH1 P W Fault X6DA8 E G2 P X H L A N USB4 5 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l Power Failure The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assum...

Page 44: ...the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper set tings Watch Dog can also be en abled via the BIOS Note when enabled the user needs to write his own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUS...

Page 45: ...JOH1 P W Fault X6DA8 E G2 P X H L A N USB4 5 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l SCSI Controller Enable Disable ForX6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 only Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or disable the SCSI headers The default setting is pins 1 2 to enable all four headers See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 SCSI...

Page 46: ...4 J P 8 J D 1 J 2 4 XJ4F2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 J 3 2 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 4 ATX PWR J1B4 J P F Force P W JLAN Line_In Line_Out XJ4F1 PLL Select JPC1 Audio Enable SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCIX 3 133MHz PCIX 2 100MHz J 2 7 BIOS Debug CD1 CD2 PCIX 1 100MHz ZCR GLAN CTRL JPL1 Battery JWOR SMBus J 2 2 SATA1 SCSI Ch B JPA...

Page 47: ... Battery JWOR SMBus J 2 2 SATA1 SCSI Ch B JPA2 SCSI Ch A J A 1 J A 2 Fan3 Cha Intru JPA1 SCSI CTRL Enable J 2 0 JWD WD J K 1 Keylock Fan8 JBT1 Clear c m o s FAN1 3rd PS Alarm OH L E D PWR L E D SPKR I C H S P K R J1D1 12V 8 pinPW SCSI Ch A Term SCSICh B Term J C 2 Mic J C 1 x4 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 JP13 JP14 JOH1 JP15 P W Fault J P 1 2 P X H L A N USB4 5 J D 3 FAN2 WOL WOR P W F a i l GLAN LED LED ...

Page 48: ...23 PE 25 SLCT Pin Number Function 2 Auto Feed 4 Error 6 Init 8 SLCT IN 10 GND 12 GND 14 GND 16 GND 18 GND 20 GND 22 GND 24 GND 26 NC Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions J23 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1...

Page 49: ...ND 31 GND 33 GND Pin Number Function 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive Select B 14 Drive Select A 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 Write Data 24 Write Gate 26 Track 00 28 Write Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J8 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Br...

Page 50: ...4 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1 and JA2 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR GLAN Enable Tumwater South Bridge IPMI 2 0 BIOS 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 FPUSB 6 7 SATA0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN7 PW SMB CPU1 CPU2 USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 4 pin P W R...

Page 51: ...er and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the ...

Page 52: ...hould know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configu...

Page 53: ...a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that sup port registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM modules However the X6DA...

Page 54: ...receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling cha...

Page 55: ...y requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the CMOS Memory in RTC Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Memory by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that dete...

Page 56: ...tely after turning the video on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the di...

Page 57: ...ate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This feature allows the BIOS to automatically display the date when the present BIOS was built This is used to identify the release version of the current BIOS ...

Page 58: ...diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the funciton of IDE Channels The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the funciton of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID...

Page 59: ...tion User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a pre determined HDD type Select CD ROM if a CD ROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfers Select the...

Page 60: ...ks transfer data directly to and from memory without going through the CPU With double transition clocking UDMA Ultra DMA allows data to be transferred on both the rising and the falling edges of the clock doubling data throughput for any given clock speed The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Please refer to the table below for detailed infomation Selects Ultra DM...

Page 61: ...er All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot When Enab...

Page 62: ...ow the system to wait for 4 seconds before power off when the power button is pressed The options are Instant Off and 4 sec override Keyboard on Now Function This option allows you to select how the system may be resumed from the S3 S5 state The options are Space by pressing the sapce bar Password by entering a password and Disabled Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the syst...

Page 63: ...d up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the system memory and into L1 L2 L3 cache area of the CPU at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being cached into the system memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU without writin...

Page 64: ...ect and Write Back PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Enabled and Disabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the caability to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configu...

Page 65: ...out device may benefit from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00C0h and 00E0h For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option Other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this settiing and try again Different OS requires different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting deter...

Page 66: ...ed DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select this option to increase the integrity and accuracy of Data stored in DRAM The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto Algorithms and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrup...

Page 67: ...ding Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Machine Checking This setting allows you to enable or disable Machine Checking When set to Enabled the OS will debug the system during system reset after a system crash The options are Disabled or Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both ...

Page 68: ...ct the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Onboard COM2 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal IR for an infrared device and ASK IR Bas...

Page 69: ...llows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output Bi directional ECP and EPP DMA Channel This setting allows you to specify the DMA channel The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Base I O Address This setting all...

Page 70: ... setting informing you of the event log capacity 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 ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI...

Page 71: ...57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This feature allows you to select the console type for your console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control This feature allows you to set the flow control for your console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This feature allows you to decide how your console redirection is to be...

Page 72: ...ased upon the CPU die temperature When the CPU die tempera ture is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by the Thermal Management Settings pre configured by the user at this feature Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system ...

Page 73: ...r All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password 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 password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been ...

Page 74: ...hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This se...

Page 75: ...Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Removable Devices Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CD ROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press Enter to expand the fie...

Page 76: ... this section Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility 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 the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safes...

Page 77: ...ard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility ...

Page 78: ...4 24 X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 79: ...o port 80h The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers 0Bh Enable CPU cache ...

Page 80: ...own 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize I20 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah...

Page 81: ... 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non Maskabl...

Page 82: ...Terminate 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 BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function...

Page 83: ...mory 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 F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS IftheBIOSdetectserror2C 2E or30 base512KRAMerror itdisplaysanadditional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that faile...

Page 84: ...A 6 X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 85: ...ces It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial A...

Page 86: ...tings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to the next item SATA RAID Enable select Enabled and press Enter 5 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIO...

Page 87: ... applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility ...

Page 88: ...ging Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the enter key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Page 89: ...efore you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delet...

Page 90: ... an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page B 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 5 Press Enter whe...

Page 91: ...ou cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 ...

Page 92: ...ou select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Note Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any ti...

Page 93: ...different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic...

Page 94: ...ated An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the f...

Page 95: ...d to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press Enter 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear...

Page 96: ...ng a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when p...

Page 97: ...Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 13 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below ...

Page 98: ...peat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue ...

Page 99: ...u must perform a Rebuild to optimized its functionality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebu...

Page 100: ... Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below ...

Page 101: ...Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 17 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below ...

Page 102: ...e drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Gui...

Page 103: ... g Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in ...

Page 104: ... the entire contents of the CD B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the ic...

Page 105: ... system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 the default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subse quent changes to these thres...

Page 106: ... II Remote Control 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 down load SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II ...

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