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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Introduction

Figure 1-1. X6DAT-G/X6DAi-G Image

Note: Marvell SATA is available on the X6DAT-G only.

Summary of Contents for X6DAi-G

Page 1: ... X6DAT G X6DAi G USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b SUPER ...

Page 2: ...T 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 INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara Cou...

Page 3: ... Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SATA drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which descri...

Page 4: ...itoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 12 1 6 Power Supply 1 13 1 7 Super I O 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Xeon EM64T Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 5 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors 2 6 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 8 ATX Power Connector 2 8 Processor Power Connector 2 8 NMI Button 2 9 Power LED 2 9 HDD L...

Page 5: ...SMB 2 20 SATA SMB 2 21 Serial Ports 2 21 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 22 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 22 CMOS Clear 2 23 Watch Dog Enable 2 23 Audio Enable 2 24 Serial ATA 2 24 3rd PWR Supply Alarm Enable 2 25 Force Power On 2 25 Reboot Option 2 26 Keylock 2 26 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 27 GLAN LEDs 2 27 SATA Activity LED 2 27 Pre LED Indicators 2 28 Activity LED Indicators 2 28 2 8 P...

Page 6: ...s 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 Appendix C Installing Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Utility based on Marvell s SAT...

Page 7: ...nd performance 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 Note Items listed below are included in retail box only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022 Four 4 SATA cable CBL 044 X6DAT G One 1 SATA cable CBL 044 X6DAi G One 1 I O ba...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Figure 1 1 X6DAT G X6DAi G Image Note Marvell SATA is available on the X6DAT G only ...

Page 10: ...ly the same as the graphics shown in this manual K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 Line_In Li...

Page 11: ...wer System Management Bus JAR PWR Fail Alarm Reset JC1 JC2 Audio Mic JC1 Line In Line Out JC2 JD1 PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins 4 7 JF1 Front Panel Control JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED JP8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector JP12 Power Fault Connector JHS1 JHS2 I SATA0 1 Intel 6300 ESB Serial ATA0 1 Headers JLAN 1 G bit Ethernet Port JS1 JS4 X6DAT only M SATA0 3 Mavell s Serial ATA 0 3 He...

Page 12: ... w ZCR support Slot 1 Two 32 bit 33MHz PCI slots BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash BIOS ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with speed control via BIOS CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control via Supe...

Page 13: ...face up to 2 88 MB 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to four USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 Back Panel USB ports 2 Front Panel USB headers 2 serial COM ports 2 Intel 6300 ESB Serial ATA Headers w RAID 0 1 support 4 Marvell Serial ATA Headers X6DAT G only AC 97 Audio CODEC six channel sound Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on Ring WOR Wake on LAN WOL Console re...

Page 14: ...DDR CT RL DAT A DAT A ADDR CT RL I CH HUB DDR 266 333 1 PCI X ZCR SLOT J 15 1 PCI EXP SLOT DI MMs I DE PRI SEC UDM A 100 DI MMs LPC BUS USB BMC CON FW H LPC I O PARALLEL PORT MS FDD SER 1 SER 2 KB 4 DDR I 4 DDR I DDR 266 333 PCI BUS 32 BI T 33 M H z AC 97 SATA H W MONI TOR HANCE RAPI DS SATA SATA 0 1 82541 J 42 SLOT PCI 32 BI T J LAN1 Gbi t LAN USB PORT 0 1 2 3 1 PCI X SLOT PCI X BUS 64 BI T 66 M ...

Page 15: ...the new PCI Express high speed serial I O interface for supe rior I O bandwidth and provides configurable x16 and x8 PCI Express inter faces 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 The MCH interfaces with the 6300ESB ICH I O Controller Hub via HI 1 5 Hub Interface to support 32 bit or 64 b...

Page 16: ...mory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V 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 sensi tivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Fan Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans...

Page 17: ...hing voltage regulator can auto detect and regulate power supply to the CPU This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable TM2 CPU VRM Overheat When the CPU reaches 900 C and above Overheat the CPU will slow down and CPU Voltage will decrease to reduce CPU power consumption and VRM heat dissipation When CPU temperature reaches 900 C and above Default the system wi...

Page 18: ...tomatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system 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...

Page 19: ...try standard 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...

Page 20: ...1 14 Introduction X6DAT G X6DAi G User s Manual ...

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: ... Also 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 brackets are pre in stalled CPU Retention ...

Page 23: ...e 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 3 Press the lever ...

Page 24: ...the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly 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 Lever Processor installed Triangle Triangle Empty socket Warning Make sure you lif...

Page 25: ...ally 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 X6DAT G X6DAi G supports up to 16 GB of ECC registered DDR333 or up to 32 GB of ECC registered DDR266 SDRAM memory Both motherboards were ...

Page 26: ...t 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel 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 Parallel Port KB Mouse USB0 3 LAN Line In MIC Mic COM1 COM2 Line out Green Purple Blue Pink Green Green Green Purple ...

Page 27: ... designed specifically 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 ...

Page 28: ... the 12v 8 pin Processor 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 Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 ...

Page 29: ...1 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 Line_In Line_Out JPAC SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCI ...

Page 30: ...table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 13 14 Definition Vcc HD Active NIC1 LED HDD LED K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 J 3 2 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank 2 Ban...

Page 31: ...ht for pin defini tions 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 Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 ...

Page 32: ...ardware reset switch on the computer case 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 Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parralle...

Page 33: ... Ground Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 USB 0 1 J40 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 L...

Page 34: ...E D Battery SATAI2 C JPS1 Fan8 BIOS JPL1 J B T 1 6041 6300ESB J P 1 3 Intel s DS1 DS9 DS2 DS10 DS3 DS11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 Fan Headers There are eight fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 8 on the X6DAT G X6DAi G See the table on the right for pin defini tions Note These fan headers are 4 pin fan Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the tra ditional 3 pin fans The onboard fan speed is co...

Page 35: ...ture Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL WOR WOL K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 B...

Page 36: ... Marvell FAN2 J W D SATA0 SATA1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Marvell s SATA3 SATA A C T L E D Battery SATAI2 C JPS1 Fan8 BIOS JPL1 J B T 1 6041 6300ESB J P 1 3 Intel s DS1 DS9 DS2 DS10 DS3 DS11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 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 definition Note The speaker connector pins are for use ...

Page 37: ... DS1 DS9 DS2 DS10 DS3 DS11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail header JP12 to provide a 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 Number 1 2 3 4 Definition P S 1 Fail Sign...

Page 38: ...AN2 J W D SATA0 SATA1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Marvell s SATA3 SATA A C T L E D Battery SATAI2 C JPS1 Fan8 BIOS JPL1 J B T 1 6041 6300ESB J P 1 3 Intel s DS1 DS9 DS2 DS10 DS3 DS11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 Overheat LED JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to con nect an LED to provide warnings of chassis overheating Refer to the table on right for pin defini tions Pin Number 1 2 Definition OH Active Ground Table 2 15...

Page 39: ... FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 Line_In Line_Out JPAC SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCI 3 33MHz PCIX 2 66MHz J 2 7 CD1 CD2 PCIX 1 66MHz ZCR GLAN CTRL JWOR SMBus J 2 2 Fan3 J K 1 FAN1 J1D1 J C 2 Mic J C 1 x8 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 J A R JOH1 JP15 J...

Page 40: ...B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 Line_In Line_Out JPAC SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCI 3 33MHz PCIX 2 66MHz J 2 7 CD1 CD2 PCIX 1 ...

Page 41: ...ell FAN2 J W D SATA0 SATA1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Marvell s SATA3 SATA A C T L E D Battery SATAI2 C JPS1 Fan8 BIOS JPL1 J B T 1 6041 6300ESB J P 1 3 Intel s DS1 DS9 DS2 DS10 DS3 DS11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 Serial Ports COM1 J6 and COM2 J38 serial ports are located under the paral lel port See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition 1 CD 2 RD ...

Page 42: ... en abled Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 Ba...

Page 43: ...umper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Open Definition WD to Reset WD to NMI Disabled Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord fro...

Page 44: ...DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 Line_In Line_Out JPAC SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCI 3 33MHz PCIX...

Page 45: ...ght for pin definitions Jumper Position Open Closed Definition Enabled Disabled 3rd Power Supply Alarm Enable Jumper Settings JP13 K B Mouse DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 JLAN1 COM2 COM1 Parrallel Port Fan6 Fan5 J 3 2 4 pin P W R Bank 1 Bank 1 Bank ...

Page 46: ...t 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 JLAN1 Line_In Line_Out JPAC SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCI 3 33MHz PCIX 2 66MHz J 2 7 CD1 CD2 PCIX 1 66MHz ZCR GLAN CTRL JWOR SMBus J 2 2 Fan3 J K 1 FAN1 J1D1 J C 2 Mic J C 1 x8 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 J A R JOH1 JP15 J P 1 2 Marvell FAN2 J W D SATA0 SATA1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Marvell s...

Page 47: ... 66MHz J 2 7 CD1 CD2 PCIX 1 66MHz ZCR GLAN CTRL JWOR SMBus J 2 2 Fan3 J K 1 FAN1 J1D1 J C 2 Mic J C 1 x8 PCI EXP 4 JWOL J L 1 J A R JOH1 JP15 J P 1 2 Marvell FAN2 J W D SATA0 SATA1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Marvell s SATA3 SATA A C T L E D Battery SATAI2 C JPS1 Fan8 BIOS JPL1 J B T 1 6041 6300ESB J P 1 3 Intel s DS1 DS9 DS2 DS10 DS3 DS11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 GLAN LED SATA Activity LED X6DAT G Only A Seria...

Page 48: ... DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B SPKR Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy Fan4 USB2 3 J D 2 J F 1 FAN7 CPU1 CPU2 J D 1 J 2 4 USB 0 1 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 JLAN1 Line_In Line_Out JPAC SI O x16 PCI EXP 6 PCI 5 33MHz PCI 3 33MHz PCIX 2 66MHz J 2 7 CD1 CD2 PCIX 1 66MHz ZCR...

Page 49: ...11 DS4 DS12 J 4 0 J 2 3 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting 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 has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires ...

Page 50: ...ND 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 Tumwater NorthBridge South Bridge IDE 1 IDE...

Page 51: ...at it is fully seated Connect the chassis speaker 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 that no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers a...

Page 52: ...cific 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 that 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 configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is ...

Page 53: ...4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing 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 X6DAT G X6DAi 8 has eight 184 p...

Page 54: ...chandise for Service A 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 Sh...

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: ...ately 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 d...

Page 57: ...n in the appropriate fields or use and to change the Hour Minute and Second fields System Date Use the arrow keys to highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data BIOS Date This section allows the BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date code The BIOS date code is used to identify the BIOS release date release version ...

Page 58: ... 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to choose the function 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 function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environmen...

Page 59: ...mined HDD type Select CD ROM if a CD ROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfers This feature allows the user to select the number of transfer sectors The options are Disabled 2 4 6 8 and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Large Block Access Control Select Enabled to allows the Phoenix BIOS to access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via LBA mode The options ar...

Page 60: ...th 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 information System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present...

Page 61: ...ghting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter 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...

Page 62: ...d 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 space bar and Password by entering a password Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog This feature allows the...

Page 63: ...ched into the buffer and be 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 Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write...

Page 64: ...ialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into an area in the Static DRAM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to s...

Page 65: ... drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode If enabled this feature sets the device specified to comply with the PCI Express Compliance 1 0 Mode The options are Disabled and Enabled Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option...

Page 66: ...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 Interrupt SERR System Error Signal Condition This setting specifies the conditions required to be qualified as an ECC error The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Device 29 Fun...

Page 67: ...you to Enable or Disable the function of Hyper Threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Machine Checking This setting allows you to Enable or Disable Machine Checking If Enabled the OS will debug the system during system reset after a system crash Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for...

Page 68: ...o select the base I O address for Onboard COM1 The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This feature allows the user to select the IRQ interrupt request for Onboard COM1 The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Onboard COM2 This setting allows you to assign control of Onboard COM2 The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This feature allows the user to sp...

Page 69: ...s feature allows the user to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows the user to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output Bi directional ECP and EPP DMA Channel This feature allows the user to specify the DMA channel The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of th...

Page 70: ...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 Event Lo...

Page 71: ... This feature allows the user to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control This feature allows the user to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This feature allows the...

Page 72: ...tem controls the speeds of the onboard fans If the option is set to 3 pin Server the fan speed is controlled by the CPU temperature When the CPU temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If this option is set to 4 pin the onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via PWM If set to Disable the fan speed control is disabled and the onboard fan will run at the full spee...

Page 73: ...tings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is This feature allows the BIOS to show 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 feature allows the BIOS to show whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a...

Page 74: ...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 setting al...

Page 75: ...tem 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...

Page 76: ...ion Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you ve 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 safest setti...

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

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Page 79: ...write 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 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 Init...

Page 80: ...hadow 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 Initiali...

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: ... 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 C4h Init...

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...

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Page 85: ... 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7525 Tumwater Chipset the 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The 6300ESB...

Page 86: ...I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simulta neously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if a single hard disk fails Due to the built in functionality the X6DAT G X6DAi G is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing perfor mance demands of computer systems by improving dis...

Page 87: ...r 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previ ous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the ESC key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array C...

Page 88: ...ys 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: ...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 Delete and ...

Page 90: ...and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create 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 d...

Page 91: ...e the array is created and its properties are assigned you 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 screen below select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types ...

Page 92: ... 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 time you wi...

Page 93: ...ent 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 disks...

Page 94: ...sterisk 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 following ...

Page 95: ...k 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 prompted ...

Page 96: ...B 12 X6DAT G X6DAi G User s Manual 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 97: ...ep 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 98: ...form a Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status 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 Rebuild 2 ...

Page 99: ...he 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 100: ...B 16 X6DAT G X6DAi G User s Manual 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 101: ... 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 Guide in t...

Page 102: ...n and press the Enter key k Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation l From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS install...

Page 103: ... optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view 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 Windows Operating System a screen as shown be low will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To...

Page 104: ...nt is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen...

Page 105: ...ote 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 download 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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Page 107: ... It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 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 ATA...

Page 108: ... Adaptec s SATA RAID Host Driver Installation Installing the Driver in a New Windows System To install the driver to a new system that does not have the OS installed 1 Create a driver disk by following the instructions from the Web site or the product CD 2 Restart the computer 3 If creating an array press Ctrl A when prompted to enter the ARC utility For instructions on creating an array from the ...

Page 109: ...ing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Installing the driver in a new Linux system To Install the Red Hat 8 0 or 9 0 Driver in a New Linux System 1 Obtain a driver disk from either the Web site or the product CD 2 Restart the computer 3 If creating an array press Ctrl A when prompted to enter the ARC utility For instructions on creating an array from the BIOS see the section Adaptec RAID Conf...

Page 110: ...o continue 7 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment 8 Continue with the Linux installation according to the SuSE documentation 9 After reboot occurs the SuSE Menu appears For SuSE 8 1 type noapic at the boot options then press Enter For SuSE 8 2 type acpi off at the boot options then press Enter Note See Step 10 to include these parameters automatically during bootup 10 When the L...

Page 111: ... Typical default Supports local and remote management however Adaptec SNMP is not included Custom For expert users Primarily used on Web servers or when you want to make sure SNMP and Notifier are available for a managed system You can select from these components Managed System Components If you choose this selection only the installation is the same as a Compact installation Adaptec Web Server I...

Page 112: ...ext 9 When you see the Setup Information click Next The Setup Status window shows progress using a scroll bar Before the scroll bar shows the installation is completed another window pops up indicating that a security certificate has been generated 10 Click OK The Root Certificate Store window appears 11 Click Yes The security certificate generated during installation is added to the Certificate S...

Page 113: ...en t using a proxy server so ignore this setting If the Use a proxy server box is checked make sure the Bypass proxy server for local addresses box is also checked Then click the Advanced button In the Exceptions window enter localhost as an entry You are now ready to proceed to the section Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Configuring Internet Explorer for Remote Management If you kno...

Page 114: ...d terminate the installation The Choose Setup Type window appears It provides three types of installations Typical Compact and Custom See the section Typical Custom and Compact Installations for details 5 Choose a setup type and click Next The Start Copying window appears 6 Click Next The Running Non Interactive Setup window displays the files being loaded onto the system 7 Click Next when prompte...

Page 115: ...daptec Storage Manager on the remote system Directing the browser on the remote system to the system you want to manage Note To manage an array remotely from a Linux system install Adaptec Storage Manager on the system and use the Adaptec supplied version of Mozilla as the browser Architecture Overview A locally managed system requires all of these components A supported Web browser which should a...

Page 116: ...stalling a Security Certificate You are asked to register your software For instructions see the section Registering Your Software To log in from any system with a Web browser 1 Start the Web browser application and type the IP address for the system you want to access in the address bar and press Enter For example https 10 6 3 14 3513 adaptec When connection to the remote system is established th...

Page 117: ...window click Yes Another small Certificate Import wizard window appears 6 Click OK The Certificate window mentioned in Step 2 reappears 7 Click OK You are returned to the Security Alert window from Step 1 8 Click Yes to finish the creation and storage of the certificate Registering Your Software After installing and creating a security certificate you are asked to register the product If you want ...

Page 118: ...s Immediately following the header frame is a controller information line including the model number of the first Adaptec RAID controller found in the system and the amount of cache memory if any installed on that controller Beneath the controller information are Physical Devices and Logical Devices views that show connected devices and existing arrays on this controller Controller information and...

Page 119: ...ult the Physical Devices displays a condensed view of the controller configuration that hides detailed information about the drives More information is available by either positioning the mouse pointer over the device or clicking on the arrowhead to the left of a row of devices The selected display mode button will appear in a lighter shade of blue than the other two buttons The default display is...

Page 120: ...ent models from the same manufacturer actually vary slightly in the true capacity available Although in normal operation this is not an issue it can be when assigning hot spares or replacing a failed drive If the controller used the maximum capacity of each drive and a hot spare or replacement drive was just a few megabytes smaller it would not be able to replace the failed drive By rounding drive...

Page 121: ...rray by clicking on it will highlight the following in amber All the drives or segments that form the array in the Physical Devices view The Events Properties and Tasks buttons in the header frame Selecting any of these three buttons displays a new window with additional information and options specific to that array Note For Windows Server 2003 only to see animated icons on Adaptec Storage Manage...

Page 122: ...ks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Caution Back up the data on an array before you delete it Otherwise all data on the array is lost 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 menu select Array Configuration Utili...

Page 123: ...press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID 1 are displayed Each of these types requires two drives 2 Type in an optional label for the array and press Enter 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default Note Adaptec recommends that you do not change the default 4 Create RAID via allows you to select between the different cr...

Page 124: ...estart and no way to recover the data that was on the source drive 5 When you are finished press Done C Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in a...

Page 125: ... 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter You are offered the following options Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your dat...

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