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X6DHP-3G2

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0

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Page 1: ...X6DHP 3G2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 SUPER ...

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

Page 3: ...ardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utilit...

Page 4: ...tures 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 12 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 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 9 ATX Power Connector 2 9 Secondary Power Connector 2 9 NMI Bu...

Page 5: ...ble Disable 2 21 VGA Enable Disable 2 22 DOC IDE Slot Bus Select 2 22 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 23 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 23 GLAN LEDs 2 23 SCSI LED Indicators 2 23 Unit Identiﬁcation 2 24 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive 1U IPMI and SCSI Connections 2 25 Floppy Connector 2 25 IDE Connectors 2 26 1U IPMI Connection 2 26 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power On 3 1 ...

Page 6: ...g Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 6 4 5 Security Setup 4 16 4 6 Boot Setup 4 18 4 7 Exit 4 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System B 1 X6DHP 3G2 User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...s are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 ﬂoppy ribbon cable CBL 022 One 1 User s BIOS Manual ...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 X6DHP 3G2 Image ...

Page 10: ...AS Connector Int SAS Connector LE0 LE1 LE2 LE3 JSLED1 JPCIX1 ZCR JPCIX2 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for testing only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 indicates the location of Pin 1 4 For RAID to function properly please install the ZCR Card in the right hand side slot 5 When the On...

Page 11: ...JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JFW1 JFW2 OEM Only DOC Power Connectors JFW1 IDE1 JFW2 IDE2 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet GLAN Ports 1 2 JRST 1 Alarm Reset JS4 Power System Management Bus Connector JSLED1 SAS Activity LED Connector JWOR1 Wake on Ring WOR Header KB Mouse JKB1 JMS1 PS2 Keyboard Connector JKB1 Mouse JMS1 PCI X 1 PCI ...

Page 12: ...g systems be sure to disable the HT feature in the BIOS Enable the HT feature in the BIOS under Advanced Setting before install ing a supported OS Note visit www Intel com for CPU support and driver updates Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC dual channel DDR II 400 PC3200 SDRAM Chipset Intel E7520 Intel ICH5R PXH Expansion Slots One PCI X 100 MHz ZCR slot Slot ...

Page 13: ...anism Onboard I O SAS 9410 Controller supports 4 External and 4 Internal SAS ports One 1U IPMI slot Intel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet controller support two GLAN ports 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 ﬂoppy port interface PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers Super I O Winbond W83627 HF w Hardware Monitoring W83792D Intel ICH5R supports ...

Page 14: ...CH5 HUB PCI Bus 32 Bit DIMMs IDE PRI SEC UDMA 100 VGA DIMMs 0 1 SATA SATA LPC Bus USB USB PORT 0 1 2 3 FWH LPC I O MS FDD H W SER 1 SER 2 KB MONITOR DDRIIA 400 4 DDRII 400 DDRIIB 400 800MHz 6 4GB S 266MB S PCI EXP A PCI EXP SLOTx4 JPCIE2 X8 4GB S X8 PCI EXP SLOTx8 JPCIE1 PCI EXP C 4GB S 4GB S PXH 1 B A PCI EXP B PCI X Bus133 MHz SAS PCI X Bus 133 MHz Slim Type AIC9410W Right Left JPCIX2 1 PCI X 1 ...

Page 15: ...r provides direct connec tion to two channels of registered DDR II 400 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths The E7520 also supports the new PCI high speed serial I O interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH interfaces with the ICH5R I O Controller Hub ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Interface The PXH provides connec tion between a PCI interface and two independent PCI bus interfaces...

Page 16: ... can adjust the voltage thresholds to deﬁne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor via BIOS and SDIII The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS and Supero Doctor III Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will...

Page 17: ...umer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for conﬁguration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation th...

Page 18: ...umber of components required for interfacing with ﬂoppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate g...

Page 19: ... its edges only do not touch its components peripheral 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 excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Us...

Page 20: ...S 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 otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 ﬁrst 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 corners are marked with a triangl...

Page 21: ... applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 1 Screw 2 Screw 1 CEK Heatsink Installation Screw 2 ...

Page 22: ...herboard in the sequence 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 exces sive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the prope...

Page 23: ...ighly recommended because they ground the mother board 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 of the components are located near to the mounting holes please take caution when mounting the motherboard into the chassis to prevent damage done to these components Lever Pr...

Page 24: ...2 and so on 2 Insert 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 Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory...

Page 25: ... 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 DDRII Top View Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot Notch Notch Release Tab Release Tab DDR II Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the align...

Page 26: ...igned speciﬁ cally 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 deﬁnitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Front_UID 2 PWR Fail LED HDD LED Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground 19 20 X Ground NMI X NIC2 LED Vcc UID_LED PWR Fail LED PWR L...

Page 27: ...S1 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector The main power supply connector JPW1 on the X6DHP 3G2 meets the SSI Superset ATX speciﬁcation You can only use a 20 pin power supply cable on the motherboard Make sure that the orientation of the connector is correct Secondary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 9 pin Second ary Power Connector at JPWR1 must also be ...

Page 28: ...round Power LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 15 5V 16 Ground LAN1 SUPER X6DHP 3G2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FP Ctrl Fans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID PCI X100 MHz 2 SAS Ctrl COM2 Floppy IDE2 IDE1 SATA1 USB 2 3 SATA0 CPU2 Lindenhurst North Bridge E7520 BIOS...

Page 29: ...l ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED HDD LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 11 Vcc 11 12 Ground LAN1 SUPER X6DHP 3G2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FP Ctrl Fans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Ba...

Page 30: ...ﬁnition 7 Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Deﬁnition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail PWR Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 5 Vcc 6 Ground LAN1 SUPER X6DHP 3G2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FP Ctrl Fans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID ...

Page 31: ...connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Front UID Button UID LED Power Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby LAN1 SUPER X6DHP 3G2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FP Ctrl Fans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bri...

Page 32: ...ot S IO JWD1 JF1 JWF1 COM1 JP15 JRST1 VGA CTRL J 2 7 LE7 LE6 LE5 LE4 Ext SAS Connector Int SAS Connector LE0 LE1 LE2 LE3 JSLED1 JPCIX1 ZCR JPCIX2 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 Serial Ports There are two COM headers JCOM1 and JCOM2 located between SCSI Channel A and IDE Drives See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at ...

Page 33: ... See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions LAN1 SUPER X6DHP 3G2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FP Ctrl Fans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID PCI X100 MHz 2 SAS Ctrl COM2 Floppy IDE2 IDE1 SATA1 USB 2 3 SATA0 CPU2 Lindenhurst North Bridge E7520 BIOS Fans 3 4 Fans 5 6...

Page 34: ...4 LAN2 1U IPMI Slot S IO JWD1 JF1 JWF1 COM1 JP15 JRST1 VGA CTRL J 2 7 LE7 LE6 LE5 LE4 Ext SAS Connector Int SAS Connector LE0 LE1 LE2 LE3 JSLED1 JPCIX1 ZCR JPCIX2 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located next to the COM1 connector See the table at right for pin deﬁnitions See Figure 2 3 for the locations...

Page 35: ...ans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID PCI X100 MHz 2 SAS Ctrl COM2 Floppy IDE2 IDE1 SATA1 USB 2 3 SATA0 CPU2 Lindenhurst North Bridge E7520 BIOS Fans 3 4 Fans 5 6 Fans 7 8 Fans 9 10 PCI Ex8 2 PCI Ex8 1 KB JL1 JD1 JPG1 J22 JPL1 JBT1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A...

Page 36: ...PCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR1 This function allows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature WOR Wake On Ring Pin Deﬁnitions JWOR1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 Wak...

Page 37: ...DIMM 4A Bank 4 LAN2 1U IPMI Slot S IO JWD1 JF1 JWF1 COM1 JP15 JRST1 VGA CTRL J 2 7 LE7 LE6 LE5 LE4 Ext SAS Connector Int SAS Connector LE0 LE1 LE2 LE3 JSLED1 JPCIX1 ZCR JPCIX2 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J22 Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Power SMB I2 C Connector I2 C Connector JS4 located next ...

Page 38: ... the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled GLAN Enable GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled LAN1 SUPER X6DHP 3G2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FP Ctrl Fans 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 ZCR USB0 1 CPU 1 GLAN CTLR JLAN2 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID PCI X100 ...

Page 39: ...Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID PCI X100 MHz 2 SAS Ctrl COM2 Floppy IDE2 IDE1 SATA1 USB 2 3 SATA0 CPU2 Lindenhurst North Bridge E7520 BIOS Fans 3 4 Fans 5 6 Fans 7 8 Fans 9 10 PCI Ex8 2 PCI Ex8 1 KB JL1 JD1 JPG1 J22 JPL1 JBT1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 LAN2 1U IPMI Slot S IO JWD1 JF1 JWF1 COM1 JP15 JRST1 VGA CTRL J 2 7 LE7...

Page 40: ...LE0 LE1 LE2 LE3 JSLED1 JPCIX1 ZCR JPCIX2 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 Watch Dog Enable JWD1 controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a soft ware application freezes the system Pins 1 2 will have WD reset the system if a program freezes Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt for the program that has frozen requires software implementation Watch Dog must...

Page 41: ...1 LAN2 has two LEDs on the back of the connectors The yel low LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the con nection See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED GLAN 1 Right Left External SAS LED Back Panel View GLAN 2 SAS Activity LED Indicators SAS Activity LED Indicators LE0 LE3 indicate the activity status of I...

Page 42: ...IO JWD1 JF1 JWF1 COM1 JP15 JRST1 VGA CTRL J 2 7 LE7 LE6 LE5 LE4 Ext SAS Connector Int SAS Connector LE0 LE1 LE2 LE3 JSLED1 JPCIX1 ZCR JPCIX2 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 ATX PWR1 9 Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 Unit Identiﬁcation Indicators There are two Unit Identiﬁcation UID Indicators on the motherboard The Front Panel FP UID is connected to the Front Control Panel The Back Panel BP UID Indicator UID1 is located bet...

Page 43: ... DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JWOR1 MS Battery SPKR VGA South Bridge ICH5R PXH UID PCI X100 MHz 2 SAS Ctrl COM2 Floppy IDE2 IDE1 SATA1 USB 2 3 SATA0 CPU2 Lindenhurst North Bridge E7520 BIOS Fans 3 4 Fans 5 6 Fans 7 8 Fans 9 10 PCI Ex8 2 PCI Ex8 1 KB JL1 JD1 JPG1 J22 JPL1 JBT1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 LAN2 1U IPMI Slot S IO JWD1 JF1 JWF1 COM1 JP15 JRST1 VGA CTRL J 2 7 LE7 LE6 LE5 LE4 Ext SAS ...

Page 44: ...Pin PWR2 JWF2 JS4 JPS1 IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to conﬁgure the onboard IDE 1 and 2 connectors at JIDE1 and JIDE2 respectively See the table on the right for pin deﬁni tions IDE1 IDE2 1U IPMI IDE Drive Connectors Pin Deﬁnitions IDE Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host D...

Page 45: ...e CPU is fully seated in the socket Connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there is not any short circuit between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Ver...

Page 46: ...edures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Techni cal Support NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics 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 spe...

Page 47: ... support Answer The X6DHP 3G2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC DDR II 400 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes In order to support 8 DIMMs single rank memory modules must be used Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems...

Page 48: ...ed be fore 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 charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is c...

Page 49: ... little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS ﬂash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is conﬁgured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Conﬁguration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters ma...

Page 50: ... the system 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 Note Please load System Setup Default when using the system the ﬁrst time 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is display...

Page 51: ...ate 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 BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of ﬂoppy disk drive installed as 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 ...

Page 52: ...ure is set to Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation This option allows the user to select the Native Mode Operation for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 M...

Page 53: ...rs per block to be used in multi sector transferring The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines if the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabl...

Page 54: ...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 This setting allows you to Ena...

Page 55: ...erve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area i...

Page 56: ...uffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU oper...

Page 57: ...oard PCI Option ROM will be activated ﬁrst before the Add On Device Option ROM is activated The options are Add On First and Onboard First Reset Conﬁguration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Conﬁguration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No FrequencyforPCIX 1 GLAN PCIX 2 MASS PCIX 1 MASS PCIX 2 GLAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devi...

Page 58: ...le the PCI Express Compliance Mode The options are Disabled or Enabled Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option in order to enable the special feature of DIMM sparing or memory mirroring The options are Mirroring Sparing and Standard Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interfere...

Page 59: ... Enabled and Disabled Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Hyper threading This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Applicable for the XP systems Machine Checking Enable t...

Page 60: ...pon the modulation of the CPU Internal clock when the CPU temperature reaches a pre deﬁned overheat threshold Set to Enable to activate the function of TM2 which will allow the CPU to reduce its power consumption by lowering the CPU frequency and the CPU voltage when the CPU temperature reaches a pre deﬁned overheat threshold Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Adjacent ...

Page 61: ... the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event 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 logging ECC Event Loggin...

Page 62: ...e options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you 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 item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console r...

Page 63: ... fans Select Disable to disable of the function of fan speed control and the system will run at the full speed 12V Select 3 pin Server to optimize the fan speed control via BIOS Thermal management Fan 1 FAN 10 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Voltage These items display the Voltage status of the following it...

Page 64: ...or 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 used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box t...

Page 65: ...t 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 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 ...

Page 66: ...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 CDROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CDROM drive in the Item Speciﬁc Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press Enter to expand the ﬁeld ...

Page 67: ... 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 settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup ...

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Page 69: ... 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 POST Code 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 Ini...

Page 70: ...adow 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 Initialize ...

Page 71: ...nt 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 Maskable...

Page 72: ...ietBoot 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 Initial...

Page 73: ...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 If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an addi tional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits th...

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Page 75: ...a storage expansion and inter connectivity capability Note The onboard SAS Controller supports both SATA and SAS RAID conﬁguration however mixing and matching SATA and SAS in the conﬁguration is not recom mended Using the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility ARC Note Please also refer to the following sections for SATA RAID Conﬁguration The onboard SAS Controller is enabled by default To disable it p...

Page 76: ...his option use the arrow keys and the enter key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above A Using the Array Conﬁguration Utility The Array Conﬁguration Utility enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives Dur ing the system startup press Ctrl and A simultaneously to display the main menu ...

Page 77: ...t 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 Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility 2 From the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility main menu select Array Conﬁgu ration Utility 3 From the Array Conﬁguration Utility menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Del...

Page 78: ...urn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility 2 From the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility menu select Array Conﬁguration Utility Main Menu 3 From the Array Conﬁguration Utility 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...

Page 79: ...ay Properties menu as shown in the screen below 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 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 1...

Page 80: ...ver 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 volumes as it will resul...

Page 81: ...reen displays 2 From the Select Drive to Create Boot Unit list select the drive you wish to Conﬁgure Boot Unit and press Insert The Drive you have selected appears in the right window as shown in the screen below 3 Select the disk drive you wish to conﬁgure as a bootable drive from the Se lected Drives List in the right window and press Enter The next screen appears ...

Page 82: ... the Boot Unit list in the right window select the bootable drive you wish to delete and press Delete The following screen appears 3 When the screen shown above appears select Delete and press Enter 4 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed Do you want to delete the Bootable uUit Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted ...

Page 83: ...rive 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 in the Select Drive Menu To Delete a HotSpare Drive 4 From the List of Assigned HotSpare Drives in the right window select the ho...

Page 84: ...sk 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 85: ...een below select Initialize Drives and press Enter 4 From the Select drives for initialization list on the left screen select the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert The drive you ve selected will appear on the Selected Drives list as show below ...

Page 86: ...elected and press En ter 6 When the following message appears make sure that you have selected the correct drive for initialization and press Y to initialize the drive or press N to quit Warning Initialization will conﬁgure the drive s as simple volume disk s Do you want to continue Yes No ...

Page 87: ...rform a Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status For a criti cal 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 ...

Page 88: ...es you to conﬁgure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility as shown in the screen below 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press Enter to access the Controller Conﬁguration submenu ...

Page 89: ... press F6 Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press Esc to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility To Set Controller Conﬁguration 3 Select Controller Conﬁguration and press Enter to access the submen as shown below ...

Page 90: ...elect Utility and press Enter to access the Physical Conﬁguration submenu as shown below 3 Select Physical Conﬁguration and press Enter to access SAS Device Con ﬁguration submenu as shown below 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press Enter and the arrow keys to conﬁgure the item selected 5 To load default settings press F6 6 Press Esc to return to the previous menu and to exit the utilit...

Page 91: ...enu select Disk Utilities from the screen as shown above and press Enter 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press Enter The following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formattin...

Page 92: ...ations 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 the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com ...

Page 93: ...CD 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 Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indi cated in t...

Page 94: ...ional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec E...

Page 95: ...ent is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor 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 Scre...

Page 96: ... 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 PROD UCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II 2 For detailed information on Adaptec s SCSI SATA RAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard ...

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