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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged

leader in the industry. Supermicro boards 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. All included in

the Retail Box.

One (1) Supermicro Mainboard

One (1) ribbon cable for IDE devices (CBL-036)

One (1) ﬂ oppy ribbon cable (CBL-022)

One (1) 9-pin serial port DTK cable (CBL-010)

One (1) SCSI Cable (CBL-034-U320) (*X6DLP-4G2 only)

Two

(2)

CPU

Passive

Heatsinks

(SNK-P0019)

One (1) I/O backpanel shield (CSE-PT7)

One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities (CDR-x6)

One (1) User's/BIOS Manual

Summary of Contents for X6DLP-4G2

Page 1: ...SUPER X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c ...

Page 2: ...per Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This eq...

Page 3: ...eciﬁcations and performance of the mother board and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware 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 stor...

Page 4: ...10 Recovery from AC Power Loss 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 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 7 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 7 B Front Control Panel 2 8 C Fron...

Page 5: ...9 Speaker Power LED Keylock Header 2 19 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 20 Explanation of Jumpers 2 20 GLAN Enable Disable 2 20 Clear CMOS 2 21 Watch Dog 2 21 VGA Enable Disable 2 22 SMB Data SMB Clock to PCI 2 22 SCSI Controller Enable Disable 2 23 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 23 Power Force On 2 24 Alarm Reset 2 24 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 25 GLAN LEDs 2 25 System LED 2 25 Onboard LEDs 2 26 2 8 Paral...

Page 6: ...es 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 3 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Main Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup 4 3 4 4 Boot Setup 4 15 4 5 Security Setup 4 18 4 6 Exit 4 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 1 Appendix C Installing Software and the Operating System C 1 X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 User s Man...

Page 7: ...that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 ﬂoppy ribbon cable CBL 022 One 1 9 pin serial port DTK cable CBL 010 One 1 SCSI Cable CBL 034 U320 X6DLP 4G2 only Two 2 CPU Passive Heatsinks SNK P0019 One...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 Image ...

Page 10: ...dby PWR is on Maker sure to turn off the power before installing or removing components DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR FP CTRL JWOR GLAN CTRL PCIEX8 Slot 6 PCIX 6 PCIX 66MHz ZCR North Bridge PW4 ATX PWR 24 Pin PW1 CPU 1 CPU 2 COM2 6300ESB ICH PW3 J9 J11 J8 J16 J19 J20 JPL1 JPR1 J15 J13 JPA1 JF2 Slot 4 PCIE 4 Battery Fan6 Fan5 JPG1 Slot1 PCI 1 PCI 33MHz J5 Printer J10 Flo...

Page 11: ...oard LED Indicators See Chapter 2 DS7 DS8 POST Code LED See Chpt 2 App A DS9 System LED See Chapter 2 FAN 1 6 CPU Chassis Fan Headers Floppy J24 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 J44 IDE2 J38 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI J41 IPMI 2 0 Socket KB MS J2 Keyboard Mouse Parallel Port J10 Parallel Printer Header PWR LED SPKR...

Page 12: ... 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 USB Keyboard BIOS Rescue Hot Keys and Hardware BIOS Virus protection PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage Memory voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT CPU 3 phase switching voltage regulator CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control via Supero Doctor III I2 C Temperature...

Page 13: ...2573V and one 82573L single port gigabit Ethernet controllers 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces supports up to 4UDMA IDE IDE supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 ATA 100 1 ﬂoppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 1 EPP ECP Parallel Header PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 headers 2 Intel 6300 ESB Serial ATA Super I O Winbond 83627HF Hardware Monitoring...

Page 14: ...B INT PCI 32 33 5V Slot 1 SATA SATA VIDEO 6300ESB VIDEO SRAM ATI RAGE XL IDE IDE DIMM A1 CPU1 W83627 LPC DIMM A3 DIMM A4 667MT S LINKS0 7 PCI 32 BIT 33MHZ MCH ERFACE 1 5 DDR2 400 4 GROUP DIMM A2 DIMM B3 DIMM B1 DIMM B4 DIMM B2 IPMI GROUP A E7520 LINKS0 7 PCIX66MHZ Slot 6 PCI X 66MHZ Slot 5 EXP PCI EXPX8 PCI EXPX1 AIC 7901 ZCR CPU2 LINKS LINKS PCI EXPX1 82573 RJ45 RJ45 LAN LAN SCSI CTRL SATA SATA U...

Page 15: ...channels of registered DDR2 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 5 4GB s The E7520 also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial I O interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides three conﬁgurable 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 Speciﬁcati...

Page 16: ...ven or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds in SDIII to deﬁne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Fan Speed Control 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 Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors...

Page 17: ... Features The ACPI Advanced Conﬁguration and Power Interface speciﬁcation deﬁnes a ﬂexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware op erating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and ...

Page 18: ...ng can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN trafﬁc is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in the BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all ...

Page 19: ...ber 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 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 ge...

Page 20: ...1 14 X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ...o 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 Use only the correc...

Page 22: ...the processor s into the CPU socket s and ﬁnally install the CPU heatsink s Tools needed 1 A ﬂat head screw driver 2 A Phillips screw driver 3 Thermal Grease Installing the Heatsink Bracket on the Reverse Side of the Mother board 1 Remove the protective film from the heatsink bracket 2 Turn the motherboard upside down to locate the heatsink bracket mounting holes on the reverse side of the mother ...

Page 23: ...ocket Warning Do not brush the CPU pins against the surface of the socket or in stall the CPU in an angle to prevent bending or causing damage to the CPU pins 5 Once the CPU is properly seated in the socket use the ﬂat head driver to turn the CPU lock clockwise to lock it 6 Repeat the steps above to install the second CPU if needed Pin 1 of the CPU Socket marked with a missing pin hole Pin 1 of th...

Page 24: ...on top of the CPU and insert heatsink s four pegs into the heatsink mounting holes 4 Using a Phillips Screw driver screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible dam age to the CPU Repeat the same step to install the remaining two screws 5 Repeat the steps above to install an other heatsink if needed Heatsink Installation Sc...

Page 25: ...rease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink To Un install the Heatsink Screw 1 Screw 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to ﬁt different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standof...

Page 26: ... all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 supports up to 16 GB of Reg ECC DDRII 400 PC3200 memory Notes 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not support more than 4GB of memory 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is dispropor...

Page 27: ...lot 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports 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 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 1 4 Back Panel USB Port 2 5 COM Port 1 T...

Page 28: ...l at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed 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 Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Grou...

Page 29: ...s located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions NMI Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 15 5V 16 Ground GLAN2 X6DLP 4G2 S UPER A NMI B PWR LED A B C Front ...

Page 30: ...t2 is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 At tach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin deﬁnitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions HDD LED Pin ...

Page 31: ...s 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 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 Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 ...

Page 32: ...Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Reset Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc V...

Page 33: ...ON 4 5V 17 COM 5 COM 18 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Secondary Power Connector Pin Deﬁnitions PW2 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 8 pin PWR FP CTRL JWOR GLAN CTRL PCIEX8 Slot 6 PCIX 6 PCIX 66MHz ZCR North Bridge PW4 ATX PWR 24 Pin CPU 1 CPU 2 COM2 6300ESB ICH PW3 JPL1...

Page 34: ... 66MHz I SATA1 PCIEX8 Exp SPKR JPF JT2 AIC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Universal Serial Bus USB There are two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 0 1 located on the I O panel and additional two USB ports USB 2 3 on the motherboard These two USB USB 2 3 ports can be ...

Page 35: ...xp SPKR JPF JT2 AIC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and to be awakened 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 Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des ignated JWOL ...

Page 36: ...e DIMM 4B DIMM 4A GLAN CTRL JPL2 X6DLP 4G2 S UPER WOL Slot 5 PCIX 5 PCIX 66MHz I SATA1 PCIEX8 Exp SPKR JPF JT2 AIC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 Serial Ports There are one Serial Port COM1 J4 and one Serial Header COM2 J5 on the X6DLP 4G2 EG2 See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports A G bit Ethernet port designated JLAN1 JLAN2 is located beside the VGA por...

Page 37: ...nd PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located at J2 See the table at right for pin deﬁnitions See Figure 2 3 for the locations of these ports Fan Headers There are six fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 6 on the X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 Fan1 and Fan 2 are CPU fans Fan3 to Fan6 are system cooling fans See the table on the right for pin deﬁni tions Note These fan headers are 4 pin fans Pins ...

Page 38: ...L2 X6DLP 4G2 S UPER WOL Slot 5 PCIX 5 PCIX 66MHz I SATA1 PCIEX8 Exp SPKR JPF JT2 AIC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the PW4 header to provide warning of power supply failure This warning 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 deﬁnitions Note This feature i...

Page 39: ...MB Power I2 C Connector I2 C Connector PW3 located next to the ATX 24 pin PWR Connector monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature Speaker Power LED Keylock On the JF2 header pins 1 3 5 7 are for the Speaker and Pins 2 4 6 are for the Power LED and pins 8 10 are for Keylock See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an ...

Page 40: ...CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used tochoosebetweenoptionalsettings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identiﬁed with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note Ontwopinjumpers Closed mean...

Page 41: ...nitor that takes action when a soft ware application hangs Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if a program hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt for the program that hangs This requires software implementation Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing o...

Page 42: ...DLP 4G2 S UPER WOL Slot 5 PCIX 5 PCIX 66MHz I SATA1 PCIEX8 Exp SPKR JPF JT2 AIC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper set tings The default setting is enabled SMB Data SMB CLK to PCI Jumpers J13 J15 allow you to connect PCI Slot1 PCI X Slot5 PCI X Slot6 to the System Management Bu...

Page 43: ...LAN2 SCSI Controller Enable Disable ForX6DLP 4G2 only Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or disable the SCSI Controller The default setting is pins 1 2 to enable all four headers See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable ForX6DLP 4G2 only Jumper JPA2 allows you to enable or disable termination for the SCSI con nector The default setting is open to enable the term...

Page 44: ...IC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 Power Force On Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable the function of Power Force On If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function disabled the user needs to press the power button to power on the system Power Force On Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Off Normal On Force On Alarm Reset The system will notify you in the ...

Page 45: ...deo port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED 2 7 Onboard Indicators Right Left GLAN Left LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Deﬁnition Off 10Mbps or No Connection Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps GLAN Right LED Connection Speed In...

Page 46: ...use USB0 1 COM1 VGA GLAN1 GLAN2 South Bridge DIMM 4B DIMM 4A GLAN CTRL JPL2 X6DLP 4G2 S UPER WOL Slot 5 PCIX 5 PCIX 66MHz I SATA1 PCIEX8 Exp SPKR JPF JT2 AIC 7901X Adaptec CPU Fan2 CPU Fan1 GLAN2 Onboard LED Indicators DS1 DS5 DS7 DS8 In addition to the LAN LEDs and SATA LED there are other LED indicators DS1 DS5 DS7 DS8 on the X6DLP 4G2 EG2 DS7 and DS8 are POST Codes LEDs See the table on the rig...

Page 47: ...ollowing 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 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two ﬂoppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires alwa...

Page 48: ...for pin deﬁnitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Floppy Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect...

Page 49: ...Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connector located at J28 Ultra320 SCSI Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Grou...

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Page 51: ...pside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If...

Page 52: ... Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system ﬁrst boots up System conﬁguration NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to Appendix B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that all DIMM modules are properly and fully instal...

Page 53: ...ery function available for the mother board Should a problem occur after you ﬂash the BIOS you will need to change all six BIOS chips Do not shut down or reset the system while updat ing BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We r...

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Page 55: ...s highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMIBIOS Setup Utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of the AMIBIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include F1 ...

Page 56: ...OS Setup screen is shown below When you select the Main Setup the following items will be automatically displayed System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed AMIBIOS Version Build Date ID Processors When you select this option the AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of processors as shown below Type Speed Counts System Memory This option allows the AMI BIOS to displ...

Page 57: ...The time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 4 3 Advanced Settings The Advanced Settings screen and sub menus are listed below Warning When you ﬁrst enter the Advanced Setup screen the Setup Warning will be displayed Please follow the instruction and set the correct value for each item to prevent the system from malfunctioning CPU Conﬁguration Sub ...

Page 58: ...t Enabled to 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 TM2 is available only when it is supported by the CPU IDE Conﬁguration Sub Menu When this sub menu is selected the AMI BIOS automatically displays the follow ing items IDE Conﬁguration This feature allows the user to conﬁgure ...

Page 59: ...ases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the ...

Page 60: ... MB 3 OnBoard Floppy Controller Select Enabled to enable the Onboard Floppy Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI PnP Conﬁguration This feature allows the user to set the PCI PnP conﬁgurations for the following items Plug Play OS Select Yes to allow the OS to conﬁgure Plug Play devices This is not required for system boot if you system has an OS that supports Plug Play Select No to a...

Page 61: ...his option allows the user to assign a PCI slot number to an off board PCI ISA IDE card in order for it to function properly The options are Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 and PCI Slot6 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 This feature speciﬁes the availability of an IRQ to be used by a PCI PnP device Select Reserved for an IRQ to be used by a Legacy ISA device ...

Page 62: ...ess and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Parallel Port Address This option speciﬁes the I O address used by the parallel port Select Disabled to prevent the parallel port from accessing any system resources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable Select 378 to allow the parallel port to use 378 as ...

Page 63: ...ble DMA Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled SouthBridge Conﬁguration This feature allows the user to conﬁgure the settings for the Intel ICH SouthBridge chipset CPU B I S T Enable Select Enabled to enable the function of CPU Built In Self Test The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH Delayed Transaction Select Disabled to set the South Bridge P2P Bridge Secondary Discard Timer to 32 mi...

Page 64: ...The options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Operation Mode through the ACPI and will allow the BIOS to boot up the system without any keyboard mouse and video The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Conﬁguration This feature allows the user to conﬁgure PnP settings Power Button If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as ...

Page 65: ...ent Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable the function of Hub Interface Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled System Bus Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable the function of System Bus Error Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled Memory Buffer Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable the function of Memory Buffer Event l...

Page 66: ...tA Slot4 PCI Express PortB Slot6 PCI Express PortC0 NIC1 PCI Express PortC1 NIC2 This feature allows the user to conﬁgure the PCI Express slot speciﬁed If set to Auto the slots with IO cards installed will be visible If Enabled the IO slots will always be displayed If set to Disabled the IO slots will not displayed The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled PCI Express Compliance Mode Select Enable...

Page 67: ...low Control This feature allows the user to set the ﬂow control for Console Redirection The options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST This feature allows the user to select Disabled to turn off Console Redirection after POST Select Always to keep Console Redirection active all the time Note this setting may not be supported by some operating systems Select Boot Loader to k...

Page 68: ...are 10 Seconds 20 Seconds 30 Seconds and 40 Seconds Emulation Type If set to Auto USB devices that are smaller than 530MB will be emulated as ﬂoppy and the remaining will be emulated as an HDD The Forced FDD option will allow you to conﬁgure an HDD formatted drive to boot as an FDD eg Zip Drive The options are Auto Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk and CD ROM System Health Monitor This feature allows th...

Page 69: ...ll also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM 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 is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system ...

Page 70: ... to display the current BIOS information during system boot Boot up Num Lock This option allows the Number Lock setting to be modiﬁed during boot up The default setting is On The options are On and Off PS 2 Mouse Support This option allows the PS 2 mouse support to be modiﬁed The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled Wait for F1 If Error Select Enable to activate the function of Wait for F1 if Err...

Page 71: ... to specify the boot sequence from available Remov able Drives 1st Drive This option allow the user to specify the boot sequence for 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CD DVD Drives 1st Drive This option allows the user to specify the boot sequence for the 1st CD DVD Drive The opti...

Page 72: ...to clear the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sec tor protection When Enabled AMIBOIS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options ar...

Page 73: ...ect this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system conﬁguration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discarding Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to the AMIBIOS Utility Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exi...

Page 74: ...G2 User s Manual Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not for maximum performance ...

Page 75: ...ly communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the motherboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Section ...

Page 76: ...A 2 X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 User s Manual A 2 DS7 DS8 LED Post Codes LED Indicators Description Message DS7 DS8 On On PWR On On Off SPD Read OK Off On Memory Size OK Off Off Starting Bus Initialization ...

Page 77: ...s are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be veriﬁed D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB ﬂat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and settin...

Page 78: ...occurred while reading the ﬂoppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the ﬂoppy diskette FAT to ﬁnd the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not the correct size F5h Next disabling int...

Page 79: ...d during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the End key was pressed 12h Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h Next programming the ﬂash ROM 1Ah T...

Page 80: ...t IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information 3Ah The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL mes sage next 3Bh The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start 40h Preparing th...

Page 81: ... was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next 62h The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next 65h T...

Page 82: ...ad control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Conﬁguring the timer data area and printer base address next 9Ah Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next 9Bh Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Perform...

Page 83: ...0 option ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system conﬁguration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next B0h The system conﬁguration is displayed B1h Copying any code to speciﬁc areas 00h Code copying to speciﬁc areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next ...

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Page 85: ... serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel 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 provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel 6300 E...

Page 86: ... 4 Under the item Conﬁgure S ATA as RAID select Yes 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 BIOS 6 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 7 During the system startup press the Ctrl and the A keys simultaneously to run the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility when prompted by the followi...

Page 87: ...ller 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 an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Conﬁguration Utility Use this utility to create conﬁgure and manage ar rays Disk Utili...

Page 88: ...G2 User s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and conﬁgure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the enter key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Page 89: ... before you delete it to prevent data loss 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: ...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 C 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown be low Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 5 Press Enter when bo...

Page 91: ...Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using the ACU 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 Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives ...

Page 92: ...he screen shown below Note If you 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 t...

Page 93: ...ACU allows you to use drives of 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 bu...

Page 94: ... 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 followin...

Page 95: ...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 96: ...C 12 X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 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: ...eat 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 98: ... 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 Rebuild 2 ...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...C 16 X6DLP 4G2 X6DLP EG2 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: ...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 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...

Page 102: ...D 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 103: ...After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers 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 i...

Page 104: ...oltages 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 pre cedence over the BIOS settings When ﬁrst installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these threshol...

Page 105: ... 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 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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