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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Summary of Contents for X6DVL-EG2

Page 1: ... X6DVL EG2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a SUPER ...

Page 2: ... total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlo rate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See WWW dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder material...

Page 3: ...cessors This product is intended to be profession ally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to ...

Page 4: ...nboard Indicators 2 23 GLAN LEDs 2 23 SATA LED 2 23 Onboard LED Indicators 2 24 System Alert LED Indicators 2 24 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 25 Parallel Port Connector 2 25 Floppy Connector 2 26 IDE Connectors 2 27 IPMI Connection 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power On 3 1 No Power 3 1 No Video 3 1 Memory Errors 3 2 Losing t...

Page 5: ...IOS Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup 4 3 4 4 Boot Setup 4 17 4 5 Security Setup 4 20 4 6 Exit 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes and DS7 DS8 LED POST Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System C 1 ...

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Page 7: ...ms have all been in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing 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 COM port cable CBL 010 One 1 Serial ATA cable CBL 044 One 1 CPU mounting plate SKT 159 One plate supports up to two CPUs Two 2 CPU retention ...

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Page 9: ...tion Figure 1 1 X6DVL EG2 Image Note All graphics shown in the manual were based upon the latest PCB revision at the time of publishing of this manual Your motherboard may or may not look exactly the same as graphics shown in this manual ...

Page 10: ... on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections indicates Pin 1 KB MS DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Lindenhurst VS North Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 USB 0 1 VGA COM1 8 pin PWR ATX PWR Fan6 SI O PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Battery WOR FAN1 E7320 J13 J15 Hance Rapids USB2 3 J F 1 JBT1 J W D JLAN1 JPL1 WOL JF2 CL CMOS Fan4 Fan3 Fan2 CPU2 CPU1 SMB PWR PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PW1 BIOS LPT Spkr JL1 DS4 DS2 ...

Page 11: ...lots 1A 1B 2A 2B FAN 1 6 CPU Chassis Fans Headers Floppy J24 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP Ctlr JF1 Front Panel Control See Chapter 2 JLAN1 JLAN2 G bit Ethernet GLAN1 GLAN2 Ports I SATA 0 1 JS0 JS1 Intel Hance Rapids Serial ATA Ports 0 1 IDE1 IDE2 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI IPMI Socket Note below JF2 Speaker PWR LED Keylock See Chapter 2 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JSLED SATA LED He...

Page 12: ... SMBIOS 2 3 USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage memory voltage 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V standby 12V and 12V Fan status monitor with fan speed control via Thermal Management CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control via Supero Doctor III CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU ...

Page 13: ...s master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 1 44 MB 1 parallel port Header PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to four USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports back panel 2 ports front panel 2 Intel s Hance Rapids Serial ATA Ports Super I O Video Graphics supported 2 serial connections 1 port 1 header Other External modem ring on Wake on Ring WOR Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection CD Diskette...

Page 14: ...OARD 2GB S PCI 64 BIT 66MHZ 82541 82541 DDR2 400 S ATA HANCE RAPIDS ATI RAGE XL VIDEO PCI 32 BIT33MHZ VIDEO SRAM DIMM A1 DIMM A2 MCH LINDENHURST VS CPU 1 E7320 MOUSE FL HUB INTER S ATA IDE DDR2 400 RJ45 GLAN PCI EXPRESS X4 IN X8 FWH SIO OPPY LPT IPMI SLOT 5 RISER SLOT RJ45 PCI 66MHZ SLOT 6 XEON E64MT XEON E64MT CPU 2 SLOT 4 6300 ESB USB Port 0 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 COM Port Front USB Fr...

Page 15: ...0 Lindenhurst VS also supports the new PCI Ex press high speed serial I O interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two independent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are com pliant with the PCI Express Interface Specification Rev 1 0a...

Page 16: ...V 12V 3 3V Standby 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 if SuperDoctorIII is installed Users can adjust the voltage thresholds in SuperDoctorIII Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM of the cooling fans Th...

Page 17: ... reaches a pre defined threshold a thermal monitoring mechanism will reduce the pro cess speed by lowering the bus to core ratio of the processor core clock and decrease the voltage input by changing the CPU VID This combination of reduced CPU bus frequency and CPU VID effectively decreases CPU power consumption to prevent processor overheat and greatly increases system stability This function is ...

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

Page 19: ...cuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also pr...

Page 20: ...1 14 Introduction X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Notes ...

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

Page 22: ...id placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up 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 Socket lever I...

Page 23: ... Heatsink Installation Caution Heatsinks are heavy please handle with care 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 possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tight ening all four screws ...

Page 24: ...he right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wrig gling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink T...

Page 25: ...e 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 X6DVL EG2 supports up to 8 GB of Reg ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 memory All motherboards were designed to support 2GB PC3200 mod ules in each slot but only the 1 GB modules are tested Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have ...

Page 26: ...s 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 Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom 2 DDR2 Top View 1 2 ...

Page 27: ...ned 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 OH Fan Fail 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 Vcc...

Page 28: ...tions PW1 Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 COM 16 PS_ON 17 COM 18 COM 19 COM 20 Res NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 COM Pin Number Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PWR_OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power supply PW1 and a 8 pin power connector PW2 on the mother board See below These power connectors meet the SS...

Page 29: ...MB PWR PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PW1 BIOS LPT Spkr JL1 DS4 DS2 Fan5 JPG1 GLAN Enable COM2 JSLED 6300ESB Floppy P W 2 PW3 PW4 JAR DS1 DS5 DS9 DS7 DS8 VGA Controller JLAN2 GLAN CTRL GLAN CTRL JPL2 PCIE 4 PCI E X4 PCI 2 PCI 33MHz PCI 1 PCI 33MHz IPMI I SATA0 I SATA1 Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button The non mas...

Page 30: ... DS5 DS9 DS7 DS8 VGA Controller JLAN2 GLAN CTRL GLAN CTRL JPL2 PCIE 4 PCI E X4 PCI 2 PCI 33MHz PCI 1 PCI 33MHz IPMI I SATA0 I SATA1 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connections for the GLAN port1 port2 are located on pins 11 12 and pins 9 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC LED cable to dis play network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 LED ...

Page 31: ...PMI I SATA0 I SATA1 Overheat Fan Fail LED Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 7 ...

Page 32: ...P W 2 PW3 PW4 JAR DS1 DS5 DS9 DS7 DS8 VGA Controller JLAN2 GLAN CTRL GLAN CTRL JPL2 PCIE 4 PCI E X4 PCI 2 PCI 33MHz PCI 1 PCI 33MHz IPMI I SATA0 I SATA1 Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on t...

Page 33: ...n A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 Attach the appropri ate cable to inform you of a chas sis intrusion Pin Definition 1 5V 2 P0 3 P0 4 Ground Pin Number 2 4 6 8 10 Definition 5V PO PO Ground Ground Pin Number 1 3 5 7 Definition 5V PO PO Ground USB Pin Definition USB 2 3 Front Panel USB USB O 1 Back Panel USB Universal Serial Bus USB There are two Universal Serial Bus ports J3 USB 0 1 ...

Page 34: ...is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J2 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Fan Headers There are six fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 6 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Note These fan headers are 4 pin fans Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with th...

Page 35: ... COM1 J4 and COM2 J5 se rial ports are located on the left side of the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions Wake On Ring JWOR The Wake On Ring header is des ignated WOR This function al lows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incom ing call to the modem when in sus pend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cab...

Page 36: ...in Number 1 2 3 Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL KB MS DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Lindenhurst VS North Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 USB 0 1 VGA COM1 8 pin PWR ATX PWR Fan6 SI O PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Battery WOR FAN1 E7320 J13 J15 Hance Rapids USB2 3 J F 1 JBT1 J W D JLAN1 JPL1 WOL JF2 CL CMOS Fan4 Fan3 Fan2 CPU2 CPU1 SMB PWR PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PW1 BIOS LPT S...

Page 37: ...SATA1 Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fault header PW4 to provide warning of power supply failure This warn ing signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fault Pin Definitions Pin Number 1 2 3 4 Definition P S 1 Fail Signal P S 2 Fail Signal P S 3 Fail Signal Reset fro...

Page 38: ...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 external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 5 7 with a jumper VGA PWR LED Speaker Keylock VGA Connector A VGA connector J6 is located next to th...

Page 39: ...able the Gigabit LAN ports on the mother board See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 KB MS DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Lindenhurst VS North Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 USB 0 1 VGA COM1 8 pin PWR ATX PWR Fan6 SI O PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Battery WOR...

Page 40: ... IPMI I SATA0 I SATA1 Alarm Reset The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Super micro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should dis able this the default setting with JAR to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Closed Opened ...

Page 41: ...ngs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an application is hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog can also be enabled via BIOS Note when enabled the user needs to write his own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer W D Clear COMS KB MS DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DI...

Page 42: ...led SMB Clock to PCI Bus J15 KB MS DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Lindenhurst VS North Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 USB 0 1 VGA COM1 8 pin PWR ATX PWR Fan6 SI O PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Battery WOR FAN1 E7320 J13 J15 Hance Rapids USB2 3 J F 1 JBT1 J W D JLAN1 JPL1 WOL JF2 CL CMOS Fan4 Fan3 Fan2 CPU2 CPU1 SMB PWR PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PW1 BIOS LPT Spkr JL1 DS4 DS2 Fan5 JPG1 GLAN Enable COM2 JSLED 6300ESB ...

Page 43: ...M 1B Lindenhurst VS North Bridge IDE 1 IDE 2 USB 0 1 VGA COM1 8 pin PWR ATX PWR Fan6 SI O PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Battery WOR FAN1 E7320 J13 J15 Hance Rapids USB2 3 J F 1 JBT1 J W D JLAN1 JPL1 WOL JF2 CL CMOS Fan4 Fan3 Fan2 CPU2 CPU1 SMB PWR PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PW1 BIOS LPT Spkr JL1 DS4 DS2 Fan5 JPG1 GLAN Enable COM2 JSLED 6300ESB Floppy P W 2 PW3 PW4 JAR DS1 DS5 DS9 DS7 DS8 VGA Controller JL...

Page 44: ... 4 5 and POST LED DS 7 8 In addition to the LAN LED Indica tors and SATA LED Header there are other LED indicators DS1 DS2 DS4 DS5 DS7 DS8 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Note Please refer to Appendix A for DS7 and DS8 LED POST Codes On board LED Pin Definitions DS DS1 DS2 DS4 DS5 DS7 8 Definition CPU PWR good or CPU 12V PWR Cable must be connected CPU2 VRM Overhe...

Page 45: ...allel Port cable CBL_081 to use this con nector Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 3 Data Bit 0 5 Data Bit 1 7 Data Bit 2 9 Data Bit 3 11 Data Bit 4 13 Data Bit 5 15 Data Bit 6 17 Data Bit 7 19 ACK 21 BUSY 23 PE 25 SLCT Pin Number Function 2 Auto Feed 4 Error 6 Init 8 SLCT IN 10 GND 12 GND 14 GND 16 GND 18 GND 20 GND 22 GND 24 GND 26 NC Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Printer KB MS DIMM 2A DIMM 2B...

Page 46: ...7 DS8 VGA Controller JLAN2 GLAN CTRL GLAN CTRL JPL2 PCIE 4 PCI E X4 PCI 2 PCI 33MHz PCI 1 PCI 33MHz IPMI I SATA0 I SATA1 Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located at J24 See the table below for pin definitions Pin Number Function 1 GND 3 GND 5 Key 7 GND 9 GND 11 GND 13 GND 15 GND 17 GND 19 GND 21 GND 23 GND 25 GND 27 GND 29 GND 31 GND 33 GND Pin Number Function 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN ...

Page 47: ...TA0 I SATA1 IDE Connectors The IDE Connectors are lo cated at J44 IDE1 and J38 IDE 2 You do not need to configure jumpers for these connectors See the table on the right for pin defini tions Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 GND 21 DRQ3 23 I O Write 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 3...

Page 48: ... IDE 1 IDE 2 USB 0 1 VGA COM1 8 pin PWR ATX PWR Fan6 SI O PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Battery WOR FAN1 E7320 J13 J15 Hance Rapids USB2 3 J F 1 JBT1 J W D JLAN1 JPL1 WOL JF2 CL CMOS Fan4 Fan3 Fan2 CPU2 CPU1 SMB PWR PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PW1 BIOS LPT Spkr JL1 DS4 DS2 Fan5 JPG1 GLAN Enable COM2 JSLED 6300ESB Floppy P W 2 PW3 PW4 JAR DS1 DS5 DS9 DS7 DS8 VGA Controller JLAN2 GLAN CTRL GLAN CTRL JPL2 PCI...

Page 49: ...s fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Make sure to use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recom mended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure that ...

Page 50: ...know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure 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 configur...

Page 51: ...count 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 X6DVL EG2 has four 240 pin DIMM slots that support regis tered ECC DDRII 400 PC3200 SDRAM ...

Page 52: ...d security and audio drivers Note The CD is a bootable disc and can be used to create driver diskettes 3 4 Returning Merchandise 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 th...

Page 53: ...ide The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be config ured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame dis plays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message ...

Page 54: ...etup the following items will be automatically displayed System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed AMI BIOS Version Build Date ID Processors When you select this option the AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of processors as shown in the screen below Type Speed Count System Memory This option allows the AMI BIOS to display the status of memory installed in the sy...

Page 55: ... 30P M as 17 30 00 4 3 Advanced Settings 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 X X X X XCPU Configuration Sub Menu Configure Advanced CPU Settings This option allows the user to configure Advanced CPU settings for the processor s insta...

Page 56: ...a at 64 bit per cache line If Enabled it will fetch data at 128 bit per cache line Hyper Threading Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of Hyper Threading Enabling Hyper Threading results in increased CPU performance CPU Force PR If Enabled the FORCEPR will function as an input pin If disabled the state of FORCEPR will be ignored by the CPU The options are Enabled and...

Page 57: ...and P ATA S ATA Please refer to Addendum D for Parallel ATA and Serial ATA information P ATA S ATA Combined Mode Operation This feature allows the user to select the IDE Combined Mode The options are P ATA Parallel ATA 1ST Channel and S ATA Serial ATA 1st Channel S ATA Ports Definition This feature allows the user to configure Serial ATA Ports The options are P0 Master P1 Slave P0 Slave P1 Master ...

Page 58: ...w keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your system must be eq...

Page 59: ...ue if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Mult...

Page 60: ...led Hard Disk Write Protect Select Enabled to enable the function of Hard Disk Write Protect to prevent data from being written to HDD The options are Enabled or Disabled IDE Detect Time Out This feature allows the user to set the time out value for detecting ATA ATA PI devices installed in the system The options are 0 sec 5 Mode 1 0 15 20 25 30 and 35 X X X X XFloppy Configuration This option all...

Page 61: ...ncy to 192 PCI clock cycles Select 224 to set the PCI latency to 224 PCI clock cycles Select 248 to set the PCI latency to 248 PCI clock cycles Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this value to allow or prevent the system from assigning an interrupt address to the VGA adapter card The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed ...

Page 62: ...on Sub Menu Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt addre...

Page 63: ...ectional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This feature allows the AMI BIOS to select the ECP DMA Mode for the parallel port The Options are DMA0 DMA1 and DMA3 Parallel Port IRQ Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 X X X X XAdvanced Chipset Settings This item allows the user to configure the Advanced Chipset settings for the system XNorthBridge Config...

Page 64: ...tem allows the user to enable or disable ACPI support for the operating system Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI 2 0 Features Select Yes to allow RSDP pointers to point to the 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables Select No to deactivate this function The options are Yes and No ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to allow the ACPI APIC Table Pointer to be included in the RSDP pointer list The options...

Page 65: ...h the WD jumper see Chapter 2 for details The options are Enabled and Disabled XEvent Log Configuration Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log View Event Log This feature allows the user to view all unread events Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear Event Logs This setting will clear all event logs when ...

Page 66: ... State Power Management Select Enabled to activate the function of power management for signal transactions between PCI Express L0 and L1 Link The options are Enabled and Disabled I O Expander and Mode This feature allows the user to set the IO Expand Mode for Hot Plug sup port The options are PCA9555 Two PCA9554 One PCA9554 Low One PCA9554 High Two PCA9554A One PCA9554A Low and Two PCA9554 High P...

Page 67: ...ptions are Disabled Enabled and Auto USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 Controller The options are Disabled or Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting allows you to configure USB 2 0 Controller Mode The options are Hi Speed 480 Mbps or Full Speed 12Mbps USB Mass Storage Device Configurations USB Mass Storage Reset Delay This setting allows you to decide ho...

Page 68: ...e The AMI BIOS will automatically display the following information CPU1 VCORE CPU2 VCORE for 2U systems 3 3V Vcc V 5 Vin 12V Vcc V 12V Vcc V DRAM VTT 1 2V Vcc DIMM Voltage 1 5V 5V Standby 3 3V Standby Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in t...

Page 69: ...Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server 5 4 pin Workstation Fan1 Speed to Fan6 Speed 4 4 Boot Settings Configuration This item allows the user to configure the following boot settings for the system Quick Boot Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to skip certain test during POST in order to shorten the time needed for the system to bootup The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot Set this ...

Page 70: ...able to activate the function of Wait for F1 if Error The options are Enabled and Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Select Enabled to display Setup Message when the user hits the DEL key The options are Enabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot Progress Bar Enable this function to allow the system to d...

Page 71: ...e user to specify the Boot sequence from available Hard Drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The options are HDD and Disabled XRemovable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Removable Drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive Generic Storage Device and D...

Page 72: ...r 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 sector protection When Enabled the AMI BIOS 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 are E...

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

Page 74: ...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 maximum performance ...

Page 75: ...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 2 6 Appendix A AMIBIOS Error Beep Co...

Page 76: ...A 2 X6DVL 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: ...he initialization code checksum 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 setting the Stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h Theinitializationcodeiscopied...

Page 78: ...AT 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 internal cache memory FBh Next detecting the type of flash ROM FCh Next erasing the flash ROM FDh Next programming the flash ROM FFh Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B 3 Uncompressed...

Page 79: ...ollers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h Thevideodisplayhasbeendisabled PortBhasbeeninitialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next 1Ah The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next 2Bh Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configu rat...

Page 80: ...checking next 34h Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next 37h The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next 38h Initializing the bus input 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...

Page 81: ...ext 4Fh The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next 50h The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51h The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next 52h The memory above 1...

Page 82: ...mpleted Checking for a locked key next 84h Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next 85h The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next 86h The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next 87h The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncom...

Page 83: ...n after the Coprocessor test next 9Eh Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Displaying any soft errors next A3h The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next A4h The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next A5h Memor...

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Page 85: ...nality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7320 Lindenhurst VS 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 tw...

Page 86: ...g RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk 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 th...

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: ...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: ...own in gray and cannot be used 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 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 below Note To deselect any disk highlight the...

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: ...grate 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 wish ...

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: ...risk 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 mes...

Page 95: ...on Initializing 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 To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC ut...

Page 96: ...C 12 X6DVL 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: ...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: ...m 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 Pre...

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: ...C 16 X6DVL 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: ...e 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 the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in...

Page 102: ... 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 the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated ...

Page 103: ...tire contents of the CD C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to ...

Page 104: ...tages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subse quent changes to these thresholds must ...

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

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