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Appendix C: Software Installation

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Repeat

Step 4

so that both drives to be initialized are selected (as shown in

the screen below).

Press

Enter

Read the warning message as shown in the screen.

Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize. If cor-

rect, type Y to continue.

Summary of Contents for X6QT8

Page 1: ...SUPER X6QT8 X6QTE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...CT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara Co...

Page 3: ...stalled Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features speciﬁcations 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 Chapter 3 describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory an...

Page 4: ...iew 1 12 1 3 Special Features 1 13 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 13 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 13 1 5 ACPI Features 1 14 1 6 Power Supply 1 15 1 7 Super I O 1 16 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 ...

Page 5: ...7 VGA Enable 2 18 Power Supply Failure 2 18 SMB Header 2 19 SMB Power Connector 2 19 Power LED Speaker 2 20 Compact Flash Card Power Connectors 2 20 JTAG Connector 2 21 Alarm Reset 2 21 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 22 Clear CMOS 2 23 Watch Dog 2 23 VGA Enable Disable 2 24 FSB Speed Select 2 24 SCSI Controller Enable Disable 2 25 SCSI Termination Enable...

Page 6: ...deo 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Conﬁguration 3 1 Memory Errors 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 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 16 4 5 Security Setup 4 18 4 6 Exit 4 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appen...

Page 7: ...ollowing 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 036L 2 One 1 ﬂoppy ribbon cable CBL 022L Two 2 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 SCSI Cable CBL 034L U320 X6QT8 only One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT07L One 1 Supermicro CD contain...

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Page 9: ... may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 2 The X6QTE does not contain onboard SCSI components and dual PXH Con trollers It has only one PCI Exp slot Slot 6 PCI Exp x16 3 When one CPU is used install it in CPU Socket 1 When two CPUs are used install them in Socket 1 and Socket 2 If three CPUs are used install them in Sockets 1 2 and 3 4 To optimize memory performance plea...

Page 10: ...odules in the following slots ﬁrst DIMMs A1 B1 DIMMs A3 B3 DIMMs A5 B5 DIMMs A7 B7 Also refer to Pg 2 6 in Chapter 2 for details DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X6QT8 SUPER WOL1 I SAT...

Page 11: ...See Pg 2 6 in Chapter 2 FAN 1 9 CPU Chassis System Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL Front Control Panel Connector JF1 GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 IDE 1 2 Connectors Compact Flash Card supported IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket JTAG JTAG Connector for the CPLD JP2 Note 6 Pg 1 4 KB MS PS 2 Keyboard Mouse PWR LED SPKR PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins 5 7 JD1 PWR Supply Fail PWR Supp...

Page 12: ...1 6 X6QT8 X6QTE User s Manual LED Indicator Description DA1 DA2 Onboard SCSI Chan A Chan B LEDs OH LED Overheat LED JOH1 Onboard PWR LED Power LED Indicator LE1 ...

Page 13: ... DIMM modules in the following slots ﬁrst DIMMs A1 B1 DIMMs A3 B3 DIMMs A5 B5 DIMMs A7 B7 Please also refer to Pg 2 6 in Chapter 2 for details 8 The X6QTE supports up to 95W CPUs DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Battery JPG1 I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X6QTE SUPER W...

Page 14: ... Memory RAM Slots FAN 1 9 CPU Chassis System Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 IDE 1 2 Connectors Compact Flash Card supported IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket JTAG JTAG Connector for the CPLD JP2 Note5 Pg 1 7 KB MS PS 2 Keyboard Mouse PWR LED SPKR PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins 5 7 JD1 PWR Supply Fail PWR Supply Failure ...

Page 15: ...Expansion Slots See Note 3 on Page 1 4 Two PCI Exp slots Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 slot x4 signal in x8 connector Slot 6 PCI E x8 in x 16 slot x8 signal in x16 connector Four PCI X slots Slot 1 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slots 2 4 PCI X 133MHz Note Slot 1 to Slot 5 are not available on the X6QTE BIOS 8 Mb AMI Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 USB Keyboard and Hardware BIOS V...

Page 16: ... 2 0 Socket Intel 82571 EB dual port gigabit Ethernet controller Two EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces supports UDMA Mode5 PIO Mode4 ATA 100 and up to 4 IDE devices One ﬂoppy port interface up to 2 88 MB PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 2 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus rear ports USB 2 0 internal headers 2 headers Two Intel ICH5R Serial ATA Connectors support RAID 0 1 and JBOD One ATI ES100...

Page 17: ... D XMB XMB DDRII 400 DDRII 400 DIMMs 4 DDRII 400 DIMMs 4 DDRII 400 SLOT 1 PCI X PCI3 PCI X BUS 133 MHZ PCI X BUS 100 MHZ AIC7902W SCSI ZCR 1 PCI X SLOT PCI1 SLOT 1 PCI X PCI2 PCI EXPx8 SLOT PCIEXP1 PCI EXP A 4 7 X4 E8501 XMB XMB ICH5R HUB PCI BUS 32 BIT DDRII 400 IDE PRI SEC UDMA 100 VGA 0 1 SATA SATA LPC BUS USB USB PORT 0 1 2 3 BMC CON FWH LPC I O DDRII 400 A DIMMs 4 DDRII 400 DIMMs X8 PCI EXP C...

Page 18: ...w for extraordinary completion Independent Memory Interface Memory support features include the following Four Independent Memory Interface IMI ports each with up to 5 33 GB bandwidth read and 2 67 GB bandwidth write simultaneously at 166 7 MHz or with up to 6 4 GB bandwidth read and 3 2 GB bandwidth write simulta neously at 200 MHz 40 bit addressing support provides one terabyte addressing capabi...

Page 19: ...sholds via Supero Doctor III to deﬁne the sen sitivity 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 the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal co...

Page 20: ... 1 5 ACPI 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 dr...

Page 21: ...r 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 In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake O...

Page 22: ...ed 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 provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator ...

Page 23: ...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 24: ...t system bootup 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 Socket lever Pin1 Socket lever in the locking Position 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using on...

Page 25: ...st snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Passive Heatsink Screw 1 Screw 2 Heatsink Installation IMPORTANT Due to the weight of the Passive Heatsink about 1KG you need to have Heatsink Mounting plate installed on the chassis to prevent damage to the CPU and the motherboard Note The CPU heatsink shown in...

Page 26: ...ce 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 proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Caution We do not recommend that you remove the CPU or heatsink However if you do need to un install the heatsi...

Page 27: ...htly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Please note that some components are very close to the mounting holes Take caution when installing or removing these components to prevent damage to the components Lever Processor installed Triangle Triangle Empty socket Warning Make sure that you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU otherwise damage to th...

Page 28: ... performance install DIMM modules in the following slots ﬁrst DIMMs A1 B1 DIMMs A3 B3 DIMMs A5 B5 DIMMs A7 B7 3 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 4 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules Memory Support The X6QT8 X6QTE s...

Page 29: ...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 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5...

Page 30: ...assis These connectors are designed speciﬁcally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin 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 Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED...

Page 31: ...2 CPU 1 Fan6 Fan5 LE1 JD1 UXMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL 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 Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED Power LED The Power LED connection i...

Page 32: ...ED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A HDD B NIC1 NIC2 A B DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X6QT8 S...

Page 33: ...Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Fail LED A B DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X6QT8 SUPER WOL1 I SATA2 Fan2 GLAN2 DIMM B8 D...

Page 34: ...ED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED A Reset B PWR Button A B DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X6QT8 SUPER WOL1 I SATA2 Fan2 GL...

Page 35: ...21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Secondary Power Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V A 24 Pin PWR B 8 Pin PWR A B DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South ...

Page 36: ...DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach an 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 tw...

Page 37: ...XMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and to be woken by an incoming call to the mo dem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions You mu...

Page 38: ... CPU 1 Fan6 Fan5 LE1 JD1 UXMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL Serial Ports There are one Serial Port COM1 JCOM1 and one Serial Header COM2 JCOM2 on the motherboard The Serial Header located at JCOM2 can be accessed from the front panel See the table on the right ...

Page 39: ...A1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 on the I O Backplane See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Fan Headers There are nine fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 9 on the motherboard These Fan...

Page 40: ...Fan6 Fan5 LE1 JD1 UXMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL Power Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the J3P1 header to provide a warning of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failur...

Page 41: ...PU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X6QT8 SUPER WOL1 I SATA2 Fan2 GLAN2 DIMM B8 DIMM A8 DIMM B7 DIMM A7 Fan7 Fan8 GLAN1 DIMM A3 DIMM B3 DIMM A4 Fan9 GLAN CTRL Slot 6 PCI Ex8 inx16 slot BIOS Slot 4 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 1 PCI X...

Page 42: ... B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL A PWR LED SPKR JD1 B Compact Flash PWR JWF1 C Compact Flash PWR JWF2 A B Power LED Speaker JD1 On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin deﬁni tions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard ...

Page 43: ... Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL A JTAG B Alarm Reset A JTAG Connector JTAG Connector located next to the IDE2 connector allows you to configure the onboard CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions JTAG Connector Pin Deﬁnition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 TLK Pin 3 TD0 ...

Page 44: ...le on the right for jumper settings GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Default Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A GLAN 1 2 Enable DIMM A6 DIMM B6 DIMM B2 DIMM A2 DIMM B5 DIMM A5 JRB1 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU 4 CPU 3 COM2 ICH5R JPL1 JP13 Slot 5 PCI Ex4 in x8 Slot Battery JPG1 SCSI Channel A I SATA1 IPMI IDE 2 Fan1 VGA CTRL USB2 3 KB Mouse USB0 1 COM1 VGA South Bridge DIMM B1 DIMM A1 X...

Page 45: ...PA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL Watch Dog JWD1 controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes actions when a software application hangs Closing pins 1 2 to allow Watch Dog to reset the system if a program hangs Closing pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt for the program hangs This requires software implementation Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS CMOS Clear JBT1 is ...

Page 46: ...MB JL1 WOR1 SCSI Channel B IDE 1 PSSMB WD1 Fan3 Fan4 CPU 2 CPU 1 Fan6 Fan5 LE1 JD1 UXMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings VGA Enable Disa...

Page 47: ... JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL C SCSI Controller Enable Disable For X6QT8 only Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or disable the SCSI Controller The default setting is pins 1 2 to enable the SCSI Controller See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable For X6QT8 only Jumper JPA2 allows you to enable or disable SCSI Channel A Termina tion and JPA3 for SC...

Page 48: ... J3P1 JAR1 SMB JL1 WOR1 SCSI Channel B IDE 1 PSSMB WD1 Fan3 Fan4 CPU 2 CPU 1 Fan6 Fan5 LE1 JD1 UXMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL A 3rd PWR Fail Detect A 3rd PWR Supply PWR Failure Detect JP13 This function allows the system to no tify you in the event of a pow...

Page 49: ...C7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL GLAN LEDs There are two Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports located beside the Video port on the motherboard Each GLAN port has two LEDs The blinking Amber LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associated with the se...

Page 50: ...SI Channel B IDE 1 PSSMB WD1 Fan3 Fan4 CPU 2 CPU 1 Fan6 Fan5 LE1 JD1 UXMB1 UXMB2 UXMB3 DA1 DA2 J27 JPA1 8 Pin PW 8 Pin PW UXMB4 E8501 North Bridge PXH PXH SCSI AIC7902W DIMM B4 JPA2 JWF1 Floppy JOH1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL A DA1 B DA2 C LE1 A B SCSI Channel Indicators DA1 DA2 X6QT8 only There are two SCSI Channel Status LEDs DA1 DA2 on the motherboard DA1 indicates the SCSI Cha...

Page 51: ...MI Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the ﬂoppy and hard disk drive cables The ﬂoppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single ﬂoppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two ﬂoppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector ...

Page 52: ...1 JPA3 JBT1 JWF2 SPKR CPLD JFSB1 JTAG FP CTRL IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to conﬁgure the onboard IDE 1 and IDE 2 Both IDE 1 and IDE 2 support Compact Flash Cards When a com pact card is used you will need to connect a power cable to its power connector to provide adequate power to the drive JWF1 IDE 1 JWF2 IDE 2 See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions IDE Drive Connectors Pin Deﬁnit...

Page 53: ...RL Ultra320 SCSI Connectors X6QT8 Only Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors SCSI Channel A located at JA1 and SCSI Channel B located at JA2 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 ...

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Page 55: ...tween the motherboard and chas sis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Make sure 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 it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have ...

Page 56: ...e old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not ﬁx the Setup Conﬁguration problem contact your vendor for repairs 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 installed 2 Det...

Page 57: ...an support Answer The X6QT8 X6QTE has 16 240 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC DDR2 533 400 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problem with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located in our web sit...

Page 58: ... 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 complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover any damage incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or impr...

Page 59: ...lighted 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 F10 En...

Page 60: ...ocessors When you select this option the AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of processors as shown below Type Speed Count System Memory This option allows the AMI BIOS to display the status of memory installed in the system System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the arrow keys Enter new values through the ke...

Page 61: ...rocessor s installed in the system Ratio CMOS Setting Available when SpeedStep is disabled This option allows the user to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the FSB frequency The default setting is 16 L3 Cache Available when supported by the OS and the CPU Select Enabled to enable L3 Level 3 Cache in the CPU The options are Enabled and Disabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supporte...

Page 62: ...abled to enable the Execute Disable Bit to allow the processor to classify areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot thus preventing a worm or a virus from creating a ﬂood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Mic...

Page 63: ...meters of Primary IDE Channel Master Slave and Secondary IDE Channel Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct conﬁgurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are 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 Addre...

Page 64: ...o 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 Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMA2 to allow the BIO...

Page 65: ...t the ﬂoppy type The options are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 PCI PnP Conﬁguration This feature allows the user to set the PCI PnP conﬁgurations for the following items Clear NVRAM Select Yes to clear NVRAM during system boot The options are Yes and No Plug Play OS Select Yes to allow the OS to conﬁgure Plug Play devices This is not required for system boot i...

Page 66: ...n IRQ to be used by a Legacy ISA device The options are Available and Reserved DMA Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 3 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Select Available to indicate that a speciﬁc DMA channel is available to be used by a PCI PnP device Select Reserved if a DMA channel speciﬁed is reserved for a Legacy ISA device Reserved Memory Size This feature speciﬁes the size of memory block to be reser...

Page 67: ...stem will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to Disabled the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel PCI X Hub Conﬁguration Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Bus Frequency This option allows the user to set the maximum PCI speed to be used in the PCI slot speciﬁed Select Auto to al...

Page 68: ...Select Enabled to allow the ACPI APIC Table Pointer to be included in the RSDP pointer list The options are Enable and Disabled AMI OEMB Table Select Enabled to allow the OEMB Table Pointer to be included in the R x SDT pointer lists 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 syst...

Page 69: ...rature CPU4 Tempera ture and System Temperature Fan Speed Fan Speed Control This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a workstation Select Server if your syste...

Page 70: ...se follow the instruc tions given on the screen to select the MPS Revision Number The options are 1 1 and 1 4 PCI Express Conﬁguration This section allows the user to conﬁgure the PCI Express slots Active State Power Management Select Enabled to activate the function of power management for signal transac tions between the PCI Express L0 and L1 Links The options are Enabled and Disabled ...

Page 71: ... feature allows the user to select the serial port for Console Redirection The options are COM1 and COM2 Base Address This feature allows the user to set Base Address for the Serial Port Selected The default setting is 2F8h 8 Serial Port Mode This feature allows the user to set the serial port mode for Console Redirection The options are 115200 8 N 1 57600 8 N 1 38400 8 N 1 19200 8 N 1 and 9600 8 ...

Page 72: ...s are Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports and Enabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable USB Legacy support Disable legacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable the USB 2 0 Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting allows y...

Page 73: ...ng 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 System Keyboard This option allows the user to enable or disable all keyboards connected to the system The options are Present...

Page 74: ...ur modem The options are On and Off Restore on AC Power Loss The feature allows the user to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before the power loss The options are Power On Power Off and ...

Page 75: ...rd Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Hard Drives 1st Drive 1ST boot device SCSI 00 AIC 7902B Removable Drives This feature allows the user 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 Drive...

Page 76: ...invoked Set to Always to allow the system to perform a password check when the BIOS Setup is invoked or when the system boots up 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 AMIBOIS displays a warning when any program or virus i...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...ser 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 79: ...ocedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufac turer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the num ber of beeps for the corresponding error Appendix A AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuit...

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Page 81: ...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 82: ...rred 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 interna...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...L 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 the de...

Page 85: ... 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 86: ...ontrol 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 Performing ...

Page 87: ...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 89: ...d 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 ICH5R I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E8501 Chipset the ICH5R I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to t...

Page 90: ...ID Controller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID func tionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting 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 mirro...

Page 91: ...ter 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 previous 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 Co...

Page 92: ...Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sec tions describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the enter key to select Manag ing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Page 93: ... 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 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 pres...

Page 94: ...nd cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Conﬁguration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the ﬁrst screen on page 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 deselect any dis...

Page 95: ...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 Stor age 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 96: ...igrate 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 97: ...rent 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 98: ...erisk 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 me...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...C 12 X6QT8 X6QTE 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 101: ...p 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 cor rect type Y to continue ...

Page 102: ...rm 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 Pr...

Page 103: ...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 104: ...C 16 X6QT8 X6QTE 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 105: ...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 Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide in the...

Page 106: ... 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 indicated in the ...

Page 107: ...re 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 C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installe...

Page 108: ...t 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 The default user name and password are ADMIN Supero Doctor III Int...

Page 109: ...ote Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II ...

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