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Chapter 2: Installation

2-13

LAN1/2

JLAN1

UPER X7DA3+

Fan

8-pin PWR

JF1

FP Control

SPK

PW LED

JOH1

Fan3

IDE1

Floppy

Fan4

SATA3

SATA5

USB4/5

SMB

PCI-X 100 MHz ZCR (Green Slot)

PCI-X 133 MHz

JWD

Battery

GLAN
CTLR

PCI-Exp x4

North Bridge

COM1

Fan6 Fan5

ATX PWR

4-Pin
PWR

J3P

Parrallel

Port

24-Pin

SAS
Controller

PXH

CPU1

CPU2

South
Bridge

Fan7

JAR

J17

PSF

JPW2

JPW1

JPW3

Fan2

ompa

ct Flas

LE1

Fan8

JCF1JWF1

SATA2

SATA4

SATA1

SATA0

JL1

Slot1

Slot2

Slot3

PCI-X 133 MHz

Slot4

JPL2

Slot5

PCI-33MHz

Slot6

PCI-Exp x16

SIM LP IPMI

Slot7

DIMM 1A (Bank 1)

DIMM 1B (Bank 1)

DIMM 2A (Bank 2)

DIMM 2B (Bank 2)

DIMM 3A (Bank 3)

DIMM 3B (Bank 3)

DIMM 4A (Bank 4)

DIMM 4B (Bank 4)

JBT1

JWOL

JWOR

KB/
Mouse

USB 0/
1/2/3

HD
Audio

C3 JI

Greencreek

BIOS

CPU
Fan 1

CD1

JPL1

CPU

Fan2

SGPIO1

SGPIO2

JS10

SAS4-7

SAS0-3

JPS1

ACT0-3

ACT4-7

Audio
CTRL

Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

PWR

Vcc

Ground

Vcc

Ground

NMI

Vcc

PWR Fail LED

NIC2 LED

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. This button can also be con-

ﬁ gured to function as a suspend button

(with a setting in BIOS - see Chapter 4).

To turn off the power when set to suspend

mode, press the button for at least 4

seconds. Refer to the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions.

Power Button

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

Signal

+3V Standby

Reset Button

The Reset Button connection is located

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 deﬁ nitions.

Reset Button

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

Reset

Ground

A. Reset Button

B. PWR Button

Summary of Contents for X7DA3 Plus

Page 1: ... X7DA3 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a SUPER ...

Page 2: ...rsuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause interference with radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfe...

Page 3: ...m products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed 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 compon...

Page 4: ...nitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 4 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 5 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin...

Page 5: ... 21 Power SMB Connector 2 21 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector 2 22 SGPIO Headers 2 22 High Deﬁnition Audio 2 23 CD Connector 2 23 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 24 Explanation of Jumpers 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable 2 24 CMOS Clear 2 25 Watch Dog 2 25 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 2 26 SAS Controller Enable 2 26 Compact Flash Master Slave Enable Disable 2 27 Alarm Reset 2 27 SMB to PCI X PCI E Slots 2 28 2 8 Onboar...

Page 6: ...3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 6 4 5 Security Setup 4 23 4 6 Boot Setup 4 24 4 7 Exit 4 25 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS C 1 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows O...

Page 7: ... Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 02 One 1 ﬂoppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L Two 2 I Pass to 4 SATA Straight Through Cables CBL 0097L 02 One 1 I O b...

Page 8: ...r Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Paciﬁc Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site...

Page 9: ...te The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual ...

Page 10: ...k 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR J21 KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JLAN1 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek JUSB2 BIOS JKM1 JUSB1 JCOM1 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JC1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 JS1 JS2 JS3 JS4 JS5 JS6 J29 J30 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JSM1 JSM2 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL X7DA3 Motherboard Layout Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detai...

Page 11: ...ont Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 Note 1 Below IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 LE1 LED Note 2 Below 5V Standby PWR LED Indicator OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power System Management I2 C Header PSF Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 SAS 0 3 4 7 J...

Page 12: ...slots two PCI X 133 slots one PCI X 100 ZCR Slot One PCI 33 MHz slot One Low Proﬁle IPMI slot BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PCI X 1 0 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby and 5V standby Fan status monitor with ﬁrmware speed control CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform E...

Page 13: ...pported 1 ﬂoppy port interface 1 serial port 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port 7 1 2 Channel High Deﬁnition Audio Connection Super I O Winbond W83627HG w Hardware Monitor support W83793G PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 ports 2 Headers Super I O Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Mana...

Page 14: ...BD DIMM FBD DIMM PCI EXP X8 PCI EXP X8 PCI 32 33MMZ PCI EXP X8 PXH V PCI X 133 PCI X SLOT PCI EXP X4 PCI EXP_X4_in_X16_SLOT SATA 0 1 2 3 4 5 PCIE X4 PCIE X4 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 SIMLP IPMI CONN EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA100 KB MS FRONT PANEL Port Port Port Port Port Port Port 0 3 4 5 6 7 4 3 1 2 USB 2 0 3 0 Gb S VRM VRM PROCESSOR 1 667 1067 1333 MHz...

Page 15: ...ross two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1 333 GHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset con nects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total of 32 0 GB s for DDR2 667 533 memory The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000X Greencreek chipset offers a wide ra...

Page 16: ...ssage is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to deﬁne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware 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 under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal c...

Page 17: ...g 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 printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an op...

Page 18: ...s even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DA3 can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the speciﬁcations required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin and the 4 pin are also required for adequate power supply to the system Also your ...

Page 19: ...complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DA3 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ... make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Motherboard Installation Note Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you i...

Page 22: ...cket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certiﬁed multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel Xeon LGA 771 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you...

Page 23: ...ket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the sock...

Page 24: ...as already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws CEK Heatsink Installation Screw 2 ...

Page 25: ...sink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as shown in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal...

Page 26: ...size and of the same type in Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 and Bank4 will result in interleaving memory Note 1 Due to the OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Note 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 disproportional Refer to the followi...

Page 27: ...op View of DDR2 FBD Slot DDR2 FBD Top View of DDR2 FBD Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub ﬂash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration ...

Page 28: ...ack Panel I O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 Back Panel USB Port 2 6 Back Panel USB Port 3 7 COM Port 1 Turquoise 8 Parallel Port Printer 9 Gigabit LAN 2 10 Gigabit LAN 1 11 Side_Surround Grey 12 Back_Surround Black 13 CEN LFE Orange 14 Microphone In Pink 15 Front Green 16 Line In Blue See S...

Page 29: ...ectors 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 JF1 Header Pins 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 LE...

Page 30: ...DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Power LED The Power LED connection is 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 pi...

Page 31: ...itions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED LAN1 2 JLAN1 SUPER X7DA3 Fan1 8 pin PWR JF1 FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1 Fan3 IDE1 Floppy Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 SMB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR PCI Exp x4 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P Parrallel...

Page 32: ...l LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 5 Vcc 6 Ground A B A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail LAN1 2 JLAN1 SUPER X7DA3 Fan1 8 pin PWR JF1 FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1 Fan3 IDE1 Floppy Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 SMB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR PCI Exp x4 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P Parrallel Port 24 Pin SAS Controller PXH CPU1 CPU2 South Bridge ...

Page 33: ...an2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio 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 Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be con ﬁgur...

Page 34: ... a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V speciﬁcation The 4 pin 12V PWR supply located at JPW2 is also required to provide ad equate power to the system See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition ...

Page 35: ... CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Universal Serial Bus USB There are six USB 2 0 Universal Se rial Bus ports headers on the mother board Four of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB1 and the other two are Front Panel USB headers USB 4 5 JUSB2 See the tables on the right for pin deﬁnitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusi...

Page 36: ...2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Fan Headers The X7DA3 has eight chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 including two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note Pins 1 3 of 4 pin fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions The onboard fan speeds are...

Page 37: ...M 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions The mouse port is above the key board port See ...

Page 38: ...1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL A WOR B WOL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be woken up by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on th...

Page 39: ...3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin deﬁn...

Page 40: ...PU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail header PSF 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 featu...

Page 41: ... DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your sy...

Page 42: ... CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is locatedatJWF1 FortheCompactFlashCard to work properly you will need to conﬁgure the Jumper JCF1 properly and connect a Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 ﬁrst Refer to the board layout below for the location Compact Flash Card PWR Con...

Page 43: ...SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL A B A HD Audio B CD1 CD Connector A CD connectors CD1 is located below the memory modules See the tables on the right for pin deﬁnitions CD1 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right High Deﬁnition Audio HD Audio The X7DA3 features a 7 1 2 Channel High DeﬁnitionAudio HDA JC1 codecsthatprovide 10DACchannels simultaneo...

Page 44: ... JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identiﬁed with a square solder pad on the printe...

Page 45: ... SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must ...

Page 46: ... JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you sh...

Page 47: ...PU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Compact Flash Master Slave Select A Compact Flash Master Slave Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to connect the CompactFlashCardpowercabletoJWF1 ﬁrst Refer to the boa...

Page 48: ...LPIPMI Slot7 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL A A JI2C 1 2 B JI2C 3 4 C SAS Enable SMB to PCI X PCI E Slots Jumpers JI2C1 JI2C2 allow...

Page 49: ...eencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 8 Onboard Indicators Act...

Page 50: ... 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL B A A SAS Act 0 3 LEDs B SAS Act 4 7 LEDs Onboard SAS Activity LED Indicators There are eight Onboard SAS Activity LED indicators on t...

Page 51: ...PS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J21 See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive and SIMLP IPMI 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 locati...

Page 52: ...use USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL Floppy Connector The ﬂoppy connector is located at J22 See the table below 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 G...

Page 53: ...7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2...

Page 54: ... 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 HD Audio JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Greencreek BIOS CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 JS10 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 JPS1 ACT0 3 ACT4 7 Audio CTRL A B A SAS 0 3 B SAS 4 7 SAS Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition A1 Ground B1 Ground A2 RX 0 B2 TX 0 A3 RX 0 B3 TX 0 A4 Ground B4 Ground A5 R...

Page 55: ...sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure 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 th...

Page 56: ... DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an inter leaved memory scheme is used you must install pair s of modules at a time beginning with Branch 1 then Branch 2 and so on see Page 2 6 6 ...

Page 57: ... 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 experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update ...

Page 58: ...he 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 damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper...

Page 59: ...off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters When a computer is powered on the computer is conﬁgured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Conﬁguration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup ut...

Page 60: ...ng Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears brieﬂy at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to ...

Page 61: ...ystem Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year ﬁelds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date The item displays the date that the BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of ﬂoppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3...

Page 62: ...ill allow the BIOS to automatically conﬁgure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors avai...

Page 63: ...n of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation This feature allows you to select Serial ATA for SATA or Auto Native Mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto SATA Controller Mode SelectCompatibletoallowtheSATAandPATAdrivestobeautomatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatic...

Page 64: ...this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvancedfromthe PhoenixBIOSSetupUtilitymainmenuwiththearrowk...

Page 65: ...ep Mode This option allows you to decide how you are going to use the ACPI Advanced Conﬁguration and Power Interface power management on your system when it is in the sleep mode The options are S1 S1 S3 and S3 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses th...

Page 66: ...e used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or to be writ...

Page 67: ... Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are conﬁgured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graph...

Page 68: ...t Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated ﬁrst The options are Onboard ﬁrst and Add On ﬁrst PCI Fast Delayed Transaction Enable this function to improve DMA data transfer rate for a PCI 32 bit multimedia card The options are Enable and Disabled Reset Conﬁguration Data If set to Yes thi...

Page 69: ...are you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines the size of a hard drive to be accessed by the user The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Cautio...

Page 70: ...or Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predeﬁned value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer ...

Page 71: ...t 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled High Precision Event Time Select Yes to activat...

Page 72: ...hermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predeﬁned overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt Stat...

Page 73: ...llows the user to set the clock delay setting from snoop to prefetch for Direct Cache Access Select a setting from 8 bus cycles to 120 bus cycles in 8 cycle increment The default setting is 32 bus cycles Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and app...

Page 74: ...ws you to assign control of Serial Port B The options are Enabled user deﬁned Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to Serial Port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 ...

Page 75: ...mary and Secondary DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging T...

Page 76: ...19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the ﬂow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected ei...

Page 77: ...increases the fan speed will also increase and vice 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 chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Se...

Page 78: ...terface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled ...

Page 79: ...ion when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL...

Page 80: ...4 22 X7DA3 User s Manual Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 81: ...been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When this item is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to chan...

Page 82: ...rom Boot Orders The items included in the boot list section are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speciﬁed The items included in the candidate list are currently not bootable Use the key or the key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of USB device either ﬁxed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to...

Page 83: ...Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setu...

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Page 85: ...d Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identiﬁed in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at of...

Page 86: ...POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate conﬁguration is correct This error is cleared ...

Page 87: ... ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conﬂict Address conﬂict for speciﬁed device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Conﬁguration Utility to resolve resource conﬂict for the speciﬁed device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identiﬁed Entering SETUP Starting Setup p...

Page 88: ...ed One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if ﬁxed disk and drive A are properly identiﬁed Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attem...

Page 89: ...up Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identiﬁed Run the I2O Conﬁguration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Conﬁguration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Conﬁguration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of t...

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Page 91: ...to two categories recoverable and terminal This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video conﬁguration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected ...

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Page 93: ...he serial cables used in Serial ATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems provide more efﬁcient system cooling faster data transfer and better functionality than Parallel ATA In addition to SATA which is supported by the Intel ESB2 South Bridge the X7DA3 has an Adaptec SAS Serial Attached SCSI 9410W Controller built in SAS supports serial link data transfer...

Page 94: ...er to access the following submenu A Using the Array Conﬁguration Utility TheArray Conﬁguration Utility enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press Ctrl and A simultaneously to display the main menu ...

Page 95: ...ntal loss of data be sure to back up the data on an array before you delete it Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the Array Conﬁguration Utility menu select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter A warning message displays Warning Deleting the array will render array u...

Page 96: ...e un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used To create an array 1 From the Array Conﬁguration Utility menu select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 3 After both disks for the new array are selected press Enter TheArray Properties menu displays as the screen shown below...

Page 97: ...label Under the item Arrays Label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 64LK is default Please do not change the default setting 4 You can select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 using Create RAID via 5 When you are ﬁnished press Done as shown in the previous ...

Page 98: ...ves of different sizes in a RAID However during a build process 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 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic ...

Page 99: ...r The following screen displays 2 From the Select Drive to Create Boot Unit list select the drive you wish to Con ﬁgure Boot Unit and press Insert The Drive you have selected appears in the right window as shown in the screen below 3 Select the disk drive you wish to conﬁgure as a bootable drive from the Selected Drives List in the right window and press Enter The next screen appears ...

Page 100: ...he Boot Unit list in the right window select the bootable drive you wish to delete and press Delete The following screen appears 3 When the screen shown above appears select Delete and press Enter 4 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed Do you want to delete the Bootable Unit Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted ...

Page 101: ...he following screen appears To Add a HotSpare Drive 4 Use the arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a Hotspare and press Insert and Enter 5 Press yes when the following prompt displays Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare drive you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu To Delete a HotSpare Drive 4 FromtheListof AssignedHotSpareDrives intherightwi...

Page 102: ...Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution 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 as sociated with a particular array ...

Page 103: ...c RAID Conﬁguration Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Conﬁguration Utility 3 From the screen below select Initialize Drives and press Enter 4 From the Select drives for initialization list on the left screen select the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert The drive you ve selected will appear on the Selected Drives list as show below ...

Page 104: ...ter 6 When the following message appears make sure that you have selected the correct drive to initialize and press Y to initialize the drive or press N to quit Warning Initialization will conﬁgure the drive s as simple volume disk s Do you want to continue Yes No Press Yes to continue with the Initialization ...

Page 105: ...sing you must perform a Rebuild to get the array to the 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 y...

Page 106: ...s you to conﬁgure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access theAdaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility as shown in the screen below 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press Enter to access the Controller Conﬁguration submenu ...

Page 107: ...e default settings press F6 Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press Esc to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility To Set Controller Conﬁguration 3 Select Controller Conﬁguration and press Enter to access the submenu as sh...

Page 108: ...ct Utility and press Enter to access the Physical Conﬁguration submenu as shown below 3 Select Physical Conﬁguration and press Enter to access SAS Device Conﬁgu ration submenu as shown below 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press Enter and the arrow keys to conﬁgure the item selected 5 To load default settings press F6 6 Press Esc to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility ...

Page 109: ...guration Utility menu select Disk Utilities from the screen as shown above and press Enter 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press Enter The following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again...

Page 110: ... The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to the Adaptec User Guide included in the CD that came with your shipping package You can also download a copy of the Adaptec User Guide from our web site at www supermicro com ...

Page 111: ...OS driver you want to install and press Enter Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays Wh...

Page 112: ...llation is completed the system will automatically reboot Note The Intel RAID Conﬁguration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed 16 ...

Page 113: ...ivers are all included in the Supermicro CD that came with your motherboard Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transf...

Page 114: ... Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the ﬁrst time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter k...

Page 115: ...screen appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not...

Page 116: ...press Space to select it A triangle appears to conﬁrm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB 7 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A ...

Page 117: ... key to select the previous menu 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter 4 When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 5 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 6 When asked Are you sure you want...

Page 118: ...row keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size 5 When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 6 Press Enter when the Create Vol...

Page 119: ...o highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to conﬁrm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB 7 Enter your desired RAID volume ca...

Page 120: ...when deleting a RAID set 1 From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter 2 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays 3 When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu ...

Page 121: ...reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays 4 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility 1 From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear 2 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a ...

Page 122: ...ress the Enter key 5 Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key 6 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci ﬁed press the Enter key to continue with the installation 7 From the Windows XP 2000 2...

Page 123: ... must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 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 d...

Page 124: ...splays crucial system information such as CPU temperatures system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Notes 1 The default password and username are ADMIN 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When ﬁrst installed Supero Doctor III adopts the tem perature threshold settings previ...

Page 125: ...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 that you use Supero Doctor II ...

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