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Chapter 2: Installation

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GLAN1

UPER

X7DB8/E-X

GLAN2

8-pin P W R

F an3

ppy

B IOS

320

F an4

S A T A 1

S A T A 0

US B 2/3

S MB

P C I-X 100 MH z (ZC R -X 7DB 8 only )

P C I-X 133 MH z

J W D

B a ttery

VGA

C T R L

North B ridge

VGA

C O M1

US B 0/1

K B /

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F a n6 F a n5

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P WR

J 3P

24-P in

J P G 1

S C S I C T R L

C P U 1

C P U 2

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B ridge

PXH

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F a n7

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PSF

LE 1

J P A2

J P A3

J P A1

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S A T A 3

S A T A 2

S A T A 4 S A T A 5

J L 1

J K 1

S lot1

S lot2

S lot3

P C I-X 133 MH z

S lot4

J P L 1

J P L 2

S lot5

S lot6

S IMLP IPMI

S lot7

D IMM

( B a n k

D IMM

(B a n k

D IMM

( B a n k

D IMM

(B a n k

D IMM

( B a n k

D IMM

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J B T 1

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J W OR 1

C OM2

D A 2

WOL

S I/O

L A N
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J 27

J 28

S G P IO1

S G P IO2

S MB P S

P C I-X 100 MH z

P C I-X 133 MH z

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F an8

F an2

F an1

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5000P

E S B 2

Adaptec 7902

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 deﬁ nitions.

(The mouse port is above the key-

board port. See the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions.)

PS/2 Keyboard and

Mouse Port Pin

Deﬁ nitions

Pin# Deﬁ nition

Data

Ground

VCC

Clock

Serial Ports

COM1 is a connector located on the

IO Backpanel and COM2 is a header

located at JCOM2. See the table on

the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Serial Port Pin Deﬁ nitions

(COM1/COM2)

Pin # Deﬁ nition

DSR

RTS

CTS

DTR

Ground

A. Keyboard/Mouse

B. COM1

C. COM2

(Pin 10 is available on COM2
only. NC: No Connection.)

Summary of Contents for X7DB8-X

Page 1: ...SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a ...

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

Page 3: ...enterprise server workstation environments This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features speciﬁcations and performance of the mainboard 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 in...

Page 4: ...m AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C Front Control Panel...

Page 5: ...2 20 Overheat LED Fan Fail 2 21 SMB Connector 2 21 SMB Power Connector 2 22 VGA Connector 2 22 SGPIO Headers 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 24 Explanation of Jumpers 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable 2 24 Clear CMOS 2 25 Watch Dog 2 25 SCSI Controller Enabled Disabled 2 26 SCSI Termination Enabled Dsiabled 2 26 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 2 27 VGA Enable Disable 2 27 I2C Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots 2 28 2 7 Onboard ...

Page 6: ...Questions 3 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 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 24 4 6 Boot Setup 4 25 4 7 Exit 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix ...

Page 7: ...luded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 002 One 1 ﬂoppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L One 1 2 Port USB cable CBL 0083 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 COM port cable CBL 010L One 1 SCSI cable CBL 034L U320 X7DB8 X only One 1 i O Backplane Shi...

Page 8: ...ess Super 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 Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web S...

Page 9: ... X Image Note 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: ...l A Fan4 SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery VGA CTRL North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPW R 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin JPG1 SCSI CTRL CPU1 CPU2 South Bridge PXH DIMM 1A Bank 1 Fan7 JAR J17 PSF JPW2 JPW1 JPW3 JD1 JIDE1 LE1 JPA2 JPA3 J22 JA1 JA2 JPA1 320 S CSI Channel B SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 SATA5 JL1 JK1 Slot1 J12 J13 J14 Slot2 Slot3 PCI X 133 MHz S...

Page 11: ...emory FBD DDRII Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Keylock JK1 Keylock Header OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED PSF JP3 Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 PWR LED LE1 PWR LED Indicator Note 6 on Pg 1 4 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins...

Page 12: ...0 MHz slots two PCI X 100 MHz slots Slots 4 5 one PCI X 100 MHz w ZCR slot Slot 1 ZCR is available for the X7DB8 X only BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with ﬁrmware control CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control ...

Page 13: ...us master interfaces supporting one IDE slot Two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers One ﬂoppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to ﬁve USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ATI ES1000 with 16 MB Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83793 HECETA Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on...

Page 14: ...X8 PCI 33MHz RN 50 PCIE X8 PCIE X4 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA 100 KB MS PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 3 1 2 0 VGA CONN KUMERAN USB 2 0 VRM ISL6307 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR 1 1067 1333 MT S 1067 1333 MT S HF PCI E X4 PCI E X8 J14 3 PCI X Slot SCSI 7902 J12 1 J13 2 PXH PCI X ZCR PCI X Slot PCI X100 PCI X133 A B P...

Page 15: ...ed for symmetric multiprocessing across 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 connects up to eight Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory of up to 32 0 GB In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device D...

Page 16: ...oard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen 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 T...

Page 17: ...re deﬁned range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Conﬁguration and Power Interface The ACPI speciﬁ cation deﬁnes a ﬂexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ...

Page 18: ...ity of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN trafﬁc is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN contr...

Page 19: ... interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with ﬂoppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes ...

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

Page 22: ...ou install the processor into the CPU socket 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 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or ...

Page 23: ...the socket Do not move the CPU hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid dam age 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 prop erly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed int...

Page 24: ...e retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws CEK Heatsink Installation Screw 2 Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instr...

Page 25: ... precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the pic ture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3...

Page 26: ...pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will increase memory performance Note 1 Due to 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 avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is dis...

Page 27: ...R2 FBD DDR2 FBD Slot SUPER X7DB8 E X 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 Area 2 if needed A...

Page 28: ...w 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 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 for details SUPER X7DB8 E X ...

Page 29: ...ed on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed speciﬁ cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin deﬁnitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins SUPER X7DB8 E X ...

Page 30: ...6 SIMLP IPMI S lot7 DIMM 1B B ank 1 DIMM 2A B ank 2 DIMM 2B B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 o...

Page 31: ... LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED GLAN1 SUPER X7DB8 E X GLAN2 8 pin P WR F P C trl SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy B IOS 320 S C S I C hannel A Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R X7DB 8 only P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA C T R L North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin J P G1 S CS I CTR L C P U1 C P U2 S outh B ridge PXH DIMM 1A B ank 1...

Page 32: ... X GLAN2 8 pin P WR F P C trl SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy B IOS 320 S C S I C hannel A Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R X7DB 8 only P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA C T R L North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin J P G1 S CS I CTR L C P U1 C P U2 S outh B ridge PXH DIMM 1A B ank 1 F an7 J AR PSF LE1 J PA2 J PA3 J PA1 320 S CS...

Page 33: ...et 4 Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button A B GLAN1 SUPER X7DB8 E X GLAN2 8 pin P WR F P C trl SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy B IOS 320 S C S I C hannel A Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R X7DB 8 only P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA C T R L North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin J P G1 S CS I CTR L C P U1 C P U2 S outh B ridge PX...

Page 34: ... 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power sup ply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the motherboard These power connec tors meet the SSI EPS 12V speciﬁca tion The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required to provide adequate 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 Processo...

Page 35: ...J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 Universal Serial Bus USB There are ﬁve USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 JUSB1 and the other three are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin de...

Page 36: ...00 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 Fan Headers The X7DB8 X X7DBE X has six chassis sys tem fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note Fan1 to Fan4 are 3 pin fans and Fan5 to Fan8 are 4 pin fans However 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 deﬁni tions T...

Page 37: ...ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 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 Se...

Page 38: ... A WOR B WOL GLAN1 SUPER X7DB8 E X GLAN2 8 pin PWR F P C trl SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy B IOS 320 S C S I C hannel A Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R X7DB 8 only P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA C T R L North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin J P G1 S CS I CTR L C P U1 C P U2 S outh B ridge PXH DIMM 1A B ank 1 F an7 J AR PSF...

Page 39: ...3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 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 p...

Page 40: ...C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail PSF header JP3 to provide a warning in the event of a 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 f...

Page 41: ...B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect an appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Overhea...

Page 42: ...PL 1 J PL2 S lot5 S lot6 SIMLP IPMI S lot7 DIMM 1B B ank 1 DIMM 2A B ank 2 DIMM 2B B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 Power SMB I2 C Connector Power SMB I2 C Co...

Page 43: ...ot1 S lot2 S lot3 P C I X 133 MHz S lot4 J PL 1 J PL2 S lot5 S lot6 SIMLP IPMI S lot7 DIMM 1B B ank 1 DIMM 2A B ank 2 DIMM 2B B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902...

Page 44: ... Disabled A A GLAN Port1 Enable B GLAN Port2 Enable B GLAN1 SUPER X7DB8 E X GLAN2 8 pin PWR F P C trl SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy B IOS 320 S C S I C hannel A Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R X7DB 8 only P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA C T R L North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin J P G1 S CS I CTR L C P U1 C P U2 S outh B...

Page 45: ...MOS 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 clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove...

Page 46: ...BPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 A A SCSI Enable B SCSI Channel A Termi nation Enable C SCSI Channel B Termi nation Enable SCSI Controller Enable Disable X7DB8 X Only Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or disable the LSI SCSI controller The default set ting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jump...

Page 47: ...2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Both Jumpers Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature available w...

Page 48: ...3 P C I X 133 MHz S lot4 J PL 1 J PL2 S lot5 S lot6 SIMLP IPMI S lot7 DIMM 1B B ank 1 DIMM 2A B ank 2 DIMM 2B B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 A A SMBus to PC...

Page 49: ... DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the motherboard Each Gigabit Ether net LAN port has two LEDs The yel low Activity LED indicates activity while...

Page 50: ...B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR 1 COM2 DA2 WOL DA 1 S I O J P1 LAN CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators X7DB8 X only There are two Onboard SCSI Activity LED indicators on the X7DB8 X DA1 indic...

Page 51: ...00P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 2 8 Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive SIMLP IPMI 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 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two ﬂoppy disk drives The connector with...

Page 52: ...N CTR L J 27 J 28 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SMBPS P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 100 MHz P C I X 133 MHz Video Memory PXH Fan8 Fan2 Fan1 Buzzer 5000P ESB2 Adaptec 7902 SIMLP IPMI Slot There is a SIM Low Proﬁle IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to the lay out below for the IPMI Slot location A B A IDE B SIMLP IPMI IDE Drive Connectors Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Ho...

Page 53: ...1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground 56 Ground 23 BSY 57 B...

Page 54: ...2 34 X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes ...

Page 55: ...battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VD...

Page 56: ...e 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to ﬁrst check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the speciﬁc system conﬁgura...

Page 57: ...nd download the BIOS ﬁle to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip ﬁle and the exe ﬁle If you choose the zip BIOS ﬁle please unzip the BIOS ﬁle onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch ﬁle using the format ﬂash bat ﬁlename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to ﬂash the BIOS Then ...

Page 58: ... to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is 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 imp...

Page 59: ...ned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the 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 Se...

Page 60: ...essing 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...

Page 61: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year ﬁelds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This ﬁeld displays the date when this version of 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 ...

Page 62: ...ptions of these items Set the correct conﬁgurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This item allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically conﬁgure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the op...

Page 63: ...Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to en...

Page 64: ...ted by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel...

Page 65: ...ry This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvancedfromthe PhoenixBIOSSetupUtilitymainmenuwiththearrowkeys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing Enter ...

Page 66: ...Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 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 the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your syste...

Page 67: ... buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write 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 Cache Base...

Page 68: ...re memory The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Conﬁguration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Conﬁgure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Conﬁgure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The option...

Page 69: ...lation of a new software 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 how large hard drives are to be accessed 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 T...

Page 70: ... I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DB8 X E the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature al...

Page 71: ...lable when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal 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...

Page 72: ...able when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to...

Page 73: ...s setting allows 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 2F...

Page 74: ...log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Sele...

Page 75: ...00 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to select the console type for console redirection 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 console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console is to be connected eit...

Page 76: ...ive When the CPU on die temperature 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 op tion is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if you...

Page 77: ...y voltage If the op tion is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onbo...

Page 78: ...d by voltage If the op tion is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the o...

Page 79: ...face 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 and...

Page 80: ...this option 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 Nu...

Page 81: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 82: ...sor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box...

Page 83: ...above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speciﬁed The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either ﬁxed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of ...

Page 84: ...ity Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in th...

Page 85: ...ed 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 o...

Page 86: ...ious 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 cle...

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: ... tested 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 ...

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...

Page 90: ...A 6 X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes ...

Page 91: ...IOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST ﬂag 0Ah Initialize CPU regi...

Page 92: ... 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced conﬁguration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video conﬁguration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video a...

Page 93: ... and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Conﬁgure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Conﬁgure Motherboard Conﬁgurable Devices optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs 8Ah Initiali...

Page 94: ...ne prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h I...

Page 95: ...type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicati...

Page 96: ...B 6 X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes ...

Page 97: ...ged with your motherboard Note that 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 transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial ca...

Page 98: ...AID 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 Ente...

Page 99: ... 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 look ...

Page 100: ... and press Space to select it A triangle appears to conﬁrm the selection of the drive f 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 g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlight...

Page 101: ...o select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to cr...

Page 102: ...wn Arrow 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 e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press Enter when the Creat...

Page 103: ...light a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to conﬁrm the selection of the drive f 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 g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity...

Page 104: ...ives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c 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 105: ...the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b 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 RAID H...

Page 106: ... A and press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f 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 g From the Windows X...

Page 107: ...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 ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000P Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the...

Page 108: ...o conﬁrm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press Enter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the sett...

Page 109: ...p plications Using the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Conﬁguration Utility Use this utility to create conﬁgure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the syst...

Page 110: ... User s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and conﬁgure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the enter key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Page 111: ...disk and may make 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 conﬁgure 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 conﬁgure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Conﬁgure Drives and hit Enter as shown below...

Page 112: ...ves you want to conﬁgure and press Insert 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to conﬁgure appear in the selected drives box 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press Enter ...

Page 113: ...pendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 7 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to conﬁgure If correct type Y to continue ...

Page 114: ... is recommended that you conﬁgure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 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 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press...

Page 115: ...e the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lo...

Page 116: ... sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or ﬁrst drive during a build operation 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 disks volumes bec...

Page 117: ...ed An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl and B Note a bootable array is the array marked with an aster isk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is display...

Page 118: ... and press Insert and then press Enter 5 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then pres...

Page 119: ... Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu ...

Page 120: ... Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl a...

Page 121: ... to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the arr...

Page 122: ...to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press Enter The following screen appears 2 Select the desired disk and press Enter The following screen appears ...

Page 123: ...d at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit Enter Otherwise select No and press Enter Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure t...

Page 124: ...hen the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enter 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter ...

Page 125: ...daptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 19 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 ...

Page 126: ...he F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Window...

Page 127: ...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 A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install softw...

Page 128: ...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 Note 1 The Default User Name and Password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When ﬁrst installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings...

Page 129: ...Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 3 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen II Remote Control ...

Page 130: ...E 4 X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes ...

Page 131: ...cted to result in signiﬁcant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litiga...

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