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X7DBR-3/E Motherboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

Note 1.

Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.

Note 2.

See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and

JF1 front panel connections.

Note 3.

" " indicates the location of Pin 1.

Note 4.

SAS is for the X7DBR-3 only.

Note 5.

For Compact Card to work properly, please enable JCF1 by putting

jumper on it and connect JWF1 to the power input of the Compact Flash Jumper.

Note 6.

When LE1 is on, make sure to remove the power cable before removing

or installing components.

UPER X7DBR-3/E

Fan1

8-pin PWR

FP Ctrl

IDE1

Floppy

SATA1

SATA0

USB2/3

SMB

North Bridge

20-pin ATX Main PWR

J3P

JPG1

SAS
CTRLR

CPU1

South
Bridge

JAR

J17

PWR
SMB

JPW1

JPW3

Fan2

JIDE1

JIDE2

Compact Flash

JCF1

JWF1

J22

JL1

Slot6

PCI-X 133MHz

Slot7

J7B1

J7B2

J7B3

J8B1

USB4/5

JWOR

JCOM2

JUSB3

WOL

JWOL

J8B3

DIMM 4A

J9B1

J9B2

DIMM 4B

JMS

JKB

USB0/1

JUSB1

COM1

JCOM1

J8B2

GLAN2

JLAN2

GLAN1

JLAN1

E2x8

SXB-

VGA

SAS 4-7

JUSB2

JWD

JS1

JS2

SATA3
SATA2

JS3

JS4

SATA5

SATA4

JS5

JS6

Fan5

Fan4

Fan3

JPW2

4-pin
PWR

3rd PWR
Fail

Buzzer

JPWF

J18

JVGA1

Bank4

Bank3

E3x8

SXB-

JPL1 JPL2

JSM2

WOR

JBT1

GLAN
CTRLR

VGA
CTRLR

BIOS

DIMM 3A

DIMM 3B

DIMM 2A

DIMM 2B

Bank2

Bank1

DIMM 1A

DIMM 1B

JF1

CPU2

JIPMI

SIMSO

COM2

PCI-X 100MHz ZCR

SXB-E1x8J41

J42

J43

PWLED SPK

JD1

LE1

JOH1

SGPIO1

SGPIO2

S I/O

Pres#4-7

Act#4-7

IPMBJ10

JPS1

JP11

JP10

PXH-V

J13

J4E3

Battery

SAS 1-3 JSM1

Act#0-3

Pre#0-3

J29

J30

JP12

JS10

SAS LEDs (Act#0-#3, Pres.#0-#3) (*Note

Act=Active, Pre.=Present)

Act# Defi nition Act# Defi nition

Act#0

SAS0:Act

Pre#0

SAS0:Pre.0

Act#1

SAS1:Act

Pre#1

SAS1:Pre.1

Act#2

SAS2:Act

Pre#2

SAS2:Pre.2

Act#3

SAS3:Act

Pre#3

SAS2:Pre.3

Pres#0

Act#0 Act#1 Act#2 Act#3

Pres#1Pres#2Pres#3

Pres#4

Act#4 Act#5 Act#6 Act#7

Pres#5Pres#6Pres#7

SAS LEDs (Act#4-#7, Pres.#4-#7) (*Note

Act=Active, Pre.=Present)

Act# Defi nition Act# Defi nition

Act#4

SAS4:Act

Pre#4

SAS0:Pre.4

Act#5

SAS5:Act

Pre#5

SAS1:Pre.5

Act#6

SAS6:Act

Pre#6

SAS2:Pre.6

Act#7

SAS7:Act

Pre#7

SAS2:Pre.7

Summary of Contents for X7DBR-3

Page 1: ...SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...isputes SuperMicro 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 environmen...

Page 3: ...sor DP enterprise server 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 into t...

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: ...n Fail 2 21 SMB Connector 2 21 SMB Power Connector 2 22 VGA Connector 2 22 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector 2 23 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 SAS Controller Enabled Disabled 2 26 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 2 27 VGA Enable Disable 2 27 I2C Bus to PCI Slots 2 28 Compact Flash Master Slave Enable Disable ...

Page 6: ...eturning 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 The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 1 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix E Installin...

Page 7: ...il to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 02 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers ...

Page 8: ...ess SuperMicro 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 SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Sit...

Page 9: ...ge 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: ...MS JKB USB0 1 JUSB1 COM1 JCOM1 J8B2 GLAN2 JLAN2 GLAN1 JLAN1 JI 2 C1 E2x8 SXB VGA SAS 4 7 JUSB2 JWD JS1 JS2 SATA3 SATA2 JS3 JS4 SATA5 SATA4 JS5 JS6 Fan5 Fan4 Fan3 JPW2 4 pin PWR 3rd PWR Fail Buzzer JPWF J18 JVGA1 Bank4 Bank3 E3x8 SXB JPL1 JPL2 JSM2 WOR JBT1 GLAN CTRLR VGA CTRLR BIOS DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B JF1 CPU2 JIPMI SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E1x8J41 J4...

Page 11: ...rol Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 IPMB J10 IPMB Connector OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED JAR Alarm Reset Enable JPWF Power Supply Failure Connector See Chapter 2 PCI X Slot 6 PCI X 133 MHz PCI X Slot 7 PCI X 100 MHz Zero Channel RAID ZCR Slot Note2 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power Sy...

Page 12: ... slot One PCI X 100 MHz Zero Channel RAID slot Slot 7 riser card required BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 and USB Keyboard support PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V standby and VBAT Fan status monitor with firmware control CPU chassis temperature monitors Low noise f...

Page 13: ...s with IOAT Technology One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One IDE w Compact Flash Card supported One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ATI ES1000 16MB Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HG w Hardware Monitor support W83793G Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection O...

Page 14: ...33MMZ SATA 0 1 2 3 4 5 PCIE X4 PCIE X4 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 28 31 EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA 100 KB MS PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT 0 3 4 5 6 7 4 4 1 2 0 KUMERAN USB 2 0 3 0 Gb S VRM ISL6307 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR 1 1067 1333 MT S 1067 1333 MT S HF PCI E_X4_SLOT L2 J14 3 PORT 2 PCIE X4 PCI EXP X8 PCI E_X4_SLOT L1 J5 6 PCI X 133 VGA ES...

Page 15: ...ing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing up to 32 GB of DDR2 FBD ECC memory The MCH chipset also provides three x8 PCI Express interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including ...

Page 16: ...ge 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 Thermal Ma...

Page 17: ...luding its hardware operating 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...

Page 18: ...gement 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 controller can al...

Page 19: ...er I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DBR 3 X7DBR E 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 shown in the picture on the right and gently wiggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wiggling the heatsink 3 On...

Page 26: ...s into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DBR 3 X7DBR E supports up to 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 533 667 in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with 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 ...

Page 27: ...e will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Memory Availability Table below for details 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...

Page 28: ... 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 Gigabit LAN 1 7 Gigabit LAN 2 8 VGA Port Blue 9 SAS 4 7 X7DBR 3 only See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 29: ...specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the graphics below 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 LED NIC2 LED ...

Page 30: ... E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the tabl...

Page 31: ...the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 PWR Fail A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED SUPER X7DBR 3 E Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR JPG1 SAS CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR PWR SMB Fan2 Compact Flash JCF1 JWF1 JL1 P...

Page 32: ...efinition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc 6 Ground A B A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail SUPER X7DBR 3 E Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR JPG1 SAS CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR PWR SMB Fan2 Compact Flash JCF1 JWF1 JL1 PCI X 133MHz USB4 5 WOL DIMM 4A DIMM 4B KB MS USB0 1 COM1 GL...

Page 33: ...pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button A B SUPER X7DBR 3 E Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR JPG1 SAS CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR PWR SMB Fan2 Compact Flash ...

Page 34: ... pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required to provide adequate power to the sys tem See the table on the right for pin definitions for connector JPW1 For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 ...

Page 35: ... Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 Universal Serial Bus USB There are six 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 are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 5 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable from the ch...

Page 36: ...headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans SUPER X7DBR 3 E Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR JPG1 SAS CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR PWR SMB Fan2 Compact Flash JCF1 JWF1 JL1 PCI X 133MHz USB4 5 WOL DIMM 4A DIMM 4B KB MS USB0 1 COM1 GLAN2 GLAN1 JI 2 C1 E2x8 SXB VGA SAS 4 7 JWD SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 Fan5 Fan4 Fan3 4 pin PWR...

Page 37: ...O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse ports are located at JKM and JMS See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definit...

Page 38: ...H1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened up by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and c...

Page 39: ...0MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 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 definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use...

Page 40: ... JS10 Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Failure header JPWF to provide warnings in the event of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Note This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies Alar...

Page 41: ...CI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating Thi...

Page 42: ...TRLR BIOS DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 Power SMB I2 C Connector Power SMB I2 C Connector J17 monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the right for ...

Page 43: ... 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 A A Compact Flash PWR Connector B SGPIO1 C SGPIO2 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to connect a power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location B...

Page 44: ...P11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 2 6 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 printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jum...

Page 45: ...al 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 the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS A B A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable Watch Dog Jumper Setting...

Page 46: ...8 SXB JPL1 JPL2 WOR JBT1 GLAN CTRLR VGA CTRLR BIOS DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 SAS Controller Enable Disable X7DBR 3 only JPS1 enables or disables the Adaptec 9410 SAS Controller on th...

Page 47: ...MB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 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 is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only ...

Page 48: ...S1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 I2 C Bus to PCI Slots 1 2 JI2 C1 JI2 C2 allow you to enable I2 C Bus to PCI X PCI E slots See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Disabled I 2 C Bus to PCI Slots Jumper Settings Jumper Definition 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled Default A B C A JI2C1 B JI2C2 C Compact Flash Master Slave Select Compact Flash ...

Page 49: ...0MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 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 power LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at righ...

Page 50: ...S10 A SAS LEDs 0 3 B SAS LEDs 4 7 Onboard SAS Activity LED Indicators X7DBR 3 only There are eight Onboard SAS Activity LED indicators Act 0 3 Act 4 7 and eight Presence LED indicators Pres 0 3 Pres 4 7 on the X7DBR 3 The Activ ity LEDs indicate the activity status of onboard SAS connectors An Presence LED indicates the presence of a SAS connector See the table on the right for LED settings Onboar...

Page 51: ...AS Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have tw...

Page 52: ...B Fan2 Compact Flash JCF1 JWF1 JL1 PCI X 133MHz USB4 5 WOL DIMM 4A DIMM 4B KB MS USB0 1 COM1 GLAN2 GLAN1 JI 2 C1 E2x8 SXB VGA SAS 4 7 JWD SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 Fan5 Fan4 Fan3 4 pin PWR 3rd PWR Fail Buzzer JPWF Bank4 Bank3 E3x8 SXB JPL1 JPL2 WOR JBT1 GLAN CTRLR VGA CTRLR BIOS DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1...

Page 53: ...ost 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 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground A B ...

Page 54: ...IMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E1x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O Pres 4 7 Act 4 7 IPMB JPS1 JP11 JP10 PXH V J4E3 J8 Battery SAS 1 3 Act 0 3 Pre 0 3 JP12 JS10 SAS Connectors X7DBR 3 only There are eight Serial Attached SCSI SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 on the motherboard See the tables on the right for pin definitions SAS Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition A1 Ground B1 G...

Page 55: ...e only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 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 sw...

Page 56: ...ur slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots To install memory modules begin with Branch 1 then Branch 2 and so on see Page 2 6 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 chec...

Page 57: ...s Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your moth erboard model and 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 boot...

Page 58: ...ned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning 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 ...

Page 59: ...urned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time 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 u...

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 key...

Page 61: ...te 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 ...

Page 62: ...ser 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 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 ...

Page 63: ...ows 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 or Adaptec Hos...

Page 64: ...ed Memory 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 65: ...nterface 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 system up wh...

Page 66: ...he 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 Ba...

Page 67: ...ions 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 SAS OPROM Configure X7DBR 3 only Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SAS HDD The options a...

Page 68: ...ou 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 Take Caution when changing ...

Page 69: ...he options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel 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 this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2...

Page 70: ...Management 2 Available 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 Availa...

Page 71: ... 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 take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when s...

Page 72: ...t 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 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The ...

Page 73: ...city 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 Select Yes a...

Page 74: ...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 VT UTF8 and ASCII 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 console redirection is to be c...

Page 75: ...this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Set this option to 3 pin fan to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control ...

Page 76: ...he fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Set this option to 3 pin fan to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring T...

Page 77: ...to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Set this option to 3 pin fan to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full s...

Page 78: ...em interface 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 Ena...

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 X7DBR 3 X7DBR E 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: ...sword 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 to set...

Page 82: ...ion 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 li...

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: ...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 ...

Page 86: ...us 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 clea...

Page 87: ...ftware NMI Failed 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 Enterin...

Page 88: ...ully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully 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 stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixe...

Page 89: ... Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup 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 copi...

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Page 91: ...o initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h 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 i...

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 ...

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 Initia...

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...

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Page 97: ...t came packaged 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 t...

Page 98: ...TA RAID 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...

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 Supermicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look ...

Page 100: ...e 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 highlig...

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 capacit...

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 ...

Page 107: ...nstalled 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...

Page 108: ...r 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 setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Scroll do...

Page 109: ...lications 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 sy...

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 be...

Page 112: ...es 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 Pres...

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 asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displaye...

Page 118: ... and press Insert and then press Enter 3 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 follow ing 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 me dia defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter ...

Page 125: ...aptec 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: ... F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SAS 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 Windows O...

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 soft...

Page 128: ...displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the picture 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 settin...

Page 129: ...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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Page 131: ... expected 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 ...

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