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2-5 Connecting

Cables

ATX Power Connector

There are a 20-pin main power supply

connector(JPW1) and an 8-pin CPU

PWR connector (JPW3) on the moth-

erboard. These power connectors

meet the SSI EPS 12V speciﬁ cation.

The 4-pin 12V PWR supply is required

to provide adequate power to the sys-

tem. See the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions 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-pin CPU

PWR connector at JPW3 must also

be connected to your power supply.

See the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

ATX Power 20-pin Connector

Pin Deﬁ nitions

Pin# Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

+3.3V

-12V

+3.3V

COM

PS_ON

+5V

COM

+5V

COM

Res (NC)

PWR_OK

+5V

5VSB

+5V

+12V

Required Connection

12V 4-pin Power Con-

nector

Pin Deﬁ nitions

Pins Deﬁ nition

1 and 2

Ground

3 and 4

+12V

12V 8-pin Power CPU

Connector

Pin Deﬁ nitions

Pins Deﬁ nition

1 through 4

Ground

5 through 8

+12V

A. ATX Main PWR

B. 8-pin Processor PWR

C. 4-pin PWR

UPER X7DBR-8/i

Fan1

8-pin PWR

FP Ctrl

IDE1

Floppy

SATA1

SATA0

USB2/3

SMB

Battery

North Bridge

20-pin ATX Main PWR

JPG1

SCSI
CTRLR

CPU1

South
Bridge

JAR

PWR
SMB

Fan2

Compact

Flash

JCF1

JWF1

JL1

PCI-X 100MHz

USB4/5

WOL

DA1

DIMM 4A

DIMM 4B

USB0/1

COM1

GLAN2

GLAN1

E2x8

SXB-

VGA

SCSI Chan

n. B

JWD

SATA3

SATA2

SATA5

SATA4

Fan5

Fan4

Fan3

4-pin
PWR

3rd PWR
Fail

Buzzer

JPWF

Bank4

Bank3

E3x8

SXB-

JPL1

JPL2

JPA1

LVD/SE

U320

WOR

Chan A

U320 SCSI

JBT1

GLAN
CTRLR

VGA
CTRLR

BIOS

DA2

DIMM 3A

DIMM 3B

DIMM 2A

DIMM 2B

Bank2

Bank1

DIMM 1A

DIMM 1B

CPU2

SIMSO

COM2

PCI-X 100MHz ZCR

SXB-

E2x8

PWLED SPK

LE1

JOH1

DA7

SGPIO1

SGPIO2

S I/O

JPA2

JPA3

Summary of Contents for X7DBR-8+

Page 1: ...SUPER X7DBR 8 X7DBR i USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c ...

Page 2: ...RO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara sh...

Page 3: ...essor 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 ...

Page 4: ...C 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 Pi...

Page 5: ...wer 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 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 Slots 2 28 Compact Flash Master Slave Enable Disab...

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: ... 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 022 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User ...

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 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 Sit...

Page 9: ... i 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: ... Battery North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR J3P JPG1 SCSI CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR J17 PWR SMB JPW1 JPW3 Fan2 JIDE1 JIDE2 Compact Flash JCF1 JWF1 J22 JL1 Slot6 PCI X 100MHz Slot7 J7B1 J7B2 J7B3 J8B1 USB4 5 JWOR1 JCOM2 JUSB3 WOL JWOL1 DA1 J8B3 DIMM 4A J9B1 J9B2 DIMM 4B KB MS JMS JKB USB0 1 JUSB1 COM1 JCOM1 J8B2 GLAN2 JLAN2 GLAN1 JLAN1 JI 2 C1 E2x8 SXB VGA SCSI Chann B JUSB2 JWD JS1 JS2 SATA3 SATA2...

Page 11: ... See Chapt 2 DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD Slots FAN 1 5 Fans 1 5 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 IDE2 Note IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED JAR Alarm Reset Enable JPWF Power Supply Failure Connector See Chapter 2 PCI X Slot 6 PCI...

Page 12: ...00 MHz Zero Channel RAID slot Slot 7 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 and USB Key board 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 fan speed control Platform Environment Con...

Page 13: ...A 100 bus master interface One IDE w Compact Flash Card supported One ﬂoppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Up to six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 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 Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Manage...

Page 14: ...DIMM FBD DIMM PCI33MMZ 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 EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA100 KB MS PORT PORT PORT PORT PORTPORT PORT PORT 0 3 4 5 6 7 4 4 1 2 0 USB2 0 3 0Gb S VRM ISL6307 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR 1 HG PCI Ex4Slot R1 J41 7 PORT 2 PCIE X4 PCI Ex8 PCI Ex4Slot L1 J4 2 6 VGA ES1000 VGA CONN SIMSO PCI X_SLOT L J9 4 PCIX PCI...

Page 15: ...nt 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 memory interface ECC x4 ...

Page 16: ...tor 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 Management...

Page 17: ...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 ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VC...

Page 18: ...t 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 also sup...

Page 19: ...oppy 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 control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy s...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DBR 8 X7DBR i 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: ... you 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 o...

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

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 possible 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 instru...

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: ...ting 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 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memo...

Page 27: ...ase it from the slot BD S ot 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 Aligned o...

Page 28: ...nd 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 SCSI Channel B See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SUPER X7DBR 8 i ...

Page 29: ...eciﬁ 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 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: ...IMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 table on the...

Page 31: ...A and IDE See 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 8 i Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB Battery North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR JPG1 SCSI CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR PWR SMB Fan2 Compact Fla...

Page 32: ...icator Status State Deﬁnition 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 8 i Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SATA1 SATA0 USB2 3 SMB Battery North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR JPG1 SCSI CTRLR CPU1 South Bridge JAR PWR SMB Fan2 Compact Flash JCF1 JWF1 JL1 PCI X 100MHz USB4 5 WOL DA1 DIMM ...

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

Page 34: ...M 16 COM 6 5V 17 COM 7 COM 18 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 19 5V 9 5VSB 20 5V 10 12V Required Connection Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Deﬁnitions Pins Deﬁnition 1 and 2 Ground 3 and 4 12V 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V A ATX Main PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR C 4 pin PWR A B C SUPER X7DBR 8 i Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Ctrl IDE1 Floppy SAT...

Page 35: ...1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 chass...

Page 36: ... 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 Fan Headers The X7DBR 8 X7DBR i has ﬁve chassis sys tem fan headers Fan1 to Fan5 See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Manage ment via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled ...

Page 37: ...I X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 Deﬁnition 1 Data 2...

Page 38: ...M2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to be awakened 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 cable to use this feature Please make sure t...

Page 39: ...DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 the onboar...

Page 40: ...A3 Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Failure header JPWF to provide warnings 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 Alarm Reset If three ...

Page 41: ... DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 warnings of chas sis overheating This LED w...

Page 42: ... JPL2 JPA1 LVD SE U320 WOR Chan A U320 SCSI JBT1 GLAN CTRLR VGA CTRLR BIOS DA2 DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 pin deﬁnit...

Page 43: ...SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Jumper Deﬁnition On Power O...

Page 44: ...WLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 jumper location...

Page 45: ...idental 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 Enable Di...

Page 46: ...A2 JPA3 A A SCSI Enable B SCSI Channel A Termi nation Enable C SCSI Channel B Termi nation Enable SCSI Controller Enable Disable Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis able the Adaptec SCSI controller The default setting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable Jumpers JPA2 JPA3 are used to enable or disable termination for SCSI Cha...

Page 47: ...JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 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 have one or...

Page 48: ... PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 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 Off Disabled De fault A B C A JI2C1 B JI2C2 C Compact Flash Master Slave Select Compact Flash Master Slave ...

Page 49: ...A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the power LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more infor...

Page 50: ...n PWR 3rd PWR Fail Buzzer JPWF Bank4 Bank3 E3x8 SXB JPL1 JPL2 JPA1 LVD SE U320 WOR Chan A U320 SCSI JBT1 GLAN CTRLR VGA CTRLR BIOS DA2 DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators X7DBR 8 only There are two Onboard SCSI Activity LED indicators...

Page 51: ...ays connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector The ﬂoppy connector is located at J22 See the table below for pin deﬁnitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Floppy Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Groun...

Page 52: ...C1 E2x8 SXB VGA SCSI Chann B JWD SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 Fan5 Fan4 Fan3 4 pin PWR 3rd PWR Fail Buzzer JPWF Bank4 Bank3 E3x8 SXB JPL1 JPL2 JPA1 LVD SE U320 WOR Chan A U320 SCSI JBT1 GLAN CTRLR VGA CTRLR BIOS DA2 DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B Bank2 Bank1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU2 SIMSO COM2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXB E2x8 JI 2 C2 PWLEDSPK LE1 JOH1 J7 DA7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 S I O JPA2 JPA3 A SIMSO Slot SIMSO Slot ...

Page 53: ...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 IDE Connecto...

Page 54: ... 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 ...

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: ... 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 check with yo...

Page 57: ...tion How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downlo...

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

Page 60: ...ressing 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 ʳ All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow k...

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: ...of these items Set the correct conﬁgurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are the following Type This feature allows the user to selects the type of SATA drive The option Auto allows the BIOS to automatically determine the SATA drive s capacity Enter a number between 1 and 39 to select a predetermined type of the SATA drive The option User will allow the user to enter the paramet...

Page 63: ...mat Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in the 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 e...

Page 64: ... 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 or...

Page 65: ...ry This feature informs you how much extended memory is being detected by the BIOS 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: ...rface 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 when ...

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: ...ore 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 the GLAN port The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Conﬁgure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from the SCSI ...

Page 69: ...stallation 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 Warni...

Page 70: ...ection The 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 t...

Page 71: ...ent 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 Available when...

Page 72: ... 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 take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed informat...

Page 73: ...est for Serial Port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to decide how the parallel port will be controlled The options are Enabled user deﬁned Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parall...

Page 74: ...t 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 the functionality of event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the functionality of ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear Al...

Page 75: ...0 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the ﬂow control option for the console The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected either ...

Page 76: ...fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Sele...

Page 77: ... the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your 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 onboard fans to r...

Page 78: ...peed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your ...

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: ...re 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 bootabl...

Page 84: ...ty 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 have made You will remain i...

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: ... Software 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 Entering SE...

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 storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if ﬁxed ...

Page 89: ...rd 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 copied...

Page 90: ...A 6 X7DBR 8 X7DBR i User s Manual Notes ...

Page 91: ... 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 initial POST values 09h Set IN PO...

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...

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Page 97: ... 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 cables use...

Page 98: ...ID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the ﬁrst time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter...

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: ...to Drive 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 W...

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: ... 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 dow...

Page 109: ...pplications 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 syste...

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

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

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 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: ...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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