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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Summary of Contents for X7DBT

Page 1: ...SUPER X7DBT X7DBT INF X7DGT USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b X7DGT INF ...

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

Page 3: ...deal for high performance dual processor DP enterprise server environments This product is intended to be professionally installed Note The X7DBT X7DBT INF supports the 5000P Chipset and the X7DGT X7DGT INF supports the 5000X chipset Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features speciﬁcations and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 prov...

Page 4: ... 11 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 11 1 5 ACPI Features 1 12 1 6 Power Supply 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 Pin Deﬁnitions 2 10 NMI Button 2 10...

Page 5: ...of Jumpers 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 Clear CMOS 2 22 Watch Dog 2 22 VGA Enable Disable 2 23 I2C Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots 2 23 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 24 GLAN LEDs 2 24 Onboard Standby Power LED 2 24 InﬁniBand LEDs 2 25 Overheat LED Fan Fail LED 2 25 2 8 SIMSO IPMI Connection 2 26 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power On 3 1 No Power 3 1 No Video 3 1 Losing ...

Page 6: ...etup 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 E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 X7DBT X7DBT INF X7DGT X7DGT INF User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...st attention to detail 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 Four 4 SATA cable for IDE devices CBL 0044 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 ...

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Page 9: ... X7DGT INF 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: ...e connector can be used for input power supply to the motherboard at one time For proper use of these proprietary PWR Connec tors please customize your PWR cables based on the Power Connector Pin Out Deﬁnitions listed on Page 2 14 7 The 4 pin Auxiliary Power Connector is used for power supply output to the HDDs only 8 Refer to Pages 2 14 2 15 for more information on power connectors not drawn to s...

Page 11: ... SATA 0 3 Intel SATA 0 3 Connectors SIMSO IPMI SIMSO IPMI slot SMB J18 System Management Bus Header BP USB 0 1 JUSB1 Back Panel USB 0 1 for external use JUSB1 FP USB 2 3 JUSP2 Front Panel USB 2 3 VGA JVGA1 VGA Connector WOL JWOL Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR Wake on Ring Header SGPIO J29 Serial General Purpose Input Output Header LED Indicator Description See Chapter 2 LE1 Onboard Power LED Indicato...

Page 12: ...CI Express slot one PCI E slot x8 JPCIE1 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard Support SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 5V memory volt age 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V standby HT and VBAT Fan status monitor with ﬁrmware control CPU chassis environment monitoring Platform Environment Control...

Page 13: ...ts One COM port Up to four USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers ATI ES1000 Graphic Controller with 16MB Video Memory Super I O Winbond W83627HF Mellanox MT25204A0 FCC D InﬁniBand Controller supports one InﬁniBand con nector Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS ...

Page 14: ...B 2 0 3 0 Gb S PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT 0 MCH PROCESSOR 2 ESB2 PCI EXP X8 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 SIO W83627 VGA PCI33MMZ ES1000 VGA CONN 28 KB MS VRM 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 0 VRM PROCESSOR 1 MT S 667 1067 1333 MT S FBD DIMM FBD DIMM FBD DIMM EHF USB 0 1 2 3 4 PCIE X8 PCIE X4 FBD CHNL0 FBD CHNL1 FBD CHNL2 FBD CHNL3 1A FBD DIMM SATA 0 1 2 3 PORT 1 JPCIE1 PCI E SLOT PORT 6 7 PCI EXP X8...

Page 15: ...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 eight Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory of up to 32 0 GB for DDR2 667 533 MHz The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interfaces to the ESB2 In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range o...

Page 16: ...essing 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 a total of 32 0 GB s for DDR2 667 533 memory The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000X chipset offers a wide range ...

Page 17: ... 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 2 TM2 via BI...

Page 18: ...re goes beyond a pre deﬁned range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Conﬁguration and Power Interface The ACPI speciﬁ cation deﬁnes a ﬂexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off perip...

Page 19: ...l modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is deﬁned as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup updates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN trafﬁc is kep...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DBT X7DBT INF X7DGT X7DGT INF 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: ...or changing any hardware components Make sure that 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 h...

Page 23: ...he 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 th...

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

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 wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3...

Page 26: ...place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DBT X7DBT INF X7DGT X7DGT INF 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 m...

Page 27: ...Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub ﬂash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 00 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 00 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 00 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 00 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 00 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 00 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary 512 MB 3 00 3 01 VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 2 84 Memory av...

Page 28: ...2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Back Panel USB Port 0 2 Back Panel USB Port 1 3 Gigabit LAN 1 4 Gigabit LAN 2 5 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 InﬁniBand Connector for X7DBT INF X7DGT INF only See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 29: ...re designed speciﬁ cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin deﬁnitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins 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...

Page 30: ... J1 SATA2 SATA0 SATA1 CPU2 Fan7 8 20 Pin PWR 20 PinPWR SGPIO WD Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions NMI Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED ...

Page 31: ...in Deﬁnition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED 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 SUPER X7DBT LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL S M B Battery North Bridge VGA Infini USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge...

Page 32: ... PWR Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 5 Vcc 6 Ground A B A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail 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 SUPER X7DBT LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL S M B Battery North Bridge VGA Infini USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPL2 PCI E x8 DIMM ...

Page 33: ...JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button B A SUPER X7DBT LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL S M B Battery North Bridge VGA Infini USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPL2 PCI E x8 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 J B T 1 JWOR JWOL LAN CTRL SIMS0 LE3 COM2 JPL1 SATA3 JI2 C1JI2 C2 J 7 J P 1 JOH1 JL1 4 Pin PWR...

Page 34: ... a 4 pin auxiliary power connector on the motherboard Thesepowerconnectors meet the SSI EPS 12V speciﬁcation For power supply to work properly please refer to the notes below See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Also refer to the layout below for the PWR connector locations ATX Power 20 pin Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 11 PS On 1 Ground 12 5VSB 2 Ground 13 Ground 3...

Page 35: ...ble connections SUPER X7DBT LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL S M B Battery North Bridge VGA Infini USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPL2 PCI E x8 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 J B T 1 JWOR JWOL J29 LAN CTRL JUSB1 SIMS0 LE3 COM2 JPL1 JPCE1 SATA3 JI2 C1JI2 C2 J 7 J P 1 JOH1 J18 JVGA1 JL1 4 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer SP1 USB2 3 JUSB2 ...

Page 36: ...niversal Serial Bus USB There are four USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports JUSB1 USB 0 1 and the other two are front panel accessible USB headers JUSB2 USB 2 3 See the tables on the right for pin deﬁnitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is located on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you...

Page 37: ... INF has four 6 pin proprietary fan headers Each fan header supports two 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin deﬁni tions Note 1 The onboard fan speed is con trolled by the CPU die temperature Note 2 The white dot on each fan header indicates the location of Pin 1 B C E D A A Fans 12 B Fan 3 4 C Fan 5 6 D Fan 7 8 E COM 2 Port Serial Port A serial port connector COM 2 is located at JCOM2 o...

Page 38: ... C1JI2 C2 J 7 J P 1 JOH1 JL1 4 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 CPU1 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 LE1 VGA CTRL S I O LE2 Band INF Ctrl Video Memory J1 SATA2 SATA0 SATA1 CPU2 Fan7 8 20 Pin PWR 20 PinPWR SGPIO WD A B A VGA B SMB VGA Connector A VGA connector JVGA1 is located next to the COM1 port on the I O Backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Co...

Page 39: ...20 PinPWR SGPIO WD A WOR B WOL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be 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 cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the mot...

Page 40: ...deo Memory J1 SATA2 SATA0 SATA1 CPU2 Fan7 8 20 Pin PWR 20 PinPWR SGPIO WD GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are located on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables A B A GLAN1 2 B SGPIO GLAN1 GLAN2 SGPIO Header A SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output header is located at J29 on the motherboard This header supports serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA c...

Page 41: ...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 locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is o...

Page 42: ...l clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note 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 Disable JWD controls the Watch Do...

Page 43: ...le Disable Jumper Settings Both Jumpers Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A B A VGA Enabled B I2C Bus to PCI slots VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings I2 C Bus to the PCI E Slot JI2 C1 JI2 C2 allows you to enable the I2 C Bus to communicate with the PCI E...

Page 44: ...f No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps GLAN Activity Indicator Color Status Deﬁnition Yellow Flashing Active 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 Speed LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information Onboard PWR...

Page 45: ...ide warnings of chas sis overheating This LED will blink to indicate system overheat or a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin deﬁnitions Overheat LED Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition 1 5vDC 2 OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail InﬁniBand Link LED LE2 Color Status Deﬁnition Green Solid InﬁniBand Connected Off Off No connection InﬁniBand LED Indicators LE...

Page 46: ...DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 J B T 1 JWOR JWOL LAN CTRL SIMS0 LE3 COM2 JPL1 SATA3 JI2 C1JI2 C2 J 7 J P 1 JOH1 JL1 4 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 CPU1 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 LE1 VGA CTRL S I O LE2 Band INF Ctrl Video Memory J1 SATA2 SATA0 SATA1 CPU2 Fan7 8 20 Pin PWR 20 PinPWR SGPIO WD A A SIMSO 2 8 SIMSO IPMI Connection SIMSO IPMI Slot There is a SIMSO IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to th...

Page 47: ...umper settings as well 5 Use 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 the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is pr...

Page 48: ...ping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support p...

Page 49: ...odules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are ex periencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located in our web site at http wwwwww supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on o...

Page 50: ...eturning 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 abus...

Page 51: ...is turned 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 util...

Page 52: ...s 1 By pressing 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...

Page 53: ...ey in the correct information in the appropriate ﬁelds Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year ﬁelds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This ﬁeld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built ...

Page 54: ...E hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically conﬁgure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfers This item al...

Page 55: ...tically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported 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 Seri...

Page 56: ...d Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system ...

Page 57: ...s QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if...

Page 58: ...ts last state before the power loss Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system conﬁguration during bootup Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a...

Page 59: ...elect Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the system memory to speed up CPU s operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the exte...

Page 60: ...Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others perform faster with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits coalesce features Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are Payload 256 Bytes and Coalesce Enabled 128 Bytes PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PER...

Page 61: ...try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large a hard drive is 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 the Advanced settings Incorrect values en...

Page 62: ...n The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predeﬁned value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully ...

Page 63: ...e chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Dis...

Page 64: ...ement 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 wh...

Page 65: ... allows the user to set the clock delay setting from snoop to prefetch for Direct Cache Access Select a setting from 8 bus cycles to 120 bus cycles in 8 cycle increment The default setting is 32 bus cycles Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use Intel s Virtualization Technology and allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applica...

Page 66: ...you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item ...

Page 67: ... 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 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 connected eit...

Page 68: ...stem controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select 3 pin if your chassis uses 3 pin fans Select 4 pin if your chassis uses 4 pin fans Select Disabl...

Page 69: ...ce versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select 3 pin if your chassis uses 3 pin fans Select 4 pin if your chassis uses 4 pin fans Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 Optimized Server w 3 pin 3 Optimized Work...

Page 70: ...the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select 3 pin if your chassis uses 3 pin fans Select 4 pin if your chassis uses 4 pin fans Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full spe...

Page 71: ...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 72: ... ignore 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 ...

Page 73: ...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 74: ... supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether 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 dialo...

Page 75: ... boot list section 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 i...

Page 76: ...p utility 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 ve made You will rem...

Page 77: ...d Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identiﬁed in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at of...

Page 78: ...sed Previous 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 erro...

Page 79: ...s 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 S...

Page 80: ...uccessfully 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 ...

Page 81: ...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...

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Page 83: ... 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 84: ...hut down 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...

Page 85: ... 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 86: ... POST done 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 P...

Page 87: ...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 89: ...d with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cabl...

Page 90: ...s for SATA 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 pr...

Page 91: ... 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 92: ... 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 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 h...

Page 93: ...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 94: ...Arrow Down 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 t...

Page 95: ...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 96: ... disk drives 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 97: ...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 98: ... 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 Win...

Page 99: ...n 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 5000X Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to ...

Page 100: ...ess the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press Enter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec...

Page 101: ...e RAID applications 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 t...

Page 102: ...7DGT INF 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 103: ...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 104: ... the drives 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 105: ...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 106: ... Note It 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...

Page 107: ...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 108: ...ifferent 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 vol...

Page 109: ...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 110: ...hotspare 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 t...

Page 111: ... 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 112: ...erform a 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 Pres...

Page 113: ... to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the arr...

Page 114: ...ble you 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 115: ...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 116: ...edia 3 When 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 other wise select No and hit Enter ...

Page 117: ...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 ...

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Page 119: ...system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install softw...

Page 120: ...r III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The default User Name and the 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 threshol...

Page 121: ...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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