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X7DCL-3

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0a

X7DCL-i

Summary of Contents for X7DCL-3

Page 1: ...SUPER X7DCL 3 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a X7DCL i ...

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

Page 3: ...b site http www supermicro com products motherboard for updates 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 ...

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

Page 5: ...e Power Fault 2 20 VGA Connector 2 21 SGPIO Headers 2 21 Power SMB I2 C 2 22 BP Power SMB I2 C 2 22 Keylock 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 24 Explanation of Jumpers 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable 2 24 CMOS Clear 2 25 Watch Dog 2 25 VGA Enable Disable 2 26 I 2 C Bus to PCI Slots 2 26 SAS Enable 2 27 Software RAID Enable 2 27 2 7 Onboard LED Indicators 2 28 GLAN LEDs 2 28 Onboard Power LED 2 28 System Status ...

Page 6: ...uently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 3 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 20 4 6 Boot Setup 4 21 4 7 Exit 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 X7DCL 3 X7DC...

Page 7: ...ith your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer The following items are included in the Retail Box One 1 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 2 One 1 ﬂoppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Eight 8 SATA cables CBL 0044L X7DCL 3 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 0044L X7DCL i One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT07L One 1 CPU Retention Module SKT 0159 One...

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

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

Page 10: ...1 JPL2 JPA1 Fan 4 JD1 JCOM1 JKM1 JFDD1 JPCI1 JIBTN1 JEXP1 LED4 JWOL1 JVGA1 JBS1 JPWF1 JAR 8 Pin PWR JPI 2 C1 JLAN1 I Button LAN CTRL VGA CTRL S I O JPCI2 JPCI3 SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 SATA0 SATA5 J7 J8 Battery J10 J9 SAS0 SAS1 SAS2 SAS3 SAS4 SAS5 SAS6 SAS7 JIDE1 PWR LED JP1 JP2 JF1 J5JUSB3 JUSB2 COM2 JCOM2 JWOR1 JKEY1 JIPMI Buzzer BIOS SATA GPIO1 ITE CTRL JLAN2 JPW2 JPW1 LAN CTRL DIMM1A DIMM2B DIM...

Page 11: ...General Purpose Input Output Headers J7 J8 SATA T SGPIO 0 1 J9 J10 SAS T SGPIO 0 1 JAR1 Alarm Reset Header JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JIBTN1 I Button Socket JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JPW1 12V 8 pin PWR JPW2 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector JPWF1 Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 JUSB1 JUSB2 3 BP USB0 1 JUSB1 FP USB2 3 4 5 JUSB2 3 JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Head...

Page 12: ...IMLC IPMI Slot Slot 0 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core voltage Memory 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 Pla...

Page 13: ...I 2 0 socket Intel 82573V and 82573L LAN chips support two Giga bit LAN ports One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One ﬂoppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Up to six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 4 Headers XGI Volari Z9s 32 MB Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HG Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed...

Page 14: ...45 LPC COM1 External SIO W83627HG VGA PCI 33MHz VGA CONN KB MS ISL6312A 2 3 4 5 ISL6312A PROCESSOR 1 1067 1333 MT S 1067 1333 MT S USB 0 1 2 3 4 PCIE X4 0 2 0 1 DDR2 667 PORT 6 7 PCI EXP x8 1 2 1 1 DDR2 667 IDE IT8213F DMI LANE5 LANE1 2 3 4 PCI EXP x1 PCI E x8 LSI 1068E COM2 INTERNAL SOL PCI EXP x8 PCI E x8 0 3 1 3 82573V DDR2 SDRAM 32MB 4 5 SAS 0 1 2 3 3 0 Gb S 6 7 LANE6 PCI 33 PCI 33 PCI 33 4 5 ...

Page 15: ...GB s The MCH supports a 36 bit wide address bus and up to six DDR2 667 MHz 533 MHz DIMM modules providing a total memory capac ity of up to 32 GB The 5100 MCH also provides six x4 PCI Express interfaces and one x4 DMI Interface to the ICH9R Each PCI Express port on the MCH provides 4 GB s bi directional bandwidth if conﬁgured as a x8 port or 2 GB s bi directional bandwidth if conﬁgured as a x4 por...

Page 16: ... adjust the voltage thresholds to deﬁne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temper...

Page 17: ...ition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for conﬁguration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Servers Slow Bli...

Page 18: ... The X7DCL 3 X7DCL i can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the speciﬁcations required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin is also required for adequate power supply to the CPU Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recomme...

Page 19: ...d speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Conﬁguration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through a...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ...do 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 corre...

Page 22: ...ove it before adding re moving or changing any components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 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 directional heatsink and fan Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you ...

Page 23: ...ontally 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 With the CPU installed in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Then close the load plate Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the pla...

Page 24: ...he retention mechanism 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 Finish the installation by fully tighten ing all four screws 1 2 3 4 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 instructions on the next p...

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

Page 26: ...s of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will improve memory performance Note 1 For the PCB Rev 1 1 motherboard Slots 1A and 2A support Dual Rank modules however Slots 1B 2B 1C and 2C support Single Rank memory only The PCB Rev 1 1a board supports 6 Dual Rank or 6 Single Rank modules Note 2 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show ...

Page 27: ...M Top View of DDR2 Slot 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 on 256...

Page 28: ...re 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel I O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 29: ...s are de signed speciﬁcally for use with Super Micro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin deﬁnitions JF1 Header Pins Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NI...

Page 30: ...pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions 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 NMI Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 15 5V 16 Ground Front Control Panel Pin Deﬁnitions A NM...

Page 31: ...GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions HDD LED Pin Deﬁnitions J...

Page 32: ...de advanced warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 7 Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Deﬁnition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail PWR Fail...

Page 33: ... function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Power Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the co...

Page 34: ...L JPL1 X7DCL 3 i 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector A 24 pin main power supply connec tor is located at JPW2 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector is locatged at JPW1 on the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V speciﬁcation See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW1 refer to the item below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power c...

Page 35: ... CPU1 CPU2 Fan 2 Fan 3 FP CTRL USB4 5 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i 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 JPUSB1 and the other four are Front Panel USB connectors USB 2 3 JUSB2 or Fro...

Page 36: ... CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i Fan Headers The X7DCL 3 X7DCL i has four chassis system fan headers Fan3 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 1 2 All these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Note The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Man agement via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Ad...

Page 37: ... Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions The mouse port is above the key board port See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse P...

Page 38: ...an 3 FP CTRL USB4 5 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is lo cated at JWOR1 This feature allows your computer to receive and 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...

Page 39: ...N1 LAN2 FAN5 CPU1 CPU2 Fan 2 Fan 3 FP CTRL USB4 5 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i 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 externa...

Page 40: ...PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Con nect JAR1 to a micro switch to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Alarm Reset Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Setting Deﬁnition Pi...

Page 41: ... x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i A A VGA B J7 SATA_GPIO 0 C J8 SATA_GPIO 1 D J9 SAS_GPIO 0 E J10 SAS_GPIO 1 VGA Connector A VGA connector JVGA is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location C B E D GPIO Headers Four GPIO Serial Links General Purpose Input Output headers are located at J7 J8 J9 J1...

Page 42: ...1 PCI 33MHz SIMLC USB0 1 LAN1 LAN2 FAN5 CPU1 CPU2 Fan 2 Fan 3 FP CTRL USB4 5 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i A B A PWR SMB B Backplane PWR SMB Power SMB I2 C Connector Power SMB I2 C Connector JPI2 C1 monitors the status of the power supply fan and system temperature See the table on the righ...

Page 43: ... 24 Pin PWR JPA2 SystemStatusLED Fan 1 CPU1 VRM OH LED CPU2 VRM OH LED Floppy IDE BPI2 C USB2 3 SMB_PS KB MS COM1 VGA FAN6 Slot4 PCI E x4 in x8 slot Slot1 PCI 33MHz SIMLC USB0 1 LAN1 LAN2 FAN5 CPU1 CPU2 Fan 2 Fan 3 FP CTRL USB4 5 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i A Keylock The keyboard lock con...

Page 44: ...Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modif y 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 mothe...

Page 45: ...X7DCL 3 i CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the sy...

Page 46: ...2 Fan 3 FP CTRL USB4 5 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Intel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Both Jumpers Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled A B A VGA Enabled B JPI 2 C1 C JPI 2 C2 VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on p...

Page 47: ...SI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i A SAS Enabled B Software RAID Enable A SAS Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Settings Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled SAS Enable Disable JPA1 allows you to enable or disable SAS Connectors The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable SAS See the table on the right for jumper settings Note This feature is available on the X7DCL 3 only B Softw...

Page 48: ...h Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i 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 orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 7 Onboard LED Indicators A B C A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED...

Page 49: ...H9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i A B C A LED4 System Status LED B LED5 CPU1_VRM OH LED C LED6 CPU2_VRM OH LED CPU_VRM Overheating LED Indicators LED5 LED6 Two CPU_VRM Overheat LEDs are locat edatLED5and LED6 onthemotherboard These LEDs provide indications for CPU_VRM Overheating Refer to the table on the right for LED5 and LED6 settings See the layout below for the LED locations CPU_VRM Overh...

Page 50: ... 8 Pin PWR I Button LAN CTRL VGA CTRL S I O SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 SATA0 SATA5 SATA GPIO0 Battery SAS0 SAS1 SAS2 SAS3 SAS4 SAS5 SAS6 SAS7 PWR LED JP1 JP2 COM2 JWOR1 JKEY1 Buzzer BIOS SATA GPIO1 ITE CTRL LAN CTRL DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMM1B DIMM2C DIMM1C LED1 SAS GPIO0 SAS GPIO1 24 Pin PWR JPA2 SystemStatusLED Fan 1 CPU1 VRM OH LED CPU2 VRM OH LED Floppy IDE BPI2 C USB2 3 SMB_PS KB MS COM1 VGA FAN6 Slot4...

Page 51: ...tel 5100 North Bridge South Bridge ICH9R Intel LSI SAS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i 2 8 Floppy Drive SIMLC IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the ﬂoppy and hard disk drive cables The ﬂoppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A A Floppy Disk Drive Floppy Connector The ﬂoppy connector is located at JFDD1...

Page 52: ...AS CTRL JPL1 X7DCL 3 i SIMLC IPMI Slot A Low Profile SIMLC IPMI Slot is located on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the IPMI Slot location A B A IDE B SIMLC IDE Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 ...

Page 53: ...eated Be sure to check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions Make sure that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it stil...

Page 54: ...ou must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A and so on see Section 2 3 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to ﬁrst check with your dist...

Page 55: ...lease check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS ﬁle to your computer Unzip the BIOS ﬁles onto a bootable ﬂoppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue ﬂashing the BIOS Warning D...

Page 56: ...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 damage in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor ﬁrst for any product prob lems ...

Page 57: ...d 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...

Page 58: ...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 All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow ke...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...r detailed options of these items Set the correct conﬁgurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE 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 ...

Page 61: ...Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to en...

Page 62: ...t 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 If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID ﬁrmware to conﬁgu...

Page 63: ...e 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 an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot withou...

Page 64: ...s 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 reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enab...

Page 65: ...rotect 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 for fast CPU data processing and 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 ex...

Page 66: ...enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may beneﬁt from a greater clock rate The options are Default...

Page 67: ...his setting speciﬁes the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the use...

Page 68: ...CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available if supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute ...

Page 69: ... allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user deﬁned Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows...

Page 70: ...alidity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable...

Page 71: ... 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the ﬂow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected eith...

Page 72: ...e 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 system is used as a Server Sele...

Page 73: ...nterface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 19 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 76: ...sor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to s...

Page 77: ...above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speciﬁed The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either ﬁxed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of ...

Page 78: ...ity Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in th...

Page 79: ...to two categories recoverable and terminal This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video conﬁguration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected ...

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Page 81: ...driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ICH9R into Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If...

Page 82: ...Windows OS Setup screen will display From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device ﬁles and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD Driv...

Page 83: ...xt item on the list 2 The X7DCL 3 supports SAS RAID features To conﬁgure the LSI SAS HostRAID please refer to the LSI folder for the LSI SAS HostRAID Utility and documentation The LSI folder is included in the CD ROM that came with your motherboard Appendix C Software Installation C 1 Installing other Drivers and the OS After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below wi...

Page 84: ...I displays crucial system information such as CPU temperatures system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 Both default username and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When ﬁrst installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settin...

Page 85: ...en II Remote Control Note SD III Software 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 the Linux OS we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II ...

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