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Page 1: ...X7DVA 8 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b SUPER X7DVA E ...

Page 2: ... MICRO COMPUTER INC 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 ...

Page 3: ... www supermicro com Product_page product m htm for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians 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 insta...

Page 4: ...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 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 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin ...

Page 5: ...20 Power SMB Connector 2 21 SGPIO Headers 2 21 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 22 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 22 CMOS Clear 2 23 Watch Dog 2 23 VGA Enable Disable 2 24 PWR Supply Failure 2 24 I2 C Bus to PCI Slots 2 25 Power Force On 2 25 SCSI Controller Enabled 2 26 SCSI Termination Enabled 2 26 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 27 GLAN LEDs 2 27 System Status LED 2 27 CPU VRM Overheat LEDs 2 ...

Page 6: ...equently Asked 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 Installing Other Software Progra...

Page 7: ...en included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items 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 022L Four 4 SATA cables CBL 044L X7DVA 8 only Six 6 SATA cables CBL 044L X7DVA E only One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI Cable CBL 034 U320 X7DVA 8 only ...

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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: ...CSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ZCR JPL2 Slot5 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2C Bank 2 JBT1 JCOM2 KB Mouse USB0 1 5000V BIOS LAN2 Fan6 JPWF JAR PWRI2 C VGA PCI X 100 MHz Green Slot JPG1 JWD Printer JPL1 JI2 C1 JI2 C2 JWOR Floppy JWOL Fan2 CPU1 L...

Page 11: ...rive Connector FP Control JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 JIDE1 IDE1 Hard Drive JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JPI2 C J17 Power System Management PWR I2 C Header JPWF Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 Keyboard Mouse JKM1 Keyboard Mouse Connectors D31 System Status LED See Chapter 2 LE2 LE3 Note6 P 1 4 CPU1 VRM Overheat LE2 CPU2 VRM Overhe...

Page 12: ... slot Slot 1 One SIMLP IPMI Slot J16 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hard ware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 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...

Page 13: ... RAID 5 SCSI X7DVA 8 Only Two Giga bit LAN ports supported by the ESB 2 South Bridge One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port One EPP ECP Parallel Header Up to six USB 2 0 ports Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers ATI 16 MB ES1000 Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HF Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR...

Page 14: ...Hz GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD PCI EXP X4 PCI X 100MHz PARALLEL PORT IDE CONN ATA100 KB MS VRM ISL6306 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 3 1 2 0 VRM ISL6306 PROCESSOR 1 667 1067 1333 MT S 667 1067 1333 MT S PCI X SLOT J12 3 2 2 PCI EXP X8 PCI X SLOT J13 2 J10 6 PCI EXP_X8_SLOT J9 5 PCI EXP_X4_IN_X8 SLOT HF USB 0 1 2 3 4 PCIE X8 PCIE X4 FBD CHNL0 FBD CHNL1 1 1 0 0 FBD DIMM FBD DIMM SATA 0 ...

Page 15: ...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 six Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total up to 16 0 GB s of DDR2 FDB 667 533 memory The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interfaces to the ESB2 In addition the 5000V chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including m...

Page 16: ...voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Therm...

Page 17: ...os In addition 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 Server...

Page 18: ... rates The X7DVA 8 X7DVA E 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 ...

Page 19: ...ide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced 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 Inter...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DVA 8 X7DVA E User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ... 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 correct...

Page 22: ...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 heatsink and fan...

Page 23: ...o 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 Then close the load plate 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it 9 If the CPU is properly installed...

Page 24: ...etention 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 instruc t...

Page 25: ...recautionary 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 O...

Page 26: ... DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will increase memory performance Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Number of DIMMs Bank 1 Bank 2 2 DIMMs 1A 2A 4 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however yo...

Page 27: ... DDR2 FBD Slot SUPER X7DVA Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory Syste BIOS 1 MB 3 99GB Local APIC 4 KB 3 99GB Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99GB I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99GB PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76GB PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51GB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed...

Page 28: ...ure shown below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A 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 designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail ...

Page 30: ... J7B2 J7B1 J1 Battery Slot6 SIM_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 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 rig...

Page 31: ...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 Ground A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED LAN1 SUPER X7DVA SCSI Chan A IDE1 Fan4 SCSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ZCR JPL2 Slot5 DIMM 1...

Page 32: ...finition 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 LAN1 SUPER X7DVA SCSI Chan A IDE1 Fan4 SCSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ZCR JPL2 Slot5 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 2A B...

Page 33: ... 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 LAN1 SUPER X7DVA SCSI Chan A IDE1 Fan4 SCSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ZCR ...

Page 34: ...31 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 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 specification See the table on the right for pin defi nitions 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 t...

Page 35: ...an3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 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 J20 and the other four are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 JUSB1 USB 4 5 JUSB2 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is located next to the IDE ports on the motherboard Attac...

Page 36: ...lot6 SIM_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 Fan Headers The X7DVA 8 X7DVA E has six chassis sys tem CPU fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 Note 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 The ...

Page 37: ...p x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 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 Port Pin Definitions Pin ...

Page 38: ...ry Slot6 SIM_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR Close both pins to wake up your system wnen it re ceives an incoming call to the modem while in the suspend mode See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cabl...

Page 39: ...7B3 J7B2 J7B1 J1 Battery Slot6 SIM_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 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 ...

Page 40: ...IO2 JL1 VGA Memory SI O COM2 J2 J8B1 J7B3 J7B2 J7B1 J1 Battery Slot6 SIM_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fail Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to tur...

Page 41: ...M_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 Power SMB I2 C Connector Power SMB I2 C Connector JPI2 C monitors power supply fan and sys tem temperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 5 3 3V A A PWR SMB B SGPIO1 C SGPIO2 SGPI...

Page 42: ...ATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Tomodifytheoperationofthemotherboard 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 ju...

Page 43: ...h Dog Enable Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if an applica tion hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper set tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Note When enabled the user nee...

Page 44: ...TRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled A B A VGA Enabled B PWR Fault Detect 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 PWR Sup...

Page 45: ...e On Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open De fault Normal Closed Force On LAN1 SUPER X7DVA SCSI Chan A IDE1 Fan4 SCSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ZCR JPL2 Slot5 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2C Bank 2 JBT1 KB Mouse USB0 ...

Page 46: ...efault Enabled Closed Disabled SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Default Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled LAN1 SUPER X7DVA SCSI Chan A IDE1 Fan4 SCSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ZCR JPL2 Slot5 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank...

Page 47: ...ED indicates activity while the other 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 Indicators A B C A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED Activity LED GLAN Link Indicator LED Settings LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps L i n k LED GLAN Activity Indicator Col...

Page 48: ...n6 JPWF JAR PWRI2 C VGA PCI X 100 MHz Green Slot JPG1 JWD Printer JPL1 JI2 C1 JI2 C2 JWOR Floppy JWOL Fan2 CPU1 LE2 LE3 LE1 USB4 5 USB2 3 JPF Buzzer ESB2 VGA CTRLR SGPIO1SGPIO2 JL1 VGA Memory SI O COM2 J2 J8B1 J7B3 J7B2 J7B1 J1 Battery Slot6 SIM_LP IPMI PCI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 A B A CPU1 VRM Overheat LE...

Page 49: ...1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J21 See the table on the right for pin definitions 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive SIMLP 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 ...

Page 50: ...CI Exp x4 PCI X 100 MHz JPA1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 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 D...

Page 51: ...A1 SCSI CTRLR SATA0 SATA3 SATA2 SATA5 SATA4 JPA2 JPA3 JP1 JF1 FP CNTLR Fan3 LE4 LE5 Fan5 D31 IDE Drive Connectors 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 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Dat...

Page 52: ...4 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground 56 Ground 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 I O 64 I O 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 LAN1 SUPER X7DVA SCSI Chan A IDE1 Fan4 SCSI Chan B PCI 33 MHz JD1 GLAN CTRLR North Bridge COM1 ATX PWR 8 PinPWR 24 Pin CPU2 South Bridge Fan1 SATA1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 ...

Page 53: ... chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Make sure the CPU is properly seated Be sure to check all jumper 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 Verif...

Page 54: ...Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contac...

Page 55: ...de your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer...

Page 56: ...obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and...

Page 57: ... off a backup battery provides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setu...

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 k...

Page 59: ...te Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and ...

Page 60: ...ations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This section allows you to select the type of IDE hard drive Select Auto to allow the BIOS automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this con...

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: ... 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 Serial ATA RAID Functions The options are Enabled and Disabled If you are using t...

Page 63: ...ry This display informs you how much extended memory is detected in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvancedfromthePhoenixBIOSSetupUtilitymainmenuwiththearrowkeys 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 64: ...r Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec Override 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 ...

Page 65: ...ata 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 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to...

Page 66: ...Disabled XPCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN SCSI OPROM Configuration SCSI OPROM Configuration is for the X7DVA 8 only Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in P...

Page 67: ...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 the size of hard drives are to be accessed by the OS The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems XAdvanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution ...

Page 68: ...evice is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge 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 Disable...

Page 69: ... 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 sup...

Page 70: ...al computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust proces...

Page 71: ...Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port 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 parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to sp...

Page 72: ...log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Sele...

Page 73: ...0 2400 9600 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 console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to b...

Page 74: ...ed 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 Select Work...

Page 75: ...olled by voltage If the op tion is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow t...

Page 76: ... 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 Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if...

Page 77: ...rface 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 an...

Page 78: ...his 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 XSystem Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event Log SEL and System Event Log SEL in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Nu...

Page 79: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 23 XRealtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 80: ...means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to...

Page 81: ... 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 ...

Page 82: ...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 have made You will remain ...

Page 83: ...led Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at...

Page 84: ...ault 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 cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size f...

Page 85: ... too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indi...

Page 86: ...play all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for check...

Page 87: ... the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed...

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Page 89: ...to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with ...

Page 90: ...38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video ...

Page 91: ...and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs 8Ah Initia...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...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 95: ...ame packaged with your motherboard Note 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 seria...

Page 96: ...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 Ente...

Page 97: ... appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supermicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look ...

Page 98: ...e and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlig...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...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 101: ...light a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacit...

Page 102: ...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 103: ...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 104: ... press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 200...

Page 105: ...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 D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers D 1 Installing Drivers other than the Intel Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you have installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install sof...

Page 106: ...I 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 setti...

Page 107: ...II Remote Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II ...

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Page 109: ... expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions ...

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