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H8DM3-2/H8DMi-2 User’s Manual

Notes:

1. Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.

2. The H8DMi-2 has the same layout as the H8DM3-2 but with no SAS components

ports

I-button.

3. The I-Button (optional) is used to enable RAID 5.

4. For SAS RAID, SR and IT modes are supported but not IR.

Figure 1-2. H8DM3-2/H8DMi-2 Serverboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

UPER H8DM3-2

Kb/

Mouse

CPU2

USB0/1

LAN1

LAN2

VGA

COM1

J1B1

JPW1

JPI

CPU1 DIMM 1B

CPU1 DIMM 1A

CPU1 DIMM 2B

CPU1 DIMM 2A

CPU1

IDE#1

Floppy

BIOS

CPU2 DIMM 2A

CPU2 DIMM 2B

CPU2 DIMM 1A

CPU2 DIMM 1B

SIMLP

ATI

ES1000

nVidia

MCP55 Pro

AMD

8132

LSI SAS

1068E

Slot 6: PCI-E x8

SEPC

Slot 5: PCI-E x8

Slot 4: PCI-E x4

Slot 3: PCI-X 133 MHz

Slot 2: PCI-X 133/100 MHz

Slot 1: PCI-X 133/100 MHz

Battery

JBT1

SATA0

SATA1 SATA3

SATA2 SATA4 SATA5

COM2

SAS4~7

SAS0~3

AN5

AN6

AN8/

CPU F

AN2

JPW2

J3P

FAN1

JOH1

JF1

FAN2

FAN3

JF2

Speaker

FAN7/
CPU FAN1

JAR

JPG1

nFAN1

JPXA1
JPXB1

JWOL

USB4/5

USB2/3

JL1

JWD

FAN4

SGPIO2

SGPIO1

JCF1

JWF1

DP2

JWOR

JPWF

I-Button

JPS1

Summary of Contents for H8DM3-2

Page 1: ...H8DM3 2 H8DMi 2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a SUPER...

Page 2: ...he resolution of any such disputes 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...

Page 3: ...rovides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor s and memory modules and when ins...

Page 4: ...1 5 Power Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis 2 5 2 4 Install...

Page 5: ...ear 2 16 I2 C to PCI X Enable Disable 2 17 I2 C to PCI E Enable Disable 2 17 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 17 VGA Enable Disable 2 17 PCI X Slot Speed 2 18 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 18 3rd Power Suppl...

Page 6: ...t Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Main Menu 4 2 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu 4 2 4 4 Boot Menu 4 17 4...

Page 7: ...items have all been included with your serverboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer Included with retail box only One 1 H8DM3 2 H8DMi 2 serverboard One 1 IDE cable C...

Page 8: ...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 Technic...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Notes H8DM3 2 is pictured The H8DMi 2 has the same layout as the H8DM3 2 but with no SAS components or ports Figure 1 1 H8DM3 2 H8DMi 2 Image...

Page 10: ...1 J1B1 JPW1 JPI2 C CPU1 DIMM 1B CPU1 DIMM 1A CPU1 DIMM 2B CPU1 DIMM 2A CPU1 IDE 1 Floppy BIOS CPU2 DIMM 2A CPU2 DIMM 2B CPU2 DIMM 1A CPU2 DIMM 1B SIMLP ATI ES1000 nVidia MCP55 Pro AMD 8132 LSI SAS 106...

Page 11: ...nnector I Button RAID 5 Enable Button optional IDE 1 IDE Drive Connector J1B1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JAR Power Fail Alarm Reset Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JF2 Onboard Speaker Keylock Power L...

Page 12: ...Hz slots One 1 low profile SIMLP slot for IPMI card These slots share a bus and so can only support up to 100 MHz when cards are installed in both slots BIOS 8 Mb AMIBIOS LPC Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 3...

Page 13: ...10 and JBOD optional RAID 5 support with I Button installed One 1 UltraDMA ATA 133 100 IDE port One 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB Two 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial ports On chip nVidia...

Page 14: ...dia MCP55Pro AMD Socket F CPU2 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz 128 bit data 16 bit ECC DDR2 667 533 400 DDR2 667 533 400 SATA Ports 6 ATA133 Port 1 USB Ports 6 S I O BIOS Floppy Kybd Mouse Serial Ports 2 AMD So...

Page 15: ...132 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel This hub includes AMD specific technology that provides two PCI X bridges with each bridge supporting a 64 bit data bus as well as separate PCI X operational modes and...

Page 16: ...age levels are all displayed in BIOS Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard fans are controlled by therm...

Page 17: ...function as a system suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power...

Page 18: ...h quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Specification 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the...

Page 19: ...ts serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provid...

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Page 21: ...d 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...

Page 22: ...dex finger to hold the CPU Locate and align pin 1 of the CPU socket with pin 1 of the CPU Both are marked with a triangle Triangles Installing the CPU Backplates Two CPU backplates BKT 0011L have been...

Page 23: ...or the socket 4 With the CPU inserted into the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly in stalled and flush with the socket Then gently lower the silver CPU retent...

Page 24: ...nstalled these are used to help attach the heatsinks to the CPUs To install align the module with the standoffs of the preinstalled CPU backplate and with the four feet on the module contacting the se...

Page 25: ...the serverboard mounting holes with the raised metal standoffs in the tray Insert screws into all the mounting holes in the serverboard that line up with the standoffs Then use a screwdriver to secure...

Page 26: ...you may populate any number of DIMM slots see note on previous page and charts on following page The CPU2 DIMM slots can only be accessed when two CPUs are installed however the CPU2 DIMM slots are no...

Page 27: ...X X X X X Populating Memory Banks for 64 bit Operation CPU1 DIMM1A CPU1 DIMM1B CPU1 DIMM2A CPU1 DIMM2B CPU2 DIMM1A CPU2 DIMM1B CPU2 DIMM2A CPU2 DIMM2B X X X X X X X X X X X X Notes X indicates a popul...

Page 28: ...the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin definitions of th...

Page 29: ...3V Processor Power Connector In addition to the primary ATX power connector above the 12v 8 pin processor power connector at JPW1 must also be connected to your power supply This connection supplies...

Page 30: ...ght for pin definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Control NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 11 Vcc 12 NIC1 Active NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition...

Page 31: ...Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 0 are located beside the LAN1 2 ports See the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Grou...

Page 32: ...r the parallel port COM2 is a header located beside the SATA5 port See the serverboard layout for locations and the table on the right for pin definitions Note NC indicates no connection Serial Port P...

Page 33: ...actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Definition 1 Red wire 5V 3 No connection 5 Buzzer signal 7 Speaker data PWR LED Connector Pin Definitions...

Page 34: ...he status of the power supply fans and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions I2 C Header Pin Definitions JPI2 C Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Gnd 5 3 3V Power...

Page 35: ...Card Power header is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will firstneedtoconnectthedevice spower cable to JWF1 and correctly set the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 Compact Flas...

Page 36: ...is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To c...

Page 37: ...he application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI...

Page 38: ...Definition Closed Master Open Slave Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that redundant power supply modules ar...

Page 39: ...his LED is lit it means power is pres ent on the serverboard In suspend mode this LED will blink on and off Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord s before removing or installing com...

Page 40: ...le should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector interface and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult th...

Page 41: ...E 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...

Page 42: ...Ports Pin Definitions SAS0 3 SAS4 7 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Rx0 2 Rx0 3 Rx1 4 Rx1 5 Rx2 6 Rx2 7 Rx3 8 Rx3 9 Tx3 10 Tx3 11 Tx2 12 Tx2 13 Tx1 14 Tx1 15 Tx0 16 Tx0 SAS Ports H8DM3 2 There are two...

Page 43: ...you must decide if you wish to have the operating system installed as part of a bootable RAID array or installed to a separate non RAID hard drive If on a separate drive you may install the driver ei...

Page 44: ...ll drives that are to become part of the RAID array Once you have finished selecting the drives and type of RAID you wish to use for your RAID array press the F7 key You will be prompted to verify you...

Page 45: ...efore moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 2 11 Installing Additional Drivers The CD that came bundled with the syste...

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Page 47: ...those for the keyboard and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the in ternal chassis speaker and the power LED to the serverboard Ch...

Page 48: ...er to Sec tion 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your serverboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the...

Page 49: ...ended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experi encing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on...

Page 50: ...hnology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connectors to your hard drives Consult the documenta tion that came with your disk drive for details on jumper locatio...

Page 51: ...as F1 F2 etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be...

Page 52: ...date must be entered in DAY MM DD YYYY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Please note that time is in a 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 4 3...

Page 53: ...abled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Installation Change this setting if using a 64 bit Linux operating sys...

Page 54: ...allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Power Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog Timer This setting is used to Enable or...

Page 55: ...setting is used to Enable or Disable the building of the ACPI SRAT table Thermal Throttling This setting is used to Enable or Disable Thermal Throttling CPU Page Translation Table This setting is use...

Page 56: ...ccess the submenu for that item Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addr...

Page 57: ...ROM drives check the specifications of the drive DMA Mode Selects the DMA Mode Options are Auto SWDMA0 SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMA0 MDWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMA3 UDMA4 and UDMA5 SWDMA Single Word DM...

Page 58: ...se PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data tran...

Page 59: ...e options are Yes and No Plug Play OS Select Yes to allow the OS to configure Plug Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug Play Select No to allow...

Page 60: ...the availability of a DMA channel The options are Available and Reserved Reserved Memory Size This setting sets the size of the memory block to reserve for Legacy ISA devices The options are Disabled...

Page 61: ...isabled to prevent the parallel port from accessing any system resources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable Select 378 to allow the parallel port to...

Page 62: ...All Dimms Use this setting to enable unused clocks to all DIMMSs even if some DIMM slots are unpopulated Options are Enabled and Disabled Mem Clk Tristate C3 ALTVID Use this setting to Enable or Disa...

Page 63: ...o later reads are correct Options are Dis abled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds L2 Cache BG Scrub Allows L2 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options are Disabled and various times...

Page 64: ...um Enables spread spectrum for the SATA Options are Enabled and Disabled Primary Graphics Adapter Options are PCI Express PCI and PCI PCI Express USB 1 1 Controller Enable or disable the USB 1 1 contr...

Page 65: ...nd press Enter to clear all event logs The options are Yes and No to verify PCI Express Configuration Active State Power Management Used to Enable or Disable the PCI Express L0 and L1 link power state...

Page 66: ...n 65o and 90o C When this threshold is exceeded the overheat LED on the chas sis will light up and an alarm will sound The LED and alarm will turn off once the CPU temperature has dropped to 5 degrees...

Page 67: ...se both passwords the Supervisor password must be set first Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Sele...

Page 68: ...on and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to AMI BIOS Utili...

Page 69: ...ally communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the e...

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Page 71: ...are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be verified D1h Initializing the DMA control...

Page 72: ...ed while reading the floppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the...

Page 73: ...during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the End key was pressed 12h Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt...

Page 74: ...L general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional informa...

Page 75: ...was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h Th...

Page 76: ...d control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Co...

Page 77: ...ption ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization...

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