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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Page 1: ...H8SMU USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a 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: ...n 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 installing the serverboard in...

Page 4: ...1 4 Power Configuration Settings 1 11 1 5 Power Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 1 7 UIO 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Moun...

Page 5: ...ation of Jumpers 2 15 CMOS Clear 2 15 VGA Enable Disable 2 16 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 16 Onboard Speaker Enable Disable 2 16 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 17 I2 C to PCI X PCI E Enable Disable 2 17...

Page 6: ...s 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 16 4 5 Security...

Page 7: ...highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer Inc...

Page 8: ...per 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...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 H8SMU Image...

Page 10: ...e H8SMU CPU nVidia MCP55Pro LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mse BIOS SW1 UIOP ATI ES1000 SXB2 PCI E x8 SXB1 PCI E x16 DIMM 2B DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 1A IDE USB2 3 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SIMSO COM2 FLOPPY...

Page 11: ...Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE IDE Hard Drive Connector JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JPI2 C System Management I...

Page 12: ...One 1 PCI Express x8 slot UIO slot BIOS 4 Mb AMIBIOS LPC Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 ACPI 2 0 is BIOS supported SMBIOS 2 3 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CP...

Page 13: ...rts RAID 0 1 5 0 1 and JBOD supported 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 MCP55 Ethernet controll...

Page 14: ...us pages for the actual specifications of your motherboard nVidia MCP55Pro 128 bit data 16 bit ECC DDR2 800 667 533 PCI E x16 Slot SATA Ports 4 IDE 1 USB Ports 4 S I O BIOS Floppy Kybd Mouse Serial Po...

Page 15: ...Opteron 16 bit Hyper Transport interface link a four port Serial ATA interface a dual port Gb Ethernet interface a single ATA133 bus master interface and a USB 2 0 interface This hub connects directly...

Page 16: ...voltage 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...

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: ...ity 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 comput...

Page 19: ...e of which supports 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...

Page 20: ...cro s UIO Universal I O technology UIO motherboards have PCI Express slots or UIO slots on UIO risers that can support any one of several types of UIO card types to add SAS ports additional LAN ports...

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: ...at the backplate sticks to the underside of the board See Figure 2 1 Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the proces sor Always connect the power cord last and always remove it be for...

Page 23: ...cluded in the retail box Once installed it is used to help attach the heatsink to the CPU To install position the module so that the CPU backplate standoffs insert through the holes on the heatsink re...

Page 24: ...ith their respective holes in the I O shield at the rear of the chassis 2 Mounting the motherboard onto the mainboard tray in the chassis Carefully mount the motherboard onto the mainboard tray by ali...

Page 25: ...y modules are supported It is highly recommended that you remove the power cord from the system before installing or changing any memory modules Support The H8SMU supports single or dual channel DDR2...

Page 26: ...emove Use your thumbs to gently push each re lease tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot Note Notch should align with its receptive point on the slot Notch Notch Release Tab Release Tab Note t...

Page 27: ...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 the various connectors...

Page 28: ...ector Pin Definitions JPW2 Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V 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...

Page 29: ...Pin Definition 9 Vcc 10 NIC2 Active Overheat Fan Fail Power Fail UID LED Connect an LED to pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating a fan failure or a power supply failur...

Page 30: ...of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the powe...

Page 31: ...ted beside the VGA port These Ethernet ports accept RJ45 type cables Note NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8...

Page 32: ...right for pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 and 7 with a jumper Speaker Connector Pin...

Page 33: ...On LAN connector and cable to use the Wake On LAN feature Note Wake On LAN from S3 S4 S5 are supported by LAN1 LAN2 sup ports Wake On LAN from S1 only Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nat...

Page 34: ...itions JWF1 Pin Definition 1 5V 2 Ground 3 Signal SGPIO SGPIO1 Serial General Purpose Input Output provides a bus between the SATA controller and the SATA drive backplane to provide SATA enclosure man...

Page 35: ...r 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...

Page 36: ...disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper set tings VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 E...

Page 37: ...to PCI X PCI E Enable Disable The JI2 C1 2 pair of jumpers allows you to connect the System Management Bus to the PCI X PCI E expansion slots available on the H8SMU only with a spcial riser card The d...

Page 38: ...LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz Onboard Power LED DP1 DP1 is an Onboard Power LED When this LED is lit it means power is present on the serverboard In su...

Page 39: ...ould 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 the doc...

Page 40: ...ata 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 2...

Page 41: ...w and install the driver during the OS installation Building a Driver Diskette You must first build a driver diskette from the CD ROM that was included with the system You will have to create this dis...

Page 42: ...fy your choice if you want to continue with your choices select Yes Note that selecting Yes will clear all previous data from the drives you selected to be a part of the array You are then given the c...

Page 43: ...Chapter 2 Installation 2 23 Figure 2 5 SATA RAID Utility Main Screen Figure 2 6 SATA RAID Utility Array List...

Page 44: ...icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the tabs...

Page 45: ...emove 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 motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 7 Us...

Page 46: ...ec tion 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above s...

Page 47: ...th your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site http www supermicro com aplus support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web...

Page 48: ...ATA133 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on act...

Page 49: ...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 conf...

Page 50: ...AY 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 Advanced Settings Menu Bo...

Page 51: ...hange this setting if using a Linux operating system The available options are Other and Linux ACPI Mode Use this setting to determine whether ACPI mode will be used The options are Yes and No ACPI Ve...

Page 52: ...must be used in conjunction with the Watch Dog jumper see Chapter 2 for details MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS revision level to 1 1 or 1 4 Smbios Configuration This sett...

Page 53: ...oller Onboard IDE Controller There is a single floppy controller on the motherboard which may be Enabled or Disabled with this setting Serial ATA Devices This setting is used to determine if SATA driv...

Page 54: ...O 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 transfer...

Page 55: ...mable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow AMI BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk driv...

Page 56: ...he function The options are Enabled and Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Select Enabled to enable the function of Hard Disk Write Protect to prevent data from being written to HDD The options are Enab...

Page 57: ...to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device...

Page 58: ...Request address of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Selec...

Page 59: ...ons are Auto and Manual Bank Interleaving Select Auto to automatically enable interleaving memory scheme when this function is supported by the processor The options are Auto and Disabled Enable Clock...

Page 60: ...Scrub Allows L2 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds Data Cache BG Scrub Allows L1 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options ar...

Page 61: ...ntroller Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy Disable Legacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system Auto disabled Legacy support if no USB device...

Page 62: ...e Access Configuration Remote Access Allows you to Enable or Disable remote access If enabled the settings below will appear Serial Port Number Selects the serial port to use for console redirection O...

Page 63: ...between 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...

Page 64: ...er to specify the boot sequence from the available hard disk drives Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from the available re movable drives 4 5 Security Menu AM...

Page 65: ...ogram Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then Select OK to allow BIOS to automatically load the Optimal Defaults as the BIOS Sett...

Page 66: ...4 18 H8SMU User s Manual Notes...

Page 67: ...errors are usually 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 li...

Page 68: ...A 2 H8SMU User s Manual Notes...

Page 69: ...tialization code check sum will be verified D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next D3h Starting memory...

Page 70: ...ile 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 flopp...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...eral 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 information...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...trol 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 Configu...

Page 75: ...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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