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Summary of Contents for Supero X8DAL-3

Page 1: ...X8DAL 3 X8DAL i USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b ...

Page 2: ...SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER 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 Stat...

Page 3: ...iced by professional technicians Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mother board and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when in stalling the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 whi...

Page 4: ...ormation given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup X8DAL 3 X8DAL i User s Manual iv ...

Page 5: ...ss 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 Computer Inc 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 ...

Page 6: ...nstallation Instructions 2 2 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 3 Installing a CPU Heatsink 2 5 2 4 Memory Installation 2 7 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 11 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 11 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports 2 12 Universal Serial Bus USB 2 13 Serial Ports 2 14 Ethernet Ports 2 15 Back_Panel High Definition Audio HD Audio 2 16 CD Header 2 16 Front Panel Au...

Page 7: ...isable 2 29 I2 C Bus to PCI Exp Slots 2 30 Audio Enable 2 30 SAS Enable Disable X8DAL 3 only 2 31 SAS RAID Mode Select X8DAL 3 2 31 USB Wake Up 2 32 2 8 Onboard LED Indicators 2 33 GLAN LEDs 2 33 Onboard Power LED 2 34 SAS Heartbeat LED X8DAL 3 2 34 2 9 Serial ATA and SAS Connections 2 35 Serial ATA Ports 2 35 SAS Ports X8DAL 3 only 2 35 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1...

Page 8: ...onfiguration 4 21 4 6 Exit Options 4 23 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B 1 Installing the Windows OS to a RAID System B 1 B 2 Installing the Windows OS to a Non RAID System B 2 Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 1 Installing Software Programs C 1 C 2 Configuring Supero Doctor III C 2 ...

Page 9: ...ards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer The following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard Six 6 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044L For X8DAL i Eight 8 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044L For X8DAL 3 One 1 I O backpanel shield MCP 260 74301 0N One 1 Su...

Page 10: ...L i Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly like the graphics shown in the manual ...

Page 11: ...FAN5 FAN6 FAN1 T SGPIO2 T SGPIO1 Battery JL1 1 JD1 JI2C2 JI2C1 USB 0 1 2 3 Slot4 PCI 33MHz JBT1 Slot6 PCI E 2 0x16 Slot3 PCI E 2 0x4 in x16 Slot Slot2 PCI E x4 in x 8 Slot ICH10R 5500 LES2 P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM1A P2 DIMM3A P1 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM1A KB Mouse LAN2 LAN1 Slot5 PCI 33MHz JPAC USB8 9 USB6 7 3 SGPIO2 3 SGPIO1 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 FAN3 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL Audio BIOS SAS6 SAS5 SAS4 SAS3 SAS2 SAS1 ...

Page 12: ...id possible system overheating be sure to provide adequate airflow to the system Notes X8DAL 3 X8DAL i Quick Reference COM1 JC1 CD1 JPI2C SAS7 JPS1 JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB1 JPUSB2 JF1 FAN5 FAN6 FAN1 T SGPIO2 T SGPIO1 Battery JL1 1 JD1 JI2C2 JI2C1 USB 0 1 2 3 Slot4 PCI 33MHz JBT1 Slot6 PCI E 2 0x16 Slot3 PCI E 2 0x4 in x16 Slot Slot2 PCI E x4 in x 8 Slot ICH10R 5500 LES2 P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM1A P2 DIMM3A P1 DI...

Page 13: ...ial Port Header FAN 1 6 System CPU Fan Headers Fans 1 2 CPU Fans I Button I Button for HostRAID Storage X8DAL 3 JD1 PWR LED Speaker Header Pins 4 7 Speaker JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED Header JPI2 C Power Supply SMBbus I2 C Header JPW1 JPW2 JPW3 24 pin ATX PWR 8 pin Secondary PWR See Page 1 4 LAN1 LAN2 G LAN RJ45 Ports SAS 0 7 SAS Ports 0 7 X8DAL 3 only ...

Page 14: ...slot in x16 slot Slot 3 One PCI E x4 in x8 slots Slot 2 Two 32 bit PCI 33 slots Slot 4 and Slot 5 BIOS 4 MB AMI SPI Flash ROM PCI 2 2 DMI 2 3 ACPI 1 0 2 0 3 0 Plug and Play PnP DMI 2 3 USB Keyboard support and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for Vcore1 Vcore2 1 5V 5VDD 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3Vcc 3 3VSB VBAT and Vtt Fan status monitor with firmware control Tachometer Monitoring Pu...

Page 15: ...883 Audio Controller supports High Definition 7 1 Audio with Line in Line out and Microphone One COM port and one Serial Header PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to Eight USB 2 0 connections 4 Backpanel USB Ports and 2 Headers w 4 connections supported Super I O Winbond W83627DHG P Other Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS fla...

Page 16: ...orts 1 2 7 8 9 10 Port CSI Port 5 Port 6 DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM B C COM1 COM2 USB 0 1 USB USB 2 3 USB 4 5 USB 6 PCI E x16 Slot6 PCI E x16 Slot5 PCI32 33 Slot1 PCI32 33 Slot2 PCI PCI32bit 33MHz Gen2 Gen2 Gen1 Gen2 B3 Port 1 x4 Intel Intel Intel LGA1366 LGA1366 CPU 1 CPU 2 SAS SAS SAS CTRL Block Diagram of the Intel 5500 Chipset Platform Note This is a general block diagra...

Page 17: ... pair provides 84 signals Each processor supports two QPI links one going to the other processor and the other to the North Bridge The 5500 Chipset supports up to 24 PCI Express Gen2 lanes peer to peer read and write transactions The ICH10R provides up to six PCI Express ports six SATA ports and eight USB connections In addition the 5500 platform also supports a wide range of RAS Reliability Avail...

Page 18: ...an 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 tem...

Page 19: ...h Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the p...

Page 20: ...ect these connectors to the 24 pin JPW1 and the two 8 pin JPW2 JPW3 power connectors on the motherboard for adequate power supply to your system Failure in doing so will void the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard 1 7 Super I O The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives ...

Page 21: ...ts components periph eral 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 that your computer chassis provides excel lent conductivity between different components including the power supply the chassis mounting fasteners and the motherb...

Page 22: ...n the chassis 8 Tools Needed 1 Phillips Screwdriver 2 Pan head 6 screws Installation Instructions Install the IO shield into the chassis 1 Locate the mounting holes on the 2 motherboard Refer to the layout on the right for mounting hole locations 2 2 Motherboard Installation All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the moun...

Page 23: ... motherboard without a 5500 5600 Series processor pre 3 installed make sure that the CPU socket plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU socket pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support 4 Installing an LGA 1366 Processor Press the socket clip to release 1 the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking po...

Page 24: ...ce of the socket or its pins to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket With the CPU inside the socket 7 inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed Once the CPU is securely seated 8 on the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket Use your thumb to gently push the 9 socket clip down to the clip lock Warning Be sure to save the plastic cap The motherboard ...

Page 25: ...ap plied Screw 1 Screw 2 Install Screw 1 Place the heatsink on top of the 2 CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Install two diagonal screws ie 3 the 1 and the 2 screws and tighten them 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 ...

Page 26: ...nd 3 remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the se quence as show in the picture on the right Hold the heatsink as shown 4 in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wrig gling the heatsink Once the heatsink is loosened 5 remove it from the CPU socket To reinstall the CPU and the 6 heatsink clean the surface of ...

Page 27: ...care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance See step 1 Press down the release tabs Insert press down a DIMM module into the slot DIMM Installation Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the 1 memory slots starting with P1 DIMM 1A For best memory performance please install memory modules of the same ty...

Page 28: ...nch 2 3 DIMMs P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM3A Memory Population for Optimal Performance For a motherboard with Two CPUs installed CPU1 CPU2 Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2 6 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM3A P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM3A Memory Support for the Motherboard with the 5500 Series Processor s Installed RDIMM Population for Motherboard with the 5500 Processor Insta...

Page 29: ...DR Dual Rank QR Quad Rank 3 1 Unb DDR3 ECC Non ECC 800 1066 1333 SR or DR Note Mixing of 1 35V and 1 5V DIMMs is not recommended 1 35V DIMMs 1 35V RDIMM Population for the Motherboard w 5600 Processors DIMM Slots per Channel DIMMs Populated per Channel RDIMM Reg DIMM Registered DIMM Speeds in MHz Ranks per DIMM any combination SR Single Rank DR Dual Rank QR Quad Rank 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333...

Page 30: ... the following Table 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 GB Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 GB Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 GB I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 GB PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 GB PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 GB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if neede...

Page 31: ...f the various I O ports 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple 1 PS 2 Mouse Green 2 Back Panel USB Port 0 3 Back Panel USB Port 1 4 Back Panel USB Port 2 5 Back Panel USB Port 3 6 COM Port 1 Turquoise 7 LAN Port 1 8 LAN Port 2 9 Side_Surround Grey 10 Back_Surround Black 11 CEN LFE Orange 12 Microphone In Pink 13 Front Green 14 Line In Blue 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 1...

Page 32: ...ee the table at right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Pin Definitions PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 KB Data 1 Mouse Data 2 No Connection 2 No Connection 3 Ground 3 Ground 4 Mouse KB VCC 5V 4 Mouse KB VCC 5V 5 KB Clock 5 Mouse Clock 6 No Connection 6 No Connection VCC with 1 5A PTC current limit 1 Keyboard Purple 2 Mouse Green X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 1 2 ...

Page 33: ...k panel Additionally four USB con nections USB 6 7 8 9 are on the motherboard to provide front chassis access Cables are not included See the tables on the right for pin definitions Back Panel USB USB 0 3 Pin Definitions 1 5V 2 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 5 N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB 6 7 8 9 USB 6 8 Pin Definition USB 7 9 Pin Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No ...

Page 34: ...ated on the I O backpanel COM2 located next to the Front Panel Audio connector provides front panel serial access See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COM1 COM2 Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 N A 1 COM1 2 COM2 X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 1 2 ...

Page 35: ...type cables Note Please refer to the LED Indicator Sec tion for LAN LED information LAN Ports Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 P2V5SB 10 SGND 2 TD0 11 Act LED 3 TD0 12 P3V3SB 4 TD1 13 Link 100 LED Yellow 3V3SB 5 TD1 14 Link 1000 LED Yellow 3V3SB 6 TD2 15 Ground 7 TD2 16 Ground 8 TD3 17 Ground 9 TD3 88 Ground NC No Connection X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 1 2 ...

Page 36: ...ough the front panel stereo out for front L R rear L R center and subwoofer speakers Use the Advanced software included in the CD ROM with your moth erboard to enable this function CD Header There is a 4 pin CD header CD1 and a Front Pane Accessible Audio header JC1 on the motherboard These headers allow you to use the onboard sound for audio CD playback Connect an audio cable from your CD drive t...

Page 37: ...5 6 and 9 10 on the FP Audio Header If these jumpers are not installed the back panel line_out connector will be disabled and micro phone input Pin 1 will be left floating which can lead to excessive back panel microphone noise and cross talk See the table on the right for pin definitions 1 Front Panel Audio Header X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 1 Front Panel Audio Pin Signal 1 Microphone_Left 2 Audio_Ground 3...

Page 38: ...ned 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 X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 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 PW...

Page 39: ...O1 JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 FAN3 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL Audio BIOS SAS6 SAS5 SAS4 SAS3 SAS2 SAS1 SAS0 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 I SATA4 I SATA5 LE1 JWD SP1 SPKR LSI 1068 SAS CTRL Intel Intel SIO Audio CTRL HW Monitor X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 FP CTRL JOH1 FP Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to ...

Page 40: ... a cable here to indicate HDD SATA activities from the ICH10R South Bridge See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V 14 HD Active COM1 JC1 CD1 JPI2C SAS7 JPS1 JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB1 JPUSB2 JF1 FAN5 FAN6 FAN1 T SGPIO2 T SGPIO1 Battery JL1 1 JD1 JI2C2 JI2C1 USB 0 1 2 3 Slot4 PCI 33MHz JBT1 Slot6 PCI E 2 0x16 Slot3 PCI E 2 0x4 in x16 Slot Slot2 PCI E x4...

Page 41: ... LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 OH Fan Fail LED OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail A COM1 JC1 CD1 JPI2C SAS7 JPS1 JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB1 JPUSB2 JF1 FAN5 FAN6 FAN1 T SGPIO2 T SGPIO1 Battery JL1 1 JD1 JI2C2 JI2C1 USB 0 1 2 3 Slot4 PCI 33MHz JBT1 Slot6 PCI E 2 0x16 Slot3 PCI E 2 0x4 in x16 Slot Slot2 PCI E x4 in x 8 Slot ICH10R 5500 LES2 ...

Page 42: ...on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a 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 COM1 JC1 CD1 JPI2C SAS7 JPS1 JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB1 JPUSB2 JF1 FAN5 FAN6 FAN1 T SGPIO2 T SGPIO1 Battery JL1 1 JD1 JI2C2 JI2C1 USB 0 1 2 3 Slot4 PCI 33MHz JBT1 Slot6 PCI E 2 0x1...

Page 43: ...rs JPW2 JPW3 on the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifi cation In addition to the 24 pin ATX power connector the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connec tors at JPW2 JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS_ON 4...

Page 44: ... Fan 6 G Chassis Intrusion D E F Fan Headers This motherboard has four chassis system fan headers Fan 3 to Fan6 and two CPU fans Fan1 Fan2 on the moth erboard All these 4 pin fans headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans However fan speed control is available for 4 pin fans only The fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Man agement via Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Sett...

Page 45: ...4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 B A A Internal Speaker Buzzer B PWR LED Speaker Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are used for power LED indication and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the tables on the right for pin definitions If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Connect a cable to pins 4 7 of JD1 to use an external speaker Speaker Connector Pin Defini...

Page 46: ...el SIO Audio CTRL HW Monitor X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 FP CTRL JOH1 FP Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 A A OH LED B PWR SMB Power SMB I2 C Connector Power System Management Bus I2 C Con nector JPI2 C monitors power supply fan and system temperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail ...

Page 47: ...1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 A B A T SGPIO 1 B T SGPIO 2 C 3 SGPIO 1 X8DAL 3 D 3 SGPIO 2 X8DAL 3 E I Button X8DAL 3 C T SGPIO 1 2 3 SGPIO 1 2 Headers Two SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output headers T SGPIO 1 T SGPIO 2 are located the motherboard In addition 3 GPIO 1 2 located on the X8DAL 3 models These headers support serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA and SAS connect...

Page 48: ...AN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers cre ate 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 ...

Page 49: ...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 sys tem remove the AC power ...

Page 50: ...RL Intel Intel SIO Audio CTRL HW Monitor X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 FP CTRL JOH1 FP Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 A A JI2 C1 B JI2 C2 C Audio Enable B I2 C Bus to PCI Exp Slots Jumpers JI2 C1 and JI2 C2 allow you to connect the System Management Bus I2 C to PCI and PCI Express slots These two jumpers are to be set at the same time The default setting is Open ...

Page 51: ... Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 A A SAS Enable B SAS RAID Mode Select SAS Enable Disable X8DAL 3 only Jumper JPS1 allows you to enable or disable the onboard SAS connections The default setting is Pins 1 2 to enable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings SAS Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 SAS Enabled Defaul...

Page 52: ... SATA2 I SATA3 I SATA4 I SATA5 LE1 JWD SP1 SPKR LSI 1068 SAS CTRL Intel Intel SIO Audio CTRL HW Monitor X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 FP CTRL JOH1 FP Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 A A Backplane USB Wake UP Enable B Front Panel USB Wake UP Enable USB Wake Up The system may be woken up from the standby state by pushing a key on a USB keyboard con nected to an enab...

Page 53: ...RL Intel Intel SIO Audio CTRL HW Monitor X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 FP CTRL JOH1 FP Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 2 8 Onboard LED Indicators A A LAN1 2 LEDs GLAN LEDs Two LAN ports LAN 1 LAN 2 are located on the IO Backplane of the motherboard Each Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The Yellow LED on the right indicates activity while the Link LED may be green am...

Page 54: ... SIO Audio CTRL HW Monitor X8DAL 3 i Rev 2 0 FP CTRL JOH1 FP Audio COM2 FAN2 IOH 24D South Bridge LES1 3 JPS5 4 1 1 4 JPS2 I Button 3 FAN4 A B A PWR LED B SAS Heartbeat LED X8DA 3 SAS Heartbeat LED X8DAL 3 An Onboard SAS Heartbeat LED is lo cated at LES2 When LES2 is blinking SAS connections work properly See the layout below for the location of LES2 SAS Heartbeat LED LES2 Settings LED Color Defin...

Page 55: ... I Button 3 FAN4 Serial ATA Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 TX_P 3 TX_N 4 Ground 5 RX_N 6 RX_P 7 Ground A I SATA0 5 B SAS 0 7 X8DAL 3 Serial ATA Ports There are Six Serial ATA Ports I SATA0 I SATA 5 located on the motherboard These ports provide serial link signal connections which are faster than the connections of Parallel ATA See the table on the right for pin definitions SAS Ports X8...

Page 56: ...2 36 X8DAL 3 X8DAL i User s Manual Notes ...

Page 57: ...chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for 2 the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 3 Install CPU 1 first and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to 4 the motherboard Making sure that the CPU is fully seated Also Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the 1 chassis M...

Page 58: ...y_Beep_Code is issued by the system check the following Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 1 Check if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and check if the BIOS 2 setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR3 Registered ECC or Unbuf...

Page 59: ...lowing information when 3 contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account n...

Page 60: ... chip used on this motherboard cannot be removed Send your motherboard back to our RMA Department for repair Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied CD has drivers and programs that are needed for your sys tem Please review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS security and audio drivers 3 ...

Page 61: ...ys all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermic...

Page 62: ...n the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or Sys tem Date using the arrow keys Key in new values through the keyboard and press Enter Press the Tab key to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD Y...

Page 63: ...y Boot Exit Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults vXX XX C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Settings BOOT Feature Processor Clock Options Advanced Chipset Control IDE SATA Configuration PCI PnP Configuration Super IO Device Configuration Remote Access Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration E...

Page 64: ... the ROM BIOS of the host adap tors will not capture Interrupt 19 and the drives attached to these adaptors will not function as bootable devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Configuration Watch Dog Function If enabled the Watch Dog Timer will allow the system to reboot when it is inactive for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Button Function If set to In...

Page 65: ...to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled L1 Data Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to activate L1 Data Prefetcher to enhance system performance for UP platforms For DP MP servers enable or disable this feature based on applica tion specifications The options are Enabled and Disabled Data Reuse Optimization Available when support...

Page 66: ...ve system performance The default is Disabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information Simultaneous Multi Threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Simultaneous Multi Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Active Processor Cores Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyo...

Page 67: ...to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabled and Enabled ACPI T State Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to report processor throttling in ACPI The options are Enabled and Disabled Advanced Chipset Control The items included in the Advanced Settings submenu are listed below CPU Bridge Configuration Request Transaction ID This feature is used to determine how a QPI Transact...

Page 68: ...ting resident errors The options are Enabled and Disabled Throttling Closed Loop Throttling improves reliability and reduces power in the processor by automatic volt age control during processor idle states The options are Disabled and Enabled North Bridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for the Intel North Bridge Intel I O AT This feature works with the Intel ...

Page 69: ...abled and Disabled Active State Power Management Select Enabled to start Active State Power Management for signal transactions between L0 and L1 Links on the PCI Express Bus This maximizes power saving and transaction speed The options are Enabled and Disabled IOH PCIE Max Payload Size Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128B while others wit...

Page 70: ...round solution for an operating system that does not have EHCI Hand Off support When enabled the EHCI Interface will be changed from the BIOS controlled to the OS controlled The options are Disabled and Enabled HDA Controller Select Enabled to activate the onboard High Definition Audio controller The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycle to Use this item to decide where to route Po...

Page 71: ...he following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For d...

Page 72: ...ect Enabled to enable 32 Bit data transfer DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMA2 to allow the...

Page 73: ... the AMI BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Select Enable to enable the function of 32 bit IDE data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI PnP Configuration Clear NVRAM This feature clears the NVRAM during system boot The options are No and Yes Pl...

Page 74: ...le the onboard LAN1 or LAN2 Option ROM This is to boot computer using a network interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Load Onboard SAS Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard SAS Option ROM This is to boot computer using a network interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Boot Graphics Adapter Priority This feature allows the user to select the priority graphics adapter for s...

Page 75: ...Console Redirection The options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Select Disabled to turn off Console Redirection after Power On Self Test POST Select Always to keep Console Redirection active all the time after POST Note This setting may not be supported by some operating systems Select Boot Loader to keep Console Redirection active during POST and Boot Loader The options...

Page 76: ...elect this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU temperature reaches about 5oC above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature...

Page 77: ... CPU temperature conditions i e by increasing CPU Fan speed triggering the Overheat Alarm etc Since CPUs can have different Temperature Tolerances the installed CPU can now send information to the motherboard what its Temperature Tolerance is and not the other way around This results in better CPU thermal management Supermicro has leveraged this feature by assigning a temperature status to certain...

Page 78: ...ion Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options are...

Page 79: ...le Non Uniform Memory Access support to enhance soft ware execution performance for NUMA aware operating systems Select Disabled for better memory accessibility for non NUMA operating systems The options are Enabled and Disabled Event Log Configuration View Event Log Use this option to view the System Event Log Mark all event as read This option marks all events as read The options are OK and Canc...

Page 80: ...ess to the Setup Utility Change User Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then type in a new User Password Clear User Password Available only when User Password has been set This item allows you to clear a user password after it has been entered Password Check This item allows you to check a password after it has been entered The options are Setup and Always 4 4 S...

Page 81: ...movable Drives CD DVD Drives USB Drives Network Drives Retry Boot Devices Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device 3rd boot device 4th boot device 5th boot device and Disabled 1st Boot Device Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to s...

Page 82: ... specify the boot sequence from available USB Drives i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive etc Network Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Network Drives i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive etc Retry Boot Devices Select Enabled to enable Retry Boot Devices support to allow the system to attempt to boot from a specific boot device after a boot failure The options are Enabled and D...

Page 83: ... take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration 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 the AMI ...

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Page 85: ... consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error A 1 BIOS Error Beep Codes BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short beeps 1 long b...

Page 86: ...A 2 X8DAL 3 X8DAL i User s Manual Notes ...

Page 87: ...CSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional 3 device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA Windows XP 2003 2008 Vista Driver for 4 ICH10R into Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ICH10R 5 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key Press the Enter key to continue the instal...

Page 88: ...OS installation The Windows OS Setup screen will display 2 From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The Windows 3 OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically 4 reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD 5 Drive duri...

Page 89: ...iew the entire contents of the CD 2 When making a storage driver diskette by booting into a Driver CD please set the SATA Configuration to Compatible Mode and configure SATA as IDE in the BIOS Setup After making the driver diskette be sure to change the SATA settings back to your original settings Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 1 Installing Software Programs After you have install...

Page 90: ...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 precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doc tor III adopts the temperature threshold setting...

Page 91: ...ote 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 93: ... 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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