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Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

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System Date/System Time 

Use this option to change the system date and time. Highlight 

System Date 

or 

System Time 

using the arrow keys. Enter new values using the keyboard. Press the 

<Tab> key or the arrow keys to move between fields. The date must be entered in 

Day MM/DD/YYYY format. The time is entered in HH:MM:SS format. 

Note: 

The time is in the 24-hour format. For example, 5:30 P.M. appears 

as 17:30:00.

The following BIOS items will also be displayed:

Supermicro X9SKV

Version

Build Date

EC Firmware Version

Memory Information

Total Memory

This displays the total size of memory available in the system.

Summary of Contents for Supero X9SKV-1105

Page 1: ...X9SKV B915 X9SKV 1125 X9SKV 1105 USER S MANUAL 1 0...

Page 2: ...LLING 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 o...

Page 3: ...SO DIMM support for up to 32GB memory two SATA 2 0 ports It also includes five USB 2 0 ports 2 COM ports eUSB standoff Disk on Module Intel QuickAssist Technol ogy and TPM support These enable the X9...

Page 4: ...mponents or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Critical information to prevent damage to th...

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Page 6: ...ies Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset Overview 1 9 1 3 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 10 Onboard Voltage Monitoring 1 10 Fan Status Monitor with Software 1 10 1 4 Power Configurat...

Page 7: ...3 Power Button 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 14 Fan Headers 2 15 Chassis Intrusion JL1 2 16 TPM Header JTPM1 2 16 SATA DOM Power JSD1 2 17 Overheat Fan Fail LED JOH1 2 17 Power LED Speaker JD1 2 18 Int...

Page 8: ...S 4 1 Introduction 4 1 Starting BIOS Setup Utility 4 1 How To Change the Configuration Data 4 1 How to Start the Setup Utility 4 2 4 2 Main Setup 4 2 The following Main menu items will be displayed 4...

Page 9: ...Management Configuration 4 8 Power Technology 4 8 EIST 4 8 P STATE Coordination 4 8 Package C State limit 4 9 Factory Long Duration Power Limit 4 9 Long Duration Power Limit 4 9 Factory Long Duration...

Page 10: ...4 14 Device Settings 4 14 Change Port Settings 4 14 Serial Port Console Redirection 4 15 H W Hardware Monitor 4 17 PC Health Status 4 17 Fan Speed Control Mode 4 17 ACPI Settings 4 18 ACPI Sleep Stat...

Page 11: ...ve Changes and Reset 4 24 Save Options 4 24 Save Changes 4 24 Discard Changes 4 24 Restore Optimized Defaults 4 25 Save As User Defaults 4 25 Restore User Defaults 4 25 Boot Override 4 25 Set ME to Di...

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Page 13: ...he utmost attention to detail and to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything li...

Page 14: ...15 Image Note All graphics and images shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look...

Page 15: ...PU1 FAN2 I SATA1 I SATA0 JF1 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 JWD1 BUZZER XDP PXH XDP CPU 2 3 ME MANUFACTURING MODE 1 2 NORMAL JTAG OF MCU COM2 TO MCU 2 4 3 5 4 7 SPEAKER 1 3 PWR LED UARTB TO MCU UARTB TO COM2 1 2 5 6 1...

Page 16: ...SLOT6 PCI E 2 0 X 8 OH LED CMOS CLEAR JF2 X SLOT7 PCI E 2 0 X 8 X ON PWR FR NMI RST OH FF PP1 NIC6 PP0 NIC5 JF1 LED HDD LED PWR NMI NIC4 JSD1 USB0 1 2 3 SLOT6 1 2 SLOT7 JPSLOT1 PCI E SLOT SELECT JTPM1...

Page 17: ...B 2 0 header for USB 2 3 Type A Port for USB 4 COM2 Serial Port header COM2 JF1 Front Panel control header see Front Panel Control JF1 below right JF2 Front Panel control header see Front Panel Contro...

Page 18: ...4 with SR IOV support I O Devices SATA Connections SATA 2 0 Ports Two 2 SATA 0 1 USB Devices Two 2 USB 2 0 ports on the rear I O panel Two 2 USB 2 0 ports on headers with eUSB standoff One 1 internal...

Page 19: ...an speed control System Management PECI Platform Environment Configuration Interface 3 0 support Watch Dog NMI Chassis Intrusion header and detection CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Download f...

Page 20: ...s User s Manual Note This is a general block diagram Please see the Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of the motherboard X9SKV BLOCK DIAGRAM Cave Creek Port Pair1 Port Pair2 Mothe...

Page 21: ...kAssist Technology hardware acceleration for efficient cryptographic and compression performance The motherboard provides a solid platform as a network appliance for the SMB market as a firewall or hi...

Page 22: ...st hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting The defaul...

Page 23: ...button the system will enter a Soft Off state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff...

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Page 25: ...its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their...

Page 26: ...BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION CPU COM1 DIMMA1 UNB ECC DDR3 SODIMM REQUIRED DIMMA2 ALWAYS POPULATE DIMMx2 FIRST DIMMB1 DIMMB2 LAN3 LAN4 LAN1 LAN2 USB4 2 2 Motherb...

Page 27: ...Locate the matching mounting holes on the chassis Install standoffs in the chassis as needed Align the mounting holes on the motherboard against the mounting holes on the chassis Install the motherbo...

Page 28: ...E ON ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION CPU COM1 DIMMA1 UNB ECC DDR3 SODI...

Page 29: ...e it from the slot Pull the SO DIMM module upwards The SO DIMM Socket Position the SO DIMM module s bottom key so it aligns with the receptive point on the slot Take note of the module s side notches...

Page 30: ...2 3 ME MANUFACTURING MODE 1 2 NORMAL JTAG OF MCU COM2 TO MCU 2 4 3 5 4 7 SPEAKER 1 3 PWR LED UARTB TO MCU UARTB TO COM2 1 2 5 6 1 3 4 6 COM2 JD1 JDEBUG1 MCU DEBUG PORT USB2 3 BATTERY SLOT6 PCI E 2 0...

Page 31: ...7 SPEAKER 1 3 PWR LED UARTB TO MCU UARTB TO COM2 1 2 5 6 1 3 4 6 COM2 JD1 JDEBUG1 MCU DEBUG PORT USB2 3 BATTERY SLOT6 PCI E 2 0 X 8 OH LED CMOS CLEAR JF2 X SLOT7 PCI E 2 0 X 8 X ON PWR FR NMI RST OH F...

Page 32: ...H1 JL1 JWOR1 JI2C1 JI2C2 JITP2 JITP1 JPW1 FAN6 FAN5 FAN4 FAN3 FAN1 CPU1 FAN2 I SATA1 I SATA0 JF1 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 JWD1 BUZZER XDP PXH XDP CPU 2 3 ME MANUFACTURING MODE 1 2 NORMAL JTAG OF MCU COM2 TO MCU...

Page 33: ...FAN2 I SATA1 I SATA0 JF1 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 JWD1 BUZZER XDP PXH XDP CPU 2 3 ME MANUFACTURING MODE 1 2 NORMAL JTAG OF MCU COM2 TO MCU 2 4 3 5 4 7 SPEAKER 1 3 PWR LED UARTB TO MCU UARTB TO COM2 1 2 5 6 1 3...

Page 34: ...CI E SLOT SELECT JTPM1 TPM PORT80 OFF DISABLE ON ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS...

Page 35: ...onnection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drive activities on the system including Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the...

Page 36: ...nings of chassis overheat or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail A B JF1 Header Pins...

Page 37: ...ns will power on off the system To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Pin Definitions...

Page 38: ...6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION CPU COM1 DIMMA1 UNB ECC DDR3 SODIMM REQUIRED DIMMA2 ALWAYS POPULATE DIMMx2 FIRST DIMMB1 DIMMB2 LAN3 LAN4 LAN1 LAN2...

Page 39: ...SELECT JTPM1 TPM PORT80 OFF DISABLE ON ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION...

Page 40: ...LEAR JF2 X SLOT7 PCI E 2 0 X 8 X ON PWR FR NMI RST OH FF PP1 NIC6 PP0 NIC5 JF1 LED HDD LED PWR NMI NIC4 JSD1 USB0 1 2 3 SLOT6 1 2 SLOT7 JPSLOT1 PCI E SLOT SELECT JTPM1 TPM PORT80 OFF DISABLE ON ENABLE...

Page 41: ...1 2 SLOT7 JPSLOT1 PCI E SLOT SELECT JTPM1 TPM PORT80 OFF DISABLE ON ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NM...

Page 42: ...N ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION CPU COM1 DIMMA1 UNB ECC DDR3 SODIMM...

Page 43: ...SLOT SELECT JTPM1 TPM PORT80 OFF DISABLE ON ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INT...

Page 44: ...I2C2 JITP2 JITP1 JPW1 FAN6 FAN5 FAN4 FAN3 FAN1 CPU1 FAN2 I SATA1 I SATA0 JF1 JPCIE2 JPCIE1 JWD1 BUZZER XDP PXH XDP CPU 2 3 ME MANUFACTURING MODE 1 2 NORMAL JTAG OF MCU COM2 TO MCU 2 4 3 5 4 7 SPEAKER...

Page 45: ...oard 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...

Page 46: ...JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION CPU COM1 DIMMA1 UNB ECC DDR3 SODIMM REQUIRED DIMMA2 ALWAYS POPULATE DIMMx2 FIRST DIMMB1 DIMMB2 LAN3 LAN4 LAN1 LAN2 USB4 CMOS Clear JBT1 JBT1 is used t...

Page 47: ...2 JGPIO1 T1 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 JDEBUG1 BT1 JCOM2 JP1 SP1 JF2 JUSB2 JBT1 JSD1 JTPM1 LED5 JD1 JOH1 JL1 JWOR1 JI2C1 JI2C2 JITP2 JITP1 JPW1 FAN6 FAN5 FAN4 FAN3 FAN1 CPU1 F...

Page 48: ...TA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2 3 NORMAL CHASSIS INTRUSION CPU COM1 DIMMA1 UNB ECC DDR3 SODIMM REQUIRED DIMMA2 ALWAYS POPULATE DIM...

Page 49: ...P CPU 2 3 ME MANUFACTURING MODE 1 2 NORMAL JTAG OF MCU COM2 TO MCU 2 4 3 5 4 7 SPEAKER 1 3 PWR LED UARTB TO MCU UARTB TO COM2 1 2 5 6 1 3 4 6 COM2 JD1 JDEBUG1 MCU DEBUG PORT USB2 3 BATTERY SLOT6 PCI E...

Page 50: ...BATTERY SLOT6 PCI E 2 0 X 8 OH LED CMOS CLEAR JF2 X SLOT7 PCI E 2 0 X 8 X ON PWR FR NMI RST OH FF PP1 NIC6 PP0 NIC5 JF1 LED HDD LED PWR NMI NIC4 JSD1 USB0 1 2 3 SLOT6 1 2 SLOT7 JPSLOT1 PCI E SLOT SEL...

Page 51: ...2 SLOT7 JPSLOT1 PCI E SLOT SELECT JTPM1 TPM PORT80 OFF DISABLE ON ENABLE WAKE ON RING JWOR1 NIC3 SATA DOM POWER JI2C1 JI2C2 NIC1 NIC2 LAN5 LAN6 2 3 NORMAL 1 2 BYPASS LAN LED JL1 JPF1 JPF2 1 2 FR NMI 2...

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Page 53: ...e sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 3 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Also be sure to remove...

Page 54: ...fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please make sure that you have followed all the steps listed be...

Page 55: ...show less memory than what is physically installed Answer Microsoft implemented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Ad dres...

Page 56: ...S utility will automatically flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Warning D...

Page 57: ...the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Ship ping and handling charges will be applied for all orders t...

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Page 59: ...ns 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 t...

Page 60: ...ate the BIOS do not shut down or reset the system while the BIOS is updating This is to avoid possible boot failure 4 2 Main Setup When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Ma...

Page 61: ...or the arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD YYYY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in the 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears a...

Page 62: ...Display Mode Use this feature to set the display mode for the Option ROM Select Keep Cur rent to use the current AddOn ROM display setting Select Force BIOS to use the Option ROM display mode set by t...

Page 63: ...tial boot failure The options are Disabled Legacy Boot and EFI Boot Power Configuration Watch Dog Function If enabled the Watch Dog timer will allow the system to reboot when it is inactive for more t...

Page 64: ...played CPU Speed MHz 64 bit support Type of CPU CPU Signature Microcode Patch Max Maximum CPU Speed Min Minimum CPU Speed Processor Cores Intel HT Hyper Threading Technology Intel VT x Virtualization...

Page 65: ...e processor or damage the system during an attack The default is Enabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU If set to E...

Page 66: ...d Intel SpeedStep Technology allows the system to automati cally adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation Please refer to Intel s web s...

Page 67: ...to set the processor power consumption limit in Watts value for a long duration time window Factory Long Duration Maintained This feature displays the manufacture preset time value in milliseconds wh...

Page 68: ...providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled Memory ECC Support Set this option to either Enabled or Disab...

Page 69: ...ent 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 de pendency o...

Page 70: ...nd capacity Software Preserve Support Staggered Spin Up On an edge detect from 0 to 1 set this item to allow the PCH to start a COMRE SET initialization sequence to the device The options are Enabled...

Page 71: ...E Slot The options are Disabled Auto and Force L0s Onboard LAN 1 2 3 and 4 This setting enables or disables the onboard LAN1 LAN4 ports The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard LAN5 Onboard LAN6...

Page 72: ...vironment or UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface for network stack support The options are Enabled and Disabled Ipv4 PXE Support Available when Network Stack is set to Enabled Select Enabled to...

Page 73: ...ed for COM2 Console Redirection Settings COM1 COM2 Configure the following options for the Console Redirection Settings The most common settings are set as default Terminal Type Select ANSI VT100 VT10...

Page 74: ...ed and Disabled Console Redirection Settings Configure the following options for the Console Redirection Settings The most common settings are set as default Out of Band Management Port COM1 COM2 Term...

Page 75: ...ation Duty Cycle for maximum cooling This setting is recommended for special system configuration or debugging Select Standard for the onboard fans to run at 50 of the Initial PWM Cycle in order to ba...

Page 76: ...nload the drivers needed to provide Trusted Computing platform support for this machine to ensure date integrity and network security The options are Disable and Enable TPM State Select Enabled to use...

Page 77: ...s option automatically clears the Event Log memory of all messages when it is full The options are Do Nothing and Erase Immediately Log System Boot Event This option toggles the System Boot Event logg...

Page 78: ...ate event must happen before the MECI counter is in cremented This is a numeric value METW The Multiple Event Time Window METW defines number of minutes must pass between duplicate log events before M...

Page 79: ...Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit Sets the system boot order Event Logs Set Boot Priority 1st Boot Device CD DVD 2nd Boot Device Hard Di...

Page 80: ...stems will boot after power on Add Boot Option Enter the name of the new boot option here Path for Boot Option Enter the path of the new boot option here Create Press Enter here to create the new boot...

Page 81: ...the selected hard disk drive The length of the password should be from 3 characters to 20 characters long To begin use the cursor to highlight a detected hard disk and press Enter Press Enter again on...

Page 82: ...en you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to save all changes made This will not reset reboot the system Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard a...

Page 83: ...to save any changes to the BIOS setup for future use Restore User Defaults To set this feature select Restore User Defaults from the Exit menu and press En ter Use this feature to retrieve user defin...

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Page 85: ...epairs 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 cor responding errorRecoverable POST...

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Page 87: ...een will appear as below Click the icons to the right of these items Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each...

Page 88: ...I displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the SuperDoctor III interface Note 1 Both default user name and passw...

Page 89: ...Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Super_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRO...

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Page 91: ...ff control to a computer system at bootup C 2 How to Recover the UEFI BIOS Image the Main BIOS Block An AMIBIOS flash chip consists of a boot sector block and a main BIOS code block a main BIOS image...

Page 92: ...ble CD DVD Note If you cannot locate the Super ROM file in your driver disk visit our website at www supermicro com to download the BIOS image into a USB flash device and rename it to Super ROM for BI...

Page 93: ...and press the Enter key You will see the progress of BIOS Recovery as shown in the screen below Note Do not interrupt the process of BIOS flashing until it is com pleted 6 After the process of BIOS Re...

Page 94: ...seeing the message that BIOS update is completed unplug the AC pow er cable from the power supply to clear CMOS and then plug the AC power cable in the power supply again to power on the system 10 Pre...

Page 95: ...ted 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 ul...

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