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UPER

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5012B-6

UPER

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5012B-E

USER’S MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for SuperServer 5012B-6

Page 1: ...SUPER SUPERSERVER 5012B 6 SUPERSERVER 5012B E USER SMANUAL Revision 1 1...

Page 2: ...R INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED W...

Page 3: ...tion Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the Super P4SBR and P4SBE mainboards and th...

Page 4: ...chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC810 1U rackmount...

Page 5: ...Notes Table of Contents v...

Page 6: ...oosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 5012B 6 5012B E into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Cha...

Page 7: ...cting Power Cables 5 3 Connecting the Control Panel 5 4 5 4 I O Ports 5 5 5 5 Installing Processors 5 5 5 6 Installing Memory 5 7 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 8 P4SBR Layout 5 10 P4SBR Quick Reference 5 11...

Page 8: ...Disable 5 22 Keyboard Wake Up 5 22 5 10 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk and SCSI Connections 5 23 Parallel Port 5 23 Floppy Connector 5 24 IDE Connectors 5 24 Ultra160 SCSI Connectors 5 25 Chapter 6 Ad...

Page 9: ...Advanced BIOS Features 7 6 7 4 2 Advanced Chipset Features 7 9 7 4 3 Integrated Peripherals 7 13 7 4 4 Hardware Monitors 7 16 7 4 5 Processor Features 7 17 7 5 PCI PnP Configurations 7 18 7 6 Power 7...

Page 10: ...SUPERSERVER 5012B 6 5012B E User s Manual x Notes...

Page 11: ...for use with the SuperServer 5012B 6 5012B E www supermicro com In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 5012B 6 5012B E as lis...

Page 12: ...Ultra160 SCSI hard drives Standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Con nection Attachment The SCSI drives are connected to an SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration set...

Page 13: ...orts See Figure 1 1 Cooling System The SC810 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes a 10 cm blower system cooling intake fan and one optional 4 cm fan that can be installed in the mids...

Page 14: ...3 GB of unbuffered SDRAM The AGP 2 0 interface supports 4x data transfers and operates at a peak bandwidth of 1 6 GB The MCH host interface bus runs at 400 MHz I O Controller Hub ICH2 The I O Control...

Page 15: ...7899 SCSI controller chip which supports dual channel Ultra160 SCSI at a burst throughput rate of 160 MB sec for each channel The P4SBR provides two SCSI ports one internal 68 pin LVD Ultra160 connec...

Page 16: ...ual 1 6 Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include eight voltage monitors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors vi...

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Page 18: ...SUPERSERVER 5012B 6 5012B E Manual 1 8 Notes...

Page 19: ...nd note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold t...

Page 20: ...upled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to...

Page 21: ...mised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the...

Page 22: ...f the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 5012B 6 5012B E Each of these assemblies consist of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the...

Page 23: ...chassis rails have a locking tab which serves two functions The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs al...

Page 24: ...hassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack...

Page 25: ...are installing the SuperServer 5012B 6 5012B E into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will be...

Page 26: ...k the CPU processor You should have one processor already installed into the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Section 5 5 for instructions on processor installatio...

Page 27: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 5a Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 5012B 6 with a SCSI drive removed...

Page 28: ...2 10 SUPERSERVER 5012B 6 5012B E Manual Figure 2 5b Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 5012B E with an IDE drive removed...

Page 29: ...system may have one or two SCSI drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives please refer to Section 6 4 4 Check the IDE disk drives 5012B E Depending upon your system s configuration y...

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Page 31: ...supply This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of th...

Page 32: ...airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm You should also check to make sure that the chassis cover is installed and that all fans are present and operat ing normally Final...

Page 33: ...F TE compliant SCSI backplane is optional on the 5012B 6 If one of the SCSI drives fail you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Section 6 4 for instruc tions on repla...

Page 34: ...l 3 4 DA1 SCSI LED Indicator 5012B 6 only There is one SCSI LED Indicator DA1 on the motherboard When illumi nated it indicates that SCSI is active This SCSI LED DA1 is located near Ultra III LVD Chan...

Page 35: ...cting power you should first power down the system with the operating system first and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical ci...

Page 36: ...e pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed c...

Page 37: ...ll components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 38: ...ions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 5012B 6 5012B E is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 5012B 6 5012B E system can occur if th...

Page 39: ...mage electronic components To pre vent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter Also note that the size and weight of the P4SBR P4SB...

Page 40: ...shield The P4SBR P4SBE requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 8 7 motherboard such as Supermicro s SC810 1U rackmount Make sure that the I O ports on the motherboard align properly with their...

Page 41: ...layout on page 5 10 for connector locations IDE Device Cables J18 and J19 Floppy Drive Cable J26 SCSI Device Cables JA1 JA2 JA3 5012H only Control Panel Cable JF1 see next page Connecting Power Cables...

Page 42: ...ple Mouse Green USB Ports Black VGA Graphics Port Blue COM1 Port Turquoise Figure 5 2 I O Ports Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail Butt...

Page 43: ...er See Figure 5 3 for views of a 478 pin microPGA socket before and after processor installation 2 Attaching heatsinks to the processors One passive heatsink has been included with your SuperServer 50...

Page 44: ...5 6 SUPERSERVER 5012B 6 5012B E Manual Figure 5 3 478 pin Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Figure 5 4 Heatsink Installation...

Page 45: ...IMM slot Pay attention to the two notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot see Figu...

Page 46: ...g a PCI add on card locate the PCI riser card mentioned in Step 1 Begin by removing the I O shield for the PCI slot you wish to populate Fully seat the PCI card into the riser card and screw it into t...

Page 47: ...Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 9 Figure 5 7 Adding PCI Cards...

Page 48: ...DIMM0 DIMM1 DIMM2 BATTERY FLOPPY IDE 1 IDE 2 Ultra III SCSI Ch A WOL J26 J18 J19 CHS FAN2 SPEAKER USB2 3 BIOS SOUTH BRIDGE AIC 7899 Ultra III SCSI Ch B Ultra III SCSI Ch B JA2 JA3 JA1 SCSI LED JL1 JB...

Page 49: ...s Fan Headers CPU FAN CPU Fan Header DIMM0 1 2 Memory DIMM Slots JA1 Ultra III LVD SCSI Channel A JA2 Ultra III LVD SCSI Channel B JA3 Ultra III LVD SCSI Channel B JF1 Front Control Panel JJ21 ATX 12V...

Page 50: ...s CPU JF1 ATX POWER OH FAN CHS FAN1 PWR LED DIMM0 DIMM1 DIMM2 BATTERY FLOPPY IDE 1 IDE 2 WOL J26 J18 J19 CHS FAN2 SPEAKER USB2 3 BIOS SOUTH BRIDGE JL1 JBT1 JWOR Speaker PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 J...

Page 51: ...1 2 Chassis Fan Headers CPU FAN CPU Fan Header DIMM0 1 2 Memory DIMM Slots JF1 Front Control Panel JJ21 ATX 12V Power Connector 20 pin JJ24 ATX 12V Power Connector 4 pin JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header J...

Page 52: ...9012345 1234567890123456789012345 1234567890123456789012345 1234567890123456789012345 1234567890123456789012345 1234567890123456789012345 Figure A 24 pin connection Figure B 20 pin connection Pin 1 Pi...

Page 53: ...Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode hold down the power button for at least 4 seconds See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number 1 2 Definit...

Page 54: ...le to display net work activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 11 12 Definition 5V GND Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pi...

Page 55: ...round 5 N A Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 P0 3 P0 4 Ground 5 Key USB0 USB1 Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located under the parallel port see Figure 2 3 See the table on the right for pin definit...

Page 56: ...pin defini tions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable to use this feature LAN1 LAN2 Ports Two Ether...

Page 57: ...Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated on JL1 See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number 1 2 Definition Intrusion Input Ground Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1...

Page 58: ...either on one pin only or com pletely off Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS which will also clear any passwords In stead of pins this j...

Page 59: ...ermination P4SBR only The SCSI termination jumpers allow you to enable or disable termination for the onboard SCSI connectors The normal default position is open to enable SCSI termination See the tab...

Page 60: ...llow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See the table on the right for jumper settings Note Your power supply must meet ATX specification 2 01 or higher and supply 720mA of...

Page 61: ...ector with the twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is located on J35 See th...

Page 62: ...s There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE interfaces J18 and J19 See the table on the right for pin definitions You must use the ATA100 66 cable included with your sys tem to benefit from t...

Page 63: ...26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Signal Names DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D R...

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Page 65: ...refully The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal...

Page 66: ...or on the motherboard to provide you with system control buttons and status indicators These wires have been bundled together in a ribbon cable to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF1 on...

Page 67: ...turning off the power to the system first remove the chassis cover and unplug the fan cable from the motherboard Lift the blower fan from the mounting posts and pull it completely out from the mother...

Page 68: ...0 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 5012B 6 CD ROM IDE Floppy Disk Drives For installing removing the CD ROM IDE or floppy disk drives you will need to gain access to the inside of the 5012B 6 50...

Page 69: ...a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as shown in...

Page 70: ...ese SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning they can be installed and removed without powering down the system To remove first push the release button located beside the drive LEDs then swing the color...

Page 71: ...turned off before installing and or removing them To install or remove a drive first power down the system and then remove the top cover of the chassis Un screw the retention screw at the top center...

Page 72: ...ush the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server You must power down the system before installing or removing...

Page 73: ...out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover and push it away from you You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to...

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Page 75: ...wer When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then confi...

Page 76: ...gram can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On...

Page 77: ...ne for Drive B Swap Floppy Drive This setting allows the user to swap the designation A and B of the floppy disk drives installed in the system if there are two floppy disk drives installed on the mai...

Page 78: ...Primary Master This option allows the user to determine the manner in which the AwardBIOS sets the settings for the IDE Primary Master Device The options are None Auto and Manual Access Mode This item...

Page 79: ...Video Use this setting to specify the type of display you are using with the system Options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO Halt On If the system encounters a non specified error during boot up it...

Page 80: ...d BIOS Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go...

Page 81: ...user to determine if the chipset or the keyboard controller should have the control over Gate A20 The settings are Normal or Fast If set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 I...

Page 82: ...B This setting should be changed only if using OS2 and your system has more than 64 MB of RAM The options are OS2 and Non OS2 PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to specify how the syste...

Page 83: ...tion are pre configured by the manufacturer for the optimal performance of the system It is recommended that the user does not alter the default settings This section is provided as an emergency measu...

Page 84: ...s item regulates the number of system memory clock cycles for RAS precharging The options are 3 and 2 DRAM Data Integrity Mode This item regulates CPU access to the data stored in the protected area o...

Page 85: ...are Disabled and Enabled Video RAM Cacheable If enabled the information regarding the Video card stored in the RAM chip Randon Access Memory will be written and temporarily stored in the cacheable mem...

Page 86: ...vate each channel separately The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled USB Controller You should Enable this setting if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller it does a...

Page 87: ...and you wish to use it The settings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the Serial Port1 and Serial Por...

Page 88: ...ins This item sets the usage of IR pins The options are RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel...

Page 89: ...set the Game Port address The options are Disabled 201 and 209 Midi Port Address This setting allows the user to set the Midi Port address The options are Disabled 330 300 and 290 Midi Port IRQ This...

Page 90: ...st of this menu shows various temperatures and voltage levels CPU Warning Temperature This item allows the user to set the CPU temperature threshold When the CPU temperature reaches the threshold temp...

Page 91: ...e the sub menu shown below CPU L1 L2 Cache Set this option to Enable to activate the function of CPU L1 and L2 cache The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ratio This item allows the user to...

Page 92: ...slot 1 The options are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 PCI Slot 2 IRQ Select Use this setting to select the IRQ interrupt request for PCI slot 2 The options are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 PC...

Page 93: ...on has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By This setting allows BIOS to automatically confi...

Page 94: ...options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows the user to determine the ACPI Suspend type The options are S1 POS and S3 STR Power Management This setting sets the degree of powe...

Page 95: ...determines the system s Soft off mode when the user presses the power button The options for this setting are Instant Off and Delay 4 sec CPU THRM Throttling THRM throttling is used to lower power co...

Page 96: ...tting allows the user to determine the method by which the system power is activated The options are Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key Button Only and Keyboard 98 KB Power On Password Th...

Page 97: ...user to set the first boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the secon...

Page 98: ...ning This item allows the user to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Drive Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area the BIOS...

Page 99: ...is highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Security Option This setting allows the user to d...

Page 100: ...dure Exit without Saving When the item Exit without Saving is highlighted press Enter to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the...

Page 101: ...ngle long beep that sounds repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA an...

Page 102: ...installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERRORINITIALIZINGHARDDISKCONTROLLER Cannot initialize the controller...

Page 103: ...ARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDINGSEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when...

Page 104: ...lock the key BIOS detect the keyboard is locked P17 of the keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure that the keyboard is attache...

Page 105: ...t screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard int...

Page 106: ...ial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah...

Page 107: ...Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch R...

Page 108: ...gisters according to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in...

Page 109: ...sign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Tren...

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Page 111: ...ltra160 SCSI SCSI Backplane Controller 5012B 6 only SCA backplane for two 2 SCA hot swap SCSI drives Main Drive Bays 5012B 6 Two 2 drive bays to house two 2 standard 1 80 pin SCA SCSI drives 5012B E T...

Page 112: ...umidity Range 8 80 non condensing Cooling Fans System One 1 10 cm ball bearing blower fan Form Factor P4SBR P4SBE motherboard ATX SC810 chassis 1U rackmount Operating Systems Supported Windows NT Wind...

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