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Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages

Appendix A

BIOS POST Messages

During the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS will check for problems. If a problem

is found, the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message. The following is a list

of such BIOS messages.

(1 long beep+1 short pause) continuously

Memory Modules Errors

1 long beep+2 short beeps

VGA Errors

Beeps

Error Messages

Summary of Contents for SuperServer 5014C-M8

Page 1: ...SUPER SUPERSERVER 5014C M8 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0...

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: ...ter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the Super P8SC8 motherboard and the SC813MS 300C chassis Chapter 2 Server Installatio...

Page 4: ...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 SC813MS 300C 1U rackmount server...

Page 5: ...v Preface Notes...

Page 6: ...utions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Rear Inner Rails 2 4 Installing the Rack Rails 2 5 I...

Page 7: ...he Control Panel 5 3 5 4 I O Ports 5 4 5 5 Installing the Processor 5 5 5 6 Installing Memory 5 8 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 8 Motherboard Details 5 10 P8SC8 Layout 5 10 P8SC8 Quick Reference 5 11 5 9...

Page 8: ...oppy Connector 5 20 IDE Connector 5 21 Ultra320 SCSI Connectors 5 22 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fans 6 3 System Fan Failure 6 3...

Page 9: ...Table of Contents ix 7 6 Boot 7 18 7 7 Exit 7 20 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C Software Installation C 1 Appendix D System Specifications D 1...

Page 10: ...x Notes SUPERSERVER 5014C M8 User s Manual...

Page 11: ...ded with the 5014C M8 as listed below One CPU heatsink SNK P0011 One 1 slim CD ROM drive SCSI Accessories Four 4 SCA SCSI hard drive carriers CSE PT 39 B One 1 SCSI backplane CSE SCA 813S One 1 Ultra3...

Page 12: ...r non ECC DDR2 533 400 SDRAM modules The memory bus is a dual channel configuration and memory modules must be installed in pairs two at a time All memory modules used to populate the system should be...

Page 13: ...kpanel ports include one COM port one parallel printer port a VGA port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and key board ports and two GLAN NIC ports Other Features Other onboard features that promote system hea...

Page 14: ...1 4 SUPERSERVER 5014C M8 User s Manual Figure 1 1 Intel E7221 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details...

Page 15: ...y of the SCSI drives Control Panel The SC813MS 300C s control panel provides important system monitoring and control information LEDs indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity and sy...

Page 16: ...ling design that features three 4 cm high performance system cooling fans Each of these fans plug into a chassis fan header on the motherboard A fan speed control setting in BIOS allows fan speed to b...

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Page 18: ...1 8 SUPERSERVER 5014C M8 User s Manual Notes...

Page 19: ...maged 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 the SuperServer 5014C...

Page 20: ...ore 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 become unstable Server Precautions Review the electric...

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: ...nd the preinstalled front inner rails Note that these two rails are left right specific Installing the Rear Inner Rails First locate the right rear inner rail the rail that will be used on the right s...

Page 23: ...on the chassis rail guides at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach t...

Page 24: ...e server into the rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may h...

Page 25: ...Telco Rack If you are installing the SuperServer 5014C M8 into a Telco type rack fol low the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation proce...

Page 26: ...side of the server 2 Check the CPU processor You may have one processor already installed into the system board The processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on pr...

Page 27: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 4 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 5014C M8...

Page 28: ...ystem s configuration your system may have one or more SCSI drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives please refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 6 4 Check the airflow Airflow...

Page 29: ...switch on the power 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 locate...

Page 30: ...ion which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating...

Page 31: ...nated the green LED on the front of the SCSI drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being acce...

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Page 33: ...wer 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 circuits a...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...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 36: ...4 Operating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 5014C M8 is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 5014C M8 system can occur...

Page 37: ...to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the P8SC8 motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are gene...

Page 38: ...t out until the rails lock into place 2 Check compatibility of motherboard ports and I O shield The P8SC8 requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 9 5 motherboard such as Supermicro s SC813MS 3...

Page 39: ...See the layout on page 5 9 for connector loca tions CD ROM cable J5 Floppy drive cable J5 SCSI drive cable JA1 Control Panel cable JF1 Connecting Power Cables The P8SC8 has a 24 pin primary power supp...

Page 40: ...rol Panel Header Pins Note The COM2 port is a header on the motherboard located near the floppy drive header Mouse Green Parallel Port Burgundy GLAN1 GLAN2 Keyboard Purple COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port...

Page 41: ...or Intel Celeron 533 MHz FSB processors 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position CPU socket with load plate Socket Lever 2 Carefully lif...

Page 42: ...e socket which may damage the CPU and or the socket 6 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed 7 Use your thumb to gently pre...

Page 43: ...tighten the screws which may damage the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tighten ing all four screws Heatsink Removal 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from in the sequence as show in th...

Page 44: ...Installing memory modules Insert each memory module vertically Pay attention to the notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting it incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module unt...

Page 45: ...This riser card allows a 64 bit 66 MHz 3 3V standard size PCI X card to sit at a 90 degree angle so it can fit inside the chassis 2 PCI card installation The riser card has already been preinstalled...

Page 46: ...arallel Port J11 VGA ATX Power Connector CPU LGA775 JLAN1 JLAN2 DIMM1A DIMM1B J2 12V PWR E7221 North Bridge JF1 100 MHz PCI X BATTERY BIOS S UPER P8SC8 IDE 1 FLOPPY JPWAKE1 JPUSB1 JWD DIMM2A DIMM2B US...

Page 47: ...2 5 Chassis Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE IDE Port IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket J1 ATX Power Connector J2 12V 4 pin Power Connector J9 Speaker Internal External Control J11 Parallel Print...

Page 48: ...nnector J21 Required Connection IR Header An infrared header is located on JIR See the table on the right for pin definitions See the Support section of our web page for infor mation on the infrared d...

Page 49: ...to the OH connec tion on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to pro vide advanced warning of chassis overheating Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 7 8...

Page 50: ...or pin definitions Fan Header Pin Definitions FAN1 2 3 4 5 Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers are DC power Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition 5V Key Ground...

Page 51: ...efinition Intrusion Input Ground Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Universal Serial Bus USB There are two Universal Serial Bus ports located on the I O panel and two additional USB headers located...

Page 52: ...SATA2 NC NC NC Serial Ports Two serial ports are included on the motherboard COM1 is a port located under the parallel port and COM2 is a header located on the motherboard near the floppy con nector...

Page 53: ...in 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 jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents o...

Page 54: ...PUSB Keyboard Wake Up The JPWAKE1 jumper is used to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board from an S1 or S3 state in Windows OS See the table on the right for jumper sett...

Page 55: ...gs The default setting is enabled Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled JLAN1 JLAN2 Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog...

Page 56: ...located on J11 See the table at right for pin definitions Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 3 Data Bit 0 5 Data Bit 1 7 Data Bit 2 9 Data Bit 3 11 Data Bit 4 13 Data Bit 5 15 Data Bit 6 17 Data Bit 7 19 AC...

Page 57: ...ata 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 GND 21 DRQ3 23 I O Write 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 31 IRQ14 33 Addr 1 35 Addr 0 37...

Page 58: ...25 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 TERMPWR TERMPWR RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D...

Page 59: ...y carefully 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 m...

Page 60: ...ese wires have been bundled together in a ribbon cable to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the motherboard to JP4 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red...

Page 61: ...by a setting in BIOS see page 7 13 System Fan Failure If a fan fails you will need to have it replaced with the same type Contact your vendor or Supermicro for information on replacement fans 6 4 Driv...

Page 62: ...o that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with screws as shown in Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier Accessing the Drive Bays SCSI Driv...

Page 63: ...hem easily accessible for installation and removal These SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning they can be installed and removed without powering down the system To remove first push the release butt...

Page 64: ...e top of the chassis to release the top cover and at the same time push 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...

Page 65: ...ck 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 gain full access to the inside of the s...

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Page 67: ...omputer 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 configured with the...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...5 in Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives enable this feature to assign physical drive B to logical drive A or physical drive A to logic drive B The options are Enabled and Disabled...

Page 70: ...s the configurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector The options are None Auto and Manual Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the I...

Page 71: ...hoose the 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 to the sub...

Page 72: ...face features The settings are Enabled or Disabled APIC Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable APIC APIC is used to assign interrupt signals to a specific processor on a multiprocessor syst...

Page 73: ...ode This feature allows you to select the channel for SATA mode The options are IDE RAID and AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface On Chip Serial ATA Select Disabled to disable the SATA Controller S...

Page 74: ...ry PATA IDE will not be available SATA Port This setting allows you configure the setting for the SATA port The options are P1 and P3 is Secondary USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or d...

Page 75: ...ed the transmission of IR infrared signals will be delayed The settings are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode This setting sets the mode for the UR2 Duplex Mode The options are Full and Half UART M...

Page 76: ...are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Normal EPP Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This setting allows the user to select...

Page 77: ...the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By This setting allows the BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If y...

Page 78: ...6 bytes 512 bytes 1024 bytes 2048 bytes and 4096 bytes X X X X XPCI Express Root Port Function PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 2 PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 Select Enabled to enable the...

Page 79: ...0 F 750 C 1670 F 800 C 1760 F and 850 C 1850 F CPU Temperature System Temperature In addition to temperature monitoring the status of the following items will also be displayed Fan 1 Speed Fan 5 Speed...

Page 80: ...XP OS The options are Enabled and Disabled Hyper Threading Set this option to Enabled to activate the hyper threading function of the CPUs Enabling the hyper threading function makes each CPU appear...

Page 81: ...ear all DMI event logs The default setting is No View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Ente...

Page 82: ...Disabled and Enabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Agent Connect Via This setting allows you to select the dev...

Page 83: ...s 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 Password Check This setting allows the user to dete...

Page 84: ...evice Boot Priority Hard Drive Boot Priority CD ROM Boot Priority This item allows the user to select the Boot Priority of Hard Disk Devices First Boot Device This item allows the user to set the firs...

Page 85: ...e Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the one...

Page 86: ...ine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for...

Page 87: ...lf Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages 1 long beep 1 short pause continu...

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Page 89: ...000 shadow RAM 0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserv...

Page 90: ...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 91: ...eserved 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 Res...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...n 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 Trend A...

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Page 95: ...al ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between de vices It is a serial link which suppo...

Page 96: ...nd press the En ter key to select this option 5 Select the item On Chip Serial ATA and press the Enter key When the sub menu appears select the item Enhanced Mode 6 Scroll up to SATA Mode and press th...

Page 97: ...the En ter key The following screen will appear Creating Deleting and Reseting RAID Volumes 1 After exiting the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears af...

Page 98: ...o the previous menu 3 Use the Tab Up Arrow Down Arrow and Enter keys to enter the appropriate values for the items selected and go to the next field 4 When asked Are you sure you want to create this v...

Page 99: ...5 5 You will return to the main menu with Disk Volume Information updated as shown in the following screen 6 Once the above screen appears use the Down Arrow key to select 4 Exit and press the Enter k...

Page 100: ...s the Enter key to return to the main menu Deleting a RAID Volume 1 In the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Up Arrow keys to select 2 Delete RAID Volume 2 With the selection highlighted press the...

Page 101: ...ID Volume and press the Enter key to re turn to the main menu Pressing the Esc key returns you to the previous menu Reset Disks to Non RAID 1 In the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Up Arrow keys...

Page 102: ...the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 3 When the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 4 Insert...

Page 103: ...r the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Installing the Intel Application Accele...

Page 104: ...C 10 SUPERSERVER 5014C M8 User s Manual 2 When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Next on the screen and the following screen will appear...

Page 105: ...s shown in the following screen and click on the icon marked Next 3 After reading the License Agreement click on the icon marked Yes on the screen and the screen below will appear 4 Specify the folder...

Page 106: ...lerator RAID Edition installation 7 Once the Application Accelerator RAID Edition installation is complete the following screen will appear and the system will reboot Note Once the Operating System is...

Page 107: ...agement tools The local management tool is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CD ROM that came with your system allows you to monitor the environment and operations of...

Page 108: ...are Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our website at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download the SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII Us...

Page 109: ...be the same size speed and type SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7902 for dual channel Ultra320 SCSI SCSI Backplane Controller SAF TE backplane to support four 4 SCA hot swap SCSI drives Peripheral Bays Fo...

Page 110: ...BTUs hr for rated output power of 300W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non conde...

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