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USER’S MANUAL

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5015B-MF

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Page 1: ...SUPER USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 SUPERSERVER 5015B MF...

Page 2: ...for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to c...

Page 3: ...st chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the Super X7SBi motherboard and the SC513L 260 chassis Chapter 2 Server Instal...

Page 4: ...chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when recon guring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC513L 260 1U rackm...

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

Page 6: ...2 1 Overview 2 1 2 2 Unpacking the System 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 1 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 Ambient Operating T...

Page 7: ...4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 Handling the Serverboard 5 1 Precautions 5 1 Unpacking 5 2 5 2 Serverboard Installation 5 2 5 3 Connecting Cables 5 3 Connecting Data Cables 5 3 Connectin...

Page 8: ...cessing the Drive Bay 6 3 System Fan Failure 6 3 Serial ATA Drive Installation 6 3 6 5 Power Supply 6 6 Power Supply Failure 6 6 Replacing the Power Supply 6 6 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2...

Page 9: ...ti ed for use with the 5015B MF In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with the 5015B MF as listed below One CPU heatsink SNK P0016P Two 2 10 cm bl...

Page 10: ...ort for a six port 3 Gb sec Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 5 and 10 sup ported The SATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the ho...

Page 11: ...PORTS_0 7 FWH LPC I O MS KB FDD SER 1 SER 2 VRM 11 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA LPC PCI_32_BUS DDR2_667 800 DMI ATI ES1000 DIMM_CHA CK505 CLK MC H DIMM_CHB PCIE_x 8 GLAN1 82573V PCIE_x1 W83627DHG FS...

Page 12: ...ability of the Serial ATA drives Control Panel The control panel on the SC513L 260 provides important system monitoring and control information LEDs indicate power on network activity hard disk drive...

Page 13: ...uper 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 Technica...

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Page 15: ...ion for the rack unit that will hold the SuperServer 5015B MF It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic elds a...

Page 16: ...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 si multaneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Pre...

Page 17: ...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 18: ...is and move them back approx 4 inches where you will see a group of three holes to secure them to You may then secure them to the rack as just described Note that installing in this manner may prevent...

Page 19: ...the three screw holes line up with the corresponding holes on the chassis Note that these two rails are left right speci c Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 2 with the s...

Page 20: ...ach the other rail to the other side of the rack making sure that both are at the exact same height Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the r...

Page 21: ...termine how far the server will extend out the front of the rack Larger chassis should be positioned to balance the weight between front and back If a bezel is included on your server remove it Then a...

Page 22: ...Accessing the Inside of the System If you installed with rails grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Remove the screw at the back of...

Page 23: ...tes the drive bay area from the motherboard area of the chassis 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the Serial ATA drives and Serial ATA backp...

Page 24: ...ing the Inside of the System Providing Power Plug the power cord from the power supply unit into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is recommen...

Page 25: ...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 buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in ord...

Page 26: ...at condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the air ow 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 op...

Page 27: ...Chapter 3 System Interface 3 3 Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply unit This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating...

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Page 29: ...ower you should rst power down the system with the operating system rst and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits anot...

Page 30: ...body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present Serverboard Battery CAUTION...

Page 31: ...se Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing...

Page 32: ...ure that the chassis cover is in place when the 5015B MF is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Insta...

Page 33: ...handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are generally su...

Page 34: ...e back lip of the top cover of the chassis then pull the cover off The X7SBi requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 9 6 serverboard such as Supermicro s SC513L 260 Make sure that the I O port...

Page 35: ...page 5 10 for connector locations Control Panel cable JF1 SATA drive data cable SATA0 Important Make sure the the cables do not come into contact with the fans Connecting Power Cables The X7SBi has a...

Page 36: ...lors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins Mouse Green Keyboard Purple COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port Blue Figure 5 2 I O Ports NMI x Key Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Re...

Page 37: ...ocessor package Always remove the power cord rst before adding removing or changing any hardware components Notes Make sure to install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat...

Page 38: ...rizontally or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts With the CPU in the socket in spect the four corners of the CPU to m...

Page 39: ...the CPU or the heatsink However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow these instructions to avoid damaging the CPU or the CPU socket Installation and Removal of the Heatsink Uninstal...

Page 40: ...below To enhance memory performance install pairs of memory modules of the same type and of the same beginning with DIMM 1A and DIMM 2A then DIMM 1B and DIMM 2B Notes Due to a chipset limitation 8GB...

Page 41: ...using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The PCI slot shield protects the serverboard and its components from EMI and aid in proper ventilation so make sure it is always in pl...

Page 42: ...igure 5 4 X7SBi Layout not drawn to scale 5 8 Serverboard Details Notes Jumpers not indicated are for testing purposes only Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 and the PCI X slots are specially designed for Supermicro...

Page 43: ...e Connector F P USB6 7 F P USB8 9 Front Panel Accessible USB Headers IDE IDE HDD Connector JD1 Speaker Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLED Power LED Header JOH Overheat...

Page 44: ...8 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Reset Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De n...

Page 45: ...JLAN2 LED The LED connections for JLAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activ ity See the table on the right for pin de nitions NIC1 LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De ni...

Page 46: ...the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin de nitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin de niti...

Page 47: ...signated LAN1 and LAN2 are located beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your compu...

Page 48: ...See the table on the right for pin de nitions SGPIO Header Pin De nitions T SGPIO 1 T SGPIO 2 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 NC 2 NC 3 Ground 4 DATA Out 5 Load 6 Ground 7 Clock 8 NC NC No Connection P...

Page 49: ...1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS which will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS Fi...

Page 50: ...Watch Dog must also be en abled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting De...

Page 51: ...LED is located at LE1 This LED Indicator is lit when the system is on Be sure to unplug the power cable before removing or adding any components See the table on the right for more details Onboard Po...

Page 52: ...Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect...

Page 53: ...or pin de nitions IDE Connector An IDE connector is included on the motherboard See the table on the right pin de nitions IDE Drive Connectors Pin De nitions IDE Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 Reset ID...

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Page 55: ...carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded meta...

Page 56: ...in 1 on both connections Pull all excess cabling out of the air ow path The LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF1 can be f...

Page 57: ...is controlled by a setting in BIOS see page 7 11 System Fan Failure If the fan fails you will need to have it replaced with the same type Contact your vendor or Supermicro for information on replaceme...

Page 58: ...hard drive unscrew the screws that secure it to the tray Figure 6 3 3 and then remove the drive To add a drive position it in the tray with the printed circuit board side facing down and with the hole...

Page 59: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 4 Removing Installing the Hard Drive Figure 6 3 Internal Hard Drive Bay...

Page 60: ...e chassis follow the procedure as described on page 6 3 Shut down the system and unplug the power cord To remove the failed power unit remove the two screws on the back of the power supply which secur...

Page 61: ...tem parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Con guration...

Page 62: ...By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or When the message shown below appears brie y at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activa...

Page 63: ...Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of oppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5...

Page 64: ...Adaptec HostRAID rmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for...

Page 65: ...tem indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity in the CHS Format LBA Format The following items w...

Page 66: ...ters of the IDE device installed on a slot Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined IDE device Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM i...

Page 67: ...he system 7 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys Youshouldseethefollowingdisplay Theitemswithatrianglebesidethemhave sub menus that can be...

Page 68: ...tem up from the S1 S4 or S5 state If this feature is set to Enabled you will also need to enable the JPWAKE jumper by closing pins 1 2 Please refer to Pg 1 5 and Chapter 2 for more details The default...

Page 69: ...function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model speci c registers MSRs The options are Enabled and Disabled Compatible FPU Code Availabl...

Page 70: ...effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow...

Page 71: ...roducing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calc...

Page 72: ...e CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Wri...

Page 73: ...to the following settings for PCI devices PCI 32 Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the...

Page 74: ...ew software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate PCI Exp x8 Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make chan...

Page 75: ...stallation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate I O Device Con guration Access the submenu to make changes to...

Page 76: ...he options are Enabled user de ned Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting all...

Page 77: ...play to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to E...

Page 78: ...2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control...

Page 79: ...led by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Works...

Page 80: ...tem interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled...

Page 81: ...on when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Of...

Page 82: ...7 22 SUPERSERVER 5015B MF User s Manual Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components...

Page 83: ...password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user pass...

Page 84: ...e the feature of Write Protect to protect the boot sector on the hard drives from virus intrusion Password on Boot When set to Enabled a user will need to key in a password to enter the system at syst...

Page 85: ...for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either xed...

Page 86: ...lity Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load...

Page 87: ...board controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correc...

Page 88: ...revious POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On...

Page 89: ...egisters Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long Device Address...

Page 90: ...fully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was no...

Page 91: ...d Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identi ed Run the I2O Con gu...

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Page 93: ...ll write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Descripti...

Page 94: ...h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced con guration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize int...

Page 95: ...t 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external para...

Page 96: ...e QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh...

Page 97: ...EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear...

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Page 99: ...210 ICH9R chipset BIOS 16 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Four 240 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC DDR2 800 667 SDRAM Note See the memory section in Chapter 5 for det...

Page 100: ...055 Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 15A 5V 25A 12V 18A 12V 1A 5Vsb 2A 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 H...

Page 101: ...anagement Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may...

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