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Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Supermicro's SuperServer 5015M-Ni is an economic, dual processor 1U rackmount

server. The SuperServer 5015M-Ni is comprised of two main subsystems: the

SC812L-280U 1U rackmount chassis and the PDSMU dual processor serverboard.

Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been

certiﬁ ed for use with the SuperServer 5015M-Ni. (www.supermicro.com)

In addition to the mainboard and chassis, various hardware components may have

been included with your SuperServer 5015M-Ni, as listed below:

One (1) CPU heatsink (SNK-P0016)

Two (2) 10-cm blower fans (FAN-0059L)

Two (2) riser cards (RSC-R1UU-UE8 and RSC-R1UU-E8R+)

SATA

Accessories:

One (1) 48-cm SATA cable (CBL-0206L)

One (1) 59-cm SATA cable (CBL-0207L)

One (1) 70-cm SATA cable (CBL-0208L)

Rackmount hardware with screws (CSE-PT51)

Two (2) rack rail assemblies

Six (6) brackets for mounting the rack rails to a rack/telco rack

One (1) CD-ROM containing drivers and utilities:

SuperServer 5015M-Ni User's Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1

Summary of Contents for SuperServer 5015M-Ni

Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 5015M Ni USER S MANUAL 1 0 SUPER...

Page 2: ...turer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of a...

Page 3: ...SDRAM Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the SUPER PDSMU serverbo...

Page 4: ...is chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when recon guring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the 1U SC812L 280U ra...

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

Page 6: ...Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 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 Chassis Rails 2 5...

Page 7: ...the Control Panel 5 6 5 4 I O Ports 5 7 5 5 Installing Memory 5 7 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 7 Serverboard Details 5 10 PDSMU Layout 5 10 PDSMU Quick Reference 5 11 5 8 Connector De nitions 5 12 ATX P...

Page 8: ...5 10 Onboard Indicators 5 21 LAN1 LAN2 LEDs 5 21 LE1 5 21 PWR LED 5 21 5 11 Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections 5 22 Floppy Connector 5 22 IDE Connector 5 23 SATA Ports 5 23 Chapter 6 Advanced Chass...

Page 9: ...7 3 Main BIOS Setup 7 2 7 4 Advanced Setup 7 6 7 5 Security 7 16 7 6 Boot 7 17 7 7 Exit 7 18 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Intel HostRAID Appendix D S...

Page 10: ...SUPERSERVER 5015M Ni User s Manual x Notes...

Page 11: ...In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 5015M Ni as listed below One 1 CPU heatsink SNK P0016 Two 2 10 cm blower fans FAN 005...

Page 12: ...s a specially designed serverboard that features Supermicro s UIO Universal I O technology UIO serverboards have a PCI Express x8 slot that can support any one of several types of UIO card types to ad...

Page 13: ...e regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue Figure 1 1 Intel 3010 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details...

Page 14: ...Ds indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity UID and system overheat conditions Also present are a main power button a system reset button and a UID button I O Backplane The SC812L 2...

Page 15: ...s SuperMicro 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 Techni...

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Page 17: ...it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should le a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the SuperServ...

Page 18: ...ilizers should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should ext...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...d have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 5015M Ni Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner xed chassis rail that secures to the 5015M Ni A and an outer xed rack...

Page 21: ...installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completel...

Page 22: ...ck Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis 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 have to depress the...

Page 23: ...t determine how far follow 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 remov...

Page 24: ...sor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on pro cessor and heatsink installation 3 Verify the proper CPU clock ratio setting If the CPU speed is not automatically detected you will ne...

Page 25: ...ns The system com ponent layout was carefully designed to direct suf cient cooling air ow to the components that generate the most heat Note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a w...

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Page 27: ...eset button to reboot the system POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps...

Page 28: ...ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are install...

Page 29: ...on LAN2 when ashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when ashing HDD Indicates IDE channel activity when ashing Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply units This L...

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Page 31: ...should rst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another pers...

Page 32: ...nto 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 circuit boa...

Page 33: ...l components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 34: ...hat the chassis cover is in place when the 5015M Ni is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 5015M Ni system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 I...

Page 35: ...t the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to su...

Page 36: ...or when receiving a serverboard with one pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 2 Processor and Hea...

Page 37: ...or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts 7 With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure...

Page 38: ...Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws or you may damage the CPU 4 Add the two remaining screws then nish the installation by fully ti...

Page 39: ...y after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are con guring the system keep the air ow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their s...

Page 40: ...sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the...

Page 41: ...to the memory slots starting with slot DIMM 1A and DIMM 1B Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are sup ported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Populating two slots at a time DIMM1A...

Page 42: ...perating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for op erational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction...

Page 43: ...system See the con guration list below 2 PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into the correct riser card Begin by releasing the locking tab on the I O ba...

Page 44: ...y LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 USB0 1 Kb Mouse SEPC SBX2 SBX1 Speaker BIOS SIMSO ATI ES1000 ICH7R South Bridge Intel 3010 North Bridge COM2 Floppy USB4 5 USB2 3 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JPW1 JPW2 LGA 775 CPU IDE...

Page 45: ...Chassis Intrusion Header JLED Power LED Header JPW1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 8 pin Power Connector Required JWOR Wake On Ring header LAN1 LAN2 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Ports PW3 Power Supply F...

Page 46: ...nd 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions NMI Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 19 Control 20 Ground Processor Power Pin De nitions JPW2 Pins De nition 1 through 4 Ground 5...

Page 47: ...pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions HDD LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 13 Vcc 14 HD Active Unive...

Page 48: ...ton for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located on the I O backplane USB0 is the bottom connector a...

Page 49: ...included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin De nitions COM1 COM2 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Fan...

Page 50: ...ith a Wake on LAN con nector and cable Wake On LAN Pin De nitions WOL Pin De nition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriat...

Page 51: ...ata 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 5 3 3V Power Supply Fail Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the Power Supply Fail header PW3 to provide a warning of power supply failure This warning signal is passed...

Page 52: ...beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables Power LED The Power LED connector is desig nated JLED Connect an LED here for indication of power being supplied to the ser...

Page 53: ...ar CMOS and 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 1 First power down the system and unp...

Page 54: ...hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be en abled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer L...

Page 55: ...mber 1 GHz LE1 The LE1 LED located under the UID button is the UID indicator LED LE1 illuminates when UID is initiated either by the UID button or via IPMI If initi ated a second time LE1 will turn of...

Page 56: ...A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector The oppy connector is designated Floppy See the table below for pin de nitions Floppy Drive Connector...

Page 57: ...0 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25...

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Page 59: ...ent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a g...

Page 60: ...the serverboard to the appropriate header on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the air ow path The...

Page 61: ...m Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan Power down the server and remove the power cord as a safety precaution Remove the chassis cover and detach the fan wires from their connection to the serverboard Remove...

Page 62: ...tion Removal Accessing the Drive Bays To install remove a disk drive in one of the IDE drive bays you will need to gain access to the inside of the 5015M Ni by removing the top cover of the chassis se...

Page 63: ...add a hard disk drive install it into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier down so that the drive s mounting holes align with those in the ca...

Page 64: ...d the switch on the power supply off then unplug the power cord from the system and all peripheral devices Remove the chassis cover by pressing the two release buttons on the top of the chassis near t...

Page 65: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 7 Figure 6 5 Removing Replacing the Power Supply...

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Page 67: ...CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when 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 a...

Page 68: ...pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 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 activat...

Page 69: ...nd enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This eld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type o...

Page 70: ...et to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID rmware If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The o...

Page 71: ...ode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to en...

Page 72: ...s after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic lo...

Page 73: ...as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select...

Page 74: ...ed in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disabl...

Page 75: ...hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings...

Page 76: ...nabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use this function which will allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model speci c registe...

Page 77: ...lications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power o...

Page 78: ...Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Bas...

Page 79: ...ity 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 Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event...

Page 80: ...re 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow...

Page 81: ...peeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa When this option is to 3 pin f...

Page 82: ...and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means...

Page 83: ...re bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speci ed The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the devic...

Page 84: ...Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and press Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and press Enter to load...

Page 85: ...ed Keyboard 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...

Page 86: ...evious 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 s...

Page 87: ...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 Con ict Address con ict for s...

Page 88: ...ly tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system no...

Page 89: ...p Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identi ed Run the I2O Con guration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Con guration R...

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Page 91: ...error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mo...

Page 92: ...n 38h 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 optional 42h I...

Page 93: ...and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC...

Page 94: ...one prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Init...

Page 95: ...ory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Ma...

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Page 97: ...he necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ICH7R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Serial ATA...

Page 98: ...tition size without any data Con guring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the rst time powering o...

Page 99: ...after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in...

Page 100: ...and press Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and h...

Page 101: ...he previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity...

Page 102: ...Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system u...

Page 103: ...ight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5...

Page 104: ...drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warnin...

Page 105: ...drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press E...

Page 106: ...om the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed...

Page 107: ...supporting up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC non ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM interleaved or non interleaved See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SATA Controller Intel ICH7R on chip controller for...

Page 108: ...put power of 280W 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 condensing Non operating Re...

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