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SUPERSERVER 6023P-8R/6023P-8 User's Manual

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Console Redirection

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

COM Port Address

Specifies to redirect the console to On-board COMA or On-board COMB.

This setting can also be Disabled.

BAUD Rate

Select the BAUD rate for console redirection.

Console Type

Choose from the available options to select the console type for console

redirection.

Flow Control

Choose from the available options to select the flow control for console

redirection.

Console Connection

Select the console connection: either Direct or Via Modem.

Continue CR after POST

Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST

routine.  Options are On and Off.

# of Video Pages to Support

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hardware is not available.  Options are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Summary of Contents for SUPERSERVER 6023P-8

Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R SUPERSERVER 6023P 8 USER SMANUAL 1 0 SUPER...

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: ...dates on supported processors Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features...

Page 4: ...er to this 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 2U SC822...

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

Page 6: ...r Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the 6023P 8R 6023P 8 into a Rack 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 3 Installing the...

Page 7: ...g Data Cables 5 5 Connecting Power Cables 5 5 Connecting 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 Motherboard Layout 5 10 X5DP8 G2 Quick Layout 5...

Page 8: ...Watchdog Enable Disable 5 20 PCI X Bus Speed Settings 5 20 Speaker Enable Disable 5 21 5 10 Onboard Indicators 5 21 GLAN LEDs 5 21 5 11 Floppy Hard Drive and SCSI Connections 5 22 Floppy Connector 5 2...

Page 9: ...0 Power Supply Failure 6 10 Removing Replacing the Power Supply 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 Running Setup 7 2 7 3 Main 7 2 7 4 Advanced 7 6 7 5 Security 7 13 7 6 Power 7 15 7 7 Boot 7...

Page 10: ...SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R 6023P 8 User s Manual x Notes...

Page 11: ...ed for use with the SuperServer 6023P 8R 6023P 8 www supermicro com In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 6023P 8R 6023P 8 a...

Page 12: ...SCSI drives are connected to an SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SCSI drives are also hot swap units Control Panel The SC822S control panel provides imp...

Page 13: ...22S chassis revolutionary cooling design that includes four 8 cm redundant system cooling intake fans The fans plug into chassis fan connectors that are located behind the drive bays They operate cont...

Page 14: ...is a 266 MB sec point to point connection using an 8 bit wide 66 MHz base clock at a 4x data transfer rate The P64H2 interface is a 1 GB s point to point connection using a 16 bit wide 66 MHz base cl...

Page 15: ...f needed see Chapter 5 ATI Graphics Controller The X5DP8 G2 features an integrated ATI video controller based on the Rage XL graphics chip Rage XL utilizes 8 MB of memory and fully supports sideband a...

Page 16: ...Address 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...

Page 17: ...and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who deliv ered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hol...

Page 18: ...re 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 electrica...

Page 19: ...e Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6023P 8R 6023P 8 Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the...

Page 20: ...rack Locking Tabs As you have seen both 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 i...

Page 21: ...e 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 locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server has...

Page 22: ...ou are installing the SuperServer 6023P 8R 6023P 8 into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will...

Page 23: ...the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board Each processor...

Page 24: ...the SCSI drives and SCA backplane have been properly installed and all connections have been made 1 Accessing the drive bays All drives are accessable from the front of the server For servicing the C...

Page 25: ...ck the airflow Airflow is provided by four 8 cm blower fans The system component layout was carefully designed to direct sufficient cooling airflow to the components that generate the most heat Note t...

Page 26: ...2 10 SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R 6023P 8 Manual Notes...

Page 27: ...ttons on the chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a reset button and a power on o...

Page 28: ...This may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room tem perature being too warm You should also check to make sure that the chassis cover is installed and that all f...

Page 29: ...has two LEDs l Green When illuminated 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 th...

Page 30: ...SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R 6023P 8 User s Manual 3 4 Notes...

Page 31: ...ard memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply un...

Page 32: ...circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan l 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...

Page 33: ...Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag l Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing...

Page 34: ...ing Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 6023P 8R 6023P 8 is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6023P 8R 6023P 8 system ca...

Page 35: ...that the size and weight of the mother board can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in dam age To prevent the motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board...

Page 36: ...not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket Lift the lever completely or you will dama...

Page 37: ...d the clips should click into place and the three black tabs on the CPU retention pieces should protrude fully through the corre sponding holes on the retention clips See Figure 5 2 for a diagram of t...

Page 38: ...5 4 SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R 6023P 8 User s Manual Figure 5 2 Heatsink Installation...

Page 39: ...ect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the sys tem keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their motherboard connector locations noted should be con...

Page 40: ...ctors See Figure 5 3 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indicators Please note that even and odd numbered pins are on opposite sides of each header All JF2 wires...

Page 41: ...o note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B...

Page 42: ...ve Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot Memory Support The X5DP8 G2 only supports ECC registered DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 memory If you are using 533 M...

Page 43: ...into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above Begin by swinging the release tab on the I O backpanel shield out to the left for the PCI slot Insert the PCI card into the correct slo...

Page 44: ...4 Chassis Fan2 CPU2 Fan JL1 JP7 IDE 2 IDE 1 FLOPPY Ultra III LVD SCSI CH A Chassis Fan1 SMB BIOS Battery P64H2 P64H2 MCH AIC 7899W ICH3 IPMI USB 2 USB 3 Speaker 133 MHz PCI X 6 133 MHz PCI X 5 100 MHz...

Page 45: ...A DIMM 4B Memory RAM Slots COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector CPU CHS OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers GLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J7 Pa...

Page 46: ...5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PWR_OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF2 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pins 1 thru 4 5 thru...

Page 47: ...ower Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF2 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions This LED is only for servers that employ redundant power supplies Pow er Fail LED Pin Def...

Page 48: ...l Bus USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located beside the PS 2 key board mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions...

Page 49: ...and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located on J9 See the table at right for pin definitions See Figure 2 3 for the locations of each PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Defini...

Page 50: ...for a power LED pins 4 7 are for the speaker and pins 8 9 are for the NMI connection See the table on the right for speaker pin defini tions Note The speaker connec tor pins are for use with an exter...

Page 51: ...setting in BIOS to use this feature You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function al lows your computer to...

Page 52: ...d See the motherboard layout page for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3...

Page 53: ...n Enabled Disabled GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JD4 Front Side Bus Speed JP39 is used to set the system front side bus speed for the pro cessors It is best to keep this jumper set to Auto This...

Page 54: ...channel B The normal default setting is open to enable teminate both SCSI channels If you wish to connect external SCSI devices you should disable termination for the channnel s you will be connecting...

Page 55: ...each Gb LAN port the yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green or ange or off to indicate the speed of the connection LED Color Off Green Orange Definition No Connection 100 MHz 1...

Page 56: ...d wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Pin Number Function 1 GND 3 GND 5 Key 7 GND 9 GND 11 GND 13 GND 15 GND 17 GND 19 GND 21...

Page 57: ...64 65 66 67 68 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1 JA4 Ultra320 SCSI Connectors Refer to the table on the right for the pin defi nitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors lo cated at JA1 and JA4 IDE Con...

Page 58: ...inserting this CD into your CD ROM drive the display shown in Figure 5 8 should appear If this display does not appear double click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD RO...

Page 59: ...ully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions l Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge l Touch a grounded metal ob...

Page 60: ...n Connect the cable from JF2 on the motherboard to JP4 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both JF2 and JP4 Pull all excess cabling out of the air...

Page 61: ...to function upon connection to its fan header on the X5DP8 G2 motherboard Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan Remove the chassis cover Press the tabs on the top of the fan housing and remo...

Page 62: ...erver 6023P 8R 6023P 8 CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or floppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the server by removing the top cover of the chassi...

Page 63: ...SCSI drive install 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...

Page 64: ...The SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning that they can be installed and removed while the system is running To remove a SCSI drive first push the colored release button located beside the drive s L...

Page 65: ...in the 5 1 4 Drive Bay 1 Mounting the component in the drive carrier A component such as an IDE hard drive or an additional SCSI drive that can fit into a standard IDE drive bay can be mounted in the...

Page 66: ...in their bays The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two conne...

Page 67: ...y meaning you can replace the failed unit without powering down the system Removing Replacing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit The redundant feat...

Page 68: ...power switch on the control panel off then unplug the power cord from the system Remove the chassis cover by pressing the two release buttons on the top of the chassis near the front and push the cha...

Page 69: ...tle electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer i...

Page 70: ...By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to acti...

Page 71: ...he correct data Press the Enter key to save the data Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit System Time 16 19 20 System Date 02 02 02 Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB Legacy D...

Page 72: ...ary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items inclu...

Page 73: ...rol This item determines whether Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Primary Master Device via LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 bit I O Selects 32 bit I O operation Options are Enabled an...

Page 74: ...the system Options are Other Win95 Win98 WinMe and Win2000 Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine after the computer is turned on The settings are En...

Page 75: ...em Specific Help window for details KI O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will reac...

Page 76: ...ons are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial po...

Page 77: ...parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novellle NetWare and o...

Page 78: ...conditions required to qualify as an ECC error Options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both KAdvanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed Thi...

Page 79: ...make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log validity Event Log Capacity This is a display not a setting informing you of t...

Page 80: ...r console redirection Console Type Choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection Flow Control Choose from the available options to select the flow control for co...

Page 81: ...een used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not...

Page 82: ...the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Password on Boot This setting allows you t...

Page 83: ...r Interface power management on your system Power Savings This setting sets the degree of power saving for the system The options are Disabled Customized Maximum Power Savings and Maximum Performance...

Page 84: ...system up at the time specified in the next setting Resume Time Use this setting to specify the time you want the system to wake up the above setting must be set to On Enter the time with the number k...

Page 85: ...able Devices Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of removable devices in the Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to cha...

Page 86: ...w to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window Network Boot See details on how to change the order and specs of network boot devices in the Item Specific Help window I...

Page 87: ...keys and pressing Enter All PIR BIOS Setup options are described in this section Select the Processor s PIR Selects the processor PIR Options are A0h A1h A2h A3h A4h A5h A6h A7h A8h A8h AAh ABh ACh AD...

Page 88: ...ence Data Feature Data Other Data OEM Data KHardware Monitor Logic Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature CPU Fan...

Page 89: ...ys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot PIR Exit Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding C...

Page 90: ...p utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...ious 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 sys...

Page 93: ...tware 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 Conflict Add...

Page 94: ...ssfully 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...

Page 95: ...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 identified Run the I2O Configu...

Page 96: ...A 6 SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R 6023P 8 Manual Notes...

Page 97: ...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 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes P...

Page 98: ...adow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3D...

Page 99: ...are interrupt vectors 7Dh Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and...

Page 100: ...orm RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS...

Page 101: ...tialize PIC and DMA ECh Initialize Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize vid...

Page 102: ...B 6 SUPERSERVER 6023P 8R 6023P 8R Manual Notes...

Page 103: ...Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Eight 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR 266 PC2100 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory to be installed two at a time See...

Page 104: ...cy 47hz 63hz Maximum Output 5V and 3 3V 45A total 5V 3 3V and 12V 385W total System Cooling Four 8 cm ball bearing fans Operating Environment Operating Temperature Range 0 to 35 degrees C Humidity Ran...

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