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Summary of Contents for SuperServer 6041G

Page 1: ... SUPER USER S MANUAL 1 0a SUPERSERVER 6041G ...

Page 2: ...OR 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 WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed...

Page 3: ... main features of the P3TDE6 mainboard and the SC840 chassis which make up the SuperServer 6041G Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 6041G into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system If your server was ordered without processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate ...

Page 4: ...p Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the 4U rackmount server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup Utility A...

Page 5: ...view Switches Cntrl Pnl LEDs SCSI LEDs Pwr Sply LEDs MB LEDs Static Sensitive MB Installation Cables CPU Installation MEC Install PCI Cards MB Layout Connectors DIP Switches Jumper Settings I O Ports IDE SCSI Conn IRQs Static Sensitive Control Panel System Fans Drive Bay Inst Power Supply Chp7 App A B C D Introduction BIOS Features Running Setup Electrical Safety General Safety ESD Safety BIOS Bee...

Page 6: ... 6041G 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 6041G into a Rack 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 3 Installing the Chassis Rails 2 4 Installing the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Server into the Rack 2 5 2 5 Checking the Motherboard Setup 2 7 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 9 Chapter ...

Page 7: ...ta Cables 5 4 Connecting Power Cables 5 4 Connecting the Control Panel 5 5 5 4 Port Control Panel Connector Locations 5 6 5 5 Processor Installation 5 7 Removing Pentium III 370 pin Processors 5 8 5 6 Installing DIMMs 5 9 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 10 Super P3TDE6 Layout 5 12 P3TDE6 Quick Reference 5 13 5 8 Connector Definitions 5 14 Power Supply Connectors 5 14 Secondary Power Connector 5 14 Power Bu...

Page 8: ...us Speed 5 21 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 22 LVD Channel A SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 22 LVD Channel B SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 22 Speaker Enable Disable 5 22 LAN 1 Enable Disable 5 23 Thermal Fan Enable Disable 5 23 PCI Speed Setting 5 23 VGA Enable Disable 5 23 5 11 Parallel Port Floppy HDD and SCSI Connections 5 24 Parallel Port Connector 5 24 Floppy Connector 5 24 IDE Con...

Page 9: ...cing Power Units 6 11 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 BIOS Features 7 2 7 3 Running Setup 7 2 7 4 Advanced BIOS Setup 7 4 7 5 Chipset Setup 7 15 7 6 PCI Plug and Play Setup 7 18 7 7 Power Setup 7 20 7 8 Boot Setup 7 23 7 9 Security Setup 7 25 7 10 Exit Setup 7 27 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes and Messages A 1 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Diagnostic Error Messages B 1 Appendix C Li...

Page 10: ...Notes SUPERSERVER 6041G User s Manual x ...

Page 11: ...d and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 6041G as listed below z One 1 1 44 floppy drive z One 1 slim CD ROM drive z One 1 Supermicro CD containing various drivers and utilities z One 1 Control Panel PCB z Rackmount hardware with screws Two 2 rack rail assemblies Four 4 brackets for mounting the rack rails to the rack z One 1 SCA backpanel z Four 4 SCA...

Page 12: ...e two power units fail you will be notified by alarm and LED and the backup unit will automatically activate These are hot plug units that can be replaced without powering down the system SCSI Subsystem The SCSI subsystem supports 4 68 pin SCA Ultra160 SCSI hard drives Any standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Connection Attach ment The SCSI drives are connected to a SAF TE compliant SCA back...

Page 13: ...nt chassis Its I O shield provides seven moth erboard expansion slots two COM ports a parallel port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and an Ethernet port See Figure 1 1 Cooling System The SC840 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes four 9 cm hot plug system cooling intake fans and one 9 cm hot plug exhaust fan All system fans operate continuously to provide optimal cool...

Page 14: ... of ECC registered DIMM Module sizes of 128MB 256MB 512MB and 1 GB may be populatd in the slots The P3TDE6 supports two way interleaved memory Notes on Memory Note 1 The memory speed must match the front side bus FSB speed being used i e both 133 MHz or both 100 MHz Note 2 Memory Modules must be installed in pairs first in the two slots of Bank0 and then in both slots of Bank1 if 4 DIMMs are neede...

Page 15: ...d IDE controller supports one floppy drive and up to four UDMA 33 hard drives or ATAPI devices Onboard I O ports include two COM ports a parallel port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports a video monitor port and a 10 100 MB Ethernet port Onboard Graphics The 6041G includes an 8 MB ATI Rage XL video card for superior graphics capabilities Other Features Other onboard features that promote s...

Page 16: ...ess 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 Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Sit...

Page 17: ... 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 the SuperServer 6041G It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well venti lated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed nea...

Page 18: ...ed 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 become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails Install the heavies...

Page 19: ...Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 6041G Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 6041G A an outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself B and a sliding rail guide C between the two which should remain attached to the fixed rack rail See Figure 2 1 which shows the chassis rail A a...

Page 20: ... which is its normal position These tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing Figure 2 2 Installing the Chassis Rails Installing the Rack Rails Determine where you want to place the SuperServer 6041G in the rack See Rack and Server Precautions in Section 2 3 Position the fi...

Page 21: ...hassis 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 locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 4 on the next page When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server t...

Page 22: ...2 6 SUPERSERVER 6041G Manual Figure 2 4 Installing the Server Into the Rack A C B ...

Page 23: ... the system board If one CPU is used install the CPU into CPU Socket 1 see Chapter 5 Inadequte ventilation or improper installation of the CPU heat sinks may result in the instability of the system When installing the heat sinks use the proper type of thermal glue and apply the proper amount of thermal glue on the die of the CPU improper type or amount of thermal glue used on the die of the CPU an...

Page 24: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 6041G Manual Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6041G Exhaust Fan Control Panel PCB Processors Cooling Fans Top Chassis Cover Removed P3TDE6 Motherboard Cover Recesses ...

Page 25: ... the SCSI disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have some SCSI drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives please refer to Section 6 4 4 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by four hot swap input fans and one exhaust fan all of which are 9 cm in size An air shroud has been installed to direct sufficient cooling air to the processors which generate...

Page 26: ...2 10 SUPERSERVER 6041G Manual Notes ...

Page 27: ...le alarms and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Switches There are three push button switches located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off switch an alarm disable switch and a reset switch z POWER This is the main power switch which is used to apply or turn off the power supplied to the power supply units on the 6041G z ALAR...

Page 28: ...his LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating z NIC Indicates network activity on the system when flashing z HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the SuperServer 6041G this light indicates CD ROM drive activity when flashing z PWR Fault Indicates a power supply failure This should be accom panied by an audible alarm which you can disable with the alarm switch on the control ...

Page 29: ...uctions on replacing system fans It is unnecessary to power down the system as these are hot swap fans Note You must use the exact same brand and rating of fan for replacement These can be obtained directly from Supermicro z Overheat Indicates an overheat condition in the chassis This may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm You s...

Page 30: ...een When green the power unit has power applied to it and is operating normally z Red A red LED is normal only when system power has been turned off If the LED is red it indicates that either 1 no power is being applied to that particular power unit or 2 that particular power unit has failed First check to make sure the power cord for that unit is plugged into both the power unit and a grounded wa...

Page 31: ...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 z When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary z Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avo...

Page 32: ... z 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 boards or areas where power is present z After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made z M...

Page 33: ...components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use z Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag z Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap z Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or...

Page 34: ...at the chassis cover is in place when the 6041G is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6041G system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY OR ...

Page 35: ...components To prevent 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 P3TDE6 motherboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the P3TDE6 motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measu...

Page 36: ...ion of all the mounting holes on both the motherboard and the tray match Refer to Figure 5 1 for mounting hole locations Attach metal standoffs to the mounting holes as marked 1 13 on Figure 5 1 on the motherboard tray Make sure these metal standoffs either click in or are screwed in tightly Several square rubber feet may be applied to the motherboard tray to function as shock absorbers Attach the...

Page 37: ...oard to the motherboard tray by aligning the board holes with the metal standoffs you just installed Insert screws into all the mounting holes provided and tighten until snug Note To prevent the screw heads from making direct contact with the MB traces which will create an electrical short you may place washers on top of the mounting holes before inserting screws into the holes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1...

Page 38: ...isconnect any of these cables you should take care to keep them routed as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations The following data cables with their locations noted should be connected See the layout on page 5 12 for connector locations z IDE Device Cables J13 and J14 z Floppy Drive Cable J15 z SCSI Device Cables JA2 JA4 and JP60 z Cont...

Page 39: ... marked on the board The other end connects to the Control Panel PCB board located just behind the system status LEDs on the chassis See Section 5 8 for details and pin de scriptions for JF1 JF1 also contains pins for these and other functions JF1 was designed for use with other chassis and is not used in the SuperServer 6041G Figure 5 2 Control Panel Connectors PW R_LED Speaker I2 C NIC LED JF1 K...

Page 40: ...s are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Parallel Port Burgundy COM1 COM2 Keyboard Purple Mouse Green USB Ports LAN Ethernet Port Turquoise ...

Page 41: ... compound or fans can cause the pro cessor to overheat which may crash the system You can check the CPU temperature readings in the Periperal Setup Section of BIOS Processor Your motherboard has two 370 pin sockets which support Intel FCPGA processors Lift the lever on the socket and insert the processor with the notched corner oriented toward pin one on the socket Make sure the processor is fully...

Page 42: ...r avoid pressing down on the motherboard or any of its compo nents Removing Pentium III 370 pin Processors To remove the Pentium III 370 pin processors from the motherboard follow the installation process in reverse order 5 4 370 pin Socket Empty and with Processor Installed ...

Page 43: ...ts slot Pay attention to the two notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM mod ule incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Support The P3TDE6 only supports ECC registered SDRAM memory PC133 and PC100 memory are both supported at their respective speeds However the memory speed is syn...

Page 44: ...ces 2 PCI card installation You are now ready to install your PCI add on cards Make sure you choose the correct slot for the type of card you are installing see Step 1 First remove the I O shield for the proper slot Then fully seat the card into the slot pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The I ...

Page 45: ...Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 11 Notes ...

Page 46: ...19 J15 POWER LED JBT1 JA6 JA2 JP60 JP61 JP56 JA1 1 JP59 ATX POWER 2 OH FAN CHASSIS FAN Ultra SCSI Channel B ULTRA160 LVD SCSI CHB JA3 JA5 1 AGP PRO 3V PCI64 1 5V PCI64 4 5V PCI64 3 5V PCI64 2 5V PCI64 1 1 JP55 Speaker WOL Note Memory modules must be installed in pairs Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only BIOS2 JP52 JP63 North Bridge South Bridge CIOB DIMM1 BANK1 DIMM2 BANK0 DIMM2 BANK1...

Page 47: ...Switch Description SW1 1 4 CPU Core Bus Ratio Connector Description ATX POWER 1 Primary ATX Power Connector ATX POWER 2 Secondary ATX Power Connector BANK0 BANK1 Memory RAM Slots COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector CPU1 CPU2 CPU 1 and CPU2 Sockets CPU CH OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers J13 J14 IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors J15 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J16 Parallel Printer Port J1...

Page 48: ...19 Pin Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 3 3V 5 3 3V 6 5V keyed ATX Power Supply Connector Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V3 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 PW OK 9 5VSB 10 12V Pin Number Definition 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 Ground 14 PS ON 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF2 Momen...

Page 49: ...ty for LAN1 See Fig ure 5 2 for pin definitions See the table on the right for pin definitions on JF1 NIC LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 12 14 Definition 5V GND Power Fail LED PFL The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF2 See Figure 5 2 for pin definitions See the table on the right for pin definitions on JF1 Pin Number 8 10 Definition 5V PW R Fail Power Fail LED Pin Defi...

Page 50: ... JF1 HDD IDE LED The IDE hard drive LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF2 See Figure 5 2 for pin defini tions See the table on the right for pin definitions on JF1 IDE LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 7 9 Definition 5V HD Active Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF2 See Figure 5 2 for pin definitions See the table on the right for pin definitions on...

Page 51: ... for any group of four fans Speaker The speaker connection is located on pins 28 30 32 and 34 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 28 30 32 34 Function Key Definition Red wire Speaker PW R No connection Key Speaker data Keyboard Lock The Keyboard Lock connection is located on pins 22 and 24 of JF1 Refer to the table on the righ...

Page 52: ...ated on J18 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See Fig ure 5 7 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J18 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Note NC indicates No connection Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus connec tors are located beside the key board mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector...

Page 53: ... card with a WOR con nector and cable to use this fea ture Pin Number 1 2 Definition Ground W ake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions WOR Chassis Intrusion A 2 pin Chassis Intrusion header is located at JP52 When a chas sis intrusion microswitch is con nected to JP52 a message will be sent to the system administrator if a chassis intrusion condition is detected activated when the top cover of the chas...

Page 54: ...verwrite the setting of DIP Switch 1 550 MHz 100 MHz x 5 5 CPU Speed Bus Freq x Ratio S W 1 2 O N O N O F F O F F O N O N O F F O F F O N O N O F F C P U 4 0 0 5 3 3 4 5 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 6 6 6 5 5 0 7 3 3 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 5 0 8 6 6 7 0 0 9 3 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 6 4 8 5 0 1 1 3 0 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 S W 1 4 O N O N O N O N O F F O F F O F F O F F O F F O F F O F F S W 1 3 O F F O F F O F F O F F O N O N ...

Page 55: ... the jumper is either on one pin only or completely off Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear Refer to the table on the right for the jumper settings to clear CMOS Always remove the AC power cord from the sys tem before clearing CMOS NOTE For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then use JBT1 to clear CMOS Replac...

Page 56: ...termination Refer to the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition Enabled Disabled LVD CH B SCSI Termination Jumper Settings JA4 SCSI Termination Enable Disable The SCSI Termination jumper JP64 allows you to enable or disable termination for the SCSI connectors The normal default position is open to enable SCSI termination Refer to the table on the right for ju...

Page 57: ...when the chassis tempera ture reaches a predetermined tem perature Refer to the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition Disabled Enabled Thermal Fan Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP65 PCI Speed Setting Use jumper JP66 to set the speed of the PCI slot Refer to the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition 66 MHz 33 MHz PCI S...

Page 58: ... 3 GND 5 Key 7 GND 9 GND 11 GND 13 GND 15 GND 17 GND 19 GND 21 GND 23 GND 25 GND 27 GND 29 GND 31 GND 33 GND Pin Number Function 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive Select B 14 Drive Select A 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 W rite Data 24 W rite Gate 26 Track 00 28 W rite Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J15 5 11 Paralle...

Page 59: ...3 64 65 66 67 68 68 pin Ultra160 SCSI Connectors JA1 JA3 JA5 Ultra160 SCSI Connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions of the Ultra160 SCSI connectors located at JA1 JA3 and JA5 IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE connectors J13 and J14 See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data ...

Page 60: ...elow for details on shared IRQs IRQ Device IRQ 0 1 5V 64 bit 33MHz PCI slot 1 J7 IRQ 2 3 5V 64 bit 33MHz PCI slot 2 J6 IRQ 4 5 5V 64 bit 33MHz PCI Slot 3 J8 IRQ 6 7 3 3V 64 bit 66 MHz PCI Slot 1 J11 IRQ 8 9 3 3V 64 bit 66 MHz PCI Slot 2 J10 IRQ 10 11 Onboard SCSI slot IRQ 12 13 5V 64 bit 33MHz PCI Slot 4 J9 IRQ 14 AGP slot IRQ 15 Onboard LAN slot ...

Page 61: ...refully The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions z Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge z Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its anti static bag z Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts z When handling chips or modules a...

Page 62: ...wire plugs into pin 1 to JP9 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 System Interface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Figure 6 2 shows the connections jumpers and indicators located on the control panel PCB De tails on JF1 can be found in the Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboar...

Page 63: ...n viewed from the rear Fan LEDs The red LEDs by each fan header turn on when the fan it corresponds to has failed Jumpers JP8 can be jumped to reset the microcontroller on the PCB JP11 can be jumped to lock the keyboard JP21 disables the power fail alarm if only two power supplies are used Headers JP10 connects to the SCA backplane to sense for overheating Fan Power Override Switch Control Panel L...

Page 64: ...failed fan To determine which fan has failed first remove the top chassis cover You can then check the fan fail LEDs on the control panel s printed circuit board PCB which can be viewed through a cutout on its protective metal cover See the designation written by the red illuminated LED on the PCB to deter mine which fan has failed Figure 6 2 After determining whether it is a cooling or an exhaust...

Page 65: ...m cooling fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 9 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicro After the new fan has been installed reassemble the fan housing and plug it back into its slot You should hear it click into place when fully inserted Then plug the fan cable back into the same header on the circuit board you removed it from You should then wind the excess cable around the tabs on the...

Page 66: ...nd bottom of the fan housing which protrude through the back end of the chassis This will detach the housing from the chassis Reach inside the chassis and pull the housing out of its hole in the chassis Unscrew the four screws that hold the fan in the housing to remove the bad fan Installing a new system exhaust fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 9 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicr...

Page 67: ...tall 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 Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Mounting a SCSI Drive in a Carrier Important Regardless of how many SCSI hard drives are installed both SCSI drive carriers must remain in the drive bays for proper airflow ...

Page 68: ...t powering down the system hot swap To remove first push the release button located beside the drive LEDs then swing the burgundy colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 5 Note Your Operating System must have RAID support to enable the hot plug capability of the SCSI drives Important Regardless of how many SCSI hard drives are installed all 4 SCSI drive carri...

Page 69: ...hat provides power and bus termination A RAID controller can be used with the SCA backplane to provide data security The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drives All the jumpers on the SCA backplane are preset and should not be changed See Figure 6 6 Figure 6 6 SCA Backplane Use caution when working around the SCA backplane Do not touch t...

Page 70: ...stops You can then remove the top cover from the chassis You must power down the system before installing or removing floppy or IDE drives Drives mount on rails and should click into place to be correctly and fully installed in their bays You should keep the metal shields in place on any unused drives to reduce EMI and noise and to facilitate the airflow inside the chassis The floppy disk drive ca...

Page 71: ...nit failure which you can disable by pressing the alarm button on the control panel The PWR Fail LED will also illuminate and remain on until the failed unit has been replaced Replacing Power Units 1 Identify the failed power unit The power unit with the illuminated red LED indicates it has failed and should be replaced as soon as possible Or if the LED is neither red or green check to make sure a...

Page 72: ...ab Status LED Push locking tab up and pull power unit out with handle Locking Tab Handle Dummy module upgradeable to a triple redundant power supply Dummy Module 1 2 3 The power supply modules correspond with the AC power marked 1 2 3 below Power Supply Units 2 1 3 2 ...

Page 73: ... BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility ...

Page 74: ... AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Chassis intrusion detector Five positive voltage inputs Four fan speed monitor inputs 7 3 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in ...

Page 75: ...lustrate how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes The Main BIOS Setup Menu Press the Delete key during the POST Power On Self Test to enter the Main Menu of the BIOS Setup Utility All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screeen is displayed b...

Page 76: ...uperIO Configuration to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Setup Warning Setting items on this screen to incorrect values may cause the system to malfunction SuperIO Configura...

Page 77: ...ress This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 4 and 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Nat317Serial Port s and Parallel P Serial Port1 Address Serial Port1 IRQ Serial Port2 Address...

Page 78: ...his item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of the DMA Channel The settings for this item include 0 1 and 3 IDE Configuration Onboard PCI IDE Controller This option allows the user to enable or disable the integrated IDE Control ler The settings include Disabled Primary Second and Both Select Dis abled to d...

Page 79: ... method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if your device supports it and is not already formatted with the LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Mode This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option The settings include Disabled and Au...

Page 80: ...ord DMA0 through DMA2 Select UDMA0 trhough UDMA4 to set Ultra DMA0 through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology a feature that can help predict impending drive failures The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the S M A R T Select Auto to auto detect S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer The settings a...

Page 81: ...ction of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows the drive to be used normally read write and erase functions can all be performed Disabled prevents the hard disk from being erased This functio...

Page 82: ...3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 The Enabled setting is effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on bootup Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that are normally perfomred on boot up You can disable the option to speed up boot time The settings are Di...

Page 83: ...second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second System Keyboard This option is to let the system know if a keyboard is Present or Absent Primary Display This option specifies the type of monitor display you have installed on the system The settings are Absent VGA EGA Color 40 x 25 Color 80 x 25 and mo...

Page 84: ...on allows the operating system and applications to be able to read the CPU serial number from your CPUs The settings are Enabled and Dis abled Note This option is not available for Intel Celeron Processors be cause these processors do not contain a processor serial number Internal Cache This option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Ba...

Page 85: ...AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or hard drive errors Clear All Event Logs This option can be used to tell the system to clear the event log on the next boot up The settings are No and Yes View Event Log Highlighting this and pressing Enter will allow you to view the unread events from the event log area Mark All Events As Read Highlighting OK and pressing Enter will mark a...

Page 86: ...tion allows you to Enable or Disable a system overheat warning signal used to notify you in the event of a dangerous rise in heat levels Overheat Warning Temperature This option allows you to specify the temperature threshold that when exceeded will trigger the overheat warning alarm The rest of the System Health Monitor menu lists various voltages and tem peratures as they are currently being mea...

Page 87: ...ts of 16 KB of video ROM beginning at the above address are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit C000 16k Shadow Cached C400 16k Shadow Cached C800 16k Shadow Disabled CC00 16k Shadow Disabled D000 16k Shadow Disabled D400 16k Shadow Disabled D800 16k Shadow Disabled DC00 16k Shadow Disabled Write Combining for P6 to PCI Enabled A...

Page 88: ...LKS RAS Cycle Time This option defines the RAS cycle time Settings include 10 CLKS 9 CLKS 8 CLKS and 7 CLKS SDRAM CAS Latency This option defines the SDRAM CAS Latency settings CAS stands for Column Address Strobe Settings include CAS Latency 3 and CAS La tency 2 Memory Auto Precharge The settings are Enabled and Disabled SDRAM Fast Timing This option defines the Fast timing settings for SDRAM Set...

Page 89: ...settings for this option are FULL Delay 1 5 BLCK 2 5 BLCK and 3 5 BLCK Scrubbing Enable The settings are Enabled and Disabled AGP Device Address Space Size This settings for this option are 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB and 512MB AGP Operations This settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled MPS 1 4 Support The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled ...

Page 90: ...nfiguration Data Choosing the Yes setting will cause the PnP configuration data in the BIOS to be cleared on the next boot up Choosing the No setting does not force PnP data to be cleared on the next boot BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Reset Config Data PCI Latency Timer Allocate IRQ to VGA Palette Snooping PCI IDE BusMaster USB Controller IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ ...

Page 91: ...E BusMaster The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Enable to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capabilities USB Function The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled prevents the use of the USB ports and Enabled allows the use of the USB ports IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 The settings for the above options...

Page 92: ... SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit ACPI Aware O S Power Management Green PC Monitor Power State Video Power Down Mode Hard Disk Power Down Mode Inactivity Timer Suspend Timeout Minutes IRQ1 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ14 IRQ15 Yes Enabled StandBy Suspend Disabled Off Off Monitor Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Ignore Monitor...

Page 93: ...activity time that should expire before entering the power conserving state The settings include Off 1 5 10 20 30 60 and 120 minutes Suspend Timeout This option specifies if BIOS is to monitor for display activity when in a power saving state The settings include Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 minutes ACPI Aware O S This option allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI Advanced Configuration and Pow...

Page 94: ...IRQs are defaulted to Ignore except for IRQ 1 12 and 14 whcih default to Monitor USB Controller Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a USB device The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled PME Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a PME device The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled RI Resume This option allows the system to resume the function of Ring Ind...

Page 95: ...s The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Intel UNDI PX 2 and Disabled 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Intel UNDI PX 2 and Disabled BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Devices ATAPI CDROM Drives Select Screen ...

Page 96: ...to view the boot sequency of hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removable Devices Use this screen to view the boot sequency of the removeable devices that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system ATAPI CDROM Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency ofthe ATAPI CDROM drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your sy...

Page 97: ...If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must clear CMOS and reconfigure Remember your Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration i...

Page 98: ...this option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program to protect the boot sector of your hard disk drive The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled If Enabled AMIBIOS will display a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format comman...

Page 99: ...with saving the changes Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will save any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit Discarding Changes Highli...

Page 100: ... and system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program but will not exit the BIOS Setup pro gram ...

Page 101: ...e screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors...

Page 102: ...OS cannot switch to protected mode 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error The CPU generated an exception interrupt 8 beeps Display memory read write error The system video adapter is either missing or its memory is faulty This is not a fatal error 10 beeps Flash erase error The flash device was unable to be properly programmed 11 beeps Flash program error The flash device was unable to be pro...

Page 103: ...ext D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h Theinitializationcodeiscopiedtosegment0andcontrol will be transferred to segment 0 D6h Control is in segment 0 Next checking if Ctrl Home was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either Ctrl Home was pressed or the system BIOS che...

Page 104: ...d result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test 0Fh The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byte is written next 10h The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Eeh Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A R...

Page 105: ...MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors 24h The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin 25h Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on 27h Any initializ...

Page 106: ...he total system memory size next 46h The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next 47h The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next 48h Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next 49h The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verifi...

Page 107: ... base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next 65h The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next 66h CompletedprogrammingDMAcontrollers1and2 Initializingthe8259 interrupt controller next 67h Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization 7Fh Extended NMI source enabling is in progress 80h The keyboard test has starte...

Page 108: ...s chapter for additional information 96h Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 97h Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has com pleted The adaptor ROM check is next 98h The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the o...

Page 109: ...tialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next A9h Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Aah InitializationafterE000optionROMcontrolhascompleted Displaying the system configuration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POS...

Page 110: ...kpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines The high byte of checkpoint indicates that the routine is being executed in Different buses High Byte The high byte of these checkpoints includes the following information Bits 7 4 Description 0000 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 0001 Function 1 Initialize static devices on the bus 0010 Function 2 ...

Page 111: ...alling the Server into the Rack 2 6 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 6041G 2 8 Mounting Holes on Motherboard 5 3 Control Panel Connectors 5 5 I O Port Locations and Definitions 5 6 370 pin Socket Empty and with Processor Installed 5 8 DIMM Installation 5 9 10 Adding PCI Cards 5 10 SUPER P3TDE6 Layout 5 12 Chassis Front View 6 2 Control Panel PCB 6 3 System Cooling Fan Removal 6 5 Mounting a...

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Page 113: ...tra160 SCSI SCSI Backplane Controller QLogic GEM354 controller for SAF TE compliant SCA backplane SCSI Drive Bays Four drive bays to house two 2 standard 1 80 pin SCA SCSI drives Peripheral Bays One 1 3 5 floppy drive and one 1 slim CD ROM drive PCI Expansion Slots Two 2 64 bit 66 MHz and four 4 64 bit 33 MHz PCI slots Power Supply Type 2 x 300W redundant hot plug units with 3 3V 5V 12V 5V and 12V...

Page 114: ...tor P3TDE6 motherboard Extended ATX SC840 chassis 4U rackmount Operating Systems Supported Windows NT Windows 2000 Solaris Netware SCO UNIX and Linux Dimensions 17 52 x 6 97 x 25 99 in 445 x 177 x 660 mm W x H x D Weight Net 57 2 lb 26 kg Gross 70 4 lb 32 kg Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55...

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