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Summary of Contents for SuperWorkstation 5033C-T

Page 1: ...SUPER SUPERWORKSTATION 5033C T USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0...

Page 2: ...R INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED W...

Page 3: ...vanced transfer cache Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the system and describes the main features of the Super P4S...

Page 4: ...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 SC733T 350 workstation cha...

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

Page 6: ...2 1 2 3 Setting up the System 2 2 Checking the Motherboard Setup 2 2 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 4 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Reset 3 1 Power 3 1 3 3...

Page 7: ...ick Reference 5 9 5 9 Connector Definitions 5 10 Power Supply Connectors 5 10 PW_ON Connector 5 10 Reset Connector 5 11 Overheat LED OH 5 11 GLAN2 LED 5 11 GLAN1 LED 5 11 IDE LED 5 12 Power_LED Connec...

Page 8: ...vanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Front Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fans 6 5 Fan Failure 6 5 Replacing System Fans 6 5 6 4 Drive Bay Installation 6 7 Serial ATA Drives 6 7 Ins...

Page 9: ...Processor Clock Options 7 12 7 5 Security 7 13 7 6 Boot 7 14 7 7 Exit 7 15 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C Software Installation C 1 Appendix D...

Page 10: ...x Notes SUPERWORKSTATION 5033C T User s Manual...

Page 11: ...e for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the 5033C T www supermicro com and for regular updates on supported proces sor speeds In addition to the motherboard and ch...

Page 12: ...dual channel interleaved DDR memory providing band width of up to 6 4 GB s using DDR 400 SDRAM The MCH supports the following front side bus memory bus configurations 800 MHz FSB with a 400 333 memory...

Page 13: ...incorporated into the 875P chipset to provide a two port Serial ATA subsystem A Marvell 88SX5080 controller is also included onboard the P4SCT II which provides support for four additional SATA ports...

Page 14: ...moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue Figure 1 1 Intel 875P Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is...

Page 15: ...hard drives The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units ATA 100 IDE drives are also supported Control Panel The SC733T 350 s control panel provides important system monitoring and con trol informat...

Page 16: ...n innovative cooling design that features one 12 cm exhaust fan and one 9 cm thermal cooling fan The fans plug into headers on the motherboard and operate at full rpm continuously Figure 1 2 Rear I O...

Page 17: ...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...

Page 18: ...1 8 SUPERWORKSTATION 5033C T User s Manual Notes...

Page 19: ...a suitable location for setting up and operating the SuperWorkstation 5033C T It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electr...

Page 20: ...slide the cover out of the chassis 2 Check the CPU processor You may have one processor already installed into the system board The processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for i...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 System Installation 2 3 Figure 2 1 Accessing the Inside of the 5033C T...

Page 22: ...eady installed If you need to install or remove an SATA drive please refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 6 3 Check the airflow Cooling air is provided by a 9 cm internal cooling fan and a 12 c...

Page 23: ...This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indi cators and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of the cha...

Page 24: ...pplied to the system s power supply units This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating HDD Channel activity for all HDDs This light indicates SATA and if present CD ROM drive a...

Page 25: ...rive Carrier LEDs On the front of each Serial ATA drive carrier is a green LED When illuminated it indicates drive activity A connection to the Serial ATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and of...

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Page 27: ...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 When working around exposed electrical circuits...

Page 28: ...ckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal co...

Page 29: ...ll components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 30: ...4 4 Operating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 5033C T is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 5033C T system can occur...

Page 31: ...nt to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the P4SCT II motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures ar...

Page 32: ...to remove the rear exhaust fan before installing the motherboard Refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 6 for details on removing the rear exhaust fan 3 Mounting the motherboard onto the motherb...

Page 33: ...cations IDE Device cable J5 Floppy Device cable J7 Serial ATA Device cables JS1 JS2 JS3 and JS4 Serial ATA active LED cable JS9 Control Panel cable JF1 Connecting Power Cables The P4SCT II has a 24 pi...

Page 34: ...e 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins Note The COM2 port is a header on the motherboard located near the ATX power connector Mouse Green Parallel Port Burgundy GLAN1 GLAN2 Keyboard Purple COM1 Port Turquois...

Page 35: ...the pins to the holes in the socket Make sure that Pin 1 of the CPU is seated on Pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle 4 Press the lever down until you hear it click into the lo...

Page 36: ...le to prevent inserting it incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot see Figure 5 4 CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or remov ing DIMM modules...

Page 37: ...I O shield for the slot you wish to populate Fully seat the card into the card slot on the motherboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by using a screw to secure...

Page 38: ...Y BIOS S UPER P4SCT II IDE 1 IDE 2 J5 J2 JPWAKE JPUSB COM2 J10 JP8 WD JP20 Super I O RAGE XL OH CH FAN5 DIMM1A DIMM1B FLOPPY J7 S P E A K E R USB3 4 Marvell 88SX5040 J16 IR J17 PWR LED WOR J33 JP1 JP2...

Page 39: ...iption DIMM0A 0B 1A 1B Memory DIMM Slots Fans 1 5 CPU CH Fan1 CH Fan2 3 4 OH Fan CH Fan 5 GLAN1 2 Gigabit LAN Ports J2 J5 IDE1 2 Ports J3 J4 SATA Connectors 1 2 Intel Controller J7 Floppy Disk Drive C...

Page 40: ...PWR Connector J21 Required Connection ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 COM 16 PS_ON 17 COM 18 COM 19 COM 20 Res NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 COM Pin...

Page 41: ...Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 7 8 Definition Vcc GND GLAN1 LED The GLAN1 LED connection is lo cated on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 At tac...

Page 42: ...n definitions IDE Activity LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 13 14 Definition 5V HD Activity Pin Number 15 16 Definition Vcc Control PWR_LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition 5V Key Gro...

Page 43: ...e P4SCT II which are designated CPU Chassis Fan1 Chassis Fan2 Chassis Fan3 Chassis Fan4 and OH Overheat Chassis Fan5 Chassis Fan 3 and Chassis Fan 4 are not monitored by BIOS Connect the fan on your C...

Page 44: ...st enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig na...

Page 45: ...et Ports Two Ethernet ports designated GLAN1 and GLAN2 are located beside the VGA port on the IO backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables SATA LED Marvell The SATA LED header located on JS9 is us...

Page 46: ...On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS...

Page 47: ...pplication freezes the system Pins 1 2 will have WD reset the system if a program freezes Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt for the program that has frozen See the table on the right for...

Page 48: ...table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is En abled For LAN1 please change the setting in the BIOS Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled GLAN2 Enable Disable...

Page 49: ...A Controller See the table on right for pin definitions Jumper Position 1 2 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled SATA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPS1 Standby Power LED The Standby Power LED indicator i...

Page 50: ...stem has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter...

Page 51: ...s There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE interfaces J2 and J5 See the table on the right for pin definitions You must use the ATA100 66 cable included with your system to benefit from the...

Page 52: ...ble with 4xAGP and 2xAGP graphics cards To install a VGA card power down the system and remove the I O shield corre sponding to the 8xAGP Pro slot Push the AGP card down making sure that the golden ta...

Page 53: ...ng measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before re...

Page 54: ...appropriate comnnector on the front control panel PCB printed circuit board Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs inform you of system status see Figure 6 1 f...

Page 55: ...Front View 5 25 Drive Bays System Reset Main Power SATA Active LED System LEDs Front Side USB Floppy Drive Bay SATA Drive Configuration Drive IDs are marked on the front bezel From bottom to top they...

Page 56: ...6 4 SUPERWORKSTATION 5033C T Manual Figure 6 3 Chassis Rear View Power Supply PCI Expansion Slots IO Backplane 12 cm Exhaust Fan Power Supply Fan...

Page 57: ...Figure 2 1 for accessing the inside of the chassis 2 Removing the fan duct assembly 9 cm fan After removing the side chassis cover release the clips that secure the fan duct to the chassis You can th...

Page 58: ...6 6 SUPERWORKSTATION 5033C T Manual Figure 6 5 Removing the 12 cm Exhaust Fan Figure 6 4 Removing the Fan Duct Assembly 9 cm Fan...

Page 59: ...Use extreme caution when working around the SATA backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the airflow holes in the SAT...

Page 60: ...and removal from the chassis These carriers also work to promote proper airflow for the system For this reason even carriers without SATA drives must remain in the server If you need to add a new SAT...

Page 61: ...or the locations of backplane connectors the reverse side of the backplane has four channel connectors that the SATA drives plug into when inserted with a SATA drive carrier See Figure 6 2 for drive n...

Page 62: ...CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power...

Page 63: ...pply First unplug the power cord from the power supply Then remove the power supply connectors going to the motherboard and the SATA backplane Finally remove the screws that secure the unit to the mou...

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Page 65: ...omputer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then con figured with the...

Page 66: ...an be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self T...

Page 67: ...tions are None 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette B The...

Page 68: ...e of the items in the left frame of the screen 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 o...

Page 69: ...t signals to a specific processor on multi processor system and provides IRQs beyond the conventional 16 under Windows 2000 or XP It has no effect on single processor systems MPS Version Control This...

Page 70: ...lel ATA PATA and Serial ATA SATA with the maximum of two IDE drives available for each channel If Enhanced Mode is selected both SATA and PATA are supported with the maximum of 6 IDE drives available...

Page 71: ...guration Keyboard Input Clock This setting allows to you set the speed of the keyboard The options are 6 MHz 8 MHz 12 MHz and 16 MHz Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 This setting allows the u...

Page 72: ...the IR pins The options are RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The options are Disab...

Page 73: ...the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data Power On Function This setting allows the user to decide which method to use to power on the system The options are Password Ho...

Page 74: ...to ESCD and Manual 7 4 5 Console Redirection Console Redirection Select Enabled to redirect Console via COM Port Select Disabled to redirect Console when the keyboard is absent The options are Enabled...

Page 75: ...set the CPU warning temperature If the CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will activate and a warning message will be displayed onscreen The options are Disabled 600 C 1400 F 650 C 1490...

Page 76: ...y available for retail CPUs Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stablize a system by reducing the level of ElectroMagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU Cloc...

Page 77: ...s highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check 7 5 Security Choose Security from th...

Page 78: ...t Priority of the following Hard Disk Devices Removable Device Priority This setting allows you to set the priority of removable devices The options are Floppy Disks LS120 Zip 100 USB FDD0 USB FDD1 US...

Page 79: ...Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Third Boot Device This item allows the user to set the Third boot up device The...

Page 80: ...use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance Discard Changes...

Page 81: ...he Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages 1 long beep Memory...

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Page 83: ...he Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interfa...

Page 84: ...itial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5...

Page 85: ...eserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Res...

Page 86: ...registers according to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item i...

Page 87: ...n IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend A...

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Page 89: ...cables can only extend to 40cm while SATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Intel 6300ESB I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of Intel...

Page 90: ...e IRQs for HDD use For newer operating systems that support Enhanced Mode such as WindowsXP Windows2000 and Windows2003 you can set SATA and PATA to the Enhanced Mode These newer operating systems can...

Page 91: ...ed to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette named Adaptec Embedded Serial AT...

Page 92: ...item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility which is optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD C 3 Other So...

Page 93: ...The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system infor...

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Page 95: ...28 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 184 pin modules supported Serial ATA Controller 6300ESB controller hub incorporated into chipset Serial ATA Backplane non SAF TE SATA backplane CSE SATA 733 for four 4 SATA dr...

Page 96: ...es 3 3V 20A 5V 25A 12V 24A 12V 0 5A 5Vsb 2A BTU Rating 1860 BTUs hr for a rated output power of 350W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 90 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 7...

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