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Table of Contents

Chapter 7: BIOS

7-1 Introduction

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7-1

7-2 Running Setup ................................................................................................ 7-2

7-3 Main BIOS Setup ............................................................................................ 7-2

7-4 Advanced

Setup

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7-7

7-5 Security

Settings

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7-6 Boot

Settings

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7-25

7-7 Exit

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7-26

Appendices

Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages ........................................................................ A-1

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes .............................................................................. B-1

Appendix C: SAS and Software Installation ........................................................... C-1

Appendix D: System Speciﬁ cations ........................................................................ D-1

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Page 1: ...SUPERWORKSTATION 7045A 3 USER S MANUAL 1 0 SUPER...

Page 2: ...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 INCLUDIN...

Page 3: ...nual 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 X7DA3 serverboard and...

Page 4: ...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 SC743TQ 645 server chassis...

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

Page 6: ...lling the System into a Rack 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 9 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Power 3 1 Reset 3...

Page 7: ...r De nitions 5 12 ATX Power Connector 5 12 Secondary Power Connector 5 12 Processor Power Connector 5 12 NMI Button 5 12 Power LED 5 12 HDD LED 5 13 NIC LEDs 5 13 Overheat Fan Fail LED OH 5 13 Power F...

Page 8: ...2 Onboard Power LED 5 22 SAS Activity LED Indicators 5 22 5 11 Parallel Port Floppy and Hard Drive Connections 5 23 Parallel Port Connector 5 23 Floppy Connector 5 24 SATA Ports 5 24 IDE Connectors 5...

Page 9: ...p 7 2 7 3 Main BIOS Setup 7 2 7 4 Advanced Setup 7 7 7 5 Security Settings 7 24 7 6 Boot Settings 7 25 7 7 Exit 7 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendi...

Page 10: ...Notes x SUPERWORKSTATION 7045A 3 User s Manual...

Page 11: ...ddition to the serverboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the SuperWorkstation as listed below One 1 3 5 oppy drive FPD PNSC 02 1 One 1 9 cm exhaust fan FAN 0091 Four...

Page 12: ...memory is an interleaved con guration which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs Serial ATA An on chip ESB2 SATA controller is integrated into the X7DA3 to provide a si...

Page 13: ...thernet ports Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat s...

Page 14: ...TX form factor chassis that can be used as a tower or mounted in a 4U rackmount con guration The I O backplane provides seven expansion slots two COM ports a parallel port four USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mous...

Page 15: ...XP X8 PCI 32 33MMZ PCI EXP X8 PXH V PCI X 133 PCI X SLOT PCI EXP X4 PCI EXP_X8_IN_X16_SLOT SATA 0 1 2 3 4 5 PCIE X4 PCIE X4 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 LP IP...

Page 16: ...urope 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 supermic...

Page 17: ...p ahead to Section 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the system was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should le a damage clai...

Page 18: ...be coupled 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 simul taneously may cause the r...

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: ...at came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies co...

Page 21: ...r chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right speci c Screw the rail securely to the side of the c...

Page 22: ...n the xed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the bra...

Page 23: ...hese rst keeping in mind that they are left right speci c marked with L and R Then line up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails ke...

Page 24: ...You can then lift the cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each...

Page 25: ...all a oppy disk drive to the system 4 Check the SAS SATA disk drives Depending upon your system s con guration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SAS SATA...

Page 26: ...2 10 SUPERWORKSTATION 7045A 3 User s Manual Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System Rack Con guration shown...

Page 27: ...eci c components There are also two buttons 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...

Page 28: ...ctivity On the 7045A 3 this LED indicates SAS SATA IDE drive activity when ashing NIC Indicates network activity on LAN1 when ashing NIC Indicates network activity on LAN2 when ashing Overheat When th...

Page 29: ...Carrier LEDs Each SAS drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SAS drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SAS SCA backplane enables this...

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Page 31: ...ard memory modules and the oppy drives not necessary for SAS drives When disconnecting power you should rst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cord from the powe...

Page 32: ...lectrical circuits or be pulled into 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...

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

Page 34: ...chassis covers are in place when the Super Workstation 7045A 3 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7045A 3 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed F...

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: ...ks and fans 2 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a serverboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwis...

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 tig...

Page 39: ...onnect 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 serverboard connector locations noted should be conn...

Page 40: ...te 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 th...

Page 41: ...note that the memory is inter leaved 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 Bank1 Insert each DIMM...

Page 42: ...ntly push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot DDR2 FBD DIMM Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch0 Branch1 Number of DIMMs Bank 1 Channel 0 Bank...

Page 43: ...stall it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above After gaining access to the inside of the server determine which slot you wish to populate then press down on the curved secti...

Page 44: ...Bridge LP IPMI Slot 6 PCI Express x16 Slot 5 33 MHz PCI Slot 4 PCI Express x4 Slot 3 133 MHz PCI X Slot 2 133 MHz PCI X Slot 1 100 MHz PCI X ZCR COM2 PXH BIOS SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA4 SATA3 SATA5 AIC...

Page 45: ...AN 1 8 Fan Headers 1 8 Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE Hard Drive Compact Flash Card Connectors J17 System Management I2 C Power Header JAR Alarm Reset Header JC1 JC2 Microphone Jac...

Page 46: ...ondary 12v 8 pin connector JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin de nitions NMI Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 19 Control 20 Ground Processor Pow...

Page 47: ...the right for pin de nitions NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table...

Page 48: ...t 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Universal Serial Bus Ports Four Universal Serial Bus ports are located beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector...

Page 49: ...Pin De nition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Fan Header Pin De nitions Fan1 8 Pin De nition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control Power Fail Header Connec...

Page 50: ...eaker data red wire 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data Universal Serial Bus Headers Two additional USB headers are located near the SATA5 header on the serverboard This header is designated USB4...

Page 51: ...able to use this feature SMB The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus is located near the SATA ports Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the righ...

Page 52: ...r Mic Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Supermicro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have...

Page 53: ...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 unplug the power cord s 2 With...

Page 54: ...nition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply...

Page 55: ...c PCI X PCI Express slots to the System Management I2 C Bus The default setting for all jumpers is pins 2 3 to disable the connection These jumpers must be set in pairs JI2 C1 and JI2 C2 are for PCI X...

Page 56: ...0 MHz Amber 1 GHz Onboard Power LED LE1 is a power LED located beside JP1 When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before re moving or installing...

Page 57: ...isk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector See the table below for pin...

Page 58: ...or Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27...

Page 59: ...IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground IDE Connectors There are two IDE connectors IDE 1 blu...

Page 60: ...6 RX 1 B6 TX 1 A7 Ground B7 Ground A8 SB7 B8 SB0 A9 SB3 B9 SB1 A10 SB4 B10 SB2 A11 SB5 B11 SB6 A12 Ground B12 Ground A13 RX 2 B13 TX 2 A14 RX 2 B14 TX 2 A15 Ground B15 Ground A16 RX 3 B16 TX 3 A17 RX...

Page 61: ...rtant to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static dis...

Page 62: ...6 2 SUPERWORKSTATION 7045A 3 User s Manual Drive Bays 8 Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View System Reset Main Power System LEDs Floppy Drive 5 25 Drive Bays 2 USB Ports...

Page 63: ...ver to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs on the control panel inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs P...

Page 64: ...plug fan housing Depress the locking tab on a chassis cooling fan and pull the unit straight out by the handle see Figure 6 3 The fan wiring for these fans has been designed to detach automatically 3...

Page 65: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 4 Removing the Air Shroud Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan...

Page 66: ...oval from the chassis These carriers also work to promote proper air ow for the system For this reason even carriers without drives must remain in the server If you need to add a new SAS SATA drive in...

Page 67: ...n the drive bays to promote proper air ow Figure 6 5 Removing a SAS SATA Drive Carrier 3 SAS SATA backplane All SAS SATA drives plug into a backplane that provides SAS SATA operation for all installed...

Page 68: ...into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you rst removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the...

Page 69: ...g and replacing the power supply unit for whatever reason Replacing the Power Supply 1 Accessing the power supply For safety reasons you will need to remove power from the system when replac ing the p...

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Page 71: ...backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the...

Page 72: ...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 73: ...stem Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year elds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date The item displays the date that the BIOS was built Legacy...

Page 74: ...Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined...

Page 75: ...ormat Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mod...

Page 76: ...ng items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item...

Page 77: ...ed this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run...

Page 78: ...p when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss...

Page 79: ...he data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select U...

Page 80: ...ard mass storage device The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others...

Page 81: ...ipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect val ues entered may cause system malfunction Also a very h...

Page 82: ...t Enabled to enable the function of closed loop thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the tempera...

Page 83: ...o make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user...

Page 84: ...he CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable...

Page 85: ...l of serial port B The options are Enabled user de ned 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 Th...

Page 86: ...ns are Primary and Secondary DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a set...

Page 87: ...onsole Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Co...

Page 88: ...e PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicat...

Page 89: ...s of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are cor...

Page 90: ...tically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature...

Page 91: ...ace The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabl...

Page 92: ...re this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Re...

Page 93: ...Chapter 7 BIOS 7 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components...

Page 94: ...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 been used and Set means...

Page 95: ...are 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 devi...

Page 96: ...Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings...

Page 97: ...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 co...

Page 98: ...Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...ully 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...

Page 101: ...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 103: ...rite 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 POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable N...

Page 104: ...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 42h Initialize i...

Page 105: ...t 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external para...

Page 106: ...ate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu B...

Page 107: ...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 Manager F4h Output one beep F5h C...

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Page 109: ...l Attached SCSI SAS is a physical storage technology that employs a serial transmission of data with SCSI protocol Serial transmission results in the use of much thinner cables than those used for par...

Page 110: ...n are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives SAS Controller Utility You are now in the SAS Controller Utility program In this utility you can create con gure manage and delete RAID arra...

Page 111: ...ay then hit the Enter key Selections can also be made by hitting the key of the letter corresponding to the red letter in the desired item in the case the C key 3 The screen shown in Figure C 3 appear...

Page 112: ...be used label array size and stripe size see Figure C 5 When the properties have been de ned highlight Done and press the Enter key Additional Functions The tree diagram in Figure C 2 gives you an ov...

Page 113: ...Appendix C SAS and Software Installation C 5 Figure C 5 Assigning Array Properties...

Page 114: ...rboard Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme les for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at...

Page 115: ...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 inform...

Page 116: ...be downloaded from our Web Site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we...

Page 117: ...supporting up to 32 GB of FBD Fully Buffered DIMM ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory to be installed two at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SAS Contr...

Page 118: ...cm chassis PWM cooling fans One 1 9 cm PWM exhaust fan System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240 VAC Rated Input Current 11A 90V Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Po...

Page 119: ...B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60...

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