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Page 1: ... SuperWorkstation 7045A WT SUPER USER S MANUAL 1 0b ...

Page 2: ...NG THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claim...

Page 3: ...rovides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DWA N serverboard and the SC743SQ 865 chassis which comprise the SuperWorkstation 7045A WT Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperWorkstation 7045A WT into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the syst...

Page 4: ...oving processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC743SQ 865 server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter inc...

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

Page 6: ... I O Backplane 1 4 Cooling System 1 4 1 4 Contacting Supermicro 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview 2 1 2 2 Unpacking the System 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 Ambient Operating Temperature 2 3 Reduced Airflow 2 3 Mechanical Loading 2 3 Circuit Overloading 2 3 Reliable Ground 2 3 2...

Page 7: ...rical Safety Precautions 4 1 4 2 General Safety Precautions 4 2 4 3 ESD Precautions 4 3 4 4 Operating Precautions 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 Handling the Serverboard 5 1 Precautions 5 1 Unpacking 5 2 5 2 Serverboard Installation 5 2 5 3 Connecting Cables 5 3 Connecting Data Cables 5 3 Connecting Power Cables 5 3 Connecting the Control Panel 5 3 5 4 I O Ports 5 4 5 5 Installing th...

Page 8: ...ssis Cooling Fans 6 4 6 4 Drive Bay Installation 6 6 SATA Backplane 6 7 Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive Bays 6 8 6 5 Power Supply 6 9 Power Supply Failure 6 9 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 Running Setup 7 2 7 3 Main BIOS Setup 7 2 7 4 Advanced Setup 7 7 7 5 Security 7 24 7 6 Boot 7 26 7 7 Exit 7 27 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Intel HostRAID...

Page 9: ...oard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the SuperWorkstation 7045A WT as listed below Two 2 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0104L4 One 1 9 cm rear exhaust fan FAN 0103L4 Two 2 CPU heat sinks SNK P0034AP4 One 1 3 5 floppy drive FPD PNSC 01 Two 2 5 25 dummy drive trays One 1 cable for DVD drive CBL 0139L One 1 floppy cable CBL 040L One 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire cable CBL 0173L S...

Page 10: ...es of the same size and speed to be installed two at a time See Chapter 5 Section 5 for details Serial ATA A SATA controller is integrated into the ESB2 South Bridge portion of the 5400 chipset to provide a six port 3 Gb s Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 10 and 5 supported The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the ho...

Page 11: ...e color coded I O ports include one COM port an additional COM header is located on the serverboard one parallel port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet 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 sensors virus prot...

Page 12: ... the SuperWorkstation 7045A WT provides you with system monitoring and control LEDs indicate system power HDD activity network activity overheat condition and power supply failure A main power button and a system reset button are also included Note the power supply fail LED is intended for use with redundant power supply systems and so is not needed for the 7045A WT I O Backplane The SC743SQ 865 i...

Page 13: ...1 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 Intel 5400 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details ...

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Page 15: ...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 file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the SuperWorkstation 7045A WT It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical n...

Page 16: ...xtended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more si multaneously may cause the rack to become...

Page 17: ...Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised 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 connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible...

Page 18: ...ions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these as semblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the chassis an outer rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself and two rail brackets which also attack to the rack see Figure 2 1 The inner and ...

Page 19: ...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 specific Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 3 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installing into a telco rack Locking Tabs As mentioned...

Page 20: ... the fixed 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 brackets provided Attach the other assembly to the other side of the rack making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward Figure 2 3 Installing the Rails to the Chass...

Page 21: ...hese first keeping in mind that they are left right specific 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 keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by...

Page 22: ...says push then lift the latch to release the cover You can then lift the cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server See Figure 2 5 Checking the Components and Setup You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation Your server may have co...

Page 23: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System Rack Configuration shown ...

Page 24: ...all a CD ROM and or floppy disk drive to the system Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SATA drives please refer to Chapter 6 Checking the Airflow Airflow is provided by two hot swap 8 cm chassis fans One 9 cm exhaust fan is also mounted at the rear of the chassis The system component layout was carefully designed ...

Page 25: ...us of the system and the activity and health of specific components 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis a power on off button and a reset button Power This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the syste...

Page 26: ...ed to take 1 2 Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply This LED should normally be on when the system is operating HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the 7045A WT this LED indicates SATA drive activity when flashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when flashing NIC2 Indicates network activity on LAN2 when flashing Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indic...

Page 27: ...exists 3 4 Drive Carrier LEDs SATA Drives Green Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED When illuminated this green LED on the front of the SATA drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SATA drives Red The red LED to...

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Page 29: ... disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system 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 neces sary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is t...

Page 30: ... 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 contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities see Figure 4 1...

Page 31: ...use Touch 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 strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and...

Page 32: ...re that the chassis cover is in place when the 7045A WT is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7045A WT 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 33: ...to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from electric static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent electrostatic discharge ESD Touch a grounded metal object before removing ...

Page 34: ...s from the back lip of the side cover of the chassis then pull the cover off The X7DWA N requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 13 serverboard such as Supermicro s SC743SQ 865 Make sure that the I O ports on the serverboard align properly with their respective holes in the I O shield at the back of the chassis Carefully mount the serverboard to the serverboard tray by aligning the board h...

Page 35: ...e data cable I SATA0 I SATA5 Control Panel cable JF1 Floppy drive cable Floppy Important Make sure the the cables do not come into contact with the fans Connecting Power Cables The X7DWA N has a 24 pin primary power supply connector JPW1 for connection to the ATX power supply In addition there is a 4 pin secondary power connector JPW2 as well as an 8 pin processor power connector JPW3 that must be...

Page 36: ...n Power Button Ground x Key Power On LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Ground Ground 2 1 20 19 11 15 14 12 13 2 5 9 3 6 8 1 10 7 4 16 I O Port Definitions 1 PS 2 Keyboard 9 Gigabit LAN2 Port 2 PS 2 Mouse 10 Gigabit LAN1 Port 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 11 Side Speaker Gray 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 13 Rear Speaker Black 5 Back Panel USB Port 2 13 Center Subwoofer Orange 6 Back ...

Page 37: ...tes Always connect the power cord last and remove it before adding remov ing or changing any components Make sure to install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heat sink assembly If you buy the CPUs separately use only Intel certified heat sinks and fans Make sure to install the heat sink backplate and the s...

Page 38: ...ides Align pin1 of the CPU the corner marked with a triangle with the notched corner of the CPU socket Find the corner of the CPU that has a semi circle cutout below a gold dot CPU key This corner should be aligned with the cutout on the socket socket key Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket do not move the CPU horizontally or vertica...

Page 39: ...thumb to gently push the load lever down until it snaps into the retention clasp If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the lever locks Remove the cap Repeat steps to install a second CPU if desired Warning Keep the plastic PnP cap The serverboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU soc...

Page 40: ...ving the CPU or the heat sink However if you do need to uninstall the heat sink please follow these instructions to avoid damaging the CPU or the CPU socket Installation and Removal of the Heat Sink Uninstalling the Heat Sink Unscrew and remove the heat sink screws in the sequence shown in the picture on the right Hold the heat sink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle to loosen...

Page 41: ...Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage 5 6 Installing Memory Note Different types of memory modules are supported by processors with different front side bus speeds Refer to the Memory Support Table below Memory Configuration Table Branch0 Branch1 Number of DIMMs Bank 1 Channel 0 Bank 2 Channel 1 Bank 3 Channel 2 Bank 4 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A...

Page 42: ...System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary 512 MB 3 01 VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memory available to OS and other ap plications 2 84 Notes Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not sho...

Page 43: ...g a PCI add on card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above Begin by removing the PCI slot shield for the slot you wish to populate Fully seat the card into the riser card 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 PCI slot shields protect the s...

Page 44: ...5 12 SuperWorkstation 7045A WT User s Manual Figure 5 4 X7DWA N Layout not drawn to scale 5 8 Serverboard Details 1 1 ...

Page 45: ...rial Port Header FAN 1 8 Chassis CPU Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1 IDE2 IDE Drive Compact Flash Card Connector I SATA0 I SATA5 SATA Ports J17 Power System Management I2 C Header JAR Alarm Rest Header JD1 Onboard Speaker Power LED JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat Warning Header JPW1 24 pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 JPW4 12V 4 Pin Power Connec...

Page 46: ...pin definitions Main ATX Power Supply Connector The primary power supply connector JPW1 meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification Refer to the table on the right for the pin definitions of the ATX 24 pin power connector You must also connect the 4 pin JPW2 JPW4 secondary power connectors to your power supply see below Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power Pin Definitions JPW3 Pins Definition 1 4 Gr...

Page 47: ... Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Ground NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 Vcc 10 Ground NIC2 JLAN2 LED The LED connections for JLAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activ ity See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 11 Vcc 12 Ground...

Page 48: ...able on the right for pin definitions NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Fan Header Pin Definitions FAN1 8 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control Power On LED The Power On LED connector is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 use JLED for a 3 pin connector This connection is used to provide LED indication of power being supplied to the system See...

Page 49: ...r allel port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Bla...

Page 50: ...ial Bus Pin Definitions USB USB0 1 2 3 Pin Definition USB4 5 Pin Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 N A 5 Key Power LED Speaker On JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker Close pins 4 7 with a jumper to use an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker please close pins 6 7 See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Po...

Page 51: ...table on the right for pin definitions Alarm Reset Header Pin Definitions JAR Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating This LED will blink to in dicate a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Definition 1 5vDC 2 OH Active OH Fan Fa...

Page 52: ...fits your cable s connector Only one CD header can be used at any time See the tables at right for pin definitions See below for the Audio FP header Front Panel Audio Control When front panel headphones are plugged in the back panel audio output is disabled This is done through the FP Audio header Audio FP If the front panel interface card is not connected to the front panel audio header jumpers sho...

Page 53: ... GND 5 PTPB1 6 PTPB1 7 PWR 1394 8 PWR 1394 9 Key 10 ZY 5 10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the serverboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the con nector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the serverboard layout pages for jumper locat...

Page 54: ...ower Fail Detect The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this detection feature the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms 3rd Power Fail Detect Jumper Settings J3P Jumper Sett...

Page 55: ... location Compact Flash Card Master Slave Select JCF1 Jumper Definition Open Slave Secondary Closed Master Primary Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Jumping pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system if an application hangs Jumping pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt sig...

Page 56: ...for jumper settings I2 C to PCI E Slots Jumper Settings JI2 C3 JI2 C4 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled TPM Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPT1 Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled TPM Jumper JPT1 allows you to enable TPM Trusted Platform Module if a proces sors that supports TPM is used in the system The default setting is Enabled See the table on the right for jumper ...

Page 57: ...ions associated with the connection speed LED GLAN1 2 LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10 MHz Green 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz Onboard Power LED LE1 An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 This LED Indicator is lit when the system is on Be sure to unplug the power cable before removing or adding any components See the table on the right for more details Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 ...

Page 58: ...board IDE connector interface and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located above the COM1 port See the table on the right for pin definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin ...

Page 59: ...ey 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 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 one blue and one white on the serverboard IDE1 blue is desig nated as the Primary IDE drive The white connector is designated as the Seconda...

Page 60: ...nition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor 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 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskett...

Page 61: ...ortant to handle them very carefully The following 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 removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts Wh...

Page 62: ...6 2 SuperWorkstation 7045A WT User s Manual 8 SATA Drive Bays behind locking bezel Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View System Reset Main Power Floppy Drive 5 25 Drive Bays 2 USB Ports ...

Page 63: ...Pull all excess cabling over 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 Power NIC1 HDD Overheat Fan Fail Indicates power is being supplied to the system Indicates network activity on LAN port 1 Indicates IDE device and hard drive activity On the SC...

Page 64: ...ystem Replacing Chassis Cooling Fans Removing a Fan First locate the failed chassis fan by removing the top left chassis cover see Chapter 2 for details Locate the fan that has stopped working Depress the locking tab on the failed fan on a chassis fan push the tab on the side of the housing inward on the exhaust fan push down on the colored tab With the tab depressed pull the unit straight out see...

Page 65: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan ...

Page 66: ...rinted circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws see Figure 6 5 1 2 1 2 6 4 Drive Bay Installation A total of six SATA drives may be housed in the SC743SQ 865 chassis The drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through 5 in order from bottom to top or from left to right if rackmounted A bezel covers the drive ...

Page 67: ...jects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the airflow holes Figure 6 4 Removing a SATA Drive Carrier SATA Backplane The SATA drives plug into a SATA backplane Six data cables CBL 061L and two SATA LED cables CBL 0157L need to be connected from the serverboard to the appropriate connectors on the backplane to support SATA six drives You cannot cascade the SATA backplane ...

Page 68: ...ed Slide the DVD 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 and restore power to the system Adding an IDE or Floppy Drive Install an IDE or floppy into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the drive s ...

Page 69: ...ro see Contact Information in the Preface As there is only one power supply unit the server must be powered down before removing and or replacing the power supply for whatever reason Replacing the Power Supply First power down the server Unplug the power cord from the power supply module Remove the screws that secure the module to the chassis then pull it com pletely out Replace the failed unit wi...

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Page 71: ...rned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This S...

Page 72: ... ways 1 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 activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Do...

Page 73: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 ...

Page 74: ...ve The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displa...

Page 75: ...isabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Thisoptionallowstheusertosetthetransfermode TheoptionsareStandard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode ...

Page 76: ...en this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If SATA RAID is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are I...

Page 77: ...e by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot withou...

Page 78: ...unction This feature allows the user to determine how to use the keyboard to power on the system from S3 S5 States Select Space to allow the user to power on the system by pressing the space bar Select Password to allow the user to enter the password to power on the system Select Disabled to disable this function Set Power On Password When Password is selected on the item above the user will be pr...

Page 79: ...to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memo...

Page 80: ...achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the GLAN1 connection or the GL...

Page 81: ...ccess the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Mas...

Page 82: ... Enabled and Disabled VT d for Port 0 ESI VT d for Port 1 VT d for Port 5 VT d for Port 9 VT d for DMI Port Select Enabled to enable VT d support for the port specified through DRHD Structures in the ACPI Tables The options are Disabled and Enabled 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to ...

Page 83: ...errors found on an FBD memory module When the CPU or I O issues a demand read command and the read data from memory turns out to be a correctable ECC it is corrected and sent to the original source Memory is updated as well Select Enabled to use Demand Scrubbing for ECC memory correction The options are Enabled and Disabled High Bandwidth FSB Select Enabled to enable high bandwidth Front Side Bus ...

Page 84: ... Crystal Beach Features Select Enabled to use the Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Ena...

Page 85: ...led to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available if supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it ca...

Page 86: ...Virtualization Technology Available if supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multipleoperating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart ...

Page 87: ...ill be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parall...

Page 88: ...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 setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable even...

Page 89: ...300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for the console The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be ...

Page 90: ...t Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select 3 pin if your chassis uses 3 pin fans Select 4 pin if your chassis uses 4 pin fans Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 Optimized Server w 3 pin 3 Optimized Workstation w 3 pi...

Page 91: ...face 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 Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and...

Page 92: ...nore 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 Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Ent...

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: ... Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set ...

Page 95: ...Disabled Configure the settings below when TPM support is Enabled TPM Support Current TPM State This feature displays the current TPM state Change TPM State This feature allows the user to change TPM State Please read the warning message on the screen before changing TPM support status Reject Select this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you ve made to the TPM State and keep the curr...

Page 96: ...nctions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently...

Page 97: ...Discarding 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 for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setu...

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Page 99: ...led 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 correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at ...

Page 100: ...p If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Mem...

Page 101: ...test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn ThehexnumbernnnnisamapofthebitsattheRAMaddresswhichfailedthememory test Each 1 one in the ...

Page 102: ...o display all installed I2O block stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for c...

Page 103: ...n the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicat ing released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed ...

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Page 105: ... 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 POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag ...

Page 106: ... down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all vi...

Page 107: ... and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs 8Ah Initiali...

Page 108: ...ate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize sy...

Page 109: ...errupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM errors it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx to indicate the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one...

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Page 111: ...aged with your motherboard Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables...

Page 112: ...y creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to generate virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data being added or deleted Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend yo...

Page 113: ...e Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots sho...

Page 114: ...t a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is ...

Page 115: ...t the previous menu c When the RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning mes sage will display f When asked Are you sure you want...

Page 116: ... Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press Enter when ...

Page 117: ...ght a drive and press the Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capaci...

Page 118: ...sk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu ...

Page 119: ... c Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning mes sage will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Warning Be cautious when doing this procedure Resetting a RAI...

Page 120: ... press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 ...

Page 121: ...led in smaller chassis than PATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while SATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5400 Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supp...

Page 122: ...or the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press En ter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from th...

Page 123: ...he Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Cha...

Page 124: ...station 7045A WT User s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings Using the arrow keys and the enter key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Page 125: ... and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to the Viewing Array Proper ties section To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit Enter as sh...

Page 126: ...e drives you want to configure and press Insert 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box 4 Once all drives display in the selected drive box press Enter ...

Page 127: ...pendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 7 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If cor rect type Y to continue ...

Page 128: ...te It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 ...

Page 129: ... assigned and you can not change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter Note The label shall not be mo...

Page 130: ...zes in a RAID setting However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a building operation 5 When migrating from a single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks v...

Page 131: ...ed An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl and B Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displaye...

Page 132: ...hotspare and press Insert and press Enter 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then p...

Page 133: ...lect Manage Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are dis played here 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu ...

Page 134: ...rm a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuilding operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to rebuild 2 Press...

Page 135: ...press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partitio...

Page 136: ... you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press Enter The following screen appears 2 Select the desired disk and press Enter The following screen appears ...

Page 137: ...d at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit Enter Otherwise select No and press Enter Warning Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure t...

Page 138: ...a 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enter 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for me dia defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter ...

Page 139: ...ptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 19 To Exit the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility ...

Page 140: ... the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need 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 Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indi cated in the Windows...

Page 141: ... support up to 64 GB of FBD Fully Buffered DIMM ECC DDR2 800 667 533 SDRAM both 1 5V and 1 8V DIMMs are supported Note 2 way interleaved memory requires memory to be installed two modules at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SATA Controller On chip ESB2 SATA controller for 6 port SATA RAID 0 1 5 and 10 supported SATA Drive Bays Eight 8 hot swap drive bays to house six 6 SATA d...

Page 142: ...100 12A 240V 6A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz PFC Power Supply Rated Output Power 865W Part PWS 865 PQ Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 30A 5V 30A 12VALL 70A 5Vsb 6 5A Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10º to 35º C 50º to 95º F Non operating Temperature 40º to 70º C 40º to 158º F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Regul...

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