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X6DH8-G
X6DHE-G

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0a

UPER

Summary of Contents for X6DH8-G

Page 1: ... X6DH8 G X6DHE G USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a SUPER ...

Page 2: ...BILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by th...

Page 3: ...uct_page product m htm for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sen...

Page 4: ...1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 13 1 7 Super I O 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 9 ATX Power Connector 2 9 Processor Power Connector 2 9 NMI Button 2 10 Power LE...

Page 5: ...le Disable 2 20 CMOS Clear 2 21 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 21 VGA Enable Disable 2 22 Alarm Reset 2 22 Force Power On 2 23 SCSI Enable Disable 2 23 PLLSEL 2 24 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 25 GLAN LEDs 2 25 Overheat LED 2 26 Power Supply Fail LED 2 26 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 27 Parallel Port Connector 2 27 Floppy Connector 2 28 IDE Connectors 2 29 SCSI Connector...

Page 6: ...ice 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 8 4 5 Security Setup 4 19 4 6 Boot Setup 4 21 4 7 Exit 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System B 1 X6DH8 G X6DHE G User s Manual ...

Page 7: ... Check that the following items have all been in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 COM port cable One 1 4 port USB cable One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI cable X6DH8 G only One 1 SATA cable One 1 I O backpanel shield On...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Figure 1 1 X6DH8 G X6DHE G Image ...

Page 10: ...Port J38 24 Pin Fan7 J1D1 J1B1 JP10 J12 Fan8 J15 SCSI CPU 0 CPU 1 JWOR1 SI O J32 JP11 Alrm Reset 3rd PS Detect PSF Fan1 Fan3 IDE1 WOR JPA1 SCSI Enable PCI 32 Bit 33 MHz WOL USB2 3 J11 ICH JD2 PWLED SPKR JPG1 VGA Enable JWD VGA Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 JPL2 Slot5 Slot6 PCI E X8 GLAN CTLR GLAN CTLR Hance Rapids J6 J5 inter SPKR PXH JBT1 CL CMOS J4F5 PLLSEL PS Fail LED JFP ForcePWOn J4F4 LAN2 En LAN1 ...

Page 11: ...M2 Serial Port Connectors DIMM 1A DIMM 4B DDR DIMM Memory RAM Slots FAN 1 8 CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 J5 J6 IDE 1 IDE 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J9 IPMI Connector J11 System Management Bus Connector JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overhe...

Page 12: ...ots One PCI X 133 slot Two PCI X 100 slots One 32 bit PCI X slot BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware software on off control CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU slow down on temperatu...

Page 13: ...ces 1 floppy port interface 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers Super I O 2 SATA ports support 2 drives RAID 0 1 JBOD ATI 8 MB Rage XL Graphic Card 2 COM ports 1 header 1 port Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection SMBus for SMC Power Supply Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via B...

Page 14: ...urst MCH Processor 1 Processor 2 6300 ESB Hance Rapids DIMMs 1 4 DDR266 8 DIMMs DDR333 4DIMMDouble sided DDR 333 6DIMMSingle sided PXH SCSI 7902 PCI X ZCR PCI XSlot PCI XSlot GLAN 82541 PCI E Slot PCI E Slot IDEPRI SEC SATA 0 1 USB0 3 VGA Flash ROM LPCI O BMC Con IPMI FWH LPCI O Parallel Port SER 1 2 H W Monitor FDD KB Mouse Hub PCI E x8 PCI X100 PCI Ex8 PCI Ex8 PCI 33MHz UDMA 100 SATA USB xBus LP...

Page 15: ...r superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be config ured as two independent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces sup port connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Express Interface Specification Rev 1 0a 6300ESB Hance Rapids System Features The I O Controller Hub provides the I O s...

Page 16: ...CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM s...

Page 17: ... Linux SDIII is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging ...

Page 18: ...ng to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the po...

Page 19: ...r supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power Your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports The 12V 4 pin power connector J38 is required to ensure ad equate power supply to the system Additionally you should also use the onboard 12V 8 pin power connector J1D1 ...

Page 20: ...hich supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compat...

Page 21: ... its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard ...

Page 22: ...abel area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up Socket lever CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 first Pin 1 Socket lever in the locking Posi...

Page 23: ...been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws CEK Heatsink Installation Screw 2 ...

Page 24: ...motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old ther mal grease Reapply the pr...

Page 25: ...tch Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Lever Processor installed Triangle Triangle Empty socket Warning Make sure you lift the lever complet...

Page 26: ...d so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DH8 G X6DHE G su...

Page 27: ...nectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Video Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom ...

Page 28: ...designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X N...

Page 29: ...ected to your power supply for CPU power con sumption to avoid causing instabil ity to the system Pins 1 2 3 4 Definition Ground 12 V 12V 4 pin Connector J32 GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Fl...

Page 30: ... DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fa...

Page 31: ... HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X NIC2 LED Vcc GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7...

Page 32: ... CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J38 24 Pin Fan7 J1D1 J1B1 JP10 J12 Fan8 J15 SCSI CPU 0 CPU 1 JWOR1 SI O J32 JP11 Alrm Reset 3rd PS Detect ...

Page 33: ...wer LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X NIC2 LED Vcc GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SA...

Page 34: ...A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXP...

Page 35: ... SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenh...

Page 36: ...1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J38 24 Pin Fan7 J1D1 J1B1 J...

Page 37: ...n fans and 4 pin fans on the same board 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers use DC power 4 PWM_Control GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 W...

Page 38: ... JPA1 SCSI Enable WOL USB2 3 ICH Hance Rapids J6 J5 PXH JBT1 CL CMOS JFP ForcePWOn 6300 ESB GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 C...

Page 39: ...k 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J38...

Page 40: ...nab JWD VGA Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 JPL2 Slo Slo GLAN CTLR GLAN CTLR inter SPKR LAN2 En LAN1 Enable GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan...

Page 41: ...the PW_ON connec tor to clear CMOS GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X ...

Page 42: ...UPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhur...

Page 43: ...nk 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J3...

Page 44: ... CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J38 24 Pin Fan7 J1D1 J1B1 JP10 J12 Fan8 J15 SCSI CPU 0 CPU 1 JWOR1 SI O J32 JP11 Alrm Reset 3rd PS Detect ...

Page 45: ... PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J38 24 Pin Fan7 J1D1 J1B1 JP10 J12 Fan8 J15 SCSI CPU 0 CPU 1 JWOR1 SI O...

Page 46: ... 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrallel Port J38 24 Pin Fan7 J1D1 J1B1 ...

Page 47: ...Auto Feed 4 Error 6 Init 8 SLCT IN 10 GND 12 GND 14 GND 16 GND 18 GND 20 GND 22 GND 24 GND 26 NC Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 32...

Page 48: ...DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PCI E X8 Lindenhurst North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 KB Mouse Fan6 Fan5 ATXPWR 12V 4 Pin PWR Parrall...

Page 49: ...J6 GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A Ultra 320 SCSI CH B Fan4 7902 CTRL SATA0 SATA1 SMB PCI X100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR PCI X 3 133 MHz Battery JPL1 RAGE X PC...

Page 50: ...2 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1 and JA2 GLAN1 JLAN1 SUPER X6DH8 G GLAN2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 12V 8 pin PWR SMBus PWR JF1 FP Control Fan2 JOH1 OHLED CH Intru JL1 WD Enable IPMI IDE2 Floppy COM2 BIOS Ultra 320 SCSI CH A...

Page 51: ...is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set...

Page 52: ...ith the specific system configuration that was sold to you NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used ...

Page 53: ...l at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DH8 G X6DHE G has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC Non ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of diffe...

Page 54: ...of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap ...

Page 55: ...ry little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system paramete...

Page 56: ...ing 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 Note Please load System Setup Default when using the system the first time 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is di...

Page 57: ...y in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date 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 feature allows BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date ...

Page 58: ... function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA 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 If set to Disabled use the Non RAID d...

Page 59: ... the sub menu are Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow BIOS to autom...

Page 60: ...LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format 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...

Page 61: ... are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the ...

Page 62: ...lighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled 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 Disabl...

Page 63: ...his function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function ...

Page 64: ...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 CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory ...

Page 65: ...Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for Slot 2 Slot 3 SCSI This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for Slot 4 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The optio...

Page 66: ...nd Auto 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 Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00C0h and 00E0h For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems...

Page 67: ...that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Device 29 Function 0 1 This setting allows you to Enable or Disable all functions for the USB devices specified Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagne...

Page 68: ...ems I O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A ...

Page 69: ...are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you...

Page 70: ...ing ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Flopp...

Page 71: ...K Console 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 VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to c...

Page 72: ...Wire Mode to allow the speed of onboard CPU and Chassis Fans to be controlled by DC Voltage Select 4 Wire Mode to allow the onboard Fan Speed to be controlled by PWM Pulse Width Modulation CHS Fan 1 CHS FAN8 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Vcore A Vcore B These items display the Voltage status of CPU A and ...

Page 73: ...l Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used...

Page 74: ...er key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allow...

Page 75: ...cific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Removable Devices Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CDROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CDROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press Enter to expand the field Se...

Page 76: ...tion Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit 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 setting...

Page 77: ...Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility ...

Page 78: ...4 24 X6DH8 G X6DHE G User s Manual Notes ...

Page 79: ...write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 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 0Ah Init...

Page 80: ...hadow 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 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize I20 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initiali...

Page 81: ... 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 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 Maskabl...

Page 82: ... 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 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 Init...

Page 83: ...mory 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 Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS IftheBIOSdetectserror2C 2E or30 base512KRAMerror itdisplaysanadditional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that faile...

Page 84: ...A 6 X6DH8 G X6DHE G User s Manual Notes ...

Page 85: ...f the Intel E7525 Lindenhurst Chipset the 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub supports the following Parallel AT...

Page 86: ...le below Primary Master PM Yes Yes No No No No Primary Slave PS Yes No Yes No No No Secondary Master SM Yes No No Yes No No Secondary Slave SS Yes No No No Yes No SATA Port0 No SM SM PM PM PM SATA Port1 No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels are no longer available Enhanced Mode In this mode system BIOS will automatically search for a...

Page 87: ...lect OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enable and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 From this submenu select Enable and press Enter 6 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the chang...

Page 88: ...aptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configura...

Page 89: ...ays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the enter key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Page 90: ...u delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and pr...

Page 91: ...y and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page B 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To deselect any...

Page 92: ...the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD 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 Note that only the available array types RA...

Page 93: ...ct Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Note Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you ...

Page 94: ...nt sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from 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 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks ...

Page 95: ...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 B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following...

Page 96: ... overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes 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 initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted t...

Page 97: ...Appendix B Software Installation B 13 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below ...

Page 98: ... 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue ...

Page 99: ...erform a Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status For a critical array Rebuild 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 ...

Page 100: ...e Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below ...

Page 101: ...Appendix B Software Installation B 17 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below ...

Page 102: ...Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit 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 For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in th...

Page 103: ...ress the Enter key k 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 l From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installation a...

Page 104: ...optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown be low will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To ...

Page 105: ...ment is called SD III Client 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 information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor III Interface Display Scre...

Page 106: ...aded 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 will still recommend Supero Doctor II 2 For detailed information on Adaptec s SCSI SATA RAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard ...

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