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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Page 1: ...X7DWA N USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 SUPER...

Page 2: ...RE 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 Cl...

Page 3: ...ofessionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardw...

Page 4: ...res 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Inst...

Page 5: ...onnector 2 22 SGPIO Headers 2 22 HD Audio 2 23 CD Header 2 23 Front Panel Audio Control 2 24 VGA Connector 2 24 1394 1 1394 2 Connections 2 25 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 26 Explanation of Jumpers 2 26 GLAN...

Page 6: ...Merchandise for Service 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 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 24 4 6 Boot Setup 4 25 4 7 Exit 4 26 Appendic...

Page 7: ...st standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the followin...

Page 8: ...uper Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technica...

Page 9: ...age Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exac...

Page 10: ...CTLR JPL1 PCI Exp x16 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin CPU1 CPU2 South Bridge Fan7 J17 PSF JPW2 JPW1 JPW3 Fan2 JD1 JIDE1 JIDE2 Compact Flash LE1 Fan8 JCF1 JWF1 J22 SATA2 SATA4...

Page 11: ...rd Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 I SATA0 SATA5 Intel SATA Connectors J17 Power System Management I2C Header J29 J30 Serial General Purpose I O Headers T SGPIO 1 2 JAR Alarm Reset Header JD1 PWR...

Page 12: ...ot 1 Slot 2 Two PCI 33 MHz 3 3 V slots Slot 3 Slot 5 One IPMI slot Slot 7 One PCI U slot Slot 0 For Supermicro s UIO card only BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP an...

Page 13: ...D5 RAID 10 support for Windows OS 1 oppy port interface 1 Serial Port and 1 Header 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port High De nition Audio and Front Panel Accessible Audio Super I O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware M...

Page 14: ...SATA 0 1 2 3 4 5 FWH LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 1U IPMI UIO PCI E x8 Bus IDE CONN ATA 100 KB MS Port ESI 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 3 1 2 0 USB 2 0 3 0 Gb s VRM ISL6307 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR...

Page 15: ...red to form x8 or x16 ports that can operate up to Gen 2 speeds in x16 con guration for enhanced graphics applications The Intel 631xESB 632x ESB I O Controller Hub ESB2 South Bridge The 631xESB 632xE...

Page 16: ...ing is given or an error message is sent to the screen Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are...

Page 17: ...ic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating sys tem independent interface for con guration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor ar...

Page 18: ...PU clock rates The X7DWA N can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the speci cations required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that...

Page 19: ...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 compatible printer port...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DWA N User s Manual Notes...

Page 21: ...e power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as speci ed by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to a...

Page 22: ...boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assem bly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certi ed multi directional heatsink and fan When purchasing an LGA 771...

Page 23: ...he CPU socket from its locking position Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the...

Page 24: ...r vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or any pins of the socket With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU and make sure it is properly installed Use your thumb t...

Page 25: ...w in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not over tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Finish the installation by fully tighten ing all four screws 1 2 3...

Page 26: ...memory modules of the same type and same size will result in interleaved memory For best per formance please install a pair s of DIMM modules of the same type in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 Note 1 Diff...

Page 27: ...b ash memory 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 Enumer...

Page 28: ...I O Port Locations and De nitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 Back Panel USB Port 2 6 Back Panel USB Port 3 7 COM Port...

Page 29: ...re de signed speci cally 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 descripti...

Page 30: ...U Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI E...

Page 31: ...e nition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED LAN1 2 SUPER X7DWA N Fan1 8 pin PWR JF1 FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1...

Page 32: ...nitions JF1 Pin De nition 5 Vcc 6 Ground A B A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail LAN1 2 SUPER X7DWA N Fan1 8 pin PWR JF1 FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1 Fan3 IDE1 Floppy Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 PCI X 133...

Page 33: ...uter case Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Reset Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 3 Reset 4 Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button A B LAN1 2 SUPER X7DWA N Fan1 8 pin PWR JF1 FP C...

Page 34: ...d an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the motherboard These power con nectors meet the SSI EPS 12V speci cation The 4 pin power connectors located at JPW2 JPW4 are also required to provide adequate pow...

Page 35: ...B 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP Universal Serial Bus USB There are six USB 2 0 Universal Se rial Bus ports headers on the moth erboard Four Back Panel...

Page 36: ...C2 JUSB2 BIOS CPU Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394...

Page 37: ...2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keybo...

Page 38: ...Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP A WOR B WOL...

Page 39: ...I2 C2 JUSB2 BIOS CPU Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1...

Page 40: ...U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the PSF Power Supply Failure header at J...

Page 41: ...io CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA...

Page 42: ...PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector islocatedatJWF1 FortheCompactFlash Car...

Page 43: ...t High De nition Audio HD Audio The X7DWA N features a 7 1 2 Channel High De nitionAudio HDA JC1 codecsthatprovides 10DAC channels simultaneously supporting 7 1 sound playback with 2 channels of indep...

Page 44: ...U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP Front Panel Audio Control Whenfrontpanelheadphonesareplugged in thebackpanelaudiooutputisdisabled This is done t...

Page 45: ...I X 133 100 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR JPL1 PCI Exp x16 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin CPU1 CPU2 South Bridge Fan7 J17 PSF Fan2 Compact Flash LE1 Fan8 JCF1 JWF1 SATA2 SATA4 SA...

Page 46: ...Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the op...

Page 47: ...1 JAR SI O 1394 CTLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software appli cation hangs Close pins 1 2 to reset the sys...

Page 48: ...TLR JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are inst...

Page 49: ...MM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR JCOM2 KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JUSB2 BIOS CPU Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 S...

Page 50: ...use USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JUSB2 BIOS CPU Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzz...

Page 51: ...ns Overheat LED Pin De nitions Pin De nition 1 5vDC 2 OH Active LAN1 2 SUPER X7DWA N Fan1 8 pin PWR JF1 FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1 Fan3 IDE1 Floppy Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 PCI X 133 100 MHz PCI X 133...

Page 52: ...R JPT1 ATI ES1000 JPG1 VGA SIMLP Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J21 See the table on the right for pin de nitions 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Disk Driv...

Page 53: ...2 3 JI2 C2 JUSB2 BIOS CPU Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3 Slot0 PCI U IPMB 1394 1 1394 2 ESB2 Buzzer SP1 JAR...

Page 54: ...DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOL JWOR JCOM2 KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JUSB2 BIOS CPU Fan 1 FP Audio CD1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port JC 2 Clear CMOS Cha Intru 4 Pin PWR JI2 C4JI2 C3...

Page 55: ...d 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Hos...

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Page 57: ...ing sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the mot...

Page 58: ...uffered ECC 800 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer Also make sure that the type of memory used is supported by the CPU installed on the motherboard Refer to Page 2 6 for more information 4...

Page 59: ...rt Answer The X7DWA N has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 800 667 533 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Quest...

Page 60: ...ed 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 Ship...

Page 61: ...ned off a backup battery provides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by...

Page 62: ...pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears brie y at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activat...

Page 63: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year elds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This eld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built...

Page 64: ...ion Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically con gure 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...

Page 65: ...sabled 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 T...

Page 66: ...tem is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID rmware to be activated If SATA RAID is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable...

Page 67: ...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...

Page 68: ...is 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...

Page 69: ...o 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 Prot...

Page 70: ...better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining con guration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Con guration Access the submenu...

Page 71: ...nd 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 f...

Page 72: ...nd 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 speci ed through DRHD Structures in the ACPI Tables...

Page 73: ...rrors 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 Mem...

Page 74: ...each 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...

Page 75: ...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...

Page 76: ...lization Technology Available if supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform torunmultipleoperatingsystemsandapplicationsinindependentpart...

Page 77: ...ll 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...

Page 78: ...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...

Page 79: ...00 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 Cont...

Page 80: ...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 spee...

Page 81: ...ace The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabl...

Page 82: ...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 Powe...

Page 83: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components...

Page 84: ...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 pas...

Page 85: ...n above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as speci ed The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move...

Page 86: ...t 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 def...

Page 87: ...Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not co...

Page 88: ...POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems...

Page 89: ...I Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Con ict Address con...

Page 90: ...ed One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block stor age devices Operating system not foun...

Page 91: ...p Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identi ed Run the I2O Con guration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Con guration R...

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Page 93: ...error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mo...

Page 94: ...Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced con guration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initial...

Page 95: ...and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC...

Page 96: ...epare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize...

Page 97: ...ype EDh Initialize Memory 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...

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Page 99: ...t came packaged 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 stora...

Page 100: ...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 Con guring...

Page 101: ...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 appe...

Page 102: ...nd press Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm 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 hi...

Page 103: ...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...

Page 104: ...n 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...

Page 105: ...ht a drive and press the Space to select it A triangle appears to con rm 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 RAI...

Page 106: ...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 messa...

Page 107: ...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...

Page 108: ...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...

Page 109: ...talled in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better funct...

Page 110: ...to load the default settings for 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 RA...

Page 111: ...cations Using the Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Con guration Utility Use this utility to create con...

Page 112: ...7DWA N User s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and con gure array settings Using the arrow keys and the enter key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown a...

Page 113: ...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 con gure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks...

Page 114: ...ou want to con gure 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 con g...

Page 115: ...endix 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 con gure If cor rect type Y to conti...

Page 116: ...ecommended that you con gure 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...

Page 117: ...assigned and you cannot 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...

Page 118: ...RAID setting However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or rst drive during a building operation 5 When migrating from a single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a small...

Page 119: ...d 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 Arr...

Page 120: ...nd 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 Ho...

Page 121: ...ect 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...

Page 122: ...ld 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 b...

Page 123: ...to delete and 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 de...

Page 124: ...rmat or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press Enter The following...

Page 125: ...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 i...

Page 126: ...he 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 proce...

Page 127: ...aptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 19 To Exit Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array con gurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit...

Page 128: ...ess 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 th...

Page 129: ...stem before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 Ins...

Page 130: ...plays 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 Note 1 The default user name and password...

Page 131: ...Remote Control Note The SD III Software program can be downloaded from our web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download the SDIII User s Guide at http www supermi...

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