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            X9DRT-HF+ Motherboard User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for X9DRT-HF+

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 X9DRT HF...

Page 2: ...UCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INS...

Page 3: ...DDR3 memory This motherboard is ideal for 2U Twin system platforms Please refer to our website http www supermicro com for processor and memory support updates Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes...

Page 4: ...o the following symbols for proper system installation Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation and to avoid damaging the components Note Additional information given f...

Page 5: ...icro 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 Technical Supp...

Page 6: ...sposal 2 3 2 2 Static Sensitive Devices 2 4 Precautions 2 4 Unpacking 2 4 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 5 Installing the LGA2011 Processor 2 5 Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink 2 9 Removin...

Page 7: ...ment Engine ME Recovery 2 29 Manufacture Mode Select 2 29 2 9 Onboard LED Indicators 2 30 GLAN LEDs 2 30 IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs 2 30 HDD SATA LED LE3 2 31 Onboard Power LED 2 31 Rear UID LED 2 32 BMC...

Page 8: ...I 4 28 4 6 Boot 4 30 4 7 Security 4 31 4 8 Save Exit 4 32 Appendix A Software Installation Instructions A 1 Installing Software Programs A 1 A 2 Configuring SuperDoctor III A 2 X9DRT HF Motherboard Us...

Page 9: ...standards in quality and performance This motherboard was designed to be used in a 2U Twin 2 Twin Superserver Note For your system to work properly please follow the links below to download all neces...

Page 10: ...oard Image Note All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly...

Page 11: ...d is ADMIN For BMC best practices please refer to http www supermicro com products nfo files IPMI Best_Practices_BMC_Security pdf Motherboard Layout FAN4FAN3 I SATA0 I SATA1 JTPM1 X9DRT HF JF2 JIPMB1...

Page 12: ...e 2 23 in Chapter 2 for details When LED 8 Onboard Power LED Indicator is on system power is on Unplug the power cable before installing or removing any components X9DRT HF Quick Reference FAN4FAN3 I...

Page 13: ...A Connec tions See Page 2 16 JIPMB1 4 pin External BMC I2 C Header for an IPMI Card JTPM1 TPM Trust Platform Module Port 80 Header LAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports 1 2 IPMI LAN IPMI_Dedicated LAN I SATA0 1...

Page 14: ...MHz memory speed is dependent on Intel E5 2600v2 CPUs Note 2 For the latest memory updates please refer to the Tested Memory List posted on our website http www supermicro com products motherboard Chi...

Page 15: ...ort available when the supporting firmware and power supply cables are installed in the system See Sec tion 1 8 on Page 1 14 Keyboard Wake up from Soft Off Power on mode for AC power recovery PC Healt...

Page 16: ...6 mm Note 1 CPU Maximum Thermal Design Power TDP is subject to chassis and heatsink cooling restrictions For proper thermal management please check the chassis and heatsink specifications for proper C...

Page 17: ...IMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM 1 G SSB PATSBURG PEG0 DMI PEG1_1 PEG1_8 PCI 32bit USB LAN I350 2 ports AT25321 LPC CPU FRONT FAN Side CPU REAR I O Side USB REAR HDR 2X5 0 1 TPM Header USB Type A 2 3...

Page 18: ...8 0 GT s providing superb system performance and functionality enhancement The C602 chipset provides extensive IO support including the following functions and capabilities PCI Express Rev 2 0 suppor...

Page 19: ...ssage is sent to the screen The user can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Environmental Temperature Control A thermal management controller monitors the C...

Page 20: ...8 and Windows 2008 Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspe...

Page 21: ...the following to use these two new features Use a power supply that supports PMBus 1 1 or 1 2 Install the NMView software in your system NMView is optional and can be purchased from Supermicro Intel...

Page 22: ...network via an external Ethernet PHY module or shared NCSI connections The WPCM450R communicates with onboard components via six SMBus inter faces PECI Platform Environment Control Interface buses and...

Page 23: ...dependency Provides remote Hardware Health Monitoring via IPMI Key features Provides Network Management Security via remote access console redirection Supports the following Management tools IPMIView...

Page 24: ...1 16 X9DRT HF Motherboard User s Manual Notes...

Page 25: ...omponents Read this section in its entirety before installing or configuring components in the Supermicro chassis Battery Handling Warnung Bei Einsetzen einer falschen Batterie besteht Explosionsgefah...

Page 26: ...xplosi n si la bater a se reemplaza de manera incorrecta Re emplazar la bater a exclusivamente con el mismo tipo o el equivalente recomen dado por el fabricante Desechar las bater as gastadas seg n la...

Page 27: ...dieses Produkts sollte gem allen Bestimmungen und Gesetzen des Landes erfolgen Advertencia Al deshacerse por completo de este producto debe seguir todas las leyes y regla mentos nacionales Attention L...

Page 28: ...not touch its components peripheral 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 w...

Page 29: ...directional heatsink only Make sure to install the system board into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink When receiving a motherboard without a processor pre installed make sure that the...

Page 30: ...st to release the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position 3 With the Close 1st lever fully retracted gently push down on the Open 1st lever to open the load plate Lift the load...

Page 31: ...not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket Socket K...

Page 32: ...talled 5 Close the load plate with the CPU inside the socket Lock the Close 1st lever first then lock the Open 1st lever second Use your thumb to gently push the load levers down to the lever locks OP...

Page 33: ...echanism 3 Install two screws on each side of the heatsink through the mounting holes on the motherboard and turn the push pins clockwise to lock them Note 1 For optimized airflow please follow your c...

Page 34: ...ew on the heatsink and turn counter clock wise to loosen it Repeat the same step to loosen the second screw 3 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture below and gently wriggle the heat sink to loosen...

Page 35: ...DIMMA2 P1 DIMMA1 P2 DIMMH2 P2 DIMMH1 P2 DIMMG2 P2 DIMMG1 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st Release Tabs Notches 2 4 Installing and Removing the Memory Modules Note Check Supermicro s web...

Page 36: ...s DIMMs CPU and Memory Population Configuration Table For memory to work properly follow the instructions below 1 CPU 2 DIMMs CPU1 P1 DIMMA1 P1 DIMMB1 1 CPU 4 DIMMs CPU1 P1 DIMMA1 P1 DIMMB1 P1 DIMMC1...

Page 37: ...ite at http www supermicro com support resources mem cfm Populating RDIMM ECC Memory Modules Intel E5 2600 v2 Series Processor RDIMM Memory Support Ranks Per DIMM Data Width Memory Capacity Per DIMM S...

Page 38: ...r RDIMM Memory Support Ranks Per DIMM Data Width Memory Capacity Per DIMM See the Note Below Speed MT s and Voltage Validated by Slot per Channel SPC and DIMM Per Channel DPC 2 Slots Per Channel 3 Slo...

Page 39: ...ks Per DIMM Data Width Memory Capacity Per DIMM See the Note Below Speed MT s and Voltage Validated by Slot per Channel SPC and DIMM Per Channel DPC 2 Slots Per Channel 3 Slots Per Channel 1DPC 2DPC 1...

Page 40: ...ng holes for both motherboard and chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fas teners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chas...

Page 41: ...assis as needed 5 Install the motherboard into the chassis carefully to avoid damaging mother board components 6 Using the Phillips screwdriver insert a Pan head 6 screw into a mounting hole on the mo...

Page 42: ...C2 BIOS JBT1 Rev 1 02 Intel PCH BMC LAN CTRL Battery USB4 LE2 SW1 UID LE1 1 USB1 LEM1 XDP CPU USB0 JPME1 JPME2 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st 2 6 Control Panel Connectors and I O Port...

Page 43: ...st OPEN 1st Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 0 1 are located on the I O back panel In addition a USB header located next to DIMMC1 DIMMC2 memory slots provides two front acc...

Page 44: ...USB1 LEM1 XDP CPU USB0 JPME1 JPME2 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st 1 LAN 1 2 LAN 2 3 IPMI_LAN Ethernet Ports Two Gigabit Ethernet ports LAN1 2 and an IPMI_Dedicat ed LAN are located on...

Page 45: ...e video and CRT display Refer to the board layout below for the location 1 COM Port 2 VGA Port FAN4FAN3 I SATA0 I SATA1 JTPM1 X9DRT HF JF2 JIPMB1 J21 JITP0 LE3 J10 JPL1 JPB1 JWD1 JPG1 IPMI_LAN P1 DIMM...

Page 46: ...cated at SW1 next to the VGA Port The Front Panel UID LED is located at pin 17 of JF2 and the Rear UID LED is located at LE2 When the user presses a UID switch on the front panel or on the back panel...

Page 47: ...C Proprietary Add On Card Slot for PWR Supply FP Control SATA Connections JF2 is an SMC Proprietary Add On card slot to provide power supply front panel control and SATA connections The adapter cards...

Page 48: ...OM1 VGA CPU1 Slot2 PCI E 3 0 X8 LAN1 LAN2 USB2 3 P1 DIMMC1 P1 DIMMC2 BIOS JBT1 Rev 1 02 Intel PCH BMC LAN CTRL Battery USB4 LE2 SW1 UID LE1 1 USB1 LEM1 XDP CPU USB0 JPME1 JPME2 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st...

Page 49: ...9 3 3V 10 LAD1 11 LAD0 12 GND 13 SMB_CLK4 14 SMB_DAT4 15 3V_DUAL 16 SERIRQ 17 GND 18 CLKRUN X 19 LPCPD 20 LDRQ X FAN4FAN3 I SATA0 I SATA1 JTPM1 X9DRT HF JF2 JIPMB1 J21 JITP0 LE3 J10 JPL1 JPB1 JWD1 JP...

Page 50: ...Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN 1 2 ports on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting...

Page 51: ...river to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note 1 For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the...

Page 52: ...XDP CPU USB0 JPME1 JPME2 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st A VGA Enabled B BMC Enabled VGA Enable Jumper JPG1 allows the user to en able the onboard VGA connectors The default setting is...

Page 53: ...in the Manufacture Mode allowing the user to flash the system firmware from a host server for system setting modifications See the table on the right for jumper settings ME Mode Select Jumper Settings...

Page 54: ...y The Link LED on the left side of the LAN port may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables on the right for more information Activity LED GLAN Link Indicator LED...

Page 55: ...PWR LED A B HDD SATA LED Settings Status Definition On HDD SATA Connected Off No connection HDD SATA LED LE3 An HDD SATA LED Indicator is located at LE3 on the motherboard This LED indicates the stat...

Page 56: ...LOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st Rear UID LED The rear UID LED is located at LE2 on the rear of the motherboard This LED is used in conjunction with the rear UID switch to provide easy identi...

Page 57: ...N1 LAN2 USB2 3 P1 DIMMC1 P1 DIMMC2 BIOS JBT1 Rev 1 02 Intel PCH BMC LAN CTRL Battery USB4 LE2 SW1 UID LE1 1 USB1 LEM1 XDP CPU USB0 JPME1 JPME2 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st 2 10 PCI...

Page 58: ...X8 LAN1 LAN2 USB2 3 P1 DIMMC1 P1 DIMMC2 BIOS JBT1 Rev 1 02 Intel PCH BMC LAN CTRL Battery USB4 LE2 SW1 UID LE1 1 USB1 LEM1 XDP CPU USB0 JPME1 JPME2 CPU2 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st CPU1 CLOSE 1st OPEN 1st Ser...

Page 59: ...the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including keyboard and mouse cables 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install CPU 1 first making sure it is fully seated...

Page 60: ...est BIOS installed in your system 2 Memory support Make sure that the memory modules are supported by test ing the modules using memtest86 or a similar utility Note Refer to the product page on our we...

Page 61: ...minimum configura tion with a CPU and a memory module installed to identify the problematic areas 4 Identifying bad components by isolating them If necessary remove a compo nent in question from the...

Page 62: ...n this chapter or see the FAQs on our website http www supermicro com before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our website http www supermicro com 3 If you still cann...

Page 63: ...the battery in any way a damaged battery may release hazardous materials into the environment Do not discard a used battery in the garbage or a public landfill Please comply with the regulations set u...

Page 64: ...efore downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable USB device Run the batch file using the format AMI bat fi...

Page 65: ...displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and the shipping package is mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when servic...

Page 66: ...3 8 X9DRT HF Motherboard User s Manual Notes...

Page 67: ...e options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved...

Page 68: ...y From the main menu you can access the other setup screens An AMI BIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the screen below the copyright message Warning Do not upgrade th...

Page 69: ...he Tab key to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in the 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears as 17 30 00...

Page 70: ...ST messages The op tions are Enabled and Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode Use this item to set the display mode for the Option ROM Select Keep Current to use the current AddOn ROM Display setting Selec...

Page 71: ...tem to automatically reboot when a non recoverable error occurs that lasts for more than five minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Button Function If this feature is set to Instant Off t...

Page 72: ...hnology Intel VT x Technology Intel SMX Technology L1 Data Cache L1 Code Cache L2 Cache L3 Cache CPU Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU installed in Socket 1 Socket 2 64 bit This item indic...

Page 73: ...overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The default is Enabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web sites for more information Intel AES NI Select Enable to use the Intel Advanced En...

Page 74: ...onfiguration This submenu allows the user to configure the following CPU Power Management settings Power Technology Select Energy Efficient to support power saving mode Select Custom to cus tomize sys...

Page 75: ...ate limit Available when Power Technology is set to Custom This feature allows the user to set the limit on the C State package register The options are C0 C2 C6 and No Limit Energy Performance Bias U...

Page 76: ...ice assignments to the VMM Virtual Machine Monitor through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across Intel platforms providing greater reliability security a...

Page 77: ...IO PCIe Port Bifurcation Control settings for IIO 2 PCIe ports to determine how the available PCI Express lanes to be distributed between the PCI Exp Root Ports QPI Configuration Current QPI Link Spe...

Page 78: ...all DIMMs are available to the operating system When Mirroring is selected the motherboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for data backup When Lock Step is selected the motherbo...

Page 79: ...or I O issues a demand read command and the read data from memory turns out to be a correctable error the error is corrected and sent to the requestor the original source Memory is updated as well Sel...

Page 80: ...bled and Auto Port 60 64 Emulation Select Enabled to enable I O port 60h 64h emulation support for the legacy USB keyboard so that it can be fully supported by the operating systems that does not reco...

Page 81: ...I O activity resumes The options are Enabled and Disabled Port 0 5 Hot Plug Select Enabled to enable hot plug support for a particular port which will allow the user to change a hardware component or...

Page 82: ...248 Above 4G Decoding Available if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding Select Enabled to decode a PCI device that supports 64 bit in the space above 4G Address The options are Enabled and Disabled...

Page 83: ...nt to use an PXE Option ROM to boot the computer using a network device The options are iSCSI and PXE Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN...

Page 84: ...ort from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port becomes unavailable The options are Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 IO 3F8h IRQ 3 IO 2F8h IRQ 3 IO 3E8h IRQ 5 IO 2E8h IRQ...

Page 85: ...Redirection The options are Enabled and Disabled SOL This submenu allows the user to configure the following Console Redirection set tings for the SOL Port specified by the user Console Redirection Se...

Page 86: ...ent along with the data bits Select Space to add a Space as a parity bit to be sent with your data bits The options are None Even Odd Mark and Space Stop Bits A stop bit indicates the end of a serial...

Page 87: ...ws the user to configure Console Redirection settings to support Out of Band Serial Port management Console Redirection for EMS Select Enabled to use a COM Port selected by the user for Console Redire...

Page 88: ...for your system ACPI Sleep State Use this feature to select the ACPI State when the system is in sleep mode Select S1 CPU Stop Clock to erase all CPU caches and stop executing instructions Power to th...

Page 89: ...e Take Ownership Disable Take Ownership and TPM Clear Note During restart the computer will reboot in order to execute the pend ing operation and change the state of the security device Current Status...

Page 90: ...work properly in the system VT d Support Intel Virtualization Technology with Direct I O support VT Support Intel Virtualization Technology support TPM Support Trusted Platform support TPM State Trus...

Page 91: ...tions are AutoNeg 10Mbps Half 10Mbps Full 100Mbps Half and 100Mbps full Wake on LAN Select enabled to wake the system with a magic packet The options are En abled and Disabled Blink LEDs This feature...

Page 92: ...MBIOS System Management BIOS Event Logging during system boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Runtime Error Logging Support Select Enabled to support Runtime Error Logging The options are Enabled...

Page 93: ...OS Event Log Standard Settings Log System Boot Event Select Enabled to log system boot events The options are Disabled and Enabled MECI Multiple Event Count Increment Enter the increment value for the...

Page 94: ...ect Yes On every reset to erase all system event logs upon each system reboot Select No to keep all system event logs after each system reboot The options are No Yes On next reset and Yes On every res...

Page 95: ...d to know the IP address of this computer and enter it to the system manually in the field If DHCP is selected the BIOS will search for a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server in the network...

Page 96: ...B Device BBS Priorities Hard Disk Drives The above options appear when detected by the BIOS Use these options to set the order of the legacy network USB and Hard Disk Drive devices detected by the mot...

Page 97: ...ssword Use this feature to set the Administrator Password which is required to enter the BIOS setup utility The length of the password should be from 3 characters to 20 characters long Secure Boot Whe...

Page 98: ...e the changes and reboot the computer so that the new system configuration settings can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit and press Enter When the dialog box appears asking you if you want to e...

Page 99: ...is feature and press Enter to save the current settings as the user s defaults When the dialog box appears asking you if you want to save values as user s defaults select Yes to save the current value...

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Page 101: ...you may down load individual drivers and utilities After creating a CD DVD with the ISO files insert the disk into the CD DVD drive on your system and the display shown below should appear Note 1 Clic...

Page 102: ...default User Name and Password for SuperDoctor III is ADMIN ADMIN Note 2 When SuperDoctor III is first installed it adopts the temperature threshold settings that have been set in BIOS Any subsequent...

Page 103: ...splay Screen Remote Control Note The SuperDoctor III program and User s Manual can be downloaded from the Supermicro web site at http www supermicro com products ac cessories software SuperDoctorIII c...

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