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Page 1: ...SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 SUPERSERVER 5025M i USER S MANUAL 1 0 SUPER...

Page 2: ...R INABILITY 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 W...

Page 3: ...Chapter 1 Introduction The rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the PDSM4 PDSME motherboard and the SC822S 400LP S...

Page 4: ...er to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when recon guring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC822S 40...

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

Page 6: ...ocation 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Chassis...

Page 7: ...5 3 Connecting the Control Panel 5 3 5 4 I O Ports 5 4 5 5 Installling the Processor and Heatsink 5 5 5 6 Installing Memory 5 8 5 7 Adding PCI Add On Cards 5 9 5 8 Motherboard Details 5 10 PDSM4 PDSM...

Page 8: ...Enable Disable 5 19 5 11 Onboard Indicators 5 20 LAN LEDs 5 20 5 12 Parallel Port and Peripheral Drive Connections 5 21 Parallel Port Connector 5 21 LP IPMI 5 21 Floppy Connector 5 22 SATA Connectors...

Page 9: ...er 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 17 7 6 Power 7 19 7 7 Exit 7 20 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages and LED Indi...

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Page 11: ...us hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i as listed below One 1 3 5 oppy drive FPD PNSC 02 01 One 1 slim CD ROM drive CDM TEAC 24 B Four 4 chassis cooling fan...

Page 12: ...LGA775 processors at system bus speeds of 1066 800 and 533 MHz Please refer to the motherboard speci cations pages on our web site for updates on supported processors Memory The PDSM4 PDSME has four...

Page 13: ...PDSM4 PDSME includes one oppy drive controller and one onboard ATA100 IDE channel Backpanel I O ports include one COM port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports a video monitor port and dual Gig...

Page 14: ...0 7 FWH LPC I O MS KB FDD SER 1 SER 2 PRN PRI_IDE VRM 10 1 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA UDMA 100 LPC PCI_32_BUS DDR2_667 533 VRM V10 1 DMI ATI DIMM_CHA S ATA 300 4 x SATA CK410 CLK MCH DIMM_CHB PORTS...

Page 15: ...and control information LEDs indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity and system overheat conditions Also present are a main power button and a system reset button I O Backplane Th...

Page 16: ...SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5024M i Manual 1 6 Figure 1 2 I O Backplane Ethernet Ports USB Ports Keyboard Mouse Ports COM1 Port 7 Low Pro le PCI Slots VGA Port...

Page 17: ...s SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Techni...

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Page 19: ...e if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should le a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the Super...

Page 20: ...be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the r...

Page 21: ...ised 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 c...

Page 22: ...the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner xed chassis rail that secures to the 5...

Page 23: ...g tab which serves two functions The rst is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place w...

Page 24: ...e rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis 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...

Page 25: ...are installing the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will be...

Page 26: ...e top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board The processor nee...

Page 27: ...made 1 Accessing the drive bays All drives are accessable from the front of the server For servicing the CD ROM and oppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The SCSI IDE disk drives c...

Page 28: ...fully designed to direct suf cient cooling air ow to the components that generate the most heat Note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the air ow ge...

Page 29: ...components There are also two buttons on the chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right...

Page 30: ...s an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the air ow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are pre...

Page 31: ...t of the SCSI drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red A SAF TE compliant ba...

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Page 33: ...es When disconnecting power you should rst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cord from the server s power supply When working around exposed electrical circuits...

Page 34: ...e 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 c...

Page 35: ...l components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 36: ...ctice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY OR 4 5 Disposing of Electronic Equipment Important All electronic...

Page 37: ...important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the P8SC8 motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measur...

Page 38: ...LP SC822i 400LP Make sure that the I O ports on the motherboard align properly with their respective holes in the I O shield at the back of the chassis 3 Mounting the motherboard onto the motherboard...

Page 39: ...e 5 9 for connector locations 5025M 4 SCSI drive cable JA1 5025M i SATA drive cables SATA 0 3 Control Panel cable JF1 Floppy cable J27 CD ROM drive cable J3 Connecting Power Cables The PDSM4 PDSME has...

Page 40: ...ions of the various I O ports Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins Mouse Green JLAN1 2 Ports Keyboard Purple COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port Blue Figure 5 2 I O Ports NMI x Key Vcc 5V Stby Vcc 3V Vcc 3V...

Page 41: ...or installation 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position CPU socket with load plate Socket Lever 2 Carefully lift the socket lever up to...

Page 42: ...ners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 7 Use your thumb to gently press the lever down and lock it in the hook 8 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the black pla...

Page 43: ...e protective lm is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU If your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearrange the wi...

Page 44: ...systems 32 Bit Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64 Bit Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x...

Page 45: ...rd Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the backpanel of the chassis The PCI slot shields protect the motherboard and its components from EMI and aid in proper ventilation s...

Page 46: ...on 5 8 Motherboard Details S UPER PDSM4 USB0 1 JLAN1 PentiumD LGA775 PXH Slot7 LP IPMI Slot 2 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 6 PCI X 133 MHz North Bridge COM2 JPG1 KB MS FAN5 Speaker J28 JPW2 Slot 4 PCI E x4 Slot...

Page 47: ...der Fans 1 5 CPU and System Fan Headers J3 IDE Connector J27 Floppy Disk Connector J28 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports JA1 SCSI Connector JF1 Front Panel Control Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 JL...

Page 48: ...for the pin de nitions of the ATX 24 pin power connector You must also connect the 8 pin JPW2 processor power connector to your power supply see below Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power Pin De nitio...

Page 49: ...nitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 7 Vcc 8 Ground NIC2 LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 9 Vcc 10 Ground IDE SATA LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 13 Vcc 14 HD Active NIC2...

Page 50: ...t button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions NMI Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 19 Control 20 Ground Fan Header Pin De nitions FAN1 5...

Page 51: ...Pin De nitions JL1 Pin De nition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Wake On LAN Pin De nitions WOL Pin De nition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up LAN Ethernet Port TwoEthernetports designatedJLAN1 andJLAN2 ar...

Page 52: ...ns Serial Port Pin De nitions COM1 COM2 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Power LED Pin De nitions JLED Pin De nition 1 Anode 2 Key 3 Cathode Unive...

Page 53: ...also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cor...

Page 54: ...m that has frozen See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note when Watch Dog is enabled the user must write their own application software to disable the...

Page 55: ...Setting De nition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Controller Enable Disable 5025M 4 Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis able the LSI SCSI controller The de fault setting is on pins 1 2 to ena...

Page 56: ...he yellow right LED indicates activ ity while the left LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the functions associated with the left acti...

Page 57: ...onsult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is a header on the motherb...

Page 58: ...ound 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 Diskette Floppy Connector T...

Page 59: ...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 Host Data 14 17 Ho...

Page 60: ...B 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground 56...

Page 61: ...le them very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grou...

Page 62: ...n Power Control Panel SCSI Drives 6 5 25 Drive Bay Ethernet Ports USB Ports Keyboard Mouse Ports COM1 Port 7 Low Pro le PCI Slots VGA Port 5025M 4 CD ROM Drive Floppy Drive System Reset Main Power Con...

Page 63: ...em power need not be shut down since the fans are all hot pluggable 2 Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 8 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicro p n FAN 044 Position the...

Page 64: ...rives in the SuperServer 5025M 4 CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or oppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the server by removing the top cover of th...

Page 65: ...install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as s...

Page 66: ...Installing removing hot swap SCSI drives The SCSI drive bays are located in the front of the chassis and are hot swap units meaning that they can be installed and removed while the system is running T...

Page 67: ...oller can be used with the SCA backplane to provide data security The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drive The SCA SCSI backplane is alre...

Page 68: ...in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper air ow For this reason even empty carriers without IDE drives installed must rema...

Page 69: ...bays The oppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 A single oppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provi...

Page 70: ...n PWS 0027 which can be ordered directly from Supermicro see Contact Informa tion in the Preface 1 Removing the power supply First shut down the system then unplug the power cord Remove the chassis co...

Page 71: ...hen the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS ash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is con gured with the valu...

Page 72: ...message shown below appears brie y at the bottom of the screen dur ing 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...

Page 73: ...ey in the correct information in the appropriate elds Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year elds and enter the correct data Press...

Page 74: ...drives to be auto detected and placed in the Legacy Mode Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be auto detected and placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by...

Page 75: ...utomatically 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 en...

Page 76: ...re allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This feature allows the user to select the transfer mode The options are...

Page 77: ...ting 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...

Page 78: ...tay off and Power On Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This s...

Page 79: ...ting 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 If enabled this feature will allow t...

Page 80: ...s installed in the slots indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz PCI Devices Slots 1 4 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to ma...

Page 81: ...erence whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Function If set to Enabled to enable the USB function when the user keys in a value to a USB item The options are Enabled and Disabled L...

Page 82: ...able only when it is supported by the CPU No Execute Mode Memory Protection Enable this feature to enable the functionality of Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in the memo...

Page 83: ...RQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to decide how Serial Port B is controlled The options are Enabled user de ned Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Mode This feature allows the user to set...

Page 84: ...re Primary and Secondary DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting...

Page 85: ...s 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 all...

Page 86: ...the onboard fans If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled based upon the CPU die temperature When the CPU die temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If the op...

Page 87: ...ssword has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user passwor...

Page 88: ...uses 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 allows you to require a passw...

Page 89: ...are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Order Use the Up and Down Arrow Keys to select a device Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r ke...

Page 90: ...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...

Page 91: ...Code Indicators BIOS POST Beep Codes Beeps Error Message 1 long beep pause 1 long beep Memory module error 1 long beep 2 short beeps VGA errors 5V Power Standby LED LE1 State Action On Standby power p...

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Page 93: ...attempt to initialize 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 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 0...

Page 94: ...n 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced con guration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize...

Page 95: ...t 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Con gure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external para...

Page 96: ...inate 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...

Page 97: ...size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h C...

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Page 99: ...rt 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 be...

Page 100: ...e HDD partition size without any data Con guring 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 rst time p...

Page 101: ...rs 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 shown...

Page 102: ...rive and 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 selet the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array an...

Page 103: ...t the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capaci...

Page 104: ...ow 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 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia syste...

Page 105: ...drive and 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 ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array...

Page 106: ...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 War...

Page 107: ...ID 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 p...

Page 108: ...AID 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...

Page 109: ...st re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bott...

Page 110: ...oceed the installation in the welcoming window 15 Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID Introduction The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next butt...

Page 111: ...marked Yes on the screen and the following screen will appear Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID Introduction 16 After reading the license agreement in the following window click Y es button to continue Sel...

Page 112: ...e XP 2000 2003 Operating System is installed please read the Re adme text les for the instructions to use the SATA RAID Utility in the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS environment 17 Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAI...

Page 113: ...ge C 14 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme les for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to instal...

Page 114: ...agement 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 II...

Page 115: ...ed from our Website 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...

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Page 117: ...7230 chipset BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Four 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC or non ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Note See the memory section in Chapter 5 fo...

Page 118: ...244 mm System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC Rated Input Current 7A 115V to 3 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 400W Model SP402 2C Part PWS 02...

Page 119: ...ity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electro...

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