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Summary of Contents for 7044H-T

Page 1: ... SUPERSERVER 7044H T SUPERSERVER 7044H TR SUPER USER S MANUAL 1 0a ...

Page 2: ...RODUCT 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 the laws of Santa Clar...

Page 3: ...duction The ﬁrst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X6DHT G serverboard and the SC743T 650 SC743T R760 chassis which comprise the SuperServer 7044H T 7044H TR Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 7044H T 7044H TR into a rack and check out the server...

Page 4: ...er to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconﬁguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC743T 650 SC743T R760 server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconﬁguring Serial ATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply unit...

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

Page 6: ...m into a Rack 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Reset 3 1 Power 3 1 3 3 Control Panel LEDs 3 2 Power Fail 3 2 Overheat Fan Fail 3 2 NIC1 3 2 NIC2 3 3 HDD 3 3 Power 3 3 3 4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LEDs 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4 1 4 2 General...

Page 7: ...8 Connector Deﬁnitions 5 11 ATX Power Connector 5 11 PWR_SEC Connection 5 11 Processor Power Connector 5 11 NMI Button 5 11 Power LED 5 11 HDD LED 5 12 NIC1 LED 5 12 NIC2 LED 5 12 Overheat Fan Fail LED 5 12 Power Fail LED 5 12 Reset Button 5 13 Power Button 5 13 Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 5 13 Chassis Intrusion 5 13 Serial Ports 5 14 Power Fail Header 5 14 Fan Headers 5 14 Extra Universal Serial ...

Page 8: ...hapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fans 6 3 System Fan Failure 6 3 Replacing System Fans 6 3 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal 6 4 Serial ATA Drive Installation 6 5 Installing a Component in the 5 25 Drive Bay 6 8 CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation 6 8 6 5 Power Supply 6 9 Power Supply Failure 6 9 Removing Replacing the Power Supply...

Page 9: ...Table of Contents ix Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 Appendix B Software Installation B 1 Appendix C System Speciﬁcations C 1 ...

Page 10: ...Notes x SUPERSERVER 7044H T 7044H TR User s Manual ...

Page 11: ...us hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 7044H T 7044H TR as listed below Four 4 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0072 Two 2 8 cm hot swap rear exhaust fans FAN 0073 One 1 air shroud CSE PT54 One 1 3 5 ﬂoppy drive FPD PNSC 02 1 Two 2 5 25 dummy drive trays CSE PT41 B One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 One 1 I O shield CSE PT55 Serial ATA Accessories One 1 Serial ATA backp...

Page 12: ...stered ECC DDR333 or up to 32 GB of registered ECC DDR266 SDRAM The memory is an interleaved conﬁguration which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs Serial ATA A Marvell SATA controller is integrated into the X6DHT G to provide an eight port Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 and 1 supported The 6300ESB South Bridge of the chipset also includes a Serial ATA contro...

Page 13: ...ackage can provide a bandwidth of up to 512 MB sec over a 32 bit graphics memory bus Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of th...

Page 14: ...wer button and a system reset button are also included I O Backplane The SC743T 650 SC743T R760 is an ATX form factor chassis that may be used in either a tower or a 4U rackmount conﬁguration The I O backplane provides six motherboard expansion slots one COM port a parallel port a VGA port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports Cooling System The SC743T 650 ...

Page 15: ...A SATA UDMA 100 UDMA 100 IDE IDE PRI SEC PRI SEC A PXH 1 PXH 1 B SATA SATA HC2_8Ports HC2_8Ports PCIX BUS 100 MHZ PCIX BUS 100 MHZ PCIX BUS 133 MHZ PCIX BUS 133 MHZ 1 5V 1 5V 3 3V 3 3V DDR266 DDR266 DDR333 DDR333 8 1W 133 8 1W 133 266MB s 266MB s 1_PCIX 100 1_PCIX 100 GRN_Slot GRN_Slot G LAN G LAN K_II K_II 1_PCIX 133 1_PCIX 133 Slot Slot PCI E A X8 PCI E A X8 1_PCIX E 1_PCIX E X8 Slot X8 Slot PCI...

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Page 17: ...ead to Section 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the system was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should ﬁle a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the SuperServer 7044H T 7044H TR It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat elect...

Page 18: ... should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails In...

Page 19: ...omised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate considerati...

Page 20: ...at came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner ﬁxed chassis rail that secures to the chassis an outer rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself and two rail brackets which also attack to the rack see Figur...

Page 21: ...chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right speciﬁc Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 3 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installing into a telco rack Locking Tabs As mentioned...

Page 22: ...ion the ﬁxed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the other assembly to the other side of the rack making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward Figure 2 3 Installing the Rails to the Ch...

Page 23: ...hese ﬁrst keeping in mind that they are left right speciﬁc marked with L and R Then line up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by...

Page 24: ... full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 CPU clock ratio setting The CPU speed should be automatically detected No jumper or BIOS settings need to be made 4 Check the system memory Your ...

Page 25: ... will need to remove the top left chassis cover The SATA disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing any chassis covers 2 Installing components into the 5 25 drive bays To install components into the 5 25 drive bays you must ﬁrst remove the top left chassis cover as described in the previous section Refer to Chapter 6 for details 3 Installing CD ROM and ...

Page 26: ...yout was carefully designed to promote suf ﬁcient airﬂow through the chassis Also note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airﬂow generated by the fans Keep this in mind when you reroute them after working on the system 6 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from the...

Page 27: ...tem and the activity and health of speciﬁc components 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off button and a reset button POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby po...

Page 28: ...the SC743T 650 this LED indicates SATA drive activity when ﬂashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when ﬂashing NIC2 Indicates network activity on LAN2 when ﬂashing Overheat Fan Fail When this LED ﬂashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airﬂow in the system or the ambient room temperature being ...

Page 29: ...r to Chapter 6 for details on replacing the power supply This LED should be off when the system is operating normally 3 4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LED Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED When illuminated this green LED on the front of the Serial ATA drive carrier indicates drive activity A connec tion to the Serial ATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular d...

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Page 31: ...board memory modules and the CD ROM and ﬂoppy drives When disconnecting power you should ﬁrst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand whe...

Page 32: ...uch as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present The power supply power cord must include a grounding...

Page 33: ...ady for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverb...

Page 34: ... the chassis cover is in place when the 7044H T 7044H TR is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7044H T 7044H TR system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY OR ...

Page 35: ...hat the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup port it when handling The following measures are generally sufﬁcient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Tou...

Page 36: ...processors of up to 3 60 GHz If installing one processor only install it into CPU socket 1 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the serverboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket Lift the...

Page 37: ...ver is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may result 5 Screw in two diagonal screws until just snug do not fully tighten then do the same with the remaining two diagonal screws Finish by fully tightening all four screws see Figure 5 2 6 If installing two processors repeat these steps to install the second processor in the CPU 2 slot Figure 5 2 Heatsink Installation optional ...

Page 38: ...1 locations If you are conﬁguring the system keep the airﬂow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chapter for connector locations Floppy Drive cable J12 Serial ATA cables Marvell SATA0 SATA7 Serial ATA LED cable JS9 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page Connecting Po...

Page 39: ...te sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Connector Deﬁnitions section in this chapter for details and pin descrip tions of J...

Page 40: ...hen installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 0 both DIMM 1A and DIMM 1B The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 0 then Bank 1 and so...

Page 41: ...tch To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot 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 X6DHT G supports up to 32 GB of DDR266 or up to 16 GB of DDR333 SDRAM You should not mix DIMMs of different sizes and speeds See Figure 5 5 for installing and remo...

Page 42: ...are not needed 2 PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above Begin by removing the screw from the PCI slot shield that corresponds to the slot you wish to populate Insert the expan sion card into the correct slot on the serverboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card F...

Page 43: ...1 Slot 3 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot 2 PCI X 100MHz Slot 1 PCI 32 JPL1 Battery FAN3 JIPMI1 FAN8 JBT1 FAN1 J1D1 Slot 5 PCI E 8x JL1 JP13 JOH PXH JLAN1 FAN2 WOL DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 J33 USB0 1 Slot 6 PCI E 8x COM2 USB2 3 JLAN2 JWD JD1 Slot 4 PCI X 133MHz JPL2 Parallel Port SMBUS J32 J11 SMB JWOR J7 SATA1 Intel SATA J35 J3P...

Page 44: ...s Activity Fan1 8 System Fan Headers IPMI IPMI Header J1D1 Processor Power Connector J5 J6 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J11 SMB System Management Bus Header J12 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J33 Keyboard Mouse Ports J35 Parallel Printer Port J38 Secondary 12V ATX Power Connector JAR Alarm Reset Enable Disable JD1 PWR LED SPKR JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1...

Page 45: ...y 12v 4 pin J15 connector J38 must also be connected to your power sup ply See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions NMI Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 19 Control 20 Ground Processor Power Pin Deﬁnitions J1D1 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V 12V 4 pin Power Pin Deﬁnitions J38 Pins Deﬁnition 1 2 Ground 3 4 12V Power LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 15 Vcc 16 Contro...

Page 46: ...y applies to redundant power supplies and so does not apply to the 7044H T NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 7 Vcc 8 Ground Power Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 5 Vcc 6 Gr...

Page 47: ...ast 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top con nector See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Reset Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 PW_ON 2 Gr...

Page 48: ...board layout for location See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin Deﬁnitions COM1 COM2 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Fan Header Pin Deﬁnitions Fan1 8 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control Power Fail Header...

Page 49: ... 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Speaker Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JD1 Pin Function Deﬁnition 4 Speaker data red wire 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Two additional USB headers USB2 3 are located near the battery on the serverboard These are included for connection to the ports on the front of the chassis A USB cable not included is needed for the connec tion See the ...

Page 50: ... a WOR card and cable to use this feature SMB The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus designated J11 is located near the battery Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Wake On Ring Pin Deﬁnitions JWOR Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Deﬁnitions WOL Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up SM...

Page 51: ...nplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS Connector Pins Jumper Setting 3 2 1 3 2 1 Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This fea...

Page 52: ...at can reboot the system when a software application is hung up Pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system if an application is hung up Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jump er settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software in order to d...

Page 53: ...event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JP13 to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin deﬁnitions Note this feature can only be used on the 7044H TR JP10 should be dis abled on the...

Page 54: ... drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J35 See the table below for pin deﬁnitions Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Deﬁnitions J35 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data...

Page 55: ...Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette ...

Page 56: ... 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 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 A...

Page 57: ...s important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufﬁcient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contac...

Page 58: ...6 2 SUPERSERVER 7044H T 7044H TR User s Manual 8 Serial ATA Drive Bays behind locking bezel Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View System Reset Main Power System LEDs Floppy Drive 5 25 Drive Bays 2 USB Ports ...

Page 59: ...e control panel side of the chassis The LEDs on the control panel inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs Power NIC1 HDD Power Fail Overheat Fan Fail Indicates power is being supplied to the system Indicates network activity on GLAN port 1 Indicates IDE device and hard drive activity On the SC743T 650 SC743T R760 t...

Page 60: ...details on removing the cover 2 Removing a hot plug fan housing Depress the locking tab on a chassis cooling fan and pull the unit straight out by the handle see Figure 6 3 The fan wiring for these fans has been designed to detach automatically 3 Installing a new system fan Replace the failed fan with an identical one Supermicro p n FAN 0072 Install it in and then reassemble the fan housing then p...

Page 61: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 4 Removing the Air Shroud Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan ...

Page 62: ...need to add a new SATA drive insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws see Figure 6 6 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Serial ATA Drives A total of eight SATA drives may be housed in the SC743T 650 SC743T R760 chassis The drive IDs are preconﬁgured as 0 thro...

Page 63: ...ving a Serial ATA Drive Carrier 3 SATA backplane The SATA drives plug into an SATA backplane A ribbon cable from JA1 on the motherboard should be connected to the JP26 connector on the SATA backplane There are also two power connectors on the backplane both should be connected See Figure 6 6 for the locations of backplane connectors the reverse side of the backplane has four channel connectors tha...

Page 64: ...rovided Then slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you ﬁrst removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Adding an IDE or ﬂoppy drive to add one of these drives install it into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carr...

Page 65: ... only one power supply unit in the 7044H T the server must be powered down before removing and or replacing the power supply for whatever reason Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First power down the server Then unplug the power cord from the power supply module Remove the screws that secure the module to the chassis then pull it completely out 2 Installing a new power supply ...

Page 66: ...cing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit The re dundant feature will keep the system up and running while you replace the failed hot swap unit Replace with the same model SP382 TS p n PWS 0050M which can be ordered directly from Supermicro see Contact Information in the Preface Note the part number for a single module is PWS 0050M SP382 TS the pa...

Page 67: ...o main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be conﬁgured Grayed out options cannot be conﬁgured The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text mes sage When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note that BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the ...

Page 68: ...er turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears brieﬂy at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup Note Please load System Setup Default when using the system the ﬁrst time 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen ...

Page 69: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year ﬁelds and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This feature allows BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of ﬂoppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 ...

Page 70: ...e settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct conﬁgurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows BIOS...

Page 71: ...mum 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 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option al...

Page 72: ...hoose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the ar row keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing Enter Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in ...

Page 73: ...Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The o...

Page 74: ... written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select ...

Page 75: ...be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow 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 B...

Page 76: ...hange 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 options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz PCI 33 MHz Slot 1 PCI X 100 ...

Page 77: ...stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may beneﬁt from a greater Clock ...

Page 78: ...e speed of the installed processor Hyper threading This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Applicable for the XP systems Machine Checking Enable this feature to allow the operating system to debug a system crash after a reset The options are Disabled and Enabled No Execute Mode Memory Protection Enab...

Page 79: ...power will be controlled through CPU power states in the APCI setting I O Device Conﬁguration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Onboard COM1 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user deﬁned Disabled and Auto BIO...

Page 80: ... The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the 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...

Page 81: ... 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 Floppy Disk ...

Page 82: ... 115 2K bits per second 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...

Page 83: ... speed will be controlled by the Thermal Management Settings pre conﬁgured by the user at this feature Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboa...

Page 84: ... 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 and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item ...

Page 85: ...ss 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 allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled p...

Page 86: ...s in the Item Speciﬁc 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...

Page 87: ... Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup ...

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Page 89: ...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 A BIOS POST Codes POST Code 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 val...

Page 90: ...wn 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced conﬁguration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 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 In...

Page 91: ...nt 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 Maskable...

Page 92: ...minate 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 C4...

Page 93: ...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 If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an addi tional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits th...

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Page 95: ... the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airﬂow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while SATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Conﬁguring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to ...

Page 96: ...Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro offers the user the beneﬁts of SATA RAID without the high costs associated with RAID hardware Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf which is lo cated in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide...

Page 97: ...ously and the main menu will appear To run the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 7 for System BIOS Conﬁgurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so dur ing the system startup Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight...

Page 98: ...g Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sec tions 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 below ...

Page 99: ... array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored 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 press Enter The...

Page 100: ... 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 4 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as shown on the the screen below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 5 Press Enter when bo...

Page 101: ...Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown on the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID 1 are displayed on the screen Using RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter The label cannot be more than 15 characters ...

Page 102: ...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 wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick RAID 1 Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Approp...

Page 103: ...lows you to use drives of different 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...

Page 104: ...will then be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array 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 an array marked with an asterisk 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is al...

Page 105: ...ess the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Conﬁguration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert then press Enter 5 Select Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Sele...

Page 106: ... 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 to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC men...

Page 107: ...Appendix B Software Installation B 13 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown on the following screen ...

Page 108: ...ray 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 From the list of arrays select the array you want to rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to rebuild 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown on the screen below 8 ...

Page 109: ...Disk Utilities 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown below You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data befor...

Page 110: ...conﬁgurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility ...

Page 111: ...essage Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette labelled Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Control ler Driver into your ﬂoppy drive and press the Enter key 10 Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Window...

Page 112: ... bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Note Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide included in the CD for installing the Adaptec SATA RAID Controller Driver You can also download a copy of the guide from our website B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Other Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as sho...

Page 113: ...lled 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 Figures B 2 and B 3 for examples of the Supero Doctor III interface Figure B 2 Supero Doctor III Health Information ...

Page 114: ...trol Display Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 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 supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we recommend using Supero Doctor II ...

Page 115: ...f DDR333 SDRAM Note Dual channel memory requires memory to be installed two modules at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details Serial ATA Controller Marvell controller for 8 port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 and JBOD supported Intel 6300ESB on chip controller for 2 port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 and JBOD supported Serial ATA Drive Bays Eight 8 hot swap drive bays to house eight 8 standard 1 Serial...

Page 116: ...tem Input Requirements 7044H T AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 100 11A 240V 5A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz PFC Power Supply 7044H T Rated Output Power 650W Model SP650 RP Part PWS 0056 Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 30A 5V 30A 12V 46A 5Vsb 4A 12V 0 6A System Input Requirements 7044H TR AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 14A max Rated Input Fre...

Page 117: ...g Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certiﬁed Germany CE Marking Europe PWS 0050 consists of a power distributor hous...

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