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Summary of Contents for SuperServer 5013S-8

Page 1: ... SUPER SUPERSERVER 5013S 8 SUPERSERVER 5013S i USER SMANUAL Revision 1 0a ...

Page 2: ...OR 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 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...

Page 3: ...apter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the Super X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM mainboard and the SC810 chassis Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 5013S 8 5013S i into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up th...

Page 4: ... chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC810 1U rackmount server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans...

Page 5: ...Notes Preface ...

Page 6: ...ing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 5013S 8 5013S i into a Rack 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 3 Installing the Chassis Rails 2 4 Installing the Rack Rails 2 4 Installing the Server into the Rack 2 5 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack 2 6 2 5 Checking the Motherboard Setup 2 7 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 ...

Page 7: ...nnecting the Control Panel 5 3 5 4 I O Ports 5 4 5 5 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 5 5 5 6 Installing Memory 5 8 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 8 Motherboard Details 5 9 X5SS8 GM Layout 5 10 X5SS8 GM Quick Reference 5 11 X5SSE GM Layout 5 12 X5SSE GM Quick Reference 5 13 5 9 Connecting Cables 5 14 ATX Power Connection 5 14 Processor Power Connection 5 14 Power LED 5 14 HDD LED 5 14 L2 LED 5 ...

Page 8: ...e Disable 5 22 Mb LAN Enable Disable 5 22 Gb LAN Enable Disable 5 23 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 23 5 13 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk and SCSI Connections 5 24 Parallel Port 5 24 Floppy Connector 5 25 IDE Connectors 5 25 Ultra320 SCSI Connectors 5 26 5 14 Installing Software Drivers 5 27 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fans...

Page 9: ...eatures 7 2 7 3 Running Setup 7 2 The Main BIOS Setup Menu 7 3 7 4 Advanced BIOS Setup 7 4 7 5 Chipset Setup 7 15 7 6 PCI PnP Setup 7 17 7 7 Power Setup 7 19 7 8 Boot Setup 7 20 7 9 Security Setup 7 22 7 10 Exit Setup 7 24 Appendices Appendix A AwardBIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B AwardBIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C System Specifications C 1 ...

Page 10: ...SUPERSERVER 5013S 8 5013S i User s Manual x Notes ...

Page 11: ...5013S i www supermicro com In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 5013S 8 5013S i as listed below One CPU heatsink SNK 0039 One 1 CPU air shroud One 1 1 44 floppy drive One 1 slim CD ROM drive Two 2 IDE Drive Trays 5013S i One 1 SCA SCSI backplane 5013S 8 Two 2 SCA SCSI drive carriers 5013S 8 SCSI Accessories 5013S 8 One 1 ...

Page 12: ...n SCA Ultra320 SCSI hard drives Standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Con nection Attachment The SCSI drives are connected to an SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SCSI drives are also hot swap units Control Panel The SC810 s control panel provides important system monitoring and control information LEDs indicate power on network activity hard dis...

Page 13: ...See Figure 1 1 Cooling System The SC810 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes a 10 cm blower system cooling intake fan and one optional 4 cm fan that can be installed in the midsection of the chassis The blower fan plugs into a chassis fan header on the motherboard and operates at full rpm continu ously If it breaks down the ambient air temperature inside the chassis will rise and...

Page 14: ...cessed over a 266 MHz memory bus at a peak bandwidth of 1 6 GB sec South Bridge CSB6 The South Bridge provides various integrated functions including the PCI bridge and support for UDMA100 security passwords and system protec tion Plug Play USBs power management interrupt controllers and the LPC Bus Processors The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM supports single 604 and 603 pin Intel XeonTM processors of up to a...

Page 15: ... two Network Interface controllers NIC based on Intel s 82551 10 100 Mbps fast Ethernet controller and Broadcom s 5702 Gigabit Ethernet controller Both a 10 100 Mb and a 1 Gb Ethernet port are included on the I O panel Onboard Controllers Ports An onboard IDE controller supports one floppy drive and up to four UDMA 100 hard drives or ATAPI devices Onboard I O ports include one COM port one paralle...

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Page 17: ... 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 rack unit that will hold the SuperServer 5013S 8 5013S i It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also ...

Page 18: ...fore extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously 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 Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack firs...

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 consid erat...

Page 20: ... Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 5013S 8 5013S i Each of these assemblies consist of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 5013S 8 5013S i A and an outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself B A sliding rail guide sandwiched between the two should remain attached to the fixed rack rail see Figure 2 1 The A and ...

Page 21: ... chassis rails have a locking tab which serves two functions The first 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 when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing Figure 2 2 Installing Chassis Rails In...

Page 22: ...chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Atta...

Page 23: ...u are installing the SuperServer 5013S 8 5013S 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 the positioning of the rack brackets to the rack They should be spaced apart just enough to accomodate the width of the telco rack ...

Page 24: ...the CPU processor You should have one processor already installed into the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Section 5 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 Check the system memory Your 5013S 8 5013S i server system may have come with system memory already installed Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots For details on adding system memory ...

Page 25: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the Server 5013S 8 shown 5013S i same but IDE ...

Page 26: ... may have one or two SCSI drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives please refer to Section 6 4 4 Check the IDE disk drives 5013S i Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or two IDE hard drives already installed If you need to install an IDE hard drive please refer to Section 6 4 5 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by a 10 cm input fan and one opt...

Page 27: ... on off switch on the power supply This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take 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 a reset button and a power on off button RESET The reset switch reboots the system POWER This is the main power switch which...

Page 28: ...ng the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm You should also check to make sure that the chassis cover is installed and that all fans are present and operat ing normally Finally check the air seals for damage The air seals are located under the blower fan and beneath the frame cross section that separates the drive bay area from the motherboard area of the chassis NI...

Page 29: ... backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red A SAF TE compliant backplane is needed to activate the red LED to indicate a drive failure A SAF TE compliant SCSI backplane is optional on the 5013S 8 If one of the SCSI drives fail you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Section 6 4 for instruc tions on replacing fai...

Page 30: ...activity while the the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See tables below for full explanation LED Color Green Yellow Definition Connected Active 100 Mb LAN LED Indicators LED Color Off Yellow Definition Not Active Active 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator LED Color Off Green Orange Definition No Connection 100 MHz 1 GHz 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator ...

Page 31: ...necting power you should first power down the system with the operating system first 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 when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to...

Page 32: ...its 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 After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all...

Page 33: ...all 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 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 c...

Page 34: ...ating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 5013S 8 5013S i is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 5013S 8 5013S i system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed ...

Page 35: ... damage electronic components To pre vent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter Also note that the size and weight of the X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM motherboard may cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to su...

Page 36: ...he X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 8 7 motherboard such as Supermicro s SC810 1U rackmount 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 tray Carefully mount the motherboard to the motherboard tray by aligning the board holes wi...

Page 37: ... pages in this chapter for connector locations IDE Device Cables J39 and J40 Floppy Drive Cable J28 SCSI Device Cables X5SS8 GM only JA2 JA3 Control Panel Cable JF1 see next page Connecting Power Cables The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM has a 24 pin primary power supply connector designated ATX Power for connection to the ATX power supply See Section 5 9 for power connector pin definitions Connecting the Cont...

Page 38: ...rple Mouse Green USB Ports Black VGA Graphics Port Blue COM1 Port Turquoise Figure 5 2 I O Ports Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins Mb LAN Gb LAN Note The COM2 port is a header on the motherboard located behind the VGA port Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED NIC2 LED HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X NMI Ground X JF1 Paralle...

Page 39: ...lacing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket Lift the lever completely or you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Socket lever 2 Install the CPU in the socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on pin 1 of t...

Page 40: ...led the retention clips should click into place and the three black tabs on the CPU retention pieces should protrude fully through the corresponding holes on the retention clips Figure 5 3 604 pin PGA Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may result 6 An air sh...

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Page 42: ...o notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot see Figure 5 5 Repeat for more modules as desired Note you should not mix memory modules of different sizes and speeds CAUTION Exercise extreme care when install ing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage To Install Insert ...

Page 43: ... card installation Before installing a PCI add on card locate the PCI riser card mentioned in Step 1 Begin by removing the I O shield for the PCI slot you wish to populate Fully seat the PCI card into the riser card and screw it into the metal retention rail Then insert the riser card into the PCI slot on the motherboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by usin...

Page 44: ...0 1 Parallel Port COM1 VGA Mb LAN Port Gb LAN Port ATX POWER Processor Power DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 CPU North Bridge DDR4 FLOPPY S UPER X5SS8 GM Broadcom LAN Controller IDE 1 IDE 2 SCSI CH B SCSI CH A CHS Fan AIC 7902 SCSI Controller Rage XL SW1 COM2 BIOS 64 bit 66 MHz PCI 2 64 bit 66 MHz PCI 1 64 bit 66 MHz PCI 3 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 5 South Bridge JF2 JF1 BATTERY CPU Fan JP19 CHS Fan CH...

Page 45: ...Description DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Ports CPU CHS OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers CPU CPU Socket DDR1 DDR4 Memory SDRAM Slots JA2 JA3 Ultra320 LVD SCSI CH A B Connector JF1 Front Control Panel Headers JF2 ChInt NMI HD LED PWR LED Headers JP11 Wake on LAN Header JP16 Chassis Intrusion Header JP28 External Speaker Header J7 VGA Display Mo...

Page 46: ...XL SW1 COM2 BIOS 64 bit 66 MHz PCI 2 64 bit 66 MHz PCI 1 64 bit 66 MHz PCI 3 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 5 South Bridge JF2 JF1 BATTERY CPU Fan JP19 CHS Fan CHS Fan JBT1 JP16 CR1 JP13 J36 JP22 JP9 USB2 3 JP20 JP27 JP15 JP10 JP11 WOL J29 J32 J35 J39 J40 J49 J8 J50 JP28 Note DIP Switch 1 sets the processor speed Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only Also see this chapter for the loc...

Page 47: ...Processor Speed Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Ports CPU CHS OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers CPU CPU Socket DDR1 DDR4 Memory SDRAM Slots JF1 Front Control Panel Headers JF2 ChInt NMI HD LED PWR LED Headers JP11 Wake on LAN Header JP16 Chassis Intrusion Header JP28 External Speaker Header J7 VGA Display Monitor Port J8 Mb Ethernet Port J28 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J29 P...

Page 48: ...JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions IDE HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 13 14 Definition 5V HD Active 5 9 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connection The power supply connector at J35 meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification how ever it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure tha...

Page 49: ...located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions L2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 9 10 Definition 5V GND Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 7 8 Definition 5V GND Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power ...

Page 50: ... the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number 1 2 Definition PW _ON Ground PWR_ON Connector Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 2 4 6 8 10 Definition Power Ground NC USB3 Pin De...

Page 51: ...is Overheat fan headers See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located under the parallel port see Figure 5 2 See the table on the right for pin definitions The COM2 connec tor is a header located behind the VGA port Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 Serial In 4 RTS 5 Serial Out Pin Number Definition 6 CTS 7 DTR 8...

Page 52: ...ur sys tem Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated on JP16 Attach the appro priate connector here to inform you of a chassis intrusion condi tion Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition 5V Standby Ground W ake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JP11 Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des ignated JP11 See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN con...

Page 53: ...100 Mb LAN LED Indicators LED Color Off Yellow Definition Not Active Active 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator LED Color Off Green Orange Definition No Connection 100 MHz 1 GHz 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator 5 10 Onboard Indicators LAN Port LEDs Each of the Ethernet ports located beside the VGA port has a yellow and a green LED See the tables to the right for the functions associ ated with these LEDs On th...

Page 54: ...ch 1 Processor Speed The red DIP switch labeled SW1 has four individual switches which are used to set the speed of the processor On the X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM the BIOS automatically detects the speed of the processor s mean ing you do not have to make any changes to DIP Switch 1 ...

Page 55: ...pen means the jumper is off the pins Off means open with no jumper cap included for those pins Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS which will also clear any passwords In stead 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 powe...

Page 56: ...gs Jumper Position 1 2 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP9 Watch Dog Enable Disable JP19 is used to enable or disable the Watch Dog function This jumper is used together with the Watch Dog enable function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to use the Watch Dog feature See the table on the right for pin definitions Jumper Position Open Closed Defi...

Page 57: ...ble or disable termination for the SCSI connectors Jumper JPA1 controls SCSI channel A and JPA2 is for SCSI channel B The normal default setting is open to enable teminate both SCSI channels See the table on the right for jumper set tings Note In order for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting set by the manufacturer See the table on the right for jumper set...

Page 58: ...ppy disk 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 port is located on J29 See the table below right for pin definitions Pin Num ber Function 1 Strobe 3 Data Bit 0 5 Data Bit 1 7 Data Bit 2 9 Data Bit 3 11 Data Bit 4 13 Data Bit 5 15 Data Bit 6 17 Data Bit 7 19...

Page 59: ... 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive Select B 14 Drive Select A 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 Write Data 24 Write Gate 26 Track 00 28 Write Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J28 Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 G...

Page 60: ... 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Signal Names DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ I O DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 Connector Contact Number 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA2 JA3 Ultr...

Page 61: ...r inserting this CD into your CD ROM drive the display shown in Figure 5 9 should appear If this display does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon Figure 5 9 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item The bottom icon wi...

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Page 63: ...arefully The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its anti static bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or module...

Page 64: ...i Manual Figure 6 2 Chassis Rear View 6 2 Control Panel The control panel located on the front of the chassis must be connected to the JF1 connector on the motherboard to provide you with system control Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View ...

Page 65: ...ounting posts and pull it completely out from the motherboard See Figure 6 3 2 Installing a new blower fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 10 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicro Position the new fan in its proper place in the chassis by fitting the fan onto the fan mounting posts in the chassis After the new fan has been installed plug the fan cable back into the same chassis fan hea...

Page 66: ... use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 5013S 8 CD ROM IDE Floppy Disk Drives For installing removing the CD ROM IDE or floppy disk drives you will need to gain access to the inside of the 5013S 8 5013S i by removing the top cover of the chassis Proceed to the CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation section later in this chapter for instruc tions Note Only a slim CD ROM drive w...

Page 67: ...stall 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 shown in Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Mounting a SCSI Drive in a Carrier Important Regardless of how many SCSI hard drives are installed both SCSI drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper...

Page 68: ... SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning they can be installed and removed without powering down the system To remove first push the release button located beside the drive LEDs then swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 5 Important Regardless of how many SCSI hard drives are installed both SCSI drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maint...

Page 69: ...urned off before installing and or removing them To install or remove a drive first power down the system and then remove the top cover of the chassis Un screw the retention screw at the top center of the drive then push the drive carrier out from the back until you can grasp and pull it out through the front of the chassis see Figure 6 6 Reverse this procedure when installing a drive carrier maki...

Page 70: ...h the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server You must power down the system before installing or removing floppy CD ROM or IDE drives Drives mount on rails and should click into place to be correctly and fully installed in their bays The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire ...

Page 71: ...ut until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover and push it away from you You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Removing the power supply First unplug the power cord from the system To remove the failed power unit remove the two screws on the back of the power supply...

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Page 73: ...to the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup ut...

Page 74: ...drive AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Chassis intrusion detector Five positive voltage inputs Three fan speed monitor inputs 7 3 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options describ...

Page 75: ...o illustrate how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes The Main BIOS Setup Menu Press the Delete key during the POST Power On Self Test to enter the Main Menu of the BIOS Setup Utility All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screeen is display...

Page 76: ...erIO Configuration to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Setup Warning Setting items on this screen to incorrect values may cause the system to malfunction SuperIO Configurati...

Page 77: ... specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 4 and 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Winbond627F Serial Port s and Parallel P Serial Port1 Address Serial Port1 IRQ Serial Port2 Address Serial Po...

Page 78: ... This option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of the DMA Channel The settings for this item include 0 1 and 3 IDE Configuration Onboard PCI IDE Controller This option allows the user to enable or disable the integrated IDE Control ler The setting...

Page 79: ... method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if your device supports it and is not already formatted with the LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Mode This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option The settings include Disabled and Au...

Page 80: ... Select UDMA0 trhough UDMA4 to set Ultra DMA0 through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology a feature that can help predict impending drive failures The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the S M A R T Select Auto to auto detect S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer The settings are Auto Disabled and ...

Page 81: ...for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Disabled allows the drive to be used normally read write and erase functions can all be performed Enabled prevents the hard disk from being erased This function is effective only when the device is accessed through BIOS ATA PI Detect Timeo...

Page 82: ...up Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that are normally perfomred on boot up You can disable the option to speed up boot time The settings are Disabled and Enabled Quiet Boot If Disabled this option will cause the normal POST messages to be dis played upon setup When Enabled the OEM logo is displayed instead of the POST messages The settings ar...

Page 83: ...Fast This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second System Keyboard This option is to let the system know if a keyboard is Present or Absent Primary Display This option specifies the type of monitor display you have installed on the s...

Page 84: ...is option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache This setting should be used to slow the computer system down or to trouble shoot error messages Write Thru This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Though c...

Page 85: ...ollowing pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC events The events logged by AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or hard drive errors Clear All Event Logs This option can be used to tell the system to clear the event log on the next boot up The settings are No and Yes View Event Log Highlighting this and pressing Ent...

Page 86: ...he health of your system by measuring certain voltage levels and temperatures CPU1 Current Temperature 1st System Temperature 2nd System Temperature These readings display the real time temperatures of the CPU and two sen sor points for chassis temperature There are also several voltage level monitors as shown on the System Health Monitor screen Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This optio...

Page 87: ... during which the Row Address Strobe signal to a DRAM is held low during normal Read and Write Cycles The settings are 2 Clks and 3 Clks BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Memory Timing Control Manual Act to Deact 6 Clks Act to Read Write 2 Clks RAS Precharge Time 2 Clks RA Cycle Time 6 Clks SDRAM CAS Latency CAS Latency 2 5 RAS Time Recycle after Refresh 10 C...

Page 88: ...threading Enables hyper threading if supported by the operating system Hyper threading is a method of creating an additional virtual processor by using parallelism to process mulitple instructions simultaneously The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Watchdog Timer This option is used to configure the Watchdog timer Settings are Dis abled 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes and 15 minute...

Page 89: ...mulation Type No No Yes Disabled Disabled Enabled Auto Hard Disk Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Plug Play OS This option specifies how Plug and Play devices will be configured The settins are Yes and No No lets BIOS configure all devices in the system Yes lets the operating system if supported ...

Page 90: ... Enabled Enable to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capabilities USB Function The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled prevents the use of the USB ports and Enabled allows the use of the USB ports Legacy USB Support This option allows you to enable support for Legacy USB The settings are Auto Enabled and Disabled ARMD Emulation Type This settin...

Page 91: ...lize Intel s ACPI specification Windows 3 x and Windows NT are non ACPI aware operating systems Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME and Windows 2000 are ACPI aware OS s Power Management When enabled this option displays the following four options relating to power management The settings are Disabled and Enabled Power Button Mode This determines the function of the chassis power button either On Off ...

Page 92: ...devices The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Devices ATAPI CDROM Drives ...

Page 93: ...NDI PXE 2 0 build 082 Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency of hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removable Devices Use this screen to view the boot sequency of the removeable devices that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system ATAPI CDROM Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency ofthe ATAPI CDROM drives that...

Page 94: ... security If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must clear CMOS and reconfigure Remember your Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system confi...

Page 95: ...option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program to protect the boot sector of your hard disk drive The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled If Enabled AMIBIOS will display a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or ...

Page 96: ...tem setup with saving the changes Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will save any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit Discarding Chan...

Page 97: ...system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program but will not exit the BIOS Setup pro gram ...

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Page 99: ...e long beep that sounds repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOSBATTERYHASFAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOSCHECKSUMERROR The CMOS hecksum is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has been corrupted This err...

Page 100: ... installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERRORINITIALIZINGHARDDISKCONTROLLER Cannot initialize the controller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive FL...

Page 101: ...AM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDINGSEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated PRESSAKEYTOREBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the syste...

Page 102: ...nlock the key BIOS detect the keyboard is locked P17 of the keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure that the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot ManufacturingPOSTloop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15 of keyboard controller is pulled low This is also used for M...

Page 103: ...ut screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0Bh...

Page 104: ...tial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consid...

Page 105: ...h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cac...

Page 106: ...egisters according to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AW...

Page 107: ...ssign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocati...

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Page 109: ...annel Ultra320 SCSI SCSI Backplane Controller 5013S 8 only SCA backplane for two 2 SCA hot swap SCSI drives Main Drive Bays 5013S 8 Two 2 drive bays to house two 2 standard 1 80 pin SCA SCSI drives 5013S i Two 2 drive bays to house two 2 3 5 x 1 IDE disk drives Peripheral Bays One 1 3 5 floppy drive One 1 slim CD ROM drive PCI Expansion Slots One 1 64 bit 66 MHz 5V PCI slot bundled with a 64 bit 6...

Page 110: ...bearing blower fan Form Factor X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM Motherboard ATX SC810 chassis 1U rackmount Dimensions 16 7 x 1 7 x 22 7 in 425 x 44 x 560 mm W x H x D Weight Net Full System 26 lbs 11 8 kg Gross Full System 32 lbs 14 5 kg 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...

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