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X6DHR-X8G

X6DHR-XiG

USER’S MANUAL

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Страница 1: ... X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 SUPER ...

Страница 2: ...BILITY 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 by th...

Страница 3: ...sors on one system bus Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product_page product m htm for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be pro fessionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the ...

Страница 4: ...Recovery 1 10 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 12 1 6 Power Supply 1 13 1 7 Super I O 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 9 ATX Power Connector 2 9 Process...

Страница 5: ...pers 2 20 CMOS Clear 2 20 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 VGA Enable Disable 2 21 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 22 SCSI Enable Disable 2 22 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 23 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 24 GLAN LEDs 2 24 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 25 Floppy Connector 2 25 IPMI 2 26 IDE Connectors 2 26 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Pow...

Страница 6: ...S Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 20 4 6 Boot Setup 4 22 4 7 Exit 4 23 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System C 1 X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG User s Manual ...

Страница 7: ... the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your mother board If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities ...

Страница 8: ...rope Address 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 Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 399...

Страница 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Figure 1 1 X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG Image ...

Страница 10: ...CSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN2 FAN1 20 PinPW 8 Pin CPU 4 Pin P W PW SMB P W L E D CH Int J L 1 J W D WD CPU1 CPU2 JP11 Alarm S W JPA3 JPA2 SCSI Ter B OH J 3 3 J 3 4 J 1 6 LG5 J 1 4 J D 1 J A 1 J5 J6 J 1 2 FAN4 Firmware Hub J1B1 J1D1 J 3 ...

Страница 11: ...DIMM 4B Memory RAM Slots Floppy Drive J12 Floppy Drive Connector FPUSB0 1 JD2 Front Panel USB0 1 Headers GLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IPMI J9 IPMI 2 0 Connector IDE1 2 J5 J6 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors KB Mouse J33 J34 PS 2 Keyboard J34 Mouse J33 PWR Fail JP9 Triple Redundant PS Fail Detect Header Power SMB J32 Power System Mangement Bus See Chapter 2 SCSI Ch A B JA1 JA2 SCSI Ch A JA2 SCSI C...

Страница 12: ...ry requires memory modules to be installed in pairs See Section 2 3 for details Chipset Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots Two 64 bit PCI X 133 slots BIOS 4 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware softwar...

Страница 13: ...0 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm Note If ZCR...

Страница 14: ...PROCESSOR 1 ADDR CT RL DAT A DAT A ADDR CT RL DI M M s I CH5R FW H LPC I O LPC BUS HUB BM C CON DDRA 266 DDRB 266 PCI BUS 32 BI T DI M M s 4 DDR 266 USB 0 1 2 3 USB PORT VGA KB SER 2 SER 1 H W M ONI TOR FDD M S VRM 0 1 SATA SATA UDM A 100 I DE PRI SEC PXH SCSI 7902 PCI X BUS 100 M HZ Gbi t LAN SOCKET ZCR PXH PCI X BUS 100 M HZ SLOT PCI X BUS 1_PCI X133 PCI X BUS 1_PCI X133 SLOT 266M B s 6 4GB s 4 ...

Страница 15: ...r provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR266 DDR333 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The E7520 also supports the new PCI high speed serial I O interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH interfaces with the ICH5R I O Controller Hub ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Interface The PXH provides connection between a PCI interface and two independent ...

Страница 16: ...vice Configuration to change this setting The de fault setting is Always On 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will sca...

Страница 17: ...operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overhea Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED ar...

Страница 18: ...IOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows Operating Systems Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Susp...

Страница 19: ... On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies g...

Страница 20: ...mponents required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator c...

Страница 21: ...ot touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Warning Please use t...

Страница 22: ...t lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 first 1 Place the CPU retention bracket on top of the CPU mounting plate CPU Retention Bracket CPU Socket Mounting Holes w Standoffs Xeon CPU Heatsink 2 Install the CPU mounting plate and the retention bracket on the reverse side of the motherboard 3 Insert f...

Страница 23: ...do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 1 Screw 2 Pin 1 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used...

Страница 24: ...om the motherboard in the sequence as show in the second picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the ol...

Страница 25: ...n of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray ...

Страница 26: ...ots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 1B and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all mod...

Страница 27: ...m the slot 2 4 I OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Purple K e y b o a r d Turquoise GLAN1 COM Port1 GLAN2 USB0 1 Video SCSI X6DHR X8G only ...

Страница 28: ...e designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED Reset Pwr Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X...

Страница 29: ... 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PW OK 9 5VSB 10 12V ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J1B1 Pins 1 2 3 4 Definition Ground 12 V 12V 4 pin Connector J38 Required Connection Required Connection 8 Pin PWR 2 0 P i n ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1...

Страница 30: ...U1 CPU2 JP11 Alarm S W JPA3 JPA2 SCSI Ter B OH J 3 3 J 3 4 J 1 6 LG5 J 1 4 J D 1 J A 1 J5 J6 J 1 2 F A N 4 Firmware Hub J1B1 J1D1 J 3 8 J 3 2 J 4 F 4 J 4 F 5 Memory Speed Note 4 J 1 1 P W Fail JP10 SPKR Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19...

Страница 31: ...1 P W Fail JP10 SPKR NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to dis play network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard d...

Страница 32: ...PA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN2 FAN1 20 PinPW 8 Pin CPU 4 Pin P W PW SMB P W L E D CH Int J L 1 J W D WD CPU1 CPU2 JP11 Alarm S W JPA3 JPA2 SCSI Ter B OH J 3 3 J 3 4 J 1 6 LG5 J 1 4 J D 1 J A 1 J5 J6 J 1 2 FAN4 Firmware Hub J1B1 J1D1 J 3 8 J 3 2 J 4 F 4 J 4 F 5 Memory Speed Note 4 J 1 1 P W Fail JP10 SPKR Overheat LED OH Connect an LED to the OH connec tion on pins 7 and...

Страница 33: ...ote 4 J 1 1 P W Fail JP10 SPKR Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 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 p...

Страница 34: ... P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN2 FAN1 20 PinPW 8 Pin CPU 4 Pin P W PW SMB P W L E D CH Int J L 1 J W D WD CPU1 CPU2 JP11 Alarm S W JPA3 JPA2 SCSI Ter B OH J 3 3 J 3 4 J 1 6 LG5 J 1 4 J D 1 J A 1 J5 J6 J 1 2 FAN4 Firmware Hub J1B1 J1D1 J 3 8 J 3 2 J 4 F 4 J 4 F 5 Memory Speed Note 4 J 1 1 P W Fail JP10 SPKR Universal S...

Страница 35: ... K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I T...

Страница 36: ... fan headers use DC power K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW O...

Страница 37: ...Connection K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W...

Страница 38: ... data No connection Key Speaker data K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS...

Страница 39: ...IMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP ...

Страница 40: ...ng CMOS JBT1 is located near the FPUSB0 1 headers on the motherboard Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the sys tem remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN En...

Страница 41: ... DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP CTRL J...

Страница 42: ...r Settings JWD K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K...

Страница 43: ...AN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP CTRL J F 1 FAN2 FAN1 20 PinPW 8 Pin CPU 4 Pin P W PW SMB P W L E D CH Int J L 1 J W D WD CPU1 CPU2 JP11...

Страница 44: ...DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A T A 1 S A T A 0 FP CTRL J ...

Страница 45: ... connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B K B DIMM 4B Mouse U S B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCS...

Страница 46: ... B 0 1 J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B F...

Страница 47: ...J 1 4 COM1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A GLAN1 GLAN2 VGA SCSI Ch B Battery JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 LAN Enable RAGE X GLAN CTRL P X H P X H PCI X PCI X E7520 North Bridge ICH5R South Bridge ZCR IPMI 2 0 BIOS S I O 7902 SCSI CTRL IDE 1 IDE 2 Floppy SCSI Ch A WOL COM2 Fan3 SCSI Enable FPUSB0 1 J D 2 J P 9 CLR CMOS Force PW On WOR S P K S W S C S I Ter A JPA1 JBT1 S M B FAN5 S A...

Страница 48: ...2 28 X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG User s Manual Note For software installation instructions please refer to Ap pendix C For Adaptec s SCSI HostRAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard ...

Страница 49: ...is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set...

Страница 50: ...should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is config...

Страница 51: ...ed by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG has four 184 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 2100 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of d...

Страница 52: ...en Use the Supermicro CD to make a Phoenix BIOS Crisis Disk for Supermicro Mainboard This disk includes a BIOS file named bios rom Please note this BIOS file can be changed to a different Phoenix BIOS file as long as it s named bios rom Connect the serial key to the COM port insert the recovery disk into floppy drive and power on the system When the system starts to read the disk remove the serial...

Страница 53: ...y covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems ...

Страница 54: ...3 6 X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 55: ...very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system param...

Страница 56: ... pressing Delete immediately after 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 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow ...

Страница 57: ...y in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date 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 ...

Страница 58: ... Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation This option allows the user to select the Native Mode for ATA Some Operating Systems are not supported by the Native Mode The options are Serial ATA Parallel ATA Auto and Both IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave ...

Страница 59: ...ect a predetermined type of hard drive CD ROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a pre determined HDD type Select CD ROM if a CD ROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a...

Страница 60: ... Bit I O operation The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5 and Mode 6 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in t...

Страница 61: ...y highlighting the setting 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 Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine ...

Страница 62: ...he system will react when power Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make thi...

Страница 63: ...ct Uncached to disable this funciton 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 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...

Страница 64: ...a ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for RAID SLOT SCSI This option allows the user to change 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 G LAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are A...

Страница 65: ...er Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00C0h and 00E0h For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this settiing and try again Different OS requires different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to ...

Страница 66: ...pt and SCI System Control Interrupt SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the conditions required to be qualified as an ECC error The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable all functions for the USB devices specified Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enable...

Страница 67: ...le the function of hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Applicable for the XP systems Machine Checking This setting allows you to Enable or Disable Machine Checking Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled I O Device Configuration Access the su...

Страница 68: ...e 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 On board COM 2 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal IR for an infrared device and ASK IR Base I O A...

Страница 69: ...errupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Output Only Bi directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel 1 Specify the DMA channel The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Base I O...

Страница 70: ...ou of the event log capacity View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC 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 Y...

Страница 71: ...e from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection Select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following setti...

Страница 72: ...items CPU1 Temperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This item displays the system Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes Disable 3 pin Server This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of onboard fans Select Disable to disable of the function of fan speed control and the system will run at th...

Страница 73: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 19 N12V P12V VDD P5Vsb15 ...

Страница 74: ...g Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a 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...

Страница 75: ...hen prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access 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...

Страница 76: ...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 CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CD ROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press Enter to expand th...

Страница 77: ...it Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup 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 load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to us...

Страница 78: ... Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility ...

Страница 79: ...led Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at ...

Страница 80: ...ious POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cl...

Страница 81: ...ftware NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Enterin...

Страница 82: ...ssfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fi...

Страница 83: ... Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copi...

Страница 84: ...A 6 X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 85: ...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 POSTCode 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 values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Init...

Страница 86: ... 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 Initia...

Страница 87: ... 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 Maskabl...

Страница 88: ...te 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 C4h In...

Страница 89: ...mory 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 IftheBIOSdetectserror2C 2E or30 base512KRAMerror itdisplaysanadditional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that faile...

Страница 90: ...B 6 X6DHR X8G X6DHR XiG User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 91: ...te a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than 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 Serial ATA cables ...

Страница 92: ...nd press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to the next item SATA RAID Enable select Enabled and press Enter 5 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Onc...

Страница 93: ...Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Arra...

Страница 94: ...rays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections 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 above ...

Страница 95: ...efore you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 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 Delet...

Страница 96: ...ay 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 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 5 Press Enter when both ...

Страница 97: ...u cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are dis played on the screen RAID 0 ...

Страница 98: ...ct Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 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 ...

Страница 99: ...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 array on Windows dynamic...

Страница 100: ... asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the followin...

Страница 101: ...d to access 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 and then press Enter 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear...

Страница 102: ...sk overwrites the partition table on the disk 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...

Страница 103: ...Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 13 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below ...

Страница 104: ...ep 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue ...

Страница 105: ...u must perform a Rebuild to optimized its function ality For a critical array 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 as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Reb...

Страница 106: ...the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below ...

Страница 107: ...Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 17 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below ...

Страница 108: ...e Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in ...

Страница 109: ...indows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key k Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation l From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue t...

Страница 110: ... optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown be low will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To...

Страница 111: ...management 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 III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor III Interface Displa...

Страница 112: ...mote Control 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 SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II ...

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