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USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.1c

Содержание X7DB3

Страница 1: ...SUPER X7DB3 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1c ...

Страница 2: ... 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 Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the r...

Страница 3: ...rformance dual processor DP enterprise server workstation environments This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mother board and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules ...

Страница 4: ...lth Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 10 NMI Butto...

Страница 5: ...nnector 2 21 SMB Power Connector 2 22 VGA Connector 2 22 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector 2 23 SGPIO Headers 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 24 Explanation of Jumpers 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable 2 24 Clear CMOS 2 25 Watch Dog 2 25 SAS Controller Enabled Disabled 2 26 VGA Enable Disable 2 26 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 2 27 Compact Flash Master Slave Enable Disable 2 28 I2C Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots 2 28 2 7 O...

Страница 6: ... Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 24 4 6 Boot Setup 4 25 4 7 Exit 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Dri...

Страница 7: ...lowing items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box One 1 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 02 One 1 Serial Port cable CBL 010L 01 One 1 USB cable CBL 083 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022L Two 2 SAS cable CBL 097L 01 Four 4 SATA cables CB...

Страница 8: ...r Micro 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 Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Sit...

Страница 9: ...te The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual ...

Страница 10: ...1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS JKM1 JUSB1 J 21 J15 JLAN1 JLAN2 J9B2 J9B1 J8B3 J8B2 J8B1 J7B3 J7B2 J7B1 JPW2 JPW1 J17 J16 J11 J5 J6 J9 J 14 J 13 J 12 J 18 J US B 2 J US B 3 J S A1 J S A2 J S LE D1 J 30 J 29 J D1 J F 1 JWP3 JCOM1 Buzzer X7DB3 Motherboard Layout 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 indicates the location of Pin 1 3 SEPC Supermicro Enhanced Power C...

Страница 11: ...DIMM 4B Memory DDRII Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 Note IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 Keylock JK1 Keylock Header OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port PSF Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 PWR LED LE1 PWR LED Indicat...

Страница 12: ... PCI X 100 w ZCR slot One SPEC slot for Supermicro s 2U Active Riser cards BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 ACPI 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware control CPU chassis temperature monitors CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU...

Страница 13: ... EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces supporting one IDE the blue slot and one Compact Flash card the white slot Two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers with support for ESB2 SATA One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port One EPP ECP Parallel Port One VGA Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ATI 16 MB ES10...

Страница 14: ... S AT A 0 1 2 3 4 5 PCI E X8 PCI E X4 GI LGAL GB LAN FW H RJ 45 RJ 45 LPC COM2 COM1 SI O W 83627 F DD US B 0 1 2 3 4 S E PC EBUSCONN EXP BUS I DE CONN ATA 100 KB PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 3 1 2 0 VGA CONN KUM E RAN US B 2 0 3 0 Gb S VRM I SL6307 VRM I SL6307 PROCESSOR 1 1067 1333 MT S 1067 1333 MT S PARALLEL PORT J 5 6 HF PC I E XP X8 S L OT J 9 4 PCI EXPX4 PCI EXPX8 ...

Страница 15: ...es Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec for a total bandwidth of 21 3GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to eight Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory bandwidth of 32 GB s for DDR2 533 667 The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interfaces to the ESB2 In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range of R...

Страница 16: ... is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under the Hardware Monitoring section in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Environmental Temperature Co...

Страница 17: ...irected power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture indepen dent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 This setting is also located in the Advanced BIOS...

Страница 18: ...and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DB3 can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate In addition the 12V 4 pin power supply is also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for...

Страница 19: ...ch UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which sup port higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer ...

Страница 20: ...1 14 X7DB3 User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 21: ...o not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correc...

Страница 22: ...ke sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Refe...

Страница 23: ... the socke or move the CPU horizontally or ver tically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the...

Страница 24: ...anism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws CEK Heatsink Installation Screw 2 Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to...

Страница 25: ...e precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown 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 ...

Страница 26: ...memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will increase memory performance Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportion...

Страница 27: ...DB 3 DDR2 FBD Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if need...

Страница 28: ...tions of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Parallel Port Printer 8 Gigabit LAN 1 9 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J L A N 1 SUP E R X7DB 3 ...

Страница 29: ...pecifically for use with Super Micro 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 definitions JF1 Header Pins Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED J L A N ...

Страница 30: ...IMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J 7 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Butt...

Страница 31: ... 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port1 ...

Страница 32: ...OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail GLAN1 J L A N 1 SUP E R GLAN2 Fan1 8 pinP WR F P C ontrol SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA PCI E xp x8 North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P P arrallel P ort 24 Pin J P G1 S AS CTR LR Adaptec 9410W C P U1 C P U2 PXH DIMM 1A B ank 1 F an7...

Страница 33: ...nitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button A B GLAN1 J L A N 1 SUP E R GLAN2 Fan1 8 pinP WR F P C ontrol SPK PW LED J OH1 Fan3 IDE 1 Floppy Fan4 S ATA1 S ATA0 US B 2 3 SMB P C I X 100 MHz ZC R P C I X 133 MHz J WD B attery VGA PCI E xp x8 North B ridge VGA C OM1 US B 0 1 K B Mous e F an6 F an5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P P arrallel P ort 24 Pin J...

Страница 34: ...B IOS Buzzer 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power sup ply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the motherboard These power connec tors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifica tion The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required to provide adequate power to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item liste...

Страница 35: ...al Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Universal Serial Bus USB There are five USB 2 0 Universal Se rial Bus ports headers on the moth erboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 JUSB1 and the other three are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis I...

Страница 36: ...re J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Fan Headers The X7DB3 has six chassis system fan head ers Fan1 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fan7 and Fan8 Note Fans 1 4 are 3 pin fans Fans 5 8 are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard...

Страница 37: ... 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above ...

Страница 38: ...7 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the sy...

Страница 39: ...for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker A B A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker GLAN1 GLAN2 J L A ...

Страница 40: ...uth B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail PSF header JP3 to provide warnings of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on th...

Страница 41: ... B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J 7 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB ...

Страница 42: ... x8 SEPC SIMLP IPMI S lot7 DIMM 1B B ank 1 DIMM 2A B ank 2 DIMM 2B B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J 7 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Power SMB I2 C Connect...

Страница 43: ...ayout below for the location Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Jumper Definition On Compact Flash Power On Off Compact Flash Power Off C B SGPIO Headers There are two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers J29 J30 located on the motherboard These headers support serial link interfaces for the onboard ESB2 SATA connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board l...

Страница 44: ... LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the con...

Страница 45: ...ual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the sys...

Страница 46: ...ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J 7 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer SAS Controller Enable Disable JPS1 enables or disables the AIC 9410W Adaptec SAS Controller on the motherboard See the table...

Страница 47: ...B ank 1 DIMM 2A B ank 2 DIMM 2B B ank 2 DIMM 3A B ank 3 DIMM 3B B ank 3 DIMM 4A B ank 4 DIMM 4B B ank 4 J 7 J B T 1 US B 4 J WOR J COM2 WOL S I O J P1 LAN CTR LR J 27 J 28 S G P IO2 SMBPS CTRLR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B PL E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify ...

Страница 48: ...LR Intel 5000P S outh B ridge Xeon Dual Core Xeon Dual Core J S A3 S A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Compact Flash Master Slave Select ACompact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will ne...

Страница 49: ...uzzer GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the power LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 7 Onboard Indicators A B C A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED Activity LED yellow GLAN Activity Indicator Ye...

Страница 50: ...0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer B A A Backpanel Activity LED B SAS 0 7 Activity LEDs Backpanel SAS Activity LED Header Backpanel SAS Activity LED Header JSLED1 located next to IDE1 indicates SAS Activity status See the table on the right for pin definitions Note SAS Com mon LED will be activated when any of SAS0 to SAS7 LEDs is activated Backpanel SAS...

Страница 51: ...A S 0 3 S A S 4 7 J PS 1 Intel E S B 2 S G P IO1 B P L E DC on X7DB 3 B IOS Buzzer Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J21 See the table on the right for pin definitions 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive and SIMLP IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted w...

Страница 52: ... 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 SIMLP IPMI Slot There is a SIMLP IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the IPMI...

Страница 53: ...ons Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 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 DACK...

Страница 54: ...2 34 X7DB3 User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 55: ... mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it 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 CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuit...

Страница 56: ...tem 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then...

Страница 57: ...s of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web ...

Страница 58: ...invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied fo...

Страница 59: ...off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setu...

Страница 60: ...ing 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 keys t...

Страница 61: ...te 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 field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built 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 ...

Страница 62: ... options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter th...

Страница 63: ...Format Multi Sector Transfers 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 the 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 allows the user to en...

Страница 64: ...E Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be a...

Страница 65: ...ry This display informs you how much extended memory is detected in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvancedfromthe PhoenixBIOSSetupUtilitymainmenuwiththearrowkeys 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 ...

Страница 66: ...nt 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 Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting ...

Страница 67: ...he 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 the 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 Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow t...

Страница 68: ...ard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to th...

Страница 69: ...e installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems XAdvanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings ...

Страница 70: ...chnology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DB3 the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide whi...

Страница 71: ...able when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported...

Страница 72: ...e platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when ...

Страница 73: ...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 This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to sp...

Страница 74: ...apacity It is not a setting 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 Ye...

Страница 75: ... 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected eit...

Страница 76: ... speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if yo...

Страница 77: ...speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis 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 and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V Se...

Страница 78: ...e fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis 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 and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed ...

Страница 79: ...rface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled an...

Страница 80: ...ption when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles XSystem Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number ...

Страница 81: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 23 XRealtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Страница 82: ...assword has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if 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 Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to s...

Страница 83: ...ve are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of b...

Страница 84: ... 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 ve made You will remain in the Set...

Страница 85: ... terminal This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep with the front panel OH ...

Страница 86: ...A 2 X7DB3 User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 87: ... RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify 3 additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into 4 Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ESB2 5 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key Press the Enter key to continue the installation ...

Страница 88: ...ows OS Setup screen will display 2 From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The 3 XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will 4 automatically reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD 5...

Страница 89: ...ach item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 Installing Other Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers tha...

Страница 90: ...plays 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 Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings pr...

Страница 91: ...II Remote 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 that you use Supero Doctor II ...

Страница 92: ...C 4 X7DB3 User s Manual Notes ...

Страница 93: ... expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions ...

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