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USER’S MANUAL

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Содержание X7DBX-8

Страница 1: ... X7DBX 8 X7DBX i USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 SUPER ...

Страница 2: ... OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara Coun...

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

Страница 4: ...m AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 13 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...

Страница 5: ...ector 2 20 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 Clear CMOS 2 22 Watch Dog 2 22 SCSI Controller Enabled Disabled 2 23 SCSI Termination Enabled Dsiabled 2 23 VGA Enable Disable 2 24 I2C Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots 2 24 Compact Flash Master Slave Enable Disable 2 25 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 26 GLAN LEDs 2 26 Onboard Standby Power LED 2 26 Onboard SCSI Activity LE...

Страница 6: ...ter 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 Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 1 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1...

Страница 7: ...vide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 002 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utili...

Страница 8: ...ress 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 3991 Web Sit...

Страница 9: ... i Image Note 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: ...0 3 SMB Battery North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge P X H DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPA1 Chan A SCSI I SATA4 JPL2 SBX E2 X4 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot7 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOR SPEC DA2 JWOL BIOS Recovery SI O LAN CTRL JUSB1 SIM1U IPMI J1 KB Mouse JPL1 JPCIX1 JPCIX2 PCI X 133MHz SBX E1 X8 JPCIE1 JPCIE2 Chan B SCSI...

Страница 11: ...N 1 10 Fans 1 10 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy JFDD1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 IDE 1 Hard Drive Compact Flash Card Note1 OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED PWR LED LE1 PWR LED Indicator See Chapter 2 PCI X Slot 6 JPCIX1 PCI X 133 MHz PCI X Slot 7 JPCIX2 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR See Note 5 on Page 1 4 PCI E Slot 6 JPCIE1 PCI Exp x8 P...

Страница 12: ...X 100 w ZCR slot Slot7 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard Support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection SMBIOS 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 Platform Environment Control Interface PECI r...

Страница 13: ...ompact Flash card the white slot One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ATI ES1000 Graphic Controller with 16MB Video Memory Super I O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83792 HECETA Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed...

Страница 14: ...ORT 5 PCI EX4 SCSI 7902 PXH V PCI X 133 A PCI X SLOT ZCR PCI X 133 MCH 5000P PROCESSOR 2 ESB2 PCI EX8 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD PCI EX4 JPCIX2 JPCIX1 VGA PCI33MHz ES1000 VGA CONN JPCIE1 PCI EX8 PCI EX8 EBUS CONN EXPBUS IDE CONN ATA100 KB VRM ISL6307 2 3 4 6 7 4 3 1 2 0 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR 1 MT S 667 1067 1333 MT S PCI X Slot FBD DIMM FBD DIMM FBD DIMM EHF USB PCIE ...

Страница 15: ...dent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to eight Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory of up to 32 0 GB 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 RAS features ...

Страница 16: ... scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message 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 BIO...

Страница 17: ...re defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ...

Страница 18: ...ing can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on car...

Страница 19: ... with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI o...

Страница 20: ...1 14 X7DBX 8 X7DBX i 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: ...ou install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or ...

Страница 23: ...e socket Do not move the CPU hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid dam age 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 ...

Страница 24: ...e retention mechanism 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 instr...

Страница 25: ... 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 3...

Страница 26: ...place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DBX 8 X7DBX i supports up to 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 533 667 in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaving Memory which will increase memory performance Note Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of ...

Страница 27: ...and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs BD To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot o i o DDR BD S ot ...

Страница 28: ... and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Back Panel USB Port 0 2 Back Panel USB Port 1 3 Gigabit LAN 1 4 Gigabit LAN 2 5 Keyboard Purple 6 PS 2 Mouse Green 7 COM Port 1 Turquoise 8 VGA Port Blue 9 UID Unit ID 10 External SCSI X7DBX 8 See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Страница 29: ...cally 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 definitions Figure 2 4 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 SUPER...

Страница 30: ...9 Pin PWR 20 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P 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 Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button Pin ...

Страница 31: ...9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED SUPER X7DBX LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL I SATA0 3 SMB Battery North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge P X H DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPA1 Chan A SCSI I SATA4 JPL2 SBX E2 X4 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot7 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOR SPEC DA2 JWOL SI O LAN CTRL SIM1U I...

Страница 32: ...upply Fail SUPER X7DBX LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL I SATA0 3 SMB Battery North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge P X H DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPA1 Chan A SCSI I SATA4 JPL2 SBX E2 X4 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot7 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JBT1 JWOR SPEC DA2 JWOL SI O LAN CTRL SIM1U IPMI KB Mouse JPL1 PCI X 133MHz SBX E1 X8 Chan B S...

Страница 33: ...n is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions PBUID LED UID Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 PB UID 4 LED UID A PB UID LED UID B PWR Button SUPER X7DBX LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL I SATA0 3 SMB Battery North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge P X H DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPA1 Chan A SCSI I SATA4 JPL2 ...

Страница 34: ...in Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 SCLK 2 Ground 3 SDATA 4 SALERT Fail 5 Ground 6 PWR_OK 7 PWS_ON 8 12V 9 RSVD 10 Key A 20 Pin SMC PWR B 9 pin SMC PWR A B SUPER X7DBX LAN1 LAN2 Fan1 2 FP CTRL I SATA0 3 SMB Battery North Bridge VGA COM1 USB0 1 JPG1 South Bridge P X H DIMM 1A Bank 1 JPA1 Chan A SCSI I SATA4 JPL2 SBX E2 X4 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot7 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DI...

Страница 35: ...ial Bus USB There are five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports JUSB1 USB 0 1 and the other three are Front Panel USB headers JUSB2 USB 2 3 JUSB3 USB 4 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is located next to the 9 pin Power Con nector on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cab...

Страница 36: ...4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P Fan Headers The X7DBX 8 X7DBX i has ten fan headers Fan1 to Fan10 on the motherboard These are 3 pin fan headers See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speed is controlled by the CPU die temperature Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Tachometer B C G F E D A A Fans 12 B Fan...

Страница 37: ...PA3 DA1 J7 JP1 JOH1 JWF2 JCF2 JWF1 JCF1 IDE 1 Compact Flash JL1 9 Pin PWR 20 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P Serial Ports COM1 is a connector located on the I O Backpanel and COM2 is a header located at JCOM2 See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1...

Страница 38: ... Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P A WOR B WOL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be waken up by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use ...

Страница 39: ...P1 JOH1 JWF2 JCF2 JWF1 JCF1 IDE 1 Compact Flash JL1 9 Pin PWR 20 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P 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 A B A GLAN1 2 B OH LED GLAN1 GLAN2 Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header i...

Страница 40: ...uzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection A B A SMB B JWF1 Compact Flash PWR C JWF2 Compact Flash PWR Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Two Compact...

Страница 41: ...0 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On tw...

Страница 42: ...ccidental 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 system before clearing CMOS Note You must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS A B A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the ...

Страница 43: ...SI Enable B SCSI Channel A Termi nation Enable C SCSI Channel B Termi nation Enable SCSI Controller Enable Disable X7DBX 8 Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis able the SCSI controller The default set ting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable X7DBX 8 Jumpers JPA2 JPA3 are used to enable or disable termination for SCSI Channel ...

Страница 44: ...20 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A B A VGA Enabled B I2C Bus to PCI slots VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the ri...

Страница 45: ...CF1 IDE 1 Compact Flash JL1 9 Pin PWR 20 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P Compact Flash Master Slave Select Two Compact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumpers are located at JCF1 JCF2 Close these jumpers to enable Compact Flash Cards For a Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper to work properly you w...

Страница 46: ...S Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P 2 7 Onboard Indicators A B A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Standby LED Activity LED L i n k LED Onboard Power Standby LED There is an Onboard Standby LED lo cated AT LE1 on the motherboard See the layout below for the LED location C GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or ...

Страница 47: ...IPMI KB Mouse JPL1 PCI X 133MHz SBX E1 X8 Chan B SCSI SCSI CTRL COM2 Floppy I SATA5 JI2 C1 JI2 C2 JPA2 JPA3 DA1 J7 JP1 JOH1 JWF2 JCF2 JWF1 JCF1 IDE 1 Compact Flash JL1 9 Pin PWR 20 Pin PWR BIOS Buzzer USB2 3 USB4 CPU1 CPU2 Fan3 4 Fan5 6 Fan7 8 Fan9 10 JWD LE1 PCI E x8 x4 VGA CTRL ESB2 5000P Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators There are two Onboard SCSI Activity LED indicators on the X7DBX 8 DA1 i...

Страница 48: ...onnecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy 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 A A F...

Страница 49: ...a 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground A B IDE Connectors There are two IDE Connectors JIDE1 Blue JIDE2 White on the mother board The blue IDE connector JIDE1 is designated as the Primary I...

Страница 50: ... Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22...

Страница 51: ...ck 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 circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supp...

Страница 52: ...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 Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please...

Страница 53: ...memory modules 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 Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Als...

Страница 54: ... 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 for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or imp...

Страница 55: ...d off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time 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...

Страница 56: ...ssing 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 ʳ All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow key...

Страница 57: ...ate Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This 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 2 ...

Страница 58: ... sub menu are Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to a...

Страница 59: ...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 60: ...ted 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 available for you to select either Intel...

Страница 61: ...ry This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present 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 62: ...Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your syste...

Страница 63: ...e buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 51...

Страница 64: ...es Onboard 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 ...

Страница 65: ...n 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 Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take C...

Страница 66: ... Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology 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 this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This f...

Страница 67: ...lable 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 68: ...able when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one 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...

Страница 69: ...s setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F...

Страница 70: ...log capacity 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 Sele...

Страница 71: ...onsole Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to c...

Страница 72: ...ature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan10 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When t...

Страница 73: ...matically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server i...

Страница 74: ...10 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa ...

Страница 75: ...face 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 and...

Страница 76: ...this option 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 System 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 Nu...

Страница 77: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Страница 78: ...sor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box ...

Страница 79: ...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 bootable d...

Страница 80: ...ity 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 use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in th...

Страница 81: ...d 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 de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at of...

Страница 82: ...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 cle...

Страница 83: ...s Software 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 Entering S...

Страница 84: ...lly 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 stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed ...

Страница 85: ...rd 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 copied...

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Страница 87: ... error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 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 PO...

Страница 88: ... 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video a...

Страница 89: ... and IRQs optional 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 89h Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs 8Ah Initiali...

Страница 90: ...ne prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS 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 I...

Страница 91: ...ory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an addi tional word bitmap xxxx indicat...

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Страница 93: ...your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used...

Страница 94: ... allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings ...

Страница 95: ...en appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the I keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for refer ence only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non endorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not loo...

Страница 96: ...and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted...

Страница 97: ... to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to ...

Страница 98: ...wn Arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit Enter The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press Enter when the Creat...

Страница 99: ...light a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity ...

Страница 100: ...ives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu ...

Страница 101: ...t the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID...

Страница 102: ...and press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 20...

Страница 103: ... installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000P Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with acce...

Страница 104: ...Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press Enter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Go to...

Страница 105: ...D applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the sy...

Страница 106: ... User s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the enter key select Manag ing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ...

Страница 107: ...e disk and may make 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 configure 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 configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit Enter as shown bel...

Страница 108: ...ves you want to configure and press Insert 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press Enter ...

Страница 109: ...ndix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 7 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If cor rect type Y to continue ...

Страница 110: ... is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown be low Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Pres...

Страница 111: ...nge the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Note If you select 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 ...

Страница 112: ... sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 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 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes bec...

Страница 113: ...ated An 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 and B Note a bootable array is the array marked with an aster isk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displ...

Страница 114: ... 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 in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then pres...

Страница 115: ...ge Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu ...

Страница 116: ... Rebuild to restore its functionality 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 Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl a...

Страница 117: ...sh to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the a...

Страница 118: ...to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press Enter The following screen appears 2 Select the desired disk and press Enter The following screen appears ...

Страница 119: ...ed at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press En ter The following screen appears 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit Enter Otherwise select No and press Enter Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure...

Страница 120: ...hen the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enter 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying other wise select No and hit Enter ...

Страница 121: ... Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 19 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 ...

Страница 122: ...ss the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indi cated in the Windo...

Страница 123: ...should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen a...

Страница 124: ...gement tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor 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 Note The d...

Страница 125: ...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 ...

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