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Содержание SuperServer 7043L-8R

Страница 1: ...SUPERSERVER 7043L 8R USER SMANUAL 1 0 SUPER...

Страница 2: ...R INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED W...

Страница 3: ...Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the SUPER X5DL8 GG mainboard...

Страница 4: ...to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC742S 600...

Страница 5: ...v Preface Notes...

Страница 6: ...2 Unpacking the 7043L 8R 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 2 4 Installing the 7043L 8R into a Rack 2 3 2 5 Checking the Motherboard Setup 2 7 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 9 Chapter 3 System Inter...

Страница 7: ...O Ports 5 7 5 5 Installing Memory 5 7 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 7 Motherboard Details 5 10 Super X5DL8 GG Layout 5 10 X5DL8 GG Quick Reference 5 11 5 8 Connector Definitions 5 12 ATX Power Connector...

Страница 8: ...t Fan Select 5 21 Watch Dog Enable Disable 5 21 Speaker Enable Disable 5 21 GLAN1 Enable Disable 5 22 GLAN2 Enable Disable 5 22 SCSI Enable Disable 5 22 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5 22 PCI X Bus...

Страница 9: ...ve Bays 6 8 6 5 Power Supply 6 9 Power Supply Failure 6 9 Replacing the Power Supply 6 9 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 BIOS Features 7 2 7 3 Running Setup 7 2 7 4 Main BIOS Setup 7 3 7 5 Adv...

Страница 10: ...Notes x SUPERSERVER 7043L 8R Manual...

Страница 11: ...are components have been included with the SuperServer 7043L 8R as listed below Up to two 2 604 603 pin Intel Xeon processors optional Two 2 CPU heatsinks FAN 042 CF Two 2 heatsink retention clip asse...

Страница 12: ...the main memory subsystem and the IMB bus interface unit The memory subsystem consists of an 8 DIMM configuration accessed over a 144 bit memory bus most chipsets have a 72 bit memory bus which provi...

Страница 13: ...Onboard SCSI is provided with an Adaptec AIC 7902 SCSI chip which sup ports dual channel Ultra320 SCSI at a throughput of 320 MB sec PCI Expansion Slots The X5DL8 GG has a total of six PCI expansion s...

Страница 14: ...ntinuously If any of the three fail the remaining two pick up the load and keep the system running without interruption A failed power Figure 1 1 ServerWorks Grand Champion LE Chipset System Block Dia...

Страница 15: ...ntrol panel provides you with system moni toring and control LEDs indicate system power HDD activity network activity overheat condition and power supply failure A main power button and a system reset...

Страница 16: ...ess 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 Tech...

Страница 17: ...ction 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the 7043L 8R You should inspect the box the SuperServer 7043L 8R was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage...

Страница 18: ...extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical...

Страница 19: ...of the Rack Rails The 7043L 8R rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures t...

Страница 20: ...nd bottom now the sides of the chassis First add the rack handles as shown in Figure 2 3 Then position the fixed chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the 7043L 8R mak ing sure the...

Страница 21: ...rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the ot...

Страница 22: ...ck Do this by lining up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the l...

Страница 23: ...e cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board Each processor should...

Страница 24: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 7043L 8R Manual Figure 2 6 Accessing the Inside of the 7043L 8R...

Страница 25: ...ove the top left chassis cover as described in the previous section Refer to Chapter 6 for details 3 Installing CD ROM and floppy disk drives Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD ROM and o...

Страница 26: ...de input power to the system Plug the power cords from the power supply units into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is recommended that you u...

Страница 27: ...tton buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off button an NMI Non Maskable Interrupt button and a reset button POWER This is the main power button...

Страница 28: ...ns what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take Power Indicates external power is being supplied to the system s power supply unit This LED should normally b...

Страница 29: ...ng continuously but the failed module will need to be replaced You do not need to shut down the system to replace the failed module Refer to Chapter 6 for details on replacing the power supply module...

Страница 30: ...Active LAN LED Indicator Left 3 5 LAN Ethernet Port LEDs The Gb LAN Ethernet ports have two LEDs which are used to give con nectivity status as shown below The yellow left LED flashes to indicate act...

Страница 31: ...memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units...

Страница 32: ...a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards...

Страница 33: ...nted circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact wi...

Страница 34: ...ce when the 7043L 8R is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7043L 8R system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed For grounding purposes make sure your compu...

Страница 35: ...that the size and weight of the mother board can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in dam age To prevent the motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board...

Страница 36: ...the lever completely or you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install a proces sor into CPU 1 socket first 2 Install the CPU in the socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on...

Страница 37: ...ly through the corresponding holes on the retention clips See Figures 5 2a and 5 2b for diagrams of the retention clips and the heatsink installation procedure 6 If installing two processors repeat th...

Страница 38: ...5 4 SUPERSERVER 7043L 8R Manual Figure 5 2b Heatsink Installation different motherboard shown Figure 5 2a Retention Clips left 603 pin right 604 pin...

Страница 39: ...s connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the sys tem keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their motherboard connector locations noted should b...

Страница 40: ...pin 1 as marked on the motherboard The other end connects to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Connector Definitions section in...

Страница 41: ...so note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert an even number of memory modules Interleaved memory requires you to install two modul...

Страница 42: ...ort The X5DL8 GG supports registered ECC DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 SDRAM memory An interleaved memory configuration is used see step 1 above Note The interleaved memory scheme also employs an additional...

Страница 43: ...add on card make sure you choose the correct slot for the type of card you are installing see step 1 above Begin by removing the I O shield from the backplane of the server corresponding to the PCI sl...

Страница 44: ...GG J12 J19 J18 IDE 2 IDE 1 FLOPPY PCI X 6 PCI X 5 PCI X 4 PCI X 1 PCI X 2 PCI X 3 BIOS AIC 7902 Ultra III LVD SE ChB IPMI JP54 SW4 Ultra III LVD SE ChA IO Bridge JF1 CPU2 CHS FAN CPU2 FAN CPU1 FAN CP...

Страница 45: ...ination Open Terminated P1 2 S1 2 PCI X Speed Settings See Section 5 11 Connector Description ATX POWER Primary ATX Power Connector BANK1A BANK4B Memory RAM Slots COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Conne...

Страница 46: ...M 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PWR_OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V ATX Power Connector The power supply connector meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification however it also supports a 20 pin power sup...

Страница 47: ...LED The NIC2 LAN2 LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to dis play network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC LAN1 LED Pin Definit...

Страница 48: ...and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions Pin Number 3 4 Definition Reset Ground Reset Pin Definitions JF1 Serial P...

Страница 49: ...rt See Fig ure 2 3 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J11 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU CHS OH Fans Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition...

Страница 50: ...ower LED connection located at JF2 is used to inform you that power is being supplied to the motherboard There is an onboard LED CR5 that also serves this function Third Power Supply Fail Header Conne...

Страница 51: ...ble to use this feature IPMB An IPMB IPMI Bus header is lo cated at J20 to support IPMI a server management standard Connect the appropriate cable from the IPMI daughter board to J20 to utilize IPMI o...

Страница 52: ...z Gb LAN Right LED Indicator D5 D8 8 2 1 8 2 1 4 4 D1 D4 Reading the Debug LEDs W hen on each of the eight separate LEDs represent the value of the number shown beside it in the diagram Add up the num...

Страница 53: ...Intel processors have a fixed Core Bus ratio that over writes the setting of DIP Switch 4 SW 3 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON CPU 1 3 GHz 1 4 GHz 1 5 GHz 1 6 GHz 1 7 GHz 1 8 GHz 1 9 GHz 2 0 GHz 2 1 GHz 2 2 GHz...

Страница 54: ...r CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of con tact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First unplug the power cord s 2 With the power discon nected short th...

Страница 55: ...IOS the CPU1 2 fans or the CPU1 CPU2 Chassis fans The default position is open to select the CPU1 2 fans See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition CPU1 2 Fa...

Страница 56: ...abled LAN2 Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP4 SCSI Enable Disable The SCSI Enable Disable jumper at JA4 allows you to enable or dis able the onboard SCSI The nor mal default position is on pins 1 2 to...

Страница 57: ...rs P1 P2 S1 and S2 are used to change the speeds for the four PCI X buses See the table on the right for jumper settings PCI X Buses S1 Bus for PCI X slot 1 and SCSI P1 Bus for PCI X slots 2 and 3 S2...

Страница 58: ...ectrum Enable Disable Jumper Settings J35 VGA Enable Disable JP56 allows you to enable or dis able the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to en able VGA See the table on the right for ju...

Страница 59: ...oppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is...

Страница 60: ...ct A 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 W rite Data 24 W rite Gate 26 Track 00 28 W rite Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP12 Pin Number Function 1 Re...

Страница 61: ...25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Signal Names DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C...

Страница 62: ...erting this CD into your CDROM drive the display shown in Figure 2 5 should appear If this dis play does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CDROM drive Fin...

Страница 63: ...to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static dischar...

Страница 64: ...Chassis Front View Front Bezel Lock 5 1 4 Drive Bays System Reset Main Power SCSI Active LED NMI Button System LEDs Front Side USB Floppy Drive Bay CH A Drive 0 CH A Drive 1 CH A Drive 2 CH B Drive 0...

Страница 65: ...r on the front control panel PCB printed circuit board Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The control panel LEDs inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for detai...

Страница 66: ...ifying the failed fan Inspect the back of the chassis to see if the 12 cm exhaust fan has failed You must power down the system to replace this fan To replace a failed chassis cooling fan you must fir...

Страница 67: ...open side of the cover to remove it from the chassis do not try to swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side SCSI Drives After unlocking the SCSI drive bay door swing it open to access...

Страница 68: ...must have RAID support to enable the hot plug capability of the SCSI drives 2 Mounting a SCSI drive in a drive carrier The SCSI drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and...

Страница 69: ...rs on the SCSI backplane SCSI channels A B There are also two power connectors on the backplane both should be connected See Figure 6 6 for the locations of backplane connectors the reverse side of th...

Страница 70: ...ht side of the CD ROM drive using the holes provided see Figure 6 7 Then slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and...

Страница 71: ...vate to notify you of a power failure The PWR Fail LED and the LED on the back of the power supply will also illuminate and remain on until the failed unit has been replaced Replacing the Power Supply...

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Страница 73: ...the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains cont...

Страница 74: ...e AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Chas...

Страница 75: ...l to illustrate how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes 7 4 Main BIOS Setu...

Страница 76: ...Configuration to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this sec...

Страница 77: ...n specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port...

Страница 78: ...option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of th...

Страница 79: ...method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if yo...

Страница 80: ...ct UDMA0 trhough UDMA4 to set Ultra DMA0 through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology a feature that can help predict impending drive failures Th...

Страница 81: ...for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows the drive to be used nor...

Страница 82: ...3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 The Enabled setting is effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on boo...

Страница 83: ...computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second Primary D...

Страница 84: ...tion is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache T...

Страница 85: ...following pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC events The events logged by AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or h...

Страница 86: ...ertain voltage levels and temperatures CPU1 Current Temperature CPU2 Current Temperature This reading displays the real time temperatures of CPU1 and CPU2 System Current Temperature1 System Current Te...

Страница 87: ...tting Support Disabled DQS Selection 36 Watch Dog Timer Disabled Options for MCH Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V07 00 C Copyright 1985 200...

Страница 88: ...Enabled and Disabled Auto DQS Setting Support The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled DQS Selection This setting is preset Watchdog Timer This option is used to configure the Watchdog ti...

Страница 89: ...the next boot Allocate IRQ to VGA This option lets you allocate an interrupt request IRQ to the PCI VGA adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No PCI IDE BusMaster The settings for this option...

Страница 90: ...s are described in this section The Power Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit ACPI Aware O S Power Management Yes Disabled Select Scree...

Страница 91: ...e entering the power conserving state The settings are Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 minutes ACPI Aware O S This option allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interf...

Страница 92: ...for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Onboard LAN2 Option ROM and IBA 4 0 1 9 Slot 0102 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CD...

Страница 93: ...he 5th Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive Onboard LAN2 Option ROM and IBA 4 0 1 9 Slot 0102 Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency of hard drives that have bee...

Страница 94: ...urity If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down I...

Страница 95: ...option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program...

Страница 96: ...setup with saving the changes Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highl...

Страница 97: ...system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Ch...

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Страница 99: ...ed 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...

Страница 100: ...ous 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 syst...

Страница 101: ...tware 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 Add...

Страница 102: ...fully 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 no...

Страница 103: ...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 Configu...

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Страница 105: ...rite 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 No...

Страница 106: ...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 inte...

Страница 107: ...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 paral...

Страница 108: ...e 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...

Страница 109: ...ory 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 F...

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Страница 111: ...pin DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory to be installed two at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 f...

Страница 112: ...ing Two 2 9 cm chassis cooling fans hot swappable One 1 12 cm exhaust fan System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC Rated Input Current 9A 115V to 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 H...

Страница 113: ...B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60...

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