Supero X8DA3, User Manual

Page 1: ... X8DA3 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b SUPER X8DAi ...

Page 2: ... 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 resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been...

Page 3: ...nual 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 in stalling the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting proce...

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Page 5: ...Preface v Notes ...

Page 6: ... Monitoring 1 10 Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control 1 10 Environmental Temperature Control 1 10 System Resource Alert 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator 1 11 Wake On LAN WOL 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 1 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation 2 2 Tools Needed 2...

Page 7: ...er 2 18 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports 2 19 Serial Ports 2 19 Wake On LAN 2 20 Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 2 20 GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports 2 21 T SGPIO Headers 2 21 Power SMB I2 C Connector 2 22 SMB 2 22 High Definition Audio HD Audio 2 23 CD Header Front Panel Audio 2 23 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 25 Explanation of Jumpers 2 25 GLAN Enable Disable 2 25 CMOS Clear 2 26 Watch Dog Enable Dis...

Page 8: ... To Change the Configuration Data 4 1 Starting the Setup Utility 4 2 4 2 Main Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup Configurations 4 4 4 4 Security Settings 4 23 4 5 Boot Configuration 4 24 4 6 Exit Options 4 26 4 7 BIOS Recovery 4 27 How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image the Main BIOS Block 4 27 4 7 1 Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device 4 27 4 7 2 Boot Sector Recovery from an IDE CD ROM 4 28 4 7 3 Boot Sect...

Page 9: ... all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer The following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022L One 1 1394a connector cable CBL 0173L Two 2 SAS cable for SATA SAS Backplane CBL 0097L 02 For X8DA3 Four 4 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044Lx4 For X8DA3 Six 6 Serial ATA cables CBL 004...

Page 10: ...ge 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 ...

Page 11: ...nnectors To configure SAS RAID settings please refer to the LSI MegaRAID User Guide posted at http www supermicro com manuals other LSI 20MegaRAID_Configuration_for_the_LSI_1068_Controller pdf JWOL1 JC2 JSM1 JSM2 J5 JPS1 JPI1 JI2C2 JI2C1 JPL2 1 JI2C3 JI2C4 JPL1 JF1 LE1 LES1 LES2 JPI2C JD1 SP1 JL1 JPS2 KB Mouse JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 Fan8 CPU1 Fan Fan6 Fan5 Fan2 Fan4 Fan3 Fan7 CPU2 Fan1 Slot5 PCI 33MH Slot...

Page 12: ... JC2 JSM1 JSM2 J5 JPS1 JPI1 JI2C2 JI2C1 JPL2 1 JI2C3 JI2C4 JPL1 JF1 LE1 LES1 LES2 JPI2C JD1 SP1 JL1 JPS2 KB Mouse JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 Fan8 CPU1 Fan Fan6 Fan5 Fan2 Fan4 Fan3 Fan7 CPU2 Fan1 Slot5 PCI 33MH Slot4 PCI 33MH Slot3 PCI E X16 P2 DIMM3A USB0 1 COM1 LAN1 AUDIO CPU2 JBT1 Slot2 PCI E X4 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SATA4 I SATA5 JWD1 Slot1 PCI 33MH T SGPIO2 Slot0 SIMLC Floppy USB6 7 USB4 5 USB8 USB2 3 COM2 LA...

Page 13: ... Fans 7 8 CPU Fans Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector J5 SMB I2 C Header JD1 Speaker Power LED Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED Header JPI2 C Power Supply SMBus I2 C Header JPW1 JPW2 12V 8 pin Secondary PWR Connector See P 1 4 JPW3 24 pin ATX Main Power Connector See P 1 4 JWOL1 Wake On LAN Header LAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports I SATA0 I SATA5 Int...

Page 14: ...PCI 33 slot Slot1 Slot4 and Slot5 One SIMLC IPMI Slot Slot0 Note IPMI 2 0 is supported by the motherboard To use this feature please install a SIMLC add on card on the SIMLC Slot Slot 0 For more information on IPMI please refer to the AOC SIMLC User Guide http www supermicro com products accessories addon SIM cfm BIOS 32 Mb AMI SPI Flash ROM PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 3 0 Plug and Play PnP DMI 2 3 USB K...

Page 15: ...rts with RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 supported For X8DA3 Note SAS RAID5 is also supported when the AOC Ibutton 68 optional is installed on the motherboard One SIMLC IPMI socket Intel 82573V and 82573L Gigabit Ethernet controllers support dual Giga bit LAN ports One floppy port interface Two COM ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to ten USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 Ports 2 Front Headers and 2 Typ...

Page 16: ...SSOR 2 ICH10 PCI E x16 DMI LANE5 LANES1 2 SPI LPC SIO W83627 PCI 33MHz 3 6 PROCESSOR 1 QPI HG USB 0 1 2 3 5 PCIEx4 SATA 0 1 2 3 Ports 1 2 7 10 SIMLC 6 7 8 i82573L iI82573V PHY 1 PHY 2 6 3 IOH 36D P1DIMM3A DDR3 2 PCI E X8 1333 1066 800 ESI QPI QPI 5 TPM Optional 4 Rear 4 Front 1 Type A SAS LSI 1068 Ports 0 3 TI PCI 33 PCI 33 4 1 KB MS COM1 External 0 AC 97 R Ports 4 7 PCI Ex4 PCI Ex1 PCI Ex1 P1DIMM...

Page 17: ...ull width QuickPath interconnect link pair provides 84 signals Each processor supports two QuickPath links one going to the other processor and the other to the 5520 chip The Intel 5520 platform supports up to 36 PCI Express Gen2 lanes and the 5520 IOH 36D supports peer to peer read and write transactions The ICH10R provides up to 6 PCI Express ports six SATA ports and nine USB connections In addi...

Page 18: ...holds 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 in the BIOS under System Health Monitoring in the Advanced section Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real ti...

Page 19: ...lay BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows Vista Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will ...

Page 20: ...t you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry deco...

Page 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...

Page 22: ...ced on the chassis 8 Tools Needed Phillips Screwdriver 1 Pan head 9 screws 2 Installation Instructions Install the IO shield into the 1 chassis Locate the mounting holes 2 on the motherboard Refer to the layout above for mounting hole locations 2 2 Motherboard Installation All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounti...

Page 23: ... and heatsink fans When purchasing a motherboard with a 5500 Series Processor pre installed 3 make sure that the CPU socket plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU socket pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support 4 Installing an LGA 1366 Processor Press the socket clip to release 1 the load plate which covers the C...

Page 24: ...the surface of the socket or its pins to avoid dam aging the CPU or the socket With the CPU inside the socket 4 inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Once the CPU is securely 5 seated on the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket Use your thumb to gently push 6 the socket clip down to the clip lock Warning Please save the plastic cap The mother ...

Page 25: ...ap plied Screw 1 Screw 2 Install Screw 1 Place the heatsink on top of the 2 CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Install two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws and tighten them until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws ...

Page 26: ...rewdriver loosen and 3 remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the se quence as show in the picture on the right Hold the heatsink as shown 4 in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wrig gling the heatsink Once the heatsink is loosened 5 remove it from the CPU socket To reinstall the CPU and the 6 heatsink cle...

Page 27: ... notch 2 along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incor rectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot 3 Repeat for all modules Memory Population for Optimal Performance For a motherboard with One CPU CPU1 installed Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2 3 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM3A 6 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM3A...

Page 28: ... 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 the amount of memory that remains available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is dispropor tional See the following Memory Availability Table Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device...

Page 29: ...ntion to the alignment notch at the bottom Installing and Removing DIMMs To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot Notch Release Tab Release Tab DIMM DDR3 Notch 3 Release Tab Release Tab ...

Page 30: ... O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple 1 PS 2 Mouse Green 2 Back Panel USB Port 0 3 Back Panel USB Port 1 4 Back Panel USB Port 2 5 Back Panel USB Port 3 6 COM Port 1 Turquoise 7 COM Port 2 Turquoise 8 Gigabit LAN 1 9 Gigabit LAN 2 10 Side_Surround Grey 11 Back_Surround Black 12 CEN LFE Orange 13 Microphone In Pink 14 Front Green 15 Line In Blue 16 See Section 2 5 ...

Page 31: ... specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the figure below 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 X...

Page 32: ...ted on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 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 NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V 16 Ground 3 Front Control Panel Pin D...

Page 33: ...is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drive ac tivities on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definition...

Page 34: ...ed warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Supply Fail LED connec tion is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail PWR F...

Page 35: ...1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 Ground Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button A B X8DA3 i Rev 1 3 Power Button Power On Off Settings PWR_Off Setting in the BIOS PWR ...

Page 36: ...n the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification For the 8 pin PWR JPW1 JPW2 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connectors at JPW1 JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin D...

Page 37: ...There are ten USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Back Panel USB Ports 0 1 2 3 are located at JUSB1 The other six are Front Panel Accessible USB headers USB 4 5 JUSB 2 USB 6 7 JUSB 3 USB 8 J24 and USB 9 J23 provide front panel USB access See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach...

Page 38: ...ssis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 and two CPU fans Fan7 Fan8 on the motherboard All these 4 pin fans headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans However fan speed control is available for 4 pin fans only The fan speeds are controlled by a Hardware Monitoring setting in the BIOS The Default setting is Disabled See the table on the right for pin definitions Fan Header Pin Defi...

Page 39: ...DIMM3B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on the back panel See the table on the right for pin defi nitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin d...

Page 40: ...MM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and a cable to use this feature See the table on the right for pin definitions Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5...

Page 41: ... Intel 5520 P2 DIMM3B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are located on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables A B A GLAN1 2 B T SGPIO 1 C T SGPIO 2 GLAN1 GLAN2 C T SGPIO Headers Two SGPIO Serial Link Gene...

Page 42: ...AS 4 7 CPU1 82573V 82573L Intel ICH10R South Bridge SAS CTRL 1068E LAN2 Intel 5520 P2 DIMM3B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 A B A PWR SMB B SMB SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J5 Connect the appropriate cable here to use the SMB I2 C con nection on your sys...

Page 43: ...r Only one CD header can be used at a time See the tables at right for pin definitions JWOL1 JC2 JSM1 JSM2 J5 JPS1 JPI1 JI2C2 JI2C1 JPL2 1 JI2C3 JI2C4 JPL1 JF1 LE1 LES1 LES2 JPI2C JD1 SP1 JL1 JPS2 KB Mouse JPW3 JPW1 JPW2 Fan8 CPU1 Fan Fan6 Fan5 Fan2 Fan4 Fan3 Fan7 CPU2 Fan1 Slot5 PCI 33MH Slot4 PCI 33MH Slot3 PCI E X16 P2 DIMM3A USB0 1 COM1 LAN1 AUDIO CPU2 JBT1 Slot2 PCI E X4 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SAT...

Page 44: ... Button I SATA3 I SATA2 JOH1 X8DA3 i Battery SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 CPU1 82573V 82573L Intel ICH10R South Bridge SAS CTRL 1068E LAN2 Intel 5520 P2 DIMM3B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 A B A CNF1 B CNF2 CNF1 CNF2 Connection CNF1 CNF2 provide the IEEE 1394a connections on the mothe...

Page 45: ...MM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers cre ate 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 mot...

Page 46: ... 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 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 system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down th...

Page 47: ... P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 A A JI2 C1 B JI2 C2 C JI2 C3 D JI2 C4 B I2 C Bus to PCI Exp Slots Jumpers JI2 C1 and JI2 C2 allow you to connect the System Management Bus I2 C to PCI Express slots The default setting is Open to disable the connec tion See the table on the r...

Page 48: ...1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 A A SAS Enable B SAS RAID Config Select B SAS Enable Disable Jumper JPS1 allows you to enable or disable the onboard SAS connections The default setting is Pins 1 2 to enable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings SAS Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 SAS Enable...

Page 49: ...Slot6 PCI E x16 SPI BIOS I Button I SATA3 I SATA2 JOH1 X8DA3 i Battery SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 CPU1 82573V 82573L Intel ICH10R South Bridge SAS CTRL 1068E LAN2 Intel 5520 P2 DIMM3B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 A A CNF1 2 Enable CNF1 CNF2 Enable Jumper JPI1 allows you to enable or...

Page 50: ...orts on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 8 Onboard Indicators A B A GLAN Port LEDs B Onboard Power LED Activity LED GLAN Link Indicator LED Settings LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 10...

Page 51: ...ront Panel Control on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 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 ...

Page 52: ... DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 Serial Attached SCSI SAS Ports For X8DA3 only In addition to SATA connections an LSI 1068E SAS Controller and eight SAS connectors are located on the X8DA3 To configure LSI SAS RAID settings please refer to the LSI SAS RAID User Guide posted on our Web site http www supermicro com support manuals See the layout be...

Page 53: ...3 SAS 4 7 CPU1 82573V 82573L Intel ICH10R South Bridge SAS CTRL 1068E LAN2 Intel 5520 P2 DIMM3B P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM2B P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B IOH 36D S I O T SGPIO1 1394 CTRL JFDD1 Rev 1 3 CNF1 CNF2 SIMLC IPMI Slot The SIMLC IPMI Supermicro Intel ligent Management slot is located at Slot 0 on the motherboard This slot supports the SMC SIMLC IPM...

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Page 55: ...rboard and 1 chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for 2 the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 3 Install CPU 1 first making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis 4 speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure that no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 1 Make sure tha...

Page 56: ...3 vendor for repairs Memory Errors When a No_Memory_Beep_Code is issued by the system check the following Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 1 Check if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed It is strongly recom 2 mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR3 Registered ECC 1333 3 MHz 1066 MHz 800 ...

Page 57: ...g information when 3 contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number...

Page 58: ...nnot be removed Send your motherboard back to Supermicro for repair Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS security and audio drivers 3...

Page 59: ...annot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these t...

Page 60: ...he Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or Sys tem Date using the arrow keys Key in new values through the keyboard and press Enter Press the Tab key to move betwee...

Page 61: ... your system CPU Type This item displays the type of CPU used in the motherboard Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU detected by the BIOS Physical Count This item displays the number of processors installed in your system as detected by the BIOS Logical Count This item displays the number of CPU Cores installed in your system as detected by the BIOS Micro_code Revision This item displays...

Page 62: ...em BIOS The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current Bootup Num Lock This feature selects the Power on state for Numlock key The options are Off and On Wait For F1 If Error This forces the system to wait until the F1 key is pressed if an error occurs The options are Disabled and Enabled Hit Del Message Display This feature displays Press DEL to run Setup during POST The options are Enabled and Disa...

Page 63: ...er presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are Instant_Off and 4_Second_Override Restore on AC Power Loss Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before...

Page 64: ...tions are Modern Ordering and Legacy Ordering Max CPUID Value Limit This feature allows the user to set the maximum CPU ID value Enable this function to boot the legacy operating systems that cannot support processors with extended CPUID functions The options are Enabled and Disabled for the Windows OS Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the fe...

Page 65: ...nce The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel C STATE Tech If enabled C State is set by the system automatically to either C2 C3 or C4 state The options are Enabled and Disabled C State package limit setting If set to Auto the AMI BIOS will automatically set the limit on the C State package register The options are Auto C1 C3 C6 and C7 C1 Auto Demotion When enabled the CPU will conditionally demo...

Page 66: ...rboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy Lockstep The motherboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel Sparing A preset threshold of correctable errors is used to trigger fail over The spare memory is put online and used as active memory in place of the failed memory Demand Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme where the Proc...

Page 67: ...les Each step is one mm sec The default is 1500 Altitude This feature defines how many meters above or below sea level the system is located The options are Sea Level or Below 1 300 301 600 601 900 901 1200 1201 1500 1501 1800 1801 2100 2101 2400 2401 2700 2701 3000 DIMM Pitch This is the physical space between each DIMM module Each step is in 1 1000 of an inch The default is 400 North Bridge Conf...

Page 68: ...O VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled SouthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure Intel ICH South Bridge set...

Page 69: ...compatibility mode while se lecting Enhanced sets SATA 1 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled Compatible and Enhanced Configure SATA 1 as This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA 1 The options are IDE RAID and AHCI SATA 2 Configuration Selecting Enhanced will set SATA 2 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled and Enhanced Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Ma...

Page 70: ...ble I O Mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 3 3...

Page 71: ...ransfer rate of 66 6 MBs Select UDMA4 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs Select UDMA5 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 5 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs Select UDMA6 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 6 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs The options are Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn and UDMAn S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring A...

Page 72: ...lot 1 Option ROM Slot 6 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable Slot 1 Option ROM Slot 6 Option ROM which will allow you to boot the computer from a PCI device installed on a PCI slot The options are Disabled and Enabled LAN1 PXE i82573V LAN2 PXE i82573L PXE Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 LAN2 PXE Option ROMs This is to boot computers using a network interface The options are Ena...

Page 73: ...standard for remote control de vices ASK IR Amplitude Shifted Keying Infrared is a protocol compatible with Sharp branded PDAs and other infrared devices Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This allows the user to enable the Remote Access feature The options are Dis abled and Enabled If Remote Access is set to Enabled the following items will display Serial Port Number This feature allows th...

Page 74: ...verheat Alarm setting which de termines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning 1 Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold temperature pre defined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cooling fans will run at full speed 2 To avo...

Page 75: ...ssor Low Medium and High This makes it easier for the user to understand the CPU s temperature status rather than by just simply seeing a temperature reading i e 25o C The CPU Temperature feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard f...

Page 76: ...tem is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disabled Full Speed 12V to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are Disabled full speed 4 pin Server 4 pin Workstation and 4 pin Super Quiet Fan1 Fan 8 Reading This feature displays the fan speed readings from fan interfaces Fan1 thro...

Page 77: ...lect Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the de pendency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc tion embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254...

Page 78: ...ion of current IPMI platform View BMC System Event Log This feature displays the BMC System Event Log SEL To view an event select an Entry Number and pressing Enter SEL Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Event Timestamp Generator ID Event Message Format User Event Sensor Type Event Sensor Number Event Dir Type Event Data Clear BMC System Event Log Clear BMC System Log Select OK and press t...

Page 79: ... a pool of IP addresses and network information on a request and grant basis Upon time out or lease expiration the IP address assigned to the client can be reassigned to a new client Select Static Static Allocation to allow the host server to allocate an IP address based on a table containing MAC Address IP Address pairs that are manually entered probably by a network administrator Only clients wi...

Page 80: ... Masks configuration Subnet Mask This item displays the current subnet mask setting for your IPMI connection Current Subnet Mask in BMC This item displays the current subnet mask setting for your IPMI connection Gateway Address Configuration Enter the gateway address for this machine This should be in decimal and in dotted quad form i e 192 168 10 253 The value of each three digit number separated...

Page 81: ...ser password has been entered for the system Not In stalled means that a user password has not been used Change Supervisor Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then enter a new Supervisor Password User Access Level Available when Supervisor Password is set as above Use this feature to set the user s access level The options are Full Access grants full User read an...

Page 82: ... allows you to check a password after it has been entered The options are Setup and Always Boot Sector Virus Protection When Enabled the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus is sues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 Boot Configuration Use this feature to configure boot settings BIOS SETUP U...

Page 83: ...allows the user to specify the boot sequence from all available hard disk drives The settings are Disabled and a list of all hard disk drives that have been detected i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive etc Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Removable Drives The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device and Disabled 1st Drive 2nd Drive USB XXX...

Page 84: ...can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to the A...

Page 85: ...te the bootup process Notes BIOS Recovery described below is used when the main BIOS block crashes However when the BIOS Boot sector crashes you will need to send the motherboard back to Supermicro for RMA repairs 4 7 1 Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB device without additional utilities needed A user can download the BIOS imag...

Page 86: ...lash for Boot Sector Recovery you will need to meet the following requirements The Target system the system that needs BIOS updates must have a serial port and Serial Flash support embedded in the BIOS image file The Host system should also have a serial port and a terminal program that supports XModem Transfer protocol Hyper Terminal for the Windows operating systems and minicom for Linux FreeSBD...

Page 87: ...ashing is starting and the new BIOS file is being uploaded 7 To use Hyper Terminal to transfer the XModem protocol by using the Send File dialog under the Transfer menu follow the instructions below to com plete XModem transfers a Select the Transfer menu and enter Send 4 Power on your system and click the Connect button in the Hyper Terminal The terminal screen will display the following messages...

Page 88: ...inal communications program that supports VT 100 and XModem protocols including protocols designed for GNU LINUX BSD operating systems such as minicom It is recommended that the terminal program be configured to use the CR LF style of line termination d Once the ROM file extraction is completed the message New BIOS re ceived OK will display ...

Page 89: ...ll not allow the system to continue the boot up pro cedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs A 1 BIOS Error Beep Codes BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short beeps 1 long beep Memory error No memory detected in the system 8 beeps Display memory read write...

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Page 91: ...om CD Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a 2 third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows XP Windows 2003 Setup screen appears press S to 3 specify additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 Driver for ICH10R into 4 Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ICH10R 5 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP...

Page 92: ...he Windows OS Setup screen will display 2 From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup 3 will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically 4 reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD 5 Drive during system boot and the ma...

Page 93: ...Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click on a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each 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 2 When making a sto...

Page 94: ...II 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 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 Doc tor III adopts the temperature threshold sett...

Page 95: ...ote 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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Page 97: ... 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 ...