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SBA-7141M-T Blade Module BIOS Setup Manual

1. CPU Nope 1 CPU NoDE 2 and CPU NODE 3 guration Set the Memory Clock Mode Options are Auto LIMIT and MANUAL Set the DRAM Timing Mode Options are Auto DCTO DCT1 and BOTH SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual SouthBridge MCP55 Configuration The menu options in the SOUTHBRIDGE MCP55 CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 8 Table 8 SouthBridge MCP55 Configuration submenu USB 1 1 Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Devices Enabled Legacy USB Support USB 2 0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand Off USB Mass Storage Reset Delay gt Emulation Type Device 1 Emulation Type Device 2 Emulation Type Menu Option Description CPU LDT Spread Enables spread spectrum for the CPU LDT Options are Center Spread DOWN Spectrum SPREAD or DISABLED a Spree Allows you to Enable or DISABLE spread spectrum for PCI Express pectrum San Spread Enables spread spectrum for the SATA Options are Enabled and DISABLED pectrum Primary Graphics Options are PCI Express gt PCI and PCI 1 PCI EXPRESS Adapter Enable or DISABLE the USB 1 1 controller Enable or DISABLE the USB 2 0 controller This menu option is greyed out and cannot be configured by the user Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy Disable Legacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system AuTO disables Legacy support if no USB devices are connected The options are DISABLED Enabled a
2. I2C switch This setting allows the user to select the MPS revision level The options are 1 1 and 1 4 This setting allows SMI wrapper support for PnP function 50h 54h The options are Enabled and DISABLED CPU Configuration The menu options in the CPU CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 2 Table 2 CPU Configuration submenu Microcode Update Secure Virtual Machine Mode Power Now Thermal Throttling Power Now ACPI SRAT Table Thermal Throttling Menu Option Description oe Error This setting is used to Enable or Disable GART error processing eporting This setting is used to Enable or DISABLE microcode updates for Virtual Machine This setting is used to Enable or DISABLE processor assisted virtualization This setting is used to ENABLE or Disable the AMD Power Now feature This setting is used to ENABLE or Disable Thermal Throttling This setting is used to ENABLE or Disable the generation of ACPI __PCC PSS and _PCT objects Enable or Disable the building of an ACPI SRAT Table This setting is used to ENABLE or Disable Thermal Throttling SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual SATA Configuration The menu options in the FLopPyY IDE SATA ConfiguraTION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 3 Table 3 SATA Configuration submenu Menu Option Description Serial ATA 0 Primary Channel Hard Disk Write Protect While en
3. 1st Hard Drive This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from the available drives Specifies the boot sequence for the 1st Removable Drive The options are USB PeppCMM Virtual Disc 1 and DISABLED Specifies the boot sequence for the 1st Removable Drive The options are USB PeppCMM Virtual Disc 2 and DISABLED 6 Security Menu The menu options for the SECURITY menu are shown in Table 14 The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set first Menu Option Table 14 Security Menu Description Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Select this option and press lt ENTER gt to access the sub menu and then type in the password Select this option and press lt ENTER gt to access the sub menu and then type in the password This option is near the bottom of the SECURITY SETUP screen The options are ENABLED and Disabled Select DISABLED to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select ENABLED to enable boot sector protection When ENABLED the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive 11 SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual 7 Exit Menu Select the Exit tab from AMI BIOS SETUP UTILITY screen to enter the EXIT BIOS SETUP screen The options for th
4. ABLED and Disabled This feature specifies the availability of an IRQ to be used by a PCI PnP device Select RESERVED for the IRQ to be used by a Legacy ISA device The options are Available and RESERVED Select Available to indicate that a specific DMA channel is available to be used by a PCI PnP device Select RESERVED if the DMA channel specified is reserved for a Legacy ISA device The options are Available and Reserved You may set reserved memory with this setting The options are Disabled 16k 32k and 64k SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual Super IO Configuration The menu options in the SUPER IO CONFIGURATION Submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 5 Table 5 Super lO Configuration submenu Menu Option Description Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address Serial Port 2 Mode This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 1 The options are DISABLED 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Select DISABLED to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to DISABLED the serial port physically becomes unavailable e Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 The options are DISABLED 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Select DISABLED to preven
5. N MENU by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen with the arrow keys The MAIN MENU screen provides you with a system overview which includes the version built date and ID of the AMIBIOS the type speed and number of the processors in the system and the amount of memory installed in the system System Time System Date You can edit the SYSTEM TIME SYSTEM DATE field to change the system time and date Highlight SYSTEM TIME or SYSTEM DATE using the lt ARROW gt keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the lt TAB gt key or the lt ARROW gt keys to move between fields The date must be entered in DAY MM DD YYYY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Please note that time is in a 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 4 Advanced Settings Menu Choose Advanced from the BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt ENTER gt Below is a list of all submenus in the ADVANCED SETTINGS menu e BOOT Settings Configuration e CPU Configuration PCI PnP Configuration Super lO Configuration e Chipset Configuration NorthBridge Configuration SouthBridge MCP55 Configuration Event Log Configuration e PCI Express Configuration Remote Access Configuration e System Health Monitor SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual BOOT Settings Configuration
6. Revison 1 0 Release Date March 31 2008 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America SBA 7141M T Bios Setup Manual 1 Introduction This document describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the SBA 7141M T AMD Blade Module The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program See Chapter 9 of the AMD SuperBlade User s Manual MNL 0975 for further details 2 Running Setup F NOTE Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the MAIN BIOS SETUP screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options When you first power on the computer the BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt DELETE gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message Press the lt Delete gt
7. SUPERMICR SBA 7141M T Blade Module BIOS Setup Manual Revison 1 0 SBA 7141M T Blade Module BIOS Setup Manual The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO 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 gove
8. The menu options in the BOOT SETTINGS CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 1 Table 1 BOOT Settings Configuration Submenu Menu Option Description Quick Boot If ENABLED this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and DISABLED Quiet Boot If Disabled normal POST messages will be displayed on boot up If ENABLED Add On ROM Display Mode Bootup Num Lock Wait for F1 If Error Hit DEL Message Display Interrupt 19 Capture OS Installation gt ACPI Configuration ACPI Version Features ACPI APIC Support ACPI OEMB Table Headless Mode MCP55 ACPI HPET Table gt Power Configuration Power Button Mode Restore on AC Power Loss this display the OEM logo instead of POST messages Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The options are Force BIOS and KEEP CURRENT The default setting is Force BIOS Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select KEEP CURRENT to allow the computer system to display the BIOS information during system boot Set this value to allow the NUMBER LOCK setting to be modified during boot up The options are On and OFF Select Enable to activate the WAIT FoR F1 IF ERROR function The options are Enabled and DISABLED Select Enabled to display message to hit
9. agement Used to ENABLE or Disable the PCI LO and L1 link power states SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual Remote Access Configuration The menu options in the REMOTE ACCESS CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 11 Table 11 Remote Access Configuration submenu Menu Option Description Remote Access Serial Port Number Serial Port Mode Flow Control Redirection After BIOS POST Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Sredir Memory Display Delay Allows you to ENABLE or Disable remote access If enabled the settings below will appear Selects the serial port to use for console redirection Options are COM1 and COMZ Selects the serial port settings to use Options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 N 1 38400 8 N 1 19200 8 N 1 AND 09600 8 N 1 Selects the flow control to be used for console redirection Options are None HARDWARE and SOFTWARE Options are DISABLE no redirection after BIOS POST BOOT LOADER redirection during POST and during boot loader and Always redirection always active Note that some OS s may not work with this set to Always Selects the type of the target terminal ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Allows you to Enable or DISABLE VT UTF8 combination key support for ANSI VT100 terminals Use this setting to set the delay in seconds to display memory information Options are No Delay 1 SEC 2 SECS and 4 SECS System He
10. alth Monitor The SYSTEM HEALTH MONITOR submenu s menu option is shown in Table 12 Table 12 System Health Monitor submenu Menu Option CPU Overheat Temperature Description Use the and keys to set the CPU temperature threshold to between 65 and 90 C When this threshold is exceeded the overheat LED on the chassis will light up and an alarm will sound The LED and alarm will turn off once the CPU temperature has dropped to 5 degrees below the threshold set The default setting is 72o C Other items in the submenu are systems monitor displays for the following information CPU1 TEMPERATURE CPU2 TEMPERATURE CPU3 TEMPERATURE CPU4 TEMPERATURE for 4U systems SYSTEM TEMPERATURE CPU1 VcorRE CPU2 VcoRE CPU3 VCORE CPU4 VCORE for 4U systems 3 3V Vcc 5VIN 12VIN 5V STANDBY and BATTERY VOLTAGE 10 SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual 5 Boot Menu The menu options for the BOOT menu are shown in Table 13 Table 13 Boot menu Menu Option Description gt Boot Device Priority gt Hard Disk Drives 1st Drive gt CD DVD Drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive This feature allows the user to prioritize the boot sequence from the available devices The devices to set are e 1ST Boot DEVICE 2ND BooT DEVICE 3RD BooT DEVICE 4TH BooT DEVICE This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available hard disk drives Specifies the boot sequence for the
11. e Ex T menu are shown in Table 15 You may also additionally press lt Esc gt to exit without saving or lt F10 gt to save your settings and exit Table 15 Exit Menu Menu Option Description Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT from the EXIT menu and press lt ENTER gt Select this option to quit 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 lt ENTER gt Select this option and press lt ENTER gt to discard all the changes and return to AMI BIOS Utility Program To set this feature select LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS from the EXIT menu and press lt ENTER gt Then Select OK to allow BIOS to automatically load the OPTIMAL DEFAULTS as the BIOS Settings The OPTIMAL SETTINGS are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications To set this feature select LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS from the EXIT menu and press lt ENTER gt The FAIL SAFE settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance 12
12. e when this function is supported by the processor The options are Auto and Disabled Use this setting to enable unused clocks to all DIMMs even if some DIMM slots are unpopulated Options are ENABLED and Disabled Use this setting to ENABLE or Disable memory clock tristate during C3 and ALT VID When ENABLED this feature enables hardware memory remapping around the memory hole Options are Enabled and DISABLED Use this setting to ENABLE or Disable the CS Sparing function This allows selection of unganged DRAM mode 64 bit width Options are Auto Ganged Mode and ALways unganged mode DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically Options are Enabled and DISABLED 4 Bit ECC Mode Allows you to enable 4 bit ECC mode also known as ECC Chipkill Options are ENABLED and Disabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Allows the system to correct DRAM ECC errors immediately even with background scrubbing on Options are ENABLED and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later reads are correct Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds Enable or DISABLE DDR power down mode Set DDR power down mode to Channel or CHIP SELECT Specifies and alternate VID while in low power states Options are Auto and various voltages between 8V and 1 115V Allows the user to select which CPU Node s timing parameters memory clock etc to display Options are CPU Node 0
13. key to enter Setup appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST press the lt DELETE gt key to activate the MAIN SETUP menu 3 Main BIOS Setup Menu The MAIN MENU screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured 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 P NOTE The BIOS has default text messages built in SuperMicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages Settings printed in Bold are the default values Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys to change the options for each setting SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual Items that use sub menus are indicated with the J gt icon With the item highlighted press the lt ENTER gt key to access the submenu The BIOS setup utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of these hot keys lt F1 gt lt F10 gt lt ENTER gt lt ESC gt lt ARROW gt keys and so on can be used at any time during the setup navigation process Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS SETUP menu When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup utility you will see the MAIN MENU screen You can always return to the MAI
14. nd AUTO Select the controller mode for your USB ports Options are HiSpeed and FULLSPEED HiSpeed 480 Mbps FullSpeed 12 Mbps Enable or DISABLE a workaround for OS s without EHCI hand off support gt USB Mass Storage Device Configuration This sets the number or seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after the START unit command Options are 10 SEC 20 sec 30 SEC AND 40 SEC Options are Auto FLOPPY FORCED FDD HARD Disk and CDRON If Auto then USB devices less than 530 MB will be emulated as floppy and remaining as hard drive Forced FDD option can be used to force HDD formatted drive to boot as an FDD example ZIP Drive SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual Event Log Configuration The menu options in the EVENT LOG CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 9 Table 9 Event Log Configuration submenu Menu Option Description View Event Log Mark All Events as Read Clear Event Log Highlight this item and press lt ENTER gt to view the contents of the event log Highlight this item and press lt ENTER gt to mark all events as read Select Yes and press lt ENTER gt to clear all event logs The options are YES and No to verify PCI Express Configuration The PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION submenu contains a single menu option as shown in Table 10 Table 10 PCI Express Configuration submenu Menu Option Description Active State Power Man
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16. t the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to DISABLED the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 2F8 IRQ3 to allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address This tells the BIOS which mode to select for serial port 2 The options are Normal IRDA and ASKIR Chipset Configuration The CHIPSET CONFIGURATION submenu contains two submenus as shown in Table 6 Table 6 Chipset Configuration submenu Menu Option Description gt NorthBridge Configuration gt SouthBridge MCP55 Configuration This menu option configures the NorthBridge Chip See Table 7 for details This menu option configures the SouthBridge MCP55 Chip See Table 8 for details SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual NorthBridge Configuration The menu options in the NORTHBRIDGE CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 7 Table 7 NorthBridge Configuration submenu Menu Option Description gt Memory Configuration Bank Interleaving Enable Clock to All DIMMs Mem Clk Tristate C3 ALTVID Memory Hole Remapping CS Sparing Enable DCT Unganged Mode gt ECC Configuration ECC Mode Power Down Enable Power Down Mode Alternate VID Memory Timing Parameters gt DRAM Timing Confi Memory Clock Mode DRAM Timing Mode Select Auto to automatically enable interleaving memory schem
17. tering BIOS it auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Disable Enable device write protection This will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS PCI PnP Configuration The menu options in the PCI PNP CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 4 Table 4 PCI PnP Configuration submenu Menu Option Description Clear NVRAM Select YES to clear NVRAM during boot up The options are YES and No Select YEs to allow the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices Plug amp Play OS NOTE Selecting YES is not required for system boot if your system has an OS PCI Latency Timer Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Palette Snooping IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 DMA Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 3 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Reserved Memory Size that supports Plug amp Play Select No to allow AMIBIOS to configure all devices in the system This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus Select a value to set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles Options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 Set this value to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address The options are Yes and No Select ENABLED to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system in order for the graphics card to function properly The options are EN
18. the DEL key to enter SETUP The options are Enabled and DISABLED Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and DISABLED Change this setting if using a 64 bit Linux operating system The available options are Other and LINUX Use this setting the determine which ACPI version to use Options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 Determines whether to include the ACPI APIC table pointer in the RSDT pointer list The available options are Enabled and DISABLED Determines whether to include the ACPI APIC table pointer in the RSDT pointer list The available options are Enabled and DISABLED Use this setting to ENABLE or Disable headless operation mode through ACPI Use this setting to either Enable or DISABLE the MCP55 ACPI HPET table Allows the user to change the function of the power button Options are On Off and SUSPEND This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are POWER OFF POWER ON and Last State SBA 7141M T BIOS Setup Manual Table 1 BOOT Settings Configuration Submenu Continued Menu Option Description Watch Dog Timer 12C Switch gt MPS Configuration MPS Revision Smbios Smi Support gt Smbios Configuration This setting is used to ENABLE or Disable the WATCH DOG TIMER function It must be used in conjunction with the WATCH DOG jumper Auto or DISABLE the

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