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1. VRM K PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 VRM 1666 1333 1067 1666 1333 1067 e E 5 2 2 2 pe MCH Li Li 1 J6 J5 80 ame FBD CHNLQ 0 U 0 APCIEXPx8N PORT Q DON 6 LFBD CHNL1 z z o 99 5 F 5 z z amp PORT Seaburg 2 J B o m m FBDCHNL3 T m u J8 a amp PCI E PORT uH 222 3 4 BS PORT PORTO PCEEXA Ge LAN CH 645 n ve 29 VN R45 kK O a D jg PgRTESI LATA 100 X jPCLEXPx4 PORT r IDE CONN els o 2 9116 N x PCI EXPx8 T elles BPR a 2 2 ES 3 0 lt x 3 0 51 5 J JPCLX1331 H vea HN VGA 2 33 2 Mol CONN WW 292000 USB 2 0 9 H DDR2 LPC SI W83627 FWH TPM HF MS a COM1 z KB 2 Figure 1 3 Block Diagram of the 5400 Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5400 chipset the X7DWN motherboard provides the p
2. SUPER X7DWN SPL Be DIMM 4D o CPU FANI 24 Pin PWR kus o 20 i DIMM 4C EANT o o o ag DIMM 4B 5 24 8 DIMM 4A o E ar ge As ca DIMM 3D o B 6 SMBUS_PS 40 DIMM 3C 2006 x 2 lt 5 acs DIMM 3B DIMM o dB DIMM 2D a i DIMM 2C at BE DIMM 2B cg DIMM 2A p E FAN 53 B DIMM 1A HL zB DIMM 1B CPUFAN2 5 DIMM 1C x 5 DIMM 1D TIDEZ JiDE1 ri Js KN ul CMOS Clearj _ sial i ia NOSE lY Battery J TRIO 5 07 um MES om ew 22 gt amp 9 8 Bo S B om u B E B B 51010 PC U Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 m indicates the location of Pin 1 4 SEPC Supermicro Enhanced Power Connector is specially designed to support the Supermicro 2U Riser Card only 5 For the system to function properly make sure to unplug the power cables before removing or installing components 6 JIDE2 is for Compact Card Use only For Compact Card to work properly please enable JCF1 by putting a jumper on it and connect JWF1 to a power supply conn
3. 2 28 2 7 Onboard Indicators sarcosine aaa ban Wan n c n nosse sia Mak ab d n b W Web u VA d r 2 29 GLANCED S 2 29 Onboard Power LED 2 29 2 8 Floppy SIMSO Serial and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 30 r rr 2 30 Serial E 2 31 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual SIMS OPM Slot a ecc ee a a Ke caret KEN Cost keke LEE 2 31 RE PE D PR MI ar DRUMS 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power O lk c 3 1 NO POW ipe 3 1 NO VIJO c 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 Memory EOFS i 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures AE EEE 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 04444848000 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 421 JntrodUCtlOnis seine oreet ci Reds 4 1 4 2 Running Setup ane n d ka nk kulek n k Rika ka kane DER BERE ERR naa hala RARE ER RENE 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Set p iicet tete baday eee We dan k qa k n ka w n k b n kaka 4 2 4 4 Advanced S
4. DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C DIMM 1D UPER X7DWN Floppy South Bridge sid PRR TOSH WOR od 5829 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 short Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled A GLAN Ports1 2 Enable Chapter 2 Installation 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 clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog JWD is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an application hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS DIMM 4D DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A BAN DIMM 3D DIMM 3C 5 DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A SUPER X7DWN Ti O jo DIMM 1
5. FP Ctrl Panel FAN2ac s I LE FANB ao E CPUFAN2 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened 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 this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature DIMM 4D o ue ae o DIMM 4C Far e 1 DIMM 48 DIMM 4A dol DIMM 3D wp B n SMBUS PS DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A r le DIMM 1A rude DIMM 1B E CPUFANZ DIMM 1C DIMM 1D SUPER X7DWN E Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground Wake up A WOR B WOL Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are located at JLAN1 and 2 on the I O backplane These po
6. 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted 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 lt Enter gt The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 6 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 6 5138081385 SRIR Port 1 HDC HD74BGD BBFLR1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 SATA Port 48 5738001385 3 85 1 5 Gb s Capacity 74 5 GBytes WARNING This drive is about to be formatted All data on the disk vill be erased Format Disk D 17 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual To verify disk media fidaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 0 5138081385 3 85 1 5 Gb
7. Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnnis a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the table to display all installed 120 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 disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it
8. 2 84GB 2 84GB Figure 2 1 Installing and Removing DIMMs SUFERSPX7DWN DIMMA PBDE Release Note Notch Tab should align with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Release Tab L 2 7 Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Il Release Tab SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 1 00 DO Figure 2 2 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 for details 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are de signed specifically for u
9. CPUFAN2 amp Compact Flash IDE 1 Floppy Jumper Setting Definition Enabled Disabled Default SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Compact Flash Master Slave Select Compact Flash Card Master Slave Select A Compact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Selection Jumperis located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable Jumper Definition Open Slave Secondary Closed Master Primary Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to first connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 Refer to the board layout below for the location DIMM 4D DIMM 4C gt o oll elle DIMM 4B DIMM 4A BANKA DIMM 3D bun Fal Detect DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A Intel 5400 North Bridg LU _ SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C DIMM 1D spouts Usb 28 A Compact Flash Master Slave Select B Memory Select Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at
10. Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl A for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functional ity and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O performance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximiz ing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DWN offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID 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
11. 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt 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 information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are dis played here amine Toate tray FH LMA A AA uH Cdl ste Hoiapare Dont i nire Be ives Erro Iun Tal H z ZEE Hrite Eralil ac OPT LAWL XEN SLEIN EH BlH BIELE HDE HIT4HZD EHELRI 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a 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 and R to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 14 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
12. 3B 3C 4A 4B 4C 16 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 3D 4A 4B 4C 4D Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz 667MHz 800MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed For optimal memory performance please install pairs of memory modules in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduc tion in memory availability is disproportional See the Memory Availability Table below Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS Local APIC Area Reserved for the chipset APIC 4 Kbytes PCI Enumeration Area 1 PCI Express 256 MB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory TSEG Memory available for the OS amp other applications Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory 3 99GB 3 99GB 3 99GB 3 76GB 3 51GB 3 99GB 3 01GB 2 85GB
13. Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation AN When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you 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 directional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel Xeon LGA 771 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 5 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 6 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU Socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to ope
14. Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt 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 array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears SATA Port 0 5138901385 3 05 1 SATA Port 1 HDC HD 748GD BBFLAl 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD748CD BFLA2 31 88F31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC HD 48GD BBFLR1 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 5 HDC HD 748GD BBFLA2 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed
15. 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 or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The fol lowing measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e 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 correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion
16. Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual axay iii Manual keka a k y Aya k walk k kk bak K k AB kai iii Conventions Used in the Manual E EEE iii Chapter 1 Introduction Wed m 1 1 CHeCKIISE coc a sc 1 1 Contacting SUperrmicro W nuka 1 2 SUPER X7DWN Image Eu eese nnns 1 3 SUPER X7DWN Layout erreur tnmen tse Eid kK KA 1 4 QUICK Referenc UE 1 5 Motherboard 1 6 Intel 5400 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset Overview seisis kann i nian ran baka nan dak a zina waad ad ta a z d br a K k ka n z ka k 1 9 1 3 Special Features 1 emen kk kK kK KK KK kK kK En 1 10 1 4 Health MOnltOriDQI y i Aciskn aah nakl lana kak karak na kaka 1 10 1 5 ACPI pn EET 1 11 16 Power Supply E ER 1 12 1e7 Super Orne 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive DEVICES iier ea iieiaei akaa 2 1 Precaution ep 2 1 UNPACKING cm 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 9 Installing DIMMS rete eee
17. Pin Definition 9 11 10 12 Vcc Ground A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc Q LED Vcc Que LED Vcc 2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR Power Button SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED Cable to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions F DIMM 4D a DIMM 4G z T DIMM 48 x IH DIMM 4A 3 e 2 e FANE BANI DIMM 3D DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM DIMM 2D LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc A OH Fan Fail LED j CPU1 DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A DIMM 18 EH Cu DIMM 1C S DIMM 1D B J en CTRL lear B ccs cea m lez E T Ine ESB 2 South Bridge acre e od Lj uH cPU2 DIMM 1A 3 ma B PWR Supply Fail Groun NMI X
18. c When the Windows 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive 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 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After the Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System C 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based
19. 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 A warning mes sage displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 4 Creating a RAID 1 Volume Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Vo lund RAID1 Hinor Select Disks NA 8 8B CGB Create Vo lune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity
20. 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A Intel 5400 w __ SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A DIMM 1B b DIMM 1C g DIMM 1D J cow T L358 CMOS Clear moest 0 o B SGPIO Header 1 C SGPIO Header 2 FP Ctrl Panel FAN mc o ELE ES I FANS 03 FANB CPUFAN2 2 23 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings J mper Jumpers create shorts between two Cap pins to change the function of the GER connector Pin 1 is identified with a iue square solder pad onthe printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the mother board See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled DIMM 4D 9 CPUFANI MPRPR APPIR d ak i DIMM 4B DIMM 4A J yr DIMM 3D MEL A s n SMBUS PS DIMM 3C 5 g DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A
21. BIOS interface controller Additionally the ESB 2 chip also contains a PCI interface controller Azalia 97 digital controller integrated LAN controller an ASF control ler and ESI for communication with the The Intel ESB2 offers the data buffering and interface arbitration capabilities required for a high end system to constantly operate efficiently and maintain peak performance Compliant with the ACPI platform the ESB2 supports the Full On Stop Grant Suspend to RAM Suspend to Disk and Soft Off power management states Combined with the functionality offered by the onboard LAN controller the ESB2 also supports alert systems for remote management With the 5400 chipset built in the X7DWN offers a superb solution for intense computing and complex I O environments and is ideal for high end server sys tems 1 9 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DWN All have an onboard System Hardware
22. Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system DIMM 4D DIMM 4 DIMM 48 DIMM 4A BANKA a Buzzer JAR ADS FAN focos StU WR Fal Delet 254 SMBUS PS DIMM 3D BE DIMM 3C j DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A 2 2 22 222 DIMM 1B 9 CPUFAN2 DIMM 1C 9 DIMM 1D DIMM 1A __SUPER X7DWN T 21 USB 2 3 2 21 Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data Ground Clock 2 3 4 No Connection A OH Fan Fail LED B SMB SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Power SMB 1 C Connector Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors power supply fan and sys tem temperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions VGA Connector A VGA connector is located at J15 on the backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location PWR SMB Pin Definitions DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A DIMM 3D DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A Intel 5400 North Bridge DIMM 1A z DIMM 1B DIMM 1C
23. DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select Enable to enable the function of memory sparing for Memory Bus Branch 0 or Branch 1 The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Branch 1 Rank Interleaving Select enable to enable Interleaved Memory for Memory Bus Branch 0 Rank or Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Demand Scrub Scrubbing is a process that allows the North Bridge to correct correctable memory errors found on an FBD memory module When the CPU or I O issues a demand read command and the read data from memory turns out to be a correctable ECC it is corrected and sent to the original source Memory is updated as well Select Enabled to use Demand Scrubbing for ECC memory correction The options are Enabled and Disabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered
24. Doctor program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor 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 interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD 111 settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information Super Doctor E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III alius a user to the OS to reboot ec shut down within a specdied time the is 30 seconds Before the c
25. GLAN1 connection or the GLAN 2 connection The options are Enabled and Disabled IPMI 3rd LAN OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the IPMI 3rd LAN connection The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard Storage OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the onboard storage device The options are Disabled and Enabled Default Primary Video Adapter This feature allows the user to specify which video adapter to be used as the default primary video adapter the onboard video adapter or others The options are Other and Onboard Video PCI Fast Delayed Transaction Enable this function to improve the DMA data transfer rate for a PCI 32 bit multimedia card The options are Enable and Disabled 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 1 PCI X 2 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 133 MHz SlotO PCI U x8 Slot1 PCI X 133 MHz Slot2 PCI X 133MHz Slot3 PCI Exp x8 Slot4 PCI Exp x4 Slot5 PCI Exp x8 and Slot6 PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device ex
26. Header JK1 USB 0 1 Back Panel USB 0 1 JPUSB1 USB 2 3 USB4 Front Panel USB 2 3 JPUSB2 USB 4 JPUSB3 VGA VGA Connector J15 1 5 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Dual Intel 64 bit LGA 771 Quad Core Dual Core Xeon 5400 Series 5300LV Series 5200 Series 5100LV Series processors at a front side bus speed of up to 1 6 GHz Memory 16 240 pin DIMM sockets support up to 128 GB DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 800 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset ntel 5400 chipset including the 5400 Memory Control Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Expansion Slots Two PCI E2 x8 slots Slot5 slot6 Gen 2 0 One PCI E x8 slot Slot3 One PCI E x4 slot Slot4 e Two 64 bit PCI X 133 100MHZz slots Slot1 Slot2 One PCI U Universal slot Slot0 Gen 2 0 e SIMSO Slot J16 BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage Memory voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V 12V and Vbatt Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection power LED Power up mode cont
27. Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items SUPERMICRO X7DWN Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP 2 Intel Seaburg Chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Drivers amp Tools B ATI Graphics Driver Intel 5400 Chipset X7DWN Intel Matrix Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager j n u fno Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site KL dha Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note 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 E 1 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual E 2 Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero
28. JIDE2 is 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 designated the Secondary IDE Drive 9 Host Data 4 Host Data 11 N specially reserved for Compact Flash 11 Host Data 3 Host Data 12 Card use only See the note below 13 Host Data 2 See the table on the right for pin defi 15 Host Data 1 14 Host Data 13 6 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 nitions 17 Host Data 0 19 Ground 20 Key Note JIDE2 the white slot is reserved for Compact Flash Card use only Do no OW aem not use it for other devices If JIDE2 is 5 ig Read ae populated with a Compact Flash Card ocurpy Sa Bane JIDE1 the blue slot will be available 9 for one device only For the Compact 32 lOCS16 Flash Card to work properly you will Gd need to connect a power cable to 35 Addr 36 21 DRQ3 22 Ground JWF1 first 37 Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground A IDE 1 DIMM 4D CPUFANI 4PnPIIR APPIR can S 282215215222 go DIMM 4C ol Bar T e B IDE 2 Compact Flash le DIMM 4A ol T H E Js TE enoe a g ap DIMM 3B hnr le DIMM 3A e DIMM 2D u DIMM 2C 5 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C Pp 3 gi __SUPER X7DWN Pit COME sooo 5 2 EE eme 5522 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapt
29. JS6 on the motherboard These ports provide serial link signal transmis sion which is faster than that of the traditional Parallel ATA See the table on the right for pin definitions SIMSO Slot The SIMSO Supermicro Intelligent Management Slot is located at J16 on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the SIMSO Slot location _ SUPER X7DWN TT AME AN QU UT PST 55522122 Ji ETT DIMM 3D p me 2 pem TES EE DIMM 2D CPU1 DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM2A Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU2 DIMM 1C e M Serial ATA Pin Definitions Pin Intel ESB 2 South Bridge Definition Ground TX_P TX_N Ground RX_N RX_P Ground A I SATAO I SATA1 C I SATA2 E D I SATA3 4 E SATA4 d I SATA5 G SIMSO 0370370 O O AE WEN O O O H 8 9 8 8 80128 ll o l o IL o ll o SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual IDE Connectors IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There are two IDE Connectors JIDE1 ping Definition Pin Definition Blue JIDE2 White on the mother Reset IDE 2 EEE board The blue IDE connector JIDE1 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 is designated the Primary IDE Drive 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 The white IDE connector
30. Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPU Core Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 5V 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V Standby 12V 12V and VBatt An onboard voltage monitor will 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 BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan becomes active when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters the Standby mode When in the sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby gener
31. When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the Note on Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow
32. X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Reset Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation 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 Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when Set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions DIMM 4D E DIMM 4G 4 Nar issassegososs solsos DIMM 48 E 3 DIMM4A 8 DIMM 3D 4 DIMM 3G P DIMM 3B DIMM DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A Intel 5400 2 dm North Bridge m SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A DIMM 1B BANKI DIMM 1C DIMM 1D 5 PES Incl ESB 2 _ South Bridge Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button 20 19 Groun NMI X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc N
33. default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore 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 gt 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 Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 23 SUPEROX7DWN User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Advanced Security TPM State Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot Disabled Fi tL ma F9 Esc e gt Enter F18 Supervisor Password Is This feature indicates
34. disk and may make 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 below anage firrays reate Array td Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press lt lnsert gt Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives 88 513808135 74 56B 81 HDC HD748GD MBFLAl 82 WDC WD740CD AAFLA2 69 2 83 HDC HD748GD BGFLRl 69 2GB H HDC HD7dBD HBFLRZ E RIAM I 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 5elect drives for Configuring ELEC Drives SIJEHHTAR S MZ KI dHED BHFLRZ GY Zbll AS 69 208 AS HOC KD74ALD RAFIN HEMN 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configur
35. fo DIMM 1D _ SUPER X7DWN EU South Bridge 2 Att osoo DIMM 4D o CPU FANE 24PinPWR diPinPIR Bena koi 58 o o 5598 3 j fmo oc Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V A PWR SMB B VGA Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to first connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 Refer to the board layout below for the location T SGPIO Headers Two SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output headers are located at J29 and J30 on the motherboard These headers support serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA and SAS connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the location Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Jumper Definition On Compact Flash Power On Default Compact Flash Power Off T SGPIO Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 3 5 Pin Definition NC 2 NC Ground Data Load Ground Note No Connections A Compact Flash PWR Fans DIMM 4D DIMM 4C DIMM 4 DIMM 4A o o o c o o o o BANKA o jt 22 id PR Fal Detect DIMM 3D 05 SMBUS Ps DIMM 3C g DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM
36. 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 2007 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledge able PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPERG X7DWN motherboard The SUPER X7DWN supports dual Intel Quad Core and Dual Core Xeon 5400 Series 5300LV Series 5200 Series 5100LV Series processors with a front side bus speed of up to 1 6 GHz With two 64 bit Quad Core and Dual Core processors built in the X7DWN offers substantial functional ity enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel Core Microarchitecture core while remaining compatible with the IA 32 software The features include Intel Virtualization Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execu tion Advanced Transfer Cache and Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 1 SSE4 1 These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer thermal environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DWN is ideal for h
37. memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable closed loop thermal throttling on a fully buffered FBD memory module In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM module exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of open loop global thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules and allow global thermal throttling to become active when the number of activate control exceeds a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Force ITK Configuration Clocking Select Enabled to configure FBD clock settings to support ITK testing The options are Disabled and Enabled Reserved Branch for ITK Test This feature allows the user to specify the memory branch number to be reserved 4 13 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual for ITK testing The default setting is Branch 1 Snoop Filter Select Enabled to eliminate snoop traffic to the graphics port to greatly improve system performance when running graphics intensive applications The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features Select Enabled to use the 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
38. nte te na k aki nenne cecus pn ke k y d Sk B R 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control Panel irren tn kana dek enan da Ria ha dakan an enn na 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 99 2 10 NIMIBUIOR oon URINE 2 10 Power e M 2 10 nr B J ZI BR YE N N 2 11 NIGTAINICZ nn tenera td em vertunt E er 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED 2 12 Power Fall ED D RANA N A a Nan Wa Sa HAR kad aa aa dinay 2 12 Preface Reset BUOM aa kam 2 13 Power BUOM TEES 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 lt 1600 0001010100001 100000 aka Wak w kanala naka 2 14 Power Connector kin n 2 14 Processor Power Connector ral v kara aka ar k x besin 2 14 Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 u kk keke keke kek k keke 2 15 Chassis r na aa na k yaya Waaa nu danan 2 15 Far El ade TS RD du N a kai y n 2 16 iile C 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17
39. on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It 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 SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be 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 5400 Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1
40. right for more information Onboard Power LED An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 on the motherboard When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the tables at right for more information Activity LED L i n LED Rear View when facing the rear side of the chassis GLAN Activity Indicator LED Settings Color Status Definition Yellow Flashing Active GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 LED Color Definition off System Off PWR cable not connected Green System On Green ACPI S1 State Flashing Quickly Green ACPI S3 STR State Flashing Slowly A GLAN Port1 LEDs _ SUPER X7DWN er 1 DIMM 4D CPUFANT moa 0 oc mo woo DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A 24PinPWR 20000099 BAN DIMM 3D j t E Sid Fal Dent DIMM 3C j E SMBUS PS DIMM 3B DIMM DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A BANK E DIMM 1A g DIMM 18 DIMM 1C DIMM 1D COM2 es odes E B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard Power LED EP Girl Panel FANS FANS mo CPUFAN2 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual 2 8 Floppy Dr
41. site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM9 PC XT AT PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X
42. two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that sup port RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 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 Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the 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 Enhanced 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 En ter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the
43. 5 x16 x17 and x18 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Compatible FPU Code Available when supported by the CPU Setto Enabled to keep the content of the last instruction Operating Code OP Code in the floating point FP state The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Setto Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheatthreshold 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 C2 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU vo
44. 7DWN User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup 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 as shown on the following page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 pressing 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 lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System T
45. A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C DIMM 1D CPUFANI E Fai Detect SMBUS PS APNPNR_ leas gt 9o J moor o o oc Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset default Pins 2 3 Disabled A Clear CMOS B Watch Doq Enable SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA Controller The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to use this feature See the table on the right for jumper settings Memory Voltage Select Jumper JP2 allows the user to select memory voltage for the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings DIMM 4D DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A BANK focos StU BUR Fal Delet SMBUS PS DIMM 3D BE DIMM 3C j DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1A 2 DIMM 1B 2 d ES B EIE E e mt amp 3 B CMOS Car __ iin r Cj ie SENG Intel ESB 2 South Bridge mex Be T vot 22 FANS S CPUFAN2 Floppy VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Definition Jumper Setting Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Memory Voltage Select Jumper Settings Setting D
46. ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt 5 gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done 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 COh Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirecti
47. HDD A Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt En ter gt The following screen will appear reate RAID lune Port Drive Model Serial LECHE INL 728 Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select c Press Enter to reset 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 mes sage will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays
48. IC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset ve Ground PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power sup ply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the motherboard These power connec tors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifi cation The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is also required to provide adequate power to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions For the 8 PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions DIMM 4D DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A BANKS DIMM 3D 3 DIMM 3C o 5 DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A SMBUS PS BE o DIMM 1A SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1B DIMM 1C l w JOH imc FANS S FANS mo CPUFAN2 Definition 29 97 12V COM PS ON COM COM COM Res NC 5V 5V 5V COM Pin oO ND A N lt EM o N 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Definition 3 3V 3 3V COM 5V COM 5V COM PWR_OK 5
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50. Space to allow the user to power on the system by pressing the space bar Select Password to allow the user to enter the password to power on the system Select Disabled to disable this function Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than a predefined time period The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and reserve this area for the Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and reserve this area for the Video BIOS ROM access only Select Unca
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52. VSB 12V 12V 3 3V Pins 1 and 2 Definition Ground 3 and 4 12V 12V 8 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 5 through 8 Ground 12V A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR C 4 pin PWR Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB There are five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Back Panel USB Ports 0 and 1 are located at JUSB1 The other three are Front Panel USB headers USB Headers 2 and 3 are located at JUSB2 and USB Header 4 is located at JUSB3 to provide front panel access See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened Back Panel USB 05 0 1 Pin Definitions 1 2 3 4 3 Pin Definitions USB 2 3 4 5V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB BANKA DIMM 4B DIMM 4A DIMM 3D 9 i DIMM 3C o DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A a no ooo d PWR Fal Detect SMBUS_PS kal SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C BANKI DIMM 4D CUP DIMM 4 lt Er USB2 4 USB3 Pin Definit
53. Y LI BI mi HEYA 79 061 D 8 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror ripe Size eate RAID v 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press lt Enter gt Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change 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 Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clea
54. add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Check if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and check if the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 800 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between all memory slots and check the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an inter leaved memory scheme is used yo
55. and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning mes sage displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation RII Rights Reserved Nane Volunig RAID Level RAIDIA RAIDOH Disks Select Disks Strip Size Capacity xm Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt 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
56. ating less heat CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When the 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction CPU temperature passes this threshold both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example you can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature CPU temperatures voltages and fan speeds go beyond a pre 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 ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a
57. booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers 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
58. cannot locate the address it displays 7 Parity is method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e add on card 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 2 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 to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicat ing released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERO X7DWN User s Man
59. ched to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the 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 the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 or L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the 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 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the sys
60. create a point to point connection between devices is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 5400 chipset the Controller Hub ESB2 provides the subsystem with access to the rest of the system 1 supports an 1 channel UItraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configura tions Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID 1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to anoth er drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity informat
61. d interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize 5 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of
62. ector 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DWN Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detection Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select Master Jl2C1 JI2C2 IC Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots Open Disabled JP2 Memory Voltage Select Pins 1 2 Auto JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 GLAN1 2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector JCOM1 JCOM2 FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 Fans1 6 System Fans Fans7 8 CPU Fans Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector J22 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 I SATA 0 5 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors JS1 JS6 JAR Alarm Buzzer Reset JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED JP3 Power Fault Power Supply Failure PSF JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector JPW2 JPW3 12V 4 pin PWR JWP2 12V 8 pin PWR JPW3 JWF1 Compact Card PWR Connector Used if JFC1 is on JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header LAN1 LAN2 G bit Ethernet Ports 1 2 JLAN1 JLAN2 LE1 PWR LED Indicator SIMSO IPMI SIM Supermicro Intelligent MGMT Slot J16 SMB System Management Bus Header J18 SMB PS Power System Management 2 Header J17 SP1 Internal Buzzer T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 Serial Link General Purpose Headers J29 J30 Keylock Keylock
63. eens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1613 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Volung RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 6 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page C 3 displays e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID
64. efinition 1 2 Auto default 2 3 1 5V Off 1 8V A VGA Enable B Memory Voltage Se lect Chapter 2 Installation 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detection J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup lf you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent the false alarm 2 Bus to Slots Jumpers 12 1 and 12C2 located at J27 amp J28 allow you to connect the System Management Bus 12 to E slots The default setting is Open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings Closed Open Jumper Setting 2C to PCI S PCI Exp Jumper Settings Definition Enabled Disabled Default Closed Open LI DIMM 4C j o o DIMM 4B DIMM 4A BANK DIMM 3D DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A T z SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A DIMM 18 DIMM 1C DIMM 1D DIMM 4D o d4BnPIR H9n PIR r mooc 5 e Buzzer EP Girl Panel FAN2ue 52 PI BIRE l l E 3 FAN
65. emory slots starting with DIMM 21A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install a pair s of modules of the same type and same speed at a time beginning with Bank 1 Bank 2 and so on For optimal memory performance please install four modules at a time with the maximum of 16 modules See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DWN supports up to 128 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR 2 800 667 533 in 16 DIMMs Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory DIMM Module Population Configuration To optimize memory support follow the table below for memory installation Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 2 4 DIMMs 2 4A 8 DIMMs 1B 2A 2B 3B 4A 4B 12 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 3A
66. er 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or install ing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the
67. erformance and feature set required for quad pro cessor or dual processor based high end systems with configuration options optimized for complex storage platforms The 5400 chipset supports single or dual Intel Quad Core Dual Core Xeon 5400 Series 5300LV Series 5200 Series 5100LV Series processor with front side bus speeds of up to 1 6 GHz The chipset consists of the 5400 Memory Controller Hub MCH for the host bridge and the 631xESB 632xESB Controller Hub Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 for the I O subsystem The Intel 5400 MCH North Bridge The 5400 MCH North Bridge provides two FSB processing interfaces four fully buffered FBD DIMM memory channels PCI Express bus interfaces configurable to form x8 or x16 ports an EB2 South Bridge Interface ESI and SMBus Interfaces for system management and DIMM Serial Presence Detect SPD The peak bandwidth for each FBD channel is 8 GB s for DDR2 800 667 FBD memory giving total memory size of 128 MB for 4 FBD channels The PCI Express interfaces can be configured to form x8 or x16 ports that can operate up to Gen 2 speeds in x16 configuration for enhanced graphics applications The Intel 631xESB 632x ESB Controller Hub ESB2 South Bridge The 631xESB 632xESB I O Controller Hub Enterprise South Bridge 2 integrates an Ultra 100 Controller six Serial ATA host controller ports one EHCI host controller six external USB 2 0 ports an LPC interface controller and a flash
68. ess the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for the console The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Select on to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 4 19 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This feature displays a predefined CPU overheating temperature threshold that will activate the alarm when the CPU temperature reaches this overheating threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core CPU3 Temperature CPU4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the featu
69. etup eben E ki y n Ee a kk v es EP kk n y ce XY EV 4 7 4 b Security Setup y na z k zan ka ERREUR HERR naka H kan n n nk wena ad n n RN n a naa ana 4 24 5 Miser a k 4 26 del i c E Y 4 27 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST 4 B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide 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 The following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 03 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Six 6 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044L x6 One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PTO7L One 1 Supermicro CD co
70. for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 27 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Notes 4 28 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed 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 offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at of
71. force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Chapter 2 Installation Screw 1 NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW le N0 3 SCREW Lol 10 2 SCREW g Screw 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to avoid damaging these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis 2 5 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the m
72. fset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an applica tion program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous 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 cleared the next time the system is
73. hanges and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will reboot 8 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl I for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems it uae 1 2 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Uolunes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Size Type Status Vol ID HDC WD2588SD 1K HD WMAL7283497 232 9CB Hi gt OCB 96B idaptec S opyright 2883 Inc RII Rights Reserved 444 Pre I A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility ppp ot Ch ID LUN Vende Pre size b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt 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 reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your scr
74. if a supervisor password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 25 SUPEROX7DWN User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot List Candidate List Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot O
75. igh performance quad processor or dual processor DP workstation and enterprise server environments Please refer to our web site http www supermicro com products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the main board and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in the CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Program Driver Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself xDanger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic Grose failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components
76. ignal Aarm eee chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Note This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled Alarm Reset the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Setting Definition 1 Ground Pin 2 5V A Power Failure B Alarm Reset DIMM 4D DIMM 4C ler i DIMM 48 B i DIMM 4A DIMM 3D DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A BK er ARS FAN FPONPand E Intel 5400 North Bridge FANS 24 FANS aE d DIMM 1B 9 CPUFANZ 5 DIMM 1 N fe DIMM 1D le DIMM 1A SUPER XTDWN T j SIMSO 1 slot PERR 10yi dM AR UWL a 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED indicator to provide warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure This LED will blink when a fan failure occurs Refer to the table on right for pin definitions SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18
77. ime Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt 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 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 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port 3 and SATA Port 4 These settings allow the userto setthe parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port 3 SATA Port 4 slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you enter parameters of hard disk E drive installed at this Cylinders connection Heads I 11 Auto autotypes Heads hard disk drive installed here Sectors CD ROM a CD ROM drive is installed here Sectors ATAPI Removable removable disk drive is Maximum Capacity installed here Maximum Capacity LBA Fo
78. ing drives uill urite Array Information on to the selected drives Drive size vill be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If cor rect type Y to continue SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It 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 below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array p lected Dr ives HDC HD 748GD BBFLR1 69 860 HDC HD 48GD BHWFLR2 53 86B HDC HD 48GD BBFLRI 83 808 HD 44LD BHFLA 64 ALB 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays Select drives create Array sere lected Drives BB 51380081385 Bi 88 57280881385 74 36B HD74BDD BBFLA1 i Hl HDC HD74HUD HHFLRT B9 HH 83 HD 4BCD HBHBFLRI 69 BCB WDC JI
79. initions Pin Definition 1 Ground Keylock R N A Fan 1 B Fan 2 C Fan 3 D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 G Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 H Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 Keylock ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the key board port See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COMI is a connector located on the 1 O Backpanel and 2 is a header located at JCOM2 See the table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 2 Installation PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data NC Ground Clock NC 2 8 4 vec 5 Serial Port Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition CDC 6 DSR RXD 7 RTS TXD 8 CTS DTR 9 RI Ground 10 10 is available 2 only Connection Fans DIMM 4D DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A o o o c o o o o BAN jt 22 id PR Fal Detect DIMM 3D 5 805 PS DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A _ SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A g DIMM 1B DIMM 1C M DIMM 1D moest 0 o B COM1 COM2
80. inler EU PUN 2 17 MEI Sem 2 18 WakesOn LAN 2 18 GLEAN Ethernet Ports eed se bec orte anan 2 19 Speaker Power LED Keylock Header 2 19 Power S pply Falle ront ttn trate rene nb na kan ce tue eda kabak kh aA 2 20 Alarm ROS Ob c 2 20 Overheat LED Fan denota tee trage ERR 2 21 SMB eren rero PEE pan WA N d ma ya 2 21 Power SMB CONNGCtO 2 ri 2 22 nn GOL E 2 22 Compact Flash PWR 2 23 TESGPIO bem re bee D N oad e see evi EE 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings ecrire tet re td n a nika evan hid ka ha kunka pala daka b l ha wana Wad Ai agn 2 24 Explanation of J um p l seissen rynien yanes bana kay a naya ha b nana Aa dana nak Aa b n a 2 24 GLAN Enabl DisabDl i eei yin ki yk maya kekan suce eo sk po SE b ke 2 24 Cle ar CMOS this Em 2 25 Wath DOG RO N r rrr d 2 25 VGA Enabled DisaDl d i siman mkkiakks kakkaasa asik ka xak k nian nnns 2 26 Memory Voltage Select LL kk ke keke kek k k k k k 2 26 3rd PWR S pply PWR Fault eere ke bar kana ace ER dan 2 27 2 Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Enable Disable 2 27 Compact Flash Master Slave
81. ion to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also 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 itis the first time powering on the system we recommend that 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 Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the c
82. ion Pin Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground A Backpanel USB 0 1 B Front Panel USB 2 3 C Front Panel USB 4 D Chassis Intrusion SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Fan Headers The X7DWN has six chassis system fan headers 1 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note All 4 pin fans headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via Hard ware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting in BIOS The Default setting is Disabled Keylock The keyboard lock connection is designated JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it DIMM 4D DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 4A mao 5 UPNM Fah gt a Buzzer JAR i E ri PWR Fal Delet DIMM 3D DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A SUPER X7DWN DIMM 1A DIMM 18 DIMM 1C DIMM 1D Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 8 Pin Definition Ground 12V Tachometer PWR Modulation Keylock Pin Def
83. is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive D 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below ul Arrays Create Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Drives List of rraus til nirror RAID 1 34 468 Deleting Bootable delete bootable 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 asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do y
84. istributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DWN has 16 240 DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 800 667 533 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS N Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure 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 syste
85. ive SIMSO Serial ATA and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and 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 Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN Floppy Connector 3 Ground 4 Reserved The floppy connector is located at DIN J22 on the motherboard See the 7 JB table on the right for pin definitions Wu a 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 22 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette 75 A Floppy E DIMM 4C DIMM 4B DIMM 3B wan CPU2 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C c DIMM 1D _SUPER X7DWN EU Intel ESB 2 South Bridge Ss abel ER ie Chapter 2 Installation Serial ATA Ports Six Serial ATA Ports I SATAO I SATA 5 are located at JS1
86. keys to highlight 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 ranging 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 and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives 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 C 8 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID
87. lows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Serial Port B This 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 Address This setting allows you to select the base address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and 4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base Address Select the base address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Interrupt This setting allows you to select
88. ltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled For more information please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 4 15 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Set Maximum Ext CPUID 3 When set to Enabled the Maximum Extended CPUID will be set to 3 The options are Disabled and Enabled IP Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set this option to Enabled to use the feature of IP Prefetch to speed up data processing The options are Disabled and Enabled Direct Cache Access Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enable to route inbound network IO traffic direct
89. ly into processor caches to reduce memory latency and improve network performance The options are Disabled and Enabled DCA Delay Clocks Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows the user to set the clock delay setting from snoop to prefetch for Direct Cache Access Select a setting from 8 bus cycles to 120 bus cycles in 8 cycle increment The default setting is 32 bus cycles Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available 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 take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting al
90. m We recommend that you review the CD and 3 3 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Ship ping 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 improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product prob lems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DWN The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web
91. mation please refer to the web site at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present 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 decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction Kb s or 1 Mb s lt also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial com munication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bidirectional Printer Port BPP
92. n the load plate 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the Socket corner marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key the semi circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key which is the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the Socket 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damaging 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 properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the Socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard ZA Warning Please save the plastic cap The motherboard must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the plastic cap prop erly installed will cause damage to the socket pins 2 3 Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge puth Center Edge gold dot Socket Ke
93. ntaining drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X7DWN 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 1 3 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X7DWN Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale
94. nu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Select Enable to stop the POST routine and allow the system to display error messages when an error occurs during bootup The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Mode Usethe setting to determine if you wantto employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual 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 system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off EFI OS Boot If enabled this feature provides support for EFI OS booting The options are Enabled and Disabled Keyboard On Now Function This feature allows the user to determine how to use the keyboard to power on the system from 53 55 States Select
95. on enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the po
96. ontrol Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V Ground A NMI B PWR LED Groun NMI X x LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the 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 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 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 Fans DIMM 4D E ms DIMM 4C 5 Fit o o o o o o e o eee DIMM 4B DIMM 4A 5520 rare o ge amp DIMM 3D DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A SUPER X7DWN CPU2 DIMM E DIMM 18 DIMM 1C Intel ESB 2 South Bridge COM isse WOU HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 sv 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1
97. 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 feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC High Precision Event Time Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer HPET which is capable of producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in a CPU The High Precision Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options for this feature are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x1
98. or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press Ctrl and A keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 9 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 4 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the
99. ou want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as 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 disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press Enter 3 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 press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected 5138001385 5 HDC HD 48GD BBFLA2 69 AGB HDC HD 4BGD BBFLR1 HDC MD74BGD BBFLA2 HDC HD 4BGD BRFLR1 Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array
100. pansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails afterthe installation ofa 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 gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take caution when changing the Advanced settings An Incor rect value a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may cause system to become unstable When this occurs reset the setting to the default setting 4 11 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic In
101. processor architecture indepen dent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 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 wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 11 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC se
102. r Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives 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 lost D 9 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size 64KI Create RAID Vila No Ini Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and R 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different 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
103. rders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the lt r gt 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 devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 26 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility 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
104. re 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 vice versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select 3 pin if your chassis uses 3 pin fans Select 4 pin if your chassis uses 4 pin fans Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 Optimized Server w 3 pin 3 Optimized Workstation w 3 pin 4 Optimized Server w 4 pin and 5 Optimized Workstation w 4 pin Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed VcoreA VcoreB 12V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD 3 3V P1V5 P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII setting
105. rmat Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 1 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi TL wr Esc e gt Enter F18 Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA 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 Sector
106. rol for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor 111 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI Power Management Keyboard Wakeup from Soft off Onboard I O Intel ESB2 supports Six SATA2 ports with RAIDO RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 supported in the Windows OS Environment One SIMSO IPMI socket Intel 82575 Gigabit Ethernet controller supports two Giga bit LAN ports One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface 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 ES1000 32 MB Graphic Controller supports one VGA connector Super Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83793 HECETA Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions Ext ATX 13 05 L x 13 68 W 331 5 mm x 347 47 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual
107. rt 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Notes Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 Appendix D and Appendix E for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included in the Supermicro CD that came with your motherboard The current version ofthe ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support the 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
108. rts accept RJ45 type cables Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are used for power LED indication and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins 4 7 are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper GLAN1 GLAN2 Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker External Speaker A GLAN1 B GLAN2 DIMM 4D PUFAN Lo APPR DIMM 4C Er DIMM 4B DIMM 4A 4n PJIR_42nPIR gt o j l mo o o ds ft BUR Fal Detect DIMM 3D e ife SMBUS PS 2 DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D DIMM 2C DIMM 2B DIMM 2A Intel 5400 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B le DIMM 1 9 N DIMM 1D __ SUPER X7DWN w OOM uo gt USB28 mm C PWR LED Speaker FP Ctr FANQmo s Li 8 7 FANB ao En CPUFAN2 Compact Flash IDE 1 Floppy SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Power Supply Failure PWR Supply Failure Pin Definitions Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Supply Fail TUER header PSF JP3 to provide warnings of power supply failure This warning didis dg signalis passed through the PWR LED Shall pin to indicate a power failure on the S
109. s 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 enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PlO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto 4 5 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual SATA Controller Mode Option Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is
110. s SATA Port 1 HDC HD 48GD BBFLR1 27 88D27 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 2 BBF31 1 5 Ch s SATA Port 3 808027 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 5 Verify Media BBF31 1 5 Gb s Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying other wise select No and hit lt Enter gt Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 6 SATA Port 1 HDC WD748CD AAFLAI 27 88D27 1 5 5 Capacity 69 2 GBytes This drive vill be scanned for nedia defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 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 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option lt Esc gt to exit default D 19 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ESB2 Driver by 3rd Part
111. s to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS The option is available only when an card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface 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 Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 21 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The
112. se 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 3 JF1 Header Pins SUPER XTDW3 EZET lox i X x ower LED Vcc I HDD LED E NIC1 LED Vcc E 1 NIC2 LED Vcc E 3 2 s gt ex OH Fan Fail LED Vcc E j 1 T c PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual C Front Control Panel 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 Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Referto the table on the right for pin definitions DIMM 4D 2445505 DIMM 4C 2 Fair co ooo a8 DI A HIR DIMM 3D Delort DIMM 3C DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2D j CPU1 DIMM 2C DIMM 28 DIMM 2A cPU2 DIMM 1A 5 DIMM 18 a o DIMM 1C M 2 DIMM 1D 5 e i 29 E n s Fi r te o i 5 Ime ESB 2 South eri i E sean il FREES NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 C
113. 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 or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Enable Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced fromthe Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys 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 lt Enter gt Boot Features gt Boot Features Access the subme
114. tem memory to speed up CPU s operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 9 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the
115. terference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled gt Intel VT for Direct I O VT d Select Enable to enable the functionality of the Intel Virtualization Technology for Direct I O VT d support by reporting the I O device assignment 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 Press the lt Enter gt key to enter the submenu The following items will appear VT d for Port 0 ESI VT d for Port 1 VT d for Port 3 VT d for Port 5 VT d for Port 7 VT d for Port 9 Select Enable to enable Intel VT d support for Port O ESI Port 3 Port 5 Port 7 Port 9 through using DRHD structures located in the ACPI Tables 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single
116. the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base Address This setting allows you to select the base address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event 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 Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Console Redirection Acc
117. tup up dates and asset tracking 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 card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates X7DWN can accommodate 24 power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate In addition the 12V 4 pin and the 12V 8 pin power connections are also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports NOTE The 12V 8 pin CPU Power Connector JPW3 is also required to support Intel 64 bit CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant For more infor
118. u must install pair s modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Page 2 6 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also please note that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Support 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 2 BIOS upgrades be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when 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 4 D
119. ual Notes A 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h 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 POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initiali
120. y Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Socket clip z Plastic cap is released from the load plate if the CPU BS is properly installed SUPERO X7DWN User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die because the re quired amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws 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 si w To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be N removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 2 4 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
121. y Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enter d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press 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 and press the Enter key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key k 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 From the Windows OS Setup screen press Enter The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E
122. ysten reboots or sints down it s alowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Sereace D yemnen rung at all timas on thos syrtem Promde TOPJIP connectivity Power control zi Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII User Guide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il E 3 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual Notes
123. ze keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DWN User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 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 adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpecte

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