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1. 3 3 Chapter 4 5 4 1 Introduction ecciesie aaa aa aaea bd dna Dd uenia 4 1 4 2 RUNNING ere ty ER ege Rea 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup icti rc b Eae Eoo H neb keka N 4 2 4 4 Advanced 4 7 4 5 Security Setup k eda 4 20 4 6 Boot E 4 21 N MD DD SHEET MENER SERPENT E 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST 0 B 1 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup 2 0 C 1 Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers D 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 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 ribb
2. 2 27 2 7 Onboard LED Indicators 2 28 GLAN LE a KEME FORO Tae FE e RO RH LEAN 2 28 Onboard Power LED rire bazin kina garana xa na Giha nak a Bak na br Bak 2 28 System Status LE diyan d na tak n day k k da ka s n kak h b n na 2 29 CPU VRM Overheat LEDSs esses 2 29 System Status LED x Eden a s n xuda amana daa rax dam EK b 2 30 2 8 Floppy SIMLC and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 31 Floppy GOHDnectOric udin Re Unc 2 31 B zEeoeo E 2 32 SIMLG PMI su a sus l meran Waa kela kin Wey Z i Anna an Se 2 32 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures S 3 1 Before Power OT a uk dalan ak dka aa E dakan ba d ka kira 3 1 r re D 3 1 NO MIDS O seytan EET T 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 Memory 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 2 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 2 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for
3. sMB PS LEDS DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB o DIMM2C DIMM1C SUPERO X7DCL 3 i f PWR LED SLEDS 2 19 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed Al arm Reset the system will notify you when any of Pin Definitions the three power modules fails Con Pin Setting Definition nect JAR1 to a micro switch to turn Pin 1 Ground off the alarm that is activated when a Pin 2 5V power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR Supply Failure PWR Fault Detect The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This PWR Supply PWR Fault feature is available when three power Jumper Definition supply units are installed in the chas sis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JPWF1 to prevent false alarms On Enabled Off Disabled Default EE A Alarm Reset Li B PWR Fault O DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge PWR LED D LED3 SE 295 eol PCIE
4. SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Release Note Notch Relea Tab should align Tab 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 Io Remove Top View of DDR2 Slot Use your thumbs to gently push the re Release Tab ll IL Release Tab lease tabs near both ends of the module to release it from the Slot SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O 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 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports SUPER X7DCL 3 i Q OC Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 N 9 9t N See Section 2 5 for details 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins f
5. 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 dan kk lan din eae eee kuy 2 1 Precautions EE 2 1 UNPACKING oerte 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS aa kan na kawan n ba AR HAA RA b kr ya ka K 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO Ports 2 8 Back Panel Connectors lO Ports EK 2 8 Front Control Panel da naea d da dan da kanan daka bak kabak 2 9 Front Control Panel Pin 2 10 NMI oo PR 2 10 Power BED 52 2 ne eee OM Ee 2 10 lD DA E D 2 11 2 Indicators ttt de toca encre eaa Ferca 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED 2 12 Power RC bereyek 2 12 Reset BUON TREE 2 13 Table of Contents we gel len EE 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables katan an nk adana bena AW ku kana akan 2 14 Power Connector 2 14 Processor Power 2 14 Universal Serial Bus baka 2 15 Fan Headets s k n da Va hnr d n na 2 16 Chassi
6. Note drawings pictures shown this manual based 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 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual not drawn to scale SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i Motherboard Layout JPWF1 Cy 5 ls O O o O 5sMB PS 59 8 Pin PWR 2kPiPwR JPW2 Y o p C 5 Im 02 D 0 51 e DIMM2A O n 5 90 5 2 DIMM1A O 9 o Q O se DIMM2B O DIMM1B DIMM2C DIMM1C JPL1 oo o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JI2C2 Eo ooe 5 506 Slot4 PCH n xw n x8 slot oo od rooes0000000000000000 20000000000000000 oo 906 PCI E 8 oo 252240020502 SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge o BY Buzzer J Slot5 PCI E x8 00000 0000000 000000000 n 000 00000 0000000 E SVO moc WD m CTRL n n JBT1 SATA GPIO0 CPU1 VRM OH LED Da LEDS WG 6 oUP2 o o o JP1
7. Write 24 Ground SIMLC IPMI Slot 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 A Low Profile SIMLC IPMI Slot is 287 MACS TIT located on the motherboard Refer m ux ocsi to the layout below for the IPMI Slot nu A CUNT location 35 36 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground is T aR A IDE j li B SIMLC DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge PWR LED eG LEDS 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 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 the chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 3 Install a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Make sure that the CPU is prope
8. North Bridge PCIE x4 in x8 slot VRM OH LED LEDS PWRLED D LED3 SE 295 eol Definition Pin 3 3V ES 12V COM PS ON COM COM oO gt N JJI o N EO Definition 3 3V 3 3V COM 5V COM 5V COM PWR_OK 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3V Connector Pins 1 through 4 5 through 8 12V 8 pin Power CPU Pin Definitions Definition Ground 12V Required Connection A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB There are six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 JPUSB1 and the other four are Front Panel USB connectors USB 2 3 JUSB2 or Front Accessible USB headers USB 4 5 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin defini tions DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge Back Panel USB 0 1 Pin Definitions Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Definitions 5V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB2 3 4 5 USB2 3 Pin VRM OH LED Sof LEDS r
9. 2 APCI EXP x8N port S O N 4 5 a 3 4 5 mmie JE N 0 x la N A3 0 Gb S N APCI EXP PORT 2 LSI 1068E 67 N Tn A N 1 A N MECI EXP x1 RJ45 82573V LANE5 DMI NY N M x1 RJ45 Kr 82573L N LANE6 r ICH9R LANE1 2 3 4 PCI E x8 Slot PCI E x4Signal d DDR2 SDRAM 32MB T uf USB2 0N m H VGA VGA PCI 33MH 9 CONN N Volari 295 N W 1 x IDE LPC IT8213F 2 J 33 ETE PN W83627HG EWH PCL33 I 1 PCI 33 N MS COM1 COM2 KB External INTERNAL SOL Block Diagram of the Intel 5100 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 and Processor Features Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the Intel 5100 chipset the X7DCL 3 X7DCL i motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based high end servers with configuration options optimized for intensive computing high energy efficiency and complex business ap
10. SATA GPIO1 o Battery AN HN NOG a Sistem Stats LI LED J mIoJWOR1 m ooo o 000000000000000 Qo o o ooo ooo oo ooo ooo gt jm c SIMLC 939999999o99c0999958 o o o o o o o oo o o o o s t ATASS o 9M O o TASS SATA o o5595959 JD1 LEDe _fan2 CPU2VRM OH LED 0 mooo BG LED1 99 D o 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 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 When LED3 is on make sure to unplug the power cable before removing or installing components 5 All features and components related to SAS are available on the X7DCL 3 only including SAS Connectors the LSI SAS HostRAID Controller and the socket is used to support RAID 5 optional 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DCL 3 X7DCL i Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JI cin C2 SMB to PCI PCI Exp Slots Open Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA1 Note SAS Enable P
11. D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 G Chassis Intrusion Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports rra The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse located at JKM1 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 NC The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 vcc for pin definitions 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Port Pin Definitions 1 2 Serial Ports Pin Definition Pin Definition COMI is a connector located on the 1 CD 6 DSR IO Backpanel and 2 is a header 2 RD 7 RTS located at JCOM2 See the table on 3 TD 8 CTS the right for pin definitions 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection me CPUT VRM OHLED 2 LEDS DIMM2A A Keyboard Mouse B COM1 C COM2 DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB o DIMM2C DIMM1C SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Li Intel 5100 North Bridge fm panine a DE Tan SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is lo cated at JWOR1 This feature allows Wake On Ring your computer to receive and be Bin Definitions awakened by an incoming call to TUNER UR the modem when the system is in 1 Ground the suspend state See the table on 2 Wake
12. 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 120 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 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 follow ing 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 Initializati
13. 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 4 20 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 bootup The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 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 Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders 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 lt f gt 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 lt x gt 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 lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then beco
14. gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 19 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on hoot Disabled 14 Ex ds F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Supervisor Password ls This indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password ls This indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt 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 lt Enter gt key
15. the ICH9R offers the Intel Matrix Storage Technology which provides various RAID options for data protection and rapid data access It also supports the next generation of client management through the use of PROActive technology in conjunction with Intel s next generation Gigabit Ethernet controllers 1 9 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DCL 3 X7DCL i All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors An onboard voltage monitor will scan for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V Standby and VBAT 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 c
16. Button e 0 P WR Fail LED Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 10 HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives 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 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 sv 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A HDD LED B NIC1 LED 2 LED Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc A HDD LED Vcc Que LED Vcc 2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Groun Reset Reset Button Ground PWR Power Button SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of
17. 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 OH Fan Fail LED 08 OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Vcc Ground 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 6 Ground A OH Fan Fail LED PWR Supply Fail 20 19 Groun X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button j Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located Pin Definitions JF1 on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the Pin Definition hardware reset switch on the computer 3 Resol case Refer to the table on the right for 4 Grouhd pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connecition is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a s
18. 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 Thermal Management 2 Available if supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available if supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage 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 if 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 This feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Intel R Virt
19. done to these components when you install the motherboard into the chassis 2 5 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A DIMM ZA then DIMM 1B DIMM 2B and DIMM 1C DIMM 2C 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i supports up to 32 GB Single Rank Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 in 6 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will improve memory performance Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations No of Channel 0 Channel
20. press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved Nane RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity 1 Uo lun1 RAID1 irr Select Disks NA 8 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 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the Enter key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When the RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 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 RUM
21. 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 4 9 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN 1 Onboard GLAN 2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the GLAN 1 connection or the GLAN 2 connection The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No gt Slot1 PCI 33MHz Slot2 PCI 33MHz Slot3 PCI 33MHz 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 expansion 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
22. the table below for pin 3 Ground 4 Reserved definitions 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette Fan 1 o SMB_PS PinPWR 2i Pin PWR Floppy Disk Drive DIMMZA DIMMA 2 USBUT FKENS 2 DIMMIC lo SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge 3 2 31 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual IDE Connector IDE Drive Connector Pin Definitions An IDE Connector is located at JIDE1 ping Definition Pin Definition on the motherboard This motherboard Reset IDE 2 Grane uses the ITE IT8213F Controller An 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 IDE Driver is required for the IDE drive 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 to function properly See the table on 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 the right for pin definitions 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23
23. up the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located Pin Definitions at JWOL1 on the motherboard See Pin Definition the table on the right for pin defini 1 5V Standby tions You must have a LAN card 2 Ground with a Wake On LAN connector and 3 Wake up cable to use this feature Ta CPU1 VRM ee A WO R B WOL O DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge PWR LED D LED3 Sog 995 eol PCIE x4 in x8 slot 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 ports accept RJ45 GLAN1 GLAN2 type cables Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the Pin Setting Definition right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker lf you A az d wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker A GLAN1 GLAN2 C PWR LED Speaker
24. x4 in x8 slot VGA Connector A VGA connector JVGA is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location GPIO Headers Four GPIO Serial Links General Purpose Input Output headers are located at J7 J8 J9 J10 on the motherboard These headers are used to communicate with the Seriel Links System Monitoring chip on the backplane J7 and J8 are used to monitor SATA activities J9 and J10 are used to monitor SAS connections See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the locations of the headers J9 J10 X7DCL 3 Only DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 2 21 Chapter 2 Installation OOOO gt oee ee o tee Serial Links GPIO Pin Definitions Pin 1 3 5 VRM OH LED LEDS Definition Pin Definition 2 Ground 4 DATA Out Load 6 Ground Clock Note NC No Connections A VGA B J7 SATA_GPIO 0 J8 1 D J9 SAS_GPIO 0 E J10 5 5 1 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Power SMB I C Connector PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I C Connector JPI C1 monitors the status of the power supply fan and sys
25. 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 Waring Do not shut down or reset the system while updating 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 system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS and 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 3 3 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 damage in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the w
26. 1 DIMMs 2DIMMs DIMM1A DIMM2A 4DIMMs DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B 6DIMMs DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1C DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 2C Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both Registered ECC DDR2 667MHz and 533 MHZ DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2MB 3199 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 512 MB 3 01 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB TSEG 1 MB Memory available to OS and other applications Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs Le
27. 1_VRM Overheating LED6 On CPU2_VRM Overheating Description me CPU1 VRM OH LEB Eg 3 E 20000590 mooooooo ol FPCTRL A LED4 System Status LED B LED5 CPU1 VRM OH LED C LED6 CPU2 VRM OH LED SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual SAS LED Indicator LED1 A SAS LED is located at LED1 on the motherboard This LED indicates the status SAS LED Indicator Settings of SAS connections Refer to the table on LED LED1 On SAS Active the right for LED1 settings See the layout below for the LED location Description LED1 Off SAS Not Active Available on the X7DCL 3 only VRM OH LED 508 LEDS O DIMM2A DIMMA DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge PWR LED D LED3 PCLE x4 in x8 slot A LED1 SAS LED Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Drive SIMLC IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Pin Definition Pin Definition The floppy connector is located at 1 E 2 FDHDIN JFDD1 See
28. 3 X7DCL i is ideal for complex business applications and servers Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com products motherboard for updates This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other 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 the 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 and Appendix D list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Software 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 Eo Instructions to strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to ensure c
29. A CMOS not writeable 52 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 Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe 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 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 A 3 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 kilo
30. Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00 0 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setup a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may cause the system become unstable When this occurs reset the setting to the default setting Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with 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 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 ICH9R South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that a
31. D Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5100 chipset the I O Controller Hub ICH9R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports six Serial ATA SATA ports ICH9R supports the following SATA configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another 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 information 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 ICH9R allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 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 losing any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1
32. 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 Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Redirection Access 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 the 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 choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide whether you want to continue with the console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off 4 15 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Th
33. 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 port 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure SATA HostRAID or SAS HostRAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers The LSI SAS HostRAID is available on the X7DCL 3 only Important Notes to the User 1 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ICH9R Host RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS To configure the LSI SAS HostRAID for the X7DCL 3 please refer to the LSI folder f
34. MICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Notes 1 Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon on 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 2 The X7DCL 3 supports SAS RAID features To configure the LSI SAS HostRAID please refer to the LSI folder for the LSI SAS HostRAID Utility and documentation The LSI folder is included in the CD ROM that came with your motherboard D 1 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual D 2 Configuring Supero Doctor 111 The Supero Doctor III program is a Web based 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 temperatures system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor IIl interface Note 1 Both default username and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor 11 settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor 111 adopts the temperature threshol
35. Motherboard Features PU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 Quad Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Series processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 MHz 1066 MHz Memory Six 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 32 GB Single Rank Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset Intel 5100 chipset including the 5100 Memory Control Hub and the ICH9R South Bridge Expansion Slots Two PCI E x8 slot Slot 5 Slot 6 and one in PCI E x4 in x8 slot Slot 4 Three 32 bit PCI 33 MHz slot Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 One SIMLC IPMI Slot Slot 0 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core voltage Memory voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 42V 12 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Low noise fan speed control Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready CPU fan auto off in sleep mode Pulse Width Modulation PWM fan control C temperature sensing logic Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Sup
36. PWRLED D LED3 oF 995 Gol Definition USB4 5 Pin Definition PO PO Ground No connection A Backpanel USB 0 1 B Front Panel USB 2 3 C Front Panel USB 4 5 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Fan Headers The X7DCL 3 X7DCL i has four chassis system fan headers Fan3 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 1 2 All these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions Note The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Man agement via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting The default setting is Disabled Please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an appro priate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 PWR LED OdLED3 CPU1 VRM OH LED LEDS Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 6 Pin Definition Ground 12V Tachometer PWR Modulation Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition Intrusion Input Ground A Fan 1 B Fan 2 C Fan 3
37. 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 in the BIOS 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 menu in 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 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system bootup 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 with one drive installed 2 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Ut
38. SUPER SUPERO X7DCL 3 SUPERO X7DCL i USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County
39. also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 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 This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos 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 processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Servers 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 su
40. arranty 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 Super Micro web 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 all IBM PC XT AT and 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 pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot Se
41. aster and SATA Port4 Master slots Hit lt Enter gt 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 Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will 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 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 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
42. ble the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error message even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 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 5 minutes 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 Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you t
43. board with an LGA 771 CPU Socket make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU Socket pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Refer to the Chipset MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Load Lever Press the load lever to release PnP Cap the load plate which covers the top of the CPU socket from its locking Load Plate position Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate with PnP attached 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation Loading the Processor into the Socket 1 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 2 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout North Genter Edge South Center Edge gold dot Socket Key 3 Align the CPU key that is the semi Socket Notch circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key the notch on the CPU Key semi same side of the triangle cutout on circle cutout the socket below the circle 4 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to 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 damage to the CPU or the socket 5 With the CPU installed in the socket i
44. bytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL 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 cannot locate the address it displays 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 Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an 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 A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages PS 2 Mouse
45. components See the layout below for the LED location w VRM OH LED LEDS DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 2 28 A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED System Status LED LED4 A Status LED Indicator is located at LED4 on the motherboard This LED dis plays different colors to show the status of the system Refer to the table on the right for system status See the layout below for the LED location CPU_VRM Overheating LED Indicators LED5 LED6 Two CPU_VRM Overheat LEDs are locat edatLED5 and LED6 onthe motherboard These LEDs provide indications for CPU_VRM Overheating Refer to the table on the right for LED5 and LED6 settings See the layout below for the LED locations DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 2 29 Chapter 2 Installation Status LED Indicator Settings LED Color Green Red Yellow Definition Power On system normal PWR on PWR problem s occur s or the 3rd PWR not properly installed System Off AC PWR connected CPU VRM Overheat LED Indicator Settings LED LED5 On CPU
46. connect the System Management Bus 3 Jumper Setting Definition to PCI PCI Exp slots default setting is Open to disable the connec tion See the table on the right for jumper Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default settings Wr anan s A VGA Enabled B JPI C1 C JPI C2 DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge PWR LED D LED3 SE 295 eol SAS Enable Disable JPA1 allows you to enable or disable SAS Connectors The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable SAS See the table on the right for jumper settings Note This feature is available on the X7DCL 3 only Software RAID Enable JPA2 allows you to select the SAS RAID mode You can use either Software RAID or IT RAID Close this jumper to use Software RAID Default Set this jumper to open to use the IT RAID mode Gontact Tech Support at Supermicro for more information See the table on the right for jumper settings Note This feature is available on the X7DCL 3 only JPWE1 o E off O SMB_PS 8 Pin PWR DIMM2A DIMM A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 Nor
47. d 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 settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information 1 Health Information CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis D 2 Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Note gu E ese Super Doctor Graceful power control Supero Doctor allows a user to inform the OS to reboot ec shut down within a specified nee the defisit is 30 seconds Before the cysten reboots or shits down it s alowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Sernce Daemon running at all times on thos system Provide TOPP connectaty Power control zi SD III Software can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor 11 You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For the Linux OS we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il D 3 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Notes
48. e below 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 de scriptions 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 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 ap propriate 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 see the next 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 By pressing lt Delete gt 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 opt
49. e installed do it at this time Once all de vices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Note the current version of the ICH9R SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System C 10 Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix D Software Installation 0 1 Installing other Drivers and the OS 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 S SUPERMICRO X7DCL 3 i Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel San Clemente Chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Drivers amp Tools XGI Z9 Graphics Driver Intel ICH9R LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager X7DCL 3 i Intel Matrix Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals SUPERMICRO Computer Inc 4 Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPER
50. ect 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 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 05 Intel Corporation AL Rights Reserved 1 VoalunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity 8 6 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 gt Down Arrow 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 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 T
51. ed 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 17 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 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 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 18 Chapter 4 BIOS
52. ero Doctor 111 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI Power Management Power on mode for power recovery Onboard Six SATA ports support RAID 0 1 10 and 5 in the Windows OS environ ment Eight SAS ports supports RAID 0 1 10 and 5 For X7DCL 3 only One SIMLC IPMI 2 0 socket Intel 82573V 82573L LAN chips support two Giga bit LAN ports One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Up to six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 4 Headers XGI Volari Z9s 32 MB Graphic Controller Super 1 0 Winbond W83627HG 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 Device drivers and Software Dimensions ATX 12 05 x 10 306 1mm 254 1 7 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 15163124 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 ISL6312A Zs 2 1067 1333 1067 1333 MT S MT S Z ks 80 3 0 2 x NPORT 0 1 E V 23 MCH 1 3 1 2 Intel 5100
53. etting in the BIOS see 1 Signal Chapter 4 To turn off the power when 3V Standby set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition A Reset Button j B PWR Button Q 20 19 o 5 E are Power LED Vcc SUPER X7DCL 3 i 4 HDD LED Vcc e NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc F Ez 2 Fail LED Vcc i qi MR Fail LED Vcc Ed Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR Power Button 2 13 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector A 24 pin main power supply connec tor is located at JPW2 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector is locatged at JPW1 on the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification See the table on the right for pin definitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW1 refer to the item below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW1 must also be con nected to provide adequate power to your processors See the table on the right for pin definitions DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100
54. he 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 lt Enter gt 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 Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or ZA 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 lal e Corporation All Right Create RAID Vo lune Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Se
55. heck 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 chas sis temperature is too high 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 CPU temperature reaches the pre defined overheat threshold both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor 111 in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor Il in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can
56. ih Bridge Siot4 PCIE x8 slot mmm 2 27 Chapter 2 Installation SAS Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Settings Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled Software RAID Jumper Settings Jumper Settings Definition Close Default Software RAID Enabled Open Note IT Mode Enabled Note Also contact tech support at Super Micro for further instructions A SAS Enabled B Software RAID Enable CPU1 VRM OHLED V gps fel m ier Tan SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 2 7 Onboard LED 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 power LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed Activity LED Lin LED he Rear View when viewing from the back of the chassis GLAN Activity Indicator Settings Color Status Definition Flashing LAN Active of the connection See the tables at right for more information GLAN Link Indicator Onboard Power LED LED3 Settings LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps An Onboard Power LED is located at LED3 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
57. ility 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 Volunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 512 Type Status Vol ID HDC WD2588SD 1K WD HMAL72834971 WD MMAL72834599 WD AEH1376189 WD MMAEH1449527 ni Configuration Utility 444 Press lt h ID LUN Vendo roduct size b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously The main menu of the SATA RAID Utility will 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 Super Micro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume 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 6 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 6 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters i
58. in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0 Release Date Nov 20 2007 Unless you
59. inition 1 Ground Keylock R N A Keylock SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers ere Ins To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings me Jumpers create shorts between two pins Cap to change the function of the connector M E Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See Pin 1 2 short 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 JPL2 enable or disable GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the mother board See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled w VRM OH LED LEDS DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 PWRLED 1 B3 2 24 Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Disabled A GLAN Port1 Enable B GLAN Port2 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 screwdri
60. ins 1 2 Enabled JPA2 Note Software RAID IT RAID Mode Closed Software RAID JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description Back Panel Power System Management Header COM1 COM2 2 Serial Port Header FAN 1 6 Fans 1 2 CPU Fans Fans 3 6 System cooling fans Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector JFDD1 Control Front Control Panel Connector JF1 IDE IDE Hard Drive J7 J8 9 10 Serial Links General Purpose Input Output Headers J7 J8 SATA T SGPIO 0 1 J9 J10 SAS T SGPIO 0 1 JAR1 Alarm Reset Header JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JIBTN1 Socket JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JPW1 12V 8 pin PWR JPW2 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector JPWF1 Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 JUSB1 JUSB2 3 BP USBO0 1 JUSB1 FP USB2 3 4 5 JUSB2 3 JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header Keylock Keylock Header JKEY1 LAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports 1 2 PWR PC Power System Management Header 2 1 5 50 5 57 Note 5 Serial Attached SCSI Connectors 0 7 X7DCL 3 SATA 0 5 Connectors SIMLC SIMLC Slot JIPMI VGA VGA Port LED Indicator Description LED1 SAS LED LED3 LED4 Power LED LED3 System Status LED LED4 LED5 LED6 CPU1 CPU2 VRM Overheat respectively Note SAS is available on the X7DCL 3 only 1 5 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual
61. ions 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 Time 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 A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual gt IDE Primary Master Slave SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 and SATA Port4 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Primary Master Slave SATA Port1 Master Slave SATA Port2 Master Slave SATA Port3 M
62. 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 offset 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 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 cl
63. ith 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 The X7DCL 3 X7DCL i can only accommodate 24 power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin is also required for adequate power supply to the CPU Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports Itis 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 info 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 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 dis
64. k drives The Super supports 360 720 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs 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 Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electro Static 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 c
65. lects ENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt 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 lt Enter gt 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS for Systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ICH9R into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key Choose the Intel R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to b
66. me a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 21 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 22 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 problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The follow ing 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
67. n Shadow system BIOS ROM Auto size cache Advanced configuration of chipset registers Load alternate registers with CMOS values Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional Initialize interrupt vectors POST device initialization 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice Check video configuration against CMOS Initialize PCI bus and devices Initialize all video adapters in system QuietBoot start optional Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Initialize MultiBoot Display CPU type and speed Initialize EISA board optional Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Enable USB devices 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 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 hardwa
68. n SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 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 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 Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Host Controller 1 Select Enabled to enable USB Host Controller 1 The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Host Controller 2 Select Enabled to enable USB Host Controller 2 The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 if 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 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Core Multi Processing Available if supported by the CPU
69. n length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify aname 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 the 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 Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt 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 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
70. nspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Then close the load plate Corner with triangle cutou 6 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it 7 Ifthe 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 Plastic cap 4 X Warning Please save the plastic 2 PnP motherboard must be n load plate shipped with the PnP cap properly in stalled to protect socket pins Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins properly stalled 2 3 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Installing the Heatsink CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required 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 3 Screw in two diagonal screws the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Screw 1 DN 4 Finish the installation by fully tighten ing all four screws To Un install the Heatsink AN Warning We do not rec
71. o designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for 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 data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 option
72. ock 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 booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Drive A 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 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 A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages EIS
73. ommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions on the next page to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW 5 C from the motherboard in the sequence as shown in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the ture on the right and gently wriggle the le amp Ilii heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do NOSSCREW NO 2 SCREW not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink 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 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 prevent damage
74. omponents 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 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 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes Installing the LGA771 Processor Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding re moving or changing any components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 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 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan When purchasing a mother
75. on 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 I O 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 Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 1Ah 1Ch 20h 22h 24h 28h 29h 2Ah 2Ch 2Eh 2Fh 32h 33h 36h 38h 3Ah 3Ch 3Dh 41h 42h 45h 46h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 54h 55h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 8254 timer initialization 8237 DMA controller initialization Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller Set ES segment register to 4 GB Auto size DRAM Initialize POST Memory Manager Clear 512 kB base RAM 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus Enable cache before system BIOS shadow Test CPU bus clock frequency Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager Warm start shut dow
76. on cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 2 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Eight 8 SATA cables CBL 0044L X7DCL 3 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 0044L X7DCL i One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PTO7L One 1 CPU Retention Module SKT 0159 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers software and utilities CDR X7 One 1 User s BIOS Manual MNL 0957 Optional For SAS HostRAID 5 One 1 I Button AOC iBUTTON 68 X7DCL 3 1 1 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County 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 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i Image 7 LIIILA s
77. or the LSI SAS HostRAID Utility and documentation The LSI folder is included in the CD ROM that came with your motherboard 2 Ifyou do not wish to configure onboard SATA or SAS RAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 and Appendix D for the operating system amp other software installation instructions C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ICH9R 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 on the Super Micro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of the ICH9R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used 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 In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Se rial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ICH9R Serial RAI
78. or the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled 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 to configure Intel s SATA RAID settings SATA AHCI 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 ChooseAdvanced from the 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 submenu 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 Disa
79. or 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 use with Super Micro 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 JF1 Header Pins ike Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 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 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is located Pin Definition on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the 15 5V table on the right for pin definitions Ground PWR LED l Groun NMI G a x x SUPER X7DCL 3 i 2 C rower LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc 2 LED Voc j Fail LED Vcc Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset
80. orrect system setup SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual sx nanan ade ERA keda ERN Ae S n Ea V NA ada kk Wa da kn A n iii Manual Organization ken na k kk yana han alan k kya W kuya n iii Conventions Used in the iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 1 Checklist 1 1 Contacting Supermicro 2 14 1 1 20 1 0 8 2 8 aa an n dikn an n daka nuk d n ka aa 1 2 SUPERG X7DCL 3 i Image LEL keke kek kk kk kK 1 3 SUPERS LAY OUD kana 1 4 1 5 Motherboard 1 6 Intel 5100 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 n di ka dala ka s r Ba na al a yad Daka daka nln b karak 1 9 1 3 Special nierien aaa aata aaa San E Raad iiaeaa 1 10 1 4 PC Health MOnitoring anan e 1 10 1 5 5 xu kann ka paka aa na ke a ne a ka k W kak be naa bada 1 11 1 6 Power 1 12 1 Super Oniegin waza Hena na me halan V a an
81. plications The 5100 chipset supports single or dual Intel Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Series processors with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5100 Memory Controller Hub MCH Intel I O Controller Hub ICH9R and the subsystem The 5100 Memory Controller Hub MCH The Intel 5100 MCH chip is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1066 1333 MTS data bus capable of transferring data at 8 5 10 6 GB s for a total bandwidth of 17 21 3 GB s The MCH supports a 36 bit wide address bus and up to six DDR2 667 MHz 533 MHz DIMM modules providing a total memory capac ity of up to 32 GB The 5100 also provides six x4 PCI Express interfaces and one x4 DMI Interface to the ICH9R Each PCI Express port on the MCH provides 4 GB s bi directional bandwidth if configured as a x8 port or 2 GB s bi directional bandwidth if configured as a x4 port The Ninth Generation Controller Hub ICH9 The Controller ICH9R provides the data buffering and interface arbitration required for the system to operate efficiently It also provides the bandwidth needed for the system to maintain its peak performance The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the connection between the MCH and the ICH9R The ICH9R supports up to six PCI Express x1 slots six Serial ATA ports and twelve USB 2 0 ports In addition
82. re 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 PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i 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 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 RomPilo
83. request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 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 knowledgeable PC users lt provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i motherboard The SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i supports dual Intel Xeon Quad Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Series processors w 771 LGA with a front side bus speed of up to 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit Xeon Quad Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Series proces sors built in the X7DCL 3 X7DCL i offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel Core microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the 32 software The features supported by this motherboard include Intel Virtualization Technology Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T and Native DDR 2 DIMM modules These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with lower power consumption in much safer thermal environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DCL
84. reshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 80 The default setting for the Intel 5100 Series CPU is 75 and for the 5000 Series CPU is 80 See below Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU This function monitors the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to
85. rly seated Be sure to check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 sure that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 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 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 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 3 1 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 3 3 2 supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 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 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully ins
86. run at full speed 12V at all times The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V 12V P1V5 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor 111 settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III 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 III 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 the BIOS 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS option is available only when IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging 01 0 00001 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 Disabl
87. 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 1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast 4 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 4 5 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the 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 SATA Controller Mode 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 set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions F
88. s INtruSiOM suoi kek kad 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 SEM Al POMS nan di a s nk v kanan 2 17 O RING sessir rrr 2 18 Weake One LAN S 2 18 GLAN 1 2 Ethernet Ports eerte tario tacet tuse NEN 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header sse 2 19 Alarm Reset ertet te kan ka pl n da ER kk HERR na n b 2 20 Power Supply Failure Power FaU LL kk 2 20 VGA CONNECCION ec a k Ca keza h kun an uman da R klanan 2 21 Headers keze b kuda a k Wae cax ba kbk a aa 2 21 o Ec mei esi ae A 2 22 EP Power DAC E E WE RESA Cia 2 22 Ke ylOCK 2 23 2 0 Jumper Settings sce cnt t tree Ek Eee vx yA yak kya ah na nia Dana ka VAN Van UW y na k 2 24 Explanation of Jumpers tenisisti rairit ai 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable xilik ilk kk kaka kaka aka 2 24 CMOS Cle al vcs a 2 25 Watch DOG T 2 25 VGA Enable Disable nan ninu 2 26 a www a 2 26 SANS Enable N s Sek H Kn Sn Ha xarek 2 27 Software RAID
89. s 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 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 System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 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 in 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 1MB 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
90. spend 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 SUPER X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 Standby or Off state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup 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 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 w
91. t 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 redirection 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 5 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
92. talled Check if DIMMs of different speeds or types have been installed Also make sure that 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 Make sure you are using the correct type of Single Rank Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 24A and So on see Section 2 3 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers 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 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios If
93. tem temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V BP PWR SMB BP PWR SMB Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Backplane Power SMB I C Connector J5 monitors power supply of backplane lO connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB_DAT_ICH_EXT Ground SMB_CLK_ICH_EXT No Connection oot o C ro VRM OH LED A PWR SMB uod a A B Backplane PWR SMB DIMMZA DIMMA DIMM28 O DIMM1B DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge N mn o Batey n N J B xz om 2 ewanan 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation Keylock The keyboard lock connection is desig nated JKEY1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMMIB DIMM2C DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i Intel 5100 North Bridge B B gp mmm Fe CPU1 VRM OH LED LEDS PWR LED D LED3 Sog 995 eol Keylock Pin Definitions Pin Def
94. the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 4 13 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual 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 I O address for the Floppy port 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
95. ualization Technology Available if 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 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available if 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 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows 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 I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select
96. v5 1 4 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved _ 1 Volunig RAID Level 10 011 Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128 Capacity xxx 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 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When the 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 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 Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Sel
97. ver 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 Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot Jumper Settings the system when a software application hangs Jumper Setting Definition Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if an applica Pins 1 2 Reset tion 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 set tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS default Pins 2 3 Disabled L cum A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable DIMM1A DIMM28 DIMM2C 1 DIMMIC SUPERO X7DCL 3 i f Intel 5100 North Bridge 2 25 SUPERO X7DCL 3 X7DCL i User s Manual VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the ww VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled Bus to PCI PCI Exp Slots Jumpers JPI C1 JPI C2 allow you to Jumper Settings
98. you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro 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 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number 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 X7DCL 3 X7DCL i has six 240 pin DIMM slots that support Single Rank Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM modules It is strongly recom mended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com 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 that it is newer than

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