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1. yY Hil 5 eeece 2 Woo EY Em gt aerate S 3 Li Li Q 000 Figure 2 3 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 7 Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 Rear UID Switch See Section 2 5 for details Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins 20 19 e s Groun NMI E Power LED Vcc Wi HDD LED UID Switch Vcc B SupEReXIDBU VEI NIC1 LED Vcc In NIC2 LED Mes OH Fan Fail Blue_LED_Cathode PWR Fail UID LE UID Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground gg Reset FP Reset Butte Ground gg FP Power Butt 2 1 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button header is loca
2. 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Serial POS uero Pct 2 17 Wake ON RUMG las y 2 18 Walken MeL AN 2 18 GEAN 1 2 Ethernet kak di n kan n 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header sees 2 19 Overheat LED Fan Fail Mada danka ka n da Wak k din kad keban a 2 20 SMB CONNGGCUOP dE 2 20 SMB Power 2 21 VGA k nawa weda anada 2 21 Unit Identification Switches 2 22 SGPIO amp TET 2 22 2 6 Jumper Settings eer tete k d k a h ku N H na ku 2 23 Explanation i cini An nina cecinere Saan hawan k n bana 2 23 GLAN Enable Disable anak daa kaka diana daka ala kaka ka b ka 2 23 c 2 24 Wate MDO hi EE 2 24 VGA Enable Disable cccccccccccecececececececececececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseetenens 2 25 4C to PC S OE E 2 26 227 Onboatrd IndiCatotrs x re i erm ee re
3. Rear View When viewing from the rear side of the system GLAN Activity Indicator LED Color Definition Off Not Active Yellow Blinking Active GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs 20 Pin Main PWR Fant FPCTRL n Fanz 201 Jon 2 1 Fan3 Fan8 7 CPU FAN2 2 7 Penner DUI ID 3 JWOR1 i Epai ES1000 Video CTRL wo J18 ideo s JWD EE vi e SMB J22 2 moat come T al ES E qas Fand SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Onboard Power LED LE1 Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 There is an Onboard Power LED LE1 LED Color Definition located on the motherboard When LE1 Off System Off PWR cable not connected is off the system is off When the green Green System On light is on the system is on See the layout Green ACPI S1 State below for the LED location Flashing Quickly Green ACPI S3 STR State Flashing Slowly UE z geen simi A PWR LED RSMB GPP Mh es 5 Be U Fah Aor amp B Jn DIMM4B m p DIMM3A bi COMA DIMM2A B o Intel 5000 i ILANT ul i 1 z North Bridge Fan3 22222 CPU 7 SUPERG X7DBU rm a j Intel ESB2 mE i So
4. Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 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 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R uRR
5. EE kek kk kk kk kk KEKE KEKE KA KAKA KEKE KRA ku KAK KH KA Ku HA 4 7 425 S CUMY SOUP i3 cepe e 4 23 4 6 Boot crime 4 24 LE Id c 4 25 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST C 00 8 sa yaca manr re bekar Ki a hin n Sek k kaban K k a n xl nnn B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines sssesemRRI C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 02 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s
6. CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS pa Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD the system when a software application hangs Jumper Setting Definition Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an applica Pins 1 2 m tion hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non default maskable interrupt signal for the application that Pins 2 3 NMI hangs See the table on the right for jumper set Open Disabled tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR eu oom A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable JPW1 20 Pin Main PWR CRUS EHI Intel 5000 NT g LAI WO es North Bridge m ILAN Fan3 Fang CPU FAN2 7 minm I2C2 C1 PCI X 133 MHz J28 8 027 Y A amp S 3 tay J SATA1 2 I SATA4 VSATAS SXB1 PCI E x16 m SUPERO X7DBU Intel ESB2 South Bri
7. s ed 9 9 38 Intel 5000 a j LANI api B i North Bridge n ILAN2 E i Fan poe CPU2 gd e e E Um Ey JE Lb Bc nc M 22222 Ne I2C2 12C1 n el PCHX133MHz J28isi 27 X 5 SXBI PCLEXIG h SUPERG X7DBU PE SGPIO1 8B a E Intel ESB2 j sg E B 2 age South Bridge FEL n ZU BB 2 B ER ae uni EE Fi amp s JWORI wu B Pci i ES1000 i wo f J18 Video CTRL H Pie su n j2 i mmi Y wou A A men ees ao Fan 2 17 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR 1 This function allows your computer to receive and be Wake On Ring Pin Definitions awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Please make sure to enable this function in the BIOS Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Pin Definitions The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR
8. B r gt Fan8 27 CPU B C SATA JESATAS 4 S FSATAS 5 8 Intel ESB2 BF SGPIO2 South Bridge JWOR1 c7 EPa 51000 Video CTRL cow Chapter 2 Installation Power SMB I C Connector PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors onboard power supply fan speeds and system temperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V VGA Connector A VGA connector J15 is located next tothe GLAN2 portonthe IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location 4 Pin PWR 8 PWI x A PWR SMB 4 Bow ocou DIMM4B gu s o o o c o o e B VGA DIMM4A 20 Pin Main PWR pIMM3B Fant DIMM3A 1 DIMM2B DIMM2A rut B e sa Fan2 a Jom Intel 5000 EE 2 1 North Bridge Fani i Ln 7 CPU FAN z22i2 Z EEEE 55455 T3 g oy o yo oov 2 x X SUPERG X7DBU TT T m i E 1 B BO mew 99 B E Intel ESB2 i 230 56 2 8 South Bridge E E x JWOR1 i IPG1 s ES1000 Video CTRL a o J18 Rs i 5 22 i 2 MOD SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Unit Identification Switches There are two Unit Identification UID Switches on the motherboar
9. DIMM3B C PWR LED Speaker DIMM3A DIMM2B DIMM2A B a Fan2 Intel 5000 api North Bridge Fan3 i Ln Fangi 7 CPUFAN2 7 zR2Z PCI X 133 MHz 28505 MIN 5695 g oy o yo oov 2 z e E Cuom _ gt 3 SXBI PCHEXIG teho SUPER X7DBU SGPIO1 229 8 Intel 2 Jade B SGPIO2 H South Bridge B Im i zet J Simm mu gt 3 JWOR1 E Epai Ls 51000 Video CTRL come SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Overheat LED Fan Fail Overheat LED JOH1 Pin Definitions Pin Definition The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warnings of chas sis overheating This LED will blink to indicate a fan failure Refer to the poa table on right for pin definitions State Message 1 5vDC OH Active Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions A System Management Bus header Pin Definition is located at J18 Connect the ap 1 Data propriate cable here to utilize SMB on Ground your system Clock A 0 N No Connection Eu ES A OH Fan Fail LED R SMB Zoe B SMB Header DIMM4A 20 Pin Main PWR pIMM3B DIMM3A Fan DIMM28 a DIMM2A B d DIMM1B RO DIMMIA Fan s ee Fani Intel 5000 E E North Bridge
10. Gi und pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be 1 Signal configured to function as a suspend but 2 ton with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR DERE ILI 9 m E Groun NMI ip kist E X x w2 e e ka C li Power LED Vcc we HDD LED UID Switch Vcc B Intel 5000 pu 3 ert ne T NIC1 LED Vcc EI NIC2LED Vcc TSO OH Fan Fail Blue LED Cathode i amp PWR Fail UID LE UID Vcc PWR Fail LED Q LE Ground fo o Reset FP Reset Buttc sue 25 Ground fo o Butt fee bee 2 1 Intel ESB2 South Bridge A p 51000 Video CTRL COM SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power 20 pin Connector Pin Definitions ATX Power Connector Definition Pin Definition There are a 20 pin main power supply 11 3 3V 1 3 3V connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU 12 12V 2 3 3V PWR connector JPW3 onthe moth 13 COM
11. SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual SIMSO IPMI Slot There is a SIM SO DIMM IPMI Intelligent Platform Manage ment Interface Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the location of SIMSO slot 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR PWR SMB ur A SIMSO Slot ODIMM4B DIMM4A DIMM3B Fani DIMM3A E SF gt DIMM2B DIMM2A B 2 gos DIMMIB E 2 Fan E DIMM1A n 15 28 E LEV S E Intel 5000 El LANT JPY North Bridge 5 1 LAN Fan3 SUN ao H5 B H er Ml E 8 L Fan8 07 ged 8 CPUFAN2 1 122 12 1 g 22282 e PCI X 133 MHz __ 128 1027 5152455 VAM o 2 van n 5 1 16 Aefelohoho SUPERG X7DBU SGPIO1 J29 Intel ESB2 SGPIO2 South Bridge ea a7 Pa Speci ES1000 Video CTRL WD 1 JKl wma E O J JPL a ig 2 30 IDE Connector An IDE Connector is located at JIDE1on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions DIMM3B DIMM3A DIMM2B jDIMN2A DIMMIB gt DIMM1A Intel 5000 North Bridge mami we qm a 3 ogg B pes US SXB1 PCIE x16 ISUPERG X7DBU Intel ESB2 South Bridge WORT zu pci ES1000 Video CTRL cow Chapter 2
12. Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected 5138001395 85 HDC HD 48GD BRFLA2 69 AGB HDC HD74B8GD BBFLR1 HDC HD74BGD BBFLA2 HDC HD 48GD BRFLA1 Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Viewing Array Properties Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amane RTT roste derau Hninparg TET TEMERE THH ed e Stripe Sise HH STEHT H3 3 Hl m Hr Lo Hy te Cacag TEH HOC HDTSBZD BHELAI E Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu D 13
13. 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 chas sis 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 fan speed control and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V 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 P VTT Vbat 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD 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 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic See the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm
14. ON d PCI32 N VGA A33MMZ mi ES1000 USB2 0 N m LJ DDR IKUMERAN LPC N RJ45 GB LAN SIO N GILGAL W83627HF FWH RJ45 MS COM1 p KB COM2 Note This is a general chipset block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Figure 1 9 System Block Diagram for the X7DBU Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P 5000X chipset the X7DBU X7DGU motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for com munications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000P 5000X chipset supports a single or dual Intel 64 bit Quad core Dual core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000P 5000X Memory Controller Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 The 5000P 5000X MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing up to 32 GB of DDR2 FBD ECC memory The MCH chipset also provides three x8 PCI Express interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000P 5000X chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interfac
15. 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 con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fa
16. The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to activate the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable closed loop thermal throttling on a fully buffered FBD memory module In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM module exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable open loop global thermal throttling on a fully buffered FBD memory module to make it active whenever the number of activate control exceeds a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features This feature was designed to implement Intel s 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 the add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip T
17. 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A and Appendix B 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 3 1 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 2 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 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recom mended that you use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure that you are using the correct type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots To install mem ory modules begin with Branch 1 then
18. 3 COM erboard These power connectors 14 PS ON 4 5V meet the SSI EPS 12V specification 15 5 COM The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required 16 6 5V to provide adequate power to the sys 17 7 COM tem The UIO PWR located at J11 is 18 Res NC 8 PWR OK also required for the UIO slots For the 19 5V 9 5VSB 8 PWR JPW 3 please refer to the 12V item listed below See the table on the right for pin definitions Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Processor Power Connector Pins Definition In addition to the Primary ATX power 1and2 Ground 3and4 12V connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground CPU fate DIMM4B Buzzer 5 through 8 12V DIMM4A 9 d DIMM3B DIMM3A DIMM2B A COMT e A ATX Main PWR DIMM2A DIMMIB N a 8 pin Processor PWR did C 4 pin PWR D UIO PWR E A VGA E O B oi Intel 5000 Z 1 North Bridge SUPERG X7DBU South Bridge BININ BlosE RI Floppy ig WORT 51000 V
19. 85 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved j_S RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Vo lun RAID1 Hinor Select Disks NA 6 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 lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message 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 X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option RUM v5 1 4 1413 ICH 7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 45 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Volumi RAID Level
20. Installation IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 ResetIDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 HostData4 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 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 20 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 10CS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground A IDE 1 e o o o o o o o o o 20 Pin Main PWR gn P j B BER EKI Video Memory ral Er EB e 2 31 d Fant n Bec B gt E E SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual SXB1 SXB2 Slots SXB1 J5 and SXB2 J9 are specially designed for Supermicro s riser cards These two slots are to be used with riser cards When used with riser cards the left IO slot SXB1 supports one PCI E x8 and one UIO devices while the right IO slots PCI X J14 and SXB2 can support a PCI E x8 or a PCI X 133MHz device Refer to the layout below for the location A SXB1 the left slot B SXB2 the right slots 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting
21. PERS E E A WOR PU SMB ou s DIMM4B ga B WOL DIMM4A 20 Pin Main PWR CDIMM3B 1 DIMM3A ran JF DIMM2B DIMM2A CPUT E E amp ODIMMIB N E 2 Es gt DIMMIA E is t _ E Eeg E E D ii Intel 5000 wong LANI a North Bridge S LAN2 i Fan3 4 5 I k L Fane dg d Liu cpu FANE 12c PCI X 133 MHz E E E z Be a se ae z yoy E 22222022305 J z oPWE VU BI PCLEXIO Ms Lo E SUPERO X7DBU BL Intel ESB2 9308725 SGPIO2 South Bridge man Imm umm not nummi Jen 3 6 F i ge n r Floppy 51000 Video CTRL n come zs CM E Fane JPI 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports i 1 Two G bit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the IO GLAN1 GLAN2 backplane This port accepts RJ45 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 right xp Pin Setting Definition for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker External Speaker 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWI EU QUUUPO 2 B GLAN2 DIMM4A 20 Pin Main PWR
22. Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000P Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommen
23. Specify a name for the RAID 0 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 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 displays See the note on Page C 3 e Use the Up Arrow 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 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 message 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 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM 95 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883
24. advanced warnings of chas sis overheating power failure or fan failure in addition to providing unit identification for your system For more information on UID Switches please refer to Pages 2 11 and 2 22 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail PWR Fail FP UID Indica tor Status State Definition Off System Normal Red On Overheat Red Flashing Fan Fail PWR Fail Power Fail LED PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 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 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Ground A OH Fan Fail PWR Fail UIE LED B PWR Supply Fail 4 Pin PWR g Pin PWR Fans SENSN Tiea p E M NMI m x X paws 4 me od S Power LED Vee s HDD LED UID Switch Vcc B Intel 5000 i North Bridge p NIC1 LED Vec COS NIC2 LED Vcc i Quran Fail Blue LED Cathode PWR Fail UID LE UID Vcc Intel ESB2 South Bridge am ES1000 Video CTRL coma sue i In 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button 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 Reser case Refer to the table on the right for
25. connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled S esessE PWRSMB U Fani DIMM4B E DIMM4A DIMM3B DIMM3A DIMM2B ODIMM2A gt DIMM1B DIMM1A Intel 5000 North Bridge 12C2 12C1 PCI X 133 MHz J28 8 727 SXB2 PCI E x8 Chapter 2 Installation ZHSATAT I SATA2 I SATA4 SATAS FSATAO SCUIOPWR 4 SXB1 PCI E X16 SUPERG X7DBU SGPIO1 J29 8 Intel ESB2 SGPlO2 South Bridge Quum HET gt mu xz JWORT 51000 Video CTRL GO ye E E JL1 x COM2 JWOL1 fs O Gc ERA 2 23 qox E Jumper Cap 3 2 1 Setting Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled 57 HET A GLAN Port1 Enable J JPW 20 Pin Main PWR Fan3 Fang CPU 2 B GLAN Port2 Enable SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual
26. displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays Dis AT ee reate Array E 88 mirror RAID 1 34 468 dd Delete Hotspare FF Con igure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disap pear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press Enter 5 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed
27. fit different types of chas sis 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 done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis 2 5 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 21A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A and so on 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 X7DBU X7DGU supports up to 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 667 533
28. in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will increase memory performance Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A 4 DIMMs 1A 2 4 6 DIMMs 1 1B 2A 2B 3A 4 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed For best performance please install memory modules in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices 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 Memory Availability Table on the next page for details 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allo
29. is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables CPU overheat warning in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature reaches the pre defined threshold both the overheat fan and the warning LED will be activated System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain syst
30. key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again to wake up the whole system During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC 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 In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL with
31. system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 75 C See the note below CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan5 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 chas sis 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 fan speed control and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Dis
32. 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 gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache 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 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 Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the
33. 0h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh 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 X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuratio
34. 1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth 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 E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initializ
35. ATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 0 5138001385 3 85 SATA Port 1 HDC WD 4BGD BBFLRI 27 88D27 SATA Port 2 BLL SATA Port 3 Fornat Disk 08027 1 SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media 8 1 1 in TET cn Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit Enter Otherwise select No and press Enter Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 SATA Port 5738001305 3 05 1 5 Gb s Capacity 74 5 GBytes WARNING This drive is about to be formatted RII data on the disk vill be erased Fornat Disk Ves No firrou keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default D 17 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual To verify disk media Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 0 5738001385 3 65 1 SATA Port 1 HDC WD74BGD BBFLRal 27 ie s SATA Port 2 E il SATA Port 3 Fornat Disk 098027 1 SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media BB8F31 1 5 6 Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter t
36. BIOS 2 3 and USB Keyboard support PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage memory voltage HT voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 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 Chapter 1 Introduction 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 Pulse Width Modulation Fan Control Fans 5 8 Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism e ACPI Power Management Power on mode for power recovery Onboard I O Six SATA ports supporting RAIDO RAID1 RAID10 and RAID5 One SIMSO IPMI socket AOC SIMSO e Two Giga bit LAN ports with IOAT Technology One IDE w two devices supported One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers ATI ES1000 16MB Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HG w Hardware Monitor support W83793G Other Ex
37. BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Contacting Super Micro 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 Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU Image et LY eecetete Eg Jg lt Note 1 The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on PCB Revision 1 02 the latest 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 Note 2 X7DGU is for OEM only SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU Motherboard Layout no
38. Branch 2 and so on see Page 2 6 3 2 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 Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 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 System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached
39. 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 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 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 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 Stati
40. Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System C 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you mustfirst configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while
41. IDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays See the note on Page C 3 e Use the Up Arrow 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 Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you w
42. IP connectivity Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor llIl You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor 11 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Notes
43. J5 PCI Exp x16 slot See Note 7 on Page 1 4 SXB2 J9 PCI Exp x8 slot See Note 7 on Page 1 4 UID SW1 Rear Unit Identification Switch USB 0 1 Back Panel USB Ports 0 1 USB 2 3 USB4 Front Panel USB Connectors 2 3 FP USB Connector 4 VGA J15 Note VGA Connector WOL JWOL1 Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR1 Wake on Ring Header LE Indicators Description LE1 Onboard Power LED Indicator LE2 Unit Identification UID LED Indicator Note The X7DGU model is for OEM only 1 5 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Motherboard Features PU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 Quad core Dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1 333 GHz 1 066 GHz 667 MHz Memory 8 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 32 GB DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Popula tion Chipset X7DBU e Intel 5000P chipset including the 5000P Memory Control Hub and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 X7DGU Intel 5000X chipset including the 5000X Memory Control Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Expansion Slots X7DBU Two PCI Express slots SXB1 PCI E x8 x8 Single Slot SXB2 PCI E x8 One 64 bit PCI X 133 MHz slot J14 X7DGU for OEM only Two PCI Express slots SXB1 PCI E x16 SXB2 PCI E x8 One 64 bit PCI X 133 MHz slot J14 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SM
44. PCI E x8 or a PCI X 133 MHz device 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DBU X7DGU Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JI C1 J27 SMBBus to PCI X PCI E Slots Off Disabled JI C2 J28 SMBBus to PCI X PCI E Slots Off Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Primary 20 Pin ATX PWR Connector Aux PWR CPU PWR 12V 4 pin PWR JWP2 12V 8 pin PWR JPW3 UIO PWR J11 Power Connector for the Universal IO slots Buzzer SP1 Internal Speaker Chassis Intrusion JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 COM1 JCOM1 COM2 JCOM2 Serial Port Connectors DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 6 System Fans Fans 7 8 CPU Fans Fans 1 4 3 pin Fans Fans 5 8 4 pin Fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF 1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE 1 JIDE1 IDE 1 Hard Drive Keylock JK1 Keylock Header OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED Indicator PCI X J14 PCI X 133MHz Slot See Note 7 on Page 1 4 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power System Management 12 Header SATAO SATA5 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors SGPIO1 2 J29 J30 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers SIMSO SIM SO DIMM IPMI Slot SMB J18 System Management Bus Header SXB1
45. 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 installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still 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 memory modules
46. Q Solutions When Enabled Emulated IRQ Scheme allows PCI devices to run on legacy operating systems that use the MSI mechanism to generate INTX compatible interrupts The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others perform faster with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits coalesce features Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are Payload 256 Bytes and Coalesce Enabled 128 Bytes PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated first The options are Onboard first and Add On first PCI Fast Delayed Transaction Enable this function to improve DMA data transfer rate for a PCI 32 bit multimedia card The options are Enable and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for 2 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz P Slot1 Blue S
47. SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl and R to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The follow ing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Pre
48. SUPERO SUPERO X7DBU SUPERO X7DGU USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b 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 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 documenta tion 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 in the State of Califo
49. 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 For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware 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 Available when SATA RAID is Enabled Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Available when SATA RAID is Disabled Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced 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 submenus tha
50. able 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 P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD 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 19 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual gt IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of th
51. ant 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 X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume N 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 C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID Settings and Resetting a RAID HDD AN Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear reate RAID Volune Port Drive Model Serial LECHE INL 728 GN Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete b Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space
52. ard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O 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 X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B
53. ault setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPEROX7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Branch 1 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection
54. b sea h bi s na erre dr bos creda at 2 27 GLAN LE D m M 2 27 Onboard Power LED nhi k wak Vala k naa SEEN 2 28 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive SIMSO DIMM IPMI SCSI Connections 2 29 Floppy COonneclOr cie buc bp karakani haka RR W kra RR Wa kuri 2 29 DID e 2 30 IDE CONNECTORS iei retrace reote dan k 2 31 SXB1 SXB2 SIOLS ci ees eX Eco tha cd SE yek Kwa RR REANO S 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power OM Pm 3 1 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual INOS 3 1 INO VIDS O 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 Memory anka yanda 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 IINtFOCUCTION m 4 1 4 2 RUNNING Setup iuc oie ordei r Ere CEDE e REX HERE OPER cared 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS dikakan ala kana ak aa Ena ka a kara 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup
55. 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 X7DBU X7DGU has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 667 533 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are 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 it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Warning 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 security and a
56. c 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 system memory area above 1MB Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation Ifenabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped Set to Enabled to enhance graphic performance when using a Linux graphic driver that requires write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from the GLAN port specified The options are Disabled and Enabled Default Primary Video Adapter This feature allows the user to specify which video adapter to be used as the default primary video adapter the onboard video adapter or others The options are Other and Onboard Video 4 9 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Emulated IR
57. cation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory 1 MB 3 99 System BIOS Local APIC 4KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the 2MB 3 99 chipset APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 256MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB PCI Enumeration Area 2 512 MB 3 01 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory TSEG Memory available to System BIOS amp OS applications Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs Notch lt Notch ce j L Rel LL NN ein abe Note Notch pon 1 should align Nea with the E receptive point m if on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot push the release tabs near Release Tab both ends of the module Release Tab igi D This should release it from the slot 2 7 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU 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 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports
58. ctors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast 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 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Enabled and Disabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA 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
59. d The Front Panel UID Switch is connected to Pin 13 of the Front Control Panel The Rear UID Switch SW1 is located next to LAN Port2 When you push the UID Switch on the Front Control Panel both Rear UID and FP UID Indicators will turn on Push the FP UID Switch or the Rear UID Switch SW1 again to turn off both Indicators These UID Indicators provide easy identification of a system unit that may be in need of service For more information on the FP UID Switch please refer to FP UID Switch on Page 2 11 Pin Definitions Therearetwo SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers J29 J30 located on passen ron the motherboard These headers are used to talk to the AMI Chip on the backplane See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the locations of the headers Note NC No Connections NC NC Ground Data Load Ground 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR i A UID Switch ms B SGPIO1 Fan C SGPIO2 ei Intel 5000 North Bridge I2C2 l2C1 PCX133MHz J28js w027 SXB2 PCI E x8 SUPERGX7DBU _ RM JWOR1 EPa 51000 Video CTRL cow 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the
60. d sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot Disabled Fi TL UE F9 Esc e gt Enter F18 Supervisor Password Is This feature indicates if a supervisor password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the 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 When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which al
61. d to use this function which will allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when 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 when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 4 13 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The default settings are Disabled for the Intel 5100 Series Processors and Enable for the 5000 Series Processors Hardware Prefetcher Availabl
62. d you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press Enter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functionality and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allo
63. dge A 2 gon 51000 Video CTRL id e SMB 8 102 LJ H E E come 7 wo EG pun E ie Fans 2 24 VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or dis VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Chapter 2 Installation VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 able the Both Jumpers Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 4 Pin PWR 8 PWI e 2 Bow seco DIMM4B e DIMM4A 20 Pin Main PWR pIMM3B Fani DIMM3A E 1 DIMM2B DIMM2A B 7 sa DIMMIB Fan 3 ODIMMIA 15 BD E Jom Boos Intel 5000 el JP1 E North Bridge LAN2 Fan S nce B k L Fan8 7 uz 8 CPU FAN25 gt v ga232 55455 I3 4 52225 2 Tio 191 SUPERO X7DBU PE j SGPIO1 H E Intel ESB2 BE 230 SGPIO2 5982 South Bridge C JEN FM 8 E B B E B gt Qes Ut LE ES1000 E 1 Video CTRL a JB oe KT 22 x Vs cs JPL Definition Enabled Disabled A VGA Enabled SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual l2C Bus to PCI Slots 1 2 JI C1 J27 JI C2 J28 allow you to en able l2C Bus to PCI X PCI E slots See the table on the right for jumper set t
64. e ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing Xeon Quad core Dual core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000P 5000X chipset the Xeon Quad core Dual core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Quad core Dual core Processor L1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands SUPER X7DBU X7DGU 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 Con trol setting in the Advanced section Boot Features to change this setting Note Default Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DBU X7DGU All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health moni toring Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPU Cores Memory Chipset HT 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V standby and VBAT An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning
65. e PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the 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 X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 and Appendix D for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Co
66. e 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 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 P 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 21 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual b Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboar
67. e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws D Scr wit2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that N the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instruc tions below to uninstall the heatsink to avoid damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wiggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wiggling 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 Screw 1 Screw 3 NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW Is Fa Tm La LM a NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW Screw 4 Screw 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to
68. e when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allow 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 optio
69. eds with better power management in much safer environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DBU X7DGU is ideal for high performance dual processor DP enterprise server environments 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 CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information on the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself stop Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic Gro ee failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components No
70. el type in a label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size 64K Create RAID Vila No Ini D
71. el Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Microsoft Direct 9 0 ATI Graphics driver Intel 5000P Chipset Intel Matrix Storage Manager X7DBU Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor 111 The Supero Doctor Ill program is a web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor IIl program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor IlI interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In t
72. em 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 also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers 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 Server Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any
73. en permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER 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 It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DBU X7DGU motherboard The SUPER X7DBU X7DGU supports dual Intel Xeon 64 bit Quad core Dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1 333 GHz 1 066 GHz 667 MHz With dual 64 bit Xeon Quad core Dual core processors the 5000 chipset and 8 DDR2 FBD 667 533 memory modules built in the X7DBU X7DGU offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the Core microarchitecture while remaining compat ible with the 32 bit based software The features include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher spe
74. er key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ain Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 4 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit Enter as shown below anage firrays reate Array td Delete Hotspare Con iqure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List sh
75. escribed in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options 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 Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the J gt icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Ente
76. following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Uolunes Hone defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 512 Type Status Vol ID 4 HDC WD2588SI HD HMRL 2834971 232 9 HDC HD2588SD B1K HD HMAL 728345998 RYM M HDC WD2588JI WD HMREH1376189 232 SCB WD2588JI WD HMREH1449527 232 9GB HD Configuration Utility id ipter opur ight d d Pre Ch ID LUN b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel CR Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved Nane UolunB RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 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
77. g the boot priority order of a device in the Item Specific Help window 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you ve made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 25 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Notes 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly
78. he CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU Socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate Load Plate 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the Socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket 6 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 agai
79. he Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD 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 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen l Health Information CAMIS Hess Super 1001 Remote Manage System Info Health Info ormance Rernote Control Configuration Adrninistration Systems Management Report Help u Health Information Intrusion CPU2 Chassis CPUl Chassis E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control TY USE em dus TH t m TIT T cmm Remote Management Systern Info Health Info Performance Rern ontrol Configuration Administration Sy gerrent Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP
80. he event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Console 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 console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected eithe
81. he options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default and x12 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enable
82. ideo CTRL saw ya s e i d cow A lt e raoe 2 14 Universal Serial Bus USB There are five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 and the other are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 USB 4 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened gt DIMM4B DIMM4A DIMM3B DIMM3A gt DIMM2B ODIMM2A gt DIMM1B DIMM1A Intel 5000 North Bridge 12 212 1 228 027 amp 4 Chapter 2 Installation Back Panel USB USB 0 1 Pin Definitions 1 5V 2 PO 3 4 Ground 5 N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB 2 3 4 USB2 4 USB3 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground ETT A Backpanel USB 0 1 J 8 Front Panel USB 2 3 20 Pin Main PWR C Front Panel USB 4 an1 D Chassis Intrusion E Fan2 ma JOH1 jp Fan3 rane CPU 555 5 SUPERG X7DBU In
83. ils 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 Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows sys
84. ings The default setting is Disabled DIMM4B DIMM4A DIMM3B DIMM3A DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMMIB DIMMIA Intel 5000 North Bridge SUPERO XTDBU JWOR1 EPa v FSATAO SGPIO1 29 Jade SGPIO2 Intel ESB2 South Bridge m2 ED HH 51000 Video CTRL cow 2 z Eu ohoho Bus to PCI Slots Jumper Settings Jumper Definition 1 2 Enabled Disabled De fault 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR 2 z A JIFC1 Eom 2 550 o o o o o o o o B JIFC2 20 Pin Main PWR Fan 1 Fan 5 ED Jom apr Fani 7 CPU 7 2i2 52 A E B E FEL 5 BZB cu BS E amp J184 Em 22 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection more information DIMM4B DIMM4A DIMM3B DIMM3A DIMM2B DIMM2A Intel 5000 North Bridge See the tables at right for CPU1 Intel ESB2 South Bridge 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR e J Jewi TRSATA2 JESATAS oO KSATA4 Chapter 2 Installation Link Activity LED
85. layed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU 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 PhoenixBIOS 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 8
86. lot PCI Exp x8 L2 Slot PCI Exp x8 R1 Slot PCI X 133 MHz R2 Slot PCI Exp x8 x4 and R3 Slot PCI Exp x4 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 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 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 gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setting a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may cause the system to become unstable When this occurs reset the setting to the def
87. lows access to the system at boot up 4 23 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 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 1 USB FDC SMSC USB 1 1 Boot List Candidate List 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 f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on changin
88. n G Fan7 CPU Fan1 E VGA E os B i Intel 5000 ant ET North Bridge H Fan8 CPU Fan2 ves gU L K Keylock o tend BRS dg XB1 PCI E x16 SUPER X7DBU SGPIO1 J2oja Intel ESB2 2303 52 p 5 South Bridge ig WORT pci 51000 Video CTRL Ww mami m s com2 t pem gen ra Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Port pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse ports are located at JKM1 See 1 Data the table on the right for pin defini 2 NC tions See the table on the right for 3 Ground pin definitions 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Serial Ports Pin Definition Definition COM1 JCOM1 is a connector locat i Bel ed on the IO Backpanel and COM2 is id 7 idis a header located at JCOM2 to provide zary s CTS front access See the table on the right DIR 3 RI 5 Ground 10 NC for pin definitions Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR me o ca coom amp 2 A KB Mouse DIMM3B A DIMM3A Fant B COM1 F gt DIMM2B J C COM2 ODIMM2A b d DIMMIB 5 Fan2 s DIMM1A dis 3 B 2550
89. n of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keybo
90. nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or 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 I2O block storage 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 a 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 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages 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 disp
91. ns 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 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base 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 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 I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 15 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 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 t
92. nst the surface or against any pins of the Socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the Socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed into the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Warning Please keep the plastic cap The motherboard and the CPU must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU pins Shipment without the CPU plastic cap properly installed will void the warranty 2 3 Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout be low the circle Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge South Center Edge gold dot Corner with a triangle cutout Socket clip Plastic cap is released from the load plate amp installed SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die 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 Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws i
93. ntroller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 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 than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the 5000P chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA po
94. o proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller lif SATA Port 1 HDC WD 48CD BOFLA1 27 0827 1 5 Cb s Capacity 59 2 GButes This drive vill be scanned for media defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to select Esc to exit default SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ESB2 Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the F6 key when the mes
95. one Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is
96. onnection is located on pins 13 Vcc and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 The NIC Network Interface Controller LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED con nection 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 Pin Definition 9 11 10 12 Vcc PWR Fail A EP UID Switch B HDD LED C NIC1 LED D NIC2 LED I NMI d X X l Power LED Vcc J m z HDD LED UID switchv y North Bridge Eu E Ho NIc1 LED ag Bow C dog BE NEL li NIC2 LED Vcc wer i ig OH Fan Fail Blue LED Cathode PWRFail UID LE UID Vcc re PWR Fail LED Vcc Eu Ground Reset FP Reset Buttc Ground PWR FP Power Butt SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Overheat OH Fan Fail PWR OH Fan Fail PWR Fail FP UID LED Fail FP UID LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Connect an LED to the Overheat Fan 7 Blue LED Cathode UID Fail PWR Fail UID Unit ID LED 8 OH Fan Fail PWR connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to Fail UID provide
97. out any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DBU X7DGU can only accommodate 20 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate The 12V 4 pin and the 12V 8 pin power connections are also re quired to ensure adequate power supply to the system In addition the UIO power connector located at J11 is required to supply power to Universal IO slots Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports Chapter 1 Introduction Itis strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 01 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 I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data se
98. own below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert 2lect drives for Configuring elected Drives HDC HD748GD BBFLRI 69 2CB HDC HD748GD RBFLA2 69 2CB HDC HDT485D BUFLR1 59 255 HDC TIYE aA 69 208 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box 5elgct drives for Configuring Selected Dr ives dl STJBBBJAS 74 503 HH STSBHBISRS 74 508 MZ HOC RD JAHED HHELRZ ty 2b KD 48CD BAFLR 69 2LH AS HDC KD74ALD Rn 25m 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press Enter D 6 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configuring drives vill urite Array Infornation on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that yo
99. parator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O 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 The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Advanced Power Management SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic com
100. ponents To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe 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 manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any components Make sure that you install the processor into t
101. r Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide if you want to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page or on P 4 19 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold 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 options are 75 C 80 C 85 C and 90 C See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core Temperature CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 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
102. r 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 Enter 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 X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave and Secondary IDE Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave and Secondary IDE Master Slave slots Press Enter to activate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are 32 Bit 1 0 Entei The following items will be displayed in the submenu Type Selects 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 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of se
103. rb rb 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 installing DIMMS rrt tree t dank DiL ya a l be awa b R Wad an ka Wan kn ka Wa 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO POrilS EL E E 2 8 B Front Control Panel nerit re d Bab n ya D ne a Da a Aa naa reda 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions sssesemRRR8 2 10 NMI BUON BE NS 2 10 Power zip 2 10 HDD LED FP UID Switch 2 11 NIGTINIG2 LEDS h z ka raed Ev pain ey derart een ucc uos 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED PWR Fail FP UID LED 2 12 Power Fall EED e tpa ep ves RR SERRE EX RR DURER 2 12 Reset Button 2 13 Table of Contents POWEr BUOM Mc 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables naa adana DER KANA W ka d ka ARA 2 14 ATX Power Connector enne Wan ne M 2 14 Processor Power Connector ssaxkls akerd l diha tal cla ina skin ka nand a an ak 2 14 Universal Serial 2 15 Chassis 2 15 Fam Headers AR E 2 16 KOYlOCK dt
104. rnia USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been 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 0b Release Date Aug 3 2007 Unless you request and receive writt
105. rts The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU 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 ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Setting
106. s If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt 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 boot up press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt gt 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 C 2 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The
107. sage Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press lt Enter gt The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically re boot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items Int
108. ss Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 7 Adaptec SATA HostRRID Controller 8 Opt ions Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 0 5138001385 3 65 SATA Port 1 HDC WD74BGD BBFLR1 27 88D27 SATA Port 2 HDC WD748GD BBFLA2 31 88F31 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 4 GD BFLA1 27 88D27 SATA Port 5 HDC HD748GD BBFLRA2 31 88F31 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press Enter The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select S
109. t Output System used in 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 See 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 SUPEROX7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options d
110. t can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt gt Boot Features Enter 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 Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Setto 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 messages 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 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU 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
111. t drawn to scale 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR eooloo m zo ooa 5 Battery e Intel 5000 North Bridge oh po Eo Be y j2 J Z mWo000 l DOO o Rear UID T3 gt Dou LE swilo T SGPIO1 29 Intel ESB2 qadsESs SGPIO2 BT PCI E X16 SXBT SUPERO X7DBU South Bridge BIOS tonno a 32 oy B BS Video Mem TT PLAK ji Floppy m JWORT 87 Epi ES1000 Video CTRL eC Jo fe 7 cow wol x S SB2 3 xv JPL pase 2 084 poo Fana J mI 5 Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 m 2 and indicate Pin 1 locations 4 The X7DBU uses the Intel 5000P chip and the X7DGU uses the Intel 5000X chip 5 The X7DGU model is for OEM only 6 When LE1 is on make sure to remove the power cable before removing or installing components 7 All SXB1 J5 SXB2 J9 and PCI X 133 MHz J14 slots are designed to be used with riser cards When used with riser cards the left slot SXB1 supports one PCI E x8 and one UIO devices while the right IO slots SXB2 PC1 X J14 can support a
112. te Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual kk kk kk kk k kk k k KEKE KEKE K K K K sese sese senis iii Manual Organization keka h day ked n n b kk Zik d na kab h RR iii Conventions Used in the EEE EEE EEE Ek KEK kK KK KK KRA iii Chapter 1 Introduction LEE CRIAM 1 1 OI ec 1 1 Contacting Super lG o E 1 2 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU Image Eu kk ek kk ke 1 3 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU Layout kk kek ek kk kk KAK kK 1 4 Quick Reference aka neka 1 5 Motherboard Features ss is a claka kaka kak kann kal n kana ka ka al aka a aka k aa kak 1 6 Intel 5000 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chips t 1 9 1 3 Special FOAMS soa daia nrc 1 10 1 4 Health Monitoring 1 10 125 AGPI na b z k n za 1 11 1 6 Power Supply Em 1 12 1 7 Super O EE 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices M E kK kK KE kK KA RR 2 1 2 1 e
113. ted on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED The Power LED connection is located Power LEB on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the Pin Definitions JF1 table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 15 5V Ground A NMI B PWR LED 4 Pin PWR Pin PWR vod Coa pman z rin Han PAR Groun nu ET mm Ji X Icom ANA ie A 42 Power LED Vcc ls amp ME mm P HDD LED UID Switch Vcc Sur ror Lu E North Bridge ie 1 LED Vcc 8 k CPU2 Ses 5 T NIC2 LED Vcc mm la SMBIPCEXI6 SUPERG X7DBU OH Fan Fail PWR Fail UID LE Blue LED Cathode UID Vcc Intel ESB2 South Bridge PWR Fail LED Vcc am m7 pra 51000 Reset FP Reset Butte Nom N Ground fo o PWR FP Power Butt BT 5 1 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED FP UID Switch HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Front Panel UID Switch connection is located on pin 13 of JF1 Connect a cable Pin Definition 13 UID Switch 5V for HDD with a switch attached to pin 13 of JF1 to Act provide Unit Identification to your system 14 HD Active For more information on the UID Switch es please refer to UID Switches on Page 2 22 The HDD LED c
114. tel ESB2 South Bridge my 9 gi IPG1 ES1000 i Video CTRL we d 7 won Ken 6830 8 E 2 15 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Fan Headers 3 Pin Fan Header Pin Definitions The X7DBU X7DGU has eight chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 Fan1 Fan6 are Pin Definition 1 Ground chassis system fans while Fan7 and Fan8 are 5 2190 CPU fans Fan5 Fan8 are 4 pin fan headers 3 Tachometer Pins 1 3 of the 4 pin fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans The 4 Pin Fan Header fan speeds for the 4 pin fans are controlled Pin Definitions by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting The default setting is Disabled See the table on the right for pin definitions Note all these fans are 4 pin fan connectors However Pins 1 3 of PWM Signals the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans Keylock Keylock Pin Definitions The keyboard lock connection is designated Pin Definition JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit Pin Definition Ground 12V Tachometer 4 any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Keylock R N gt t Af EWR PER A Fan1 gt 4 PWR SMB Boe ean DIMM4A 20 Pin Main PWR DIMM3B DIMM3A DIMM2B AMA F Fan6
115. tem performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long Device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits atthe RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPERO X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict 1 O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn 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
116. ternal modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS SDDC support CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions Proprietary 13 035 L x 12 075 W 331 09mm x 306 71mm SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 4 CONN MM FBD DI VRM PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 VRM Z 1067 1333 1067 1333 25 MT S MT S 1B 28 3B N Z 9 FBD CHNLO gin 2 PEA PORT FBD CHNL1 E HN Vot MCH N Intel 5000 N 1 E APCI EX8 PORT FBD CHNL2 a n a _ N a m zZ 4 CHNL3 E ER PORT PORT A 2 3 0 om PCIE X8 sers PORT PORT 100 4 3 IDE CONN J9 Q HE PCI EX8 PORT H 1 2 1 5 0 A ESB2 A3 0Gb S a bt PCI X133 m
117. to select c Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU 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 a Insert Microsofts Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the
118. u configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array Selected Dr ives HDC HD748GD BBFLR1 09 860 HDC HD 4AGD AAFLA2 69 808 HDC HD 48GD BBFLR 53 86B HDC HO 4HGD BHFLAZ 64 ALB 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays e ect drives tn create HRrrauy gp E N BE ST30881365 74 363 HDC HD74HUD HHFLAT 569 8CB WDC WD 4BCD BBFLAL 69 BCB HDC HD 74H6D PHFLR 69 460 D 8 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives RAID GtStripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Size tripe Size Create RAID v 2 Under the item Arrays Lab
119. udio drivers 3 3 SUPER X7DBU X7DGU User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DBU X7DGU The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Inpu
120. uth Bridge a E 4 MEE Tp LE cow Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive SIMSO DIMM IPMI and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN Floppy Connector 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN The floppy connector is located at 7 Ground 8 Index J22 See the table below for pin 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable definitions 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 99 Ground 34 Diskette ERES A Flo Port eur Intel 5000 5 g North Bridge hana CPU2 rxinMe em ges _ KERE Intel ESB2 South Bridge Video CTRL come won E poor RA E 2 29
121. ws data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O perfor mance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DBU X7DGU offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press Ctrl and A keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Ent

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