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1. gt 24 Pin ATX PWR nua pin PWR A Fan 1 A DIMM 4B Bank 4 Fan 2 DIMM 4A 5 4A Bank 4 J C Fan 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPU1 za DIMM 3A Bank 3 D Fan 4 3 Cis DIMM 2B Bank 2 E Fan 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 J e DIMM 1B Bank 1 E F Fan 6 DIMM 1A Bank 1 mt G Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 GLANI 5 em H Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 GLAN2 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge Keylock Slot7 5 a 2 EPG JBT1 von f SEPC 5 N 5 C27 al 118118 CTRL iz 9 2 po PciExp x8 E x4 a South peix 133 100 MHz pungs LAN e ES 51002 PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer BIOS Pet pci MHz ean Tot pcU x8 r S ATA3 lsATAS d Eo SMB SATAQ OT 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 NC The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 vcc for pin definitions 5 Clock 6 NC PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Serial Port Pin Definitions Serial Ports COMTCOM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1
2. 2 27 PG Bus to CC 2 27 2 7 Onboard IndiCators 2 28 GEANIEEDS A 2 28 Onboard Power dene rh eoe 2 28 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SIMLP IPMI Connections 2 29 Parallel Port GOnrnector 2 55 xi kadan S y k k ege Kir W k 2 29 Floppy a nak an k ra awa ben Ha n na da k kaka 2 30 SIMEP IPMI SlOtL ys a xu sala incertos Ft tutti Fo anda 2 30 SUPER X7DBN Users Manual IDEGORNSCIOFS DTE 2 31 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power k k n dika r ka ka hana 3 1 ING 3 1 Moo EET 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 aa Na A 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 2 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 3 3 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 W n ka k n 4 1 4 2 RUNNING Setup unice tiec rre k xweka K bl xuna yak e DU Rd 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS s
3. Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy The floppy connector is located next Pin Definition Pin Definition to the compact flash card slot See 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN the table below for pin definitions 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data SIMLP IPMI Slot 23 Ground 24 Write Gate There is a SIM Low Profile IPMI Slot the motherboard nu _ LL i Refer to the layout below for DO IPMI Slot location 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette Ezda D unen e bmp A Floppy DIMM 4B Bank 4 LH B SIMLP IPMI Imm 4A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 cpus DIMM Bank 3 1 im 28 Bank 21 1 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 1 cul M 5 I Parrallel W l P GLAN1 JOH CPU2 M 5 gt GLAN2 S UPER e x7D BN North Bridge CPUFan2 zy smem gt n 16 VOR i PCI Exp x8 SEPC Battery CTRL SGPIO1SGPIO2 Floppy Compact Flash E27 E28 PCI Exp x8 dd x4 South Tot3 Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL je EJ Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer
4. Pins 1 2 Enabled on the right for jumper settings bins 25 Disabled Ins 2 EEG n TH A 3rd PWR Fail Fan pans 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan 7p MBPS PSE pin PWR we zernan ewe OO Zi B VGA Enabled DIMM 48 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 1 cul DIMM 3B Bank 3 cpus DIMM Bank 3 1 im 28 Bank 21 1 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 M 5 I Parrallel W l GLAN1 JOH CPU2 M 5 gt GLAN2 lt Fan8 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge 51017 a rl Cry JBT1 5 8 Blot SEPE u VGA PCI Exp x8 Battery S C7 CTRL 2 PCI Exp x8 E v JWD JCF1 e OU PCLExp x4 a South Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL je EJ Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer TT BIOS 33 MHz Fanq Blot pcU xa 5 5 31 1 E z cow sme pssalsar o sATA2 SATA4 ET wou 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Master Slave Compact Flash Card Master Select Slave Select Jumper Definition A Compact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to ena
5. BIOS loti pci MHz and xe BASES SU coma gzza sArAo SATAz SATA4 2 20 Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating This LED will blink to in Chapter 2 Installation Overheat LED Pin Definitions dicate a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Pin Definition 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection 4 Pin PWR Fang Fang DIMM 4B Bank 4 24 Pin ATX PWR lF an wes CPUFan1 PSF DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPERO X7DBN Slot7 Pa Biete PCI Exp 8 E27 CTRL 28 PTOD xe ob PCI Exp x8 012 pCLExp North Bridge CPU2 JBT1 SGPIO1SGPIO2 LJ Flop
6. B PWR LED Speaker FandfFang Eu 24 Pin ATX PWR 5 5 Pon PWR CPUFan1 cPUFant Fani DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 M DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPU1 ac DIMM 3A Bank 3 ana a DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 dt OJ DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A B Bank 1 9 De CPU2 Fan3 KA m 8 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge Slot7 SIMLP 9 EPG 1 5 s 1916 5cig SEPC 5 V k Exp x8 Battery alle EN SU SI i e CTRL 28 5 f x8 PCI Exp x4 a South plo Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz gu cm Jo ES Slot pci x 133 100 MHz Buzzer BIOS le pci MHz Fan peru xe E 5 5 2 SMB 554 5 0 5 2 5 4 2 19 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Power Fault PWR Supply Failure PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Connect a cable from your power Definition supply to the Power Fail PSF header 5 to provide a warning of power supply BARDEA Fal failure This warning signal is passed m PWR 3 Fail through the PWR LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis Signal Alarm Rese See the table on the right for pin Note This feature is only available when using definitions Supermicro redundant power supplies Alarm Reset If t
7. 4 2 17 C Dus U5EZ SATA0 WOR SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Parrallel Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR1 This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at 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 24 Pin ATX PWR DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 CPUFan DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1 Bank 1 GLAN1 GLAN2 SUPERO X7DBN North Bridge Pe Tote MEN PCLExp x8 SEPC Battery E27 CTRL 22128 Haz x8 sm PCI Exp x4 cone J CTRL jo CPU2 Ann SGPIO1SGPIO2 Wake On Ring Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up A WOR C B
8. 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 interleaving so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 71A 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 X7DBN supports up to 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 533 667 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 Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations 0 Branch1 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 1 2A 4A 6 DIMMs 1B 2A 2B 4A 8 DIMMs 1 1 2 2 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 suppo
9. 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DBN All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBATT An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned o
10. Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen l Health Information Doctor System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Systerns Management Report Help u Health Information CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Baus jm emote Management m Info Health Info Performance Control Configuration Adrr Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 3 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 IP connectivity Power control Note SD Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Notes
11. id ipter opur ight 444 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 endorsement 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 X7DBN 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 128 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 Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is hig
12. Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press Enter The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E 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 SUPERMICRO X7DBN Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Intel Blackford chipset INF files Drivers amp Tools Microsoft Direct 9 0 ATI Graphics driver Intel 5000P Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset X7DBN Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the re
13. l diman b lkan ind ln ka nala s kina ka b kaban wani almak nd 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup iere ly An ANE dka kya nak a ad adana aa 4 7 4 5 Security Setup xus mas ola h z Cr FERE FX XE UE e Eee p b KA yaw kanika 4 24 4 6 Boot Setup sen bh n e it bo en pkk anek bka kaka bak RA AAEE AER las ana kasik 4 25 V dm pp gggggggm rrr 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes nie kirs k epe ese i bA ya V E R B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 02 One 1 Seria
14. 1 M B e Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X7DBN Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale s a eal JPW m v 2 9B2 DIMM 4B Bank 4 B DIMM 4A Bank 4 Si oo e Joo c JE1 FP_Ctrl B DIMM 3B Bank 3 B2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 B DIMM 2B Bank 2 B3 DIMM 2A Bank 2 m N Ei B2 DIMM 1B Bank PWLE DSPK 004 U DIMM 1A Bank 1 R m v gt 7 X7DBN Slot7 SIMLP IPMI o Ri c Tm 3 mM J16 PG1 Slot6 VGA PCI Exp x8 Js EPC 27 CTRL E328 piot PCI Exp x8 i CompactF lash 12 ert 4 NI P OU PCLExp x4 0 E E2 Slot3 CTRL JpE2 Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz 33 MHz E aee lesa ev PCI X 133 100 MHz Blot pc u xg 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 indicates the location of Pin 1 4 PCI X slots can support up to 133 MHz when only one PCI X card is installed in e
15. Enabled 634 KB 1023 MB To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter 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 The item displays the date that the 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 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive Select Auto to allow BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc Enter a number from 1 to 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Selec
16. IBI ETE E Som ma eaen Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control Kir eri n ler LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and Pin Definition 9 11 the LED connection for GLAN Port2 10 12 Ground 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 m Ese EDT ranan LM DIMM 4B Bank 4 CA NMI DIMM 4A Bank 4 al DIMM 38 Bank 3 X DIMM Bank 3 Fan2 t DIMM 28 Bank 2 3 Power LED Vcc gt DIMM 2A Bank 2 g DIMM
17. PSF Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 PWR LED LE1 PWR LED Indicator Note 6 on Page 1 4 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power System Management I2C Header SATAO SATA5 JS1 5 0 5 Connectors SGPIO 1 2 J29 J30 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers SMB J18 System Management Bus Header Slot 0 J6 PCI U x8 Slot Slot 1 J1 PCI 33 MHz Slot Slot 2 Slot3 J13 J14 PCI X 133 100MHz Note 4 on Page 1 4 Slot 4 Slot 5 J9 J12 PCl Express x4 slot Slot 4 PCI Exp x8 Slot Slot 5 Slot 6 J5 SEPC J11 PCI Express x8 slot SMC Enhanced PWR Connector Slot 7 SIM Low Profile IPMI Slot USB 0 1 USB 2 3 USB4 Back Panel USB 0 1 Front Panel USB 2 3 FP USB4 VGA J15 VGA Connector WOL JWOL1 Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR1 Wake on Ring Header Note JIDE2 is for Compact Card Use only For Compact Card to work properly please enable JCF1 by putting cap on it and connect JWF1 to a power supply 1 5 SUPER X7DBN 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 with a system clock speed of 333 267 MHz Memory Eight 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 Population Chipset ntel 5000P Chipset including the 5000P Memory Control Hub MCH and th
18. WOL FP Ctrl 1 B JD1 N D gt 0 1 5 Ia Fal Fan 53 Bal CPUI IDE 1 Floppy Compact Flash South Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz 51012 PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer BIOS lot pci MHz SATA3 SATA5 pes Ferd owe Jel E 5 ATA2 SATA4 aw 2 18 2 fou Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables GLAN1 GLAN2 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 Pin Setting Definition for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker External Speaker wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper
19. 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 an 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 Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages PS 2 Mouse 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 ad
20. iod BIOS E PCI 33 MHz j Wa JCF1 5 5 5 a E z cow sme pssalsar o 5 2 9 4 ET wou 2 30 Blot pcru xg IDE Connectors There are two IDE Connectors JIDE1 Chapter 2 Installation IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition Blue JIDE2 White on the mother Reset IDE 2 Ground board The blue IDE connector JIDE1 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 is designated as the Primary IDE Drive 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 The white IDE connector JIDE2 is des 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 ignated as the Secondary IDE Drive 9 10 Host Data 11 reserved for Compact Flash Card use 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 only See the note below See the 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 table on the right for pin definitions 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 Note JIDE2 the white slot is re 19 Ground 20 Key served for Compact Flash Card only Do 21 DRQ3 22 Ground not use it for other devices If JIDE2 is bo wd a populated with Compact Flash Card VO Read A Goni JIDE1 the blue slot will be available for gt iggurpy 5 BAE one device only For the Compact Flash 55 TT packs EUG Card to wo
21. right gt NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to 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 SUPER X7DBN 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
22. 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 4 5 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled 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 Serial ATA for SATA or select Auto Native Mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATAand PATAdrives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmwa
23. 3 JUSB2 USB 4 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened Back Panel USB USB 0 1 Pin Definitions 1 5V 2 PO 4 Ground 5 N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USBZ2 4 USBZ3 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 5 2 S PO 4 Ground Ground 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground A Backpanel USB 0 1 4Pi Fan 24 Pin PWR Fan PSF CPUFan TAT DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel Port DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLANT GLAN2 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge P61 JBT1 Tote SEPC V k PCI Exp x8 Battery E27 CTRL Lis PCI Exp x8 E r PCI Exp x4 Blow Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz cent CTRL JPEE o 2 PCI X 133 100 MHz CPU2 BIOS 33 MHz Eront Panel USB 4 D Chassis Intrusion Tm gt 5 1 FP
24. Ctrl M 201 S Py Fan8 CPUFan2 SGPIO1SGPIO2 Floppy IDE1 Compact Flash JWEF 1I Buzzer Blot pcU xe SATA3 ISATAS 2 5 2 8 T3 B AS 34 come reug SATA4 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Fan Headers The X7DBN has eight chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 and two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note all these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin defini tions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Keylock The keyboard lock connection is designated JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it E Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 8 Pin Definition 1 Ground 12V Tachometer PWR Modulation Keylock Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Keylock R N e
25. Going Low Assertion Fanl CPUl Fan 09 01 2006 06 34 23 Lower Non critical Going Low Assertion gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components Advanced Realtime Sensor Data Sensor CPUl Temp r degrees CPU2 Temp degrees 1 Temp degrees CPUZ Temp degrees Sys Temp degrees CPUl Vcore Volts CPUZ Vcore Volts GUNT Volts 4 23 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 4 5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Security Item Specific Help Supervisor Password 844331 controls to the Set User Password setup utility Supervisor Password Is Clear User Password Is Clear Password on boot Supervisor Password Is This item 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 for the system User Password Is This item 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 for the system Set
26. 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 Revision Number 1 0b Release Date Aug 3 2007 Unless you request and receive written permission
27. Structures Prepare Boot Initialize SMBIOS Clear parity checkers Display MultiBoot menu Clear screen optional Check virus and backup reminders Try to boot with INT 19 Initialize POST Error Manager Initialize error logging Initialize error display function Initialize system error flags Console redirection init Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled Force check optional Extended ROM checksum optional 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 Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the
28. The options are Enabled 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 PCI X 1 PCI X 3 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 gt Slot 1 PCI U x8 Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 4 PCI Exp x4 Slot 5 PCI Exp x8 and Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled 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 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle 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 his feature is available for syste
29. X7DBN User s Manual Branch 0 Rank Sparing Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 or Branch 1 of memory bus The options are Enabled and Disabled Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Branch 1 Rank Interleaving Select enable to enable interleaved memory scheme for Branch 0 Rank or Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of closed loop thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM device exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of open loop global thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules and allow glo
30. and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DBN 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 Fro
31. 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 Introduction This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPERO X7DBN motherboard The SUPER X7DBN supports dual Intel Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 1066 667 MHz With dual Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core processors the 5000P Chipset and eight DDR2 FBD 667 533 memory modules built in the X7DBN offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the Core microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the 32 bit based software Key features supported include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Ex ecution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power man
32. mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure 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 several drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS security and audio drivers 3 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 t
33. old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 1 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Check if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and checking the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting ser
34. 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 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel Xeon LGA 771 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 5 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 6 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor Socket Clip Load Plate 1 Press the socket clip to release the load
35. options are Enabled and Disabled 4 7 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be res
36. plate which covers the CPU Socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner 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 hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid dam age 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 prop erly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the Socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard ZAN Warning Please save the plastic cap The motherboard must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the plastic cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket
37. 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 X7DBN User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1613 wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 45 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Volunig RAID Level RARIDIBCRAID8 D Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity CB Create Uo lune Enter a string betueen 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 W
38. the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Select drives far Comf igur ing Selected Drives HB STJBBHIdAS 3d SEH HH SIJEHHIJHS I 69 268 26 MZ HE 1 H3 HIP IBCD BRFLAT AS HEW RDTAARD RAFINEZ 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt 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 vill be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Ves No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to creat
39. 0 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 X7DBN User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that sup port RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIO
40. 1B Bank 1 m HDD LED Vcc 5 cruz 3 Que LED Vcc a orth Bridge n SUPERO X7DBN North Bridg gue LED Vcc 51017 8 rei Iu amp Y eere xe serc Fail LED Vcc CTRL TS 8 W i 8 persone a PWR Fail LED Vcc s South Tot Bridge cu Lo fee MHz Ground Reset Reset Button emu EH Q PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer mm Ground PWR gt Power Button pci Fan KEWT Peru x BATAS EATAS mE S SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail Fangrany ar WR ME P3 PSF pin PWR ke 2erinarx ewa ran al Mouse an DIMM 48 Bank 4 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COM DIMM 3B Bank 3 cpu DIMM 3A Bank 3 t DIMM 28 Bank 2 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIM
41. 28 5 Tot Y sas ong PWR Fail LED Q PU pcrexp x4 z ae Ground Reset gt Reset Button ax PCIX 133 100 MHz em Q 5702 pcix 133 100 MHz Buzzer P Butt Ground gt Button Bios pci MHz Fan To Peru BATAS EATAS Jusua Saran SUPER X7DBN User s Manual ATX Power 20 pin Connector 2 5 Connecting Cables Pin Definitions Definition Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 3 3V 3 3V There are a 24 pin main power sup a mm ply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin mpm mm CPU PWR connector JPW3 the Em pm motherboard These power connec COM m tors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifica tion The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is eu con required to provide adequate power pese PWR OK to the system See the table on the a PUE right for pin definitions For the 8 pin iiis 12V PWR JPW3 please refer to the item ESM 12V listed below COM 3 3V Required Connection Processor Power Connector 12V 4 pin Power Con In addition to the Primary ATX power nector Pin Definitions connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU Pins Definition PWR connector at JPW3 must also me Gand be connected to your power supply Sand 42V See the table on the right for pin Required Connection definitions 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Definitions Definition 1 through 4 Gro
42. 5 gt 5 e x7D BN North Bridge Slot7 SIMLP IPMI 1 1016 serc VGA PCI Exp x8 SEPC Battery L27 CTRL E28 PCI Exp x8 dd x4 South Tot3 Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL je EJ Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer iod BIOS E PCI 33 MHz 5 5 31 SATA1 m 3 com sme 554 5 sATA2 SATA4 gx1Wod Floppy Compact Flash SGPIO1SGPIO2 a JCF1 E Blot pci u xg 2 22 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need to connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 first and then enable the Compact Flash Connector by closing JCF1 Refer to the board layout below for the location SGPIO Headers There are two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers J29 J30 located on the motherboard These headers support serial link interfaces for the onboard SATAand SAS connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the location Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Jumper Definition On Compact Flash Power On Off Compact Flash Power Off SGPIO Pin Definit
43. BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays 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 X7DBN User s Manual Notes Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows operating systems 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 so
44. CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot 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 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix B
45. DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 lt CPU2 Ld SUPERO X7DBN North Bridge ma boi IL UP 1 JOH 5 Slot7 SIMLP lt E PG1 S a an PCI Exp x8 SEPC Battery 5 5 VGA 9 8 127 al amp CTRL 2728 ba 0 Y f E PCI Exp x8 F JWD JCF1 JWF1 9 dd x4 a South Tot Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL je EJ Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer iod BIOS E PCI 33 MHz 5 5 31 1 E z cow sme pssalsar o 5 2 4 ET wou 2 28 Blot pcru xg Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive SIMLP IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 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 Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed Parallel Printer Port Data Bit 0 4 Error Connec
46. IOSTM 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 Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Legacy Diskette IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 SAT Port Z Port 3 Parallel AT Serial SATA Controller Mode Option SATA RAID Enable SATA AHCI Enable System Memory Extended Memory Main Setup Features System Time Item Specific Help Enable SATA RAID functionality 1 44 1 25 MB None None 80026MB SATA0 None None None Enabled Enabled Enhanced Enabled roce
47. If set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation performance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Server 2 Workstation 3 Quiet 4 Disable Fans run at full speed Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V2_NIC_SEN 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 adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS The option is available only when IPMI card is installed in the system Advanced IPMI Specification Version 2 0 Enable Disable IPMI Firmware Version 0 03 event logging Disabling will still log events RERE received via the system Clear System Event Log Disabled interface Existing Event Log mmber 114 Event Log Con
48. M 18 Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 m gt SUPER X7DBN North Bridge 51017 m 8 PGI Teyi in G27 8 a CTRL zs S 215 PCHExp x8 Wo scr JwriL Blow pciexp x4 El x4 South Bridge ren JPL1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer Bios lot pci MHz Fan ToU 8 pcom 5 055 lt 2 5 4 EKTI WOU Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Ground Groun x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button conn
49. PCI E X8 N PORT g e 45 5000P n ha 4 CHNL1 UN z 9 ilz 2 2 MCH N z WEIISAB lt PCI E 8 N PORT EBD CHNL2 Q a gt lt 6 7 a a a m N m m Vm TE 9 CHNL3 u PORT PORT N 7 1 J11 423 0 o n o lt o gt lt gt lt J9 B JE x 9 PORT PORT 100 N X4 N PORT N IDE CONN x LEXP BUS J2 N EBUS CONN 9 5 2 x PCI EXP X8 N PORT 2 n 1 2 l 2 ESB2 J13 J14 3 0 lt N e d 133 x XN o o a 8 VGA 2 VGA AN t APCI33MMA 6 CONN y ES 1000 9 N USB 2 0 m N s N gt DDR NX LPC KUMERAN N Z SIO RJ45 GBLAN W83627 GILGAL HG RJ45 N INVA T Q PARALLEL MS m PORT KB COM2 Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the 5000P Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P Chipset the X7DBN motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presenta tion storage computation or database applications The 5000P Chipset supports single or dual Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core pro
50. PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Serial s n Dak b akan ka da xa k Ka GE Aa 2 17 WakezOH R Ol k W den Aa 2 18 EANDEM EISE 2 18 GLAN Ethernet Ports irre necne Ere nes ener W ka bka s kk BRA 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header sse eee 2 19 Power Full rece D entr da R lawan 2 20 Alarm Entrer kadina nandin HERR REL UR ky EE bala dak d anal 2 20 Overheat LED Fan Fail 1 tot rentrer nada kaw n bark Aa n Ren NEW WA 2 21 SMB COMMECIO eM 2 21 SMB Power 2 22 VGA COMMECIOP EN 2 22 Compact Flash PWR 2 23 SGPIO OASIS sisi n 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings ka wes dap 2 24 Explanation Of Jurpers 52 ua Erud 2 24 Enable Disable 2222 2 0 02221 2 000000000 600000001000 2 24 RE 2 25 Watch DOG iiie exe ERES sd rre epi en 2 25 3rd PWR Supply PWR 2 0 0 6 0000000 x l n 2 26 Enable Disable iret ee W han ki da k na ya kan danay da naka aa 2 26 Compact Flash Master Slave
51. S 33 MHz Blot pcU Compact Flash Floppy SATA1 5 lt 5 31 B28 ELI 5 15 1 5 2 5 4 2 27 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 2 7 Onboard Indicators Rear View When viewing from the rear side of system GLAN LEDs Link Activity There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The Amber LED indicates GLAN Activity Indicator activity while the power LED may be B Color Status Definition green amber or off to indicate the speed Amber Flashing Active of the connection See the tables at right for more information GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Onboard Power LED Amber 1 Gbps There is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location Ede p foin ewa GLAN Port1 LEDs DIMM 4B Bank 4 B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Dmm 44 Baka E EM SE F C Onboard PWR LED DIMM 2B Bank 2
52. S 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in the 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 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the En ter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl 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 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk 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 inco
53. SUPERO SUPERO X7DBN 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 California USA The
54. Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to decide if a password is required for a user to enter the system at boot up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Settings 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 Item Specific Help Legacy Floppy Drives Boot List USB KEY Generic USB Flash Drive R F F Keys used to view or IDE CD configure devices IDE 0 Up and Down arrows IDE 2 5 380013 5 50 select a device SCIIS lt gt and lt gt the device up or down lt f gt and lt r gt specifies the device fixed or removable x exclude or include Li the device to boot ist USB CDROM lt Shift 1 gt enables
55. adme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor The Supero Doctor 1 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 program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor 111 interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS
56. agement in much safer environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DBN is ideal for high per formance dual processor DP enterprise server workstation 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 BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Software 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 xXDanger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic O Maa failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differen
57. ake 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 without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation lt is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DBN can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate In addition the 12V 4 pin power supply is also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports Chapter 1 Introduction NOTE The 12V 8 pin Aux Power Connector is also required to support Intel 64 bit CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommen
58. al 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 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 4 15 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and 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 parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a displa
59. alize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 1Ah 1Ch 20h 22h 24h 28h 29h 2Ah 2Ch 2Eh 2Fh 32h 33h 36h 38h 3Ah 3Ch 3Dh 4th 42h 45h 46h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 54h 55h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 8254 timer initialization 8237 DMA controller initialization Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller Set ES segment register to 4 GB Auto size DRAM Initialize POST Memory Manager Clear 512 kB base RAM 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus Enable cache before system BIOS shadow Test CPU bus clock frequency Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager Warm start shut down Shadow system BIOS ROM Auto size cache Advanced configuration of chipset registers Load alternate registers with CMOS values Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional Initialize interrupt vectors POST device initialization 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice Check video configuration again
60. anel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Parallel Port Printer Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 OMAN DOA FWD 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 1 Groun NMI X x m Power LED Vcc SuPERek 7DBN Ei 1 e H HDD LED Vcc 2 d NIC1 LED Vcc a O NIC2 LED Vcc H n Le JoH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt
61. are you want to delete and press delete and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected 5138001385 74 36B 85 HDC HD 4BGD BRFLA2 69 RGB HDC HD 748GD BHFLR1 Mb HDC HD74BCD BRFLA2 69 8GB HDC HD74AGD BAFLAI 69 BGB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here anang rays Toate tryay a4 IBI FRI EM e E Lur JK iwis PUE Iun H uy ticha UIN Riri Size EB HH UHT ra BH LPS HIL LE HPydHZD BHELRI 3 Press to return to the menu D 13 SUPER X7DBN 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
62. aving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 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 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 Mo
63. bal thermal throttling to become active when the number of activate control exceeds a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DBN the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 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 followi
64. ble Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card orthe Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location Open Slave Secondary Closed Master Primary 2 Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots 2 Jumpers J27 J28 allow you to connect Peters ree Jumper Settings the System Management Bus I2C to PCI X PCI E slots The default setting Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled is Open to disable the connection Open Disabled Default See the table on the right for jumper settings erinan em T zx A Compact Flash Master Parrallel L1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 C SMBus to PCI slots DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 Slave Select DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 DIMM 3B Bank 3 ERU d B SMBus to PCI slots DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan2 J27 DIMM 2B Bank 2 PEN B DIMM 1A Bank 1 J28 LETLI GLANI 5 CPU2 d GLAN2 1 T e B SUPERO X7DBN North Bridge 51017 9 JBT1 5 E E p SEPC Battery U TET aj CTRL 5 a aC F JWD Ee x4 South Tot3 Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz can sera je EJ Slot pc x 133 100 MHz Buzzer BIO
65. button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Power LED The Power LED connection is located Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 45 45V S FandE an pwr pin ns NMI Mouse an DIMM 48 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 x x DIMM 38 Bank 3 cpu C DIMM 3A Bank 3 t DIMM 28 Bank 2 Power LED Veg 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 18 Bank 1i HDD LED en DIMM Bank 1 NIC1 LED Vcc cpU2 SUPE R X7DB N North Bridge 2 LED Vcc 51017 8 5 vu ME soe o OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Luz S18 8 8 CTRL Cad s 215 TOE PX ees i Bong PWR Fail LED Vee 8 PTO south Ground Reset gt Reset Button PCI X 133 100 MHz em Q 5702 pc x 133 100 MHz Buzzer P Butt Ground PWR gt Button Bios PCI MHz Fan
66. cessor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The 5000P Chipset consists of the 5000P Memory Controller Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 The 5000P MCH chip is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two inde pendent 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 In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing The Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000P chipset the Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon 5000P Chipset Core Dual Core Processors 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 1 9 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Default Last State
67. correct 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 System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages 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 Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrup
68. ded that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 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 supports one PC compa
69. dress 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 X7DBN 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 following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initi
70. e Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Expansion Slots Three PCI Express slots two slots at x8 one slot x4 slots Two 64 bit PCI X slots two PCI X 133 100 MHz slots One 32 bit PCI slot one PCI 32 bit 33 MHz slot One PCI U slot BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBATT Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection power LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection System resource alert via Supero Doctor 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI ACPM Power Management Keyboard Wakeup from Soft off Onboard Six SATA ports w support of RAID 0 1 10 and 5 One SIMLP IPMI socket Intel 82563 EB Ethernet controller supporting two Giga bit LAN ports Two EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces supporting one IDE the blue slot and on
71. e Compact Flash card the blue slot Two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port One EPP ECP Parallel Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ATI ES1000 with 16 MB Graphic Controller Super Winbond W83627HG w Hardware Monitor support W83793 HECETA Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions 13 00 x 12 00 330 20 x 304 80 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 109777333 106771333 pee 8 RE x 7 MTS FA EZA BAT TT AFBD CHNLON
72. e 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 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separat
73. e connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide if you want to continue with console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off SUPER X7DBN 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 on P 4 19 or on P 4 20 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 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECIAgent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 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 corre
74. e firray lected Dr ives HDC HD 4B5D BBFLf 1 69 860 HDC HD 4B8GD BHFLA2 53 86B HDC HD 48GD BBFLRL 69 066 HDC HO 4HGD BHPLR2 bY ALB 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays Select drives to create Array Selected Drives 2 i 88 ST38881365 74 3 HDC HD74HUD HHFLRT WDC HD74H8CD HBHFLRI DENIM WDC ANIYA Jl maki LA 659 4860 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 itripe Size Create RAID v 2 Under the item Arrays Label 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 allow
75. e the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to the item ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel and press En gt 7 Press lt F10 gt 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 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 it lled 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 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 HMRL728343971 232 9 HDC HD2588SD B1K HD HMAL 728345998 RYM M HDC WD2588JI WD HMREH1376189 232 SCB WD2588JI WD HMREH1449527 232 9GB HD Configuration Utility
76. e units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 9 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled IPMI 3rd LAN OPROM Configure Available if the 3rd LAN on an IPMI card is detected Select Enable to allow the user to boot from the 3rd LAN on an IPMI card The options are Enabled and Disabled Onboard MASS Storage OPROM Configure Available if an onboard MASS Storage Controller is detected Select Enable to allow the user to boot from a onboard mass storage device The options are Enabled and Disabled 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 with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits the coalesce feature Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are Payload 256 Bytes and Coalesce 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
77. ection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be con figured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A Reset Button B PWR Button Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition B Reset Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby ND wxe Xak m e Groun NMI Mouse an DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 al xX xX cow DIMM 3B Bank 3 ceu JJ DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan2 5 HE DIMM 28 Bank 2 M Power LED 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 d EE DIMM 18 Rank 1i HDD LED DIMM 1A Bank 1 m 5 NIC1 LED Vcc an3 SUPE R X7DB N North Bridge 2 LED Vcc 51017 3 rei sem 5 E va MES see o e LET Fail LED Vcc LE EEESEFSE CTRL
78. el 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 X7DBN User s Manual POST Code Description 99h 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh 9Fh AOh A2h A4h A8h AAh ACh AEh BOh B1h B2h B4h B5h B6h B7h B9h BAh BCh BDh BEh BFh COh C1h C2h C3h C4h C6h C7h C8h C9h CDh Check for SMART Drive optional Set up Power Management Initialize security engine optional Enable hardware interrupts Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day Check key lock Initialize typematic rate Erase lt ESC gt prompt Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke Enter SETUP Clear Boot flag Check for errors Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional POST done prepare to boot operating system 1 One short beep before boot Terminate QuietBoot optional Check password optional Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM
79. em 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 both Windows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on SUPER X7DBN 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 will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply W
80. erved 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 its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The 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 storag
81. fault setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data System Event Lo Advanced System Event Log SEL Record ID 000 SEL Record 02 System Event Record Timestamp 06 29 2006 09 09 37 Generator Id 40 00 SEL Message Rev 04 Sensor 15 Module Board Sensor Number 19 CPU Overheat SEL Event Type 03 digital Discrete Event Description State Asserted Assertion SEL Event Data 01 00 00 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS System Event Log List Mode Advanced System Event Log list mode Event ID Sensor Name Sensor Type Date Time Stamp State Asserted Assertion Fans Module 06 29 2006 09 09 37 State Asserted Assertion CPUl Internal E Module 06 29 2006 09 09 37 State Asserted Deassertion CPU Overheat Module 06 29 2006 09 09 37 State Asserted Deassertion CPUZ Vcore Voltage 09 01 2006 06 34 23 Lower Critical
82. ftware 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 Located in the South Bridge of the 5000P Chipset the Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UItraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved st
83. he manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and 3 3 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 X7DBN 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 Input Output System used in all IBM PC XTTM AT and PS 29 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
84. he slot LX LI To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot DDR2 FBD Slot Release Tab Release 2 7 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports oo CL _ vo 9 1 BG E o Lj ES Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back P
85. he warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID Control ler T SUPER X7DBN User s Manual To verify disk media fidaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 9 5138001385 SATA Port 1 HDC WD748GD BBFLR1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 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 me dia defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit lt Enter gt fidaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 SATA Port 1 HDC WD74 CD ABFLAL 27 0802 1 5 Cb s Capacitu 69 2 GBytes This drive vill be scanned for nedia defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adapter RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to
86. hen RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix 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 5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved anan Nane UolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity GB Create Vo lune Enter a string betueen 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive
87. hlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press 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 v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity 1 Vo RAID1 Hinor Select Disks NA 6 6 GB Create Vo lune Enter string betueen 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
88. hree power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the Alarm Reset system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V 271 3 Fangkan E RI 24 Pin ATX PWR Fanp CPUFant DIMM 4B Bank 4 po Pwal A Power Fault B Alarm Reset gt 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 CPU1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 m 5 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel J D1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 B DIMM 1A Bank 1 E GLAN1 5 cpu2 aha GLAN2 an8 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge Slot SIMLP 8 T jami 2 Po pc Exp SEPC Battery 23 lg VGA 2 D27 a CTRL Ez a leis gt BIO vn 015 PCI Exp x8 n S scc Jwr Q oU pCLExp South Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz cra o Slot pci x 133 100 MHz Buzzer
89. ion 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 laptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 f ain Menu 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 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 ddzDe lete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert Se lected Dr ives Select drives for Configuring HDC HD748G6D BBFLAI HDC HD 486D B8FL 2 HDC HD748G6D BOFLRI 59 26B 69 268 69 268 69 268 3 The drive you ve selected will appear the Selected Drives Dialog Box
90. ions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 NC D NC 3 Ground Data 5 Load Ground Note NC No Connections 2 Fandans atx pwr meP PSF CPUFan1 DIMM 48 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel Fan2 Compact Flash PWR P B SGPIO1 18 B SGPIO2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLAN1 GLAN2 North Bridge PGi VGA CTRL fee PCI Exp x8 CPUF at Compact Flash SUPER X7DBN poe PCI Exp x8 SEPC Slot7 n 127 128 Tots PCI X 133 100 MHz JPLI em O Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer BIOS E PCI 33 MHz Blot pcU xa 3 5 5 EH 2 sme UsgalsArAo sATA2 SATA4 ET 2 23 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 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 Cl
91. is a connector located on the 4 CD 6 DSR IO Backpanel and 2 is a header 2 RD 7 RTS located at JCOM2 See the table on 2 m C the right for pin definitions 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection A Keyboard Mouse B COM1 C COM2 4 Pin FandFan li EWR Fanqp MB PS PSF zm PWR WAN CPUFan1 FX ouse 1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 Lj DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A Bank 2 Bank 2 Parrallel 201 DIMM 1B Bank 1 O r 0 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 m GLAN1 CPU2 5 D GLAN2 SUPER X7DBN Slot SIMLP E73P61 North Bridge Fan2 3 PCI Exp 8 C127 C128 VGA Battery CTRL 5 3 SGPIO1SGPIO2 Floppy IDE1 Compact Flash aD BIOS pcrexa x8 D pCLExp x8 JWD JCF1EZ JwriL Ewr OU PCLExp x4 South Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL1 JBL1 51902 PCI X 133 100 MHz Plott Buzzer BIOS PCI 33 MHz Plot cru xs 5 5 5 2 5
92. 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 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 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 seri
93. ither Slot 2 or Slot 3 However when both slots are populated both Slot 2 and Slot 3 can support up to 100MHz 5 SEPC Supermicro Enhanced Power Connector specially designed to support Supermicro 2U Riser Card only 6 When LE1 is on make sure to unplug the power cable before removing or in stalling components 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DBN Jumper Description Default Setting J27 J28 12 Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots Open Disabled J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Off Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select Off Slave 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 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector Aux PWR CPU PWR 12V 4 pin PWR JWP2 12V 8 pin PWR JPW3 Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset Off Normal Chassis Intrusion JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 COM1 JCOM1 COM2 JCOM2 Serial Port Connectors Compact PWR JWF1 Compact Card PWR Connector Used if JCF1 is on DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory FBD DDRII Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 Fans7 8 CPU Fans Fans1 6 Chassis Fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports 1 2 IDE1 IDE2 Note IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 Keylock JK1 Keylock Header OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port
94. kak 2 1 DAT 2 1 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 2 9 Jnstalling DIMMS ekitan pes nak VR Kara kan sa e ede va e 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control Pal aa 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions EEE 2 10 NMI 2 10 Power DED en Ke REN MED 2 10 ADD LED crana dd 2 11 NIGTINIG2Z LEDS 2 11 OverheatFanFall EED eee set k 2 12 Power Fall LED 2 12 Table of Contents aisle EE 2 13 Power kaka 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables Wak k d n ku 2 14 ATX Power Connector esi eee kaka a anan E ya 2 14 Processor Power Connector 2 14 Universal Serial B Saxi s se i iiri cen na da bana k n n ne akan k na ka Erg ara na b na 2 15 Chassis Intrusion uie etr kan eer ked n adore wen i qen an 2 15 kall kena kalak kl bie dak 2 16 2 16 ATX
95. l Port cable CBL 010L 01 One 1 USB cable CBL 0083L One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Six 6 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 backpanel shield CSE PTO7L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Contacting Super Micro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email Tel support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X7DBN Image iq e ef NI 4 P gt AR AL Xx IEREENTM er Ter TNTITI CT I MM MILES ze 274124 gt
96. lative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation performance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Server 2 Workstation 3 Quiet 4 Disable Fans run at full speed Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb SVDD 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 adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The op
97. m 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 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 Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 10
98. m 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 and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning cautious when you reset 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 to select 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 d
99. move cursor lt Enter gt to sele lt Esc gt to exit default SUPER X7DBN User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the Operating System 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 message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive 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
100. ms with a hard drive disk capacity larger than 137GB If your HDD capacity is larger than 137 GB select DOS for a system based on DOS otherwise select Other for system based on other operating systems 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 default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an 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 Interleaved Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 4 11 SUPER
101. n It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this tem perature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example you can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature CPU temperatures voltages and fan speeds go beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers 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 syst
102. ng settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Note The settings can differ depending on the CPU speed Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 13 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bi
103. nitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DBN 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 fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by in
104. omz SMB sals atao SATA2 SATA4 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if an ap plication hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset that hangs See the table on the right for jumper default settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the Pins 2 3 NMI BIOS Open Disabled Note When enabled the user needs to write his her own application software in order to dis able the Watch Dog Timer I zarin Ar x pwa Fan dp Mors Pst ETT A Clear CMOS CPUFan1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DH B Watch Dog Enable DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 RU zu 3A Ganka 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Par
105. or USB ZIP disables a device USB 15120 lt l 4 Loads default Other USB boot sequence F1 EE F9 Esc Enter F10 Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Security Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit System Setup and Discard Changes save your changes to Save Changes CMOS Exit S
106. osed 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 Connector E Jumper Cap 3 2 1 Setting Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled A GLAN Port1 Enable DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parrallel GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge Slot7 SIMLP PGi roe VGA PCI Exp x8 SEPC Battery CTRL 4 L27 C28 PCI Exp x8 CPU2 SGPIO1SGPIO2 a JCF1 24 PWR MB PS PSE pin PWR PWR b Fan B GLAN Port2 Enable DIMM 4B Bank 4 1 cul 5 I W l JOH M 5 gt S 5 Compact Flash South Bridge 7513 3 100 MHz LAN CTRL 33 100 MHz jev PCI 33 MHz Buzzer BIOS Blot pcru xg 5 5 5 a c
107. pins Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge South Center Edge gold dot Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Corner with a triangle cutout Plastic cap is released from the load plate amp installed 2 3 SUPER X7DBN 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 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU T 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening gt 9 all four screws Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend N that the CPU or the heatsink be re moved However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink 0 4 SCREW screws from the motherboard in the re qm sequence as show in the picture on the
108. ponents Before Power On 1 Make sure no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis 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 no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 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 cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be
109. py B pin PWR A OH Fan Fail LED M 3 B SMB M 5 boi 4 P1 CPUFan2 Compact Flash Jun g a PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN 1 cm HE o Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer South Bridge pci MHz cru amp 5 gt cow lt 2 5 4 BIOS e 2 21 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Power SMB I C Connector PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors the status of PWR supply fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V Connector A VGA connector J15 is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location A ans wa L_ 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan used m Pwal A PWR SMB PWR SMB CPUFan1 Fani VGA DIMM 48 Bank 4 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B Bank 3 3A Bank 3 1 28 zi 1 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 1 cul M 5 I W l JOH CPU2 M
110. rallel L1 DIMM 2 Bank 2 OJ DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLAN1 CPU2 GLAN2 S UPER e x7D BN North Bridge CPUFan2 pev smem 5 B E PG1 poe VGA PCI Exp x8 SEPC Battery CTRL E27 22728 fee PCI Exp x8 fee x4 ToS PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL eri je EJ 51012 SGPIO1SGPIO2 Compact Flash PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer m BIOS E PCI 33 MHz 5 5 31 5 1 2 sme pssalsar o sATA2 SATA4 ET wou Blot xg 2 25 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default Enable Disable SCSI Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the Jumper Settings JPA1 VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table Both Jumpers Definition
111. re The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATAAdvanced Host Interface 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 sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Select Enabled to temporarily halt system boot and display POST Power On Self Testing error messages when errors occur during bootup Select Disable to continue with system boot even when an error occurs The
112. reate Array nirror RAID 1 34 468 dd Delete Hotspare Configure 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 SUPER X7DBN 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 lt gt 5 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotsp
113. 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 lt R gt to Rebuild anage firrays 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 lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt 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 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable yo
114. riped 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 Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Us
115. rive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 OS a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 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 Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After the Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will au tomatically reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Syste
116. rk properly you will need to 32 10CS16 connect a power cable to JWF1 first 33 1 35 36 Addr2 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground sw 24 Pin ATX PWR NI zu 5E IDE 1 IDE 1 DIMM 48 Bank 4 L1 B Compact Flash Card DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan2 t DIMM 28 Bank 2 amp DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 gg DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLAN1 CPU2 GLAN2 SUPER X7DB N North Bridge 7PG1 JBT1 S 8 Gen poe PCI Exp x8 SEPC 5 z CTRL EZ 9 H Pe f aen South 58 133 100 MHz Bridge LAN era Slo pcx 133 100 MHz Buzzer jer PCI 33 MHz loti U xi SATA3 ml SATA2 CU TE a 2 31 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Notes 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware com
117. rporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DBN offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press Ctrl and A keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this opt
118. rted 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 To optimize memory performance please install pairs of DIMMs in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System 3 99 BIOS Local APIC 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 519 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed 3 01 Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 2 85 TSEG 2 84 Memory available to OS and other ap 2 84 plications Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs CIT Notch lt _ Notch pn LH SuPER K 7DBN I O uet Note Notch Rv f E should align with receptive point B on t
119. s 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 X7DBN User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below Label Array Size Stripe Size 64KI Create RAID Vila No Ini Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Q
120. st CMOS Initialize PCI bus and devices Initialize all video adapters in system QuietBoot start optional Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Initialize MultiBoot Display CPU type and speed Initialize EISA board optional Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Enable USB devices 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72 76 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parall
121. t 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 Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error A 3 X7DBN User s Manual 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 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
122. t ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA drive Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format 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
123. t and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable 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
124. tiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPERO X7DBN Users Manual Table of Contents Preface ER iii Manual OrganizatlOn croci itio eroi a Saz beraza we ale a dee nes rage Sa W W dan a WA ERE E NA Wa iii Conventions Used the a ada kaka a iii Chapter 1 Introduction MEO mE 1 1 Checklist 1 1 Contacting etre testet tert des nA Wan Dua b na kak 1 2 DUPBEM Mage Ta ki S R 1 3 SUPER X DBN ka yO UL say selinin ni nen kikan k ha haa hak d 1 4 Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features ier 1 6 Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVOrVIOW Ee 1 9 1 3 Special Features entrer nel a 1 10 Recovery from AC Power 1055 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring a da Dik bah ba k 1 10 1 5 ACPI uU em 1 11 1 6 Power SUpply bAn na 1 12 127 N D SDrDpr Dep 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive 2 0 100000000000 eee eee eee
125. tible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DBN User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components 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
126. tions are 70 75 80 and 85 See the note below Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 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 If set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation performance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Server 2 Workstation 3 Quiet 4 Disable Fans run at full speed Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed P12V_VRO P12V_VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS se
127. tor Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN The parallel printer port is located DUNT on the IO Back Panel See the table ES 11 Data Bit 4 12 on the right for pin definitions DENEN BUE 15 DataBit6 16 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC DIMM 48 Bank 4 Parallel Port DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 1 cul 5 I Parrallel Port boi P GLAN1 JOH CPU2 E 5 gt GLAN2 lt Fan8 SUPER X7DBN North Bridge eror Slot SIMLP n or m amp PG 5 poe PCI Exp x8 SEPC Batter VGA P attery S lalz 2727 al El E CTRL 2128 aja fee PCI Exp x8 E 9 JWD JCF1 JWE 1l e OU PCLExp 4 a South Tots Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz LAN JPL eri je EJ Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer m BIOS E PCI 33 MHz 5 5 5 31 5 1 3 com sme pssalsar o sATA2 SATA4 ET wou 2 29 E Blot xg SUPER X7DBN User s Manual
128. trol SYS Firmware Progress Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabled BIOS POST Watchdog Disabled 05 boot Watchdog Disabled Timer for loading 05 min 10 Time out action No Action IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 21 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The de
129. ttings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPER X7DBN User s Manual 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 system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 72 C See the note below Temperature Monitoring Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 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
130. u to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Adaptec SATA HostRRID Controller 8 Options 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 lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138081385 3 85 L SATA Port 1 HDC WD748GD BBFLR1 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD748CD BFLA2 31 88F31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 48GD BBFLR1 27 8802 1 5 SATA Port 5 HDC WD 48GD BBFLR2 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed E 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level format ting 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 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 8 5138881385 3 85 1 3 SRIR Port 1 HDC MD 4BGD BBFLR1 27 8802 1 5 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read t
131. uick 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 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 List of Arrays
132. und Fandpang Gr LO SEIN ATC EW MBPS PSE UFan1 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 FP Ctrl 5 through 8 12V DIMM 3B Bank 3 JET CPU1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 m 5 ba DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR Parrallel bL DIMM 1B Bank 1 P DIMM 1A Bank 1 C 4 pin PWR GLANI 5 CPU2 Eza GLAN2 1 ao SUPER X7DBN North Bridge terni Slot SIMLP a m PG JBT1 5 2 pres PCHExp x8 SEPC Battery Q S alle VGA 9 Jl ays C27 al ells CTRL Ej 2 5 PTO v PCI Exp x8 NU 1 PIU pCLEXp pies Bridge PCI X 133 100 MHz CTRL EZ Slot PCI X 133 100 MHz Buzzer BIOS pci MHz pcru xs 5 a bam ELI pcom SMB Uzsa sArao 5 2 5 4 EKT 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB There are five USB 2 0 Universal Se rial Bus ports headers on the moth erboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 JUSB1 and the other three are Front Panel USB headers USB 2
133. vices 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 depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DBN has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FDB ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not
134. y to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear AII 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 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 choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to b

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