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1. Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definition Pin Definition Con nector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error The parallel printer port is located um m at J21 See the table on the right for 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN pin definitions 9 Data Bit 3 10 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND ae Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC Fang Fans PE 24 PinATX PWR Qie PSF 8 pinPWR S lusso DIMM 4B Bank 4 A Parallel Port DIMM 4A Bank 4 E COM Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 E CPUT DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 IVGA DIMM 1A Bank 1 Xeon Dual Core S UPER X7DB 3 Intel Fang North Bridge 51017 SIMLP IPMI a VGA 1916 p Exp SEPC sn E gt CTRLR oH amp SAS CTRLR crt BTot5 x8 Adaptec 9410W writ S8 Hu JPS1 x4 BIOS Blots BERE VAN PCI X 133 MHz T 1 CTRLR 128 1 Intel ESB2 Slot2 z USB4 PCI X 133 MH PXH auth Bridge 9 JJ WOR E Plott pci x 100 MHz ZCR d JK1 SMB ES Ed 5 5E JCOM2 5 S ATA 1 5
2. 2 PCI X 133 MHz PXH pis GLAN2 pe CPU2 SUPER X7DB3 North Bridge S lot7 SIMLP IPMI 9 EPG 2 Brot SEPC 5 VGA PCLExp x8 1 at Jl fe l ibn SAS CTRLR sis Battery Adaptec 94 CF 8 M JPS1 por N PCkExp 3x4 BIOS ooo Blots In PCI X 133 MHz 4 L A 5 TRLR JPL2E 327E Intel ESB2 ul Sio USB4 el E lt E South Bridge jJ WOR sio g 9 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR ra JK SMB E wo JCOM2 2 2 27 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 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 enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the 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 Stave Secondary Closed Master Primary Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots
3. Fangfrans 4 Pin Pi PS pinPWR A OH Fan Fail LED PWR oer ines QE 1 5 DIMM 48 Bank 4 5 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 Xeon Dual Core o DIMM 3B Bank 3 i E DIMM 3A Bank 3 l3 I 5 it 6 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM_2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 B VGA T DIMM 1A Bank UN GLANI Xeon Dual Core e GLAN2 CPU2 SUPER ex 7DB3 Intel 5000P Fan North Bridge 51017 SIMLP 9 z PGI a E 2 z E VGA 1906 PCl Exp SEPC sn A E SAS CTRLR a pros Battery Adaptec 9 7 PCHExp x8 wel JPS1 OU PCLExp B a j BIOS wo 133 MHz 4 J28E crees de ES J27EZ TEM Intel ESB2 Slot pc x 133 MHz PXH p South Bridge 9 lt Ly WoR B 3 PU pci x 100 MHz ZCR per N YE ge satas JCOM2 Es 2 21 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Power Connector PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I2 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 AVGA connector JG1 is located next to COM1 port on the IO backplane R
4. GLAN2 Fans CPU2 S UPER ex 7DB3 Intel 5000P Fan8 North Bridge 51017 SIMLP IPMI 9 amp a E Tot 5 x8 SEPC Ed _ usa SAS CTRLR Tots Battery Adaptec 9410W WE JI PCHExp x8 8 7 2 JPS1 plow x4 BIOS macs PLEDCo E N 133 MHz lt J vi 228 1 a 276 84 Intel ESB2 Slot 133 MHz PXH South Bridge 2 s o EC WoR 2 Plott pci x MHz ZCR ET SMB eg ry bATA4 5 OL JCOM2 TAE 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 clearing 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 ap Jumper Settings JWD plication hangs Close pins 1 2 to re Jumper Setting Definition set the system if an application hangs Pins 1 2 Reset Close pins 2 3 to generate a non mas
5. FangFans 4 Pi PSF and IN 24 PinATX PWR 8 pinPWR 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 E Xeon Dual Core v DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 3 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 ei DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 6 Qu Xeon Dual Core E P Fan3 m m 1 5000P Intel 5 Fan8 SUPER X7DB3 an North Bridge 51017 SIMLP IPMI racc ooon Floppy Compact Flash IDE1 E 2 2 m 5 LIL 5 50 3 SAS4 7 9 z 2 VGA 1916 p Exp xg SEPC 1 5 SAS CTRLR 7 FOS xe Adaptec 9410W J JPS1 PCHExp x4 BIOS 7 PCLX 133 MHz LAN JPLIEZI J28E 1 CTRLR jJPL2 327E Intel ESB2 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH South Bridge o WOR OU PCI X 100 MHz ZCR JK SMB 4 SATAS E cub ATA4 wo JCOM2 E 2 29 Definition System Off System On System off PWR Cable Connected A Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Backpanel SAS Activity LED Header Backpane
6. 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service nen 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 dea nn kak E E OR e wak n A R ned nha kana 4 1 4 2 Running Na k na ga ak W a 4 2 423 Main BIOS Kara Va niya FEX AY REA YN kaka ak 4 2 4 4 Advanced 4 7 4 5 Securty 4 24 4 6 Boot Setup reete trien ne Eben bci e ree a ka a a 4 25 4f n ertet boe S 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST adan b ba nnn nnn nnns B 1 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec SAS SATA Utility and the Windows OS C 1 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Setup Guidelines 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 compute
7. Compact Flash IDE1 CD GPIO1 SGPIO2 Floppy j7 prow PCHExp x4 BIOS aa ii PCI X 133 MHz LAN JPLI EZ J28E 1 CTRLR j to2 l 227E 1 2T Intel ESB2 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH 2 South Bridge i wor Plott pci x MHz ZCR per SMB E vo JCOM2 ISATAO SATA1 ISATA2 ISATA3 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 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 is Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default 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 FangfFans pn 24 PinATX PWR PSF 8 pinPWR var OO ET A 3rd PWR Fail DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPUT DIMM Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 z 5 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 T
8. 1 11 t6 Power kak va ka b na ak hn Azan Ma bu n d k 1 12 JE dore 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive DEVICES ect xr no kenala tbe vg ve c eei ea e vasa Ta 2 1 Precautions c a M seen wt a KEN R 2 1 UnpacKIn O 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control ero eren eor teet er h dikani und de genes 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin 2 10 N MI GOT RI 2 10 Power LED S mm 2 10 HDD LED T rr 2 11 INIGTINICZ LEDS ae nter rette eren Pod mp Gr Site s Wae ene Seb dakan 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED 2 12 Power LED ER e n PR REN Zu NA 2 12 Table of Contents aisle EE 2 13 Power BUttON kaka EEES 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 14 ATX Power Connector re i esi eed er Eee anan
9. 2 24 eire oc RE 2 25 Watch DOG dee hibet eee re eal e E ERR e ere D Red a kr da ei even 2 25 SAS Controller Enabled Disabled k 2 26 VGA Enable Disable core ceo daban ada k naya kan e opu dad naka aa dka ya 2 26 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 2 27 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 28 B s to POCLX POGEE SOS i xx opa h n ka tiun 2 28 2 f Onboard Indicators k hen ei k Grad 2 29 GEAN LEDS iresten E 2 30 Backpanel SAS Activity 2 30 Onboard SAS Activity ser NS belk 2 30 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SIMLP IPMI Connections 2 31 Parallel Port 2 31 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Floppy GOnnectOr ned eed cere ete eee 2 32 SIMEP IPM 2 32 IDE CORnFeGlOIS cdsiinos ctadhescacesttwasiauvennoddoarmuabdaunaveddedupanedadexeverdetbeneadine 2 33 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting 3 1 POWE OM ME E 3 1 NO POWT m k ka sk lak 3 1 NO 60 E 3 1 Memory EE 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration
10. DDR2 FBD boa SEL E S K DUUTNUUUMUUTUAUUNUUUS 1 bonos Note Notch t EN n should align n i with the H B receptive point F3 on the slot Co ase o c 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 Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot the release tabs Release Tab Release Ta near both ends of IL the module This should release it from the slot 2 7 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors IO Ports CI IT CALI PER 70 E o6 o0 1 Hec eL Back Panel I O Port Locations and Defi
11. 2 32 Chapter 2 Installation IDE Connectors IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There two IDE Connectors JIDE1 ping Definition Pin Definition Blue JIDE2 White on the moth Reset IDE 2 Ground erboard The blue IDE connector 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 JIDE1 is designated the Primary 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 IDE Drive The white IDE connector Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 JIDE2 is designated Second Host Data 4 1 Host Data 11 ary IDE Drive reserved for Compact 11 Host Data 3 Host Data 12 Flash Card use only See the note 13 HostData2 below See the table on the right for 15 Host Data 1 14 Host Data 13 6 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 pin definitions 17 Host Data 0 Note JIDE2 the white slot is re EEUU ERE served for Compact Flash Card only Weis Do not use it for other devices If VO Read PONENS JIDE2 is populated with a Compact 28 BALE Flash Card JIDE1 the blue slot will 29 packs be available for one device only For 32 IOCS16 the Compact Flash Card to work prop CEN US erly you will need to connect a power 35 Addro 36 Addr2 19 Ground 20 Key cable to JWF1 first 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground Fang Fans 24 PinATX PWR PSF 8 pinPWR DIMM 4B
12. L_ ipa SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 2 5 Connecti ng Cables ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 13 3 3 1 3 3V There are a 24 pin main power sup 14 12V 2 3 3V ply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin 15 COM 3 COM CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the 16 PS ON 4 5V motherboard These power connec 17 COM 5 COM tors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifica 18 COM 6 5V tion The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is 19 7 COM required to provide adequate power 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK to the system See the table on the 24 9 5VSB right for pin definitions For the 8 pin 22 45V 40 12V PWR JPW 3 please refer to the item 28 5V 11 12V listed below 24 COM 45 say Required Connection Processor Power Connector 12V 4 pin Power Con In addition to the Primary ATX power Bi nector in Definitions connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU Pins Definition PWR connector at JPW3 must also GU be connected to your power supply qandi See table the right for pin Required Connection definitions 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector e A Pin Definitions Fandf F ans GAP 24 PinATX PWR zan7 MBPS PSE KB R Z K Mouse Pins Definition ani DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Ba
13. 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 4A 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed 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 available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details 2 6 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 9 99 APIC 4 Kbytes 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 3276 256 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 Installing and Removing DIMMs
14. BIOS eT JPL E I JPL2Ek L1 J28E 1 J27E s Slot pc x 133 MHz p won PCI X 100 MHz ZCR TEC SMB JK1 E SAS CTRLR Adaptec 9410W USB4 PY Er ATAA SATA5 WoL ISATAO SATA1 SATA2 L1 SATA3 Intel ESB2 South Bridge 8 pinPWR Floppy GPIO1 SGPIO2 DIETS 1 JPS1 Sooo Esa SASO 3 5 54 7 Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection rinse FP Control fani m JOH m M lo LL Ed 3 lt S u 9 8 a 5 o IBPLEDCot 2 17 A Keyboard Mouse B COM1 COM2 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the sus pend 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 Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Wa
15. PSF 8 pinPWR JA Sure qug E A Backpanel Activity 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 LED 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 Xeon Dual Core a DIMM 3B Bank 3 amp B SAS 0 7 Activity LEDs DIMM 3A Bank 3 5 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Ei DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1A Bank 1 Xeon Dual Core epu we Intel 5000P SUPER X7DB3 North Bridge N 51017 SIMLP IPMI 1 EPG 2 S vex 1916 pc Exp SEPC 1 9 i CTRLR E SAS CTRLR H PS Battery Adaptec 9410W 8 7 PCKExp x4 BIOS PCI X 133 MHz LAN J28E 1 erat 325 Intel ESB2 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH DES South Bridge 216 wor Plott pci x 100 MHz ZCR ET JK SMB EZ __1 wo 2 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive and SIMLP IPMI 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 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B
16. 1 4 Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DB3 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for 1 5V 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby and 5V standby 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 the Hardware Monitoring section in the Advanced BIOS Setup section 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 turn
17. 2 14 Processor Power Connector kk keke keke kek k k k k KA KA KA 2 14 Universal Serial Bus 0 1 nn nya d na abba 2 15 Chassis Intrusion iyya eir enone avikan e kan n Ud Pte wen 2 15 Fan Headers M 2 16 hire 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Serial POMS sas ka da xalk Ka GE Aa 2 17 WakezOH R Ol na an hana 2 18 Wake EANDEM NIMM 2 18 GLAN Ethernet Ports irre necne Ere nes ener W ka 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header sse eee 2 19 Power Full rece D OPE entr d man da R lawan 2 20 Alarm RES Ob Entrer kadina nandin HERR REL UR ky EE bala dak d anal 2 20 Overheat LED Fan Fail 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 Card PWR 2 23 SGPIO OASIS m n 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings c wes 2 24 Explanation Of Jurpers 2 5 5 2 p o e in xa kadir kanin 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable
18. Pin Definition 1 Ground 12V Tachometer PWR Modulation Keylock Keylock Pin Definitions The keyboard lock connection is designated JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Pin Definition 1 Ground Keylock R N 3 EWR 24 PinATX PWR deu PSF A Fan 1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 Fan 2 DIMM 4A Bank 4 E a T Xeon Dual Core 9 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPU DIMM 3A Bank 3 D 4 DIMM 2B Bank 2 E Bank 2 5 E Fan 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 6 B DIMM 1A Bank Bank 1 LET G Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 GLANI Xeon Dual co Ke Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 GLAN2 i IA m Intel 5000P Q Keyloc SUPER X7DB3 i North Bridge 51017 SIMLP a PGI 1 pcrexp xs SEPC 5 d VGA PCKExp x8 sere S K k SAS CTRLR 18 prot Battery Adaptec 9410W I 7 PCI Exp x8 writ 9 M JPS1 PCHEXp x4 8105 TT nan Iwo a Hu PCI X 133 MHz r y LAN M 2 pm EI Intel ESB2 Slot pc x 133 MHz PXH U5B4 South Bridge
19. Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize 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 X7DB3 User s Manual POST Code Description 99h 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh 9Fh 0 A2h A4h A8h AAh ACh AEh BOh
20. DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 eS VGA B DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLANI Xeon Dual Core Fan3 ibo CPU2 S UPER ex 7DB3 Intel 5000P Fan8 North Bridge S lot7 SIMLP IPMI 5 lot 5 2 VGA PCI Exp x8 5 Stila WE 1 CTRLR GUE We SAS CTRLR ale IE Adaptec 9410w 115 f PCI Exp x8 y 57 JPS1 i PCLExp 4 5 x BIO cox B PLEDCo wo rors PCIX 133 MHz y LAN C 2 JPL1 EH 228E I lt JPL2 J27E 1 Intel ESB2 Slot pci x 133 MHz 5 South Bridge b Ep EC won lt let PCIX 100 MHz 2 JK SMB E 5 wat j JCOM2 Batao LJ and 2 15 Panel USB 2 3 Panel USB 4 D Chassis Intrusion 2 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 8 The X7DB3 has six chassis system fan head ers Fan1 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fan and Fan8 Note 1 4 are 3 pin fans Fans 5 8 are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting in the BIOS Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard
21. JWOL Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR 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 X7DB3 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 677 MHz with a system clock speed of 333 267 166 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 the En terprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsystem PXH Expansion Slots Three PCI Express slots two slots at x8 94GB sec one slot x4 2GB sec on x8 connector Three 64 bit PCI X slots two PCI X 133 slots one PCI X 100 w ZCR slot One SPEC slot for Supermicro s 2U Active Riser cards BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 ACPI 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12 3 3V Standby and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for proces
22. Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Warning Please save the Plastic ca plastic cap The motherboard must is ke s ka be shipped with the plastic cap Exile properly installed to protect the CPU load plate Socket pins Shipment without the if the CPU plastic cap properly installed will cause damage to socket pins installed 2 3 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Heatsink Installation CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU Screw 4 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 3 Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend AN that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket
23. lr lll wi ews SUPERMICR Ba Drivers amp ird iraz b j n a qal CERT MULT EE UE OT EI ATDHS inn a am D rx SUC SSS r Ya li ji B ka nadan an kanal teed Mad Tire Deve nr tn IEEE SIs sa Sa Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click 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 X7DB3 User s Manual E 2 Configuring Supero Doctor Ill 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 IIl program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Do
24. 2 5 PM Fang 2 31 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located at Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Pin Definition Pin Definition J21 See the table below for pin 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 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 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data SIMLP IPMI Slot 31 Ground 32 1 Select There is a SIMLP IPMI Slot 33 Ground 34 Diskette on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the IPMI Slot location Note This slot is reserved for the optional AOC SIMLP IPMI card i OCT A Floppy B SIMLP IPMI SUPERGX7DB3 am EE IBE H r1
25. 2 4 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive 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 Chapter 2 Installation NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW af N0 3 SCREW N0 2 SCREW 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 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Super Micro web si
26. 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 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 PEM 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
27. 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 Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no me
28. Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Notes E 4
29. PCI X 133 MHz PXH SAS CTRLR Adaptec 9410W South Bridge Compact Flash gt J 21 C WOR PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Onboard SAS Activity LED Indica bi tors Note Act Active 0 Act 1 2 Act 3 Act Definition Act Definition Actio SASO Act Act 4 SAS4 Act Act 1 SAS1 Act 5 SAS5 Act Notes 2 SAS2 Act Act 6 SAS6 Act 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only c SAS3 Act Act 7 SAS7 Act a indicates the location of Pin 1 3 SEPC Supermicro Enhanced Power Connector specially designed to support Supermicro 2U Riser Card only 4 LE 1 is the 5V Standby Power LED Indicator When is off the system is off When the green light is on the system is on When the yellow light is on the system is off but the AC power cable is still connected Make sure to disconnect the power cable before removing or installing components 5 For the ZCR card to function properly be sure to install it in the green slot 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DB3 Jumper Description Default Setting 27 428 2 Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots Open Disabled J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Open Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select On Master JPG1 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enable
30. R 3 If you have used Quick Init to create a RAID 1 you might find some data incompat ible after running a consistency check This is normal 4 You can use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build process only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 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 as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive C 6 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Configure Boot Unit and press Enter The following screen displays elect drive to create Boot Unit Selected Drives 88 FUJITSU HQU2835R BKB H2 FUJITSU M C 34 1GB 83 FUJITSU C BKB 84 FUJITSU MRUZA3DR 4 16B 85 FUJITSU MQU283GR 14 1GB 2 From the Select Drive to Create Boot Unit list select the drive you wish to Con figure Boot Unit and press Insert The Drive you have selected appears in the right window as shown in the screen below elect drive to create Boo
31. Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V Select 4 pin Quiet or Super Quiet to lower the fan speed and noise The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V2 NIC SEN 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS gt IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system Hep System Event Logging _ IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this
32. 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 PECI Absent Alarm Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the PECI Absent Alarm will be activated if the function of PECI Platform Environment Control Interface is not available for the onboard process s or for the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allow the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumpti
33. damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setu SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This uiti e ba va A W den y WA n iii Manual Organization th ea eese Eee SUPR Ge FU Ava n Kun n Va EV D RAN E Kan danka au kaka iii Conventions Used in the iii Chapter 1 Introduction Ea Eia a EEEO EE 1 1 dg 1 1 Contacting Super MICOS aka key n diaya na eat eed Katee 1 2 SUPER X7DB3 Image eiecit cer ERR kk kek kek AB cid 1 3 SUPER X7DB3 Layout lta dan dizan EROR deu Lu dx ERE w d n ke he kk 1 4 Quick Reference rd nier pr D EE E egre ere api mares 1 5 Motherboard Features cccccccccccecececececececececeneeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 1 6 Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 122 Chipset OVGMWIOW s ykn ne a ke reb xek wan ea yaki an k da n y 1 9 1 3 Special Features seyan d kada 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS 1 10 1 4 Health Monitoring su ia a ln ki ka k r r lek ka kerd k y n n E b na cts 1 10 125 ACPI Features
34. displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of se
35. enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V Select 4 pin Quiet or Super Quiet to lower the fan speed and noise The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb S5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor IIl adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds mus
36. 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 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL L
37. headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chapter Back Panel USB a A N Definitions 1 5V PO PO Ground N A 2 Installation Front Panel USB USB2 3 Front Panel USB Chassis Intrusion Definition 5V Data Data Ground NA Pin Definitions USB4 USB4 Pin 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 Fans 4 Fang Fan 7B USB5 Definition Pin PO RO Definition Ground No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground A Backpanel USB 0 1 24 PinATX PWR 8 pinPW ewa ermar pwe T B B Front Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 usBon 5 C Front DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 COM Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 i DIMM 3A Bank 3 5 5 T DIMM 2B Bank 2
38. lt Y gt to initialize the drive or press lt N gt to quit Warning Initialization will configure the drive s as simple volume disk s Do you want to continue Yes No Press lt Yes gt to continue with the Initialization Marning Initialization will configure the drive s as sinple volume disk s Do you want to continue Yes No Appendix C Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 You can use Rebuilding on Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build or Initialization process is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to get the array to the Optimal status 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 lt gt for Array Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Poot Unit nitialize Drives SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Using the SerialSelect Utility to Configure SAS Settings The SerialSelect Utility enables you to configure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec
39. mode D 1 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the 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 Settin
40. supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER X7DB3 Image Y 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 X7DB3 User s Manual SUPER X7DB3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale Lem m ak PWR uar PWIBuzzer Tag BP 9B2 DIMM 4B Bank 4 981 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Xeon Dual Core 883 DIMM 3B Bank 3 JF1 PK Fand FP Control CPUT mE DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel DIMM 2A Bank 2 A D1 182 DIMM 1B Bank 1 J7B1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 JUP Xeon Dual Core I CPU2 gt z IN v gt SUPER X7DB3 Intel 5000P North Bridge 51017 SIMLP Ej PG1 VGA PI pc Exp 2 11 Qet CTRLR Pr pciExp xs jJ Battery lot4 PCI Exp x4 jg BIOS b lot3 PCI X 133 MHz JPL1 EZ J28E 1 CTRLRE j to Slot2
41. us South Bridge E sib won 3 Plott pci x MHz ZCR saap JK1 SMB E mambara batas wo JCOM2 SATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the power LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information Onboard Power LED There is an Onboard Power LED LE1 located on the motherboard When LE1 is off the system is off When the green light is on the system is on When the yellow light is on the system is off but the AC power cable is still connected Make sure to disconnect the power cable before re moving or installing components See the layout below for the LED location Link LED off green amber Activity LED yellow Rear View When Viewing from the back of the systgem GLAN Activity Indicator Yellow LED Color Yellow Definition Blinking LAN active Solid on LAN connected GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Off Green Amber Definition No Connection or 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1 Gbps LED Color Off Green Yellow Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1
42. voi JCOM2 5 ATAo sATA1 sATA2 SATA3 THE SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual SAS Controller Enable Disable JPS1 enables or disables the AIC ed 9410W Adaptec SAS Controller on the alal ulu ana motherboard See the table on the right default for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Enable Disable Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the Jumper Settings JPG1 port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled 4 Pin 7 8 pinPWR Ker PWR 26010 Sizer pug OP T A SAS Enable Mouse E DIMM 4B Bank 4 usson J VGA Enabled DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 COMI Xeon Dual Core U DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 3 3 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Es E DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 E DIMM Bank 1 Xeon Dual Core GLAN2 jon CPU2 SUPE R X7DB3 Intel 5000P North Bridge 51017 SIMI 1 vex 195 pciexp SEPC CTRLR SAS CTRLR T pos _ Battery Adaptec 94 x8 1
43. 00P Fan North Bridge N 51017 SIMLP IPMI 2 Paci a S VGA P pciexp xs SEPC Qs S ing labs SAS CTRLR o Battery Adaptec 9410w PCHExp x8 WE 1l 9 a JPS1 lot PCKExp x4 ooool in PCI X 133 MHz 1 JPL1 J286 a JPL2 32751 E Intel ESB2 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH South Bridge 5 ae a Plott pci x MHz ZCR ET JKi SMB E EI 5 woL n JCON2 L_ 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Overheat LED Fan Fail Overheat LED JOH1 Pin Definitions Pin Definition The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warnings of chas sis overheating This LED will blink to indicate a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions A System Management Bus header is Se Deinen located at J18 Connect the appropri 1 Data ate cable here to utilize SMB on your 2 Ground system 3 Clock 4 No Connection
44. 1 Press the socket clip to release Socket Clip wW the load plate which covers the CPU Socket from its locking position Load Plate 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate Chapter 2 Installation 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 Socket Key semi circle cutout below a gold dot Socket Notch against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout Key semi on the socket circle cutout below the circle North Center Edge 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socke or move the CPU horizontally or ver tically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the Socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed Corner with triangle cutout CPU 8 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock CPU in the CPU socket 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
45. 2 to PCI S PCI Exp Jumpers J27 J28 allow you to connect Jumper Settings the System Management Bus 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 Fed aeree pwr mu A Compact Flash Master Mouse Slave Select B SMBus to PCI slots o DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 1 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPUT DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Parrallel Port Pl Fang Control fant Pl VGA E DIMM 1A Bank 1 pM WA 11 GLANI Xeon Dual Core Fan3 GLAN2 En SUPERX7DB3 Fane North Bridge slaw SIMLP 8 PGI 5 5 S Vea Pe pc Exp 5 Qen ai CTRLR Ez SAS CTRLR J pros xa Adaptec 9410W 5 77 BTot4 a n TES 3103 UWP rarararn l N PCI X 133 MHz r 4 EL 1 m 1 2 IE Yi ET 2 Him Intel ESB2 al Slot PCI X 133 MHz sh
46. 7 GB sec for a total bandwidth of 21 3GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to eight Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory bandwidth of 32 GB s for DDR2 533 667 The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interfaces to the ESB2 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 mirror ing 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 Quad core dual core Processors 1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB 2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s e Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DB3 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 power on state or you can also choose for it to automatically return to the last state prior to power loss See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Boot Features to change this setting
47. 9 s o pcx MHz zCR ES SMB D lgruBATA4 SAT 5 wo JCOM2 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the key board port See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports is a connector located on the IO Backpanel and COM2 is a header located at JCOM2 See the table on PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Chapter 2 Installation Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC the right for pin definitions USB 0 1 4 Pin PWR Fans Fan 24 PinATX PWR Buzzer DIMM Bank DIMM Bank Parrallel Port DIMM Bank DIMM Bank DIMM Bank DIMM Bank Xeon Dual Core CPU1 DIMM Bank DIMM Bank GLANT GLAN2 SUPERG X7DB3 5 1017 SIMLP LAN VGA pee PCI Exp x8 CTRLR Her PCI Exp x8 EJ PGI Intel 5000P North Bridge Xeon Dual Core CPU2 SEPC ot PCI Exp x4 013 PCI X 133 MHz
48. Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 38 Bank 3 Xeon Dual Core an A IDE 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 B Compact Flash Card DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 z 5 DIMM 1B Bank 1 m pI de Fand EP Conwell fani DIMM 1A Bank 1 T GLANI Xeon Dual Core GLAN2 rana CPU2 A SUPER X7DB3 North Bridge 51017 SIMLP IPMI SEPC 5 VGA x8 NN SAS CTRLR t3 eile ha prow Battery Adaptec 9410w Ws B x8 37 JPS1 ET PCI Exp x4 8105 cxi In PCI X 133 MHz 4 LAN 2 JPLI J28E 1 2 CTRLR 327 T Intel ESB2 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH South Bridge E s wor hs Po pcx 100 MHz zcR per TK SMB BATAS oL JCOM2 2 27 2 33 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Notes 2 34 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 Procedur
49. Configuration Utility 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press Enter to access the Physical Configuration submenu as shown below Hdaptec KHID Contiguration Uti y Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control lerta Iptians Controller Configuration PHY Configuration 3 Select Physical Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access SAS Device Configu ration submenu as shown below lt Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 SAS Device Configuration SAS Port ID 9 91 BR B PHY Rate Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto CRW yes yes yes yes yes SAS Address 5883B48B8PBBRBBDR 6 6 6 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the item selected 5 To load default settings press lt F6 gt 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility C 16 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Contiguration Utility 1 1 8 141b gt firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility m
50. Controller Super l O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83793 HECETA Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL e Wake on Ring WOR e Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual VRM PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 VRM 1516307 1067 1 333 0674 333 1516307 M S M S J6 J5 5 6 rm VEBDCHNLON lt zi pPC EXPXSN port 5000P YY S m at N vw Men EBDCHNL1 a PORT O O INE a X Frae Mal ea ca 19 i i FBDCHNL3 J _ 4 G U PORT PORT 2 3 0 g E a g J E PORT PORT ATA 100 pour P DE CONN J13 212 ri J 0 32 EXP BUS y E BUS CON
51. E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Notes Appendix C Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS After all the hardware has been installed you must
52. H South Bridge 9 s A E lo pci x ZCR 7 1 SMB E gr BATAS 5 comz SATA 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 Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for Speaker Connector a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the Pin Setting Definition speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper om A GLAN1 2 rn PWR LED Speaker SUPER X7DB3 H ET 2 19 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail PSF header JP3 to provide war
53. IOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is 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
54. IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested 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 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press
55. N AN N 9 9 AIC Ni n 72 E T EXPX8IN PORT 8 lt x lt 9410W 1 2 1 Pci x133 PXH ESB2 0 U U lt 3 0Gb S J14 oo ie 3 PCI X133 5 it gt ds i yga VGA PCI 33MVZ id CONNN 51000 USB 2 0 y z amp DDR E x SIO RJ 45 GB LAN Gl LGAL B302 RJ 45 PARALLEL MS PORT COMI COM 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 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P chipset the X7DB3 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual pro cessor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation and database applications The 5000P chipset supports single or dual 64 bit quad core dual core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz 1 066 GHz 677 MHz The chipset consists of the 5000P Memory Controller Hub MCH the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsystem PXH The 5000P MCH chipset 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
56. PU to speed up CPU operations 4 9 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled 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 use
57. 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 v5 1 6 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Vo lun1 RAID1 Mirror Select Disks N A 6 6 Create Volume Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu D 5 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Creating a 10 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Ent
58. RAID Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control lert8 Options Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Controller Configuration submenu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options Controller Configuration PHY Configuration Appendix C Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS To Set Controller Configuration 3 Select Controller Configuration and press Enter to access the submenu as shown below Runtine BIOS AOA TOCNSDOCOD Cm SD COS Enab led BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enab led CIRL A Message Display Enab led Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the setting for the item selected 5 To load the default settings press lt F6 gt Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual To Set Physical Configuration 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID
59. SUPERO SUPERO X7DB3 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 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 INC 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 th
60. Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits atthe RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device
61. Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the C
62. _ Ban GLANI 5 Xeon Dual Core Fani 2 SUPER e X7D8 3 Intel 5000P Fang North Bridge alot SIMLP IPMI EPG a 5 Flows 9 VGA PCkExp x8 SEPC aHa lls SIN SAS CTRLR le 8 TOF Battery Adaptec 9410W WE PCLExp x8 writ 2951 um PCHExp x4 BIOS cai 08 133 MHz a Aa IHES ES 3 jt 327E M Intel ESB2 Plo pci x 133 MHz PXH Ea South Bridge 2 3 lo PCIX 100 MHz ZCR 5825 Jk SMB ey fern BATAA SATAS WoL j JCOM2 _ Eang 2 12 NIC2 LED OH Fan LED PWR Fail LED NMI x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset gt Reset Button Ground Ground PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation 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 Reset Button pin definitions The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily con tacting both pins will power on off the sys tem This button can also be configured Power Button Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 3 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 th
63. and inter connectivity capability Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The onboard SAS Controller is enabled by default To disable it please set Jumper JPS1 to Pins 2 3 See Page 2 28 in Chapter 2 for details When the system is detecting the SAS Controller BIOS make sure that the 16 digit Adapter WWN address displays If this number is not shown you will not be able to use the controller Once the WWN address appears press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to access the Adaptec SAS RAID BIOS Note Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and then press Enter to select an option To return to the previous menu press lt FSC gt yo C 1 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual A Using the Array Configuration Utility The Array Configuration Utility enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press Ctrl and A simultaneously to display the main menu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control leri Options Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays From the main menu as shown above select Managing Arrays and hit lt Enter gt to access the following submenu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Array Configuration Utility jain Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Foot Unit nitialize Drives C 2 A
64. 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 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 Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 15 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of 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 lo
65. are 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 displays the CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core 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 the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed
66. as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Add Delete Hotspares and press Enter The following screen appears 85 FUJITSU HAU2836RC 34 16B B1 FUJITSU HRUZB3bRC HZ FUJITSU B4 FUJITSU HAUZB3BRC 4 Use the arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a Hotspare and press lt Insert gt and lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt displays Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare drive you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu To Delete a HotSpare Drive 4 From the List of Assigned HotSpare Drives in the right window select the hotspare drive you want to delete Then press lt Delete gt and lt Enter gt 5 When the following prompt displays Do you want to Delete the Hotspare Yes No Press lt Yes gt to delete the selected hotspare The hotspare drive you have selected will be deleted C 9 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array C
67. ation Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For port 80h codes refer to App Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recom mended 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 noting 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 Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers
68. aution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes 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 initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are as sociated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Appendix C Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 From the screen below select Initialize Drives and press Enter Create Array f ddzDe lete Hotspare Configure Hoot Unit 4 From the Select drives for initialization list on the left screen select the disk you wish to initialize and press lt Insert gt The drive you ve selected will appear on the Selected Drives list as show below 81 FUJITSU HRUZB36RC 34 268 FUJITSU 2 4 268 FUJITSU 34 268 FUJITSU 14 268 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives you want to initialize are selected and press lt Enter gt 6 When the following message appears make sure that you have selected the correct drive to initialize and press
69. cify 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 System D 10 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 Installing Other Drivers 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 AE ie rex Tura b xa Wa D MEYE Doe
70. control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V Select 4 pin Quiet or Super Quiet to lower the fan speed and noise The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed 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 prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor IIl adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold See the Note on Page 4 18 This option displays the CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is
71. ctor Ill interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD Ill settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Health Information k 4 Dodo E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control Edt Favorites Tools emp Jo 1 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 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide connectivity Power control s site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor IlI You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For
72. ctors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 4 5 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Serial ATA The options are Disab
73. d are displayed on the screen RAID 0 RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Type in an label Under the item Arrays Label and press lt Enter gt Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 64LK is default Please do not change the default setting 4 You can select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 using Create RAID via 5 When you are finished press Done as shown in the previous screen The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 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 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init 5 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive to prevent data loss 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from Array Configuration Utility you can restart it by pressing Ctrl
74. d JPS1 SAS Controller 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 ACT O ACT 7 SAS Activity LED Indicators See Page 1 4 Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset Open normal BP LED Connector JSLED1 Back Panel Activity LED Connector Chassis Intrusion JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector Header Compact PWR JWF1 Compact Card PWR Connector Used if is on DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory DDRII Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports 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 PSF Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 PWR LED LE1 PWR LED Indicator Note 5 on Pg 1 4 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power System Management 2 Header SATAO SATA5 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 SAS Connectors 0 3 JSA1 SAS 4 7 JSA2 SGPIO 1 2 J29 J30 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers SMB J18 System Management Bus Header Slot 7 SIM Low Profile IPMI Connector USB 0 1 USB 2 3 USB4 Back Panel USB 0 1 Front Panel USB 2 3 FP USB4 VGA J15 VGA Connector WOL
75. ductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X7DB3 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 e Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding re moving or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan When purchasing 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 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor
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77. e 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 D 7 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume N Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu D 8 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non N 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 Enter T
78. e table on the right for pin definitions A Reset Button B PWR Button Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Definition Signal 3V Standby Pin Definition Reset zo uS WET eee Mouse 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 E Groun NMI USB0 1 E DIMM 4A Bank 4 M Dual C ini DIMM 38 Bank 3 HEDI N de ES X x DIMM 3A Bank 3 HE DIMM 2B Bank 2 Power LED DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 FI V GK e DIMM 1A Bank 1 will HDD LED ee GLANI A l C X Xeon Dual Core NIC1 LED Vcc GLANZ CPU2 Intel 5000P Fang SUPERGX7DB3 neat NIC2 LED Slot SIMLP IPM 2 a Vea 6195 pcrexp xs Qn 2 E OH Fan Fail LED Vcc en SAS CTRLR ce 2 2 E batten Adaptec 9410W LA in PWR Fail LED Vcc PCHExp x4 Bios pem G wb cena R t gt t tt BRO EWE aan 3 Ground ese eset Button em RUE TEH STO XLI Ground PWR Power Button on EZ won E lo pix 100 MHz ZCR per KI SMB e ATAA 5 wot JCOM2
79. ed on 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 111 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 if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tel
80. efer to the board layout below for the location A FandFang 24 PinATX PWR 8 pinPWR A PWR SMB B VGA DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPUI DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM Bank 1 m P PT Fend contrat an Xeon Dual Core m M o GLAN2 CPU2 LJ 5 7 3 Intel 5000P Li North Bridge Slot7 SIMLP IPMI 9 1 1 9 z Blows E VGA P pciexp Jl ETHER SAS CTRLR jz 3 ptos Battery Adaptec 9410W CF x8 9 EI JPS1 Blow PCKExp x4 BIOS mang lot3 PCI X 133 MHz LAN D s A847 JPLIES 2867 CTRLR 02773 Intel 5 2 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH South Bridge 5 50 3 LE TE m wor Fm PCI X 100 MHz ZCR mr BATAS J EATAS JCOM2 ISATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SMB E lFan4 2 22 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located a
81. enu select Disk Utilities from the screen as shown above and press lt Enter gt 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting disk erases all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press lt ESC gt to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Exit Utility Yes No Note For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to the Adaptec User Guide included in the CD that came with your shipping package You can also download a copy of the Adaptec User Guide from our web site at www Supermicro com Appendix C Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS C 2 Installing the ESB2 SAS Driver and 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 Supe
82. ephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 This setting is also located in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Boot Features 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 1 11 SUPER X7DB3 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 Boot section of the Advanced BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up e
83. er key The following screen will appear ntel R Matrix Storage Manager option 1 6 161 Ami Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Name Volumlg RAID Level RAIDI RAID t Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxxx GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit 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 D 6 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Setup Gu
84. er 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 attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPERO X7DB3 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 B
85. erstand how to set the options See the next page When you first power the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the 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 System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field
86. es and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and 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 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 3 1 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual 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 inform
87. first configure the SAS RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers C 1 The Adaptec Embedded SAS with HostRAID Controller Driver Note 1 If you do not wish to configure Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 and Appendix E for the Windows OS and Other Software Installation instructions For Intel s ESB2 SATA HostRAID Utility please refer to Appendix D Note 2 For more information on the Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID settings please refer to the Adaptec HostRAID Utility included in the CD that came with your motherboard Introduction to SATA Serial ATA and SAS Serial Attached SCSI 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 150Mbps Because the serial cables used in Serial ATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems provide more efficient system cooling faster data transfer and better functionality than Parallel ATA In addition to SATA which is supported by the Intel ESB2 South Bridge the X7DB3 has an Adaptec SAS Serial Attached SCSI 9410W Controller built in SAS supports serial link data transfer rates up to 3Gbps With the dynamic SAS infrastructure built in the X7DB3 supports both SATA and SAS providing the user with unparalleled data storage expansion
88. gging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear 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 P 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 the console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI 100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide whether you want to continue with the console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off SUPERO X7DB3 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 Hardw
89. gs Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed D 2 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS 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 Vo lunes None defined Physical Disks Port Dr
90. h 0080h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setting a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may cause the system to become unstable When this occurs revert to the default set ting 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 4 11 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 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 maintai
91. he x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPERO X7DB3 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 Exit settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve 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 ve 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 Pow
92. he following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option v5 1 8 1813 ICH R uRHII Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved MAIN MENU J 1 Create RAID Uolune Port Drive Model Serial Size Status B MDC MD25BBSD BIKCBS MD MMAL 2834971 232 968 Menbe AU HMHL Z2H 34 Select the disks that should be reset t1 Previous Next SPRCE Selects ENTER Selection Conplete 11 Select ESC Exit ENTER Select Menu b Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select c Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu D 9 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual D 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS 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 spe
93. he mother board jumpers can be used to choose 3 2 1 3 2 1 between optional settings Jumpers Jumper create shorts between two pins to Cap change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder ad on the printed circuit board See Setting Pin 1 2 short the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the moth erboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled GLAN Enable Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled SS FERE A GLAN Port1 Enable 6 PUR 24 PinATX PWR B Port2 Enable KB Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COM Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 3A Bank 3 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 US B 0 1 CPUT Parrallel Port P Fand Control DIMM 1A Bank 1 Xeon Dual Core
94. idelines 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 v5 1 8 1813 ICH 7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Volum5 RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 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 name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page D 3 displays Select te 4 disks te us in crewting the volene tl Pewwlasettext CSPRCEI Selncta CENTER Selnet law 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 us
95. ires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters 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 ZA to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to und
96. ist indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The OS Setup will au tomatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Notes C 20 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Setup Guidelines Appendix D Intel SATA HostRAID and the Windows OS Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows OS and other drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section D 2 Appendix C and Appendix E for the OS and Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Setup Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS For the Adaptec SAS SATA Ho
97. ive Model Serial ize Type Status Vol ID 8 HDC HD2588SD 81K HD HHRL 72834971 232 968 Non RAID Dis 88SD 81K HD HHAL 59 96 n RAID Disk 1D p HDC HD2588JD 8HF HD HMAEH1449527 232 35 Press to enter Configuration Utility Adaptec SCSI BIOS v4 38 8 Copyright 2883 Adaptec Inc ALl Rights Reserved 44 Pres tr lt A gt for SCSISelect IM Utility gt gt gt Slot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product Size Bus Status 84 A 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 graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved RAID Level RAID8 Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 9 9 GB Create Volume Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case se
98. k able interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable i 24 PinATX PWR O Fan vePs Psr e pinpwa PWR Buzzer KB Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Xeon Dual Core CPUT Fand Control fan 3 5 p DIMM 1A Bank 1 E LET GLANI o Xeon Dual Core GLAN2 CPU2 H 5 UPER ex 7DB3 Intel 5000P Fan North Bridge 51017 SIMLP 1 5 uu epa a fue OGD a I Na a SAS CTRLR 8 i Tot Battery Adaptec 9410W CF 15 PCI Exp x8 well 9 7 1 JPS1 S BIOS oone PLE DC9 Blot3 N PCI X 133 MHz LAN 7 3 TRLR JPLI J28E T 4 JPL2 3E Intel ESB2 Slo PCI X 133 MHz PXH 225 South Bridge 5 s o C WOR b pci x 100 MHz ZCR HA j a SNB E Err BATA
99. k 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel DIMM 1B Bank 1 GK DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLANI 5 an3 Xeon Dual Core 2 SUPER lt 7 3 Intel 5000P zr North Bridge N lot SIMLP IPM P6 a 5 1 xa tec en I cTRLR SAS CTRLR 1218 e 8 Battery Adaptec 9410W s PCHExp x8 2951 Blu E PCHExp x4 BIOS 08 133 MHz J Aa PES ES 3 E 327E Intel ESB2 Plo pci x 133 MHz PXH 225 1 5 E Bridge 9 sic WoR 3 le PCIX 100 MHz ZCR 5825 SMB E rr BATAS 1 JCOM2 L_ Eang HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 5V HD Active 9 11 10 12 Groun X Power LED HDD LED Que LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED Ground Ground Pin Definition Vcc Ground NMI x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset gt Reset But
100. ke up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL at JWOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COMI Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Parrallel Port zj Fand F ans KART 24 PinATX PWR Of al 8 pinP WRI A WOR KB B WOL SI TUP3 Fang Control fan 2 18 DIMM 1A Bank 1 GLANI Xeon Dual Core GLAN2 nm CPU2 H SUPER e X7DB 3 Intel 5000P Fan North Bridge j 51017 SIMLP 9 amp a E 5 VGA 1916 PCl Exp xg SEPC en 2 I gt ES SAS CTRLR rm 8 i 8 Tot Battery Adaptec 9410w WE WO PCI Exp x8 9 17 JPS1 lot PGEENE x PIOS pamm Tots N PCI X 133 MHz 4 x M JPLI J28E T 3E Intel ESB2 51002 c X 133 MHz PX
101. l SAS Activity LED Header JSLED1 located next to IDE1 indicates SAS Activity status See the table on the right for pin definitions Note SAS Com mon LED will be activated when any of Backpanel SAS ACT Output Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Pin Definition SASO Act 6 SAS1 Act 7 SAS2 Act 8 SAS3 Act SAS4 Act SAS5 Act SAS6 Act SAS7 Act 5 50 to SAS7 LEDs is activated SAS Common Onboard SAS Activity LED Indicators There are eight Onboard SAS Activity indicators on the X7DB3 LED Indi cators Act 0 to Act 7 indicate the activity status of onboard SAS connectors See the table on the right for LED settings LED Onboard SAS Activity LED Indica tors Note Act Active Definition SASO Act 1 SAS1 Act 3 SAS3 Act Act Definition Act Act 4 SAS4 Act Act Act 5 SAS5 Act 2 SAS2 Act Actit6 SAS6 Act Act 7 SAS7 Act Onboard SAS Activity LEDs Act 4 i Act 0 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 DD oo OO Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 pat 24 PinATX PWR
102. led and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions 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 Intel 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 The default setting is Intel SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is detected in the system Extended Memory This display infor
103. mory 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 OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller B 1 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual POST Code Description 16h 17h 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 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum Initialize cache before memory Auto size 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 C
104. ms you how much extended memory is detected in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features 4 7 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot 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 Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to use 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 ch
105. ning two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note 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 X7DB3 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 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 traditi
106. nings of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition PWR 1 Fail PWR 2 Fail PWR 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using Super Micro redundant power supplies Alarm Reset Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 A Power Fault B Alarm Reset Fang ans E 24 pinATX PWR 8 pinPWR DIMM 4B Bank 4 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 Xeon Dual Core o DIMM 3B Bank 3 a CPU1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LET Xeon Dual Core Fan3 CPU2 SUPER ex 7DB3 Intel 50
107. nitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Parallel Port Printer Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 DOA gt See Section 2 5 for details 2 8 B Front Control Panel Chapter 2 Installation JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are de signed specifically for use with Super Micro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins TD SUPER X7DB3 n oo TT m oo OCEL Groun X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED 2 9 Ground Ground Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Reset Button PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DB3 User s Ma
108. nk 4 COMI Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 through 4 Ground USB 0 1 5 through 8 12V DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel Port A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR DIMM 2A Bank 2 P FP Control DIMM 1B Bank 1 Pl VGA A DIMM 1A Bank 1 mi C 4 pin PWR Xeon Dual Core Fan3 GLAN2 eps S U P E R ex 7DB 3 Intel 5000P Fan North Bridge S lot7 SIMLP IPMI 2 PGi a 5 Bowe E var 1916 pciexp SEPC Gs S iz CTRLR gH g g SAS CTRLR JJ amp 955 Battery Adaptec 94 IE PCLExp x8 9 77 BTot4 PCHExp x4 BIOS BPLEDCO Blots IN PCI X 133 MHz n L1 j JP 381 EXE Intel ESB2 al Slot PCIX 133 MHz South Bridge a 5 Pie pci x MHz ZCR PR JK SMB E mabata wo JCOM2 ISATAO SATA1 SATA2 ISATA3 2 14 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
109. nsitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page D 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volune L ti Previous Mext SPACE Selects CENTERI Selectian Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt 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 lt Enter gt 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 D 4 Appendix D Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Setup Guidelines Creating a
110. nual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Grove LED Fangfans Pin Pil PWR MBPS PSF 8 pinPWR EE TI Tere T Mouse DIMM 48 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COMI Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Er GLANI 2 Xeon Dual Core Fani GLAN2 Intel 5000P Fa SUPER X7DB3 North Bridge plo SIMLP IPMI 2 PGI a Ven PP pes en CTRLR gaye ye a sas CTRLR te 12 oe peep a Battery Adaptec Wr 3 ka JPS1 PCkExp x4 BIOS ocon PLEDE Ecce pepe PCI X 133 MHz i LAN 2 PLI J28E E BEES SES m Intel ESB2 To PCI X 133 MHz S
111. o operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DB3 is ideal for high performance 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 Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or A to prevent
112. og in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS b Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 23 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced 5 Boot Exit Clear Item Specific Help User Password Is Clear Set Supervisor Password Enter 1 Set User Password Enter 1 Password on boot Disabled tL f F9 Esc e Enter Fi 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 for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the i
113. on and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options
114. onal 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 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Setto Enabled to usethe Hyper Threading Technology which will result inincreased 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 Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Se
115. ontroller 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 against CMOS Initialize PCI bus and devices Initialize all video adapters in system QuietBoot start optional Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Initialize MultiBoot Display CPU type and speed Initialize EISA board optional Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Enable USB devices 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines
116. oose 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 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select
117. outh Bridge 2 um Ly Won E Io 100 MHz ZCR ea SMB E EATAS wor JCOM2 5 2 C OH Fan Fail LED NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V 16 Ground HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED PWR Fail LED NMI X Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED Endang oa pinatx PWR PWR Ded KB DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COMI Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Ban
118. ppendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press lt Enter gt The Array Properties dialog box displays showing detailed information on the array including the physical disks associated with the array 3 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning To prevent accidental loss of data be sure to back up the data on an array before you delete it Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the Array Configuration Utility menu 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 A warning message displays 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 partition Yes No 4 Press lt Yes gt to delete the array or partition or lt No gt to return to the previous menu 5 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu C 3 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure that the disks fo
119. r Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b From the list displayed on the screen choose the option that best suits your need 1 To use the Adaptec SAS Controller select the item Adaptec SAS Driver from the CD and press lt Enter gt 2 To use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Controller select Intel from the BIOS item ICH RAID Code Base in the Main Setup Menu and then select Intel ESB2 SATARaid Driver from the CD and press lt Enter gt 3 To use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Driver produced by Adaptec select Adaptec from the BIOS item ICH RAID Code Base in the Main Setup Menu and then select Intel ESB2 SATARaid Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec from the CD and press lt Enter gt 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 l
120. r 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 items are included in the Retail Box e One 1 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 02 One 1 Serial Port cable CBL 010L 01 e One 1 USB cable CBL 083 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022L Two 2 SAS cable CBL 097L 01 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 044L e One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PTO7L One 1 Super Micro CD containing drivers and utilities CDR X7 e One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Technical Support Email Tel 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
121. r the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used To create an array 1 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array Selected Drives BB FUJITSU 2036 BKB 81 FUJITSU HQU2836RC 34 16B H FUJ ITSU 2036 B4 FUJ ITSU HQU2B83BRC ut UJ TTSU MRUZB3BR 3 After both disks for the new array are selected press lt Enter gt The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown below rray Properties Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via 4 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is created you can assign the properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the Array Configuration Utility You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager to do so Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD 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 lt Enter gt Only the available array types RAID 0 an
122. r to review 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 2 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X 1 On Riser Frequency for PCI X 2 3 On Riser Available when an Active Riser Card is present This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS P 51041 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Slot2 PCI X 133MHz Slot3 PCI X 133MHz Slot4 PCI Exp x4 Slot5 PCI Exp x8 and Slot6 PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060
123. red Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply Chapter 1 Introduction It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant 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 legac
124. so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Support 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached 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 X7DB3 has eight 240 pin DIMM slo
125. sor protection power LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert Supero Doctor Low noise fan speed control Pulse Width Modulated PWM fan control c temperature sensing monitoring Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Support 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Intel Virtualization Technology support e Platform Enhancement Configuration Interface ready ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism e ACPI Power Management Onboard I O Adaptec AIC 9410 SAS Controller supports eight SAS ports 0 1 10 Six SATA 3 0Gbps ports RAID 0 1 10 5 for the Windows OS One ZCR slot supports Supermicro s LPZCR2 Add on card optional for SAS One SIMLP IPMI Slot ntel 82563 Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting two Giga bit LAN ports Two EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces supporting one IDE the blue slot and one Compact Flash card the white slot Two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers with support for ESB2 SATA One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port One EPP ECP Parallel Port One Port e PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports Headers ATI 16 MB ES1000 Graphic
126. stRAID configuration instructions please refer to Appendix C D 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included in the Supermicro CD that came with your motherboard 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 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in Serial ATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the 5000P chipset the Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel UltraATA 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
127. t JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF 1 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 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 ESB2 SATA 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 Compact Flash Power Off PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition NC 2 NC Out 4 NC Ground 6 Load Note NC No Connections A Compact Flash PWR B SGPIO1 C SGPIO2 SUPERG X7DB3 m T SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of t
128. t Unit Selected Drives BB FUJITSU 2036 BKB 81 FUJITSU 2036 34 1GB A1 FUJITSU MaU2836RC 34 168 83 FUJITSU MAY2ZA36RC AKB 94 FUJITSU 203 34 1GB 45 FUJ ITSU MQU2B3BR 14 IGB 3 Select the disk drive you wish to configure as a bootable drive from the Selected Drives List in the right window and press lt Enter gt The next screen appears 7 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Boot Unit Settings Boot Unit Type LM Spin Up Drive Size Write Cache Connection Rate Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Configure Boot Unit and press lt Enter gt 2 From the Select the Boot Unit list in the right window select the bootable drive you wish to delete and press Delete The following screen appears ain Menu Manage Arrays Create Array fidd Delete Hotspare LO 1 1 Initialize Drives Boot Unit Settings Drive 88 Boot Unit SAS DISK Drive Size 34 16B Device ID 81 3 When the screen shown above appears select Delete and press Enter 4 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed Do you want to delete the Bootable Unit Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted C 8 Appendix Installing the Adaptec Utility and the Windows OS Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you will need to add a new HDD
129. t and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPERO X7DB3 motherboard The X7DB3 supports dual Intel 64 bit quad core dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1 333 GHz 1 066 GHz 677 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 X7DB3 offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the quad core dual core NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the 32 bit based software Key features 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 Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard t
130. t be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic See the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option displays the CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set threshold The hardcode default setting is 72 C See the note below Temperature Monitoring Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items 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 This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers
131. t to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available 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 No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 4 13 SUPERO X7DB3 User s Manual Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches
132. te for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 21A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A and so on Please 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 X7DB3 supports up to 32 GB fully buffered 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 Branch1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 2A 00 000 4 DIMMs 2A 4
133. tem Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which 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 bootup The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit t
134. ton PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DB3 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 warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition T Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc 6 Ground TP PinATX PWR lan PSF EDT DIMM 4B Bank 4 KB DIMM 4A Bank 4 COMI Xeon Dual Core DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED DIMM 1B Bank 1 GR lej DIMM__1A
135. ts that support DDR2 FDB ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the info 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 update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the 3 3 SUPER X7DB3 User s Manual applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty ser
136. vents can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DB3 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 Note The 12V 8 pin Aux Power Connector is always requi
137. vice will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DB3 The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Super Micro web site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requ
138. y 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 sup port higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DB3 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 e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent con

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