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1. ET ATX PWR 24 KB Fan6 Fan5 4 pig EWRI M PL Mouse PWR SMB USB DIMM Bank 1 E DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM Bank 3 LE DIMM 3B Bank 3 ell DIMM 4A Bank 4 S DIMM 4B Bank 4 z VGA CPU 2 lt 5 SUPER GLANI B E7520 sra Lindenhurst SUS North e Bridge z suo RI 51017 PCI E x4 JWDI Elle 5 RAGE Elle E XL PCI X 133 MHz Ctrl E slots PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 8 SCSI Enable E PCI X133 MHz 3 3LAN E PXH a PCI X100 MHz 8 z SCSI CH A CH B ford PCI X 100 MHz ICOM2 2 JWOLIL 1 JUSB2 3 f En 2 Termination Enable SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual PLLSEL Select PLLSEL Select Jumper Settings JM1 JM2 Jumpers JM1 and JM2 allow the user to select PLLSEL memory
2. drive B Floppy Connector Pin Definitions Pin Number Function Number Function Floppy Connector 1 SND EDEDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 6 FDEDIN The floppy connector is located 7 GND 8 Index between IPMI 2 0 Socket and IDE 9 GND 10 Motor Enable i 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 2 slot See the table below for pin 13 GND 14 Drive Select A TE 15 GND 16 Motor Enable definitions 17 GND 48 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette KB Fan6 Fan nius Pm ATX PWR E Pw MA IA Bank 1 m E 0 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 1 wish POM DIMM 2B Bank 2 IM DIMM 3A Bank 3 LE CT DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 DIMM 4A Bank 4 ELE Ne DIMM 4B Bank 4 aus z A z SUPER X6DH8 XB zl AUR North Bridge JM i nA ae 51917 PCFE x4 ELMS TEN al L ke 133 MHz ICHSR B Floppy a Bia PCI X 100 MHz Pa Heu rr LE Biota PCLX 100 MHz ZCR PN 5 E PCI X133 MHz 7902 9 Crer PCI X100 MHz ER IRE B 8 5 erd Brot PCI X100 MHz SMP PS jJUSB2 3 JPASL
3. Pwn2 2a Pin ATX PWR Fan j 124 Fano Fan EMRI PW E Mouse PWR SMB IZ DIMM 1A Bank 1 e 0 1 DIMM 1B Bank I DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 d DIMM 3A Bank 3 LEX E DIMM 3B Bank 3 zl DIMM 4A Bank 4 E 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 E VGA CPU 2 lt 5 7 UPER X6DH8 XB GLANI na E7520 E EE UE Lindenhurst SUS GLAND North Bs Bridge JEI EPa ED SVO Slot7 PCI E x4 T alla L RAGE 2JI B XL biote PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR GA Ctrl PXH South Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge GL lot4 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR pa CTLR E 1 PCI X133 MHz 7902 3LAN PXH dre PCI X100 MHz SCSI CTRL Sard PCI X100 MHz JPA2L E JWOLIL T JPA3 Os USB4 P SATA SATA 2 21 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 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
4. VGA Enable Pwi parm ATX PWR panas KB Fan5 4pm EWRI pad E Mouse PWR ES DUE DIMM 1A Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 wish DIMM 2B Bank 2 1 DIMM Bank 3 LEES DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 E DIMM 4B Bank 4 z v k Bank 3 cua Reset S j UPER X6DH8 XB GLANI 2 E7520 Lindenhurst Dd North Bridge IMAL PER r Fang SUO E PCI E x4 Ella kk ella R PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR eT IP PXH South PCI X 100 MHz Bridge BIOS PCI X 100 MHz ZCR peat 5 a PCI X133 MHz 7902 PXH 3 PCI X100 MHz SCSI CTRL Sad PCI X100 MHz M JPA2E1 5 COMI JWOLI TT USB2 3 JPA3L 1 USB4 Saran cu 2 23 Force Power On Enable Disable Jumper JPF1 allows you to enable or disable the function of Force Power On If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function is disabled the user needs to press the power button to power on the system 3rd Power Supply Alarm Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of the 3rd power supply failure This feature is available when three po
5. IPwn2 F 24 Pin ATX PWR 124 Fane Fan5 4 an Dwell Mouse PWR SM DIMM Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM IB Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 22156 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Ale DIMM 3A Bank 3 LE DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 E 3 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 a z VGA CPU 2 x lt 5 HS UPER X6DH8 XB GLANI d E7520 Sra Lindenhurst SU QNS North m Bridge MI ETE Era 181 Fang Eliot PCIE x4 Svo e IM El RAGE ta JE XL PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR Em Ctrl PXH South JBT1 51015 100 MHz Bridge GLAN 8 Slot4 5 JPA1 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 5 PCI X 133 MHz T 7902 fran EXE SCSI PCI X100 MHz E Ter PCI X100 MHz 5 JWOLIT N B2 3 JPA3EZ re USB4 SPKR TAV SATA _ 4 2 19 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Overheat LED JOH1 Connect an LED to the JOH1 header to provide warnings of chassis overheating See the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fault Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the Power Fail header JP12 to provide warnings 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
6. The Power Button connection is Power Button Connector located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo Pin Definitions JF1 mentarily contacting both pins will a lea n ower on off the system This button Number Definition p y can also be configured to function g 2 Ground as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Tain ATR Reset Button EE Fond bia VT an in PWR Button i E a n 20 19 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 oMi DIMM 2B Bank 2 0 Ground NMI DIMM Bank 3 LE o DIMM 3B Bank 3 E x DIMM 4A Bank 4 SN DIMM 4B Bank 4 zig Power LED o SUPER G xcpHs XB 2 HED Le North E raya NIC LED lt o o Vee HEQ ENG mea E Eang fel NIC2 LED lt Vcc x Eius ere 133 MHz aL FF Overheat Fan Fail LED Vee Ei Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge o EJ Blot PCLX 100 MHz ZCR pa 5 Power Fail LED o ve PCI X133 MHz pam 7902 z Reset Reset Button Era Biot 100 MHz pan P o ree Reset Suton gt g Ber notice mg TET Eos PA 5 Ground E pwr gt Power Button DENE SEL Fan 2 1
7. SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Serial Ports The COM serial port is located under the parallel port and is located below the PCI Slot1 see the Mother board layout on Page 1 4 See the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Pin 10 NCZNC No Connection eweg ea rin ATX PWR ania Spiny KB Fan6 Fan 4pm EWRL eerie Mouse PWR SMR g5 USE DIMM 1A Bank 1 E 9 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CE 22156 DIMM 2B Bank 2 HIR DIMM Bank 3 LEIS E DIMM 3B Bank 3 zl DI
8. Figure 2 3 Port Locations and Definitions USBO USB1 Ports LAN1 LAN2 Port Port 99995 Keyboard Purple COM Port Video Turquoise 2 7 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED Overheat Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Reset Button Ground Power Button 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definition Pin Number Definition Number Definition ATX Power Connector 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V The main power supply connector 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS ON 4 5V JPW1 on the X6DH8 XB X6DHE 17 COM 5 COM XB meets the SSI Superset ATX 18 COM 8 Tov a supers 19 COM 7 COM specification You can only use a 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 24 pin power supply cable on the 22 5V 10 12V motherboard Make sure that the 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V orientation of the connector is
9. Hez XL PCI X 133 MHz icis o Ctr PXH South JBTI 3 stots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge FIIGLAN IPAI BIOS 51014 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR CTLR E 5 E PCI X133 MHz 7902 GLAN PXH gt PCI X100 MHz SCSI CTRL z m _ PCI X100 MHz JPA2L 5 COMZ JWOLIL 1 USB2 1 USB4 n sara amp cu 4 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation SCSI Enable Disable For SCSI Enable Disable J Setti X6DH8 XB only T Jumper Position Definition Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or Bins io Enabled disable the SCSI Controller The default Pins 2 3 Disabled setting is pins 1 2 to enable all four headers See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable SCSI Channel Termination Disable For X6DH8 XB Enable Disable Jumper Settings only JPA2 JPA3 Jumper Position Definition Jumpers JPA2 and JPA3 allow you to Open Enabled enable or disable termination for the Closed Disabled SCSI connectors Jumper JPA2 con trols SCSI channel A and is for SCSI channel B The default setting is open to enable terminate both SCSI channels Note In order for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting set by the manufacturer See the table on the right for jumper settings
10. PCI X133 MHz 7902 GLAN PXH asi 1 100 MHz CTRL TPL _ Blou PCI X100 MHz JPA2EZI x JWOLI USB2 3 JPA3L 3 Z PK bara bara SP and 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports GLAN1 GLAN2 on the moth erboard Each GLAN port has two LEDs on the connectors The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection Chapter 2 Installation n G3 orm Back Panel View G bit LAN Right LED Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10MHz Green 100 MHz Orange 1 GHz 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Activity LED See the table at right for the functions LED Definition Color associated with the GLAN LED Amber Blinking 10 100MHz 1GHz GLAN 1 2 PWR2 24 Pin ATX PWR J24_ Ta ET KB Fan6 Fan5 WwW Mouse PWR SMB USB DIMM 1A Bank 1 0 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 E
11. DIMM Bank 3 LEIS DIMM 3B Bank 3 gl DIMM 4A Bank 4 E E DIMM 4B Bank 4 z VGA cpu 2 ES E SUPER X6DH8 XB GLANI 8 E7520 B E Lindenhurst sog North Bridge 327 Bri Fang EC 1ot7 PCI E x4 En TWDi IPMI Ell lm RAGE co XL biote PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR o RP G CS PXH South Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge 108 GLAN PCI X 100 MHz 2 24 5 PCI X133 MHz 7902 GLAN PXH SCSI E PCI X100 MHz attery c rx B CTRL B PCI X100 MHz JPA2L 5 er 4 spk 0 Kun and 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions J22 Pin A System Management Bus header is Number Definition located at J22 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your 4 No Connection system SMB Power I2 C Connector SMB PWR Pin Definitions J24 l2 C Connector located at J24 moni tors the status of PWR Supply Fan 2 Data 3 PWR Fail and system temperature 4 N A 5 N A
12. a Mon Tene SMB PWR Fail LED Mouse PWR 5 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Hr DIMM IB Bank n I 20 19 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 TU A Ground NMI DIMM 3A Bank 3 LE x DIMM 3B Bank 3 x DIMM 4A Bank 4 zga 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 EI R S Power LED VGA CPU 2 E lt SUPER HDD LED TA SE E7520 SIE tam oe zu NIC1 LED lt e e Bridge jaza suo NIC2 LED Ojo Slot PCI E x4 TWDI 4 __ RAGE j E ar 133 MHz Overheat Fan Fail LED o GA Ctrl PXH ou 1 1015 100 MHz eh zm PCLX133 MHz 7902 gt Reset Button PCI X100 MHz kan URL 8 _ 1 100 MHz 2 5 gt Power 2 e JWOLIL 1 USB2 3 1 P ne Uses SiL met uer 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Reset Pin Definitions JF1 The Reset Button connection is lo Pin cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach Number Pefinition it to the hardware reset switch on the 4 Ground computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button
13. the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X Slot 4 Slot 5 SCSI This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS gt PCI X 100MHz Slot 1 Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot 4 PCI X 100MHz Slot 5 PCI X 100MHz Slot 6 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 0060h 0080h OOAOh 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
14. 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 notworking or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or
15. USB4 eL edd JFan4 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions Pin Number Function Pin Number Function There are no jumpers to config 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 ure the onboard IDE 1 and 2 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 connectors See the table on 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 the right for pin definitions 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 Write 24 GND 25 Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND Pwr 24 Pin ATX PWR 1 g KB Fano Fans 4 pig EWRI PW Mouse PWR SMB r TuS DIMM Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM IB Bank 1 E E CPU 1 DIMM 2A
16. Wake On Ring Wake on Ring Pin Definitions The Wake On Ring header is designated JWOR1 JWORt1 This function allows your computer Pin i Number Definition to receive and be awakened by an incom 1 Ground ing call to the modem when in suspend state 2 Wake up 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 Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL1 The Wake On LAN header is designated Pin u JWOL1 See the table on the right for pin e V Standby definitions You must enable the LAN Wake 2 Ground 3 Wake up Up setting in the BIOS to use this feature You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable 24 Pin ATX PWR panas 1 FAR PS 5 Fan 4 Pir WEI Mouse PWR N Ja ka USE DIMM Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM_ IB Bank_1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 misB OM DIMM 2B Bank 2
17. You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys 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 To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default Note For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Appendix Software Installation Instructions C 2 Installing Intel s ICH5R Driver by Adaptec and the Windows Operating System a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS dri
18. ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site at 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 by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answe
19. COMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 JF LL DIMMA Bak3 1 LEI DIMM 3B Bank 3 E DIMM 4A Bank 4 En DIMM 4B Bank 4 5 LIL lg 2 lt SUPER GO xcpHs XB GLANI 2 7520 Lindenhurst S 9 North TIILI JMT Bridge Jo JK1 Gil Cu Fang Si Slot7 PCI E x4 alla L RAGE LE XL kiota PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR o e Ctrl PXH south 1 AK stots PCI X 100 MHz Beden BIOS SL PCI X 100 MHz ZCR JPAI PCI X133 MHz 7902 2 3L PXH id gt PCI X100 MHz SCSI s ET CTRL E JPT2 PCI X100 MHz 5 ICOM JWOLI USB2 JPA3L 1 Tir Z USB4 S satan U SeS 4 2 27 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 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
20. DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 58 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 l O 64 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 arana EE NE OTI DIMM 38 Bank 4 cruz elle SUPER X6DH8 XB a r karan North p du x k MHz TER ICHSR P 42 EA ba GG UR me oe Ea 8 SCSI Channel A dup bet i MHA d Cahan SCSI Channel fiz Tap 1 45 2 30 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that the
21. for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode This feature allows you to enable the PCI Express Compliance Mode The options are Disabled or Enabled Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option in order to enable the special feature of DIMM sparing or memory mirroring The options are Mirroring Sparing and Standard Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Memory Remap Function Control memory resources will overlap with the physical memory if 4GB of memory above is installed on the motherboard When this occurs enable this function to reallocate the overlapped physical memory to a location above 4GB to resolve the memory overlapping situation DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Cont
22. 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 Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower the 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 the CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Processor Power Management This feature allows the user to deter
23. the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Fan Fan 1 Fan 6 Fan 5 N 24 ATX PWR a KB fus W PWR SMB Mouse PWR USE DIMM 1A Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM IB Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 1 1 OMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 PWR LED SPKR LE DIMM Bank 3 A X Fan 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 zi E VGA CPU 2 lt 5 7 UPER X6DH8 XB GLANI 3 E7520 se Lindenhurst SUS North 7 TULI Fan 3 Bridge 8 Slot7__PCI E_x4 BO wbi rM elk RAGE EZ elle E XL biote PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR m n GA PXH South JBT1 3 PCI X 100 MHz Bridge STAN 195 s lot4 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR E E S E Blot3 PCI X133 MHz 7902 a GLAN PXH SOSI E PCI X100 MHz Battery S 5 CTRL JPI2 PCI X100 MHz JPA2C 5 ICOM JWOLII USB2 3 JPA3FT1 usps PK ara SATA Qrand Fang 2 17 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual
24. 1 Mirror Array Type Array Labe Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 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 RAID 1 Quick RAID 1 Init ensure that the array contains no data after creation Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost C 8 Appendix Software Installation Instructions 5 When you are finished press Done as the
25. 5 2 Cope JPA3L 5 Hz USB4 sara 89 2 16 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J9 Pin Number Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions The X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB has eight fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 Note These 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 The onboard fan speed is controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Please do not use 3 pin fans and 4 pin fans on the same board Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer PWM Control Caution These fan headers use DC power Power LED Speaker Header Speaker Connector Pin On the JDI header pins 1 3 are for a power Definitions JD1 LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the Pin ge a Number Function Definition table on the right for speaker pin definitions 4 wire Speaker data 5 Key No connection Note The speaker connector pins are for use 6 Key with an external speaker If you wish to use 7 Speaker data
26. Bank 2 CPU 1 sBj OMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 li E DIMM Bank 3 LE DIMM 3B Bank 3 jl DIMM 4A Bank 4 E 5 T DIMM 4B Bank 4 iS z SUPER j a North a Bridge IMI Fans Slot7 _ PCI E x4 JWDI IPMI sls RA Slot6 PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR ct PCI X 100 MHz cud Bri PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Ea 5 ran PCI X133 MHz x 7902 LI 8 En PCI X100 MHz pen TRI PCI X100 MHz 1 2 DUCOM2 zx JWOLIL 1 1 2 15 Universal Serial Bus Definitions USBO USB1 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 P0 13 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions FP USB2 FP USB3 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 12 5V 3 PO 4 PO 5 PO 6 PO 7 Ground 8 Ground 10 OC Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions FP USB4 Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 5 N A SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports A G bit Ethernet port designated JLAN1 JLAN2 is located beside the COM2 port on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type
27. Fan Fal LED lt vec LES PCI X 100 MHz ZCR EH pros 5 Power LED 4 STAN PXH qo r Ground Reset gt Reset Button 6 Een PCEXI MEZ T Eas m Ground pwr gt Power Button D NO ral ORF nr za 2 11 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Overheat OH Fan Fail LED Connect an LED to the OH connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide ad vanced warnings of chassis overheat ing Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions and error messages Power Fail LED OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 7 Vcc 8 GND OH Fan Fail LED JF1 State Solid Red Blinking Overheat Fan Fail Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is Pin located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin 6 GND definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pwr fear AIX PWR
28. GLANZ North Uu Bridge J27 Heq EP my E 1ot7 PCI E x4 SUO TWDi IPMI Ella 8 x EB m RAGE ER XI biote PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR o PXH South Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge ISTAN 108 GL PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 5 ICTLR gt PCI X133 MHz 7902 mE SCSI PCI X100 MHz attery amp 5 CTRL z p PCI X100 MHz JPA2L1 5 pcom JWOLI re JPA3 7 Trace cu SATAT 1 4 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 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 J Pwr F 24 ATX PWR 124 B Fan 44 far ATE wW Mouse PWR SMB H DIMM Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM
29. X 100 MHz J 5 PCI X133 MHz 7902 PXH SCSI 8 TLR PCI X100 MHz B E CTRL j pem _ PCI X100 MHz JPA2L1 5 COM 5 JWOLIL 1 USB2 3 JPA3 USB4 080 Fang 2 20 Overheat Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used 3 2 1 3 2 1 Setting to choose between optionalsettings Juniper Jumpers create shorts between two Cap pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed Pin 1 2 short circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumpers JPL1 and JPL2 enable or JPL1 JPL2 disable the GLAN ports 1 and 2 on Jumper Position Definition the motherboard See the table on the Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled GLAN 1 Enable GLAN 2 Enable
30. XB User s Manual gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN1 GLAN2 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 Default Primary Video Adapter This item allows the user to select the Primary Video Adapter between two adapters instead of selecting among three or more adapters The options are Other and Onboard Video PCI Parity Error Forwarding Enable this item to forward the PCI errors occurring behind P2P bridges to the South Bridge so NMI can be asserted The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated first The options are Onboard first and Add On first 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 Slot 1 Slot 2 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X Slot 3 Slot 6 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed
31. and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB motherboard The X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB supports single or dual Intel EM64T Nocona processors at a front side bus speed of 800 MHz Based upon the Intel NetBurst microarchitecture with EM64T support the Nocona processor supports features found in the processor such as Hyper Pipelined Technology which includes a multi stage pipeline allowing the processor to operate at much higher core frequencies Packaged in a 604 pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array FC mPGAA platform in a Zero Insertion Force socket mPGA 604 the EM64T Nocona Processor 800 MHz supports Hyper Threading Technology and is ideal for high performance workstation and server environments with up to two pro cessors on one system bus Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product for updates o
32. cables ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located See the table at right for pin definitions See Figure 2 3 for the locations of each JARI JOHI KB Mouse Pwr 24 Pin ATX PWR pan p221 Be Pye Fan6 Fan5 EWRI AA ENS PWR a DIMM TA Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 cru 1 8 OM DIMM 2B Bank 2 IF DIMM 3A Bank 3 LEES DIMM 3B Bank 3 i DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 3 ek VGA cpu 2 E x amp SUPER X6DH8 XB 4 GLANI ans E7520 gB Ne gei North m Bridge 1218 JK1 EI Fang 3 x4 Eve 51017 x JWD1 IPML B XL Brote PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR GA Ctrl PXH South JBTI 3 lots PCI X 100 MHz Bridg J Gan GL Biota PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 5 E PCI X133 MHz 7902 GLAN PXH SCSI IcrLR PCI X100 MHz C CTRL g T2 PCI X100 MHz EMI JPA2LI
33. 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 Registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM Please refer to Page 2 5 for the instruction on DDR 333 DIMM population and installation 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between two 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 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be 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 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
34. display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Exit System Setup and your changes to Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 20 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard
35. menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page C 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown be low Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete j Select drives to create ray 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 468 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 468 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown on the next page C 6 Appendix Software Installation Instructions Select drives to create Arri Selected Drive 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 468 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 465 01 WDC UD3606D 00FLX1 34 46 Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to 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 ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Stor age Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives C 7 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Array Properties RAID O Stripe RAID
36. or the CPU socket 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 show 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 2 4 NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW NO 3 SCREW a NO 2 SCREW Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 1 Xeon EM64T Socket Empty and w Processor Installed Empty socket Lever A Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when Triangle installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU Processor may result installed TT CODE EO OF Triangle Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they gr
37. press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU 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 key simultaneously and the main menu will appear C 3 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Jptions Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above Main anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare nitialize Drives Appendix Software Installation Instructions Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks as
38. screen shown below Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 ARAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis matches if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation 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 Adaptec does not recommend 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 9 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable arra
39. speed R E See the table on the right for jumper 266MHzOpen Open definitions The Default setting is Default DDR333 Closed DDR333 Reboot Option Enable For Reboot Option Enable Debug only Jumper Settings JP15 Jumper Enable JP15 to reboot the system Position Definition Open Enabled Closed Disabled after a timeout if the system hangs on bootup See the table on the right for pin definitions The default setting PLLSEL Memory Freq Select Pwr inre ATX PWR raben REST KB Fan6 Fan 4lpijg PWRL w Mouse PWE SMB USE DIMM IA Bank 1 0 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Reboot DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 2B Bank 2 ti DIMM Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 ELI 5 e DIMM 4B Bank 4 7 LIL Z VGA CPU 2 a lt d SUPER GLANI E7520 Lindenhurst GLAN2 North BEC JKI TE ang suo 2 Slot7 _PCI E x4 SHI IPMI Ele RAGE ER XL biote PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR PXH South Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge GLA 1014 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 2
40. stores the system parameters such as types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup bat tery provides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIO
41. table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 OH Active Power Fault Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2 Fail Signal 3 P S 3 Fail Signal 4 Reset from MB Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies Power Fault pwr j 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan T24 j pin KB Fano Fan 4 pi NER wW Mouse ak SMB Z3 E ISE DIMM TA Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM IB Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 ls DIMM 34A Bank 3 LEI E DIMM 3B Bank 3 amp ll DIMM 4A Bank 4 E E DIMM 4B Bank 4 E VGA CPU 2 lt x SUPER GO xcpHs XB GLANI d E7520 ENE Lindenhurst SLs GLAN2 North Bridge TKI 22 Fang SUO Slot7 PCLE x4 IPMI a E 1 X PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR o i GA Ctr PXH south BTI Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge GLAN ZCR JPA1 m ler al PCI
42. 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 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 It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the ther mal control fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned 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 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 temperature is exceeded then the Overheat warning LED is triggered Chapter 1 Introduction System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Wi
43. 2 Losing System s Setup Configuration 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS e S MEI 4 1 4 2 sani ana niyetek NA d k Sewaba nan k bl k ey la ie ud bewe el kev n eie eean ekin 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Seil a xc d kan dikani ka di xane da daka bk k DR an vanan n k k 0 B DE Aa c na KE LE 4 2 4 4 Advanced SOUP kirdan binke asa nada kak danan an W dana wa kak RE Bre kak A daa ka Wa n ban y 4 7 4 5 Security Setup i iac ce cepere ane ER XE CE e ae Seba ye Ka 4 17 4 6 Boot SQ aei 4 19 4 7 4 20 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes yan a yi yan ka kaka ka RE aa ia B 1 Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro
44. 226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Figure 1 2 X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale PWR2 24 Pin ATX PWR ERA Fan6 Fan5 Eu PWR EST DIMM TA Bank 1 DMM B eak DIMM2A Bwk7 DMA Gk DIMMsB Bmk3 omnem DIMM 4B Bank 4 JFT un JD les JAR1JOH1 EJ EE JP13JPFI SUPER X6DH8 XB Slot7 PCI E x4 6 PCI X_133 MHz PCI X_100 MHz 1 Jumpers not indicated are for testing only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 indicates the location of Pin 1 4 SCSI is for the X6DH8 XB only Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed inf
45. 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 P OMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 LEI DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM Bank 4 E Jr DIMM 4B Bank 4 ab VGA CPU 2 SUPER X6DH8 XB GLANI ena E7520 BIE 5 Lindenhurst SUS North mun ww Bridge MI m rn JKI 1 IPG Fang 5 SUO Blot PCIE x4 IPMI Elle JWDI Els m RAGE XL PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR Ctr PXH South 2 Slot5 PCI X 100 MHz Bridge GLAN Biota PCLX 100 MHz ZCR mL ICTLR S E PCI X133 MHz 7902 a GLAN PXH SCSI PCI X100 MHz Battery S ET CTRL JPL2 _ PCI X100 MHz JPA2L WOLI 2241 7 Z USB4 aran baral SRP cu 2 10 JARIJOHI NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 19 Control 20 Ground PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 15 Vcc 16 Control NMI PWR LED round e NMI X x Power LED Ve HDD LED Vec NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED lt Overheat Fan Fail LED o Power Fail LED Ground O Reset Ground o Pwr Reset Button Power Button Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED HDD LED Pin Definitions The HDD LED connection is located wa on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the MEUM Definition hard drive LED cable here to display le E disk activity for any ha
46. 3h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch 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 Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS valu
47. ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH5R I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset the ICH5R Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the sys tem It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives C 1 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time to power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll
48. B P3V3 This item displays the 3 3V voltage status P5V This item displays the 5V voltage status N12V This item displays the 12V voltage status P12V This item displays the 12V voltage status VDD This item displays the VDD status P5Vsb This item displays the voltage status of 5V Standby power 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk boot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Supervisor Password Is This feature indicates if a supervisor password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When this item 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 to allow acces
49. Bank 2 1 15 OMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM Bank 3 LEE DIMM 3B Bank 3 al DIMM 4A Bank 4 ZL E DIMM 4B Bank 4 a z VGA CPU 2 lt 5 j UPER X6DH8 XB GLANI ang E7520 SITE Lindenhurst GLAN2 North z A IMI Bridge PEPE Erai E Fany Slot7 PCI E x4 svo Biot E x JWDI IPMI RAGE XL biote PCI X 133 MHz ICH5R PXH South Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge E PAI pos Blot PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 5 CTLR 3 PCI X133 MHz 7902 CLAN SCSI PCI X100 MHz attery amp CTRL z fe 100 MHz JPA2L1 5 JWOLI COPPA JPA3 P aran 00 2 29 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Ultra320 SCSI Connectors X6DH8 XB Only Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors located at JA1 and JA2 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors and JA2 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1
50. 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 Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error A 3 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfu
51. 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 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 X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix Software Installation Instructions Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard C 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial
52. K 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables k ra baka man da a Re b diana b v s nan ka kad 2 9 Power ConnectOE cene dae ka ER RR ERR ku XXE kada keba b n k 2 9 Processor Power Connector 2 9 NMI BURON E 2 10 Power 2 10 ADD LED MC cT 2 11 NICTINIC2 LED ys w y keya rh o E eov ee Er vi Po el e r es al 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED 2 12 Power F ail 2 12 EE 2 13 Table of Contents BUOM 2 13 Chassis IRE E 2 14 Serial POMS mL 2 14 Universal Serial Bus 0 1 2 15 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers 2 3 2 15 GLAN Ethernet Ports terti te dinanan aka h k San co zoo pana ya ka cin 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 16 FAN Fl aAd c n 2 17 Power LED Speaker 2 17 MEL Celi 2 18 Wake On LAWN PS 2 18 SMB 2 19 SMB POWSI nuin URINE DESC MU MM E 2 19 Overheat BED ye E RE cake k n kake rea ERA Re Har W BAKER 2 20 Power lU mem 2 20 2 0 Jumper Settings eid Sana kana nin li d nda
53. KE NEN GR da nn N AN KN HORE AN 1 1 Checklist yina riki nine vin irak aia ka dika Wa an Zan da q ia y n k a waa B y vek HO 1 1 Contacting Supermicro 1 2 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB 1 3 SUPERe X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB Layout 2 1 4 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard 1 6 Intel E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset eerte AEE E 1 9 1 39 Special Fe alltl Sa Dink b k 1 10 1 4 PG Health MontitOrlhg ka yaran reta tere e ee ea ea eti Pa s xwa dy xd 1 10 1 5 ACPI F Aature ES 1 12 1 6 POWE SUPDIY yere ero tee seda Peace 1 13 17 Super l O xti eden ec S nex d D ERR EVO UE Pv de re s n Ze 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 aiiz eorom 2 1 ER 2 1 2 2 Xeon EM64T Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS si reed hende yane b ne dere W D pa dar Wa b 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors LL EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE E
54. MM 4A Bank 4 E DIMM 4B Bank 4 z VGA CPU 2 lt 5 7 UPER X6DH8 XB 3 E7520 m m Lindenhurst 3 LAN2 Noth Chassis Intrusion ridge JK1 suo Slot _ PCI E x4 IWDi IPMI RAGE i XL lot amp PCI X 133 MHz ICHSR GA Ctrl PXH South E Slots PCI X 100 MHz Bridge Bios LAM Er PCI X 100 MHz ZCR LM 5 CTER 2 B PCI X133 MHz 7902 2 GLAN PXH SCSI Blot2 PCI X100 MHz pA Blo CTRL 2 _ PCI X100 MHz JPA2L1 5 JWOLIL 1 USB2 3 USB4 Sara 4 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 Two USB 2 0 ports are located be side the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USBO is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers Extra USB headers FPUSB2 FPUSB3 FPUSBA can be used for front side USB access You will need a USB cable to use either connection fer to the tables on the right for pin definitions USB 0 1 zn EWR SMB USE DIMM 1A Bank 1 5 E 0 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A
55. S Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see Page 4 3 When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOSTM is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen dur ing the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup Note Please load System Setup Default when using the system the first time 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press
56. SUPER SUPERO X6DH8 XB SUPERO X6DHE XB USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b 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 please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPER MICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the Sta
57. SUPER X6DH8 XB GLANI E7520 sr Lindenhurst EI GLANZ North FI L Bridge JMI 1 PCI E x4 et RAGE Watch Dog Enable XL PCI X 133 MHz B GA Ctrl PXH Clear CMOS a Slots PCI X 100 MHz Biota PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 5 PCI X133 MHz 7902 2 PXH scar PCI X100 MHz Hen TPL PCI X100 MHz EMP JPA2L 2 JWOLIL I COLE JPASL 1 DE USB4 1861 16 TAL SATA JFan4 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation VGA Enable Disable VGA Te JPG1 enables or disables the VGA UPC S Connector on the motherboard See Jumper Positi Definiti the table on the right for jumper set bins tings The default setting is enabled Eine a Disabled Alarm Reset Alarm Reset Jumper Settings JAR1 The system will notify you in the event Jumper Position Definition of a power supply failure Use this 2 5V function for Supermicro redundant 1 power supply units that are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should not connect anything to this jumper to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings
58. US 32 BIT SATA 0 1 PCI X BUS 100 MHZ 0 1 2 3 4 5 USB PORT LPC BUS LPC I O BMC CON U16 Keyboard HN Mouse MONITOR Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Lindenhurst 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 7520 Lindenhurst chipset the X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset consists of the following components the Lindenhurst Memory Controller Hub MCH the ICH5R I O Controller Hub and the Intel PCI X Hub PXH The E7520 MCH supports single or dual Nocona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of 800 MHz Its memory controller provides direct connection to two chan nels of registered DDR266 DDR333 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The E7520 also supports the new PCI high speed serial I O interface for superior bandwidth The interfaces with the ICH5R Controller Hub ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Int
59. USBO USB1 Headers Front Panel Universal Serial Bus USB2 3 4 Ports VGA Video Connector 1 5 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel 604 pin EM64T Nocona processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed Memory Eight 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 32 GB Registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM Chipset Intel 7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB One PCI E x8 slot Physical x4 Six 64 bit PCI X slots Two PCI X 133 MHz slots Slots 3 amp 6 Three PCI X 100 MHz slots Slots 1 2 amp 5 One PCI X 100 ZCR Slot4 BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage memory voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12 and 3 3V standby Fan status monitor CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection 5V standby alert LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor 11 ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Main sw
60. ail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Memory Availability Table for details Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System 1 MB 3 99 BIOS Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3 99 APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed 512MB 3 01 Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 2 84 Memory available to OS and other ap 2 84 plications 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the align ment notch at the bottom Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs Note Notch ee Should align with the receptive point on the slot Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab Release Tab Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors 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
61. ay exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare drive 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 R to rebuild the array ae Main Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare nitialize Drives SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt fidaptec Embedded SATA HostRAID Cont Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default Appendix Software Installation Instructions 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilitie WDC WD3606D OOELX1 32 06632 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 No device No device No device No device No device No device Only drives present at POST are displayed Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default C 17 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual
62. boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 COM port cable One 1 2 port USB cable One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI cable X6DH8 XB only One 1 SATA cable One 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI User s Manual X6DH8 XB only 1 1 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan Tel 886 2 8
63. correct You must also use the 4 pin JPW2 12V 4 pin power connector for adequate power Connector supply to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12 V Processor Power Connector 8 12v Power Supply In addition to the Primary ATX power Connector connector above the 12v 8 pin Pro cessor connector at JPW3 must also 1 thru 4 Ground 5thru8 12v be connected to your power supply for CPU power consumption to avoid causing instability to the system 4 Pin12V CPU PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin 12V PWR RA 3 3 Mouse PWR SMB V USE Df Bank 1 E 0 1 DIMM IB Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 misB DIMM 2B Bank 2 RIP DIMM 3A Bank 3 LE DIMM 3B Bank 3 E Fany JARIJOHI DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JP13 pF VGA cpu 2 5 UPER X6DH8 XB GLANI ers E7520 SITE Lindenhurst zog
64. ct 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 device Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 to speed up 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 DRM 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 be
65. done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description CDh CEh D2h Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment
66. down the menu to select the item Load Optimized Default settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to the next item SATA RAID Enable select Enabled and press Enter 5 Tap the lt Esc gt key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 7 During the system startup press the Ctrl and the A keys simultaneously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following mes sage Press Ctrl A for the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix Software Installation Instructions The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID func tionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simultaneously written to two drives so critical data is always avail able even if a single hard d
67. ed is controlled by the voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by the Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Fan 1 FAN6 Fan7 CPU Fan1 Fan 8 CPU Fan2 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B These items display the Voltage status of CPU A and CPU
68. em 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Memory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features Advanced Chipset Control Advanced Processor Options 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Hardware Monitor 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 logo graphic during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off
69. erface The PXH provides con nection between a PCI interface and two independent PCI bus interfaces that can be configured for standard PCI X 1 0 protocol ICH5R System Features In addition to providing the subsystem with access to the rest of the system the ICH5R Controller Hub integrates many I O functions The ICH5R Controller Hub integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host w RAIDO RAID1 support SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 2 Interface and System Management Controller 1 9 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB All have onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan
70. ers Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system 4 5 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 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 Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors 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 Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the syst
71. ert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CPU is securely installed in the CPU in the locking socket Position Socket lever 2 2 Chapter 2 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 possible Screw 1 damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 2 2 3 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual To Un install the Heatsink Caution We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU
72. es 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set
73. f the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for Console Redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to ch
74. immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you 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 Sele
75. ing written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for to speed up CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory Area 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 DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with a memory size of 4GB or more The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 9 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE
76. isk fails Due to the built in functionality the X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating the Adaptec Embed ded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB offers the user with the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb SA RAID UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then
77. itch override mechanism Onboard I O Dual Channel Adaptec 7902 Ultra 320 SCSI X6DH8 XB only One IPMI 2 0 socket Two Broadcom 5721 PCI E Gigabit Ethernet controllers Dual EIDE channels support up to 4 UDMA IDE 1 floppy port interface PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 5 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers supporting 3 ports Super 2 SATA ports support 2 drives RAID 0 1 JBOD ATI 8 MB Rage XL Graphic Card 2 COM ports 1 header 1 port Other Internal external modem ring on WOR Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection SMBus for SMC Power Supply 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 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Xeon EM64T PROCESSOR 1 CPU1 B 3 PROCESSOR 2 CPU2 Gbit LAN PCI EXPx1 5721 1 5721 Gbit LAN PCI EXPx1 Pair4 PCI X BUS 133 MHZ PCI EXP X4 PCIE1 PCI EXP C 0 3 PCI EXP B X8 4 DDR 333 PCI X BUS 100 MHZ DIMMs PCIEXP A X8 DDR 333 MC 4DDR 333 SCSI DIMMs AIC7902W PCI EXP C 4 7 X4 UA24 pe 3 D18 PCI X BUS 133 MHZ IDE UDMA 100 PRI SEC PCI B
78. lect the disk you want to designate a hotspare and press Insert and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new ar ray 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 Caution 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 associated with a particular array please refer to the section Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Conf Adaptec Embedded SATA H Ee Uptior 7 Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilitie Arrow keys to move curso to select optio Esc to exit default 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the scree
79. lly tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages PS 2 Mo
80. mbedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X6DH8 XB server board Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Intel E7520 chipset INF files SUPERMICR6 Drivers amp Tools Microsoft Direct 9 0 po bo po ATI Graphics driver Intel E7520 Chipset X6DH8 series Adaptec Storage Manager SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SLIPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note 1 Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at atime After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Note 2 Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site C 20 A
81. mine the processor power management mode The options are Disabled and C States Only If set to Disabled C States and GV1 GV3 are disabled If set to C States only the processor power will be controlled through CPU power states in the APCI setting 4 13 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual gt 1 O 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 Onboard COM 1 This setting allows you to assign control of serial portA The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Onboard COM 2 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 Specify 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 Select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control o
82. mplete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTS provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super 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 X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and
83. n below Appendix Software Installation Instructions Main Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare nitialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below Select drives for initializatic 00 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 463 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 468 Lo cel Selection SUPERO X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below Select drives for initialization Selected Drives E WDC WD3606D OOELX1 uS 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 468 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen Warning Initialization will erase all Array information from the selected drives Any Array using any of these drives as members will be affected Do you want to continue Yes No 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue Appendix Software Installation Instructions Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array building process or Initialization is interrupted or with one critical mem ber missing you must rebuild the array to optimize its functionality For a critical array rebuilding operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare arr
84. n supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting pro cedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST codes Appendix B provides software and the OS installation instructions SUPERO X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual 25 2 eei a ranan A E ka ene S RE D R RRA iii Manual ELM iii Chapter 1 Introduction 151 OVERVIEW
85. ndows OS vironment SDIII 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 Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A cur rent and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 0 83V to 1 63V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable Thermal Management 2 TM2 When TMZ is enabled in the BIOS and the CPU temperature reaches a pre defined threshold a thermal monitoring mechanism will reduce the process speed by lower ing the bus to core ratio of the processor core clock and will decrease the voltage input by changing the CPU VID This combination of reduced CPU bus frequency and CPU VID effectively decreases CPU power consumption to prevent processor overheat and greatly increases system stability This function is available for the CPUs that support TM2 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 netwo
86. nformation CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis C 21 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control Edit View Favorites Tools Help 3m Dotor T d shore Managemen m Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Adrninistratic Managerrent Report Help 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 TCP IP connectivity Power control i Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor 111 You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor Il C 22
87. ng sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Main Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you encer Per parameters o ard dis REN drive installed at this Heads 11 connection Heads mn Fe sees ee E ard dis rive Sectors installed here Sectors 1 39 you select Maximum Capacity pre determined type of Maximum Capacity meini eee LBA Format CD ROM a CD ROM drive Total Sectors Wan Ca itu emovable etre removable disk drive is installed here Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 1 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi tL e Enter F18 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 Select IDE Removable to install an IDE removable device Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select Other ATAPI if other type of ATAPI device is installed Select None if there is no IDE device installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Devices Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylind
88. of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with 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 X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB accommodates ATX 24 pin power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power Your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports The 12V 4 pin power connector PW2 is required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Ad ditionally you should also use the onboard 12V 8 pin po
89. oose 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 4 15 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 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 console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This item displays the System Temperature 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 spe
90. ormation Jumper Description Default Setting JP13 3rd PW Supply Detect Off Disabled JP15 Reboot Option Off Disabled JPA1 SCSI Controller Enable x6DH8 Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA2 JPA3 SCSI Term Ena x6DH8 Open Enabled JAR1 Alarm Reset Enable Open Enabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPF1 Force Power On Off Normal JPG1 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD1 Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset JM1 JM2 PLLSEL Memory Speed Select Closed Closed DDR333 Connector Description ATX PWR PWR1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector CPU PWR PWR2 12V 8 Pin CPU PWR Connector Required Aux PWR PWR3 12V 4 pin System PWR Connector Required COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors DIMM 1A DIMM 4B DDR DIMM Memory RAM Slots 1 8 CPU Chassis Fan Headers Fan7 8 CPU Fan1 2 Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector GLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 IDE 1 IDE 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket J27 BIOS Debug JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JK1 Keyboard Lock JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED JP12 Power Fault JWOL1 Wake on LAN Header JWOR1 Wake on Ring Header KB MS PS2 Keyboard Mouse Connector LE1 Power LED Indicator SATA 0 1 Serial ATA1 2 Ports SMB J22 System Management Bus Connector SMB PWR J24 USB 0 1 USB 2 3 4 Power System Management Bus Connector Back Panel
91. ound the motherboard to the chassis 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 7 0 00 2L 2 5 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 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 X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB supports up to 16 32 GB Registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 memory All motherboards were designed to support 2GB DDR333 4GB DDR 266 modules in each slot but has only been verified for up to 1 GB modules Note 1 A maximum of four dual rank DDR 333 memory modules are supported Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining av
92. ppendix Software Installation Instructions Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is a Web base management tool that supports re mote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the envi ronment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The Default User Name and Password are ADMIN 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information File Edt View Favorites Tools Help caua ERMICR Management HT T gf ystem Info Health Info Performance Rernote Control Configuration Adrninistration Systems Managerrent Report Help u Health I
93. r The X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Please refer to Page 2 6 for the instruction on DDR 333 DIMM population and installation Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 3 SUPERO X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receip
94. rd drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators NIC1 LED Pin NIC2 LED Pin Definitions Definitions The NIC Network Interface Control JF1 JF1 lerr LED connections for the GLAN Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 11 Vee 9 Vee of JF1 and for the GLAN port2 is 12 GND 10 GND located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 At tach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Nic LED Kn Edd im PWR a NIC2 LED USE DIMM Bank 1 m DINE ZA BEZ ei 20 19 DIMM 2B Bank 2 a 1 Ground e e NMI DIMM 3A Bank 3 LEES a X o o DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 8 IVGA DIMM 4B Bank 4 CPU Power LED o o SUPER GLANI STA fe HDD LED o o Vcc mE vue NIC1 LED o o PE Blot PCLE x4 no a NIC2 LED o O 133 MHz ICHSR P cu a H sem Qu Overheat
95. re 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 Make sure that the processors are properly installed and the chassis speaker and the power LED are connected 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 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Make sure that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPERO X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if
96. rk cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture indepen dent implementation that is compatible with the Windows 2000 Windows 2003 and Windows XP Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Main Switch Override Mechanism When ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section
97. rol Interrupt SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 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
98. s to the BIOS Set User Password When the item 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 will allow access to the system at boot up Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at bootup The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry 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 Removable Devices Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CDROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CDROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 19 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB 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
99. sociated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu C 5 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See the section Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press CtrltA when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC
100. supply you must com pletely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD1 controls Watch Dog a system monitor that Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD1 takes actions when a software application hangs Jumper Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if a program Position Definition Pins 1 2 WD to Reset hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non mask pins2 3 WD to NMI Open Disabled able interrupt for the program that hangs Watch Dog must also enabled in BIOS to use this function Pwr PWR Fan 124 Fan3 4pm PWR We Mouse PWR SMB ka cum DIMM Bank 1 0 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 ish DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM Bank 3 Ler DIMM 3B Bank 3 IB DIMM 4A Bank 4 EDS DIMM 4B Bank 4 ans z E
101. t or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the XGDH8 XB X6DHE XB The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site at 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 and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS
102. te of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 1b Release Date June 5 2007 Unless you request
103. the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built 4 3 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 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 Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA 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 If set to Disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master 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 lt Enter gt to activate the followi
104. the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery Do not install the onboard upside down battery 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 X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual 2 2 Xeon EM64T Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before add ing removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink IMPORTANT Due to the weight of the CEK Passive Heatsink which weights about 1KG you need to have Heatsink Mounting plate installed on the chassis to prevent damage to the CPU and the motherboard Installing CPU Mounting Plate and Retention Bracket Note CPU Retention Brackets are pre installed by the manufacturer CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket ift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPUT first oe hal a 2 Ins
105. time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA
106. up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bth Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST
107. use 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 120 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks 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 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Notes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 0
108. ve at 2 21 Explanation Of J rmp6ers eriti i aia xelaya ly b anak 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 CMOS e 2 22 Watch Dog 2 22 En ble Disa Dl s is mia canikan az Lak k n NA a kr sana dial a 2 23 asa rn Ran Anasi 2 23 Force O ERES 2 24 3rd Power Supply Alarm Enable LE Ek 2 24 SCSI Enea cake epo ganda k W d ak 2 25 SCSI Termination Enable repere etra e ees 2 25 Qiu Rz E E 2 26 Reboot O DIO N m 2 26 2 Onboard IndiCatO s sae e rere ati op ec at 2 27 GLAN LEDS EE NES 2 27 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI 2 28 Floppy Connector xen rode ier obere nese rrr 2 28 IDE Soir eio c 2 29 SCSI CONNG CONS e S 2 30 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting 3 1 Power Ones 3 1 NO oi 3 1 SUPERO X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual INO VIGGO ssi Vr rg n ee 3 1 Memory amp e m 3
109. ver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time 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 SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec E
110. wer supply units are installed in the chas sis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power sup ply units installed you should disable JP13 the default setting to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin definitions SUPER X6DH8 XB X6DHE XB User s Manual Force Power On JPF1 Jumper Position Definition Off On Normal Force On Power Supply Alarm Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP 13 Definition Open Disabled Closed Enabled Pwr rr ATX PWR 22 Fan6 5 4 pgp EWRI A PWS Mouse PWR SMB DIMM Bank 1 a 0 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU 1 OMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 _ Bank 3 LEL DIMM 3B Bank 3 EJ DIMM 4A Bank 4 6 Force PWR On T DIMM 4B Bank 4 FU c V 2 3rd PWR Detect B SUPER GLANI 7520 SITE 3 Lindenhurst SUA GLAN2 i a m North ln Bridge IKI Era ang STO Slot7 PCIE x4 DI EM ala r
111. wer connector PW3 to support Intel Xeon CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in instability of the CPU after only a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is Chapter 1 Introduction 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 co
112. y when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Main Menu anage Arrays List of frraus reate Array mirror RAID 1 34 453 dd Delete Hotspare nitialize Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array C 10 Appendix Software Installation Instructions Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Util ity 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and se

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