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1. FANG FANS FAN7 __ SMBUS_PS Kybd Speaker CPU1FAN JPW2 JPW3 Mouse DIMM 4B JPW1 USBO M DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A ZS CPU 1 FAN1 H DIMM 2B DIMM 2A IT Battery DIMM 1B Si gt DIMM 1A FAN2 JD1 LE1 LAN1 R JOH1 North Bridge d JP1 LAN2 5000P CPU 2 h FAN3 swi es FAN8 JPC2__JPC4 CPUZFAN j PCI X 133 MHz SXB2 PCI E x8 siclaazis a al lt lt 2 lt UIOP SXB1 PCI E x16 AAI NNJN N NN c SUPER X7DGU Ss H a SGPIO1 South Bridge SGPIO2 2 ESB2 2 N BIOS JWOR DE z JBT1 S JPG1 i ATI Es1000 gt JWD JK1 SMB JWOL JL1 JPL2 USB2 3 coma JPLi y EE FAN4 Notes Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup X7DGU Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 5 9 JPC1 JI27C2 IC Enable Disable Open Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 JLAN1 JLAN2 Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connect
2. Mouse Keyboard COM Port VGA Port Ethernet Ports 6 2 Control Panel The control panel located on the front of the chassis must be connected to the JF1 connector on the serverboard to provide you with system status indications These wires have been bundled together as a ribbon cable to simplify the connec tion Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard to the appropriate header on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The control panel LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 System Interface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 6 2 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 3 System Fans Four 4 cm heavy duty counter rotating fans provide the cooling for the SuperServer 6015A NT Each fan unit is actually made up of two fans joined back to back which rotate in opposite directions This counter rotating action generates exceptional airflow and works to dampen vibration levels It is very important that the chassis top cover is properly installed and making a good seal in order for the cooling air to circulate properly through the chassis and cool the components See Figure 6 2 System Fan Failure Fan speed is controlled by system temperature via a BIOS setting If a fan fails t
3. After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 3 ESD Precautions A Electrostatic discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serv
4. Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo Pin Definitions JF 1 cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach Pin Definition it to the hardware reset switch on the 3 Reset computer case Refer to the table on 4 Ground the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo Pin Definitions JF1 mentarily contacting both pins will Pin Definition power on off the system This button 1 PW_ON can also be configured to function Ground as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode depress the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definitions USB0 1 USB0 1 USBO USB1 Pin Definition Pin Definition Two Universal Serial Bus ports are 1 Au located on the I O backplane USBO is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions PO 2 3 4 5 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus Headers Headers Pin Definitions USB2 USB3 USB4 USB2 USB3 USB4 Three additional USB headers USB2 Ee USB3 and USB4 are included on the ee 1 a serverboard These may be used for a Po S Ss front side access A USB cable not S SS 2 pot included is needed for the connec S Ground A Ground tion See the table on the right fo
5. 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 lt Delete gt 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 7 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 7 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 7 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options See the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setu
6. aid in proper airflow drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper Important Regardless of how many SATA drives are installed all airflow 6 5 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 2 Installing removing hot swap SATA drives The SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis These hard drives are hot pluggable meaning they can be removed and installed without powering down the system To remove a carrier push the release button located beside the drive LEDs Then swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 4 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug ca pability of the SATA drives Figure 6 4 Removing a SATA Drive from the Server 6 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup DVD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation The top cover of the chassis must be opened to gain full access to the DVD ROM and floppy drive bays The 6015A NT accomodates only slim line DVD ROM drives Side mounting brackets are needed to mount a slim line DVD ROM drive in the 6015A NT server You must power down the system before installing or removing a floppy or DVD ROM drive First release the retention screws that secure the server unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to re
7. Chapter 3 System Interface ZS ke NIC2 Indicates network activity on LAN2 when flashing ZS ke NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when flashing R HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the SuperServer 6015A NT this light indicates SATA and or DVD ROM drive activity when flashing e Da lt ke Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply units This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating 3 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs Each Serial ATA drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SATA drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed ke Red The red LED indicates two states When blinking it indicates the drive is rebuilding When solid it indicates a drive failure If a SATA drive fails you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SATA drives 3 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes 3 4 Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 4 System Safety Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the system from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch on the chassis as well as the room s emergency power off switch d
8. and SGPIO2 are for SGPIO Se rial General Purpose Input Output Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 NC 2 NC SGPIO provides a bus between the 3 Ground 4 Data SATA controller and the SATA drive 5 Load 6 Ground backplane to provide SATA enclosure ge 7 ge management functions Connect the appropriate cables from the backplane Note NC indicates no connection to the SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 headers to utilize SATA management functions on your system 5 18 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 9 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the EE Gett serverboard jumpers can be used Ping to choose between optional settings a m Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the Jumper connector Pin 1 is identified with a Gg square solder pad on the printed circuit Setting e E board See the diagram at right for an example of jumping pins 1 and 2 Refer to the serverboard layout page for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object
9. keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Deleting a RAID Volume Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press lt Del gt A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix C Software Installation Resetting to Non
10. Ibs 18 6 kg System Cooling Four 4 4 cm heavy duty counter rotating fans System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240 VAC Rated Input Current 8A 115V to 4A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 560W Model PWS 561 1H20 Rated Output Voltages 12V 54A 5Vsb 3 0A BTU Rating 3186 BTUs hr for rated output power of 560W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing D 2 Appendix D System Specifications Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe 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 D 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes D 4
11. POST values OEh Initialize UO component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT 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 xxxx 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 values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start opti
12. RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD RAID or resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive Warning Use cautious when resetting a RAID volume HDD to non a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear RUM i t i Corporation All Right Create RAID Volure j Port Drive Serial MALTAS Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual C 2 Installing Windows XP 2000 2003 for RAID Systems New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Drive and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID dri
13. SC815TQ 560U chassis has five LEDs These LEDs provide you with critical information related to different parts of the system This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take a Universal Information LED When this LED blinks red slowly it indicates a fan failure and when blinking red quickly a power failure This LED will be blue when used for UID Unit Identifier When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally verify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the indicated condition exists See the table below for descriptions of the LED states Figure 3 1 Universal Information LED States Universal Information LED States State Indication Slow Blinking Red 1x sec Fan Fail Solid Red CPU Overheat Fast Blinking Red 4x sec Power Fail Solid Blue Local UID Button Depressed Blinking Blue IPMI Activated UID Note deactivating the UID LED must be performed in the same way it was acti vated If the UID LED was activated via IPMI you can only turn the LED off via IPMI and not with the UID button 3 2
14. UID button initiated it 5 21 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 5 11 Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires e Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 e A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector The floppy connector is designated Floppy See the table below for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Definition Ground Ground Key Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground 5 22 Definition FDHDIN Reserved FDEDIN Index Motor Enable Drive Select B Drive Select B Motor Enable DIR STEP Write Data Write Gate Track 00 Write Protect Read Data Side 1 Select Diskette Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup IDE Connector IDE Drive Connector Pin Definitions IDE 1 There are no jumpers to con Pin Definition Pin Definition figure the onboard IDE 1 con 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground nector See the table on the 3 Host Daat Ki eee right for pin definitions 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host D
15. checklist to get your SuperServer 6015A NT up and running Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time This quick setup assumes that your system has come to you with the processors and memory preinstalled If your system is not already fully integrated with a serverboard processors system memory etc please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing specific components 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the SuperServer 6015A NT was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the 6015A NT It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Be sure to read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2 3 Preparing for Setup The box the SuperServer 6015A NT was shipped in should include two sets of rail assemblies two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the system into the rack Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation process in a minimum amount of time Please read this section in its entirety before you begin the ins
16. down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix C Software Installation Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility it will automatically reboot The following screen appears after the Power On Self Test RAID Vo lunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial dE Type Status Vol ID H HDC WD2588SI HD HMAL 72834971 232 SCB HDC WD2588SD 81K ND HMAL72034599 32 OP HDC HD2598AJ1 WD HMAEH1376 185 232 SCB WD258AJ I WD MMAEH 1449527 232 H Ni Configuration Utility id ipter opur ight d d Pre Ch ID LUN b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in this manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non endorsement of any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the sam
17. highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Set Supervisor Password Supervisor Password Is This feature indicates if a supervisor password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 7 23 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 7 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to
18. on position Finish by depressing the power button on the chassis front control panel 6 8 Chapter 7 BIOS Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DGU The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot
19. 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 For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 7 13 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The default settings are Disabled for the Intel 5100 Series Processors and Enable for the 5000 Series Processors Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to tak
20. single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled 7 11 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Branch 1 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to activate the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable closed loop thermal throttling on a fully buffered FBD memory module In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temper
21. 2 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 of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data UO device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Ope
22. 67 or DDR2 533 SDRAM The memory is an interleaved configuration which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs Please refer to Chapter 5 for memory speed jumper settings Serial ATA An on chip ESB2 SATA controller is integrated into the X7DGU to provide a six port 3 Gb sec Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 and 10 supported The SATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA drives Onboard Controllers Ports One floppy drive controller and one onboard ATA 100 controller are provided to support up to two IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices The color coded UO ports include one COM port a VGA monitor port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports ATI Graphics Controller The X7DGU features an integrated ATI video controller based on the ES1000 graph ics chip The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers featuring low power consumption high reliability and superior longevity 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 Server Chassis Features The 6015A NT is built upon the SC815TQ 560U chassis The following is
23. 7 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 professional system integrators and PC technicians It provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 6015A NT In stallation and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians only The SuperServer 6015A NT is a high end server based on the SC815TQ 560U 1U rackmount chassis and the Super X7DGU a dual processor serverboard that supports Intel Xeon 5300 5100 5000 series processors and up to 32 GB of ECC FBD DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DGU serverboard and the SC815TQ 560U chassis which comprise the SuperServer 6015A NT Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 6015A NT into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system If your server was ordered without processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer here for details on the system interface which includes the functions and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located througho
24. Bus header for the PCI bus is designated SMB Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin definitions SMBUS_PS This header is for IC which may be used to monitor the status of the power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up SMB Header Pin Definitions SMB Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection SMBUS PS IC Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 SMB Data 3 N A 4 N A 5 N A SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Ethernet ports designated JLAN1 and JLANZ2 are located beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Supermicro redundant Ping power supply units are installed in the 2 chassis Connect a microswitch to the JAR header to disable the power supply fail alarm Alarm Reset Pin Definitions JAR Definition 5V 1 Ground SGPIO SGPIO Header The two headers labeled SGPIO1 Pin Definitions SGPIO1 SGPIO2
25. DD P_VTT Vbat 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic See note on page 7 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 75 C CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan5 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is use
26. Ds that came packaged with your motherboard SUPERMICRO X7DBU Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel Blackford chipset INF files H SUPERMICR Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel 5000P Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset X7DBU Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor Ill Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD I Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on 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 a time 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 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor IIl program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan s
27. For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu CA Appendix C Software Installation Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved el J Nane Volunl RAID Level RAIDI Hinor Disks Select Disks Strip Size N A Capacity Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters H on Bast 2 7 6 9 Ei nr Jeigegannt cz reeche ENNE JL OGB OACR m b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and
28. HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense Manual Revision 1 0 Release Date April 16 2007 Unless you request 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 200
29. M The memory is an interleaved configuration which requires 5 7 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs You should not mix DIMMs of different sizes and speeds Notes Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remain ing available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Memory Availability Table below for details Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability with 4 GB total system memory System Device i Physical Memory Remaining Available Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS Local APIC Area reserved for chipset UO APIC 4 Kbytes PCI Enumeration Area 1 PCI Express 256 MB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory TSEG Memory available to OS and other applications Figure 5 3 Installing DIMM into Slot Notch p Notch ae POR FBD DIMM ceed To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the bottom Release Release notch Tab Note Notch de should align with the receptive point on the slot To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Release Tab age di
30. Mode 4 and Mode 5 7 5 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Enabled and Disabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATARAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Available when SATA RAID is Enabled Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The opt
31. RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll
32. Release Tab Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs TA wee 2A wee Ise wee ree zes nee wee finer nee ee zc 4 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 4A 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 4A ze 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 10 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 3A 3B 4A 4B 12 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 3A 3B 3C 4A 4B 4C 14 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 4A 4B 4C 16 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 3D 4A 4B 4C 4D Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed For best performance please install memory modules in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv F
33. SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the Blackford Mukilteo chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports a single channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual RAID Configurations The following types of RAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive
34. SUPER SUPERSERVER 6015A NT iat 7 Io j T me 00 i E EE SE USER S MANUAL 1 0 The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO 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 SUPERMICRO 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 THE VENDOR 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
35. a general outline of the main features of the chassis System Power The SC815TQ 560U features a single 560W power supply module The system must be shut down when replacing or removing this power supply module SATA Subsystem The SC815TQ 560U chassis was designed to support four hot swap SATA hard drives Note SATA drives are connected to the onboard SATA ports PCI Expansion Slots A riser card on the right side of the chassis can support either one PCI X card or one PCI E x8 card The left side supports one PCI E x16 card See section 5 6 for details Right and left refer to the side when viewed from the front of the system The 6015A NT does not support a UIO card Front Control Panel The chassis control panel provides you with system monitoring and control LEDs indicate system power HDD activity network activity two and UID overheat fan fail power fail A main power button and system reset button is also included 1 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual UO Backplane The SC815TQ 560U is an extended ATX form factor chassis that is designed to be used in a 1U rackmount configuration Ports on the I O backplane include one COM port a VGA port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports A UID Unit Identifier button and LED are also located beside the LAN2 Ethernet port Cooling System The SC815TQ 560U chassis has an innovative cooling design that features four sets of 4
36. abs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack Figure 2 3 Installing the Server into a Rack 2 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Server into a Telco Rack To install the 6015A NT into a Telco type rack use two L shaped brackets on either side of the chassis four total First determine how far follow the server will extend out the front of the rack Larger chassis should be positioned to balance the weight between front and back If a bezel is included on your server remove it Then at tach the two front brackets to each side of the chassis then the two rear brackets positioned with just enough space to accommodate the width of the rack Finish by sliding the chassis into the rack and tightening the brackets to the rack Figure 2 4 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack 2 7 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup After you install the 6015A NT in the rack you will need to open the top cover to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and all the connections have been made 1 Accessing the inside of the System see Figure 2 5 First grasp the two handles on eith
37. ake changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page or on p 7 19 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU te
38. alled upside down which will reverse its polarities see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions DVD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a DVD ROM drive To prevent direct exposure to the laser beam and hazardous radiation exposure do not open the enclosure or use the unit in any unconventional way 4 2 General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the SuperServer 6015A NT clean and free of clutter The SuperServer 6015A NT weighs approximately 41 Ibs 18 6 kg when fully loaded When lifting the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs Place the chassis top cover and any system components that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present
39. and then work up Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the server from power surges voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure Allow the hot plug SATA drives and power supply modules to cool before touching them Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the servers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling 2 2 Chapter 2 Server Installation Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the ambient operating tempera ture of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient tempera ture Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this conce
40. ata 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 UO Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground SATA Ports SATA Port Pin Definitions SATAO SATA5 See the table on the right for Pin Definition pin definitions for the onboard 1 Ground SATA ports 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 Ground 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 Ground 5 23 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform mainte nance on the SC815TQ 560U chassis For component installation follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encountered If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the next step Tools Required The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions U
41. ature of the FBD DIMM module exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable open loop global thermal throttling on a fully buffered FBD memory module to make it active whenever the number of activate control exceeds a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features This feature was designed to implement Intel s I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices ATOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of the add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB2 South Bridge chip Options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 12 Chapter 7 BIOS Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled L
42. c DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the system memory area above 1MB Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation Ifenabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped Set t
43. cating the address line or bits that 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 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 3 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for Windows OS C 1 Introduction To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your serverboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA
44. cations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chapter for connector locations DVD ROM Drive cable IDE 1 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page SATA cables SATAO SATA3 SGPIO cable SGPIO1 to SATA backplane Connecting Power Cables The X7DGU has a 20 pin primary power supply connector designated JPW1 for connection to the ATX power supply Connect the appropriate connector from the power supply to JPW1 to supply power to the serverboard See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for power connector pin definitions In addition your power supply must be connected to the 4 pin Auxiliary ATX Power connection at JPW2 and the 8 pin Processor Power connector at JPW3 9 5 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 1 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indi cators Please note that even and odd numbered pins are on opposite sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for details and pin descrip tions of JF1 Figur
45. change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section 1 USB FDC SMSC USB 1 1 Boot List Candidate List Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on changing the boot priority order of a device in the Item Specific Help window 7 24 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve made and to exit the BIOS S
46. charge Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag e Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 5 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor avoid placing direct pressure on the label AN area of the fan Also do not place the serverboard 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 remove it first before add ing removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the heatsink and fan The X7DGU can support either one or two Xeon 5300 5100 5000 type processors If installing one processor only install it into CPU socket 1 Notes 1 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains a CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certifi
47. cm counter rotating fans located in the middle section of the chassis There is a Fan Speed Control Mode setting in BIOS that allows chassis fan speed to be determined by system temperature The power supply module also includes a cooling fan 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 Intel 5000X Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 1 4 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 AE No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup
48. ctivate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are 32 Bit 1 0 Enter The following items will be displayed in the submenu Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 7 4 Chapter 7 BIOS Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3
49. d as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable fan speed control and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat 7 19 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual gt IPMI Available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled
50. dE EEN 6 3 Replacing System Fan ssi cessacccianarecasaneccetiansacacensnczectastnenecenedeaceenes 6 3 6 4 Drive Bay Installation REMOVAlL 6 4 6 5 GET e E 6 8 Power Supply Failure seysiccsc cocscosapasstecesunaccesnanecseutane cect E sanae Sinik 6 8 Removing Replacing the Power Supply cccccceccecececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 8 Chapter 7 BIOS dek pre eege EE ae 7 1 7 2 RUNNING Setup sceneria EECH 7 2 T3 Main E e DIE 7 2 4 Advanced Setup sit canines coed eal ein eel ov eee 7 7 viii Table of Contents T9 SOCUMY EE 7 23 L WR e 7 24 Lef CG 7 25 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages ccccccececececececeeeceteceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeenes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes cccccccecesesecnececeeeeesecseaeeeeeeeesecseaeeeeeeeensneennaees B 1 Appendix C Software Installation ccccccccccccecccecececececececeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeretees C 1 Appendix D System Specifications ccccccccccccccececececececeeeeeeeeeeteceeeeeeeeeeeeenerenes D 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The SuperServer 6015A NT is a high end server comprised of two main subsys tems the SC815TQ R560U 1U server chassis and the X7DGU dual processor serverboard Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the system www supermicro com I
51. do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to prevent damage to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the serverboard in the sequence as show in the picture above 2 Hold the heatsink and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink is loose remove it from the CPU 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 heatsink 5 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 3 Connecting Cables Now that the processors are installed the next step is to connect the cables to the serverboard These include the data ribbon cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables Connecting Data Cables The ribbon cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been carefully routed in preconfigured systems to prevent them from blocking the flow of cooling air that moves through the system from front to back If you need to disconnect any of these cables you should take care to reroute them as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the system keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector lo
52. e 5 1 Front Control Panel Header Pins JF1 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 4 UO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 2 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 2 Rear Panel I O Ports Mouse Green O e CO CO CO Neo USB0 1 Ports COM1 Port VGA Port Turquoise Blue LAN LANZ SCH DO Lage UID S S Woof m O Keyboard Purple 5 5 Installing Memory 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 inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with slot DIMM 1A and DIMM 2A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at atime See the memory installation table on page 5 9 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 X7DGU supports up to 32 GB of ECC FBD Fully Buffered DIMM DDR2 667 or DDR2 533 SDRA
53. e as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 85 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved J Name Voluni RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays e Use the lt Up Arrow gt and lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt Note
54. e effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information 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 Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 7 14 Chapter 7 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This se
55. e their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer C Enable Disable JI C1 and Jl C2 are used to enable or disable IC bus on the serverboard See the table on the right for jumper eae Enabled settings Both jumpers must be set Pins23 Disabled the same for the setting to to function correctly one jumper enables the clock and the other enables the data The default setting is disabled PC Bus Enable Disable Jumper Settings JI C1 JI C2 Jumper Setting Definition 5 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 10 Onboard Indicators LAN LED Connection Speed Indicator LAN1 LAN2 LEDs LED Color Definition The Ethernet ports located beside the Off 10 MHz VGA port have two LEDs On each Gigabit LAN port one LED indicates activity when blinking while the other LED may be green amber or off to Green 100 MHz Amber GEZ indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the func tions associated with the connection speed LED LE1 The LE1 LED located near JD1 is the power LED LE1 illuminates when the serverboard is powered up and operating LE2 The LE2 LED located under SW1 is the UID indicator LED LE2 illumi nates when UID is initiated either by the UID button or via IPMI If initiated a second time LE2 will turn off When the LED blinks blue it means the signal was initiated via IPMI If blue continuously it means the
56. ected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlIOS
57. ed for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the 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 7 8 Chapter 7 BIOS Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Stati
58. ed multi direc tional heatsinks and fans 2 When purchasing a Xeon 5300 5100 5000 CPU or when receiving a serverboard with a CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Installing the Processor 1 A black PnP cap is attached to the load plate to protect the CPU socket Press the load lever down and away Load lever from the retention clasp to release the load plate from its locked position PnP cap 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load plate released 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at opposite sides 4 Align pin1 of the CPU the cor ner marked with a triangle with the notched corner of the CPU socket 5 Find the corner of the CPU that has a semi circle cutout below a gold Gold dot dot CPU key This corner should be aligned with the cutout on the socket socket key 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Notched corner do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts 7 With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down unt
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60. egacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default and x12 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use this function which will allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the
61. em use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Software Installation Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Corecks Redrecter teyteed Yew eoue tiep Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS s Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity H GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt
62. er side and pull the system straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chas sis to release the top cover 1 Push the cover away from you toward the rear of the chassis until it stops 2 You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server To remove the system from the rack completely depress the locking tabs in the chassis rails push the right side tab down and the left side tab up to continue to pull the system out past the locked position 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed in the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor and heatsink installation 3 Check the system memory Your server system may have come with system memory already installed Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots For details on adding system memory refer to Chapter 5 4 Installing add on cards If desired you can install add on cards to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing PCI add on cards 5 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections 2 8 Chapter 2 Server Installation Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System 2 9 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 2 6 C
63. erboard SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 6015A NT is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 6015A NT system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY LITHIUM BATTERY OR BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install processors and heatsinks to the X7DGU serverboard connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All serverboard jumpers and connections are described and a layout and quick reference chart are included in this chapter Remember to close the chas sis completely when you have finished working on the serverboard to protect and cool the system sufficiently 5 1 Handling the Serverboard Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent dam age to printed circuit boards it is important to handle them very carefully see Chapter 4 Also note that the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup port it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static dis
64. etup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility 7 25 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes 7 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setu
65. f the power supply module fails the system will shut down and you will need to replace the module Replacements can be ordered directly from Supermicro see contact information in the Preface As there is only one power supply module in the 6015A NT power must be completely removed from the server before removing and replacing the power supply for whatever reason Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First turn the power switch on the control panel off then unplug the power cord from the system Replace with the same model p n PWS 561 1H20 which can be ordered directly from Supermicro see Contact Information in the Preface To remove the failed power module first remove the chassis cover by pressing the two release buttons on the top of the chassis near the front and push the chassis top rearward about one inch before lifting it completely off To remove the failed power unit unplug the power cables from the connections on the serverboard Then unscrew the power supply and lift it out of the chassis 2 Installing a new power supply Replace the failed power supply with another identical power supply module Care fully insert the new unit into position and screw it into the chassis Plug the power cables back into their connectors on the serverboard Replace the chassis top cover and reposition the unit back into the rack Reconnect the power cord and turn the switch on the back of the power supply to the
66. he remaining fan will ramp up to full speed and the overheat fan fail LED on the control panel will turn on Replace any failed fan at your earliest convenience with the same type and model the system can continue to run with a failed fan Remove the top chassis cover while the system is still running to determine which of the two fans has failed Then power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power cords is also recommended as a safety precaution Replacing System Fans 1 Removing a fan After turning off the power to the system first remove the chassis cover and unplug the fan cable from the motherboard Unscrew the failed blower fan from the chassis and pull it completely out from the serverboard 2 Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 4 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicro p n FAN 0086L Push the new fan into the vacant space in the housing while mak ing sure the arrows on the top of the fan indicating air direction point in the same direction as the arrows on the other fans Reposition the fan housing back over the two mounting posts in the chassis then reconnect the fan wires to the same chassis fan headers you removed them from Power up the system and check that the fan is working properly and that the LED on the control panel has turned off Finish by replacing the chassis cover 6 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Figure 6 2 System Cooling Fans 6 4 Drive Bay I
67. hecking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SATA drives and SATA backplane have been properly installed and all connections have been made 1 Accessing the drive bays All drives are accessable from the front of the server For servicing the DVD ROM and floppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The SATA disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover 2 DVD ROM drives A slim DVD ROM should be preinstalled in your server Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a DVD ROM drive to the system 3 Check the SATA disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SATA drives please refer to Chapter 6 4 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by four sets of 4 cm fans each set of fans consists of two fans that are mounted back to back The system component layout was care fully designed to direct sufficient cooling airflow to the components that generate the most heat Note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans 5 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cords from the power supply modules into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and
68. hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear 1685 73 en Maras Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1013 ICH7R RAIDS Copyright C 2683 45 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Se mm e Volum RAID Level RAIDIA RAIDAH Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx ER Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia syst
69. iary Power In addition to the Primary ATX power Pin Definitions JPW2 connector above the Auxiliary 4 pin connector at JPW2 must also be con nected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Processor Power Connector Processor Power Pin Definitions JPW3 Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12V JPW3 must also be connected to the Pins Definition power supply to provide power for the 1 through 4 Ground processor s See the table on the 5 through 8 right for pin definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button Pin Definition header is located on pins 19 and 20 19 Control of JF1 Refer to the table on the right Ground for pin definitions Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is located Bie Penton on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the ip Lice table on the right for pin definitions 16 Control 5 12 HDD LED The HDD IDE Hard Disk Drive LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 LED The NIC1 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 Attach the NIC1 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Contro
70. il it snaps into the retention clasp CPU installed in socket 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the PnP cap will be auto matically released from the load plate when the lever locks Remove the cap Repeat steps to install a second CPU if desired Warning Keep the plastic PnP cap The serverboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket Shipment PnP cap released without the PnP cap properly installed from load plate will void the warranty 5 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Installing the Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW Si E 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the preinstalled heatsink retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws or you may damage the CPU A Q NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 4 Add the two remaining screws then finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Removing the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you
71. ions are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Available when SATA RAID is Disabled Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have submenus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt gt Boot Features js Enter gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error messages e
72. isconnection switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from the system Do not work alone when working with high voltage components Power should always be disconnected from the system when removing or installing main system components such as the serverboard memory modules and the DVD ROM and floppy drives not necessary for SATA drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets 4 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is inst
73. ix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect AN values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a
74. ker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse ports are located beside the USB ports See the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED Connect an LED to the JOH1 header to provide warning of a chassis over heating condition See the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Function Definition t Speaker data red wire Key No connection Key Speaker data PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data NC Ground VCC Clock O a A WwW N NC Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Definition 1 5V OH Active Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated JWOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this feature You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a WOR card and cable to use this feature SMB The System Management
75. l ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat Fan Fail Power Fail UID LED Connect an LED to pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure These pins also work with the front UID indicator which will activate as either a solid or flashing blue LED depending on whether the LED was activated via IPMI or the UID button Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions and status indicators Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 Vcc HD Active NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 11 Vcc Ground NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 Vcc Ground OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition D Vcc Control Red LED Indications State Indication Solid Overheat Blinking fast Power Fail Blinking slow Fan fail Blue LED Indications State Indication Solid UID via Button Blinking UID via IPMI 5 13 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Power Fail LED Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is Pin Definition located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re 5 Vor fer to the table on the right for pin Ground definitions Reset Button
76. l pre installed Locking Tab 2 4 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Outer Rails Begin by measuring the distance from the front rail to the rear rail of the rack Attach a short bracket to the front side of the right outer rail and a long bracket to the rear side of the right outer rail Adjust both the short and long brackets to the proper distance so that the rail can fit snugly into the rack Secure the short bracket to the front side of the outer rail with two screws and the long bracket to the rear side of the outer rail with three screws Repeat these steps for the left outer rail Locking Tabs Both chassis rails have a locking tab which serves two functions The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing Figure 2 2 Installing the Rack Rails 2 5 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit The next step is to install the server into the rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking t
77. lease the top cover and at the same time push the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server With the chassis cover removed unplug the power and data cables from the drive you want to remove Then locate the locking tab at the rear of the drive It will be on the left side of the drive when viewed from the front of the chassis Pull the tab away from the drive and push the drive unit out the front of the chassis Add a new drive by following this procedure in reverse order You may hear a faint click of the locking tab when the drive is fully inserted Remember to reconnect the data and power cables to the drive before replacing the chassis cover and restoring power to the system Please be aware of the following e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires e A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 e A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B 6 7 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 6 5 Power Supply The SuperServer 6015A NT has a single 560 watt power supply which is auto switching capable This enables it to automatically sense and operate with a 100v 240v input voltage Power Supply Failure I
78. lize onboard UO ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts DER Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bth Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus a
79. mperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 75 C 80 C 85 C and 90 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core Temperature CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable fan speed control and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5V
80. n addition to the serverboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the 6015A NT as listed below One 1 slim DVD ROM drive DVM PNSC 824 B Four 4 sets of 4 cm counter rotating fans FAN 0086L Two 2 passive CPU heatsinks SNK P0017 Riser Cards see Section 5 6 for details One 1 RSC R1UU E16 for PCI E x16 card preinstalled One 1 RSC R1UU E8R for PCI E x8 card preinstalled One 1 CSE R1UU XR for PCI X card bel SATA Accessories One 1 SATA backplane BPN SAS 815TQ Four 4 SAS drive carriers MCP 220 00001 01 One SATA cable CBL 0190L One SGPIO cable CBL 0157 1 1 One 1 rackmount kit CSE PT51L bei One 1 CD containing drivers and utilities bei SuperServer 6015A NT User s Manual Note a V at the end of a server name indicates the chassis is silver 1 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the SuperServer 6015A NT lies the X7DGU a dual processor serverboard based on Intel s 5000X chipset Below are the main features of the X7DGU see Figure 1 1 for a block diagram of the chipset Processors The X7DGU supports single or dual 771 pin Intel Xeon 5300 5100 5000 series processors Please refer to the serverboard description pages on our web site for a complete listing of supported processors Memory The X7DGU has eight 240 pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 32 GB of ECC FBD Fully Buffered DIMM DDR2 6
81. nd backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C 6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h Dh D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code 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 Ifthe BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indi
82. necentimntcnenstadsesecbanendeais Reset Button ee Power te EE Universal Serial Bus USB Universal Serial Bus Headers 0 0 cc ceeeeeeeeeecececececeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Seral E Fan e Chassis IN rUSION eege Power LED Sp ak6Pr ve EShENENEEENEEEEEEEEEEERGEEEEEEERNEEESEEERENENEEESK SE ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees vii SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Overmeat LED geesde 5 16 Wake OneLAN EE 5 17 Wake On RING EE 5 17 GSM deet 5 17 SMBUS PS gute ee geed tege dee deet 5 17 JLAN 1 2 Ethernet POMS ciidiccidescccsesirsasesaesionedseenietterawaenetiaas 5 18 Alarm RESE E 5 18 SGPIO E 5 18 9 9 Jumper Lu e EE 5 19 Explanation Of Tue 5 19 CMOS Clear EE 5 19 VGA Eniable DISable i isscsccisessncetncgesectsnnnscaedsavaccnanauecacseavacsuateuvacsearevavieers 5 19 LAN Enable DisaDlE errre perna rE EEE tee eee 5 20 Watch Dog Enable Disable 5 20 C Enable Disabl getut 5 20 5 10 Onboard NdICAtOrS driesen ninen die een helene 5 21 LANA 2 LEDS gaer ge Eege 5 21 BN WE 5 21 EE 5 21 5 11 Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections 5 22 FIOPPY ere e Te 5 22 IDE CONNECCION ee eege eeh 5 23 SATA e E 5 23 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices ee cece eee ce tee te eet ee tee te eee ne ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaea 6 1 6 2 Control Panel sgeetegrdeegier geseet e Seege SEENEN 6 2 6 37 SyStem LEE 6 3 System Fan Fale sessione inania EENS
83. nstallation Removal Accessing the Drive Bays SATA Drives Because of their hotswap capability you do not need to access the inside of the chassis or power down the system to install or replace SATA drives Proceed to the next section for instructions DVD ROM Floppy Disk Drives For installing removing a DVD ROM or floppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the 6015A NT by removing the top cover of the chassis Proceed to the DVD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation section later in this chapter for instructions Note Only slim DVD ROM and floppy drives will fit into the 6015A NT 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup SATA Drive Installation 1 Mounting a SATA drive in a drive carrier The SATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper airflow for the drive bays For this reason even empty carriers without drives installed must remain in the chassis To add a new drive install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws as shown in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 Mounting a SATA Drive in a Carrier Use caution when working around the SATA backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the holes which
84. o Enabled to enhance graphic performance when using a Linux graphic driver that requires write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from the GLAN port specified The options are Disabled and Enabled Default Primary Video Adapter This feature allows the user to specify which video adapter to be used as the default primary video adapter the onboard video adapter or others The options are Other and Onboard Video 7 9 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Emulated IRQ Solutions When Enabled Emulated IRQ Scheme allows PCI devices to run on legacy operating systems that use the MSI mechanism to generate INTX compatible interrupts The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others perform faster with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits coalesce features Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are Payload 256 Bytes and Coalesce Enabled 128 Bytes PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the use
85. of Contents Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions ccccccccccccecececececececeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeens 4 2 General Safety Precautions 4 3 ESD lee EE 4 4 Operating Precautions cccccccecececececeececececececeeecececececeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneness Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 Handling the Serverboard 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation c cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 929 Connecting Lelleg eteenkin rennene ENAERE EEEE eege Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables NENNEN Connecting the Control Panel seirian annn S4 WO e 5 5 Installing Memory cssvesecscersvsnesdcavenssccesuva ceretundddaapuieeaessbwsadus ened dasetaeneccetnaneesenst 9 6 Adding e Bee E 5 7 Serverboard Details ENEE KA RENE EE X7DGW Quick Referente srne ovis niece ieee 5 8 Connector Definitions ATX Power Connector ccccccccccccecececececececececececeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Auxiliary Power Connector cccccccececececececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeenes Processor Power Connector c eceseeecececececeeeeeceeeaeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess KlOIRCTtte e ewer seess ee Gleef KW Ellen sccoscecsuvusessasnahoneserbedshsave ynieeeduba ponds tabu aes EEEa SE e Ee Overheat Fan Fail Power Fail UID LED 0 ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Power Fall LED siocccscssuvasnecssyendeesbwasnsssivanarectaenetentin
86. onal 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initia
87. or Header FAN 1 8 Fan Headers 1 8 Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE Hard Drive Connector JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JK1 Keylock Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED JPW1 Primary 20 Pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 Auxiliary Power Connector 4 pin JPW3 Processor Power Connector 8 pin JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header LAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports SATAO SATAS Intel ESB2 SATA Ports SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SGPIO Headers SIMSO IPMI 2 0 with virtual media over LAN Slot SMB System Management Bus Header SMBUS_PS System Management ZC Power Header UIOP Power Connector for UIO slots USBO 1 USB Ports USB2 3 USB2 USB3 Header USB4 USB4 Header Other Description LE1 Power On LED LE2 Rear UID LED Sw UID Unit Identifier Button 5 11 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 5 8 Connector Definitions ATX Power 20 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 ATX Power Connector Pin Definition Pin Definition ge Ax 11 3 3V 1 3 3V e prima ower su con H y H H 12 12V 2 3 3V nector meets the SSI Superset ATX S 13 COM 3 oo 20 pin specification Make sure that i 14 PSON 4 s the orientation of the connector is 15 COM 5 COM correct See the table on the right for e SC 16 COM 6 5V pin definitions 17 COM y COM 18 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 19 5V 9 5VSB 20 5V 10 12V Auxiliary Power Connector Auxil
88. or memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 1 PCI Expansion Slots Two riser cards are used to support add on cards to the system The SC815TQ R560U chassis can accommodate one standard size full height full length and one low profile PCI expansion card When viewed from the chassis front the standard size card installs to the left and the low profile card installs to the right side PCI cards are installed into riser cards that have been pre installed to the system An additional two riser cards are included to support PCI E add on cards See configuration list below 2 PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into the correct riser card Begin by releasing the locking tab that corresponds to the slot you wish to populate Insert the expansion card into the correct riser card pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card PCI Slot Card Configurations Left Side Riser Card Expansion card supported RSC R1UU E16 preinstalled 1x PCI E x16 card Right Side Riser Card Expansion card supported RSC R1UU XR preinstalled 1x PCI X 133 MHz card RSC R1UU E8R in accessory box 1x PCl Express x8 card SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 5 7 Serverboard Details Figure 5 4 SUPER X7DGU Layout not drawn to scale
89. p Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corr
90. p 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 7 2 Chapter 7 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time fe Enter Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 7 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave and Secondary IDE Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave and Secondary IDE Master Slave slots Press lt Enter gt to a
91. power surges It is recommended that you use an uninterruptible power supply UPS source 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the SATA drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific components There are also two buttons on the chassis control panel and an on off switch on the power supply This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are three push buttons located on the front of the chassis a reset button a UID button and a power on off button Q o UID Depressing the UID unit identifier button illuminates an LED on both the front and rear of the chassis for easy system location in large stack configura tions The LED will remain on until the button is pushed a second time Another UID button on the rear of the chassis serves the same function RESET e Reset Use the reset button to reboot the system kal Power The main power button is used to apply or remove power from the power supply to the server system Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system 3 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 3 3 Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of th
92. r ey E pin definitions Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 The COM1 serial port is located on Pin Definition Pin Definition the IO backplane COM2 is a header 1 DCD 6 DSR on the serverboard see serverboard 2 RXD 7 RTS layout for location See the table on 8 TXD 8 ers the right for pin definitions 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Fan Headers 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions The X7DGU has five eight headers FANS 8 designated Fan1 through Fan8 FAN5 Fie eenn through FAN8 are for 4 pin Pulse t Ground Black Width Modulated PWM fans and are 2 12V Red to be connected to the CPU heatsink 3 Tachometer fans Their speed is controlled via 4 PWM Control Thermal Management with a BIOS setting FAN1 through FAN4 are 3 3 pin Fan Header pin non PWM fans See the tables Pin Definitions on the right for pin definitions FANI FAN4 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external spea
93. r to review The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated first The options are Onboard first and Add On first PCI Fast Delayed Transaction Enable this function to improve DMA data transfer rate for a PCI 32 bit multimedia card The options are Enable and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 2 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz gt Slot1 Blue Slot PCI Exp x8 L2 Slot PCI Exp x8 R1 Slot PCI X 133 MHz R2 Slot PCI Exp x8 x4 and R3 Slot PCI Exp x4 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h O0A0h 00COh and OOEO For Un
94. rating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt 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 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the DO Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an DO Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Di
95. rn Reliable Ground A reliable ground must be maintained at all times To ensure this the rack itself should be grounded Particular attention should be given to power supply connec tions other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc 2 3 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the 6015A NT into a rack unit with the rack rails provided If the system has already been mounted into a rack you can skip ahead to Sections 2 5 and 2 6 There are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly You should also refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies in the rack mounting kit Each assembly consists of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures directly to the server chassis and an outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself see Figure 2 1 Two pairs of short brackets to be used on the front side of the outer rails are also included Installing the Inner Rails Both the left and right side inner rails have been pre attached to the chassis Proceed to the next step A Figure 2 1 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails right side rail shown Outer Rail attaches to rack Inner Rai
96. se a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a 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 Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard 6 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Figure 6 1 Chassis Front and Rear Views Slim DVD ROM Drive Slim Floppy Drive optional System LEDs Control Panel SATA Drive Bays System Reset Main Power Power Supply Module USB Ports PCI Expansion Slots w riser cards
97. splays 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 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT 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 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware O7h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial
98. such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable Jumper Settings JPG1 the VGA port The default position Jumper Setting Definition is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA Pins 1 2 Enabled See the table on the right for jumper Pins 2 3 Disabled settings 5 19 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual LAN Enable Disable LAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 Change the setting of jumper JPL1 Jumper Setting Definition or JPL2 to enable or disable the Pins 1 2 Enabled onboard Ethernet RJ45 ports LAN1 Pins 2 3 Disabled and LAN2 respectively See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function i Watch Dog Watch Dog is a system monitor that Jumper Settings JWD can reboot the system when a software Jumper Setting Definition application is hung up Pins 1 2 will Pins 1 2 Reset cause WD to reset the system if an Pins 2 3 NMI application is hung up Pins 2 3 will Open Disabled generate a non maskable interrupt sig nal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be en abled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to writ
99. tallation procedure outlined in the sections that follow 2 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Choosing a Setup Location Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door completely 25 inches Leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back of the rack to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location dedicated equipment rooms service closets and the like This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices according to 2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units A N Warnings and Precautions A N Rack Precautions Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first
100. tatus See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note The default User Name and Password for SuperDoctor III is ADMIN AD MIN Note When SuperDoctor Ill is first installed it adopts the temperature threshold settings that have been set in BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Super Doctor as the Super Doctor settings override the BIOS settings To set the BIOS temperature threshold settings again you would first need to uninstall SuperDoctor III Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Health Information e Supero Doctor II Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help SSC Eau ET T Remote Mana u Health Information CPUL Chassis CPUZ Chassis Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Remote Control e Supero Doctor III M oft Internet Explorer Remote Management System Info Health Info Performance Rerne Cr Configuration Administration S s Management Report Help a Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II 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 P trol ower contro a No
101. te SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web Site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill 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 13 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Notes Appendix D System Specifications Appendix D System Specifications Processors Single or dual Intel Xeon 5300 5100 5000 Sequence processors Note Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors Chipset Intel 5000P ESB2 chipset BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of ECC FBD DDR2 667 533 SDRAM See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SATA Controller Intel ESB2 on chip controller for six port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 5 and 10 supported SATA Drive Bays Four 4 hot swap drive bays to house four 4 SATA drives Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 slim floppy drive optional One 1 slim DVD ROM drive Expansion Slots see page 5 9 for details Right side one PCI X 133 card or one PCI E x8 card Left side one PCI E x16 card D 1 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Serverboard X7DGU Extended ATX form factor Dimensions 12 x 13 05 in 305 x 331 mm Chassis C815TQ 560U 1U Form Factor Dimensions WxHxD 17 x 1 7 x 25 6 in 432 x 43 x 650 mm Weight Gross Bare Bone 41
102. to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 7 21 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 7 22 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 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
103. tting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 7 15 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press 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 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to m
104. ut the system SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Chapter 4 System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the SuperServer 6015A NT Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X7DGU serverboard including the locations and functions of connections headers and jumpers Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC815TQ 560U server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply modules and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Software Installation Appendix D System Specifications Preface Notes SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About ins Map ege Ee EE iii Manual Organization iii Chapter 1 Introduction WaT e e 1 1 12 Serverboard Features seiiicciiinciaeinea einen NANEN EEEN 1 2 1 3 Server Chassis Features ccccccccececeee eect ee
105. ven when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 7 7 SUPERSERVER 6015A NT User s Manual Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserv
106. ver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 setup screen and press the lt Enter gt key f 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 g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation is completed the system will au tomatically reboot i Insert the Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD drive during system reboot the screen on the following page will appear Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System Appendix C Software Installation C 3 Installing the Operating System and other Software Programs After the hardware has been installed you must first install the operating system and then other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro C

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