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1. SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions A System Management Bus header is 9 Pin Definition located at J18 Connect an appropri 1 e ate cable here to utilize SMB on your 2 Ground system 3 Clock 4 No Connection UT uma ewa Oz era Fail LED DIMM 4B Bank 4 B SMB DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 EPUI BIOS E oM DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 5 Battery DIMM 18 Bank 1 S DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DB8 E X CPU2 Fan3 Lj GLAN2 North Bridge Fang 5000P SGPIO2 51007 SIMLP E SGPIO1 PCI X 133 MHz Quar South 8 aut Raa PCI X 100 MHz Bridge JPA3 gt PXH ESB2 E Tot4 jb gt F PCI X 100 MHz 3 lt RAW PCI X 133 MHz z LA cat UE ES us PCI X 133 MHz PXH 5 4 a EZ WOR1 SCSI CTRL Slot pn PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only DA2 Adaptec 7902 m JK1 SATA4 5 5 Daray SATA5 SATA3 N JPA1 320 SCSI Channel B E SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Power SMB Connector PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the rig
2. 2 33 SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes 2 34 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify t
3. Dn Ema IL 1 1e 1 Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 ONDA PWN gt See Section 2 5 for details Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins oo Q Groun NMI O SUPER X7DB8 E X Bi Power LED Vcc H E HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc a NIC2 LED Vcc IM OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset g
4. North Bridge 5000 ST H pat SGPIO1 PCI X 133 MHz South E Bridge PCIX 100 MHz 9 2 spa PxH 52 leet PCI X 100 MHz JPA2 JwoEd lt Ma PCI X 133 MHz z J28L 1 327 320 SCSI Chani PCI X 133 MHz PXH m n i wort SCSI CTRL gg PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only pu Adaptec 7902 IK E SMB baeas JPAI 320 SCSI Channel 1 2 11 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 10 12 Vcc Ground Groun NMI X x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide a warning in the event of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1
5. DIMM 4B Bank 4 US DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 38 Bank 3 PM Mi BIOS DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 a X7DBS E X CPU2 GLAN2 North Bridge 5000P 51007 SIMLP IPMI pct 1016 VGA 133 MHz CTRL Qet South iiis PCI X 100 MHz Bridge ESB2 aa PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 133 MHz LAN JPL1E I J28L 1 EN 2271 91007 133 MHz BA s Io EZ woni Wer 5 loti BO PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only EN DA2 9 SMB ETI SATA4 SATAS S SATAo saTA 1 sa TA2 E7 SCSI CTRL Adaptec 7902 LED Color Definition Off Green Amber No Connection or 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1 Gbps Fer A GLAN Port1 LEDs 5 3 reza B GLAN Port2 LEDs PW LEDSPK 0 1 M 3 E Floppy IDE1 320 SCSI Channel A 2 29 SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators X7DB8 X only There are two Onboard SCSI Activity LED indicators on the X7DB8 X DA1 indicates the activity status of SCSI Channel A and DA2 indicates the activity status of SCSI Channel B Onboar
6. cL 3 1 NO wel eee DD MI MEN ILL DI IE 3 1 NO o 3 1 Em 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS A451 ee 4 1 4 2 Running Setup ka baka sika ak 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup bAn k na kan ka Hanna ha d ceu 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup b Ed bak ee 4 7 4 5 Security Setup Ee baka ERR ER 4 24 4 6 Boot e tU 4 25 d 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST COdES san daa nnn nnn nnns B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction C
7. 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type ona motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed To optimize memory performance please install pairs of DIMMs in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory System Device Firmware Hub flash memory System 1MB 3 99 BIOS Local APIC 4 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3199 APIC 4 Kbytes 4 3 99 Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 Express 256 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed 512 3 01 Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memory available to OS and other ap plications Figure 2
8. 28 on the motherboard Refer to the lay 29 30 Ground out below for the IPMI Slot location 31 IRQ14 32 10 516 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 19 Ground 20 Key 40 Ground 39 Activity Fandfany i 24 Pin ATX PWR atin PSE pin PWR A IDE Lag B SIMLP IPMI M 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 ERA ga FP Ctrl BIOS DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DB8 E X PW LEDSPK JoH1 051 m M 3 h 2 LT M 3 a North Bridge 5000 SGPIO2 p SIMLP IPMI PCI X 133 MHz Quar South a PCI X 100 MHz Bridge VGA CTRL 582 EI 8 5 Tota n gz i PCI X 100 MHz Jwp Bee PCI X 133 MHz LAN JPL1E J28L 1 CTRL 2279 Slot aran PCI X 133 MHz PXH 5 SCSI CTRL 320 SCSI Channel A S Io Lp won wog Stott BO PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only TE DA2 EVE rg SATAAI SATAS lt JPA 320 SCSI Channel 2 5 1 Ls Adaptec 7902 Chap
9. Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears ev n n Run tn wa Hy ct d Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138001385 3 95 1 5 Ch s SATA Port 1 HDC HD 748GD BBFLR1 27 88027 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 2 1 1 5 SATA Port 3 rnat 38027 1 5 SATA Port 5 BB8F31 1 5 Gb s Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Run ten Fasten Uwe My ce de Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 SATA Port 8 5738001305 3 05 1 5 Gb s Capacitu 74 5 GButes WARNING This drive is about to be formatted RII data on the disk vill be erased Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to select option lt Esc gt to exit x defaull D 17 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual To verify disk media Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Sel
10. 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays reate Array B3 nirror dd Delete Hotspare Configure Drives List of Arrays RAID 1 34 468 Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an aster isk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu show
11. DIMM Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 x DIMM 2A Bank 2 a Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 A DIMM 1A Bank 1 j mL SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fan3 North Bridge Fang 5000P SGPIO2 Slow SIMLp IP MI DE SGPIOT Toto VGA PCI X 133 MHz Qet South gu CTRL aa PCI X 100 MHz Bridge mE 582 EE PCI X 100 MHz JPA2 Bee PCI X 133 MHz LAN JELIE J28L 1 CTRL 2279 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH 5 E WORT wou SCS CTRL Elo BEI PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only TE 51 Adaptec 7902 JK 29 Sara SATA SATIS JPAI 320 SCSI Channel SATAo SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 1 320 SCSI Channel A SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Jumpers J27 J28 allow you to con nect the System Management Bus I2C to PCI X slots The default setting is Open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings 2 to PCI S PCI Exp Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Closed Open Definition Enabled Disabled Default Fang Fans RA 24 Pin ATX PWR PSE B pin PWR Buzzer Cy D
12. Bank DIMM 1B Bank DIMM 1A Bank Slot7 SIMLP IPMI ia P G1 SUPERO X7DB8 E X North Bridge 5000P lote PCI X 133 MHz CPU2 A Power Fault 8 PWR B Alarm Reset M 5 iL FP Ctrl PW LEDSPK P1 m m m rj M STE v a E lo Io T fay 9 Quer Blots PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz 31 South Bridge ESB2 Floppy IDE1 IS lot3 PCI X 133 MHz JPL1 CTRL JPL2I 227 Slot2 J28L 1 PCI X 133 MHz WOR1 IS lot PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only JK1 EC EME Jeary PXH 4 5 5 SATA2 SATA3 JPA1 EZ SCSI CTRL Adaptec 7902 320 SCSI Channel B 320 SCSI Channel A 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating This LED will blink to in dicate a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions 1 5vDC OH Active Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail
13. CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this tem perature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor 111 in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers
14. CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits 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 Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data 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
15. FBD CHNLON 1 3 5 H H H o PORT 5000P l Qj oy 4 5 6 4 5 MCH FBD CHNL1 i S a ja oT CHNL2 n N n 7 a 13 J1 A nu FBD CHNL3 m E E RE D E PCI E X8 a ecer N s E ZO NI 79025 PXH _ 2 SUE 3 J PORT PORT 100 PCI E X4 IDE NN spare For IPMI later N Vi CO spare For SAS later LPCI E 8 ET EXP BUSN PCI E based y EBUS CONN J14 235 ESB2 S 3 0 Gb s eT PCI X 133 Nze i W 2 E C PCI N aT VGA VGA N oo CONN RN 50 USB 2 0 Z ZN ES DDR KUMERAN LPC GB LAN SIS X RJ45 GILGAL FWH W83627 HF RJ45 T 1 E 25 Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the 5000P Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P chipset the X7DB8 X XTDBE X motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000P chipset supports single or dual Xeon 64 bit dual core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000P Mem
16. Pin Definition i Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED coma 4 PSF PWR x PE zernan ewa 222 Mous Buzer DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 28 Bank 2 x DIMM 2 Bank 2 gl DIMM 1B Bank 1 2 DIMM Bank 1 p SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 cpu2 Fan L1 North Bridge bd we SGPIO2 5197 smp PMi m z SGPIOT PCI X 133 MHz South CTRL 2 2 d PCI X 100 MHz Bridge 2 JPAS PXH ESB2 rox 100 wez jd wold dig PCI X 133 MHz z LAN J281 5 CTRL 227 STot2 PCI X 133 MHz PXH Gra a s o won SCSI CTRL MHz ZCR X7DB8 only 54 Adaptec 7902 8 lt apar E 320 SCSI Channel SATAO SATAT SATA2 SATA3 EI e S 2 12 Pin Definition 5 V
17. the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the PXH I O subsystem x2 Expansion Slots Three PCI X 133 MHz slots Slots 2 3 6 Three PCI X 100 MHz slots two PCI X 100 MHz slots Slots 4 5 one PCI X 100 MHz w ZCR slot Slot 1 ZCR is available for the X7DB8 X only BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5 standby Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection power LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI ACPM Power Management Keyboard Wakeup from Soft off Onboard I O Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI with ZCR option X7DB8 X only Six SATA2 ports supporting RAIDO 1 10 and 5 One SIMLP IPMI socket Intel 82563 Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting two Giga bit LAN ports EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interf
18. Default Disabled Keylock The keyboard lock connection is designated JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it e 3 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 4 Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 12V 8 Tachometer 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan5 8 Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Tachometer 4 PWR Modulation Keylock Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Keylock R N 4 Pin PSE afin 24 PWR DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 ERA BIOS DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DB8 E X 2 North Bridge 5000P Slot SIMLP pci 1016 133 MHz CTRL Qet South lots Bridge PCI X 100 MHz 9 582 EE PCI X 100 MHz Bee PCI X 133 MHz JPL1E J28L 1 JPL2E I J272 51 2 PCI X 133 MHz PXH 5 EZ WORT STott B PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only TE ETI 5 4 5 5 SCSI CTRL Adaptec 7902 B Fan 2 a C Fan 3 D Fan
19. Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and t
20. See Pin Definition the table on the right for pin defini 1 5V Standby tions You must also have a LAN card 2 Ground with a Wake On LAN connector and Wake up cable to use this feature Fend ai Siwe 24 Pin ATX PWR E pin PWR o A WOR DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 B WOL M DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 BIOS DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 x DIMM 2A Bank 2 a Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 zl B DIMM 1A Bank 1 mL m SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fan3 E North Bridge an 5000P SGPIO2 ad SIMLP IPMI PGi SGPIOT 1016 PCI X 133 MHz Qet South gu CTRL PCI X 100 MHz Bridge 2 JPA3 582 EE PCI X 100 MHz JPA2 Jwp Nan PCI X 133 MHz JPE J28L 1 JPL2E 1 J272 STot2 PCI X 133 MHz PXH TA PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only 320 SCSI Channel A SCSI CTRL S lotT Adaptec 7902 SH 5 lt JPA1 320 SCSI Channel 1 5 2 Ej Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the IO backplane
21. Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Appendix 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
22. the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Uolunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial jv Type Status Vol ID 4 HDC WD2588SI HD HMRL728343971 232 9 HDC HD2588SD B1K HD HMAL 728345998 RYM M HDC WD2588JI WD HMREH1376189 232 SCB WD2588JI WD HMREH1449527 232 9GB HD Configuration Utility id ipter opur ight 444 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 the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved 1 Nane UolunB RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive a
23. 24 Explanation of J Um p bankan na estne kya na ana ak n dan y 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable si ay 5 ree dak da keka ka k kayan w k aa k vaki 2 24 Cle geuecc e 2 25 Watch DOG 2 25 SCSI Controller Enabled Disabled 2 26 SCSI Termination Enabled Dsiabled 2 26 3rd PWR S pply PWR Fault errem d nen eva etes 2 27 VGA Enable DISabl6 ss aye in kn balan Kalek n este n 2 27 FC Bus to PCI X PCI E 616 iren iibi babet apu DUREE 2 28 2 7 Onboard IndiCators dan wek s nk va ana ka 2 29 AN Ip ES 2 29 Onboard SCSI Activity 2 30 Onboard Standby PWR LED ka nia w na kawan nalan k wa ana WA W d ak 2 30 2 8 Floppy SIMLP IPMI Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 31 Floppy 1 m 2 31 IDE DS 2 32 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual SIMEP IPM STOL a e Ke e zed P Ya n b KRN 2 32 Ultra 320 SCSI ConnectOrs oreet hern ern s kaka li 2 33 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures ss sa l aka daa kalak kala aaay danan d ka kaya aa ayik 3 1 Before
24. E North Bridge an 5000P SGPIO2 ad SIMLP IPMI PGi 6 01 1016 PCLX 133 MHz _ Qet South gu CTRL PCI X 100 MHz Bridge gal 582 EE Ma PCI X 100 MHz JPA2 Jwp lt Ni PCI X 133 MHz i LAN CTRL 2L PCI X 133 MHz Us84 a S o CZ won wou SCS CTRL bCLX 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only Adaptec 7902 5 JK ara amp VE lar ATAT SATAN spar 320 SCSI Channel B come SATAo s ATA1 SATA2 SATA3 EJ 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note 5 Watch Dog For an ATX power Suppl stem remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS e Disable JWD allows you to enable the Watch Dog timer Watch Dog is used for system monitoring lt can cause the system to reboot when a software ap plication hangs Clsoe pins 1 2 to reset the sys tem if an application hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS If enabled in the BIOS the user needs to write his her own pro
25. MHz ZCR X7DB8 only 5 bused gt 3205 CSI Channel A JK1 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 indicates the location of Pin 1 4 SCSI is for the X7DB8 X only 5 When is on make sure to disconnect the power supply before removing or installing components 6 For the ZCR card to function properly be sure to install it in the green slot Green Slot is available for the X7DB8 X only 7 Slot 1 supports up to 100 MHz Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DB8 X X7DBE X Jumper Description Default Setting J27 J28 2 Bus to PCI X PCI E Slots Open Disabled J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Off Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPA1 SCSI Controller Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled Note JPA2 JPA3 SCSI CHA JPA2 CHB JPA3 Term En Off Enabled Note JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector Aux PWR CPU PWR 12V 4 pin PWR JWP2 12V 8 pin PWR JPW3 Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset Off Normal Chassis Intrusion JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 JCOM1 2 1 2 Serial Port Connectors DA1 DA2 SCSI Activity LED Indicators See Chapter 2 DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory FBD DDRII Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy J
26. MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Slot1 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Slot2 PCI X 133MHz Slot3 PCI X 133MHz Slot4 PCI X 100 MHz Slot5 PCI X 100 MHz and Slot6 PCI X 133MHz Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect Le or incorrect DRAM timing may
27. Nane Uolunig RAID Level RAIDIGCRAIDB8 D Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128 Capacity xxx CB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit 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 Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines 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 Corecs Redr
28. Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives RAID GtStripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Size tripe Size Create RAID v 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be los
29. PCI X 133 MHz PXH 05 4 n Ey woni ga 65 CTRL lot1 Dn PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only ET Adaptec 7902 JK 6S EL SATA4 sATAS lt EYE lar 320 SCSI Channel B 1 5 2 320 SCSI Channel Chapter 2 Installation 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the Both Jumpers Definition VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled andan a J 24Pin Pwr QSA A 3rd PWR Buzzer rj Ve E Fani DIMM 48 Bank 4 E B VGA Enabled DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPUI BIOS
30. SAY HI Dont igure Erruu THH E H Cru LZE CHT Ask Hrite lai Iu Stripe Size Bd I HH STEHT Hz _ TIRE 4h BHELTIZ EHUB H3 HIL HDTdBZD BHELRI Er EE 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Ente
31. This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events ca
32. VE lar SATASSATAS 320 SCSI Channel 5 1 2 E A 2 19 Internal Speaker External Speaker Definition A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail PSF header JP3 to provide a warning in the event of a power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Definition PWR 1 Fail PWR 2 Fail PWR 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies Alarm Reset Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V 5 Buzzer DIMM Bank 4 4 Pin i i4 PWR 24 Pin PWR ez DIMM Bank 4 DIMM Bank 3 BIOS DIMM Bank 3 DIMM Bank CPU1 DIMM 2A
33. X7DBE X User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Connector Lele E Jumper Cap 3 2 1 Setting Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled Xi Bede DD qaem ewa Ostern Fen Port Enable Buzzer r DIMM 48 Bank 4 Port2 Enable DIMM 4A Bank 4 al DIMM 3B Bank 3 eru BIOS Lj DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 x DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 EU Pi DIMM 1A Bank 1 E SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fan
34. bMBPS PSF 8 PWR Fand atx Pwr EE n Buzzer B COM1 DIMM 4B Bank 4 Fan e DH Bank A C COM2 Ini DIMM 3B Bank 3 crun DIMM Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 x DIMM 2A Bank 2 2 Battery 4 DIMM 1B Bank 1 B DIMM 1A Bank 1 Ta T SUPER X7DB8 E X E E North Bridge 5000P SGPIO2 rh 51017 SIMLP IPMI PGI SGPION flote VGA PCI X 133 MHz BT South ES E ps o Bridge PCI X 100 MHz 9 1 ESB2 E F pn j J R Bi PCI X 100 MHz swo lt PCI X 133 MHz 3 LAN 1 1 J28L 1 s CTRL 2271 Slot2 PCI X 133 MHz PXH 7 a 510 SCSI CTRL 2 E PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only pu BA2 Adaptec 7902 et E 5 5 5 d 320 SCSI B cow SATAO SATA SATA2 SATA3 EJ 2 17 SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Wake On Ring Wake On Ring Pin Definitions The Wake On Ring header is des JWOR ignated JWOR1 This feature allows Pin Definition your computer to be awakened by an 1 Ground incoming call to the modem when the 2 Wake up system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin defini tions You must have a Wake On Ring card and a cable to use this feature Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Pin Definitions The Wake On LAN header is located JWOL at JWOL1 on the motherboard
35. box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to decide if a password tis required for the user to enter the system at boot up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the 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 how to change the p
36. 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 4 11 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 1 Rank Interleave Select enable to enable the Interleave feature for Branch 0 Rank Branch1 Rank The options are 1 1 1 2 and 1 4 Branch 0 Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank Branch 1 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate
37. 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 optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72 76 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration
38. displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an 120 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes Appendix 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 po
39. 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 P12V_VRO P12V_VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitoring the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core 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 Sp
40. given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOSTM is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicate
41. is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12 12 P1V2 SEN 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS IPMI The option is available only when IPMI card is installed in the system Sustem Euent Logg ing 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
42. lebe ENES 1 11 1 6 Power SUpply xu ipn b a uper x edu ak aa ale A Ai d H n ku daka A Ka ban n 1 12 1 S cs QI 9 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices ee te eee tee te belaya ked n Wek An la kak 2 1 DAT 2 1 UrnpacKi ete kan an kasan 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 9 Installing DIMMS i ir i rne pta nak VR Kara ede Te va 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO Ports EE 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 Front Control P hel ice ie rar em NEN 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin 2 10 NMI 2 10 Power DED en Ke REN MED 2 10 ADD LED crana dd 2 11 NICA1 NIC2 LEDS daia azadi arada hae y x ENG k d ke na 2 11 OverheatFanFall EED key rere i reco eee set k kesa 2 12 Power Fall LED EERE seueeens 2 12 Table of Contents Reset Buttm EE 2 13 Power BUttON bka ada kalana 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 14 ATX Power Con
43. support Installation of the LGA771 Processor Socket Clip Load Plate 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid dam age to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard ZAN Warning Please save the plastic cap The motherboard must be shipped with the plastic cap pro
44. you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to the item ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel and press En ter gt 7 Press lt F10 gt to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt l gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed 2 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility
45. 19 or on P 4 20 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 75 80 and 85 See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the op tion 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 chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at
46. 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs KO Td I Notch gt gt Notch SUPER X7DB8 E X Q bod Note Notch pn should align m with the receptive point E E on the slot UU E SC co du m Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot DDR2 FBD Slot Release Tab TI Release Ta 2 7 SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports DODUOV A 56555060 gt 10600
47. 22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP CTRL JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Keylock JK1 Keylock Header OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED PSF JP3 Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 PWR LED LE1 PWR LED Indicator Note 6 Pg 1 4 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power System Management I2C Header SATAO SATA5 JS1 JS6 SATA 0 5 Connectors SCSI Chan A B JA1 JA2 SCSI Channel A B Connectors Note SGPIO 1 2 J29 J30 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers SMB J18 System Management Bus Header Slot 1 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Slot Note Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 6 PCI X 133 MHz Slots Slot 4 Slot 5 PCI X 100 MHz Slots Slot 7 J16 SIM Low Profile IPMI J16 Slot USB 0 1 USB 2 3 USB4 Back Panel USB 0 1 Front Panel USB 2 3 FP USB4 VGA J15 VGA Connector WOL JWOL Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR Wake on Ring Header Note X7DB8 X only 1 5 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Motherboard Features PU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1 333 GHz 1 066 GHz 667 MHz with a system clock speed of 333 267 MHz Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 16 32 GB DDR2 Fully Buff ered FBD ECC 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset Intel 5000P chipset including the 5000P Memory Control Hub
48. 4 E Fan 5 3 F Fan 6 i G Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 H Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 l Keylock Floppy m 160 320 SCSI Channel Dx 0 kw JPA1 lt 320 SCSI Channel SATAO SATAI SATA2 ISATA3 ET rana 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Port pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse are located at JKM1 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 NC The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 VCC for pin definitions 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Serial Ports Pin Definition Pin Definition is a connector located on the 1 CD 6 DSR Backpanel COM2 is a header 2 RD 7 RTS peated at COME as the table on 2 m the right for pin definitions 4 DIR RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection A Keyboard Mouse 4 Pin Pii COE
49. Bank 1 SUPERO X7DB8 E X CPU2 North Bridge 5000P Slot7 A Backpanel USB 0 1 8 pin PWR Ld B Front Panel USB 2 3 Front Panel USB 4 E D Chassis Intrusion RE Fan3 CJ Ll Fang sepes SGPIO1 Ells Sj JPA3 E RI JPA2 SIMLP pci lot6 VGA PCI X 133 MHz CTRL Qeti South Blow Bridge PCI X 100 MHz 9 ESB2 100 MHz Jwp 3 PCI X 133 MHz LAN JPL1 J28L 1 CTRL jer 22 Slot PCI X 133 MHz 10 wor Stott PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only SCSI CTRL Adaptec 7902 TA4 SATAS SNe JPA 320 SCSI Channel A COM2 SATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 EJ 320 SCSI Channel B 2 15 SUPERG X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Fan Headers The X7DB8 X X7DBE X has six chassis sys tem fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Fan1 to Fan4 are 3 pin fans and Fan5 to Fan are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of 4 pin fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin defini tions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note
50. CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 3 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOSTM Setup utility for the X7DB8 X X7DBE X 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 s
51. Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 15 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X 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 Cle
52. I X 133 MHz PXH a m gra SCS CTRL 2 Slot 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only ET a Adaptec 7902 8 JK z SMB 4 5 pa lt SCSI Channel com2 SATAO SATAI SATA2 SATA3 220 i and 2 14 Universal Serial Bus USB There are five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 JUSB1 and the other three are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened Chapter 2 Installation Back Panel USB USB0 1 Front Panel USB USB2 3 Pin Definitions Definition 1 5V Vcc PO Data DOS Data Ground NA Front Panel USB USB4 Pin Definitions Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground 4 Pin FangFan Pi PSE DT eme Buzzer DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A
53. ID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 5000P chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE contr
54. IMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 9 al DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 BIOS um DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 x E DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Pi DIMM 1A Bank 1 ti m SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fan E North Bridge an 5000P SGPIO2 ad SIMLP IPMI SGPIO1 1016 133 MHz Qet South E ii PCI X 100 MHz Bridge 2 JPA3 PXH ESB2 E 8 5 Tota n i PCI X 100 MHz lt Nan PCI X 133 MHz I JPL2E A 91007 PCI X 133 MHz PXH 5 1 ga 65 CTRL a Ra j C1 Adaptec 7902 9 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only TE o Adaptec 8 gh EVE rg SATAAI SATAS lt 1 5 2 A SMBus to PCI slots JPAI EZ 320 SCSI Channel B 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the motherboard Each Gigabit Ether net LAN port has two LEDs The yel low Activity LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information j FandjFans 24 Pin ATX PWR KB Buzzer Mouse Link LED Green ee LED Amber Off Yellow Rear View When viewing from the back of the system GLAN Activity Indicator Color Yellow Status Definition GLAN Link Indicator
55. SGPIOT Tote south alls als ad PCI X 100 MHz Bridge ME ES WU pcx 100 jd 3 133 MHz JPLIK J28L 1 CTRL J27L STot2 5 T Emm scsi crat i a pc x 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only a Ghz Adaptec 7902 8 lt E SMB ISATA4 SATAS JPA TS SERT CHER lt EI 2 13 Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Reset Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset ve Ground PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual ATX Power 24 pin Connector 2 5 Connecting Cables Pin Definitions Definition Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 24 mm ply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the T z eem motherboard These power connec ner 6 my tors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifica tion The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required to provide adequate power pee E to system See table el right for pin definitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item TRY LIN listed below SM Required Connection 12V 4 pi
56. SI controller The default set Pins 2 3 Disabled ting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable X7DB8 X Only Jumpers JPA2 JPA3 are used to enable or disable termination for SCSI Channel superne A JPA2 and Channel B JPA3 con nectors The default setting is open to enable termination See the table on the right for jumper settings Open Enabled Closed Disabled Note In order for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting enabled set by the manufacturer 24 Pin ATX PWR uzzer EJ A SCSI Enable DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 B SCSI Channel A Termi nation Enable C SCSI Channel B Termi DIMM 3B Bank 3 ERA BIOS v 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 x DIMM 2 Bank 2 a nation Enable DIMM 18 Bank 1 a DIMM 1A Bank 1 J Go SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fan3 E North Bridge 5000P 51007 SIMLP EPG pee PCI X 133 MHz Quar South PCI X 100 MHz Bridge 7 D PXH ESB2 EE PCI X 100 MHz P swo Bee PCI X 133 MHz JPL1E J28L 1 JPL2E I J272 Slot2
57. SUPERO SUPERO X7DB8 X SUPERO X7DBE X USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPER MICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of Cal
58. Sw AE E P crx 133 E Ground PWR gt Power Button me scsi 5 m PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only A2 Adaptec 7902 iu cone GATAGI SATATI SATAI SATAS 220 SCST Channel 2 10 HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED Bud 0221129 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 pt DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 18 Bank 1 Power LED ew tEDsek y DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPERO X7DB8 E X CPU2 HDD LED Que LED NIC2 LED Som 021 OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED
59. System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 4 5 PCI X 6 PCI X 3 PCI X 1 and 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
60. Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations 4 9 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the
61. aces supporting one IDE slot Two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ES1000 with 16 MB Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83793 HECETA Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 mm x 331 5 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual VRM VRM 1516307 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 1516307 J J4 93 1067 1333 9 o 1098833 5 o t LIN Q PCI EX8 2 T 8 7 i fh E T
62. ail sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Figure 1 2 X7DB8 X X7DBE X Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale mL mmt O T e Pa TAH DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 m zT Ee DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank PWLE DSPK 1 1 SUPERO 70 8 A 3 JOH1L_ North Bridge 5000P Slot SIMLPIP MI I UPG1 Blot6 J16 PCI X 133 MHz South PCI X 100 MHz Bridge ESB2 pt PCI X 100 MHz 3 PCI X 133 MHz JPL1 J28L 1 JPL2 J27 Slot2 PCI X 133 MHz 7 SCSI CTRL wou Slot B Adaptec 7902 PCI X 100
63. ar All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port you want to redirect the 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 select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide if you want to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual gt Hardware Monitoring Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page on P 4
64. ate Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Deleting 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 Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD A Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear reate RAID Volune Port Drive Model Serial LECHE INL 728 GN Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete b Use
65. c to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This MANUAL rtt E a s al dilana xa ER kawa iii Manual Organization croci hk dae ka diza ze rz r ak an ya Za danaye D z iii Conventions Used the a da kaka a kaya aa a d k dada aka kaka iii Chapter 1 Introduction QE MEET 1 1 Ihrer 1 1 Contacting tenter deti des Ee Wan Dana b na kak 1 2 SUPERG X7DB8 X X7DBE X Image seems 1 3 SUPERG X7DB8 X X7DBE X Layout keke e 1 4 QUICK Hi Ru ban k 1 5 Motherboard Feature s k sci ec misk nayan iia kw nadin ka xena dak bia n 1 6 Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVOrVIOGW seen ka danana n n RR de RARE d n Wa Sn ban aah 1 9 1 9 Special Features s cd nda inala tx err oer ae y n n W n y n k x ya k 1 10 Recovery from AC Power 088 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring emen 1 10 tS ACPI F al r d ze di n le ayar ek n n ba tdci n na nin dese
66. cc Ground Groun NMI x x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be con figured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A Reset Button B PWR Button Em T E NN 247in atx PSF PWR Buzzer DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 M DIMM 28 Bank 2 x DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM Bank 1 SUPERO X7DB8 E X 5 North Bridge Fant SGPIO2 slat SIMLP IPMI H ae
67. d Power LED There is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location Fand Fan5 ewa l 24 Pin ATX PWR Eger A SCSI Channel A Activ DIMM 4B Bank 4 Ex ity LED DIMM 4A Bank 4 B SCSI Channel B Activ E DIMM 3B Bank 3 EEN B DIMM 3A Bank 3 ity LED DIMM 28 Bank 2 C Onboard PWR LED DIMM 2A Bank 2 Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DB8 E X PW LEDSPK m sT FP de M J 2 LIT M 3 North Bridge 5000P SG paa 51007 SIMLP VGA PCI X 133 MHz CTRL To 8 PCI X 100 MHz Bridge JPA3 ESB2 EI 8 5 Tota n 3 PCI X 100 MHz 1 lt t3 pes i PCI X 133 MHz E LAN J28L 1 JPL2 J27 5 Slot PCI X 133 MHz PXH 584 2 s 10 C woR1 SCSI CTRL 9 E Toti amp PCI X 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only Tai Adaptec 7902 E JK1 5 ETI SATA4I SATAS J SATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 ET 320 SCSI Channel C
68. d disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X 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 req
69. d in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000P Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides the subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the lt Del gt key during
70. d with the J gt icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPERGX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This item allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The opt
71. designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write
72. ect SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138901385 SATA Port 1 HDC WD748GD BBFLA1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit lt Enter gt Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 SATA Port 1 HDC 0748 0 1 27 88027 1 5 Capacity 69 2 GButes This drive vill be scanned for media defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to sele to exit default SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ESB2 Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec a
73. ecter tested Yew eous fep Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Se J Nane VolunmS RAID Level RAIDS Par ity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen the note Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Cre
74. eed 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 op is set to 4 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 chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12 12 P1V5 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS t
75. een ll Remote Control File Edit View Favorites Tools CAUIUSI ERE Dacor System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Systems gerrent Report Help u Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor allows a user to inform the 5 to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control a Note SD 111 Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor llIl You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes
76. ements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O perfor mance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DB8 X X7DBE X offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID ap plications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press Ctrl and A keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the a
77. emperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual gt Hardware Monitoring See the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 75 80 and 85 See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the op tion 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 chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system
78. ero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor 1 program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor IlI interface Note 1 The Default User Name and Password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help nance Rernote Control Configuration Administration Sy gement Report Help Health Information CPUl Chassis CPUZ Chassis Appendix E Installing Other Software and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Scr
79. errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day 2 Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Bo
80. gram to dis able the WD Timer ou must completel shut down the Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD 4 Pin PWR IFan5 24 Pin ATX PWR Ors Buzzer DIMM Bank TE DIMM Bank DIMM Bank BIOS DIMM Bank DIMM Bank DIMM Bank CPU1 DIMM Bank DIMM gt Bank SUPER X7DB8 E X 51007 SIMLP rth Bridge 5000P PCI X 133 MHz Qe PCI X 100 MHz PXH PCI X 100 MHz lot4 Bien 133 MHz PCI X 100 MHz 2 7 only JK1 E Me 1 5 2 2 South Bridge ESB2 5 4 SCSI CTRL Wo BO SATA5 SATA3 1 7902 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset default Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Fer A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable 5 Fan3 E L 3 Gol Floppy IDE1 320 SCSI Channel A SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual SCSI Controller Enable SCSI Enable Disable Disable X7DB8 X Only Jumper Settings JPA1 Jumper Setting Definition Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or disable Pins 1 2 Enabled the LSI SC
81. hapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 002 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L One 1 2 Port USB cable CBL 0083 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 COM port cable CBL 010L One 1 SCSI cable CBL 034L U320 X7DB8 X only One 1 i O Backplane Shield CSE PTO7L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities CDR X7 One 1 Motherboard User s BIOS Manual One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI User s Manual X7DB8 X only 1 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Contacting Super Micro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Em
82. hapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive SIMLP IPMI and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 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 Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Floppy Connector Pin Definition Pin Definition The floppy connector is located at see 3 Ground 4 Reserved J22 See the table below for pin e 5 6 FDEDIN definitions d Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 18 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable au Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Gro
83. hat it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and
84. he OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 4 13 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X 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 options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multip
85. herboard These headers supportseriallink interfaces for the onboard SATAand SAS connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the location RDC PWR ez MBPS PSE pin PWR Lag Buzzer oy 5 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 A SGPIO1 B SGPIO2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 s 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DB8 E X PW LEDSPK Pal CPU2 LT M 3 E North Bridge 5000P m f U 5190 SIMLP pai 1 6 VGA PCI X 133 MHz Quar South CTRL proc PCI X 100 MHz Bridge PXH ESB2 lota PCI X 100 MHz Slot3 PCI X 133 MHz gt i gt LAN zw KM JPEE J28L 1 CTRL 127 91017 133 MHz 0584 s o EZ WORT pou SCS CTRL Stott COM2 320 SCSI Channel A 1 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only Adaptec 7902 lt EZ SMB Jeg SATAAI SATAS Ils 320 SCSI Channel SATAO SATA1 SATAQ SATA3 ET 2 23 SUPERO X7DB8 X
86. ht for pin definitions Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V VGA Connector A VGA connector J15 is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Fandand 24 Pin ATX PWR Or m PSE pem r A PWR SMB DIMM 4B Bank 4 Fani B VGA DIMM 4A Bank 4 amp M DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 BIOS EH DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 C DIMM 2A Bank 2 Battery J DIMM_1B Bank 1 B DIMM 1A Bank 1 j p SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fanj North Bridge Fan8 5000P SGPIO2 ad SIMLP IPMI PGi 6 1 1016 133 MHz _ CTRL 1 South z z PCI X 100 MHz Bridge PA ES 8 5 is i PCI X 100 MHz Jwp J PLTEZT TT 28 1 E JPL J271 Slow PCI X 133 MHz Ka E 9 5 aon Mor 65 CTRL 2 CIX 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only Adaptec 7902 3 reve EZ era soar Sap scsi Channel 3 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation SGPIO Headers There are two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers J29 J30 located on the mot
87. ifornia USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 1 Release Date July 5 2007 Unless you request and recei
88. ion Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The o
89. lation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink 0 4 SCREW screws from the motherboard in the re qm sequence as show in the picture on the right Lo NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the pic ture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chas sis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis 2 5 SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when ins
90. le virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and 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 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS
91. le of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DB8 X X7DBE X has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http Awww supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before download ing Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS N Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the
92. n Power Con Processor Power Connector m Pins Definition addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply Required Connection See the table on the right for pin onnector definitions Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 and 2 Ground 3 and 4 12V 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V P came Fang rans pwaPs psr erin P Buzzer Ei DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 al Is DIMM 3B Bank 3 see DIMM 3A Bank 3 24 PWR DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2j 8 B 8 pin Processor PWR Battery n IMM 18 Bank 1 E 4 PWR DIMM 1A Bank 1 Cr SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 Fan C m North Bridge on 5000P SGPIO2 Slo SIMLP IPMI an T Te i 56 1 VGA 133 MHz CTRL Qet South PCI X 100 MHz Bridge 1 ESB2 EJ 2f n i PCI X 100 MHz swo lt pee PCI X 133 MHz z LAN E JPL J28L 1 5 CTRL 2271 S Slot PC
93. n be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DB8 X X7DBE X can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supplies Al though most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate In addition the 12V 4 pin power supply is also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports Chapter 1 Introduction NOTE The 12V 8 pin A
94. n on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press Enter 5 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected S E PE MVP eS 5138081385 E H5 HDC HD 486D BRFLA2 69 ACB HDC HD 48GD BHFLR1 HDC HD748GD BBHFLA2 HDC HD 48GD BBFLR1 Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amine rays Toste tray
95. nager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved Volumi RAID Level RAIDI Hinor Disks Select Disks Strip Size N A Capacity 8 8 Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved
96. nd 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 the note on Page C 3 displays Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 4 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines 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 Intel R Matrix Storage Ma
97. nd press lt ENTER gt c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press lt Enter gt The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software a
98. nd Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X7DB8 Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Beta Version x Intel Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel Blackford Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager X7DB8 Series Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals od Browse CD 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 the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual B Configuring Sup
99. nector alakvanan kaka a anda a 2 14 Processor Power Connector 2 14 Universal Serial B Saxi s se i iiri cen ya da bana k n n ne akan b na Wak ak ai ara na b na 2 15 Chassis Intrusion uio etr kan s ka yayi yan Wi avikan N ked n dayan wen i qan an 2 15 FAN 2 16 hire 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Serial POMS SAANEN s n Dan b akan ka da xalk Ka GE Aa 2 17 WakezOH R Ol k W den Aa 2 18 Wake On LAN SM 2 18 GLAN Ethernet Ports ik sc d b n necne taa aka nes ba k W ka kas kk BRA 2 19 Speaker Power LED 2 19 Power Full terere ep DER ayn keya D bb b e etran danen d lawan 2 20 Alarm ReSOL n kak xana n k krna balad ak 2 20 Overheat LED Fan tote y n Ay n Ren NEW 2 21 SMB CONNGClOl Ec 2 21 SMB Power 2 22 COMMECIOF 2 22 SGPIO Headers y serdin Rayi oreet ori rari eee n ba bianina bz anan XA Wen y nan 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings creer teer edem Eee b h a naa da kak na b ar 2
100. noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration Chapter 3 Troubleshooting An examp
101. nt Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 23 SUPERGX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is Supervisor Password Is This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue
102. nual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert Select drives for Configuring elected Drives HDC HD748GD BBFLAI 69 26 HDC HD 486D B8FLf2 59 263 HDC HDT485D B8FLR1 69 20B HDC WD 4HLD HKFLAZ 69 2GB 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives AA 51738981385 74 56 HH SEJEHHTARS 14 568 MZ HDC KI dHED HHELRZ IERI KD71ACI BAFLAI 69 208 AS R 26m 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt D 6 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below Sears n Ren etn Feed we Hoe les WARNING Configuring drives will urite Array Information on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to standard size Do you want to continue this operation Ves No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks
103. o 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 message even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 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 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to
104. oller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend
105. ome 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 When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the 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 4 3 detailed de scriptions are
106. ory Controller Hub the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and two PXH I O subsystems The 5000P MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1 333 GHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to eight Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory of up to 32 0 GB In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing The Xeon Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000P chipset the Xeon dual core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Dual Core Processors L1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Con trol setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change
107. ot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Ini
108. perly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the plastic cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge South Center Edge gold dot Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Corner with a triangle cutout Plastic cap is released from the load plate amp installed 2 3 SUPERG X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening a all four screws 9 Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend N that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Instal
109. ptions are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 4 5 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activa
110. r chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU
111. r gt The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Sears u Run tn Fwd Swe M ce dn Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 88 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Sears u Run tin Fated Uwe em Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138081385 3 05 1 SATA Port 1 HDC WD748GD BBFLR1 27 88027 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD 748CD BFLA2 31 88F31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 48GD BBFLR1 27 88D27 1 5 SATA Port 5 HDC HD748GD BBFLR2 31 B8F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk
112. riority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPERGX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Exit 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 made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 26 Appendix BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixe
113. rrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 4 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below anage firrays reate Array ddzDe lete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Ma
114. rt 80h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced
115. s 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 the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you mustfirst configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installe
116. system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your compute
117. system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the 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 down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press lt Enter gt For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Press lt F10 gt to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Conitroller adds SATA RAID functionality and performance enhanc
118. t D 9 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size 64KI Create RAID Vila No Ini Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable
119. t Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 19 Ground Power LED The Power LED connecition is located Power LED on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the Pin Definitions JF1 table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 15 5V Ground FendFsni IT 24Pin atx Pwr PSF PWR Groun NMI DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 xX x DIMM 3B Bank 3 Sevr DIMM 3A Bank 3 x DIMM 28 Bank 2 x Power LED Vec DIMM 2A Bank 2 8 DIMM 18 Bank 1 HDD LED Vcc DIMM Bank 1 E SUPER X7DB8 E X E NIC1 LED Vcc 5 North Bdge i NIC2 LED Vcc SIST H EPa scor up uuu LED A ESB2 5 PWR Fail LED Vcc EN NETTE jd ae Ground Reset gt Reset Button
120. talling or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at_a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A and so on See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DB8 X X7DBE X supports up to 16 GB 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will increase memory performance Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations 1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 2A _ 0 4 DIMMs 2A 4A 6 DIMMs 1 1 2 2 4A____
121. ted If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features 4 7 SUPEROX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual 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 t
122. ter 2 Installation Ultra320 SCSI Drive Connector Ultra 320 SCSI Pin Definitions Con nectors Pin Definition Pin Definition X7DB8 X only 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 TherearetwoSCSI connectors 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 on the motherboard SCSI 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 Channel A is located at JA1 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 and SCSI Channel B is located 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 at JA2 Refer to the table LL 7 DB 1 41 1 below for the pin definitions of the Ultra 320 SCSI t A and J 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 55 ATN 22 Ground 56 Ground 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK A SCSI Channel A 25 RST 59 RST B SCSI Channel 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 l O 64 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 HH 8 DB 10 67 DB 10 a n 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 q ool SUPER X7DB8 E X 0
123. that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete je lect drives to create firray lected Dr ives 81 HDC HD 4BBD BBFLf 1 09 060 82 HDC HD 4B8GD BBFLA2 69 BCB 83 HDC HD 4BGD BBFLRI 69 068 i HDC JIYE THIRD Jl Raya 64 AGE 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays Select drives to create Array Selected Drives 8981385 88 5138881385 74 WDC 83 WDC HD74HCD HBHFLA T 59 BCB Bt WDC HD74AGED PAFLAZ 69 D 8 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter
124. the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select c Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 OS a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose the 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 pres
125. the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DB8 X E the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are
126. this setting Default Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DB8 X X7DBE X All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPU Core HT Voltage Memory Voltage Chipset Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12 3 3V Standby 5V Standby and VBATT An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction
127. tialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 Appendix D and Appendix E for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RA
128. to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 21 SUPERGX7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL 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 Eve
129. to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DB8 X X7DBE X is ideal for high performance dual processor DP enterprise server workstation environments This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation A
130. type cables Power LED Speaker This port accepts RJ45 On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions speaker use with an external speaker wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Note The speaker connector pins are for If you GLAN1 Speaker Connector GLAN2 Pin Setting Pins 6 7 Pins 4 7 Fans 24 Pin ewr pin PWR Buzzer Lag DIMM 4B Bank 4 Fani DIMM 4A Bank 4 E a DIMM 3B Bank 3 ceui BIOS E DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Battery DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 li SUPER X7DB8 E X 5 CPU2 3 H North Bridge Fana 5000P SGPIO2 SIMLP IPMI 6 1 1016 VGA 133 MHz N Quer South Ez CTRL PCI X 100 MHz Bridge mE ESB2 E E EE 100 MHz JPA2 lt Kan PCI X 133 MHz LAN J28L 1 JPL 227 E SlotZ PCI X 133 MHz PXH Usg4 510 a Coywort Wog SCS CTRL A t1 N Ot PCLX 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only Adaptec 7902 5 JK EATR EATE gt EZ
131. uire board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably
132. und 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette uu 24 Pin ATX PWR esu PSF Epin PWR DIMM 4B Bank 4 Floppy Disk usean DIMM 4A Bank 4 X DIMM 3B Bank 3 com B10 DIMM 3A Bank 3 Ed DIMM 2B Bank 2 E DIMM 2A Bank 2 8 attery 1B Bank 1 1A Bank 1 fel SUPER X7DB8 E X B A B North Bridge 51907 SIMLP 2 GPG VGA ee PCI X 133 MHz pos PCI X 100 MHz Gan Bridge T PCI X 100 MHz T 3 lt LAN mE MHz Han PCI X 133 MHz PXH 84 a slo wort SCS CTRL 100 MHz ZCR X7DB8 only Adaptec 7902 8 SE gr pat Tagg SESI Channel SATAO SATAI SATA2 SATAS E I SUPERO X7DB8 X X7DBE X User s Manual IDE Connector IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There is one IDE Connector JIDE1 pint Definition Pin Definition on motherboard See the table on Reset IDE 2 Ground the right for pin definitions 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 18 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 21 DRQ3 22 23 Write 24 SIMLP IPMI Slot 25 Read 26 Ground There is a SIM Low Profile IPMI Slot 27
133. ux Power Connector is also required to support Intel 64 bit CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt
134. ve written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X motherboard The SUPER X7DB8 X X7DBE X supports dual Intel Xeon 64 bit dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 1066 667 MHz With dual Xeon 64 bit dual core processors the 5000P chipset and eight DDR2 667 533 memory modules built in the X7DB8 X X7DBE X offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the dual core NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the 32 bit based software Key features include the Intel Hyper Threading Technol ogy Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard

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