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1. Jumpers Connector i Pins To modify the operation of the eel motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between A Jumper optional settings Jumpers oap create shorts between two pins 3 2 1 to change the or me Seite BA connector Pin 1 is identified Pin 1 2 short 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 GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 enables or disable the GLAN JPL1 port on the motherboard See the sumpa osition Definition table on the right for jumper set Pins 1 2 Enabled A Pins 2 3 Disabled tings The default setting is en ms abled 8 GLAN Enable Audio 22 Enable x16 PCI EX ad 002001 PCI 5 33MF USB4 GLAN x4 PCI EXP CTR PCIX 3 13 PCIX 2 10 PCIX 1 10 WORcaJWOR WOL JWOL 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation Power Supply Alarm Enable Disable Power Supply Alarm Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP14 The system can notify you in the Jumper t of ly fail Position Definition event of a power supply failure
2. board Audio please enable the Jumper Settings JPC1 F Jumper Jumper JPC1 See the table on right Position Definition Oai 1 2 Enabled for pin definitions 23 Disabled 12V 8 SMB pinPW 15 a PWR SMB Di Er DIN PW ag DIN f Fault DIN 97 Audio COM2 Audio c 1 uwy AN nable Line lice Luc Mic Audio ot Enable x16 PCI 002001 PCI 5 3 USE x4 PCIE Chapter 2 Installation Keylock The keyboard lock connection is lo Utilizing this header cated on JK1 allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Serial Ports Keylock JK1 Jumper Position Definition 1 Ground 2 Keylock R N Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2
3. 1 10 124 st 1 10 ib AGP 1 11 126 Power SUPPIY 1 13 127 Super WO wife di ohare a GMA 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions ve Unpacking sert sie die ast eaccesaeusc cotton ac eees fess teven ssteas denies 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 229 Installing DIMMS eee Terr EEANN 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel 6 015 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 9 ATX Power COnnNeClO henner 2 9 Processor Power Connector 2 9 NM BOO Misono
4. 2 15 Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring Wake on Ring Pin Definitions The Wake On Ring header is des JWOR1 ignated JWOR1 This function al Pin r Number Definition lows your computer to receive 1 Ground and wake up by an incoming call 2 Wake up to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Pin The Wake On LAN header is lo Definitions JWOL cated at JWOL on the mother Pin N Number Definition board See the table on the right T 5V Standby for pin definitions You must also 3 have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature peut JA1 SCSI Ch A Term JPA SMBus FPUSB 6 7 BUPA3 Ses JD2 Sap Term SESE Ch Bag if 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Port A G bit Ethernet port is located beside the COM2 port on the IO backplane This port accepts RJF1 type cables two GLAN ports for the X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 one GLAN port for the X6DA8 G X6DAE G Power LED Speaker
5. Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition The COM1 J3 and COM2 J4 se cD 6 DSR 2 RD T RTS rial ports are located under the 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI parallel port see Figure 2 3 See 5 Ground 10 NC the table on the right for pin defini tions COM1 2 Ports Keylock 12V 8 pw smg 4 piqn ATX PWR E 5 an ans re J1B4 Ree Fany 424 a 101 S 2 Sse Pw pw nae a DIMM 1B Banks Fault DIMM 1A Bank 1 COM DIMM 2B Bank 2 PU1 al DIMM 2A Bank 2 g Je z DIMM 3B Bank 3 5S EIA a DIMM 3A Bank 3 u J DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 z COM 1 rae CAN g z a a PLL aS lela E I ELN a Tumwater Tisas 2 CPU a ZERI z 5 l jez tins Out NorthBridge Sz XJ4F uc Mic Cha Intru z Audio Enable ab ale x16 PCI EXP 6 ZIS 02601 Clear 20 _IPMI 2 0 S fu fu PCI 5 33MHz South cmos EIS S USB4 5 __ND3 Bridge 2 GLAN x4 PCI EXP 4 z wD BIOS J493 ctrl BIOS Debug WZ7 JWD SCSI CTRL JP8 m ebug Enable lt JPL1 PCIX 3 133MHz JPA1 2 7902 GLAN f PCix 2 100MHz PXH scsI a Enable CTRL JAJ PCIX 1 100MHz 20 Ba EER M Term WORT AIWOR SMBus FPUSB 6 7 ScSIChBUPAS WOE pwoe D2 S Term SCSI Ch Bad 6 2 21 Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of
6. m NOCONA PROCESSOR 1 81813 VRM 4000 PROCESSOR 2 0000 1 PCI X SLor1 112 3 E 1 PCI X SLOT2 4 N 113 N v 52118 scsi 82 PCI X BUS 100 MHZ 7902 i PCI X BUS 100 MHZ PXH AO ORRE PSU EAE 1 PCI X a 4 DOR II 400 A an 1 PCI EXP x4 NCH SLOT4 Gbit LAN 1 PCI EXP J17 DORI 400 SLOT 6 PCI EXP B C X16 m N 4 por 1 400 J15 DI Ms 1DE UDM 100 u PRI SEC q PCI BUS 32 BI T PCI 32 BIT jom SLOT 5 SATA SATA ___s CHER J19 0 1 AC 97 USB PORT USB LPC BUS 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 HW Monitor LPC BMC CON FVH KB FDD SER 1 PARALLEL i SER 2 PORT Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7525 Tumwater 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 E7525 Tumwater chipset the X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 motherboard pro vides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based computer systems with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The Intel E7525 Tumwater chipset consists of the following components the E7525 Tumwater Memory Controller Hub MCH the 1 O Controller Hub
7. Fak Will ties n ehil wade VARIRA a a il carior i telect option 1 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below 1 Coo iguration Wahi iky Disk Wel li ties Arrow hays a move certor Eabar be select oplion Esch to asit ested 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below Part H Fart amp SATA Part ef iris present at AUST are displayed Cela SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility Configuration Biility For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Ada
8. 2 27 GLAN LEDs 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 28 Parallel Porm Connect 2 28 FIOPPY CONNE CON oessoed adriana uae 2 29 IDE COMMOCCIONS aereo aae ra tener aAA 2 29 SCSI NANA 2 30 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power Ontsd ai nites 3 1 No Power No Video MG IM GROSS 3 2 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Losing the System s Setup 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures cscs deve 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked 0 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 5 06 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 42 RUNNING teat 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS SetUp 4 2 4
9. inber 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 feature allows the BIOS to automatically display the date when the present BIOS was built This is used to identify the release version of the current BIOS SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the funciton of IDE Channels The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the funciton of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If Disabled no drivers are needed Native Mode Operation This option allows the user to select the Native Mode for ATA Some Operating Systems are not supported by the Native Mode The opti
10. Power LED st HDD 61 10 2160 EE IEEE EAEE 2 11 Ov rh at LED 2 12 Power Fail LED 2 2 aiani 2 12 Reset BUOM risane nr er N 2 13 Power ButtOlr snccccsen iene E Oa ER Eaa ENE ENEE 2 13 Table of Contents 025515 MUUSIOM 2 14 2 14 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 6 1 2 15 Fan Headers Wake OMRING vacua eave 2 16 Wake On LAN 2 16 GLAN Ethernet 2 17 Power LED Speaker Header 01 2 17 Power Fault epee der escciy decd a
11. 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes Screw 1 Screw 2 are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 2 2 3 Chapter 2 Installation To Un install the Heatsink Caution We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed How ever if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW NO 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old ther mal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the sur face before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 1 PGA604 Socket Empty a
12. 4 Scroll down to the next item SATA RAID Enable select Enabled and press lt Enter gt 5 Tap the lt Esc gt key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 7 During the system startup press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt A gt keys simulta neously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility B 2 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCl to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simulta neously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if a single hard disk fails Due to the built in functionality the X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data acc
13. NC No Connections 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Activity LED LED Color Definition Green 10Mb Blinking 100Mb 1Gb X6DA8 E G Left Right 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator Activity LED LED Color Definition Amber 10Mb Blinking 100Mb 1Gb X6DAE G2 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Link LED LED GLAN LED Color Definition ive Off 10Mb or NC pw sme PInPW Green 100 Mb ATX PWR 324 1107 an fels 2 Jibs Poe FAN7 N z Amber 1Gb 2 PW E Banka e EN NC No Connections 234 DIMM 1A Bank 1 COMA INM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 g 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 bo a Use DIMM 3A Bank 3 gu ac DIMM 45 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 is PN 4 ru Si 6 AN z305 e Tumwater Se t 5 cpu2 ra EEE elec 28 002 NorthBridge 5 lt Line XJ4F1 uc Me i _ cha JK1 ge meen 3 Audio kiok f Enable an gt lo lg x16 PCI EXP 6 _ als EDAD aik IPMI 2 0 S f fu PCI 5 33MHZ South
14. On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 for a power LED and pins 4 7 are Pin l Number Function Definition for the speaker See the table on 4 Red wire Speaker data 7 PA 5 Key No connection the right for speaker pin defini 6 Key tions Note The speaker connec 7 Speaker data tor pins are for use with an exter nal speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper T2V 8 pw smg apn ATX PWR UPH JZ4 5 an Fans 5 41064 Force FAN7 101 5 019 PW 3 x 2055 0 DIMM 1B Bank 1 ae F M234 DIMM 1A Bank 1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 CPU1 H DIMM 2A Bank 2 Ea 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 lon Us DIMM 3A Bank 3 2 5A 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 U DIMM 4A Bank 4 oO Te 54 5 bay TEE 2E A a Tumwater z CPU2 v5 Ne Tings iut NorthBridge 4 sotie Cha tr rea Power LED Speaker Chapter 2 Installation Power Fault Connect a cable from your power suppl
15. ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controllers BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt key simultaneously and the main menu will appear B 3 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual BALD Coat igeration Mility F Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an e
16. ICH5R and the PCI X Hub PXH The E7525 Tumwater MCH supports single or dual Nocona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of up to 800 MHz Note Its memory controller pro vides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR333 or DDR2 400 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 2 67 GB s DDR 333 or 3 2 GB s DDR2 400 per channel The E7525 Tumwater also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial I O interface for supe rior I O bandwidth The MCH provides configurable x16 PCI Express inter faces which may alternatively be configured as two independent x8 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Express Interface Specification Rev 1 08 such 85 82546GB GLAN Adaptor the Dobson O processor H W RAID controllers and TCP IP Off load engines The MCH interfaces with the ICH5R ICH I O Controller Hub via HI 1 5 Hub Interface The PXH can be configured to support for 32 or 64 bit PCI devices running at 33 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz and 133 MHz ICH5R System Features In addition to providing the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system the ICH5R 1 O Controller Hub integrates many 1 6 functions The ICH5 I O Controller Hub integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Mas ter IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host w RAIDO RAID1 support SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 2 Interface and Sys
17. case Sopa nena aes Overheat 1180 SMB PWR AC 97 Audio Ke aair Serial POMS 2 6 JUMPEr SENINGS Explanation Of JUMPE 2 22 5 2 22 Power Supply Alarm 864 2 23 CMOS Gle 2 24 Watch Dog Enable sissisodan 2 24 SCS Control EMA Cieccescsoc ETE PS EERE 2 25 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 25 ABES E ES 2 26 2 7 81112101 102 1119 1221 9 2 e
18. is lt tome Xa Ch a sea _I intru cy 9 J z Audio Klokk Enable g m x16 PCI EXP 6 Fan a Paps yer claar 020 IPMI 2 0 S fiu f PCI 5 33MHz South cmos z jeje r BIOS Jas GLAN x4 P B Ws CTR BIOS Debug W27 Jwo Sesh orn Pe r gt _PCIX 3 133MHz PA z E 7902 GLAN PCIX 2 100MHZ PXH scsi fal Enable CTRL 2 feat JAA Batty 5000110012 ZCR SCE ChA Term 5 WOR mJWOR KOJ Lenn Ben woL wot SCSI Ch BJA 2 19 Chapter 2 Installation SMB Power I C Connector l2C Connector J24 located be tween the PWR ForceOn Header and the PWR Fault header moni tors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature AC 97 Output amp Audio Enable AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 features 6 channel sound for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speak ers This feature is activated with the Advanced software on the CD ROM included with your mother board Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right To activate the On SMB PWR Pin Definitions J24 Pin Definition Clock Data N A N A N A APUN Blue Line In surround sound L R Green Line Out Front L R Pink MIC In Center subwoofer AC97 Enable Disable
19. tem Management Controller Notes The CPU FSB speed is set at 800 MHz by the Manufacturer 1 9 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Boot Features to change this setting The default setting is Al ways On 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard 4 pin CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the power manage ment functions The t
20. 1 Greceful power control keter IE aber a ay i ara By 22 re peace oe peed ea H peel fe ric ech or thes dew io camer the ache Keep Sporo 211 armo Doses 1 on Pride TCA Power control Note SD IIl Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II B 22
21. BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the video on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 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 move among the different setup screens Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu or a submenu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Press lt gt and lt gt keys to change the value of a setting Items that use submenus are indicated with the B icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Date UA lute AD Enter selectis Fleld leany Disketbe Ai 1 41 AB Faral lel ATA Daik Sorial AT le SA MID Disabled Maija Fade Operation bated IIE Chane 2 Baskin Mares FIDE Gamol Shaun one LOE Mammal e DE Slapp 1 b tanne OE Channel J Raster
22. DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 31 9 64 1 0 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 LI pos me SCSI CTRL JP8 JPA1 Enable 7902 8 6 SCSI a CTRL 8 JA SCSI Ch A 7 oT EA Te 2 SNN Term Acsi Ch Byad 2 30 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 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 exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumpe
23. IE eas Chassis JEg 101 Hss PIVA Intrusion z DIMM 4 ea Z DIMM 4A Fault 4 2 AN al LAN Je i Line_In Za Elga 02 Line_Out Sn g Mi ou ict 15 S Z Q Audio D om Enable 6 x16 PCI EXP 6 aE D 002001 o S Qu DS PCI 5 33MHz __ eo lt GLAN CTRU GLAN PCIX 2 100MH 73 lalale Enable _ a t SS opm fw JY _PCIX 1 100MH oe gjaja WOR caJWOR SCSICh BJPA3 WOL UWOL Term SCSI C 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at J9 See the table on the right for pin defini tions the keyboard port on the right for pin definitions Fan Headers The mouse port is above See the table There are eight fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 8 on the X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 See the table on the right for pin definitions Note These fan headers are 4 pin fans Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans Keyboard 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU and Chassis Fans PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J9 Pin Number Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Pin Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer 4 PWR_Conitrol Caution These
24. Phoenix BIOS 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 23 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Notes 4 24 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 continuous long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03 Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST value
25. Pin Definitions J1B4 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition ATX Power Connector T 15 COM 3 COM There are a 24 pin main power 16 PS_ON 4 5V nn 17 COM 5 COM supply connector PW1 J1B4 and i8 CN 6 ay a 4 pin CPU PWR connector J32 19 COM 7 COM _ 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK on the board These power con 21 45V 9 5VSB nectors meet the SSI EPS 12V 22 5V 10 12V boat aah 23 5V 11 12V specification You can also use a 24 COM 12 43 3V 20 pin PWR supply however the 12V 4 pin 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required al to ensure sufficient power supply Required See the table on the right for pin Connection Definition definitions For CPU PWR J1D1 3 amp 4 4123 please refer to the item listed be low Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12v PU 8 Pin PWR 8 pin Processor connector at J1D1 Corneto IDA must also be connected to your i Pins_ Definition y Required 1 thru 4 Ground power supply See the table on Connection Sthru8 12v the right for pin definitions 8 pin PWR 4 pinPWR 24 pin PWR 12 8 pw PinPW E ant Fang S Pu ei pan SSS f 219 PW PW z USB 01 DIMM Ze 1 Fault f Chapter 2 Installation NMI Button NMI Button Pin The non maskable interrupt button pofinition
26. cmos amp 2 jA USB4 5 03 Bridge wp GLAN x4 PCI EXP 4 a BIO tee Jal 3 IcTRU ebug 27 JWOD H SCSI CTRL rall PCIX 3 133MHz JPAL x 7902 GLAN PORIE Z PXH scsi Z Enable CTRL S PCIX 1 100MHz 20 JA 7 _ scsi chA erm JPA WOR caJWOR a SMBus FPUSB 6 7 ggg SCSiCn aga I WoL WOL UD2 SNM Term SCSI Ch Bad 6 2 27 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables e 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 Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is lo cated on J23 See the table on the right for pin definitions Parallel Port Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions 2 28 J23 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0
27. information on BIOS POST messages Appendix B provides software and the OS installation instructions SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual wesscsevecesshecccacdeeveseesstes cates ptecees teev ash eh aceae en E ili Manual Organization wis andere aati iii Chapter 1 Introduction 121 OVErViEW 1 1 CHECKIIS lve ea 1 1 Contacting Supermicro 1 2 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Image wee 1 3 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Layoult 1 4 QUICK REFERENCE vate eeeee nett 1 5 Motherboard Features 1 6 Intel Tumwater Chipset System Block Diagram wie 18 1 2 Chipset OVEIViGW Aj 1 9 152 Special Features sic
28. is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 1B and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 supports up to 16 GB of Reg ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 memory The X6DA8 G X6DAE G supports up to 32 GB of Regis tered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 memory The motherboard sup ports up to 32GB for PC2100 16 GB for PC 2700 All motherboards were designed to support 4 GB modules in each slot but has only been verified for up to 2 GB modules For DDR333 Maximum of 4 double banked memory modules or maximum of 6 single banked memory modules are supported Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module ee vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention Note Notch to the should align P with the ali gnme nt receptive point notch at the on the slot bottom 2 6 Notch Chapter 2 Installation To Remove Use your thumbs Top View of DDR Slot to gently push near the edge of Jl both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Release Tab 2 4 OPorts Cont
29. log validity Event Log Capacity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log capacity View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address Specifies to redirect the console to On board COM A or On board COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type Choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control Choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection Select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The op
30. modules It is strongly recom mended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Please refer to Chapter 2 for instructions on memory support Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Note There is no BIOS Recovery SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual function available for the motherboard Should a problem occur after you flash the BIOS you will need to change the BIOS chip Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before 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 manufactu
31. proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifi cations required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power Note the 12V 8 pin power connector J1D1 is required for CPU power consumption and an additional 12V 4 pin power connection J32 is also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power sup ply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specifi cation 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmis sion 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 selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly redu
32. same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the system memory above 1MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from L1 L2 L3 Cache area inside the CPU 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 PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Enabled and Disabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the caability to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled 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 PCIX 1 2 SCSI This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCIX 3 G LAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS gt PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot 1 PCI X 100MHz Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI E X4 Slot 4 PCl 33MHz Slot 5
33. speed of the installed processor Hyper threading This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Machine Checking This setting allows you to enable or disable Machine Checking When set to Enabled the OS will debug the system during system reset after a system crash The options are Disabled or Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch 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 4 13 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock input This setting allows you to set the clock frequency for the Keyboard Clock The options are 6MHz 8MHz and 12 MHz Onboard COM1 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Onboard COM2 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Contro
34. through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support fags before con tacting 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 infor mation when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that sup port registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM modules However the X6DA8 G X6DAE 8 has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM
35. 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server 5 4 pin Workstation You can connfigure the desired Fan Speed Control Settings for the following fans Fan 1 to Fan 6 chassis fans Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 Fan 8 CPU Fan2 The voltage status of the following items will be displayed Vcore A Vcore B P3V3 P5V N12V P12V VDD P5Vsb 4 18 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section User Pammord 1a Clear Supers isor Password controls access to the ster Bei liser Paruig Ester whi ity Pisal disk bent secter Password bt Supervisor Password Is This displays whether 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 displays whether 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 4 19 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Set Supervisor Password When t
36. 4 Advanced 4 7 4 5 Security 5 2 4 19 4 6 8000 4 21 ge ihe dedi redid 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Message Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged 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 in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing contact your retailer All included with Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 SCSI U320 cable X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 One 1 SATA cable One 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User
37. 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC N an6 Fan5 949 ys 12 3 jad MI DIMM 2B DIMM 2A mE DIMM 3B Bu C DMM3A oo DIMM 4B DIMM 4A Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J8 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located 1 GND 2 FDHDIN on JP8 See the table below for 3 GND 4 Reserved oe 5 Key 6 FDEDIN pin definitions 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Conn r Pin Definitions IDE Connectors J3 J4 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function i 1 Reset IDE 2 GND There are no ta 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 configure the onboard IDE 1 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host D
38. 4 and 14005 Ultra DMA Mode Cycle Time Maximum Transfer Nanoseconds Rate MB s Mode3 f _ 444 Mode4 1600 J667 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 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Tien Specific Help Henory Cachi PEI Conf ipir t inn fduaered Chipset Control fduasred Processor Opi bes LI bulice Coefiigoration P Logg iey b anle Redirect ten Heel bor Select foot feetores Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at norma
39. 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost B 8 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below RAID brrey Siripe Apri Sige 990 4H Sirips dice tiD Create SALI ola fo lali dene Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new driv
40. A8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Motherboard KB Layout not drawn to scale 12V 8 pw smg PinPW FATX PWR UPR J24 111101 an Fans J1B4 Force FAN a z 949 PW PW USB 0 DIMM 15 Bank 1 z Fault 2 3 M S ja DIMM 1A Bank 1 COMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 CPU1 al DIMM 2A Bank 2 g g 5 DIMM 3B Bank 3 0920 Us DIMM 3A Bank 3 ae eo eo DIMM 4B Bank 4 2 DIMM 4A Bank 4 001 2 7 bas pu LAN Sr TIL FJLAN Tumwater s CPU2 E EE m Line_In to E NorthBridge S ied 02 iLine_Out XJ4F ea uc PLL Select Cha X8DA8 E G agi pect 5 com E Audio 22 Keylock Enable Fan8 ala fo x16 PCI EXP 6 J20 P a aa ae IPMI 2 0 Eleal PCI 5 33MHz South cmos Bridge USB4 5
41. AE G 00860 333MHz Connector ATX PWR J1B4 12V PWR J1D1 J32 Description Primary 24 pin ATX PWR Connector 12V 8 pin PWR 12V 4 pin CPU PWR Connectors COM1 J6 COM2 J39 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors FAN 1 8 DIMM 1A 4B GLAN1 GLAN2 IDE1 J3 IDE2 J4 J9 J20 J22 J23 J24 JA1 JA2 JBT1 JD1 JF1 JK1 JL1 JOH1 JP8 JP12 JP14 PCIX 1 2 3 J12 J14 PCI 5 J19 PCI Express 4 6 SATA0 1 JWOL JWOR1 USB 0 3 J40 CPU Fan1 CPU Fan2 Chassis Fans Headers Memory RAM Slots 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B G bit Ethernet Ports G bit Ethernet Ports X6DA8 G2 DAE G2 only IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors Keyboard Mouse IPMI 2 0 Connector System Management Bus Connector Parallel Printer Port PWR System Management Bus Ultra 320 SCSI Channel A Channel B X6DA8 G G2 CMOS Clear JBT1 is a pad See Chapter 2 PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins 4 7 Front Panel Control Keylock Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Floppy Disk Drive Connector Power Fault Connector PWR Fail Alarm Reset PCIX 100MHz ZCR PCIX 100MHz PCIX 133MHzslots PCI 33 MHz slot x4 x16 PCI Express slots Serial ATAO Serial ATA1 Headers Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports USB 4 5 6 7 JD3 JD2 Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers 1 5 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU e Single or dual Intel 604 pin 64 bit 32 b
42. Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that_you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink Installing Retention Brackets H ink CPU Retention Plates are pre eatsin installed Pictures shown on right Mounting Holes are for reference only Xeon CPU gt CPU E gt CPU Retention A Bracket oon ounting Chassis Holes back plane Heatsink CPU Socke Motherboar Chassis back plane Standoffs CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 first Socket lever 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used Pin 1 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CPU is securely installed in the CPU socket Socket lever in the locking Position Heatsink Installation Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal compound to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied
43. Controller Enable Disable ForX6DA8 G SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings X6DA8 G2 only JPA1 Jumper PO Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable Pins 12 Enabled or disable the SCSI headers The Pins 29 Disabled default setting is pins 1 2 to enable all four headers See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable SCSI Channel Termination Disable ForX6DA8 G Enable Disable i Jumper Settings X6DA8 G2 only JPA2 JPA3 Jumper Jumpers JPA2 and JPA3 allow you Position _ Definition Open Enabled to enable or disable termination for Closed Disabled the SCSI connectors Jumper JPA2 controls SCSI channel A and JPA3 is for SCSI channel B The default setting is open to enable terminate both SCSI channels Note In or der for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting set by the manufac turer See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Juni a Keylock SCSI ChA B an8 N ala le Term Enable 20 IPMI 2 0 2 j2 94103 50810 908 lt x c a n JA1 gt l 2 25 Cha
44. LED OH NIC1 LED Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 At tach 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 configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 13 Reset Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Connector Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 1 PW_ON 2 Ground Ground x Power LED O HDD LED 1101 LED NIC2 LED Overheat LED e Power Fail LED Cae Reset Butt 2 Pwr Power Power Button Re
45. MB on your system Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to con nect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating This LED will SMB Header Pin Definitions J22 Pin Number Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection Table 2 15 Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Number Definition 1 OH Active 2 Ground Overheat Fan Fail Overheat LED blink to indicate a fan failure Re LED fer to the table on right for pin State v tja Message definitions Solid Overheat Blink Fan Fail 12V 8 pw smg PInPW pm ATX PWR HPF 924 lt S an6 Fans SLPWR 4184 Force FANT z 919 PW PW fd DIMM TE Bank 1 miyi EUR 2 3 z aul J4 DIMM TA Bank 1 com DIMM 2B Bank 2 01 al f DIMM 2A Bank 2 g z DIMM 3B Bank 3 5 SE a Us DIMM 3A Bank 3 ae DIMM 4B Bank 4 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 com 7 ME a IE Lan Tumwater PLL 2994 Line_in Select X CPU2 RE Luce lins out NorthBridge
46. Open Disabled This feature assumes that three Closed __ Enabled power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JP14 to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin definitions pw smg PINPW TX PWR HP J24 811101 J1B4 Force FAN7 z PW lt Bank 1 a Bank2 CPU1 al Bank 2 g Bank3 52000 Bank 3 LY Bank 4 Bank 4 z T Ss put Ss Re Tumwater Select x CPU2 P S NorthBridge 4 XJ4F1 a rte JK1 S 11 PW Alarm Reset 2 23 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the sys
47. PCI E X16 Slot 6 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high prioity high throughout device may benefit from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 000 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 settiing and try again Different OS requires 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 Novellle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode If enabled this feature sets the device specified to comply with the PCI Express Compliance 1 0 Mode The options are Disabled and Enabled SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option to enable Memory RAS Reliability Availability Serviceability Fe
48. SUPER SUPER X6DA8 G SUPER X6DAE G SUPER X6DA8 G2 SUPER X6DAE G2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County
49. ary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 8 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for the 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 the 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 of Block 0 512K to be cached written into the system memory or into L1 L2 L8 cache area 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 system memory and into L1 L2 L3 cache area of the CPU at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being cached i
50. ata 5 8 Host Data 10 and 2 connectors at J3 9 Host Data4 10 Host Data 11 j 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 and J4 respectively See 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 the table on the right for pin 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 ere 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 definitions 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 100816 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND Cha Intru Floppy K1 52 yipek IDE an8 g pa MI 2 0 far aje 3103 scsi J le lt c 102 CSI 22 TRL 9 JA1 SI Ch A m UPA 3ICh BJPA3 m 808 Ch Bjad 2 29 Chapter 2 Installation Ultra320 SCSI Connectors X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 Only Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors located at JA1 JA2 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1 and JA2 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45
51. ature Control The Options are Standard Sparing and Mirroring Select Sparing RAID 0 to increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to two drives Select Mirroring RAID 1 to increase data protection by writing identical data on two drives Clock Spectrum Feature Enabled BIOS will sensor and attempt to reduce the Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components The options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select this option to increase the integrity and accuracy of Data stored in DRAM The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto Algorithms and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt SERR System Error Signal Condition This setting specifies the conditions required to be qualified as an ECC error The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable all functions for the USB devices specified Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the
52. ble array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array B 10 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order 1 rebuild a RAID RAID O or RAID 1 you would need to add_a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press lt Insert gt and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Me
53. ces 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 one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage el
54. comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests 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 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 Depressing 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 re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress 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 WOR Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Chapter 1 Introduction 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for
55. cons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at atime After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility Intel LDCM and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site B 20 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information B 21 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Ls
56. e Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis compares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive B 9 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable 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 boota
57. e beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS Ifthe BIOS detects error 26 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously AS SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Notes Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard B 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 from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA a
58. e connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a pre determined HDD type Select CD ROM if a CD ROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfers Select the number of transfer sectors The options are Disabled 2 4 6 8 and 16 Sectors SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual LBA Large Block Addressing Mode Control If set to enabled this feature allows a PC computer to access hard disk drives larger than 528MB The options are Disabled and Enabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit datea transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast 101 Fast 102 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Direct Memory Access Mode This feature allows the user to select Ultra DMA Modes DMA Modes allow peripheral devices such as souond cards floppy disks transfer data directly to and from memory without going through the CPU With double transition clocking UDMA Ultra DMA allows data to be transferred on both the rising and the falling edges of the clock doubling data throughput for any given clock speed The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Please refer to the table below for detailed infomation Selects Ultra DM A Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode
59. ectronic components To pre vent 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 e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard e Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation 2 2 Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT
60. elow Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select tives to 164 aa Hi PMA Laas 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown on the next page Appendix B Software Installation Instructions a lecied Ir H 468 6 W aan Bi MIE Sarat Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are dis played on the screen RAID O or RAID 1 requires two drives B 7 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual 1 HAID Mirror irra Size Str ige Size Create BAT vla 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and
61. essibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 offers the user with the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previ ous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility
62. fan headers use DC power Mouse Fan 7 Fan 6 Fan 5 12V 8 An PW SMB ATX PWR JE J24 CaN E E fan Fan 1 209 PW PW Bank 1 J a A 3 28 54 DIMM 7A Bank 1 R of DIMM 2 Bank 2 cPu1 al l DIMM 2A Bank 2 gH 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 55E ka Us DIMM 3A Bank 3 a eel I DIMM 45 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Fan 2 Coma i 538 LAN peu z FEE ee JAN Tumwater Ss E E ine_In Select _ gpa aa Sz sc liine out NorthBridge Fe an 3 Mic Cha C tru prey 2 KA 2 Audio 5 Enable F inet lew x16 PCI EXP 6 z aT Fan 8 ne IPMI 2 0 Su us PCI 5 33MHZ South cmos 0854501083 Bridge i h GLAN x4 PCI EXP 4 SWD B cTRU BIOS Debug B27 g TH SCSI Pe fal PCIX 3 133MH ae amp JPL1 7902 GLAN pCIx 2 100MHz PXH SCSI 5 Enable CTRL 8 ean 2 PCIX 1 100MHz 20 SCSI Ch A Er ma WOR caJWOR SMBus FPUSB 6 7 SeSi Fan 4 WoL woL SEKR D2 Term SCSI Ch BAA
63. he item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 20 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Tien Specific Help CHR Hard Drive Beis to uber or coef igure devices Ester expands or pol lapses devices with a or SCtri Enter expands all
64. hermal fan is controlled by the overheat detection logic Environmental Temperature Control via Supero Doctorill The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal control fan to prevent any overheat 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat CPU Overheat 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 tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert via Supero Doctorill This feature is available when used with Intel s LANDesk Client Manager optional LDCM is used to notify the user of certain system events For exam
65. in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2005 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 motherboard The SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 supports single or dual Intel Xeon Nocona processors at a 800 MHz front side bus Based upon Intel s NetBurst microarchitecture with EM64T support the Nocona processor supports the IA 32 software and includes features found in the Xeon processor such as Hyper Pipelined Technology which includes a multi stage pipeline allowing the processor to operate at much higher core frequencies Packaged in a 604 pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array FC mPGA4 platform in a Zero Insertion F
66. it Nocona processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed Notes CPU FSB speed is set by Manufacturer Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www supermicro com TechSupport htm Memory e Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 only e Eight 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB Registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM 16 GB for PC2700 32GB for PC2100 X6DA8 G X6DAE G only Notes 1 Memory size is set via BIOS 2 Interleaved memory requires memory modules to be installed in pairs See Section 2 3 for details Chipset e Intel E7525 Tumwater chipset Expansion Slots e One PCl e slot x16 4GB sec e One PCl e slot x4 2GB sec e Three 64 bit PCI X slots One 64 bit PCI X 133 slot one PCI X 100 slot One PCI X 100MHz ZCR One 32 bit 33MHz PCI slot w PCI Graphic Card support BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix BIOS ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3 3V standby e Fan status monitor by Thermal Management via BIOS e CPU chassis temperature monitors e Environmental temperature monitor via Supero Doctor e CPU fan auto off in sleep mode e CPU slow down on temperature overheat e CPU thermal trip support for process
67. l speed Quiet Boot When Enabled the system will switch to the graphic mode and display OEM s logo during boot up The system will automatically switch to the text mode if an error occurs The settings are Enabled and Disabled SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No ACPI Sleep Mode Selects the sleep mode for ACPI The options are S1 Stanby and 53 Suspend to RAM Power Button Behavior This setting allows you to choose how the system powers down when the user presses the power button Select Instant Off to power off the system as soon as the power button is pressed Select 4 sec override to allow the system to wait for 4 seconds before power off when the power button is pressed The options are Instant Off and 4 sec override Keyboard on Now Function This option allows you to select how the system may be resumed from the S3 S5 state The options are Space by pressing the sapce bar Password by entering a password and Disabled 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 This setting is for enabling the Watch Dog feature The The options are Enabled and Disabled Summ
68. lay MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video A4 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description CDh CEh D2h Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POSTCode_ Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output on
69. lled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal IR for an infrared device and ASK IR Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled 4 14 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Output Bi directional ECP and EPP DMA Channel Specify the DMA channel The options are DMA1 and DMAS3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event
70. lt enables oF disables a dra ber 4 and moe the device up or din no Fag mea pompeab e damien botuan Hand Msk or Removable Devices Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CD ROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 21 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Fail Discarding Danes Laid Sotop Discard Changen Save Changes he i fs Fa For ad Erter Fig 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 4 22 Chapter 4
71. 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 specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot B 19 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown be low 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 XLOAN eerver bowed Orear 1 SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tarels lated E7525 B Adame Storage Haragan broron Eon Lope A ccd ie SOAS se thee Forres nomenon peaa vet SUPA h re Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer i
72. n system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel port
73. nd with Processor Installed Empty socket A Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may result Lever Triangle Processor installed Triangle Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some compo nents 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 Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme
74. nto the system memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data cached in the memory area of Bicok 512K 640K or to 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 CPU L1 L2 L3 cache area and into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from L1 L2 L8 Cache area inside the CPU 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 4 9 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data cached in the system memory area above 1 MB or to be cached 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 system memory and into L1 L2 L3 cache area in the CPU at the
75. nu SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below d kdaplec BALD Conf igeration Piility F 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the screen below Appendix B Software Installation Instructions i the 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below feleck debi fee lal tial izab ie 8 BE i 7 4 MDE Wabi H46 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 so that b
76. o the CMOS Memory in RTC Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Memory 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 ac cessed 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 Begin ning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 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 choos ing 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 on next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the
77. only HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC 2 Power LED 12V 8 pinPW J1D1 2013 o c SPKR 019 p 1011 ICH 2 11 HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 13 Vcc 14 HD Active NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 11 Vcc 12 GND 20 19 Ground Oo NMI x x Vcc HDD LE ojo Vcc IC1 LED ojo 400 IC2 LED Overheat LED 621 9 Vcc Power Fail LED Veo Ground Reset Ground Pwr Reset Button Power Button Chapter 2 Installation Overheat Fan Fail LED Overheat OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail Pin connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of 8 GND chassis overheating This LED will i eae Overheat Fan Fail blink to indicate a fan failure Re LED fer to the table on the right for pin State Seta Message definitions Solid Overheat Blink Fan Fail Power Fail LED Power Fail LED Pin The Power Fail LED connection is ne located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Pin Refer to the table on the right for mera ma pin definitions 6 GND Ground Power LED HDD LED Overheat
78. ons are Serial ATA Parallel ATA Auto and Both PIDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are 4 4 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS Tramsfers 116 Sectoral hade Contra Enabled T Bit i Disabled Trask Mija ilira Hoe i riue installed at this fom fuio hard disk drive installed here l you sebect precdeteralied lype of hard disk drive matale here Ch HI a CD ROH drive is installed here ATAPI le disk drive ia foetal bed here Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CD ROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at th
79. or protection 5V standby alert 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction LED e Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e System overheat LED and control e Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Super Doctor ACPI Features e Microsoft OnNow e Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator e Main switch override mechanism Onboard I O e Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 only e One IPMI 2 0 e One Intel 8254x Gigabit Ethernet controller X6DA8 X6DAE G 1 LAN X6DA8 X6DAE G2 2 LAN ports e 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces e 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB e 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port e PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports e Up to eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 Back Panel USB ports amp 4 Front Panel USB headers 2 serial ports e 2 Serial ATA support w RAID 0 RAID 1 support Other e Internal external modem ring on e Wake on Ring WOR e Wake on LAN WOL e Console redirection CD Diskette Utilities e BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions e ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual
80. orce ZIF socket mPGA 604 the Nocona Processor 800 MHz supports Hyper Threading Technology and is ideal for high performance workstation and server environments with up to two processors on one system bus Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product_page product m htm for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A gives
81. oth drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below tiji drives for initie iga lected Dele B UEC HODGE 46 i 3 fa UOC Maen 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue B 14 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to optimized its function ality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild B 15 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below BALE Cool igeration Mility P
82. pD3 F JBTiWD io falia GLAN x4 PCI EXP 4 wo SCSI CTRL 8 cTRU BIOS Debug B27 lt JPA1 PCIX 3 133MHz c JPL1 7902 8 GLAN 1 pCIx 2 100MHz EXN SOSI f Enable CTRL Batter An Y _PCIX 1 100MHz ZCR oe SCSI Ch A Term WOR caJWOR Ae SMBus FPUSB 6 7 SCSICh WOL JWOL D2 Term SCSI Ch Bjag 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 available for the X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 only 5 There are two Gigabit LAN ports on the X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 and only one Gigabit LAN on the X6DA8 G and the X6DAE G 6 The graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JP13 3rd PWR Supply Failure Enable Open Disabled JPA1 SCSI Controller Enabled X6DA8 G G2 Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA2 JPA3 SCSI Ch A B Term Ena X6DA8 G G2 Open Enabled JPC1 Audio Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPF Force Power Open Disabled JPL1 Giga bit LAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset XJ4F1 XJ4F2 PLL Select X6DA8 G X6D
83. ple if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insuf ficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator can auto detect and regulate power supply to the CPU This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows NT 5 0 and Windows 2003 Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a
84. ptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 2 Installing Intel s ICH5R Driver by Adaptec and Windows Operating System a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press 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 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 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
85. pter 2 Installation KB PLLSEL Select For XDA8 G X6DAE G Only XJ4F1 XJ4F2 allows the user to select PLLSEL memory speed See the table on the right for PLLSEL Select Jumper Settings XJ4F1 XJ4F2 DDR XJ4F1 XJ4F2 333 266MHz MHz Closed Open Closed Open Default Closed 333MHz jumper definitions Default Closed 333 MHz PLLSEL Select 12V 8 pw smg a 4 pin ATX PWR 924 Je 1D1 2 an6 Fan5 2 J1B4 Force FAN7 a 5 ado 5 PW pw lt USB DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fault h23 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 X6DA8 COMI DIMM 2B Bank 2 E G2 a DIMM 2A Bank 2 g z DIMM 3B Bank 3 SS Ee 0 Ute DIMM 3A Bank 3 N DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 01 2 7 oz Q LAN 1 SzEMee Tumwater CPU2 naa 5 H Jc2 line Out NorthBridge PS uc Mic Lr Chak 2 _ Intru a xe ise ut pect Q slic aS Audio D Keylock u Enable 5 x16 PCI EXP 6 an 2 602201 Clear EME 22 PCI 5 33MHz South cmos is Brid USB4 5 WD3 ridge JBT1wp GLAN x4 PCI EXP 4 BIOS 4103 CTRU BIOS Debug U27 IWO lel 1501 _PCIX 3 133MH
86. r settings as well a fk Ww MN Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Make sure that memory speeds and jumper settings are set correctly X6DA8 G X6DAE G only SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics 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 recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are u
87. re 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 can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH5R I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7525 Tumwater Chipset the ICH5R I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility 14016 If it is the first time to power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll down the menu to select the item Load Optimized Default settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS
88. rer 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 ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred 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 Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS Chapter 4 Phoenix BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the system parameters such type of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power t
89. rol Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various O ports X6DA8 G X6DAE G USB 0 3 Parallel Port Line out i _ ae nm KB Mouse COM1 amp COM2 USB 0 3 Parallel Port Line out ae _ KB Mouse COM1 amp COM2 LAN1 2 Line In Mic X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions 2 7 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically 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 defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Ground NMI X x Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc Overheat LED Vcc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground olo Reset gt Reset Button Pwr gt Power Button Note NIC2 is for X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 only 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector
90. s l header is located on pins 19 and Number Definition 19 Control 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on 20 Ground the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is lo anaes 1 cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Pin z Number Definition Refer to the table on the right for 15 Vcc pin definitions 16 Control NMI Button Ground Power bower LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED Overheat LED Reset gt Reset Button Pwr gt Power Button 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 LED NIC 2 LED Indicators The NIC1 Network Interface Con troller LED connections for the GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the NIC2 LED connectors are located on Pins 9 and 10 of JF NIC 2 is available for the X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 only Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Note NIC2 is for X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2
91. s OEh Initialize 1 O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size A 1 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual POSTCode Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 4th Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters i
92. s Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure A 3 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual POSTCode_ Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bih Inform RomPilot about the end of POST 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 B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Disp
93. s BIOS Manual One 1 SCSI User s Manual X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 Two 2 CPU Mounting Brackets SKT 0158 pre installed 1 1 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 Image E C x Notes The differences between these models are 1 SCSI is available for the X6DA8 G X6DA8 G2 only 2 There are two Gigabit LAN ports on the X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 and only one Gigabit LAN on the X6DA8 G and the X6DAE G SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6D
94. set Button Chapter 2 Installation Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 Attach the appropri ate cable from chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion Universal Serial Bus USB There are eight USB 2 0 Univer sal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Four of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 3 J40 and the other four are Front Panel USB headers Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground USB Pin Definition J40 Back Panel USB il 2 3 4 Pin Definition 5V PO PO Ground JD2 amp JD3 FP USB KB USB 4 5 JD3 USB 6 7 JD2 Pin Pin T i Number Definition Number Definition See the tables on the right for pin 1 5V 2 5V oe 3 PO 4 PO definitions 5 POs 6 7 Ground 8 Ground 10 Ground 2 JSB 0 3 J40 949 DIMM 1A N DIMM 2B JS USB4 5 JD3 DIMM 2A 12V 8
95. sing the correct type of Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 or DDR 333 266 PC2700 PC2100 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer Please refer to Chapter 2 for DDR memory sup ort 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 1B and so on see Section 2 3 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 informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users 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 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go
96. tem remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog func Watch Dog tion Watch Dog is a system moni Jumper Settings UWD Jumper tor that can reboot the system Position Definition Pins 1 2 WD to Reset when a software application is Pins 2 3 WD to NMI hung up Pins 1 2 will cause WD Open Disabled to reset the system if an applica tion is hung up Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog can also be enabled via BIOS Note when enabled the user needs to write his own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer aga 20 IPMI 2 0 ut E os W gt ge Clear CMOS BTD Bios Jays JWD SCSI CTRL JP8 JPA1 Enable 7902 PXH SCSI CTRL SCSI Ch A gt SCSI Ch A Term 3 SMBus FPUSB 6 7 gq SCSIChBUPAS KR JD2 Term SCSI Ch 8 2 Fan4 et Watch Dog 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation SCSI
97. tions are On and Off 4 17 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 85 C 90 C 95 C and 100 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This item displays the system Temperature Fan Speed Control Modules This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled based upon the CPU die temperature When the CPU die tempera ture is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by the Thermal Management Settings pre configured by the user at this feature 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 run at the full speed 12V at all time The Options are 1 Disable
98. xisting array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 7 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu B 5 SUPER X6DA8 G X6DAE G X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 User s Manual Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page B 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown b
99. y to the Power Fail header JP12 to provide warning of power supply failure This warn ing 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 defini tions Alarm Reset If three power supplies are in stalled and JP14 is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JP13 to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that sounds when a power mod ule fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail Pin Definitions JP12 Pin Number Definition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2 Fail Signal 3 P S 3 Fail Signal 4 Reset from MB Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies Alarm Reset Jumper Settings JP13 Jumper Position Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin2 5V 12V 8 smg 4 jS Power Fault 1D1 P GIRL Fant ICH SPKR P15 101 PWRSPKR LED LED FAN2 Aam Reset ail OH WwW PT 38 PS JOHT Alari 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J22 Connect the appropriate cable here to uti lize S
100. z c 7902 GLAN pCix 2 T00MHz PXH scsi a Enable CTRL A Battery JAJ PCIX 1 100MHz ZCR SESTRA WORcaJWOR Q SMBus FPUSB 6 7 TOUN pUPAZ T WOL JWOL 5 002 S Term SCSI Ch Bjad 6 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs X6DA8 E G2 The Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports has two LEDs The left LED indi cates activity while the right LED may be green amber or off to indi cate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the func tions associated with the LED X6DA8 G2 X6DAE G2 second 2 GLAN ports on the GLAN LEDs X6DA8 E G The Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports has two LEDs The right LED indicates activity while the left LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions as sociated with the second LED 2 GLAN ports on the X6DA8 G2 X6DA8 E G2 Left H Right Back View 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator Link LED LED Color Definition Off 10Mb or NC Green 100 Mb Amber 1 Gb

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