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1. definitions Note The speaker Definitions JF2 connector pins are for use with an Pin m Number Definition external speaker If you wish to 2 Vcc 4 i use the onboard speaker you 5 ps should close pins 5 7 with a 8 Keylock 10 Keylock umper FE ATX m PWI g PW3 FAN TW e psa 7 E E 2s JAR ET coi Il PEN DIMM 1B DIMM 1A voa DIMM 2B VGA J DIMM 2A JLANI LAN E7320 Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge TE els GLAN DSA EPT Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fan Fan3 PCIE S PCI E X4 VGA PCIE 4 PCI E X4 gros Controlled A bsslps7 PCI 3 PCI 33MHz S300BSB z Hance A sl S cz PCM Rapids T EN k E PWR LED Speaker POI PCD33MHZ CL CMOS FYE YE ERGI JBTI jd pa Keylock Foma uer WLI SED EE Fang Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector 321 Pins To modify the operation of the eel motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between f jumper optional settings Jumpers Gap create shorts between two pins 3 2 1 h to change the munevon an me Sethe BA connector Pin 1 is identified Pin 1 2 short with
2. em pxrwE pw REL ME wp e ps Clear COMS m a z B ES as JAR CPUI comi pw I I DIMM IB DIMM TA vo DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI TA E7320 L TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge HE ELS GLAN ETA Enable PCI6 PCI 66 MHz Fand Fan PCE PCE Xt VGA PCIEF4 PCEE X4 pos Controlled psqDs7 7 W D PCH PCI 33MHz g 30BESH S Hance o E F 7 m Gam TCI 33MBz Rapids maA E is E Dsi je S z CMO mo Dra M I CMOS JI3 comal ver Ha aoe coz wr mm 2 21 SUPER O X6DVL EG2 User s Manual SMB to PCI Bus and SMB SMB Data to PCI Bus clock to PCI Bus Enable J13 Jumper Disable Position Definition Off Disabled Jumper J13 allows you to enable or On Enabled disable SMB Data to PCI Bus and SMB ucc Bus Jumper J15 allows you to enable or Jumper disable SMB Clock to PCI Bus
3. VGA PCIE PCE X4 iios ENS H3 PCI 33MH 6300ESB psp z PCH 3MHz j 7 e l 2 S pam roe Rapids SB2 3 JENS f Al see E T CL CMOS ZME mo RC PO Mos 33 kowel ter fi D PER Dia R an 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Power Fault Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fault header PW4 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 SMB Power PC Power Fault Pin Definitions Pin Number 1 Definition P S 1 Fail Signal P S 2 Fail Signal P S 3 Fail Signal Reset from MB 2 3 4 Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies SMB PWR Connector Pin Definitions Pin 4 Definition I C Connector PW3 located be E ata tween the Ala
4. ag ATX PWR Pw E AE Es E Wm Jo a pwe jp Psa as JAR m CPUI COMI PWA I DIMM IB DIMM 1A VGA DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI TAN E7320 L ETRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge E GLAN EP Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fanz Fanj PCIE S PCI E X4 VGA PoE POE X4 bros Controlled y 6300ESB bs8bs7 sL PCI 3 PCI 33MHz E E Hance ss e Ld 5 paw PCI 33MBz Rapids T523 JER al Zee z 7 CL CMOS E al CI 33MHz eB 5 fomal cer 9n SED 3 3 Aoi E aseze 3 des NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 19 Control 20 Ground PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 15 Vec 16 Control PWR LED NMI 3 Ground lt wD gt x x CC Power LED lt ves D HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED lt Voc NIC2 LED lt Vec OH Fan Fail LED l Vcc Power Fail LED 4 Vcc Ground Ground x Reset gt Reset Button E pwr gt Power Button SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual HDD LED HDD LED
5. Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always con nects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Number Function Pin Number Function Connector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init There is a parallel printer port is 7 Data Bit2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit3 10 GND located on the motherboard See 11 DataBit4 12 GND ini 13 Data Bit5 14 GND the table on the night for pin defini i Data Bte de GND tions Note This is a header You 17 Data Bit7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND will need to have a Parallel Port 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND cable CBL 08
6. 2 11 Power Fail LED lt Ground Ground Reset gt Reset Button Pw gt Power Button SUPER O X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Reset Button Reset Pin i Definitions The Reset Button connection is lo JF1 cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 At Pin Number Definition tach it to the hardware reset 3 Reset switch on the computer case a Ground Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Power Button Connector The Power Button connection is Pin Definitions located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 l JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins TN Definition will power on off the system To 1 PW ON 2 Ground turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions S ATX PWR PW3 ag PW sum pwn FAN roms psq a pwr Reset as Jan PWR CPUI com EX I I DIMM IB DIMM 1A __ 20 19 VG DIMM 2B Ground 4 olo NMI DIMM 2A a X4 olo x JLANI SLANI E7320 L p TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2
7. Installing the CPU Mounting Plate Heatsink Note CPU Retention Brackets are Mounting Holes pre installed Xeon CPU 4 CPU Socket ounting CPU Retention Holes Bracket CPU Mounting Plate CPU CPU Socke Motherboar Mounting Plate CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right other wise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied In stall CPU1 first Socket lever 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 2 Insert the CPU in the socket mak ing sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both cor ners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 Socket 2 is au tomatically disabled if only one CPU is used 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CPU is se curely installed in the CPU Socket Socket lever in the locking Position CEK Heatsink Installation Caution Heatsinks are heavy please handle with care CEK Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount of thermal grease has already been applied Screw 1 Screwgo Screw 1 SCREW mye i NO 3 SCREW D CREW 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention
8. 4 2 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date by using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in DAY MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour format For ex ample 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 4 3 Advanced Settings Boot Security Exit Advanced Settings Configure CPU WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections d Ld wr vc c c TF Fe 6v v 0v Ld nay cause system to malfunction CFU Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration PCIPaP Configuration SuperlQ Configuration Advanced Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration Power Configuration e3 Select Screen Event Log Configuration t Select Item HPS Configuration Enter Go to Sub Screen PCI Express Configuration Fl General Help Remote Access Configuration Fl Save and Exit USB Configuration ESC Exit System Health Monitor v02 53 C Copysright 1985 2002 American Megatrendz Inc Warning When you first enter the Advanced Setup screen the Setup Warning will be displayed Please follow the instruction and set the correct value for each item to prevent the system from malfunctioning P CPU Configuration Sub Menu Configure Advanced CPU Setting
9. Note Options printed in Bold are default settings 4 1 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 4 2 Main Setup When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below Hain Advanced Boot Security Exit System Overview Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to AMIBIOS select a field Version 08 00 10 Build Date 11 16 04 Use or to ID OABDIOOT configure system Time Processor Type Intel R Xeon TM CPU 3 40GHz Speed 3400MHz Count i Systen Henory es Select Screen Size 2048MB m Select Item Change Field System Time 10 14 24 Tab Select Field Syeten Date Wed 11 17 2004 Fl General Help FI Save and Exit ESC Exit w02 53 CiCopyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc When you select the Main Setup the following items will be automatically displayed System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed AMI BIOS Version Build Date ID Processors When you select this option the AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of processors as shown in the screen below Type Speed Count System Memory This option allows the AMI BIOS to display the status of memory installed in the system Size This option allows the AMI BIOS to display the size of memory installed in the system
10. PCIE 4 5 WOL JWOL WOR JWOR USB 0 1 J3 USB 2 3 J42 VGA J6 Primary 24 pin ATX PWR Connector 12V 8 pin CPU PWR Connector COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors Onboard LED Indicators See Chapter 2 POST Code LED See Appendix A System LED Indicators See Chapter 2 Memory DIMM Slots 1A 1B 2A 2B CPU Chassis Fans Headers Floppy Disk Drive Connector Front Panel Control See Chapter 2 G bit Ethernet GLAN1 GLAN2 Ports Intel Hance Rapids Serial ATA Ports 0 1 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI Socket Note below Speaker PWR LED Keylock See Chapter 2 Chassis Intrusion Header SATA LED Header PS2 Keyboard Mouse Ports Parallel Printer Port Power System Management Power Fault Header PCI 32 bit 33MHz slots PCI 64 bit 66MHz slot PCI Express x4 w x8 width slots Wake on LAN Wake on Ring Header Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports Note Video Graphics Connector SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel 604 pin Xeon EM64T Nocona processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed Memory Four 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM Chipset Intel E7320 Lindenhurst VS chipset Expansion Slots Two PCI E x4 on x8 slots One 64 bit 66MHz PCI slots Three 32 bit 33MHz PCI slots BIOS 8 Mb AMI Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2
11. Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on 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 C 9 SUPER 6 X6DVL EG2 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
12. mechanism z 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 Screw 2 4 Finish the installation by fully tight ening all four screws 2 3 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual To Un install the Heatsink Caution we do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow the instruc tions 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 second pic l ea ture on the right lm Im NO 1 SCREW N0 4 SCREW 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the pic ture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wrig III a gling the heatsink NO3 REW NO2 REW 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 thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Figure 2 1 CPU Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Empty socket Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised Trian
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14. Done 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create 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 O or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost C 8 Appendix C Software Installation 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below J Mnnaadt Array Type RAID O Stripe Array Label
15. JBTI j Fan4 TT Swor ql pomer REG aE LAG gan 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Serial Ports The COM1 J4 and COM2 J5 se rial ports are located on the left side of the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions Wake On Ring JWOR The Wake On Ring header is des ignated WOR This function al lows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incom ing call to the modem when in sus pend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Serial Port Pin Definitions COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Wake on Ring Pin Definitions WOR Pin Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Em AXPWR vw DX pag pm jo psg a pwr T az 2 z JAR Ti CPUI I com X4 com VT DIMM 1B DIMM 1A vos DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLAN1 LAN E7320 g L T
16. Overheat DS5 PWRLED are other LED indicators DS1 DS7 8 POST LED DS2 DS4 DS5 DS7 DS8 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Note Please refer to Appendix A for DS7 and DS8 LED POST Codes System Alert LED Indicators DS 9 System Alert LED DS9 Pin Definitions In addition to the LED indicators DS9 Definition listed above there is a System Green System On amp OK Alert LED indicator DS9 on the Yellow System Off PWR Cable Connected Red PWR or CPU Failure Overheat motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions S4 ATX PWR PW3 SE prete ied SMB PWR 8 pin S a amp ps JAR CPUI covi Ewe DIMM 1B DIMM 1A vo DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI LAN E7320 TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge 3 1509 TRL Es os2 EPLI GLAN i RIPLZ Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fan2 Fan3 PCIE S PCI E X4 VGA PCIEH PCI E X4 bios Controlle 6300ESB PCH 3 PCI 33MHz u E Hance o amp pa PCI 33MHz Rapids PCIEI PCI 33MHz Ll cr mos zen 5JBTI coM2 LPT JE2 o on uri l 2 24 SATAQ ATAI g o
17. Power LED 4 olo Vec JLAN2 North Bridge B gt Im HDDLED lt O Ve ps3 lt o o GN psy NIC1 LED S Vcc Er Enable NIC2LED lt O Voc PCH6 PCI 66 MHz Fan X Fan3 il gt c PCIEPS POE X4 OH Fan Fail LED lt O O vc IVGA PCIE 4 PCLE X4 Btos Power Fail LED lt ojlo Vee Controllei g L psapsq E V PCH3 PCI 33MHz 5 poky A Ground Reset gt Reset Button ance 4 m USB2 73 amp E g x FCHZ PCI 33MHZ Rapids ERS S mud pwr gt Power Z E amp J C g PCI 33MHz Sun 2 1 vor EE eere Ge 2 EE Chapter 2 Installation Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions A Chassis Intrusion header is lo Ai m Number Definition cated at JL1 Attach the appropri 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground ate cable to inform you of a chas sis intrusion Universal Serial Bus USB There are two Universal Serial USB Pin Definition Bus ports J3 USB 0 1 located USB O 1 Back Panel USB on the I O panel and additional P
18. See Position Definition Off Disabled the tables on the right for pin defini On Enabled tions ag p PW PW3 x pi m m pwr ps3 Be E 2e JAR El cona ews om I DIMM 1B DIMM 1A ve DIMM 2B t DIMM 2A JLANI LA E7320 TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge gE EE EPJ Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz Fan PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Fang VGA PCIE 4 PCI E X4 IBIOS OJ E PCI 3 PCI 33MHz d 6300ESH beeps Z i Hance B i S Doa PCL33MBz Rapids RER 3 hea ag 1E PCI 33MH CL CMOS aa PC z SMB Clock to PCI Lr e Nc SMB to PCI H Heol E Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators T kai lt e ivity GLAN LEDs Rear View when viewing f h The Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports lo mear Newe eel ewe Mom ie ide of th tem cated beside Fan5 amp Fan6 has Lakeside o two LEDs The yellow LED indi 1 Gb LAN Right LED iei i Indicator Activity LE
19. 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 LAN Enable Disable GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the art sere Gigabit LAN ports on the mother Jumper 7 board See the table on the right Position Definition for jumper settings The default Pins2 3 _ Disabled setting is enabled Bg AWE end shire Vom E ps m pwr B Z EEJ JAR z CUI cowi I DIMM 1B DIMM TA vo DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI PEAN E7320 h ETRE Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge M LAN1 2 Enable gt PCRS Fang PCIEPS PCE X4 voa PCE PCE X4 lios Controlle 4 6300ESB bsslps7 al PCHG PCI 33MHz 5 2 Hance Js lm 2 g B2 z z LPCH2 TCI 33MHz Rapids EE a BB s TME CL CMOS mo Coa mos aS fowl ter wor ae ELI bs3 EHE mm 3 EE 2 19 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Alarm Reset The system will notify you in the eve
20. adjust the voltage thresholds in SuperDoctorlll Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM of the cooling fans The onboard 4 pin CPU and chassis fans are controlled by thermal management though BIOS settings Environmental Temperature Control via Supero Doctorlll The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will increase the speed of the thermal control fan whenever the CPU tem perature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat condi tions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically increase the speed of the ther Chapter 1 Introduction mal control fan to prevent any 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 VRM Overheat When the CPU reaches 78 C and above Overheat the CPU will slow down and CPU Voltage will decrease to reduce CPU power consumption and VRM heat dissipation CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature is exceeded the warning LED is trig gered and the fans will speed up T
21. after saving the Save Changes and Exit changes Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used for this operation Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults e gt Select Screen tH Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 53 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc saving vnanges and EXIT When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave the BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enters Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Dis card Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enters Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to the AMI BIOS Utility Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then Select OK to allow the BIOS to automatically load Optimal Defaults to the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer ap plications 4 21 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit m
22. array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below qn Df HETAYS 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 Appendix C Software Installation Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array 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 a
23. 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 X6DVL EG2 has four 240 pin DIMM slots that support regis tered ECC DDRII 400 PC3200 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes 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 Question How do recover my BIOS Answer 1 Download the correct BIOS Image file from our website into a floppy disk and re name the BIOS Image file as super rom 3 3 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 2 Place the floppy disk in drive A Press and hold CTRL and Home at the same time Turn on the power with these keys pressed until your floppy drive starts reading 3 Your screen will remain blank unti
24. describes the AMIBIOS for the X6DVL EG2 The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program This chapter describes the basic navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility setup screens Starting the BIOS Setup Utility To enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screens hit the lt Delete gt key while the system is booting up Note In most cases the Delete key is used to invoke the AMI BIOS setup screen There are a few cases when other keys are used such as F1 lt F2 gt and so on Each main the BIOS menu option is described in this user s guide The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be config ured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame dis plays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note The AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMI BIOS setup utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of the AMI BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include F1 lt F10 gt lt En ter ESC Arrow keys and so on
25. of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlo rate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See WWW dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this tale O16 ay ex ose you to le ead a chemical known to the tate of California to cause b defects and other repro uctive harm FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruc tion manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense Revision Number Rev 1 1a Release Date July 17 2007 Unless you request and receive written p
26. right for pin definitions ATX PWR 24 Pin 8 Pin 12V PWR gg 2 2S6 JAR com pws E i I DIMM 1B DIMM 1A ves DIMM 2B i DIMM 2A JLANI LAN E7320 H Fa Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge n Fans Fan6 PLT GLAN EJPL Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 VGA PCIE 4 PCI E X4 B os Controller LJ PCI 3 PCI 33MHz IPMI PCI42 PCI 33MHz Fan2 Fan 3 PCI PCI 33MHz E SVO Eowa ver TF2 6300ESB bs3ps7 E Hance Rapids SBZ3 2 2 x E 2 px BB E CL CMOS PIEIE GIBT J Ds e a d Ds us AL d Fan Won 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions
27. supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a program mable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a pro cessor 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 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 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic 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 Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing
28. the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h B 1 SUPER X6DVL EG2 Users Manual B 2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint EOh Eth E2h E6h Edh Eeh Efh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h FBh FCh FDh FFh Code Description The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Initializing the interrupt vector table next Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory Initializing the floppy drive Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size Next disabling internal cache memory Next detecting the type of flash ROM Next erasing the flash ROM Next programming the flash ROM Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B 3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following ru
29. top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site C 19 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 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 the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subse quent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SDIII settings override the BIOS settings For the Windo
30. within Supero Doctor since the SDIII settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII set tings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 16 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Fan Speed Control Modes 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 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server 5 4 pin Workstation Fani Speed to Fan6 Speed 4 4 Boot Settings Configuration This item allows the user to configure the following boot settings for the system Quick Boot Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to skip certain test during POST in order to shorten the time needed for the system to bo
31. 1 to use this con a en o6 NC nector zg ATX PWR PW s PW3 W pin x psi m pwr I Ss it fcon Pw4 CPUI I DIMM 1B WGA DIMM 1A DIMM 2B A DIMM 2A JLANI LANI E7320 H TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge M BH GLAI A ge GLAN DS2 EPIA Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fan Fan3 PCIE S PCI E X4 Ss VGA PCIEF4 PCIE X4 Bios 4 PCI 3 PCI 33MHz 5 6300BSB Dsspez all Hance S PCIE PCI 33MHz B Rapids oeza E E B z SE IS ma OH PCI 33MHz C s z 2 Printer EIGD ua ra 2 25 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J24 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located at 1 GND 5 FDHDIN J24 See the table below for pin 3 GND 4 Reserved Mn 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 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 EE ATX PWR PW3 ae PWI sMB PWR 8 pin c be m pode 22 Ds AR PWA CPUI ome DIMM 1A DIMM 2B DIM
32. 2 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale DIMM 1B DIMM 1A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A E7320 Lindenhurst VS North Bridge RJPL2 Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MH PCIE 5 PCI E X4 VGA PCIE 4 PCI E X4 Bro Controller PCI 3 PCI 33MHz PCIZ2 PCI 33MHz CME CL CMOS bel P BT1 or FRIIS a BPG Important Notes to the User All images and layouts shown in this manual are based upon PCB Rev 1 01 which is the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing The moth erboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the ones shown in this manual See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections m indicates Pin 1 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DVL EG2 Jumper Description Default Setting J13 SMB Data to PCI Enable Open Disabled J15 SMB Clock to PCI Enable Open Disabled JBT1 Clear CMOS See Chapter 2 JPG1 Video Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 LAN1 LAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JAR Alarm Reset Open Disabled JWD Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR PW1 CPU PWR PWR2 COM1 J4 COM2 J5 DS1 2 DS4 5 DS7 DS8 DS9 DIMM 1A 2B FAN 1 6 Floppy J24 FP Ctlr JF 1 JLAN1 JLAN2 I SATA 0 1 JSO JS1 IDE1 IDE2 IPMI JF2 JL1 JSLED Keyboard Mouse J2 LPT J10 PWS3 PWA PCI 1 3 PCI 6
33. AC Power Loss This setting allows you to decide how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected power outage The options are Power Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog Timer This setting is used to enable or disabled the function of Watch Dog Timer It must be used in conjunction with the WD jumper see Chapter 2 for details The options are Enabled and Disabled P Event Log Configuration Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log View Event Log This feature allows the user to view all unread events Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear Event Logs This setting will clear all event logs when set to OK The options are OK and Cancel ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable ECC Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled Hub Interface Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable Hub Interface Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled System Bus Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable System Bus Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled 4 13 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Memory Buffer Event Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable Memory Buffer Event logging The options are Enabled or Disabled PCI Error Logging This setting allows you to enable or disable PCI Error logging The op
34. ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage memory voltage 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V standby 12V and 12V Fan status monitor with fan speed control via Thermal Management CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control via Supero Doctor III CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection 5V standby alert LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat Fan Fail LED and control Chassis intrusion detection 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction e System resource alert via Super Doctor III Thermal Management II Fan Speed Control ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard I O 2 Intel 82541 Gigabit Ethernet controllers 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 1 44 MB 1 parallel port Header PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to four USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports back panel 2 ports front panel 2 Intel s Hance Rapids Serial ATA Ports Super I O Video Graphics supported 2 serial connections 1 port 1 header Other External modem ring on Wake on Ri
35. 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 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 contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support
36. D cates activity while the other LED t y AED may be green orange or off to in a y g g Color Definitio dicate the speed of the connec Yellow Blinking tion See the table at right for the G bit LAN Link LED f A d Indicator unctions associated with the sec LED Definition ond LED Color Off 10 Mbps Off No Connection Green 100 Mbps Orange 1 Gbps SATA LED Header SATALED Pin Definitions JSLED A Serial ATA LED header is lo Pin Definition 1 6300ESB SATA HDO Active LED cated at JSLED See the table on 2 6300ESB SATA HD1 Active LED the right for pin definitions 3 N C 4 N C 5 N C GLAN1 LED GLAN2 LED gg E WE PWR a pwe 58 cofa IPWA CPUI I DIMM 1B DIMM 1A ve4 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI LAN E7320 ER Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge BHE E E Gra uani GLAN ps3 EIPL Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fan2 PCIE S PCI E X4 2 fads VGA PCIE 4 PCI E X4 bios Controlled z A PCI 3 PCI 33MHz 5 S300ESB psspzT a Hance S Oan rom Rapids SB273 JENS _ L salele F CL HPG PCI 1 PCI 33MHz IST m x Eowd rer ae eee wr Du Comm ES Fan SATA LED 2 23 SUPER O X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Onboard LED Indicators DS 1 2 DS 4 5 and POST On board LED Pin Definitions LED DS 7 8 DSi Definition DS1 CPU PWR good or CPU 12V PWR iti i Cable must be connected In addition to the LAN LED Indica DS2 CPUS VFM Ovetficat tors and SATA LED Header there me CPU1 VRM
37. EPGI um E13wor oM2 ier lary EK Gu JF2 l Wor MISLED E bs3 ps7 USB27 bs Floppy IDE 2 o T 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a soft ware application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an application is hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for Watch Dog the application that hangs See the Jumper Settings JWD Jumper table on the right for jumper settings Position Definition Watch Dog can also be enabled via Pins 1 2 WD to Reset Pins 2 3 WD to NMI BIOS Note when enabled the user Open Disabled needs to write his own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer
38. Hz Fan2 Fan3 PCIE 5 PCI E X4 D E E2 PCI 3 PCI 33MHz 6300ESB Z Hance F1 e PCH2 PCI 33MHz Rapids MES Ee s B E j IDE1 ah yo PCI 33MHz CL CMOS ma JBTI 3 I 3 fowler EAG J Fan SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual IPMI J20 is designated as the IPMI Socket for the Motherboard Note The function of USB Con sole Redirection built in with the IPMI 2 0 card is not supported by the X6DVL EG2 PW3 aa paoeree PWI sMB PWR Mz Spin S psa pwr 2 um Bd D 5s JAR E CPUI com DIMM 1B DIMM IA vea DIMM 2B i DIMM 2A JLANI LANI E7320 Ih TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge TE E TRU ps3 GLAN PIPL Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz Fan2 Fan3 PCIE 5 PCI E X4 voa POEA PCE X4 ios e IPMI Controtie SIDES DS3bs7 8 PCI 3 PCI 33MHz z Z amp ince 3 o ix paw PCI 33MHz apids USB25 amp SIE El 8 DST j ele 2 POI PCI 33MH L CMOS E C aN oe E psg OL a q fowal rer ETE eG F215 Uri E3 Bpod 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Tr
39. L EG2 User s Manual C 2 Installing Intel s Hance Rapids Driver by Adaptec and the Windows OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b From the list displayed on the screen choose the item Intel Hance Rapids Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enter d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD 9 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key k Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to co
40. M 2A LAN TRL CPU2 North Bridge LA TRL ps3 GLAN RJPL2 Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz Fan Fan3 PCIE S PCI E X4 Ean Q PCI 3 PCI 33MHz 6300ESB psy B Hance 7 Floppy i USB2 3 a PCIE2 PCI 33MHz Rapids al a 5 PCI 33MH CL CMOS EPG c JBT1 al p Jig konje REGO Tcs ER R Ftippy 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions J44 J38 The IDE Connectors are lo L i Pin Number Function Pin Number Function cated at J44 IDE1 and J38 1 Reset IDE 2 GND IDE 2 You do not need to 5 ipeo 6 Host Data configure jumpers for these 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 connectors See the table 1 HostData3 12 Host Data 12 men 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 on the right for pin defini 15 Host Data1 16 Host Data 14 tions 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 2 DRQ3 22 GND 23 O Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 3 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND ATX PWR PW3 ag PWI SMB PWR pin Jo bx p P5 Dad 22 26 AR PW4 CPUI DIMM 1B DIMM 1A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A LANI TRL CRUZ North Bridge LA TRU GLAN 2 RJPL2 Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 M
41. Pin Definitions The HDD LED connection is located JF1 on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach Pin x Number Definition the hard drive LED cable here to 13 Vcc display disk activity for any hard 14 HD Active drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators NIC1 LED Pin Definitions The NIC Network Interface Con JF1 troller LED connections for the Pin Number Definition GLAN port1 port2 are located on 11 Vcc pins 11 12 and pins 9 10 of JF1 12 GND Attach the NIC LED cable to dis play network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin defini tions ag I shih HDD LED m pwr Bsa 28 NIC1 LED JAR Ed com Ewa cv NIC2 LED I DIMM 1B 20 19 DIMM IA Ground lt ye DIMM 2B M DIMM 2A X s M ES Linden Y cw f Power LED 4 JLAN2 North Bridge HDD LED 4 ELA Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz Fang b3 PCIERS PCE XT Fan OH Fan Fai lt VGA PCIEH4 PCE X4 ros Power Fail LED 4 coal 6300ESB bssips7 g i B S tance Ground Reset Reset Button S PCIE PCI 3MHz In Rapids USB2 3 als 4 a m BIS Ground Pwr 2 Power Button Eova urr eere c m l3 amp Chapter 2 Installation Overheat Fan Fail LED Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating Refer to the table on the right for pin defi
42. RL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge TES EH E GLA CTRL ps3 WELT GLAN EPE Enable PCHe PCI 66 MHz Fang PCIEFS PCI E X4 VGA PCIE PCE X4 bros o haag 6300ESB bssips7 E PCHG PCI 33MHz 4 2 Z Hance d 5 Q SBZ dz Pam PCI 33MHz Rapids ele al DS jz fe ye 7 WOR CL CMOS E a hes JBT1 di p cov2 ur EE SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header JWOL piesa WOD is designated WOL on the mother Pin Number Definition board See the table on the right 1 35V Standby for pin definitions You must en rare able the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Port A G bit Ethernet port is located on the IO backplane This port ac cepts RJ45 type cables E AX TE E s PYR FAN JAR zal CPUI coma PW I I DIMM 1B DIMM 1A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A LAN E7320 RL Lindenhurst VS North Bridge CPU2 LAN TRL ps3 GLAN EELT EPJ Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fan2 Fan3j PCIE 5 PCI E X4
43. SUPERO SUPERO X6DVL EG2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPER MICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER 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 SUPER MICRO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State
44. TA device configurations SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual To configure SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Select Advanced Setting from the AMI BIOS menu 2 Select the IDE Configuration menu 3 Change the IDE Configuration to P ATA Only 4 Under the item Configure S ATA as RAID select Yes 5 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 7 During the system startup press the 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 The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Con troller 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 PCI 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 D
45. able this function to allow the system to display a graphic bar to show the progress of POST if the item Quiet Boot above has been enabled The options are Enable and Disabled 4 18 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st Floppy Drive CD ROM HDD and Disabled The default settings are 1st boot device 1st Floppy Drive 2nd boot device CD ROM 8rd boot device HDD 4th boot device IBA GE Slot 0318V 5th boot device IBA GE Slot 0320V Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Hard Drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The options are HDD and Disabled Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Removable Drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive Generic Storage Device and Disabled CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CDROM Drives 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The options are CD ROM and Disabled 4 19 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 4 5 Security Settings the AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be se
46. ackets SKT 158 pre installed One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT7 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities CDR_INTC One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 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 n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan 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 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 Image r2 ny 5709398993 O Note All graphics shown in the manual were based upon the latest PCB revision at the time of publishing of this manual Your motherboard may or may not look exactly the same as graphics shown in this manual 1 8 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual SUPERO X6DVL EG
47. age C 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create firray 4 Selected Drives 090 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 Appendix C Software Installation 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown below Select drives to create firray Selected Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 4GB 00 WDC WD3606D OO0ELX1 34 4GB 01 WDC WD3606D O0ELX1 34 4GB 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 screen below 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 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives C 7 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual hrray Properties Array Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror frray Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via
48. an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Dis abled or Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS PIO Mode IDE PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support
49. assis Fans initi Pini Definition definitions Note These fan 1 Ground wees headers are 4 pin fans Pins 1 3 2 12V red 3 Tachometer of the fan headers are backward 4 PWM Control compatible with the traditional 3 Caution These fan headers use DC power pin fans The onboard fan speed is controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When us ing Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Please do not use 3 pin fans and 4 pin fans on the same board Fani x ATX PWR Pw a KB Mouse Bg PWI SMB PWR S ea o ps m pwr Z B Es 28 JAR am CPU cowi pwi I I DIMM IB DIMM TA vo DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI SCAN E7320 hH CTRL Lindenhurst VS CPu2 JLAN2 North Bridge Fan 5 qm GLAN psa EPI Enable Fan 6 PCH6 PCI 66 MHz PCIESS PCE X4 VGA PCIEFS PE X4 ios Controlled bsg s7 z PCS PCI 33MHz 5 eee A Z Hance i vr Q zi SBZ3 le lge am PCI 33MBz Rapa EB Sle la E IP YS 7 EIL PCI 33MH CL CMOS ma e
50. bove Memory Support The X6DVL EG2 supports up to 8 GB of Reg ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 memory All motherboards were designed to support 2GB PC3200 mod ules in each slot but only the 1 GB modules are tested SUPER O X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs Notch p To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom Release Tab Notch Release Tab Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it Release Tab DDR2 Top View Release Tab from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Mouse Green USBO USB1 Ports LAN LAN2 Port Port EN Noo7 Keyboard COM Port VGA Graphics Purple Turquoise Port Blue Figure 2 3 O Port Locations and Definitions 2 6 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 spe
51. cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the speci fications of the drive DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to auto detect the DMA mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA 1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMAt1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMA to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode O It has a data trans
52. cifically 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 e OTE m X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground Pwr gt Power Button 2 7 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions PW1 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V ATX Power Connector 14 42V 2 13 3V F 15 COM 3 COM There are a 24 pin main power 16 PS ON amp 4 45V pi 17 COM 5 COM supply PW1 and a 8 pin power i EOM E 45V connector PW2 on the mother 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR OK board See below These 51 25V 9 5VSB power connectors meet the SSI 22 5V 10 12V 2 V 11 12V EPS 12V specification See the d M PS pcs table on the right for pin defini tions Processor Power Connector CPU 8 Pin PWR Required Connector PW2 In addition to the power connec Connection Pins Definition PE 1 thru 4 tors indicated above the 12V 8 5 thru 8 pee pin Processor connector at PW2 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the
53. deo remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 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 that 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 using the correct type of Registered ECC DDRII 400 PC3200 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 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 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure 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
54. e will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test
55. e with both Win dows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 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 Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On 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 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X6DVL EG2 accommodates ATX power supplies Although mos
56. ea allocation check next Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next B 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh A2h A3h A4h Ash A7h A8h A9h Aah Abh BOh B1h 00h Code Description Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has com pleted The adaptor ROM check is next The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next Coprocessor initialized Performin
57. elect TM2 VID This setting allows you to set the TM2 VID value Enter a number from 14 to 35 to select the desired voltage value from 1 000V to 1 2625V The default setting is 30 1 2000 4 4 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS FIDE Configuration Sub Menu The screen for the Primary IDE Master is shown below Main Boot Security Exit IDE Configuration Select IDE Mode IDE Configuration P ATA amp S ATA Combined Mode Option P ATA lst Channel S AT Ports Definition PO0 Master Pl Slave gt Primary IDE Master Not Detected gt Primary IDE Slave Not Detected gt Secondary IDE Master Not Detected gt Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected gt Third IDE Master Not Detected y Third IDE Slave Not Detected gt Fourth IDE Master Not Detected es Select Screen gt Fourth IDE Slave Not Detected t Select Item Change Option Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled Fl General Help IDE Detect Time Out Sec 35 F10 Save and Exit ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host amp Device ESC Exit v02 53 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc When you select this Sub Menu the AMI BIOS automatically displays the status of the following items IDE Configuration This feature allows the user to set the IDE mode The options are Disabled P ATA Parallel ATA Only S ATA Serial ATA Only and P ATA amp S ATA Please refer to Addendum D for Parallel ATA and Serial ATA informatio
58. enu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance 4 22 Appendix A AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Error Beep Codes and DS7 DS8 LED POST Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure f a fatal error occurs you should consult with your System manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the motherboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Section 2 6 A 1 AMIBIOS POST Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short 1 long Memory error No memory detected in System 7 beeps General Exception error processor exception interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory read write error Video ada
59. ermission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X6DVL EG2 motherboard The SUPER X6DVL EG2 sup ports single or dual Intel Xeon EM64T Nocona processors at a 800 MHz front side bus Based upon Intel s NetBurst microarchitecture the Xeon EM64T processor supports IA 32 and IA 64 software and includes features found in the Xeon processor such as Hyper Pipelined Technol ogy 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 Force ZIF socket mPGA 604 the Nocona Processor 800 MHz supports Hyper Threading Technology and is ideal for high perfor mance 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 products motherboard for up dates on supported processors This pr
60. etting Select 278 to allow the parallel port to use 278 as its I O port address Select 3BC to allow the parallel port to use 3BC as its I O port address Parallel Port Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This feature allows the AMI BIOS to select the ECP DMA Mode for the parallel port The Options are DMAO DMA1 and DMA3 Parallel Port IRQ Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 gt Advanced Chipset Settings This item allows the user to configure the Advanced Chipset settings for the system gt NorthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for Intel E7320 Lindenhurst VS NorthBridge chipset Memory Remap Feature Select Enabled to allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Mirroring and Sparing Select Enabled to enable Memory RAS Mirroring and Sparing to allow the system to create a mirror copy of data written to the memory for data security The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 11 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual gt SouthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for Intel ICH South Bridge chipset CPU B I S T Enable Select Enabled to enable the function of CPU Built In Self Test The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH De
61. eturn to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu SUPER X6DVL EG2 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 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 p
62. ext Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the com mand byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The WAIT message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data ar
63. f Remote Access If Disabled is not selected then you can select a Remote Access type The options are Enabled or Disabled gt USB Configuration USB Function This feature allows you to enable USB Host Controllers The options are Disabled and Enabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy Disable legacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 Controller The options are Disabled or Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting allows you to configure USB 2 0 Controller Mode The options are Hi Speed 480 Mbps or Full Speed 12Mbps USB Mass Storage Device Configurations USB Mass Storage Reset Delay This setting allows you to decide how long the system shall wait in an attempt to detect the presence of a USB Mass Storage Device before it issues a start command to proceed with the next operation during POST The options are 10 Seconds 20 Seconds 30 Seconds and 40 Seconds Emulation Type If set to Auto USB devices that are smaller than 530MB will be emulated as floppy while remaining as a HDD Forced FDD option will allow you to configure a HDD formatted drive to boot as a FDD Eg Zip Drive The options are Auto Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk and CD ROM 4 15 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual System Health Monitor This feature al
64. fer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select UDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UDMA to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMA3 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 66 6 MBs Select UDMA4 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs The options are Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn and UDMAn 4 7 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow the BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Select Enabled to activate the function of 32 Bit data transfer Select Disabled to deactivate the function The options are Enabled and Dis abled Hard Disk Write Protect Select Enabled to enable the function of Hard Disk Write Protect to prevent data from being written to HDD The options are Enabled or Disabled IDE Detect Time Out This feature allows the user to set the time out value for detecting ATA ATA PI devices installed in the system The option
65. g any required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next B 7 SUPER X6DVL EG2 Users Manual Notes B 8 Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System After all the hardware has been installed you must first confi
66. gle damage to the socket or CPU may occur Processor installed Triangle 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 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 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 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 a
67. gure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard C 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in 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 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7320 Lindenhurst VS Chipset the 6300ESB Hance Rapids 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 The 6300ESB Hance Rapids I O Controller Hub supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SA
68. hermal Management 2 TM2 When TM2 is enabled in the BIOS and when the CPU temperature reaches a pre defined threshold a thermal monitoring mechanism will reduce the pro cess speed by lowering the bus to core ratio of the processor core clock and decrease the voltage input by changing the CPU VID This combination of reduced CPU bus frequency and CPU VID effectively decreases CPU power consumption to prevent processor overheat and greatly increases System stability This function is available for the CPUs that support TM2 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI 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 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 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 compatibl
69. hlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controllers BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press Ctrl and lt A gt key simultaneously and the main menu will appear 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities SUPER 6 X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above Main Menu Appendix C Software Installation Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 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 r
70. in Definition two USB ports J42 USB 2 3 next a to the Floppy Drive Connector on 3 PO the motherboard These two FP 3 oe USB ports can be used to provide USB 2 3 Front Panel USB front side chassi Pin Pin BIS access cab es Number Definition Number Definition not included See the tables on 1 5V 2 5V A 3 PO 4 PO the right for pin definitions 5 PO 6 PO z Ground 8 Ground 10 Ground Bg ATX mM yi P mr FAN use o1 e ae es D JAR E I com in I DIMM 1B ai DIMM 1A V DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI GLAN E7320 L CTRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge B EE e GLAN IDS3 EPT Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fanz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Fang VGA PCIE 4 PCI E X4 bios F Controller PCI 3 PCI 33MHz z aad BS au aA a rnm Rapids SB2 3 EM Al USB 2 3 EEG 1 PCI 33MHz E se pre coma Ler meg Tr C blim a Chassis Intrusion 2 13 SUPER O X6DVL EG2 User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the Fin pod PS 2 mouse are located at J2 See Pin the table on the right for pin defini Number Denn tions The mouse port is above 2 NC the keyboard port See the table A pc on the right for pin definitions p Fan Headers There are six fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 6 on the motherboard 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions See the table on the right for pin CPU and Ch
71. l the BIOS program is done f the System reboots correctly then the recovery was successful The BIOS Recovery Procedure will not update the boot block in your BIOS 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 Note The CD is a bootable disc and can be used to create driver diskettes 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 manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be 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 AMI BIOS Chapter 4 AMIBIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter
72. layed Transaction Select Enabled to enable the function of ICH Delayed Transaction to provide back compatibility for slower components The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH DCB Enable Select Enabled to enable ICH DMA Collection Buffer The options are En abled and Disabled P ACPI Configuration This item allows the user to enable or disable ACPI support for the operating System Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI 2 0 Features Select Yes to allow RSDP pointers to point to the 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables Select No to deactivate this function The options are Yes and No ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to allow the ACPI APIC Table Pointer to be included in the RSDP pointer list The options are Enable and Disabled AMI OEMB Table Select Enabled to allow the OEMB Table Pointer to be included in the R x SDT pointer lists The options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Operation Mode through ACPI which will allow the system to boot up and function properly without keyboard and monitor display The options are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Power Configuration This feature allows the user to configure PnP settings Power Button Mode This setting allows you to decide if the system will instantly power off or will wait for 4 seconds before power off when the power button is pressed The options are Instant off and 4 Seconds Restore on
73. lows the AMI BIOS to automatically display the status of the following items Main E ce Boot Security Exit System Health Monitor Set CPU Overheat Temperature from CPU Overheat Temperature 65 C to 90 C by CPU Temperature H using CPU2 Temperature System Temperature CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore 3 3V Vcc V 5 in 12V Vcc V 12 12V Vcc V Select Screen DRAM VTT 0 Select Item 1 2V Vcc rl Change Option DIMM Voltage Hoe General Help 1 5 Voltage Il Save and Exit 5 Standby 5 Exit 3 3V Standby i gt System FAN Monitor y02 53 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc CPU Overheat Temperature The feature allows the user to set the CPU temperature threshold The options range from 65 C to 90 C The default setting is 78 C See the note below If System Health Function is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature The AMI BIOS will automatically display the following information CPU1 VCORE CPU2 VCORE for 2U systems 3 3V Vcc V 5 Vin 12V Vcc V 12V Vcc V DRAM VTT 1 2V Vcc DIMM Voltage 1 5V 5V Standby 3 3V Standby Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor IIl settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD IIl adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subse quent changes to these thresholds must be made
74. many l O functions The Hance Rapids ICH I O Controller Hub integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 66MHz Interface PCI 2 2 Interface and System Management Controller Notes The CPU FSB speed is set at 800 MHz by the Manufacturer Please do not change the CPU FSB setting 1 9 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPERG X6DVL EG2 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby and 5V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen if SuperDoctorlll is installed Users can
75. n P ATA amp S ATA Combined Mode Operation This feature allows the user to select the IDE Combined Mode The options are P ATA Parallel ATA 1ST Channel and S ATA Serial ATA 1st Channel S ATA Ports Definition This feature allows the user to configure Serial ATA Ports The options are PO Master P1 Slave PO Slave P1 Master P ATA Only S ATA Running Enhanced Mode Select Yes if you want the function of Serial ATA Enhanced Mode to be enabled at all times Options are Yes and No 4 5 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual P ATA Channel Selection This feature allows the user to select which channel to set the Parallel ATA Mode The options are Primary Secondary or Both S ATA Ports Definition This feature allows the user to configure Serial ATA Ports The options are PO 3rd P1 4th PO 4th P1 3rd Configuring S ATA as RAID Select Yes to configure Serial ATA as RAID The options are Yes and No S ATA Only S ATA Ports Definition This feature allows the user to configure Serial ATA Ports The options are PO 1st P1 2nd PO 2nd P1 1st Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third IDE Master Slave Fourth IDE Master Slave Sub Menu From the Advanced Setup screen press Enter to access this sub menu for the primary secondary third and fourth IDE master and slave drives Use this screen to select options for the Primary and Secondary IDE drives Use the up and down Arrow keys to select
76. next Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 48h 49h 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53h 54h 57h 58h 59h Code Description Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has sta
77. ng WOR Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions e ATX 12 x 10 304 8 x 254 mm 1 7 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual XEON EG4MT XEON E64MT CPU 1 CPU 2 Z9 ae rs DIMM B2 DIMM A2 eo X L DIMM B1 DIMM A1 Se z i PCI EXPRESS X4 2GB S DDR2 400 x i N e E7320 nls LINDENHURST VS A uj X MCH DDR2 400 E co iB q ia aa o LE 19 X A PCI EXPRESS X4 2GB S 5 zN amp n E amp 2 4 gt COM Port ES slo 5 5 FWH IPMI 5 FIOPPY amp LPT W e Ho uo 2 H gt MOUSE fa E ee o Aa A T 6300 ESB USB Port 0 Front USB 5 HANCE RAPIDS A N E N Front USB 2b PCI 64 BIT 66MHZ e e ie m Rear USB E c y S asa 8254 m a Rear USB z ete 5 Og 3 pc132 BiTzamaz al 8 S PCI32 BITsswuz gsx a y 9 z ENS Rc Peas a gt 4 A a a 8 29 VIDEO lt lt s E c o 5 ATI RAGE XL lt m 4 X E 8 p E v T 4 5 ol is xc lt 8 STASA RJ45 S ATA S AT RA En Bg IDE IDE Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7320 Lindenhurst VS 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 Buil
78. ni tions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions ATX PWR PW3 SMB PWR P Es IMs E pin PWR PW2 Z B USB KB7 0 1 JAR KT CPUI a g L T Pw Overheat Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 7 Vcc 8 GND Overheat Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blink Fan Fail Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 5 Vcc 6 GND OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED Ground 4 x4 Power LED 4 HDD LED 4 NIC1 LED lt 20 19 I DIMM IB DIMM IA VGA DIMM 2B DIMM 2A JLANI TAN E7320 I RL LLindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge H GLAN ETE Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz Fan PCIERS PCLE Xt VGA PCIE PCE X4 bos a put 6300ESB bs8bs7 E PC PCI 33MHz 5 Z Hance Ae o E R pow PCI 33MBz Rapids T523 Esa zB c Rd CL cmos E m CL 33M CMOS als Eomal uer EAG m E E A Won LAE 4 Fan
79. nt ERE EH EET E EIE ENEE SMB Power Connector MGA CONNECTION virais ett e vs e ex rer t he C RH Speaker Power LED Keylock eene 2 18 2 6 Jumper Settings ntt edere no er Eten 2 19 Explanation Of Jumpets ite rre rer hn t cene 2 19 LAN Eriable Bisabl6 ihe e Co c eee 2 19 Alarm Reset VGA Enable CMOS Clear Watch Dog Enable Disable recette t tette res 2 21 SMB to PCI Bus SMB Clock to PCI Bus Enable sss 2 22 2 7 Onboard Indicators 7 GLAN EEDSiorimio nre rem TEES SATA zio Onboard LED IndiGatorss uror erret rn te enr tes 2 24 System Alert LED Indicators seen 2 24 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 25 Parallel Port Connector treiben neenon EXER IRR 2 25 Floppy Gonnectot e rete Dn beetles 2 26 IDE Connectors IPMI Connection Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures een eterne te res 3 1 Before Power On siae nire E OFT AEN 3 1 zl 3 1 NO VId60 uinea ce tbe bet ei alee 3 1 Memory BIOS reci irte re eta cai Fea E RE ve beer ra peni Xe dapes da RE sa Een 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration s esses 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures ennt tne 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 9 8 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service s
80. nt of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Super micro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should dis able this the default setting with JAR to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled Alarm Reset Jumper Settings Jumper Position Definition Closed Opened Enabled Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Enabled Disabled ATX PWR P S pin PWR SB KB IMS f Alarm Reset CAD COM cm Z IS PW2 z I DIMM 1B DIMM 1A DIMM 2B CPUI DIMM 2A JLANI LAN E7320 TRL Lindenhurst VS JLAN2 North Bridge mer GLAN IPL Enable PCH6 PCI 66 MHz PCIE 5 PCI E X4 VGA PCIE S PCE X4 bios Controller PCI43 PCI 33MHz SUO PCH2 PCI 33MHz CPU2 psg Fan2 Fan3j IPMI VGA Enable
81. ntime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h OAh OBh Code Description The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory Uncompressing the POST code next Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area The CMOS checksum calculation is done next The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status register is initialized Next performing any required B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes OCh OEh OFh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 19h 1Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 23h 24h initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byie is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every b
82. ntinue with the installa tion From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Win dows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Appendix C Software Installation C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X6DVL server board Drivers amp Tools Win2000 C Intel Lindenhurst chipset INF files kg bo bo SUPERMICR Microsoft DirectX 3 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Optional Intel E7320 Chipset X6DVL Series Adaptec Storage Manager SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD T Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SLIPERMICRO s web site Cy cer cr DEl a SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from
83. oduct is intended to be profession ally 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 lists BIOS Error Beep Codes and DS LED POST Codes Appendix B provides BIOS POST codes Appendix C provides software installation instructions SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Table of Contents Serial POortscaairte rani nae e s Wake On Ring WOR nn miedo e mede eee deni arg Wake On LAN WOL i GLAN Ethernet Port sess nre Power Fault 2 nnne ni
84. oot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 The video display has been disabled Port B has beeninitialized Next initializing the chipset The 8254 timer test will begin next The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configu ration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin B 3 SUPER X6DVL EG2 Users Manual Checkpoint 25h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h Code Description Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on Any initialization before setting video mod
85. or Legacy ISA devices The options are Disabled 16K 32K 64K gt Super IO Configuration Sub Menu Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 2F8 IRQ3 to allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O address used by the parallel port Select Disabled to prevent the parallel port from accessing any system resources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable Select 378 to allow the parallel port to use 378 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard s
86. otup The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot Set this value to allow the boot up screen options to be modified between POST messages or the OEM logo The default setting is Enabled Select Disabled to allow the computer system to display the POST messages Se lect Enabled to allow the computer system to display the OEM logo Add On ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The default setting is Force BIOS Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select Keep Current to allow the computer system to display the BIOS information during system boot The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current 4 17 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Boot up Num Lock Set this value to allow the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up The default setting is On The options are On and Off PS 2 Mouse Support Set this value to allow the PS 2 mouse support to be modified The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled Wait for F1 If Error Select Enable to activate the function of Wait for F1 if Error The options are Enabled and Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Select Enabled to display Setup Message when the user hits the DEL key The options are Enabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot Progress Bar En
87. oubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU in socket 1 making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Make sure to use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recom mended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Make sure that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no vi
88. pter missing or with faulty memory 9 beeps AMIBIOS checksum error A 1 SUPER Xx6DVL EG2 Users Manual A 2 DS7 DS8 LED Post Codes LED Indicators Description Message DS7 DS8 On On PWR On On Off SPD Read OK Off On Memory Size OK Off Off Starting Bus Initialization A 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h B 1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint DOh Dih D3h D4h D5h D6h Code Description The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next Starting memory sizing next Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack next Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 Controlis in segment 0 Next checking if Ctrl Home was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either Ctrl Home was pressed or
89. rm Reset Header 3 N A and the PWR Fault Header moni We tors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature SMB PWR ag ATX PWR P A PW3 Fan 8 pin S B pwr Ee JAR PWR CPUL p Fault ME I DIMM IB DIMM 1A vos DIMM 2B a DIMM 2A JLANI LANI E7320 TRL Lindenhurst VS CPU2 JLAN2 North Bridge BS s uan GLAN ps4 RIPL2 Enable PCI 6 PCI 66 MHz Fan PCIE 5 PCI E X4 Eang VGA PCIE PCI E X4 Bios Controlled DSaDS7 g 6300ESB gl PCI43 PCI 33MHz z Had S Don TCI SSMBZ Rapids BEZ gs REI CL CMOS psi EB 2 a EPGI PCI L um 33MHz GTI fom Ler HELGA mil m E3 psa 2 17 SUPERO X6DVL EG2 User s Manual VGA Connector A VGA connector J6 is located next to the COM1 on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Speaker Power LED Keylock On the JF2 header pins 1 3 5 7 are for the Speaker and Pins 2 4 6 are for the Power LED and pins 8 10 are for Keylock See the table on the right for speaker pin JF2 Pin Location 1 ie 2 3 4 gt o 6 z o 8 2 10 Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 1 Red wire Speaker data 3 No connection 5 Buzzer Data 7 Speaker data Close Pins 5 amp 7 to enable onboard buzzer PWR LED Keylock Connector Pin
90. rray again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the screen below SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Main Menu anage Arrays reate Array initialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below Select drives for initialization Selected hii 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B 01 WDC WD360GD OOGELX1 34 46B Appendix C Software Installation 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below Select drives for initialization Selected Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B 00 WDC WD360GD OGELX1 01 D360GD OOELX 34 465 01 WDC WD3606D OOELX1 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen Warning Initialization will erase all Array information from the selected drives Any Array using any of these drives as members will be affected Do you want to continue Yes No 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct
91. rted The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next B 5 SUPER X6DVL EG2 Users Manual Checkpoint 60h 62h 65h 66h 67h 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Fh 91h Code Description The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 n
92. s This option allows the user to configure Advanced CPU settings for the processor s installed in the system Ratio CMOS Setting This option allows the user to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency Note if an invalid ratio is entered the AMIBIOS will restore the setting to the previous state 4 3 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual Max CPUID Value Limit This feature allows the user to set the maximum CPU ID value Enable this function to boot legacy OS that cannot support processors with extended CPUID functions The options are Enabled and Disabled Hardware Prefetcher This feature allows the user to enable the Hardware Prefetcher function The options are Enabled and Disabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch This feature allows the user to enable the function of Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch If Disabled the CPU will prefetch data at 64 bit per cache line If Enabled it will fetch data at 128 bit per cache line Hyper Threading Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of Hyper Threading Enabling Hyper Threading results in increased CPU performance CPU Force PR If Enabled the FORCEPR will function as an input pin If disabled the state of FORCEPR will be ignored by the CPU The options are Enabled and Disabled VRM Protection Temperature This setting allows you to set the VRM Protection Temperature The options are 72 C 88 C 98 C and 108 C S
93. s are 0 sec 5 Mode 1 0 15 20 25 30 and 35 P Floppy Configuration This option allows the user to configure the settings for the Floppy Drives installed in the system Floppy A Move the cursor to these fields via up and down arrow keys to select the floppy type The options are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 OnBoard Floppy Controller Select Enabled to enable the Onboard Floppy Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled Chapter 4 AMI BIOS PCI PnP Configuration This feature allows the user to set PCI PnP configurations for the following items Plug amp Play OS Select Yes to allow the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices This is not required for system boot if you system has an OS that supports Plug amp Play Select No to allow the AMIBIOS to configure all devices in the sys tem PCI Latency Timer This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus Select 32 to set the PCI latency to 32 PCI clock cycles Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles Select 96 to set the PCI latency to 96 PCI clock cycles Select 128 to set the PCI latency to 128 PCI clock cycles Select 160 to set the PCI latency to 160 PCI clock cycles Select 192 to set the PCI latency to 192 PCI clock cycles Select 224 to set the PCI latency to 224 PCI clock cycles Select 248 to set the PCI latency to 248 PCI clock cycles Allocate IRQ
94. ssss 3 4 Table of Contents Chapter 4 BIOS 451 ImtOQUOCHODa ie rere meer eret eere ccs cO A GRO IRI 4 1 4 2 Main BIOS Set p cde tee etie venie tete aerated 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setups eite perit n E cx vsieecedecauses aes 4 3 4 4 Boot SetUpii ctia te afe e ar afe taa 4 17 4 5 Security Selup siuiuciesce te reiten tee e eee ciel te eden Tr de fern 4 20 LE MI 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes and DS7 DS8 LED POST Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System C 1 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 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 in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022 One 1 COM port cable CBL 010 One 1 Serial ATA cable CBL 044 One 1 CPU mounting plate SKT 159 One plate supports up to two CPUs Two 2 CPU retention br
95. t first Main Advanced Boot Security Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled un Select Screen uj Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help FIO Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 53 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Clear User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to clear the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection When Enabled the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 20 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 6 Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the AMI BIOS Setup Ultility screen to enter the Exit the BIOS Setup screen Main Advanced Boot Security Exit Options Exit system setup
96. t power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power In 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction addition a 12V 8 pin CPU power supply is also required for high load configurations Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports NOTE In addition to the 24 pin main power a 12V 8 pin power con nector PW2 is required to support Intel Xeon processors See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate 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 reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O
97. t upon the functionality and the capability of the E7320 Lindenhurst VS chipset the X6DVL EG2 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The Intel E7320 Lindenhurst VS chipset consists of the following components the E7320 Lindenhurst VS Memory Control ler Hub MCH and the I O Controller Hub 6300ESB ICH The E7320 Lindenhurst VS MCH supports single or dual Xeon EM64T No cona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of up to 800 MHz Note Its memory controller provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR2 400 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The E7320 Lindenhurst VS also supports the new PCI Ex press high speed serial I O interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two independent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are com pliant with the PCI Express Interface Specification Rev 1 0a The MCH interfaces with the 6300ESB I O Controller Hub 6300ESB ICH via Hub Interface 6300 ESB Hance Rapids ICH System Features In addition to providing the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system the Hance Rapids ICH I O Controller Hub integrates
98. the board from the anti Static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins 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 Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 2 2 Xeon EM64T Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Note that for the X6DVL EG2 you need to install the Xeon mounting plate under the board
99. tions are Enabled or Disabled gt MPS Configuration This section allows the user to configure the multi processor table MPS Revision This feature allows the user to select MPS Revision The options are 1 1 or 1 4 PCI Express Configuration This section allows the user to configure PCI Express slots Active State Power Management Select Enabled to activate the function of power management for signal transactions between PCI Express LO and L1 Link The options are Enabled and Disabled l O Expander and Mode This feature allows the user to set the IO Expand Mode for Hot Plug sup port The options are PCA9555 Two PCA9554 One PCA9554 Low One PCA9554 High Two PCA9554A One PCA9554A Low and Two PCA9554 High PCI Express Compliance Mode Select Enabled to enable MCH to activate PCI Express Compliance Mode The options are Disabled and Enabled Spread Spectrum Select Enabled to enable Spread Spectrum to allow the system to monitor and to attempt to reduce the ElectroMagnetic Interference level caused by components in the system The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 14 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS P Remote Access Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the Remote Access Configu ration Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option Remote Access This feature allows the user to disable the function o
100. to 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt k and pr SATA Port 0 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 SATA Port 1 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 SATA Port 2 No device SATA Port 3 No device SATA Port 4 No device SATA Port 5 No device SATA Port 6 No device SATA Port 7 No device Only drives present at POST are displayed ys to move cursor Enter to select C 16 Appendix C Software Installation You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec 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 C 17 SUPER X6DV
101. to PCI VGA Set this value to allow or prevent the system from assigning an interrupt address to the VGA adapter card The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so that the graphics card can function properly The options are Enabled or Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled Offboard PCI ISA IDE Card This option allows the user to assign a PCI slot number to an Off board PCI ISA IDE card in order for it to function properly The options are Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 and PCI Slot6 4 9 SUPER X6DVL EG2 User s Manual IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 This feature specifies the availability of an IRQ to be used by a PCI PnP device Select Reserved for the IRQ to be used by a Legacy ISA device The options are Available Reserved DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 Select Available to indicate that a specific DMA channel is available to be used by a PCI PnP device Select Reserved if the DMA channel specified is reserved for a Legacy ISA device Reserved Memory Size This feature specifies the size of memory block to be reserved f
102. type Y to continue C 13 SUPER 6 X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 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 get the array to Optimal status For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild a EU Menu Appendix C Software Installation Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities SUPER O X6DVL EG2 User s Manual 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt troller Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to select option lt Esc gt
103. ue to the built in functionality the X6DVL EG2 is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorpo rating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X6DVL EG2 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 Appendix C Software Installation 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 hig
104. ws OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII set tings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information rie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Remote Manage System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration 1 Health Information CPUl Chassis CPUZ Chassis C 20 Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help m HE Em B Fsuper Doctor III Remote Management m Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration 1 Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity P trol ower contro i Note SD IIl Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor Illl You can also down load SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero

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