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1. PW SMB 038 Ji 232 20 PinPW DIMM 1A e 143 DIMM 1B N DIMM 2A CPU1 JAR DIMM 2B pd DIMM 3A DIMM 3B H EA DIMM 4A H E Bank4 n DIMM 4B H an CPU2 FAN a E7520 7 North Bridge GLAN lt lt Controller lt 10 0 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E x8 133 2 5 6 SXB E x o 3 mex IPMI crum 2 fala ZCR a EI W83627 BIOS 5 lt D 5 P 11217615 a PXH ICH5R 2 1 SAS 081 Ds South Controller 052 054 RAGE 2 spxa 9410 m E g Ja Battery Bee B JBT169 wolFan3 pot ug cow JD2 UWD OHULTID 1 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation SAS Activity LED Indicators the X6DHR 3G2 only SAS Activity LED Indicators DS1 DS4 indicate the activity status of SAS ports 0 3 JSM1 DS5 DS8 in dicate the activity status of SAS ports 4 7 JSM2 See the table on the right for pin definitions SAS_ACT_Output DS1 DS8 Definitions DS Definition DS
2. GLAN Enable VGA Enable d PW SMB 38 1101 J32 DIMM MS i DIMM H 134 USB A Bank CPU1 S E J3P J16 A JP9 Bank3 9 5 EANA 9 Bank4 Of J14 H aP LL CPU2 FAN i E7520 n North Bridge GLAN X x Controller ir 19 40 f PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 x8 GLAN1 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x x5 3 gt lt GLAN2 55 amp IPMI 345 9 lala ZCR 2 W83627 Bis ol gt lt D o 012106105 9 x WOR J7 ind bist SAS 051 Ds 53 R coro an South Controller DS2 D54 o Bridge SPRE i ATC 9410 oO SAS Battery 0 3 ag 4 oo JBT 1s woiFan3 COM2 JD2 TOHULAIDA 2 21 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Watch Dog JWD controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a software application hangs Pins 1 2 will have WD reset the system if a program hangs Pins 2 3 will gener ate a non maskable interrupt for the program that hangs requires software implementation Watch Dog must al
3. us RW SMB 038 101 132 20 PinPW lsa DIMM 1A S Bank J43 M DIMM 1B L Ja4 DIMM 2A JAR USB Bank CPU1 oe 0 1 DIMM 2B 416 DIMM 3A h DIMM 3B ee FAN 1 2 z DIMM 4A x P Bank4 On J14 DIMM 4B H L CPU2 FAN LI E7520 L North Bridge GLAN Z x Controller E An 0 TN f GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E x8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 x8 zi lel c xw GLAN2 IPMI rt fu lu 2 ZCR W83627 ne Mi lt HF S IO o 12065 gt cui ICH5R 051 DS3 lt e wer Controller D52 T54 RAGE i lt SPKR x 9410 SAS ouo Battery 0 3 oooo0 S235 8 JBT1 9 woran N ns KEE GOMZ JD2 TWD 2 o D in 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 indicates Pin 1 3 The graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revi sion available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manu al
4. 1 5vDC heating See the table on the right for 2 OH Active pin definitions PW SMB KB 132 EIU DIMM 1A Bia J43 MS DIMM 1B r 034 DIMM 2A CPU1 0 1 DIMM 2B 2161 T DIMM 3A h Bank3 FANI o DIMM 3B 9 DIMM 4A H 5 Band oL J14 DIMM 4B LL CPU2 FAN a E7520 T North Bridge GLAN lt Controller lt lt lt 0 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 x8 GLAN1 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x EISE 2 GLAN2 IPMI eft E a amp Ju Ju ZCR W83627 BIOS 3 HF S IO z o 012126105 gt PXH ICH5R 2 RH sas 051 DS3 SARN Controller 052 DS4 ridge sekn RAGE i ATC 9410 lt obo Battery ecg ana o KD Fans spect 011 JD2 Ew 2 18 trea PS Failure H LED Power SMB Connector Power SMB I2 C Connector J32 monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions SAS SMB Power I C Connector For the X6DHR 3G2 only Adaptec Connector JS10 monitors the status of Power Supply System Managem
5. PS 2 Mouse J33 are located on the backpanel See the table at right for 5 Nc pin definitions See Figure 2 3 for the 3 Ground locations of each 4 VCC Keyboard 5 SE Mouse COM1 COM2 o PW SMB J32 NEED DIMM 1A Bass 143 DIMM 1B H DIMM 2A h CPU1 JAR DIMM 2B H J3P DIMM 3A h JP9 DIMM 3B H DIMM 4A Hh Bank4 OR DIMM 4B Li 2 CPU2 FAN 1 7520 g North Bridge GLAN x lt Controller lt lt 20 0 GLAN1 PCI X 100 Slot 7 x8 PCI X 133 Slot 6 x8 Tz lt e c c GLAN2 IPMI ft SN ZCR 2 a a W83627 sios a lt 5 T o n J5 9 2 9 4126 J7 ICH5R N South ni li Psi 4 Bids ontroller 052 54 Z SPKR RASE ATC 9410 SAS o Battery 0 3 2249 JBT4 co UBI woFan3 JPG JD2 wD 1101 2 15 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual SMB A System Management Bus header Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system is located at J11 On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions speaker Power LED Speaker Note The speaker
6. SAS Enable Chapter 2 Installation Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset Jumper Settings The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Supermicro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should not connect anything to this jumper to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings Pin Definition 2 5V 1 Ground 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings Jumper Setting The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default
7. false alarms in PW SMB 38 101 132 7 DIMM MS DIMM 1B H 134 TES DIMM 2A T CPU1 0 1 DIMM 2B H r 18 TDIMM DIMM 3B Waki DIMM 4A h E Bank4 of 414 DIMM 4B F Ia LL CPU2 FAN a E7520 T North Bridge GLAN x amp Controller Ls 2 ain f PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 x8 GLAN1 T PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x Ta 5 ala BLAN2 55 amp na e IPMI ZCR W83627 BIOS E lt HF S IO n 9 UACR 912645 ICH5R SAS 951 092 i Bude Controller DS2 DS4 0 RAGE 2 sekn xt i ATC 9410 E E ovo Battery 0 3 0 Ec s JBT1 wolf ans Uri COM2 JD2 JWD UOHULTUD1 2 23 GLAN LEDs 2 7 Onboard Indicators Each of the Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports has two LEDs The amber LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associ ated with the second LED SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Left Right LED Color Off Green Amber Connection Speed Indicator GLAN Left LED Definition 10Mbps or No Connection 100 Mbps 1 Gbps Activity Indicator GLAN Right LED LED Color Amber Definition Flashing 10Mbps 100Mbps 1 Gbps Activity
8. 38 J1D1 KB 732 Pin 133 DIMM lera MS DIMM TE DIMM ZA JAR USB CPU JaP 0 1 DIMM 2B I die DIMM 3A UPS o TT Pe FAN E DIMM 2A H E J14 DMWaB 1 aj CPU2 E7520 North Bridge BLAN lt lt Controlle lt lt 0 0 er 100 MHz 1519077 SXB E 8 z PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 JEXB E x8 3 alglz LAN 22 E hu Ju ZCR 25 2 jeje weszr al HF S 10 IS 01265 PXH ICH5R D SAS psi_psa_ ij South Controller 1052 1154 2 RAGE ON Bridge 9410 Q Xw SAS Battery 0 3 9209 2 ums Clear CMOS com2 202 HWD JgOHULID 1 2 20 GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN ports on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper set tings The default setting is enabled Chapter 2 Installation GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled
9. x s da B ER BLAN2 20 wer ZER al HF S IO BIOS Ory D o gag 01206 pna ICHSR n SAS DS1 ps3 N South Controller 152 054 o ne d Bridge ATC 9410 lt SPKR x U 5 SAS E Battery 0 3 2258 mm wo Fana E COM2 JD2 wo 2 11 Chapter 2 Installation OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Ground LED OH Fan Fail PWR Fail LED Ground X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED Power Fail LED lt Ground Reset Button Ground Power Button 2 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo Reset Button cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach Pin Definitions JF1 it to the hardware reset switch on the Pin Definition computer case Refer to the table on 3 Reset the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo Power Button mentarily contacting both pins will Pin Definitions JF1 p
10. 2 3 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Empty socket Warning Make sure that you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is Triangle only partly raised damage to the socket Processor or CPU may occur installed Triangle Figure 2 1 PGA604 Socket Empty and with Processor Installed 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 moth erboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Installing DIMMs Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 to prevent any possible damage Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules 1 Insert each DDR 2 memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incor rectly See support information
11. 11 connection Heads nua PP ar rig be ea A ard dis rive DAB N 238 installed here Sectors 1 39 you select Maximum Capacity pre determined type of Maximum Capacity drive LBA Format CD ROM a CD ROM drive Total Sectors CCP cease ael i itu emovable removable disk drive is installed here Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi 14 Esc ma Enter F18 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of CPU Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item disp
12. 4 JP17 is to be used with JWF1 and JP18 is to be used with JWF2 5 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 is the same as PCI X Slot 1 shown in the BIOS and PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 is the same as PCI X Slot 2 shown in the BIOS 6 All SAS components SAS Controller SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 Connections SAS LEDs DS 1 8 JS10 and JPS1 are available on the X6DHR 3G2 only 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed information Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd PWR Supply Fail Detect Open Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPG1 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP17 JP18 Compact Flash Master Slave Select Closed Master Note2 JPL1 GLAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPS1 Note3 SAS Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR J43 Primary ATX 20 Pin Power Connector 12 V PWR J38 4 Pin Power Connector Required CPU PWR J1D1 8 Pin CPU Power Connector Required COM J14 COM2 J15 COM1 COM Serial Port Connectors DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory RAM Slots DS 1 8 SAS LED Indicators See Chapter 2 Note3 FAN 1 5 Onboard CPU Fan Chassis Fan Headers Floppy Drive J12 Floppy Drive Connector GLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IPMI J9 IPMI 2 0 Socket IDE1 2 J5 J6 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors Note 1 KB Mouse J33 J34 PS 2 Keyboard J34 Mouse J33 Power SMB J32 Power System Management Bus
13. 3 From the screen below select Initialize Drives and press lt Enter gt Ws Y 12630 Red xsi dee reate Array T dd Delete Hotspare Configure Soot Unit nitialize Drives ives for creating a 4 From the Select drives for initialization list on the left screen select the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert The drive you ve selected will appear on the Selected Drives list as show below aL Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Array Configuration Utility Select drives for initialization Selected Drives j B1 FUJITSU 2036 34 268 84 FUJITSU HAUZB3BRC 34 26B T 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected and press lt En ter gt 6 When the following message appears make sure that you have selected the correct drive for initialization and press lt Y gt to initialize the drive or press lt N gt to quit Warning Initialization will configure the drive s as simple volume disk s Do you want to continue Yes No Warning Initialization will configure the drive s as sinple volume disks Do you want to continue Yes No Appendix C Software Installation 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
14. NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions DIMM 1A DIMM 2A DMM2B CPU1 I DIMM DIMM 3 DIMM ZA 7 E7520 INorth Bridge DIMM 48 CI X 100 MHz 5101 7 ISXB E 8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 ISXB E x8 CPU2 D LAN ontrollei ISATA1 SATAO P18JP17 l IGLAN1 I GLAN2 Fan4 Fan5 IPMI ZCR W83627 HF S IO BIOS a SAS Controller PXH ICH5R South Bridge N ATC 9410 Battery 1 es JD2 ya 4 7 E VGA H COM2 NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V 16 Ground NMI HDD LED NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Voc OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Vcc Reset Reset Butto
15. Onboard COM 1 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Onboard COM 2 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the eve
16. 9410 e oe SAS out Battery 0 3 2g JBT1 UU GONG wo Fan3 Uti JD2 UWD 1101 Chapter 2 Installation Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is Pin Definitions JL1 located on the motherboard Attach Pin Definition the appropriate cable to inform you of 1 Intrusion Input a chassis intrusion 2 Ground Universal Serial Bus Two USB 2 0 ports J16 are located Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions on the IO Backpanel USBO is the USB 0 1 FP USB 2 3 bottom connector and USB1 is the Pin Definition Definition top connector An Extra USB header 4 45V 4 45V JD2 for USB2 USB3 can be used for 2 PO 2 PO front side USB access You will need 5 5 EY a USB cable to use the connections n n Refer to the tables on the right for pin 9 p 5 N A 5 Key definitions USB 0 1 USB 2 3 PW SMB 101 J32 20 PinPW DIMM 1A Bara 43 j DIMM 1B DIMM 2A JARI USB CPU1 0 1 DIMM 2B pave 516 T DIM
17. The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1 F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an addi tional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER x6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Notes Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Windows Operating Sys
18. 2 5 Connecting Cables s iy perte kan E te cusa bak cewa sa ya EASA 2 8 ATX Power Connector 2 8 Processor Power Connector 2 222 000 2 8 NIM Ezra Mr rm 2 9 Power LED sesin daene 2 9 gs eds M RU T 2 10 2 zc EE 2 10 Overheat LED Pak kan a Seke KINE Y 2 11 Power Pall ED 2 11 Reset BULtOT eR 2 12 Table of Contents BON Ecc ERN 2 12 Chassis IDtr slOni auro r Guinn nen 2 13 Universal Serial Bus Headers 2 13 GLANT1 GLAN2 Ethernet Ports 2 14 Fani Headers 2 14 Sinum 2 15 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 15 SMB ar eee UU MEILEN 2 16 Power LED Speaker Header 01 2 16 7 2 17 WELCHER 2 17 PWR Supply Failure LED sssini aaa a e E EERE 2 18 Overheat Fan Fail LED sensere nennen KK KRA 2 18 PWR SMB CONMCCUOF yi sa yn y kya eki ean Keleka a Rek n k 2 19 SAS SMB PWR EEE EE EEE EEE EKE KEK KEKE KEKE KK KK KRA 2 19 2 6 Jumper Settings KK kk kK kK nnne 2 20 Explanation of Jumpers k K k k ka 2 20 EE 2 20 GLAN Enable Disabl 2 2
19. EE iii Conventions Used in this Manual sss iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Shrudq 1 1 Contacting se REWA dukan Rada bk WA N W n n kk 1 2 SUPERO X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 Image 1 3 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 Layout 1 4 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features ak ena E kelb kak Keda ba kan kk 1 6 Intel E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVerVIOW din k k bna AWA d n Wad dbn daya d n n aa d kak k 1 9 123 Sp cial Features ette ded tese didi ele v rote e k ewk nanan k d sal 1 10 1 4 PC Health 1 10 oe iuc E 1 11 1 6 Power Supply s eer ie ene nae 1 12 157 S per er 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices nne 2 1 2 1 UNPACKING dV kara W ar Y V bava r w andi d babk 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation E86 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS 2 5 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors 2 2 6
20. See Chapter 2 PW Fail JP9 PWR Fail SMB J11 System Management Bus Header JWF1 JWF2 Compact Flash Card PWR Note 2 JAR Alarm Rest Header Defult On JD1 PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins4 7 Header JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED Header JS10 SAS 12 Note3 JSM1 JSM2 Note3 SAS connectors JSM1 SAS 0 3 JSM2 SAS 4 7 JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header VGA J7 Video Connector USBO 1 J16 Universal Serial Bus Ports USB2 3 JD2 Front Panel USB2 3 Headers Note 1 Both IDE connectors support Compact Flash Note 2 JP17 is to be used with JWF1 JP18 with JWF2 Note 3 For the X6DHR 3G2 only 1 5 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel Xeon 64 bit processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed with support of Hyper Threading HT EM64T and Enhanced Intel SpeedStep EIST Using the EM64T Feature Install a 64 bit OS Windows XP Professional x64 Ed Server 2003x64 Ed Install a 64 bit OS Windows XP Professional x64 Ed Server 2003x64 Ed nstall the 64 bit drivers for all MB components devices and add on cards Using the Hyper Threading HT Technolo Use a CPU that supports the EM64T Install an OS that supports HT including Windows XP 2003 Server and Linux 2 4x Under Linux use the HT compiler to compile the code For other oper ating systems be sure to disable
21. The options are Disabled and Enabled Default Primary Video Adapter This item allows the user to select the Primary Video Adapter between two adapters instead of selecting among three or more adapters The options are Other and Onboard Video PCI Parity Error Forwarding Enable this item to forward the PCI errors occurring behind P2P bridges to the South Bridge so NMI can be asserted The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated first The options are Onboard Option ROM first and Add On first Reset Configuration Data If setto Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No 4 9 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Frequency for Slot 1 GLAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz and PCI X 100 MHz Frequency for Slot 2 MASS ZCR MASS Mass Storage Devices SATA SAS SCSI Devices SAS for the X6DHR 3G2 only This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz P PCI X 133MHz Slot 1 PCI X 100MHz Slot 2 PCI Exp x8 Slot 1 CI Exp x8 Slot 2 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the
22. following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software program you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode This feature allows you to enable the PCI Express Compliance Mode The options are Disabled or Enabled Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option in order to enable the special feature of DIMM sparing or memory mirroring The options are Mirroring Sparing and Standard Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic I
23. 0 1 DIMM 2B Tha J3P 216 DIMM 3A h 268 8 DIMM 3B Barks FAN DIMM ZA j gt Bank4 O J14 DIMM 4B H ME CPU2 FAN LI E7520 x North Bridge o GLAN lt lt Controller lt lt 0 GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E x8 2 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E xg 3 S BLAN2 Ee 3 IPMI 10 2 1 amp yw ZCR a fe 8 8 W83627 ae al gt lt S HF S IO i 21 PIS os ICH5R mE SAS DS1 DS3 4 South Controller DS2 54 Bridge 7 RAGE lt SPKR x 9410 0 SAS Battery 0 3 JBT1 S23 8 B jel COM2 Fand WoL Jeet 11 JD2 JOH WOL 2 17 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Power Supply Failure LED Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Supply Failure LED header JP9 to provide a warn ing of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED JOH1 Connect an LED to the JOH1 header to provide a warning of chassis over PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition PWR 1 Fail PWR 2 Fail PWR 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition
24. 2 From the Select the Boot Unit list in the right window select the bootable drive you wish to delete and press Delete The following screen appears 131 Manage Arrays Create Array fidd Delete Hotspare Initialize Drives Boot Unit Settings Drive 88 Boot Unit Type SAS DISK Drive Size 34 16B Device ID 81 3 When the screen shown above appears select Delete and press Enter 4 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed Do you want to delete the Bootable uUit Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted Appendix C Software Installation Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears FUJITSU HAY2836RC 34 168 81 FUJITSU HRU2B3GRC H2 FUJITSU MRU2B3BRC 84 FUJITSU 2936 To Add a HotSpare Drive 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a Hotspare and press Insert and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu To Delete
25. 21 VGA Enable Disable 2 21 Watch Dog 2 22 SAS Enable Disable sess 2 22 Alarm 2 23 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 2 2 23 2 7 Onboard Indicators l k kala anada aaa anaa Aaaa ER AAEE AAA 2 24 GS EAE EDS 2 24 SAS Activity LED Indicators lt sus yan na cay n kaka 2 25 2 8 Floppy IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 26 Floppy Connector l lo ande kaka n kaka dia aa 2 26 BI RN RR DN NT 2 27 IDE Connectors retener da ka bale da d n au 2 27 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power 1 KK KK KK KEK KA KAK KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA 3 1 NO POWGI pe 3 1 NO 3 1 Memory 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 3 2 Technical Support Procedures cece cece bi inkar aa yaka nek lay k NEEE EENE 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 2 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for
26. 808 HF S IO Bios sal D 9 eges 1121606 2 U1 D N it RASE x Iu SAS Battery 0 3 2 402 UWO HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 vec 11 12 Ground HDD LED NIC1 NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Reset Reset Button Pwr gt Power Button Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions PW SMB 38 m 082 20 PInPW 1 a DIMM 43 Em DIMM 1B DIMM ZA JAR USB 0 1 DIMM 28 H li J16 oma 1E Baris PAN 2 DIMM DIMM 2A H E J14 5 CPU2 2 7 E7520 INorth Bridge GLAN lt lt Controlle E 5 20 IGLAN1 iz Slot 7 BxB E x8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6
27. 9410 E on Battery 0 3 DO oo 223 8 J JBT1 oj ana YI POM JD2 TOHULA SMB PWR LED Speaker Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated WOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in the BIOS to use this feature You must also have LAN with a Wake on LAN connector and cable Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be wo ken up by an incoming call to the mo dem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Chapter 2 Installation Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition Ground Black Wake up KB ge 038 jt 20 PinPW 1331 DIMM 1A 5 Bank1 M DIMM 1B 1 U34 USB DIMM 2A H CPU1 JAR
28. C X8 DIMMs L HUB 266MB s IDE UDMA 100 PRI SEC ICH5 PCI32BIT SATA SATA 0 1 P LPC BUS USB PORT USB 0 1 2 3 LPC 1 0 FWH BMC CON FDD SER 1 HW MS PEDE MONITOR Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please refer to the Motherboard Features for details Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset The XGDHR 3G2 X6DHR 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 ap plications The Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset consists of the following compo nents the E7520 Lindenhurst Memory Controller Hub MCH the ICH5R Controller Hub ICH the Intel PCI X Hub PXH The E7520 MCH supports single or dual Xeon processors with Front Side Bus speeds of 800 MHz Its memory controller provides direct connection to two chan nels of registered DDRII with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The E7520 also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial interface for superior I O bandwidth The provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two independent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support c
29. Definition DS1 Saso Act DS5 SAS4 Act DS2 SAS1 Act DS6 SAS5 Act DS3 SASZ Act DS7 SAS6 Act DS4 SAS3 Act DS8 SAST Act PW SMB KB J32 BL D TE DIMM TA ara Bank1 MS DIMM 1B H U34 USB DIMM 2A E CPU1 INR 0 1 DIMM 2B H u J16 DIMM 3A PEN TES DIMM 3B B ER faa DIMM 4A H E 5 Bank4 Of J14 DIMM 4B H an L CPU2 FAN a E7520 North Bridge GLAN I z Controller E e lt lt 19 9 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E x8 GLAN1 iy PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 ISXB E x p 3 ala LAN2 56 aN sl amp IPMI S jw yw ZCR sje W83627 BIOS Bi gt 5 z 212 615 gt m PXH ICH5R EC SAS a South Controller o Bridge lt 9410 oO Battery JBT1 14 COM2 JD2 2 25 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 2 8 Floppy IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables Th
30. EG2 User s Manual Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can correct this Answer If the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing procedure failed To remedy this first clear CMOS per the instruc tions in this manual and if it still does not work contact Support at Supermicro Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your dist
31. Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indi cated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installa tion m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown below wi
32. The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced Security Boot Exit 12 42 17 Item Specific Help System Date 10 10 2005 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Diskette fi 1 44 1 25 MB 3 Parallel ATA Both Serial ATA Enabled SATA RAID Enable Disabled Native Mode Operation Auto IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master System Memory KB Extended Memory KB Esc e Enter Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was buil
33. Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS da
34. a HotSpare Drive 4 From the List of Assigned HotSpare Drives in the right window select the hotspare drive you want to delete and press Delete and lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to Delete the Hotspare Yes No The hotspare drive you have selected will be deleted C 9 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new ar ray or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array Please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 2 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu select Array Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 1416 Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Appendix C Software Installation
35. below 2 Gently press down the memory module until it snaps into place Support The X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 supports dual channel ECC Registered DDR 1 400 SDRAM This motherboard only supports Interleaved memory Populat ing DIMMZ1A DIMMZ1B and or DIMMZ2A DIMM 2B with a pair or pairs of memory modules that are of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory When ECC memory is used it may take 25 40 seconds for the VGA to display To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the align ment notch at the bottom Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs Notch 4 Notch eon Note Notch irm should align with the receptive point on the slot 2 5 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Top View Of DDRII Slot Release Tab Il Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various ports Keyboard Mouse USBO USB1 COM1 Port LAN1 LAN2 VGA Graphics SAS Purple Green Ports Turquoise Port Port Port Blue Port Figure 2 3 Port Locations and Definitions 2 6 Chapte
36. connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker 2 16 KB PW SMB Tsa ji J32 331 DIMM 20 Pine Ww 5 Bank1 M DIMM 1B 1 DIMM 2 JAR USB Bal CPU1 0 1 DIMM 2B L J16 T DIMM 3A L JP9 DIMM 3B ES FAN1 fe DIMM 4A H x Bank4 414 DIMM 4B L a5 L CPU2 FAN L E7520 North Bridge GLAN amp Controller E E 20 0 URNA PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E x8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x8 Tz 3 MTS BLAN2 IPNI 5 5 u 2 ZCR W83627 lt HF S IO g 9 U 12 J6lJ5 zi ICH5R ini 227 951053 EIE Controller 552 254 RAGE 5 SPKR 1 ATC
37. onboard SAS Controller is enabled by default To disable it please set Jumper JPS1 to Pins 2 3 See Page 2 19 in Chapter 2 for details Upon detecting the SAS Controller BIOS please make sure that the Adapter WWN address is listed This is a 16 digit number If this number is not shown you will not be able to use the controller Once the WWN address is listed press the Ctrl and A simultaneously when prompted to access the Adaptec SAS RAID BIOS Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press Enter to select it To return to the previous menu press lt ESC gt The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays SerialSelect Utility Use this option to configure SAS SATA RAID drives Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks C 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual A Using the Array Configuration Utility The Array Configuration Utility enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives Dur ing the system startup press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt simultaneously to display the main menu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler d Options Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array
38. 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 parti tion Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu C 3 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR 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 Refer to the section Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu 3 From the Array Configuration Utility 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 81 FUJITSU HRU2835RC 34 168 A2 FUJITSU MAY2 36RC 34 1GB 5 After both disks for the new array are selected press Enter The Array Properties menu displays as the scree
39. the HT feature in the BIOS Enable the HT feature in the BIOS under Advanced Setting before install ing a supported OS Note visit www Intel com for CPU support and driver updates Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDRII 400 in 8 DIMMs Chipset ntel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset Intel ICH5R Intel PXH Expansion Slots Two PCI Express slots x8 One 64 bit PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 One 64 bit PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 BIOS e 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Environmental temperature monitor and control 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 e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core e System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection System resource alert via Supero Doctor III ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard One IPMI 2 0 Socket ntel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet dual port controller 2EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus mast
40. the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section
41. 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS IMthODUCHION E 4 1 4 2 RUNNING Setup syn sune Xeni de yaya pag ner kabak k k tex ak Van eee ee 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup ii EM xb ee 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup esteem esce gis A da WW H da kO N Hed h n ka kada 4 6 4 5 Security Setup l k waa y E Ke a k xas v ken d b jenan 4 18 4 6 Boot Setup ertt rm 4 20 Bel RW E ET 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes iiec epe Each ae B 1 Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Windows Operating System C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Comput
42. 520 x North Bridge LAN X ontrolle 25 PCEX 100 MHz Slot 7 EX EAM PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 pora e BLAN2 EE WEET ZCR 5 6 10 BIOS PXH ICH5R 5 n South Cont li 552 054 T ou ontroller 052 D54 2 SPKR RASE T ATC 9410 ae Battery 0 3 5858 JBT1 an EWE Y 2 a xwu onan e Floppy Chapter 2 Installation IPMI 2 0 Socket IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions IDE J9 is designated as the IPMI Pin Definition Pin Definition 2 0 Socket for the Motherboard 1 Reset IDE 2 EE Refer to the layout below for the 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 location 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 IDE Connectors 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 There are no jumpers to con 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 fi
43. BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP
44. Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors 1 Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description CDh CEh D2h Re map and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt
45. M JP9 DIMM 3B FAN1 o 1 5 DIMM 4 Bank4 J14 DIMM 4B CPU2 FAN E7520 INorth Bridge GLAN ES Controlle n lt lt an 9 GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 x8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E 8 es e 3 BEANS IPMI ES angy la lu ZCR W83627 BIGS o 7 HF S 1O 2 gren 1285 luz PXH ICH5R 2 E SAS DS1 DS3 Hn South Controller DS DSd Z SPKR MORE DM ATC 9410 2 SAS LE o n n Chassis Intrusion S235 2 JBIT1 wot wad COM2 D2 wo 2 13 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual GLAN1 GLAN2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports A G bit Ethernet ports designated JLAN1 JLAN2 are located on the IO backplane This ports accepts RJ45 type cables Fan Headers There are five fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 5 on the X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR Pin EG2 See the table on the right for pin pe definitions onboard fan speeds Pin Definition 1 Ground Black are contr
46. 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 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives 5 When you are finished press Done as shown in the previous screen 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 Array Configuration Util ity you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis com pares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The Array Configuration Utility allows you to use drives of different sizes ina 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 th
47. Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status For a criti cal 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 anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Hoot Unit nitialize Drives SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Using the SerialSelect Utility to Configure SAS Settings The SerialSelect Utility enables you to configure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities Note SAS is for the X6DHR 3G2 only 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below ConsoleRedeec on Weybowd Ww Heb filaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Controller Configuration submenu 9 Run etn Uwe Hy ce les Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options Controller Configuration i PHV Conf iguration Appendix C Software Installation To Set Controller Configuration 3 Select Controller Configura
48. SUPERG SUPERG X6DHR 3G2 SUPERO X6DHR EG2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA
49. System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN
50. The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Manual Revision Rev 1 0b Release Date Nov 8 2006 Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2005 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 motherboard The SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 supports single dual Intel Xeon 64 bit processors at 800 MHz front side bus Based upon the Intel Xeon EM64T processor the X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 supports Intel s Hyper Threading Technology and the EM64T Technology and is ideal for high performance server or sever security environments Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product for updates or visit Intel s web site for processor support This product is intended to be pro
51. UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER xX6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9
52. VDD This item displays the VDD status P5Vsb This item displays the voltage status of 5V Standby power SUPERO X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk hoot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled Fi 14 UE F9 Esc lt gt Enter F18 Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When
53. able Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a pre defined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Processor Power Management Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows the user to determine the processor power management mode The options are Disabled and C States Only If set to Disabled C States and GV1 GV3 are disabled If set to C States only the processor power will be controlled through CPU power states in the APCI setting 4 13 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz
54. d Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Warning Please use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery CR2032 as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid pos
55. e Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install one CPU first making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards cables and memory Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist By default the onboard speaker is enabled Refer to the Appendix fo
56. e floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Definition Ground Ground Key Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 Definition FDHDIN Reserved FDEDIN Index Motor Enable Drive Select B Drive Select B Motor Enable DIR STEP Write Data Write Gate Track 00 Write Protect Read Data Side 1 Select Diskette 1 3 5 7 9 Floppy Connector 11 The floppy connector J12 is located 13 next to the IDE connectors See the 15 table below for pin definitions 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 is PW SMB 038 101 033 DIMM leri 20 PinPW DIMM 18 1 DIMM 2A JAR fu DIMM 2B 116 9 DIMM 3B pee FANT o P DIMM ZA J14 DIMM ZE B CPU2 FAN E7
57. e source drive C 6 Appendix C Software Installation Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Configure Boot Unit and press Enter The follow ing screen displays j s usa le lama IxsosRed eikin lt evocad dew elect drive to create Boot Unit Selected Drives 88 BKB H2 FUJITSU y 34 1GB a3 FUJITSU J2835RC AKB 84 FUJ ITSU HRUZB3DRI 4 15B 85 FUJITSU MRU2B3BR 14 IGB 2 From the Select Drive to Create Boot Unit list select the drive you wish to Configure Boot Unit and press Insert The Drive you have selected appears in the right window as shown in the screen below Zorso Red Me elect drive to create Boot Unit 8B FUJITSU HQU2835R BKB 81 FUJITSU 28368 34 168 FUJITSU 203 34 168 FUJ ITSU MAY2ZAS6RC 94 FUJ ITSU 2836 34 1GB 5 FUJ ITSU MAY2636R 14 IGB 3 Select the disk drive you wish to configure as a bootable drive from the Se lected Drives List in the right window and press Enter The next screen appears SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual iorsosRed eiden dee Naros Boot Unit Settings Boot Unit Type Spin Up Drive Size Write Cache Connection Rate Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Configure Boot Unit and press Enter
58. e them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Menory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features fiduanced Chipset Control fiduanced Processor Options 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Hardware Monitor i M AYA Y ATA YAY Fi 14 m dus F9 Esc Enter F18 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagnostic screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The optio
59. ed from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PROD UCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor Il 2 For detailed information on Adaptec s SCSI SATA RAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard C 22
60. elf Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The
61. ent Bus for SAS ports 0 3 See the table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 2 Installation PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition Ground 1 2 Data 3 PWR Fail SAS SMB PWR Pin Definitions Pin Definition TWSI SDA Ground TWSI SCK PWR SMB p 1D1 en DIMM 32 Pin aes 443 Bank MS DIMM 1B i 134 USB DIMM 2A je CPU1 JAR 0 1 DIMM 2B L J3P 916 h J P9 DIMM 3B LEES FAN1 2 z DIMM ZA H Bank4 Ok J14 DIMM 4B u 25 LL CPU2 AN E7520 E North Bridge GLAN Controller E n PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E x8 GLAN1 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x8 LANA IPMI i um W83627 208 Bine ill lt lt HF S IO z 83 5 131426105 gt zi PXH ICH5R a SAS 981 033 4 dd Controller 052 054 ridge 2 spxr 27 ATC 9410 SAS E o Battery 0 3 0 F245 8 TT JBT16 woiFana att Uii 202 1151 2 19 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User
62. er Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 Image E ol A a E x 2 Note All images graphics shown this manual were based upon the latest PCB revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale
63. er interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB e 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports e Winbond Super I O W83627 HF and Hardware Monitoring W83792D Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers SAS 4 internal 4 external For the XGDHR 3G2 only All in One ZCR AOC SOZCR1 supported For the X6DHR 3G2 only Other nternal external modem ring on WOR e Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Gbit LAN ANVIK 1_PCI X133 SLOT L 1 PCI X100 SLOT R SAS 4 8 PORTs ZCR SOCKET VRM NOCONA PROCESSOR 1 VRM NOCONA PROCESSOR 2 5 lg 64GB s r gt PCIE B X8 4GB s A B ppRA 400 DPRII 400 A PCI EXP A X8 c DIMMs PCI X 133MHZ pxH 2 6 4GB s C PB DDRB 400 PCI X 100MHZ 71 4 DDRII 400 i PCI EXP
64. es The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled or Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled or Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Dis
65. fessionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C lists Software Installation Instructions Conventions Used in this Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installa tion or to prevent damage to the components Note Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup SUPERO X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual ette Waya k xuza n ba bna Lana W naa a n n RRA iii Manual OrdallizallOl
66. gure the onboard IDE 1 and 19 Ground 20 2 connectors at J5 and J6 21 DRQ3 22 Ground respectively Both IDE connec 23 V O Write 24 Ground tors support Compact Flash 25 Read 26 Ground See the table on the right for 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 31 IRQ14 32 10 16 98 Addr1 34 Ground 35 36 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground IPMI 2 0 Socket PW SMB 38 J101 KB 732 133 DIMM Berici 20 PinPW 4 Ms DIMM 1B U34 USB DIMM 2A Ea CPU1 JAR 0 1 DIMM 2B H I J16 DIMM 3A P JPJ DIMM 3B H 1 pu DIMM 4A sia zu J14 DIMM 4B H E CPU2 FAN Li E7520 North Bridge GLAN X ox Controller lt 20 0 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 8 GLAN1 83 MHz Slot 6 ISXB E x8 LL BLAN2 IPMI 5 8 5 W83627 208 a lt BIOS g d SMA zi PXH ICH5R SAS 951 DS3 4 Gon Controller DS2 54 2 sPkR um 9410 SAS owe Battery 0 3 924 JBT1 oases wol Fan3 uni COM2 JD2 wn UOHULTID1 2 27 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Notes 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Not
67. hed to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the
68. ical Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access SAS Device Con figuration submenu as shown below etk Fax kiz 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 SAS Device Configuration SAS Port ID LUE EE CE T PHY Huto Auto Auto Auto Auto CRC Checking ERE RR te x yes yes yes yes yes SAS Address 588384 B H 8 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the item selected 5 To load default settings press lt F6 gt 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility 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 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below lt Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 1416 firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities isk Utilities from the 2 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu select Screen as shown above and press Enter 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press Enter Ihe following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level for
69. lays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 SUPERO X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is detected in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is detected in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle besid
70. ll 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 SUPERMICRO X6DHR server board Drivers amp Tools Win2000 x Intel Lindenhurst chipset INF files 5 Al SUPERMICR6 Drivers amp Tools Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Intel E7520 ATI Graphics driver Chipset X6DHR series Adaptec Storage Manager Browser E dition SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site C 20 Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor program is a Web base management
71. m Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This item displays the System Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa The Options are 1 Full Speed at 12V 2 Optimized for Server with 3 pin Fans Fan 1 5 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Vcore A Vcore B These items display the Voltage status of CPU 1 and CPU 2 P3V3 This item displays the 3 3V voltage status P5V This item displays the 5V voltage status N12V This item displays the 12V voltage status P12V This item displays the 12V voltage status
72. matted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting disk erases 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 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select str lt Esc gt to exit default For more information regarding 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 Appendix C Software Installation C 2 Installing the ICH5R SAS Driver and the OS Note SAS is for the X6DHR 3G2 only 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 6300 ESB ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec or SAS and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt
73. monitoring features of the X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 It has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 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 Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the Thermal Management via BIOS by selecting Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Settings Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the ther mal control fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned o
74. n It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this tem perature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A cur rent and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 0 83V to 1 63V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for c
75. n Pw gt Power Button 2 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions yat 4 7 E VGA ssa 95 lisa D es MES 5 PEH ICH5R SAS Controller ATC 9410 South Bridge 1 PW SMB 38 151 KB J32 PW 0 DIMM pak daa 5 DIMM 18 DIMM 2 USB Bari Se 0 1 DIMM 28 1 2118 DIMM SA UPS 9 DIMM 38 DIMN 2A J14 b ra 3 CPU2 E7520 North Bridge BLAN lt lt ontrolle S e 26 20 Ey PCI X 100 MHz 157017 JEXB E 8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 x SS J ais BLAN2 IPMI fe Eg S u Ju sas J Ja je Wa3627
76. n shown below C 4 Appendix C Software Installation Array Type RAID B Stripe RAID 1 Hirror Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via 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 Array Configuration Utility You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager 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 displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 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 KC default It is recommended that you do not change the default set ting 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 C 5 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Raid Level When Appropriate RAID 0 Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a
77. nector The 12V 8 pin connector at J1D1 must also be connected to your power sup ply for CPU consumption See the table on the right for pin definitions 1through 4 Ground Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 5 through 8 12V ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR KB a DIMM MS DIMM 1B 134 USB DIMM 2A amo CPU4 JAR 0 1 DIMM 2B JaP 1016 3A UPS Banis DIMM 3B FANI 8 DIMM 2A Baw ol J14 DIMM 4B ra CPU2 D E7520 North Bridge LAN 50 ontrolle BE 40 0 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 x8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 x it 3 slale BLAN2 fe Sj 8 lu Ju 25 z Ju Ja Je 1 ZCR 83627 al lt HF S IO n BIOS 9 2 01206 17 PXH ICH5R 2 031 DS South Controller Bridge eae ee ATC 9410 o SAS Battery 0 3 559 JBT1 aA FAN 223 2 Jp woiFan3 2 052 JWD OHMIA Chapter 2 Installation
78. nk 1 Do not apply any thermal compound to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU Screw 1 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws To Un Install Heatsink D pee 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the 10 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW sequence as show in the second picture m the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do A N0 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink
79. ns are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 7 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncac
80. nt log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 15 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specifies to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Mode
81. nterference caused by the components and will attemptto decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Remap Function Control PCI memory resources will overlap with the physical memory if 4GB of memory or above is installed on the motherboard When this occurs enable this function to reallocate the overlapped physical memory to a location above 4GB to resolve the memory overlapping situation DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRAM memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt 4 11 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devic
82. olled by Thermal Manage i i r 2 12V Red ment via BIOS Hardware Monitor in Red 3 Tachometer the Advanced Setting The default setting is disabled PW SMB Hbi KB DIMM 1A pent 20 PInPW MS DIMM 1B 194 DIMM 2A CPU1 on DIMM 28 eae J3P DIMM 9 DIMM 3B prio Gong Fant DIMM ZA m EN 414 DIMM 4B 1 ad cruz 8 2 7520 INorth Bridge GLAN Controlle GLAN1 IGLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 SXB E z Slo ISXB E x GLAN2 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 IPMI WORT 5 HF S IO m nm PXH ICH5R un Edu Controller BS N GE ridge SPKR AU 9410 5 4 oy JY Battery 0 3 GANS JBT169 ak 113 COM2 JD2 wo HOH EKITA 2 Fan3 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 COM Port1 J14 is located on the lO Backpanel and COM Port 2 is located close to the Battery See the table on Pin Definition Pin Definition DSR RTS the right for pin definitions Ground Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Port Pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 Keyboard J34 and A
83. on address line xxxx 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to
84. onfiguration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on 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 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application
85. onnection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Express Interface Specifica tion Rev 1 0a The MCH interfaces with the ICH5R Controller Hub ICH5 a dedicated Hub Interface supporting a peak bandwidth of 266 MB s using a x4 base clock of 66 MHz The PXH provides connection between a PCI Express interface and two independent PCI bus interfaces that can be configured for standard PCI X 1 0 protocol ICH5R System Features In addition to providing the subsystem with access to the rest of the system the ICH5R Controller Hub integrates many functions The ICH5R Controller Hub integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host w RAIDO RAID1 support SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 2 Interface and System Management Controller SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR 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 Setup section Boot Features to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health
86. ort department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support registered 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 expe riencing 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 download ing Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the phlash16 exe BIOS flash utility the Chkflash com Flash bat platform files and the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Then follow the direction given in Readme txt to complete the BIOS update Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure 3 3 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR
87. ower on off the system This button Pin Definition can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Signal 3V Standby PW SMB KB 732 3 DIMM ein DIMM TE Reset Button DIMM 2A USB Baio CPU1 0 1 DIMM 28 i J3P PWR Button 116 JPA 9 DIMN 38 pee FAN 20 19 DIMM 2A 5 Ne li Groun J14 DIMM 4B CPU2 FAN X 1 E7520 Power LED North Bridge LAN Sore ontrolle HDD LED y EN f IGLAN1 100 MHz Slot 7 8 NIC1 LED PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x8 es Le 5 5 a ERIS NIC2 LED LAN2 5 a IPMI E S qu fw W83627 268 al 5H lt BIOS OH Fan Fail LED 2 124655 PXH 5 IGHSR sas os pse Power Fail LED u South Controller hse psa 2 AUN Bridge RAGE sPkR xr
88. p window Hard Drive Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to Discard Changes Save Changes CMOS Fi 14 Esc 17 Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 21 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 22 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On S
89. prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 19 SUPERO X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Removable Devices Item Specific Help CD ROM Drive Hard Drive lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or lt Enter gt selects field Fi TL F9 Esc e gt Enter Removable Devices Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CDROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CDROM drive in the Item Specific Hel
90. properties and delete arrays The following sec tions 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 ain Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Hoot Unit nitialize Drives C 2 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 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 From the Array Configuration Utility 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 ar ray The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility main menu select Array Configu ration Utility 3 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and
91. r 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on acontrol panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Groun NMI xa rele gt Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground ofo Reset gt Reset Button Ground efo Pwr gt Power Button 2 7 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power 24 pin Connector ATX Power Connector Pin penniuons Pin Definition Pin Definition The primary power supply 11 3 3V 1 3 3V connector J43 on the X6DHR 3G2 12 42V 2 43 3V X6DHR EG2 meets the SSI Su 43 COM perset ATX 20 pin specification To 14 PS ON 4 45V provide adequate power supply to 45 COM 5 COM your system you must also connect 16 COM 6 45V the 4 pin J38 power connector and 7 COM 8 PWR OK 9 5V Standby 10 12V Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Processor Power Pins Definition Connectors 1 and 2 Ground In addition to the Primary ATX power 3 and 3 12V connector above there is a 12V 8 processor power con
92. r details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure 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 recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of Reg ECC DDRII 400 PC3200 Memory recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules of the same type at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 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 information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fi
93. ributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for theX6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the system pa rameters type of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup bat tery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot see below Starting
94. rror message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicat ing released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Notes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 contin
95. s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used u to choose between optional settings mier Jumpers create shorts between two Cap pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Lj Note Ontwo pin jumpers Closed 3 2 1 means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Setting N zx Pin 1 2 short 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 con nection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Refer to the graphics below for the location of JBT1 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 Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS PW SMB
96. sible 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 X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 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 When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before add ing removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPUT first 2 Insert the CPU in the socket mak ing sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CPU is securely installed in the CPU socket Socket lever in the locking Position 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation Heatsink Installation Heatsi
97. so be enabled in BIOS SAS Enable For the Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Open Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Reset NMI Disabled SAS Enable Jumper Settings X6DHR 3G2 only Jumper Setting Definition Jumper JPS1 allows you to enable or disable the SAS headers The default setting is pins 1 2 to enable the SAS Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Enabled Disabled controller See the table on the right for jumper settings PW SMB 151 KB J32 38 4101 33 DIMM 1A 20 PinPW Bank1 143 5 DIMM 1B H 034 USB DIMM 2A h CPU JAR 0 1 DIMM 2B jj Baz J3P 216 h PES DIMM 3B H FAN1 a DIMM 4A H x 5H 414 DIMM 4B L ME CPU2 FAN LI E7520 L North Bridge GLAN T oa Controller lt lt 20 GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz Slot 7 x8 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 6 SXB E x 4 v BLAN2 SS 5 W83627 EIS EIS n HF S IO 107 PXH ICH5R n a 951 ps M South Controller DS2 Ds4 Bridge 2 sum RE ATC 9410 SAS E Battery 0 3 NNN F235 2 JBT169 JPL1 Lii 2 JD2
98. t Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both 4 3 SUPERO X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If set to Disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto gt Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you enter ee i parameters o ard dis drive installed at this Heads
99. ta device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable e
100. tel Xeon CPUs In addition a 12V 4 pin PWR connection is also required See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply cables 2 Be sure to use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery up side down to avoid possible explosion 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt 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 Enhance
101. tem C 1 The Adaptec Embedded SAS SATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Note SAS is for the X6DHR 3G2 only Introduction to SATA Serial ATA and SAS Serial Attached SCSI Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA transfer rates up to 150Mbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems provide more efficient system cooling faster data transfer and better functionality than Parallel ATA In addition to SATA the X6DHR 3G2 has an SAS Serial Attached SCSI Controller built in SAS supports serial link data transfer rates up to 3Gbps With the functionality provided by the SAS controller the X6DHR 3G2 offers unprecedented I O throughput reliability and scalability to the IT industry Furthermore with the dynamic SAS infrastruc ture built in the XGDHR 3G2 supports both SATA and SAS without any bridging providing the user with unparalleled data storage expansion and inter connec tivity capability Note The onboard SAS Controller supports both SATA and SAS RAID configuration however mixing and matching SATA and SAS in the configuration is not recommended Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC Note You can also follow the instructions listed below to config ure SATA RAID settings The
102. tion and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu as shown below ae ee RU do a eM Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 SATA AID Control RANGING wa Hek Ka a nab lad BBS Support 2 Device POST Banner Display la e Kar kan Enabled CIRL f Message Display peau EARD LOG Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the setting for the item selected 5 To load the default settings press lt F6 gt Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual To Set Physical Configuration 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Physical Configuration submenu as shown below Mz ek e Pew HI 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 6 1416 Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control lerta Iptians Controller Configuration PHY Configuration 3 Select Phys
103. to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 accommodates ATX power 20 pin supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the system some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 420W of power 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 Awww ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmis sion is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Please refer to the next page for additional information NOTES 1 A 12V 8 pin power JID1 is required to support In
104. tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD Client The Supero Doctor program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note The default user name and password are ADMIN Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information E Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Ea CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis C 21 SUPER X6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control E Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help emote Manage System Info Health Irf anc lt tra Sy g nt Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control Notes 1 SD Software Revision 1 0 can be download
105. uous long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER x6DHR 3G2 X6DHR EG2 User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure
106. x the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Techni cal Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical supp

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