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1. The Power Fail LED connection is JF1 located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Pin 7 h Number Definition Refer to the table on the right for 5 Vcc i ery 6 Control pin definitions Signal OH LED PWR Fail LED and a 24 Pin ATX PWR Fns mepe rent u EA Toa ii BEE 20 19 DMN TE Bank T Ba i ssor DIMM 1A Bank 1 Ground lt o NMI ome DIN 2B Bank 2 gt i DIM 2A Bank 2 ae X lt Lolo x hy STEN DIMM 4B Bank 4 Power LED lt ojo Vcc 2 OTM AA an jS Se SUPER X6DH8 G2 R HDDLED lt o vec vem NIC1LED lt o o v Es a gt z NIC2 LED lt Vec geron j rense w U ee bag 9 ena mE wo emg les allis Ower Fail LED lt ae scat Pa om Eee id Tie 5 God Reset Reset Button tne 7902 8 J Eeu SL Pat a E 4 E Ground pwr gt Power Button a 4 4 J an i Seas chaem ens Liat N CI Wot Qae laa wra sao sesreha J TE 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 At tach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will
2. ER WoR pmeus sata1 jPA SCSI CHB Term Ena JwoL spqUsB23 saTaopst Ultra 320 SCSI CHB Fan SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 e A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always con nects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions 7 J23 Parallel Printer Port Pin Number Function Pin Number Function Connector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init The parallel printer port is lo 7 Data Bit2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit3 10 GND cated at J23 See the table on the 11 Data Bit4 12 GND imiti 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND right for pin definitions 15 Data Bite 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GN
3. Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 WD to Reset Pins 2 3 WD to NMI Open Disabled MOS CLR WD SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual VGA Enable Disable ven Jaranle Disable i mper Settin JPG1 enables or disables the VGA aPGt a gt Connector on the motherboard Jumper P i Position Definition See the table on the right for Pins 1 2 Enabled jumper settings The default set Ping a OlSabled ting is enabled Alarm Reset Alarm Reset Jumper The system will notify you in the Settings JP14 event of a power supply failure a This feature assumes that Super Position Definition Open Normal Closed Reset Alarm micro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed please do not connect anything to this header to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper set VGA Enable Alarm Reset aA F in ATXPWR Fan IP Tain lil BE RAPIN ATEPWE Force PWR ON m e wr PWR b Mouse DIMM 1B Bank 1 O ans DIMM 1A Bank 1 E OMT se DIMM 2B Bank 2 5 crus DIMM 2A Bank 2 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 S a if DIMM 3A Ba
4. Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 PWR LED SPKR Pin Number Function Definition 4 Power 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data Fan1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function al lows your computer to receive and be woken up by an incom ing call to the modem when in sus pend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des Wake on Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL ignated WOL See the table on the Pin right for pin definitions You must Number _ Definition 9 P aye 1 5V Standby enable the LAN Wake Up setting in 2 Ground i 3 Wake u BIOS to use this feature You P must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable Crna tard BA aparer ATXP ET RON an a A E 2 DIMM 1B
5. 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu B 6 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See I nitializ ing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page B 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete E oe WD3606D OOELX1 ah ie 46B 01 WDC WD3606D OOELXI 34 46B Select drives to create rra J 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays a
6. 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 4th Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters 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 A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management
7. Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Arrow eys to move cursor lt Enter gt to select option lt sc A Hur Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to 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 ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete
8. CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the Processor socket or CPU may result installed Triangle Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 5 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com support faqs CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM
9. 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 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 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 beyond 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memor
10. Browser Edition SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals BAED I Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Cs bo ko lko po po SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from 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 B 21 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure be
11. NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt 4 11 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 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 devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor 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 E
12. Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events 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 to re motely 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 Chapter 1 Introduction 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 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 can only accommodates 24 pin ATX
13. This feature allows the user to select the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PlO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This feature allows the user to select the 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 the size of system memory being detected by the BIOS Extended Memory This display informs you the size of extended memory being detected by the BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Memory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features Advanced Chipset Control Advanced Processor Options 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Hardware Monitor Di A os HO ee Be he Fi TL F Esc ed Enter Fi 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 T
14. you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities to select option lt Esc gt 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the screen below B 13 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Main Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare initialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below Select drives for initialization Selected li 00 WDC WD3606D O0ELX1 34 46B 61 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 o 34 46B Appendix B Software Installation Instructions 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the scree
15. Amx PwR EPET oy Fan Epin 7 me ien nes arca e aar DIMM 1B Bank 1 aL pseon DIMM 1A Bank 1 E ponje DIMM 2B Bank 2 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 oe rs z DIMM 3B Bank 3 m s 8l EE DIMM 3A Bank 3 571 DIMM 4B Bank 4 ega Sa DIMM 4A Bank 4 a4 gt cpu2 aa SUPER X6DH8 G2 a wn ii E A pemn E supey g i Xe POrEpxas 10 nse i mad a BGLAN pat a a oun x4 PCLEpx 4 WD Enable Fog IPS 3 82546 te A E Panenan SRA Erabi 3 GLAN fd Enabie 7902 3 Eur PCIX 100 wiz Pa ef E ramom 7 SMB JWOR Ce aJ IPA2CJSCSICHA Torm Ena LIAL JwoL SATA0 s1 JPA3SISCSI CHB Term Ena Ultra 320 SCSI CHB Fan 2 19 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN port s on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled m E ayo TAN 2 GLAN Seapciepe aa vo baag hs 52546 we scsi GLAN E Poxas RAT Enabl
16. Bank 1 Be i UsBo t DIMM 1A Bank 1 le pOM1 jja DIMM 2B Bank 2 56 DIMM 2A Bank 2 i 5 z DIMM 3B Bank 3 a PIG ES DIMM 3A Bank 3 5 l DIMM 4B Bank 4 penge 8 DIMM 4A Bank 4 g cpu2 3 PPA SUPER X6DH8 G2 36 ane eg North lt a Brage 1 Enable DETCH Intru T RAGE ol xE PCLEpx Be 320 eM x m zl ala of XePCHEpR AS 10 cree fH ao eyeye cmos CONE Horan si sake Eai a mlale en lt E ransu PA Enable 3 GLAN 8 E put 3 PCI X 2 100 MHz PH RoN 8 Ceo pea Baene ua Tem Ene Lat WOR WOL 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation SMB A System Management header is located at J22 Connect the appropriate cable here to uti lize SMB on your system SMB Power I C Bus Fan Header Pin Definitions J22 Pin Number Definition 1 Data 2 GND 3 CLK 4 NC Caution These fan headers are DC power SMB PWR Connector Pin Definitions J24 Pin Definition l2C Connector J24 located be 1 aa ata tween the PWR ForceOn Header 3 N A and the PWR Fault header moni NA tors the status of power supply fan and system temperatures R SMB J E ypa 24e
17. EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS Ifthe BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously AS SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Notes Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Wi
18. 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 A 3 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual POSTCode Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI
19. User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk boot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled Fi tL ei si F Esc gt Enter Fi Supervisor Password Is This item indicates 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 item indicates 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 BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key w i 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to decide if a password is required to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disable
20. channel A and JPA3 is for SCSI channel B The default setting is open to enable terminate both SCSI channels Note the manufacture default setting is Open For SCSI to function properly please do not change the default setting See the table on the right for jumper set tings as Fant PEE ae ep h DNNE ET Bi i DNN 7A EiT if OMT 36 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 bia 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 H DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 G2 Ss cruz am awe a Brage E Enable Ell g H intr z mia XE PCE ps 6 a F fs ilala me e onlen Lett ap lt a Sa sae an al pere j SCSI Enable Enable Eeu PCLX 2 100 MHE PCIX 1 100 MHE ZCR m WoR peos m Swot AT SCSI CH A B Term Enable 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators G bit LAN Speed LED GLAN LEDs Indicator LED Color Definition i i Off No Connection Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port isn Joona has two LEDs The amber LED in Orange 1 GHz dicates activity while the other G bit LAN Activity LED LED may be green orange or off Indicator to indicate the speed of the con LED o 5 Col
21. clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings 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 Phoenix BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled 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 DRMA 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
22. cpu2 Reboot Opt Enable Reset JOH1Fan2 P14 OH Alrm X6DH8 G2 SUPER X Guana North T Bridge E Enable RAGE 2 X8 PCI Epx 6 x supel X8 PCLEpx 5 vo icHsR Clr cmos at y LAN z Wo Enabi CTLR x4 PCI Epx 4 82546 E PCI X 3 133 MHZ E Enable GLAN Enable 7902 _NPL1 scsi EHP Bpoixaa too mz aR PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR JPA2 SCSI CHA Term Ena JPA3 SCSI CHB Term Ena Ultra 320 SCSI CHB Ultra 320 SCSICHA JA J22 382 JWOR Mi SATA1 WoL ywot Lsa Apar Fana FP USB 4 FP USB 2 3 2 15 COM2 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are lo cated beside the COM2 port on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ports
23. power sup plies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications re quired by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power connector In addition the 12V 4 pin power supply J32 is also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports NOTE The 12V 8 pin Aux Power Connector J1D1 is also required to support Intel Xeon CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure See Section 2 5 for details on connect ing the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 01 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components req
24. refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility includ ing Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create config ure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt key simulta neously and the main menu will appear B 4 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt i
25. support for processor protection 5V standby alert LED e Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core e System overheat LED and control e Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features e Microsoft OnNow e Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator e Main switch override mechanism Onboard I O e Support Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI X6DH8 G2 only e One IPMI 2 0 socket e Intel 8254x Gigabit Ethernet controller PCI X 133 e 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces e 2 SATA ports w RAIDO RAID1 JBOD support e 1 floppy port interface e 2 serial ports e 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port e PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports e Up to 5 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers e Super I O Other e Internal external modem ring on e Wake on LAN WOL e Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette_ Utilities e BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 1 PCI X Nocona ceu 1 NOCONA CP
26. your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contact ing Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that s
27. 3 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale pag 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan7 PWRa PW S 8 pin Fan6 Fan 4 Pin Force PWR ON Bus Fault PWR KET PWR apg TDI Mouse Ee a 5 DIMM 1B Bank 1 oa E a USBO 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 g zl5 FOM1 u6 DIMM 2B Bank 2 fe CPU1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 ri 5 z DIMM 3B Bank 3 o B Er paan Ped EB DIMM 3A Bank 3 s I DIMM 4B Bank 4 Reboot os Opt Enable DIMM 4A Bank 4 y S cPU2 S a ca UPER X6DH8 G2 Sm 3 a GLAN2 83 North lt a Bridge aPGNGA Z MICH Intru Tenable g 7 J20 TA 12 X8 PCI Epx 6 SEP sia ol x8 PCI Epx 5 10 ICH5R Sos 37 E SS R ayn COM2 EGLAN E WD Enabl CTLR n x4 PCI Epx 4 na ia pe Il ya 32 82546 ee scsi Ist PCI X 3 133 MHz A kable GLAN e 8 Enable 7902 a EP fo PXH scsi g f2 PCI X 2 100 MHz SRL 8 Battery g PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR J22 S2 JA1 SCSI CHA Te Et WOR JWOR O BMBUS satar PAE Eas A WoL ywoL A JpoAUsBzaj saTao s1 jap Ultra 320 SCSI CH
28. 34 Diskette IDE Connector Pin Definitions J3 J4 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function IDE Connectors 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 There are no jumpers to 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 configure the onboard IDE 1 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 and 2 connectors at J3 15 Host Data1 16 Host Data 14 and J4 respectively See 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key the table on the right for pin 21 DRQ3 22 GND P 23 O Write 24 GND definitions 25 O Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 NC 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND a O Eee Cana Sermon nae ee m TEKA i psson DIMM 1A Bank 1 cE Fomt ie DIMM 2B Bank 2 rr 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 H DIMM 3B Bank 3 i DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 23 DIMM 4A Bank 4 A SUPER X6DH8 G2 oe gas pf X8 PCHEpx 6 al m als carr If worse Sho Ge PT Aje we 1 2 oe mases Floppy am ERR aie e Oa 2 27 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Ultra320 SCSI Connectors X6DH8 G2 Only Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors located at JA1 and JA2 6
29. 8 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1 and JA2 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 1 O 64 I O 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 SCSI CHA SCSI CHB Note Please refer to Appendix B for software and OS installation For Adaptec s SCSI SATA HostRAID please refer to the CD that came with your motherboard 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 Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Po
30. B 5 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 SCSI is for the X6DH8 G2 only 5 SEPC Supermicro Enhanced Power Connector specially designed to support Supermicro 2U Riser Card only Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed information Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JP12 PWR Fault See Chapter 2 JP13 3rd PW Supply Fail Alarm Enable Off Disabled JP14 Alarm Reset Off Disabled JPA1 SCSI Controller Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled Note JPA2 JPA3 SCSI CHA JPA2 CHB JPA3 Term En Off Enabled Note JPF Force PWR On Off Normal JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 GLAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR J1B4 Aux PWR J32 CPU PWR J1D1 COM1 J6 COM2 J7 FAN 1 8 DIMM 1A DIMM 4B GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 J3 J4 J5 J20 J22 J23 J24 JA1 JA2 JD1 JF1 JL1 JOH JP8 JS1 JS2 JWOL JWOR USB 0 1 USB 2 3 4 Primary ATX PWR Connector 12V 4 pin Auxiliary System PWR Required 12 V 8 pin CPU PWR Connector Required COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors Fans 1 8 3 pin Fans 1 4 4 pin Fans 5 8 Memory DDRII Slots G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 2 Har
31. D 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT Parallel Port ma Tiana Pr anew Fores PWR ON sad Lal a EA nie PWR BE wh DIMM 1B Bank 1 Be 0 psBo t DIMM 1A Bank 1 Pa E oes DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 ERA DIMM 3B Bank 3 Po S gl DIMM 3A Bank 3 ol DIMM 4B Bank 4 ange DIMM 4A Bank 4 ma cpu2 i SUPER X6DH8 G2 B Bridge mw 3 a LICH intru toe 2 XB PCI Epx 6 aes of KO PCLE pA fo usr a ONZ HGLAN Mya PCLEpK 4 Obra PA 82546 ee roxas wane EAEra z GLAN A Enable 7202 3 EPL PCIX EZ 100 Mie Pat S 8 FHT wor pasos Garacl PAS Ses che eee Riok Qa BATADDS pq Uira svsesions JL 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP8 The floppy connector is located at Pin Number eine Sh JP8 See the table below for pin 3 GND 4 Reserved cath 5 Key 6 FDEDIN definitions 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 NC 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 NC
32. Quick Init option may return some data mis compares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive B 10 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 Fr
33. SUPER SUPER X6DH8 G2 SUPER X6DHE G2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPER MICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of Cali
34. Serial Bus USBO 1 Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions B0 1 Two USB 2 0 ports are located on beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse Number Definition 1 Vcc ports USBO is the bottom connec 2 Data tor and USB1 is the top connector 7 Datar 4 Ground See the table on the right for pin definitions USB0 1 ia _ _ 24 Pin ATX PWR E w ai Fan7 WRN w HES LE DIMM 1B Bank 1 Epi aL DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 gt g DIMM 2A Bank 2 oo rs z DIMM 3B Bank 3 y Bla ES DIMM 3A Bank 3 EDF DIMM 4B Bank 4 Rabat iz DIMM 4A Bank 4 i n CPU2 S 3 l A SUPER X6DH8 G2 38 GLAN2 E North ag Bridge tee 3 Chassis fae ol xa PCIEpx 6 O pvi Intrusion x gf xe PCr Epx s ca Ichsr Clr 7 ee CMOS COMZ EGLAN PET 4 NJX4 PCLEpx 4 WD Enabl ToS aah istry lt o pe PCI X 3 133 MHz JRA Enable amp GLAN al z Enable 7902 bad Eru PCI X 2 100 MHz PXH Eo g E PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR i i WOR JwoR BUSI TA1 JPAZLas s CHA Term Ena JA1 E wol Q Epen ATAS ist bag Uira 320 SCSICHE 3 2 14 Chapter 2 Installa
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36. U 2 sL T K scsi 792 N 1 PCI X SLOT PCI X 100MH 112 pxH X4PCIE A X B J 1E PCI X 133MH2 DDRII 400 i iy Bape et won oo Gbit LAN 1 PCI E DDRII 400 stot CI E B X8 gt 4DDRII4 ANVIK J15 4 DIMMs PCIE C X8 1 PCI E gor IDE UDMA 100 hus PRISEC N SATA SATA ici PCI 32 BIT tek 0 1 J USB PORT USB LPC BUS 0 1 2 3 4 5 LPCS I O LPCS IO BMC CON FWH KB FDD SER 1 HW PARALL MS SER 2 MONITOR PORT Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the E7520 Lindenhurst chipset The X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configura tion options optimized for communications presentation storage computa tion or database applications The Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset consists of the following components the Lindenhurst Memory Controller Hub MCH the 82801ER I O Controller Hub 5 R ICH5 R and the Intel PCI X Hub The E7520 Lindenhurst MCH supports single or dual Nocona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of up to 800 MHz Note Its memory controller provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR2 400 with a marched system bus address and data
37. _Doctor_lll You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manu als SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor Il 2 For detailed information on Adaptec s SCSI SATA HostRAID Utility please refer to the CDs included in the shipping package B 23 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Notes B 24
38. ache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Processor Power Management 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 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual gt 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control for serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign the control for serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to 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 This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This se
39. alignment notch at the bottom Top View of DDRII Slot Release Tab LL Ll 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 I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Parallel Port Green Burgandy la uspojuss1 WY Ports W LAN1 LAN2 Port Port OGE Keyboard COM1 Port Purple Turquoise 2 7 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Ground NMI X xX Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc Overheat LED Voc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground Pwr Power Button 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin C
40. allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static 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 the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached
41. bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The Lindenhurst also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial I O inter face for superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two inde pendent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Ex press Interface Specification Rev 1 0a The MCH interfaces with the 82801ER I O Controller Hub 5 R ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Interface sup porting a peak bandwidth of 266 MB s using a x4 base clock of 66 MHz The PXH provide connection between a PCI Express interface and two indepen dent PCI bus interfaces that can be configured for standard PCI 2 3 proto col as well as the enhanced high frequency PCI X protocol The PXH can be configured to support for 32 or 64 bit PCI devices running at 33 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz and 133 MHz The ICH5R I O Controller Hub provides legacy support similar to that of previous ICH family devices but with extensions in RAID 0 1 support Serial ATA Technology and an integrated ASF Controller In addition the ICH5R also provides various integrated functions including a two channel Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controller USB 2 0 host controllers an integrated 10 100 LAN controller an LPC firmware hub FWH and Super IO interface a System Management Interface a power management interface integrated IOxAPIC and 8259 i
42. between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost B 9 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below rray Properties Array Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the
43. d password not required 4 19 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 4 6 Boot You can 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 Boot Exit Removable Devices Item Specific Help CD ROM Drive ae eda lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or lt Enter gt selects field Esc e gt Enter F18 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 Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 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 change
44. d Disk Drive Connectors VGA Connector IPMI Connector System Management Bus Header Parallel Printer Port Power System Management Header SCSI Channel A Channel B Connectors Note PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 Front Control Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Floppy Disk Drive Connector Intel SATA 0 1 Connectors Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Back Panel USB Ports Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers USB2 3 JD2 USB4 J11 Note for X6DH8 G2 only 1 5 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU e Single or dual Intel 604 pin Nocona w 64 bit extension processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 Memory Chipset e Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots e X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 Three PCI E slots two slots at x8 4GB sec one slot x4 2GB sec Three 64 bit PCI X slots One PCI X 133 slot two PCI X 100 slots BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM e DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V and 3 3V standby e Fan status monitor with firmware software on off control e CPU chassis temperature monitors e Environmental temperature monitor and control e CPU slow down on temperature overheat e CPU thermal trip
45. displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the B icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu jain Advanced Security Boot Exit 11 42 57 Item Specific Help System Date 03 17 20041 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB 34 1 Parallel ATA Both Seria
46. drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bih Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video A4 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode_ Description CDh CEh D2h Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POSTCode Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh
47. duction MM HOW OU VUCW ETA TEA T E AE A 1 1 GheckliStessnennem ae T E ee 1 1 Contacting SUPErMiCro sirarsa arnai aE EAKR 1 2 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 Mage eeeseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetateeeaees 1 3 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 Layout ceceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeaeeeeaees 1 4 Quick Reference ann eee ee AA ee 1 5 Motherboard Features sicisccsiicctecsecssctsstzscctsitevtcasicesicdcsazscibaeecseaseeinsseds 1 6 Intel Lindenhurst Chipset System Block Diagram cceeeeeeeeeee 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVErViOW 00 eecececeeseeseeneeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeesaeeaesaeeaeeeeeeseaseaeeaeeaeeeeeeeee 1 9 1 3 Special Featuresissiccicnndediadtndaliiiadisa mse heidi ies 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS ccccesceseseseteeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeaeeneeneeaees 1 10 1 4 PC Health MOnitoring sseiciecdne sis sastiesaedsntoenieAtinnearaias 1 10 125 ACPIsO atures iren arn reaR a E a eaaa EE RAA E SEATA 1 11 1 6 Power Supply i7 Super l Qr rany eusan a a sree tere aaa E eer ry Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive DEVICES ssrnnsrnpinnn anan RI 2 1 Precautions WADPACKING issiran aaas 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation essssesseseerreereere 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS wisiccccscccessccessscssessccscteccssssecescastenczcassdsesensecustecanenssccececcerssersneas 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors cceceeseseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeteeaeeneeeeeeeees 2 7 2 5 gt Connecting Cables sirisser anand 2 9 A
48. e 7902 ene b pon Enable Na nme Pa SA Eporxe1 too miezor 5 oF m o s JPA2ISCSI CHA Term Ena an om atat pAs scsi CHB Term Er M m wo J soquS82F BArAn st ag Uhra a20SCSI CHE O Connector 3 21 Pins i Jumper Cap 3 2 1 i L B Setting Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled I e parma PWR E E rans dpn Mie Force PWR ON PWR DIMM 1B Bank 1 fesson DIMM TA Bank 1 otic DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 cput DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 G2 cruz North Bridge TPR cq Enable 3 XB PCLEpK 6 Pw fsupe n Pr e XePcre ps w a a P rower Ce LI Ultra 320 SCSICHA Jat 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord fro
49. e E0 pseort DIMM 7A Bank 1 E zB Fomilss DIMM 2B Bank 2 wut El DIMM 2A Bank 2 z DIMM 3B Bank 3 a IS E8 DIMM 3A Bank 3 PER DIMM 4B Bank 4 hargat 423 DIMM 4A Bank 4 y i cpu2 l SUPER X6DH8 G2 Ba aH GLAN2 5s North kki Bridge PCa a E nabi 3 g pren ery J20 RAGE vf xe PCLEpx 6 eu x z Bupe HENE 9 XB PCLEpx 5 w icusr cl br s cmos n a Jat y LAN mn ou DIXA PCHEpx 4 WDE gj BIOS pa a 82546 i Jpas scsi i Pcrx s 133 MHz E Enable H GLAN 2 8 Enable 7902 2 EPL fp porxaz100 Mhz PH ETA 3 e z 5 E PcLx i 100 Miz ZR a JPA2 SCSICHATerm Ena JA1 J peus saTa1 JPASESCSI CHB Term Ena Jpq USB273 SaTaopst S Ultra 320SCSICHB L 2 23 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual SCSI Enable Disable ForX6DH8 only SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable Jumper Position Definition or disable the SCSI headers Pins 1 2 Enabled Jumper JPA1 is for headers 1 and Pins 2 3 Disabled 2 The default setting is pins 1 2 to enable all four headers See the table on the right for jumper set tings SCSI CH A B Termination SCSI Channel Termination Enable Disable ForX6DH8 Enable Disable Jumper Settings only JPA2 JPA3 Jumper Position Definition Jumpers JPA2 and JPA3 allow you Open Enabled to enable or disable termination for Closed Disabled the SCSI connectors Jumper JPA2 controls SCSI
50. e HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number from 1 to 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 displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector 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 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 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Transfer Mode
51. e is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http www supermicro com support bios gt for any changes to BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the system parameters such type o
52. eeeeesaeesaeeseeeteeeeaeeees 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service Chapter 4 BIOS Asl IMiOGuctOn erorri ten deat Wane iid ail SA EEEE ENAS 4 1 4 2 RUNNING SETUP aaie initan hdc ae iandae ii 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup ec cececeeseeeceeceeeeeeeaeeseceeseeseeeeaeeaeeaesaeseseeseeseaeeaeeaeeaeeeeees 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setupiciitiackinwaisieeai E RE R RN 4 6 4 5 Security SOtup scccnistaeiiininidisn it rn E SE REN ERa S EEEE 4 18 4 6 Boot SOtuPisecsseeenaca tan enieencetie etn iede e ieee 4 20 STS ERs T N E A aE scantenes ecianesettvaviase A 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Codes sisri eeesesesceseeeceeeeeseesetaeeeeceeseceseaeeaeeaeeeeeeseees A 1 Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System B 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI cable X6DH8 G2 only One 1 COM2 cable One 1 USB 2 port cable O
53. eeeeseseenaeeeaeeeaeenaeenaes CMOS Cla eenia ea EEr E aeaa a iia Watch Dog VGA EMAab le DAE ATTE EE AAA EN ebucgadbeneaushneseeds Alarm R S tistcaisiaiestiees tnt cna acca ean A Vaa PW RoR aU tees te tee a eaten reais SCSI Enable Disable isina A SCSI Channel A B Termination cccceccccceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeees 2 7 Onboard ndicators canine ni cian dein dated ii dae ARATA GLAN LEDS iior an ee E e a ae EEES 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 26 Parallel Port CONNectOr ccceccceseeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeseeeaeeeeeeeaeeneeseaeenaeeeeeeeee 2 26 Floppy COMME CIOL uu eeeeeeceseeeceeceesecseeaeesecseceeeeaeeaesaeeaeeseeeeeeaeeateaeeaeeaees 2 27 IDE CONNECT S ia ee AR eee cel lero eens 2 27 SGSI COMNCCtONS ueria eh aged tte oe 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 0 0 eee cece eeeeeeeeteeeeeeeteeeseeseeeteeeeneeee 3 1 Before Power On inene wa ae catia ees 3 1 No POWE 3 occ ocesch scence eeet idee sued abhiceacentestiesend dee tun duueshapakesebdier packiensueentcedereene No VideO iA haan ae et aaaana sand Sa a Memory Errors oe Losing the System s Setup Configuration 00 0 cc eeceseseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures cceeeceeseeseeseeeeeeeeereeeceeeeeeeeeeaeeesneeeeeeeeeaees 3 2 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 0 ccceccce cette eeeeeeeeeneeeeeecae
54. emperature 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 If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Serve if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Fan 1 FAN8 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled BIOS will au
55. est 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 use ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake up your system 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 your 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 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting
56. et Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for Slot 1 Slot 2 SCSI This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz and PCI X 100 MHz Frequency for Slot 3 G LAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz P PCI Devices Slot 1 Slot 6 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h O00AOh 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again Different OS requires different Bus Master
57. f disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when 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 ac cessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot see below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Begin ning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility A Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All
58. figurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping pack age You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com B 19 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual B 2 Installing the Intel ICH5R Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press lt ENTER gt c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Con
59. fore 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 POSTCode 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 1 O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size A 1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual POSTCode Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow
60. fornia USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlo rate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See WWW dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this roduct may ex OSE you to lead ac aaa wn to the tate of Califor ia to cause birth defects and other repro FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruc tion manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense Revision Number Rev 1 1b Release Date June 5 2007 Unless you request and receive written
61. l ATA Enabled SATA RAID Enable Disabled Native Mode Operation Auto gt IDE Channel Master gt IDE Channel Slave gt IDE Channel 1 Master gt IDE Channel 1 Slave gt IDE Channel 2 Master gt IDE Channel 3 Master System Memory XXXX KB Extended Memory XXXX KB Fi tL 7 F9 Esc aed Enter F10 Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 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 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 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 Enabled to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If
62. l re boot 8 During the system startup press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt A gt keys simulta neously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility B 3 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Control ler Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCl to e host con troller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simultaneously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if a single hard disk fails Due to the built in functionality the X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 is specially de signed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of com puter systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessi bility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating the Adaptec Em bedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 offers the user with the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please
63. low for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Note 1 The default User Name and Password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subse quent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SDIII settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII set tings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information Health Information Intrusion CPUL Chassis CPU2 Chassis B 22 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control l Fie Edt View Favorites Tools Help Ei System Info Health Info Configuration Administration S 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 al Notes 1 SD IIl Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero
64. lt o Veo oe 310 set ine J NIC2 LED lt O O Vee mo g armam m z is parce z renee Sing Le U Heja Overheat LED lt Vec exe iener wo Bemas Paes Power Fail LED lt o o f vee UW p anm o eatery H Ground Reset Reset Button Enable 7902 fd J a a Pat aL 3 E Ground pwr gt Power Button a N z J a Elia gees cha ermena at ang O 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE Attach See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connections for the GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and for the GLAN port2 is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 to display network activity to the tables on the right for pin Attach the NIC LED cables Refer FAR BT ral rant Bim Lane Eamon oar on OM TE Bak amen DIMM 1A Bank 1 OMe DIMM 2B Bank 2 Bin 7A Bank 2 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 a DIMM 3A Bank 3 DMAE Ba
65. ly installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with 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 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with
66. m the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the sys tem remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW _ON connector to clear CMOS Watch Dog JWD controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a software application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if a program hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt for the program that hangs re quires software implementation Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS 3 J dP 2epinarxpwr m5 gpn line PWR Force PWR ON DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 cruz SUPER X6DH8 G2 North Bridge TPC ca Eenabie sparcten percep 10 ELAN CTLR 82546 GLAN Enabl Ee p pcer onne Pai S garce a spa1 SCSI E Enable E pores 193 Miz 7902 Ultra 320 SCSICHA s E Forxa 100m zor a 122 52 JPA2SCSI CHA Torm Ena anapa Sarai passes che Term Er WoL swot sDFUSBZA SATAOPS jap Ultra 320SCSICHE B rent 2 21 Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD
67. module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 supports up to 16 GB of Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 memory All motherboards were designed to support 2 GB modules in each slot but has only been verified for up to 1 GB modules Note Due to memory allocation to devices installed in the system the re maining memory available for operational use may be reduced when 4 GB or more of memory is used The reduction of memory availability is dispro portional See the table below for reference Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Available 4 GB Total Memory Firmware Hub Flash 1MB 3 99GB Memory BIOS Local APIC 4KB 3 99 GB Area reserved for the 2MB 3 99 GB chipsets I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4KB 3 99 GB PCI Enumeration Area 1 256MB 3 76 GB PCI Express 256MB 256MB 3 51 GB PCI Enumeration Area 2 512MB 3 01 GB if needed aligned on 256MB boundary VGA Memory 16MB 2 85 GB TSEG 1MB 2 84 GB Memory available to the 2 84 GB OS amp other applications Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs D DIMMII Notch gt J I ie Notch se Note Notch es should align with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the
68. n SUPER X6DH8 G2 er Pe e i EE 30 H ICH intr Ta ea b supef ii ge olga gel jit sp Moran Sapciepe as wo Enabi cmr 3 ase T lwo Laa as E romansu apagan Fa LAN EPH Perea 100 me Px aa Ed i Epevxes toommezor WOR priate Graal EARCISCR CHA Tern Ena 2At Swot J0AUSBZA SATAJ aa ure 3208C CHE cna j 2 9 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin The non maskable interrupt button pel x i ontro header is located on pins 19 and 20 Ground 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED PWR_LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is lo Pin k Number Definition cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 15 Voc Refer to the table on the right for 16 Control pin definitions PWR LED NMI ce e E an n Toue 20 19 DIMM 1B Bank 1 f seon DIMM 1A Bank 1 Ground lt NMI OMT 6 DIMM 2B Bank 2 gt DIMA 2A Bank 2 aii xs Ta x 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 y i DIMM 3A Bank 3 j DIMM 4B Bank 4 oot Power LED A DIN ana P ae SUPER X6DH8 G2 bay a HDD LED ce A ra sen ae NIC1 LED
69. n below Select drives for initialization elected Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B 00 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 468 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen Warning Initialization will erase all Array information from the selected drives Any Array using any of these drives as members will be affected Do you want to continue Yes No _ 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue B 15 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to optimized its functionality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild B 16 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions 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 com
70. nced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Win dows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 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
71. ndows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard The following section provides information on Adaptec s SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel ICH5R Controller For detailed information on Adaptec s SCSI SATA HostRAID Utility please refer to the CDs included in the shipping package B 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH5R I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset the ICH5R I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA port
72. ne 1 SATA cable One 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI User s Manual X6DH8 G2 only 1 1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishiing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1
73. nhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intels 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 can not and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 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 c
74. nk 3 ine DIMM 4B Bank 4 Reboot sal Opt Enable DIMM 4A Bank 4 s X6DH8 G2 sie 1 UPER l e 3g all North a Bridge Po Pen a nt k eR a0 RAGE ef xaPCTEp Ho PM supe IERE ef xerctepeas 10 rensa or ir so g amp j8 cmos comz Br yp HGLAN XA PCI Ep 4 wo Enabl cmr mos n l aa las ay lt E axe maun apat S08 oan A Enable 7902 8 Saheb poixea wows at sah 3 E E perxa 100 mHz ZcR T ui erm Ena AL WOR wor wines CEaaTJEARISCS CHA Tern E N HE wo spqUSB25 SATAD St Sutra s20SESTORE szoscsicns 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation Power Fault Alarm Reset Jumper Settings JP12 Jumper Definition Connect a cable from your power Position i T PWR T supply to JP12 to provide warn 2 PWR 2 i i 3 PWR 3 ings of power supply failure This j Signal Alarmi warning signal is passed through Reset the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fault E e A Fant a Asp ANB FANS A Pin Force PWRON Bus Fan Powe KE PWR 5 Mouse B H 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 B
75. nk 4 5 DIMM 4A Bank 4 io are SUPER X6DH8 G2 a ane PPE North ze om Poon y enable 30 ga 7 a S PE PCEpe 6 a K B e 8 amlen ell U EEE o COME z ats Tm y 2 an E eam ooo apan sesh f GLAN Ed hppa 7902 fd ee E N E 3 i T wor meo aa es gamen N E wor Qi na bas aE JE 2 11 HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 13 Vcc 14 HD Active NIC1 LED Pin NIC2 LED Pin Definitions Definitions JF1 JF1 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 11 Vcc 9 Vcc 12 GND 10 GND HDD LED NIC1 NIC2 LED Ground lt x lt Power LED lt DDLED lt o IC1 LED lt C2 LED lt Overheat LED lt Power Fail LED lt Ground Ground O 19 NMI i x Vcc Vcc O Vec fe Vcg Vcc O vcc Reset Reset Button fe Pwr gt Power Button SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Overheat LED OH Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions Connect an LED to the OH connec JF1 tion on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to pro Pin _ i Number Definition vide advanced warning of chassis 7 Vcc overheating Refer to the table on 3 S the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions
76. nsor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will auto matically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux SDIII is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Adva
77. nterrupt controllers 1 9 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss This feature allows the user to set the power state after a power outage You can choose Power Off 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 when set to Power On You can also select Last State for the system to resume its last state before the power outage See the Advanced BIOS Setup section in the BIOS to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control se
78. o avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW Q ER NO 3 SCREW NO ZSCREW 2 3 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual To Un install the Heatsink Caution We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed How ever if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened 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 2 4 NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW Wz i j SS SX X Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 1 PGA604 Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Empty socket Lever A Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely Triangle when installing the
79. om the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 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 ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press lt Insert gt and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu B 12 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out
80. onboard fan speed is controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS To activate Fan Speed Control please refer to Hardware Monitoring in the Ad vanced Setting Power LED Speaker On the JDI header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin defini tions Note The speaker connec tor pins are for use with an exter nal speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Fan6 Fans Fan7 a DIMM 1B Bank 1 Bor DIMM 1A Bank 1 awiji DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 H DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 G2 put PC Yea enable XA PCE 6 North Bridge gforce 0 IcHsR ce chos eon Eh woe kePorepe 4 GLAN Ena I 0s E Porxws tssmHz spas SCSI E Enable 7902 e Save Brena tne a BFR penx amazon WOR wot SCSI CHB Te p i as pueus BATaTI eA Eea Sa om ent Dza Ultra 320 SCSICHA A 2 17 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Definition Ground 12V Tachometer PWM _ Control Caution These fan headers use DC power
81. onnector Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition ATX Power Connector 13 TV 7 lt 33V 14 12V 2 3 3V The main power supply connector 15 COM 3 COM 2 E 16 PS_ON 4 5V on the X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 meets ie COM 5 CoN the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin 18 COM 6 5V g gt 19 COM T COM specification You must also con 20 Res NC a PWR _OK nect the 4 pin J32 power con 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V nector to your power supply See 23 EV 11 a the table on the right for pin defini 24 COM 12 3 3V tions 12V 4 pin Connector J32 Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12V Processor Power 8 Pin 12v Power Supply Connector Connector J1D1 In addition to the Primary ATX Pins Definition power connector above the 12v 1 thru 4 Ground 8 pin Processor connector at J1D1 slid Met must also be connected to your power supply Aux PWR Connector CD ann a ATX PWR Connector gpy Connector Fenda per Mouse a DIMM 1B Bank 1 ponent DIMM 1A Bank 1 pomas DIMM 2B Bank 2 on DIMM 2A Bank 2 i DIMM 3B Bank 3 H DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM AB Bank 4 23 DIMM 4A Bank 4 P cpu2 a
82. or Definition nection See the table at right for Amber Flashing Active the functions associated with the second LED Overheat LED JOH1 Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Connect an LED to the JOH header es Definition to provide warning of chassis ies ctive overheating See the table on the right for pin definitions GLAN 1 2 J E F _ 24 Pin ATXPWR EPE Fan7 Pw Sy Spin ated Ee Force PWR ON MBuS Fault PWR KE PWR a TDT Mouse EE 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 R3 pseont DIMM 1A Bank 1 Ie zB pomije DIMM 2B Bank 2 i cput DIMM 2A Bank 2 z DIMM 3B Bank 3 sj DIMM 3A Bank 3 p DIMM 4B Bank 4 Reboot we Opt Enable DIMM 4A Bank 4 8h SUPER X6DH8 G2 n e E OH LED ana gi North Se Bridge 6 2 e ell y SEH Intel z RAGE X8 PCI Epx 6 ceed IPM x k f jupen 8 X8 PCI Epx 5 vo icHsR Cr pT aa e cmos a ett J HGLAN cue DIXA PCI Epx 4 Wo Enable Fog a s 82546 E spat scsi E PCI X 3 133 MHz E Enable GLAN 8 Enable 7902 3 EPL Bpcnxae woo iz PH aL Fy e 2 Perxa soo mizZ0R 322 S2 jpa SCSICHA Term Ena JA1
83. 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 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to redirect the console redirection 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 select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide 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 T
84. permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface 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 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 motherboard The SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 supports single or dual Intel Nocona processors at a 800 MHz front side bus Based upon Intel s NetBurst microarchitecture the Nocona processor supports the IA 32 software and includes features found in the Xeon processor such as Hyper Pipelined Technology which includes a multi stage pipeline allowing the processor to operate at much higher core frequencies Packaged in a 604 pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array FC mPGA4 platform in a Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket mPGA 604 the Nocona Processor which supports Hyper Threading Technology and Intel EM64T is ideal for high performance workstation and server environments with up to two processors on one system bus Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product_page product m htm fo
85. poc Mouse Port Pin Definitions J9 The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Pin Number Definition mouse are located at J9 See the 1 Data r i E 2 NC table at right for pin definitions 3 around See Figure 2 3 for the locations 4 ae 5 lock of each 6 NC KB Mouse GLAN1 GLAN2 Yq 24 Pin ATX PWR BPE Fan7 PWRe PW amp pin Fan6 FanS5 4 Pin Force PWR ON MBus Fault R Ke PWR J1D1 Mouse e E DIMM 1B Bank 1 BE ee SBOT DIMM 1A Bank 1 E fpomi je DIMM 2B Bank 2 SRI 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 oe E z DIMM 3B Bank 3 of F DIMM 3A Bank 3 are DIMM 4B Bank 4 pe Erbia DIMM 4A Bank 4 x cpu2 g SUPER X6DH8 G2 E 3 North Bridge E Enable DCH Intruj z E RAGE wl X8 PCI Epx 6 nae Pm x gl ala Supet l e X8 PCI Epx 5 10 IcH5R Clr 37 so ejeje CMOS COM2 o Hoan JBT1 JWD CTLR X4 PCI Epx 4 wD Enei mios ies 33 82546 tee 3 PCI X 3 133 MHz RA Enable 3 GLAN ad g Enable 7902 ao BHP E PCI X 2 100 MHz PXH a 8 5 PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR HA woR E cS cue ror ene oo WOL JwoL Q JDAUSB2 3 SATAOpSt ia Ultra 320 SCSI CH B 5 peaker a 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers The X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 has eight fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 Fan1 Fan4 are 3 pin fans and Fan5 Fan8 are 4 pin fans Note Fan5 Fan8 are 4 pin fan headers however Pins 1 3 of these fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The
86. power on off the system Pantene Be iter TEE Ron Jas re Ton DIMM 1B Bank 1 soar DIMW TA Bank 1 Ome DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIM ZA Bank 2 i DIMM 3B Bank 3 fg DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 E DIMM 4A Ban pt aA aan SUPER X6DH8 G2 ane north a Side te 32 po aaraa Hels args cal rome lia E p i z F AN parea araa E ass w E E r ooo i torn z oran H oian Teor 3 Eeu E rcxewoume Pat SRL H A Fone ie me zoR aie Q Siren 2 13 Reset Pin Definitions JF 1 Pin Number Definition 3 4 Reset Ground Power Button Connector Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 1 2 PW_ON Ground Reset Button PWR Button Ground lt xd Power LED lt HDD LED lt NIC1 LED lt o NIC2 LED lt o a Overheat LED lt Z Power Fail LED lt Ground Ground Pwr gt Power Butto SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 Attach the appropri ate cable to inform you of a chas sis intrusion Universal
87. puter and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Adaptec En Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities B 17 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt istRAID Control le Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below k and pr SATA Port 0 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 SATA Port 1 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 SATA Port 2 No device SATA Port 3 No device SATA Port 4 No device SATA Port 5 No device SATA Port 6 No device SATA Port 7 No device Only drives present at POST are displayed lt Enter gt to select B 18 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array con
88. r updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST codes Appendix B provides software and the OS installation instructions SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface ADOUE Minis Manuales sereia Seca Seas aaraa aaam eea saa niea anaa End aaa a aa a AEAEE Raia iii Manual Organization saii eiiieaen aaria ta eda iii Chapter 1 Intro
89. s Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 you can set SATA and PATA to the Enhanced Mode The newer Operating Systems can ac commodate both Enhanced Mode and Combined Mode and support up to 6 ATA devices Please refer to the Advanced Chipset Control under the Advanced Setup in the BIOS for the selection of Combined Mode or Enhanced Mode Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions En hanced Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time to power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll down the menu to select the item Load Setup Default and press the lt Enter gt key Select Yes to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enable and press the lt Enter gt Key to select this option 5 From this submenu select Enable and press lt Enter gt 6 Tap the lt Esc gt key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system wil
90. s and up to two RAID drives The ICH5R I O Controller Hub supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configu rations B 1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual ATA Operate Mode You can select from the following two modes Combined Mode and Enhanced Mode Combined Mode In this mode system BIOS assigns the traditional IRQ 14 and IRQ 15 for the use of HDD Up to 4 ATA devices are supported by this mode Within the Combined Mode the following three modes are supported Non Combined Mode Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices sup ported Non Combined Mode Serial ATA only with the maximum of 2 devices sup ported Combined Mode SATA devices and PATA with the support of 2 devices each total 4 devices maximum For IDE SATA configurations please refer to the table below Primary Master PM Yes Yes No No No No Primary Slave PS Yes No Yes No No_ No Secondary Master SM Yes No No Yes No No Secondary Slave SS Yes No No_ No Yes No SATA Port0 No SM ISM PM PM PM SATA Portl No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels are no longer available Enhanced Mode In this mode system BIOS will automatically search for all available IRQs for the use of HDD For newer Operating Systems that support the Enhanced Mode such_a
91. s the screen shown on the next page B 7 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 61 WDC WD3606D 00ELX1 34 468 Select drives to create frray Selected DTIU S ms 00 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 4GB 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives B 8 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions firray Properties Array Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Label Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via Done 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select
92. s to A CMOS Discard Changes Save Changes Fi tL ES F9 Esc e Enter F18 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 X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 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 Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 continuous long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Be
93. scharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard e Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery Do not install the onboard upside down battery to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 2 2 Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the AN motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU CEK heat sink To adequately support the weight of CPU heat sinks please in
94. 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 PIDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Main Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you ppan EA i parameters of hard dis curions drive installed at this Heads c il connection Heads Auto autotypes Sectors hard disk drive Sectors installed here 1 39 you select pre determined type of hard disk drive installed here LBA Format CD ROM a CD ROM drive Total Sectors p an talled here i Stu femovable eee Et eye removable disk drive is Maximum Capacity Maximum Capacity installed here Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 1 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi tL F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Type The feature allows you to select the type of IDE hard drive The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of th
95. stall the X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 in a chassis that is compliant with the SSI EEB 3 5 Specification CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 first 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used 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 CEK Heatsink Installation IMPORTANT Due to the weight of the CEK Passive Heatsink which weights about 1KG you need to have Heatsink Mounting plate in stalled on the chassis to prevent damage to the CPU and the motherboard 1 Do not apply any thermal compound CEK Passive to the heatsink or the CPU die the Heatsink required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws t
96. tion Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers Extra USB headers FPUSB2 FPUSB3 FPUSB4 can be used for front side USB access You will need a USB cable to use either connection Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports The COM1 J6 and COM2 J7 se rial ports are located under the parallel port COM1 annd next to IPMI COM2 See the table on the right for pin definitions Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions FPUSB2 FPUSB3 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 Veco 2 Vcc 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data Fi Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NA Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions FP USB4 Pin Number Definition 1 Vcc 2 Data 3 Data 4 Ground 5 NA Serial Port Pin Definitions FF _ _24 Pin ATXPWR BPF ane Fan 4 Pin b B4 Force PWR ON PWR DIMM 1B Bank 1 Fan7 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 cPut COM1 Pin Number_ Definition Pin Number Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Serial Port Pin Definitions COM2 Pin Number _Definition Pin Number _Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND 10 NC laa afl DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4
97. tomatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Vcore A Vcore B These items display the Voltage status of CPU A and CPUB 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 VDD This item displays the VDD status P5Vsb This item displays the voltage status of 5V Standby power P3P3Vsb This item displays the voltage status of 3 3V Standby power Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed the SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subse quent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SDIII settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII set tings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 17 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual 4 5 Security You can configure Security Settings from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help
98. troller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the 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 installa tion From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Win dows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will auto matically reboot B 20 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X6DH8 G2 server board Drivers amp Tools WinXP p x Intel Lindenhurst chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Microsoft Direc 9 0 Intel E7520 ATI Graphics driver Chipset X6DHB series Adaptec Storage Manager
99. tting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign the control for the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMAS3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control for the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable
100. uired 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 program mable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a pro cessor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static di
101. up port registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and 3 3 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the phlash exe BIOS flash utility the platform bin platform file and the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchas
102. wer On Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by oa A WwW MN the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure that there are no short circuits 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 No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and ful
103. y 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 improve graphic performance when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD 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 4 9 SUPER X6DH8 G2 X6DHE G2 User s Manual PCI Parity Error Forwarding Enable this item to forward the PCI errors occurring behind P2P bridges to 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 the Add On Option ROM first Res

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