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1. 4 Pii CPU PSF 5 re QEL ee ue Cr E M A Fan 1 fiouse r DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 Ls 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM Bank 3 8 CPU1 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 ER DIMM 2B Bank 2 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 E DIMM 1B Bank 1 En DIMM 1A Bank 1 5 LAN1 2 pa CPT i Greencreek CPU2 Line In SGPO Line pSU PER X7DA8 North Bridge Out Mic 1017 SIMLPIPMI BEL foo _ Battery a 1016 pcLEy x16 9 as E 5 BT1 a BTO South BIS pres PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 8 mE d PIO pc Exp lt pc x 133 MHz s E alla PXH BIOS Pe 133 MHz 8 SCSI CTRL JWOREZI MEZI HECZI 8 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SB4 5 Meule m 320 SCSI Ch l B p aA a ATA G anne B 1 2 14 24 PWR 8 Processor PWR 4 PWR Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB There are six USB 2 0 Universal Se rial Bus ports headers on the mother board Four of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB1 and the other two are Front Panel USB headers USB 4 5 JUSB2 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrus
2. c4 SUPER X7DA8 un ool Co 0 Groun X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED e OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED 2 9 Ground Ground Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Reset Button PWR gt Power Button SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A NMI B PWR LED FangfFrans 4 Pin TJ 24 PinATXPWR CPU Fango PSF 2 10 NMI Button Pin Definitions
3. Pin Definition Pins Definition Blue JIDE2 White on the mother Reset IDE 2 board The blue IDE connector JIDE1 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 is designated the Primary IDE Drive 5 HostData6 6 Host Data 9 The white IDE connector JIDE2 is 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 designated the Secondary IDE Drive 9 HostData4 10 Host Data 11 reserved for Compact Flash Card use 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 only See the note below See the 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 table on the right for pin definitions 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 i 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 is reserv Note JIDE2 the white slot is reserve ie God 20 Key for Compact Flash Car only Do not TE 20 TETER use it for other devices If JIDE2 is Os QW 24 ecu populated with a Compact Flash Card 1O Read A Gami JIDE1 the blue slot will be available for gt 28 BALE one device only For the Compact Flash 55 Du Card to work properly you will need to nq 4 32 10CS16 connect a power cable to JWF1 first 33 v Ground 35 37 Chip Selecto 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground rs Fang Fans 24 Pin ATX PWR Ir peret 2 DIMM 4B Bank 4 T USB 0 Ls 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 GOMT DIMM 3B Bank 3 L CPU1 a DIMM 3A Bank 3 i DIMM 2B Bank
4. 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 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 4 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 1 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 For optimal memory performance please install four modules at a time Please refer to the table below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DA8 X7DAE supports up to 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 533 667 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with a pair or pairs of memory modules that are of the same size and of the same type in Branch 1 and Branch 2 will result in interleaved memory Note 1 Du
5. 2 26 SCSI Termination Enabled Disabled 2 26 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault rein caper een 2 27 Audio 2 27 Compact Flash Master Slave 0 2 28 Agit 2 28 2 8 Onboard IrndiCa l618 2 30 GLAN LE rad V Kan ae B BE xa d da hed v B RA an r E d Kan REZ 2 30 Onboard SCSI Activity LED k ix xylk kanin 2 31 Onboard Power 2 31 SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy SIMLP IPMI Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 32 Parallel Port Connector recie eene 2 32 Floppy o ace deca duele Duet Sedi actae su d dak ned eer ees 2 33 IS Mi c o e CDU EE 2 33 IDE GConnecGlors 2 34 Ultra 320 SCSI 2 35 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 4 3 1 Before Power ed B a 3 1 No sol Iris 3 1 a 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 Memory EFTOIS iue iex tre gt gt gt o _ cepa 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures
6. SCSI CTRL 5 4 5 maae PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 320 SCSI Channel Gompact Flash PWR B SGPIO 1 C SGPIO 2 Chapter 2 Installation AC 97 Audio AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio This motherboard features a 6 channel sound for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speakers This feature is activated with the Advanced software in the CD ROM included with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right To activate the Onboard Au dio please enable the Jumper JPAC in the Jumper Section CD Connectors Two CD connectors CD1 CD2 are located next to the GLAN Controller See the tables on the right for pin definitions Blue Line In surround sound L R Green Line Out Front L R Pink In Center subwoofer CD1 Pin Definition Definition Left Ground Ground Right CD2 Pin Definition FangFang inf 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU Fan 317 PSF 4 Pi PWR Fan1 I USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Parrallel Port DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 E CPU1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A
7. So 82 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 5 1 EJ DIMM 1A Bank 1 I LAN1 2 E53 a Greencreek CRUS Line In une r SUPER XTDA8 E Out JPAC Mic SGPIOZ SIMLPIPMI ep 2 GLAN Bio Battery I 1 8 CTLR PCI Exp x16 EE e JBT1 9 South H 2 pee PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 8 a Blo ces z l PCI Exp x4 i Two lt Blots 133 2 za 5 all amp BIOS E poo 8 PCI X 133 MHz 2 WOR wol SCSLCURE 8 Plot PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 584 5 PATAS pa 0S 225 SATA3 MEE SCSI Channel B pai 2 21 Pin Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection PWR SMB Pin Definitions Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V A SMB B PWR SMB SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at J WF1 For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need to configure JCF1 properly and connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location SGPIO Headers There are two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers J29 J30 located on the motherboard These headers support
8. rca BIS Serey xa 1 PCI Exp x4 Two Blots PCI X 133 MHz Floppy Compact Flash IDEA South Bridge ala TH 133 2 JWOR BIOS 320 SCSI Channel A SCSI CTRL piot PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ISB4 5 DA 0S SCSI Channel B 32 5 com 4IPA1 2 29 Definition Enabled Disabled Default A Audio Enable SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 8 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs Activity NM moo LED LED There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information Activity A O tink LED LED Rear View when viewing from the rear side of the chassis GLAN Activity Indicator Color Status Definition Green Flashing Active GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Off Definition No Connection or 10 Mbps Green On 100 Mbps Amber On 1 Gbps 4 Pin PWR FangFang 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU Fanq u17 Fan1 fe louse DIMM 4B Bank 4 I USB 0
9. LAN1 2 602 encreek ere CPU2 T Line In Line Out Mic La SUPER X7DA8 JPAC North Bridge SIMLPIPMI GLAN CTLR Battery Tot pcLExp x16 South P iid PCI 33MHz Bridge ETC lUFCZ Bloc YT PCI Exp x4 wo Blots PCI X 133 MHz perm PW A Fan 1 B Fan 2 C Fan 3 D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 i E PW LEDSPI fend FP Control IDE1 Compact Flash a aliia BIOS T gt i PCI X 133 MHz pion 584 5 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SCSI CTRL SATAJ SATAS 320 SCSI Channel A DA 5 MEE SCSI Channel B 3 pai 2 16 G Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 H Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports iios edid The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse are located at JKM1 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 for pin definitions 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Ports Serial Po
10. Pins 4 7 External Speaker Fand Fanq arin j 24 Pin ATX PWR nd Fanz 17 PSF peer Mose A i DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel Port DIMM 1B Bank 1 JOH 5 Fang FP Control Fan1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 rcp A encreek ere CPU2 7 SUPER X7DA8 Out JPAC Mic i North Bridge i Bie SIMLPIPMI GLAN Beans te JBTi south P ee PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 oa os LI PCI Exp x4 Twp plots PCI X 133 MHz Floppy Compact Flash IDEA appa 5 EE PXH BIOS 133 2 JWOR JI Blott 320 SCSI Channel A SCSI CTRL PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 DA 0S ZE SCSI Channel B Ne 5 E aJPA1 2 19 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail header JP3 to provide warnings of power supply failure This warning signal is passed
11. Seems 8 Ground PWR gt Power Button Plot pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 SVE nr 5 Ig BRTRO SATAY 5 5 pj sa sosi Channel B 2 11 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF 1 Pin Definition Ti Vcc Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 FangFan 2 1 PWR j 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan Fanz PSF A DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Parrallel Port DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 Line in n Out Mic EDA cpt pp SUPER X7DA8 CPU2 GLAN CTLR SIMLPIPMI Battery Fer
12. Note SD Ill Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor 11 E 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Notes Disclaimer Continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale
13. 2 13 SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR supply located at JPW2 is also required to provide ad equate power to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions For the 8 PWR JPWS3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition 3 3V 12V COM PS_ON COM COM COM Res NC 5V 5V 5V COM ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition 3 3V 3 3V COM 5V COM 5V COM PWR_OK 5VSB o o nN oO C N 121 12V zx 3 3V Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Definition Ground 12V Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V
14. Chapter 4 BIOS The High Precision Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options for this feature 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 Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Note The settings can be different depending on the CPU speed Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CP
15. 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 225222 E kK KK AKAR KA 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service oie oar 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 451 WOU CH OM eer 4 1 S mm abc t Ro 4 2 4 9 Man BIOS o l 0 m 4 2 4 4 Advanced SUN 4 6 4 5 Security Setup rec 4 24 Boot SOlJp Xo cq e C AD Sar V N uas Vr b R Ma 4 25 AM c 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages a nn kk keka kk kk KA kK KA KAKA KAK A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST QOGOBS B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines sese C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact you
16. It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Serial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that sup port RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter g
17. Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written
18. You will remain in the Setup utility 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configur
19. cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help CU NES System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Systems Management Report Help Health Information Chassis CPUZ Chassis E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 3m SENT rm D 1 T System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Systerns Management Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control
20. conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Direct Cache Access This feature accelerates the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this moth erboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip This feature is supported only by some types of processors The options are Enabled and Disabled If this feature is enabled the following item will display DCA Prefetch Delay Available when Direct Cache Access is enabled A DCA Prefetch is used with TOE components to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency Prefetching too frequently can saturate the cache directory and delay necessary cache ac cesses This feature reduces or increases the frequency the system prefetches data The options are 8 16 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96 104 112 120 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available if supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical
21. serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA and SAS connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the location Compact Flash Card PWR Connector On Off Jumper Definition Compact Flash Power On Compact Flash Power Off SGPIO Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 NC Ground 3 5 Load 7 Clock Pin Definition NC DATA Out Ground Note NC No Connections E 4Pin 24 Pin ATX PWR em Fan7 J17 PF pe azi PWR louse gm 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 Li 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 E cour DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 CPU1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 H DIMM 1B Bank 1 Iz DIMM 1A Bank 1 E LAN1 2 fq Greencreek Line In S Line C4 S U P E Re X7DA8 North Bridge Out JPAC SIMLPIPMI CTLR GLAN 8 EE LE 22 Boe _ Battery PCI Exp x16 EJ 2 T 17 south pos PCI 33MHz Bridge EZJJPA3 EZ JPA2 Compact Flash IDE1 PCI Exp x4 Two piots PCI X 133 MHz aus PCI X 133 MHz BIOS
22. the Pin Setting Definition system will notify you when any of the Pini Ground three power modules fails Connect JAR Pin 2 to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Fandan amp Pin 24 Pin ATXPWR Fan7 J 7 PS pin PWI fe T ML rn louse DIMM 4B Bank 4j USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 A Compact Flash Master CONT DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPU1 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 Slave Select DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel Port B Alarm Reset PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 E53 C51 Greencreek CPU2 i Trem SUPER X7DA8 Out JPAC Mic North Bridge i SIMLPIPMI B g GLAN 1 CTLR PCI Exp x16 JBTi 6 south P iid PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 aa PM scien aa PCI Exp x4 L bwp Blots PCI X 133 MHz a Ls ACIDS PXH BIOS Floppy Compact Flash IDE1 a PCI X 133 MHz Blott SCSI CTRL 320 SCSI Channel A PCI X 1
23. 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DA8 X7DAE offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press Ctrl and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual i Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0
24. 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 4th Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh
25. 2 82 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 JE DIMM 1A Bank 1 DB ane er m A IDE 1 i In SGPIOI gu SUPER X7DA8 B IDE 2 Compact Flash vi Li SIMLPIPMI El eM PIR pc Exp x16 pE 74 south H meju Plo pc Exp xa lt pes PCI X 133 MHz al 8 PXH BIOS Po 133 MHz 8 WOR wo SCSI CTRL 8 Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 584 5 2942 ea ere ases Channel B E 4IPA1 2 34 Ultra 320 SCSI Connectors X7DA8 only There aretwoSCSlconnectors on the motherboard SCSI Channel A is located at JA1 and SCSI Channel Bis located at JA2 Refer to the table below forthe pin definitions of the Ultra 320 SCSI connectors located at JA1 and JA2 A SCSI Channel A B SCSI Channel B Chapter 2 Installation Ultra320 SCSI Drive Connector Pin Definitions J28 LL LI m SUPER X7DA8 oo Pin Definition DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB P1 DIFFSENS TE
26. 2003 Operating System C 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After allthe hardware has been installed you mustfirst configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel 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 ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000X Greencreek Chipset the ESB2 Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the sys tem
27. 213 DIMM 4A Bank 4 A com DIMM 3B Bank 3 s E DIMM 3A Bank 3 n DIMM 2B Bank 2 8 E DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 E DIMM Bank 1 LAN1 2 ppg 651 S A Parallel Port Greencreek 2 ques SUPERGX7DA8 arti Out Mic SGPIOQ lot7 gt ERE END Pam CMM O sus 015 PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 EZE UFCT PIO pc Exp xa a 1 7 pres PCI X 133 MHz E a E BIOS Po peix 133 MHz 8 JWORE SESI 8 Plott pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 584 5 SATAJ SATAS d eez sepe pere Pe SCSI Channel B 2 a 2 32 Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Drive Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Pin Definition Pin Definition The floppy connector is located at 1 ound 2 FDHDIN J22 See the table below for pin 3 Ground 4 Reserved definitions 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 211 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select SIMLP IPMI Slot 33 Ground 34 Diskette There is a SIMLP IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the SIMLP IPMI Slot location Fand Fanq arin j 24 Pin
28. 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 PWR SNB J17 Power System Management Header PSF JP3 Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 SATAO SATA5 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors SCSI JA1 JA2 SCSI Channel A Channel B Connectors X7DA8 only SGPIO 1 2 J29 J30 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers SMB J18 System Management Bus Header Slot 7 SIM Low Profile IPMI Connector USB 0 1 2 3 4 5 Back Panel USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB1 FP USB4 5 JUSB2 WOL JWOL Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR Wake on Ring Header Note JIDE2 is for Compact Card Use only Be sure to connect JWF1 to a power supply to provide power to the compact flash card 1 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 quad core dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 32 GB ECC DDR2 FBD 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset Intel 5000X Greencreek chipset including the 5000X Greencreek Memory Control Hub the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O sub system PXH V Expansion Slots Two PCI E slots one x16 signal on x16 slot one x4 signal on x16 slot Three 64 bit PCI X slots two PCI X 133 slots one PCI X 100 ZCR Slot One PCI 33 MHz slot One Low Profile IPMI slot BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM e DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SM
29. ATX PWR CPU Ean A7 es perum A Floppy frouse um B SIMLP IPMI DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel Port DIMM 1B Bank 1 PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 E53 k Greencree 2 i trem SUPER X7DA8 Out JPAC a North Bridge i 1017 SIMLPIPMI gog Battery er 1016 pcLExp x16 IDE1 JBT1 6 South pee PCI 33MHz Bridge meca NFCA POM poe xa PCI Exp x4 i L bwp PCI X 133 MHz CompactFlash alld a PXH BIOS PCI X 133 MHz SCSI CTRL JWOR JI Blott 320 SCSI Channel A PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 DA 0S SCSI Channel B 32 5 E aJPA1 2 33 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual IDE Connectors There are two IDE Connectors JIDE1 IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions
30. Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000X Greencreek chipset the X7DA8 X7DAE motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for commu nications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000X Greencreek chipset supports single or dual Xeon 64 bit quad core dual core pro cessor with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000X Greencreek Memory Controller Hub MCH the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsystem PXH V The 5000X Greencreek MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1 333 GHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec for a total bandwidth of 21 3 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total of 32 0 GB s for DDR2 667 533 memory The MCH chipset also provides three x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000X Greencreek chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring a
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32. Enabled to enable Emulation IRQ support The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits the coalesce feature Please referto your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are Payload 256 Bytes and Coalesce Enabled 128 Bytes PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated first The options are Onboard first and Add On first PCI Fast Delayed Transaction Select Enabled to set the ESB P2P Bridge Secondary Timer in order to improve heavy DMA transfer rates for PCI 32 bit Multi Media cards The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and Naw 4 9 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Frequency for 1 Mass Mass Storage This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X 2 3 This
33. Interleaving Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving for Branch 0 Rank or Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled High Bandwidth FSB Select Enabled to enable high bandwidth FSB support The options are Enabled and Disabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of closed loop thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM device exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of open loop global thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules and allow global thermal throttling to become active when the number of activ
34. JF 1 Pin Definition 1 2 9 Control 0 Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 sv Ground PWR Font SoA ug peg DIMM 48 Bank 4 Groun NMI 123 DIMM ZA Bank 4 3 cou DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 m U X x z DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 RI LED Vcc DIMM 1B Bank 1 E DIMM 1A Bank 1 HDD LED LAN1 2 ppg 001 8 Greencreel CPU2 NIC1 LED Vcc Line in Sont Line Bu OUPER X7DAS8 or arsso rj Mc NIC2 LED Vcc por SIMLPIPMI 2 Ed z SUR Battery i n ena cemere w gt OH Fan Fail LED Vcc ETI South H i Blot5 Tpc 33MHz Bridge 99 8 B PWR Fail LED Vcc Fe PCI Exp x4 Fae lt Bo tas Er Reset gt Reset Button Ze BIOS 8 amp PXH Biot2 2 PCI X 133 MHz 8 Power Button JWORCC EEI HECZI mog Seem 8 Ground ENF Po 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot BE SEA pa E ATS E 320 SCSI Channel B 2 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located Pin Definition on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions 13 5V HD Active NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators GLAN1 2 LED The NIC Network Interface Contro
35. PCI Exp x16 Pres pci 33MHz ECR SECS E 2 PCI Exp x4 L wo z og Fang E E 2 prow PCI X 133 MHz sana alls 133 MHz JwORC_ EEGA pin PWI Power LED JPWLEDSPK Fand imi on lopi CompactFlash IDE HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED PXH BIOS Pwo Blot pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 SCSICTRL D 320 SCSI Channel A UD STE r E TZJEATAN E SRTRZ SAT3 1 lazo scs Channel B HH 2 12 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground pin definitions Power Button Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily in Definition contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be con figured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set
36. The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity 8 46 Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select th
37. X7DAS Series Adaptec Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at atime After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual E 2 Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is 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 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 below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take pre
38. applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 2a Release Date July 17 2009 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc 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 2009 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 X7DA8 X7DAE motherboard SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE supports dual Intel quad core dual core processors with an FSB speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit quad core dual core processors built in this moth erboard offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel Core microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the IA 32 software The features include I
39. below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears Run tn Fated Uwe My ce de Adaptec SATA HostRAID Control ler 12 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 0 5138001385 3 05 1 SATA Port 1 HDC MD 48GD BBFLR1 27 8802 1 5 SATA Port 2 BBF31 1 SATA Port 3 08027 1 5 SATA Port 5 BBF31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk u Run rn Fwd e Hwre du Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller WO SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual To verify disk media Cet n Run Fated e Mame de Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 0 5138081385 3 85 123 SATA Port 1 HDC HD748GD BBFLRA1 27 88D27 1 5 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enters 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter Tevn n Run
40. can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the 5000X Greencreek chipset the I O Control ler Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RA
41. computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for the keyboard mouse controller The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to configure the setting 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 configure the setting for Serial Port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be
42. cpu2 nation Enable me jp SUPER XTDAB j sae Out Mic SGPIOQ SIMLPIPMI j eM PIO pc Exp x16 i a a C3 SFC Plo pc Exp xa 4 prets PCI X 133 MHz E al a PXH BIOS 5 Po MHz 8 WOR SCSI CTRL 8 Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 05 45 pe ara a 220 scs Channel B E 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature avail able when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default Audio Enable Disable JPAC enables or disables Audio Controller Audio Enable JPAC Jumper Settings on the motherboard See the table on the Jumper Setting Definition right for jumper s
43. diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different soeeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and 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 four modules at a time beginning with Branch 1 then Branch 2 and so on see Page 2 6 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www super
44. disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Available when SATA Controller Mode is set to Compatible Select Serial ATA for SATA or select Auto Native Mode for onboard hard drives The options are Serial ATA and Auto 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The option
45. 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 Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices 4 7 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time
46. tin Fated Hoe 1 Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 D 18 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default D 19 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ESB2 Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enters d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Ra
47. triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a golden dot against the socket key the Notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard AN Warning Please save the plas tic PnP cap The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge South Center Edge gold dot Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key sem circle cutout below the circl Corner with triangle cutout Load Lever Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Installat
48. ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives gH STJBBR13JAS 74 50 um HZ HDC HIdHED MMELRZ GY 260 HD 4B8CD BAFLRI 69 208 AS 4 7 261 4 Once both drives display the selected drive box press lt Enter gt D 6 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below Tevn u Run etn Fate we M ce ben WARNING Configuring drives vill urite Array Infornation on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue D 7 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen show
49. 00 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 oa pe BT RE SCSI Channel B 8 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation SMB to PCI X PCI E Slots Speeds Jumpers JI C1 JI C2 allow you to con SMBus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Jumper Settings nect PCI X Slots to the System Man Jumper Setting agement Bus and Jumpers JI C3 JI C4 Pins 1 2 allow you to connect PCI Exp Slots Pins 2 3 to the System Management Bus The default setting is to close pins 2 3 to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings Fand Fand 24 Pin ATX PWR louse PWR CPU Fan Fan1 I USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parrallel Port DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 a mm GA JAR CPU1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 ny CD1 T Line In Line Out CEG UPER X7DA8 Mic Greencreek North Bridge PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan CPU2 i i li SIMLPIPMI CTLR Broe Battery 1916 pc Exp x16 pee PCI 33MHz
50. 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 n DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel Port DIMM 2A Bank 2 Fm GLAN Port1 LEDs CPU1 B GLAN Port2 LEDs DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 14A Bank 1 LAN1 2 A TI Line In Line Mic SUPER X7DA8 c J J Greencreek North Bridge PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fand CPU2 JOH1 i SIMLPIPMI GLAN CTLR pes PCI 33MHz rca PCI Exp x4 C uwo Bote Battery PCI Exp x16 JBT 9 Blots PCI X 133 MHz South Bridge Floppy Compact Flash IDE1 8108 PXH pou 0 PCI X 133 MHz JWORC_ ERANA BIOS pior PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ATA BATAO SATA 5 4 5 320 SCSI Channel A SCSI CTRL com DA mg 1320 SCSI Channel B H PAT N 2 30 Chapter 2 Installation Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators X7DA8 only There are two Onboard SCSI Activity LED indicators on the X7DA8 DA1 indicates the activity status of SCSI Channel A and DA2 indicates the activity status of SCSI Channel B Onboard Power LED There
51. 24 Pin ATXPWR JPS pin PWI PWR Fan 1 rg DIMM 4B Bank 4 T USB 0 1 2 3 Parrallel Port DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 A Clear CMOS el B Watch Dog Enable PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 602 k Greencree 2 T Line In Line Out Mic i La SUPER X7DA8 JPAC North Bridge i SIMLPIPMI z BE TE aA 6 HEF pe PATA SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 Cr sun P Ha PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 oa POM boyeya xa PCI Exp 5 rur Bio PCI X 133 MHz Floppy CompactFlash IDEA a aliia PXH BIOS Bi rH 133 2 JWOR JI Blott 320 SCSI Channel A SCSI CTRL PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 SATAJ SATAS DA 0S SCSI Channel B 32 5 E 4IPA1 2 25 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual SCSI Controller Enable Disable SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis ab
52. 5 System Date 85 17 2089 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Diskette fi 1 44 1 25 MB 3 1 IDE Channel 8 Master IDE Channel 8 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 Parallel ATA Channel 81 Serial ATA Enabled Native Mode Operation Auto SATA Controller Mode Option Compatible SATA RAID Enable Disabled ICH Raid CodeBase Intel SATA AHCI Enable Disabled System Memory KB Extended Memory XXXX KB Fi 14 F9 Esc e Enter F18 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 Version The item displays the version of the current BIOS BIOS Date The item displays the date that the 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 FIDE Channel 0 Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the slots indicated above Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detai
53. 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and s
54. 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes aka 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 8 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed 512 MB 3 01 Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSES 1 Memory available to OS and other plications Figure 2 1 Installing and Removing DIMMs ioe DDR2 e H LETETTETTETTELETETTETTTEELTTETTETTETELELTTELTI 2 ns Note Notch bora ul lT J should align with the lu receptive point EX on the slot i i a cip IU To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push Top View of DDR2 FBD the release tabs near both ends of Release Tab iT Release Tab the module This should release it from the slot r SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the Figure 2 2 below for the colors and locations of the various I O p
55. BIOS 2 3 PCI X 1 0 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby e Fan status monitor with firmware speed on off control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control Interface PECI CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection System resource alert ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Onboard I O Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI w Host RAID support X7DA8 only One SIM Low Profile IPMI slot Intel 82563 Gigabit Dual Port Ethernet controller 1 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces w 2 devices supported 6 SATA ports w RAIDO RAID1 RAID5 RAID 10 support 1 floppy port interface 1 serial port header 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port 6 Channel Audio Super 1 0 Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83793 PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 ports 2 Headers Super Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgr
56. Bank 1 LAN1 2 Line 4 Ba D D1 Greencreek SUPER X7DA8 North Bridge PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan1 JOH1 CPU2 i GLAN CTLR po SIMLPIPMI sors 4 Battery PCI Exp x16 Plot pci ssMHz PO pce xd oU pc Exp x4 JBTI ap ds Floppy CompactFlash IDE1 South Bridge 1 2 PCI X 133 MHz se Ana a Blot2 a PCI X 133 MHz mecaz BIOS 320 SCSI Channel SCSI CTRL pc x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot RB org BAT SB4 SATAS reva EATROSATAT SAT iz IE SATA3 320 SCSI Channel B Em N 2 23 Pin Definition Right Ground Left Ground A Line In and Line Out B Microphone C CD1 D CD2 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 7 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 t
57. ID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and lt l gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the fol
58. ID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Appendix D and Appendix E for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to the Serial ATA and the Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and
59. Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an 2 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that descri
60. Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above ec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 fi ain Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 4 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below anage firrays reate Array td Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives HDC HD748GD BBFLA1 69 26 HDC HD7486D B8FLf2 69 26B HDC HD 48CD BBFLRI 59 255 HDC MD 44LD HEFLAZ 69 268 3 The drive you
61. RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1813 wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved 1 Nane Volumi RAID Level BR0n1D18 Rn1D811 Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx CB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt
62. RMPWR TERMPWR Reserved Ground ATN Ground BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ l O DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 Pin a5 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 5 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Definition TERMPWR TERMPWR Reserved Ground ATN Ground BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ 2 35 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Notes 2 36 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by th
63. SUPER SUPER X7DA8 SUPER X7DAE USER S MANUAL Hevision 1 2a 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 Inc Supermicro 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 INC BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 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
64. U voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold 4 13 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in
65. ade utility and device drivers Dimensions Ext ATX 12 x 13 05 304 8 mmx 331 5 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual VRM p 5 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 VAM ISL6307 ISL6307 667 1067 1333 667 1067 1333 MT MT S FB 72 E FBD CHNLO 2 J5 77 6 5000X FBD CHNL1 5 Greencreek E E 5 2 PCI Exp MCH FBD CHNL2 2 2 2 a J9 e a a a a 4 x EBD CHNL3 8 R 1 E 5 u 1 9 o a x PCI EXP 4 2 J13 100 2 IDE CONN 5 o E EXP BUS amp k n 7 1 EBUS CONN PXH V A_PCI EXP X8 pim CENE fp 5 am els ESB2 Ho clit 3 0Gb SN lt S p scsi PCI X 1 x N 7902 J o 4 pe PCI 33MZ id 1U IPMI CONN 5 USB2 0 N m 8 3 SYSTEM PWR 2 Oo Z 2 LPC SIO RJ45 GB LAN EWH GILGAL E RJ45 PARALLEL MS PORT 1 a KB 2 Block Diagram of the 5000 Greencreek
66. ate 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 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DA8 X7DAE can only accommo
67. ate control exceeds a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Snoop Filter Select Enabled to eliminate snoop traffic to the graphics port to greatly improve system performance when running graphics intensive applications The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled High Precision Event Time Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer HPET which is capable of producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction em in PU 4 12
68. ation used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached corre
69. ature yk 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS sess 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring E tlk etc ae 1 10 1 5 ACPI E a Tt BS 1 11 1 6 Roco Aene C c CT 1 12 1 7 Super VO rcc kak kk n 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precatitions 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation Ek 2 1 2 3 Processor Heatsink Installation 22 2 2 2 4 Installing DIMMS ER e 2 6 25 Control Panel Connectors and fO Ports 12 rre ek 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control PAn l 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 10 SINIT c ANN 2 10 Power terrere tein aa eui E 2 10 PRESTO T 2 11 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED 222 000000 000000000 2 12 Table of Contents Power Fail CED 2 12 Reset Butto rebe 2 13 Power Button 2 13 228 Connecting Cables 2 14 ATX Power Connecto
70. ay not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are 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 X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 4 2 Runni
71. bes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep with front panel Overheat LED on system overheat Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h
72. connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device 4 15 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to configure the setting for the Parallel Port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address 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 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Val
73. ct Flash IDEA HB and PXH BIOS 9 PCI X 133 MHz JWORL_ Plott pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SB4 SCSI CTRL 320 SCSI Channel A pe ATAZ SATAS MEE SCSI Channel B E pai ma 2 15 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Fan Headers The X7DA8 X7DAE has eight chassis system fan headers Fani to Fan8 including two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note all these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan head ers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hard ware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled when using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 8 Pin Definition e Ground 412V Tachometer PWR Modulation 3 e fanafana 4 Pin 24 Pin ATX PWR PWR J17_ PSF DIMM 4B Bank 4 I USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parrallel Port DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1
74. ction SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale PWR JPW oa i Per JPW DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 JF1 Fag P comro Fer DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 m JOH1 PWLEDSPR Greencreek E 88 North Bridge 51017 x16 Blot5 pci 33MHz WEC3 MFC prot PCI Exp x4 0 PCI X 133 MHz TN PCI X 133 MHz SCSI CTRL PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot USBA EYE Jara SATB SATE DE Compact Flash 320 SCSI Channel A gt Notes 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 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 SCSI is for the X7DA8 only 5 Please install the ZCR card on the green slot for it to work properly 6 The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exact
75. ctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits atthe RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 id
76. d SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 e A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definition Pin Definition Connector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed The parallel printer port is located 3 Data Bit 0 4 Emror at J21 See the table on the right for 5 Data Bit 1 definitions Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 DataBit3 10 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 15 Data Bit 6 16 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLOT 26 NC rs Fang Fans 24 Pin ATX PWR Fand Ir i DIMM 4B Bank 4 T USB 0 Ls 1
77. d audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number For faster service you can also request the RMA Authorization online http supermicro com support rma When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DA8 X7DAE 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 http Awww supermicro com support bios for any changes to the BIOS that m
78. date 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 500W of power con nector In addition the 12V 4 pin power and the 12V 8 pin are also required for adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply 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 prob lems caused by power surges 1 7 Super The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 co
79. dvanced settings Incorrect val ues entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 PCI E Link Width Workaround If this feature is set to Enabled PCI E Link Width will be degraded to provide a BIOS workaround solution when an error occurs The Options are Enabled and Disabled 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 or Branch 1 of memory bus The options are Enabled and Disabled Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Branch 1 Rank
80. e Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 Remove all memory modules and turn on the system If the alarm is on check the specs of the memory reset the memory or try a different one 3 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 9VDC If it does not replace it with new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST
81. e HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the Note on Page C 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volane fl Previous Mext SPACE Selects CEMTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume N Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to del
82. e to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and R2 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive D 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 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 lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array n
83. e to the OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations 0 Branch1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1 2A Je 4 DIMMs 1 2A 4A 1 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 1 4A 1 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type ona motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory System Device Firmware Hub flash memory System 1 MB 3 99 BIOS Local APIC 4KB 3
84. e voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high 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 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for sa
85. eencreek CPU2 T Line In Line Out La SUPER X7DA8 North Bridge JPAC Mic SIMLPIPMI GLAN CTLR Battery Tot pcLExp x16 South P iid PCI 33MHz Bridge ETC lUFCZ Bloc YT PCI Exp x4 C uwo Blots PCI X 133 MHz perm PW i i A WOR B WOL PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan Floppy Compact Flash IDE1 and PXH Blo PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot a PCI X 133 MHz AV mG CTRL Plott 584 5 320 SCSI Channel A BAA 0S ATAO SATA SATA ST RE SCSI Channel B 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are located at JLAN1 on the IO backplane This GLAN2 port accepts RJ45 type cables Power LED Speaker Speaker Connector On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the Pin Setting Definition speaker See the table on the right Pins 6 7 for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Internal Speaker
86. el area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel Xeon LGA 771 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 5 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 6 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor top of the 1 Press the load lever to release Load Plate the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate als with PnP Cap jl gt attached 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a
87. ent Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take i
88. entified A 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays 2222 Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays 2222 Appendix A BIOS POST
89. es 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 set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation perfor mance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible 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 Fans run at full speed 2 Server 3 Workstation 4 Quiet Voltage Monitorin The following items will be monitored and displayed VcoreA VcoreB 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Ev
90. esired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below Array 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 be sur
91. ete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD AN Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press Enter The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option RUM Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Uolune Port Drive Mode Size Status WMALT2834971 232 961 Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or t
92. ettings The default setting ie Enabled Default is enabled 2 3 Disabled rs Fand Fanq ain j 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan PF p r DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 la was DIMM 4A Bank 4 cou DIMM 3B Bank 3 5 DIMM 3A Bank 3 g A 3rd PWR Fail fe DIMM 2B Bank 2 H B Audio Enable is DIMM 2A Bank 2 3 DIMM 1B Bank 1 1 r3 DIMM 1A Bank 1 i LAN1 2 ppg 8 Greencreek Line In sapon Une Mic SGPIOQ pet SIMLPIPMI EV GLAN 5 Battery XE 3 CTLR PCI Exp x16 eye gt UO coun HAZ NEGI PIO pc Exp xa ji cw lt pee PCI X 133 MHz 8 EIE PXH BIOS 5 133 MHz 8 JWORE 291022 wol SCSI CTRL 8 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 584 5 Sry ATTIJEATEN pag d peme BATAO SATAT SATAD A 7 38 SCSI Channel 25 2 27 SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Compact Flash Master Slave Select Compact Flash Card Master Slave Select Jumper Definition A Compact Flash Master Slave Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location Open Slave Closed Master Alarm Reset j Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled
93. f the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu 4 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Uoluni RAID Level RAID1 Miror Disks Select Disks Strip Size NA Capacity 8 9 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select
94. hadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional Beh Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format
95. id Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key k Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the Enter key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press Enter The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically re boot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 Installing Drivers other Software and Drivers 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 X7DA8 Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Beta Version 4 X Intel Greencreek chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Optional Intel Greencreek Avance Logic ACS Audio Drivers Chipset Intel Matrix Storage Manager
96. idge rca PCI Exp x4 C uwo Blots PCI X 133 MHz perm PW A Power Fault B Overheat LED LEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan1 0 OP i i Floppy Compact Flash IDEA a aliia PXH BIOS a PCI X 133 MHz Blott PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 SCSI CTRL 320 SCSI Channel A jeum pa 0S ATAO SATA SATA SRT RE SCSI Channel B 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Power SMB IC Connector Power SMB Connector J17 monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB Header Pin Definitions B 1 17 PSF 4 Pii 24 PinATXPWR pI rs 4 4 on in Fani 1 louse r DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 5 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 E CPU1 rl DIMM 3A Bank 3 ne DIMM 2B Bank 2
97. idity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 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 direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for Console Redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the co
98. initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh Eth E2h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS f the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Intel HostRA
99. into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MG 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 Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard MASS Storage OPROM Configure Available if an onboard MASS Storage Controller is detected Select Enable to allow the user to boot from a onboard mass storage device The options are Enabled and Disabled 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 PCI E x16 Emulated IRQ Solution Select
100. ion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened 05 0 1 2 3 Pin Definitions 5V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB4 USB4 USB5 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 45V 1 5V PO PO PO 2 3 PO 4 Ground 5 2 3 4 Ground 5 Key No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input jFang Fand j 24 Pin ATX PWR nd Fanz 17 PSF gm DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Parrallel DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 E53 Greencreek CPU2 SUPER X7DA8 Ga North Bridge ui Mic SIMLPIPMI Broe Battery lot x16 JBT1 D South P ee PCI 33MHz Bridge rca PCI Exp x4 i Two Blots PCI X 133 MHz perm PW A Back panel USB Ports 01 2 8 tel B Front Panel USB 4 5 C Chassis Intrusion PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan i i Floppy Compa
101. ion of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Screw 1 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Scr w 2 ho Chapter 2 Installation To Uninstall the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW g 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to A loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive H BAR TEM force when wriggling the heatsink
102. ious menu D 13 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 14 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt The follow ing 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
103. is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is on the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location Fand Fand amp Pin 24 Pin ATXPWR JPS pin PWI is PWR Fan1 E m iv A SCSI Channel A Activ USB 0 LEI 1 23 DIMM 4A Bank 4 E ity LED COMT DIMM 3B Bank 3 E E SCSI Channel Activ 3 P DIMM 2B Bank 2 8 LED 88 DIMM 2A Bank 2 i DIMM 1B Bank 1 B C Onboard PWR LED DIMM 1A Bank 1 5 LAN1 2 pba Cb Greencreek Linen P GASUPER X7DAR awae Mic SIMLPIPMI SIE pc Exp x16 did Peu gt A uu M pee PCI 33MHz Bridge 23 8 FCs MFC EL PIO pc Exp xa lt Blots 3 PCI X 133 MHz Znns alle a pc x 133 MHz 3 8 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive SIMLP IPMI an
104. k for the IPMI connection detected Default Gateway This item displays the Default Gateway for the IPMI connection detected MAC Address This item displays the MAC Address for the IPMI connection detected Update LAN Settings Select Yes to allow BIOS update LAN setting The options are Yes and No 4 23 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 4 5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Clean Item Specific Help User Password Is Clear Set Supervisor Password Enter 1 Set User Password Enter 1 Password on boot Disabled Fi es F9 Esc e Enter F10 Supervisor Password ls This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dial
105. l Pin Definitions JF1 ler LED connection for GLAN porti is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground definitions A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED Pin TI 24 Pin CPU Fan e 4 4 Um 24 Pin ATX PWR fand uL Ter PWI DIMM ZE Bank 4 USB 0 1223 DIMM Bank 4 Groun NMI om DIMM 3B Bank 3 j 1 DIMM Bank 3 x X DIMM 2B Bank 2 HE DIMM 2 Bank 2 F E Power LED Vcc DIMM 1B Bank 1 oe DIMM 1A Bank 1 CANIS EDE opr G HDD LED Vec i Greencreel k CPU2 sil Ue SUPER X7DA8 u sruse tj NIC1 LED Vcc Out JPAC Cy SGPIOQ Mic SE 42 9 2 LED Vcc a sE ES PCI Exp x16 au CES gt eme ET e EJE E OH Fan Fail LED Vec Bie pcrssmaz Bridge 22 8 FE Pore PWR Fail LED Vcc L wo lt 2 8 Ground Reset Reset Button als PXH Bios pc x 133 MHz 8 aA
106. le the Adaptec SCSI controller The default setting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Termination Enable Disable SCSI Term Enable Disable Jumpers JPA2 JPA3 are used to en able or disable termination for SCSI Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open Enabled Channel A JPA2 and Channel B l Closed Disabled JPA3 connectors The default setting is open to enable termination See the table on the right for jumper settings Note In order for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting enabled set by the manufacturer rs Fang Fans E 24 Pin ATX PWR zope Ir peret 2 DIMM 4B Bank 4 T USB 0 Ls 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 GOMT DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPU1 P ji DIMM 3A Bank 3 3 A SCSI Enable DIMM 2B Bank 2 88 DIMM 2A Bank 2 E B SCSI Channel A Termi DIMM 1B Bank 1 nation Enable DIMM 1A Bank 1 5 SCSI Channel Termi LAN1 2 E53 C51 i
107. led options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are 4 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or
108. lowing message Press Ctrl lt l gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed C 2 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial size Type Status Vol ID HD 259885 WD MMAL 72834971 232 9GB HD 2584S HD HMRL 2834599 232 90 HDC HD258HJD HD HMREH1376189 232 SCB HD 2588 D WD MMAEH1449527 232 9GB Press to enter Configuration Utility idaptec SCSI BIOS v4 38 8 opuright 2883 Adaptec In ALL Rights Reserved d d Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt lot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product 84 A 18 8 b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or
109. ly the same as the graphics shown in the manual Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DA8 X7DAE Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Off Disabled JAR Alarm Reset Off Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select On Master Jl2C1 JI2C2 SMB to PCI X Slots Pins 2 3 Disabled Jl2C3 JI C4 to PCI E Slots Pins 2 3 Disabled JPA1 X7DA8 SCSI Controller Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA2 JPA3 SCSI CHA JPA2 CHB JPA3 Term En Off Enabled X7DA8 JPAC Audio Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector Aux PWR CPU PWR 12V 4 PWR JWP2 12V 8 PWR JPW3 Audio JC1 JC2 Audio Microphone JC1 Line In Line Out JC2 COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors Compact PWR JWF1 Compact Card PWR Connector DA1 DA2 SCSI Activity LED Indicators DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Memory DDRII Fully Buffered DIMM Slots FAN 1 8 Fans 1 8 Fan7 CPU 1 Fan8 CPU Fan2 Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP Control JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 Note IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header LE1 5V Standby PWR LED Indicator Note6 on Pg 1 4 OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1
110. many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Volung RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page C 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volane TL Previous Hext SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection o
111. micro com support fags before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support e 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 motherboard can support Answer The X7DA8 X7DAE has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http Awww supermicro com support bios Please check ou
112. mpatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which sup port higher soeed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips mem
113. n an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 21 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Enter LAN Configuration The following features allow the user to configure and monitor IPMI LAN settings ULAN Tagging VLAN Tagging Select Enabled to enable Virtual LAN s for IPMI connections and allow the user to configure VLAN settings The options are Enabled and Disabled VLAN ID If VLAN Tagging above is set to Enabled this item allows the user to change the VLAN ID If VLAN Tagging is disabled this item will be ignored by the firmware IP Address Source This item allows the user to select the IP address source for the connection The options are DHCP and Static 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS IP Address This item displays the IP address for the IPMI connection detected IP Subnet Mask This item displays the IP Subnet Mas
114. n below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array Selected Dr ives HDC HD 48GD BBTLR1 09 060 HDC HD 48GD BBFLA2 53 86B HDC HD 48GD BBFLRI 53 86B HDC HD 4BGD BHFLR2 04 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays Select drives to create Array Selected Drives 2 5738081385 74 3CB HDC HD74HUD HHFLAT 569 8CB WDC HD74BCD BHFLAR1 69 BCB WDC HD74AGD PABFLAZ 69 460 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives frray 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 a label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the d
115. nd memory sparing Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000X Greencreek chipset the Xeon quad core dual core Processors provide a feature set as follows The Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processors e 1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB e L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core e Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s e Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Boot Features to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DA8 X7DAE All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitor ing An onboard voltage monitor will scan the following voltages continuously Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V Standby and Vbat Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust th
116. ng Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options See the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing 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 Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help 16 13 1
117. nsole redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide whether you want to continue with console redirection ter POST Ti Q Off 4 17 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual gt Hardware Monitoring This feature allows the user to monitor system health and review the status of each item as displayed CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which de termines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat ture predefined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cooling fans will run at full speed 2 To avoid possible system overheating please be sure to provide adequate airflow to your system Warning 1 Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold tempera The options are e The Early Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm includ ing the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer The Default Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU temperature reaches about 5 C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and sys
118. ntel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer thermal environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DA8 X7DAE is ideal for high performance dual processor DP workstation and enterprise server environments Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com products motherboard for updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when in stalling the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the System If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for video memory and system setup stored in the CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup G
119. ogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This item allows you to decide if a password is required for a user to enter the system at boot up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot List Candidate List Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource a
120. on bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage firrays reate Array RAID 1 34 468 dd Delete Hotspare l E a m Con igure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disap pear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare y
121. option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated above The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz gt Slot 1 PCI X100 MHz ZCR Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 4 PCI E x4 Slot 5 PCI 33MHz and Slot 6 PCI E x16 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the A
122. orts A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports LOLI 6 ji ol 1 SUPER X7DA8 g 2 pens T O wy i o eT LE E 4 Figure 2 2 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 Back Panel USB Port 2 Back Panel USB Port 3 COM Port 1 Turquoise Parallel Port Printer 9 Gigabit LAN 1 10 Gigabit LAN 2 11 Line In 12 Line Out 13 Microphone C Im See Section 2 5 for details B Front Control Panel Chapter 2 Installation JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 3 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 3 JF1 Header Pins
123. ory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Motherboard Installation Note Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU onto the motherboard All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note Some components are very close to the mounting holes When mounting the motherboard take all needed measures to avoid damaging these components 2 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the lab
124. ott PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 5 SCSI CTRL SATAq SATAS 320 SCSI Channel A 94 E aJPA1 2 24 A 0S 320 SCSI Channel B 32 5 Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled _ Pin 1 2 short Enable A GLAN Porti Enable B GLAN Port2 Enable Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot Jumper Settings JWD the system when a software application hangs Jumper Setting Definition Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an applica Pins 1 2 Pi umm tion hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper set tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled louse Fand Fand amp Pin
125. ou have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then press Enter 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected Steves Run fn Ue Hy ce de 5138081385 74 355 aS HDC HD748GD BAFLAZ 69 BGB HDC HD74BGD BBFLR1 69 AGB HDC MHD74BGD BBFLR2 69 BGB HDC WD 746CD 4FLA1 69 BGB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amine Trays o 3H HA ALB ia lin late Hninpara Dont igure En iuez Erruu THH SH IL Keli d Verma 128 CHT ask Hr ite Cacag lai frr Flutes WT Li Stripe Size HH STEHT Hz HUL H3 HDTdBZD BHELRI 3 Press Esc to return to the prev
126. piot PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SMB ISB4 5 SCSI CTRL 320 SCSI Channel A c9 E 4IPA1 2 17 DA 0S ZE SCSI Channel B Ne 5 SUPERO X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground Wake up 4 Pin 24 PiInATXPWR 1 217 PSF lFang Fans louse PWR Fani A I USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parrallel Port DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 602 Gr
127. r ciate 2 14 Processor Power Connect0f 2 14 Universal Serial Bus potins o 2 15 GMASSIS IMMUSION RE 2 15 Fan Headers 2 16 VGA ele nln Telo 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Serial POMS rrr 2 17 M 2 18 Wake On LAN PTT 2 18 GLAN 1 2 Ethernet 222 2 211 0000000000000 k kk KK K k kk 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header 1 EEE Ek kk kk kk kk kK 2 19 Power l b aya kanik ka ace sap bi aa lad ka a wa dan kab kaka 2 20 Overheat Fan Fail 2 20 SMB Connector 2 21 Power SMB 2 21 Compact Flash Card 2 22 SGhPIO Headers 2 22 D Ryder 2 23 CD Connectors s yyxi iyxails iy diran Sile iae 2 23 EMEN score c 2 24 Explanation of JUS ease 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable 0 1 2 2 1422 000000 2 24 CMOS Clea T MERE 2 25 Wale DO 2 25 SCSI Controller Enabled Disabled
128. r BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automati cally reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automatically flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes N Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure 3 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 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 an
129. r retailer All the following items are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022L One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI cable CBL 034 U320 X7DA8 only One 1 4 Port SATA cable CBL 044L X7DA8 only One 1 6 Port SATA cable CBL 044L X7DAE only One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT53 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI User s Manual MNL 0669 X7DA8 only 1 1 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introdu
130. raphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Select Enabled to temporarily halt system boot and display POST Power On Self Testing error messages when errors occur during bootup Select Disable to continue with system boot even when an error occurs The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS ACPI Sleep Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system when the system goes into the sleep mode The options are S1 and S3 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are Instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The
131. rt Pin Definitions COM1 is a connector located on the COMTGOM2 IO Backpanel and COM is a header Pin Definition Pin Definition located at JCOM2 See the table on NM 6 DSR the right for pin definitions 2 RD 7 RTS 3 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection 4 Pin 24 PiInATXPWR Fanq7 lFang Fang PWR Fani louse GA JAR DIMM 4B Bank 4 A7 es I USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 4 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 602 Greencreek SUPER X7DA8 Out JPAC Mic North Bridge CPU2 SIMLPIPMI Broe Battery 1016 p Exp x16 P ee PCI 33MHz rca PCI Exp x4 GLAN CTLR South Bridge wo Blots PCI X 133 MHz ala Bloc a PCI X 133 MHz JWORL J 21 peg PWI i A Keyboard Mouse B COM1 C COM2 PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan i Floppy Compact Flash IDE1 BIOS
132. s are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is detected by the BIOS Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is detected by the BIOS 4 5 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Main Advanced Security Boot Exit z Item Specific Help gt Memory Cache PCI Configuration Advanced Chipset Control gt Advanced Processor Options gt I 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection gt Hardware Monitor Select Boot features Fi tL ste F9 Esc lt gt Enter F18 gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the g
133. t key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press lt Enter gt For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 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 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl A for The Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functionality and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O perfor mance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID
134. tem fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below PECI Platform Environment Configuration Interface Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature CPU Temperature This feature displays PECI Agent 1 temperature PECI Agent 2 temperature as follows Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The temperature is well below this device s Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but the temperature is still within its normal operating state The cooling fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the device s Temperature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may acti vate an overheat alarm 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS System Temperature The system temperature will be displayed in degrees in Celsius and Fahrenheit as it is detected by the BIOS 1 8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Mod
135. through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating This LED will blink to in dicate a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Definition PWR 1 Fail PWR 2 Fail PWR 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail Fand Fand amp Pin J 24 Pin ATXPWR Fan7 J17 Q louse WR Fan E EZ T USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parrallel Port DIMM 3B Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 02 CD1 Greencreek CPU2 T Line In Line Out La SUPER X7DA8 JBA North Bridge Mic SIMLPIPMI CTLR Broe Battery GEAN lot x16 ver South P iid PCI 33MHz Br
136. to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D215 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 9 Ren rn Fwd Ue Hone du Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 88 Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 6 5138081395 3 85 1 5 SATA Port 1 HDC WD 48CD BBFLAL 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD748CD BFLA2 31 08 31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 748GD BBFLAO1 27 8802 1 5 SATA Port 5 HDC WD 48GD BBFLA2 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown
137. to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Signal 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button FangfFans 4Pin TJ 24 Pin ATXPWR OPY Fandy PSF pin PWI m PWR Fant ESB DIMM 4B Bank 4 Groun NMI 123 DIMM 4A Bank 4 own DIMM 3B Bank 3 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 ak a DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Power LED Vcc DIMM 1B Bank 1 m DIMM 1A Bank 1 HDD LED Vcc LAN1 2 EDA cpr 3 Greencreel k oria NIC1 LED Vcc T SGPIO Hne 90 PER X7DAg North Bridge H Me NIC2 LED Vcc LANE II 5 2 5 sie ls wa pereye 7 Ee Fail LED Vcc 9 su Blois 33 2 Bridge 22 8 TEZA HEZA B3 PWR Fail LED Vcc PCI Exp x4 2 lt Sern Ground Reset gt Reset Button Uz PXH BIOS 8 PCI X 133 MHz 8 Power Button JWORL HEM REZ awet j See 8 Ground PMI Plot pc x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Bas STE ur 27959788 3 i pp BRTRO SATAY 5 5 pj lazo scs Channel B HH
138. uidelines and Software Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself 22 Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual 0202022 000000000000000 00000000404990 9 wwemgggmmgm iii Manual Organization Mm iii Conventions Used in the Mantal a a iii Chapter 1 Introduction jn SYN YY DD Dr rr 1 1 secs MENT 1 1 Contacting Supermicro oce ra kk KAKA KAK KA A 1 2 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE 1 3 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE Layout 140 0040400 1 4 Q ick Ref G ier a pack xane d iiin 1 5 Motherboard b ba kaka d z n e EE d kay ree ken da 1 6 Intel 5000X Greencreek Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset Overview M E E ee E KAK 1 9 Dd Fe
139. vailable for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS Fi TL F9 Esc lt gt 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 Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made
140. ving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifica tion defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2003 Servers Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff st
141. wo pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable GLAN Porti and GLAN Port2 on the moth erboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Connector Pins Jumper Cap mu Setting GLAN 4 m j 24 Pin ATX PUR Fand 317 PSF louse Fan1 WR EB DIMM 4B Bank 4 I USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parrallel Port DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 02 CD1 encreek 919 CPU2 T Line In Line Out La SUPER X7DA8 JPAC North Bridge Mic SIMLPIPMI Broe Battery GEAN lot x16 CTLR pe BATAO SATAT SATAZ SATAS JBT1 6 south P iid PCI 33MHz Bridge rca PCI Exp x4 ro Two Blots PCI X 133 MHz perm PW PWLEDSPK Fand FP Contro Fan i i Floppy IDE1 Compact Flash bx Bios PCI X 133 MHz JWOR JI Bl
142. ype N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 OS a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key f Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000

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