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1. 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND above the COM1 VGA Connectors 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND See the table on the right for pin i mm iE GND definitions 17 Data Bit7 18 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SECT 26 NC Parallel Port Fane Fan5 TA Sg Fans t PWi ATX PWR pes m DIMM 1 t sr P9 on ET DIMM 18 i 9 DIMM 2 rut DIMM 2B E E 2 DIMM 3A 518 Hi DIMM 3B z DIMM 4A 8 DIMM 48 one Fanz Fanz SUPER X6DH3 G2 LANI LANT E7520 Fang LAN2 JLAN2 IPMI E Ea F PcrExe _ SEPC mm H g J m ms PCFEX6 510 Fa Eu B par EN E PCIX 133 MHz 5 Slots in a PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mom ae j s FIT CTRL ols VGA PCI X100 MHz ICH L a s Bu PCH33 MHz Mert 218 em WOO 5823 pi H DWG Jo SAMEN _ wor coi osm 0 2 29 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Users Manual Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy The floppy connector is located Pin Definition Pin Definition between the IDE connectors and i Ground 20 000 See the table
2. PWR zi DIMM 1A E PSF a DIMM 1B E DIMM 2A c E DIMM 2B z g DIMM 3A 58 S 3 DIMM 3B i DIMM 4A c E DIMM 4B Fan2 a CPU2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 de E7520 i Fano s IPMI CTRL CI E X8 SEPC E B E PCH BIOS LAN mm 510 mm Fang PXH dir 159 E P PCI X 133 MHz z 1 S 5103 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SAS als 6300ESB pud i8 Bez uH ig VGA PCLX100 MHz ICH CTRL 315 gn atterJBT1 2 2 mE PCI 33 MHz p 515 mend USB2 3 JPA MOED all ESATAGIESATAM 5 UC 2 9 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Users Manual NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 for pin definitions Power LED Refer to the table on the right The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Fant f F 24 Pin ai pin
3. I CENE ere ears 4 19 a oem 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Nt A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST CodeS ccccccccccceececececececececececececeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenes B 1 Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022 One 1 COM port cable CBL 010 One 1 2 port USB cable CBL 083 Two 2 SAS cables CBL 097 For the X6DH3 G2 only One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT7 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities CDR X6 One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Contacting Super Micro 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
4. Screw 2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend N that 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 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink 2 4 N0 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW N0 3 SCREW a al NO 2 SCREW Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 1 PGA604 Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Empty socket Lever A Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when Triangle installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU Processor may result installed Triangle Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All m
5. Fan6 Fan5 24 Pin pin KB MS 1 ATXPWR ES PWR 12V 4 Pin J1D1 J33 PWR Detect b PSF T DIMM 1A E 0 1 al DIMM 1B 9 DIMM 2 c a DIMM 2B 5 _ 3 2 DIMM 3A ils A 2 DIMM 3B i DIMM 4A E VGA al DIMM 4B Fan2 J7 CPU2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 LAN1 7520 Fan3 LAN2 JLAN2 IPMI CTRL Stow 8 E a i E PCLEX mum TAN gg S lO E PPS g PXH TRL Fang 159 ii PCI X 133 MHz SAS Controller N ne PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ils Enable 6300ESB ud porz gt VGA PCI X100 MHz icH M CTRL PIE pa PCI 33 MH 2 8 Buzzer F z Po BO oL t sm fed FRR mor Uri Jor C 2 prop FSATAQ SATAT OR ILLS c 2 25 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper JP1 allows you to enable force on or disable the Power Force On func tion If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function is disabled the normal setting the user needs to press the power button to power on the system 12V 4 Pin PWR DIMM 1A Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open Normal Closed Force On DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B Parrallel Bank4 Bank3 Bank2 Banki
6. SuPER X6DH3 G2 CTRL BIS IB PCI 33 MHz fave O Pig 202 sT J2 0 WD USB2 3 IGLAN MN E illis Pe 5 amp 8 i B S I O opm E PCLE x8 vo PXH N a oaas PCI X 133 MHz 0571052105705 id PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Nt 6300ESB 7 PCI X100 MHz ICH SASO 3 SAS4 7 L Iwo 5 won Ens PWR Force On 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs The Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports located beside the Video port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED t _ ee Rear View when facing the rear side of the system GLAN Left LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10Mbps or No Connection Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps GLAN Right LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Yellow Flashing 10Mbps 100Mbps 1 Gbps GLAN 1 GLAN ATX aTx PWR Pin BMBPS PS PWR E JAR m pee gt DIMM 1 Psr LJ DIMM 1B N DIMM 2A CPUT ce DIMM 2 5 9 DIMM 3A Ls al DIMM 3B a 3 DIMM 4 E DIMM 4B aa SUPER X6DH3 G2 E E7520
7. CTRL Bios LAN prs 510 TRL Po PCHEXB tH an8 pro 159 PCI X 133 MHz M pen PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ila 6300ESB SAS 22 por CTRL 519 VGA PCI X100 MHz ICH CTRL HE BatteryJBT1 5 Buzzer PCI 33 MHz 31 05823 om cow 2 e pop SATA SATAN caedi Fan4 PWR LED SPKR 2 17 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and awakened by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated WOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this feature You must also have Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby a LAN card with a Wake on LAN con 2 Ground nector and cable Wake up PWR DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B PER X6DH3 G2 E7520 Bank4 Bank3 2 Bank IDE2 IDE1 CTRL 016 SEPC PCI E 8 BIOS cre 51 0 fe E PCI E X8 Fang PCI X 133 MHz
8. below for definitions 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 IPMI 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP There is an IPMI 2 0 Socket on m the motherboard Refer to the 23 Ground 24 Write Gate layout below for the IPMI Socket 25 Ground 26 Track 00 location 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette 12V 4 Pin PWR DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A Bank4 Bank3 Bank2 Bank Fan7 n DIMM 2B s DIMM 3A 8 DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B Fan2 T SUPER X6DH3 G2 LAN1 E7520 LAN2 GLAN be pe PCI X 133 MHz o N 6300ESB SAS per PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X100 MHz ICH 1 Buzzer PCI 33 MHz fae O O m ri H USB2 3 JP1 i i 502 21 L Imo SATAQ SATA sT E 1041 3 ga 7 g E 8 SASO 3 SAS4 JSM1 JsM2 2 30 IDE Connectors IDE Connectors are located Pin next to the floppy drive on the 1 motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions O o 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 12V 4 Pin Bank1 DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B SUPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 Bank4 Bank3 Bank2
9. 133 MHz E N Plots PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SAS 3 8 6300ESB EE CTRL 2 5 VGA PCI X100 MHz ICH Pla CTRL nee dH n Buzzer POESSMIE O pr he USB2 3 Jp1 JDi come 21 Ja SAMAN GODS 15 2 19 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Users Manual Adaptec SAS Activity Output LED Header For SAS_ACT_Output the X6DH3 G2 only Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition Adaptec SAS Activity Output LED Header JS9 located next to IDE1 displays the status of Adaptec s SAS Activities See the table on the right for pin definitions Note SAS Common LED will be activated when any of SASO to SAS7 LEDs is activated SASO Act 6 SAS4 Act SAS1 Act 7 SAS5 Act SAS3 Act 1 3 sasz act s SAS6 Act 4 9 SAS7 Act 5 SAS 10 NC Common Adaptec SAS SMB Power PC Connector For the X6DH3 G2 only SAS SMB PWR Pin Definitions Adaptec SAS IsC Connector JS10 Pinf Definition located between SAS Slot 7 and Fan4 monitors the status of Power Supply System Management Bus for Adaptec s SAS ports See the table on the right for pin definitions 1 TWSI SDA 2 Ground 3 TWSI SCK Fan6 Fans 5 24 12V 8 PW1 ATX PWR 42V 4 Pin PS PWR J1D1 E DIMM 1A S o DIMM 1B Sir DIMM 2A CPU1 au DIMM 2B er DIMM 3A g4
10. rat E ES PCI E X8 po a PCI X 100 MHz 2 2 Green Slot PcrxtoowhzzcR ereenso Slot O 7 Poon MHz 6300ESB Eg Eg fel prose 33 MHz me rege Chapter 2 Installation IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions IDE Definition Reset IDE Host Data 7 Host Data 6 Host Data 5 Host Data 4 Host Data 3 Host Data 2 Host Data 1 Host Data 0 Ground DRQ3 Write Read IOCHRDY DACK3 IRQ14 Addr1 Chip Select 0 Activity PWR DIMM 1A DIMM 1B CPU1 FF metes 7510 Fan4 Pin 2 4 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 JF1 FP Control 2 31 Definition Ground Host Data 8 Host Data 9 Host Data 10 Host Data 11 Host Data 12 Host Data 13 Host Data 14 Host Data 15 Key Ground Ground Ground BALE Ground IOCS16 Ground Addr2 Chip Select 1 Ground IDE1 IDE2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Notes 2 32 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
11. Floppy Stor re PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot tja 6300ESB SAS 2 2 CTRL als 100 MHz ICH e ES 4 5 laid atteryJBT1 Dro Susser PCI 33 MHz AT gle JI C1 JFC2 O moa E9w 80 USB C Cmo Te I UO 2 18 SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J11 Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin definitions Power SMB I C Connector Power SMB 12 C Connector J32 located between the 8 pin PWR Connector and the 24 pin PWR Con nector monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB Header Pin Definitions Chapter 2 Installation Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock No Connection PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition Clock PWR Fail Ground Data 3 9V PWR SMB Fan Fan5 24 Pin P W ATX PWR i mi PWI GFE PWR 4101 JA PWR DIMM 1A S rr E 2 Fan1 8 DIMM 1B 9 DIMM 2 ih 81 DIMM 2B E DIMM 5 c BE B DIMM 3B zi DIMM 4A E 5 DIMM 4B fang CPU2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 i Fans IPMI CTRL 1SEPC HIS 5 u LAN gu 510 Pr 159
12. Ground X Power LED Ground Reset Button Ground Power Button SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Overheat FanFail LED Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail Pin Definition connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to 7 provide advanced warnings of chas Ground sis overheating or system fan failure OH Fan Fail Indicator Refer to the table on the right for pin Status definitions State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Power Fail LED PWR Fall LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED is located on Pins Pin Definition 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on 5 Vcc the right for pin definitions 6 Ground OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED FFan6 5 F 24 Pin TZVS pin KBIMS Jed pwi ATX PWR PWR pi Ground NMI J33 PWR USB DIMM 1A PSF JP9 on a DIMM 1B Fant X X COMI sd DIMM 2A DIM E Power LED Vcc i zi DIMM 3A Ls 55 DIMM ts ag 8 lt ERR HDD LED Voc va Fl OMA ae 5 T SuPER X6DH3 G
13. ATX PWR KB MS wee pers J1D1 bi SF JP9 PSF on al DIMM 1B COMM g DIMM 2A Fl DIMM 2B E af DIMM 3A 5 i 5 DIMM 3B DIMM 4 i VOR HT DMM4B Fan2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 LAN1 x __JLAN 1 E7520 Fan3 LAN2 g JLAN2 MI GLAN Li ala ds E CTRL Bw EcrExg BEPC ics EHE LAN 510 me Fang PXH m 159 T PCI X 133 MHz Sio 7 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ils 6300ESB SAS Ei por CTRL E VGA PCHX100 MHz ICH o CTRL glz E DID PCH33 MHz 515 gt USB2 3 n DX IE cow 2 B pop ARES wor 227 A m D Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED Pin Definition Pin Definitions JF1 15 45V 16 Ground PWR LED NMI HDD LED Ground NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Pwr Reset Button Power Button HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connections for the GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and for the GLAN port2 is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 At
14. CPU thermal trip support for processor protection 5V standby alert LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection System resource alert via Supero Doctor 111 ACPI Features ACPI ACPM Power Management Wake On Ring WOR Header Internal External Modem Ring On Wake On LAN WOL Header Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard I O One IPMI 2 0 1 5 socket Two Intel 82541P1 Gigabit Ethernet controllers 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers Intel 6300ESB SATA Controller supports 2 drives RAID 0 1 and JBOD Adaptec AIC 9410W Controller with 2 ports supporting 8 SAS SATA drives SAS is for the X6DH3 G2 only ATI 8 MB Rage XL Graphic Card 2 COM ports 1 header 1 port Super I O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83792D Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection SMBus for SMC Power Supply Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility device drivers and software management Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm SUPER X6DH3 G2 X
15. Definition at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to 1 Intrusion Input inform you of a chassis intrusion Ground Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions The COM serial port is located under COM1 COM2 the parallel port and COM2 is located i Definition Pin Definition below the PCI Slot1 see the Mother DSR board layout on Page 1 4 See the RTS table on the right for pin definitions CTS RI NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection 12V 4Pin PWR CD xi DIMM 1A psF 9 al DIMM 1B Bal 9 DIMM 2 CEJ c DIMM 2B E 2 DIMM 3A 5 8 DIMM 3B E a 3 DIMM 4 E DIMM 4B CPU2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 7520 5 LAN2 lE Poe PCLEX8 Pee PCLEX8 SEPC SOS suo 1 0 Fre Pr eee PCI E X8 PCI X 133 MHz gt iz IND Floppy IDE2 Ina TI IDE1 B z J c 7 Slo m PCI X 100 PCIX 100 MHZ ZCR Green So ZCR T PCIX 100 MHZ ZCR Green So Slot 6300ESB SAS o 2 CTRL ols VGA PCI 7 wow MHz CTRL BI Bro oe PCI 33 MHz orn Chassis mora 6092 381 e m mos nr intrusi TP ntrusion 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial
16. Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi tL Esc ma Enter F18 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Type This feature allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc Enter a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of CPU Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE
17. Primary Master PM Yes Yes No No No No Primary Slave PS Yes No Yes No No No Secondary Master SM Secondary Slave SS SATA Port0 No SM SM PM IPM PM SATA Portl No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels are no longer available The Enhanced Mode In this mode system BIOS will automatically search for all available IRQs for the use of HDD For newer Operating Systems that support the Enhanced Mode such as Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 you can set SATA and PATA to the Enhanced Mode The newer Operating Systems can accommodate both Enhanced Mode and Combined Mode and support up to 6 ATA devices Please refer to the Advanced Chipset Control under the Advanced Setup in the BIOS for the selection of Combined Mode or Enhanced Mode C 2 Appendix C Software Installation Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions En hanced Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time to power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll down the menu to select the item Load System Default and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press
18. 25 SAS Controller Enable Disable 2 25 Power Force On Enable Disable pp 2 26 2 7 Onboard 2 27 GLAN LEDS c 2 27 SAS Activity LED Indicators pp 2 28 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and IPMI Connections 2 29 Parallel CONMOCIOM ainai 2 29 Floppy Connector terit Ac Ee ded ER d RE SRM an 2 30 GCOnmmMm Te o t PHP 2 30 IDE 2 31 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures pp 3 1 Before Power On pp 3 1 No 3 1 NO VIGGO C M 3 1 Table of Contents Memory Errors ER 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures ss 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions RN 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service RN 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS C st EM Te iore 4 1 4 2 Setup 4 2 423 BIOS nove ph reed Yir ri epe lb epu iS 4 2 4 4 Advanced SetU 4 6 4 5 Security Setup ud ra i ng 4 18 4 BOO
19. 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support reg istered ECC DDR 2 400 PC3200 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Please refer to Page 2 5 for the instruction on DDR 2 400 DIMM population and installation Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http Awww supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the phlash exe BIOS flash utility the platform bin platform file and the BIOS image rom files Copy these files into a bootable floppy and reboot your system Then follow Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS A Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure 3 3 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard An
20. ArxpwR EUR A m 12V 4 Pin J1D1 EE PWR DIMM 1A D PS Fail LED DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B SuPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 poLgxg SEPC 9 PCI E X8 BuO Slot Bank1 1 arrallel tar Bank4 Bank3 Bank2 EL 0590590 133 2 STIDSZ DS M pen PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB Brotz VGA 100 MHz ICH CTRL Bro D UBT1 Buzzer PCI 33 MHz Gave en MH 08 m H coz amp pop JSM1 15 2 SAS0 3 SAS4 2 21 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be Connector used to choose between optional Ping E 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 Basin n the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open Jumper means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable GLAN Enable JPL1 JPL2 enables or disables the Jumper Settings GLAN port s on
21. Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell 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 operating system requires a different Bus Master clock rate 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode This feature allows you to enable the PCI Express Compliance Mode The options are Disabled and Enabled Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option in order to enable the special feature of DIMM sparing or memory mirroring The options are Mirroring Sparing and Standard Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and
22. Fan3 IPMI Bes pos 3 Em 57 P PCHEX8 E X8 svo vo Fang z 250 osme 133 MHz S un PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB ICH Bun Buzzer PCI 33 MHz O JUL mr C2 Ws com al SAS 4 2 ES SAS0 3 SAS47 st aon cess 2 27 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Users Manual Adaptec SAS Activity LED Indicators For the X6DH3 SAS_ACT_Output Pin Definitions DS Definition DS Definition Adaptec SAS Activity LED Indica tors DS1 DS8 located next to the Adaptec SAS Ports 0 7 indicate the activity status of Adaptec SAS ports 0 7 See the table on the right for pin definitions DS1 SASO Act DS5 SAS4 Act DS2 SAS1 Act DS6 SAS5 Act DS3 SAS2 Act DS7 SAS6 Act DS4 SAS3 Act DS8 SAST Act Fan Fans F Zip TAV Epin KB MS 42 Ph pewi ATX PWR Ever PWR Hbi pees gt E T Psr 2 9 Us DIMM 1 gn di DIMM 1B CPU1 Y DIMM 2A 9 DIMM 28 ls 3 M DIMM 3A L5 ED
23. G2 supports up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 memory Please refer to Supermicro s web site at www supermicro com for memory updates 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DDR 2 To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention Release Release to the align Tab Note Notch Tab should align ment notch at with the the bottom receptive point on the slot DDR 2 Slot Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Parallel Port Mouse Green Burgandy Ports LAN1 LAN2 Port Port ya FF Keyboard COM1 Port Video Purple Turquoise 2 7 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Front Control Panel 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 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to
24. OR SAS Act LED e 8 DIMM 3B 3 DIMM 4A fri 9 CPU2 L SurER X6DH3 G2 LAN1 1059059105105 LAN2 O JLANa MI GLAN CTRL mm SEPC e P x8 BLAN 510 see 71 Em PCI E X8 Fang x E p PCI X 133 MHz ii PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot m ils 6300ESB s 2 2 CTRL 215 VGA PCHX100 MHz ICH CTRL glz mm poama etterat 216 PCI 33 MHz O E 12 me JPC2 ale BG cow 2 BAMA wor SESS 5 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 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 J11 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed Parallel Printer Port Data Bit 0 4 Emo Connector 5 Data Bit 1 e init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND The parallel printer port is located
25. RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com C 26 Appendix C Software Installation C 2 Installing the 6300ESB SAS Driver and the Windows Operating System SAS is for the X6DH3 G2 only a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b From the list displayed on the screen choose the item Intel 6300 ESB ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec or SAS and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the 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
26. Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The OS Setup will au tomatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot C 27 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X6DH8 G X6DHT G X6DH3 G2 Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Winzoug Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time E Al Intel E7520 chipset INF files SUPERMICR E Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools Al ATI Graphics diiver Intel E7520 IS CES Ch
27. Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on the previous page 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays Appendix Software Installation Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the ar ray Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriat
28. a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Note 1 The Default User Name and Password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre 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 Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Health Information CPU1 Chassis CPUZ Chassis C 29 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Fie Edt view Favorites Tools Help Info Health Info Perfor ontrol Configuration Administration nt 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 P Notes 1 SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web si
29. bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below l Main Menu anage Arrays t of Arrays m reate Array 00 mirror RAID 1 34 4668 nitialize 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 Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array C 11 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initia
30. fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation CHFan 1 CHFANS If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Vcore A Vcore B P3V3 P5V N12V P12V VDD P5Vsb Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor 111 settings take pre 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 4 17 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see
31. finished press Done as the screen shown below C 9 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Array Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis matches if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning notinterruptthe creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive Appendix Software Installation 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
32. following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to CMOS Discard Changes Save Changes Exit Discarding Changes F1 TL F9 Esc e gt Enter 1 Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 21 SUPERGX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual NOTES 4 22 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 pro
33. manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip 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 provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the 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
34. single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disap pea
35. the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk boot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled Fi TL e F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Supervisor Password ls This feature 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 ls This feature 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 lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set
36. the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Ground X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Ground gg Reset gt Reset Button Ground gg Pwr Power Button 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation Pin Definitions AIX Power Connector Pin Definition Pin Definition The main power supply connector 13 337 1 3 3V JPW1 on the X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 14 12V 2 3 3V meets the SSI Superset ATX specifi 15 COM 3 COM cation You can only use a 24 pin pow 16 PS ON 4 5V er supply cable on the motherboard 17 5 COM Make sure that the orientation of the 18 COM 6 5V connector is correct See the table on P Cow COM the right for pin definitions 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 2j y 9 5VSB 22 5 40 12V 23 5V 11 121 4 8 a any Connectors 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin connector at J1D1 and the 12V 4 pin 1 and 2 connector at J38 must also be used to provide adequate power supply to the 12v 8 pin Power Con system See the tables on the right for PaL MA Definition Ground 12V pin definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V V PWR 8 Pin
37. to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot If set to Enabled a password is required for a user to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 19 SUPEROX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Sec Item Specific Help lt Tab gt XShift Tab or lt Enter gt selects field F1 TL F9 Esc e gt Enter Fi Removable Devices Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CDROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CDROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the
38. 1 PSF DIMM 4A DIMM 4B SuPER X6DH3 G2 Port Bank4 Bank3 Bank2 faai i CPU2 E7520 Fan3 JOH IPMI SEPC 51 0 8 BIOS Floppy es PCI E X8 PXH Fang a a IDE1 m PCI X 133 MHz DESDSSDSTDSS m PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB VGA CTRL RE PCI X100 MHz ICH SAS0 3 SAS4 7 JSM1 JSM2 pn kil PCI 33 MHz USB2 3 pop SATAN ESATA COM2 Je gl 2 20 0 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 4 Reset Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Ground X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED ia ES PWR Button Reset Button NMI X Vec Vec Reset gt Reset Button SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Chassis Intrusion Chavet assis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 A Chassis Intrusion header is located Pin
39. 2 NIC1 LED Vcc JLAN1 E7520 Fan3 LAN2 M NIC2 LED IPMI GLAN E BIOS 2 p LAN 1 510 eres lt mE T PCI X 133 MH EN x 5 iz PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot sla Ground Reset gt Reset Button 6300ESB SAS Q 2 pu CTRL PIRA VGA PCI X100 MHz ICH ec Ta 2 8 Ground Pwr gt Power Button Bazzar PCH33 MHz Mert Si en uses E MoE 59v 21 SSAQESNA 1525777 2 Uni n 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 pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is locat ed on pins 1 and 2 of JF 1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions KB MS 24 T2V 8 Fans an5 E L pi m 12V Pin PWR ATX PWR T 0 s s ec Go DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Fan7 Bank1 CPU1 DIMM 2A Parrallel DIMM 2B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B PWR J1D1 Lj JP9 Fan
40. 6DHi G2 User s Manual 1_PCIX 100 Slot SAS HC2_8Ports 1 PCIX 100 RN Slot i 1_PCIX 133 Slot CPU2 C PU1 CIXBUS 100 MHZ PXH 1 B 8 PCFEAQG PCIX BUS 133 MHZ 8 1W 133 A DDRIL 400 1 PCDCE CH A lot PCI E DIMMs 8 5 8 CH B ja 1_PCIX E LL MM NM_DDRIL400 lot PCH B DDR266 8 5 8 DORSSS DIMMs DDRII 400 25 HUB 266MB s IDE UDMA 100 PCIX66 BUS GUAN k BN PRI SEC 6300 ESB K SATA SATA 1 PCi32 PCI BUS 32 BI INT I 0 1 VGA H slot LPC BUS USB PORT USB 0 1 2 3 LPC l O FWH BMC CON KB MS FDD SERA HW SER2 MONITOR Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of the motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 7520 chipset The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communica tions presentation storage computation or database applications The Intel E7520 chipset consists
41. Bo SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual The Adaptec Embedded SAS SATA with HostRAID Controller Driver SAS is for the X6DH3 G2 only The onboard Adaptec AIC9140W SAS Controller supports two ports Each port supports up to four SAS SATA drives The SAS Cable CBL 097 can only be used with backplanes that support both SAS and SATA f Supermicro s chassis is used the backplane must be Rev 2 0 or above which came with gold trims f you want to use this motherboard with Supermicro s SAS Mobile Racks such as CSE M28E1 make sure to use Cable CBL 0116 Note Cable CBL 0116 is a corss over cable and is not provided with this motherboard Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The onboard SAS Controller is enabled by default To disable it please set Jumper JPS1 to Pins 2 3 See Page 2 5 for details and jumper location Upon detecting the SAS Controller BIOS please make sure that the Adapter WWN address is listed This is a 16 digit number If this number is not shown you will not be able to use the controller Once the WWN address is listed press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to access the Adaptec SAS RAID BIOS Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including A
42. Bus USB Universal Serial Bus There are two Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions ports USB 0 1 located on the I O USB 0 1 FP USB 2 3 back panel and additional two USB Pin Definition Pin Definition USB 2 3 located near the 6300 ESB chip South Bridge on the motherboard These ports FP USB2 and USB3 can be used to provide front side chassis access cables not included See the tables on the right for pin definitions USB 0 1 P V 8 P MBPS 12V 4 Pin m E DIMM 1A Ls al DIMM 1B RR DIMM 2A CPUR c ay DIMM 2B Pa DIMM 3A at SU DIMM 3B i DIMM 4A al DIMM 4B SUPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 gt _ Ps PCFEX8 Bis 8 BLAN 51 0 5 CTRL PCI E X8 sv and PXH Ei Slot E PCI X 133 MHz 2 5 IDE2 5 pu uS PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ils 6300ESB SA PIE i CTRL 9 VGA PCI X100 MHz ICH 5 CTRL ols pnm D UBT1 DIO PCI 33 MHz BO 5 er ah Pi cow amp FRI 5 1 2 15 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports A G bit Ethernet port designated JLAN1 JLAN2 is located beside the VGA port on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Port Pin Definiti
43. Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the ar row keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit NOW Y YT Item Specific Help Menory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features fiduanced Chipset Control fiduanced Processor Options 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Har
44. DHi G2 is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating the Adaptec Embed ded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 offers the user with the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb_SA_RAID_UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous m
45. DIMM 3B X E oO a DIMM 4 DIMM 4B SUPER X6DH3 G2 I E7520 prac em CTRL Ps PCFEX8 PLAN sm 510 TRL PCI E X8 sv Fan PXH denm 7 PCLX 133 MHz 5 51013 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB SAS o CTRL VGA i i PCI X100 MHz ICH CTRL i PCI 33 MHz ee 1 m PC all POR 05823 L Imo 5 _ WORE AS0 3 SAS4 7 JP ENSE SAS PWR SMB 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Overheat LED JOH Overheat LED The JOH header is used to connect Pin Definitions an LED to provide warning of chas Pin Definition sis overheating It is located near the microphone connector See the table on the right for pin definitions 1 5vDC OH Active Power Supply Failure LED PWR Supply Fail LED Connect a cable from your power Pin Definitions supply to the Power Supply Failure LED PSF header JP9 to provide Pin Definition 1 PWR 1 Fail warning of power supply failure This 2 PWR 2 Fail warning signal is passed through the PWR 3 Fall PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies 24 Pin 12V 8 pin fea
46. Disabled Memory Remap Function Control PCI memory resources will overlap with the physical memory if 4GB of memory or above is installed on the motherboard When this occurs enable this function to reallocate the overlapped physical memory to a location above 4GB to resolve the memory overlapping situation Delayed Transaction Discard Select Disabled to set the ESB P2P Bridge Secondary Discard Timer to 32 micro seconds for the PCI 32 bus Select Enabled to set the ESB P2P Bridge Secondary Discard Timer to 4 micro seconds for the PCI 32 bus DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRAM memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt 4 11 SUPERGX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings a
47. 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 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Image e Sette te B ie d 1 3 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale 12V 4 Pin PWR DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B SUPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 Bank4 Bank3 Bank2 Bank lot C PCI E X8 BIOS z S I O PCI E X8 a PCI X 133 MHz 5100520571050 N 51003 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 2 6300ESB 5 VGA PCI X100 MHz IC CTRL 1 JPC1 e JPC2 WD C PCI 33 M 2 USB2 3 JP1 LC Iwo Eswad rsarA swor 222570 2 UL1 1 Jumpers indicated are for testing only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information
48. Go to BIOS E8h Set Huge Segment E9h Initialize Multi Processor EAh Initialize OEM special code EBh Initialize PIC and DMA ECh Initialize Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test FOh Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an 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 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Notes Appendix Software Installation Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and the Windows Operating System C 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a mini mum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports
49. Hard ware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use either all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Please do not mix 3 pin fans and 4 pin fans together on the same board Power LED Speaker On the JDI header pins 1 3 are for a power LED Connect a cable to pins 4 7 to use the external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Chapter 2 Installation Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker Fan 6 Fan 5 Fan 7 Fan6 N F 24 Pin T2V amp pin fe arx pwr KBIMS PS PWR JAR 12V 4 Pin J1D1 ji b Lnd ya USB DIMM 1A 5 PSF eo 01 E DIMM 1B Fan 1 g DIMM 2A CPU1 4 amp DIMM 28 E 5 2 DIMM 3A i5 E i 22 DIMM 3B 3 DIMM 4A vay 8 DIMM 48 2 J7 CPU2 us SUPER X6DH3 G2 7520 Fan 3 LAN2 slana MI
50. Install a 64 bit OS Windows XP Professional x64 Ed Server 2003x64 Ed Install a 64 bit OS Windows XP Professional x64 Ed Server 2003x64 Ed Install the 64 bit drivers for all MB components devices and add on cards Using the Hyper Threading HT Technolo Install an OS that supports HT including Windows XP 2003 Server and Linux 2 4x Under Linux use the HT compiler to compile the code For other operating systems be sure to disable the HT feature in the BIOS Enable the HT feature in the BIOS under Advanced Setting before install ing a supported OS Note visit www Intel com for CPU support and driver updates Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC dual channel DDR I 400 PC3200 SDRAM Chipset ntel E7520 chipset Expansion Slots Two x8 PCI E slots one with SEPC Supermicro Enhanced Power Connector Three 64 bit PCI X 3 3V slots One PCI X 133 MHz slot One PCI X 100 MHZ ZCR slot the green slot One PCI X 100 MHz slot One 32 bit 5V 33MHz PCI BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM e APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware control CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat
51. M modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed on the motherboard and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of Registered ECC DDR 2 400 PC3200 SDRAM Please refer to Page 2 5 for the instruction on DDR 2 400 DIMM population and installation 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an inter leaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules of the same speed and same type at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the fo
52. Narning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPERGX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All 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 turn on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section 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 Ente
53. PI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture indepen dent implementation that is compatible with the Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will
54. RO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Layout 1 4 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features RN 1 6 Intel E7520 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVOrviOW iere tx rye erp Ey SR UAR Rer aee nu Eug Ee 1 9 1 3 Special Features 4 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring trente Fre n pere EE araa 1 10 1 5 ACPI Feat res rd ed ditus e de enin 1 11 156 3PoWer SUPDIY 1 12 1 7 Super l O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 PIO CAUTIONS n 2 1 UnpackIFig uiuat 2 1 2 2 Xeon EM64T Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 9 installing DIMMS irren deep etn nota odo nm nad Ra casters 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors sss 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables tere e xh st t ex Reden Une End RR Ded 2 9 ATX Power Connector ener eren 2 9 4 pin and 8 pin Power Connectors 2 9 Te 2 10 Power TED 2 10 Em 2 11 NIGTINIG2 LED Indicators rect
55. SATA Transfer rates from 150Mbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel 6300ESB I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7520 Chipset the 6300ESB I O Controller Hub provides the subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The 6300ESB IO Controller Hub supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configurations ATA Operate Mode You can select from the following two modes Combined Mode and Enhanced Mode C 1 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual The Combined Mode In this mode system BIOS assigns the traditional IRQ 14 and IRQ 15 for the use of HDD Up to 4 ATA devices are supported by this mode Within the Combined Mode the following three modes are supported Non Combined Mode Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices sup ported Non Combined Mode Serial ATA only with the maximum of 2 devices sup ported
56. SUPER SUPER X6DH3 G2 SUPER X6DHi G2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b The information in this Users Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPER MICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER 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 SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State o
57. Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 7 SUPERGX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS 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 this function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent da
58. ace and System Manage ment Controller SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Peripheral Device Configuration to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores 3 3V 5V 12V and 12V An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor via BIOS and SDIII 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 and Supero Doctor III Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on th
59. an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a pre defined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Processor Power Management This feature allows the user to determine the processor power management mode The options are Disabled and C States Only If set to Disabled C States and GV1 GV3 are disabled If set to C States only the processor power will be controlled through CPU power states in the APCI setting 4 13 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual gt 1 O0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock
60. 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 set console redirection type The options are VT100O VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for the console The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the
61. cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict 1 O 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 kilobyt
62. configure the item selected 5 To load default settings press lt F6 gt 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility C 24 Appendix Software Installation Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 4 1416 firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utilitu Disk Utilities 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities from the screen as shown above and press Enter 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press Enter The following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting disk erases all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects C 25 X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec
63. d receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 motherboard The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 supports single or dual Intel Xeon EM64T processors at a 800 MHz front side bus The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 supports Hyper Threading Technology and is ideal for high performance workstation and server environments with up to two processors on one system bus The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 also supports the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Products for updates or visit Intel s web site for processor support 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 installing t
64. duces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 720K 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 1 44 or 2 88 disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTS one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP 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 The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Advanced Power Management SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your sys
65. dware Monitor F1 TL F9 Esc Sc Enter 1 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagnostic screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to awaken your system when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled
66. e Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost 5 When you are finished press Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 ARAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis matches if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern C 19 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes ina RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from
67. e Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled
68. e high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 ke
69. e retro tens 2 11 OverheatFan Fall LED isset epi tarde Rp 2 12 Power Fail LED nnne eren nnne 2 12 Reset Button M 2 13 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Power BUON subo bones tero 2 13 Chassis IMIrUSIOIN ec 2 14 SIE 2 14 Universal Serial BUS sss 2 15 GLAN Ethernet Ports sitne 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 16 Headers ied kennt ona uten AT Nen REIR 2 17 Power LED Speaker Header pp 2 17 MEI Se p 2 18 Wake On LAN 2 18 s E 2 19 Power SU 2 19 SAS Activity Output ED 2 20 SAS SMB Power 2 20 GOVSihneat 2 21 Power Supply Failure E pt 2 21 2 6 Jumper Settings bacca ph 2 22 Explanation of Jumpers 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable esses eene 2 22 CMOS Clear LEE 2 23 Watch Dog 1 iniussu 2 23 VGA Enable Disable ssenarisini ana a nennen 2 24 Alarm ReS6t ccccccccccceccecececececececececececeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetetetetetenenenenes 2 24 3rd PWR Fault nnm AEN 2
70. e system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1MB 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 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 SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled Default Primary Video Adapter This item allows the user to select the Primary Video Adapter between two adapters instead of selecting among three or more adapters The options are Other and Onboard Video PCI Parity Error Forwarding Enable this item to forward the PCI errors occurring behind P2P bridges to the South Bridge so NMI can be assert
71. e thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the ther mal control fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned 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 CPU Overheat LED and Fan Fail Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat Fan Fail warn ing function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor 111 in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux SDIII is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem 1 5 AC
72. ed The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 9 SUPERGX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 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 Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for Slot 2 Slot 3 MASS Frequency for PCI X Slot 4 Note MASS Mass Storage Devices SATA SAS and SCSI SAS is for the X6DH3 G2 only This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz and PCI X 100 MHz Frequency for 1 On Riser Frequency for 2 3 On Riser Available when a 2U Active Riser Card is present This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz PCI 33MHz Slot 1 PCI X 100MHz Slot 2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 4 PCI Exp x8 Slot 5 PCI Exp x8 Slot 5 PCI Exp x8 Slot 6 or PCI Exp x8 Slot 6 and Riser if a 20 Active Riser Card is present 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
73. el This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMAS3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter 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 Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 15 SUPERGX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual P 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
74. enu press the lt ESC gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press Ctrl and A key simultaneously and the main menu will appear C 4 Appendix Software Installation 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Iptions Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities firrou keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above Hain Menu anage Arrays reate Array nitialize Drives Symbol indicates this array is bootable Del Delete Array nter Display Array piste dea and niens Ctr 5 Verify Array 4i rleB gt ark CHY Moves Cursor SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the arra
75. er Display Enabled CIRL A Hessage Display Enab led Physical Drives Display during POST Enab led 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the setting for the item selected 5 To load the default settings press lt F6 gt Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility C 23 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual To Set Physical Configuration 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC util ity 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press Enter to access the Physical Configuration submenu as shown below lt Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 0 1416 gt Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control lert Iptians Controller Configuration PHY Configuration 3 Select Physical Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access SAS Device Configu ration submenu as shown below Iguration Utility SAS Device Configuration SAS Port ID 9 H BR FE Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto RCR yes yes yes yes yes SAS Address 5883B488PBBBRBHDA H 8 HM 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press Enter and the arrow keys to
76. erial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If set to Disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you ee parameters o ard dis purines drive installed at this Heads D 11 connection Heads nua PP a rig be ea A ard dis rive installed here Sectors 1 39 you select Maximum Capacity type of IIS ard dis rive jnstalled here LBA Format CD ROM a CD ROM drive Total Sectors is installed here ATAPI Removable removable disk drive is installed here Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 1 0
77. es To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page C 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown be low Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete select drives to create Array 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B 01 WDC WD3606GD OOELX1 34 46B 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown below C 7 X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Select drives to create ray lected Drive 66 WDC WD36OGD OOELXI 34 468 00 WDC WD366GD 60ELX1 34 468 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the ar ray Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to usethe Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Note only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requi
78. es 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 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 4 Appendix A BIOS POST 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 lt 2 gt enter Setup change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information show
79. f California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this 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 0b Release Date Aug 14 2007 Unless you request an
80. frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Onboard COM 1 This setting allows you to assign control of Serial Port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for Serial Port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Onboard COM 2 This setting allows you to assign control of Serial Port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to Serial Port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address Select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of 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 Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Chann
81. he processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C lists Software Installation Instructions Conventions Used in 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 Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation Aa to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual iii Manual OrganiZationy t iii Conventions Used in this Manual eene iii Chapter 1 Introduction Ti OVEN TL 1 1 edge stn 1 1 Contacting SUperrmicro sa 1 2 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Image 1 3 SUPE
82. ing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU first 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU igns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 Socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used Pin 1 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CPU is securely installed in the CPU socket Socket lever in the locking Position 2 2 CEK Heatsink Installation 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 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws 2 3 Chapter 2 Installation CEK Passive Heatsink Screw 1 Screw 2 Screw 1
83. ipset X6DH8 X6DH3 gj al Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers X6DHT Series gj al SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor ll gj g diver diskettes and manuals 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 the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of the Adaptec Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site C 28 Appendix Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor 11 program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for
84. k3 Bank2 CPU2 Floppy DE Bm IDE2 7 IDE1 E E E B 77 3 E P PCEEXP E X8 5 a Fang m 7 osme O e X 133 MHz PS1 1 0521057 RAS PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB PUXQOMME PCI 33 MHz QI D Ki X 31 e 05823 cow Sf eu L ma ESEAQ ESATW 81 4 2 SAS0 3 SAS4 JSM1 JSM2 VGA Enable 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms SAS Controller Enable For the X6DH3 G2 only JPS1 enables or disables the AIC 9140W Adaptec SAS Controller on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default SAS Controller Enable Jumper Settings Definition Jumper Setting Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled 3rd PWR Fault
85. lizing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt SATA HostRAID Control leri Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the screen below C 12 Appendix Software Installation Main anage Arrays reate Array nitialize Drives Symbol cates this array is bootable Del Delete Array nter Display To poni and omae cir Verify Array ay 142 Moves Cursor 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to select the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below Select drives for initializatioy 00 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 4GB 1 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen bel
86. llowing steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support fags before contacting Technical Support 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3
87. n 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 I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks 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 X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Notes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 continuous long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system 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
88. n3 LAN2 JLAN2 IPMI cTRL mm a i PCHEX8 pen Bj 510 brRL Fang JS9 E ae PCI X 133 MHz zi PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot i 6300ESB SAS 28 CTRL 5 9 vea PCI X100 MHz ICH CTRL m She Buzzer PCH33 MHz as p 518 2 USB2 3 Pare pow Sf ea pop SARIS won xml mi Watch Dog Clear CMOS 2 2 3 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 Users Manual VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Jumper Settings Connector on the motherboard See Jumper Setting Definition the table on the right for jumper set Pins 1 2 Enabled tings The default setting is enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Supermicro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single Alarm Reset Jumper Settings Pin Definition 2 5V 1 Ground power supply installed you should not connect anything to this jumper to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings Alarm Reset PWR 12V 4 Pin 24 Pin PWI ATX PWR PWR C oma jR DIMM 2B DIMM 3A DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B SUPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 pe 1 Parrallel Port JF1 FP Control Bank4 Ban
89. odates ATX 24 pin 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 400W of power Your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports The 12V 4 pin power connector J38 is required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Additionally you should also use the onboard 12V 8 pin power connector J1D1 to support Intel Xeon CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in instability of the CPU after only a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate 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 re
90. of the following components the E7520 Memory Controller Hub the 6300ESB IO Controller Hub 6300ESB ICH and the Intel PCI X Hub PXH The E7520 MCH supports single or dual Xeon EM64T processors with Front Side Bus speeds of 800 MHz Its memory controller provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR2 with a marched system bus address and data band widths of up to 5 4GB s The E7520 also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial I O interface for superior MO bandwidth The provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Express Interface Specifi cation Rev 1 0a 6300ESB System Features The I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 3 Interface and Integrated System Management Controller 6300ESB ICH System Features The 6300ESB ICH system consists of The I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Additionally it integrates many I O functions The 6300ESB integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI X 66MHz 1 0 Interface PCI 2 2 Interf
91. on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 gp indicates the location of Pin 1 4 For RAID to function properly please install the ZCR Card in the Green PCI slot 5 When the Onboard Standby PWR LED Indicator is on it indicates that the Power and the system is on Do not remove or install any components without turning off the system and disconnecting the AC power 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 exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 7 All components related to SAS SAS Controller SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 Connectors SAS LEDs DS 1 8 JS9 JS10 and JPS1 are for the X6DH3 G2 only 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 See Chapter 2 for more information Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd PWR Supply Fail Detect Off Disabled JAR Alarm Reset Enable Off Normal JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JI2C1 JI12C2 PCI I2C Data JI2C1 l C Clock JI2C2 Closed Enabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP1 Power Supply Force On Open Disabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPS1 SAS Controller Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled Note JWD Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 CPU PWR J1D1 Aux PWR J38 COM1 COM2 J14 J15 ACT LED 0 7 DIMM 1A DIMM 4B Fans 1 8 Flopp
92. ons Pin Definition The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located next to the rear USB ports at the corner of the moth erboard See the table at right for pin definitions See Figure 2 3 for the locations of each KB Mouse GLAN1 GLAN2 las few arx PWR d 8 PW1 42V 4 Pin SMB PS PWR JAI PWR pero PMR oo ge DIMM 1 PSF E g DIMM 2A CPU1 c DIMM 2B 5 bal s g DIMM 3A us 5 S E 5 DIMM 3B DIMM 4 amp DIMM 4B 2 SUPER X6DH3 G2 5 0 7520 lot a i PCI E X8 SEPC BIOS LE 51 0 TRL PO Fang IN E PCI X 133 MHz B B FR PCIX 100 MHZ ZOR Green Sit X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot E 6300ESB CTRL VGA PCI X100 MHz CTRL um PCI 33 MHz TA Floppy IDE2 T IDE1 JSM1 usvz SASO 3 SAS4 7 Buzzer Jc 0O amp ow 8 ESWAJESA _ JWoRCGE SES 2 16 Fan Headers The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 has eight fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 Note Fans 5 8 are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compat ible 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
93. or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU 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 the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and the chas sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one O N 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 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIM
94. otherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly and then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take all necessary precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when installing the motherboard into the chassis 2 5 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 on Page 2 6 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DH3 G2 X6DHi
95. ow Select drives for initialization Selected Drives E WDC WD3606D OOELX1 34 468 69 WDC WD360GD OGOELX1 34 468 01 WDC WD3606D OOELX1 34 468 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen Warning Initialization will erase all Array information from the selected drives Any Array using any of these drives as members will be affected Do you want to continue Yes No 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue Appendix Software Installation Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild J anage firrays reate firray nitialize Dri ives Symbol indicates this array is bootable Del Delete Array Enter Display Array properties M uen Ctr 15 Ver ify Array Ctrlek gt Rebuild Array lt Ctrl B gt Mark Unmark
96. perly 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 X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The 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 Tim
97. 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 Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable JWD controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a soft ware application hangs Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if a program hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non mask able interrupt for the program that has frozen requires software implementa tion Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Chapter 2 Installation Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Fan6 Fans las F 24 Pin TAV Epin KBIMS pwi ATXPWR EMEP PWR dad 12V 4 Pin J1D1 A A vr USB DIMM 1 Psr 2 9 on d DIMM 1B i Ean y DIMM 2A CPU1 a DIMM 2B 5 z 2 9 DIMM 8 22 DIMM 3B e DIMM 4A VO DIMM 4B Fanz 7 CPU2 SuPER X6DH3 G2 LAN1 x E7520 Fa
98. r Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array C 20 Appendix Software Installation Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are as sociated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 Select Initialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message displayed in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initializa
99. r key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced Security Boot Exit 11 42 57 Item Specific Help System Date 83 17 20041 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Diskette fi 1 44 1 25 MB 3 Parallel ATA Both Serial ATA Enabled SATA RAID Enable Disabled Native Mode Operation Auto IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master System Memory CRXRX KB Extended Memory XXXX KB Fi SE F9 Esc Enter Fi Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both 4 3 SUPEROX6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual S
100. re Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled or Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled or Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during
101. res two drives C 8 Array Type Array Labe Array Siz stripe Size Create RAID via Appendix C Software Installation Array Properties RAID O Stripe RAID f Mirror 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 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 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost 5 When you are
102. rray Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays SerialSelect Utility Use this option to configure SAS SATA RAID drives Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press Ctrl and A key simultaneously and the main menu will appear Appendix Software Installation 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 gt Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the arra
103. spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of amanagement 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 con nect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 accomm
104. swer 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 the Windows OS security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your 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 X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this
105. ta 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 DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 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 DRM SDROM 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 th
106. tach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Fan Fans i 24 Pin TZV X PWR 1 AT Buers PWR Hbi mm m ug o JP9 US DIMM 1 on al DIMM 1B CON gy DIMM 2A CPU1 a DIMM 2B 5 m af DIMM 3A i amp DIMM 3B E DIMM 4A H VOR PI DIMM 4B Fanz SUPER X6DH3 G2 LAN1 7520 Fan3 LAN2 JLAN2 IPM I CTRL Bo ISEPC sss gg LAN 510 us E mS PCIE XB Fag PXH pum Kj PCI X 133 MHz a 59 ic Tots in PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB SAS 2 por CTRL El VGA 100 MHz ICH he CTRL 3 PCH33 D Brt 2t Buzzer z ki 0 erp GE uez Jet Hie moma eoe p ESATA SATA swor N Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 ev 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 MCG 11 12 Ground HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED
107. te at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor llIl You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII User Guide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor ll 2 For detailed information on Adaptec s SCSI SATA RAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard C 30
108. tem BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to 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 possibl
109. tem board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard e Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery Do not install the onboard upside down battery to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual 2 2 Xeon Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before add ing remov
110. the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enable and press the lt Enter gt Key to select this option 5 From this submenu select Enable and press lt Enter gt 6 Tap the lt Esc gt key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system startup press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following mes sage Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility C 3 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID func tionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simultaneously written to two drives so critical data is always avail able even if a single hard disk fails Due to the built in functionality the X6DH3 G2 X6
111. the motherboard Jumper Setting Definition See the table on the right for jumper Pins 1 2 Enabled settings The default setting is en Pins 2 3 Disabled abled GLAN 1 Enable GLAN 2 Enable Fan6 Fan5 P 24 I TA 8 p EM SMB PS PWR J1D1 i PSF PWR DIMM 1A Fani DIMM 1B 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 2B DIMM DIMM 3B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B SuPER X6DH3 G2 E7520 SF LIPO Bank1 Control Bank4 Bank3 2 et S 5 Fes _ SEPC PPS PCHEX8 510 d PCI X 133 MHz EST iid PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 6300ESB PCI X100 MHz ICH Gatteryigrt 33 MHz it J SB 0582 2 po 5 1 JSM1 JSM2 SAS0 3 SAS4 7 2 22 CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this 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
112. the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize 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 Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 failure on data bits of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow sys
113. tion is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status For a criti cal array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild C 21 SUPERO X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Using the SerialSelect Utility to Configure SAS Settings SAS is for the X6DH3 G2 only The SerialSelect Utility enables you to configure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below Ont igu fidaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Controller Configuration submenu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Opt ions Controller Configuration i PHY Configuration C 22 Appendix Software Installation To Set Controller Configuration 3 Select Controller Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu as shown below Runtine BIOS DIOE SIE Enabled WO POST Bann
114. y J12 IDE1 IDE2 J5 J6 IPMI JIPMI1 JD1 JF1 JL1 JOH JS9 JS10 JWOR LAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 KB MS J33 Parallel PSF JP9 I SATA 0 1 JSM1 JSM2 Note SMB SMB PS PC J32 USB 0 1 J16 USB 2 3 JUSB 2 3 J7 WOL Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector 12V 8 Pin CPU PWR Connector 12V 4 pin System PWR Connector COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector Header SAS Activity LED Indicators DS1 DS8 Note DDR DIMM Memory RAM Slots System Fan Headers Fans 7 8 CPU Fans 1 2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI 2 0 Socket PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 Front Control Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED SAS to IO Panel Activity LED Header Note SAS SMBus SAS PC Note Wake on Ring Header G bit Ethernet Ports 1 2 PS2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Parallel Printer Port Power Supply Failure LED Header Intel Serial ATA 1 2 Ports Adaptec SAS Ports 0 7 JSM1 SASO 3 JSM2 SAS 4 7 System Management Bus Power Supply SMBus I C Back Panel USBO USB1 Headers Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports 2 3 Video Connector Wake on LAN Header Note For the X6DH3 G2 only SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel Xeon EM64T processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed with support of Hyper Threading HT EM64T and Enhanced Intel SpeedStep EIST Using the EM64T Feature
115. y are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu C 17 SUPER X6DH3 G2 X6DHi G2 User s Manual Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC util ity 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration
116. y stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video B 4 Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description CDh Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA CEh Initialize digitizer and display message D2h Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh Initialize the chipset E1h Initialize the bridge E2h Initialize the CPU E3h Initialize system timer E4h Initialize system I O E5h Check force recovery boot E6h Checksum BIOS ROM E7h
117. y you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press CtrltA when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu C 6 Appendix Software Installation Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See nitializing Disk Driv

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