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1. TT ka URS EBD DIWIM caren i TT TIT TIT TIT TT TI TT TT TIT NI IN SUPER X7DVL 3 PR R je Tab Note Notch m should align with the receptive point a d on the slot Qs E jo r ol To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the Release Tab ll Il Release module to release it from the slot SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various ports Back Panel Connectors IO Ports tT SUPERO X7DVL 3 FIN lil li
2. LAN1 Bufton CPUS 5000V LAN2 SUPER X7DVL 3 norn Fans SIMLP m Pe9 pc x 133 MHz PCI E x8 En Fard E T Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz E J 0 _ a n JBT1 di ZE kime ESB2 CTRLR E BIOS South TSGPlo0 8 Bridge a E suo LSISAS E Controller m Ple MHz pst JWOL j 1 5 Pi 2 BATAVJISATAZ SATA4 j SB23 SIS sa N SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Wake On Ring Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des Pin Definitions JWOR ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located 2 at JWOL on the motherboard See the JWOL table on the right for pin definitions Pin gt Definition You must have a LAN card with a 1 5V
3. Pe pci x 133 MHz PCLE x8 glean JWD lots Buzzer CPU VRM PCI X 133 MHz Graphics Memory 9 T s 6 JBT1 Tssplol EJDT bic ESB2 CTRLR Ms pay TSGPlo0 5 g BIOS south 2 S008 LSISAS suo TER Controller irc pciaa MHz Jci JwoL T SATAS PLE Y cow2 2 2 Floppy 2 4 05823 9 2 2 2 9 1318 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components a A C Before Power On Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and the chas sis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power
4. GLAN PO 133 MHz PGEE JWD Buzzer CPUVRM lots PCI X 133 MHz ER Memw CN O E ay 85 JETI TsGPO1 JDT VGA ESB2 CTRLR z 8 BIOS South T SGPIO0 5 Bridge x 9 Printer 8008 LSISAS svo Controller U wor Pl MHz Xe BE io SATAT BATAS 5 4 18 515 PLE UCOMZ Sara 2 2 2 2 0 5 USB2 4 Pin Definition USB3 5 Pin 4 Definition 45V PO PO Ground No connection Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input A Backpanel USB 0 1 B Front Panel USB 2 3 C Front Panel USB 4 5 D Chassis Intrusion SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Fan Headers The X7DVL 3 X7DVL i has four chassis sys tem fan headers Fan3 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 1 2 Note all these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin defini tions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Man agement setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Power Force On Enabl
5. IGLAN Fan CrRLR 1 gt PCI E x8 JWD Q LEIET lots 2 CPU VRM PCI X 133 MHz E Memory Bad x 35 JBT1 sep o IDI Eg 2 CTRLR z 8 BIOS South TSGPIO0 S Psy Bridge 6 j TE 5 Printer 4004 191848 svo A Controller z E 8 Plot MHz 1 031 9 JWO T SATAS alas 85 2 ISATAO SATAZ 5552529 PL Floppy 4 5823122 o o 5 2 8 eo Fan Chapter 2 Installation i Activi 2 7 Onboard Indicators im gt e LED GLAN LEDs Rear View when viewing from the back of the chassis There are two GLAN ports on the moth GLAN Activity Indicator erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port Settings has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates Color Status Definition activity while the power LED may be Yellow Flashing LAN Active green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information GLAN Link Indicator Settings LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps Onboard Power LED LE1 There is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboar
6. IGLAN 8 pcx 133 MHz POLE x8 JWD O LEI ce Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz 5 Memory TEZEI 95 A JBT1 SGPIO1 EJDT Eg ESB2 CTRLR z g BIOS South E 8 281 Bridge 8 Printer LSISAS suo a Controller irc wor Pel MHz JPC1 031 1 5 5 81519181618 181515 Jjcow2 aalala la 2 82 29 5 2 5 5 2 15181815 1 1 5 es Fama Chapter 2 Installation Status LED D31 Status LED Indicator Settings There is a Status LED Indicator D31 located on the motherboard This LED displays different colors to show the status LED Color Definition Green Power On system normal Red PWR on PWR problem s of the system Refer to the table on the occur s or JPW3 not right for system status See the layout below for the LED location properly installed Yellow 55 or 54 D31 Status LED CPU VRM m DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 comi DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 LL d DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 _ Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 norn Brige
7. 9 T 240 E Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 N KG CO Section 2 5 for details Front Control Panel Chapter 2 Installation JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are de signed specifically for use with Super Micro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins rz m SUPER X7DVL 3 99 m Groun X Power LED HDD LED
8. A PWR SMB J amp Pin 24 ATX PWR As rl i B T SGPIO 0 CPU VRM L C T SGPIO 1 DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 cow DIMM 2B Bank 2 D 3 SGPIO 0 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Lj DIMM TC Bank 1 E 3 SGPIO 1 NGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LANI Button 5000V CPU2 Uv SUPERO X7DVL 3 Norn Brage Fans 96 as nz PCI E x8 an JWD Q LETS sa Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz 3 Memory 235 uk JBT1 E JDT CTRLR z BIOS South Printer LSISAS suo Controller a wor Ple MHz Ba JWoi 5 gla alas 38 PLE cow2 5 Dez o 2 2 2 2 9 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins To modifythe operation ofthe motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function Cap of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board Seethe motherboard layout pages 5 Pin 1 2 short for jumper locations Note Ontwo pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means
9. SIMLP Plei 133 MHz PCI E x8 JWD Q LE lots Buzzer CPU VRM PCI X 133 MHz 3 Graphics O ee n 35 JBT1 SGPIO1 FJDT kg ESB2 CTRLR BIOS South TSGPlo0 Bridge Printer 8108 LSISAS Suo Controller T E 8 swop Pet pci33 MHz met JWOL 1 1 5 81519181818 al 2 SSS SS lS 5 2 PL Floppy 5 4 5823 2 29 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive SIMLP IPMI and Hard Disk Drive 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 Parallel Printer Port Connector Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions The parallel printer port is located at J21 See the table on the right for pin definitions Pins c Definition Strobe Data Bit 0 Data Bit 1 Data Bit 2 Data Bit 3 Data Bit 4 Data Bit 5 Data Bit 6 Dat
10. batten Q Ee JBT1 SGI EJDT 6 ESB2 CTRLR za BIOS South TSGPloo 8 Bridge 3 Printer ana LSISAS svo U Controller 8 wor Plot Poiss MHz JFC1 0310 JWoL 7 5 3 SATAO 4 9823 SS Sj 5415 18 14 8 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 43V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset ve o PWR Power Button SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Pin Definitions ATX Power Connector Definition Pin 4 Definition 3 3V 3 3V There are a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification See the table on the right for pin defi nitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below 12V 3 3V COM COM PS_ON 5V COM COM COM COM
11. the load plate which covers the CPU Socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate with PnP Cap gt attached Tm 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 3 Use your thumb and your index North Center Edge finger to hold the CPU at the North PE Center Edge and the South Center P Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the Socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a gold dot Socket Key against the socket key the notch on Socket Notch the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle South Center Edge gold dot 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the Socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU installed in the Socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Then close the load plate Corner with a triangle cutout CPU Pint 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in t
12. Alarm Reset Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V VGA Connector AVGAconnector J15 is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location A Alarm Reset B VGA 24 Pin ATX PWR FA CPU VRM yr n DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 cow DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Button 5000V CPU2 SuPERO X7DVL 3 North Bridge SIMLP IGLAN 7294 cmun PO 133 MHz PCI E x8 n Ezra E 2 v gemere Buzzer CPUVRM E E 85 JBT1 SGPIO1 EJDT VGA ESB2 CTRLR 8 BIOS South 5 Bridge 2 9 Printer 8005 LSISAS B suo gt Controller E
13. 12V Tachometer 2 3 4 PWR Modulation Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPF Jumper Setting Definition Open Normal default Closed Force On A Fan 1 B Fan 2 C Fan 3 D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 G Power Force on Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Fortis Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse are located at JKM1 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC for pin definitions Serial Port Pin Definitions Serial Ports COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition is a connector cated on the ES IO Backpanel and 2 is a header EB located at JCOM2 See the table on eee B Ee ee the right for pin definitions 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection A Keyboard Mouse J 8 24 Pin ATX PWR 5 e 2 l CPU VRM B COM2 DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1
14. 2 31 IPMI T 2 31 IDE kenin ean 2 32 SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 2 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 uu 3 1 Lyr Se 3 1 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration EEE 3 1 Lui e 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures akla lk alla lk seki Ha k n ada Wu HA ak E Us 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions uu diode EEE 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service Ne 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS XN iri P m 4 1 rs pes oM 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced epics 4 7 4 5 Security Setup n ln naka karen kak kr alin xak UR ADS 4 24 4 6 Boot Setup RENE 4 25 r DD r r e 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes pp A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows 5 B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 vi Chapt
15. Chapter 2 Installation gum M M 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws T Das from the motherboard in the sequence as 4 shown in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown 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 NO 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW 3 Once the heatsink 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 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chas sis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you in
16. FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Support BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http Awww supermicro com support bios 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your System first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DVL 3 X7DVL i has six 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are locate
17. LED to the motherboard Make sure the CPU is properly seated Be sure to check all jumper settings as well 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 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 If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Losing the System s Setup Configuration 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 6 3 2 9VDC If it does not replace it with new one If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor f
18. NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED 2 9 Ground Ground Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Reset Button PWR gt Power Button SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions g Pin 24 Pin ATx PWR wn 5 Mouse JAR tel USBOA CPU VRM pem DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 ES DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LL LAN1 Button ZH d 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 Norn Bridge Fans Fans IGLAN P9 133 MHz PCIE 8 n JWD Q Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz d Memory B Q _ Lee JETI an CIR ESB2 CTRLR M BIOS South T SGPIO0 H 8 Bridge 5 E an LSISAS Controller 8 Plot pci
19. Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error message even when a boot error occurs 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 wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 buf
20. MHz 031 Jwoi SATAS sislalalsisisis s 2 21219299 9 Floppy SATAO 5 2 5 4 5 23 9 5 o oo 5 15 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Software RAID Enable Software RAID Jumper Settings 2 allows you to enable or disablethe jumper Settings Definition function of Software RAID Close pins 1 pis 1 2 Default Software RAID Enabled amp 2 to enable Software RAID Default pins 2 3 Note LSI IT Firmware Enabled To use the LSI IT Firmware close pins 2 amp 3 and contact Tech Support at Super Micro for further instructions The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable Software RAID See the table on the right for jumper settings Note Also contact tech support at Super Micro for further instructions A Software RAID Enable CPU VRM Cer DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 WGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 BEN Bufon 5000V CPU2 SUPERO X7DVL 3 North Bridge SIMLP
21. Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper CPU VRM DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 I Button SUPER X7DVL 3 5000V North Bridge SIMLP Prete pci x 133 mHz PCLE x8 JWD lots Buzzer CPU VRM PCI X 133 MHz 9 BIOS South a ud Printer Sra E Set ESB2 LSISAS Controller Fand Fan3 LEI MH Jwoi 3 5 SATAO SATAZ SATA4 2 Floppy Chapter 2 Installation Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual
22. SUPER Xx7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Notes Appendix B Installing the Windows OS Appendix B Installing the Windows OS After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel South Bridge RAID settings before you install the OS and other software drivers To install the Linux OS or to configure RAID settings please refer to the OS Installation or RAID Configuration User Guides posted on our web site at www supermicro com support manuals B 1 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS for systems with RAID Functions Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 2003 S
23. 5V COM Res NC PWR_OK o aN oO gt C N 5V 5VSB 5V 4 12 45V c a 12V COM 3 3V Processor Power Connector 12V 8 pin Power CPU In addition to the Primary ATX power Connector i Pin Definitions connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground be connected to your motherboard j 3 Sthrough8 12 See the table on the right for pin definitions Required Connection 24 PWR 8 Processor PWR CPU VRM CPF DIMM 2C Bank 2 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 Vaal DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 I Butt snan 5000V CPU SUPERO X7DVL 3 North Bridge SIMLP GLAN CTRLR LE3 Pet MHz PCI E_x8 in lots Buzzer CPU VRM PCI X 133 MHz Graphics CN O JBT1 Tsao E JDT VGA D 5 JF1 FP Control CTRLR ESBS BIOS South T SGPIO0 amp pal Bridge d 3 15 Printer ENE
24. Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your 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 X7DVL 3 X7DVL i The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Super Micro web site http www supermicro com for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual Syste
25. COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 ea I Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 nonn riage SIMLP IGLAN P9 1 8 JWD LEI row Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz 8 Graphics lemory 05849 ax 35 JBT1 SGPIO1 JDT E g 2 CTRLR lt 8 10S South T SGPlo0 E Bridge E Printer 9108 LSISAS suo Controller ui a E a wor Pet mHz JPC1 031 JWOL 1 SATAS alas la 181515 2 2121429 2 02 29 Floppy SATA2 sataa pse 5 o 5 5 15 Chapter 2 Installation PWR Supply Failure PWR PWR Supply PWR Fault Fault Detect JPWF Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one o
26. This function monitors the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECI Agent 1 PECI Agent 2 PECI Agent 3 PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fani Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modula tion 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 full speed 12V at all times The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V 12V P1V5 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environme
27. 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitorin The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD Ill 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 20 Chapter 4 BIOS The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control
28. Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 a nik kada E E EEE 2 1 Unpa KI G MR UE 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS Gor aco kes k awana 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports essere 2 8 Front Control Panel iu er ere E reato za nana ln ad 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 10 SINIT EUN 2 10 Power BED 2 10 E D cc E A 2 11 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators 2 11 Overheat Fan Fall LED a a 2 12 Power Fall EED 2 12 E 2 13 Table of Contents Power Button 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables MR 2 14 Power Connector esce ieri ne srne 2 14 Processor Power Connector pp 2 14 Universal Serial Bus US 2 15 CHASSIS INTUSION EET 2 15 Fan Headers 2 16 Power 41 40000000000 1 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports pp 2 17 Serial SS 2 17 Wa
29. Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy 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 lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for the console redirection The options are 300
30. MHz PCI E x8 fir Fan3 m Buzer CPUVRM MHz d Memory q E e ap r al GA ESB2 m E CTRLR BIOS South TSGPloo lt Bridge Printer 008 Ee E o gE 5 5 3 SGPIO0 IDE1 wor Ple MHz Jwow SATA1 BATAs 5 2 PL Floppy 5 2 5 4 5 21 0 SAS1 SAS2 SA SAS6 SAS7 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled 2 Bus to PCI Slots 2 to PCI Slots Jumpers JPI C1 JPI C2 allow you to Jumper Settings connect the System Management Bus Jumper Setting Definition 2 to PCI slots The default setting is 12 Enabled Open to disable the connection See the 2 3 Disabled Default table on the right for jumper settings A VGA Enabled AE Hl 5 B Bus to PCI slots CPU VRM CPF DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1
31. Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit I 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device 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 Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device v
32. Standby Wake On LAN connector and cable 2 Ground to use this feature Wake up A WOR B WOL CPU VRM Cor DIMM 2 Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 P DIMM 1C Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 I Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 nonn riage SIMLP IGLAN 8 pcx 133 MHz POLE x8 JWD LEI Boe Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz 5 M Q _ eu 1455 JBT1 SGPIO1 EJDT vak ESB2 CTRLR z 8 BIOS South FSGPIOO E Bridge 9 Printer amp T 3 LSISAS Controller E pciss JPC1 031 wolf SATAT BATAS SATA5 81519181618 181515 Jjcow2 2121429 laia g Floppy SATA2 sataa pse 5 o 5 5 15 GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are desig nated JLAN1 and 2 on the I O backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables
33. System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 21 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan
34. Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel S web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 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 predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code c
35. 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 It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electro Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and t
36. 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 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i 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 Standby or Off state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DVL 3 X7DVL i can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the motherboard some are inadequate You shou
37. s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes 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 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes This section lists Recoverable POST Power On Self Test Error codes for the Phoenix BIOS Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep w Front Panel OH LED on system overheat
38. some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading
39. 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 75 80 and 85 The default setting for the Intel 5100 Series CPU is 75 and for the 5000 Series CPU is 80 See below Highlight this and hit Enter to see the status of each of the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fani Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modula tion 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 full speed 12V at all times The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3
40. 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide whether you want to continue with the console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page P 4 19 or P 4 20 depending on the type of CPU s and the Monitoring chip you are using 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 hardcode default setting is 80 The default setting for the Intel 5100 Series CPU is 75 and for the 5000 Series CPU is 80 See below Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU
41. 12212 8 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 37 Chip Select 0 Chip Select 1 39 Activity Ground IDE Connector IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There is one IDE Connector JIDE1 on ping Definition Pin Definition the motherboard The IDE Connector is 2 Sok located next to the Front Panel Control 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 Connector See the table on the right for 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 pin definitions 7 Host Data 5 8 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DROS 22 Ground 23 Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 28 29 DACK3 30 Ground IRQ14 32 100516 33 35 38 40 A IDE 1 CPU VRM rm BIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 ua _ I Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 nonn riage SIMLP
42. 2A 2B 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however we recommend that you use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3 99 APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned 256 512 MB 3 01 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 flere 1 2 84 Memory available to OS and other applications 2 84 Installing and Removing DIMMs
43. 33 MHz D31 2 Iwo SATA1 BATAS 5 2222 18518 COM su 5 2 5 4 23 2 912 2 2 9 2 9 NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 45V 16 Ground A NMI B PWR LED Groun NMI Q x X we LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 13 45V HD Active NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN is GLAN1 2 LED located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and ry e the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 42 Ground definitions E in Pin 5 m ru sw see met poo A HDD LED CPU VRM Cer B NIC1 LED r D
44. 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at bootup The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User
45. C LSISAS Controller JEC a wor Pet MHz D31 Jwow 5 815191811818 ls l gt 3 PL E JCOM2 Fee 5 2 4 23 2 9 2 2 2 1 8 eo Fana Universal Serial Bus USB There are six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 J20 and the other four are Front Panel USB headers JUSB1 USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 5 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chapter 2 Installation Back Panel USB 05 0 1 Pins a gt Definitions 45V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB2 3 4 5 Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened CPU VRM DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 24A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DVL 3 5000V CPU2 North Bridge SIMLP
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47. 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 X7DVL 3 Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Microsoft DirectX 9 0 XGI 27 Graphics driver Intel 5000V anda Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager X7DVL 3 i Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor 11 Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Nest Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Notes 1 Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon on the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list 2 The X7DVL 3 supports SAS RAID features To configure the LSI SAS HostRAID please refer to the LSI folder for the LSI SAS HostRAID Utility and documentation The LSI folder is included in the CD ROM that came with your motherboard C 1 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual C 2 Configurin
48. D Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS 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 arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors
49. I 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 Note SD III Software be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor lll You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II C 3 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Notes 4 Disclaimer Continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra h
50. IMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 3 NIC2 LED DIMM 2A Bank 2 20 19 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 Groun NMI DIMM 1A Bank 1 Xx X LANI 1 5000V CPU2 mm Power LED Vcc SUPER X7DVL 3 verse Fans Q LED Vcc SP Que LED Vcc Fe PCIE x8 NIC2 LED Vcc Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz aua ON Fan Fail LED Vcc JBT1 TsGplol E JDT E CTRLR ESR 8 PWR Fail LED Vcc BIOS South T SGPIO0 amp g Bridge 5008 9 Printer al LSISAS _ Ground Reset Reset Button i a frei E i wo loti pcia3 MHz m 5 Ground PWR gt Power Button SATAS 8 5 9 2 5 8 5 8 PL E JCOM2 Fee 5 23 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 Ford SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right fo
51. IOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX 12 x 10 304 8mm x 254 mm 1 7 SUPER G8 X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual VRM Z N VRM ISL6306 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 ISL6306 667 1067 1333 5 5 2 CHNLQ 0 0 4 5 MCH FBD CHNL1 gt z E a FORT a m J10 LL 6 PORT PORT 2 3 5 u 5 z 5 PORT PORT ATA 100 5 X8 N port IDE 4A 1 2 LSI PCI EX4 N port ym E 3 0Gb S SAS M 0 0 J12 1068E 6 lt 3 0 Gb S 5 e ESB2 4 o0 o0 651 14 a i 9 PCI X133MHz NI o J6 o o 1 P a a 9 gj a PCI 32 33MMZ 0 m gt USB20 N 2 e VGA 1 VGA T CONNN XGIZ7 8 LPC a SIO RJ45 GB LAN FWH GILGAL RJ45 SIMLP CONN PARALLEL a MS PORT n COMI KB 2 Block Diagram of the 5000V Chipset Note This
52. Initialization board These two LEDs indicate POST Power Self Test Code Messages IST reum 4 through different sets of green and Yellow On Green CPU Initialization yellow light combinations Refer to the ae table on the right for POST Code Mes 4 sages See the layout below for the LED location CPU VRM Overheat LED Indicators LE2 LE3 CPU_VRM Overheat LED Indicators Settings Therearetwo CPU VRMOverheatLEDs LED Description LE2 LE3 located on the motherboard LE2 On CPU1_VRM Overheat On CPU2_VRM Overheat These LEDs provide indications for CPU_VRM Overheating Refer to the table on the right for LE2 and settings See the layout below for the LED location A LE4 POST Code LED B LE5 POST Code LED 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU VRM Sanne Bank 2 C LE2 CPU1 VRM d 28 64452 Overheat LED DIMM 2 Bank 2 a pa FI DIMM 1C Bank 1 D LE3 CPU2 VRM vaa DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Overheat LED Bufton 5000V CPU2 is SuPERO X7DVL 3 worn Bridge SIMLP
53. Purpose Input Output Headers X7DVL 3 Slot1 PCI 33MHz Slot Slot5 PCI X 133MHz Slot Slot6 PCI X 133MHz Slot and PCI Express x 8 Slot USB 0 1 J20 Back Panel USB 0 1 USB 2 3 4 5 JUSB1 2 Front Panel USB 2 3 JUSB1 FPUSB 4 5 JUSB2 VGA J15 VGA Port WOL JWOL Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR Wake on Ring Header LED Indicator Description D31 Status LED See Chapter 2 LE1 Power LED See Note 4 on the previous page LE2 LE3 See Chpt 2 CPU1 VRM Overheat LE2 CPU2 VRM Overheat LE3 LE4 LE5 POST LED Indicators Chapter 2 1 5 SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 Quad Core Dual Core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 MHz 1067 MHz 667MHz Memory Six 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 16 GB ECC FBD Fully Buff ered DDR2 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset ntel 5000V chipset including the 5000V Memory Control Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Expansion Slots One PCI Exp x8 slot Slot6 e Two 64 bit PCI X 133MHz slots Slot5 Slot6 One 32 bit PCI 33 MHz slot Slot1 One Low Profile SIMLP IPMI J16 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12 3 3V
54. SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of closed loop thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM device exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of open loop global thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules and allow global thermal throttling to become active when the number of activate controls exceed a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Snoop Filter Select Enabled to eliminate snoop traffic to the graphics port to greatly improve system performance when running graphics intensive applications The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with the Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle
55. SUPERO SUPERO X7DVL 3 SUPERO X7DVL i USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1b The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa
56. Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i motherboard The SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i supports dual Intel Xeon Quad Core Dual Core processors w 771 LGA with a front side bus speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit Xeon Quad Core Dual Core processors built in the X7DVL 3 X7DVL i offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel Core NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the IA 32 software The fea tures include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much high
57. a wor Ple MHz Ei Jwod SATAS la 8 PL EZ JCOM2 Romy EATAVJ TTAZ SATA a psen 9 2 2 2 as 2 8 Power SMB Connector Power SMB Connector JI C moni tors the status of the power supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions SGPIO Headers Four SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers are located on the motherboard These headers are used to talk to the System Monitoring Chip on the backplane T SGPIOO and T SGPIO1 are used to monitor SATA activities while 3 SGPIOO and 3 SGPIO1 are used for SAS connections See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the locations of the headers 3 SGPIO0 1 X7DVL 3 Only Chapter 2 Installation PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition PWR Fail Ground 3 3V SGPIO Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 NC 2 NC 3 Ground 4 DATA Out 5 Load 6 Ground 7 Clock 8 NC Note NC No Connections
58. a Bit 7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT Pin o m 1 N 1 A 1 1 20 22 24 26 Definition Auto Feed Error Init SLCT IN GND GND GND GND GND GND Write Data Write Gate NC 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU VRM Cr DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 cow DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 F DIMM 1 Bank 1 Waal DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Button 5000V CPU2 SuPERO X7DVL 3 North Bridge SIMLP IGLAN 8 133 MHz PCI E x8 Fan3 LEI Buzzer CPU VRM South Bridge LSISAS p Controller IDE1 wor Plott pci33 MHz JWOL SATAS la 8 PL EZ JCOM2 py EATAVJE TTAZ SATA n jezze 5 9 2 2 2 2 2 8 Fan A Parallel Port Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy The floppy connector is located at Pin Definition Pin Definition J22 See the table below for pin 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN definitio
59. an execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute 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 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Direct Cache Access Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enable to route inbound network IO traffic directly into processor caches to reduce memory latency and improve network performance The options are Disabled and Enabled DCA Delay Clocks Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows the user to set the clock delay setting from snoop to prefetch for Direct Cache Access Select a setting from 8 bus cycles
60. ature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data 4 9 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 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 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 Wr
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62. clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot Jumper Settings JWD the system when a software application hangs Jumper Setting Definition Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if an appli Pins 1 2 Reset cation hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the applica tion hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS default Pins 2 8 NMI Open Disabled A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable in 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU VRM mm DIM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 Vek DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 I Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 North Bridge IGLAN Fan CTRLR FG 133
63. d When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED CPU VRM DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V B UPERO X7DVL 3 North Bridge SIMLP T s 5 LES Ea 133 MHz P LE x8 Buzer cPuvRM lots PCI X 133 MHz g JBT1 ESB2 BIOS South Bridge x Printer 4008 LsISAS JE Controller E Control JF1 li JPA1 of 8 SGPIOO P Pcis3 JWOLT 1 SATA1 BATA3 SATA5 JCOM2 Floppy SATAD SATA2 SaTAa 3 SGPI SAS7 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual POST Code LED Indicators LEA LE5 POST Code LED Indicators Settings There are two POST Code LED Indica LES LE4 POST Code Message tors LEA LE5 located on the mother Yellow On Green Off Memory
64. d on our web site at http Avww supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automatically reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automati cally flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes N Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure 3 3 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need
65. e Disable Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable the Power Force On function 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 g Pin 24 Pin ATXPWR 5 KB wn EC 2 Mouse JAR P 2 m CPU VRM 1 e T2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 n DIMM 1C Bank 1 SEN DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 I Butt L pud 5000V CPU SUPER X7DVL 3 Northridge DQ SIMLP gran Pe poix 133 MHz PCI E x8 E m Buzzer CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz 3 55 5 JBT1 SGPIO1 EJDT E a VGA ESB2 CTRLR x 8 BIOS South p Bridge E E fa suo Controller wor Ple MHz wel Es P 5 alalalslalslals PLE IJGOM2 Foppy 2 4 5 51515 1518 PL Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 6 Pin Definition 1 Ground
66. e Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 5 6 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Chapter 4 BIOS gt Slot1 PCI 33MHz Slot5 PCI X 133MHz Slot6 PCI X 133MHz Slot6 Ext PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 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 OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Cautio
67. e noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information
68. er 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Super Micro 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 itmes are included in the Retail Box One 1 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 2 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Eight 8 SATA cables CBL 0044L X7DVL 3 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 0044L X7DVL i One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PTO7L One 1 CPU Retention Module SKT 0159 for retail and bulk packaging One 1 Super Micro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual Optional For SAS HostRAID 5 One 1 I Button to be purchased from Super Micro X7DVL 3 1 1 SUPER 8 X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherla
69. er speeds with better power management in much safer thermal environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DVL 3 X7DVL i is ideal for high perfor mance dual processor DP and enterprise server environments Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com products motherboard for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the 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 the CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Error Codes Appendix B and Appendix C list the Windows OS Installation and Other 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 in
70. erial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 4 15 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to 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 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and
71. etup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD Drive during system boot and the main screen will display Follow the instruc tions given on Appendix C to complete your system setup B 1 SUPEROX7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual B 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS to Systems without RAID Functions 1 Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD 2 Continue with the OS installation The Windows OS Setup screen will display 3 From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation 4 After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot 5 Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD Drive during system boot and the main screen will display Follow the instruc tions given on Appendix C to complete your system setup B 2 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID
72. f Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc Ground A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc H Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc e Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily con tacting both pins will power on off the sys tem 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 CPU VRM DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 CPU1 DIMM 1 Bank 1 SUPER X7DVL 3 5000V CPU2 North Bridge SIMLP Ean Pe pci x 133 MHz PCI E x8 JWD lots CPU VRM C2 PCI X 133 MHz
73. fer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this fe
74. g Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is a Web based management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial System information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 Both default username 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 CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis C 2 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Remote Management 5 info Health Info Perf Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II
75. he clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Plastic cap is released Warning Please save the plastic PnP cap The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap from the properly installed to protect the CPU plate socket pins Shipment without the ISP PnP cap properly installed will cause properly installed damage to the socket pins 2 3 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Screw 1 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws A N Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that N the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instruc tions on the next page to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 2 4
76. he motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU Socket make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU Socket pins are bent other wise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor Load Lever PnP Cap on Tel top of the 1 Press the load lever to release Laad
77. hrough the LSI SAS Controller I Button is optional 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DVL 3 X7DVL i Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JI C1 JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slot 1 Slot 2 Speed Pins 2 3 Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA1 SAS Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA2 Software RAID Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPWF PWR Supply Failure Detect Off Disabled JWD JWD1 Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector CPU PWR JPW3 12V 8 pin PWR Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset Header Chassis Intru JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 JCOM1 2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors FAN 1 6 Fans 1 6 System cooling fans chassis fans CPU fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP Control JF 1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 JIDE1 IDE1 Hard Drive Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port PWR LED SPKR JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR Force On JPF Power Force On PWR SMB JPI2C Power System Management 12 Header PWR Supply Fail JPWF Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 5 50 5 57 Serial Attached SCSI Connectors 0 7 X7DVL 3 0 5 JS1 JS6 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors SIMLP J16 IPMI SIMM Low profile Slot T SGPIO 0 1 Serial ATA General Purpose Input Output Headers 3 SGPIO 0 1 SAS General
78. ia the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast 4 FPIOS DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Parallel ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAI
79. in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter 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 Enter 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 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 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 Main Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you EE i parameters of hard dis drive installed at thi Heads 11 connection Heads futo Tatort ypes rd dis rive installed here Sectors CD ROM a CD ROM driv Maximum Capacity ps emovable Maximum Capacity removable disk drive i LBA Format installed here Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA
80. is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000V chipset the X7DVL 3 X7DVL i motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000V chipset supports a single or dual Intel Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000V Memory Controller Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 The 5000V MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to six Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory size of up to 16 GB The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express interface to the ESB2 In ad dition the 5000V chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing The Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000V chipset the Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Proces
81. ite 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 P PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN 2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard Storage OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from an onboard storage device The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits the coalesce feature Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are 256 Bytes and 128 Bytes PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options ar
82. jury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual iii Manual OrganizallOll ES iii Conventions Used in the 2 0200 400000000 0100000000 000 0 nnne iii Chapter 1 Introduction NETT 1 1 esse 1 1 Contacting Super MIGO M n 1 2 X7DVL 3 i MAJE si kin nk ban dee kane beka w k bA ka bane kh 1 3 SUPER X7DVL 3 i ace 1 4 Be Refe Te G 2 Cm 1 5 Motherboard Features rera ranake l kan aa k a nece Ra gba ene 1 6 Intel 5000V Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Ea RR Uu s rc rm 1 9 1 53 Special Features 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS 12 dii diae dies 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring et 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features aeree E ka ERE eor ka eu suna nek bn ku a ves Eae agre praet ke KE W HARE 1 11 1 6 Power Supply ccr 1 12 Ter S per O yyy xin KI a E kab ka e 1 13
83. ke On Ring pp 2 18 2 18 GLAN 1 2 Ethernet POS 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header Nt 2 19 Alarm ROS rrr 2 20 VGA 2 20 Power SMB 2 2 21 Headers ois UE 2 21 2 6 Jumper Settings uo 2 22 Explanation of JUm pelS oia abet 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 1 o 2 22 e Xe E rM ER 2 23 Walt mE 2 23 VGA Enable Disable reet etae eni a l k kak 2 24 2 Bus 2 24 PWR Supply Failure ere eoi ir ade KE KAKA KA 2 25 SAS 2 25 Software RAID Enable 2 2 00000000 000000000000 2 26 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 27 GLEAN LE DS xuya o RR ae Nine n ax n Hen b k banan 2 27 Onboard Power 2 27 POST Code LED 2 28 CPU VRM Over heat LEDS gt le RA HE Kan nk eene nea nan 2 28 SATUS BID e LR 2 29 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy SIMLP IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 30 Parallel Port Connector iiiter ere tecto rae 2 30 Floppy Gs OMIM 5 22 cis d nina ka
84. ld use one that will supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin is also required for adequate power supply to the CPU Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 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 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 generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with
85. m BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM9 PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete 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 Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS N to prevent possible boot failure SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwis
86. n when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setup a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may cause the system become unstable When this occurs reset the setting to the default setting 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 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the memory branch operates System address space can either be interleaved between two channels or Sequential from one channel to another Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Sequential and Single Channel 0 4 11 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the
87. nds 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 Computer Inc 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 SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 When LE1 is on make sure to unplug the power cable before removing or in stalling components 5 SAS is available for the X7DVL 3 only SAS Connectors the LSI SAS HostRAID Controller the Button socket and 3 GSPIO0 3 GSPIO1 LEDs are built in on the X7DVL 3 only I Button is used to enable RAID 5 However RAID 0 1 and 10 are enabled t
88. ns 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 177 Ground 18 DIR SIMLP IPMI Slot 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data There is Low Profile SIMLP IPMI 33 Ground 24 Write Gate Slot on the motherboard Refer to DONNE 26 Track00 the layout below for the IPMI Slot 27 Ground 28 Write Protect location 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette A Floppy B SIMLP Slot CPU VRM ERE BMW Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Ll DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 North Bridge GLAN Prete 133 MHz PCI E x8 aged JWD Q LEI lots Buzzer CPU VRM PCI X 133 MHz E Memory 05849 E batten 9 35 JBT1 SGPIO1 EDT Es VGA ESB2 ij CTRLR 8 BIOS South TSGPloo 8 pal Bridge E 9018 1515 5 Controller EJ 031 1 5 815191811818 ls l gt 3 5823122 12
89. ns The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor Ill in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features througho
90. nt the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic the Note on Page 4 18 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 75 80 and 85 The default setting for the Intel 5100 Series CPU is 75 and for the 5000 Series CPU is 80 See below Highlight this and hit Enter to see the status of each of the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fani Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control 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
91. or repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics is recommended For port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed Determine if DIMMs of different speeds or types have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots For better memory performance please install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 2 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques
92. r pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions Jewi Pi mm 24 Pin ATX PWR PN B Mouse JAR USBO CPU VRM DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 PE DIMM 1C Bank 1 e DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1 Bank 1 L LAN1 Bufton utto 5000V crue LAN2 SUPER X7DVL 3 North Bridge Fans Fang SIMLP eLan P9 133 MHz 8 in rad JWD Q ro CPUVRM PCI X 133 MHz Memory 3 55 4 21 JBT1 1 EJDT a VGA ESB2 CTRLR 8 BIOS South TSGPIo0 Js Bridge 3 2 9 Printer 8108 LSISAS svo Controller 5 8 Jwon P et MHz SATA1 BATAs SATAS 2121918151818 518 2 Fey SA Aa 5823 515 call as a 14 8 as e Fan OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Ti Vcc Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Of
93. r two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JPWF to prevent false alarms Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default SAS Enable Disable SAS Enable Disable Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or disable SAS Connectors The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable SAS See the table on the right for jumper settings Both Jumpers gt Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled A PWR Supply Fail B SAS Enable 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU VRM Cour DIMM 2 Bank 2 CPU1 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 P DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Bufton 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 SIMLP IGLAN Pe5 133 MHz PERE aa ID sl JWD LEIET BIST Buzzer cPuvRM PCI X 133 MHz 3 Graphics z Memory 9 05848 185 JBT1 sep o EJDT VGA ESB2 CTRLR g BIOS South T SGPlo0 E Bridge x 9 Printer amp T 3 LSISAS svo TEZ Controller E P wor Pel
94. sor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Dual Core Processors 1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER O8 X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DVL 3 X7DVL i All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health moni toring Onboard Voltage Monitoring An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V Standby and VBAT Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fa
95. speeds and voltages of various components 4 23 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot Disabled 9 Supervisor Password Is This indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 2
96. stall the motherboard into the chassis 2 5 SUPERO X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Super Micro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A For better memory performance please install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM DIMM 724A then DIMM 1B DIMM 2B and DIMM 1C DIMM 2C See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DVL 3 X7DVL i supports up to 16 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 533 667 in 6 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in better memory performance Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Number Bank 1 Bank 2 of DIMMs 2 DIMMs ey 4 DIMMs 1A 1B
97. standby 5V standby and VBAT Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Low noise fan speed control Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready CPU fan auto off in sleep mode Pulse Width Modulation PWM fan control temperature sensing logic Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection e Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert Supero Doctor III 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism e ACPI Power Management Power on mode for power recovery Onboard I O Six SATA ports supporting RAIDO 1 10 and 5 Six SAS ports supporting RAIDO 1 10 and 5 See Note 5 on Page 1 4 One SIMLP IPMI 2 0 socket Two Giga bit LAN ports supported by the ESB 2 South Bridge One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port One EPP ECP Parallel Header Upto six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 4 Headers XGI27 16 MB Graphic Controller Super l O Winbond W83627HF Other External modem ring on e WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities B
98. the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper set tings The default setting is enabled Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled A GLAN Port1 Enable B GLAN Port2 Enable 24 Pin ATX PWR CPU VRM Cour DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 NGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 I Button 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL 3 Nerth Bridge SIMLP 133 MHz PCI E x8 Fang JWD 18127 Buzer cPuvRM lots PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 BIOS South T SGPlo0 8 p Bridge 3 Printer 4008 LsISAS Controller JEC i EJ 5 lalala 8 5 2 4 23 2 9 2 2 2 1 8 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to
99. to 120 bus cycles in 8 cycle increment The default setting is 32 bus cycles Chapter 4 BIOS Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allow the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A 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 This setting allows you to select the base I O address for s
100. ut a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Servers Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn
101. will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modula tion 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 full speed 12V at all times The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed P12V VRO P12V VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS SUPER X7DVL 3 X7DVL i User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold See the Note on Page 4 18 This option allows the

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