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1. each LED ett y cm Right GLAN LEDs e 1 Gb LAN Right LED The Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports located Indicator Speed LED beside the Video port has two LEDs LED n Color Definiti The yellow LED indicates activity while Off No Connection the other LED may be green orange or Green 10 100 MHz EN Amber 1GHz off to indicate the speed of the connec tion See the table at right for the func 1 Gb LAN Left LED tions associated with the second LED MACAO Moe LED Definition Color T Amber Blinking n 10 100MHz m d 1GHz DIMM 48 Bank 4 E SUPER X6DH8 XG2 zz Mouse n NIS GLAN LERs D m i 2 5 222 SCSI Activity 8 LEDs _ GLAN1 Sul 2 1 cup ca icsi LED e JPA2 SCSI A Term i JPA3 L SCSI Term kacEx Ultra 320 5 51 X 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The flop
2. PWR Button an5 Fan 4 Pin M Pin ATXPWR F 1JP16 ani Fans frana rend ra m oue DIMM T8 Back 8 DIMM 1 Bank 1 E DIMM 28 Bank 2 e 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 38 Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 Lindenhurst North EN iro 4 3 RAGE X PCI Epx 6 t PH SMER south Bridge paan 4 133MHz 58 GLAN PH Enable 7902 Reset gt Reset Button E raae ARGO DAT POLAT 100 MHEZGR garaua Pwr gt Power Butto 05 SATAT scsi CH B Term 2 cow were 0 0 seston 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 Attach the appropri ate cable to inform you of a chas sis intrusion Universal Serial Bus 05 0 1 Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions
3. 5 Fane 4 24 ATX PWR E 41JP16 Fan7 PWR 8 PWR Force PWR ON E PWR KB Fani WR Mouse Faut DIMM 1B Bank 1 5 E DIMM 1A Bank 1 z 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Fd CPU1 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM Bank 3 VGA DIMM 4B Bank 4 PW LED fg lt DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 5 m CPU2 8 2 2 UPER X6DH E7520 fe co GLAN2 Lindenhurst 2 North 3 JPG Bridge JL1 a NGA Super CPU Fan2 intra Enable Io Fang D RAGE X X8 PCI Epx 6 zla 5 82801ER PCI X 5 133MHz ICHSR South Clear GLAN Bridge CMOS LR PCI X 4 133 2 JPA1 82546 E BIOS scsi x 3 133 MHz Enable o GLAN PXH E Enable 7902 9 2 100 MHz Stel a Battery DA2 00 DA1 e CHB SCSILED CHA SCSI LED 5 PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR JPA2 7 SCSI CH A Term m WOL SMBUS ISATA1 JPA3 LI SCSI CH B Term o 2 wD Enables ts LUSB2 3 320 SCSICHB 1 Jumpers not indicated for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detail
4. USBO USB1 Two USB 2 0 ports JPUSB1 Pin Pin Definition Number Definition located beside the PS 2 keyboard 1 45V 1 25V mouse ports USBO is the bottom 2 Pos 2 PO 3 0 3 connector and USB1 is the top 4 Ground 4 Ground connector See the table on the NI CAR Key right for pin definitions Fans Fang tfi ATXPWR E IJFT6 DIMM 1B Bank 1 USB 0 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 28 Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 es DIMM 38 Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4 Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 un eme m x Chassis CN e Intrusion pus pee 2 13 X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Front Panel Universal Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Pin Serial Bus Headers Definitions FPUSB2 FPUSB3 FPUSB4 Pin Pin Extra USB header FP USB2 FP Number Definition Number Definition USB3 JUSB2 and FP USB4 d JUSB3 can be used for front 3 PO 3 side USB access You will need io 5 7 USB cable to use either connec tion Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports Serial Port Pi
5. NOCONA PROCESSOR 1 8 x VRM NOCONA PROCESSOR 2 CLOCK Et 3 EH 5 gt 81818 1PCHX t E SLOT PCS PXH meri m mee com PC xBUS I33 pee Py aN DIMMs PCI EXP PABP B MCH uses PCI X BUS 133 MHZ LLL 4DDRIl 400 1PCHX DIMMs It PXH mide AON Pe Gbit LAN h IDSELPXHT_PBADI7 ANVIK put cH 82546EB ui 1PCHX eT a sor IDE PCI M ICHSR VGA 1 scsi SATA SATA Us SLOT AIC7902W p USB Ports 0 4 uss 5 LPCI O BMCCON FWH vie xm comt HW Mouse Floppy com2 MONITOR Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the E7520 Lindenhurst chipset The X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 motherboard provides the mance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation
6. HDD LED HDD LED Pin Definitions The HDD LED connection is located JF1 on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach Pin N Definiti the hard drive LED cable here to T Uum display disk activity for any hard 14 Active drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con NIC1 LED Pin NIC2 LED Pin troller LED connections for the ira GLAN Port1 is located on pins 11 Pin Pin and 12 of JF1 and for the GLAN Number Definition Number Definition 11 Vcc 9 Port2 is located on pins 9 and 10 12 GND 10 GND of JF1 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions HDD NIC1 NIC2 LED res DIMM 1B Bank 1 rum amp B DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 i SUPER X6DH8 XG2 me E Enabie aud m _ free LEE Fail LED lt Jas Power Fail LED lt m EIE 5 Ground Reset Reset Button HR pur gt Power Button csi 2 d cw sen l 2 10 C
7. 2 17 Wake on Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 Pin Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Number Definition 1 2 3 45V Standby Ground Wake up n i PCI X 2 100 MHz PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR Buzzer X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual SMB Power I C SMB PWR Connector Pin Definitions J24 Pin Definition 1 Clock 12 C Connector 424 located be 5 1 tween Fan7 CPU1 Fan and the 4 GND PWR Fault header monitors the 5 43 3V status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J22 Connect the appropriate cable here to uti lize SMB on your system Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 Date 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 NA Caution These fan headers are DC power
8. 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions uet tds 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service sss 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 T IDtFOQUCHOT cert nete ner cei t tn Her P vis i nena 4 1 4 2 PRUNING SS OTP ect cae 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup ah ette eere e mper 4 3 4 4 Advanced Setups rant e tte te irr 4 7 4 5 Security Setup decere ee ee etis 4 19 4 6 Boot Setup sra Appendices Appendix BIOS POST CAES sette er t eae tertie A 1 Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and the Operating System B 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been in cluded with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or miss ing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI cable X6DH8 XG2 only One 1 2 cable One 1 SATA cables One 1 backpanel shield One 1 USB 2 Port
9. iter 4 7 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual P Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagnostic screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system 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 After Power Failure This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power Options are Stay Off and Power On Watch Dog This setting is for enabling the Watch Dog feature 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 P Memory Cache Cache Syste
10. ISMBUS SATA1 usBz3 sATAo CLI SCSI Term Ultra320 SCSICHB SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for The default set jumper settings ting is enabled VGA Enable VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Enabled Disabled Force PWR On 1 Fans Fane 4 24 ATX PWR JP16 Fan7 PWR 8 pin PWR Force PWR ON amp sues PWR KB 1 R Mouse Faut DIMM 1 Bank 1 E 8 DIMM 1A Bank 1 H 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 de CPU1 uu lo DIMM 2A Bank 2 9 aq DIMM 3B Bank 3 55 8 88 DIMM Bank 3 8 l VGA DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLED DIMM 4A Bank 4 E S 2 Um UPER X6DH8 XG2 E7520 g GLANZ Lindenhurst North
11. Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS In Stead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the acci dental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW ON connec tor to clear CMOS Watch Dog J18 controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a software application freezes the System Pins 1 2 will have WD re set the system if a program freezes Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt for the pro gram that has frozen requires soft ware implementation Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Watch Dog Jumper Settings J18 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Open WD to Reset WD to NMI Disabled E EC JPA1 SCSI Enable PXH Clear CMOS SCSICHA 7902 SCSI CTRL DA2 DA1 CHB SCSILED CHA SCSILED JPA2 SCSI CH A Term 320
12. 5 Fane 4 24 ATX PWR __ 4 16 PWR Force PWR ON KB Mouse DIMM 1B Bank 1 E 5 DIMM 1A Bank 1 H 8 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 ze E CPU1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 5 DIMM 3B Bank 3 E DIMM 3A Bank 3 VGA DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLED gj DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 4 CPU2 ae UPER Q X6DH8 XG2 5 E7520 a GLAN2 Lindenhurst acer 2 North IPC Bridge lt s Super CPU Fan2 5 H Intrul nable Fang RAGE X X8 PC Epx 6 ala 15 c PXH 8280ER 8 8 PCLX 5 133MHz ICHSR e South 9 Bridge Clear PCI X 4 133MHz JPA1 82546 Bios t PCI X 3 133 MHz Enable 5 GLAN PXH 5 Enable 7902 S PCI X 2 100 MHz Sa 5 ILED s 1 100 MHz ZCR JPA2 SCSI CH A Term 5 WOL C WD Enabli 18 Ultra 320 SCSICHB 5 Chapter 2 Installation Power Fault Power Fault Pin Definitions JP12 Connect a cable from your power Pin supply to the Power Fault header Number Definition 1 PWR 1 Fail Signal 2 PWR 2 Fail Signal 3 PWR 3 Fail Signal 4 Signal Alarm Reset JP12 to provide warning of power supply failure This warn ing signal is passed through the PWR LED pin to indicate of a Note This feature is only available when using power failure on the chassis See redundant Supermicro power supplies
13. 8 6 8 2 m meus 5 8 Cum sre JH 2 11 OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 7 Vcc 8 GND OH Fan Fail LED JF1 State Message Off Normal Stay On Overheat Blink Fan Fail Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 5 Vcc 6 GND OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED Reset gt Reset Butto Pwr 5 Power Buttd SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Reset Button Reset Pin i Definitions The Reset Button connection is lo JF1 cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 At Pin Number Definition tach it to the hardware reset 3 Reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Power Button Connector The Power Button connection is Pin Definitions located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins Nm Definition will power on off the system This 1 PW 2 Ground button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button
14. 15 J North 3 Brid a ee io cm cru Eana 5 PeH intra RAGE X X8 PCI Epx 6 IPMI 82801ER g PCI X 5 133MHz ICHSR o u dec Clear ridge PCI X 4 133MHz cue JPA1 82546 BIOS x Pe PCI X 3 133 MHz Enable 5 GLAN PXH a Enable 7902 9 PL PCI X 2 100 MHz scsi CHB scsi Leg 00 RAA SCSI LED BCI AOU JPA2 SCSI CH Term 5 E WOL O sMBUS SATA1 15 51 Term a WD Enable Buzzer USB2 3 SATA0 Ultra 320 SCSICHB 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect JP13 The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup f you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JP13 to prevent false alarms CPU Fan1 CPU 1 LE mt CPU2 EE Di 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect Jumper Settings JP13 Jumper Position Definition Open Disabled Closed Enabled PWR 8 SMBus PWR PWR 5 FP Control L P15 p eboot tion mi BPK PW LED
15. Opti PWRSupply JL1 CPU Fan2 5 L ICH Intru Pano 2 21 a 2 PWR Fault De on tect SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN port s on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled GLAN PCI X 4 133MHz CTLR 82546 PCI X 3 133 MHz GLAN Enable 8 1 PCI X 2 100 MHz Battery PCI X 1 100 MHz 2 2 02 2 22 Connector Pins Jumper Cap Wd Setting GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings 3 21 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled GLAN Enable Pin 1 2 short
16. DIMM 18 Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Fant zc DIMM Z8 Bank 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM 38 Bank 3 5 DIMM Bank 3 DIMM 48 Bank 4 DIMM Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 ld SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Channel Termination Enable JPA2 JPA3 Jumper Position Definition Open Enabled Closed Disabled Default SCSI Ch A B SOSI Enable Term Enable South Bridge SCSI CH A Ten CI SCSI CH B Tepa 2 25 SCSICHA Itra 320 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 2 7 Onboard Indicators SCSI Channel Activity LEDs ForX6DH8 XG2 only SCSI Channel Activity Two LEDs DA1 DA2 to indicate LEDs DA1 DA2 SCSI activity are located near the SCSI controller AIC 7902 chip SUME ERU DA indicates the activity status of DA2 Channel Active SCSI Channel A and DA2 DA1 in dicates the activity status of SCSI Channel B See the table at right for the functions associated with
17. Fans Fans atx PWR EPIS y Fant A Mouse Fault DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM Ta Bank 1 8 DIMM 28 Bank 2 cput E DIMM 2 Bank 2 am DIMM 38 Bank 3 DIMM Bank 3 281 vea DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLED e DIMM 4A Bank 4 H cpu2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 uu Lindenhurst North EN Bridge o X8 PCI Epx 6 SMER IPTE south Clear Beige POLAN poxas tasmne lis En wat T s si POLK HS 199 Me Enable 5 LAN P Enable 7002 5 EPa PCLX 2 100 MHz aL cue scoiPAZOO BAL H too MH ZCR i JPA2 3SCSICHA Term 8 E wou Etscsicne Tem com T woes rumes 2 9 NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 19 Control 20 Ground PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 15 Vec 16 Control OH Fan Fail LED lt Power Fail LED lt Reset gt Reset Button Pwr gt Power Button SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual
18. ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Win dows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests 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 Depressing 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 re quired circuitry in the system alive case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff stat
19. the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail Alarm Clear Switch Alarm Reset The system will notify you in the oou event of a power supply failure Jumper This feature assumes that Super Position Definition micro redundant power supply Pas units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should leave PWR Fault the pins open the default setting to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper set tings o Fans Fans ay sus Fant Rj n Mouse DIMM 18 Bank 1 a Bank 1 E 26 Bank 2 S crus E DIMM 2A Bank 2 E Bank 3 m E DIMM 3A Bank 3 vas DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLED Ee DIMM 4A Bank 4 cruz lg am SUPER X6DH8 XG2 E 2 Worth t E Bridge z Fans 6 E 8 EET TA south GEAN sexes oom Lun cuos
20. DIMM 4A Bank 4 s CPU2 E GLAN1 m SUPER 6 X6DH8 XG2 8 Qe sels E7520 fe GLAN2 9 Lindenhurst SEES GIS North Bridge lt E Enable Super CPUFan2 5 H Intru 5 RAGE X X8 PCI Epx 6 gt G PXH 8280ER 5 133 2 iGHER 6 South Clear Bridge 4 133 2 82546 m BIOS 65 lt PCI X 3 133 MHz Enable 5 GLAN m 2 Enable 7902 8 PL1 CSI EJ PCI X 2 100 MHz egi Battery DAT PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR CHB scsi LED CHA scsi ep JPA2 SCSI CH A Term x WOL ISMBUS SATA1 JPA3 L 1scsi Term 3 WD EnableE H Ultra 320 SCSICHB 0584 23 0 2 15 SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Fan Headers 4 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions The X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 has ChassisiFans x Definition eight fan headers Note These 1 Ground black 2 12 red fan headers can support both 3 3 Taghometer pin fans and 4 pin fans Pins 1 8 of 4 pin fan headers back Caution These fan headers use DC power ward compatible with the tradi Fan Header Pin Definitions tional 3 fans The fan speeds Number Benin are controlled by Thermal Manage 1 Ground black 2 12 ment via BIOS under the 3 Tachometer ware Monitoring section in the A
21. FE Je DMM 4A Bank 1 ICH5R SUPER X6DH8 XG2 m d South e sheen lj Bridge Mos S o Bios lt XE PCIE scsi oe 5 Enable o EE B 5 7902 9 scsi x H GIRE Porxas Via Mz Enable 8 oa 8 CHB scsi Pes 00 RAA SCSI LED 5 JPA2 15 51 A Term 5 RD A 2 3ATA1 JPA3L 1SCSICHB Term poe Tem S N 2 27 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions JIDE1 JIDE2 There are no jumpers to Function Pin Number Function configure the onboard IDE 1 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 and 2 connectors at J3 5 HostData6 6 Host Data 9 and J4 respectively See 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 f 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 the table on the right for pin 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 m 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 definitions 15 Host Data1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND IDE2 IDE
22. Front Control Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Header SCSI CHA JPA2 CHB JPA3 Term Enabled X6DH8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector IPMI Connector Overheat LED VGA Connector Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports Description Power LED SCSI CH A LED DA1 SCSI CH B LED DA2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel 604 pin Nocona w EM64T processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed Notes CPU FSB speed is set by Manufacturer Please do not change the FSB setting Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www supermicro com products Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM Notes 1 Memory size is set via BIOS 2 Interleaved memory requires memory modules to be installed in pairs See Section 2 3 for details Chipset ntel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 One PCI E slots x8 4GB sec Five 64 bit PCI X slots Three PCI X 133 slots One PCI X 100 slot One PCI X 100 w ZCR suport BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V and 3 3V standby Fan status monitor with firmware software on off con
23. South Bridge C GLAN EN PCLX 4133MHz PA Bios Li PCI X 3 133 MHz Enable 5 GLAN PH 5 Enable 7902 8 2 100 MHz BRL PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR JPA2 SCSI CH A Term 5 im WOLL T SMBus SCSI CH B Term comz Erab e Sider USBAG SATAD Ultra 20 SCSICHE an4 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR1 This function al lows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is lo cated at JWOL on the mother board See the table on the right for pin definitions You must en able the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Fans aa ARP ITT Force PUR ON lc Fee e TT H DIMM Bank 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 28 Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 38 Bank 3 DIMM Bank 3 DIMM 38 Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 Bi f T H 3
24. 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 5Ch 60 62 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83
25. 6 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system startup press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt A gt keys simulta neously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility B 3 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Con troller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simulta neously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if a single hard disk fails Due to the built in functionality the X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk 1 throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard desig
26. Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all PC and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the System parameters such type of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backups battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed 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 Pow
27. This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log validity Event Log Capacity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log capacity View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs Options are Yes and No 4 5 gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address Specifies to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection Options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type Choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control Choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection Select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether t
28. You must also connect the 4 pin JPW2 power connector to your power supply to provide adequate power supply for system power consumption See the table on the right for pin definitions Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX and the Auxiliary power connectors above the 12v 8 pin Processor connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply for CPU power consumption PWR Connector ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 Pin Number Definition Number Definition 13 43 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 COM 5 COM 18 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V 12V 4 pin Connector JPW2 Pins Definition Requi 1 amp 2 Ground Required 3 amp 4 12V 8 Pin 12v Power Supply Connector J1D1 Pins Definition 1 thru 4 5 thru 8 Ground 12v 2 8 Fans rane ePm E J JP16 Fani EIL Force PWRON z ro
29. F figura lor WII thes bey cursor ipa Eee to exii desde SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below Array iguration keys bs mew Imber te seleck aplius Esch du oll Cede 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below RAID Con byuretion Ub3h56 a5EL 248 devils de Ao deeloe Ain di Alp de dev drives present et POST are dizplaued a Appendix B Software Installation Instructions You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility fdaptce BAIT Configuration For more information regarding Ad
30. SMBUS SATA1 mee prd COM2 5 X Ultra 320 SCSICHB PH um Vd FP USB4 FP USB 2 3 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports A G bit Ethernet port designated JLAN1 JLAN2 is located beside the 2 port on the IO back plane This port accepts RJ45 type cables ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located on J9 See the table at right for pin definitions See Figure 2 3 for the locations of each PS 2 Keyboard and Mou Pin Defi Port nitions JKM1 Pin Number Definition ONARAN Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Fan5 Fane 4 24 Pin ATX PWR E 1JP16 Fan7 PWR 8 Keyboard PWR Force PWR ON mE E PWR Fant Mouse Faut 6 DIMM 1B Bank 1 i 5 m DIMM 1A Bank 1 8 DIMM 2B Bank 2 a CPU1 uu 5 DIMM 2 Bank 2 DIMM Bank 3 525 DIMM Bank 3 4 4 PWLED 5
31. State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2004 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 motherboard The SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 supports single or dual Intel Nocona processors ata 800 MHz front side bus Based upon Intel s NetBurst microarchitecture the Nocona processor supports the IA 32 software and includes features found in the Xeon processor such Hyper Pipelined Technology which includes a multi stage pipeline allowing the processor to operate at much higher core frequencies Packaged in a 604 pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array FC mPGA4 platform in a Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket mPGA 604 the Nocona Processor 800 MHz which supports Hyper Threa
32. and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the power management functions The thermal fan is controlled by the overheat detection logic Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal control fan to prevent any overheat Chapter 1 Introduction damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat CPU Overheat LED
33. and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor Il in Linux LDCM is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever 1 11 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual
34. antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery Do not install the onboard upside down battery to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 2 2 Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard a conductive surface which damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU CEK heat sink To adequately support the weight of CPU heat sinks please install the X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 in a chassis that is compli ant with the SSI EEB 3 5 Specification CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPUT fi
35. ded te be cta m d Fe atte 2 1 2 2 Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 253 Installing Et ERR eere eie Pine eU ee 2 5 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel 2 6 2 5 G nrnecting Cables ti EE 2 8 ATX Powel ae eme tacet eere tun 2 8 Processor Power Connector 22 8 NMLEBUTOI 2 9 Power oec ir eot esed rote cs 2 9 HDD pp 2 10 NIGTINIC2 LED EE 2 10 Overheat Fan Fall DEDE 2 11 Power Fail WED irte cO d E RE Oc 2 11 Table of Contents Reset uie eret eee cn d a Power BULON 2 perde cde Chassis cosi iiiter iE rere Universal Serial Bus 05 0 1 Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers USBO 1 2 14 Seral ROMS ani derent rrr 2 14 GLAN Ethernet erret rer tritis 2 15 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 15 F n amp cies ecc ecd ee d foa diee 2 16 Power LED Speaker Header JD1 2 16 uon oe tee aere ren te tio brat Wake On LAN crac er ret ena e e HR ER ERR RR SMB Power IC Power Fa
36. gt PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot 1 PCI X 100MHz Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 4 PCI X 133MHz Slot 5 PCI Exp x8 Slot 6 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM Options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master 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 Options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00 0 00 0 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 Different OS requires different Bus Master clock rate 4 11 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode If enabled this feature sets the device specified to comply with the PCI Express Compliance 1 0 Mode The options are Disabled and Enabled Memory RAS F
37. options are Auto which allows BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 4 5 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of CPU Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer Options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether Phoe
38. restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu B 6 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page B 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Inser
39. s FOX 19 Me Enable 8 sran 5 Enable 7902 8 Ema P PCIX 100 MHZ ZCR scsi SCSI CHA Ter wa Bweus seme sesi cHe Tam Tg com f Alarm Clear Switch 2 19 X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Overheat LED JOH1 Overheat LED The JOH header is used to con Pin Definitions JOH1 nect an LED to provide warning of Pin chassis overheating It is located Number Definition near the microphone connector 1 SvDC p 2 OH Active VGA Enable OH LED 4 Pi Pi E JP16 zpi OM 24 Pin ATXPWR ER oN POR 7 Fani PWR Faut DIMM 1B Bank 1 m DIMM 1A Bank 1 E 5 DIMM 2B Bank 2 EA 2 2 I DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM Bank 3 ea DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLED DIMM 4A Bank 4 E CPU2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 E7520 3 2 Lindenhurst
40. the boot block and enter the name of the update BIOS image file Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program
41. 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID Feature Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation This setting allows the user to select the Native Mode for the operation of ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto 4 4 4 5 PIDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit 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 Cylinders be etka wane er poa ML MEM METH Howls 1 Fas lsnin Capen LDaparitgt Purnat Maximin Caparity Pulri Eectu e ral Led T Bode Bi zal Les 32 1255 Trsaifsp Pads EE andard ode 41 Selects the type of IDE hard drive The
42. 1 Fans Fane arr ATK PWR Fanz PwR Tom mm TT I CPU Fan2 2 DIMM 18 Bank 1 DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 28 Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Fang E Control E cput Es Pis DIMM 38 Bank 3 i DIMM Bank 3 H DIMM 48 Bank 4 S2201ER DIMM 4A Bank 4 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 ICH5R cuz vues fou Fer South Bridge E a SEHR North J SCSI RAGEX Enable SCSICHA Eri 4 133MHz Ej ios 2 ss R p DAT p d 7002 scsi LED OU CHA scsi LED 4 iz EE Pann ie JPA2 SCSI CH A Term sesio 3ATA1 FISCSICHBTerm 2 SCSI CH A Ter z wes pure SCSI CHS Ten SATAO Ultra320 SCSICHB sow Jg SCSCHS Chapter 2 Installation Ultra320 SCSI Connectors X6DH8 XG2 Only Refer to the table below for the pin definit
43. 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis compares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive B 10 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the pi
44. 5 JPGiygA Bridge uu 5 Enable am CPU Fan2 5 H Intru 9 Fans IRAGE X X8 PCI Epx 6 REB SAMER PCI X 5 133MHz HER m 2 south Bridge PCI X 4 133MHz 1 82546 E plos scsi PCI X 3 133 MHz Enable 5 GLAN Enable 7902 Ei E WPL1 7 scsi Ep PCI X 2 100 MHz scsi 8 cue sosi Lep LIU GAA 1 100 MHz ZCR SCSILED H JPA2 SCSI CHA Term 5 ig WOL SMBUS SATA1 15 5 Term com WD Enable ts usszs sarAo __Ultra320_SCSTCHB 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation SCSI Enable Disable ForX6DH8 XG2 only Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or disable the SCSI headers Jumper JPA1 is for headers 1 and 2 The default setting is pins 1 2 to enable all four headers See the table on the right for jumper set tings SCSI Termination Enable Disable ForX6DH8 XG2 only Jumpers JPA2 and allow you to enable or disable termination for the SCSI connectors Jumper JPA2 controls SCSI channel A and is for SCSI channel B The default setting is open to enable terminate both SCSI channels Note For the SCSI Drives to function properly please do not change the default setting See the table on the right for jumper settings Cod ETT ume EZUTE EEE LN Tee a
45. 6 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and space resources of the Super can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their
46. ST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 continuous long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values Initialize component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size 1 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual POSTCode Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 8 1 1 Test DRAM refresh
47. SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section W issardlng Exit Eystan utzup anal Load Setup Deflte gave sour changes be Discard Charqur Janse Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use 4 22 4 5 Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 23 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Notes 4 24 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When recoverable type of error occurs during PO
48. SUPERO SUPER X6DH8 XG2 SUPER X6DHE XG2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and 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 SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA
49. XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules time beginning with Bank 0 then Bank 1 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repair
50. ading Technology This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Applicable for the XP systems Machine Checking This setting allows you to Enable or Disable Machine Checking Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Chapter 4 BIOS Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Onboard COM 1 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Base Address Select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard COM 2 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Base Address Select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity
51. aptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from web site at www supermicro com SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual B 2 Installing Intel s ICH5R Driver by Adaptec and the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the System f Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD 9 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the Enter key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key k Press t
52. ase Tab Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various 1 ports Figure 2 3 Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Green USBO USB1 Ports LAN2 Port Port Mese Keyboard COM Port Video Purple Turquoise 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Ground NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED OH Fan LED Vcc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground Pwr Power Button 2 7 SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector The main power supply connector on the X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification
53. board 12V power P3V3 STBY Standby This item displays the voltage status of onboard 3V Standby power 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 Enters Security BIOS settings are described in this section Item Help User Paaswned 18 Set Huperwirar Paco Set Piel Pisal dich beat sectori E i an bent Hh cakiedl Supervisor Password 15 This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system 4 19 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 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 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 t
54. cable One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI User s Manual X6DH8 XG2 only 1 1 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 Image SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale
55. ck the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 0 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 supports up to 16 GB of buffered DDR2 400 PC3200 memory All motherboards were designed to support 2 GB mod ules in each slot but has only been verified for up to 1 GB modules Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the irm Note Notch li should align alignment with the notch at the receptive point bottom on the slot 2 5 Notch Notch X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Top View of DDR II Slot Rele
56. ct Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 Workstation 4 4 pin Server 5 4 Workstation Fan 1 Fan 8 Note Fan7 is designated as CPU Fan 1 and 8 is designated as CPU Fan 2 P12V CPUO SCALED This item displays the voltage status of CPU1 12V power P12V_CPU1_SCALED This item displays the voltage status of CPU2 12V Power P12V_SCALED This item displays the voltage status of CPU 12V power CPU Vio This item displays the voltage status of onboard CPU I Os MCH PXH Vcore This item displays the voltage status of MCH North Bridge and PXH I O Hub ICH Vcore This item displays the voltage status of ICH South Bridge CPU1 CPU2 Vcore This item displays the voltage status of CPU1 2 core power P3_3V This item displays the voltage status of CPU 3 3V power P5V This item displays the voltage status of CPU 5V 1V8_SC This item displays the voltage status of the motherboard 8V power PIV8 This item displays the voltage status of the motherboard 8 V power 4 18 4 5 MEN VTT This item displays the voltage status of onboard memory PIVO NIC This item displays the voltage status of Network Interface Card N12V SCALED This item displays the voltage status of on
57. cture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Adding Deleting Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press lt gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu B 12 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Initializing Disk Drives If an installe
58. d Caution Fan headers are DC power vanced Setting See the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED Speaker Speaker Connector Pin On the JDI header pins 1 3 are Definitions JD1 i E Pin for a power LED and pins 4 7 are Number Function Definition for the speaker See the table on 4 wire Speaker data R 5 Key No connection the right for speaker pin defini 6 Key tions Note The speaker connec d Speaker data tor pins are for use with an exter nal speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Fan amp Fan6 Fan7 JP16 bin ES sk ES KBr Fant Fault Fan1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 H 8 DIMM 1A Bank 1 H DIMM 2B Bank 2 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Speaker DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 PWR LED DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 EM 2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 7520 ane Lindenhurst North JPGlyga Super Bridge F Fan3 Enable an8 RAGEX PH 8280ER PCIX 5 133MHz ICHSR
59. d disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below 4 FADD Coot igeration Mility F Dal lies r i Tf igarat lor Risk Wii ties Du ur 21 to select 3 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the screen below SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual LUILE Array n ITE CIT L 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below delues Tee laltialTzal 8 44 HL H Appendix B Software Installation Instructions 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized a
60. ding Technology and Intel EM64T is ideal for high performance workstation and server environments with up to two processors on one system bus Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product page product m htm for updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST codes Appendix B provides software and the OS in
61. e Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Chapter 1 Introduction Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power and includes the additional 12V 4 pin power connector an even higher wattage power supply is recommended for high load configurations Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports NOTE A 12V 8 pin power connector JPW3 is required for CPU power support and additional 12 V 4 pin power connector JPW2 is also required to supplem
62. eature Control Select this option to enable the Memory RAS Feature Control The options are Standard Sparing and Mirroring Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled 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 DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRAM memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt 4 12 4 5 SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the conditions required to be qualified as an ECC error Options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable all functions for the USB devices specified Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Hyper Thre
63. ed 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 r installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well a fk C0 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas Sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes SUPER X6DH8
64. ed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 SCSI is for the X6DH8 XG2 only Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed information Jumper Description Default Setting J18 Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset JP12 Power Fault See Chapter 2 JP13 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect Enabled JP14 Alarm Reset Enable Off Disabled JPA1 SCSI Controller Enable On Enabled X6DH8 JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 GLAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 CPU PWR JPW3 Aux PWR JPW2 COM1 COM2 DIMM 1 A DIMM 4B FAN 1 8 FP USB 2 3 4 GLAN 1 2 IDE1 IDE2 JIDE1 JIDE2 J22 J24 JD1 JF1 JL1 JPA2 JPFDD1 JPIMI JOH1 JVGA1 JWOL JWOR1 USB 0 1 JUSB1 Indicator LE1 DA1 DA2 X6DH8 Primary ATX PWR Connector Also JPW2 JPW3 12 V8 pin CPU PWR Connector required 12V 4 pin Auxiliary system PS Required 1 1 2 2 Serial Ports Memory RAM Slots CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers Fan7 CPU1 Fan Fan8 CPU2 Fan Front Panel USB Headers JUSB2 FPUSB 2 3 JUSB3 FPUSB 4 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors System Management Bus Connector Power System Management Connector PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7
65. emote serial video 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description CDh CEh D2h Re map and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POSTCode Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS Ifthe BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequ
66. ence continuously AS SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Notes Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Appendix B Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard The following section provides information on Adaptec s SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel ICH5R Controller B 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH5R Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset the ICH5R Cont
67. ent system power consumption Fail ure to provide this extra power will result in instability of the CPU after only a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 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 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 1
68. er available Enhanced Mode In this mode system BIOS will automatically search for all available IRQs for the use of HDD For newer Operating Systems that support the Enhanced Mode such as Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 you can set SATA and PATA to the Enhanced Mode newer Operating Systems can accommodate both Enhanced Mode and Combined Mode and support up to 6 ATA devices Please refer to the Advanced Chipset Control under the Advanced Setup in the BIOS for the selection of Combined Mode or Enhanced Mode Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions Enhanced Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time to power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll down the menu to select the item Load Setup Default and press the Enter key Select Yes to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enable and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 From this submenu select Enable and press Enters
69. er menus ning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choos ing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon Wi
70. h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROM
71. hapter 2 Installation Overheat FanFail LED Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or sytem fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Fans 0 ATXPWR E 12216 Fan PWR Tm PWR Force PWR ON pee eS Fant z Mouse mut E DIMM 1B Bank 1 ke DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 cpus DIMM 2A Bank 2 dj DIMM 3B Bank 3 geile DIMM 3A Bank 3 80 DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLED DIMM 4A Bank 4 i S in UPER X6DH8 XG2 Beas sia Worth uper Bridge zu e E kwbe e eruta Racex a 8 d 1 pee 2 south Clear Bridge T 4446 eios H sts lt PCLX 133 MHz Enable 5 GLAN E Enable 7902 8 Epu PCIX 2 100 MHz
72. he 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 OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot B 20 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown be low 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 amp chiriet ies SUPERMICES pirani Ciraci 81 Drivers amp Tools ATI deser Intel E7528 Chipert Aiape Manage serice SUPER Speed Dock 21 SC B uite S Lad Wp esit Ties Fra nian plants eni 51 PE ACD rab SUPE PRICTH Competes inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand wr
73. ions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors located at JA1 and JA2 A3 L s Ultr 320 SCSI C 68 Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1 and JA2 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 0 64 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 She 2 29 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Note Please refer to Appendix B for software and Windows OS installation instructions 2 30 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 ne
74. iting on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility Intel LDCM and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site B 21 X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Supero Doctor 111 Supero Doctor 111 program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called 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 Ill interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information PENNA SEES B 22 Appendix B Software Installation Inst
75. m Mouse DIN 78 Bank 1 H DIMM Bank 1 DIMM 28 Bank 2 ET DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 HH DIMM 3A Bank 3 88 DIMM 4B Bank 4 mue DIMM 4A Bank 4 H cpu2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 am ana Lindenhurst BEE ER North 88 KIM gt 22 Cm RAGE X X8 PCLEpx 6 Pat PODXGS TEM rm 2 south Brago GLAI PCI X 4 133MHz pat sisi GLAN 8 PCLX2 100 SR 8 2 Ee 3 N T O SMBUS ATA IscsicHB Tem Wo Enabler 5 Uwasm Chapter 2 Installation 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 lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of 1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions an5 Fano t in an
76. m BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and o
77. m startup press Ctrl and A key simultaneously and the main menu will appear B 4 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions Cel fidagto Esbedied Cuatrallerit L2 Ns Fak Oli ties 1 fa mee carson Ealer to relict ESL 15 Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above t le Arias SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be
78. n Supermicro s X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 offers the user with the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb SA RAID UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previ ous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt 5 gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controllers BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the syste
79. n Definitions COM1 COM2 The COM1 JCOM1 and COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 DCD 6 CTS JCOM2 serial ports are located 2 DSR 7 DTR 3 Serial In 8 RI under the parallel port see Figure pss 9 Bud 2 3 See the table on the right for 5 Serial 10 NC pin definitions Fans P 24 Pin ATX PWR EUM ER E re Fault DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 E DIMM 2B Bank 2 ze CPU1 gij COM1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 8m DIMM 3B Bank 3 HHR DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 4B Bank 4 PWLEDES DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 m CPU2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 7520 GLAN2 Lindenhurst SiS North 3 H 2 CPUFan2 5 cu intra Fans IRAGE X X8 PCI Epx 6 EE PXH PCI X 5 133MHz ICH5R 1 E Brago cloar SCAN pci x 4133MHz CTUR JPA1 82546 ij 810 SCSI B PCI X 3 133 MHz Enable GLAN PXH 5 Enable 7902 8 2 100 MHz een CHB 22500 E 5 PCI X 1 100 MHz ZCR E HA Seo WOL
80. nix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer Options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode Options are Standard Fast 1 Fast 2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 4 6 4 5 Ultra Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode Options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the 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 Enter Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Help Cache PCI Eeleut Hoot Festurek Eduamcad Chspzet Centre Bharal Gat lene 1 Daukca Comf igurat ien WAL Esant bogging
81. o change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up Options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 20 4 5 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Somalis ltam Specific Walp eR 4 zu A Removable Devices Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CD ROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window
82. o continue with console redirection after the POST routine Options are On and Off P Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this preset temperature threshold The options are 85 90 95 and 100 C Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 2 Temperatures This item displays the temperatures of CPU1 2 4 17 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual LM 93 Temperature This item displays the temperature of LM93 LM 30 Temperature This item displays the temperature of LM30 LM30 Low Limit This item sets the low limit for the LM30 Temperature LM30 High Limit This item sets the high limit for the LM30 Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled based upon the CPU die temperature When the CPU die tempera ture is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by the Thermal Management Settings pre configured by the user at this feature 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 Sele
83. peration The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 9 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU
84. port supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support registered ECC DDR2 400 PC3200 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do 1 update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and down load the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the phlash exe BIOS flash utility the platform bin platform file and the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not neces 3 3 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual sary to set BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the motherboard At the DOS prompt enter the command phlash This will start the flash utility and give you an opportunity to save your current BIOS image Flash
85. py disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JFDD1 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located 1 GND 2 FDHDIN on JFDD1 See the table below 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 6 FDEDIN for pin definitions 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette Flopi Fans rnd ERE anna ees x Mouse CPU Fan2 5 Intru E Ee g em DIMM 3B Bank 3 5 2 i
86. re selected as shown in the screen below Le TE Irives for lira flected Pelo H 31 162 8 1 91 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown in the screen hij iaf armati 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue B 15 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to optimized its function ality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild B 16 Appendix Software Installation Instructions Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 FALE Coot Mility
87. roller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The CH5R Controller Hub supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configu rations SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual ATA Operate Mode You can select from the following two modes Combined Mode and En hanced Mode Combined Mode In this mode system BIOS assigns the traditional IRQ 14 and IRQ 15 for the use of HDD Up to 4 ATA devices are supported by this mode Within the Combined Mode the following three modes are supported Non Combined Mode Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices supported Non Combined Mode Serial ATA only with the maximum of 2 devices supported Combined Mode SATA devices and PATA with the support of 2 devices each total 4 devices maximum For IDE SATA configurations please refer to the table below Primary Master PM Yes Yes No No Primary Slave PS Yes Yes No Secondary Master SM Yes Yes No No Secondary Slave SS Yes No No Yes SATA 0 No SM 5 PM SATA Portl No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels are no long
88. rst Socket lever 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 42 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CPU is securely installed in the CPU Socket Socket lever in the locking Position 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation Heatsink Installation Intel CEK Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal compound to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism LLL 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 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening MN 4 all four screws Se Heatsink Removal Caution We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you gt do need to un install the heatsink please fol Screw 4 Screw 2 low the instructions below to remove the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the se quence a
89. ructions Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control Gruceful power control Tig era kator aema ana By 2 peace or docs ea pce ice eck or akard actin Vespa meni Kang Sporo 2D armo Doses al on x yrs Praade TORE Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II B 23 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Notes B 24
90. s 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support fags before con tacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at sup
91. s One long two short beeps on checksum failure SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual POSTCode Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors 1 Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional Beh Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable r
92. s recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost B 9 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below bray Type Label Stripe Apri Sige 8 Strips dice iai Create wia Fa lait Benz Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID
93. s show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use ex cessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU Socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you reinstall the CPU and the heatsink 2 3 X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Figure 2 1 PGA 604 Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Empty socket Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may result Lever m Triangle Processor installed Triangle Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure the location of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 4 Make sure the metal Then use a screwdriver to Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Che
94. similar to that of previous ICH family devices but with extensions in RAID 0 1 support Serial ATA Technology and an integrated ASF Controller In addition the ICH5R also provides various integrated functions including a two channel Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controller USB 2 0 host controllers an integrated 10 100 LAN controller an LPC firmware hub FWH and Super IO interface a System Management Interface a power management interface integrated IOxAPIC and 8259 interrupt controllers Notes The CPU FSB speed is set at 800 MHz by the Manufacturer Please do not change the CPU FSB setting 1 9 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Peripheral Device Configuration to change this setting The de fault setting is Always On 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V
95. stallation instructions SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manuali a eter ite reet ee een iii Manual Organization teet i rto eise e Ye v esed iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 OVOIVIOW e 1 1 1 1 Contacting asked er Ras 1 2 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 1 3 SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 Layout 1 4 SUPERO X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features entree etre etn tr ei ter eee rna 1 6 Intel Lindenhurst Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVBEVIGW ater cti est aa Ecc ecd Des 1 9 1 3 Sp cial Features de d dh ee erase 1 10 BIOS FOCOV SI y attt dietro a es 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS eene 1 10 1 4 PG Health Monitoring ui ciere 1 10 1 5 JAGPI EealUteSs aca ber to ed 1 11 1 6 Power SUDDly unnm eroe iterato ER p ar 1 13 1 7 Su perJl O une iiir tre rente inni Po eet P nied 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive 2 1 Precautloris n Hec t a HERE PES 2 1 UNPACKING ose toco plas
96. storage computation or database applications The Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset consists of the following components the Lindenhurst Memory Controller Hub the 82801ER Controller Hub 5 R ICH5 R and the PCI X Hub The E7520 Lindenhurst MCH supports single or dual Nocona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of up to 800 MHz Note Its memory controller provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR2 400 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The Lindenhurst also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial inter face for superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two inde pendent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Ex press Interface Specification Rev 1 0a The MCH interfaces with the 82801ER Controller Hub 5 R ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Interface sup porting a peak bandwidth of 266 MB s using a x4 base clock of 66 MHz The PXH provides connection between a PCI Express interface and two inde pendent PCI bus interfaces that can be configured for standard PCI 2 3 protocol as well as the enhanced high frequency PCI X protocol The PXH can be configured to support for 64 bit PCI devices running at 33 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz and 133 MHz The ICH5R Controller Hub provides legacy support
97. t as the screen shown below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete fo prea Select ives raj MU on o LIA 3M agn Hi 3H aen 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown on the next page SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual leri H 458 ETE Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are dis played on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives B 8 Appendix B Software Installation Instructions TALE 212 Create BAT vla 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It i
98. th the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 4 5 5 Visas Balp Sarton 83 15 2844 Tah xEhift Tah nr Eins Bata iEnter Field Legacy birketkz Bi diid Parallel Aii 061 ATA 1 Serial Fmaturu Enabled Marius Pads Operat dons Dhara BE Channel Fagter Channel ilara Chaansl 1 acter Channel 1 Sloe IBE Channel X Master EE Chaehrl 3 Master Hasta Extended Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information 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 feature allows BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date 4 3 SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel
99. 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 P PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Enabled and Disabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area Options are Yes and No 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Frequency for PCIX 1 2 SCSI This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCIXZ3 G LAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X 4 PCI X 5 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz
100. trol CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU fan auto off in sleep mode S1 is not supported CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection 5 standby alert LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection System resource alert ACPI Features optional Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard Support Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI X6DH8 XG2 only One IPMI 2 0 socket Intel 82546 dual Channel Gigabit Ethernet controller PCI X 133 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 5 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 3 Front Panel USB ports 2 Back Panel USB Headers Super 2 COM ports 1 header 1 port 2 SATA ports support 2 drives RAID 0 1 Other Internal external modem ring on WOR Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection SMBbus for SMC Power Supply Fan Speed Control via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual
101. ult nete ecc tine recte Eee n Power Fail Alarm Clear Switch eene Power Supply Alarm Erniable item tee Overheat dt rnnt o DR Power Supply Alarm Enable ener 2 6 Jumper Settings cotone det sitar Aaa Explanationm of JUmperS nie orn OR dtt CMOSICIBAE Watch Dog Enable Disable 22227 eas VGA Enable Disable 5 e ertet SOS En ble Disable 2 oi te eet ats SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 7 Onboard IndiCatOrs onn hte SCSI Channel Activity EEDS rete eee GLAN LEDS 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive SCSI 2 27 Floppy COnnhectot oi n tette nere 2 27 5 nene ra EX eie br 2 28 Ultra320 SCSI GConfiectors teint etes 2 29 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before IPOWeTt etre epa beati apa gera ed execs SUPER X6DH8 XG2 X6DHE XG2 User s Manual NO 3 1 Memory EIOES done dedo exacte tels 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration

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