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1. amp Pin J 2 amp PinarxPwR Fanda B pin PWR Mouse v rE pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 05807 t z 11213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 H com pees DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 A 3rd PWR Fail a pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU r p DIMM 28 Bank 2 Audio Enable s x E pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 tel S CDT Greencreek CPUS Line In tne UPEROX7DA3 om silage Blot SIMLPIPMI erm 2 GLAN Broe Battery i E PCI Exp x16 HEIE 1 JCFAIWE4 El Plot pci 33mHz e 8 South Bridge BIOS PIO 1 4 7 PRESHA 9 PCI X 133 MHz a EACTOS ES JPS1 Ds PXH P9 pcix133 mHz Controller SAS4 7 JWORCO EEC SAS0 3 Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SATA4 SATAS COM2 4 ISATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 wOt 510 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Master Slave Compact Flash Card Master Select Slave Select Jumper Definition A Compact Flash Master Slave Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this ju
2. FandFand 4Pin o4 pinaTxPwR Fanilor B pin PWR KB PWR Fant Mouse rz pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 05807 t z 11213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 H DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 a pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU T pem Baak A Power Fault 3 x Br pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 A Bank 2 E B Overheat LED pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 al peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 tei LAN1 2 EDA cot a Greencreek opus Line In mem p SUPER X7DA3 rasnog Out SGPIOA Mic Blot SIMLPIPMI GLAN so d Battery 5 H E i CTR PCI Exp x16 H H 1 JCFAJWE1 El Plot pci 33mHz e 8 South Bridge BIOS PIO 1 4 7 id 9 PCI X 133 MHz L ACT3 RSS JPS1 2 PXH PA Pe 133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 JWORCO irc SAS0 3 Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SATA4 SATAS 2 1 2 1510 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Power SMB I C Connector Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors onboard power supply fan and system temperature See
3. is enabled 4 24 CPU Fang J17 PF B pi R 2 Fang Fans WR 24 Pin ATX PWR Fan ea A JIFC 1 2 Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 8 m B 2 3 4 11213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 H TOMT 53 DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 C SAS Enable a pes DIMM 3A Bank 3 cput T _ DIMM 2B Bank 2 Le s x E pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 tel 5 LAN1 2 7 a Greencreek CPUS Line In tine SUPER X7DA3 Wot Big Out JPAC SGPIOA Mic Blot SIMLPIPMI RHE a GLAN 5 Battery E zi PCI Exp x16 HEIE 1 JCFAIWE4 El 05 PCI 33MHz Coat o South Game 02 Bridge sns Plot 1 x4 Ee RESO P998 133 MHz CTO 3 TIR z sas pog m 133 MHz mm Controller SAS4 7 SAS0 3 Pe 100 yo Slot SATA4 SATAS COM2 satao Sata SATA2 saTas pwor 510 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Onboard Indicators Activi ink GLAN LEDs LED Ss There are two GLAN ports the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates x i activity 2 inis activity while the Link LED may be green ED amber or off to indicate the speed of the EE
4. 17 PSF pem PWR UAR JPW Mouse DIMM rc I pe 4B Bank 4 USB 0 11213 poe DIMM 4A Bank 4 CONT pees DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 a peez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 peg DIMM 2B Bank 2 m ri pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 ee pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 4 pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 bq C01 k i Greencreel CPU2 mew _ SUPER X7DA3 TE Line North Bridge Out JPAC Mic Slot7 SIMLPIPMI LEHRE o GLAN ot Battery uy CTUR PCI Exp x16 8 a JBT1 JCF1JWF1 E Plot pci 33MHz i Soutl FCs UC Bridge BIOS rz ex4 014 PCI Exp x4 T Eruca PRESET prons PRESS PCI X 133 MHz AACT 3 B JPS1 SAS PXH SAS4 7 PCI X 133 MHz Controller 1 Blot SASO 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Tur SMB SATA4 SATA5 com2 satao satat SATA2 SaTAs pwou 510 2 14 12V 8 Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 12V 5 through 8 A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR C 4 pin PWR Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB There
5. 2 12 FangFang CPU PS pn PWR tar am aen 24PinATXPWR Tus 105807 48 Bank 4 H Groun NMI 11213 pat DIMM 4A Bank 4 com ees DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 x gez DIMM 3A Bank 3 put e pt DIMM 2B Bank 2 iz Er pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 Power LED Vec pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 pg DIMM 1A Bank 1 tm HDD LED Vcc LAN1 2 EDA 8 Graencresk AN wo NIC1 LED Vcc Line in m p SUPER X7DA3 p ses NIC2 LED Vcc per SIMLPIPMI 2 e i RADO gl JOH Fan Fail LED Vcc FUTT Jeguwrd lo5 pcI 33MHz E 1 MMC NNNM E oes PWR Fail LED Pre PciExp x4 ME ESH Ground Reset gt Reset Button PCI X 133 MHz 7 ge Xm game Controller sasar Ground PWR gt Power Button JWORCC 11072 SAS0 3 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Ter SMB SATA4 SATAS 2 1 1 2 510 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located Pin Definitions JF 1 on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer 3 case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Reset Ground Power Button Power Button The Power Button connection is located Pin Definitions JF1 on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentari
6. E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 02 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L Two 2 I Pass to 4 SATA Straight Through Cables 0097L 02 One 1 I O backpanel shield MCP 260 00002 00 One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Contacting Super Micro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 64
7. T cb E as d P9 pcs e Controller idi 1 pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mi Ground SMB SATA4 SATAS 2 1 2 S10 GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc 5V HD Active NMI x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Ground
8. 4Pin 24 Pin ATX PWR PWR a AR JPW Mouse pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 post DIMM 4A Bank 4 COMT ees DIMM 3B Bank 3 d pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 1 ge DIMM 2B Bank 2 pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 A WOR B WOL LAN1 2 ED2 CD1 reek Greenc cpu2 Parrallel Port amp 1 JOH1 Fand FP Contro Fanq Line Out Line S pa SUPER X7DA3 North Bridge 51017 SIMLPIPMI S GLAN poe Battery gt CTLR PCI Exp x16 E JCFA4JWF1 Cold CPU Fan2 Compact Flash IDE1 JBT pci 33mHz e South mauer Bridge BIOS Bl oom 1 Of PCI Exp x4 E E Blots PCI X 133 MHz zz E JPS1 PXH sas PCI X 133 MHz Controller o A Pie PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot 5 4 L SAS4 7 SASO 3 SMB ISATA4 ISATAS com2 et satao satat SATA2 SAT 510 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet GLAN1 Ports Two
9. 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Port Pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse are located at JKM1 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 NC The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 vcc for pin definitions 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 is a connector located on the Pin Definition Pin Definition IO Backpanel and COM2 is a header located at JCOM2 See the table on ED pens the right for pin definitions RD 1 CTS DTR RI Ground NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection FandFand Pin z amp PinarxPwR 117 B pin PWR 7 re pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB 0 11213 pee DIMM 4A Bank 4 g E cow P555 DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 a pee DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 rm _ peer DIMM 28 Bank 2 E A Keyboard Mouse 2 x Er pe DIMM 2A Bank 2
10. c EE 2 13 Power 2 13 2 6 Connectors and 2 14 ATX Power Connector 2 14 Processor Power Connector suse 2 14 Universal Serial Bus eaen 2 15 Chassis Intr slOn is ucc inert adu A 2 15 FAN M E 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Serial POMS cE M EEEE 2 17 EIS dM 2 18 Wake On LAN tecti rte erneuten iren an vet ees 2 18 GLAN 1 2 Ethernet 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header 2 19 ss cies TE 2 20 Overheat Fan Fall LED Sa 2 20 SMB erento 2 21 Power SMB COnne ClOr e DER Le a e 2 21 Compact Flash Card PWR 2 22 SGPIO Headers M ddan 2 22 tea RID A 2 23 CD COMMECHOSS 2 23 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 24
11. 3 1 Before Power OM isi dies ETATS 3 1 INO POW em 3 1 ING To ro 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 Memory Errors ER 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions sss 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 HL 4 1 4 2 Running SetuP 4 2 423 Maim BIOS Setup eiie tei ce RR pue 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup e SR OR RN PREX LER 4 7 4 5 Security Setup ge e eR dod d aa 4 24 0 SOLD oen teste reste ated cies neocons NGHE EI LL UE 4 25 7 imc 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST CodeS cccccccccccccecececececececececececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeenees B 1 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS C 1 Appendix D Installing the Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers
12. FandFand Pin a amp PinarxPwR Fan 17_ B pin PWR ix 9 PWR mn Fan m Mouse re pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 s USB 0 41213 ses DIMM 4A Bank 4 gt A Compact Flash PWR t BES DIMM 3B Bank 3 5 COMIT Bank 3 3 B SGPIO 1 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 T pee DIMM 2B Bank 2 Jz C SGPIO 2 is pres DIMM 2A Bank 2 pez DIMM 1B Bank 1 pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 tl x o LAN1 2 EDJ e57 E Greencreek nua Line In ee SUPER X7DA3 Woah eae out JPAC Mic 7 SIM LP IPM H LAN Blots _ 1 Battery E m TLR lot PCI Exp x16 JBT HN Plot e South mamus Bridge Plot 4 KCTET BEST 133 MHz ACTO 3 TFIRS a SAS EI PXH Pe 1 MHz Controller JWORLS Erana m Plott pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Tur SMB SATA4 SATAS z COM2 ISATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 DWO 510 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation AC 97 Audio AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio This motherboard features a 6 channel sound for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speakers This feature is activated with the Advanced software in the CD ROM included with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right To activate the Onboard Au dio please enable the Jumper JPAC in the Jumper Section CD Connectors Two CD con
13. 2 satao SATA2 sATA3 DWO 2 33 39 Activity 40 Ground FangFand Pint 24 pinaTxPWR CPU Eend s17 PSF PWR 1 TA pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 pee DIMM 4A Bank 4 5 t pr DIMM 3B Bank 3 3 a pe DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 i rm Y pet DIMM 2B Bank 2 ls d ps DIMM 2A Bank 2 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 Cy pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 1 x LAN1 2 pa 9 A IDE 1 Greencreek f SS B IDEZ2 Compact Flash SUPERGX7DA3 i North Bridge JPAC 51017 SIMLP IPMI N ae I Battery erm 96 PCLExp x16 JBT1 Plots pci 33MHz South ECS BETA Brides PIO x4 plots PCI X 133 MHz C alts PXH SAS Po pcix133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 ILECiIUFCZI lott 5 4 SASO 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SUPERO X7DA3 User s Manual SAS Connectors SAS Connector Pin Definitions There are eight Serial Attached Pin Definition Pin Definition SCSI SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 UE EDOTENSS on the motherboard See the rar T
14. 2 21 Pin Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 5 3 3V A SMB B PWR SMB SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Compact Flash Card PWR Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Connector Jumper Definition A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at JWF 1 Forthe CompactFlash Card to work properly you will need to configure Off the Jumper JCF1 properly and connect a Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location On Compact Flash Power On Compact Flash Power Off SGPIO Headers SGPIO There are two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers J29 J30 located on Pin Definition i Definition the motherboard These headers support NC NC serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA Ground DATA Out connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the location Load Ground Clock NC Note NC No Connections
15. DIMM 4A Bank 4 cow pess DIMM 3B Bank 3 E DIMM 3A Bank 3 a DIMM 2B Bank 2 Le X ft DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 te r LAN1 2 og 1 8 A Parallel Port S Greencreek cpu2 oe Line In fee p SUPER X7DA3 Out SGPIO2 Mic ISlot7 SIMLPIPMI orn Pro x16 E i lots PCI 33MHz NUT E j WECSIIJEC4 Bridge BIOS PIO x4 ACHT C pwo LI Pe ect 133 MHz zm JPS1 gem is Controler uad JWORL EEC SASUS Pet 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mi SMB SATA4 SATA5 COM2 satao Satat SATA2 SATA3 wo 570 2 31 SUPERO X7DA3 User s Manual Floppy Drive Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Definition Pin Definition The floppy connector is located at Ground 2 FDHDIN J22 See the table below for pin Ground 4 Reserved definitions Key 6 FDEDIN Ground 8 Index Ground 10 Motor Enable Ground 12 Drive Select B Ground 14 Drive Select B Ground 16 Motor Enable Ground 18 DIR Ground 20 STEP Ground 22 Write Data Ground 24 Write Gate Ground 26 Track 00 Ground 28 Write Protect Ground 30 Read Data Ground 32 Side 1 Select Ground 34 Diskette SIMLP IPMI Slot There is a SIM Low Profile IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the SIMLP IPMI Slot location i Fang Fans pud l 24 Pin ATX PWR F
16. To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom Top View of DDR2 FBD Release Tab Il Release Tab 2 7 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 1 2 3 exces iile i N oy e oO LL e I r3 coll Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 Back Panel USB Port 2 Back Panel USB Port 3 COM Port 1 Turquoise 8 Parallel Port Printer 9 Gigabit LAN 2 10 Gigabit LAN 1 11 Line In 12 Line Out 13 Microphone Moo FP WD See Section 2 5 for details 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are norma
17. 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Onboard I O Adaptec AIC 9410W SAS Controller w HostRAID support RAID 0 1 10 Intel ESB 2 South Bridge supports 6 SATA connectors w RAID 0 1 5 10 One SIM Low Profile IPMI slot Intel 82563EB Gigabit Dual Port Ethernet controller 1 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces w 2 devices supported 1 floppy port interface 1 serial port and 1 header 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port 6 Channel Audio Super I O Winbond W83627HG w Hardware Monitor support W83793G PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 ports 2 Headers Super Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions Ext ATX 12 08 x 13 05 306 8 mmx 331 5 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual VRM PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 T VRM 667 1067 667 1067 1333 MH 33 MHz 2B 05 FBD 1B B 6 ACHNLO NI 2A 3A PCIEEXP X8 N Port FED A 5 MCH l CHNL1 N 5000X es zzz E X8 Port 2 6 7 2202 INO je oN 4 Nr a 18 4 X A CHNL3 Ee pd A Port Port Pot N A 2 3 0
18. COM1 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 tel C COM2 5 LAN1 2 Epa i Greencreek CPU2 Line In mem SUPERX7DA3 sage Ts Out JPAC SGPIO2 Mic a ISlot7 SIMLPIPMI GLAN Broe _ Battery i CTLR PCI Exp x16 H H JBT1 JCEAJWF4 El pci 33mHz OA 9 South IUEC3 IJEC4 Bridge BIOS PIO x4 4T AGIAT wo Blots RESO 3 PCI X 133 MHz a ACTOR JPS1 A SAS Biotz Controller SAS4 7 JWORL Blot1 415 SASO 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot T SMB SATA4 SATA5 Cow 1 2 1510 2 17 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Wake On Ring Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig Pin Definitions nated JWOR This function allows JWOR Pin Definition your computer be awakened by an 1 Ground incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See Wake up 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 Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located ain Definitions at JWOL on the motherboard See the wel table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition You must also have a LAN card with 1 5V Standby a Wake On LAN connector and cable 2 Ground to use this feature Wake up
19. b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu D 9 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual D 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 OS a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key f Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only
20. 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 extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 9 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled IPMI 3rd LAN OPROM Configure Available if the 3rd LAN on an IPMI card is detected Select Enable to allow the user to boot from the 3rd LAN on an IPMI card The options are Enabled and Disabled Onboard MASS Storage OPROM Configure Available if an onboard M
21. The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause interference with radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Mang
22. c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The OS Setup will au tomatically load all device files and then continue the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives i
23. d d Pre yt Ch ID LUN A 16 b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual D 3 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved UolunB RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is high
24. is enabled Fand Fr 4 Pin I CPU Fanj 317 PSF B pin PWH is ang Fang WR 24 Pin ATX PWR Fair Mouse DM pe M 4B Bank 4 5 USE 0 c 11213 DIMM 4A Bank 4 2 pe DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 a pe DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 A GLAN P Fm ort1 Enable 3 peg DIMM 2B Bank 2 uel Ex pres DIMM 2A Bank 2 B GLAN Port2 Enable ee pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 tel 5 LAN1 2 Epa cpr Greencreek CPU2 Line In mew SUPER X7DA3 Out JPAC SGPIO2 Mic Slot SIMLPIPMI R GLAN Bos _ Battery oc 8 CTLR PCI Exp x16 E H a JBT1 JCF4JWF1 Plots PCI 33MHz Coat South Bridge BIOS 018 PCI Exp x4 T AGIAT C wp LI pror PRESS PCI X 133 MHz aioa x JPS1 OGD TH SAS4 7 PCI X 133 MHz JWORL EEZ Blot1 415 SASO 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mmi SMB SATA4 SATA5 COM2 sarao sArA1 SATAZ saTAs pwo ps1 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down
25. m connection See the tables at right for Rear View When viewing it from the back of the system GLAN Activity Indicator more information Color Status Definition Green Flashing Active GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green On 100 Mbps Amber On 1 Gbps Onboard Power LED There is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is on the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location I Fandfand 4Fin 24 Pin ATX PWR d E PSF pem A GLAN Port1 LEDs Mouse m pez DIMM 4B Bank 4 B Standby PWR LED 11213 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COM ess DIMM 3B Bank 3 pe DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 2 D reek Greencreel mem SSUPERX7DA3 i Parrallel Port EIEIE E 1 JOH o Fand FP Contro Out JPAC North
26. o LE AZA x PCLEXP X4 x x 2 2 J AZ NZ 0 Port ka Port 4 3 100 DE 13 014 a 0 CONN ON M s EXP n EBUS E fe N CONN A_PCI EXP 8 d 9 pv PCI EXP X8 Bor xU x a Q J12 F ESB2 3 0 Ghis N N 4 amp LE SAS 4PCI X 133 amp D 9410 x VN 8 06 PCI 32 FRONT 5 A33MMZN x ined eld 4 USB2 0 N m E N LP IPMI 5 CONN a ZS x KUMERAN LPC SL A SIO RJ45 GB LAN FWH GILGAL W83627 EHF RJ45 Tes PARALLEL 6 A KB COM1 E Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the 5000X Greencreek Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features FBD DIMM 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 5000X Greencreek chipset the X7DA3 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communi cations presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000X Greencreek chipset supports single or dual Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core processor with front side bus speeds of up to 1 33
27. 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting 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 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting contacting Super Micro for technical support e Motherboard model 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 re
28. Bridge Mic Li 81017 SIMLPIPMI sap GLAN Bowes Battery 8 x16 E els CTLR Fl ilg JCFAJWF1 E 5 pci 33MHz 8 South mgomo Bridge BIOS 9 BI 1 UN Ot PCI Exp x4 T mE E plots RESO PCI X 133 MHz TFIRS JPS1 PXH SAS Po 133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 JWOR LECilFcz SASO 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot i SMB ISATA4 sATAS gomz 1 2 ps 2 29 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Onboard SAS Activity LED Indicators There are eight Onboard SAS Activity LED indicators on the X7DA3 LED Indicators Act 0 to Act 7 indicate the activity status of onboard SAS connectors See the table on the right for more information Onboard SAS Presence LED Indicators There are eight Onboard SAS Presence LED indicators on the X7DA3 Each Pre LED indicates the presence of its respec tive SAS connector See the table on the right for more information Onboard SAS Activity LED Indica tors Note Act Active Act Definition Act Definition Act 0 SASO Act Acti 4 SAS4 Act Act 1 SAS1 Act Act 5 SAS5 Act Act 2 SAS2 Act Act 6 SAS6 Act Act 3 SAS3 Act Act 7 SAS7 Act Onboard SAS Presence LED Indica tors Note Pre Present Pre Definition Pre Definition 0 SASO Pre Pre 4 SAS4 Pre 1 SAS1 Pre Pre 5 SAS5 Pre Pre 2 SAS2 Pre Pre 6 SAS6 Pre
29. Dog Enable r 8 LAN1 2 EDA cot Greencreek CPUS Line In mem SUPER X7DAS snag Out SGPIOd Mic Blotf SIMLPIPMI GLAN oi Battery A 5 E i CUR PCI Exp x16 H H m x JCEAIWF4 El ofS Pci 33MHz T ES South Bridge aud Ot PCI Exp 4 T AGIAT C PRES 7 M LP RESIS PCI X 133 MHz W EACT 3 RSS 51 2 PXH Etsi P9 pcix133 mHz Controller SAS4 7 JWORCO EEZ SAS0 3 Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mi SWB 4 5 2 iE satao satat SATA2 satas pwo ps1 2 25 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default Audio Enable Disable JPAC enables or disables Audio Controller on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled Audio Enable JPAC Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled
30. EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn
31. Explanation Of Jurmmp6ers 2 5 m iere ek eee esed 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable sss 2 24 GMOS Claf 2 25 Wate M DOG NE 2 25 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault sisene 2 26 Audio 2 26 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 27 Alarm Reset Re El NR ERA 2 27 SMB to PCI X PCI E 910 5 eret ten evo teret e deas 2 28 SAS Controller Enabled veins n reto eee exe Ere cds 2 28 2 8 Onboard Indicators aa EO ener 2 29 GLAN LEDS E 2 29 Onboard POwer recens 2 29 Onboard SAS Activity LED 2 30 Onboard SAS Presence LED 2 30 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy SIMLP IPMI Hard Disk Drive and SAS Connections 2 31 Parallel Port 2 31 Floppy Connector 2 32 SIMEPIPMI SIOLU isti otis ore re rrt et ed eel Ye dade ides 2 32 IDE Connectors 2 33 SAS TT 2 34 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures
32. Initialize Drives Boot Unit Settings Drive 90 Boot Unit Type SAS DISK Drive Size 34 16B Device ID 81 3 When the screen shown above appears select Delete and press Enter 4 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed Do you want to delete the Bootable Unit Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID or RAID 1 you will need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Add Delete Hotspares and press Enter The following screen appears 85 FUJITSU 2036 34 16B 81 FUJITSU MAY2836RC 34 16 HZ FUJITSU MAY2836RC 34 1GB 84 FUJITSU MRQU2B3GRC 34 1GB To Add a HotSpare Drive 4 Use the arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a Hotspare and press Insert and lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt displays Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare drive you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu To Delete a HotSpare Drive 4 From the List of Assigned HotSpare Drives in the right window select the hotspare drive you wa
33. Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setting a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing entered may cause the system to become unstable When this occurs reset the set ting to its default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupa
34. PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot USB4 5 SAS ACT4 7 LEDs SAS Pres 4 7 LEDs SAS Pres 0 3 LEDs 1 SAS ACTO 3 LEDs Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 Please install the ZCR card on the green slot for it to work properly 5 The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DA3 Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Off Disabled JAR Alarm Reset Off Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select On Master JI C1 J1 C2 SMB to PCI X Slots Pins 2 3 Disabled JI C3 JI C4 SMB to PCI E Slots Pins 2 3 Disabled JPS1 SAS Controller Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPAC Audio Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Aux PWR CPU PWR Audio JC1 JC2 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector 12V 4 pin PWR JWP2 12V 8 pin PWR JPW3 Audio Microphone JC1 Line In Line Out JC2 COM1 COM2 JCOM1 2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors C
35. The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache 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 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operation
36. also increase and vice versa If set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation performance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all time The Options are 1 Server 2 Workstation 3 Quiet 4 Disable Fans run at the full speed Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed P12V_VRO P12V_VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual b Hardware Monitor Logic See the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default
37. are six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Four of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB1 and the other two are Front Panel USB headers USB 4 5 JUSB2 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened Back Panel USB USB0 1 2 3 Definitions 5V PO Ground N Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB4 USB4 USB5 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 5V 2 PO 3 PO 4 Ground Ground 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground Fandi 4 Pin TF zi CPU Fan7 j17 B pin PWR is ang Fang 24 Pin ATX PWR Fanta Mouse xx pu DIMM 4B Bank 4 uas AT DIMM 4A Bank 4 A H CONT pe DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU peer DIMM 28 Bank 2 E A Back pan
38. case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page D 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu D 7 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume N Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a R
39. chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When the CPU temperature reaches this overheat threshold both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor 111 in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including
40. create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt simultaneously to display the main menu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays From the main menu as shown above select Managing Arrays and hit lt Enter gt to access the following submenu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Array Configuration Utility ain Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Boot Unit nitialize Drives Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press lt Enter gt The Array Properties dialog box displays showing detailed information on the array including the physical disks associated with the array 3 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning To prevent accidental loss of data be sure to back up the data on an array before you delete it Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and pr
41. its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power 1 11 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions an
42. special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu D 5 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1613 wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Volumi RAID Level RAIDIACRAIDEt Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAI
43. the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch Jumper Settings JWD Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the sys Jumper Setting Definition tem when a software application hangs Close Pins 1 2 on Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an application hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non mask able interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper set tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Note When enabled the user needs to write his her own application software in order to dis able the Watch Dog Timer FangFand 4Pin oa pinatxpwr CPU Fandor PSF B pin PWR PWR Fani Mouse Dm ER m pe M 4B Bank 4 05807 t 11213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 8 DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 a pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU a Y _ DIMM 2B Bank 2 Le 2 x Es pres DIMM 2A Bank 2 A Clear CMOS pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 pm tel B Watch
44. used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this se
45. view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor 1 program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor Ill 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 IlI interface Note 1 The default password and username are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information L Syster Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Adrninistratio ement Report Help Health Information CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis E 2 Appendix E Inst
46. 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 1Ah 1Ch 20h 22h 24h 28h 29h 2Ah 2Ch 2Eh 2Fh 32h 33h 36h 38h 3Ah 3Ch 3Dh 4th 42h 45h 46h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 54h 55h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 8254 timer initialization 8237 DMA controller initialization Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller Set ES segment register to 4 GB Auto size DRAM Initialize POST Memory Manager Clear 512 kB base RAM 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus Enable cache before system BIOS shadow Test CPU bus clock frequency Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager Warm start shut down Shadow system BIOS ROM Auto size cache Advanced configuration of chipset registers Load alternate registers with CMOS values Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional Initialize interrupt vectors POST device initialization 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice Check video configuration against CMOS Initialize PCI bus and devices Initialize all video adapters in system QuietBoot start optional Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Initialize MultiBoot Dis
47. 16525 sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email Tel support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X7DA3 Image auo Je de uni nd ba bad bet oat nite R 22822244 fc 4 amp BERR ED 9 CL T mi 5 TUA AMARE T 1 i i M i 4 i i Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X7DA3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale 391 JPW PWR JPW DIMM 4B Bank 4 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 Fard FP contro Fan DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel fy Low DSPK JoHiT_ bp1__ Greencreek SUPER X7DA3 JPAC North Bridge lot7 SIM LP IPMI 81016 DCLExp x16 Blots pci 33MHz WFC3 MFC PCLExp x4 L bwbD PCI X 133 MHz N m m afi PCI X 133 MHz Controller
48. 3 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000X Greencreek Memory Controller Hub MCH the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsystem PXH V The 5000X Greencreek MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1 333 GHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset con nects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total of 32 0 GB s for DDR2 667 533 memory The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000X Greencreek chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000X Greencreek chipset the Xeon Dual Core Processors provide a feature set as follows The Xeon Quad Core Dual Core Processor L1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DA3 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 whi
49. 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed D 2 Appendix D Installing the Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Uolunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 512 Type Status Vol ID 4 HDC WD258aSI HD HMRL72834971 MDC 025 8 85 0 1 HD MMAL72834599 32 SCB HDC HD258H8JI WD HMAEH1376 185 232 SCB WD2588JI WD HMREH1449527 232 9GB WD idaptec SCSI BIOS v4 386 6 opuright 2883 Adapter
50. AID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu D 8 Appendix D Installing the Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD AN Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear reate RAID Volune Port Drive Model Serial LECHE AL 728 Gk Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Conplete b Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select c Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear
51. ASS Storage Controller is detected Select Enable to allow the user to boot from a onboard mass storage device The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 Bytes while others with a payload size of 256 Bytes which inhibits the coalesce feature Please referto your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are Payload 256 Bytes and Coalesce Enabled 128 Bytes PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 1 Mass Mass Storage This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz gt Slot 1 PCI X100 MHz ZCR Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 4 PCI E x4 Slot 5 PCI 33MHz and Slot 6 PCI E x16 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable
52. D Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu D 6 Appendix D Installing the Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R uRAIDS Copyright C 2883 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Uolun5 RAID Level RAIDS Par ity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity 6 46 Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is
53. G bit Ethernet ports are located at JLAN1 on the IO backplane This GLAN2 port accepts RJ45 type cables Power LED Speaker Speaker Connector On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the Pin Setting Definition speaker See the table on the right Pins 6 7 for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are to be Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker used with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper T 24 Pinatx PWR zx Ld Mouse DIMM 4B USB 0 PES Bank 4 11213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 cou pees DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 5 pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU pg DIMM 2B Bank 2 5 GLAN1 2 Bp 2 Siw Banc 2 B PWR LED Speaker pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 JOH k Greencreel cpu2 SUPER X7DA3 cit JPAC North Bridge ut Slot SIMLPIPMI ape GLAN Broe _ Battery CTLR PCI Exp x16 JBT1 JCFAJWE4 oo Floppy Compact Flash IDE1 5 pci 33MHz South mgomo Bridge BIOS Bl soem ot PCLExp x4 ERESI plots OH PCI X 133 MHz EE ERN JP
54. Hz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 4 15 SUPER X7DA3 User
55. IMLP IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definition Pin Definition Connector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed The parallel printer port is located 3 DataBitO 4 at J21 See the table on the right for 5 Data Bit 1 pin definitions T Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND ld Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC im Fang Fans Eu l 24 Pin ATX PWR a zx Per Mouse x pez DIMM 4B Bank 4 11213
56. Motherboard Features PU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 Quad Core Dual Core processors at a front side bus speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 32 GB ECC DDR2 FBD 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset ntel 5000X Greencreek chipset including the 5000X Greencreek Memory Control Hub MCH the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsys tem PXH V Expansion Slots Two PCI E slots one x16 signal on x16 slot one x4 signal on x16 slot Three 64 bit PCI X slots two PCI X 133 slots one PCI X 100 ZCR Slot One PCI 33 MHz slot One Low Profile IPMI slot BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PCI X 1 0 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby and 5V standby e Fan status monitor with firmware speed control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control Interface PECI CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection System resource alert ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism
57. OS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS gt IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled an
58. OST Error Manager PEM Initialize error logging Initialize error display function Initialize system error flags Console redirection init Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled Force check optional Extended ROM checksum optional Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means addre
59. Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Vi
60. Pre 3 SAS3 Pre Pre 7 SAS7 Pre Fan jFani Pint oapinatxpwR PE Fd PWA Mouse 7 zm cu A SAS Act 0 3 LEDs pez DIMM 4B Bank 4 E meer aunr aa Soci B SAS Act 4 7 LEDs CONT E DIMM 3B Bank 3 E C SAS Pres 0 3 LEDs pes DIMM 3A Bank 3 cput an 3 peg DIMM 2B Bank 2 p D SAS Pres 4 7 LEDs gr pes DIMM 2A Bank 2 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 fel 5 LAN1 2 EPA coi Greencreek CPU2 sand Line In Vins UPERGX7DA3 Nank Big Out SGPIO2 Mic Slot7 SIMLPIPMI GLAN O 5 HE CTLR PCI Exp x16 Buts rdg ES f Act 4 7 LEDs South Bridge a ated re 4 S pes PCI X 133 MHz Pre 0 3 LEDs SEL E po EEEa aes Act 0 3 LEDs Plott PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SMB SATA4 SATA5 com2 21 sataol satat SATA2 saTa3 pwor 0570 2 30 Chapter 2 Installation 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive and S
61. S z 1 2 n 2 23 Pin Definition Right Ground Left Ground A Line In and Line Out B Microphone C CD1 D CD2 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used 3 2 1 to choose between optional settings J mp r Jumpers create shorts between two Cap pins to change the function of the ELE 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 Ut means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable GLAN Enable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable GLAN Port1 and GLAN Port2 on the moth erboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled
62. S1 2 PXH Etsi PCI X 133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 JWOR _2 10 plott cix 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mi SMB ISATA4 sATAS com2 J SATAO SATA SATA2 SATA3 wot 1510 2 19 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail header PSF to provide warning of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to indicate chassis overheat ing This LED blinks when there is a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Definition PWR 1 Fail PWR 2 Fail PWR 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail
63. SUPER SUPER X7DA3 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 SUPER MICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA
64. ached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DA3 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS N Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure 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 security and audio dri
65. alling Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control tm mm Doctor m Remote Management em Info Health Info Performance Rernote Control Configuration Administration Systems Management Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor llIl You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor 11 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Notes
66. an Ea PSF A Flo X pez DIMM 4B Bank 4j B SIMLP IPMI 11213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 Mouse COM ess DIMM 3B Bank 3 pe DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 peg DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 r Parrallel Port At low ms JOH Fand FP Contro Fan LAN1 2 ED2 CD1 Greencreek CPU2 ol mem SUPERX7DA3 cit JPAC North Bridge ut SGPIO2 Mic lot7 SIM LP IPM GLAN ows Battery CTLR PCI Exp x16 IDE1 1 Plots pci 33MHz South Bridge Bl sou IU PCLExp x4 C PwD Brots PCI X 133 MHz CN z SAS PXH PCI X 133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 ECA METZ Plott PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SMB ISATA4 sATAS com2 J SATAO SATA1 2 510 2 32 IDE Connectors There are two IDE Connectors JIDE1 Blue JIDE2 White on the mother board The blue IDE connector JIDE1 is designated as the Primary IDE Drive The white IDE connector JIDE2 is des ignated as the Secondary IDE Driv
67. anese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0a Release Date July 5 200 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 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DA3 motherboard The SUPER X7DA3 supports dual Intel Quad Core Dual Core Xeon Processors with a front side bus speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core processors built in the X7DA3 offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on Intel Core and NetBurst microarchitectures while remaining compatible with the IA 32 software The features include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualizatio
68. anner Display Enab led CIRL A Message 1 Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the setting for the item selected 5 To load the default settings press lt F6 gt Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual To Set Physical Configuration 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl lt A gt when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press Enter to access the Physical Configuration submenu as shown below Adaptec SHS SATA HostRALD Control lert Iptians Controller Configuration PHY Configuration 3 Select Physical Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access SAS Device Configu ration submenu as shown below lt Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 SAS Device Configuration SAS Port ID H 2 3 M4 Auto Auto Auto Auto Auta CIBC Lobo wa REOR CERT ER yes yes yes yes yes SAS Address 58838488PBBBBBDR B H 8 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt E
69. are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 13 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enab
70. as already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening e all four screws B l Screw 2 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend N the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to remove the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW ar 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink a a ue NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the p
71. at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on t
72. ble here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 9 11 10 12 I Fang Fans 24 Pin ATX PWR kay E air Gis Epin pl peta DIMM 4B Bank 4 USB Or ET 41213 pest DIMM 4A Bank 4 cow pes DIMM 3B Bank 3 Groun pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 P X fs pres DIMM 2A Bank 2 EE pe DIMM 4B Bank 1 Power LED pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 tp cae pras 8 Q HDD LED Greencreek CPU2 ww SUPER X7DA3 Lite North Bridge NIC1 LED Mic pev 2m NIC2 LED GLAN o E E 8 remexe 8 OH Fan Fail LED ECEEFCH Bridge Bios 4 EE PWR Fail LED
73. ch case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DA3 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V Standby and Vbat An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard
74. ction are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing 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 lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced Security Boot Exit 10 13 15 Item Specific Help System Date 05 17 2006 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Disk
75. d Disabled 4 21 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 23 SUPEROX7DA3 User s Manual 4 5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow
76. d you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the Standby or Off state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DVA3 can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that wil
77. deo BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERO X7DA3 User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive 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 POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values
78. e reserved for Compact Flash Card use only See the note below See the table on the right for pin definitions Note JIDE2 the white slot is re served for Compact Flash Card use only Do not use it for other devices If JIDE2 is populated with a Compact Flash Card JIDE1 the blue slot will be available for one device only For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need to connect a power cable to JWF1 first IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions Chapter 2 Installation Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 Ground 21 DRQ3 23 Write 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 31 IRQ14 33 Addr1 35 Chip Select 0 Definition 2 Ground 4 Host Data 8 6 Host Data 9 8 Host Data 10 Host Data 11 Host Data 12 14 Host Data 13 6 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 20 Key Ground 24 Ground 26 Ground 28 BALE 30 Ground 32 10CS16 34 Ground 36 Addr2 38 Chip Select 1 SMB ISATA4 ISATAS
79. e Poot Unit 4 From the Select drives for initialization list on the left screen select the disk you wish to initialize and press lt Insert gt The drive you ve selected will appear on the Selected Drives list as show below elect drives for initialization BA FUJITSU HQU2836R 34 26B 81 FUJITSU HQU2835RC 34 2CB Bi FUJITSU MAV2 36RC 34 2GE 83 FUJ ITSU HQU2B83BRC 34 26B 84 FUJITSU HRU2836RC 34 26 H FUJ ITSU 2 14 26 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives you want to initialize are selected and press lt Enter gt 6 When the following message appears make sure that you have selected the correct drive to initialize and press lt Y gt to initialize the drive or press lt N gt to quit Warning Initialization will configure the drive s as simple volume disk s Do you want to continue Yes No Press lt Yes gt to continue with the Initialization Warning Initialization will configure the drive s as simple volume disks Do you want to continue Yes No Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 You can use Rebuilding on Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build or Initialization process is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to get the array to the Optimal status For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source d
80. e RAID via Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is created you can 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 Array Configuration Utility You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager to do so Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press lt Enter gt Only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Type in an label Under the item Arrays Label and press lt Enter gt 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 64LK is default Please do not change the default setting 4 You can select between the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 using Create RAID via 5 When you are finished press Done as shown in the previous screen The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish t
81. ection s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 Remove all memory modules and turn on the system If the alarm is on check the specs of the memory reset the memory or try a differen
82. eek CPUS Line In ca SUPER X7DA3 snug js Out SGPIOA Mic Blot SIMLPIPMI Pere CUR PCI Exp x16 H H 1 1 EI Plot pci 33mHz e 9 South Bridge BIOS Pro x4 4 7 paler Mu RESIS OT PCI X 133 MHz WIEjACT 3 ES JPS1 2 PXH Etsi Pe 133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 JWORL EEC SAS0 3 Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mi SATA4 SATAS COM2 4 ISATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 wOt 510 2 27 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual SMB to PCI X PCI E Slots Jumpers JI C1 JI C2 allow you to con ie Ear PCI X Slots to the System Man Jumper Settings agement Bus and Jumpers JI C3 JI C4 Jumper Setting Definition allow you to connect PCI Exp Slots to Pins 1 2 Enabled the System Management Bus See the Pins 2 3 Disabled Default table on the right for jumper settings SAS Controller Enable Disable SAS Controller Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition JPS1 enables or disables the AIC 9140W Adaptec SAS Controller on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting Pins 1 2 Enabled default Pins 2 3 Disabled
83. el USB Ports 3 Er DIMM 2A Bank 2 EE Bank 2 01 2 3 pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 fel B Front Panel USB 4 5 r 9 LANU2 gpa EDT 7 Chassis Intrusion Greencreek opus ScPo1 Line In tne _ gue Out SGPIOA Mic Li Slot7 SIMLPIPMI 2 GLAN Boe Battery E GIL PCI Exp x16 JBT1 JCEAJWF4 El 5 pci 33MHz OA 9 South FCS NFCA Bridge Bios PTO x4 T ira BEST 133 MHz kets aay JPS1 2 PXH Pe 133 MHz B Contralor uad JWORL SASUS Plott 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot ED SMB SATAA SATAS 2 ISATA1 2 2 15 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 8 The X7DA3 has eight chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 including Pin Definition 1 Ground two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note all 5 mr these fans are 4 pin fans However 3 Tachometer Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are back s 4 PWR Modulation ward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note The Manufacturer Default is set to Disabled to allow the fans to run at the full speed at all time When using Thermal Management setting please
84. ess lt Delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt A warning message displays 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 4 Press lt Yes gt to delete the array or partition or lt No gt to return to the previous menu 5 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu C 3 SUPERO X7DA3 User s Manual Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used To create an array 1 From the Array Configuration Utility menu select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press lt Delete gt elect drives to create Array FUJ ITSU MAV2835R OKB FUJ ITSU MAVZAJGRC 4 16B FUJ ITSU MBU2B3RRI 4 1GB Selected Drives 91 FUJITSU HQU2836RC 34 16B 3 After both disks for the new array are selected press Enter The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown below rray Properties Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Creat
85. eted RAID array configurations press lt ESC gt to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press lt Yes gt to exit the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move curso Enter gt to selet lt Esc gt to exit default y For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS C 2 Installing the ESB2 SAS Driver and the Operating System a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b From the list displayed on the screen choose the option that best suits your need 1 To use the Adaptec SAS Controller select the item Adaptec SAS Driver from the CD and press lt Enter gt 2 To use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Controller select Intel from the BIOS item ICH RAID Code Base on Page 4 6 and then select Intel ESB2 SATARaid Driver from the CD and press lt Enter gt 3 To use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Driver produced by Adaptec select Adaptec from the BIOS item ICH RAID Code Base on Page 4 6 and then select Intel ESB2 SATARaid Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec from the CD and press lt Enter gt
86. ette A 1 44 1 25 MB 3 5 1 IDE Channel 8 Master IDE Channel Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 Parallel ATA Channel 81 Serial ATA Enabled Native Mode Operation Auto SATA Controller Mode Option Compatible SATA RAID Enable Disabled ICH Raid CodeBase Intel SATA AHCI Enable Disabled System Memory KB Extended Memory KB Fi TL ee 9 Esc e gt Enter Fi18 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 The item displays the date that the BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordin
87. g purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Motherboard Installation Note Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU onto the motherboard All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard into the chassis 2 1 SUPERG X7DA3 User s Manual 2 3 Installing the Processor and the Cooling Fan When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make su
88. gly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the 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 Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA drive Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled a
89. hannel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A e ee 000 0 4 DIMMs 1 2A 4 ee 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 4 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type ona motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed To optimize memory performance please install pairs of DIMMs in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs p lt IER e oo Een ii P S o xc c3 cl To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Notch gt 4 Notch Release Release Tab Note Notch Tab should align with the receptive point on the slot
90. he Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic See the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECIAgent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will
91. he next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or
92. ic Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot List Candidate List Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPEROX7DA3 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 Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Ente
93. ing a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS
94. keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is Supervisor Password Is 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 Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specif
95. l supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin and the 4 pin are also required for adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 01 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive con troller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock generator 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem con
96. le cutout on the socket 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard Z Warning Please save the plastic PnP cap The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins 2 3 Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge ut South Center Edge gold dot Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Corner with a triangle cutout Load Lever gt Plastic cap is released from the properly installed SUPERG X7DA3 User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount h
97. led The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS gt 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6M
98. lighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the Note on Page D 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu D 4 Appendix D Installing the Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved s Nane Uoluni RAID Level RAID1 Mixor Disks Select Disks Strip Size NA Capacity 8 9 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain
99. lly located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Ld l SEO gt Groun NMI X x 2 Power LED Vcc c4 SUPER X7DA3 B HDD LED Vcc T ra SS NIC1 LED Vcc ff Po NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 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 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Defini
100. ly contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend but ton with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button I FandFand Pin Jf 24 Pinatx PWR kay Fard x rs DIMM 48 Bank 4 USB 0 E 11213 pr DIMM 4A Bank 4 NMI CONT pees DIMM 3B Bank 3 pe DIMM 3A Bank 3 Cpu X DIMM 2B Bank 2 EE prs DIMM 2A Bank 2 Power LED Vcc p DIMM 1B Bank 1 pe DIMM 1A Bank 1 tp 5 HDD LED LAN1 2 EB ent E Greencreek CPU2 Line h SGPIOI Unc p SUPER X7DA3 North Bridge NIC1 Out Mic NIC2 LED Vcc GLAN oi ox E Eeron EE OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Pes PCI 33MHz south Tu Bios EM xiu PWR Fail LED Vcc ie w MHz Ground Reset gt Reset Button Bi
101. menu select Configure Boot Unit and press lt Enter gt The following screen displays elect drive to create Boot Unit Selected Drives ag FUJ ITSU BKE FUJ ITSU 34 16B FUJ ITSU MAY2A36RC AKB FUJ ITSU MAVZAJGRC 34 IGE FUJ ITSU 14 IGB 2 From the Select Drive to Create Boot Unit list select the drive you wish to Con figure Boot Unit and press Insert The Drive you have selected appears in the right window as shown in the screen below elect drive to create Boot Unit Selected Drives 88 FUJITSU BKB B1 FUJITSU HQU2835RC 34 16B j1 FUJITSU MRU2836RC 34 1GE 83 FUJITSU HQU2835RC KE 84 FUJ ITSU HRUZ836R 34 16B 45 FUJ ITSU MRU2B3hRI 14 1GB 3 Select the disk drive you wish to configure as a bootable drive from the Selected Drives List in the right window and press lt Enter gt The next screen appears C 7 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Boot Unit Settings Boot Unit Type Single Disk Spin Up Drive Size Write Cache Connection Rate Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Configure Boot Unit and press lt Enter gt 2 From the Select the Boot Unit list in the right window select the bootable drive you wish to delete and press lt Delete gt The following screen appears jain Menu Manage Arrays List of Boot Units Create Array BB Boot Unit 585 DISK 34 168 fidd Delete Hotspare
102. mper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to connect the CompactFlash Card power cable to JWF 1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location Open Slave Closed Master Alarm Reset Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the Pin Setting Definition system will notify you when any of the Pin 1 Ground three power modules fails Connect JAR Pin 2 to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Fangjang J oa pinatxpwr CPU Eend 17 PS Kar PWR Fant rer Mouse DW m pez M 4B Bank 4 s 05807 t 4 213 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 A C t Flash Master cum pez DIMM 38 Bank 3 3 Compac as aster pez IMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 Slave Select pg DIMM 2B Bank 2 5 x EE pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 B Alarm Reset pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 tel r o LAN1 2 pg E Greencr
103. n Technoogy Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Moni tor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer thermal environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DA3 is ideal for high performance dual processor DP workstation and enterprise server environments Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Windows OS and O
104. nd Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 4 5 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select Serial ATA for SATA or select Auto Native Mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment u
105. nectors CD1 CD2 are located next to the GLAN Controller See the tables on the right for pin definitions Blue Line In surround sound L R Green Line Out Front L R Pink In Center subwoofer CD1 Pin Definition Definition Left Ground Ground Right CD2 Pin Definition Fan jFani zePiarxPwR eeu lrand si7_ PSE PWR d Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 I USB 0 1 213 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 3A Bank 3 COM1 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Parrallel Port DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 pe pees pz peT pres pez 9o DIMM 1A Bank 1 Greencreek CPU2 North Bridge E E JOH At omens Fand FP Contro Y SIMLPIPMI gt GLAN Boe Battery of E CTLR x16 E els JCFAJWE4 E Plots pci 33MHz 8 South WECSIIJFC4 Bridge BIOS Blu 1 Ot PCIExp x4 T IA F por RESO PCI X 133 MHz 2286 TFIRS JPS1 5 PXH SAS Pe 133 MHz Controller SAS4 7 JWOR LECilFcz Bioti in SASO 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot pen SMB SATA4 SATA
106. ng settings COM Port Address This item allows you to decide where to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for your console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to select the console type for your console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for your console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how your console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide if you wantto continue with your console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page on P 4 19 or on P 4 20 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm
107. nstalled The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed C 19 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Notes C 20 Appendix D Installing the Intel HostRAID and the Windows OS Appendix D Installing the Intel SATA HostRAID and the Windows Operating System After all the hardware components have been installed you must first configure the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section D 2 and Appendix E for the Windows Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS For the Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID configuration instructions please refer to Appendix C Note 3 For more information on the Intel SATA HostRAID settings please refer to the Intel HostRAID Utility and documentation included in the CD that came with your motherboard D 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with yo
108. nt to delete Then press lt Delete gt and lt Enter gt 5 When the following prompt displays Do you wantto Delete the Hotspare Yes No Press lt Yes gt to delete the selected hotspare The hotspare drive you have selected will be deleted C 9 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are as sociated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 1416 gt Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS 1 Turn on your computer and press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt as prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 From the screen below select Initialize Drives and press lt Enter gt Create Array Add Delete Hotspare Configur
109. nter gt and the arrow keys to configure the item selected 5 To load default settings press lt F6 gt 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility C 16 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS 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 lt Ctrl gt lt A gt when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 0 1416 gt firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu select Disk Utilities from the screen as shown above and press lt Enter gt 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting disk erases all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual To Exit the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have compl
110. o preserve RAID 1 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 C 5 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive to prevent data loss 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from Array Configuration Utility you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 If you have used Quick Init to create a RAID 1 you might find some data incompat ible after running a consistency check This is normal 4 You can use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build process 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 It is not recommended 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 C 6 Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main
111. ompact PWR JWF1 DIMM 1A DIMM 4B FAN 1 8 Floppy J22 FP Control JF 1 GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 Compact Card PWR Connector Memory DDRII Fully Buffered DIMM Slots Fans 1 8 Fan7 CPU Fan1 Fan8 CPU Fan2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Front Control Panel Connector G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 Note 1 Below IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 JL1 LE1 Note 2 Below OH LED JOH1 Parallel J21 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR SMB J17 PSF Chassis Intrusion Header 5V Standby PWR LED Indicator Overheat LED Parallel Printer Port PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 Power System Management I C Header Power Supply Failure See Chapter 2 SAS 0 3 4 7 JSM1 2 SAS Serial Attached SCSI Connectors 0 3 4 7 SATA 0 5 JS1 JS6 SGPIO 1 2 J29 J30 SMB J18 Slot 7 Serial ATA Connectors 0 5 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers System Management Bus Header SIM Low Profile IPMI Connector USB 0 1 2 3 4 5 JUSB1 Back Panel USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB1 USB 4 5 JUSB2 WOL JWOL WOR JWOR Front Panel USB4 5 JUSB2 Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Notes 1 JIDE2 is for Compact Card Use only JCF1 is used to configure the compact flash card as a master or a slave drive Be sure to connect JWF1 toa power supply to provide power to the compact flash card 2 When LE1 is on the Standby Power is on Unplug the PWR cables before changing components 1 5 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual
112. ot2 PCI X 133 MHz controller SAS4 7 P B ee Ground PWR Power Button pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot mi SMB SATA4 SATAS 2 1 2 S10 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 2 6 Connectors and Headers ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR supply located at JPW2 is also required to provide ad equate power to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition 3 3V 12V COM PS ON COM COM COM Res NC 5V 5V 5V COM ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition ES 3 3V 3 3V COM 5V COM 5V COM PWR_OK oO nN aA A CO M 5VSB 12V 12V 25 3 3V Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 and 2 Ground 3and4 12V Required Connection
113. play CPU type and speed Initialize EISA board optional Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Enable USB devices 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Inte
114. r tables on the right for pin A3 RO definitions 4 Ground 4 Ground A5 RX 1 B5 Ted 11 A6 RX 1 B6 TX 1 AT Ground B7 Ground A8 SB7 B8 SBO A9 SB3 B9 SB1 A10 SB4 B10 SB2 A11 SB5 B11 SB6 A12 Ground B12 Ground A13 RX2 TX2 A14 RX2 B14 TX2 A15 Ground B15 Ground A16 RX3 B16 TX3 A17 RX3 B17 TX3 A18 Ground B18 Ground is Fang Fang F 24 PinATX PWR PSF A SAS 0 3 pez DIMM 4B Bank 4 8 B SAS 4 7 11213 DIMM 4A Bank 4 COM ess DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU pee DIMM 2B Bank 2 p fr pes DIMM 2A Bank 2 prez DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 fel 5 LAN1 2 EPA coi Greencreek 2 p SUPER X7DA3 noah Out SGPIO2 Mic a Slot7 SIMLPIPMI HE ore 96 PCLExp x16 H i sepon 1 JBTICD JEJAI ECS FCA Bridge BIOS Pro 4 L wD pes PCI X 133 MHz I SAS peu PCI X 133 MHz iss Controller JWORL irc Plott PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot SMB SATA4 SATA5 com2 21 sataol satat SATA2 saTa3 pwor Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service s
115. r gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed
116. re that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel Xeon LGA 771 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 5 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 6 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor top of the Load Plate 1 Press the load lever to release Yy the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate with PnP Cap attached 2 2 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key the Notch on the same side of the triang
117. rive 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 lt R gt for Array Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Hoot Unit nitialize Drives SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Using the SerialSelect Utility to Configure SAS Settings The SerialSelect Utility enables you to configure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl lt A gt when prompted to access the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility as shown in the screen below fidaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options firray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Controller Configuration submenu Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options Controller Configuration PHY Configuration Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS To Set Controller Configuration 3 Select Controller Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu as shown below Enab led BBS Support IEEE aad E POST B
118. roper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink 2 5 SUPERG X7DA3 User s Manual 2 4 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 For optimal memory performance please install four modules at a time Please refer to the table below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DA3 supports up to 32 GB fully buffered ECC DDR2 533 667 in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with a pair or pairs of memory modules that are of the same size and of the same type in Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 and Bank4 will result in interleaving memory Note Due to the OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations BranchO Branch1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs C
119. rrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual POST Code Description 99h 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh 9Fh AOh A2h A4h A8h AAh ACh AEh BOh B1h B2h B4h B5h B6h B7h B9h BAh BCh BDh BEh BFh COh C1h C2h C3h C4h C6h C7h C8h C9h CDh Check for SMART Drive optional Set up Power Management Initialize security engine optional Enable hardware interrupts Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day Check key lock Initialize typematic rate Erase lt ESC gt prompt Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke Enter SETUP Clear Boot flag Check for errors Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional POST done prepare to boot operating system 1 One short beep before boot Terminate QuietBoot optional Check password optional Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures Prepare Boot Initialize SMBIOS Clear parity checkers Display MultiBoot menu Clear screen optional Check virus and backup reminders Try to boot with INT 19 Initialize P
120. rum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Note The settings can be different depending on the CPU speed Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options
121. s Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1
122. s a serial link which supports SATA transfer rates up to 150Mbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems provide more efficient system cooling faster data transfer and better functionality than Parallel ATA In addition to SATA which is supported by the Intel ESB2 South Bridge the X7DA3 has an Adaptec SAS Serial Attached SCSI 9410W Controller built in SAS supports serial link data transfer rates up to 3Gbps With the dynamic SAS infrastructure built in the X7DA3 supports both SATA and SAS providing the user with unparalleled data storage expansion and inter connectivity capability Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The onboard SAS Controller is enabled by default To disable it please set Jumper JPS1 to Pins 2 3 See Page 2 28 in Chapter 2 for details When the system is detecting the SAS Controller BIOS make sure that the 16 digit Adapter WWN address displays If this number is not shown you will not be able to use the controller Once the WWN address appears press the Ctrl and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to access the Adaptec SAS RAID BIOS Note Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and then press lt Enter gt to select an option To return to the previous menu press lt ESC gt C 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual A Using the Array Configuration Utility The Array Configuration Utility enables you to
123. s Manual Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the followi
124. sabled and Enabled Thermal Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of closed loop thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM device exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of open loop global thermal throttling on the fully buffered FBD memory modules and allow global thermal throttling to become active when the number of activate control exceeds a predefined number The options are Enabled and Disabled Snoop Filter Select Enabled to eliminate snoop traffic to the graphics port to greatly improve system performance when running graphics intensive applications The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DA3 the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spect
125. se the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is 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 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the comp
126. setting is 72 C See the note below Temperature Monitoring Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECIAgent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation performance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all time The Options are 1 Server 2 Workstation 3 Quiet 4 Disable Fans run at the full speed Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V2 NIC SEN 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BI
127. ss line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Notes Appendix C Installing the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS Appendix C Installing the Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Utility and the Windows OS After all the hardware components have been installed you must first configure the SAS RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers C 1 The Adaptec Embedded SAS with the HostRAID Controller Driver Note 1 If you do not wish to configure Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 and Appendix E for the Windows OS and Other Software Installation instructions For Intel s ESB2 SATA HostRAID Utility please refer to Appendix D Note 2 For more information on the Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID settings please refer to the Adaptec HostRAID Utility included in the CD that came with your motherboard Introduction to SATA Serial ATA and SAS Serial Attached SCSI 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 i
128. support the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System D 10 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded SATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items Intel Greencreek chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Intel 5000X Chipset X7DA8 X7DAE Series Microsoft Direct 9 0 ATI Graphics driver Optional Avance Logic ACS Audio Drivers Intel Matrix Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager F l Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers _ SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals 2 Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to
129. system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECIAgent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PEClAgent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If set to Server the fan speed will be set to optimize server performance If the option is set to Workstation the fan speed is set to optimize workstation performance Select Quiet for the fans to operate as quiet as possible Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all time The Options are 1 Server 2 Workstation 3 Quiet 4 Disable Fans run at the full speed Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V 12V P1V5 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment t
130. t one Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power 3 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that 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 recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an in terleaved memory scheme is used you must install four modules at a time beginning with Branch 1 then Branch 2 and so on see Page 2 6 6 Check the position of the
131. the table on the right for pin definitions SMB Header Pin Definitions A 0 N Fang Fand 4 J 24 Pin ATX PWR PSF 8 PWH KB an1 JPW Mouse I pe DIMM 4B Bank 4 5 USB 0 s 128 poet DIMM 4A Bank 4 t CONT p DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 a pez DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU a 3 pg DIMM 2B Bank 2 Fd Er x s pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 aa pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 peT DIMM 1A Bank 1 r LAN1 2 pg k Greencreel cpu2 Line SGPIO SUPER X7DA3 JPAC North Bridge Qut SGPIO4 Mic la 5107 SIMLPIPMI 22 9 8 EI Blows Battery orn Of PCLExp x16 EE zi JBT1 JCFAIWE1 E 5 pci 33MHz South FCs UC Bridge BIOS BI 1 UN ot PCLExp x4 zT mE BEST plots RESO PCI X 133 MHz B JPS1 SAS PXH SAS4 7 Po 133 MHz Controller JWOR LECilFcz m SAS0 3 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot m SMB SATAA SATAS 2 1 2 510
132. ther Software Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic tem failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation Lor to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPERO X7DA3 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual salue rbd de apa bd n Er edd ad eau Eua iii Manual Organizatii Rc m iii Conventions Used in the iii Chapter 1 Introduction QEON T 1 1 Checklist iiiter ient hr 1 1 Contactirig SUpermlCFO ectetuer tdeo rupe AEE 1 2 SUPER X7 DAS WAGE 2 a 1 3 SUPERG X7DA3 Layout 1 4 QUICK Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features eec eee eddies 1 6 Intel 5000X Greencreek Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVOrvVIGW Eu 1 9 1 3 Special ar ERU SLE nerd 1 10 Reco
133. tion 15 5V A NMI B PWR LED ls andan 2erinarx Pwr an m Mouse Te 105807 45 Bank 4j Groun NMI G 11213 pat DIMM 4A Bank 4 H com ees DIMM 3B Bank 3 E X gez DIMM 3A Bank 3 put x pe DIMM 2B Bank 2 Er pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 Power LED NES pe DIMM 1B Bank 1 pg DIMM 1A Bank 1 tn HDD LED Vcc LAN1 2 EDA 8 Greencreek 2 NIC1 LED Vcc Line in m p SUPER X7DA3 SGPIOZ p 2 LED Vcc SIMLPIPMI 2 i RADO f OH Fan Fail LED 1 J H n lo5 pcI 33MHz MMC NNNM gun PWR Fail LED Pre PciExp x4 ME E Ground Reset gt Reset Button PCI X 133 MHz E ng JPS1 game Controller sasar Ground PWR gt Power Button JWORL AA SAS0 3 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Ter SMB SATA4 SATAS 2 1 1 2 510 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED ca
134. tion The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 4 11 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Branch 0 Rank Sparing Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 or Branch 1 of memory bus The options are Enabled and Disabled Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Branch 1 Rank Interleaving Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving for Branch 0 Rank or Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enable the thermal sensor embedded in the Advanced Memory Buffer on a fully buffered memory module for thermal monitoring The options are Di
135. trol capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For groundin
136. ur motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the 5000X Greencreek chipset the I O Control ler Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode D 1 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over us
137. use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Q Fan r 4 Pinl 17 PSF B pin PWR i PAR 24 Pin ATX PWR Eu Mouse DIMM 4B Bank 4 f an USB OF p it A 11213 oet DIMM 4A Bank 4 CONT pees DIMM 3B Bank 3 8 pem DIMM 3A Bank 3 cput B pe DIMM 2B Bank 2 A Fan 1 pe DIMM 2A Bank 2 E ae per DIMM 18 Bank 4 B Fan 2 per DIMM 1A Bank 1 tet C Fan 3 LAN1 2 cpr 5 Greencreek epi D Fan 4 1 Linen SUPERGX7DA3 Line North Bridge call E Fan 5 Qo E tane Fan 6 3 Ee 5 Elo x a Rx pernnns a ER G Fan 7 CPU Fan 1 a JBT1 JCFAJWF1 pesi e m EXT H Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 arca urca Bridge BIOS Plo pciyp x4 ACT4 7 paler wp PRESET Pree 133 MHz WIEACT S JPS1 a SAS peu PCLX 138 MHz mm Controller SAS4 7 JWORCO Ecore S SUS Pet pci x 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot Te SMB ISATA4 ISATAS e com2 1 5 1 2 pwo 510 H
138. uter 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 graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Select Enabled to temporarily halt system boot and display POST Power On Self Testing error messages when errors occur during bootup Select Disable to continue with system boot even when an error occurs The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 7 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No ACPI Sleep Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system when the system goes into the sleep mode The options are S1 and S3 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power
139. vers 3 3 SUPER X7DA3 User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Chapter 4 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DA3 The Phoe nix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System
140. very from AC Power Loss ssseseseee HH HH 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring iin dno 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features irre dci aaron ete Ree Eo vain ere one Sea rone nde 1 11 126 SUDDIV 1 12 127 S per M E 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices cece cece cece ee ee eee te ee te ee eee anaes 2 1 Precauitioris c m eese idet oi nae re 2 1 UNPACKING 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 4 Installing DIMMS teeter meme 2 6 2 5 Control Panel Connectors and lO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions ssseseseemmMR 2 10 ENTE 2 10 Power LED eren nnns 2 10 FIDE cc 2 11 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED nennen 2 12 Table of Contents Power F ail icr tUe 2 12 Reset

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