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1. V D ptch gt SUPER X7DVL E Zeg Note Notch Re LI should align n with the receptive point H on the slot i Be H In KO To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it O snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot to gently push the release tabs near both ends of Release Tab a the module This should release it from the slot Ji Release Tab 2 7 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the figure below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 4 SUPER X7DVL E SHIHE OL tav PS
2. JPWF ePm 24 Pin AT PWR TIFPWF z BI Pwr A re a fe A OH Fan Fail LED Lesen B PWR Supply Fail DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 com DIMM 2B Bank 2 20 _19 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Groun NMI DIMM 1C Bank 1 vaa DIMM 1B Bank 1 X X DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN Power LED Vcc 5000V GBIJ ae GUPER X7DVL E A pe HDD LED Vcc Fane z NIC1 LED Vcc eLan es par NIC2 LED Vcc CTRLR PCI X 133 MHz ag BISTE Ur Fa OH Fan Fgil LED Vcc PCI X 133 MHz BOLE x oe al PWR Fail LED Vcc JC Cw VGA a ES regen x8 ESB2 en Ground Reset gt Reset Button Printer JCOM2 South BIOS PCI 33 MHz ES EP Ground PWR gt Power Button WE nE Boll casa F008 x JWORE Pee ear Buzzer e5 SATA1 BATA3 SATA5 ET SIMLC pee k JDT SATAD SATA2 SATAG Fan 2 12 Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This butt
3. Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 Qo N DOO FB W N See Section 2 5 for details Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo cated on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with Super Micro server chassis See the figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc SUPER X7DVL E HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc D NIC2 LED Vcc a OH Fan Fail LED Vcc e V E i cc Si E l e PWR Fail LED T To Ground Reset gt Reset Button G
4. Fan SN amp D Ec DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge Fan2 re PCI X 133 MHz 30 Tots a Fan3 PCI X 133 MHz D SI JL1 1 o oe el JPG Lwp VGA Slots CTRLR PCI Exp x8 ESB2 En JCOM2 South o PCI 33 MHz Bridge P Weed al z PL2 Jee arm Be Bon pc 33 MHz ZU 5 JWORE_ Buzzer GI SATATBATA3 SATAS USB SIMLC fe ss SATAZ SATA IDE1 S 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins Tomodify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between man optional settings Jumpers create shorts z between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit LC Sena board See the motherboard layout Pin 1 2 short pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the Jumper Cap Ka GA N N __ jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable GLAN Enable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper set tings The default setting is enabled Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default
5. C D MM 2C Bank 21 DIMM 2B Bank 2_ DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU1 COM1 5000V CPU2 North Bridge GLAN CTRLR H PCI X 133 MHz lot5 PCI X 133 MHz o PCI E x4 JPG CHwp VGA Slots USB4S CTRLR PCI Exp x8 ESB2 Printer JCOM2 South EPA sos Blot Bridge B PCI 33 MHz 9 Ji JECT EI Sa MB mga Bett pc a3 MHz a 3 JWORE_ uzzer 2 3 Cf SATA1 Eur SATA5 E SATA SIMLC je Pin Definition 1 Ground 12V 2 3 Tachometer 4 PWR Modulation Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPF Jumper Setting Definition Normal default Open Closed Force On A Fan 1 B Fan 2 C Fan 3 D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 G Power Force on 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports ise ahd 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 p Clock 6 NC Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 COM1 is a connector located on the lO Backpanel and COM2
6. erin 24 Pin ATX PWR PWR B PWR e pe Fan SN E A AR USBO 1 DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 na D 5000V SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge Fan2 re PCI X 133 MHz 30 r Fan3 lots ayy Fan PCI X 133 MHz E El JL1 1 o E Pa JPGIE JWD voa ee Ke D PCI Exp x8 ESB2 Printer Leo South Esc Bios BGPIO1 o idge i PCI 33 MHz Prtdg a EIS JEGTE TI Batter PL2 FAE Sr erc Ban pcias MHz S005 s JWORE Buzzer ame ATA3 SATAS wo EIER Eet Em Eed Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection A Alarm Reset B SMB Power SMB I C Connector Power SMB 1 C Connector JPI C monitors the status of the power supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions VGA Connector AVGAconnector J15 is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Chapter 2 Installation PWR SMB Pin Definitions SPm i 24 Pin ATX PWR JPW 4 PWR le C louse i Q USB 0 1 DIMM
7. Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Number Bank 1 Bank 2 of DIMMs 2 DIMMs 1A _ DA EN e 4 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B Leien 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Memory Availability Table below for details Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory 1 MB 3 99 System BIOS Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if 512 MB 3 01 needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG ime 284 Memory available to the OS 2 84 applications Installing and Removing DIMMs
8. System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Defauit settings are in bold text un
9. 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 gt 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 EEN 4 23 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIO
10. Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intels 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 wh
11. This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide whether you want to continue with console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off 4 17 SUPER X7DVL E 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 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 System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the
12. This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory ar
13. b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Super Micro 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 C 3 SUPER X7DVL E 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 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Volun RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD
14. o Q ar A a Af lt gat bd S CR ESB2 i PCI Ex4 T 0 g 3Gb S lt ei Q PCI X 133 V J11 J6 2 1 5 E 5 Q Evi E EN N a l 0 N USB 2 orl D D m KSE u H H A E af zZ CH R45 GB LAN o FWH GILGAL HF RJ45 COM1 PARALLEL A MS PORT E KB COM2 Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features Block Diagram of the 5000V Chipset pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000V Blackford VS chipset the X7DVL E motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communica tions presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000V Blackford VS chipset supports a single or dual Dempsey Woodcrest 64 bit dual core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset con sists of the 5000V Blackford VS Memory Controller Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 The 5000V Blackford VS MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset con nects up to six Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory bandwidth of up to 17 0 GB
15. xX Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED PWR Fail LED fo o Ground fo o Reset oO PWR gt Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification 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 motherboard See the table on the right for pin ATX Power 20 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition 13 14 15 16 Hz 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 definitions Pin Pi R WR 5 U Z2 louse JAR my A USBOA DIMM 2C Bank 2 cput comi DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 5000V CPU2 LAN2 el SUPER X7DVL E ge __ Fans D L FFane IGLAN E E PCI X 133 MHz en lots ag Fan3 PCI X 133 MHz E 7 ott O cae JGEJ DJwWD es rie SD PCI Exp x8 ESB2 Pinter coma south sos A BGPIO1 TT pci 33 MHz Bridge bro EP Bu La se e lot1 a JWORF POSS MOE Buzzer a SATATBATAS
16. 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Porte 2 8 BR Front Gontrol Panel esne e E E a a aaRS 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 10 NMI BURGIM A si s koa s r ue nelayan anl san knne van n nika xan n r we nn davan dek n k wa n n EEE R a 2 10 P wer LE D EE 2 10 RID LE D i ss men tetsontiadete sandusatbicsadoh wi h nleta yeni h ka n n y san n na a h v n n 2 11 NIC1A NIC2 LED Indicators 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED x las akla midek kek a kenal ka lae kad ka nma KESEN DE kaz Eze kas 2 12 Power Fail LED 2 12 Table of Contents ResetBUWOM tege ENEE eebe 2 13 Power Button s i al nan ninaanaa nanaa kanan ayaaaaa kaka ai ada ayak a a aa aa a kaka a aka 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables i i kl nan url kanalek ranan aka nani gek ege ege bak 2 14 ATX Power Connect0rf K4K C ll hk lkE kk kk kk kk kk k ka K k ka KA KA KA 2 14 Processor Power Connect0f Gebees 2 14 Universal Serial Bus UP 2 15 Chassis INtrUSION 4 4 i ay ya x ai lak eana eiiean h na aie d nh an n k d mae ek Wa Hana h a 2 15 Fan Headers AKb 3lh l lEli kk kk kk k kak Kak kK A Kr KK KAKA KA KA KA 2 16 Power FotGe O sial ks lenn aliya bab sandi klan kikan beka ranabe E ale kelekel bek 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Porte 2 17 Serial koln KN N Da ge a MD r DEE 2 17 MVC TAG E 2 18 Wake On LAN 4 keke kek kek kk k k kaka ka ka ka kk
17. 6 nit definitions 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCTIN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 op 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC JPWF ber 24 Pin ATX PWR a louse JAR bel ke eso A Parallel Port DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 vea DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 5000V CPU2 ne SUPER X7DVL E ponn erage __ Fans Fang em n Plot Go 133 MHz ay pan Blots ag Fang PCI X 133 MHz E o PCI E x4 E JPG wn a aan Cep ke ENT iner eg South Bios gt bes Soe Bridge So d EZJPL1 JAZ r Pe ee B HILM ZO JWORE_ uzzer SATA1 BATA3 SATA5 SIMLC ue SL SATA2 SATA pana 2 29 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located at See the table below for pin J22 definitions SIMLC IPMI Slot Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy There is a SIMLC IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the IPMI Slot location ewe 24 Pin ATX PWR a el DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DVL E 5000V North Bridge GLAN Tot CTRLR PCI X 133 MHz PCI X 133 MHz lot5 lott PCI E
18. Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area about 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 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 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 5 6 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz
19. 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 lt Ctrl gt and lt l gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt l gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed C 2 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial size Type Status Vol ID H HD 259885 WD MMAL 72834971 232 9GB HD 2584S HD HMAL72034599 232 9GB HDC HD258AJ D HD HMREH1375188 232 SCB HD 2588 D WD MMAEH1449527 232 9GB Press QIJ to enter Configuration Utility idaptec SCSI BIOS vd 288 opyuright 2683 Adaptec In ALL Rights Reserved d d Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility rt lot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product 44 A 18 H
20. Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 4 Headers e ATI 16 MB ES1000 Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HF Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL e Wake on Ring WOR e Console redirection e Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities e BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions e ATX 12 x 10 304 8mm x 254 mm Ter SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual J12 J13 6 5 Cd Q Q S 1 u N u ni 1 fe U O ou Oy S SEW Ng e SO On N V gt a SIMLC IPMI VRM VRM TSL6306 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 K ISL6306 Z Z ep 1067 1333MT S 1067 1333MT S 2 2 MCH 1 1 5000V FBD CHNLO N 0 Pes BLACKFORD VS N AER AS e PORTS PORT n H 9 2 3 0 FBD CHNL1 a 4 N 2Z n gg PCIE x8 PCIE x4 m a 4 S Fa n PORT bh Bi b PCI Ex8 See SE 43 ATA 100 fa a a N ya HN L
21. applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required 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 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DVL E The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Super Micro web site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual
22. 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 OO v C 5000V CPU2 Laus SUPER X7DVL E sms Fan5 D Fang GLAN Fan2 CTRLR Fer PCI X 133 MHz 30 lot5 D an3 PCI X 133 MHz 5 S ep A O PCIE x4 eo a WEE Se ven Slots ropp x8 SB2 E CTRLR P E Prier JCOM2 South g sos or idge za n PCI 33 MHz Brida 4 EZ RES a Zin RE S lott P PCI 33 MHz A JWORE Buzzer a SA A IBXTA3 wi EA SAT et SIMLC ic aD T SATAO SATAZ SaTaa andl 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive SIMLP IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires e A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Parallel Printer Port Parallel Printer Port Connector Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition The parallel printer port is located 1 ST 2 Noea between PCI Slot 2 and PCI Slot 3 3 Data Bit 0 4 Eror See the table on the right for pin 5 DataBit 1
23. 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Super Micro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box One 1 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 044 One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT7L One 1 CPU Retention Module SKT 0159 for retail and bulk packaging One 1 Super Micro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual ta SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Supe
24. Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 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 Maskab
25. PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Slot1 PCI 33MHz Slot2 PCI 33MHz Glo PCI Exp x8 Slot4 PCI Exp x4 Slot5 PCI X 133MHz Slot6 PCI X 133MHz Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM
26. SATA sana ES Oe aku kus kwe ani xu Pin 3 3V 1 3 3V 12V 3 3V COM COM PS_ON 5V COM COM COM Res NC o AN DOD oO A WO PL 5V 5V a o ak N 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 Required Connection 12V A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR Definition Chapter 2 Installation Back Panel USB Front Panel USB Universal Serial Bus USB USB0 1 USB2 3 There are six USB 2 0 Universal Ping EIER Pin Definition Serial Bus ports headers on the 1 ey 1 5V motherboard Two of them are Back 2 PO 2 PO Panel USB ports USB 0 1 J20 and O POs 3 the other three are Front Panel USB 4 Ground 4 Ground headers USB 2 3 JUSB1 USB 4 5 N A 5 Key JUSB2 See the tables on the right e GEN Front Panel USB for pin definitions Pin Definitions USB4 5 USB4 USB5 Pin Definition Pin Definition 5V PO PO Ground Chassis Intrusion No connection A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is located next to the IDE ports on the motherboard Attach the appropriate Pin Definition cable from the chassis
27. bit PCI X slots Slot 5 Slot 6 e Two 32 bit PCI 33 MHz slots Slot 1 Slot 2 e One SIMLC IPMI Slot 0 J16 BIOS e 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM e DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT e Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors e Low noise fan speed control Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready e CPU fan auto off in sleep mode e Pulse Width Modulation PWM fan control e DC temperature sensing logic e Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support CPU slow down on temperature overheat e CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator e Main switch override mechanism e ACPI Power Management Power on mode for power recovery Onboard I O e Six SATA ports Supporting RAIDO RAID1 RAID10 and RAID5 e One SIMLC IPMI 2 0 socket Two Giga bit LAN ports supported by the ESB 2 South Bridge e One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface e Two COM ports 1 header 1 port e One EPP ECP Parallel Header Up to six USB 2 0
28. 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 and Disabled ___ _ _z_zZ55 5 _ VARZV lt lt r _4 _ v5 v_0_U4 v 4 21 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual
29. feature Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition q Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin B louse USBO 1 com1 Fan5 Fang GLAN CTRLR JPWF __ j EBE PWR JAR Da 24 Pin ATX PWR ENN E Ec DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 SUPER X7DVL E 5000V North Bridge re PCI X 133 MHz i PCI X 133 MHz VGA CTRLR JPGIE JWD Slots PCI Exp x8 Printer JCOM2 PCI 33 MHz EZJI EZIJPL2 Blot1 JPG EZ PEZ Jee PCI 33 MHz SIMLC ESB2 South Bridge CPU1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 ell ebe SR ATA3 SATAS eru Baal SATAZ ISATA4 Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up A WOR B WOL Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the I O backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the on
30. is a header located at JCOM2 See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition Pin Definition DSR RTS CTS RI Ground NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection Pin Pi PWF pwr 24 Pin ATX PWR PC oO Ee N De DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 A Keyboard Mouse l DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 B COM1 DIMM 1C Bank 1 C COM2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 5000V CPU2 tan GUPER X7DVL E onn erage L frans D __ Fane GLAN Fan2 Ka PCI X 133 MHz 30 E pes yg Fans PCI X 133 MHz E E JL1 OJ ca JPGIE JWD Kee DD PCI Exp D ESB2 me Tor DO san PCI 33 MHz Bridge a brs J amp E lott JworF_ ere Buzzer e5 SATATIBATA3 SATAS san SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the sus pend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this
31. kK K KAK kK kk KK KA Kl KA KA A KK KA 2 18 GLAN 1 2 Ethernet Portes 2 19 Speaker Power ne E 2 19 Alarm ReSet kk kk k ke kaka ka ka k k k K Ka KA kk KK KA KK KA KA A KK KA 2 20 SMB Conn OlOl x s i 4 i4 s il dir ne dl lisani aaaea kisen si lak da sena Ked dank 2 20 Power SMB Connector cccccccccccssssseccceceessssesssusecsevsesssensesecssersesssensnes 2 21 VGA Connector 2 ce ceeecccceceeeeeceecnecececeeeeeeeaeaeeeeeeeeeceeensaeeeeeeeeseesnsieaeeeeees 2 21 SGPIO Headers sseeseenneneeeeseeerrerrteettttttrttttttttttnntatettttttn tenn tErtEn nenne ee neen 2 22 26 Jumper Settings neies 2 23 Explanation of JUMpErS Mb kk kk kek kk kek kk kK KA kk KA 2 23 GLAN Enable Disable 2 23 CMOS ep eedeekngeee e Seefe biarin xaka lr a ya adek kan SAAN ae kk cress EAE eg gek E 2 23 VA siro QU Pore E DD ace Dn tees cua n ng 2 24 VGA Enable Disable kk kk kk kk kk k kk KK KA KK 2 25 FPG Bus t EE 2 25 PWR Supply Failure EL kk kk ke kek kk kk kk kk Ka kk KA KA kA KA KRA 2 26 2 7 Onboard Indicators eee cece kk kk Ek k keka k KA KA Kr KK KA KA KA KA KA 2 27 E CR Sc rrr EEEN EATER 2 27 Onboard Power LEI 2 27 POST Code LED Indicators l iiii kk kk kk kk kk KRG 2 28 Status LED ves rer mp n 2 28 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy SIMLC IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 29 Parallel Port Connector 0 cccccccceeeccececeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeeneeeeeeeeeseeenae
32. 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 the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if DIMMs of different speeds or types have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end 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 Proc
33. 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 onto the chassis SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Super Micro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Groner extreme care when installing or removing DIMM mod ules to prevent any possible damage DIMM Installation See the graphics on the next page 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A Refer to the Memory Table below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DVL E supports up to 16 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 533 667 in 6 DIMMs For best memory performance please populate DIMM slots with pair s of memory modules of the same size and same type Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory See the DIMM Population Configurations Table below
34. 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 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages 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 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 120 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video
35. to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page C 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volane TL Previous Hext SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt 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 C 4 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROH v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved J Hane Volunl RAID Level RAIDI Mirror Disks Select Disks Strip Size NA Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to unique
36. to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST 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
37. to inform you of 1 Intrusion Input a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened XE JL ges KT A Backpanel USB 0 1 i Je B Front Panel USB 2 3 C Front Panel USB 4 5 DIMM 2C Bank 2 j COM1 CES Wa D Chassis Intrusion DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LANi 5000V CPU2 SC SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge Fan5 L Fane pe PCI X 133 MHz aei 5 arm i PCI X 133 MHz 3 JPG JWD z a EZJPL1 x 1 Batter ae NEWE 3004 ebe JWORE_ Puzza SUB SATATBaTa3 D SIMLC puo Asp g B SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 6 The X7DVL E has four chassis system fan headers Fan3 to Fan6 and two CPU Fans Fans 1 2 Note all these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin defini tions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable the Power Force On function If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function is disabled the normal setting the user needs to press the power button to power on the system
38. x4 JPGI J uwo Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable le Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette A Floppy B SIMLC Slot gi 5 gt HE LE1 Co hu D E Sal dl FP Control Slo8 PCI Exp x8 JCOM2 ESB2 South Bridge ag z3 a SATA1 BATA3 SATA5 2 30 IDE Connector There is one IDE Connector JIDE1 on Chapter 2 Installation IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions Pin Definition Definition the motherboard The IDE Connector 4 Beebe 2 Ground is located next to the Floppy Connec 3 Host Data 7 Host Data 8 tor See the table on the right for pin 5 Host Data 6 Host Data 9 definitions 7 Host Data 5 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 0 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 UO Write 24 Ground 25 VO Read 2
39. 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitorin The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III 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 X7DVL E User s Manual 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 hardcode default setting is 75 C See the note below Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fa
40. 2C Bank 2 CPU1 com DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 KI amp D D DIMM 1B Bank 1 im 1A Baky _ 5000V CPU2 SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge Fan5 Fan6 GLAN Fan2 r PCI X 133 MHz 30 Tots a Fan3 PCI X 133 MHz 5 R 7 o H p31 L JPG1E JWD voa Se es CTRLR S PCI Exp x8 ESB2 Pa JCOM2 South GROW Bios Bridge ee a PCI 33 MHz mee 4 JPL JEGTE TI Batt EE FAE arm Be Bon voa MHz S004 y JWORE_ Buzzer GI SATATJBATA3 SATAS BE SIMLC fe ss SATA2 SATA4 Fa Pin Definition PWR Fail Ground 3 3V A PWR SMB B VGA SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual SGPIO Headers SGPIO There are two SGPIO Serial General Pin Definitions Purpose Input Output headers located Pin Definition Pin Definition onthe motherboard These headers are 1 NC 2 NC used to communicate with the System 3 Ground 4 DATA Out Monitoring Chip on the backplane See 5 Load 6 Ground the table on the right for pin definitions 7 Clock 8 NC Refer to the board layout below for the Note NC No Connections locations of the headers A SGPIO 1 JPWF 1 EI 24 Pin ATXPWR PWR A OOM IWF else T S B SGPIO 2 USB 0 1 DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 com DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 C DIMMiC Bak
41. 6 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQI4 32 1ocst6 33 Addrt 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 37 Chip geg 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground met orm 24 Pin ATXPWR IEN A IDE 1 JAR am DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 ____D wM 1C Bank 1 ______ DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V CPU2 tan SUPER X7DVL E stoe L Fans Fang GLAN CTRLR Fan2 Naa PCI X 133 MHz 30C r Fan lot5 af an PCI X 133 MHz 7 9 S PCIE x4 cai JPGT JWD GIRIN Slots p Exp x8 ESB2 kes il JCOM2 South Ecg Bios Q Ga Bridge Beon PCI 33 MHz yey BEST Batter EPL OS ag Ss e loti pci 33 MHz a3 JWORE Buzzer e5 SATATBATA3 SIS SIMLC met ess SATA2 SATA4 Fam 2 31 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Notes 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and the cha
42. BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER X7DVL E 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 1 continuous beep w Front Panel OH LED on System Overheat Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description Oth 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 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize UO component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alterna
43. CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full soeed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitorin 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 III 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 CPU
44. Chapter 2 SATAO SATA5 JS1 JS6 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors SIMLC J16 IPMI SIMM Low profile Zero Channel Slot SGPIO1 2 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers Slot 1 Slot 2 PCI 33MHz Slots Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 PCI Exp x8 Slot 3 PCI Exp x4 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 PCI X 133MHz Slots Slot 5 Slot 6 SMB J18 System Management Bus Header USB 0 1 J20 Back Panel USB 0 1 USB 2 3 4 5 JUSB1 2 Front Panel USB 2 3 JUSB1 FPUSB 4 5 JUSB2 VGA J15 VGA Port WOL JWOL Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR Wake on Ring Header LED Indicator Description D31 Status LED See Chapter 2 LE1 Power LED See Note 4 on the previous page LE2 LE3 Note CPU1 VRM Overheat LE2 CPU2 VRM Overheat LE3 LE4 LE5 POST LED Indicators See Chapter 2 Note When the Amber light is on for LE2 it indicates CPU1 VRM overheat If the Amber light is on for LE3 it indicates CPU2 VRM overheat 1 5 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU e Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 quad core dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 MHz 1067 MHz 667MHz Memory Six 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 16 GB ECC FBD Fully Buff ered DDR2 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset e Intel 5000V chipset including the 5000V Memory Control Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Expansion Slots e Two PCI E slots one x8 Slot 3 one x4 Slot 4 e Two 64
45. Continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale
46. Disabled m worl a e e S A GLAN Portt Enable louse JAR Led B GLAN Port2 Enable DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 com DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 C DIMM 1C Bank DIMM 1B Bank 1 L____ ____pD MM 1A Bank 1 _____J 5000V C U2 SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge GLAN Fan2 a PCI X 133 MHz 30 lot5 a Fan3 PCI X 133 MHz 5 JL1 4 fe Er eee ae JPG I JWD voa Se kem CTRLR PCI Exp x8 ESB2 Wien Jcom2 South BIOS Bio Bridge BGPOT hm A PCI 33 MHz dg 4 CPL P JEC KE r Batter Baas eS ang e pio PCI 33 MHz SUA 5 JwoRE Buzzer e SATATISATAS SATAS aoe SIMLC j E TUT ATAV SATAZ SATAn4 Fa SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 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 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 Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the s
47. LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 1 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Type This option allows you 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 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Chann
48. N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume J Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press lt Del gt A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD A 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 Intel R Matrix Storage Hanager option RUM 1 8 1013 JOE vknll Copyright C 2803 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved d 1 Create RAID Volume Port Drive Mode Size Status 9 ML AMMD 232 951 Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to h
49. RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DVL E 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
50. S settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot Disabled F Supervisor Password ls This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to decide if a password is required for a user to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see
51. SUPER SUPER X7DVL E USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 c The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara Coun
52. 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 3 0 Gbps 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 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 func tionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 5000V Blackford VS chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device con figurations Legacy mode and Native mode SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larg
53. Temperature Threshold See the Note on Page 4 18 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 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 the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to con stantly run at the full soeed 12V The Options are 1 Disable
54. V 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 chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor Ill in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor Il in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive s
55. Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation A to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual DD ____ wwemgggmmgm iii Manual Organization kk kk kk kek k K Correa KAK KA A KA KA A KA A iii Conventions Used in the Manual iii Chapter 1 Introduction Tal MCW sue an So ease ay ke an Pek b dar bek k sad b ne cd tenner ects eden eee alten Wn Xan z 1 1 Saan EEN 1 1 Contacting Super M CIO WE 1 2 SUPER X7DVL E QO ismin Kn E bln lexe Bik N kan k e RL A 1 3 SUPER X7DVL E Layout 1 4 Quick FRETSMSMCS 22o o n n_ _ nphphp hp pidaia iia 1 5 Motherboard Features s geegent deer ee aka gi kaba dea lak kn 1 6 Intel 5000V Chipset System Block Diagram EEE 1 8 1 2 ege 1 9 E E 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS K l kk EE 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring EE 1 10 1 5 E F SOS j sir ee ne nee eee eee eee ee 1 11 Ti Ie e E 1 12 1 7 Super VO Daneman eer ee ere ee een Pee a gmmj azm 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices l E kk k kk kk kk kk kk ka KAK KA KIRA 2 1 EK No ND e N rrr EY 2 1 Unpacking EE 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 23 Installing DIMMS sisaning a a 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Porte
56. allation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at atime After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD D 1 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is a Web based management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included in the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 Both default username and password 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 III 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 Fo
57. aon g TT pc aa MHz SE Zu Ground PWR gt Power Button ME e Ben LISS JWORE re Buzzer 25 SATA1 BATA3 SATA5 ees SIMLC pwc aa STAD SATA BATM Fan 2 10 HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including 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 porti is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions baal 24 Pin ATX PWR TIPWF TEWE PWR am EC ew T USB 0 4 DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V cpu2 SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge Fan5 Fang GLAN Fan2 Pee Lex 133 MHz ay Blows 30 PCI X 133 MHz roi oi SR PCE x GZ JPG Cwn
58. board speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker EWR ji PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR B JEWE 4 PWR Tl PC louse JAR Led JPI DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 L________pD MM 1A Bank 1 5000V C U2 SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge A GLAN1 2 SN B PWR LED Speaker USB01 DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 GLAN Fan2 a PCI X 133 MHz 30 lot5 a Fan3 PCI X 133 MHz 5 E JL1 o D31 JPG JWD voa saa deere CTRLR PCI Exp x8 ESB2 ae scone South Esc Bios Biotz idge ee e PCI 33 MHz Bridg a EIS JEGTE T __ Batter EZIJ L2 eS ap x e SE lot1 pci 33 MHz SULA 5 SATATBATAS SATAS Pen TRO TE Fa SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fail Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Alarm Reset
59. d 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 JPWF to prevent false alarms LAN1 LAN2 L Fan5 __ Fane PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Closed Open e 24 Pin ATX PWR PC Far DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPER X7DVL E 5000V North Bridge LAN E PCI X 133 MHz D I PCI E x4 VGA CTRLR JPGIE JWD DSP p Exp x8 JWOR FT Printer Jcom2 PCI 33 MHz EZIJPL1 Dk EZ EZIJPL2 JPC25 1 Ban pc 33 MHz Kan PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 South Bridge 3008 CPU1 ead Ee CPU2 IP co Fan2 EI aq Fan3 ma fe FP Control BIOS Buzzer SATA1 BATA3 SATA5 IDE1 SIMLC wo wore USB23 JD Eat SATAZ SATA4 2 26 L Pa Definition Enabled Disabled Default A PWR Supply Fail 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The Yellow LED indicates activity while the power LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the con
60. ded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag e 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 e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and 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 1 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor 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 Inte
61. ea 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 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 9 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static 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
62. ecify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Cores Redrecter Lesteed Yew Ferron fe Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity H GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characte
63. ed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled 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 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU
64. edures and Frequently Asked Ques Don FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support fags before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support e Motherboard model and PCB revision number Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 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 Awww supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DVL E has six 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Upda
65. el 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit UO 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 PlO1 Fast PlO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PlO4 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 X7DVL E User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select E
66. equires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DVL E 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 will supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin is also required for adequate power supply to the CPU Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super UO The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces
67. er 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 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
68. ere 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 4 13 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there i
69. es 2 29 Floppy OTIC LON sce ce cise ec delk k s ka kinare xanl seek bek ka nie van dan daka a bak 2 30 SIMLC IPMI Got 2 30 IDE Connechors snalk nn karik ne n kenan darane kan se anda kebani da neke due sban a bkn k Sa nie b z R N 2 31 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Tr ubleshoo tirg PioCedU i acest he la k karika ka kana ege 3 1 Before E 3 1 le RE 3 1 INO VQ WE 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration u EEE 3 1 leet egene 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures si i ax akla neste 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions E 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service een 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Set Hi rele lele n sena e N VA E re a ee eee 4 1 4 2 Running Set ic i1 5142554545 a nik teka karan Dek ab hak eee E K R k ene k VE sea evd na R hb kekan 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup u EEE re ak keka ka kk KAK KAK ARK HAA KA KA KAKA KA KA A 4 2 4 4 Advanced SOUS EE 4 7 4 5 Security Setup Zeta 4 24 EE 4 25 rE EEN 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Meeesgeeg eieezesbsdeegEtaegCeggeregegEA eege SSES A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST COG GS k x snn s klanan ink rastis ark EE pe kak yaya Heku emcees B 1 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines EEE C 1 Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers D 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction
70. ighlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS to systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS a Insert Microsoft the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated 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 contin
71. iled 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 X7DVL E User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s 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 C 2 and Appendix D for the OS amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to 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 Super Micro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating
72. inish the installation by fully tightening all four screws 3 Screw 2 ho To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend AN that the CPU or the heatsink be re moved However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions on the next page to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink oI SRW ai screws from the motherboard in the 5 e sequence as show in the picture on the right A2 R NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 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 3 Once the heatsink is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chas sis Make sure that the locations
73. l certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU Socket make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU Socket pins are bent other wise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor top of the L PI 1 Press the load lever to release oad Plate the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate with PnP Cap j attached Oy Chapter 2 Installation 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 triangle cutout on the socket 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid dam age to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket i
74. le Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bih Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Ini
75. less otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the co
76. ly identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER X7DVL E 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 6 1613 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 45 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved J Nane Volunig RAID Level RAIDIG CRAIDOtM Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx GB Create Volume 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 Sp
77. mpers JI C1 JI C2 allow you to con nect the System Management Bus IC to PCI slots The default setting is Open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled GC to PCI Slots Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default Pin PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR e BI louse USBO 1 PWR EC Far DIMM 2C Bank 2 COM1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 SUPER X7DVL E DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V North Bridge GLAN CTRLR r PCI X 133 MHz CD iw VGA CTRLR Oo D PCI Exp x8 Printer JCOM2 PCI 33 MHz EZJPL1 EZJPL2 Blot1 1EZ PC2E 1 PCI 33 MHz e PCI X 133 MHz Buzzer wor Ed SATAT ESB2 South Bridge Ee el EO a5 BATAS SATAS D A VGA Enabled B EC Bus to PCI slots KI Fan2 IDE1 USB2 3 aena TAVE ATAZ SATA SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual PWR Supply Failure PWR Fault Detect JPWF The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installe
78. n much safer thermal environments than the traditional motherboards The X7DVL E is ideal for high performance dual processor DP and enterprise server environ ments Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Products motherboard for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in 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 and Appendix D list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and 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 system failure or to avoid bodily injury
79. n an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn 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 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 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 r
80. nable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware 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 to configure Intel s SATA RAID settings SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of the Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup 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 4 7 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 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 P
81. nection See the tables at right for more information Onboard Power LED LE1 There is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location Chapter 2 Installation Activity Link LED LED Rear View when viewing it from the back of the system GLAN Activity Indicator Color Status Definition Yellow Flashing Active GLAN Link Indicator Pin PWR JPWF C4 JAR 24 Pin ATX PWR e EC DIMM 2C Bank 2 com1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 CPU1 DIMM 1C Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 Trans Fang ES UPER X7DVL E 5000V North Bridge LAN Ka PCI X 133 MHz JPGIE JWD VGA CTRLR DSP PCI Exp x8 Printer JCOM2 PCI 33 MHz EZIJPL1 E PL JWOR FT Ban pc 33 MHz figs EZ JPC25 1 SIMLC wo ZE lot5 PCI X 133 MHz D I PCI E x4 ESB2 South Bridge een CPU2 hal e Si LE3 EUL E Si LEI E FP Control Bo J BIOS 3008 IDE1 SATA1 BATA3 SATAS an JDTISATAD SATAZ SATA4 a ka LED Col
82. ni Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to con stantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V 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 BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent
83. nspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed Then close the load plate 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard 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 North Center Edge South Center Edge gold dot Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Corner with a triangle cutout CPU Pin1 Load Lever Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed 2 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK a Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU Screw 1 H 4 F
84. on 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 S JPWE een 24 Pin ATXPWR ra I USBOA DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 COM DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1C Bank 1 VGA DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 5000V cpu2 Lan SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge Fans S Fang GLAN Fan2 cmir PO pc x 133 MHz ag Blows cas PCI X 133 MHz bi oi PCIE x4 WER JPG Cwp e vaa Je cael Slots PCI Exp x8 ESB2 5 Wie JCOM2 South Bios Brid Se Ella PCI 33 MHz ridge E FCI prs 15 008 lott uu i PCI 33 MHz z JWORE Buzzer SMB SATATIBATAS SATAS k SIMLC wer a SATAD SATA2 SATAA Fa 2 13 OH Fan Fail LED Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground Power Button Pin Definition i Signal 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button 20 19 Groun
85. on of Pin 1 4 When LE1 is on make sure to unplug the power cable before removing or installing components 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 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DVL E Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JI2C1 JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slot 1 Slot 2 Speed Pins 2 3 Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPWF PWR Supply Failure Detect Off Disabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector CPU PWR JPW3 12V 8 pin PWR Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset Header Chassis Intru JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 JCOM1 2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors FAN 1 6 Fans 1 6 System cooling fans chassis fans CPU fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP Control JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 JIDE1 IDE1 Hard Drive Keyboard Mouse JKM1 Keyboard Mouse Connectors Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port PWR LED SPKR JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR Force On JPF Power Force On PWR SMB LUC Power System Management ZC Header PWR Supply Fail JPWF Power Supply Failure See
86. or Definition Off 100 Mbps No Connection or 10 Mbps Green Amber 1 Gbps A GLAN Porti LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED 2 27 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual POST Code LED Indicators LE4 LES There are two POST Code LED Indicators LE4 LE5 located on the motherboard These two LEDs indicate POST Power POST Code LED Indicators LE5 LE4 POST Code Message Yellow On Green Off Memory Initialization POST 28h Yellow Off Green On System Shadowing On Self Test Code Messages through different sets of green and yellow light combinations Refer to the table on the right for POST Code Messages See the POST 38h Yellow On Yellow Off Green Off Green On CPU Initialization POST 0Ah PCI Initialization POST 49h layout below for the LED location Status LED D31 There is a Status LED Indicator D31 Status LED Indicator located on the motherboard This LED SE displays different colors to show the status SES ee ee Red PWR on PWR probl of the system Refer to the table on the occur s or JPWS not ge right for system status See the layout properly installed Yellow S5 or S4 below for the LED location ePm PWI 24 Pin ATX PWR A LE4 POST Code LED B LE5 POST Code LED C D31 Status LED DIMM 2C Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 one Bank DIMM 1B Bank
87. ort B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base UO 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 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 15 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to info
88. ou request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DVL E motherboard The SUPER X7DVL E supports dual Intel Xeon quad core dual core processors w 771 LGA with a front side bus speed of of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit Xeon dual core processors built in the X7DVL E offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel dual core NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the IA 32 software The features include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SoeedStep 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 i
89. ower On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error message even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen
90. p e VGA lewre GRLA Slots PCI Exp x8 ESB2 5 eer JO South ec sios gt Blow i Bascol D PCI 33 MHz Bridge ls Pze ZH HE eege lott LL i PCI 33 MH 5 JWORE z Buzze SMB SATATIBATAS SATAS mzz SIMLC pee JoT SATAO SATA2 saTaa Fa 2 11 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED 20 19 Groun NMI D x Power LED Vcc Q HDD LED Vcc n c LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc H Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Ground ele Reset gt Reset Button PWR 7 Power Button SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 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 Pin Definition Ti Vcc Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator the table on the right for pin defini Status tions State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Power Fail LED PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 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 Pin Definition 5 Vcc
91. pace 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 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 Whe
92. r Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER X7DVL E Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual SUPER X7DVL E Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale 24 Pin ATX PWR PWR GPi Dim 25 Bank DIMM 2A Bank L_l JAR USB 011 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge __ Fan5 __ Fan6 GLAN Plote PCI X 133 MHz LE1 LE3 Co E E d Gi E 0 Fan3 Slot5 PCI X 133 MHz 5 5 o jL1 9 ot4 PCI E x4 D31 BI JPG CLwp VGA r Koch Slot PCI Exp x8 ESB2 USB45 Bridge BGPIO1 PIO PCI 33 MHz Floppy EZJPL1 KAS Batter Fiat SE Sloti 133 MH a gt swore Sus ale SES ees It S ku uu wo an 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 indicates the locati
93. r the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the GDI settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help XWELI Doctor III Gage Remote Management System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administratio u Health Information CPU1 Chassis CRUZ Chassis Intrusion D 2 Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help e ESuper Doctor i Remote Manageme System Info Health Info Performa u Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II 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 a Note The SD III Software can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II D 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Notes Disclaimer
94. rm you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for Console Redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT 100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection
95. round PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V JPWF Ham 24 Pin ATX PWR era A NMI USB 0 4 B PWR LED DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 com DIMM 2B Bank 2 20 _19 DIMM 2A Bank 2 Groun NMI Q DIMM 1C Bank 1 vaa DIMM 1B Bank 1 X X DIMM 1A Bank 1 ge rower LED Vec 5000V eens ue GUPER X7DVL E pg HDD LED Vec Fans a an NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc em n Prete pc x 133 MHz r ran p st GI AE OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PCI X 133 MHz 3 ot PCE x4 S d PWR Fail LED Vcc JC wo 7 VGA a SI Loge x8 ESB2 Jee Ground Reset gt Reset Button Printer JCOM2 South BIOS Blot i B
96. rrect information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Main Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you enten PC H parameters o ard dis Cn drive installed at thi Heads E 11 connection Heads eier EE e ard dis rive sereng installed here Sectors CD ROM a CD ROM driv Maximum Capacity is installed here Maximum Capacity ATAPI Removable removable disk drive i LBA Format installed here Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers Disabled
97. rs in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the note on Page C 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volane tl Previous Hext SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type
98. s 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 a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Make sure the CPU is properly seated Be sure to check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and the chas sis 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 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power 3 1 SUPER X7DVL E 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
99. s The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interfaces to the ESB2 In addition the 5000V Blackford VS chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing The Xeon Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000V chipset the Xeon dual core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Dual Core Processors L1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 82KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will resoond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Boot Features to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DVL E All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 1 8
100. s any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intels 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 gt 1 O 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 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 p
101. te registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 4th Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h
102. ted BIOS files are located on our web site at http Awww supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automatically reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automati cally flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent a 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 3 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual
103. the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Enter 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 SUPER X7DVL E 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
104. 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 control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps Chapter 1 Introduction 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 X7DVL E User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electro Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions e Use a groun
105. tialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh Eth E2h Eh E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has fa
106. timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB 4 11 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the memory branch operates System address space can either be interleaved between two channels or Sequential from one channel to another Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Sequential and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled 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 install
107. ty in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 1c Release Date Oct 29 2008 Unless y
108. ue 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 the Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will au tomatically reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System C 10 Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix D Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items kb SUPERMICRO X7D L Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP xl Intel Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Microsoft Direc 9 0 ATI Graphics driver Intel 5000 V Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager X7DVL E Series Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers tree Ki SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD T Auto Start Up Next Time Si For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Inst
109. with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Drive A 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 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 ServerBlOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utilit
110. y 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 nnnnis 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 A 3 SUPER X7DVL E User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data UO 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 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the
111. ys Watch Dog tem when a software application hangs Close Jumper Settings JWD pins 1 2 to reset the system if an application Jumper Setting Definition is hung up Close pins 2 3 to generate a non Pins 1 2 GEN maskable interrupt signal for the application that siran mn is hung up See the table on the right for jumper i Open Disabled settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write his her own application software in order to dis able the Watch Dog Timer JPWFT EE J 24 Pin ATXPWR T RA S T El 2 A Clear CMOS DIMM 2C Bank 2 CPU1 B Watch Dog Enable DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1c Bank 1 sd DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000V CPU2 LAN2 SUPER X7DVL E North Bridge L__I Fans D Fang GLAN Fan2 s PCI X 133 MHz 30C lot5 af Fan3 PCI X 133 MHz 5 S S JL1 GI Pi PCI E x4 pat amp Pot Cw G VGA Slots CTRLR PCI Exp x8 ESB2 ileal JCOM2 South e e PCI 33 MHz Bridg a EE JECT EI EZIJPL2 OS lott P PCI 33 MHz JWOR FT Buzzer ae 5 lus Chapter 2 Installation VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings 2C Bus to PCI Slots Ju

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