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1. Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard 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 serverboard 4 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 7045B T is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7045B T system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install processors and heatsinks to the X7DBE serverboard connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All serverboard jumpers and connections are described and a layout and quick reference chart are included in this chapter Remember to close the chas sis completely when you have finished working on the serverboard to prot
2. Headers Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions JD2 iti USB2 USB3 USB4 Three additional USB headers Pin Definition Pin Definition USB2 3 and USB4 are included on 1 5V 1 5V the serverboard These may be used 2 PO 2 PO for front side access A USB cable 3 PO 3 PO not included is needed for the con 4 Ground 4 Ground nection See the table on the right for 5 Key 5 NC pin definitions Power LED Speaker Pin Definitions JD1 a power LED pins 4 7 are for the ire Benin tons DT Pin Function Definition speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper 4 Speaker data red wire 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Pin Definitions PS 2 Mouse Ports Pin Definition 1 Data The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 NC mouse ports are located beside the USB ports See the table on the right for pin definitions Ground VCC Clock Overheat LED Overheat LED Pin Definitions Connect an LED to the JOH1 header Saik to provide warning of a chassis over heating condition See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 1 5V OH Active Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated JWOL See the
3. SGPIO provides a bus between the SATA controller and the SATA drive backplane to provide SATA enclosure management functions Connect the appropriate cables from the back plane to the SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 headers to utilize SATA management functions on your system JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Ethernet ports designated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables Alarm Reset JAR The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature Alarm Reset assumes that Supermicro redundant Pin Definitions JAR power supply units are installed in the Pin Definition chassis Connect a microswitch to the 2 45V JAR header to disable the power supply fail alarm Note the 7045B T has only a single power supply so this header is unused 1 Ground Keylock The keyboard lock connector is desig nated JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it 5 18 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 9 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the T Fe sf serverboard jumpers can be used to Ping choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two Q pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed Setting BE circuit board See the diagram at right for a
4. or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JP13 to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin definitions Note JP10 should be disabled on the 7045B T which has only a single pow er supply Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog func Watch Dog tion Watch Dog is a system monitor Jumper Settings JWD that can reboot the system when a Jumper Setting Definition software application is hung up Pins Pins 1 2 Reset 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system Pins 2 3 NMI if an application is hung up Pins 2 3 Open Disabled will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jump er settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer 5 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup JLAN Enable Disable JLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 Change the setting of jumper JPL1 or JPL2 to enable or disable the onboard LAN ports JLAN1 and JLAN2 respec tively See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Compact Flash Master Slave Compact Flash Master Slave Jumper Settings JCF1 The JCF1 jumper allows you to assign either master or
5. From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 7 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 7 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 7 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see 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 7 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
6. these tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing Figure 2 2 Preparing to Install the Chassis Rails 2 5 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Figure 2 3 Installing the Rails to the Chassis Installing the Rack Rails Determine where you want to place the SuperServer 7045B T in the rack See Rack and Server Precautions in Section 2 3 Position the fixed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the other assembly to the other side of the rack making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward 2 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit The next step is to install the server into the rack You should have two brackets in the rack mount kit Install these first keeping in mind that they are left right specific marked with L and R Then line up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed
7. 9 Data Bit 3 11 Data Bit 4 13 Data Bit 5 15 Data Bit 6 i Data Bit 7 19 ACK 21 BUSY 23 PE 25 SLCT 5 22 Pin 2 4 6 8 Definition Auto Feed Error Init SLCT IN GND GND GND GND GND GND Write Data Write Gate NC Floppy Connector Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup The floppy connector is located on J12 See the table below for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions J12 Definition Ground Ground Key Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 Definition FDHDIN Reserved FDEDIN Index Motor Enable Drive Select B Drive Select B Motor Enable DIR STEP Write Data Write Gate Track 00 Write Protect Read Data Side 1 Select Diskette 5 23 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE 1 and 2 connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions SATA Ports There are no jumpers to con figure the onboard SATA con nectors See the table on the right for pin definitions IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions J5 J6 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data
8. Adaptec Host RAID Controller If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s ICH HostRAID Controller Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID Driver The options are Intel and Adaptec 7 6 Chapter 7 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 7 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit gt k k k gt gt k gt Item Specific Help Memory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features Advanced Chipset Control Advanced Processor Options I 0 Device Configura
9. Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Coeds Redrecter tastoerd Yew Meroe feb Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved eens Uo lund RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity 6 6 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 2 Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt 3 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 4 When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays 5 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB 7 Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the
10. Definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 ATX Power Connector Pin Definition Pin Definition 3 3V 3 3V The primary ATX power supply con 12V 3 3V nector meets the SSI Superset ATX COM COM 24 pin specification Make sure that PS_ON 5V the orientation of the connector is COM correct See the table on the right for COM pin definitions Auxiliary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power 12V 4 pin Aux Power connector above the Auxiliary 4 pin Pin Definitions JPW2 connector at JPW2 must also be con zm LC RC INDICE 2G Pins Definition nected to your power supply See the 1 amp 2 Ground table on the right for pin definitions 3 amp 4 12V Processor Power Connector Processor Power Pin Definitions JPW3 JPW3 must also be connected to the power supply to provide power for the processor s See the table on the right for pin definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is located Pin Definition on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the 15 Vcc table on the right for pin definitions 16 Control 5 12 HDD LED The HDD IDE Har
11. EU ES SIO gt BIOS 1000 Kybdi TOM P i y aralle Mouse Floppy Ports 2 Port 1 5 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 1 4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei 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 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperServer 7045B T up and running Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time This quick setup assumes that your system has come to you with the processors and memory preinstalled If your system i
12. Figure 5 3b Top View of DDR Slot Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab L Il Release Tab Optimized DIMM Population Configurations BranchO Branch1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A jl 0 0 0 0 0 001 000 4 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 4A 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B SA 4A 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed To optimize memory performance please install pairs of DIMMs in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above 5 8 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Note Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of SDRAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability with 4 GB total system memory System Device Physical Memory R
13. POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA 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 Manual Revision 1 0a Release Date March 27 2007 Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part o
14. Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 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 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 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 7 9 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through t
15. Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS 7 19 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 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 Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 7 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section 1 Legacy Floppy Drives 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Order Use the Up and Down Arrow Keys to select a device 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 devices You can also use the keys indic
16. Supply The SuperServer 7045B T has a single 650 watt power supply This power supply has an auto switching capability which enables it to automatically sense and oper ate at a 100V or 240V input voltage Power Supply Failure If the power supply unit fails the system will shut down and you will need to replace the power supply unit Replace with the same model SP650 RP p n PWS 0056 which can be ordered directly from Supermicro see Contact Information in the Preface As there is only one power supply unit in the 7045B T the server must be powered down before removing and or replacing the power supply for whatever reason Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First power down the server Then unplug the power cord from the power supply module Remove the screws that secure the module to the chassis then pull it completely out 2 Installing a new power supply Replace the failed unit with another unit having the exact same part number PWS 0056 Gently but firmly push the new unit all the way into the open bay Secure it to the chassis using the screws you previously removed Finish by replacing the chassis left top cover and then plugging the power cord back into the new module you just added 6 9 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Notes 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Chapter 7 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DBE The Phoenix ROM
17. The Reset Button connection is lo Pin Definitions JF1 cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach Pin Definition it to the hardware reset switch on the 3 Reset computer case Refer to the table on Ground the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button Pin Definitions JF1 can also be configured to function Pin Definition as a suspend button see the Power 1 PW ON Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode depress the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus USBO0 1 Pin Definitions USBO 1 USBO USB1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are E ee ee located beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USBO is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top con nector See the table on the right for pin definitions 5V PO Do Ground Ground Key Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 A Chassis Intrusion header is located Pin Definition at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion 1 Intrusion Input Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located beside the mouse port COM2 is a header on the serverboard see serverboard layout for location See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail Header Connect a cable fro
18. The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 7 14 Chapter 7 BIOS 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 DMAS3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or 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 7 15 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a
19. 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 f you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions you may proceed to Section C 3 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 Supermicro 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 Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overa
20. capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 8 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 9 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 7 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Deleting a RAID Volume A 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 1 From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt 2 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 3 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 Software Installation Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD 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 1 From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear reate RAID Volune Port Drive Model Serial oe LECHE AL 728 Gk Select the disks that shoul
21. display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging 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 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for 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 from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS
22. if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed P12V VRO P12V VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 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 BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot Disabled Fi TL F9 Esc e gt Enter Fi18 Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and
23. in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 7 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you entor P parameters o ard dis pel eee drive installed at this Heads D i11 connection Heads futo Pipa be aod ard dis rive Sectors installed here Sectors 1 39 you select Maximum Capacity pre determined type of Maxinun Capacity RREA LBA Format CD ROM a CD ROM drive Total Sectors Pa gl tallod hore i itu emovable Lees ue to removable disk drive is installed here Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit I 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi tL Esc e gt Enter Fi18 Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the
24. in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Dat
25. of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off button and a reset button e POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system e RESET Use the reset button to reboot the system 3 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 3 3 Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of the SC743TQ 650 chassis has six LEDs that provide you with critical information related to different parts of the system This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take e Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply This LED should normally be on when the system is operating g HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the SC743TQ 650 this LED indi cates SATA CD ROM drive activity when flashing Oo NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when flashing e NIC2 Indicates network activity on LAN2 when flashing e Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient r
26. 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 7 4 Chapter 7 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of CPU Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This op
27. processor serverboard Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperServer 7045B T www supermicro com In addition to the serverboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 7045B T as listed below e Four 4 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0072 e Two 2 8 cm hot swap rear exhaust fans FAN 0081 o One 1 air shroud CSE PT0123 o One 1 3 5 floppy drive FPD PNSC 02 01 e Two 2 5 25 dummy drive trays e One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 e One 1 I O shield CSE PT55 e Serial ATA Accessories One 1 Serial ATA backplane CSE SAS 743TQ Four 4 Serial ATA data cables CBL 0061L Two 2 Serial ATA LED cables CBL 0157L Eight 8 Serial ATA hot swap drive carriers CSE PT17 B e Optional Two 2 CPU passive heatsinks SNK P0018 One 1 rackmount kit CSE PTO26 B 1 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the SuperServer 7045B T lies the X7DBE a dual processor serverboard based on the Intel 5000P chipset and designed to provide maximum performance Below are the main features of the X7DBE See Figure 1 1 for a block diagram of the Intel 5000P chipset Processors The X7DBE supports single or dual Intel dual core Xeon processors 5300 5100 5000 series Please refer to the serverboard description pages on our web site for a complete listing of supported p
28. table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this feature You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a WOR card and cable to use this feature SMB The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus designated J17 is located near the battery Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB Power FC The header at J18 is for I2C which may be used to monitor the status of the power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black Wake up SMB Header Pin Definitions J17 Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection SMB Power PC Pin Definitions J18 Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 SMB Data 3 N A 4 N A 5 N A SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual SGPIO The two headers labeled SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 are for SGPIO Se rial General Purpose Input Output
29. that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 21A and DIMMZ2A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time See the table on the following page 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 5 7 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Memory Support The X7DBE supports up to 32 GB of ECC FBD Fully Buffered DIMM DDR2 667 or ECC FBD DDR2 533 SDRAM The memory is an interleaved configuration which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs You should not mix DIMMs of different sizes and speeds See Figure 5 3 for installing and removing memory modules Note Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Figure 5 3a Installing DIMM into Slot To Install Insert mod ule vertically and press down until it snaps into m eek place Pay attention to the bottom notch t Note Notches should align with their To Remove Use your receptive points thumbs to gently push en testet each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot
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31. 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 O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 99 Addr1 34 Ground 35 AddrO 36 Addr2 Sif Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground SATA Connector Pin Definitions SATAO SATA5 Pin Definition 1 Ground TXP TXN Ground N Oo Oc A UN Ground 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform simple maintenance on the SC743TQ 650 chassis Following the component installation steps in the order given will eliminate most common problems If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the step that follows Refer to Chapter 2 for instructions on installing the system as a 4U rackmount Tools Required The only tool you will need is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edge
32. 3 3 3 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs eor ESEESE 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions sssssssssee eene 4 1 4 2 General Safety Precautions ssssssssseeee Henne 4 2 4 3 ESD Safety Precautions ssssssesssseeeeee eee 4 3 4 4 Operating Precautions sssseseseeeeeeeR eee 4 4 vi Table of Contents Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 6 5 7 5 8 Handling the Serverbo rd issis sesonon eene 5 1 Processor and Heatsink Installation sssssssssssssssssseses 5 2 Connecting Cables eriein aranaren exte siete Geren 5 5 Connecting Data Cables iseseisana 5 5 Connecting Power Cables sssssssssssseesese eee teen 5 5 Connecting the Control Panel sessssssssssssseeeere 5 6 I O POTIS c 5 7 installing MOMOry Tm 5 7 Adding PC Cards sitione erne eea A ere Erene 5 9 Serverboard Details nere nente denen te rone dec hei ii 5 10 XA DBE LAY OW re 5 10 X7DBE Quick Reference etenaren peen r aa AEE EENES 5 11 Connector Definitlons eerte nokoa o a igna aai Raph 5 12 ATX Power Connector iesus exo ce bte tec eu Ex EX RYE EX RR RR RER E RXR RR dRRNR 5 12 Auxiliary Power CONNeCtO iisen rasne emen 5 12 Processor Power Connector c ececececececececeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5
33. BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility
34. Console Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature LM93 Temperature This item displays LM93 Temperature Fan 1 FAN8 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 vise 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
35. Disabled and Enabled 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 USB Device 29 F3 Only Select Enabled to enable the function of USB device as 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 7 12 Chapter 7 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 Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Setto Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance 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
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37. Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Systems Management Report Help 8 Health Information CPUl Chassis CPUZ Chassis Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill Remote Control Screen TEM Doctor III M oft Internet Explorer Remote Management System Info Health Info Performance Remote Cx Configuration Administration S s Management Report Help a Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity p trol ower contro a Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web Site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor llIl You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor Il C 13 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Notes Appendix D System Specifications Appendix D System Specifications Processors Single or dual Intel dual core Xeon dual core processors 5300 5100 5000 series Note Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors Chipset Intel 5000P ESB2 chi
38. Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Volunig RAID Level RAIDIA RAIDOH Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx CB Create Volune Enter a string betueen 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 2 Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt 3 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 4 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 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size 5 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 6 Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 7 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 Software Installation Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity 1 Select
39. PERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor 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 The default User Name Password for SuperDoctor III is ADMIN ADMIN Supero Doctor Ill Health Information Screen F Supero Doctor II Microsoft Internet Explorer gt l8 x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Remote Management System
40. 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 7 2 Chapter 7 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu 42 Setup Screen Emulation Main Advanced Security System Date Legacy Diskette A IDE Channel 8 Master IDE Channel Slave SATA Port SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 Parallel ATA Serial ATA Native Mode Operation Boot Exit 17 08 53 Item Specific Help 12 01 2005 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt oi 1 44 1 25 MB 3 lt Enter gt selects field CD ROM None None None None None Enabled Enabled Auto SATA Controller Mode Option Compatible System Memory Extended Memory CRRRX KB CRRRX KB Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25
41. SUPERG SUPERSERVER 7045B T oS Sum USER S MANUAL 1 0a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
42. SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 1 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indi cators Please note that even and odd numbered pins are on opposite sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for details and pin descrip tions of JF1 Figure 5 1 Front Control Panel Header Pins JF1 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 4 I O Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 2 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 2 Rear Panel I O Ports Mouse Parallel Port Green Burgundy Le USBO 1 Wore recor o po LAN1 LAN2 ome O O a ee Fr Keyboard COM Port VGA Port Purple Turquoise Blue 5 5 Installing Memory Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMMs to pre vent any possible damage Also note
43. U so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the preinstalled heatsink retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not fully tighten the screws or you may damage the CPU SCREW NO 4 SCREW NS Ux 4 Add the two remaining screws then Ale WNI lt finish the installation by fully tightening NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW all four screws Removing the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to prevent damage to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink 5 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 3 Connecting Cables Now that the processors are installed the next step is to connect the cables to the ser
44. a Problem with NVRAM CMOS data I O device IRQ conflict 1 O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Di
45. 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 Intel s web site for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during 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 For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Adjace
46. 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 Enter 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 Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix C Software Installation Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Vo
47. an 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 7 8 Chapter 7 BIOS Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for 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
48. and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure Allow the hot plug SATA drives and power supply units to cool before touching them Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the servers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling 2 2 Chapter 2 Server Installation Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the ambient operating tempera ture of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient tempera ture Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern Reliable Ground A reliable ground must be maintained at all times To ensure this the rack itself should be grounded Parti
49. ate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer here for details on the system interface which includes the functions and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located throughout the system SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Chapter 4 System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the SuperServer 7045B T Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X7DBE serverboard including the locations and functions of connections headers and jumpers Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC743TQ 650 server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Software Installation Appendix D System Specifications Preface Notes SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Table of C
50. ated above to specify the priority of boot order of a device or to move items from the category of Excluded from Boot Order to the category of Boot Priority Order and vise versa See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 7 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 Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to Discard Changes Save Changes CMOS 7 21 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 7 22 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendi
51. ck the SATA disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SATA drives please refer to Chapter 6 5 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by four hot swap 8 cm chassis fans working in conjunction with an air shroud Two 8 cm exhaust fans are also mounted at the rear of the chassis The system component layout was carefully designed to promote suf ficient airflow through the chassis Also note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans Keep this in mind when you reroute them after working on the system 6 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from the power supply unit into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is recommended that you use an uninterruptible power supply UPS Finally depress the power on button on the front of the chassis 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview The control panel on the 7045B T has several LEDs and two buttons There is also an LED on each SATA drive carrier These LEDs keep you constantly in formed of the overall status of the system and the activity and health of specific components 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front
52. completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack see Figure 2 4 Figure 2 4 Installing the Server into a Rack 2 7 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup After setting up the the system you will need to open the unit to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and all the connections have been made 1 Accessing the inside of the system see Figure 2 5 If rack mounted first grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click There are two screws that secure the cover to the chassis remove these first Depress the button on the top side if tower of the chassis to release the cover You can then lift the cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 CPU clock ratio setting The CPU speed should be automatically detected No jumper or BIOS settings need to be made 4 Check the system memory Your server may have come with system memory already installed Make sure all DIMMs are ful
53. ctions on replacing failed SATA drives 3 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Notes 3 4 Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperServer 7045B T from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch on the chassis as well as the room s emergency power off switch disconnection switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from the system Do not work alone when working with high voltage components Power should always be disconnected from the system when removing or installing main system components such as the serverboard memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do no
54. cular attention should be given to power supply connec tions other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc 2 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the system into a rack unit Rack installation requires the use of the optional rackmount kit CSE PT26 B If the system has already been mounted into a rack or if you are using it as a tower you can skip ahead to Sections 2 5 and 2 6 There are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly The following is a guideline for installing the server into a rack with the rack rails provided in the rackmount kit You should also refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the chassis an outer rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself and two rail brackets which also attack to the rack see Figure 2 1 The inner and outer rails must be detached from each other to install To remove the inner chassis rail pull it out as far as possible you should hear a click sound as a locking tab emerges from inside the rail assembly and locks the
55. d Disk Drive LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 LED The NIC1 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 Attach the NIC1 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide ad vanced warning of chassis overheat ing or fan fail Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions 5 13 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc HD Active NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc Ground NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc Ground OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Vcc Ground Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Ground SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Reset Button Reset Button
56. d be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Conplete 2 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select 3 Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays 4 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility 1 From the main menu select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear 2 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual C 2 Installing Windows XP 2000 2003 on RAID Systems New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation 1 Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD drive and the system will start booting up from the CD 2 Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 3 When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 4 Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key 5 Choose Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key 6 Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be instal
57. e bays First power down the system and then remove the top left chassis cover to access the drive components With the cover off remove the two or four screws that secure the drive carrier to the chassis one side only then push the entire empty drive carrier out from the back Adding a CD ROM drive remove the guide plates one on each side from the empty drive carrier and screw them into both sides of the CD ROM drive using the holes provided Then slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Adding an IDE or floppy drive to add one of these drives install it into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the drive s mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws then slide the assembly into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Note A red wire typically designates the location of pin 1 You should keep the drive carriers inserted in any unused drive bays to reduce EMI and noise and to facilitate the airflow inside the chassis 6 8 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Power
58. ect and cool the system sufficiently 5 1 Handling the Serverboard Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent dam age to printed circuit boards it is important to handle them very carefully see Chapter 4 Also note that the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup port it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do nottouch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 5 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation area of the fan Also do not place the serverboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up A When handling the processor a
59. ed The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X 1 On Riser Frequency for PCI X 2 3 On Riser Available when an Active Riser Card is present This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Slot 1 PCI100 MHzZCR Slot 2 PCI X 133MHz Slot 3 PCI X 133MHz Slot 4 PCI Exp x8 Slot 5 PCI Exp x8 and Slot 6 PCI Exp x4 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 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard d
60. emaining Available Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 2199 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area reserved for chipset 2 MB 32199 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 needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary 512 MB 3 01 VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memory available to OS and other applications 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 1 PCI Expansion Slots The X7DBE has six PCI expansion slots which includes two x8 PCI Express slots one x4 PCI Express slot two PCI X 133 MHz slots and one PCI X 100 MHz slot The SC743TQ 650 chassis can accommodate up to six standard size PCI expan sion cards PCI cards are installed directly to the serverboard riser cards are not needed 2 PCI Card Installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above Begin by removing the screw from the PCI slot shield that corresponds to the slot you wish to populate Insert the expan sion card into the correct slot on the serverboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by securing the card to the chassis with the same screw you removed from the PCI slot shield Follow this procedure when adding a card to other slots SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 5 7 Serverboard Details Figure 5 4 SUPER X7DBE Layout not dra
61. eo configuration error 1 continuous long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T 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 2C
62. ess lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow optio
63. f this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2007 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians lt provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 7045B T Instal lation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only The SuperServer 7045B T is a high end server based on the SC743TQ 650 tower 4U rackmount chassis and the X7DBE a dual processor serverboard that supports Intel Xeon processors at a Front Side System Bus speed of 1333 MHz and up to 32 GB of FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DBE serverboard and the SC743TQ 650 chassis which comprise the SuperServer 7045B T Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 7045B T into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system If your server was ordered without processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropri
64. h 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 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory addr
65. hassis top cover and any system components that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made 4 3 ESD Precautions A Electrostatic discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag
66. he shroud to unlock it then lift it up and out of the chassis see Figure 6 4 To reinstall simply position the air shroud in its proper place and push it in until you hear it click 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan Figure 6 4 Removing the Air Shroud 6 5 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 6 4 Drive Bay Installation SATA Drives A total of six SATA drives may be housed in the SC743TQ 650 chassis The drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through 5 in order from bottom to top or from left to right if rackmounted A bezel covers the drive area but does not need to be removed to access the drives simply swing open the bezel If you wish to remove the bezel piece push on the three tabs on the inside of the left lip of the front chassis cover Then slightly swing out the same left side of the cover about inch only Re move by pushing on the open side of the cover to remove it from the chassis do not try to swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to promote proper i Regardless of how many SATA hard drives are installed all SATA airflow 1 Installing removing hot swap SATA drives The six SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis These drives are hot swappable meaning they can be removed and installed with out powering down the system To remove a carrier first open the front be
67. inner rail Depress the locking tab to pull the inner rail completely out Do this for both assemblies one for each side Figure 2 1 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails Outer rail Inner rail Rail brackets 2 4 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Chassis Rails You will need to remove the top cover and the feet to add rack rails to the chassis First remove the top and right covers top and left covers when standing as a tower chassis by first removing the screws that secure them to the chassis Depress the button on the top side if tower of the chassis to release the cover and then pull the cover off Then unscrew the four feet and remove them from the chassis see Figure 2 2 You can now attach rack rails to the top and bottom now the sides of the chassis First add the rack handles Then position the inner chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right specific Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 3 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installing into a telco rack Locking Tabs As mentioned the chassis rails have a locking tab which serves two functions The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly
68. ked with a triangle with the notched corner of the CPU socket 5 Find the corner of the CPU that has a semi circle cutout below a gold dot CPU key This corner should be aligned with the cutout on the socket socket key 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Notched corner do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts 7 With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed Loadiiever 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down until it snaps into the retention clasp CPU installed in socket 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the lever locks Remove the cap Repeat steps to install a second CPU if desired Warning Keep the plastic PnP cap The serverboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket Ship PnP cap released ment without the PnP cap properly from load plate installed will void the warranty 5 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Installing the Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the CEK Passive Heatsink required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CP
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70. led do it at this time Once all devices have been specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation 7 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 with the installation 8 After the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation is completed the system will au tomatically reboot 9 Insert the Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear next page Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System Appendix C Software Installation C 3 Installing the Operating System and other Software After all the hardware has been installed you must first install the operating system and then other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard S SUPERMICRO X7DB8 Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Beta Version Intel Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct lt 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel Blackford Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager X7DBS Series Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SU
71. ll SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the Blackford Mukilteo chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Se rial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual RAID Configurations The following types of RAID 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 larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives 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
72. ller based on the ES1000 graph ics chip The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers featuring low power consumption high reliability and superior longevity Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC743TQ 650 server chassis System Power The SC743TQ 650 features a single 650W power supply The system must be shut down and the AC power cord removed before replacing or performing any service on the power supply unit Serial ATA Subsystem The Serial ATA subsystem supports up to six Serial ATA drives The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units and are connected to a backplane that provides power and control Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the Serial ATA drives Front Control Panel The SuperServer 7045B T s control panel provides you with system monitoring and control LEDs indicate system power HDD activity network activity system overheat and power supply failure A main power button and a system reset button are also included 1 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual I O Backplane The SC743TQ 650 is an ATX form factor chassis that may be used in either a tower o
73. lumes 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 Vo lunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial jV Type Status Vol ID A HDC WD2588SD 81K HD HMAL728634971 RID MDC HD2588SD B81K HD HMAL 72834599 HDC HWD2588JI WD HMREH1376189 HDC WD2588JI WD HMREH1449527 Configuration Utility 4 Inc All Rights Reserved Select T Utility ppp t Ch ID LUN 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 Supernicro s endorsement or non endorsement 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 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume 1 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 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 85 Intel Corporation RII Rights Reserved Nane Volung 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 unique
74. ly identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters 2 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 3 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 4 When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays 5 Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB 7 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 8 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 Software Installation Creating a RAID 1 Volume 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will a
75. ly seated in their slots For details on adding system memory refer to Chapter 5 5 Installing add on cards If desired you can install add on cards to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing PCI add on cards 6 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections 2 8 Chapter 2 Server Installation Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System Rack Configuration shown 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SATA drives and SATA backplane have been properly installed and all connections have been made 1 Accessing the drive bays All drives can be accessed from the front of the server For servicing the CD ROM IDE hard drives and floppy drives you will need to remove the top left chassis cover The SATA disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing any chassis covers 2 Installing components into the 5 25 drive bays To install components into the 5 25 drive bays you must first remove the top left chassis cover as described in the previous section Refer to Chapter 6 for details 3 Installing CD ROM and floppy disk drives Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD ROM and or floppy disk drive to the system 2 9 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 4 Che
76. m your power sup ply to the Power Fail header to provide you with warning of a power supply failure The warning signal is passed through the PWR LED pin to indicate a power failure See the table on the right for pin definitions Fan Headers The X7DBE has eight fan headers designated Fan1 through Fan8 Fan speed is controlled via Thermal Man agement with a BIOS setting See the table on the right for pin definitions Note Fans 5 8 are 4 pin fans Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with traditional 3 pin fans The onboard fan speed is controlled by a BIOS setting When using a Thermal Management setting use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans do not use 3 pin fans and 4 pin fans together Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD T RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR RI 5 Ground NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Power Fail Header Pin Definitions PSF Pin Definition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal P S 2 Fail Signal P S 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 8 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 9 Tachometer 4 PWM Control SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Extra Universal Serial Bus
77. n Leave enough clearance in front of the system to enable you to open the front door completely 25 inches Leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back of the system to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location dedicated equipment rooms service closets and the like This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices according to 2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units N Warnings and Precautions N Rack Precautions Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first and then work up Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the server from power surges voltage spikes
78. n program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified
79. n ROMs 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 F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description CDh CEh D2h Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown inte
80. n example of jumping pins 1 and 2 Refer to the serverboard layout page for jumper locations Jumper Note Ontwo pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable Jumper Settings JPG1 the VGA port The default position is Jumper Setting Definition on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See Pins 1 2 Enabled the table on the right for jumper set Pins 2 3 Disabled tings 5 19 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP10 The system can notify you in the event dumpsrsetang Definitio of a power supply failure This feature Open Disabled assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one Closed Enabled
81. nt 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 7 13 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Set Maximum Extended CPUID 3 Select Enabled to set the Maximum Extended CPUID value to 3 The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology The options are Enabled and Disabled gt 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 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 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B
82. o allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 1 PCI X 2 PCI X 3 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicat
83. onnect the compact flash power to JWF1 5 10 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup X7DBE Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd Power Fail Detect Open Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 5 9 JCF1 Compact Flash Master Slave Select Closed Master JPG1 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 JLAN1 JLAN2 Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector Header FAN 1 8 Fan Headers 1 8 IDE 1 IDE Hard Drive Connector IDE 2 Compact Flash Card Connector J7 BIOS Recovery J17 System Management IC Power Header J18 System Management Bus Header J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector JAR Alarm Reset JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JK1 Keylock Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN 1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports JOH1 Overheat LED JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 Auxiliary Power Connector JPW3 Processor Power Connector JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header LP IPMI Slot 7 Low Profile IPMI Connector PSF Power Supply Fail Header Parallel Parallel Printer Port SATAO SATA5 Intel Serial ATA Connectors SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SGPIO Headers USBO 1 USB Ports USB2 3 USB4 USB Headers The IDE 2 slot is for use with a Compact Flash card only 5 11 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 5 8 Connector
84. ontents Preface About TEhisMantuUal 25 2 2 edo e eedem eS Mee ee ae iii Manual Organization sss nennen nennen nnn enses nns iii Chapter 1 Introduction Tsi OV EE 1 1 1 2 Serverboard Features misiistan a E nene tenen 1 2 1 3 Server Chassis Features ccccccccccceeeee cece cece cece teeta ee ee eae aaa ennt nri 1 3 1 4 Contacting Supermicro eect eee cette eee eee eee eet t eee eeceeeeeeeeeeeeaea 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation aM OP UI PLE 2 1 2 2 Unpacking the System sssssssssssssseseenenenennenenen nnne a 2 1 2 9 Preparing for Setup srainnsear n t nents 2 1 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack ssssssssssseeeeeee 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup ssssssssssssssssseeeeeee 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup ssssssssssseeeeeenee nene 2 9 Chapter 3 System Interface SENE SITIS aet cctca ses e Beet oe oe cate esau pec e mates Eaa E dy nonce sone EE 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons ccc eee eet eee eee eet ee eet tenn ee neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaea 3 1 aov E SSA 3 1 pcne 3 1 3 9 Control Panel EEIS react ae ut Res auat Gaus aida iodo aise 3 2 POWE evs UO 3 2 arse eee ce cee ore Sener en eer NE ELE IM IN eres 3 2 NICI hie a seterecee e cece anal e E Ea a 3 2 Mer 3 2 Overheat Fan Fail siii cen Hil re cv dese e eive ex eui Ta iet 3 2 POWer alll eec cR
85. oom temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally verify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the indicated condition exists 3 2 Chapter 3 System Interface o Power Fail Indicates a power supply fan has failed The LED will illumi nate and an alarm will sound to notify you of the situation Both can be turned off with the resset switch on the back of the power supply Since the power supply has redundant cooling fans the backup fan will activate to cool the power supply However if the backup fan fails the system will shut down as the power supply will quickly oveheat For this reason it is recommended that you replace the power supply soon after the primary fan fails 3 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs Each Serial ATA drive carrier has two LEDs e Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SATA drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed e Red The red LED indicates two states When blinking it indicates the drive is rebuilding When solid it indicates a drive failure If a SATA drive fails you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Chapter 6 for instru
86. ppear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved el m Nane Volum RAID Level RAIDI Mirror Disks Select Disks Strip Size N A Capacity 8 8 OCB 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 sd ARAYA Ui RTreoanAr cz Conse IDUN Occ S809 28 2 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 3 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 4 When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 5 Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 6 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 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear almi Corada Redrecter tayteard Vew Meros fep
87. pset BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of DDR2 533 FBD or DDR2 667 FBD SDRAM Note Dual channel memory requires memory to be installed two modules at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details Serial ATA Controller e Intel ESB2 on chip controller for 6 port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 10 and 5 supported Serial ATA Drive Bays Six 6 hot swap drive bays to house six 6 standard SATA drives Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 3 5 floppy drive Two 2 5 25 drive bays D 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Expansion Slots Two x8 PCI Express slots one x4 PCI Express slot two PCI X 133 MHz slots and one PCI X 100 MHz slot Serverboard X7DBE Extended ATX form factor Dimensions 12 x 13 in 305 x 330 mm Chassis SC743TQ 650 Form Factor tower 4U rackmount Dimensions as tower WxHxD 7 x 17 1 x 25 5 in 178 x 434 x 648 mm Weight Gross Bare Bone 64 Ibs 29 1 kg System Cooling Four 4 8 cm system cooling fans Two 2 8 cm rear exhaust fans One 1 air shroud for tower 4U chassis System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 100 11A 240V 5A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz PFC Power Supply Rated Output Power 650W Model SP650 RP Part PWS 0056 Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 30A 5V 30A 12V 46A 5Vsb 4A 12V 0 6A BTU Rating 3431 BTUs hr for rated output po
88. r a 4U rackmount configuration The I O backplane provides six PCI expansion slots one COM port a parallel port a VGA port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports Cooling System The SC743TQ 650 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes four 8 cm hot plug system cooling fans located in the middle section of the chassis as well as two 8 cm hot plug exhaust fans located at the rear of the chassis An air shroud channels the airflow from the system fans to efficiently cool the processor area of the system The power supply module also includes a cooling fan 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details CPU1 CPU2 ps 1067 1333 MT s PCI Exp FBD CHO Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 SEPC lt gt zege g FBD CH1 y E S 5000P aas PCLExp MCH FB0 cH2j5 a a B5 x8 Q a a a Slot 5 PC Express x8 lt gt e e e m FBD CH3 gt i 5 DDR2 PCLExp g amp g Slot 4 PCLExpress x8 gt e2 SS SATA Ports 6 Slot 2 PCI X dmi PXH 9 ESB2 IDE Ports 2 Slot 1 PCI X Slot 3 PCI X PCI X 133 pania USB Ports 5 ot 3 PCIX gt x fpo 32 Y LAN Ports 2 gt 82563
89. rives 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 N values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM 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 7 11 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Memory Branch Mode This option allows the BIOS to enumerate Host Mode for Device 16 Function 1 Reg 40h bit 16 and Reg 58h 14 The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Branch 1 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
90. rocessors www supermicro com and for details on board revisions needed to support 5300 5100 series CPUs Memory The X7DBE has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 32 GB of ECC FBD Fully Buffered DIMM DDR2 666 or 533 SDRAM The memory is an inter leaved configuration which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs Serial ATA A SATA controller is integrated into the South Bridge of the 5000P chipset to pro vide a six port Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 10 and 5 supported The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA drives PCI Expansion Slots The X7DBE has six PCI expansion slots which includes two x8 PCI Express slots one x4 PCI Express slot two PCI X 133 MHz slots and one PCI X 100 MHz slot Onboard Controllers Ports One floppy drive controller and one onboard ATA 100 controller are provided to support up to two IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices The color coded I O ports include one COM port an additional COM header is located on the serverboard a VGA monitor port a parallel port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports Two front side USB ports are also included on the front of the chassis 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction ATI Graphics Controller The X7DBE features an integrated ATI video contro
91. rrupt The following are for the boot block in the Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Software Installation After all the hardware has
92. s A ribbon cable has bundled these wires together to simplify this connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard making sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 to the appropriate comnnec tor on the front control panel PCB printed circuit board Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs on the control panel inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs VI Power Q7 Indicates power is being supplied to the system HDD C Indicates IDE device and hard drive activity On the SC743TQ 650 this LED indicates SATA drive activity when flashing NIC1 ce Indicates network activity on JLAN1 NIC2 zu Indicates network activity on JLAN2 Overheat o When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When Fan Fail on continuously it indicates an overheat condition see Chapter 3 for details 7 Indicates a power supply fan failure An alarm will also Power Fail Q d sound both can be turned off with the reset switch on the back of the power supply 6 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 6 3 System Fans Four 8 cm chassis cooling fans located in the center of the chassis provide cooling airflow while two 8 cm exhaust fans expel hot air from the chassis The chassis is also fitted with an air shroud to concentrate the flow of cooling air over the area
93. s of highest generated heat The fans should all be connected to headers on the serverboard see Chapter 5 The power supply module also has a cooling fan Fan Failure Under normal operation all four chassis fans both exhaust fans and the power supply fan run continuously The four chassis fans and the two exhaust fans are hot swappable and can be replaced without powering down the system Replacing Fans 1 Identifying the failed fan To locate and replace a failed chassis fan begin by removing the top left chassis cover see Chapter 2 for details on removing the cover 2 Removing a hot plug fan housing Depress the locking tab on a chassis cooling fan and pull the unit straight out by the handle see Figure 6 3 The fan wiring for these fans has been designed to detach automatically 3 Installing a new system fan Replace the failed fan with an identical one Supermicro p n FAN 0072 Install it in and then reassemble the fan housing then plug the housing back into its slot it should click into place when fully inserted Check that the fan is working then replace the top left side chassis panel Removing the air shroud Under most circumstances you will not need to remove the air shroud to perform any service on the system However if you wish to temporarily remove it the air shroud sould always be in place when the system is operating please follow this procedure Begin by depressing the tabs at the front and rear of t
94. s not already fully integrated with a serverboard processors system memory etc please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing specific components The 7045B T may be employed either as a tower or mounted in a rack as a 4U rackmount chassis If using it as a tower unit please read the Server Precautions in the next section and then skip ahead to Section 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the system was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the SuperServer 7045B T It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Be sure to read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2 3 Preparing for Setup The box the system was shipped in may include two sets of rail assemblies two rail mounting brackets and mounting screws needed for installing the system into a rack optional kit Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation process in a minimum amount of time Please read this section in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that follow 2 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Choosing a Setup Locatio
95. s only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe serverboard add on cards 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 serverboard Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 6 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View Main Power System Reset System LEDs USB Ports 5 25 Drive Bays 2 li JE SUPERO SUPERO Floppy Drive Six SATA Drive Bays behind locking bezel oo 6 2 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 2 Front Control Panel The front control panel must be connected to the JF1 connector on the serverboard to provide you with system status and alarm indication
96. slave status to the compact flash card See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Setting Definition Closed Master Open Slave 5 10 Onboard Indicators JLAN Right LED Connection Speed Indicator JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs LED Color Definition The Ethernet ports located beside the Off 10 MHz VGA port have two LEDs On each Green 100 MHz Gigabit LAN port the yellow right LED indicates activity while the left LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the func tions associated with the left activity speed LED Amber 1 GHz 5 21 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual 5 11 Parallel Port Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J35 See the table below for pin definitions Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions J35 Pin Definition 1 Strobe 3 Data Bit 0 5 Data Bit 1 7 Data Bit 2
97. splayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Notes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps vid
98. t use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators 4 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions CD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a CD ROM drive To prevent direct exposure to the laser beam and hazardous radiation exposure do not open the enclosure or use the unit in any unconventional way 4 2 General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the SuperServer 7045B T clean and free of clutter The 7045B T weighs approximately 64 Ibs 29 1 kg when fully loaded When lifting the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs Don t use the handles if installed to lift the chassis the handles should only be used to pull the server out of the rack Place the c
99. tion DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Hardware Monitor F9 Esc e Enter F18 7 1 SUPERSERVER 7045B T 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 Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagnostic screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to 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 th
100. tion allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 7 5 SUPERSERVER 7045B T 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 Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA 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 Intel or
101. verboard These include the data ribbon cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables Connecting Data Cables The ribbon cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been carefully routed in preconfigured systems to prevent them from blocking the flow of cooling air that moves through the system from front to back If you need to disconnect any of these cables you should take care to reroute them as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the system keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chapter for connector locations Floppy Drive cable J22 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page Serial ATA cables SATAO SATA5 Serial Enclosure Management LED cables SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Connecting Power Cables The X7DBE has a 24 pin primary power supply connector designated JPW1 for connection to the ATX power supply Connect the appropriate connector from the power supply to JPW1 to supply power to the serverboard See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for power connector pin definitions In addition your power supply must be connected to the 4 pin Auxiliary ATX Power connection at JPW2 and the 8 pin Processor Power connector at JPW3 9 5
102. void placing direct pressure on the label IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and remove it first before add ing removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the heatsink and fan The X7DBE can support either one or two dual core Xeon processors 5300 5100 5000 series If installing one processor only install it into CPU socket 1 Notes 1 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains a CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi direc tional heatsinks and fans 2 When purchasing a Xeon 5300 5100 5000 series processor or when receiving a serverboard with one pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 3 Check the Supermicro web site for details on board revisions needed to support 5300 5100 series CPUs Installing the Processor 1 A black PnP cap is attached to the load plate to protect the CPU socket Press the load lever down and away Load lever from the retention clasp to release the load plate from its locked position PnP cap 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load plate released 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at opposite sides 4 Align pin1 of the CPU the corner mar
103. wer of 650W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing D 2 Appendix D System Specifications Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe D 3 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Notes D 4
104. wn to scale J17 PSF JPW1 JPW3 Kybd CPUT FAN6 FAN5 J3P Mouse JPW2 Speaker FAN JAR DIMM 4B FAN1 USBDH DIMM 4A com1 g DIMM 3B JF1 DIMM 3A CPU 1 g DIMM 2B Parallel 3 FAN2 Port a DIMM 2A Z DIMM 1B 404 lt m DIMM 1A VGA LE soul JLAN1 SGPIO2 JLAN2 North CPU2 SGPIO1 Bridge e z i T Slot 7 LP IPMI 5 i o 22 aa JPG1 9 E J22 Slot 6 x8 PCI Express s ATI BE JBT1 E ES 1000 tis gt 3t Battery South peus Ey eji se Slot 5 x8 PCI Express ej 2 u Ww Bridge 8 t a Slot 4 x4 PCI Express za BIOS x wb o Slot 3 133 MHz PCI X C JPL1 USB4 Z E JPL2 u Slot 2 133 MHz PCI X PXH JWOL gt m JWOR L3 DA2 o Slot 1 100 MHz PCI X ZCR USB2 3 DA1 Jkica aie 1H SATA4 SATA5 com2 SATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 FANG Notes Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only IDE 2 is for Compact Flash card use only To use close jumper JCF1 and c
105. x A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed 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 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an applicatio
106. zel then push the release button located beside the drive LEDs Swing the handle fully out and then use it to pull the unit straight out Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SATA drives 2 Mounting a SATA drive in a drive carrier The SATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and re moval from the chassis These carriers also work to promote proper airflow for the system For this reason even carriers without drives must remain in the server If you need to add a new drive insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws see Figure 6 6 6 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Figure 6 5 Removing a Serial ATA Drive Carrier Figure 6 6 Mounting a Serial ATA Drive in a Carrier Important Use extreme caution when working around the SATA backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the airflow holes 6 7 SUPERSERVER 7045B T User s Manual Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive Bays 1 Drive bay configuration The 7045B T has two 5 25 drive bays Components such as an extra floppy drive IDE hard drives or CD ROM drives can be installed into these 5 25 drive bays 2 Mounting components in the driv

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