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2. Enhanced Mode In this mode system BIOS will automatically search for all available IRQs for the use of HDD For newer Operating Systems that support the Enhanced Mode such as Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 you can set SATA and PATA to the Enhanced Mode The newer Operating Systems can accommodate both Enhanced Mode and Combined Mode and support up to 6 ATA devices Please refer to the Advanced Chipset Control under the Advanced Setup in the BIOS for the selection of Combined Mode or Enhanced Mode Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions Enhanced Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time to power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll down the menu to select the item Load Optimized Default settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced Menu in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to IDE Configurations and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 Scroll up to the item SATA Mode and select the Configure SATA as
3. 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer TheX5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM has four DIMM slots that support 184 pin registered ECC DDR 266 or DDR 200 SDRAM DIMM modules If using 533 MHz processors you must use DDR 266 memory DDR 200 is not supported at a 533 MHz front side bus speed If a 400 MHz FSB CPU is used DDR 266 will run at 200MHz It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Unbuffered SDRAM non ECC memory and PC100 133 SDRAM modules are not sup ported Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web 3 3 SUPERX5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and down load the BIOS file to your computer Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and se
4. Thiis te tii paide ciek led Ta esl de a daer jokis ckek Doais aeg sen anaha Tokia e Specify a program folder where you want the Setup to add the program icon as shown in the following screen and click on the icon marked Next ani fit Ap w Ate bas HAD Penn Seip gel Piogram Folia Fims uir 2 ge eee rr toe keane Vd ium iced elie Vay ome eps acrem loc mare rs cmi oom bon ern bs ck Hot crim Pho gear Fk Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM f The following screen will appear to display the status of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Installation I HE Appliutisn Aceglerajar RAD f dhiiinn Seip ie 5p atc nns FAT Ban Saan re corti uc in uen o een bin g Once the Application Accelerator RAID Edition installation is completed the following screen will appear and the system will start to re boot alf dppliirarian decelerate A eg 4 Sena Fial S hice Wid onl Complete Ther recta FS Poele Hl tard Beas succor ansias inl Baci nbwce dicc odora ri Raiji Ether Ecke Fam d nu len velar Note Once the XP Operating System is installed please read the Readme text files for the instructions to use the SATA RAID Utility in the Windows XP OS environment C 13 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual C 3 Rebuilding SATA RAID1 Procedures to Rebuild RAID1 If necessary please download documentation from Intel s website at Intel Application Accelerat
5. Retention cli CPU fan wires 12 Connect the three wires of the CPU fan to the respective CPU CPU fan fan connector connector 2 3 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Figure 2 1 PGA604 Socket Empty and with Processor Installed f ons Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU f the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may Pin 1 result Processor installed Notched Corner Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure the location of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DI
6. The default settings are 1st boot device 1st Floppy Drive 2nd boot device CD ROM 3rd boot device ATAPI CDROM 4th boot device IDE Drive gt Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Hard Drives Chapter 4 AMIBIOS 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The Options are PM ST3120023AS and Disabled 2nd Drive Specify the boot sequence for 2nd Hard Drive The Options are SM T3120023AS and Disabled 3rd Drive Specify the boot sequence for 3rd Hard Drive The Options are SM IC35L080AUUAO07 and Disabled Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Removable Drives 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Removable Drive The Options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled gt ATAPI Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available ATAPI CDROM Drives 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The Options are CD ROM and Disabled SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 4 5 Security Settings AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set first Wr SETUP UTILITY B peris Massuwrd Neb Tatal lad ser Hemini Mert Testa des Charge User Pamani Clear leer Paced Boni Setter irun Protection Disabled H Select Soren
7. and 2 88 MB 377 The default setting for Floppy A is 1 44 MB 3 and the default setting for Floppy B is Disabled 4 2 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS System Memory When AMI BIOS auto detects the System Memory it will automatically dis play the size of the memory 4 3 Advanced BIOS Setup The Advanced BIOS Setup screen is shown below The sub menus are described on the following pages BLES SEEM UTILIT t Seb ing arcing values im below sect dome maj cise system bo malfunction PCL PnP Coni Iqurat ton Fuanced Chipset Control ni lgurat iim Gand Igurat ium H Clock Options Lupy img Access Cond Igurat lou E Select crees ti Select Tira Enter fo to fah Seres Fi Gawra Help Pio Saye and Exit i f b b b L b Processor b DA Ewenl Li Li SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual P BIOS Features gt Boot Settings Configuration This item allows the user to configure the system s boot settings DLL SET UTILITY sea ti bel Last Stated Minah Liew Mina bed Vbinah led VBisah les l ea leri re n ti Select hem ABisah lest Ester Ge to ab feroa ABr nah Los TU Geseral Help Pit Xu and Fatt cr fait Quick Boot The default setting is Enabled Select Disabled to allow the BIOS to perform all POST tests Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to skip certain POST tests to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up Quiet Boot Set this value to allow the boot up s
8. 2 rreh ICH5R en G Dr ANzControl Grey SOUTH gt z I ANt 2Enable BRIDGE i CH Fan3 ui amp gPa 29 33 MHz PCI 3 2 e za EE FWH E 32 33 MHz PCI 4 BIOS Z RAGE JPSMBUS 12 SUPER x 3r vt AE J33 33 MHz PCI 5 El a la dj N IPA 7 Printer JP35 Keylock SW 5 gt E 2 VGA Enable 5 ja mE COM2 U BT1 JD1 26 Clear CMOS PWRLED SPKR Wo JP7 Floppy p3 IDE 2 CH Fan4 Notes 1 The CPU sockets are designed for the 604 Pin Xeon Processors however the 603 Pin CPUs are also supported When one CPU is used please install it in CPU Socket 1 2 DIMM memory modules have to be used in pairs one pair of DIMMs are used please install them in Bank 1 When 3 There are two VRM Heatsinks on the XSDPA TGM motherboard and there is no VRM Heatsink on the X5DPA TGM motherboard 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting J12 PCI SMBus Enable Pins 1 2 3 4 Enabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Jumper Section JD1 PWR LED Speaker Header Pins 6 7 Onboard Speaker Enable JP3 LAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP6 GLAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP4 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP39 CPU Clock Pins 1 2 Auto JP40 Force Power On Open Disabled JP41 Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR CONN DIMM 1A DIMM 2B CPU CHASSIS FANS LAN1 LAN2 J2 J3 J4 J5 J7 J8 J26 J10 J11 J13 J14 J15 J22 J27 JD2 J28 J29 J3
9. Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode O It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive 4 12 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to auto detect the DMA mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode O It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMA to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode O It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMA2 to allow th
10. User s Manual h After Windows XP Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot i Insert Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear SLES MIDE E5DPA TIG 8 errer board mem EMITE Al Iriel PEIN chest IMF des SUPERMICR amp Drivers amp Tools Intel ET30I Chipset XEDIPA TGM g Buki LAN Cl diver delest and musk e Brower DO Aun Susi Lie Masa Tira Far more ioman plane wii SUPERMICRO wb ote Figure 2 6 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Lompler lec 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 Installing Intel Application Accelerator Utility a When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Application Accelerator RAID Edition on the screen and the following screen will appear Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM Petal inet Wizard FA Ifi ogglcdton tocuhrdio RAD Edion Salun o psepann
11. correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the motherboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Section 2 6 A 1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short 1 long Memory error No memory detected in System 8 beeps Display memory read write error Video adapter missing or with faulty memory A 1 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Notes A2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h B 1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint DOh Dih D3h D4h D5h D6h Code Description The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next Starting memory sizing next Returning to real mode Executing
12. I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the System 3 Make sure you are using registered ECC DDR 266 or DDR 200 SDRAM If using 533 MHz processors you must use DDR 266 memory If a 400 MHz FSB CPU is used DDR 266 will run at 200MHz 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support ple
13. I O subsystem with ac cess to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 3 Interface and Integrated Sys tem Management Controller 1 3 Special Features ATI Graphics Controller The X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM has an integrated ATI video controller based on the Rage XL graphics chip The Rage XL fully supports sideband ad dressing and AGP texturing This onboard graphics package can provide a bandwidth of up to 512 MB sec over a 32 bit graphics memory bus Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the AMI BIOS Utility to change this setting 1 9 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3 3V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a war
14. any OEM patches and setting the Stack next Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 Controlis in segment 0 Next checking if lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h B 1 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual B 2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint EOh Eth E2h E6h Edh Eeh Efh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h FBh FCh FDh FFh Code Description The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Initializing the interrupt vector table next Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory Initializing the floppy drive Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT RO
15. completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next Coprocessor initialized Performing any required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization nex
16. disk available 10 Right click on the new disk and select Rebuild to disk and the following screen will appear 11 Once you ve made your selection you can go up to the setting of RAID Volume to see the process of rebuilding RAID1 in progress The following screen will appear SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual C 4 Installing the Operating System and other Software Programs 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 SUPERMICRO DS 0E4 TOM teye hosed Drewes amp Tools Cen Dir eo A ril ETI chigil IHF et SUPERMICR Miio Disci 8 DI Drivers amp Tools B laial EVE Uhipset XSDPA TGM gi pig e Broa CT fk Sio Up Hast Times For nore inl penadtion pleas viet SUPERMICADTs pant tdg Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPER MICA Compur Ines 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
17. have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis af WwW nm Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes SUPERX5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For
18. the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear C4 Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM b Specify a RAID Volume Name and press the Tab key or the Enter key to go to the next field Note You can use the Esc key to select the previous menu c Use the lt Tab gt Upper Arrow Down Arrow and Enter keys to enter the appropriate values for the items selected and go to the next field d When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to confirm the selection or type N to change and to create the RAID volume Then press the Enter key to enter the value and return to the main menu C 5 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual e You will return to the main menu with DISK VOLUME INFORMATION updated as shown in the following screen BEon EATD Ciska f Once the above screen appears use the Down Arrow key to select item 4 Exit and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM g When asked Are you sure you want to exit Y N type Y to confirm the selections and exit the Create RAID Volume menu Press the Enter key to return to the main menu Deleting RAID Volume a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 2 Delete RAID Volume in the main menu b When the
19. ti Select liss Ember Change Fi General Help Fi Tawe and Exit Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Clear User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to clear the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Dis abled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection When Enabled AMI BOIS displays a warn ing when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 20 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS 4 6 Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen for this operation za Jaleel creen n Select ism Enter Go fo Suh Seren Fi General Help Fl Tave am Enit EK Bett Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enters Discard Changes and Exit Select thi
20. to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have been included with your mother board If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 one head USB cable with bracket For retail only One 1 one COM Port cable with bracket For retail only One 1 9 pin Serial Port DKT cable One 1 I O backpanel shield Two 2 SATA cables For retail only One 1 Supermicro CD One 1 User s BIOS Manual Two 2 CPU Heatsink Plates SKT 120 P and two 2 heatsink retention clips SKT 095 604 E 14 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 88
21. to meat Fai me LC MGERSB PRTEX 460 Bt HIC VIGIERGDB BHILYET ERE AM THURE 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the screen shown on the next page SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual fu jeri H 458 B LOT ETE B1 HOC Wa HGI HI LL Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are dis played on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives D 8 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM FANG BSR ip TALE Mirror Str lige Glee Create BAT vla 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between
22. 3 JF2 JL1 JP7 JP24 JP35 WOR Primary ATX Power Connector Memory RAM Slots CPU Chassis Fan Headers LAN 100 10 Mbps Fast Ethernet Port 82551 GLAN Gigabit Ethernet Port 82540 for the X5DPA TGM 82541 for the XSDPA TGM IDE 1 J2 IDE 2 J3 HDD Connectors VGA Connector SATA LED Header Printer Connector COM SerialPort1 J8 COM2 SerialPort2 J26 Back Panel USB 0 1 Ports J10 USB 0 J11 USB 1 SATAOConnector J13 SATA1Connector J14 Secondary ATX Power 8 Pin Connector IPMI Connector Front Panel USB JD2 USB2 3 J27 USB4 PS 2 Keyboard amp PS 2 Mouse 33 MHz PCI slots Front Control Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Header Floppy Disk Drive Connector SMBus Connector Keylock Switch Connector Wake on Ring Header SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel 604 Pin Xeon processors at a 533 400 MHz front side system bus speed 603 Pin Xeon supported Note Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www supermicro com TechSupport htm For CPU speeds please refer to our website at www Supermicro com Memory Four 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of registered ECC DDR 266 200 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory modules to be installed in pairs DDR 266 memory must be used with 533 MHz FSB speed processors See Section 2 3 for details Chipset In
23. 6 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X5DPA TGM Image Notes There are two VRM Heatsinks on the XSDPA TGM motherboard and there is no VRM Heatsink on the X5DPA TGM motherboard The X5DPA TGM uses Intel s 82541 GLAN controller The X5DPA TGM uses Intel s 82540 GLAN controller SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM Layout not drawn to scale 8 PIN PW CONN FORCE Keyboard ATX PWR CONN 15 Mouse PWOM 40 Ssi2 PiN c m zT VRM Heatsink Fan a um X5DPA TGM t E 2 DIMM 1A rd s amp Serial EE BANK1 CPU 1 a Port E DIMM 24 FBANK 2 GA DIMM 2B LAN1 LAN Chassis Fan5 MCH GLAN NORTH LANZ BRIDGE CPU 2 82551 ae LAN1Control 5 EE CPU2 aa Fan k 30 n p U30 33 MHz PCI 1 Em m VRM Heatsink a SME X5DPA TGM a o ie U31 33 MHz PCI 2 Ls E
24. 66h 67h 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Fh 91h Code Description The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the com mand byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and exec
25. C2 FEEDS treten e verte e edet atari Eee Overheat BED eire itt EE EE anna E EPHEETERYO RE Power Fall Button iiie oU DE RR E ER ER EER UE Table of Contents Reset BUltOI Suede eens hate aids dies aii eee Power BULbOIN 3 cintura de Eee pedido ead Chassis IntEdSIOR occhi trn AONE Back Panel Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers USB0 1 and USB2 2 11 Sehl l IPOITSS cem fetches e r LACE 2 11 LAN and GLAN Ethernet Ports tenes 2 11 Fam Heada Sarnase nier treereerrecerrer CHE EFE FREE FERE AE 2 12 Power LED Speaker NMI Header JD1 esses 2 12 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports sse 2 12 SMBus Header ice rena itege p eee per e amd 2 13 Explanation of Jumpers nemen 2 14 CMOS CIBaE S riti mine EO WO e 2 14 GLAN Enable Disable rennen tinet iran 2 15 VGA Enable Disable Front Side Bus Speed essere 2 15 Watch Dog Enable Disable nnne 2 15 2 7 Onboard Indicators oin recen ern ua he ERE aN 2 16 EANT GEAN BEDS eher foie rere tre eere tein itle 2 16 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and IPMI Connections 2 17 Parallel P r Conna ctor caa ete erben RE 2 17 dasksedcjeet mU E 2 17 Floppy COnDectot i ea eerte t ee e tdt E ect 2 18 IDE Connectors Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Proced res e
26. Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the System It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The ICH5R I O Controller Hub supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configurations SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual ATA Operate Mode You can select from the following two modes Combined Mode and En hanced Mode Combined Mode In this mode system BIOS assigns the traditional IRQ 14 and IRQ 15 for the use of HDD Up to 4 ATA devices are supported by this mode Within the Combined Mode the following three modes are supported Non Combined Mode Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices supported Non Combined Mode Serial ATA only with the maximum of 2 devices supported Combined Mode SATA devices and PATA with the support of 2 devices each total 4 devices maximum For IDE SATA configurations please refer to the table below Primary Master PM Yes Yes No No No No Primary Slave PS Yes No Yes No No No Secondary Master SM Yes No No Yes No No Secondary Slave SS Yes No No No Yes No SATA Port0 No SM SM PM PM PM SATA Portl No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels are no longer available
27. I events as read Clear Event Logs This setting will clear all event logs when set to OK Options are OK and Cancel Event Log Statistics This setting allows you to view Event Log Statistics gt Remote Access Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the Remote Access Configuration Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the lt Plus gt and lt Minus gt keys to change the value of the se lected option Remote Access This feature allows the user to disable the function of Remote Access If Disabled is not select then you can select a Remote Access type The options are Disabled or Serial If the option is set to Serial the following items will display 4 15 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Serial Port Number This option allows the user to select Serial Port Number for Console Redirection The options are Com1 and COM2 Serial Port Mode This option allows the user to set Serial Port Mode The options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 9600 8 n 1 4800 8 n 1 and 2400 8 n 1 Flow Control This option allows the user to determine how the system controls the flow of signal transmission for Console Redirection The options are None and Hardware Terminal Type This option allows the user to select the target terminal type for Console Redirection The options are VT100 and ANSI Send Carriage Returen Enable this
28. M 6 5 SSI Superset ATX 24 pin speci 19 COM 7 COM fication however it also supports 0 PENG s icc B a 20 pin power supply connector 22 45V 10 12V 1 1 23 45V 11 12V Make sure that the orientation of 24 COM 15 433V the PS connector is correct The X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM has the 24 pin connector See the tables on the right for pin definitions PWR SEC Connection In addition to the Primary ATX 8 Pin 12v Power Supply power connector above the Connector J15 Secondary 12v 8 pin J15 connec Pins Definition tor must also be connected to 1 thru 4 Ground 5thru8 12v your power supply Power LED PWR LED Pin Definitions JF2 The Power LED connection is lo Pin Number Definition cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF2 15 Vcc Refer to the table on the right for 16 _ pin definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF2 Pin The non maskable interrupt button Number Definition header is located on pins 19 and ab P round 20 of JF2 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 8 Ch apter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED for IDE and SCSI Disk Drives connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF2 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LEDs The NIC1 Network Interface Con troller LED connection is lo
29. M file Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size Next disabling internal cache memory Next detecting the type of flash ROM Next erasing the flash ROM Next programming the flash ROM Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B 3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h OAh OBh Code Description The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory Uncompressing the POST code next Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area The CMOS checksum calculation is done next The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status register is initialized Next performing any required B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes OCh OEh OFh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 19h 1Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 23h 24h initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controll
30. MMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at_a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM only supports ECC registered DDR 266 200 MHz SDRAM memory f you are using 533 MHz front side bus processor s you must use DDR 266 SDRAM f you are using 400 MHz front side bus processor s you may use either DDR 266 or DDR 200 SDRAM However if a 400 MHz FSB processor is used DDR 266 will run at 200 MHz Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom Notch gt Notch Release Tab Note Notch Tab should align with the receptive point on the slot 2 5 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab T IL Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are c
31. RAID and press the Enter Key to select this option 6 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system startup press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt A gt keys simulta neously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility D 3 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Con troller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simulta neously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if a single hard disk fails Due to the built in functionality the XSDPA TGM X5DPA TGM is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating the A
32. SUPERO SUPER X5DPA TGM SUPER X5DPA TGM USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The S
33. Select Yes if the operating system supports ACPI Select No if the oper ating system does not support ACPI The options are No and Yes gt Advanced APCI Configuration ACPI 2 0 Features Select Yes to allow RSDP pointers to point to the 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables Select No to deactivate this function The options are Yes and No SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to allow the ACPI APIC Table Pointer to be included in the RSDP pointer list The options are Enabled and Disabled APIC ACPI SCSI IRQ Select Enabled to enable the function of APIC ACPI SCSI IRQ The op tions are Enabled and Disabled BIOS AML ACPI Table Select Enabled to allow the OEMB Table Pointer to be included in the R x SDT pointer lists The options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Operation Mode through ACPI The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Button Instant Off Select Enabled to activate the function of Power Button Instant off The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Lost Control Select Stay Off if you want the system to remain off when the power recovers from an outage Select Power On if you want the system to be automatically turned on when the power recovers from an outage Select Last State if you want to system to resume its last state when the power recovers from an
34. Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages 4 11 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive ca pacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled or Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode IDE PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are
35. User s Manual 4 2 Main Setup When you first enter the BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup Screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main AdvancedBoot SecurityExit Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field System Overview AMI BIOS Version 2508 00 10 Use or to Build Date 08 06 04 I configure system time System Time 21 16 41 System Date Wed 10 13 04 Floppy A 1 44MB 3 1 2 Floppy B Disabled Select Screen gt ty Select Item System Memory sp Change Field pire 0EB EMB Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit VOZ 53 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 Floppy A Floppy B Move the cursor to these fields via up and down arrow keys Select the floppy type The options are Disabled 360 KB 51 4 1 2 MB 51 4 720 KB 31 2 1 44 MB 3
36. ase take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT techsupport htm before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2
37. ays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID O or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before y
38. below for pin definitions IDE Connectors Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP7 There are no jumpers to configure the onboard IDE 1 J2 and IDE 2 J3 connectors See the table on the right for pin defini tions Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connector Pin Definitions IDE 1 IDE 2 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 T 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 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 lOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND Note For software installation please refer to Appendix C 2 18 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you
39. cated on pins 11 and 12 of JF2 The NIC2 LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF2 Attach the NIC1 NIC2 LED cables to display net work activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED OH Connect an LED to the OH connec tion on pins 7 and 8 of JF2 to pro vide advanced warning of chassis overheating 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 JF2 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 9 HDD LED Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 18 14 Vcc HD Active NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 11 12 Vcc Active NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 9 10 Vcc Active Overheat Pin Defi OH LED initions JF2 Pin Number Definition 7 8 Vcc GND Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 5 6 Vcc GND SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual PUNE Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF2 At tach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF2 Momentarily con
40. compares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive D 10 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arr
41. creen options to be modified between POST messages or OEM logo The default setting is Enabled Select Dis abled to allow the computer system to display the POST messages Select Enabled to allow the computer system to display the OEM logo Add On ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The default setting is Force BIOS Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select Keep Current to allow the computer system to display the BIOS informa tion during system boot The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current 4 4 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Boot up Num Lock Set this value to allow the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up The options are On and Off PS 2 Mouse Support Set this value to allow the PS 2 mouse support to be modified The options are Enabled and Disabled Wait for F1 If Error Select Enable to activate the function of Wait for F1 if Error The options are Enabled and Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Select Enabled to display Setup Message when the user hits the DEL key The options are Enabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are En abled and Disabled gt APCI Configuration This item allows the user to enable or disable ACPI support for the operating System ACPI Aware O S
42. curity and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any pro
43. daptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s XSDPA TGM X5DPA TGM offers the user with the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb SA RAID UG pdf in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previ ous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controllers BIOS add and delete
44. ds so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates Chapter 1 Introduction The SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 350W of power and includes the additional 12V 8 pin power connector an even higher wattage power supply is recommended for high load con figurations Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for LAN1 and LAN2 NOTES Auxiliary 12V power J15 is necessary to support Intel Xeon CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in the CPUs becoming unstable after only a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply cables It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk dri
45. duct problems Chapter 4 AMIBIOS 4 1 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS for the XSDPA TGM X5DPA TGM The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program This chapter describes the basic navi gation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility setup screens Starting BIOS Setup Utility To enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screens hit the Delete key while the System is booting up Each main BIOS menu option is described in this user s guide The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be config ured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame dis plays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note AMIBIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMI BIOS setup utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of the BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include F1 lt F10 gt Enters ESC Arrow keys and so on Note Options printed in Bold are default settings 4 1 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM
46. e ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 6 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page C 5 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives
47. e BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode O It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select UDMA 1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMA3 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 Select UDMAA to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 Select UDMAS to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 5 Select UDMA6 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 6 The Options are Auto SWDMAO SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMAO UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMAS3 UDMA4 UDMA5 and UDMA6 S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help pre dict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent the BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Select Enabled to activate the function of 32 Bit data transfer Select Disabled to deactivate the function The options are Enabled and Dis abled 4 13 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual gt Super IO C
48. e maximum of 2 devices supported Combined Mode SATA devices and PATA with the support of 2 devices each total 4 devices maximum For IDE SATA configurations please refer to the table below Primary Master PM Yes Yes No No No No Primary Slave PS Yes No Yes No No No Secondary Master SM Yes No No Yes No No Secondary Slave SS Yes No No No Yes No SATA Port0 No SM SM PM PM PM SATA Portl No SS SS PS PS PS Note No Not Present Yes Present Also if Logical Primary is selected the IDE channels are no longer available Native Mode In this mode system BIOS will automatically search all available IRQs for the use of HDD For newer Operating Systems that support switching to Native Mode such as Windows XP Windows 2003 you can set SATA and PATA to Native Mode These newer Operating Systems can accommodate both Legacy and Native modes and support up to 6 ATA devices To select Legacy or Native Mode please go to the BIOS Setup section in System BIOS Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del 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 Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select t
49. eader pins 1 3 are Silla a i Pin for a Power LED pins 4 7 are for Number Function Definition the speaker See the table on the 4 f Red wire Speaker data 5 Key No connection right for speaker pin definitions 6 Key 7 Speaker data Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker f you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 J28 mouse are located on J28 on the Pin Number Definition X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM See 1 Data the table at right for pin definitions 3 Tur i T i 4 vcc See Figure 2 3 for the locations s Dick of each 6 NC 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation PCI SMBus Enable The PCI SMBus header is lo cated on J12 Close Pins 1 2 3 4 to support PCI SMBus default Wake On Ring i i Wake on Ring The Wake On Ring header is des Pin Definitions ignated JWOR1 This function al JWOR1 lows your computer to receive Pin i Number Definition and wake up by an incoming call 1 Ground to the modem when in suspend 2 Wake up state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Keylock The keyboard lock connection is lo cated on JP35 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on t
50. ed Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and l O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static pro
51. en booting up the system if the function of Plug amp Play is supported by the OS Select No to allow the BIOS to configure Plug amp Play devices when the system is booting up The options are Yes and No SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual PCI Latency Timer This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus The default setting is 32 Select 32 to set the PCI latency to 32 PCI clock cycles Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles Select 96 to set the PCI latency to 96 PCI clock cycles Select 128 to set the PCI latency to 128 PCI clock cycles Select 160 to set the PCI latency to 160 PCI clock cycles Select 192 to set the PCI latency to 192 PCI clock cycles Select 224 to set the PCI latency to 224 PCI clock cycles Select 248 to set the PCI latency to 248 PCI clock cycles Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this value to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Set this value to allow the system to modify the Palette Snooping settings The default setting is Disabled This setting should not be changed unless the VGA card manufacturer indicates otherwise Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA based Graphics device is installed in the system so that the ISA based Graphics card will function correctly Always check with your adapter card s manuals first before modifyi
52. er BAT command test The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byie is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset The 8254 timer test will begin next The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configu ration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrup
53. es unavailable Select 378 to allow the parallel port to use 378 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard setting Select 278 to allow theparallel port to use 278 as its I O port address Select 3BC to allowthe parallel port to use 3BC as its I O port address The default setting is Dis abled Parallel Port Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP Parallel Port IRQ Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 andIBQ7 00 000000000 0 4 14 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS P Processor amp Clock Options HyperThreading Select Enabled to enabled the function of HyperThreading for HT supported processor s The Options are Enabled or Disabled Ratio CMOS Setting This feature allows the user to set the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency Enter the desired setting by typing a number between 12 and 23 or use the and arrow keys to select the desired setting Spread Spectrum Select Enabled to activate the function of Spread Spectrum in order to reduce the possibility of Electromagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled 9 DMI Event Logging View Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DM
54. feature if the target terminal has more than 80 columns Disable this function if you do not wish the text to wrap lines even if the text exceeds the terminal width The options are Enable and Disabled Redirection after BIOS POST Select disable to turn off Console Redirection Select Boot Loader to turn off Console Redirection when Boot Loader has completed its operation Select Always to keep Console Redirection active even in the OS environment This function is not available for an OS in the graphic mode gt Hardware Health Monitoring H W Health Function Select Enabled to enable the function of Hardware Health Monitoring Device The Options are Enabled and Disabled Overheat Temperature Trips The feature allows the user to set the CPU temperature threshold The options are 72 C 78 C and 85 C Hardware Health Event Monitoring The feature allows the BIOS to display Hardware Health Event Monitoring Results The user cannot modify the results The results are for display only 4 16 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS gt USB Configuration This feature allows the user to configure USB settings USB Functions This feature allows the user to set USB functions The options are Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports and 6 USB Ports Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy The options are Disabled and Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate USB 2 0 Control
55. g thi lakai koak Soo each wall guide you hic Wa mal ci z the setup process Pisae wayi PITTI cvs msi HAU Earn ely Iniz P8 Applk siin da LIS fo the e een ten oS Mori aH Pa nan Pee hea AADO Bd la Dine bec i ee emm ll rut iri Spice Arce cbe FELD E dann on peg Tee tici duri b When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Next on the screen and the following screen will appear intel Applceen Acralpratur RAD E DT TI LLLI oer Agee Flea e ited he lid nie karye sram cach Fuera War Eie E DUI org Pn ues Fur real ai ec aper rac SOFTWARE LICEMUSE AGRICENT IST ie Ele pericolo MAHT Blas PERDRE CC du IMRTALLIKO DR URHG D LIII IL ood tenir are eire Espada o pibe tabe juhe l DILE rece Vr gena dcs rect gay ba un Gohe orien zem bene pha xi bere pate heels na mni te ia gees d emi chus Mc the Dogu accepi ali ive bere cid in 12D d cine Tarea niei AAD Enron pru mes aerepi irit SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual c After reading the License Agreement click on the icon marked Yes on the screen and the following screen will appear d Specify the folder that you want the program to be installed in and then click on the icon marked Next to begin the installation process LL TIE Appli aian Accolereter MAI sse il pP Chome Dusimatze Lorain kasieri heiii ahiri Leip ai mil sir Fg si ndd jaf inan aga Rap Edon in e bokser Boe
56. gs Onboard PCI IDE Operate Mode This feature allows the user to set the Onboard PCI IDE Operation mode The options are Legacy Mode and Native Mode Note Native Mode is available for motherboards that run on the Windows XP or Windows 2000 OS S ATAConfigure This feature allows the user to set the S ATA Mode The options are Na tive and Legacy Combined Mode Operation This feature allows the user to select the operation mode for IDE drives The options are S ATA 1st Channel and P ATA 1st Channel 4 10 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS S ATA Keep Enabled Select Yes to enable the function of S ATA at all time The options are Yes and No P ATA Keep Enabled Select Yes to enable the function of P ATA at all time The options are Yes and No P ATA Channel Selection This feature allows the users to select P ATA channels The options are Both Primary and Secondary S ATA Ports Definition This feature allows the users to define the location of S ATA Ports The options are PO 3rd P1 4th and PO 4th PI 3rd Configure S ATA as RAID Select Yes if you wish to configure S ATA as RAID The options are Yes and No gt Primary Secondary Third and Fourth IDE Master and Slave Settings From the Main Setup screen press Enter to access the sub menu for the primary and secondary IDE master and slave drives Use this screen to select options for the Primary and Secondary IDE drives
57. h the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enter d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the System f Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue
58. he Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select the item Load Optimized Default set tings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to IDE Configuration and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 Select the item Serial ATA Configurations Make sure that it is in the Native Mode 6 Scroll down to the item Configure SATA as RAID and press the Enter Key to select this option Then select Yes to confirm the selection 7 Tap Esc and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Using Intel ICH5R SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Reseting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will auto matically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the i keys simultaneously the following screen of the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility will appear Delere ERI Beet Dishes tz Exit RAID Voiumas Creating RAID Volume a Select Item 1 Create RAID Volume from
59. he keyboard effectively locking it 2 13 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers s TP To modify the operation of the e e motherboard jumpers can be al used to choose between gu optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins EE 321 to change the function of the Setting BA connector Pin 1 is identified Pin 1 2 short with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is not literally a jumper but consists of two contact pads To clear the contents of CMOS short these pads together by touching them both with a metal conductor such as the head of a small screwdriver For ATX power supplies you must completely shut down the system and remove the AC power cord before clearing CMOS 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN LAN Enable Disable Change the setting of JP3 to enable or disable the onboard GLAN Change the setting of JP6 to enable or disable the onboard LAN for the X5DPA TGM TGM See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled VGA Enable Disable JP4 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper se
60. he motherboard with the Mylar sheet in between Place the Retention Plate on the back of the motherboard with its stand offs inside the mounting holes 5 On the front side of the mother board place a Retention Bracket on top of the CPU socket Make sure to 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation line up the mounting holes on the bracket against the mounting holes on the motherboard Secure the Retention Bracket on the front and the Reten tion Plate on the back by putting screws through the mounting holes Repeat this step for the second Retention Bracket Retention Plate with screws Mounting Holes 6 Repeat Steps 2 5 to install the additional CPU Retention Plate and the Retention Brackets 7 Lift the lever on the CPU socket CPU Socke lift the lever completely or you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 first Socket lever 8 Install the CPU in the socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 CPU socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used 9 Press the lever down until you hear it click into the locked Heatsin position Fan 10 Apply the proper amount of thermal glue to the CPU die and place the heatsink and fan on top of the CPU 1 Secure the heatsink by locking the retention clips into their proper position
61. ion 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II D 23 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Notes D 24
62. item 2 is highlighted press the Enter key to select the item Delete RAlDVolume The following screen will appear Capacity ELT 1T Bootable 306 TATA WITHIN THe WSLS WILE HE LOST AAT BON mrs 1E c Select the volume and press the lt Delete gt key to delete the RAID volume The following screen will appear C 7 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 3 No Bui d When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume type Y to confirm the deletion of the RAID Volume and press the Enter key to return to the main menu Note the Esc key is used to select the previous menu Reset Disks to Non RAID a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID in the main menu b When the item 3 is highlighted press the Enter key to select the item Reset Disks to Non RAID The following screen will appear Han EAID Niske Jone defined Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM c When asked Are you sure you want to reset all RAID data Y N type Y to confirm the selection and press the Enter key to return to the main menu Press the Esc key to select the previous menu 2 Exiting the ICH5R SATA RIAD Configuration Utility Program a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 4 Exit in the main menu b When the ite
63. ith instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contact ing technical support In addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A gives information on BIOS POST messages Appendix B provides BIOS POST codes Appendix C Software Installation Instructions for the X5DPA TGM Appendix D Software Installation Instructions for the XSDPA TGM SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manuwali oic a ette trei ete reet ei eae ded eere iii Manual Organization ete ic andere rto aE ede esed iii Chapter 1 Introduction INED e E N 1 1 welorTe djs
64. k Wel bi ties Arree keys bs mew certo Imber te selech aplius SEsC5 bo oll esdeTanit 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown in the screen below WC Ub3h56 a5EL Ww Uc EL Ao devils io de Ao deeloe Ain di Alp de Ap dev Mly drives present et POST are dizplaued a TIE IT Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 ndagter BAIT Configuration PLiliiy For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ICH5R Driver by Adaptec and the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came wit
65. ler The options are Disabled and Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode This feature allows the user to select USB 2 0 Controller Mode The options are Full Speed and Hi Speed Stop EHCI HC in OHCI Handover This feature allows the BIOS to disable the EHCI Host Controller during OHCI OS Handover Call This is needed for the operating system that does not support EHCI Host Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled gt USB Mass Storage Device Configuration This feature allows the user to configure USB Mass Storage Device set tings USB Mass Storage Reset Delay This feature allows the user to set the reset delay for USB Mass Storage The options are 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec and 40 Sec Emulation Type If this feature is set to Auto USB devices that are less than 530MB will be emulated as Floppy The option of Forced FDD can be used to force a Hard Drive Disk to be formatted and booted as FDD The options are Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk CD ROM and Auto SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 4 4 Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration The settings are described on the following pages The screen is shown below HIE GETUF UTILITY Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st Floppy Drive CD ROM ATAPI CDROM and Dis abled
66. m 4 Exit is highlighted press the Enter key c When asked Are you sure you want to exit Y N Type Y to confirm the selection and press the Enter key to exit the ICH5R SATA RIAD Configuration Utility Program The system will start to re boot C 2 Installing the Windows XP for systems with RAID Functions New Operating System Windows XP Installation a Insert Microsoft Windows XP Setup CD in the CD Driver and the System will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP Driver for ICH5R into Drive A and press the Enter key e Choose Intel R 82801ER SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP Setup screen press the Enter key The XP Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation Note the current version of the ICH5R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP Operating System SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM
67. n 2 16 GLAN Right LED Indicator LED Color Definition Off Green Orange No Connection 100 MHz 1GHz Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive Parallel Port and IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 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 J7 is designated as the parallel printer port connector for the X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM mother board See the table on the right for pin definitions IPMI J22 is designated as the IPMI Socket for the X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM Motherboard 2 17 Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions J7 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND T4 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located on JP7 See the table
68. ng bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 48h 49h 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53h 54h 57h 58h 59h Code Description Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next If this is a powe
69. ng the default settings in the BIOS The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card Set this value to allow the OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card to be selected Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically select the location of an OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Select PCI Slot1 only when there is an IDE adapter card installed in PCI Slot 1 Select PCI Slot2 only when there is an IDE adapter card installed in PCI Slot 2 Select PCI Slot 3 only when there is an IDE adapter card installed in PCI Slot 3 Select PCI Slot 4 only if there is an IDE adapter card installed in PCI Slot 4 The default setting is Auto 4 8 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS IRQ Set this value to allow the IRQ settings to be modified The default setting is Available Select Available to allow the specified IRQ to be used by a PCI PnP device The options are Available and Reserved for the fol lowing IRQs Select Reserved to allow the specified IRQ to be used by a legacy ISA device IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 DMA Select Available to allow the specified DMA to be used by PCI PnP device Select Reserved to allow the specified DMA to be used by a legacy ISA device The opti
70. ning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard 3 pin CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the power manage ment functions Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high the Overheat buzzer and the LED will be automatically activated The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system tempera ture and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded both the
71. nsions e ATX 12 x 10 304 8 x 254 mm SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual processor2 processor1 MCH 533 DDR CAN SATA GLAN IDE PRI ICH5R vaa POI SEC PCI 32 USB PORT PeI 32 PCI 32 LPC I O FWH PCI32 KB FDD SER 1 H W MOUSE SER 2 Monitor Figure 1 5 X5DPA Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview The Intel E7501 chipset is a high performance chipset with a performance and feature set designed for mid range dual processor servers The E7501 chipset consists of three major components the Memory Controller Hub MCH the I O Controller Hub ICH5R and the FW82801CA FIRMWARE Controller The MCH employs a 144 bit wide memory bus for a DDR 266 memory inter face which provides a total bandwidth of 3 2 GB s at 400 MHz FSB 4 2 GB s at 583 MHz FSB The ICHBR interface is a 266 MB sec point to point connection using an 8 bit wide 66 MHz base clock at a 4x data transfer rate Maximum system memory supports up to 8 GB for Dual Channel The I O Controller Hub Intel s ICH5R provides the
72. olor coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Mouse Green NI LS E k z Ls Keyboard COMI Port VGA Monitor Port USB Ports LAN GLAN Purple Turquoise Blue Mouse Green Figure 2 3 O Port Locations and Definitions Notes COM is a header located on the motherboard see the motherboard layout pages in Chapter 1 for location 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF2 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF2 Header Pins NMI x Power LED Power LED HDD LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED NIC2 LED Overheat LED Overheat LED Power Fail LED Power Fail LED Reset Button Reset Button Power On 2 7 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector 2 5 Connecting Cables Pin Definitions t Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition ATX Power Connection i8 3 8V 1 13 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM The X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM 16 PS ON 4 45V power supply connector meets the 17 COM 5 Red 18 CO
73. on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM Supero Doctor III The Supero Doctor IIl 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 Ill program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control Graceful power control T era kator TE abc ce Tes aora e T r pebas or hier docu anffgn peed bane iriee ea ui H pec Bicheno rite eect or ches dren fi akard ks cece the actin Vosa mensi Kaag goro SD er Danner x al masd on x vy Prose TORE Cece Power control B Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website at ftpz ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor lll You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II C 20 Appendix D Software Installation f
74. onfiguration OnBoard Floppy Controller Select Enabled to enable the Onboard Floppy Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 2F8 IRQ3 to allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode This feature sets Serial Port2 Mode The options are Normal IrDA and ASK IR The default setting is Normal Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O address used by the parallel port Select Disabled to prevent the parallel port from accessing any system re sources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becom
75. ons are Available and Reserved DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 Reserved Memory Size This item allows the system to reserve memory that is used by ISA devices Select Disabled to prevent BIOS from reserving memory to ISA devices Select 16K to allow the system to reserve 16K of the system memory for the ISA devices Select 32K to allow the system to reserve 32K of the system memory for the ISA devices Select 64K to allow the system for reserve 64K of the system memory to the ISA devices The default setting is Disabled gt Advanced Chipset Control gt Intel E7500 7501 NorthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for Intel E7500 E7501 NorthBridge chipset 4 9 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Chipset Memory Remap Feature Select Enabled to allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Hole Select Enabled to allow the memory hole to be set from 15M to 16M The options are Disabled and enabled gt Intel ICH5 SouthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for Intel ICH5 SouthBridge chipset MPS Revision This feature allows the BIOS to display the status of MPS Revision The current revision is 1 4 gt IDE Configuration This feature allows the user to configure IDE settin
76. or RAID Edition Intel will release the SATA RAID Driver on July 18 2003 1 Once a hard drive disk has failed a pop up message will appear to alert you that the RAID Volume has been degraded and the following screen will appear a Wi onm 2 Then you can double click the Intel AARE SATARAID Controller menu and it will show you what is missing or not working as the screen shown below Appendix C Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM 3 Unplug the bad HDD and replace it with a new one 4 After you have replaced the bad HDD with a good one go to Disk Management of your system The following screen will appear SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 6 Once the disk manager detects the new disk that you ve installed It will show an Unknown disk as indicated in the following screen b wej Km UE PS LE Bs 0 net mmn nm j Am 7 Once the above screen appears right click on the new disk and It will bring up a manual for the new disk Select the item Write Signature to the new disk and the following screen will appear sm LT mem mas mo NI lA me 8 After you finished writing the signature to the new disk Open the Intel AARE application again Note Do not reboot the system as prompted to avoid losing data C 16 Appendix C Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM 9 This time it should detect that you have a new
77. or the XSDPA TGM Appendix D Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System for the XSDPA TGM motherboard Please refer to Appendix C for the software installation for the X5DPA TGM motherboard After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard The following section provides information on Adaptec s SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel ICH 5R Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates from 150MBps Because the serial cables used 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 can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH5R I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel E7525 Tumw ater Chipset the ICH5R I O
78. ou can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown in the screen below 4 M apier BALD Coot igeration Mility F Bick O00 thes DE p telect opting Est 3 Select Initialize Drives as shown in the screen below SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual mmc 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown in the screen below deine fa la tial isad bea m i b i 44 DLO MOC Waij 445 n MIHI I ATI D Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown in the screen below J j Ipr iriti 1 B WBC HOGBGED BOEL E lira ied Prio EIS 9n Wy Ges eer Ln 4 91 UOC wEGEBGD O0ILXEI 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as sho
79. our wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to Intel ICH5R SerialRAID Located in the South Bridge of the 875 Chipset the I O Controller Hub ICH5R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The ICH5R supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configurations C 1 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual ATA Operation Modes You can select from the following two modes Legacy mode and Native mode Legacy Mode In this mode system BIOS assigns the traditional 14 and 15 IRQs for the use of HDD Up to 4 ATA devices are support by this mode Within Legacy Mode the following three modes are supported Non Combined Mode Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices supported Non Combined Mode Serial ATA only with th
80. outage The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State PXE Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the function of Boot From LAN The options are Enabled and Disabled Spread Spectrum Select Enabled to activate the function of Spread Spectrum in order to reduce the possibility of Electromagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Wake On LAN from S5 Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to Wake Up LAN from S5 The options are Enabled and Disabled Wake On Ring from S5 Select Enabled to activate the function of Wake On Ring from S5 The options are Enabled and Disabled Watch Dog Timer Select Enabled to activate Watch Dog Timer The options are Enabled or Disabled Set Watch Dog Timer This feature allows the user to set the value of Watch Dog Timer The options are 2 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes and 15 Minutes Keyboard Clock Setting Select Enabled to allow the user to configure keyboard lock settings The options are Enabled or Disabled P System Frequency Display This feature allows the BIOS to display the status and the frequency of Front Side Bus Memory and PCI slots FSB DDR Memory This option allows the BIOS to display the status of FSB DDR Memory PCI PnP Configuration Plug amp Play O S Select Yes to allow the operating system to configure Plug amp Play devices that are not required wh
81. overheat buzzer and the warning LED are triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 1 4V to 3 5V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Win dows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and respond
82. r diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide for the installation of Adaptec s Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Adaptec s User s Guide is included in the CD You can also download a copy of the user s guide from our web site D 21 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor IIl 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 Ill program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information D 22 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Gruceful power control Tig era kator E aema Cs Tes ana By EF re peace or lhe docs anffan peed tear iriee ea ot H pce Beier fe ice eck or thes doen gs akard ka raneritbr actin Vespa meni Kang Sporo 2D armo Doses peg le on x yrs Praade TORE comnis Power control Note SD III Software Revis
83. r on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next B 5 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Checkpoint 60h 62h 65h
84. rts The COM1 J8 serial port is lo cated next to the USB 0 1 ports COM 2 is located at the corner near PCI 33 Slots See MB layouts in Chapter 1 See the table on the right for pin definitions The COM2 J26 connector is a header on the motherboard see pp 1 6 1 8 for location Ethernet Ports GLAN LAN An Ethernet port is located beside the VGA port on the IO backplane An additional GLAN port is also located next to the LAN port on the X5DPA TGM TGM These ports accept RJ45 type cables 2 11 Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions USBO0 A JD2 USB2 J27 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 1 45V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 P04 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 N A Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition CD 6 DSR RD 7 RTS TD 8 CTS DTR 9 RI Ground 10 NC 1 2 3 4 5 Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions The X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM Pin has five CPU chassis fan head Number Definition 1 Ground black ers Designations include CPU 2 12V red Fani CPU Fan2 Chassis Fan 3 eevee Caution These fan headers Chassis Fan4 and Chassis Fan 5 are DC power See the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED Speaker Speaker Connector Pin On the JD1 h
85. s immediately to user or other re quests SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a System suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the BIOS features under the Ad vanced Menu External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weeken
86. s option to quit BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enters Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then Select OK to allow BIOS to automatically load Optimal Defaults to BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum System performance but may not work best for all computer applications 4 21 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance 4 22 Appendix A AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure f a fatal error occurs you should consult with your System manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page
87. se teet enn ret troi eee 3 1 Before Power ON ciis ipeo ie ciegos hona 3 1 Nego e 3 1 No Video MGIMOLY HERONS ici ecce tet eoim xc ai Perrin an i eL Ex YER EET SEC EE 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration sss 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures ssssssseeeenreennee 3 2 39 8 Frequently Asked Questions iniit nenne 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service sse 3 4 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Chapter 4 BIOS Ael InmtroQUCHOLD zac esce po n Ev ED HEP ER EFL CO EERE TEE EX SE EVA EUR EEUU AR 4 1 4 2 Main Setup avit aa A dederit eire cried 4 2 4 3 Advanced BIOS Setup eire eto ite ret ertt Rr ENT 4 3 4 4 Boot Selupziuioi eee mre rate ord nee A OPES 4 18 4 5 Security GOO TU Ps teen ert eret tra trate E ta esee 4 20 4 6 Exit OPON S 4e eti eere IR tite a E iras et ets 4 21 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages eeeseeeeeeeneennenenreneenneneennennei A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Software Installation Instructions for the X5DPA TGM C 1 Appendix D Software Installation Instructions for the X5DPA TGM C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention
88. spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press Ctrl and A key simultaneously and the main menu will appear D 4 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM 4 bipher FALE Coot igeration Mility F Cant eat lai figural lar Risk Ot00 ties Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above 3 Det tiie Don PE ET z SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access th
89. t The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next B 7 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Notes B 8 Appendix C Software Installation for the X5DPA TGM Appendix C Installing Software Programs and Drivers for the X5DPA TGM Motherboard Please refer to Appendix D for software installation for the X5DPA TGM Notes if you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 4 on Page C 18 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ICH5R SATA RAID Note before you install the Windows operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard C 1 Installing Intel ICH5R SATA RAID Utility To configure SATARAID functions you must first install Intel ICH5R SATA RAID Utility program before you install the Windows XP operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of ICH5R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP Operating System Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of f
90. t vector initialization is about to begin B 3 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Checkpoint 25h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h Code Description Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information Displayi
91. tacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 Attach the appropri ate cable to inform you of a chas sis intrusion Back Panel Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports J10 J11 are located beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USBO is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions 2 10 Reset Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Connector Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 1 PW ON 2 Ground Back Panal Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions J10 J11 USBO USB1 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 45V 1 45V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground Chapter 2 Installation Front Panel USB 0 1 amp USB 2 Three Front Panel USB Headers JD2 J27 can be used for front side USB access These USB headers are located next to the Floppy Disk Connector You will need a USB cable one included to use either connection Refer to the tables on the right for pin defi nitions Serial Po
92. tate of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2004 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM mainboard The SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM supports single or dual Intel 604 and 603 pin Xeon processors at a 533 400 MHz front side bus Please refer to the support section of our web site http www supermicro com TechSupport htm for a complete listing of supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins w
93. tected 2 1 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink 1 Locate the following components which are included in the shipping package P CPU Socket Retention Plates 2 Pv aig TNNT Clips 2 SESge l y Screws 8 Retention See Brackets 2 2 On the back side of the mother board locate the four CPU Retention Plate mounting holes Also Locate the four standoffs on each of the Retention Plates shown on the pictures on the right Retention Plate Standoffs Retention Plate Mounting Holes 4 3 Make sure that the small sheet of Mylar is attached on the surface of the Retention Plate Align the standoffs of the Retention Plate with the four mounting holes on the The Back Side of the Motherboard motherboard 4 Place the Retention Plate on the back side of the motherboard and lock it into the proper position by inserting the standoffs on the Retention Plate into the mounting holes on t
94. tel E7501 chipset Expansion Slots Five 32 bit 33 MHz PCI BIOS 4Mb AMI Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3 3V standby Fan status monitor with firmware software on off control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU fan auto off in sleep mode CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU overheat LED header Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features optional Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard l O ntegrated ATI Rage XL graphics controller e Intel Gigabit LAN Ethernet 82541 for the XSDPA TGM 82540 for the X5DPA TGM and an additional 82551 100 10Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN Controller 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 5 USB Universal Serial Bus ports Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection e PMI CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dime
95. the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot D 20 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM D 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown be low will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items SUPERMICRO 25064 TOM server bond Drivers amp Tools Hinz a gem SUPERMICR Miza Disci 9 0 Drivers amp Tools AJ LM miel E7501 EE id Chipset Inia Apples bon Aotea AAD Edition E SUPERMICAD Supa Dacia I f loan Breas CT haz Sot Up Hast Times XSDPA TGM For more inicemation please vidit SLIPEFSVICRET S saei tig SS PEFHAC FECI Compus inz 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 Intel LDCM and the LAN SCSI drive
96. the different creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID O or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below beraj Tps MAID OCS pe Brreg Label Stripe Apri Sige b4 SIB amp B Sirips dice iai Crente JALI wia Bo lait Benz Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis
97. ttings Front Side Bus Speed JP39 see motherboard layout is used to set the system front side bus speed for the processors t is best to keep this jumper set to Auto This jumper is used to gether with the CPU Clock setting in BIOS See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog Enable Disable JP41 allows you to enable or dis able the functions of Watch Dog See the table on the right for jumper settings Close Pins 1 2 for reset default Close Pins 2 3 to activate the function of NMI Non Maskable Interrupt 2 15 LAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP3 LAN 1 JP6 LAN2 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP4 Jumper Position Definition 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled Front Side Bus Speed Jumper Settings JP39 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Auto Pins 2 3 400 MHz Open 533 MHz Watch Dog Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP37 Jumper Position Definition 1 2 Reset 2 3 NMI SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LAN LEDs The Ethernet ports located beside the VGA port have two LEDs See the table on the right for the functions associated with these LEDs On each LAN port the yel low LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green or ange or off to indicate the speed of the connectio
98. uting the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The WAIT message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next B 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh A2h A3h A4h Ash A7h A8h A9h Aah Abh BOh B1h 00h Code Description Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has com pleted The adaptor ROM check is next The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has
99. ve adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTS one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor inter rupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanc
100. wn in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue D 15 SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to optimized its function ality For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild D 16 Appendix D Software Installation for the XSDPA TGM Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 M apier BALD Coat igeration Fitlity F Fisk O01 ties 1 900 E 4a moe corso Eater elect aptin Ese SUPER X5DPA TGM X5DPA TGM User s Manual 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities as shown in the screen below uhr Th Hastirzp Array Coo iguration Uhl iky Dis

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