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1. definitions A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED SUPER X7DBR 3 E i el ERE ein pw 20 19 zl DIMM 4B JAR B0 pin ATX Main PWR Groun NMI m DIMM 4A Fan gl DIMM 3B DIM A x x gl DIMM 2B DIMM 2 Power LED Vcc zi DIMM 1B HDD LED Vcc North Bridge NIC1 LED Vcc 2 NIC2 LED ug PCI X 100MHz ZCR SXBERS j SXB E2x8 5 a 1 Fan OH Fan Fail LED Vcc 1 PWR Fail LED Vcc ad B mer Ground Reset gt Reset Button m vea sas o 1 2503 2 CTRLR a Q JPG1 2 Ground o PWR Power Button Rusan i 58415 SISO wld 0884 4 510 2 11 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 provides advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the A OH Fan Fail Indic
2. PWR EP SUPER X7DBR 3 E Eilean ew H DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR B VGA Enabled L i DIMM 4A usBon 4 DIMM 3B DIMM CPU1 Fan2 1 DIMM 2B i DIMM 2A zl DIMM 1B 5 3 DIMM 1A Farid North Bridge PXH EU Fang Sg eunt PCI X 100MHz ZCR 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 8 8 i an GLAN2 t Batt attery HHE 1 South 55 Bridge Bios SI m ES no bes 4 TRLR o RES B zfer m _ Wo 2 Act 4 7 9 PS1 5 NEN 14 m USB4 5 Bara SATA5 WOR EPWCEDSPK LAEX __ SATAO SATA2 SATA4 519 2 21 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Bus to PCI Slots 1 2 JI C1 JI C2 allow you to enable Bus to PCI X PCI E slots See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Disabled Compact Flash Master Slave Select ACompact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper to work properly you will need to connect the Compact Flas
3. A Keyboard T SUPERG X7DBR 3 E i T Eso e B Mouse YUN DMMB AR 20 ATX Main PWR DIMM 4A v UVUMI Fant DIMM 3B D COM2 5 DIMM 3A San Fara DIMM 2B DIMM 2 8 xl DIMM 1B gi 5 DIMM 1A Fan North Bridge PXH and GLAM PCI X 100MHz ZCR EX amp ETXS PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 EN GLAN2 la 2 3 8 na South 55 Bridge Bios 20 ORT 9 JITO Preto3 m Act 0 3 Ber Wo 4 5 BATA 5 WOR EPWLEDSPKINAES ISATAO SATA2 SATA4 519 2 17 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened up by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up
4. 2 23 Purpose Input Output headers J29 Pin Definition Pin Definition J30 located on the motherboard 1 NC 2 These headers support serial link 3 Ground 4 Data interfacing for the onboard ESB2 SATA 5 Load 6 Ground connectors See the table on the right 7 NC 8 NC for pin definitions Refer to the board NC Connections layout below for the location SUPERG X7DBR 3 E WEE Fn pw A Compact Flash PWR KB zi DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR Connector DIMM 4A Fant Foo ty d DIMM 38 SGPIO1 a crus SGPIO2 PI DIMM 2B DIMM 2 5 zi DIMM 1B 5 DIMM 1 Fan North Bridge PXH V 2 SOLE i SUN PCI X 100MHz ZCR I PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 E3x8 GLAN2 ES 1 South 55 Bridge Bos E 2 CTRLR CTRLR 7 ES wou Act 4 7 an _ sea NN SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open
5. 2 eut PCI X 100MHz ZCR 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz 5 2 8 8 8 E GLAN2 t Batte Y JWFi 8 M South EE Bridge BIOS ale PI 5 SAS JBT Pre o 3 u CTRLR CTRLR o Q 5 B zfer ESI 2 4 7 E 2 __ 14 un 4 5 1 5 gms j saz EE PWLEDSPK sATAo sATA2 4 514 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse ports are located at JKM and 1 Data JMS See the table on the right for pin 2 definitions The mouse port is above 3 the keyboard port See the table on 4 VCC the right for pin definitions 5 e Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Serial Ports Pin Definition Pin Definition is a connector located on the 1 6 DSR IO Backpanel and COM2 is a header 7 RTS locala at 6982 Del the table on 5 TD 5 the right for pin definitions DTA ni 5 Ground 10 Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection
6. 2 28 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 29 CIL AN LEDS e EC 2 29 Onboard SAS Activity LED k d se aka yaaa k axana H lan kenek 2 30 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive SIMSO DIMM IPMI and SAS Connections 2 31 Floppy Peace R MM 2 31 SIMSO Slot 2 32 IDE 2 33 SUPERO X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual SAS Connectors sessseseeee me meme kK ka kK ka ka KA ka KA rene nr nnne rsen KA KK nen 2 34 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures i EEE kk kk kk kek teh 3 1 Before Power e ete 3 1 sio Teu c ES 3 1 No RN 3 1 Memory EFO Ss s d nin kis 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions EL EEE Ek kk kk kk kk K k KAKA 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 1 7 a eem 4 1 4 2 pto oT 4 2 4 3 Maim BIOS 4 2 4 4 Advanced
7. A NMI B PWR LED SUPERO X7DBR 3 E pa Sel Tg Ese si pwr B H DIMMAB 20 pin ATX Main PWR Groun MTA 8 DIMM 4 usBon gl DIMM 3B x x amp DIMM si DIMM 2B P E DIMM 2A ower LED Vcc zi DIMM 1B 3 DIMM 1A HDD LED Vec North Bridge NIC1 LED Vcc cpu2 Ewe TE NIC2 LED Vcc i BERS 1 PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8_ SXB E3x8 8 i OH Fan Fail LED Vcc gli UN E A PWR Fail LED Vcc South me mes EU Ground Reset gt Reset Button SAS 1 Preio 3 3 CTRLR CTRLR o dus GU a E Ground PWR gt Power Button Act 4 7 ger 8 e mm 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attacha hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition l3 45V HD Active NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 10 12 Vcc PWR Fail
8. EBUS CONN 1 2 x PCI E ECI Ex8 H Slot ait Ay at 0 29 4 ESB2 d 3 0 Gb S pc x 33N Bn a D ul 0 VGA Pcr 32 33mwzN 261733 USB 2 0 m conn Nv ES1000 5 28 31 RJ4 GB LAN GILGAL SIO RJ4 W83627 MS 5 IMSO 29 KB COM1 COM2 Note This is a general chipset block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Block Diagram of the 5000P Chipset Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P chipset the X7DBR 3 X7DBR E motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000P chipset supports a single or dual Dempsey 64 bit dual core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000P Memory troller Hub MCH the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsystem PXH V The 5000P MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing up to 32 GB of DDR2
9. 3rd PWRETPWI mL SUPER X7DBR 3 E TJ ES is Pwr KB 4 DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR DIMM 4A Fant gi DIMM 3B DIMM 3A CPU1 2 1 DIMM 2B 8 DIMM 2 5 zi DIMM 1B lt DIMM 1A Fan North Bridge PXHV CPU2 ZLE S BLAN PCLX 100MHz ZCR x8 I PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 sH 3 i t Battery 8 8 2 1 gt a South 55 Bridge BS su 1 VGA SAS 1 Pre 0 3 LI CIRIR CTRLR Act 0 3 5 Buzzer E 7 29 2 amp 1 s 4 j 5 2 SMSO a a ji ISATA0 SATA2 SATA4 8 NOR E eck sid 2 21 SMB Header SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manu Power SMB Connector Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions VGA Connector A VGA connector JVGA1 is located next to the GLAN2 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location PWR SMB Pin Definitions SUPER X7DBR 3 E n DIMM 4B JAR DIMM 4 ank4 8 PWR 20 pin ATX Main PWR DIMM 3B DIMM 3A USB0 1 anka CPU1 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B 1 ank2 Fant
10. eva zul 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend but ton with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds the right for pin definitions A Reset Button B PWR Button Refer to the table on SUPER X7DBR 3 E S ewn DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR E DIMM 4A gl DIMM 3B 5 DIMM 3A Faga yl DIMM 2B 3 DIMM 2A zl DIMM 1B 8 DIMM 1 Fang North Bridge PXHV CPU2 orf enne SULE GLAN 100MHz ZCR BERS PCI X 133 5 2 8_ E3x8 81
11. SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at atime After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 1 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Configuring Supero Doctor The Supero Doctor Ill program is Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the picture below for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Note 1 The Default User Name and Password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III setting
12. a 4 7 4 5 Sec rity Set p Mt 4 24 4 6 coo 4 25 a N 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST MesSSagesS KA KAK KAR A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST 60066 ee uie tise ncn kk kek kK kk KA KAR A B 1 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup C 1 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup D 1 Appendix Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 02 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose C
13. The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 4 13 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS gt
14. 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 Front Control Panel erre eret tora 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions E 2 10 INI BURGI dad r 2 10 Power LED tetra aka n s ka na 2 10 E TS 2 11 NICI NIC2 LEDS nen sewe inn Ke w n sanen r n ae k n ai E kane rn 2 11 Overheat Fan Fail LED 2 12 Power Fail kek kk kk kk k kk ka Kek kk k kk KK Kl KA KA A KK KA 2 12 Table of Contents Reset BUN i koy duxan kwe y i ar r ka NAR 2 13 Power Button e lakin nikl Ew wa b ba ke lad na klan b ka 2 13 2 5 Connecting Cables kk kk kK A KAK A KAKA A KA KA KA KA KRA 2 14 ATX Power Connector 2 14 Processor Power vincas tria 2 14 Universal Serial 2 15 Ghassis 2 15 D ba San D ba kana be kk 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard
15. D 4 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make 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 configure 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 configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below anage firrays reate Array ddzDe lete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press lt Insert gt Select drives for Configuring Se T cted Drives 5138081385 74 56B HDC HD7401 D BBELA1 69 268 HDC HD748GD BBFLA 2 69 26B HDC HD 748GD BOFLRI 69 268 HDC D HHFLR 69 265 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Adaptec SATA HostRAlD Controller Array Configuration Utility e BEL drives for Comf igur ing Blarted Drives IE NEUE AL Ada 2EH
16. MHZ A 4 H FLAS GY Zbl HEE HITABCD BHFLARI BERAN H5 HEC AAA 26H 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt D 6 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configuring drives will Array Information on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create firray Selected Drives LEE UE 74 368 81 HDC HD 48GD BBFLR1 69 8960 82 HDC HD74AGD AAFLAZ 53 86B 83 HDC HD 48GD BBFLRI 53 86B H HDC HD 4BGD BMFLA Z ISBN 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selec
17. 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 8 8 E am J JWF1 8 g Ja South 55 Bridge 20 3 m SAS e JBT1G P i n 8 EM E Lg Paid o ES B 2 8 a i E SEA 519 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions The X7DBR 3 X7DBR E has five chassis sys tem fan headers Fan1 to Fan5 See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan_speeds are controlled by Thermal Man agement BIOS Hardware Monitor in Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 12 all these fans 4 fan connec tors However currently only 3 pin control is supported Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans SUPER X7DBR 3 E Essen A Fan 1 DIMM IRE 20 pin ATX Main PWR B Fan 2 Fan 2 DIMM 3B C Fan 3 D Fan 4 DIMM 3A E Fan 5 05 0 1 ank3 CPU1 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A OM1 ank2 ank4 N North Bridge PXH V CPU2
18. Baye saa BATAL a 510 2 29 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Onboard SAS Activity LED Indicators X7DBR 3 only Onboard SAS_Activity_LED Indica tors Note Act Active There are eight Onboard SAS Activity Acti Definition Acti Definition LED indicators Act 0 3 4 7 and acwo SAS4 Act eight Presence LED indicators Pres 0 3 Act 1 SAS1 Act Act 5 SAS5 Act Pres 4 7 on the X7DBR 3 The Activ 2 SAS2 Act Act 6 SAS6 Act ity LEDs indicate the activity status of SAS3 Act Act 7 SAS7 Act onboard SAS connectors An Presence LED indicates the PERSIUS of a SAS Onboard SAS Presence LED Indicators connector See the table on the right for Pre Present LED settings Pres Definition Pres Definition Pre 0 SASO Pre Pre 4 SAS4 Pre Pre 1 SAS1 Pre Pre 5 SAS5 Pre Pre 2 SAS2 Pre Pre 6 SAS6 Pre Pre 3 SAS3 Pre SAS7 Pre SUPER X7DBR 3 E Eom rar KB zl DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR EL 4A SAS LEDs 0 3 lUSB
19. J 8 PWR JPWF K ri DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR X NS DIMM 4A Fant lusBo 1 gi DIMM 3B DIMM 3A CPU1 Fan2 omi gi DIMM 2B 3 DIMM 2A r xl DIMM 1B d DIMM 1A Fanj North Bridge PHN CPU2 Fand 2 eut PCI X 100MHz ZCR 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 SXB E3x8 8 i GLAN2 u LAN Battery Ello a IWF S 8 M South 55 Bridge gU T 3 m VGA sas 9 JBTIO ra a CTRLR CTRLR 0 3 5 B zfer baud wou 2 w cR 2 A WOR EPWLEDSPK LAE a ISATAO SATA2 SATA4 sid 2 32 A SIMSO Slot Chapter 2 Installation IDE Connectors IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There are two IDE Connectors JIDE1 ping Definition Pin Definition Blue JIDE2 White on the mother Reset IDE 2 board The blue IDE connector JIDE1 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 is designated as the Primary IDE Drive 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 The white IDE connector JIDE2 is des 7 Host Data
20. SATA Port 5 BBF31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Sears u Run tin Fwd e Hw du Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual To verify disk media Run stin Fated e My ce de Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138081385 3 85 123 SATA Port 1 HDC HD 748GD BBFLRA1 27 88027 1 5 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 Amessage will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for me dia defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit lt Enter gt Run tin Fated Uwe dn Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 D 18 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 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 Util
21. 2 DIMM 1 Fang North Bridge PXHV 2 ZLE PCI X 100MHz ZCR PCI X 133MHz SXB E1x8 SXB E2x8 SXB E3x8 South Bridge lt i 36 3 a O Tesi wou Act 4 7 n mo 0884 5 cow2 WOR EPWLEDSPK Er LAEZ Compact Flash IDE1 BIOS amp Pre o 3 ES 7 5 ISAS 1 3 SATA3 JSATAS 2 4 514 2 22 Pin Definition PWR Fail Ground PWR SMB B VGA Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you will need to connect a power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location SGPIO Headers There are two SGPIO Serial General SGPIO Pin Definitions
22. IDE 1 p gl DIMM 3B E DIMM 3A Faz Compact Flash Card boi CI DIMM 2B DIMM 2A zi DIMM 1B DIMM Fan North Bridge PXHV cPU2 an ac ej E e Io ERES GLAM PCI X 100MHz ZCR PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 XB E3x8 GLANZ 1 di a South 55 Bridge A LE SU ORE SAS 9 JBT1 Pre 0 3 CTRLR 5 REDE 5 Buzzer a Er ES wou 2 Acti4 7 Spe D pe n 93845 SATA3 SATAS SOM EPWLEDSPRI WET ISATAO SATA2 SATA4 s1d 2 33 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual SAS Connectors SAS Connector X7DBR 3 only Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition There are eight Serial Attached A ET TT on the motherboard See A3 TXO the tables on the right for pin A4 Ground B4 Ground definitions A5 1 B5 ike A6 RX 1 B6 TX 1 7 Ground B7 Ground A8 SB7 B8 SBO AQ SB3 B9 SB1 A10 584 B10 SB2 11 SB5 11 SB6 A12 Ground B12 Ground A13 RX2 B13 TX2 A14 RX2 B14 TX2 A15 Ground B15 Ground A16 B16 A17 RX3 B17 TX3 A18 Ground 18 Ground SUPER X7DBR 3 E A SAS 0
23. ela Ez GURU 8 South 55 Bridge He 20 5 m vea sas o 1 203 u CTRLR CTRLR 5 5 4 Buzzer PG1 2 baila 9 2 Act 4 7 a 18 ISBAJ5 SATA3 SATAS 2 SEO RISE mE 5 2 4 519 2 13 Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Groun X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED PWR Fail LED Ground Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 3V Standby Ground NMI x Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Oo PWR gt Power Button SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector There are a 20 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 12V PWR supply is required to provide adequate power to the sys tem See the table on the right for pin definitions for connector JPW1 For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPWS3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 20 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pins Defi
24. means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting mu KB SUPER X7DBR 3 E DIMM 4B JAR DIMM 4A JPWF 05 0 1 DIMM 3B DIMM 3A ank3 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B ank2 CPU1 ank4 DIMM 1A North Bridge N PXH V 2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR BXB Eix8 PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 _ SXB E3x8 i CTRLR d pn i lo Q 14 Ug 93845 WOR PWLEDSPK a 24 8 PWR 20 pin ATX PWR Fant 2 Fang Fan E wA 8 8 BIOS 5 JBT1 0 3 ime Act 0 3 B zfer N lt o 5 4 514 2 24 GLAN Enable Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled Pin 1 2 short GLAN Porti Enable B
25. Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes 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 boot up press the Ctrl and lt l gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt l gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed C 2 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volume
26. Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up SUPERO X7DBR 3 E z DIMM 4B DIMM 4A DIMM 3B ank3 DIMM 3A ank2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B ank4 DIMM 1A JPWF JAR A WOR Eon 8 PWRI WOL WOL 20 pin ATX Main PWR CPU1 Fant Ctrl S North Bridge PHN CPU2 Fand 2 eut PCI X 100MHz ZCR 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 EN an GLAN2 u LAN Battery Tie 5 amp IWF S E Ja South 55 Bridge Bios SI z 5 JOC er NGA SAS JITO P CTRLR e BESE 5 CTRLR a RES 5 B zfer JPG1 2 5 l prev LPWLEDSPK TZET SATA0 2 519 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for
27. and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at_a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A and so on For optimal performance please install memory modules in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 at the same time up to 8 modules maximum the Memory Installation Table Below See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7DBR 3 X7DBR E supports u
28. prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional Beh Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 1 Initialize POST Error Manager C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system Check force recovery
29. temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on boot Disabled Fi tL F9 Esc e gt Enter F18 Supervisor Password Is This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password w
30. 5 8 Host Data 10 ignated as the Secondary IDE Drive 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 reserved for Compact Flash Card use 11 Host Data 3 2 Data 12 only See the note below See the 13 Host Data2 table on the right for pin definitions 15 Host Data 1 Note JIDE2 the white slot is reserved 7 Host Pata 0 for Compact Flash Card only Do not 19 Ground use it for other devices If JIDE2 is 21 22 Ground ER A Host Data 13 6 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 20 Key populated with a Compact Flash Card yo write 24 Ground JIDE1 the blue slot will be available for 5 amp 4 26 Ground one device only For the Compact Flash iGGHRDY BALE Card to work properly you will need to connect a power cable to JWF1 first 9 DACKS 31 IRQI4 32 IOCS16 98 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addro 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground PWI T SUPER X7DBR 3 E Per J EP lenin Pwu Pu WR z DIMM 4B JAR 20 ATX Main PWR S L DIMM 4
31. DIMM 4A USB0 1 gi DIMM 3B DIMM CPU1 Fan2 omi gl DIMM 2B n 3 DIMM 2A 1 zl DIMM 1B x s DIMM 1A Fang North Bridge PHN CPU2 Fand SLILE eut PCI X 100MHz ZCR 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 SXB E3x8 8 E an ERE JWF1 8 South Bridge BIOS 20 3 Q Pretos o Act 0 3 Buzzer e Wo 4 mo 0884 5 5 PWLED SPK LJAET ji 4 514 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with to prevent false alarms VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Both Jumpers gt Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A 3rd PWR Fail
32. DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 15 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow con
33. GLAN Port2 Enable Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD allows you to enable the Watch Dog timer Hori Watch Dog Watch Dog is used for system monitoring It can mer Settings IWD cause the system to reboot when a software um Jumper Setting Definition application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the Wo Pins 1 2 Reset system if an application hangs Close Pins 2 3 to default generate non maskable interrupt signal for the Pins 2 3 NMI application that is hung up See the table on the Open Disabled right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write his her own applic
34. Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12 3 3V Standby 5V standby and VBAT Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Low noise fan speed control Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready e temperature sensing logic Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism e ACPI Power Management Power on mode for power recovery Onboard I O e Six SATA ports supporting Intel RAID 0 1 5 and 10 Adaptec supports RAID 0 1 and 10 for the X7DBR E only Eight SAS Connectors X7DBR 3 only One SIMSO IPMI socket AOC SIMSO Two Giga bit LAN ports with IOAT Technology One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One IDE w Compact Flash Card supported One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Upto five USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 3 Headers ATI ES1000 16MB Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627HG w Hardware
35. Hotspare you want to delete and press lt delete gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected Steves Run ation Fated Uwe oe be 5138081385 74 355 85 HDC HD 48GD BBFLA2 69 ACB HDC HD74BGD BBFLR1 69 BGB HDC MHD74BGD BBFLR2 69 ACB HDC HD 48GD BBFLR1 59 4GB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amne Trays ric HII 1212 Hninpara Dont igure THH H I Lal E H 128 CHT M Hrite lad rra Slu les Stripe Size ExI di HH STEHT Ha HUL WHELs BJELLE H3 HDT4BZD BHELAI 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupt
36. I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bidirectional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded
37. Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the 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 remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL with out any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN r
38. Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better func tionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 5000P chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest
39. RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this featu
40. Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults opti
41. and Mouse 2 17 Sonal POMS A ai Ea ae 2 17 Wake OTn RInO ine CHEN 2 18 kek keke kk k k kek ka ka k k KK K Kak kK A KK KAK KA KA nnns 2 18 GLAN Ethernet POMS an S 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header 2 EEE kk kk kk k kk 2 19 Power deka ab dakan n ane d nn da aa an dE na 2 20 Alarm 2 20 Overheat LED Fani Fall si enn no nho 2 21 SMB a ka kk KAKA KA KA AR KA KH KA HAA KRA RA HA HAWA 2 21 SMB P ow el Gohl ClOL 2 22 VGA GOnN CtOl 2 22 Compact Flash PWR aa ducunt 2 23 SGPIO Heades a 2 23 2 6 Jumper 2 24 Explanation of JUm DerS eee ere ee 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable a aa 2 24 Clear CMOS E 2 25 M ateh Dog uitae ce tiet io obest dnd Msc SESS 2 25 SAS Controller 2 26 ard PWR Supply PWR 2 27 VGA 2 27 Bus lena ted 2 28 Compact Flash Master Slave 0
42. com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor 11 E 3 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Notes Disclaimer Continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale
43. in the Item Specific Help window 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 25 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Notes 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find o
44. obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DBR 3 X7DBR E The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com support bios gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little e
45. of the system It supports 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility
46. packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 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 is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel 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 ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000P Chipset the ESB2 Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes
47. provide warnings in the event of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JAR is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect JAR to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Definition PWR 1 Fail PWR 2 Fail PWR 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies Alarm Reset Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V 3rd PWR E JPW SUPER X7DBR 3 E 2 0 Fi DIMM 4B 20 pin ATX Main PWR Se DIMM 4A Fant gi DIMM 3B B DIMM 3A Fan2 A Power Fault oi g DIMM 2B L z DIMM 2A 8 Alarm Reset E zi DIMM 1B p x s DIMM 1A Fang North Bridge PHN CPU2 Fand song eut PCI X 100MHz ZCR 1 8_ PCI X 133MHz SX
48. settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 80 C the note below CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Set this option to 3 pin fan to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Di
49. supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that sup port RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 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 the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press
50. test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance c
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52. the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size 1 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h
53. to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup SUPERO X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual iii Manual Organization MR kk kk kk kk iii Conventions Used the iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 UW R 1 1 ae 1 1 Contacting Supermicro EEE 1 2 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E lmage essen 1 3 SUPERG X7DBR 3 X7DBR E Layout kek kek k keke 1 4 Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features rt 1 6 Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 T 1 9 1 3 Special FoatUres T 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS 1 10 1 4 Health Monitoring 2 cues ec a 1 10 1 5 PLIEIS 00 0 Re kek 1 11 CANIS UR nan n n 1 12 l7 Super remonte ENS 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive 2 1 Pre CAUTIONS x 2 1
54. wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPERG X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use onl
55. 0 1 gl DIMM 3B 5 DIMM Fand B SAS LEDs 4 7 om1 yl DIMM 2B a DIMM 2A DIMM 1B 5 DIMM 1A Fang North Bridge CPU2 sony PCI X 100MHz ZCR PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 8 EN t E Battery 5 al i South i Bridge T sa SAS JITO CTRLR O JPG1 hore foe wou 1 IPMB m3 5 1 Pres 4 Pres 5Pres 6 Presi Pres 0 Pres 1 2 resis mo DD DD DD C33 Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 Act 0 Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 2 30 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive SIMSO DIMM IPMI Zero Channel RAID Card and SAS 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 single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy The floppy connector is located at Definition Definition J22 See the table below for pin Ground FDHDIN definitions Ground Reserved Key FDEDIN Gro
56. 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V standby and VBAT An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor Ill in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the dat
57. 2 FBD Slot Release Tab Release Tab SUPERG X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the figure below for the colors and locations of the various ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports SUPER X7DBR 3 E pt eiie LLL 4 H ote DES Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 VGA Port Blue SAS 4 7 X7DBR 3 only Oo C1 WwW Section 2 5 for details Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo cated on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the graphics below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definit
58. 3 KE 1 DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR an peme SAS 4447 JUSB0 1 zl DIMM 3B 5 DIMM CPU1 Fan2 ni gi DIMM 2B 8 DIMM 2A 8 zl DIMM 1B DIMM 1 Fang North Bridge PXH V cpu2 an4 GLAN PCIX ZCR BREET PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 8 8 m South Bridge sas CTRLR s e T _ 93845 EPWLEDSPK LAET ISATAO SATA2 SATA4 51 EE Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do
59. 5 and 90 See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Set this option to 3 pin fan to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold
60. A 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E Image _ 00600666 Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual SUPERO X7DBR 3 E Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale 3rd PWR 4 pi B PWR SUPER X7DBR 3 E poem JPW1 DIMM 4A DIMM 3B DIMM 3A DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B North Bridge CPU2 T N 13 E FP Ctrl jp4 lot7 PCI X 100MHz ZCR J PCI X 133MH
61. B E2x8 SXB E3x8 8 E GLAN2 t Ja Battery 8 South 55 Bridge BIOS 20 Li 5 SAS 9 ra CTRLR o 5 B zfer JPG1 M OL 2 pod _ E 18 43845 gl IPMB WOR PWLEDSPK LAET SATAO SATA2 SATA4 519 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating This LED will blink to in dicate a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Solid Blinking SMB Header Pin Definitions Message Overheat Fan Fail 1 2 3 4 Pin Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection A OH Fan Fail LED
62. BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to selects the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS wi
63. FBD ECC memory The chipset also provides three x8 PCI Express interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000P chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing Xeon Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000P chipset the Xeon Dual Core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Dual Core Processor L1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will 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 Con trol setting in the Advanced section Boot Features to change this setting Note Default Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DBR 3 X7DBR E All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPU Cores Memory Chipset 1 8V 3 3V 5V
64. Monitor support W83793G Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL e Wake on Ring WOR e Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions Ext ATX 12 L x 18 05 W 304 80mm x 331 47mm 1 7 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual J5 C VRM 6 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 d 1526307 SL6307 9 067 1333 1067 1333 MT S MT S lt 1 J14 x LSB PCI EXP X8 1 1 1 TU 3 FORT FBD CHNLON 0 0 a le 4 5 E NH 5 5000 s E MCH CHNL1 gt H 2 E H a MSBPCI EXP X8 n E BD CHNL2 E e x m fu 6 7 FBD CHNL3 n PORT PORT PORT 0 Ry X BB ede Ji E PORT PORT ESI ATA 100 IPCI xX133 PCI Ex4 iggy IDE CONN m sas EXP BUS
65. R X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 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 Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears select SATA Disk and press SATA Port 8 5138001385 3 85 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 1 HDC WD748GD BBFLR1 27 8802 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 2 HDC MD74BGD BBFLA2 31 88F31 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 3 HDC WD 4 CD BFLA1 27 8802 1 5 Ch s SATA Port 5 HDC WD 48GD BBFLR2 31 88 31 1 5 Gh s Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level format ting of a 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 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears 9 Run tn Fwd Uwe My ce de Adaptec SATA Host RAID Control ler T Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 8 5138881385 3 85 1 3 SATA Port 1 HDC WD 48GD BFLA1 27 08 27 1 SATA Port 2 1 1 SATA Port 3 88027 1
66. SUPERG SUPERO X7DBR 3 SUPERO X7DBR E USER S MANUAL The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in
67. Shadow RAM Passed Where is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter S
68. a you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server Operating Systems 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 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual
69. ate a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive D 10 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 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 and lt B gt 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 anage firrays reate firray 88 mirror dd De
70. ation software in order to dis able the Watch Dog Timer SUPER X7DBR 3 E 2 A Clear CMOS KB DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR Enable Pi Watch Dog Enable gi DIMM 3B DIMM CPU1 2 oni sr DIMM 2B E DIMM 2A rm zl DIMM 1B E DIMM 1A Fand is North Bridge ius Far eunt PCI X ZER SXBE1xs PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 BXB E3x8 e Ea Battery m aa aaa 55 Bridge BIOS al m VGA SAS Pre 0 3 Ez 5 zm 2 B z er Zava m wou 2 Act 4 7 AT a E lee xu van EE 2 25 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual SAS Controller Enable Disable X7DBR 3 only SAS Controller Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition JPS1 enables or disables the Adaptec 9410 SAS Controller on the mother board See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting Pins 1 2 Enabled default Pins 2 3 Disabled is enabled A SAS Enable 3rd PWR PWI pii NE SUPEROX7DBR 3 E 4 Eel id Epa vin pw Fi DIMM 4B m 20 pin ATX Main PWR NS
71. ator right for pin definitions Status Pin Definition Ti Vcc Ground State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Power Fail LED PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 5 Vcc A OH Fan Fail LED PWR Supply Fail pii SUPER X7DBR 3 E Sel Groun NMI KB zi DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR m 3 DIMM 4A 1 USBO 1 gl DIMM 3B X x E DIMM 3A Faga kou l gi DIMM 28 Power LED m DIMM 2A zl DIMM 1B 2 DIMM 1 Fang HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc North Bridge cul NIC2 LED Vcc PCI X 100MHz ZCR EXE ETxE PCI X 133MHz JEE ESKI gys H Fan Fajl LED Vcc AN EREB h E n PWR Fail LED Vcc 81 3 nM South ga Bridge um Groun Reset Reset Button 5 SAS 9 JBT16 2 ium Q PWR gt Power Button 8 2 roun ais 2 3 mu dm
72. ays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation Rights Reserved ll VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen the Note on Page C 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volane fl Previous Mext SPACE Selects CEMTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection
73. boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 2 Appendix D and Appendix E for
74. boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 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 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DBR 3 X7DBR E has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 533 667 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do update my BIOS It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your moth erboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS r
75. controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Set this option to 3 pin fan to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed P12V VRO P12V VR1 FSB VTT PXH V Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore In Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 17 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold See the Note on Page 4 18 This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 75 80 8
76. d and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 7 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect t
77. e Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 7 MASS Mass Data Storage ZCR Zero Channel RAID This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz and PCI X 100 MHz 4 9 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt Slot 6 PCI X 133MHz Slot E1 x8 Slot E2 x4 and Slot x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make chan
78. ed Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu 4 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS 4 Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Ja Volunl RAID Level RAID1 Minor Disks Select Disks Strip Size N A Capacity 8 8 Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N t
79. ed or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality 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 and lt R gt to Rebuild anage firrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 14 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt The follow ing 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 parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D215 SUPE
80. el RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen the Note on Page C 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volane TL Previous Hext SPACE Selects CENTERJ Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When ask
81. ening all four screws ho Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend N that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink Mois screws from the motherboard in the d sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 3 SCREW 2 SCREW 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wiggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wiggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chas sis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard
82. equires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DBR 3 X7DBR E can only accommodate 20 pin ATX power supplies Al though most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate In addition the 12V 4 pin and the 12V 8 pin power connec tions are also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports Chapter 1 Introduction It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 01 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super
83. ess If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press Enter The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically re boot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items SUPERMICRO X7DBR Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Xi Intel Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Microsoft Direct 9 0 Graphics driver Intel 5000P Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset X7DBR Series Adaptec Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers 1 SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site
84. essor PWR 4 pin PWR Chapter 2 Installation Back Panel USB Universal Serial Bus USB USBO 1 There are six USB 2 0 Universal oe eels Serial Bus ports headers on the ey motherboard Two of them are Back 2 PO Panel USB ports USB 0 1 JUSB1 PO and the other are Front Panel USB 4 5 NA headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 USB 4 5 JUSB3 See the tables on the right Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB 2 3 4 5 for pin definitions USB 2 4 USB 3 5 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 Data 2 Data 3 Data 3 Data 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located Pin Definitions JL1 at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable Pin Definition from the chassis to inform you of a 1 Intrusion Input chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened SUPERO X7DBR 3 E utem ae Ezi e een A Backpanel USB 0 1 DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR B Front Panel USB 2 3 DIMM 3B C Front Panel USB 4 oun E D Chassis Intrusion DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 1 Fan North Bridge Fand GLAM PCI X ENTE ZCR
85. est and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E motherboard The SUPERG X7DBR 3 X7DBR E supports dual Intel Xeon 64 bit dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit Xeon dual core processors the 5000P chipset and 8 DDR2 FBD 667 533 memory DIMM sockets built in the X7DBR 3 X7DBR E offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the 32 bit based software The features include the Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Ex ecution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the m
86. etup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an 120 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicat ing released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERO X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep w front panel Overheat LED on System Overheat Terminal POST Errors terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in
87. evision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automatically reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automatically flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Z N Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the 3 3 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can
88. ges to the following settings values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Branch 1 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the function
89. h Card power cable to JWF1 first Refer to the board layout below for the location Bus to PCI Slots Jumper Settings Definition Jumper 1 2 Enabled Disabled Default Compact Flash Card Master Slave Select Jumper Definition Off Slave Secondary Master Primary 2 SUPER X7DBR 3 E fal E e B m bs 8 PWRI A KB ri DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR B JI2 2 DIMM 4A ae MEM gi DIMM 3B DIMM Fan2l Slave Select kai g DIMM 2B S DIMM 2A S zl DIMM 1B d DIMM 1A Fan North Bridge CPU2 Fan SANI XB ETx8 I PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 BXB E3x8 S18 an GLAN2 u HESIN lu a J amp Em R rd 2 1 i South 55 Bridge BIOS Mm n VGA SAS 1 Pre 0 3 b CTRLR CTRLR 8 5 B zZer S ES wou 2 54 7 cu 2 a 04 5 5 2 WOR EET EDSTKI MET SATA0 SATA2 SATA4 519 2 28 C Compact Flash Master C
90. hapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates activity while the power LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information Link Activity Rear View when viewing from the rear side of the chassis GLAN Activity Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Activity Blinking Active GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps SUPER X7DBR 3 IE 1 uem A GLAN Port LEDs i yl DIMM 48 i GLAN Port2 LEDs DIMM 4A Fant DIMM 3B DIMM 3A CPU1 Fan2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A 5 DIMM 1B DIMM 1 Fang North Bridge PAY CPU2 Fand are PCI X 100MHz ZCR BXB E1x5 PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 5 8 8 E an gl a 5 ETRR South Bridge BIOS al VGA SAS 9 JBTIQ Pre 0 3 na a CTRLR CTRLR 0 RAR B z er E JPG1 2 Jaza n SATAS n WOR LPWLEDSPK
91. hich allows access to the system at boot up 4 23 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Password on Boot This item allows you to decide if a password is required for a user to enter the system at boot up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices
92. ial General Purpose Input Output Headers SIM SO DIMM IPMI Slot System Management Bus Header SXB E1 SXB E2 SXB E3 PCI Exp x8 slots J41 J42 J43 USB 0 1 USB 2 3 USB4 5Back Panel USB 0 1 FP USB 2 3 FP USB4 5 VGA JVGA1 WOL JWOL WOR JWOR VGA Connector Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header SAS LED Indicators Note1 Act 0 3 4 7 Pre 0 3 4 7 SAS Activity LED 40 423 4 7 Present LED 0 3 4 7 Note1 For X7DBR 3 only Note2 For the ZCR Card to work properly be sure to install it in the riser for Slot T 1 5 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Motherboard Features PU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz Memory Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 32 GB DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset Intel 5000P chipset including the 5000P Memory Control Hub the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 and the I O subsystem PXH V Expansion Slots e Three PCI Express slots three slots at x8 4GB sec riser card required One 64 bit PCI X slot One PCI X 133 MHz slot Slot 6 riser card required e One 64 bit PCI X ZCR slot One PCI X 100 MHz Zero Channel RAID slot Slot 7 riser card required BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 and USB Keyboard support PC
93. ions JF1 Header Pins SUPERG X7DBR 3 E EH L1 Groun NMI X X L1 Power LED Vcc D Ii m HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc oe ao g mo NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 19 Ground Power LED The Power LED connection is located Power LED pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the Pin Definitions JF1 table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 15 5V
94. ity 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default D 19 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ESB2 Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press lt Enter gt c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SAS or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation proc
95. lectrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Defauit settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to u
96. lete Hotspare 4 Con igure Drives pun 1151 Or hyrat RAID 1 34 468 Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disap pear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 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 3 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 Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the
97. ll access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast PlO4 FPIOS DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Channel 0 and Channel 1 Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA
98. lt Enter gt ICH Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functionality and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk perfor mance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DBR 3 X7DBR E offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration U
99. mory Availability Table below for details Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory 1 MB 3 99 System BIOS Local 4 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3 99 APIC 4 Kbytes 4 3 99 Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 Express 256 256 MB 3 51 Enumeration Area 2 if 512 3 01 needed Aligned 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1MB 284 Memory available to OS amp 2 84 other applications Installing and Removing DIMMs q 0 Notch Notch Ra Note Notch ima ER g should align C with the n receptive point on the slot 5 B D E1 HE ee ee To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the re lease tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Top View of DDR
100. n into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SAS OPROM Configure X7DBR 3 only Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SAS HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options ar
101. nderstand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data
102. ng J3P PWR Failure Detect Off Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select On Master JI C1 JI C2 SMB Bus to PCI E Slots Off Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN 2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPS1 Note1 SAS Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled Note JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Aux PWR CPU PWR Buzzer Chassis Intrusion JL1 COM1 COM2 Compact PWR JWF1 DIMM 1A DIMM 4B FAN 1 5 Floppy J22 FP CTRL JF1 GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 IDE1 IDE2 IPMB J10 OH LED JOH1 JAR JPWF PCI X Slot 6 PCI X Slot 7 PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR SMB J17 SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 1 2 J29 J30 SIMSO JIPMI SMB J18 Primary 20 Pin ATX PWR Connector 12 4 pin PWR JWP2 12V 8 pin PWR JPW3 Internal Speaker Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 JCOM1 COM2 JCOM2 Serial Port Connectors Compact Card PWR Connector Used if JCF1 is on Memory DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD Slots Fans 1 5 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy Disk Drive Connector Front Control Panel Connector G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 IPMB Connector Overheat LED Alarm Reset Enable Power Supply Failure Connector See Chapter 2 PCI X 133 MHz PCI X 100 MHz Zero Channel RAID ZCR Slot Note2 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 Power System Management Header SAS 0 3 JSM1 SAS 4 7 JSM2 Connectors Note1 Ser
103. nition 11 3 3V 1 3 3V 12 12V 2 3 13 COM 3 cow 14 PS_ON 4 5V 5 5 16 COM 6 17 7 18 Res 8 19 5V 9 5VSB 20 5V 10 412V KB SUPERG X7DBR 3 E PWR LE DIMM 4B JAR DIMM 4A JPWF 05 0 1 1 DIMM 3B DIMM 3A ank3 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A DIMM 1B ank2 CPU1 ank4 DIMM 1A North Bridge PXH V N PCI X 100MHz ZCR PCI X 133MHz GLAN2 CPU2 1 _ Fan SXB E2x8 BXB E3x8 8 H E LAN Battery a Ja South 55 Bridge z s SI 5 VGA SAS ra CTRLR o m B zfer 1 2 wou 2 51 e Live ee 2 gl WOR EPTLEDSPK LMEZ 2 510 2 14 Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 and2 Ground 4 12V Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 A ATX Main PWR B 8 pin Proc
104. not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and memory modules 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 3 1 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App Memory Errors sure the DIMM modules are properl
105. nst any pins of the socket to avoid dam age to the CPU or the socket Corner with a triangle cutout 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is prop erly installed Socket clip 8 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard IN Warning Please keep the Plastic cap plastic cap The motherboard and the is released CPU must be shipped with the plas from the tic cap properly installed to protect load plate 4 the CPU pins Shipment without the if the CPU CPU plastic cap properly installed is properly will void the warranty installed 2 3 SUPERG X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention Screw 1 Screw 2 mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU Screw iN 4 Finish the installation by fully tight
106. o go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM 5 1 8 1913 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Volumi RAID Level 8681081 Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128 Capacity xxx GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displ
107. o prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and writte
108. of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume N Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset RAID volume HDD
109. onal Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt
110. onsiderably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPERO X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB
111. order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled PECI Absent Alarm Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the PECI Absent Alarm will be activated if the function of PECI Platform Environment Control Interface is not available for the onboard process es or for the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information gt 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for
112. otherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management and in much safer environments than traditional motherboards The X7DBR 3 X7DBR E is ideal for high performance dual processor DP enterprise server environments This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or
113. p to 32 GB fully buffered ECC DDR2 533 667 in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will increase memory performance Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 2 2 DIMMs 1A 2A 4 DIMMs 2A 8 DIMMs 1 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot Specified DIMM slot to popalated cae DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same type and of the same speed on a motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed For best performance please install memory modules of the same type and of the same speed in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Chapter 2 Installation Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Me
114. re will soeed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error messages even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enable
115. rnal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel S web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Chapter 4 BIOS Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in
116. s a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial size Type Status Vol ID A HD 2581 72834971 232 9GB HD 2591 72834599 232 SCB HDC HD258HJD 13 76189 232 958 HD 2588 D WD MMAEH1449527 232 9GB Press to enter Configuration Utility idaptec SCSI BIOS v4 38 8 opuright 2883 Adaptec In ALL Rights Reserved 444 Press for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt lot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product 84 A 18 8 b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supermicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Volung RAID Lev
117. s override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 0 ne UPEI su Remote Managem Systern Info Health Info Performance Rernote Control Configuration Administration rent Report Help Health Information CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Der em ums Jer lt lt 3 b System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Sy stems Management Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity P trol ower contro P Note SD IIl Software Revision 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 Awww supermicro
118. s of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The
119. sable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Even
120. settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPERGX7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Inte
121. t Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 4 21 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as
122. table gives examples of when each is appropriate via RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve 3AID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below Pro pe at esm Array Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to cre
123. ted Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays Select drives to create Array Selected Drives a 88 5138881385 74 363 41 HD74HED HHFLRT1 WDC HD74HCD BHFLA1 69 BCB HD 4HGD PHFLR 69 860 D 8 Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives _ firray Properties Array Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Label Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via Done 2 Under the item Arrays Label type 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 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following
124. the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker B PWR LED Speaker d PWR 3 4 Epa vin pw 4 DIMM 4B JAR 20 ATX Main PWR NS DIMM 4A rmm DIMM 3B DIMM 3A CPU1 Fan2 DIMM 2B DIMM 2A 5 DIMM 1B DIMM 1A Fang North Bridge CPU2 Fand SLE PCI X 100MHz 2 BXB E1x5 PCI X 133MHz SXB E2x8 SXB E3x8 8 E 8i pias AHR RLR 3 South 5 Bridge BIOS 20 VGA SAS JBTIQ Pre 0 3 CTRLR CTRLR 5 O rere Buzzer 5 JPG1 a lou lt 4 7 SE rn 2 PITE NORGE PRIME 2 4 514 2 19 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Failure header JPWF to
125. tility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear 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 Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives
126. to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option RUM 1 8 1813 ICH7R Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Uolune Port Drive Mode Size Status WMALT2834971 232 961 Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the menu 9 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key
127. trol for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide if you want to continue with console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page on P 4 19 or on P 4 20 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 75 80 85 and 90 See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core Temperature CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system
128. und Index Ground Motor Enable Ground Drive Select B Ground Drive Select B Ground Motor Enable Ground DIR Ground STEP Ground Write Data Ground Write Gate Ground Track 00 Ground Write Protect Ground Read Data SUPER X7DBR 3 E 7 7E 1 yl DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR 5 DIMM 4 DIMM 3B DIMM 3A Ground Side 1 Select lusBon Ground Diskette cPut DIMM 2B DIMM 2A kom DIMM 1B jankt 2 DIMM 1A North Bridge m cpu2 Fond s SILE om 0 2 EERE A Flo Port PCIX 133MHz Beene SEE j Tu GLAN2 Fal EZ Battery dd zd South 55 Bridge P E sas pe CTRLR 8 Q EE JPG1 wou 2 E L l ee PE ETE 03 conz 2 31 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual SIMSO Slot There is SIM SO DIMM IPMI Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the location of SIMSO slot SUPEROX7DBR 3 E 2
129. ut if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DBR 3 X7DBR E User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware
130. when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key f Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 the OS the system will automatically reboot Note the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System Appendix Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines X7DBR E only After allthe hardware has been installed you mustfirst configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came
131. y Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate Load Plate Chapter 2 Installation 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU North Center Edge 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout South Center Edge gold dot 5 Align the CPU key that is the Socket Key semi circle cutout below a gold dot Socket Notch against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout CPU Key semi on the socket circle cutout 6 Once aligned carefully lower the Belew TIS DIOS CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or agai
132. y and fully installed 2 Determine if different soeeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots To install memory modules begin with Branch 1 then Branch 2 and so on see Page 2 6 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT techsupport htm before con tacting 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
133. z BXB EZx8J4 Battery Compact Flash TWIDE2 0 1 Pres 2 3 Pres 4 5 6 Pres 7 Dn LR DD DD DD Act 0 Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 A A Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 7 SAS LEDs Act 4 7 Pres 4 7 Note Act Active Pre Present SAS LEDs 0 3 0 3 Note Act Active Pre Present Act Definition Act Definition Pre 0 SASO Pre 0 Pre 1 SAS1 Pre 1 Act Definition Act Definition SASO Act SAS1 Act Acti 4 SAS4 Act 4 SASO Pre 4 Act 5 SAS5 Act 5 SAS1 Pre 5 Acti Act 6 SAS6 Act SAS2 Pre 6 SAS3 Act Act 2 SAS2 Act Pre 2 SAS2 Pre 2 Act 7 SAS7 Act Pre 7 SAS2 Pre 7 Act 3 Pre 3 SAS2 Pre 3 Note 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only Note 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers ports and JF1 front panel connections Note 3 a indicates the location of Pin 1 Note 4 SAS is for the X7DBR 3 only Note 5 For Compact Card to work properly please enable JCF1 by putting jumper on it and connect JWF1 to the power input of the Compact Flash Jumper Note 6 When LE1 is on make sure to remove the power cable before removing or installing components 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DBR 3 X7DBR E Jumper Description Default Setti

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