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1. 18 A als 3 ci 6 LC 000 OO Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 Dedicated LAN X8DTL 3F iF only COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Blue 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 UID Switch ATX PS 2 Kevboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 kevboard and PS 2 mouse are located next to the Back Panel USB Ports 0 1 on the moth erboard See the table at right for pin definitions Pin Definition KB Data No Connection Ground Mouse KB VCC 5V KB Clock No Connection Chapter 2 Installation PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Pin Definitions PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse Definition Mouse Data No Connection Ground Mouse KB VCC 5V Mouse Clock No Connection VCC with 1 5A PT
2. 2 16 HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JFI Attach a cable here to indicate HDD activ itv See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port 1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port 2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions B Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition HS sv 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED Groun NMI X x Power LED Vcc uoo LED Vcc nici LED Vcc NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Front
3. LAN 2 gt CPU A Bla __ A OLEN a oa cc 2 N LGA1366 LGA1366 a ERE ANS a N a a a p a 2 2 Es Port 1 Port 0 co i Gen2x4 Gen2 x8 N N Ports1 2 9 10 LU g 5 m Intel 5500 2 SAS 0 8 Genzx SAS 1 Ports7 8 u SAS 2 Port3 ESI CLINK 5 3 fi 5 SAS 4 n ATMEL SAS 5 Gen2x4 X4 Na SAS 6 LSI 1068 N AT25DF321 SAS 7N 5 SPI E54 DMI CLIN Ports 1 4 6 5 Port 5 82574L RJ45 0 PCI 32bit 33MHz N amp Port 6 2E 82574L 77 RJA5 amp 2 O o Z a SATA USB LPC COM1 SATA 1 Rear USB 0 1 510 BMC SATA 2 Front USB 2 3 come l SATA 3 Front USB 44 5 W83527DHG R i SATA 4 A 46 SATA 5 SATA 6 RJ48 CONN PS2 KB MS Block Diagram of the 5500 Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Mother board Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5500 platform the X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF motherboard provides the performance and fea ture set required for dual p
4. Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Front UID LED Power Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 15 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 3 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interr n NMI Button is ASRANG 8 upi Sune Pin Definitions JF1 header is located on pins 19 and 20 Pin Definition of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Referto the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 45V Ground A NMI B PWR LED Groun NMI o o i Power LED B set LED 33 SUPER X8DTL Series 0 NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Front UID LED Power Fail LED Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button
5. SUPER X8DTL Series Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers omen Pins To modify the operation of the mother 3 2 1 board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers cre ate shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 3 2 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the Setting L Pin 1 2 short Jumper Cap U motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers 9 Closed means the jumper is on and means jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Porti GLAN Port2 on the mother board See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled 232 20979000 253 3 ilooomi 9 000000
6. zc m SUPER X8DTL Series i Ed o mer b O promma We B lo b oj Br b i FERT o A Wake On LAN B Overheat LED SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual T SGPIO 1 2 amp 3 SGPIO 1 2 Headers T SGPIO Pin Definitions Two SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output headers T SGPIO 1 T SGPIO 2 are located the motherboard In addition 3 GPIO 1 2 located on the X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F models These headers support serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA and SAS connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the location Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 2 3 Ground Data 5 Load Ground Note NC No Connections l Button An onboard l Button located next to USB Ports 2 3 is an 1 wire computer chip enclosed in a durable stainless steel can l Button stores instruc tions provides electronic interface and allows HostRAID to operate with Mega RAID firmware A T SGPIO 1 B T SGPIO 2 3T SGPIO 1 X8DTL 3 3F
7. 3T SGPIO 2 X8DTL 3 3F E l Button qe SUPER X8DTL Series Power SMB EC Connector Power System Management Bus Connector JPI C monitors power supplv fan and svstem temperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions IPMB An Svstem Management Bus header for IPMI 2 0 is located at IPMB Con nect the appropriate cable here to use the IPMB connection on vour svstem O 1 m WZ 00000000 P2DIMM2A P2DIMMIA O GA 0 Hl poet NOE 7 ZU SUPER X8DTL Series FANE 000 2 E o X PL DIMMTA oj POMA o 65 e B o ki 1 oj EIO 20x8 1 Sit d
8. 2 12 Serial POLES rdi 2 13 Video Connettore a ee 2 13 Ethernet lo L A 2 14 Table of Contents 2 Front Control Panel iii ei ie a 2 15 3 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions nee 2 16 DUE 2 16 Power LED EE 2 16 EN TRIES 2 17 NIC1 NIC2 LED 2 17 Overheat DID LED ea eese 2 18 Power Fall LED uiia a ERR Du NER ERR UE RR hes 2 18 Reset Button 2 19 Power BUWOM 2 19 2 6 C nnecting i i i tatu 2 20 Power 2 20 Fam Headers 2 21 CHASSIS INMUSION RES 2 21 A 2 22 Power e iii 2 22 Wak On LAN ir 2 23 Overheat LED Fan Fail 2 23 T SGPIO 1 2 8 3 SGPIO 1 2 2 24 2 24 Power SMB 2 25 PMB a 2 25 Unit Identification 8 2 26 2 7 Jumper Settings i 2 27 Explanation Of
9. 5500 North Bridge South Bridge SATA thd Bs rrr FT pese BTI lo ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pink Definition Pin f Definition 13 43 3V 1 43 3V 14 12V 2 483V 15 COM 16 ON 4 45V 7 com 5 18 COM 6 45V 9 com 7 com 20 Res 8 21 45V 9 22 45V 10 12V 28 45V Mo 12V 24 12 43 3V 12V 8 PWR Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 12 5 through 8 Required A 24 pin ATX PWR Req d B C 8 pin Processor PWR Req d Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers Fan Header This motherboard has four chassis Pin Definitions system fan headers Fan 3 to Fan6 and Pin Definition two CPU fans Fan1 Fan2 on the moth 1 Ground erboard All these 4 pin fans headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans However fan speed control is available for 4 pin fans only The fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Man agement via Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting in the BIOS The Default setting is Disabled See the table on the right for p
10. 00000000 P2 DIMMSA O P DIMM2A O o go PZDMMIA O 88 Em O 98 B 9 TO ie Moni l SUPER X8DTL Series FANS Mon bocong gt o O PI DIMMTA o logome A o P1 DIMM2A 6 GW o 5500 North Bridge 1 ctae o 590 o eepo Chapter 2 Installation for PCI PCI E slots Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default VGA Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled Default C VGA Enable SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual SAS Enable Disable X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F only Jumper JPS1 allows you to enable or disable the onboard SAS connections The default setting is Pins 1 2 to enable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings SAS
11. 1 1 X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F X8DTL i X8DTL iF Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features 1 6 l 8 Chipset QVervieW 1 9 1 4 Special Features A ta 1 10 b5 22 Ea Ea a eee 1 10 l L ANA 1 11 1 7 Power soc 1 12 gt S per VO reet 1 12 1 9 Overview of the Winbond WPCM450 Controller For X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF Only 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation ieee 1 2 1 Static Sensitive DEVICES i1i iier eI dde ese Leu bet sidna ae bati E 2 1 iiie lio a 2 1 UNPACKING i ia E TEES LI E CI 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation sss 2 2 TOOIS Needed e 2 2 Installation 2 2 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation cernere eee rennen unus 2 3 Installing a CPU Heatsink ici ut 2 5 2 4 Installing and Removing the Memory 2 7 Installing amp Removing DIMMS iiia itin netti ana 2 7 25 Control Panel Gonnectors IO Poms ii iii 2 10 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports nn nn n nn 2 10 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 2 11 Universal Serial Bus 5
12. Chapter 2 Installation PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition Clock Data PWR Fail Ground 3 3V SMB Header Pin Definitions inti South Bridge EEHHEH Pin Definition 1 Data Ground 2 3 Clock 4 No Connection PWR SMB B IPMB SMB SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Unit Identification Switch LEDs UID Switch There are three Unit Identification UID de Pin Definition vices on the motherboard A rear UID switch Ground and a rear UID LED indicator are located Ground next to Fan 6 on the back of the chassis Button In The Front Panel UID LED is connected to a Ground pin in the Front Control Panel Pin 7 of JF 1 When the user pushes the rear UID switch the Front Panel UID LED and the backplane UID LED LE2 will be turned on Push the rear UID switch again to turn off both Indi cators These UID Indicators provide easy identification of a system unit that may be in need of service A Rear UID Switch B Rear UID LED LE2 C Front UID LED Pin 7 of JF1 o 000 0000
13. 8 PZDIMMIA O l000000900000o Em vea aS E B h z SUPER X8DTL Series FARE ot O PLOIMMIA o lo P1 DIMM2A 63 5 O o se gi SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Onboard Power LED An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 on the motherboard When this LED is lit the system is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the tables at right for more information Rear UID LED The rear UID LED is located at LE2 on the backplane This LED is used in conjunc tion with the front UID LED on the Front Control Panel and the rear UID switch to provide easy identification of a system that might be in need of service Refer to UID Switch LEDs on Page 2 27 for more information See the tables at right for more information d TA come 9 0000000
14. Manufacture Mode Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open Normal Default Closed Manufacture Mode ME Recovery Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open Normal Default Closed ME Recovery A Manufacture Mode B ME Recovery Mode 2 8 Onboard LED Indicators GLAN LEDs Two LAN ports LAN 1 LAN 2 are located on the IO Backplane of the motherboard In addition LAN3 LAN4 are located on the X8DTL 3 i LN4F Each Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the other Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connections See the tables at right for more information IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs X8DTL iF 3F In addition to LAN 1 LAN 2 an IPMI Dedi cated LAN is also located on the IO Back plane of the X8DTL iF 3F The amber LED on the right indicates activity while the green LED on the left indicates the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Activity 1 EF LED Rear View when facing the rear side of the chassis LAN 1 LAN 2 Activitv LED Left LED State Color Status Definition Active Vellow Flashing LAN 1 LAN 2 Link LED Right LED State LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps IPMI LAN F models onl Link PT LED IPMI LAN Link LED Le
15. Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module verticallv and press down until it snaps into place Pav attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Pag your thumbs Top View of DDR3 Slot to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Release Tab Release Tab 2 7 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Memory Support The X8DTL 3 i 3F iF supports up to 24 GB Registered ECC DDR3 1333 MHz 1066 MHz 800 MHz in six DIMMs Note Memory Speed support depends type s of CPU s used DIMM Module Population Configuration For memory to work properly follow the tables below for memory installation Memory Population for Optimal Performance For a motherboard with One CPU CPU1 installed To Populate P1 DIMM slots menn 3 DIMMs P1 1A P1 2A P1 3A Memory Population for Optimal Performance For a motherboard with One CPU CPU2 installed To Populate P2 DIMM slots meno Memory Population for Optimal Performance For a motherboard with Two CPUS installed CPU1 To populate P1 CPU2 To populate P2 DIMMs DIMMs Branch 0 Branch 1 Branch 2 0 1 Branch 2
16. 3 1 e 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration s 3 2 Memory A Pete 3 2 3 2 Technical Support 3 3 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions eie bi b 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 6 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS ER 1 4 1 Nal kote 4 1 Stating BIOS Setup Utility ka a i a 4 1 How To Change the Configuration e 4 1 Starting the Setup Utility 4 2 42 SetU iii i 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup ConfiquratloriS i ib in 4 4 4 4 Security Settings MEER 4 23 4 5 dvi 4 25 A EXit OPUOMS pede ie 4 26 4 7 BIOS Recovery 4 27 How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image the Main BIOS Block 4 27 4 7 1 Boot Sector Recovery from a USB 4 27 4 7 2 Boot Sector Recovery from an IDE CD ROM 4 28 4 7 3 Boot Sector Recovery from a Serial Port Serial Flash 4 28 Appendix A BIOS Error Codes 1 BIOS Eiror 60968 ine Rr 1 Appendix B In
17. 6 DIMMs P1 1A P1 2A P1 3A P2 1A P2 2A P2 3A Memory Population Table DIMM DIMMs DIMM Type Reg Speeds in MHz Ranks per DIMM Slots per Populated Registered any combination Channel per Channel SR Single Rank DRzDual Rank QR Quad Rank Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 SR DR Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show than 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices the amount of memory that remains available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is dispropor tional See the following Table 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS Local APIC Area Reserved for the chipset I O APIC 4 Kbytes Enumeration Area 1 PCI Express 256 MB Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory TSEG Memory available for the OS amp other applications SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the picture below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports ra e OI 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports FA
18. http www supermicro com support manuals IPMI 2 0 the PHY chip and the Dedicated LAN w KVM support are avail able on the X8DTL 3F iF only For more information refer to the IPMI user guide posted on our website 9 http www supermicro com support manuals 1 3 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Quick Reference 5 JO P2 DIMM3A 2 5 ke g iv Ai 99 2 Qo o PUZ H e 00000000 9 9914 P2 DIMM1A o ji HO o 5 5 1 JPWI BE 2 Ed Osh do 09 amp 59 99 O O CPU2 O O 3969 069 oom Q O CPU1 FAN2 CPU1FAN pm Q ooom o D o SUPER X8DTL Series i FANS P1 DIMM1A A Om P1 DIMM2A e er A o Jo ouo D P1 DIMM3A o SGW 5255539 51016 PCI E 2 0 x8 in x16 Slot nnana nm 11 B 90988 51015 PCI E 2 0 x4 in x8 Slot C 55 W837954DG 655 Q 5500 Joo North Bridge l Button 99 W83527HG loo 499000 Slot4 PCI E 20 x8 o Hoo aonan JPB Pi Doo ILC4128ZE BMC CTRL 590090 Slot3 PCI
19. If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The Windows OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Win dows OS installation After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot B 1 SUPERO X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual B 2 T Installing the Windows OS to a Non RAID System Insert Microsoft s Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows Vista Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD Continue with the OS installation The Windows OS Setup screen will display From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The Windows OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD Drive during system boot and the main screen will display B 2 Appendix C Software Installation Instructions Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 1 Installing Software Programs After vou ve installed the Windows Operating Svstem a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and d
20. 3VSB VBAT and Vtt 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 To avoid possible system overheating be sure to provide adequate airflow to the system System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux Supero Doctor is used to 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction notifv the user of certain svstem events For example vou can also configure Supero Doctor to provide vou with warnings when the svstem temperature CPU temperat
21. AC Power Loss Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before a power loss The options are Power On Power Off and Last State Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When this item is set to Enabled the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will capture Interrupt 19 at boot and allow the drives that are attached to these host adaptors to function as bootable disks If this item is set to Disabled the ROM BIOS of the host adap tors will not capture Interrupt 19 and the drives attached to these adaptors will not function as bootable devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Resume On RTC Alarm Use this feature to set an event using the Real Time Clock RTC to wake the system at specified times The options are Enabled and Disabled If this feature is enabled the following items will display RTC Alarm Date Days Available if Resume on RTC Alarm is Enabled This option appears if Resume On RTC Alarm is Enabled The options are Every Day and 1 31 corresponding to the days of the month 4 5 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual RTD Alarm Time Available if Resume on RTC Alarm is Enabled Set the time when the system wakes
22. E 1 0 x4 WPCM450 R TIN100C moo 2 9900016 7 8 a LSI SAS1068E 00000 2000 Slot2 PCI 33MHz Intel JBTI ns oe south Bridge JWD mo o PWOL ige JDimoooooo m Battery ii 20 000 Slott PCI 33MHz JBATI 9 35020 93 000000 29 AI ojojojojo ojojojojofojojojojad lt 52 COM2 93 sal sal 9 tel a 959 Ln 0000 sos 35 ol 8 34 A SA 84 823 SA 83 51 842020000 0000 USB2 3 USB4 5 pO id 5 lt Woooo sP1 18000 39 oy a 4 89 84 83 83 8 8 Sa mooo goods 0 0100 10 19 Notes 4 e e Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes oniv m indicates the location of Pin 1 When LE1 is on the onboard power connection is on Make sure to unplug the power cables bef
23. M 2 27 GLAN Enable Disable srira EEEE 2 27 ene tm EP 2 28 Watch Dog Enable Disable entrenar 2 28 FE Bus to POI EXD S DIS Ce ue dein 2 29 aa 2 29 SAS Enable Disable X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F 2 30 SAS RAID Mode Select X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F only 2 30 Manufacture Mode X8DTL iF 3F be 2 31 ME CXBDTL HEPISSE sa tected fm da 2 31 2 8 Onboard LED IndiCatOrs 2 32 GLAN LEDS 2 32 IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs X8DTL iF 3F 2 32 SAS Heartbeat LED XBDTE G BE 2 33 BMC Heartbeat LED X8DTL iF 3F i ur 2 33 vii SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Power ee E 2 34 R ar UID LED 2 34 2 9 Serial ATA and SAS Connections cect eras 2 35 Seral ATA PONS i asasi a iaaa eaim ae EES 2 35 SAS Ports X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F 2 35 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting aaa aka d aad 1 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power m 3 1 d g
24. NIC2 LED Vcc Front UID LED Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JFI Attach it to a 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 Momentarilv con tacting both pins will power on off the svs tem This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions amp oso OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby A Reset Button B PWR Button Groun NMI X X Powe
25. Record e Timestamp Generator ID e Event Message Format User e Event Sensor Type 4 20 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS e Event Sensor Number e EventDir Tvpe e Event Data Clear BMC Svstem Event Log Select OK and press the lt gt kev to clear the svstem log Select Cancel to keep the BMC Svstem log The options are OK and Cancel Caution Make sure that vou no longer need anv data stored in the event AN log before clearing the BMC Event Log because you will not be able to recover any data included in the event log once you ve cleared it gt Set LAN Configuration Set this feature to configure the IPMI LAN adapter with a network address as shown in the following graphics Channel Number Enter the channel number for the SET LAN Config command This is initially set to 01 Press or on your keyboard to change the Chan nel Number Channel Number Status This feature returns the channel status for the Channel Number selected above Channel Number is OK or Wrong Channel Number IP Address Source Select the source of this machine s IP address If Static is selected you will need to know the IP address of this machine and enter it to the system manually in the field below If DHCP is selected the BIOS will search for a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server in the network it is attached to and request the next available IP address The options are DHCP and Static The fo
26. are inadequate In addition the two 12V 8 pin power connections are also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports IN Warning To prevent damage to the power supply or motherboard please use a power supply that contains a 24 pin and two 8 pin power connectors Be sure to connect these connectors to the 24 pin JPW1 and the two 8 pin JPW2 JPW3 power connectors on the motherboard for adequate power supply to your system Failure in doing so will void the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant For more information please refer to the web site 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 8 Super 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 sys
27. it does not replace it with a new one If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs Memory Errors When a No Memory Beep Code is issued by the system check the following 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are and fullv installed Check if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed It is strongly recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR3 Registered 1333 1066 800 MHz SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between all memory slots and check the results Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots Make sure to follow the instructions given on DIMM population in Section 2 4 in Chapter 2 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Please follow the instructions given in the DIMM Population Tables listed on Page 2 8 to install your memory modules 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also please note that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directiv to end users so it is best to first check with vour distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services Thev should know of anv possible problem s with the specific svstem configuration that was sold
28. pins Installing a CPU Heatsink Do not applv anv thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die because the required amount has alreadv been ap plied Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Install two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws and tighten them until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws 2 5 Chapter 2 Installation crew Install Screw 1 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Removing the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be re moved However if you do need to remove the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink and prevent damage to the CPU or other components 1 Unplug the power cord from the power supply 2 Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the CPU fan header 3 Using a screwdriver loosen and remove the heatsink screws Using a screwdriver to from the motherboard in the se remove Screw 1 quence as show in the picture on the right 4 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wrig gling the heatsink z nl X Z 5 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink
29. plication hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the Jumper Setting Definition system if an application hangs Close Pins Pins 1 2 Reset 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt elat signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable SUPER X8DTL Series 12 Bus to PCl Exp Slots Jumpers JEC1 and JI C2 allow you to connect the System Management Bus to PCI and PCI Express slots These two jumpers are to be set at the same time The default setting is Open to disable the connections See the table on the right for jumper settings VGA Enable Jumper JPG1 allows the user to enable the onboard VGA connector The default setting is 1 2 to enable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings _ fed sieg
30. 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 3 Hold the plastic cap at its north and south center edges to re move it from the CPU socket Hold the north amp south edges o the plastic cap to remove it SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 1 After removing the plastic cap using your thumb and the index finger hold the CPU at the north and south center edges CPU 2 Align the CPU key the semi circle cutout against the socket key the notch below the gold color dot on the side of the Socket CPU Socket guae 10151 3 both the and socket are aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or its pins to avoid dam aging the CPU or the socket LE ELE E 4 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 5 Once the CPU is securely seated on the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket 6 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock Warning Please save the N plastic cap The mother board must be shipped with the plastic cap prop erly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Ship ment without the plastic cap properly installed will cause damage to the sock et
31. to use Serial Flash for Boot Sector Recovery you will need to meet the following requirements The Target system the system that needs BIOS updates must have a serial port and Serial Flash support embedded in the BIOS image file e The Host system should also have a serial port and a terminal program that supports XModem Transfer protocol Hyper Terminal for the Windows operating systems and minicom for Linux FreeSBD etc e ANull modem serial cable How to use Serial Flash for Boot Sector Recovery 1 Connect a Null modem serial cable between the target system and the host system that runs the terminal program 2 Make sure that the new BIOS Image file is accessible for the host system 3 Start the terminal program on the host system and create a new connection Use the following communication parameters for the new connection Bits per second 115200 bits sec e Data Bits 8 e Parity None e Stop Bit 1 Flow Control None 4 28 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 Power on your system and click the lt Connect gt button in the Hyper Terminal The terminal screen will display the following messages Press lt SpaceBar gt to update BIOS Confirm update BIOS y n y Begin remote BIOS flash y n y Starting remote flash Upload new BIOS file using Xmodem protocol 5 Following the instructions given on the screen to update the BIOS These instructions are also shown below At the prompt pre
32. 0 P2DIMMIA O o aei coms voa SUPER X8DTL Series o z PLDIMM A o jo E P1 DIMM2A 658 lo gt 9 BMC CTRL WPCMASORR E Onboard PWR LED LE1 Settings LED Color Definition Off Svstem Off PWR cable not connected Svstem Power On A Onboard PWR LED B UID Rear LED Chapter 2 Installation 2 9 Serial ATA and SAS Connections Serial ATA Ports There are Six Serial ATA Ports l Serial ATA Pin Definitions SATAO I SATA 5 located on the Pin Definition motherboard These ports provide Ground serial link signal connections which 2 TX_P are faster than the connections of 3 Parallel ATA See the table the 4 Ground right for pin definitions 5 RX_N 6 RX_P SAS Ports X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F 7 Ground oniv SAS Ports 0 7 provide SAS Serial At
33. 00 93 uei PZDIMMIA O A Port 1 Enable o o B GLAN Port 2 Enable O P DIMM2A o O o 5500 North Bridge run Suus 09 o TE E SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS E Note 1 For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Note 2 Be sure to remove the onboard CMOS Battery before you short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog JWD is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software ap Jumper Settings JWD
34. 09 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2009 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 X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF motherboard About this Motherboard The SUPERG X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF supports the Intel 5500 Se ries Processor the first dual processing platform that supports the Intel QuickPath Interconnect QPI Technology providing the next generation point to point system interface to replace the current Front Side Bus With the Intel 5500 Series Processor built in the X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF substantially enhances system performance with increased bandwidth and unprecedented scalability optimized for high end HCP Cluster systems and intensive applications Please refer to our web site http www supermicro com products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians Manual Organizati
35. 1 long Memory error No memory detected in the beep system 8 beeps Display memory Video adapter missing or with read write error faulty memory System Overheat 1 continuous beep with the front panel OH LED on 1 continuous beep w Front Panel OH LED on A 1 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Notes A 2 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS Appendix B Installing the Windows After all hardware components have been installed vou must first configure Intel South Bridge RAID Settings before vou install the Windows OS and other software drivers To configure RAID settings please refer to RAID Configuration User Guides posted on our website at www supermicro com support manuals 1 1 Installing the Windows OS to a RAID System Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2003 2008 Vista Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2003 2008 Vista Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 2008 Vista Driver for ICH10R into Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ICH10R SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key Press the Enter key to continue the installation process
36. 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to seven USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 Backpanel USB Ports 1 Front USB Header and 2 Type A Headers Super I O Winbond W83627DHG P IPMI 1 5 2 0 with full KVM support X8DTL 3F iF only Note 3 Other Wake on LAN WOL 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 00 L x 10 00 W 304 80 mm x 254 20 mm Note 1 For more information on SATA HostRAID configuration please refer to the Intel SATA HostRAID User s Guide posted on our website http www supermicro com support manuals Note 2 For more information on LSI SAS RAID configuration please refer to the LSI MegaRAID User s Guide posted on our website http www supermicro com support manuals Note 3 For more information on IPMI configuration please refer to the Embedded IPMI User s Guide posted on our website http www super micro com support manuals 1 7 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual
37. 4 Install standoffs in the chassis as needed 5 Install the motherboard into the chassis carefully to avoid damage to mother board components Warning To avoid damaging the motherboard and its components please do not apply any force greater than 8 b sq in 8 lbs per square inch when installing a screw into a mounting hole 6 Insert a Pan head 6 screw into a mounting hole on the motherboard and its matching mounting hole on the chassis using a Phillips screwdriver 7 Repeat Step 4 to insert 6 screws to all mounting holes 8 Make sure that the motherboard is securely placed on the chassis 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Processor and Heatsink 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 adding re moving or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and heatsink fans 3 When purchasing a motherboard without a 5500 Series processor pre installed make sure that the CPU socket plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU socket pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 4 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installing an LGA 1366 Processor 1 Press
38. C current limit 1 Keyboard Purple 2 Mouse Green ji eu BERE pm se e Ww SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 0 and USB 1 are located on the I O back panel Additionally five USB con nections USB 2 3 4 5 6 are on the motherboard to provide front chassis access Cables are not included See the tables on the right for pin definitions 8 Back Panel USB USB 0 1 Pin 1 a A N Definitions 5V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB USB 6 1 2 8 4 5 Pin Definition 1 a amp oO N USB 2 3 Pin Definition 45V Ground Key USB 4 5 Pin Definition 5V PO PO Ground No connection 1 Backpanel USB 0 2 Backpanel USB 1 3 Front Panel USB 2 3 4 Front Panel USB 4 5 5 Front Panel USB 6 Chapt
39. CI Error Log Use this option to enable PCI error PERR logging The options are Yes and No 4 4 Security Settings The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both pass words the Supervisor password must be set first Security Settings Supervisor Password Installed User Password Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Clear User Password Password Chock Boot Sector Virus Protection BIOS SETUP UTILTY Install or Change the password Full Access Setup Disabled Ti Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F8 Fail Safo Dofaults F9 Optimized Defaults 4 23 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Supervisor Password This item indicates if a Supervisor password has been entered for the system Not Installed means a Supervisor password has not been used User Password This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Not In stalled means that a user password has not been used Change Supervisor Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then enter a new Supervisor Password User Access Level Available when Supervisor Password is set as above Select Full Access to grant the User full access to the Setup Utility and change Setup settings Select View Only to allow the user access to the Setup Utility and view the settings witho
40. DTL iF User s Manual C 2 Configuring Supero Doctor The Supero Doctor Ill program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD 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 displays crucial System information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN L Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doc tor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previousiv set in BIOS Anv subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doc tor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the settings to be the same as those set in BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information 2 Appendix C Software Installation Instructions Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor user to the OS to reboot ec shut down within specdied time
41. IOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs Select UDMAS to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 5 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs Select UDMA6 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 6 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs The options are Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn and UDMAn S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically de tect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Select Enable to enable the function of 32 bit IDE data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI PnP Configuration Clear NVRAM Select Yes to clear the Non Volatile Random Access Flash Memory NVRAM during system boot The options are No and Yes Plug amp Play OS Selecting Yes allows the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug amp Play Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system Chapter 4 AMI BIOS PCI Latencv Timer This feature sets the latencv Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus Select 64 to set the PCI latencv to 64 PCI clock cvcles The option
42. L 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Question How do l update my BIOS Answer lt 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 suppott bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable USB device Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable USB device to flash the BIOS Then your system will automatically reboot Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Note 1 After flashing the BIOS make sure to clear the CMOS as indi cated on Page 2 28 Note 2 The SPI BIOS chip used on this motherboard cannot be removed Send vour motherboard back to our RMA Department for repair Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied CD has drivers and programs that are needed for vour svs tem Plea
43. RAID Mode Select X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F only Jumper JPS2 allows you to select RAID Configuration settings for the onboard SAS connections See the table on the right for jumper settings 4 supermicro com support manuals P2 DIMMSA O PADIMEAO 9 00600000 95 hi P2DIMMIA O gt J biki PE OP NE our SUPER X8DTL Series E E k o E O B O o 5500 North Bridge H sej d SAS Enable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 SAS Enabled Default SAS Disabled SAS RAID Config Select Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open Integrated Target Mode IT Software RAID SR Default Note For more information on LSI SAS RAID configuration please refer to the LSI MegaRAID User s G
44. SMBus memory mirroring memory sparing and Hot plug support on the PCI Express Interface Main Features of the 5500 Series Processor and the 5500 Chipset Four processor cores in each processor with 8MB shared cache among cores e Two full width Intel QuickPath interconnect links up to 6 4 GT s of data transfer rate in each direction e Virtualization Technology Integrated Management Engine supported Point to point cache coherent interconnect Fast narrow unidirectional links and Concurrent bi directional traffic Error detection via CRC and Error correction via Link level retry 1 9 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 1 4 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 Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 5 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring An onboard voltage monitor will scan these onboard volt ages continuously CPUO Vcore CPU1 Vcore 1 5V 5V 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3Vcc 3
45. SUPERO SUPER X8DTL 3 SUPERO X8DTL i SUPER X8DTL 3F SUPER X8DTL iF USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibilitv for anv inaccuracies that mav be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notifv anv 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 anv time and without notice This product including software if anv and documentation mav not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to anv medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO 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 SUPERMICRO 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 Sa
46. Select 4 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer band width of 32 Bits Select Enabled to enable 32 Bit data transfer DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMAQ to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMAT to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMAe to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMAQ to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMAT to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs 4 13 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Select MWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode O It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMAS to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 66 6 MBs Select UDMAA to allow the B
47. T State Select Enabled to report CPU throttling state in ACPI The options are Enabled and Disabled DCA Technology This feature accelerates the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this moth erboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip This feature is supported only by some types of processors i e Intel Nehalem WS 1S The options are Enabled and Disabled DCA Prefetch Delay A DCA Prefetch is used with TOE components to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency Prefetching too fre quently can saturate the cache directory and delay necessary cache accesses This feature reduces or increases the frequency the system prefetches data The options are 8 16 32 40 48 561 64 72 80 88 96 104 112 120 gt Advanced Chipset Control The items included in the Advanced Settings submenu are listed below IMC Configuration QPI Links Speed This feature selects QPI s data transfer rate The options are Slow mode and Full Speed QPI Frequencv This selects the desired frequency The options are Auto 4 800 GT 5 866GT 6 400 GT Chapter 4 AMI BIOS QPI LOs and L1 This enables the power state to low power LOs and L1 are automatica
48. TL 3F X8DTL iF Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF Layout 5 Sa JO P2 DIMM3A Ken 597 5 3 b P2 DIMM2A m 5 Reus o P2 DIMMIA sl00000090000o 5 oo 3 JPWI 2 H O R00 9 O O CPU2 RE 3888 gt 90 O CPU1 FAN2 ook ogom o o a o BAS ooom oo E g Eres z SUPER X8DTL Series 4 FANS 5 2 1 D P1 DIMM2A B o 0 39 5 AL 2 P1 DIMM3A 2995995 51016 PCI E 2 0 8 in x16 Slot
49. TL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Starting the Setup Utilitv Normallv the onlv visible Power On Self Test POST routine is the memorv test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the AMI BIOS Setup Utilitv From the main menu vou can access the other setup screens An AMI BIOS identification string is displaved at the left bottom corner of the screen below the copvright message Warning Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS related N issue Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the svstem In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update If you have to update the BIOS do not shut down or reset the system while the BIOS is updating This is to avoid possible boot failure 4 2 Setup When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY System Time System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or Sys tem Date using the arrow keys Key in new values through the keyboard and press lt Enter gt Press the lt Tab gt key to move between fields The dat
50. UID LED Power Fail LED Vcc Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button 2 17 Overheat OH Fan Fail Front UID LED Connect an LED cable to the Front UID and OH Fan Fail connections on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to display UID signals or to provide advanced warn ings for chassis overheat fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 18 Fail LED Power Fail LED SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF 1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc Front UID LED OH Fan Fail LED OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc 6 Ground A OH Fan Fail amp UID LEDs B PWR Supply Fail Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc
51. ave different Temperature Tolerances the installed CPU can now send information to the motherboard what its Temperature Tolerance is and not the other wav around This results in better CPU thermal management Supermicro has leveraged this feature bv assigning a temperature status to certain thermal conditions in the processor Low Medium and High This makes it easier for the user to understand the CPU s temperature status rather than by just simply seeing a temperature reading i e 25 C The information provided above is for your reference only For more information on thermal management please refer to Intel s Web site at www Intel com 2 To avoid possible system overheating please provide adequate airflow to the system System Temperature The system temperature will be displayed in degrees in Celsius and Fahrenheit as it is detected by the BIOS Fan Speed Readings This feature displays the fan speed readings from through Fans 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 4 18 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Select Workstation if vour svstem is used as a Workstation Select Server if vour svstem is used as a Server Select Disabled to disable the fan speed control func tion and allow the o
52. cocoa 333939 Slot5 PCI E 2 0 x4 in x8 Slot 9 69 9 o e Bes 5500 uoo North Bridge Button 22 W83527HG 890000 PCI E 2 0 x8 558 S 095 LCA128ZE BMC CTRL 599009 Slot3 PCI E 1 0 x4 WPCM450 R cae TTN100C IE 22285 mool pvcilmo 1800500016 i 8 l LSI SAS1068E 00000 0 0000 Slot2 PCI 33MHz o JBTI South Brid outh Bridge moo JWOL mo 01000009 Battery bu o 00000 JBATI 95 0600040 Slott PCI 33MHz 655 5 oC Jo oC Jo o o lt 39 01 94 9 24 24 jeso jusog Buzzer 84 34 84 84 85 Sal 89 8 87 4 89 813 SGPIO210 oo 0000 oe USB2 3 USB4 5 USB6 Bs du 4 4 ES 3 43 23 A 84 moooo SP1 000001000001 coom 000 PA 201 24 PA do ou go goa mooo oom 101910 oro ojol olo o Differences between X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF SATA ICH10R SAS 1068E 3 SGPIO 1 2 IPMI 2 0 w KVM Notes Yes Yes Yes No X8DTL 3 X8DTL i Yes No No No X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes SAS Ports SAS jumpers and the LSI 1068E chip are available on the X8DTL 3 3F only For SAS RAID configuration refer to the LSI User Guide posted on our website
53. d Disabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ When this item is set to Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ is supported by the system The options are Enabled and Disabled SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Headless Mode This feature is used to enable system to function without a keyboard monitor and or mouse attached The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Version Features The options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 Please refer to ACPI s website for further explanation http www acpi info gt IPMI Configuration Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI is a set of common interfaces that IT administrators can use to monitor system health and to manage the system as a whole For more information on the IPMI specifications please visit Intel s website at www intel com IPMI Firmware Revision This item displays the current IPMI firmware revision Status of BMC Baseboard Management Controller BMC manages the interface between system management software and platform hardware This is an informational feature which returns the status code of the BMC micro controller gt View BMC System Event Log This feature displays the BMC System Event Log SEL It shows the total number of entries of BMC System Events To view an event select an Entry Number and pressing lt Enter gt to display the information as shown in the screen e Total Number of Entries e SEL Entry Number SEL Record ID e SEL
54. e must be entered in Day MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in the 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears as 17 30 00 4 2 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Supermicro X8DTL 3 i 3F iF Version This item displavs the BIOS revision used in vour svstem Build Date This item displays the date when this BIOS was completed Processor The AMI BIOS will automaticallv displav the status of the processor used in vour svstem CPU This item displavs the tvpe of CPU used in the motherboard Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU detected by the BIOS Physical Count This item displays the number of processors installed in your system as detected by the BIOS Logical Count This item displays the number of CPU Cores installed in your system as detected by the BIOS System Memory This displays the size of memory available in the system e Populated Size This item displays the size of memory installed in the system as detected by the BIOS Available Size This item displays the available memory detected by the BIOS SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 4 3 Advanced Setup Configurations Use the arrow keys to select Boot Setup and hit Enter to access the submenu items gt Boot Feature gt BOOT Features Quick Boot If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for system boot T
55. e temperature lag in degrees Celsius after the set DIMM temperature threshold is reached before Closed Loop Throttling begins The options are Disabled 1 59 3 0 C and 6 0 C 4 9 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Guardband Temperature Closed Loop oniv This is the temperature which applies to the DIMM temperature threshold Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 006 Inlet Temperature This is the temperature detected at the chassis inlet Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 070 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Temperature Rise This is the temperature rise to the DIMM thermal zone Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 020 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Air Flow This is the air flow speed to the DIMM modules Each step is one mm sec The default is 1500 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Altitude This feature defines how many meters above or below sea level the system is located The options are Sea Level or Below 1 300 301 600 601 900 901 1200 1201 1500 1501 1800 1801 2100 2101 2400 2401 2700 2701 3000 DIMM Pitch This is the physical space between each DIMM module Each step is in 1 1000 of an inch The default is 400 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Intel VT d Select Enabled to enable Intel s Virtualization Technology support for D
56. ected i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive etc 1st Drive SATA XXXXXXXXX gt Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Removable Drives The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device and Disabled e 1st Drive USB XXXXXXXXX 2nd Drive 4 25 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual gt CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CD DVD Drives 4 6 Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the AMI BIOS Setup Utilitv screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Save Changes and Exit Save Changes and Exit After configuration the Setup settings select this option to save the changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility The system will then reboot and new system parameters will become effective Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to exit the BIOS Setup without making changes to the BIOS settings Discard Changes Select this option to discard all the changes and return to the Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults Select this item for the AMI BIOS to automatically load Optimal Defaults to the BIOS Settings in order to maximum system performance This option might not work best for some computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults Select this item for the AMI BIOS to automatically load Fail Safe Defaults to the BIOS Settings to maximum system stability bu
57. em must be equipped with a 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled and Auto 4 12 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Block Multi Sector Transfer Block Mode boosts the IDE drive performance bv increasing the amount of data transferred Onlv 512 bvtes of data can be transferred per interrupt if Block Mode is not used Block Mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allow data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode The IDE PIO Programmable I O Mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs
58. er 2 Installation Serial Ports Serial Ports COM1 COM2 Pin Definitions Two COM connections COM1 amp COM2 are located on the motherboard COM is located on the Backplane IO panel 2 is located next to the onboard buzzer to provide additional serial connection support See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD DSR RXD RTS TXD CTS DTR RI Ground O COM2 COM1 Video Connector A Video VGA connector is located next to COM Port1 on the IO back plane This connector is used to pro vide video display Refer to the board layout below for the location 1 COM1 2 COM2 3 VGA 1 Co SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Ethernet Ports LAN Ports Pin Definition Two Ethernet ports LAN 1 LAN2 are Pin Definition located at on the IO backplane In addition a dedicated LAN is also lo cated on the X8DTL 3F iF to provide P KVM support for IPMI 2 0 these MSS MN
59. eset System Power Cycle OEM Action Diagnostic Interface Alert Startup Delay Available if the item PEF Support is enabled This feature inserts a delay during startup for PEF alerts The options are Enabled and Disabled Startup Delay Available if the item PEF Support is enabled This feature enables or disables startup delay The options are Enabled and Dis abled Event Message for PEF Action Available if the item PEF Support is enabled This enables of disables Event Messages for PEF action Refer to Table 24 6 of the IPMI 1 5 Specification for more information at www intel com The options are Disabled and Enabled BMC Watch Dog Timer Action Allows the BMC to reset or power down the system if the operating system hangs or crashes The options are Disabled Reset System Power Down Power Cycle BMC Watch Dog TimeOut Min Sec This option appears if BMC Watch Dog Timer Action above is not set to Dis abled This is a timed delay in minutes or seconds before a system power down 4 22 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS or reset after an operating svstem failure is detected The options are 5 Min 1 Min 30 Sec and 10 Sec gt Event Log Configuration View Event Log Use this option to view the System Event Log Mark all events as read This option marks all events as read The options are OK and Cancel Clear event log This option clears the Event Log memory of all messages The options are OK and Cancel P
60. from the CPU socket 6 To reinstall the CPU and the heatsink 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 reinstalling them on the motherboard 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 2 4 Installing and Removing the Memory Modules 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 Installing amp Removing DIMMs Press down the release tabs 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with P1 DIMM 1A When populating multiple DIMM modules within a channel always start with Bank1 first For best performance please use the memory modules of the same type and same speed in the same bank Insert amp press down a 2 Press down the release tabs on the ends of a memorv DIMM module into the slot slot Insert each DIMM module verticallv into its slot Pav attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incor rectiv 3 Gentiv press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules 4 Reverse the steps above to remove the DIMM mod ules from the motherboard
61. ft amp Activity LED Right Color Status Definition d 00 90000 INT Pw s mow Link Green Solid 100 Mbps Activitv Right Amber Blinking Active A LAN1 2 LEDs B Dedicated LAN LEDs X8DTL iF 3F Chapter 2 Installation SAS Heartbeat LED X8DTL 3 3F SAS Heartbeat LED LES2 Settings An Onboard SAS Heartbeat LED is lo olor Definition cated on the motherboard When LES2 is Blinking SAS Normal blinking SAS functions normally See the table at right for more information BMC Heartbeat LED X8DTL iF 3F BMC Heartbeat LED eartbeat A BMC Heartbeat LED is located at D20 D20 Settings on the motherboard When D20 is blink LED Color Definition ing BMC functions normally See the tables at right for more information Blinking BMC Normal l A SAS Heartbeat LED ENTE Ota B BMC LED
62. he CPU 4 17 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual is still within its normal operating state and below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider checking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Tem perature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The system may shut down if it continues for a long period to prevent damage to the CPU User intervention If the system buzzer and Overheat LED has activated take action immediately by checking the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems Notes 1 The CPU thermal technology that reports absolute temperatures Celsius Fahrenheit has been upgraded to a more advanced feature by Intel in its newer processors The basic concept is each CPU is embedded unique temperature information that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or Temperature Tolerance has been assigned at the factorv and is the baseline on which the motherboard takes action during different CPU temperature conditions i e bv increasing CPU Fan speed triggering the Overheat Alarm etc Since CPUs can h
63. he options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This option allows the bootup screen options to be modified between POST mes sages or the OEM logo Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages The op tions are Enabled and Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This display mode settings for Option ROM The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current Bootup Num Lock Use this feature to select the Power on state for the Numlock key The options are Off and On PS 2 Mouse Support This feature enables support for the PS 2 mouse The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Wait For F1 Error This forces the system to wait until the F1 key is pressed if an error occurs The options are Disabled and Enabled Hit Del Message Display If this feature is set to Enabled the message Press DEL to run Setup during POST The options are Enabled and Disabled Watch Dog Function If enabled the Watch Dog Timer will allow the system to reboot when it is not ac tive for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Button Function If set to Instant_Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 Second Override the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are Instant_Off and 4 Second Override Restore on
64. herboard Installation All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the mother board to the chassis 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 to these components when installing the motherboard to the chassis Locations of Mounting Holes Tools Needed 1 Phillips Screwdriver 2 Pan head 6 screws Installation Instructions 1 Install the IO shield into the chassis 2 Locate the mounting holes on the moth erboard Refer to the layout above for mounting hole locations 7 d ST TS 2 2 2 2 3 Locate the matching mounting holes on the chassis Align the mounting holes on the motherboard against the mounting holes on the chassis
65. hysically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQA to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options for Serial Porti are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The options for Serial Port2 are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 Attribute This feature allows the user to set Serial Port 2 as a normal serial port or a virtual COM port for Serial Over LAN SOL The options are SOL and COM 4 15 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This allows the user to enable the Remote Access feature The options are Enabled and Disabled If Remote Access is set to Enabled the following items will display Serial Port Number This feature allows the user decide which serial port to be used for Console Redi rection The options are COM 1 and COM 2 Base Address IRQ This item displays the based address and IRQ of the serial port specified above The default setting is 3F8h 4 Serial Port Mode This feature allows the user to set the serial port mode for Console Redirection The options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 and 9600 8 n 1 Flow Control This feature allows the user to set the flow control for Console Redirection The options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Select Disabled to turn off Console Redirection after Po
66. ic Address Tel Fax Web Site Technical Support Email Tel Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support 2supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Table of Contents 11 7 E 3 About this Manual 3 About this Motherboard tr rt rn i i nnne 3 Manual css EO So SS Conventions Used the 3 Contacting sse eene nennen enne nennen enne nn 5 Chapter 1 Introd tion AREE LAT 1 1 1 eM E er ae a 1 1
67. in definitions 12V 2 3 Tachometer 4 PWR Modulation Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located Pin Definitions JL1 at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an Pin Definition appropriate cable from the chassis to 1 Intrusion Input inform you of a chassis intrusion when Ground the chassis is opened ao L3 glee gr A Fan 1 CPU2 Fan z onglet B Fan 2 CPU1 Fan E Fan 8 D Fan 4 E Fan 5 F Fan 6 G Chassis Intrusion PZDIMMIA voa SUPER X8DTL Series et o jo gt 1 oj lo O ol d ake io P NET WEBSSZTHG North Bridge sereemes d E Ee 15 1 59 E 7 t 1 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Internal Speaker Internal Buzzer SP1 Pin Definition The Internal Speaker located at SP1 can be used to provide audible indica tio
68. ions are Disabled 2 USB ports 4 USB ports 6 USB ports 8 USB ports 10 USB ports and 12 USB ports USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate the onboard USB2 0 controller The options are En abled and Disabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to use Legacy USB devices If this item is set to Auto Legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on the motherboard and vise versa The settings are Disabled Enabled and Auto gt IDE SATA Configuration When this submenu is selected the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the IDE devices and displays the following items SATA Configuration If Compatible is selected it sets SATA 1 to legacy compatibility mode while se lecting Enhanced sets SATA to native SATA mode The options are Disabled Compatible and Enhanced Configure SATA 1 as This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA 1 The options are IDE RAID and AHCI When the option RAID is selected the item ICH RAID SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Code Base will appear When the option AHCI is selected the item SATA AHCI will be available ICH RAID Code Base This feature is available when the option RAID is selected Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware to configure Intel s SATA RAID settings Select Adaptec to enable Adaptec s SATA RAID firmware to configure Adaptec s SATA RAID settings The options a
69. irect I O VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled SR IOV Support Single Root I O Virtualization is an industry standard mechanism that allow devices to advertise their capability to be simultaneously shared among several virtual machines SR IOV is capable of partitioning a function into several virtual interfaces for sharing the resources of a PCI Express PCle device under a virtual environment The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 10 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS NUMA Support Select Enabled to use the feature of Non Uniform Memorv Access to improve CPU performance The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel The Intel I OAT I O Acceleration Technology significantly reduces CPU overhead by leveraging CPU architectural improvements freeing resources for other tasks The options are Disabled and Enabled Active State Power Management Select Enabled to start Active State Power Management for signal transactions between LO and L1 Links on the Express Bus to maximize power saving and transaction speed The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Functions This feature allows the user to decide the number of onboard USB ports to be en abled The Opt
70. isplay Starting FLASH Recovery NVRAM data will be destroyed CMOS data will be preserved Ending FLASH Recovery FLASH Update completed successfully Rebooting 8 Once remote BIOS flash is completed the system will reboot Note AMIBIOS Serial Flash will work with any terminal communications 4 program that supports VT 100 and XModem protocols including protocols designed for GNU LINUX amp BSD operating systems such as minicom It is recommended that the terminal program be configured to use the CR LF style of line termination 4 30 Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes Appendix BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the svstem is powered on errors occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the svstem to continue the boot up process The error messages normallv appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the svstem to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufac turer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error A 1 BIOS Error Beep Codes BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short beeps
71. l Proma 1 ol il or ariago p BMC CTRL 355555 10 4 d ome mal Sout Boe ar NA ale JoJo 4 0 ma o o Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the motherboard You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN con nector and a cable to use this feature See the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED indicator to provide warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure This LED will blink when a fan failure occurs Refer to the table on right for pin definitions G ERI P2 DIMMSA e O B Kloon pewa spw2 P2 DIMM2A 00000000 2 43 o m P Jo ver PZDIMMIA O E GA Chapter 2 Installation Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 45V Standby 2 Ground Wake up Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5vDC 2 OH Active OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions State Message Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail
72. llowing items are assigned IP addresses automatically if DHCP is selected under IP Address Source above IP Address Enter the IP address for this machine This should be in decimal and in dotted quad form i e 192 168 10 253 The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 as shown in the screen below Subnet Mask Subnet masks tell the network which subnet this machine belongs to The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 4 21 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Gatewav Address This is the IP address of the gatewav in the network This is usuallv a router Mac Address The BIOS will automaticallv enter the Mac address of this machine however it mav be over ridden Mac addresses are 6 two digit hexadecimal numbers Base 16 0 9 B C D E F separated by dots i e 00 30 48 D0 D4 60 SET PEF Configuration PEF Support Select Enabled to enable Platform Event Filter PEF support which will interpret BMC events and perform actions based on pre determined settings or events and performs actions based on pre determined settings or traps under IPMI 1 5 speci fications The default is Disabled The following items will appear if PEF Support is set to Enabled PEF Action Global Control Available if the item PEF Support is enabled These are the different actions based on BMC events The options are Alert Power Down R
73. lly se lected bv the motherboard The options are Enabled and Disabled Memorv Frequencv This feature forces a DDR3 memorv module to run at a specific frequencv The avail able options are Auto Force DDR 800 Force DDR 1066 and Force DDR 1333 Memorv Mode The options are Independent Channel Mirror Lockstep and Sparing Independent All DIMMs are available to the operating system Channel Mirror The motherboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy Lockstep The motherboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel Sparing A preset threshold of correctable errors is used to trigger fail over The spare memory is put online and used as active memory in place of the failed memory Demand Scrubbing Amemory error correction scheme where the processor writes corrected data back into the memory block from where it was read by the processor The options are Enabled and Disabled Patrol Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme that works in the background looking for and correcting resident errors The options are Enabled and Disabled Throttling Closed Loop Throttling Open Loop Throttling improves reliability and reduces power in the processor by automatic voltage control during processor idle states Available options are Disabled and Enabled If Enabled the following items will appear Hysteresis Temperature Closed Loop only Temperature Hysteresis is th
74. nboard fans to constantiv run at full speed The Options are Full Speed Server Workstation Desktop and Super Quiet Voltage Readings The following voltage readings will be displaved CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore 1 5V 5V 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3Vcc 3 3VSB VBAT and Vit gt ACPI Configuration Use this feature to configure Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI power management settings for your system High Performance Event Timer Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the de pendency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc tion embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options are Enabled and Disabled PS2 KB MS Wake Up Select Enable to wake up the system using either the PS2 keyboard or mouse if equipped when the system is in S3 Sleep or S4 Hibernate state The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Aware O S Enable ACPI support if it is supported by the OS to control ACPI through the Operat ing System Otherwise disable this feature The options are Yes and No ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to include the ACPI APIC Table Pointer in the RSDT Root System Description Table pointer list The options are Enabled an
75. ndarv PWR Warning P 1 4 JWOL Wake On LAN Header LAN1 2 Dedicated LAN l SATAS SAS 0 7 3 SGPIO 1 3 SGPIO 2 T SGPIO 1 T SGPIO 2 USB 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 UID G LAN RJ45 Ports Dedicated LAN X8STL iF 3F Intel South Bridge SATA Ports SAS Ports 0 7 X8DTL 3 3F only Serial General Purpose I O Headers for SAS X8DTL 3 3F Serial General Purpose I O Headers for SATA Universal Serial Bus USB Ports Rear Unit Identify Switch VGA VGA Connector LED Description D20 BMC Heartbeat LED Indicator LE1 Onboard Standby LED Indicator LE2 Rear UID LED LES2 SAS Heartbeat LED 1 5 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU e Two Intel 5500 Series LGA 1366 processors each processor supporting two full width Intel QuickPath Interconnect 36 4 GT s with a total of up to 51 2 GB s Data Transfer Rate 6 4 GB s per direction Memory e Six 240 pin DIMM sockets support up to 24 GB of DDR3 Reg ECC Memory See Section 2 4 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset e Intel 5500 chipset including the 5500 North Bridge and the ICH10R South Bridge Expansion Slots e One PCI E 2 0 x8 in x16 slot Slot 6 e One PCI E 2 0 x8 slot Slot 4 e One PCI E 2 0 x4 in x8 slot Slot 5 One PCI E 1 0 x4 Slot 3 e Two 32 bit PCI 33 slot Slot 1 and Slot 2 BIOS 32 Mb AMI SPI Flash ROM e PCI 22 ACPI 1 0 2 0 3 0 Plug and Play PnP DMI 2 3 USB Ke
76. ng please be sure to provide adequate airflow to your system The options are e The Early Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm includ ing the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer e The Default Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU temperature reaches about 5 C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below CPU 1Temperature CPU 2Temperature System Temperature This feature displays current temperature readings for CPU 1 CPU 2 and the System The following items will be displayed for your reference only CPU Temperature The CPU Temperature feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control User intervention No action required Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but t
77. nology 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 creat ing 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 4 6 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Execute Disable Bit Capabilitv Available when supported bv the OS and the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot thus preventing a worm or a virus from flooding illegal codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The default is Enabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information Simultaneous Multi Threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Simultaneous Multi Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Active Processor Cores 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 All 1 and 2 Intel EIST Technology EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology allo
78. ns for various beep codes See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the layout below for the loca Pin Definitions Pos Beep In Alarm Speaker tions of the Internal Buzzer 5 1 SRI BEEP IN p NEG Power LED Speaker pe r On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are used Pin Setting Definition for power LED indication and pins 4 7 Pin 1 Anode are for the speaker See the tables Pin2 Cathode on the right for pin definitions Please Pin3 NA note that the speaker connector pins 4 7 are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the on board speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Speaker Connector Pin Definitions Pin Setting Definition Pins 4 7 External Speaker Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker A Internal Speaker Buzzer P2 DIMM3A O o come ij quies eee B PWR LED Speaker P2DMMIA O Jewt o o TS o o
79. nta Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0a Release Date June 2 20
80. on Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mother board and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when in stalling the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for video memory and system setup stored in the CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A lists BIOS POST Error Codes Appendix B and Appendix C provide the Windows OS and Other Software 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 X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to 4 ensure correct system setup Contacting Supermicro Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email Asia Pacif
81. on our website http www supermicro com support manuals SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent dam age to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard e Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion 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 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 2 2 Mot
82. ore removing or installing components Warning 1 To prevent damage to the power supply or motherboard A please use a power supply that contains a 24 pin and two 8 pin power connectors Be sure to connect these connectors to the 24 pin JPW1 and the two 8 pin JPW2 JPW3 power connectors on the motherboard Failure in doing so will void the manufacturer warranty on your power sup ply and motherboard 2 To avoid possible system overheating be sure to provide adequate airflow to the system 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F X8DTL i X8DTL iF Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear Open Normal JEC1 JEG2 SMB to PCI PCI E Slots Disabled JES Manufacture Mode Open Normal X8DTL iF 3F JP5 ME Firmware Recovery Open Normal X8DTL iF 3F JPG1 VGA Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 LAN1 2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JESI SAS Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled X8DTL 3 3F JPS2 SAS RAID Select Closed SR RAID Enabled X8DTL 3 3F JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Header FAN 1 6 System CPU Fan Headers Fans 1 2 CPU Fans l Button l Button for RAID data storage IPMB IPMB Header for IPMI card X8DTL iF 3F JPEG Power Supply SMBbus Header JD1 PWR LED Speaker Header Pins 4 7 Speaker JFI Front Panel Connector JLI Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Header JPWI JPW2 JPW3 24 pin ATX PWR 8 pin Seco
83. ports accept RJ45 tvpe cables Note bi 13 Please refer to the LED Indicator Sec 5 TD1 m Link 1000 LED tion for LAN LED information Yellow 3V3SB 6 TD2 15 Ground 7 TD2 16 Ground 8 TD3 17 Ground 9 TD3 88 Ground NC No Connection 1 2 LAN2 3 LANS X8DTL 3F IF only 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 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 figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins
84. r LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc Front UID LED Vcc Reset gt Reset Button Q PWR gt Power Button 3 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables Power Connectors A24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and two 8 pin CPU PWR connectors JPW2 JPW3 on the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifi cation In addition to the 24 pin ATX power connector the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connec tors at JPW2 JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Warning prevent damage to the power supplv or motherboard please use a power supplv that contains a 24 pin and two 8 pin power connectors Be sure to connect these connectors to the 24 pin JPW1 and the two 8 pin JPW2 JPW3 power connectors on the motherboard Failure in do ing so will void the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and motherboard u P2 DIMMSA O 8 E P2 DIMM2A O 29 0000000 PZDIMMIA O 389909090000 m SUPER X8DTL Series O O P DIMNGA o
85. r 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 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 isti SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 7 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 X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF can accommodate 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some
86. re Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI This feature is available when the option AHCI is selected Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled If the option Enabled is selected the following item will display SATA 2 Configuration This feature is available when the option IDE is selected Selecting Enhanced will set SATA 2 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled and Enhanced IDE Detect Timeout sec Use this feature to set the time out value for the BIOS to detect the ATA ATAPI devices installed in the system The options are 0 sec 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third IDE Master and Fourth IDE Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third and Fourth IDE Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your syst
87. rivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items SUPERMICRO X8DTL Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP x Intel 5500 5520 Chipset INF fies SUPERMICRO Drivers amp Tools Matrox G200e Graphics Driver poj Intel 5500 Chipset X8DTL LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager im Intel Matrix Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Build driver diskettes and manuals El Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Displav Screen Notes 4 1 Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click on a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must reboot 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 2 When making a storage driver diskette by booting into a Driver CD please set the SATA Configuration to Compatible Mode and configure SATA as IDE in the BIOS Setup After making the driver diskette be sure to change the SATA settings back to your original settings C 1 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8
88. rocessor based high end systems with configuration optimized for HCP Cluster systems and intensive applications The 5500 platform consists of the 5500 Series LGA 1366 processor the 5500 North Bridge and the ICH10R South Bridge With the Intel QuickPath interconnect QPI controller built in the 5500 platform is the first dual processing platform that offers the next generation point to point svstem interconnect interface replacing the current Front Side Bus Technology substantially enhancing system performance with increased bandwidth and scalability The 5500 North Bridge connects to each processor through an independent QuickPath Interconnect QPI link Each link consists of 20 pairs of unidirec tional differential lanes for transmission and receiving in addition to a differential forwarded clock A full width QPI link pair provides 84 signals Each processor supports two QuickPath links one going to the other processor and the other to the 5500 North Bridge The 5500 Platform supports up to 36 PCI Express Gen2 lanes peer to peer read and write transactions The ICH10R provides up to 6 PCI Express ports six SATA ports and 10 USB connections In addition the 5500 platform also offers a wide range of RAS Reliability Avail ability and Serviceability features These features include memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction SDDC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC parity protection out of band register access via
89. s are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 PCI IDE BusMaster When enabled the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled PCl Exp I O Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the pav load size to 128 Bvtes while others with a pavload size of 256 Bvtes which inhibits the coalesce feature Please refer to vour add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are 128 Bvtes and 256 Bvtes Slot 1 PCI 33MHz Slot 2 PCI 33MHz Slot 3 PCIE x4 in X8 Slot Slot 4 PCIE x8 Slot 5 PCIE x4 in x8 Slot 6 PCIE x8 in x16 slot This feature allows you to Enable or Disable any of the PCI slots The options are Enable and Disable Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 or LAN2 Option ROM This is to boot computer using a network interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Boot Graphics Adapter Priority This option allows the user to specify which graphics controller to be used as the primary boot device The options are Onboard VGA and Other gt Super IO Device Configuration Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port p
90. s the lt Delete gt key while the system is booting up Note In most cases the lt Delete gt key is used to invoke the AMI BIOS 4 setup screen There are a few cases when other keys are used such as lt F1 gt lt F2 gt etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMI BIOS Setup Utility uses a kev based navigation system called hot keys Most of the AMI BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include F1 lt F10 gt Enter ESC ar row keys etc Note Options printed in Bold are default settings How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the svstem parameters mav be changed entering the AMI BIOS Setup utilitv This Setup utilitv can be accessed bv pressing lt Del gt at the appropriate time during system boot SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8D
91. se review the CD and install the applications vou need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS securitv and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete For faster service You can also request a RMA authorization online http www supermicro com support rma This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 1 Chapter 4 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the AMI BIOS Setup Utility for the X8DTL Series moth erboard The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily updated This chapter describes the basic navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility setup screens Starting BIOS Setup Utility To enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screens pres
92. ss the lt SpaceBar gt to update the BIOS When asked to confirm BIOS updating press lt y gt to confirm BIOS updates c Press lt y gt again to begin flashing BIOS remotely Note Be sure to complete Steps a c above quickly because you have a second or less to do so 6 Once you ve completed the instructions given a screen will display to indicate that remote flashing is starting and the new BIOS file is being uploaded 7 To use Hyper Terminal to transfer the XModem protocol by using the Send File dialog under the Transfer menu follow the instructions below to com plete XModem transfers a Select the Transfer menu and enter Send AMI FLSH HyperTerminal File Edit View Call BATEA Help 5 Send File Receive File Capture Text Send Text File remote BIOS flash Press lt Spa Capture to Printer T n Begin remo Starting remote flash Upload new BIOS file using Kmodem protocol 33333 b Specifv the location of the file and select the proper protocol XMo dem c Press lt Send gt to start ROM File extraction See the picture below 4 29 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Send File Folder C Documents and SettingssDesktop Filename C Documents and Settings Desktop 3C 02 ROM Protocol modem d Once the ROM file extraction is completed the message New BIOS re ceived OK will d
93. stalling the Windows OS sssennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnznznzznnnnnnn 1 B 1 Installing the Windows OS to a RAID B 1 B 2 Installing the Windows OS to a Non RAID B 2 Appendix C Software Installation Instructions 1 C 1 Installing Software eae upon sun xen C 1 C2 Configuring Supero Doctor Il Pec C 2 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 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 The following items are included in the retail box e One 1 Supermicro Mainboard Eight 8 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044L For X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F Six 6 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044L For X8DTL i X8DTL iF One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT7L X8DTL 3 i e One 1 I O backpanel shield MCP 260 0002 X8DTL 3F iF e One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities e One 1 User s BIOS Manual 51 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual SUPERO X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8D
94. t not for maximum performance 4 26 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 7 BIOS Recovery Warning Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS related issue Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the system In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update If you need to update the BIOS do not shut down or reset the system while the BIOS is updating This is to avoid possible boot failure How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image the Main BIOS Block An AMIBIOS flash chip consists of a boot sector block and a main BIOS code block a main BIOS image The boot sector block contains critical BIOS code including memory detection and recovery code to be used to flash a new BIOS image if the original BIOS Image is corrupted When the system is powered on the boot sector code executes first Once it is completed the main BIOS code will continue with system initialization and complete the bootup process Notes BIOS Recovery described below is used when the main BIOS block crashes However when the BIOS Boot sector crashes you will need to send the motherboard back to Supermicro for RMA repairs 4 7 1 Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB device without additional utilities needed A user can download the BIOS image into a USB flash device and name the file SUPER ROM for
95. tached SCSI connections on the X8DTL 3 X8DTL 3F See the layout below for SAS port locations Note 1 For more information on SATA configuration please 4 refer to the Intel SATA HostRAID User s Guide posted on our website http www supermicro com support manuals Note 2 For more information on 151 SAS RAID configuration please refer to the LSI MegaRAID User s Guide posted on our website http www supermicro com support manuals A l SATAO 5 B SAS 0 7 X8DTL 3 3F SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Notes 2 36 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 hard
96. tem 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 provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption 1 9 Overview of the Winbond WPCM450 Controller For X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF Only The Winbond WPCM450 Controller is a Baseboard Management Controller BMC that supports the 2D VGA compatible Graphics Core with the PCI interface Virtual Media and Keyboard Video Mouse Redirection KVMR modules With blade oriented Super capability built in the WPCM450 Controller is ideal for legacy reduced server platforms The WPCM450 interfaces with the host system via a PCI interface to communicate with the Graphics core It supports USB 2 0 and 1 1 for remote keyboard mouse virtual media emulation It also provides LPC interface to control Super IO func tions The WPCM450 is connected to the network via an external Ethernet PHY module The WPCM450 communicates with onboard components via six SMBus interfaces fan control and Platform Environment Control Interface PECI buses Note For more information on IPMI configuration please refer to the IPMI 4 user guide posted
97. the 30 seconds Before the reboots or sints down it s alowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Serece Daemen mnang at all times on thos system Promde TOPJIP connectivity Power control zi Note SD Ill Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utilitv Supero Doctor III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il w C 3 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual Notes Disclaimer Continued The products sold bv Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support svstems medical equipment nuclear facilities or svstems 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
98. the recovery process to load the file A USB flash device such as a USB Flash Drive a USB CDROM or a USB CDRW device can be used for this purpose 1 Insert the USB device that contains the new BIOS image the ROM files saved in a root directory into your USB drive 2 While turning the power on press and hold lt Ctrl gt and Home at the same time until the USB Access LED Indicator comes on This might take a few seconds 3 Once the USB drive LED is on release the lt Ctrl gt and lt Home gt keys AMIBIOS will issue beep codes to indicate that the BIOS ROM file is being updated 4 When BIOS flashing is completed the computer will reboot Do not interrupt the flashing process until it is completed 4 27 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual 4 7 2 Boot Sector Recovery from an IDE CD ROM This process is almost identical to the process of Boot Sector Recovery from a USB device except that the BIOS image file is loaded from a CD ROM Use a CD R or CD RW drive to burn a CD with the BIOS image file in it and name the file SUPER ROM for the recovery process to load the file 4 7 3 Boot Sector Recovery from a Serial Port Serial Flash This process also known as Serial Flash allows the user to use a serial port to load a BIOS image for Boot Sector recovery This feature is usually used for embed ded systems that rely on a serial port for remote access and debugging Requirements In order
99. to vou 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 support faqs before contacting Technical Sup port 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number e BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration e An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm e 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 Osupermicro 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 X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF has six 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR3 Registered ECC 1333 1066 800 MHz SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Please follow all memory installation instructions given on Section 2 4 in Chapter 2 3 3 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DT
100. uide posted on our website http www A SAS Enable B SAS RAID Config Se lect Chapter 2 Installation Manufacture Mode X8DTL iF 3F Jumper JP3 allows the user to flash the system firmware from a Host server in order to modify system settings Close this jumper to bypass SPI flash security to force ME into Recovery mode and force Recovery jumpers See the table on the right for jumper settings ME Recovery X8DTL iF 3F Close Jumper JP5 to use ME Firmware Recovery mode which will limit system support to essential functionality There will be no power use restrictions In single operational mode online upgrade will be available via the Recovery mode See the table on the right for jumper settings P2 DIMMSA P DIMM2A O PZDIMMIA O VGA SUPER X8DTL Series WEBER lo e PL DIMMTA B e O Pi DIMH2A o o 2 O o 5500 North Bridge South Bridge 24 d ETT
101. up during the day specified under RTC Alarm Date above Processor and Clock Options This submenu allows the user to configure the Processor and Clock settings CPU Ratio If set to Manual this option allows the user to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency Note if an invalid ratio is entered the AMI BIOS will restore the setting to the previous state The options are Auto and Manual Ratio CMOS Setting Available when the item CPU Ratio is set to Manual Press or on your keyboard to set the ratio between the CPU Core clock and the FSB Frequency The default setting for the CPU installed in your moth erboard is 24 Clock Spread Spectrum Select Enable to enable Clock Spectrum support which will allow the BIOS to moni tor and attempt to reduce the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components whenever needed The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and instruc tions from the main memory to the L2 cache in the forward or backward manner to improve CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled 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 Intel Virtualization Tech
102. ures voltages and fan speeds go bevond a pre defined range 1 6 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifica tion 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 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 XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 and Windows Vista 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 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 powe
103. ut making changes Select Limited to allow the user to change selected settings such as Date and Time Select No Access to prevent the User from accessing the Setup Utility Change User Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then enter a new User Password Clear User Password Available only when User Password has been set This item allows you to clear a user password after it has been entered Password Check This item allows you to check a password after it has been entered The options are Setup and Always Boot Sector Virus Protection When Enabled the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus is sues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 24 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 5 Boot Configuration Use this feature to configure boot settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt Boot Device Priority gt Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device 3rd boot device 4th boot device 5th boot device and Disabled e 1st Boot Device USB XXXXXXXXX 2nd Boot Device CD DVD XXXXXXXXX gt Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from all available hard disk drives The settings are Disabled and a list of all hard disk drives that have been det
104. ware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install CPU 1 first making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure 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 sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 1 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration Make sure 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 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If
105. wer On Self Test POST Select Always to keep Console Redirection active all the time after POST Note This setting may not be supported by some operating systems Select Boot Loader to keep Console Redirection active during POST and Boot Loader The options are Disabled Boot Loader and Always Terminal Type This feature allows the user to select the target terminal type for Console Redirec tion The options are ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Aterminal keyboard definition that provides a way to send commands from a remote console Available options are Enabled and Disabled Sredir Memory Display Delay This feature defines the length of time in seconds to display memory information The options are No Delay Delay 1 Sec Delay 2 Sec and Delay 4 Sec 4 16 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS b Hardware Health Monitor This feature allows the user to monitor svstem health and review the status of each item as displaved CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which de termines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning 1 Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold tempera N ture predefined bv the CPU manufacturer mav result in CPU overheat or svstem instabilitv When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and svstem cooling fans will run at full speed 2 To avoid possible system overheati
106. ws the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consump tion and heat dissipation Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel TurboBoost Technology Available when Intel EIST Technology is enabled Select Enabled to use the Turbo Mode to boost system performance The options are Enabled and Disabled C1E Support Select Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State support C1E significantly reduces the CPU s power consumption by reducing the CPU s clock cycle and voltage during a Halt State The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel C STATE Tech If enabled C State is set by the system automatically to C2 C3 or C4 state The options are Disabled and Enabled C State package limit setting Available when Intel C State Tech is enabled If set to Auto the AMI BIOS will automatically set the limit on the C State package register The options are Auto C1 C3 C6 and C7 SUPER X8DTL 3 X8DTL i X8DTL 3F X8DTL iF User s Manual C1 Auto Demotion When this feature is enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C3 C6 or C7 re quests to C1 based on un core auto demote information The options are Enabled and Disabled C3 Auto Demotion When this feature is enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C6 or C7 requests to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI
107. yboard sup port and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPUO Vcore CPU1 Vcore 1 5V 5V 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3Vcc 3 3VSB VBAT and Vtt e Fan status monitor with firmware control and CPU fan auto off in sleep mode e Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready and Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support e CPU chassis temperature monitors and CPU slow down on overheat e Pulse Width Modulation PWM Fan Control e CPU thermal trip support for processor protection power LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU cores e System overheat Fan Fail LED Indicator and control e Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI Power Management Keyboard Wakeup from Soft off Onboard I O Intel ICH10R supports six SATA2 ports with RAIDO RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 supported in the Windows OS and RAIDO RAID1 RAID10 in the Linux plat forms Note 1 LSI 1068E supports eight SAS ports support RAIDO RAID1 RAID10 and op tional RAID5 w l Button 68 For X8DTL 3 3F Note 2 Dual 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controllers support Gigabit LAN1 2 ports A PHY chip supports the Dedicated IPMI LAN X8DTL iF 3F only Note 3 One VGA Port supported by the Winbond G200EW Two COM ports 1 header 1 port PS

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