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1. Vepon DIMM TB Bank 1j Pais DIMM 1A Bank 1 Sg JLANI DIMM 2B Bank 2 E DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 d 1U IPMI Slot SMBus o US Z x iC amp Ema SUPER X6DHP TG Fus 3 Su S ICHSR a VGA LS SE Ed KB CTRL een Z Bridge E7520 IMs JWoni amp Lindenhurst CPU iieri North bu GLAN Bridge F aav x Enable S El cm s XMF2 a XMF1 2 Fans a 12 UID a PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR SE I SATAIY PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 DES ATX PWR SP SATA JLT JPWI JPW2 PSI SATA ory M SATA Sis DDI m SC oe SEAT ols IWFl JWE2 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS In stead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the ac cidental 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 clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then sh
2. NIC1 LED Pin NIC2 LED Pin Definitions Definitions The NIC Network Interface Con JF1 JF1 troller LED connections for the Pin Pin 7 Number Definition Number Definition GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 11 Vor 9 Vcc and 12 of JF1 and for the GLAN 12 GND 10 GND port2 is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions HDD LED NIC1 LEQ NIC2 LE USDOT DIMM 1B Bank 1 JFL Fans DIMM TA Bank T 9no lr GE 2 Gei E m em Eom SUPER X6DHP TG m Ei x E ICHSR 5 6 KB Mad ms Geen E7520 IMS TWoR1s nee Lindenhurst CPU2 rs North GC Sai z Bridge RWR Fail LED s 2 PWR Fail LED g GAN PHX gt K 8 E en BER O up LED 4 o gt Front up a 12 1 d HH OXOR PCEEX 2 LSATAIS Ground O Pwr gt Power Butto PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 JIDEL P EH ATX PWR RP in Em B TET E B ek n JPWI JPW2 1 Cl vetim SIS JWFl JWF2 2 11 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual
3. Overheat OH Overheat Fan Fail LED Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail Pin connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 E Er to provide advanced warning of 8 GND chassis overheating or system fan OH Fan Fail LED failure Refer to the table on the JF1 right for pin definitions State Message Off Normal Stay On Overheat Blink Fan Fail PWR Fail LED PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is Pin Number Definition located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 5 PWR Fail LED Refer to the tables on the right for 6 PWR Fail LED pin definitions and color mes PWR_Fail LED Pin sages Definitions Color STET State Green PWR On System Normal Amber Redundant PWR Failure PW PWR OH Fan Fail LED Fail LED 20 19 deg J o o NM x J ele x Bwrtep 4 o o ved JSBY ontrol e Ben ae CD m UNE mE LANI H na Fus IC1LED 4 Vie Wiss A mc 3 Cu 78 gt ggg 9 O Ic2LED 4 fec S ZE SuPERG X6DHP TG O sc e ics e Te oHfFan Fai LED 4 o o pe CTRI 2 South TE x H ren Basch awe lt PWR Fai Len lt o pwn Fai Leo gt Fans A M um ZC 34 up LED lt o Front UID S GAN eux 3 d a Z B cna pu Ground pwr gt Power Button vm
4. COM1 COM2 There are two COM headers Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition COM1 and COM2 located be 1 cD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS tween SCSI Channel A and IDE 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI Drives See the table on the right 5 Ground for pin definitions FP Control USBO T DIMM IB Bank 1 TF 1 Fans DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 JLAN DIMM 2B Bank 2 so DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 78 1U IPMI Slot SMBus sees m EU 5 Bam SUPER X6DHP TG i Su Fans E vex E ICHSR 5 6 KB CTRL a South E7520 C Bridge MS JWORIS Lindenhurst CPU2 D s North Fans Bridge 3 4 EI GLAN PHX Z EI CILR XJ4F2 XJ4FI Fans S 12 UID P PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATA 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI EX8 JIDE1 TX PWR EPN JPW1 JPW2 SATA m SATa as S1 Ctill SATA TWF2 tr ACT LED COM1 2 14 COM2 Chassis Intrusion Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus
5. USBO 1 Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions USBO USB1 Pin Pin Two USB 2 0 ports USBO USB1 Number Definition Number Definition are located on the Back Panel a SCH See the table on the right for pin 3 Po 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground definitions 5 N A l5 Key Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers FP USB Pin Definitions FP USB2 USB3 Pin Pin Extra USB headers USB2 USB3 Number Definition Number Definition n for fron i B 1 Vec 2 Vcc can be used fo i ont side US 5 ge i Ko access You will need a USB 5 PO 6 PO e e 7 Ground 8 Ground cable to use either connection 9 Key 10 NC Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions FP USB 2 3 DIMM TB Bank 1 HP Control Fans DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 7 8 RIJS 2 E 3 EE Bm SUPER X6DHP TG z PO ICHSR 5 6 e VGA ls 5 KB CTRL South E7520 O Bridge ms JWOR1 Lindenhurst CPU2 iori North P Bridge 3 E GLAN PHX cl EI CILR XMF2 XJ4F1 Fans d 12 UID d PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 LSATAIS PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 LJIDEI ATX PWR 8 Pinl MIRTA z SATAQ D I JPW1 IPW2 d 516 2 24 UPSI ale mea 128 2 15 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 JLAN2 are located next to the USB 0 1 ports Thi
6. lt CO x J USBOT DIMM TB Bank T eT a PWRLED lt O O Vec DIMM TA Bank 1 toual M LANI HDDLED lt Ver m j LAN F o CPU1 o NICTLED lt O O Vee TOMI Sia 78 Bif EET 7 ele Bldg Z D NIC2LED lt O Ve O amp Ems SUPER X6DHP TG im Y z AZ ICHSR Vala EN vox Dg E 5j OWfFanFalLED lt ve TR 2 F V s 8 Bridge and weie d e E d ma PWR Fail LEDs lt PWR Fail LED mn No 3 J Bridge 3 4 4 z GAN ax UID LED lt Front UID E id CTLR Cap d ZE COXMFL ze Fans Ground pwr gt Power Button UTD S 12 J PCLXI0U MHz 2 ZCR ICEEXS 82 LSATA1 2 1 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 ABE ATX PWR 8 Pir g e JPWI SATA in M SATA Dot Ty FSATAT Ve ES ys H JWFI JWE2 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED HDD LED Pin The HDD LED connection is located T on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach Pin the hard drive LED cable here to uou De ton display disk activity for any hard 14 HD Active drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators
7. USBU I DIMM IB Bank T EP Control Fans DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 JLAN DIMM 2B Bank 2 s0 DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM Fans iuris T DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 7 8 1U IPMI Slot SMBus sri D E A S a i z O B Em SUPER X6DHP TG eg H E 5 E T D E ICHSR 5 6 KB CTRL g South E7520 O Bridge ms JWORIA amp Lindenhurst CPU2 ioi North zu m Bridge 3 E GLAN PHX Z E CTLR XMF2 XMFI Fans e a 12 UID PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATA1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCLExs 1 LJIDEL TX PWR S Pinl IDE i TT JPWI J JPW2 PSI SATA M SATA H JFDDI p SAA CS Ctrllr cnl SIS JWFl JWF2 ZS Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for testing only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers UO ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 The graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The mother board you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DHP TG Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed information Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 GLAN Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPS1 SATA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD1 Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset XJ4F1 XJ4F
8. EP Control USBU T DIMM TB Bank 1j TI Fans DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 RAND GC DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 ILAN2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 7 8 1U IPMI Slot SMBus TE SP Kl E O S ZE SUPER X6DHP TG Fans 8 ool E R E Xm D f ICH5 5 6 IER CTRL p South E7520 Q Bridge ja UMS JWORI Lindenhurst CPU2 GBT North Se _ Bridge s E GLAN PHX BE Eun Zb a fa s 24 Pin ATX PWR UID P PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR PCI Ex8 2 I SATA12 PCI X100 MHz 1 b s 1 LJIDEI JIDE2 m PW SATA M SATA H FDDI g ESAT S OPS 124 8 Pin 12V PWR oos SALA SIS JWFl JWF2 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button Pin d Number Definition header is located on pins 19 and 19 Control 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on 20 Ground the right for pin definitions Power LED PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin The Power LED connection is lo Number Definition 7 15 Vcc cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 16 Gontral Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions PWR LED
9. 2 12 Power Button Jerez etse conet os necs oto 2 13 Front UID amp UID LED 2 13 Table of Contents Chassis INtrUSiON EE Serial POMS co umido tent cae eves ie uA teks c I LL Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 sse Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers USB2 3 GLAN Ethernet Ports 5 ete epe Di pee dicetis ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Porte Fan Headets eerie er in inem re eme eret Power LED Speaker Header AA Wake On Ring taie ta tea eva Dp dad tice dede Power SMB nene ie eR aen EET REP POETAE Ee eer Reto 2 6 Jumper Settings ie eoe SEVEN Se Explanation of Jumpers eene nete ener GLAN Enable Disable CMOS Gleason ret Or tete hei Re een Ro see Petre WGA Enable DiSabl 6 5 35er terere ree eei rettet eere Watch Dog Enable Disable A BIOS Debug SATA Enable ere reor Een teen eee erben perio PEESEISel8CE EE 2 7 Onboard IridiGators rtm vanities GLAN WE RE Marvell SATA Activity LED Indicator 00 0 cceeeceeeeeeseeeeeeeeneeereeeeeeees Unit ldentificationss lt 20 4 4iid esd a ere i iaaa i 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive and 1U IPMI Connections sssss Fl ppy el IDE Connectors 1U IPMI Connection Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures sese 3 1 Before Power OM eigene nn dre ER indi ie ane 3 1 N ie 3 1 NO Vide cien eet p a dee eie SH dc A e ip ae 3 1 Memory Errors
10. J5 J6 There are no jumpers to f Pin Number Function Pin Number Function configure the onboard IDE 1 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 and 2 connectors at JIDE1 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 and JJIDE2 respectively 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 4 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 See the table on the right 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 f acr 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 for pin definitions 15 Host Data1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND 1U IPMI Slot Jl is designated as the 1U IPMI Slot on the Motherboard 1U IPMI IDE2 IDE FP Control USBO T DIMM IB Bank 1 D Fans DIMM 1A Bank 1 9 10 DIMM 2B Bank 2 edo DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 78 1U I Slot SMBus S ai OU s s Ps B II SUPERG X6DHP TG 2 Ec Fans E Anz ICHSR a vaa hls 5 6 KBI CTRL A South 7520 O Bridge S JWORIS Lindenhuyst CPU2 GBT Nort vu mm Bridgea m GLAN PHX Z E CIR XJ4F2 E XJ4F1 Fans a 1 2 UID m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR PCI Ex8 2 SATA1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI EX8 E ATX PWR 8 Pin z ESATA TLI JPW1 J JPW2 7 DDI IPS SATA zap eiui 3 9 I JWF M opa 24 Ctrllr ACT LED 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 T
11. 1 1 Contacting Supermicto 5 iei Fete nie a AEE 1 2 SUPER X6DHP TG Image sss nennen 1 3 SUPERO X6DHP TG Layout ses 1 4 SUPER X6DHP TG Quick Reference s s ss ssessissississisrirnisrisnrssinrnne 1 5 Motherboard Features 2 nineteenth 1 6 Intel E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset Overview nennen nennen ener enn 1 9 1 8 Special Features acere dedic indie ies 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring iarsira teatri ceto aa aE 1 10 15 ACP Features cnet en teil end cte E s dn 1 11 1 6 ower Supply sn iere ttbi RIDE 1 12 1 7 Super I O Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices sse 2 1 PRECAUTIONS etna En coa hla 2 1 Unpacking bs 2 2 Xeon EM64T Processor and Heatsink Installation susssse 2 2 2 3 installing DIMMS i correre tait etr Dt rr teet aer eto ten 2 6 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Connectors ccecceseseeseeeeeeesereeeeeseeaeteseeneeeeeeeees 2 7 2 5 Connecting Gables eee ine be p EPA DER 2 9 ATX Power el EE 2 9 Processor Power CGonnechor s ss ssssssssiesrsrissistisrrsrnntnttnennstnrtnrtnnnnrennenne 2 9 NMI BURON M EPPT 2 10 Power WED esc 2 10 HDD LED NIGT INIG2 LED ertet derer ter rti ere Pee Ug te ko ae vt 2 11 OverheatfFan Fall BED irri nre PER 2 12 PWR Fail LED C
12. CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment SDIII is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 0 83V to 1 63V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft
13. i itus emovable E Ese iG removable disk drive is installed here Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit I 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi tL F9 Esc e Enter Fi8 Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 4 5 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Multi Sector Transfer This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit UO This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The option
14. please be sure to use Supermicro s P N Fan 0079 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED Speaker On the JDI header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin defini tions Note The speaker connec tor pins are for use with an exter nal speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Fan Header Pin Definitions Definition Pin Color Fan PWR 1 Red Tachometer 2 Yellow GND 3 Black GND 4 Grey Tachometer 5 White Fan PWR 6 Orange Be sure to use Supermicro P N Fan 0079 on the X6DHP 8G Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Number Function Definition 4 Red wire Speaker data 5 Key No connection 6 Key 7 Speaker data PWR LED SPKR Fans 9 10 FP Control Sp DIMM IB BankT mi fans DIMM IA Bang 9 10 JLANI DIMM 2B Bank 2 an DIMM 2X Bank 2 JLAN2 DI
15. County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2005 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 X6DHP TG motherboard The X6DHP TG supports single or dual Intel Xeon E64MT Nocona processors at a 800 MHz front side bus Based upon Intel s NetBurst microarchitecture the Xeon E64MT No cona processor supports the IA 32 software and includes features found in the Xeon processor such as Hyper Pipelined Technology allowing the processor to operate at much higher core frequencies Packaged in a 604 pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array FC mPGA4 platform in a Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket mPGA 604 the Xeon E64MT Processor 800 MHz is ideal for high performance workstation and server environments with up to two pr
16. The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal Speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagnostic screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override After Power Failure This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off and Power On Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup After Power Failure This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off and Power On P Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system m
17. When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the System boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 17 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Removable Devices Item Specific Help CD ROM Drive oe lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or lt Enter gt selects field Fi tL SLE F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Removable Devices Highlight a
18. X6DHP TG E ICH5R 5 6 KB South E7520 Bridge MS JWORIS Lindenhurst CPU2 sst1 North S Bridge PHX XJ4F2 s XMFI a Fans 5 MN m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 LSATAI PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI EX8 1 TBE ATX PWR 8 Pinl M SATA 2 OEDD ATA las EE PST GR SATA 8 9 TWF IWE2 wur ACT LED 2 26 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Drive Hard Disk Drive and 1U IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved on JFDD1 See the table below 5 Key 6 FDEDIN s Pauw 7 GND 8 Index for pin definitions 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 D
19. the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while SATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA B 1 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual Adaptec Embedded SATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping or RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simultaneously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if one hard disk fails Due to this built in functionality your Supermicro motherboard is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of today s computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro offers the user the benefits of SATA RAID without the high costs asso ciated with RAID hardware Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb SA RAID UG pdf which is located in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec
20. the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Begin ning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choos ing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup Note Please load System Setup Default when using the system the first time 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next sect
21. ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Win dows 2000 Windows 2003 and Windows NT 5 0 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a System suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the
22. 3 12 21 J PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR CI Ex8 2 I SATA1 E POEXION MER T pcrexs 81 LIIDE ATX PWR E Pin SATA ass msaa E DEDDL Ja SA Lr sew spw2 xi ACT I T Cha pter 2 Installation Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Front UID Button UID LED There is a Universal Indicator lo cated next to the VGA Connector on the motherboard The Front UID Button UID LED connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 13 Power Button Connector Pin Def initions JF1 Pin Number Definition 1 2 PW ON Ground UID amp UI Definiti D_LED Pin ions JF1 Pin Number Definition 3 4 Front_UID Button UID_LED Front U
23. Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard UO ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional In
24. Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video A4 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description CDh CEh D2h Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POSTCode Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word b
25. a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DHP TG has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that support regis tered ECC DDR 333 266 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes In order to support 6 DIMMs single rank memory modules must be used Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and down load the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the phlash exe BIOS flash utility the platform bin platform file and the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy 3 3 SUPERO X6DH
26. a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive B 9 RO X6DHP TG Manual Adding a Bootable Array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the list of arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is dis played This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No A bootable array will then be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B A bootable array is an array marked with an asterisk 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is dis played The array is already marked bootable Do you want t
27. local management application is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill dis plays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system volt ages and fan status See Figures B 2 and B 3 for examples of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Figure B 2 Supero Doctor lll Health Information Display T Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer u laj xl Fie Edi View Favorites Tools Help a E Door TIT ES Remote Management E Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration y 1 Health information CPUl Chassis CRUZ Chassis stems Managerrent Report Help B 19 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual Figure B 3 Supero Doctor Ill Remote Control Display Z Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help uU NM SS NES oper Doctor M Remote Management System Info Health Info oi 1 Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity P trol ower con
28. power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER X6DHP TG accommodates ATX 24 pin power supplies Al though most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 200W of power Your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports In addition you should also use the onboard 12V 8 pin power 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction connector JPW2 to support Intel Xeon CPUs Failure to provide this extra power will result in instability of the CPU after a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply It is strongly recommended that you use a high
29. quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super UO The disk drive adapter functions of the Super UO chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super UO greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTS one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system 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 Su
30. render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu B 5 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page B 4 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as shown on the screen below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array S J Selected Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 01 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the shown on the screen on the next page B 6 Appendix B Software Installation 01 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 46B Select drives to create frray Sele
31. s User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com B 2 Appendix B Software Installation Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility in cluding Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 7 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the previ ous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the ESC key Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controllers BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously and the main menu will appear B 3 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managlia Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The follow ing sections describe th
32. the System 6 Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver The system will boot up from the CD 7 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette labelled Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into your floppy drive and press the Enter key 10 Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key 11 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the instal lation 12 From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS setup routine will automatically load all device files and continue the Win dows OS installation 13 After the Windows OS installation has completed the system will automatically reboot B 17 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual B 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Other Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown in Figure B 1 will appear You are now ready to install additional software programs and drivers To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right o
33. 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init 5 When finished press Done as shown on the following screen Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost B 8 Appendix B Software Installation rray Properties firray Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the build or clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis compares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during
34. 1 s PS DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 JLANI DIMM 2B Bank 2 MQ DIMM 2A Bank 2 L_DIMM 3B Bank3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 78 Ii SUPER X6DHP TG ICH5R 5 6 South Bridge E7520 ms Lindenhurst CPU2 Agen North Sai E Bridge S EI Jaa eux Z EI WR XJ4F2 P XJ4F1 E Fans a 12 UL em PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR PCI Ex8 2 I SATA1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCLExs 1 IDEI EE ATX PWR 8 Pin M SATA JFDDI ESATA Sa INL UPSI SATA SATA S H Ctrllr S JWFl JWF2 ACT LJ PWR SMB SMB 2 19 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector 8 2 1 Pins To modify the operation of the e e motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between A Jumper optional settings Jumpers Cap create shorts between two pins y 3 2 1 i Less to change the function of the Suiting BA connector Pin 1 is identified Pin 1 2 short with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 enables or disables the Jumper GLAN ports on the motherboard Position Definition See the table on the right for Pins 1 2 Enabled 3 Pins 2 3 Disabled jumper settings The default set ting is enabled
35. 2 PLLSEL Memory Speed Select 1U IPMI DIMM 1A DIMM 3B FAN 1 10 J22 J24 J27 JCOM1 JCOM2 JD1 JF1 JFDD1 JWF1 JWF2 Note1 JIDE1J IDE2 JKB1 JMS1 JL1 JLAN 1 2 JPWHR1 JPWR2 JOH1 JVGA1 JWOR1 WOR PCI X 1 PCI X 2 PCI E 1 PCI E 2 I SATA 0 1 M SATA SATA ACT_LED SMBus UID USB 0 1 USB 2 3 Closed 333MHz Connector Description 1U IPMI slot DDR DIMM Memory RAM Slots CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers System Management Bus Connector Power System Management Bus Connector BIOS Debug COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 Front Control Panel Connector Floppy Disk Drive Connector DOM Bus Select JWF1 Master JWF2 Slave IDE 1 IDE 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors PS2 Keyboard Connector JKB1 Mouse JMS1 Chassis Intrusion Header G bit Ethernet GLAN Ports 1 2 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector 12V 8 Pin CPU PWR Connector Overheat LED Header Video Connector Wake on Ring Header PCI X 100MHz Slot1 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slim Slot2 PCI Express x8 Slot1 Slot2 Intel ICH5R Serial ATAO 1 Ports Marvell Serial ATA 4 port Connections Marvell Serial ATA LED Activity Indicator System Management Bus Unit Identification Button Back Panel USBO USB1 Headers Front Panel Universal Serial Bus USB2 USB3 Ports Note1 For OEM Use only SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel 604 pin Xeon EMT64 Nocona processors at 800 MHz
36. 4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No P Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specifies to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to se
37. A1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCLExs 1 JIDEI ATX PWR 8 Pinl Se ODE DL eat wo UPS SATA M SATA amp 8 LIEDDI Tg ee llr a EIS JWFl JWF2 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Unit Identification A Unit Identification Indicator UID is located above SCSI Channel B Connector Use this indicator for easy identification of the system when needed While servicing the system if you find you need to work on the other side of the unit push the UID button located on the far left of the control panel on the front and to the right of the VGA port on the rear of the chassis to illuminate an LED on the other side of the chassis When you walk around to the other side of the rack the unit will then be easy to spot The LED will remain on until the UID button is pushed again FP Control USB0 DIMM IB Bank 1 TEI Tun DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 JLANI DIMM 2B Bank 2 ZP DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 7g 1U IPMI Slot SMBus B 101 SUPER
38. Fail LED UID_LED Jele Front UID Par gt Power Button Ground 2 1 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition ATX Power Connector 13 33 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V The main power ly connector 15 COM 3 COM e main power supply connecto e PS ON per JPW1 on the X6DHP TG meets 17 COM 5 COM Mina 18 COM 6 45V the SSI Superset ATX specifica e COM M COM tion You can only use a 24 pin 20 Res NC 8 PWR OK bl th th 21 45V 9 5VSB power supply cable on the moth 22 45V 10 RG erboard Make sure that the orien 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V tation of the connector is correct Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 Pin 12v Power Supply 8 pin Processor connector at Connector JPW2 JPW2 must also be connected to Pins Definition your power supply for CPU power 1 thru 4 Ground consumption to avoid causing in Sthru8 12v stability to the system
39. ID But ton UID LED 20 19 PWR Byfton Gon o o NMI x4lol o x V 5 PWR LED lt Vos Ve DIMM TE Bank T EP Control m DIMM TA Bank T no Jo LAND q HDDXED 4 Veo o Lon Sc NIC1 LED 4 a ver DIMM 3A Bak 1 CRU 78 Y mss SMBus GE ze 3 NIC2 LED AN o o Ve 5 amp Em SupERe X6DHP TG rad 3 van D I CHR ze DH Fan Fail LED lt O vec Kai CTRL 2 ie E7520 N ridge A IMS Zon Lindenhurst CPU2 PWR Fail LED lt gt PWR Fail LED T North Seng y T ai Bridge UID LED lt J Front UID S H GAN PHX CTLR XME2 E p M Uz Fans round O O Power Button UTD 3 1 2 PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR CI Ex8 2 I SATA1 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 XB ATX PWR 8 Pir g e er JPWI SATA M SATA H JFDDI Jg SAA s Ges Ctrllr jesus SIS JWF1 JWF2 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo Pin Definitions JL1 cated at JL1 Attach the appropri Pin m Number Definition ate cable to inform you of a chas 1 ntrusion Input 2 Ground sis intrusion Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions
40. IR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data FI 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select DEEN 33 GND 34 Diskette USBO I IMM IB Bank 1 UL Ss DIMM 1A Bank 1 910 JLANI DINM 2B Bank 2 PIS DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM3B Bank 3 Fans me DIMM XA Bank 3 cPU1 7 8 1U IPMI Slot SMBus Flug se B 5 EN buppe X6DHP TG _ S K ICHSR 5 6 e VGA E IERT CTRL South E7520 O Bridge Msi JWORI amp wurst CPU2 3151 North Soe Bridge GAN PHX Z E CTER XMF2 5 XJ4F1 Fans L a 1 2 UID m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATAI E PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Exs 1 LIDEN TX PWRORCPUS JPWI _ JPw2 BST SATA M SATA B FDDI SATA0 WE om Eg SEIS Wwme D SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions
41. 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 SUPERO X6DHP TG User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the System 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of Registered ECC DDR 266 333 PC 2100 PC2700 SDRAM Please refer to Page 2 5 for the instruction on DDR 266 333 DIMM population and installation 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for detail
42. MM 3B Bank 3 Fan M 3A Bank 3 CPU1 18 1U IPMI Slot SMBus Eu SPKR O 5 E SUPER X6DHP TG a zi E E VGA VS 5 6 IER CTRL South E7520 O Bridge UMS JWORI amp Lindenhurst CPU2 D r North Weg Bridge d E aa rux 2 E ep XI4F2 E XJ4F1 Fans a DA UID m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR PCI Ex8 2 LSATAIZ PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 ET ATX PWR I8 Pin 3 g SATA DC JPWI JPw2 TT SATA M SATA 6 S LIFDDI T Cil Z ler SIS JWFI JWF2 2 17 Fans 7 8 Fans 5 6 Fans 3 4 Fans 1 2 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Wake On Ring Wake on Ring ke On Ring h ri 8 Pin Definitions The Wake O g isade s des JWOR1 ignated JWOR1 This function al in lows your computer to receive Number Definition 1 Ground and wake up by an incoming call 2 Wake up to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature WQR USBU T DIMM IB Bank 1 e Contro Fans DIMM TA Bank I 9 10 JLAN DIMM 2B Bank 2 C
43. P TG User s Manual these files into a bootable floppy and reboot your system Then follow Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X6DHP TG The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip
44. PU is used Pin 1 3 Press the lever down until you hear a click to make sure that the CPU is securely installed in the CPU socket Socket lever in the locking Position 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation CEK Heatsink Installation The CEK Heatsink is heavy please handle with care Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal compound to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied Screw 1 Screw 2 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 2 2 3 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual To Un install the Heatsink Caution We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to un install the heatsink please fol low the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the se quence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the hea
45. R DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3 3 CPU 1 A Baks 18 SMBus Flue Ke Kl 5 Gm SUPERG X6DHP TG Ei VGA d Gs 5 6 IKB CT Sout Bridge E7520 ms Wo Lindenhurst CPU2 JBTI North Ju Bridge S E Joan pux Z E CIIR XJ4F2 XMFI Fans a 12 UID m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATA1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 a ATX PWR 8 Pinl NETUM z r SATA CH JPWI PW2 ojo UPSI gg mea 124 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation SMB Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin A System Management Bus Number Definition header is located at J22 Connect Ground black 2 12V red the appropriate cable here to uti 3 Tachometer lize SMB on your system Caution These fan headers are DC power Power SMB I C SMB PWR Connector Pin Definitions J24 Pin Definition I C Connector J24 located be T Clock 2 Data tween the PWR ForceOn Header 3 PW Fail Signal and the PWR Fault header moni NA tors the status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature FP Control USB0 1 DIMM 1B Bank
46. SUPERO SUPERO X6DHP TG 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 responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California
47. U data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 9 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped Select enabled to enhance graphic performance when you use a Linux graphics driver that requires write combining with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled P PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCIX 1 GLAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCIXZ2 MASS This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz gt PCI X 100MHz Slot 1 PCI X 133MHz Slot 2 w ZCR PCI Express x8 Slot 1 PCI Express x8 Slot 2 Access the submenu for each of
48. UPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales 9supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rmaQsupermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER X6DHP TG Image SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DHP TG Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale
49. ally and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the ics Note Notch ced i should align alignment Se notch at the receptive point bottom on the slot Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab Il Il Release Tab Notch To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions s e COD Ea ORO a L1E1 Ves e O USBO USB1 LAN1 LAN2 Keyboard Mouse VGA Graphics UID Ports Port Port Purple Green Port Blue 2 7 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins 20 19 Ground NMI PWR LED Jofo Vcc HDD LED ele Vcc NIC1 LED ele Vcc NIC2 LED REM Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Jefe Vcc PWR Fail LED PWR
50. and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the system parameters such type of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot see below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access
51. ave Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 19 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Notes 4 20 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize UO component DER Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load a
52. ch disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown on the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Adaptec Embe Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select opt 3 Select Initialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown on the following screen B 12 Appendix B Software Installation Select drives for initialization Selected Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 ERR 01 WDC WD360GD OOGELX1 29 AER 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected as shown on the following screen Select drives for initialization p elected Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 46B 00 WDC WD3606D OOELX1 34 46B 01 WDC WD3606D OOELX1 34 46B SUPER X6DHP TG Manual 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown on the screen below Warning Initialization will erase all Array information from the selected drives Any Array using any of these drives as members will be affected Do you want to continue Yes No _ 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to
53. continue Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant arrays RAID 1 only If an array build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a rebuild to optimized its function ality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays From the list of arrays select the array you want to rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to rebuild B 14 Appendix B Software Installation Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt SATA Port 0 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 SATA Port 1 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 32 06632 SATA Port 2 No device SATA Port 3 No device SATA Port 4 No device SATA Port 5 No device SATA Port 6 No device SATA Port No device Only drives present at POST are displayed You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing ze
54. cted Drives 00 WDC WD360GD OOELX1 34 4GB 00 WDC WD3606D O0ELX1 34 4GB Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown on the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID 1 are dis played on the screen Using RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter The label cannot be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting B 7 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual array Properties firray Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Label Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size Create RAID via Done 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the differ ent methods of creating RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID
55. e operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the Enter key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown below indicates this array is boc table Del sr Display FETAL BED oper ties and KCtri R gt Rebuild Array AE Ctr Moves Cursor B 4 Appendix B Software Installation Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previ ous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will
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57. emory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Wri
58. erboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 7520 Lindenhurst chipset the X6DHP TG motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or data base applications The Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset consists of the following components the Lindenhurst Memory Controller Hub MCH the ICH5R UO Controller Hub and the Intel PCI X Hub PXH The E7520 MCH supports single or dual Xeon EMT64 Nocona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of 800 MHz Its memory controller provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR II 400 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths The E7520 also supports the new PCI high speed serial UO interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH interfaces with the ICH5R UO Controller Hub ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Interface The PXH provides connection between a PCI interface and two independent PCI bus interfaces that can be configured for standard PCI X 1 0 protocol ICH5R System Features In addition to providing the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system the ICH5R UO Controller Hub integrates many 1 O functions The ICH5R UO Controller Hub integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Mas ter IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host w RAIDO RAID1 support SMBus 2 0 C
59. ettings JWD1 System Pins 1 2 will have WD re P ET i Jumper set the system if a program Position Definition I r Pins 1 2 WD to Reset freezes Pins 2 3 will generate a Pins 2 3 WD to NMI non maskable interrupt for the pro Open Disabled gram that has frozen requires soft ware implementation Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS VGA Enable WD Enable e CN EP Contro json DIMM IB Bg Z eem Eu Dan 9 10 JLANI S Bank 2 M 2A Bank 2 iyi DIMM 3B Bank 3 Pus DIMM 1 Call 3A Bank 3 CPU 718 SMBus E SPE d E SUPER X6DHP TG Fans 5 6 E7520 Lindenhurst CPU2 North Fans Bridge 3 4 XMF2 XI4F1 Fans a n am PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 Latz PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 JIDEI L JIDE2 UL i PSi SATA M SATA z JFDDI SATAC E Cul SEI Jee SIS JWI JWE2 JP17 JP18 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation BIOS Debug J27 BIOS Debug Close pins 2 and 3 of J27 to allow Pin Definitions J27 the system to search for the res Pin cue disk from the floppy drive to Number Definition refresh the BIOS when the BIOS 1 2 Normal crashes Refer to the Table on
60. f these items Figure B 1 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen S SUPERMICRO X6DHP 8G server board Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Intel Lindenhurst chipset INF files Kg E bo bo po po jo SUPERMICR Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel 7520 Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager Browser E dition X6DHP Series SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Ka Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide included in the CD for installing the Adaptec SATA RAID Controller Driver You can also download a copy of the guide from our web site B 18 Appendix B Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is a web based management tool that offers both remote and local management tools The
61. front side system bus speed Memory Six 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB FOR DDR 266 or 12 GB FOR DDR 333 Registered ECC DDR 266 333 PC 2100 PC 2700 SDRAM Chipset ntel 7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots One PCI X 100MHz ZCR slot Slot 2 One PCI X 100MHz slot Slot 1 Two PCI Express x8 slots BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3 3V Standby Fan status monitor with BIOS control CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat Fan Fail LED and control Chassis intrusion detection ACPI Features Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard UO One 1U IPMI slot Intel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet controller support two GLAN ports 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 2 Headers Super I O 2 SATA ports support 2 drives RAID 0 1 JBOD ATI 8 MB Rage XL Graphic Card 2 COM Headers Other e Internal external mode
62. g Enable to allow the operating system to debug a system crash after a reset The options are Disabled and Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Processor Power Management This feature allows you to decide how processor power is managed If set to Disabled processor power is not managed based on the power demand on the CPU and demand based power switching is not allowed If set to GV3 processor power will be controlled by the Bus Ratio and CPU voltage Demand based switching is allowed The options are Disabled and GV3 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS KkuO Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock input This setting allows you to set the clock frequency for the Keyboard Clock The options are 8MHz 12 MHz and 16MHz Onboard COM1 This setting allows you to assign control of Onboard COM1 The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for COM1 The options are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard COM2 This setting allows you to assign control of Onboard COM2 The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for COM2 The options are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ
63. gg Back Panel View 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Speed LED LED Color Definition Off 10 Mbps or NC Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps NC No Connection 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator Activity LED LED Definition Color Amber Blinking 10 100Mbps 1Gbps M SATA_ACT_Indicator Pin Definitions dictor located between SATA Pin 4 Definition Pin Definition Controller and Marvell SATA 4 port 1 SATAO0 Aci 6 NC 2 SATAi Acl 7 NC connector displays the status of F SATA2 Act 8 NG Marvell s SATA Activities See the 4 SATA3_Act 9 NC m 5 LED COM 10 NC table on the right for pin defini tions GLAN 1 GLAN 2 M SATA LED Activity DIMM IB Bank 1 Uc TES DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 7 8 mt ZE SUPER X6DHP TG E ES 7 Fans amp VGA US IER 5 6 IER CTRL Red E7520 O Bridge vs JWORI amp Lindenhurst CPU2 F 337i North ru Bridge 3 E GLAN PHX Z EI CTLR XMF2 XJ4F1 Fans e a 12 UID m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZGR IPCI Ex8 2 I SAT
64. hassis 2 5 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 on Page 2 7 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DHP TG supports up to 12 GB DDR 333 PC 2700 or up to 24 GB DDR 266 PC 2100 Registered ECC memory All motherboards were de signed to support 216 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB modules in each slot but has only been verified for up to 2 GB modules In order to support up to 6 DIMMs single Rank memory must used otherwise it can only support up to 4 DIMMs Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module MC vertic
65. in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled The default setting is Disabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto Chapter 4 BIOS FIDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Main Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you ancon i parameters of hard dis Sur drive installed at this Heads c il connection Heads Auto autotypes Sectors hard disk drive E installed here Sectors 1 39 you select Maximum Capacity pre determined type of Maxinun Capacity see pee oa LBA Format CD ROM a CD ROM drive Total Sectors Pat e up
66. initions The Default petat Pao setting is Closed DDR333 XJ4F1 wate FP Control USBO T DIMM IB Bank 1 TFI Fans DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 JLANI IMM 2B Bank 2 SO D JLAN2 CPUS Fans 1U IPMI Slot T8 Menus O A n EDI Z So ICH5R Bg 2 ZS NOE n E 5 6 KB CTRL South 1 O Bridge MS JWORI CPU2 ori Fans 3 4 3 E GLAN PHX Z E CTER 2 a Fans UID P 12 ea PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATA 2 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI EX8 1 7 ATX PWR 8 Pinl M SATA EIE JFDDT LSATAO VE E PS SATA SATa B SIS m 24 Ctllr ACTED TM Wee 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port lo cated between SMBus and USBO 1connectors has two LEDs on the back of the connectors The yel low LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green or ange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associ ated with the second LED Marvell SATA Activity LED Indicator Marvell Serial ATA Activity LED In
67. ion describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the k icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the Then press the Enter key to save the data appropriate fields System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter Press the Enter key to save the data the correct data BIOS Date lain Advanced Security Boot Exit 11 42 57 Item Specific Help System Date 03 17 2004 lt Tab gt XShift Tab5 or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB Ami Parallel ATA Both Serial ATA Enabled SATA RAID Enable Disabled Native Mode Operation Auto gt IDE Channel 8 Master gt IDE Channel Slave gt IDE Channel 1 Master gt IDE Channel 1 Slave gt IDE Channel 2 Master gt IDE Channel 3 Master System Memory XXXX KB Extended Memory XXXX KB Fi tL UE F9 Esc e Enter F10 This feature allows BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5
68. itialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure A 3 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual POSTCode Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bih Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h
69. itmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously AS SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Notes Appendix B Software Installation Appendix B Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard For Adaptec s SCSI Host RAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard Adaptec Embedded SATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface lt uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices SATA is a serial link which supports transfer rates from 150 MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the tradi tional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better air flow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition
70. lect the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 75 C 80 C 85 C and 90 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see the data for the following items Temperature These items display the Temperature status of the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature LM93 Temperature LM30 Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes Disable 3 pin Server This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of onboard fans Select Disable to disable of the function of fan speed control and the system will run at the full speed 12V Select 3 pin Server to optimize the fan speed control via BIOS Thermal management Fan 1 FAN 10 If the feature of Auto Fan Con
71. lternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size A 1 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual POSTCode Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 8 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2bEh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 4th Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h
72. m ring on Console redirection SMBus for SMC Power Supply CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 9 6 x 16 2 243 8 x 411 5 mm SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual SATA Slim Type 1 PCI X ZCR SLOT JPCIX2 Left Gbit LAN 82546GB ANVIK LPC amp IPMI I F PCI I F SS 3orS zedng ozotwazedns 1_ Right AIC 8110 N Right nett 1 PCI X SLOT ja Pe1 x 200 Maz JPCIX1 PCI X 100 MHZ VRM NOCONA PROCESSOR 1 zigis S E 8 NOCONA PROCESSOR 2 L gt chock g a g soomz EEE S B E e 4GB S Big 3E 8 PCI EXP B X8 PCI EXP ft SLOTx8 Name JPCIE2 3 DDR 266 333 DDR A 266 333 P DIMMs PCI EXP PCI EXP C xg SLOTx8 MCH JPCIEl SES DDR B 266 333 3 DDR 266 333 ES PCI EXP A X8 DIMME B 4GB S HUB 266MB S IDE UDMA 100 PRI SEC o PCI BUS 32 BIT ICHSR VGA SATA SATA 0 1 USB PORT USB LPC BUS 0 1 2 3 LPC 1 0 FWH KB FDD SER 1 H W MS SER 2 MONITOR Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of the moth
73. nd press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CDROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CDROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press lt Enter gt to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to A CMOS Discard Changes Save Changes Fi tL KE F9 Esc e Enter F18 Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility S
74. o make this array as not bootable Yes No The bootable array will then be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete a bootable array B 10 Appendix B Software Installation Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert then press Enter 5 Select Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu SUPER X6DHP TG Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine whi
75. ocessors on one system bus The SUPER X6DHP TG motherboard is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST codes Appendix B provides software and the OS installation instructions SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manuali 2 2 1x 5 0 Biete ate ERRARE iii Man al lee DE LI iii Chapter 1 Introduction et feed 1 1 eire M
76. of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto and Disabled 4 11 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable all functions for the Onboard USB devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Hyper threading This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of Hyper Threading Enabling Hyper Threading results in increased CPU performance Applicable for the XP systems Machine Checkin
77. ontroller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 2 Interface and Sys tem Management Controller 1 9 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section within Boot Features to change this setting The default setting is Always Off 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DHP TG All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 3V standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously When you use Supero Doctor Il or Supero Doctor lll a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen if a voltage becomes unstable Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor via SDIII Fan Status Monitor with Speed Control by BIOS 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
78. ort JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW ON connec tor to clear CMOS Clear CMOS USBU T DIMM YB Bank 1 Uc Sg DIMM 1A Bank 1 9 10 Lal C DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 IMM 3B Bank 3 Fans IMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 78 SMBus 8 sekr J 82 B O SUPER X6DHP TG a VGA 5 6 UKBI CTRL E7520 vs Lindenhurst CPU2 North ru Bridge i S m aa Z EI CTLR XMF2 XJ4F1 Fans e 12 UID P PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATA1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI EX8 1 TET ATX PWR 8 Pinl 513 era Ll JPWI IPW2 UPS p saa ine glg DDI Jm 124 8 JWFI Cul ARA E JWF2 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual VGA Enable Disable T Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 enables or disables the VGA JPG1 Connector on the motherboard Jumper Position Definition See the table on the right for Pins 1 2 Enabled jumper settings The default set Fins Disabled ting is enabled Watch Dog Enable JWD1 controls Watch Dog a sys tem monitor that takes action when a software application freezes the Watch Dog j Jumper S
79. per I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super UO provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and UO space resources of the Super UO can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides e
80. ros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects B 15 SUPER X6DHP TG Manual To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your ship ping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Guide from our web site at www supermicro com B 16 Appendix B Software Installation B 2 Installing Marvell s Hercules Il SATA Driver by Adaptec and Windows OS 1 Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot The Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker screen will appear 2 Choose Marvell Hercules Il SATA Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec from the items listed and press Enter 3 From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enter 4 Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted 5 Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot
81. roubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system f you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On Make sure that there is not any short circuit between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Properly install the CPU and make sure that the CPU is fully seated in the Socket Connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the moth erboard Check all jumper settings as well Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by a A WwW MN the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure that there is not any short circuit between the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC f it does not replace it with a new one No Video
82. s port accepts RJ45 type cables ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ports and Mouse Forts Pin Definitions JKB1 JMS1 The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Pin Number Definition mouse are located next to the 1 Data 2 NC VGA connector See the table at 3 Ground right for pin definitions See Fig 4 Se 5 loci ure 2 3 for the locations of each 6 NC GLAN1 GLAN2 Keyboard Mouse DIM IB Bank 1 EP Control Tans MM IA Bank 1 9 10 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU 1 7 8 E SP amp E E B acm SUPER X6DHP TG E ES ICHSR rans E vca HS a 5 6 CTRL A South al E7520 O Bridge JWORI Lindenhurst CPU2 GBT 1 North Ge Bridge E GaN peux Z E CTER XJ4F2 x XMFI on Fans a 1 2 UID m PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR IPCI Ex8 2 I SATA1 5 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI EX8 1 IDEL ATX PWR amp Pin sees JPW1_ JPW2 M SATA amp 2 CDD Tg Saa E PSI H US JWFl JWF2 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers The X6DHP TG has ten fan head ers Fani to Fani0 These fan headers use DC Power Note
83. s are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Memory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features Advanced Chipset Control Advanced Processor Options 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Hardware Monitor KEE in dU ty d a Fi tL F9 Esc e Enter F18 P Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on
84. s on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC f it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before con tacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following infor mation when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of
85. t sink 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Re apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink 2 4 NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW MM a NO 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 1 Processor Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Empty socket Lever A Warning Make sure to lift the lever completely when installing the CPU Triangle If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may result Processor installed po b CODE FH DE UN ph Triangle prag ene 8 ba CODE presi 7 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure 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 compo nents are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the c
86. te Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CP
87. the 29 i BIOS Recovery right for pin definitions SATA Enable SATA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPS1 Close pins 1 and 2 of JPS1 to en Jumper able SATA controller Refer to the Position Definition Table on the right for pin defini Pins 1 2 Enabled I Pins 2 3 Disabled tions SATA Enable BIOS Debug USB0 1 d DIMM 1B Bank 1 E ST ank 1 JF1 Fans DIMM IA Bank 1 9 10 ILANI DIMM 2B Bank 2 S10 DIMM 2A Bank 2 JLAN2 DIMM 3B Bank 3 Fans DIMM 1 iuis NES SS 78 SMBus D SP H Rg e a amp SUPER X6DHP TG a VGA 5 6 KB CTRL D E7520 S JWORI Lindenhurst CPU2 DEN North Sg Bridge EI GLAN PHX Z E CIIR D Fans h a 12 aea PCI X100 MHz 2 ZCR PCI Ex8 2 I SATA1 PCI X100 MHz 1 PCI Ex8 1 JIDE1 E TIDE2 UL i SATA M SATA 8 z JFDDI Jyp SATA SATA 518 TWFl JWF2 mE Ctrllr ACT LED s J 2 23 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual PLLSEL Select PLLSEL Select Jumper Settings XJ4F1 XJ4F2 XJ4F1 XJ4F2 allows the user to DDR up xu4re select PLLSEL memory speed 333 MHz Closed Closed See the table on the right for 266MHzOpen Open jumper def
88. the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again Different OS requires different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novellle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode This feature allows you to enable the PCI Express Compliance Mode The options are Disabled or Enabled Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option in order to enable the special feature of DIMM sparing or memory mirroring The options are Mirroring Sparing and Standard Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled BIOS will monitor the level
89. tro ii Note SD Ill Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor lll You can also download the SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PROD UCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we recommend using Supero Doctor Il B 20
90. trol is enabled BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Voltage These items display the Voltage status of the following items P12V_CPU1 _Scaled P12V CPU2 Scaled P12V Scaled CPU vio MCH PXH Vcore ICH Vcore CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore P3V3 P5V P1V8 Vdimm HECETA MEM VTT P1VO NIC N12V Scaled P3V3 STBY 4 15 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enters All Security BIOS settinas are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk hoot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled Fi tL ane F9 Esc e Enter hes Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key
91. x cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery Do not install the onboard upside down battery 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 2 1 SUPER X6DHP TG User s Manual 2 2 Xeon EM64T Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the AN motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when you turn on the power Install CPU1 first 2 Insert the CPU in the socket and make sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket pin 1 is the corner marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 2 is automatically disabled if only one C

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