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SuperWorkstation 7036A-T USER`S MANUAL

1. ESupsROS I 1 5 5 25 Drive Bays ESegsgO Floppy Drive Bay optional Main Power L 0 Jo 07 System Reset E Front Side USB I jr eee j 7 System LEDs M ce SO iH d SATA Active LED E ie 7H SATA Drive Configuration ET Bm Drive IDs are marked on the Pront Bezel LI front bezel From bottom to top they are Drive 0 Drive 1 J id Drive 2 and Drive 3 T T 3 7 Lo SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T Manual 6 3 System Fans A 9 cm chassis cooling fan housed in a fan duct is located just below the peripheral drive bays to provide cool air intake for the system A 12 cm exhaust fan in the power supply pulls the cool air through the system and expels the hot air Fan Failure Under normal operation the chassis fan and the power supply fan both run continu ously If the chassis fan fails the system must be powered down before replacing it
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3. af 2 Q NO 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW Removing the Heatsink To remove the heatsink follow the above procedure in the reverse order Note see Chapter 6 for details on installing the air shroud 5 7 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 5 6 Installing Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Support The X8DAL i supports up to 24 GB of DDR3 1333 1066 800 of ECC or unbuffered non ECC SDRAM in 6 DIMM slots For best memory performance install memory modules of the same type and speed in the memory slots as indicated in the tables below DIMM Installation Installing Memory Modules 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots beginning with P1DIMM 1A see Memory Configuration Table below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to avoid installing incorrectly see Figure 5 3 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules Figure 5 3 DIMM Installation Notch Notch To Install Insert module vertically and press x 1 D EBEN E a y down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at Y Front View the bottom To Remove f Note Notch should align ne ds idee with the recep
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5. 2 3 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual See the installation and removal sections for the peripheral drives in Chapter 6 2 Check the SATA disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have up to four SATA drives already installed If you need to install or remove an SATA drive please refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 6 3 Check the airflow Cooling air is provided by a 9 cm internal cooling fan and a 12 cm fan The system component layout was carefully designed to promote sufficient airflow throughout the chassis Also note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fan Please keep this in mind when rerouting or adding removing cables 4 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from the power supply unit into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is recommended that you use an uninterruptible power supply UPS 2 4 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the control panel and one on each SATA drive carrier to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific components There are also two buttons on the chas
6. Enter Select F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults System Memory Populated Size 2048MB Available Size 2040MB vXX XX C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or Sys tem Date using the arrow keys Key in new values through the keyboard and press Enter Press the Tab key to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in the 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears as 17 30 00 Super Micro X8DAL BIOS Version This item displays the BIOS revision used in your system 7 2 Chapter 7 BIOS Build Date This item displays the date when this BIOS was completed Processor The AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of the processor used in your system CPU Type This item displays the type of CPU used in the motherboard Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU detected the BIOS Physical Count This item displays the number of processors installed in your system as detected by the BIOS Logical Count This item displays the number of CPU Cores installed in your system as detected by the BIOS System Memory This displays th
7. 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 cnini c 4 1 4 2 General Safety Precautions 4 2 4 3 ESD 4 3 vi Table of Contents 4 4 Operating pee 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 5 2 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 Handling the ServelDOSI 5 1 Precautions E 5 1 et 5 2 Serverboard erede oap euo inane peut isc Deui tae iesu ina p ute Ku ERES 5 2 S 20 RUE 5 3 Connecting Daia eo 5 3 Connecting Power Gables 5 3 CONMECHMG TIS Control Panelet aeaa 5 3 6f C 5 4 Installing a Processor and Heatsink 5 5 Installing LGA1366 Processor 5 5 Installing a CPU Heatsink ito iei biet orae 5 7 Installing MEMO e 5 8 Memory MERE tars Tree 5 8 BE arii M
8. 7 21 7 6 58 Locos Itera ee E 7 23 7 7 BIOS Recovery 7 24 How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image the Main BIOS Block 7 24 Boot Sector Recovery from a USB 7 24 Boot Sector Recovery from an IDE CD ROM 7 25 Boot Sector Recovery from a Serial Port Serial Flash 7 25 Requirements see 7 25 How to use Serial Flash for Boot Sector Recovery 7 25 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B Installing Windows Appendix C System Specifications SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The SuperWorkstation 7036A T is a high end workstation comprised of two main subsystems the SC733TQ 665B mid tower chassis and the X8DAL i serverboard Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperWorkstation 7036A T www supermicro com In addition to the serverboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the SuperWorkstation 7036A T as listed below One 9 cm cooling fan FAN 0076L4 One 12 cm cooling fan FAN 0077L4 Two passive CPU heatsink
9. 5 8 Populating DIMMS srsti 5 9 Installing PCI Expansion eee err 5 10 SMMC aC RC 5 11 X8 DAL i Quick Referente Ment 5 12 Connector Definitions OO 5 13 Main ATX Power Supply 5 13 Secondary Power ape diverse 5 13 efe 2 5 13 me eae ee ee eae ere 5 13 Powel Bip 5 13 Overheat Fan Fail 5 14 NIGZ 2 IS beeen 5 14 NIGI E pez 5 14 ERE T 5 14 x t cre r 5 14 NMI ESCO em Em eed 5 15 Fan Headset ORDRE re at eiae 5 15 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 5 15 Chassis APMIS TL eee Se 5 15 Serial o MN 5 16 Power Il c Pm 5 16 Universal Serial Bus USB uii mp Sudan 5 16 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual LA 2 Ethernet 5 16 Cw ea ca A ere ter 5 17 Oe SEM Mat 5 17 Overheat LED
10. eo rui emi bas dp i wee b EAE 6 2 Fans ge ete ee eee me ET Ene FER CPT 6 4 NN errs cept 6 4 Replacing System FANS 6 4 Identifying and accessing 6 4 Removing the fan duct 6 4 installing New faM 6 5 6 4 Drive Bay 2 itr e Retreat eae enfe Einheit 6 6 gb c Q 6 6 Removing SATA OIIVBS neis Er pue ocu pn tcn a nec a E M E eR Mi 6 6 Mounting a SATA drive in a drive 6 6 viii Table of Contents Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive 6 8 0 57 POWER SUD DIY NRI E 6 9 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 6 7 1 Staing BIOS Setup c 7 1 How To Change the Configuration Data aereo tar near suene 7 1 Starting the Setup 7 2 7 2 Man mE 7 2 7 3 Advanced Setup 7 4 7 4 Security Settings 7 20 7 9 Boot Contigua
11. 1 45V PO Universal Serial Bus USB There are four Universal Serial Bus ports located on the rear I O panel and four additional USB headers located on the serverboard The headers can Universal Serial Bus Pin Definiti B be used to provide front side USB stele eel USB6 8 USB7 9 Pin 4 Definition Pin Definition Ground N A a amp WO nm access cables not included See the table on the right for pin definitions E Ground Ground N Key No connection LAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Ethernet ports designated LAN1 and LAN2 are located beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables 5 16 SGPIO Headers The SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output headers are used to communicate with the enclosure management chip on the backplane See the table on the right for pin definitions Power lC Connector The power System Management Bus connector JPI C monitors the status of the power supply fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating or fan failure This LED will blink to indicate a fan failure Refer to the tables on right for LED status and pin definitions CD Header There is a 4 pin CD header CD1 and a Front Access Audio header JC1 on the serverboard Thes
12. Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Jumpers JI C1 and 2 allow you to to PCI PCI E Slots connect the System Management Bus Jumper Settings to the PCI slots The default setting Jumper Setting Definition is Open Disabled Both jumpers must yc Closed JC2 Closed Enabled be set to the same setting See the table JEC1 Open JIeC2 Open Disabled on the right for jumper settings Audio Enable Audio Enable Jumper Settings Jumper JPAC1 allows you to enable the Audio connection See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 Enabled Disabled 5 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup USB Wake Up The system may be woken up from the standby state by pushing a key ona USB keyboard connected to an enabled USB port JPUSB1 is for the rear I O USB ports and JPUSB2 is for the front access USB headers See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled pins 1 2 5 11 Onboard Indicators LAN1 2 LEDs The Ethernet ports located beside the VGA port have two LEDs On each port the yellow LED flashes to indi cate activity while the other LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the functions associ ated with the connection speed LED Onboard Power LED LE1 An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 This LED Indicator is lit when the system is on Be sure to unp
13. Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web Site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_IlI You can also download the SDIII User s Guide at lt http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIll UserGuide pdf gt For Linux we will recommend using Supero Doctor Il 5 25 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes 5 26 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform simple maintenance on the SC733TQ 665BB chassis Following the component installation steps in the order given will eliminate most common problems If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the next step Tools Required The only tool you will need is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard
14. Speaker Internal Buzzer Serial General Purpose I O Headers for SATA Rear I O Universal Serial Bus USB Ports Front Access USB Connections Description Onboard Standby LED Indicator Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Secondary Power Connectors JPW2 JPW3 must also be con nected to the power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power On connection is on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 These should be connected to the chassis power but ton See the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 and attaches to the reset switch on the computer chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions 5 13 5 9 Connector Definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition Main ATX Power Supply 13 3 3V 1 3 3V Connector 14 12V 2 The primary power supply connector 15 3 COM JPW1 meets the SSI Superset ATX 16 5 ON 4 45V 24 pin specification Refer to the table 17 5 COM on the right for the pin definitions of 18 6 45V the ATX 24 pin power connector You 19 COM 7 must also connect the 8 JPW3 20 8 PWR OK JPWA processor power connectors to 21 45V 9 5VSB your
15. This maximizes power saving and transaction speed The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycle to Use this item to decide where to route Port 80h Cycle to The Options are LPC and PCI USB Functions This feature allows the user to decide the number of onboard USB ports to be en abled The Options are Disabled 2 USB ports 4 USB ports 6 USB ports 8 USB ports 10 USB ports and 12 USB ports 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate the onboard USB2 0 controller The options are En abled and Disabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to use Legacy USB devices If this item is set to Auto Legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on the motherboard and vise versa The settings are Disabled Enabled and Auto gt IDE SATA Configuration When this submenu is selected the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the IDE devices and displays the following items SATA 1 Configuration If Compatible is selected it sets SATA 1 to legacy compatibility mode while se lecting Enhanced sets SATA 1 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled Compatible and Enhanced Configure SATA 1 as This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA 1 The options are IDE RAID and AHCI When the option RAID is selected the item ICH RAID Code Base will appear ICH RAID Code Base This feature is available when the option RAID
16. sis control panel This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and any appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis a reset button and a power on off button RESET RESET The reset button reboots the system This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system When servicing the system you should also remove the AC power cord 3 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 3 3 Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of the SC733TQ 665BB chassis has four LEDs These LEDs provide you with critical information related to different parts of the system This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take uy Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply units This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating 0 2 HDD Channel activity for all HDDs This light indicates SATA drive activity when flash ing D NIC Indicates network activity on the Gigabit LAN when flashing Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously on and not flashing it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cabl
17. Fan Fail Cin esas peace rao ttu 5 17 P S 5 17 Front AUdIO 5 18 High Definition Audio HD Audio 2 Reit g ena 5 18 5 10 Jumper SettiNgS nr ueri Los pub e rada tu Dre RD tee eee 5 19 qain iiri mn eT ee A een ee ere 5 19 Se Loge mU Cm 5 19 Watch Dog Enable Disable eese 5 20 1 2 Enable Disable 5 20 Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots cscccscscscssseccceseseseseseseneseseneseesesees 5 20 Audio Enable M 5 20 USB Wake Up PINE EN 5 21 Onboard elici Ec 5 21 1 2 c 5 21 Onboard Power LED weer eee Serene eee 5 21 52 SATA RONS I iR LII NIE EU nM LED E MM 5 22 SATA POMS T 5 22 5 13 Installing Software neem eer em dados Pee en Ee Pree ee rey Ane ere 5 23 caos 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Sialue Sensilive DOVICBS eni cals Maroon eid 6 1 Precautions MEI DIE LC 6 1 Moris ig 6 1 6 2 Front Control Panels da
18. If the power supply fan fails the power supply itself must be replaced Replacing System Fans Identifying and accessing the fan 1 First check to see if it is the 9 cm fan at the front of the chassis that has failed If the 12 cm fan failed the power supply will need replaced see sec tion 6 5 2 Power down the system and remove the left chassis cover by first removing the two screws from the back lip of the cover 3 Push the release tab on the cover and push the cover toward the rear of the chassis until it stops after moving about 1 2 inch Then lift the cover out and away from the chassis See Figure 2 1 for accessing the inside of the chassis Removing the fan duct assembly 1 After removing the side chassis cover release the clips that secure the fan duct to the chassis You can then pull the fan duct out from its location in the chassis 2 Remove the four screws at the front of the fan duct that hold the fan in place Then release the two fasteners along the side of the fan duct 3 You can now separate it into two pieces and easily remove the fan see Fig ure 6 3 Add a new fan of the same type see step 3 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical one available from Supermicro After the new fan has been installed into the fan duct reassemble the fan duct and perform the removal procedure in reverse to install the entire fan duc
19. San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support 2supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 5 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes 1 6 Chapter 2 System Setup Chapter 2 System Setup 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperWorkstation 7036A T up and running Following the steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimal amount of time If your system is not al ready fully integrated with a motherboard processor system memory etc please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing specific components 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the SuperWorkstation 7036A T was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the workstation itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered
20. Speed QPI Frequency This selects the desired QPI frequency The options are Auto 4 800 GT 5 866GT 6 400 GT QPI LOs and L1 This enables the QPI power state to low power LOs and L1 are automatically selected by the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled Memory Frequency This feature forces a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has detected The available options are Auto Force DDR 800 Force DDR 1066 and Force DDR 1333 Memory Mode The options are Independent Channel Mirror and Lockstep Independent All DIMMs are available to the operating system Channel Mirror The motherboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy Lockstep The motherboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel Demand Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme where the Processor writes corrected data back into the memory block from where it was read by the Processor The op tions are Enabled and Disabled Patrol Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme that works in the background looking for and correcting resident errors The options are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 7 BIOS Throttling Closed Loop Throttling Open Loop Throttling improves reliability and reduces power in the processor by automatic voltage control during processor idle states Available options are Disabled and Enabled If Enabled the following items will appear Hysteresis Tem
21. Utility screens press the lt Delete gt key while the system is booting up Note In most cases the lt Delete gt key is used to invoke the AMI BIOS 4 setup screen There are a few cases when other keys are used such as F1 F2 etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMI BIOS Setup Utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of the AMI BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include F1 lt F10 gt Enter lt ESC gt ar row keys etc Note Options printed in Bold are default settings How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the AMI BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing Del at the appropriate time during system boot SUPERWORKSTATION
22. can lead to excessive back panel microphone noise and crosstalk See the table on the right for pin definitions High Definition Audio HD Audio This serverboard features a 7 1 2 Chan nel High Definition Audio HDA codec that provides 10 DAC channels The HD Audio connections simultaneously support multiple streaming 7 1 sound playback with 2 channels of independent stereo output through the front panel stereo out for front L amp R rear L amp R center and sub woofer speakers Use the Advanced soft ware included in the CD ROM with your serverboard to enable this function JOL eee HD Audio Ports Side Surround Grey Back Surround Black CEN LFE Orange Mic In Pink Front Green o oc A co I Line In Blue 5 18 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the 3 2 1 serverboard jumpers can be Used DO to choose between optional settings Pins Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the con nector Pin 1 is identified with a square get solder pad on the printed circuit board See the serverboard layout pages for jumper locations a Note two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS whic
23. it Decide on a suitable location for setting up and operating the SuperWorkstation 7036A T It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Once the SuperWorkstation 7036A T is placed in the appropriate location slide the locking tabs on each caster down to keep it stationary N Warnings and Precautions N e Ensure that the caster wheels on the workstation are locked e Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 e Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the workstation from power surges voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure Allow the power supply units and hot swap SATA drives to cool before touch ing them 2 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual To maintain proper cooling always keep all chassis panels closed and all SATA carriers installed when not being serviced 2 3 Setting Up the System You should first open the left side panel when facing the front of the chassis to make sure the motherboard is properly installed and all connections have been made Checking the Motherboard Setup 1 Accessing the inside of the system Figure 2 1 Begin by removing the two screws from the back lip of the side cover this is the left cover when looking at the chas
24. of 32 Bits Select Enabled to enable 32 Bit data transfer DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA 1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMA to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select 1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMAS to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 66 6 MBs Select UDMAA to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs Select 5 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 5 It has a data tra
25. on the chassis as well as the room s emergency power off switch disconnection switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from the system Do not work alone when working with high voltage components Power should always be disconnected from the system when removing or in stalling main system components such as the serverboard memory modules and floppy drive When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system first and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if neces sary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease static electrical discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators The power supply power cords must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets 4 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual This product may be connected to an IT power system In al
26. one 9 cm fan located at the front of the chassis and a 12 cm fan located in the power supply Both fans operate continuously 1 3 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Figure 1 1 Intel 5500 ICH10R Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details CPU 1 CPU 2 LGA1366 DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM Gen2 x4 Gen2x16nPorts PCI32bit 33MHz Port3 ESI CLINK SASPorts A NLSI 1068 T 0 3 25VF016 SAS Port AS CTRL 4 7 SPI DMI CLINK PCI Port 5 Intel x4 Intel 82574L ICH10R In Port 6 82574L PCI E x16 Slot6 PCI E x16 Slot5 PCI32 33 Slot1 PCI32 33 Slot2 PCI Ex8 Slot3 usg LPC e SATA 2 SATA 3 USB 4 5 8362 SATA 4 USB 6 SATA 5 SATA 6 PS2 KB M 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Technical Support Email Tel Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave
27. s Manual Intel VT d Select Enabled to enable Intel s Virtualization Technology support for Direct I O VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to through the ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled SR IOV Support Single Root I O Virtualization is an industry standard mechanism that allow devices to advertise their capability to be simultaneously shared among several virtual machines SR IOV is capable of partitioning PCI function into several virtual interfaces for sharing the resources of a Express device under a virtual envi ronment The options are Disabled and Enabled NUMA Support Select Enabled to enable Non Uniform Memory Access support to enhance soft ware execution performance for NUMA aware operating systems Select Disabled for better memory accessibility for non NUMA operating systems The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel The Intel I OAT I O Acceleration Technology significantly reduces CPU overhead by leveraging CPU architectural improvements freeing resources for more other tasks The options are Disabled and Enabled Active State Power Management Select Enabled to start Active State Power Management for signal transactions between LO and L1 Links on the PCI Express Bus
28. the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQA to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options for Serial Porti are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The options for Serial Port2 are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This allows the user to enable the Remote Access feature The options are Dis abled and Enabled If Remote Access is set to Enabled the following items will display Serial Port Number This feature allows the user decide which serial port to be used for Console Redi rection The options are COM 1 and COM 2 Base Address IRQ This item displays the based address and IRQ of the serial port specified above SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Serial Port Mode This feature allows the user to set the serial port mode for Console Redirection The options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 and 9600 8 n 1 Flow Control This feature allows the user to set the flow control for Console Redirection The options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Select Disabled to turn off Console Redirection after Power On Self Test POST Select Always to
29. the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles The options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 PCI IDE BusMaster When enabled the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled PCle IO Performance Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the pay load size to 128 MB while others with a payload size of 256 MB which inhibits the coalesce feature Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are 256 MB and 128MB Slot 2 PCIE X4 in X8 Slot Slot 3 PCIE X4 in X16 Slot Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI 33MHz Slot 6 PCIE X16 This feature allows you to Enable or Disable the Option ROM of a PCI slot specified The options are Enable and Disable Chapter 7 BIOS Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 or LAN2 Option ROM This is to boot computer using a network interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Load Onboard SAS Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard SAS Option ROM This is to boot computer using a network interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Boot Graphics Adapter Priority This feature allows the user to select the priority graphics adapter for system boot The options are Slot 6 and Other gt Super IO Device Configuration Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and
30. the display mode for Option ROM The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current Bootup Num Lock This feature selects the Power on state for Numlock key The options are Off and On PS 2 Mouse Support This feature enables support for the PS 2 mouse The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto Wait For F1 If Error This forces the system to wait until the F1 key is pressed if an error occurs The options are Disabled and Enabled 7 4 Chapter 7 BIOS Message Display This feature displays Press DEL to run Setup during POST The options are Enabled and Disabled Watch Dog Function If enabled the Watch Dog Timer will allow the system to reboot when it is inactive for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Button Function If set to Instant_Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 Second Override the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are Instant Off and 4 Second Override Restore on AC Power Loss Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before a power loss The options are Power On Power Off and Last State Interrupt 19 Capture Inte
31. 0 VAC Rated Input Current 10A 100V to 5A 240V Rated Input Frequency 50 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 665W PWS 665 PQ Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 24A 5V 30A 12V 54A 12V 0 5A 5Vsb 6A Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 509 to 95 F Non Operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 896 to 9096 non condensing Non Operating Relative Humidity 5 to 9596 non condensing Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety CSA EN IEC UL 60950 1 Compliant UL or CSA Listed USA and Canada CE Marking Europe California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate C 2 Appendix System Specifications Notes C 3 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual continued from front The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency com municatio
32. 5 SuperWorkstation 7036A T Soo IL JL 1 JL 1 Jt JL jm o w C i e Se F ES of 1 H oL ox i 4 m Y Fr 5 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 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 Not
33. 5W high efficiency power supply that features noise suppression technology for silent operation The power supply has the capability to automatically sense and operate with an input voltage of 100 or 240V AC Replacing the Power Supply T To replace the power supply begin by powering down the system Remove the left chassis cover to access the power supply for removal Unplug the power cord from the power supply Then remove the power supply connectors going to the motherboard and the SATA backplane Remove the screws that secure the unit to the mounting brackets in the chas sis and then pull the unit completely out Replace the failed power supply with another having the exact same part number PWS 665 PQ Gently but firmly push the new unit all the way into the open bay Secure it to the mounting brackets in the chassis with the screws provided Connect two power cables to the SATA backplane and two to the mother board power connectors Finish by replacing the chassis left cover and then restoring power to the system 6 9 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T Manual Notes 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Chapter 7 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the AMI BIOS Setup Utility for the X8DAL i The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily updated This chapter de scribes the basic navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility setup screens Starting BIOS Setup Utility To enter the AMI BIOS Setup
34. 7036A T User s Manual Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible Power On Self Test POST routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens An AMI BIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the screen below the copyright message Warning Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS related N issue Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the System In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update If you have to update the BIOS do not shut down or reset the system while the BIOS is updating This is to avoid possible boot failure 7 2 Main Setup When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILTY Advanced Security Boot Exit System Overview Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field 20 401 System Date Tue 4 20 2009 Use or to Super Micro X8DAL configure system time Version 11 0 Build Date 04 09 09 Processor Intel R Xeon R CPU E5520 2 27GHz Speed 2266MHz Physical Count 1 Logical Count 8 1
35. IDE CD ROM This process is almost identical to the process of Boot Sector Recovery from a USB device except that the BIOS image file is loaded from a CD ROM Use a CD R or CD RW drive to burn a CD with the BIOS image file in it and name the file SUPER for the recovery process to load the file Boot Sector Recovery from a Serial Port Serial Flash This process also known as Serial Flash allows the user to use a serial port to load a BIOS image for Boot Sector recovery This feature is usually used for embed ded systems that rely on a serial port for remote access and debugging Requirements In order to use Serial Flash for Boot Sector Recovery you will need to meet the following requirements The Target system the system that needs BIOS updates must have a serial port and Serial Flash support embedded in the BIOS image file The Host system should also have a serial port and a terminal program that supports XModem Transfer protocol Hyper Terminal for the Windows operating systems and minicom for Linux FreeSBD etc modem serial cable How to use Serial Flash for Boot Sector Recovery 1 Connect a Null modem serial cable between the target system and the host system that runs the terminal program 2 Make sure that the new BIOS Image file is accessible for the host system 3 Start the terminal program on the host system and create a new connection Use the following communication param
36. UTILTY Advanced Boot Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password Supervisor Password Installed User Password Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Full Access Clear User Password Password Check Setup Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit 1 General Help F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults vXX XX C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc User Password This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Not In stalled means that a user password has not been used 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS Change Supervisor Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then type new Supervisor Password User Access Level Available when Supervisor Password is set as above Available options are Full Access grants full User read and write access to the Setup Utility View Only allows access to the Setup Utility but the fields cannot be changed Limited allows only limited fields to be changed such as Date and Time No Access prevents User access to the Setup Utility Change User Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then type in a new User Password Clear User Password Available only when User Password has been set This item allows you to clear a user password after it has been entered Pas
37. ables Connecting Data Cables The cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been carefully routed to prevent them from blocking the flow of cooling air that moves through the system from front to back If you need to disconnect any of these cables you should take care to keep them routed as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations The following data cables with their locations noted should be connected See the layout on page 5 10 for connector locations SATA drive data cables I SATAO I SATA3 SGPIO cable T SGPIO 1 e Control Panel cable JF1 Important Make sure the the cables do not come into contact with the fans Connecting Power Cables The X8DAL i has a 24 pin primary power supply connector JPW1 for connection to the ATX power supply In addition there are two 8 pin 12V processor power connectors JPW2 and JPW3 that must be connected to your power supply See Section 5 9 for power connector pin definitions Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 1 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indicators All JF1 wires have been bundled into a single cable to simplify this connection Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 as marked on the board The other end connects to the Control Panel PCB board located just behind the system s
38. add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 6 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T Manual 6 2 Front Control Panel The front control panel must be connected to the JF1 connector on the motherboard to provide you with system status and alarm indications A ribbon cable has bundled these wires together to simplify this connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the motherboard making sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 to the appropriate comn nector on the front control panel PCB printed circuit board Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs inform you of system status see Figure 6 1 for details Figure 6 2 shows the SC733TQ 665BB features included on the front of the chassis See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6 1 Front Control Panel LEDs Power Indicates power is being supplied to system Indicates SATA hard disk CD ROM drive activity Indicates network activity the GLAN port Overheat Indicates an overheat condition or fan failure 6 2 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Figure 6 2 Chassis Front View
39. ases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufac turer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short beeps 1 long Memory error No memory detected in the beep system 8 beeps Display memory Video adapter missing or with read write error faulty memory 1 continuous beep w System Overheat 1 continuous beep with the Front Panel OH LED on front panel OH LED on A 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes Appendix Installing Windows Appendix B Installing Windows After all hardware components have been installed you must first configure Intel South Bridge RAID Settings before you install the Windows OS and other software drivers To configure RAID settings please refer to RAID Configuration User Guides posted on our website at www supermicro com support manuals B 1 Installing the Windows OS a RAID System Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2003 2008 Vista Setup CD in the CD drive and the syste
40. ating state and below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider checking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Tem perature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The system may shut down if it continues for a long period to prevent damage to the CPU User intervention If the system buzzer and Overheat LED has activated take action immediately by checking the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems 7 17 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes The CPU thermal technology that reports absolute temperatures Celsius Fahr enheit has been upgraded to a more advanced feature by Intel in its newer processors The basic concept is each CPU is embedded by unique temperature _information that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or 4 Temperature Tolerance has been assigned at the factory and is the baseline on which the motherboard takes action during different CPU temperature conditions i e by increasing CPU Fan speed triggering the Overheat Alarm etc Since CPUs can have different Temperature Tole
41. d all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation After the Windows OS Installation has completed the system will automati cally reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD ROM drive during system boot and the main screen will display B 2 Appendix System Specifications Appendix C System Specifications Processors Two Intel 5500 Series LGA 1366 processors Note Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors Chipset Intel 5500 ICH10R BIOS 16 MB AMI SPI Flash ROM Memory Capacity Six DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of ECC or unbuffered non ECC DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM Note See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SATA Controller Intel on chip controller for 3 Gb s Serial ATA RAID 0 1 5 and 10 support Drive Bays Four 4 hot swap drive bays to house four 4 standard SATA drives Expansion Slots Supports the use of seven standard size PCI add on cards Serverboard X8DAL i proprietary ATX form factor Dimensions 12 x 10 805 x 245 mm Chassis SC733TQ 665B Mid tower Dimensions WxHxD 7 x 16 8 x 20 9 in 178 x 427 x 531 mm C 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Weight Gross Bare Bone 43 Ibs 19 5 kg System Cooling Six 6 paired sets of 4 cm counter rotating cooling fans fan speed controlled by BIOS setting System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 24
42. d to flash a new BIOS image if the original BIOS Image is corrupted When the system is powered on the boot sector code executes first Once it is completed the main BIOS code will continue with system initialization and complete the bootup process Notes BIOS Recovery described below is used when the main BIOS block crashes However when the BIOS Boot sector crashes you will need to send the motherboard back to Supermicro for RMA repairs Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB device without additional utilities needed A user can download the BIOS image into a USB flash device and name the file SUPER ROM for the recovery process to load the file A USB flash device such as a USB Flash Drive a USB CDROM or a USB CDRW device can be used for this purpose 1 Insert the USB device that contains the new BIOS image the ROM files saved in a root directory into your USB drive 2 While turning the power on press and hold Ctrl and Home at the same time until the USB Access LED Indicator comes on This might take a few seconds 3 Once the USB drive LED is on release the Ctrl and Home keys AMIBIOS will issue beep codes to indicate that the BIOS ROM file is being updated 4 When BIOS flashing is completed the computer will reboot Do not interrupt the flashing process until it is completed 7 24 Chapter 7 BIOS Boot Sector Recovery from an
43. definitions 5 14 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual OH Fan Fail LED OH Fan Fail Indicator Pin Definitions JF1 Status Pin Definition State Definition 7 Vcc Off Normal Ground On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 Vcc NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 11 Vcc 12 Ground HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 Vcc HD Active Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V Stby 16 Control NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Fan Headers There are six fan headers on the serverboard all of which are 4 pin fans Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the tradi tional 3 pin fans Fan speed control is supported with 4 pin fans only See the table on the right for pin defi nitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via Hardware Monitoring under the Advanced Section in the BIOS The default is disabled When using Ther mal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located beside the USBO 1 ports The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusi
44. e For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable pro
45. e headers allow you to use the onboard sound for audio CD playback Connect an audio cable from your CD drive to the CD header that fits your cable s con nector See the tables at right for pin definitions For details on FP Audio please see the next page Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Pin Definition NC OH Fan Fail LED States State Solid Blinking Fan Fail SGPIO Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition NC Ground DATA Out Ground NC No Connection PWR PC Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Overheat LED Pin Definitions Message Pin Definition Overheat 1 5vDC 2 OH Active 5 17 CD1 Pin Defini tion Pin Definition Left Ground Ground SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Front Panel Audio Front Panel Audio When front panel headphones are iin plugged in the back panel audio output XM Euri is disabled This is done through the FP 2 _ around Audio header JC1 If the front panel in terface card is not connected to the Front 4 FP Audio Detect Panel Audio header jumpers should be 5 Line 2 Right put on the pin pairs of 1 2 5 6 and 9 10 6 Ground of the FP Audio Header If these jumpers 7 FP_Jack_Detect are not installed the back panel line_out 8 connector will be disabled micro 9 Line 2 Left phone input Pin 1 will be left floating 10 Ground which
46. e size of memory available in the system e Populated Size This item displays the installed memory size detected by the BIOS Available Size This item displays the available memory detected by the BIOS SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 7 3 Advanced Setup Configurations Use the arrow keys to select Boot Setup and hit lt Enter gt to access the submenu items BIOS SETUP UTILTY Advanced Security Boot Exit Advanced Settings Configure BOOT Features gt Processor amp Clock Options gt Advanced Chipset Control gt IDE SATA Configuration gt PCI PnP Configuration gt Super IO Device Configuration gt Remote Access Configuration gt Hardware Health Configuration gt ACPI Configuration gt Event Log Configuration 11 lt Move Enter Select Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults vXX XX C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc gt BOOT Features Quick Boot If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for system boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This option allows the bootup screen options to be modified between POST mes sages or the OEM logo Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages The op tions are Enabled and Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This sets
47. emove the two or four screws that secure the drive carrier to the chassis one side only then push the entire empty drive carrier out from the back Adding a CD ROM drive 1 Remove the guide plate from right side of the empty drive carrier and screw it into the right side of the CD ROM drive using the holes provided see Figure 6 5 Slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Adding an IDE or floppy drive l Install a floppy or IDE drive into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the drive s mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws then slide the assembly into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Note A red wire typically designates the location of pin 1 You should keep the drive carriers inserted in any unused drive bays to reduce EMI and noise and to facilitate the airflow inside the chassis 6 8 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 5 Adding a Component Without a Drive Carrier Power Supply The 7036A T has a single 66
48. es ob structing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm 3 2 Chapter 3 System Interface Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally verify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the overheat condition exists 3 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs Each Serial ATA drive carrier has two LEDs e Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SATA drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red The red LED indicates two states When blinking it indicates the drive is rebuilding When solid it indicates a drive failure If a SATA drive fails you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SATA drives 3 3 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Chapter 4 System Safety Electrical Safety Precautions Note power should always be disconnected before perform ing any service on the system Basic electrical safety precautions shall be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperServer 7036A T from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch
49. ess remote BIOS flash Begin remo Capture to Printer y Starting remote flash Upload new BIOS file using Kmodem protocol SSSSS b Specify the location of the ROM file and select the proper protocol XMo dem C Press Send to start ROM File extraction See the picture below 7 26 Chapter 7 BIOS L Send File Folder C Documents and Settings Desktop Filename C Documents and Settings Desktop 3C02 ROM Protocol modem d Once the ROM file extraction is completed the message New BIOS re ceived OK will display Starting FLASH Recovery NVRAM data will be destroyed CMOS data will be preserved Ending FLASH Recovery FLASH Update completed successfully Rebooting 8 Once remote BIOS flash is completed the system will reboot Note AMIBIOS Serial Flash will work with any terminal communications program that supports VT 100 and XModem protocols including protocols designed for GNU LINUX amp BSD operating systems such as minicom It is recommended that the terminal program be configured to use the CR LF style of line termination ier SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Notes 7 28 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most c
50. eters for the new connection Bits per second 115200 bits sec e Data Bits 8 Parity None e Stop Bit 1 Flow Control None 7 25 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 4 Power on your system and click the lt Connect gt button in the Hyper Terminal The terminal screen will display the following messages Press lt SpaceBar gt to update BIOS Confirm update BIOS y n y Begin remote BIOS flash y n y Starting remote flash Upload new BIOS file using Xmodem protocol 5 Following the instructions given on the screen to update the BIOS These instructions are also shown below At the prompt press the lt SpaceBar gt to update the BIOS When asked to confirm BIOS updating press lt y gt to confirm BIOS updates c Press lt y gt again to begin flashing BIOS remotely Note Be sure to complete Steps a c above quickly because you have a second or less to do so 6 Once you ve completed the instructions given a screen will display to indicate that remote flashing is starting and the new BIOS file is being uploaded 7 To use Hyper Terminal to transfer the XModem protocol by using the Send File dialog under the Transfer menu follow the instructions below to com plete XModem transfers a Select the Transfer menu and enter Send FLSH HyperTerminal File Edit View Call BAGEA Help 585 Receive File Capture Text Send Text File Pr
51. fter unlocking the Serial ATA SATA drive bay door swing it open to access the SATA drive The drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through in order from bottom to top These SATA drives are hot pluggable meaning they can be removed and installed without powering down the system Removing SATA drives 1 To remove a carrier first open the front bezel then push the release button located beside the drive LEDs 2 Swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 4 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug capability of the SATA drives Mounting a SATA drive in a drive carrier 1 Insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier 2 drive to the carrier with four screws 6 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Figure 6 4 Removing a SATA Drive Carrier 6 7 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T Manual Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive Bays The 7036A T has two 5 25 drive bays above the SATA drive bays Components such as a floppy drive IDE hard drives or CD ROM drives can be installed in these 5 25 drive bays Accessing the drive carrier 1 First power down the system and then remove the top left chassis cover to access the drive components With the cover off r
52. ge Manager Intel Matrix Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 5 23 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual E Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is a Web based management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD 11 Client The Supero Doctor Ill program included on the CD ROM that came with your serverboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial System information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note The default User Name and Password for SuperDoctor Ill
53. h will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS 5 19 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog Jumper JWD controls the Watch Dog Jumper Settings function Watch Dog is a system moni Jumper Setting Definition tor that can reboot the system when a Pins 1 2 Reset software application hangs Jumping Pins 2 3 NMI pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the Open Disabled system if an application hangs Jumping pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer LAN1 2 Enable Disable Change the setting of jumper JPL1 AND JPL2 to enable or disable the LAN1 LAN2 Ethernets ports respec tively See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled
54. is selected Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware to configure Intel s SATA RAID settings Select Adaptec to enable Adaptec s SATA RAID firmware to configure Adaptec s SATA RAID settings The options are Intel and Adaptec 2 Configuration This feature is available when the option IDE is selected Selecting Enhanced will set SATA 2 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled and Enhanced IDE Detect Timeout sec Use this feature to set the time out value for the BIOS to detect the ATA ATAPI devices installed in the system The options are 0 sec 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third IDE Master and Fourth IDE Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third and Fourth IDE Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with a 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your man
55. is ADMIN AD MIN Note When SuperDoctor III is first installed it adopts the temperature threshold settings that have been set in BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Super Doctor as the Super Doctor settings override the BIOS settings To set the BIOS temperature threshold settings again you would first need to uninstall SuperDoctor III Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ray 8 1 Remote Manage System Info Health Info Rernote Control Configuration Administration Syste Health Information CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis 5 24 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Remote Control E Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Di Door Remote Beate System Info Health Info Performance Rene Control Configuration Administration S s Management Report Help 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 trol ower contro
56. keep Console Redirection active all the time after POST Note This setting may not be supported by some operating systems Select Boot Loader to keep Console Redirection active during POST and Boot Loader The options are Disabled Boot Loader and Always Terminal Type This feature allows the user to select the target terminal type for Console Redirec tion The options are ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Aterminal keyboard definition that provides a way to send commands from a remote console Available options are Enabled and Disabled Sredir Memory Display Delay This feature defines the length of time in seconds to display memory information The options are No Delay Delay 1 Sec Delay 2 Sec and Delay 4 Sec Hardware Health Monitor This feature allows the user to monitor system health and review the status of each item as displayed CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which de termines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning 1 Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold tempera ture predefined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cooling fans will run at full speed 2 To 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS avoid possible system overheating please be sure to provide adequate airflow
57. l cases make sure that the unit is also reliably connected to Earth ground Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarites see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions e DVD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a DVD ROM drive To prevent direct exposure to the laser beam and hazardous radiation exposure do not open the enclosure or use the unit in any uncon ventional way e Mainboard replaceable soldered in fuses Self resetting PTC Positive Tempera ture Coefficient fuses on the mainboard must be replaced by trained service technicians only The new fuse must be the same or equivalent as the one replaced Contact technical support for details and support 4 2 General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the SuperServer 7036A T clean and free of clutter The SuperServer 7036A T weighs approximately 43 Ibs 19 5 kg when fully loaded When lifting the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs e Place the chassis top cover and any system components that have been re moved away from the s
58. lastic cap The serverboard must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the plastic cap properly installed may cause damage to the socket pins 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Installing a CPU Heatsink 1 Remove power from the system and unplug the AC power cord from the power supply 2 Remove the fan from the black plastic fan holder 3 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 4 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU Make sure that the fan will face the front of the chassis and the four sets of heatsink screws with springs are aligned with the mounting holes on the heatsink back plate 5 Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug Do not exceed 5 0 kgf cm 4 3 Ibf in and keep the screw direction vertical 6 Add the two remaining screws then finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws 7 Install the fan back into the fan holder The arrow icons shown on the fan and the fan holder must point in the same direction Figure 6 8 Connect the fan connector to the CPU fan header on the serverboard NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW
59. le Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Removable Drives The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device and Disabled 1st Drive USB XXXXXXXXX 2nd Drive CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CD DVD Drives i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive etc 7 22 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 6 Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen BIOS SETUP UTILTY Security Boot Settings Exit system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used for this operation Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults T1 Move Enter Select t Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults vXX XX C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer so the new system con figuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and
60. lectrostatic Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent dam age to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from electric static discharge Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent Electrostatic Discharge ESD e Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard 5 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid electrical static dis charge When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 5 2 Serverboard Installation This section explains the first step of physically mounting the X8DAL i into the SC733TQ 665B chassis Following the steps in the order given will elimi
61. lows the user to decide how the onboard 5500 Series processor will act at C6 State The options are Disabled and Enabled C3 Auto Demotion When enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C6 or C7 requests to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabled and Enabled DCA Technology This feature accelerates the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this moth erboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip This feature is supported only by some types of processors i e Intel Nehalem WS 1S The options are Enabled and Disabled DCA Prefetch Delay A DCA Prefetch is used with TOE components to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency Prefetching too fre quently can saturate the cache directory and delay necessary cache accesses This feature reduces or increases the frequency the system prefetches data The options are 8 16 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96 104 112 120 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual gt Advanced Chipset Control The items included in the Advanced Settings submenu are listed below gt IMC Configuration QPI Links Speed This feature selects QPI s data transfer speed The options are Slow mode and Full
62. lug the AC power cable before removing or adding any components See the table on the right for more details 5 21 USB Wake Up Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Enabled Disabled Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Activity LED Link LED GLAN1 2 LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition oft NC or 10 Mb s Green 100 Mb s Amber 1 Gb s Onboard PWR LED Indicator LED Color Definition Off System Off PWR cable not connected Green System On SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 5 12 SATA Ports SATA Ports There are no jumpers to configure the onboard SATA connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions 5 22 Pin Definitions Pin fF WO Definition Ground Ground RXP Ground Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 13 Installing Software After the hardware has been installed you should first install the operating system and then the drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your serverboard amp SUPERMICRO X8DAL 3 i G Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel 5500 5520 Chipset INF files SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools 29 Graphic Driver Optional Universal Audio Architecture Driver Intel 5520 Chipset Realtek High Definition Audio Driver X8DAL 151 MegaRAID Stora
63. m will start booting up from CD Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s Insert the driver CD Intel AA Windows XP 2003 2008 Vista Driver for ICH10R into the CD ROM drive and press the lt Enter gt key Choose the Intel R ICH10R SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The Windows OS Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Win dows OS installation After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot 1 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual B 2 1 Installing the Windows OS to Non RAID System Insert Microsoft s Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows Vista Setup CD in the CD ROM drive and the system will start booting up from CD Continue with the OS installation The Windows OS Setup screen will display From the Windows OS Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The Windows OS Setup will automatically loa
64. make sure that the plastic CPU socket cap is in place and none of the socket pins are bent otherwise contact your retailer immediately Refer to the Supermicro web site for updates on CPU support Installing an LGA1366 Processor Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locked posi tion Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate Hold the plastic cap at its north and south center edges to remove it from the CPU socket Holding the north amp south edges 5 5 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 1 After removing the plastic cap use CPU your thumb and the index finger to hold the CPU at the north and south center edges 2 Align the CPU key the semi circle cutout with the socket key the notch below the gold color dot on the side of the socket 3 Once the CPU and the socket are aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or its pins to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket 4 With the CPU in the socket in spect the four corners of the CPU jee es wa lo to make sure that it sits level and tea 108 LEM IJ is properly installed 5 Once the CPU is securely seated in the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket 6 Use your thumb to gently push the Socket clip down to the clip lock Important Please save the p
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66. nabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are All 1 and 2 Intel EIST Technology EIST Enhanced Intel SoeedStep Technology allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consump tion and heat dissipation Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information The options are Disable Disable GV3 and Enable Enable GV3 Intel TurboMode Technology Available when Intel EIST Technology is enabled Select Enabled to use the Turbo Mode to boost system performance The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS C1E Support Select Enabled to use the feature of Enhanced Halt State C1E significantly reduces the CPU s power consumption by reducing the CPU s clock cycle and voltage during a Halt State The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel C STATE Tech This feature allows the user to set Processor Idle state for power saving The op tions are Disabled and Enabled C State package limit setting Available when Intel C State Tech is enabled If set to Auto the AMI BIOS will automatically set the limit on the C State pack age register The options are Auto C1 C3 C6 and C7 C3 State This feature allows the user to decide how the onboard 5500 Series processor will act at C3 State The options are Disabled ACPI 2 and ACPI 3 C6 State This feature al
67. nate the most common problems encountered in such an installation To remove the serverboard follow the procedure in reverse order nstalling to the Chassis 1 Access the inside of the system by removing the screws from the back lip of the top cover of the chassis then pull the cover off The X8DAL i requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 10 serverboard such as Supermicro s SC733TQ 665 Make sure that the ports on the serverboard align properly with their respective holes in the shield at the back of the chassis Carefully mount the serverboard to the serverboard tray by aligning the board holes with the raised metal standoffs that are visible in the chassis Insert screws into all the mounting holes on your serverboard that line up with the standoffs and tighten until snug if you screw them in too tight you might strip the threads Metal screws provide an electrical contact to the serverboard ground to provide a continuous ground for the system Finish by replacing the top cover of the chassis Warning To avoid damaging the serverboard and its components do not apply any force greater than 8 lbs per square inch when installing a screw into a mount ing hole 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 3 Connecting Cables Now that the serverboard is installed the next step is to connect the cables to the board These include the data cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power c
68. nsfer rate of 133 MBs Select UDMA6 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 6 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs The options are Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn and UDMAn S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically de tect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from using 7 13 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Select Enable to enable the function of 32 bit IDE data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Hot Plug This feature is available when the option AHCI Under Confiigure SATA 1 as is selected Select Enable to enable the hot plug function for the SATA devices The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI PnP Configuration Clear NVRAM This feature clears the NVRAM during system boot The options are No and Yes Plug amp Play OS Selecting Yes allows the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug amp Play Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus Select 64 to set
69. nt Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creat ing multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Capability Available when supported by the OS and the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot thus preventing a worm or a virus from flooding illegal codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The default is Enabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information Simultaneous Multi Threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Simultaneous Multi Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Active Processor Cores Set to E
70. o the Intel SATA HostRAID User s Guide posted on our website http www supermicro com support manuals PCI Expansion Slots The X8DAL i has one PCI Express 2 0 x16 slot one PCI Express 2 0 x4 slot one PCI Express x4 slot and two 32 bit PCI slots l O Ports The color coded I O ports include one COM ports four USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports two LAN Gb Ethernet ports and six HDA High Definition Audio ports 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC733TQ 665B workstation chassis System Power The SC733TQ 665B features a low noise high efficiency 665W power supply Power must be removed from the system before servicing or replacing the power supply SATA Subsystem The SC733TQ 665B chassis was designed to support four SATA hard drives which are hot swappable units Front Control Panel The control panel on the SuperWorkstation 7036A T provides you with system monitoring and control LEDs indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity and overheat conditions The control panel also includes a main power button and a system reset button Cooling System The SC733TQ 665B chassis
71. oltage readings will be displayed Vcore1 Vcore2 1 5V 5VDD 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3Vcc 3 3VSB VBAT and Vit gt ACPI Configuration Use this feature to configure Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI power management settings for your system 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS High Performance Event Timer Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the de pendency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc tion embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Device Wakeup Select Enable to wake up the system via a USB device when the system is in 53 or S4 State The options are Enabled and Disabled PS2 KB MS Wake Up Select Enable to wake up the system using either the PS2 keyboard or mouse if equipped when the system is in S3 Sleep or S4 Hibernate state The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Aware O S Enable ACPI support if it is supported by the OS to control ACPI through the Operat ing System Otherwise disable this feature The options are Yes and No Suspend Mode This setting allows you to configure the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface state for your system when it i
72. on The Chassis Intrusion header is des ignated JL1 Attach an appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chas sis is opened 5 15 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red Tachometer 4 PWM Control PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 3 Ground 4 vec 5 Clock 6 NC Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions Two serial ports are included on the serverboard COMI is a backpanel Pins Definition Pins Definition port and 2 is a header located DCD DSR near the onboard speaker header RXD RTS See the table on the right for pin TXD CTS definitions DTR RI Ground NC Power LED Speaker On JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker Close pins 4 7 with a jumper to use an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker please close pins 6 7 See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Power LED Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker Rear USB USB 0 3 Pin Definitions
73. perature Closed Loop only Temperature Hysteresis is the temperature lag in degrees Celsius after the set DIMM temperature threshold is reached before Closed Loop Throttling begins The options are Disabled 1 59 3 0 C and 6 0 C Guardband Temperature Closed Loop only This is the temperature which applies to the DIMM temperature threshold Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 006 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Inlet Temperature This is the temperature detected at the chassis inlet Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 070 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Temperature Rise This is the temperature rise to the DIMM thermal zone Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 020 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Air Flow This is the air flow speed to the DIMM modules Each step is one mm sec The default is 1500 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Altitude This feature defines how many meters above or below sea level the system is located The options are Sea Level or Below 1 300 301 600 601 900 901 1200 1201 1500 1501 1800 1801 2100 2101 2400 2401 2700 2701 3000 DIMM Pitch Use this feature to set the physical space between each DIMM module Each step is in 1 1000 of an inch The default is 400 Press lt gt or lt gt to change the value SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User
74. power supply see below 22 10 42V 23 11 12V 24 COM 12 33 Required Connection 12V 8 pin Power Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 4 Ground 5 8 12V Required Connection Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Power Signal 2 Ground Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Ground Overheat Fan Fail LED Connect an LED to the OH connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide ad vanced warning of chassis overheat ing Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC2 JLAN2 LED The LED connections for JLAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activ ity See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 JLAN1 LED The LED connections for JLAN1 are on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activ ity See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 This LED is used to display all IDE and SATA activity See the table on the right for pin definitions Power On LED The Power On LED connector is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 use JLED for a 3 pin connector This connection is used to provide LED indication of power being supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin
75. press lt Enter gt Discard Changes Select this option and press lt Enter gt to discard all the changes and return to the AMI BIOS Utility Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Then select OK to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically load Optimal De faults to the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not for maximum performance 7 23 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 7 7 BIOS Recovery Warning Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS related issue Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the system In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update If you need to update the BIOS do not shut down or reset the system while the BIOS is updating This is to avoid possible boot failure How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image the Main BIOS Block An AMIBIOS flash chip consists of a boot sector block and a main BIOS code block a main BIOS image The boot sector block contains critical BIOS code including memory detection and recovery code to be use
76. pyright 2009 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians It provides information for the installation and use of the SuperWorkstation 7036A T Installation and maintenance shall be performed by experienced technicians only The SuperWorkstation 7036A T is a dual processor system based on the SC733TQ 665B mid tower chassis and the Super X8DAL i serverboard Please refer to our web site for an up to date list of supported processors Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the system and describes the main features of the Super X8DAL i serverboard and the SC733TQ 665B chassis Chapter 2 Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to setup the system If your workstation was ordered without the processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer to this chapter for details on the system interface which includes the functions and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located throughout the system Chapter 4 System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety precaution
77. rances the installed CPU can now send information to the motherboard what its Temperature Tolerance is and not the other way around This results in better CPU thermal management Supermicro has leveraged this feature by assigning a temperature status to certain thermal conditions in the processor Low Medium and High This makes it easier for the user to understand the CPU s temperature status rather than by just simply seeing a temperature reading i e 259C The information provided above is for your reference only For more information on thermal management please refer to Intel s Web site at www Intel com System Temperature The system temperature will be displayed in degrees in Celsius and Fahrenheit as it is detected by the BIOS Fan Speed Readings This feature displays the fan speed readings from through Fan8 Fan Speed Control Monitor This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disabled to disable the fan speed control func tion and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed The Options are Full Speed Server Workstation Desktop and Super Quiet Voltage Readings The following v
78. rge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard 4 3 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 7036A T is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY LITHIUM BATTERY OR BATTERY HOLDER J BATTERY HOLDER Ew 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install the X8DAL i serverboard into the chassis connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All serverboard jumpers and connections are also described A layout and quick reference chart are included in this chapter for your reference Remember to completely close the chassis when you have finished working with the serverboard to better cool and protect the system 5 1 Handling the Serverboard E
79. rrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When this item is set to Enabled the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will capture Interrupt 19 at boot and allow the drives that are attached to these host adaptors to function as bootable disks If this item is set to Disabled the ROM BIOS of the host adap tors will not capture Interrupt 19 and the drives attached to these adaptors will not function as bootable devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Processor and Clock Options This submenu allows the user to configure the Processor and Clock settings CPU Ratio If set to Manual this option allows the user to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the System Bus Frequency Note if an invalid ratio is entered the AMI BIOS will restore the setting to the previous state The options are Auto and Manual Clock Spread Spectrum Select Enable to use the feature of Clock Spectrum which will allow the BIOS to monitor and attempt to reduce the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components whenever needed The options are Disabled and Enabled 7 5 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the hardware pre fetcher will pre fetch streams of data and instruc tions from the main memory to the L2 cache in the forward or backward manner to improve CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Adjace
80. s SNK P0035AP4 One I O backplate MCP 260 00001 00 SATA Accessories One SATA backplane CSE SAS 733TQ Four 48 cm SATA cables CBL 0178L Four SATA drive carriers CSE PT39 B One SGPIO cable CBL 0157L One SuperWorkstation 7036A T User s Manual 14 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the SuperWorkstation 7036A T lies the X8DAL i a dual processor serverboard based on the Intel 5500 chipset Below are the main features of the X8DAL i See Figure 1 1 for a block diagram of the chipset Processors The X8DAL i supports two Intel 5500 Series LGA 1366 processors Please refer to the serverboard description pages on our web site for a complete listing of sup ported processors www supermicro com Memory The X8DAL i has six 240 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 24 GB of ECC or unbuffered non ECC DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM Modules of the same size and speed are recommended for use See Chapter 5 for details Serial ATA A SATA controller is integrated into the South Bridge ICH10R section of the chipset to provide a six port 3 Gb s SATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 10 and 5 capable RAID 0 1 and 10 supported with Linux The SATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA drives For more information on the SATA HostRAID configuration please refer t
81. s in the Suspend mode The options are S1 POS S3 STR and Auto ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to include the ACPI APIC Table Pointer in the RSDT Root System Description Table pointer list The options are Enabled and Disabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ When this item is set to Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ is supported by the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode This feature is used to enable system to function without a keyboard monitor and or mouse attached The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Version Features The options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 Please refer to ACPI s website for further explanation http www acpi info SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual gt Event Log Configuration View Event Log Use this option to view the System Event Log Mark all events as read This option marks all events as read The options are OK and Cancel Clear event log This option clears the Event Log memory of all messages The options are OK and Cancel PCle Error Log Use this option to enable PCI Exp error PERR logging The options are Yes and No 7 4 Security Settings The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both pass words the Supervisor password must be set first Supervisor Password This item indicates if a Supervisor password has been entered for the system Not Installed means a Supervisor password has not been used BIOS SETUP
82. s that should be followed when installing and servicing the SuperWorkstation 7036A T SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X8DAL i serverboard including the locations and functions of connectors headers and jumpers Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC733TQ 665B mid tower chas sis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring Serial ATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C System Specifications Preface Notes SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 SUuVIU 1 1 1 2 Serverboard 1 2 Processors pm T ME IRE 1 2 Memory 1 2 Seral ATA EE 1 2 USE PAI VS INN SIOS 2 se ce ciie ca cen tase eee 1 2 Viene 1 2 Other
83. sis from the front Grab the handle and gently pull the side cover out to release it from its position Once the side cover is out of its position slide the cover out of the chassis 2 Check the CPU processor You may have one processor already installed into the system board The processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 Check the system memory Your system may have come with system memory already installed Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots For details on adding system memory refer to Chapter 5 4 Installing add on cards If desired you can install up to seven add on cards to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing add on cards 5 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SATA drives and SATA backplane have been properly installed and all essential connections have been made 1 Accessing the peripheral drive bays To install or remove a component in the 3 5 and or 5 25 drive bay s you will need to remove the side chassis cover 2 2 Chapter 2 System Setup Figure 2 1 Accessing the Inside of the 7036A T
84. sword Check This item allows you to check a password after it has been entered The options are Setup and Always Boot Sector Virus Protection When Enabled the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus is sues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 5 Boot Configuration Use this feature to configure boot settings BIOS SETUP UTILTY Advanced Security Boot Settings Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence gt Hard Disk Drives gt Removable Drives gt CD DVD Drives 11 Move Enter Select Value 10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F8 Fail Safe Defaults F9 Optimized Defaults vXX XX C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc 7 21 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual gt Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device 3rd boot device 4th boot device 5th boot device and Disabled 1st Boot Device USB XXXXXXXXX 2nd Boot Device CD DVD XXXXXXXXX gt Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from all available hard disk drives The settings are Disabled and a list of all hard disk drives that have been detected i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive etc 1st Drive SATA XXXXXXXXX gt Removab
85. t assembly back into the chassis Make sure the wiring for the fan is also reattached to its proper header Finish by replacing the left chassis cover then restore power to the system Check that the replaced fan is working properly Figure 6 3 Removing the Fan Duct Assembly 6 5 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T Manual 6 4 Drive Bay Installation A bezel covers the front of the chassis but does not need to be removed to access the drives If you wish to remove the bezel piece push on the three tabs on the inside left side lip of the front chassis cover Then slightly swing out the same left side of the cover about 12 inch only Remove by pushing on the open side of the cover to remove it from the chassis do not try to swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side Important Use extreme caution when working around the SATA backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and N make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the airflow holes in the SATA backplane Regardless of how many SATA hard drives are installed all four SATA drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to promote proper airflow Serial ATA Drives The hot swappable SATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their instal lation and removal from the chassis These carriers also work to promote proper airflow for the system For this reason even carriers without SATA drives must remain in the workstation A
86. tatus LEDs on the chassis See Chapter 5 for details and pin descriptions 5 3 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins 20 19 Ground Reset Button Ground Power Button 2 1 5 4 I O Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification Figure 5 2 I O Ports Keyboard Purple LAN Port 2 PS 2 Mouse Green Side Surround Grey USB Port 0 Back Surround Black USB Port 1 CEN LFE Orange USB Port 2 Mic In Pink USB Port 3 Front Green COM Port 1 Line In Blue LAN Port 1 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 5 Installing a Processor and Heatsink the label area of the fan When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on Notes Note The photos on this page and succeeding pages are for illustration purposes only They do not necessarily reflect the exact product s described in this manual Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding re moving or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use an Intel certified multi directional heatsink only Make sure to install the serverboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsinks When receiving a serverboard without a processor pre installed
87. tection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause interference with radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0 Release Date June 30 2009 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Co
88. tive key gently pus e release point on the slot Release Tab tabs near both ends of the module This should Y A release it from the slot Top View of DDR3 Slot 5 8 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Populating DIMMs Follow the tables below when installing memory Note Memory speed support is dependent on the type of CPU used Populating DIMMs for Optimal Performance For One CPU CPU1 Installed ammo manni Branch Populating DIMMs for Optimal Performance For One CPU CPU2 Installed Sram Branch DIMMs P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM3A Populating DIMMs for Optimal Performance For Two CPUS Installed CPU1 CPU2 pee eme De p m Dm Dm 6 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM3A P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM2A P2 DIMM3A Memory Population Table DIMM DIMMs DIMM Type Reg Speeds in MHz Ranks per DIMM Slots Populated Registered any combination per per Channel SR Single Rank Channel DRzDual Rank QR Quad Rank 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 SR DR 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 QR Notes Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Due to memory allocation to system devices the amount of memory that remains available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional See the Table below 5 9 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual Possible S
89. to your system The options are The Early Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm includ ing the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer The Default Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU temperature reaches about 5 C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This feature displays current temperature readings for the CPU and the System The following items will be displayed for your reference only CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature The CPU Temperatures feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control User intervention No action required Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but the CPU is still within its normal oper
90. ufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled and Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block Mode boosts the IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if Block Mode is not used Block Mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allow data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode The IDE PIO Programmable 1 0 Mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Chapter 7 BIOS Select 4 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer band width
91. wer is present on the serverboard Unplug the AC power cord before removing or installing components Warning To prevent damage to the power supply or serverboard use a power supply that contains a 24 pin and two 8 pin power connectors for connection to the JPW1 and JPW2 and JPWS connectors on the serverboard Failure in doing so will void the manufacturer warranty on your power supply and serverboard 5 11 SUPERWORKSTATION 7036A T User s Manual X8DAL i Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 5 10 JI C1 JI C2 SMB to PCI PCI E Slots Open Open Disabled JPAC1 Audio Enable Disable Pins 1 2 JPL1 JPL2 LAN1 2 Enable Disable Pins 1 2 JPUSB2 Front Access USB Wake Up Pins 1 2 JPUSB1 Rear I O USB Wake Up Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Enabled Enabled Enabled Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Audio CD1 JC1 COM1 COM2 FAN 1 6 JD1 JF JL1 JOH1 JPW1 JPW2 JPW3 LAN1 LAN2 SAS 0 7 I SATAO I SATA5 SP1 T SGPIO 1 T SGPIO 2 USB 0 3 USB 6 7 8 9 Description Audio Input_Output_Mic CD ROM HD Audio Headers COM1 COM2 Serial Port Header System CPU Fan Headers Fans 1 2 CPU Fans PWR LED Speaker Header Pins 4 7 Speaker Front Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Header Power Supply SMBbus Header 24 pin ATX PWR 8 pin Secondary PWR Gigabit LAN RJ45 Ports SAS Ports 0 7 X8DAL 3 only Intel South Bridge SATA Ports
92. ystem Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 GB Local APIC 4 3 99 GB Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3 99 GB I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4KB 3 99 GB PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 GB PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 GB Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 512 MB 3 01 GB 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 GB TEG 1 2 84 Memory available for the OS amp other applications 2 84 GB 5 7 Installing PCI Expansion Cards The 7036A T can accommodate standard size add on cards installed into all of the slots on the X8DAL i serverboard Installing an Add on Card 1 Begin by removing the shield for the PCI slot you wish to populate 2 Fully seat the card into the slot pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card 3 Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The PCI slot shields protect the serverboard and its components from EMI and aid in proper ventilation so make sure there is always a shield covering each unused slot Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 8 Serverboard Details Figure 5 4 X8DAL i Layout not drawn to scale
93. ystem or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on e While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 3 Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made ESD Precautions A Electrostatic Discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a cha

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