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1. Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SCSI IDE drives and SCA backplane 5025M 4 only have been properly installed and all connec tions have been made 1 Accessing the drive bays All drives are accessable from the front of the server For servicing the CD ROM and floppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The SCSI IDE disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover 2 CD ROM and floppy disk drives A slim CD ROM and a floppy drive should be preinstalled in your server Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD ROM and or floppy disk drive to the system SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual 3 Check the SCSI IDE disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SCSI IDE drives please refer to Chapter 6 4 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by four 8 cm fans The system component layout was care fully designed to direct sufficient cooling airflow to the components that generate the most heat Note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans An air shroud is included to maximize the airflow 5 Supplying power to the system The last thing you mu
2. Floppy Drive CD ROM Drive Control Panel O FOC Ao R O __ Sursro i Ro DE e a Z O moepeo Eomma O l 5 GD Ge 1 1G 1G 1p 1 7 iO Lie ye CC CF Hele iepiaiox OCJ JC Jono O E Ro O o Eoaea o e SCSI Drives 6 5 25 Drive Bay System Reset Main Power 5025M i Floppy Drive CD ROM Drive Control Panel O O O O O O O O IDE Drives 6 5 25 Drive Bay System Reset Main Power Rear view both chassis Keyboard Mouse Ports 7 Low Profile PCI Slots Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 2 Control Panel The control panel located on the front of the chassis must be connected to the JF1 connector on the motherboard to provide you with system status indications A ribbon cable has bundled these wires together to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the motherboard to the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 System Interface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF2 can be found in the Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Installation 6 3 System Fans Four 8 cm fans provide all the cooling needed for the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i It i
3. Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the PDSM4 PDSME The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routin
4. 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The Supermicro SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i is a high end 2U rackmount server that features some of the most advanced technology currently available The SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i is comprised of two main subsystems the C823S 550LP SC823i 550LP 2U chassis and the PDSM4 PDSME Pentium processor motherboard Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i www supermicro com In addition to the motherboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i as listed below One 1 3 5 floppy drive FPD PNSC 02 01 One 1 slim CD ROM drive CDM TEAC 24 B Four 4 8 cm chassis cooling fans FAN 0070 Rackmount hardware with screws Two 2 rack rail assemblies Six 6 brackets for mounting the rack rails to a rack telco rack SCSI Accessories 5025M 4 only Six 6 SCA drive carriers CSE PT17 B One 1 SCA SAF TE compliant SCSI backplane CSE SCA 822S One 1 internal 68 pin Ultra320 160 SCSI cable CBL 033L U320 SCSI Accessories 5025M i only Two 2 hard drive carriers supporting up to 6 hard drives CSE PT18 B One 1 SATA power cable CBL 0082 Four 4 SATA data cables CBL 0044 One 1 active heatsink optional SNK P0015A4 1 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5024M i Manual One 1 CD containing drivers and
5. Tears she etn Fated We Mw me ben Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 6 ST368613AS 3 65 1 3 SATA Port 1 HDC HD 48GD FLAL 27 88027 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD748CD BFLA2 31 808F31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 48GD BFLAL 27 808027 1 5 SATA Port 5 HDC WD 48GD AFLAZ 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format_a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press lt En ter gt The following screen appears Terese tin Fated Wee Mee bee Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 ST384813AS 3 05 S SATA Port 1 HDC WD748GD BFLA1L 27 88027 1 SATA Port 2 8F31 1 5 SATA Port 3 pad27 1 5 SATA Port 5 Je BOFS1 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all
6. gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 7 15 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allo
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8. Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Rea
9. as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press lt Insert gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press lt delete gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected ST386813AS 74 368 5 HDC HD744CD B4FLAZ 69 AGB HDC HD 48GD B4FLAL 69 8GB HDC WD744CD BFLAZ 69 ACB HDC HD74 GD
10. into a rack unit If the 5025M 4 5025M i has already been mounted into a rack you can skip ahead to Sections 2 5 and 2 6 There are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly The fol lowing is a guideline for installing the 5025M 4 5025M i into a rack with the rack rails provided You should also refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 5025M 4 5025M i A and an outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself B A sliding rail guide sandwiched between the two should remain attached to the fixed rack rail See Figure 2 1 The A and B rails must be detached from each other to install To remove the fixed chassis rail A pull it out as far as possible you should hear a click sound as a locking tab emerges from inside the rail assembly and locks the inner rail Then depress the locking tab to pull the inner rail completely out Do this for both the left and right side rack rail assemblies Figure 2 1 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2 4 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Chassis Rails Position one of the fixed chassis rail sections you just removed along
11. 3 Reset Ground Overheat LED OH 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 IDE SATA LED The IDE SATA LED connection is lo cated 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 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc Ground NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 Vcc Ground NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 11 Vcc IDE SATA LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1183 Vcc HD Active 5 13 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 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 definitions NMI Button The non maskable interr
12. Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe E 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Notes E 4
13. e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to selet the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 4 Appendix C Software Installation Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Corada Redrecton taybowd Vew Meos teip cosse nomectron waton 19216173 r Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1013 ICH7R wRAIDS s Copyright C 2883 085 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity Vo lun RAID1 Mirror Select Disks NA 6 6 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters ro TOD YR Re lreuenar Gco IE
14. lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation a Insert Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ICH7R into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose Intel R 82801GR GH SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key f Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot i I
15. password not required 7 6 Boot Candidate List Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Excluded from boot order Fi tL F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 7 22 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Ut
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18. 133 MHz PCI X slots and two 64 bit 100 MHz PCI slots Motherboard 5025M 4 5025M i Model PDSM4 PDSME Form Factor ATX Dimensions 12 x 9 6 in 305 x 244 mm System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC Rated Input Current 7A 115V to 3 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 550W Part PWS 047 Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 30A 5V 33A 12V 42A 5V 0 8A 12V 1A 5Vsb 2A BTU Rating 2903 BTUs hr for rated output power of 550W Chassis 5025M 4 Model SC823S 550LP Form Factor 2U rackmount Dimensions WxHxD 16 7 x 3 5 x 25 7 in 425 x 88 x 652 mm 5025M i Model SC823i 550LP Form Factor 2U rackmount Dimensions WxHxD 16 7 x 3 5 x 25 7 in 425 x 88 x 652 mm E 2 Appendix E System Specifications Weight 5025M 4 5025M i Gross Bare Bone 55 54 Ibs 25 24 5 kg System Cooling Four 4 8 cm fans FAN 0070 Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 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
19. 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 7 21 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled
20. 667 may not match Intel s ODT On Die Tempera ture requirement and will be automatically down graded to run at 533 MHz If this occurs contact your memory vendor to check the ODT value Installing memory modules Insert each memory module vertically paying attention to the notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting it incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot see Figure 5 3 5 8 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup Figure 5 3 DIMM Installation Notch p gt Notch aaah Note Notches ae should align with their receptive points on the slot Top View of DDR2 Slot Release Tab Release Tab To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the bottom notches To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot 5 7 Adding PCI Add On Cards The SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis can accommodate three standard size full height full length PCI expansion slots on the PDSM4 PDSME To install an add on card begin by removing the PCI slot shield for the slot you wish to populate Fully seat the card into the card slot on the motherboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the backpanel of the chassis The PCI slot shields protect the motherboard and its
21. Adaptec 7 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functionality and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O perfor mance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s PDSM4 PDSME offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility
22. BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select Enabled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix C Software Installation Using the Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 5 iz Type Status Vol ID A HDC WD2588SD 91K HD HMAL 728634971 te HDC WD2584SD 81K HD HMAL 72834595 HDC WD2586JD 84F WD HMAEH1376189 HDC WD258AJD 9AF WD MMAEH1449527 Press WAD to enter Configuration Utility idaptec SCSI BIOS v4 38 8 opuright 2883 Adaptec d d Pre Ch ID LUN b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have th
23. Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data I O device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM P
24. Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP 2U server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing the system power supply unit 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 Software Installation Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix E System Specifications Preface Notes SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About iihis Manall serere e r eis Meee ieee ee ae iii Manual Organization ccce cece ce ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee ceaeaeaeaeeeaeaeaeaeeseeeaaeaeaeeeeaeaeaeeeaeeeeeees iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 OTE EA E EA TE E E A TE A T T 1 1 Motherboard Features cccccecece cece cece cette eee eee EE SE 1 2 Server Chassis Features ccccccccceeeeee cece cece ee ee eee eee ee eae aE Eni 1 5 Contacting Supermicro cece eee eect eee eee eee ee eee te tet tee eee ee ee eeceeeeeeeeeeeaeaea 1 7 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 2 6 OV SIV OW sae ence a eta egg eee teen tee cece Ateneo TEE S 2 1 Unpacking the Syste ccccecece cece cece cette eee adsao a E 2
25. III Microsoft Internet Explorer p File Edit View Favorites Tools Help System Info Health ance Remote Control Configuration Administration Systems Management Report Help a Health Information CPUL Chassis CPUZ Chassis Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control a oa m Info Health Info u Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II 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 Power control a Note SD Ill Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor Il C 17 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Notes Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that
26. Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the ambient operating temperature of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient temperature Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern Reliable Ground A reliable ground must be maintained at all times To ensure this the rack itself should be grounded Particular attention should be given to power supply connec tions other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc 2 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i
27. These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave SATA Port3 SATA Port4 slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are je rr Ra TE Fi CHS Format Cylinders Cylinders Heads Heads Sectors Sectors Maximum Capacity Maximum Capacity LBA Format Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control 32 Bit I 0 Transfer Mode Ultra DMA Mode TL Esc e gt Disabled Disabled Disabled Standard Disabled Sja Enter Item Specific Help User you enter parameters of hard disk drive installed at this connection Auto autotypes hard disk drive installed here 1 39 you select pre determined type of hard disk drive installed here CD ROM a CD ROM drive is installed here ATAPI Removable removable disk drive is installed here Type F18 Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configur
28. Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the lt Insert gt key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the lt Delete gt key to de select it D 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options frray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Manag ing Arrays from the main menu as shown above anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 4 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Co
29. _USB 2 _USBS4 Pin Definition Pin Definition located on the I O panel and two USB headers located on the motherboard The headers can be used to provide front side USB access cables not included See the table on the right for pin definitions 5V PO PO Ground Ground Key Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers i i Connector To modify the operation of the mother ae elefe board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for Setting jumper locations Jumper al Note On a 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 which 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 Speaker Connecto
30. connects to drive B 6 9 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual 6 5 Power Supply The SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i has a single 550 watt power supply This power supply module has an auto switching capability which enables it to automati cally sense and operate at a 100V to 220V input voltage Power Supply Failure If the power supply fails the system will shut down and you will need to replace the power supply unit Replacement units can be ordered directly from Supermicro See contact information in Chapter 1 Removing Replacing the Power Supply Replace the failed power supply module with the same model p n PWS 0047 which can be ordered directly from Supermicro see Contact Information in the Preface 1 Removing the power supply First shut down the system then unplug the power cord Remove the chassis cover by pressing the two release buttons on the top of the chassis near the front then push the chassis top rearward about one inch and lift it off To remove the failed power supply remove the screws at the back that secure it to the chassis and pull the unit straight out with the rounded handle 2 Installing a new power supply Replace the failed hot swap unit with another power supply unit p n PWS 0047 Push the new power supply unit into the power bay until you hear a click Secure the power supply with the screws you removed previously and finish by plugging in the AC power cord 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS
31. data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Sears shen tin Facto ee Hwre les Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller HA D 17 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual To verify disk media Tears eRe thn Yate we Hw re ba Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller HA Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 ST388813AS SATA Port 1 HDC WD748CD 88FLAI SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying other wise select No and hit lt Enter gt Sears sem tin Fasten Swe Hwe bem Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 SATA Port 1 HDC WD748CD AAFLAI 27 88D27 1 5 Chvs Capacity 69 2 GBytes This drive vill be scanned for media defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys t Y sor lt Enter to sele lt Esc gt to exit default SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 502
32. 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 No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Processor Power Management Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows the user to determine the processor power management mode The options are Disabled and C States Only If set to Disabled C States and GV1 GV3 are disabled If set to C States only the processor power will be controlled through CPU power states in the APCI setting 7 13 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual gt 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock I
33. of the rack to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location dedicated equipment rooms service closets and the like A N Warnings and Precautions A N Rack Precautions Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first and then work up Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the server from power surges voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure Allow the hot plug SCSI drives and power supply units to cool before touching them Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the servers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling 2 2 Chapter 2 Server Installation
34. oo om RREA T m m SCSI ID 0 SCSI ID 3 SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 4 SCSI ID 2 SCSI ID 5 SCSI ID 6 is used for the SAF TE Controller 6 7 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual IDE Drive Installation 5025M i only 1 Mounting an IDE drive in the drive carrier Like SCSI drives IDE drives are also mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper airflow For this reason even empty carriers without IDE drives installed must remain in the chassis To add a new IDE drive install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with the four screws 2 Installing Removing IDE drives The two IDE drive bays located in the front of the chassis will each accommodate up to three IDE drives IDE drives are not hot swappable meaning system power must be turned off before installing and or removing them To install or remove a drive first power down the system and then remove the top cover of the chassis Unscrew the retention screw at the top center of the drive then push the drive carrier out from the back until you can grasp and pull it out through the front of the chassis Reverse this procedure when installing a drive carrier m
35. optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bth Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to bo
36. red LED to indicate a drive failure If one of the SCSI drives fail you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SCSI drives 3 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Notes 3 4 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Chapter 4 System Safety Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch 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 installing main system components such as the motherboard memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cord from the server s power supply 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 necessary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause elec
37. 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 status LEDs on the chassis See Chapter 5 for details and pin descriptions 5 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins 20 19 Ground NMI x Key x Key Vec 5V Stby Vcc 3V Vcc 3V Stby Vee 3V Stby Vcc 3V Reserved Reset Button Power Button 2 1 Power On LED IDE SATA LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED Reserved Ground Ground 5 4 I O Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 2 below for the locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 2 I O Ports Mouse ae USB1 2 COM1 VGA JLAN1 2 a E EJE eoj Keyboard 5 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 5 Installing the Processor and Heatsink Avoid placing direct pressure to the top of the processor package Always remove the power cord first before adding removing or changing any hardware components The PDSM4 PDSME has a single LGA775 socket that supports Intel E6000 amp E4000 sequence PentiumD Pentium4 or CeleronD processors Intel s boxed CPU package contains a CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use a Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan only The Intel Pentium 4 LGA 775 h
38. the side of the 5025M 4 5025M i Note that these two rails are left right specific Slide the rail toward the front of the chassis see arrows in Figure 2 2 until you hear them click into place with the retention hooks on the chassis The screw holes should now be aligned screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 2 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installng into a telco rack Locking Tabs As you have seen both chassis rails have a locking tab which serves two functions The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing Figure 2 2 Installing Chassis Rails Installing the Rack Rails Determine where you want to place the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i in the rack See Rack and Server Precautions in Section 2 3 Position the fixed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the other assembly to the other side of the rack making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing in
39. to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays RESCAT reate Array H nirror RAID 1 34 408 dd Delete Hotspare E Configure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an aster isk
40. utilities o SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 1 2 Motherboard Features At the heart of the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i lies the PDSM4 PDSME a single Intel Pentium processor motherboard based on the Intel 3010 chipset and designed to provide maximum performance Below are the main features of the PDSM4 PDSME See Figure 1 1 for a block diagram of the chipset Processors The PDSM4 PDSME supports single a Intel E6000 amp E4000 sequence Penti umD Dual Core Pentium4 Extreme Edition Pentium 4 Pentium Extreme Edition or CeleronD LGA775 processor at system bus speeds of 1066 800 and 533 MHz Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site for updates on supported processors Memory The PDSM4 PDSME has four 240 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC non ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Onboard SCSI 5025M 4 only Onboard SCSI is provided with an Adaptec AIC 7901 SCSI controller chip which supports dual channel Ultra320 SCSI at a burst throughput rate of 320 MB sec The PDSM4 provides two SCSI ports PCI Expansion Slots The PDSM4 PDSME has one PCI Express x8 slot one PCI Express x4 slot two 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X slots and two 64 bit 100 MHz PCI slots one functions as a ZCR slot The SC823 chassis accommodates up to seven low profile add on cards 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Graphics Controller The PDSM4 PDSME features an integrated video cont
41. volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when Create Volume is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume IN Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set Yo
42. 003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the IGH7R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to Intel ICH7R Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the E7230 Mukilteo chipset the I O Controller Hub ICH7R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It sup ports a 2 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and four Serial ATA SATA ports The ICH7R supports the following PATA and SATA device con figurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual RAID Configurations The following types of RAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this write
43. 5M i User s Manual D 2 Installing the ICH7R Driver and the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel I CH7R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press lt ENTER gt c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indi cated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation
44. AAFLAI 69 8GB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amine rays Toste tray EHilin IHIN A SAY AL Cd Unlathe Hniapire gpr E H Hrite ticia Eraflad 51 STAs BA_BIGH o HUL AV 4b oD BHEL EHUB H3 HOL HOTBID RHELAL 6J ELE 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press lt Ctrl g
45. AID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press lt Enter gt For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to
46. ALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 1IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 SATA Connector Pin Definitions SATAO 3 Pin Definition Ground TXP TXN RXN RXP N o oO W DN Ground Ground 5 22 SCSI Connector 5025M 4 only Refer to the table at right for pin definitions for the Ultra320 SCSI connector located at JA Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup Ultra320 SCSI Drive Connector Pin Definitions JA1 oO a nN O a A Ww N es ea e POT n Bes o 5 23 Definition DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P Ground DIFFSENS TERMPWR TERMPWR Reserved Ground ATN Ground BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ 1 0 DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 Pin Definition DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P Ground Ground TERMPWR TERMPWR Reserved Ground ATN Ground BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ I O DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Notes 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform mainte nance on the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis For component installation follow the steps in the o
47. Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs Place the chassis top cover and any system components that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on 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 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 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 3 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 grounde
48. Ds Oo 3800748 m b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear then We pr Gig wet pong Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Volumig RAID Level RAIDIA RAIDAH Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx GB Create Vo lune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter g
49. Enter gt D 6 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configuring drives will urite Array Information on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If cor rect type Y to continue SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown be low Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array Selected Drives ea ST3B 13AS 74 36B 681 HDC HD74AGD BAFLAL 69 860 A2 HDC HD 4AGD AAFLAZ 69 BCB 63 HDC HD 740CD BBFLAL 69 BCB 5 HDC HD 4HED BHFLAZ 64 AGB 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Prop e
50. Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions J27 The floppy connector is locat Pin Definition Pin Definition ed behind the mouse keyboard 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN ports See the table at right for M 3 Ground 4 Reserved pin definitions 3 Key 6 FDEDIN T Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B dis Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable ly Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette 5 21 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual IDE Connector There are no jumpers to configure the onboard IDE interface See the table below for pin definitions SATA Connectors There are no jumpers to con figure the onboard SATA con nectors See the table on the right for pin definitions IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions J3 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground Pin Definition Pin Definition ql Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 1 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 iG Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 1 0 Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 B
51. From the Windows OS Setup screen press lt Enter gt The OS Setup will auto matically load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installa tion m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot D 20 Appendix E System Specifications Appendix E System Specifications Processors Single Intel E6000 amp E4000 sequence PentiumD Dual Core Pentium4 Extreme Edition Pentium 4 Pentium Extreme Edition and CeleronD LGA775 processors at a FSB speed of 1066 800 533 MHz Note Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site for updates on supported processors Chipset Intel 3010 chipset BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Four 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC or non ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Note See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SCSI Controller 5025M 4 Adaptec AIC 7902 for single channnel Ultra320 onboard SCSI SCSI SCA Backplane Controller 5025M 4 QLogic GEM318 controller for SAF TE compliance SCSI Drive Bays 5025M 4 Six 6 drive bays to house six standard 1 80 pin SCA SCSI drives SATA IDE Drive Bays 5025M i Six 6 drive bays to house six SATA or IDE drives E 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 3 5 floppy drive One 1 slim CD ROM drive Expansion Slots Oone PCI Express x8 slot one PCI Express x4 slot two 64 bit
52. O1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 7 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt PS2 KB MS Wake Up 7 7 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off t
53. SUPER SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 SUPERSERVER 5025M i USER S MANUAL 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 Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL 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 THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall b
54. Use caution when working around the SCSI backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the holes which aid in proper airflow Important Regardless of how many SCSI IDE hard drives are AN installed all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays for proper airflow 6 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual 2 Installing removing hot swap SCSI drives The SCSI drive bays are located in the front of the chassis and are hot swap units meaning that they can be installed and removed while the system is running To remove a SCSI drive first push the colored release button located beside the drive s LEDs then swing the handle fully out and use it to pull the SCSI drive carrier straight out see Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Removing SCSI Drives Important All of the SCSI drive carriers must remain in the drive bay to maintain proper cooling airflow 6 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup SCA Backplane The SCSI drives plug into a SAF TE compliant SCA backplane CSE SCA 822S that provides power SCSI ID and bus termination A RAID controller can be used with the SCA backplane to provide data security The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drive The SCA SCSI backplane is already preconfigured there are no jumpers or switches Figure 6 5 SCSI SCA Backplane T f e eeh
55. a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled L3 Cache Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the function of L3 Cache to optimize system and CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold 7 12 Chapter 7 BIOS Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating
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57. aking sure you screw in the retention screw Replace the top cover when finished Installing a Component in the 5 25 Drive Bay 1 Mounting the component in the drive carrier A component such as an IDE hard drive or an additional SCSI drive that can fit into a standard IDE drive bay can be mounted in the 5 25 drive bay The component should also be mounted in a drive carrier to simplify its installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper airflow For this reason even empty carriers without a component installed must remain in the chassis To add a component such as those noted above install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with the four screws 6 8 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 2 Installing removing a 5 25 drive bay component A single 5 25 IDE drive bay is located in the front of the chassis making it eas ily accessible for installation and removal This component is not hot swappable meaning system power must be turned off before installing and or removing them To remove the drive carrier first power down the system and then remove the top cover of the chassis Unscrew the retention screw at the top center of the drive then push the drive carrier out from the back until you can grasp and pull it out through the front of the chassis Attach the compo
58. apter for your reference Remember to completely close the chassis when you have finished working with the motherboard to better cool and protect the system 5 1 Handling the Motherboard Electric static discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the P8SC8 motherboard 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 Electric Static Discharge ESD e Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag e Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard 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 motherboard 5 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid electrical static dis charge When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static
59. assed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run th
60. ble Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initiali
61. came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ICH7R Controller D 1 Adaptec s Embedded SATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Intel ICH7R Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the chipset the ICH7R Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and an Adaptec s firmware which sup port up to four Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Four Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid R
62. celerator RAID Edition Installation Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Setup Status Ey Ea Intel Applicaton Accskato RAID Edition Setup is perfoming the requested operations Instaling g Once the Application Accelerator RAID Edition installation is completed the fol lowing screen will appear and the system will start to re boot Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Install5 hield R Wizard Complete The InstallS hield R Wizard has successfully installed Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Click Finish to exit the wizard Note Once the XP 2000 2003 Operating System is installed please read the Re adme text files for the instructions to use the SATA RAID Utility in the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS environment Appendix C Software Installation C 4 Installing the Operating System and other Software Programs After all the hardware has been installed you must first install the operating system and then other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard For Windows 2003 please refer to Page C 14 S SUPERMICRO PDSM4 PDSME Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Intel E7230 chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct lt 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel E7230 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager PDSM4 PDSME Series Intel PRO Net
63. components from EMI and aid in proper ventilation so make sure there is always a shield covering each unused PCI E PCI X slot 5 9 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 5 8 Motherboard Details Figure 5 4 PDSM4 PDSME Layout not drawn to scale Flo KB MS 4 py J27 aes JENI com2 DIMM2A Black amp q A USB1 2 DIMM1B Blue a JPUSB1 DIMM2A Black coMm1 jii DIMM1A Blue CPU FAN6 VGA PentiumD North Bridge FAN1 SLANT LGA775 JF1 JLAN2 FANS z Slot7 LP IPMI w z JJWD une JLED Slot 6 PCI X 133 MHz 2 eT owor E A LES D25 W Slot 5 PCI X 133 MHz ICH7R la a Slot 4 PCI E x4 2 JPL1 Sheri Dier Tp JPL2 PXH ES SATAO SATA2 4000 SATA1 SATA3 Battery WOL Speaker JPA1 UPG1 y Slot 2 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR 2 BIOS js USB3 4 AIC 7901 Slot 1 PCI X 100 MHz JPUSB2 JA1 SIM 1U JPA2 FAN4 No
64. d 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 charge 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 motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 5025M 4 5025M i is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 5025M 4 5025M i system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install the PDSM4 PDSME mother board into the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All motherboard jumpers and connections are also described A layout and quick reference chart are included in this ch
65. e 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an 120 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Notes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disa
66. e 5025M 4 5025M i the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis includes a single 550W power supply SCSI Subsystem 5025M 4 only The SCSI subsystem supports six 80 pin SCA Ultra320 SCSI hard drives Any standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Connection Attachment The SCSI drives are connected to an SCA backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SCSI drives are also hot swap units Control Panel The SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP control panel provides important system moni toring and control information LEDs indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity and system overheat conditions Also present are a main power button and a system reset button I O Backplane The backplane of the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP supports the use of up to seven low profile expansion cards and provides one COM port one VGA port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two Gb Ethernet LAN ports Cooling System The SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis revolutionary cooling design that in cludes four 8 cm system cooling fans The fans plug into chassis fan connectors that are located behind the drive bays A Fan Speed Control Mode setting in BIOS allows the user to set the chassis fan speed recommended setting is 4 pin Server If any fan fails and the ambient air temperature inside the chassis becomes too high an overheat LED and alarm will be activated The system also includes an air s
67. e cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 7 9 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires th
68. e 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 Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Manual Revision 1 0 Release Date September 12 2006 Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2005 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians It provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only The SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i is a high end dual Pentium processor rackmount server based on the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP 2U rackmount server chassis and the PDSM4 PDSME motherboard which supports single Intel PentiumD Pentium4 or CeleronD type processors Refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site for updates on supported processors Manual Organizat
69. e is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 7 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 7 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual 7 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Dow
70. e main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non endorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1613 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 85 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved J Name Volung RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays
71. e native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec 7 4 Chapter 7 BIOS gt IDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave SATA Port3 and SATA Port4
72. e the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 7 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Primary Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PI
73. e write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PPCI X 1 2 SCSI This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz gt Slot1 PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Slot2 PCI X 100MHz Slot3 PCI Exp x4 Slot4 PCI X 133MHz Slot5 PCI X 133MHz and Slot6 PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A hig
74. eatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation CPU socket with load plate Step 1 1 Press the socket lever to release the S kettever 1 load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position Load Plate 2 Carefully lift the socket lever up to open the load plate Load Plate 3 Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket Pin 1 is closest to the notched corner of the housing Please note that a North key Pin 1 and a South key notches are located Notched at opposite sides of the CPU housing corner 5 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 4 Use your thumb and index finger to hold the CPU at the north center and south center edges of the CPU 5 Align Pin 1 of the CPU with Pin 1 of the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down and into the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub Steps 5 amp 6 the CPU against the surface of the socket or against any pins of the socket which may damage the CPU and or the socket South Center Edge Socket Lever 6 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU CPU in the socket to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Step 7 7 Use your thumb to gently press the lever down and lock it in the hook 8 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the black plastic cover will be automatically releas
75. ed from the load Step 8 plate when the lever is pushed into the hook Remove the cover from the motherboard Note Keep the plastic cap If you need to ship the motherboard the CPU must have the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU pins Shipping without the CPU plastic cap properly installed will void the warranty Plastic cap is released from the load plate when the CPU is properly installed 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup Installing the Heatsink 1 Locate the FAN5 header on the motherboard 2 Position the heatsink in such a way that the heatsink fan wires are closely routed to the CPU fan and do not inter fere with other components Note not all steps are pictured 3 Inspect the CPU fan wires to make sure that the wires are routed through the bottom of the heatsink Step 5 4 Remove the thin layer of the protec tive film from the copper core of the heatsink Warning the CPU may overheat if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal Thermal Grease grease on the CPU If your heatsink Step 6 came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearrange the wires so that they are not pinched between the heatsink and the CPU Also make sure there is clearance between the fan Heatsink Fins wires and the fins of the heatsink Step 7 7 Align the four heatsink fasteners with the mounting hole
76. er Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Term Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA2 Jumper Setting Definition Enabled Open Disabled Closed SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual USB Wake Up USB Wake Up Jumper Settings JPUSB1 2 JPUSB1 and JPUSB2 are used to en able or disable USB Wake Up which allows you to wakeup the system by Pins 1 2 depressing a key on the keyboard or by clicking the mouse when either is Jumper Setting Definition Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled connected to a USB port The JPUSB Note The default jumper setting is jumpers are used together with the Disabled However when the USB USB Wake Up function in the BIOS Wake Up function is enabled in Enable both the jumpers and the BIOS and the desired USB ports are BIOS setting to allow the system to enabled via the JPUSB jumper please wake up via a USB device See the be sure to remove all USB devices table on the right for jumper settings from the USB ports whose USB jump and jumper connections JPUSB1 ers are set to Disabled before the is for USB1 2 and JPUSB2 is for the system goes into standby mode USB3 4 headers Keyboard Wake Up Jumper Settings JPWAKE Keyboard Wake Up The JPWAKE jumper is used to a
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78. h priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h O0A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect J N entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM requency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled ECC Conditions This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that will be treated as ECC Error Events by the system The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both Note This item is available when it is supported by the memory ECC Error Handler This setting allows you to select the
79. he system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 7 8 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Memory Cache Memory Cache Set to enabled to set the state of Cache Memory The options are Enabled and Disabled Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows
80. hroud to maximize airflow efficiency 1 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5024M i Manual 1 4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i up and running Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time This quick setup assumes that your SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i system has come to you with the processors and memory preinstalled If your system is not already fully integrated wi
81. ility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 7 23 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Notes 7 24 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working
82. ion Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the serv er system and describes the main features of the PDSM4 PDSME motherboard and the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis which make up the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system If your server was ordered without processor and memory com ponents this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer here 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 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Chapter 4 System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the PDSM4 PDSME motherboard 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 motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced
83. ion on the screen and the following screen will appear SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Welcome to the InstallShield R wizard for Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition The InstallS hield A Wizard will install Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition on your computer To continue click Next b When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Next on the screen and the following screen will appear Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement NTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Alpha Beta Organizational Use IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement If you do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software The Software contains pre release alpha or beta code which may not be fully Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose Mo the setup will close To install Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition you must accept this agreement InstallShield C 12 Appendix C Software Installa
84. l low the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the keyboard from an S1 or S3 state in Windows OS See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specification 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Disabled Pins 2 3 Enabled 5 11 Onboard Indicators JLAN Left LED Connection Speed Indicator LAN LEDs LED Color Definition off 10 MHz The Ethernet port has two LEDs The Green 100 MHz yellow right LED indicates activ Amber 1 GHz ity while the left LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the functions associated with the left activity speed LED 5 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 12 Floppy IDE SCSI and SATA Drive Connections Use the following information to connect the IDE hard disk drive cables e Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 e The 80 wire ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector interface and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive
85. l Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error
86. lled the next step is to connect the cables to the board These include the data ribbon cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables Connecting Data Cables The ribbon cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been care fully 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 9 for connector locations 5025M 4 SCSI drive cable JA1 5025M i SATA drive cables SATA 0 3 Control Panel cable JF 1 Floppy cable J27 CD ROM drive cable J3 Connecting Power Cables The PDSM4 PDSME has a 24 pin primary power supply connector JPW1 for connection to the ATX power supply In addition there is an 8 pin processor power connector JPW2 that also 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 ribbon cable to simplify this connec tion Make sure the
87. m memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS Ifthe BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ICH7R SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 4 on page C 16 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2
88. n arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 7 2 Chapter 7 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 7 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select th
89. nent to the carrier if installing Then reverse the drive carrier removal procedure to install the drive making sure you screw in the retention screw Replace the top cover when finished CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation The top cover of the chassis must be opened to gain full access to the CD ROM and floppy drive bays The 5025M 4 5025M i accomodates only slim CD ROM drives Side mounting brakets are typically needed to mount a CD ROM drive in the 5025M 4 5025M i server First release the retention screws that secure the server unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover and at the same time push the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server You must power down the system before installing or removing floppy or IDE components Drives mount on rails and should click into place to be correctly and fully installed in their bays e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires e A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 e Assingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always
90. nfiguring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below anage firrays reate Array td Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press lt Insert gt Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives HDC WD 748CD BBFLAL 69 26GB HDC WD 746CD BBFLA2 69 269 HDC HD 746GD 86FLAL 69 26B HDC WD 4HCD ABFLAZ 69 2GB 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box melet drives for Configuring Selected Drives HB STI6BB19AS 74 501 WH STSBHB1SRS H2 HOC RD PSHE D BMELAZ ty 260 A3 WoC M746CD BAFLAI 69 208 AS WDC KOTIACD RAFLN An 26A 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt
91. nput This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 7 14 Chapter 7 BIOS
92. nsert Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear Note the current version of the ICH7R SATARAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System Appendix C Software Installation S SUPERMICRO PDSM4 PDSME Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Intel E7230 chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct lt 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel E7230 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager PDSM4 PDSME Series Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD I Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD C 3 Installing Intel Application Accelerator Utility a When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Application Accel erator RAID Edit
93. or and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is designated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incom ing call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use this feature JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Ethernet ports designated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located beside the COM port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables 5 15 1 Intrusion Input Ground Wake On LAN Pin Definitions WOL Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black Wake up SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Two serial ports are included on the Pin Definition Pin Definition motherboard COM1 is a backpanel DCD DSR port and COM2 is a header located RXD RTS near the floppy drive connector See TXD CTS the table on the right for pin defini DTR RI tions NC Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions The Power LED header is located on JLED JLED This header provides LED in Pin Definition dication of power being supplied to the 1 Anode system See the table on the right for 2 Key pin definitions Cathode Universal Serial Bus USB Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions USB There two Universal Serial Bus ports
94. ot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C 6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block Syste
95. pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcc 1 5V 12V Vcc 1 8V 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD Vfsb Vbat SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual gt IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The o
96. preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via No Ini Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume
97. protected 5 2 Motherboard Installation This section explains the first step of physically mounting the PDSM4 PDSME into the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis Following the steps in the order given will eliminate the most common problems encountered in such an installation To remove the motherboard follow the procedure in reverse order 1 Accessing the inside of the system Remove the screws from the back lip of the top cover of the chassis then pull the cover off 2 Check compatibility of motherboard ports and I O shield The PDSM4 PDSME requires a chassis big enough to support a 12 x 9 6 moth erboard such as Supermicro s SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP Make sure that the I O ports on the motherboard align properly with their respective holes in the I O shield at the back of the chassis 3 Mounting the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Carefully mount the motherboard to the motherboard 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 motherboard 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 motherboard ground to provide a continuous ground for the system Finish by replacing the top cover of the chassis 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5 3 Connecting Cables Now that the motherboard is insta
98. ptions are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 7 19 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS 7
99. r Speaker Jumper Pin Definitions J9 To use the internal onboard speaker S a etting Definition place a jumper on pins 3 4 of J9 If you wish to use an external speaker Jump pins 3 4 Internal Speaker Connect to 1 4 External Speaker connect the speaker header to all four pins of J9 Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog function a system monitor that takes action when a software application freezes the system Jumping pins 1 2 will have WD reboot the system if a pro gram freezes Jumping pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt for the program that has frozen See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS JLAN1 2 Enable Disable Change the setting of jumper JPL1 or JPL2 to enable or disable the JLAN1 or JLAN2 ports respectively See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled SMBus to PCI Jumpers JP5 and JP6 allow you to connect PCI PCI X slots to the Sys tem Management Bus The default setting is Open to disable the con nection See the table on the right for jumper settings SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Note when Watch Dog is enabled the user must write their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer JLAN1 2 Enable Disable Jumper Se
100. rder given to eliminate the most common problems encoun tered If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the step that follows Tools Required The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electricstatic discharge ESD 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 ESD damage Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge 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 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 to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 6 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Figure 6 1 Chassis Front and Rear Views 5025M 4
101. roller based on the ES1000 graphics chip The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers featuring low power consumption high reliability and superior longevity Onboard Controllers Ports The PDSM4 PDSME includes one floppy drive controller and one onboard ATA100 IDE channel Backpanel I O ports include one COM port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports a video monitor port and dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports The PDSM4 also includes an external SCSI port Other Features Other onboard features are included to promote system health These include various voltage monitors a CPU temperature sensor fan speed sensors a chas sis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5024M i Manual Figure 1 1 Intel E7230 Chipset System Block Diagram MRM V10 1 FSB 1066 800 533MHz SCSI 7901 I PCI X BUS 2x PCIX_100 DIMM_CHA _ DDR2_ 667 533 E7230 J PCI X BUS MCH PCIE x8 j PXH J PCI X BUS 2x PCIX 133 PRI_IDE UDMA 100 PCIE x4 PCIE x E ISTA S ATA 300 a J 2xGb_Lan ES1000 USB USB 2 0 1 1 PORT_0 7 W83627EHF LPC I O Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis System Power When configured as th
102. rties menu displays sesSelact drives to create Array ese lected Drives BE i 68 ST3866139AS 74 303 41 HDC NDV44CD HAFLAI 569 8CB WDC HD74BCD ABFLA1L 69 BCB WDC HD74AGD P FLA 69 060 D 8 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives RAID O Stripe RAID Mirror 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press lt Enter gt Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to
103. s data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ICH7R allows the user to create RAID 0 and RAID1 set by using only two identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAIDO and RAID sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the
104. s on the moth erboard Gently push diagonal pairs of fasteners 1 amp 2 and 3 amp 4 into the mounting holes until you hear a click Orient each fastener so that the narrow end of the groove points Narrow end of the groove outward points outward 5 7 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i 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 PDSM4 PDSME supports dual channel unbuffered ECC or non ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory con figurations are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Populat ing both slots of a bank DIMM 1A and DIMM 1B and or DIMM 2A and DIMM 2B with DIMMs of the same size type and speed will result in dual channel interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory Note than when ECC memory is used it may take 25 40 seconds for the VGA to display Notes 1 Due to a chipset limitation 8GB of memory can only be supported by the fol lowing operating systems 32 Bit Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64 Bit Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition 2 You may install 2GB DIMMs in each slot however only DDR2 533 2GB DIMMs are available for this configuration 3 Some older versions of DDR2
105. s very important that the chassis top cover is properly installed and making a good seal for the cooling air to circulate properly through the chassis and cool the components See Figure 6 2 System Fan Failure Fan speed is controlled by system temperature via a BIOS setting If a fan fails the remaining fan will ramp up to full speed and the overheat fan fail LED on the control panel will turn on Replace the failed fan at your earliest convenience with the same type and model the system can continue to run with a failed fan Re move the top chassis cover while the system is still running to determine which of the four fans has failed Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan Remove the chassis cover Press the tab on the top of the fan housing of the failed fan and remove the entire housing unit The system power need not be shut down since the fans are all hot pluggable 2 Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 8 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicro p n FAN 0070 Position the new fan at its proper place in the chassis by fitting the fan with its housing onto the fan mounts in the chassis A click can be heard if the fan in its housing is properly installed If the system is already powered on the fan will activate immediately upon being connected to its header on the motherboard 6 3 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Motherboard Power Supply Figure 6 2 Sy
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107. st 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 10 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the SCSI drive carriers and the motherboard 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 chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push button buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a reset button and a power on off button RESET RESET Use the reset button to reboot the system POWER 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 3 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 3 3 Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of the SC823S 550LP SC823i 550LP chassis has five 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
108. stem Cooling Fans 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal Accessing the Drive Bays SCSI Drives You do not need to access the inside of the chassis to replace or swap SCSI drives Proceed to the next step for instructions Note You must use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 5025M 4 CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or floppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the server by removing the top cover of the chassis Proceed to the CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation sec tion later in this chapter for instructions 5 25 Drive Bay For installing removing a component in the 5 25 drive bay proceed to the 5 25 Drive Bay Installation section later in this chapter for instructions 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup SCSI Drive Installation 5025M 4 only 1 Mounting a SCSI drive in a drive carrier The SCSI drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and re moval from the chassis Since these carriers also help promote proper airflow for the SCSI drive bays even empty carriers without SCSI drives installed must remain in the chassis To add a new SCSI drive install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as shown in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 Mounting a SCSI Drive in a Carrier
109. t c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Software Installation Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Corede Redrectern tasted Yew Meour tip Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Name VolumS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity B U GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID
110. t and lt R gt to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Sears see etn Factewed We Mare be Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears
111. tes Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only The SCSI connectors jumpers and components are not included on the PDSME 5 10 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup PDSM4 PDSME Quick Reference Jumpers J9 JBT1 JP5 JP6 JPA1 JPA2 JPF JPG1 JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB1 JPUSB2 JPWAKE JWD Connectors COM1 COM2 Fans 1 5 J3 J27 JA1 JF1 JL1 JLAN1 JLAN2 JLED JPW1 JPW2 JWOR KB MS SIM 1U SATA 0 3 Speaker USB1 2 USB3 4 VGA WOL Onboard Indicator LE 1 LE3 LE4 PDSM4 only Description Default Setting Int Ext Speaker Pins 3 4 Internal Spkr CMOS Clear See Section 5 10 SMB to PCI Slots Both Open Disabled SCSI Channel Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled SCSI Channel Termination Open Enabled Power Force On Open Disabled VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled Gb LAN1 2 Ports En Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled USB1 2 Ports Wake Up Pins 2 3 Disabled USB2 3 Headers Wake Up Pins 2 3 Disabled Keyboard Mouse Wake up Pins 2 3 Disabled Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset Description COM1 Port and COM2 Header CPU and System Fan Headers IDE Connector Floppy Disk Connector SCSI Connector Front Panel Control Header Chassis Intrusion Header Ethernet RJ45 Gb LAN Ports PWR LED ATX 24 Pin Power Connector 12V 8 pin Processor Power Connector Wake On Ring Header PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports IPMI Slot Serial ATA Headers Onboard Speaker Buzzer USB Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 2 USB3 4 Headers VGA Connec
112. th a motherboard processors system memory etc please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing specific com ponents 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i 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 Read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2 3 Preparing for Setup The box the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i was shipped in should include two sets of rail assemblies two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the system into the rack Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation process in a minimum amount of time Please read this section in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that follow 2 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Choosing a Setup Location Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door completely 25 inches Leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back
113. the connections have been made 1 Accessing the inside of the system see Figure 2 5 First release the retention screws that secure the unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover There is a large rectangular recess in the middle front of the top cover to help you push the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board The processor needs a heatsink installed See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor and heatsink installation 3 Check the system memory Your 5025M 4 5025M i server 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 add on cards to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing PCI add on cards 5 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow Also make sure that no cables are positioned in front of the fans See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections 2 8 Chapter 2 Server Installation
114. tion c After reading the License Agreement click on the icon marked Yes on the screen and the following screen will appear d Specify the folder that you want the program to be installed in and then click on the icon marked Next to begin the installation process Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup wil instal ties Sotup wil instal Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition in the folowing folder To install to this folder click Nest To install to a diferent folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Follies C Progiam Files inteNintel Appicolion Acceleiotor Browse lt Back Coes Cancel j 16 e Specify a program folder where you want the Setup to add the program icon as shown in the following screen and click on the icon marked Next Intel R Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup ane eee tolder Dy 7 TA Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders SDForce Xabre series xabre Accessories Administrative Tools pplication Accelerator F Intel Network Adapters Jasc Software Network Associates Orange Micro iBOT2 C 13 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual f The following screen will appear to display the status of the Intel Application Ac
115. to take te 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 cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm 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 ae NIC2 NIC2 Indicates network activity on JLAN2 when flashing ae NIC1 NIC1 Indicates network activity on JLAN1 when flashing e HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the SuperServer 5025M 4 this LED indicates CD ROM drive activity when flashing 3 2 Chapter 3 System Interface ERA 5 Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply units This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating 3 4 SCSI Drive Carrier LEDs The 5025M 4 has six SCSI drive bays Each SCSI drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SCSI drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red The SAF TE compliant backplane activates the
116. tor Wake On LAN Header Description Onboard 5V Standby PWR warning LED Indicator BIOS POST Code Indicators See Appendix A 5 11 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 5 9 Connector Definitions Main ATX Power Supply Connector The primary power supply connector JPW1 meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification Refer to the table on the right for the pin definitions of the ATX 24 pin power connector You must also connect the 8 pin JPW2 processor power connector to your power supply see below Processor Power Connector JPW2 must also be connected to the power supply to provide power for the processor See the table on the right for pin definitions PW_ON Connector The PW_ON connector is on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 This header should be connected to the chassis power button See the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Connector The reset connector is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 and attaches to the reset switch on the computer chas sis See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 Definition Pin Definition 3 3V 3 3V 12V 3 3V COM 5V oOo oo N O Bom A O N 12V 8 pin Power Pin Definitions JPW2 Pins Definition 1 4 Ground Required Connection Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 PW_ON Ground Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition
117. trical 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 electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets 4 1 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual 4 2 Motherboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities 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 CD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a CD 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 unconventional way General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i clean and free of clutter The SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i weighs approximately 44 43 lbs when fully loaded When lifting the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight
118. ttings JPL1 JPL2 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SMBus to PCI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP5 JP6 Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled System Power Force On Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable the Force Power On function If enabled system power will always stay on If disabled the normal set ting the user needs to press the power button to power on the system VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper set tings SCSI Controller Enable Disable 5025M 4 only Jumper JPA is used to enable or dis able the LSI SCSI controller The de fault setting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable 5025M 4 only Jumper JPA2 is used to enable or dis able termination for the SCSI connec tor The default setting is open to en able termination See the table on the right for jumper settings Note In order for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting enabled set by the manufacturer Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup System Power Force On Jumper Settings JPF Jumper Setting Definition Closed Force On Open Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jump
119. type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt Note This item is available when it is supported by the memory 7 11 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via
120. u will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press lt Del gt A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix C Software Installation Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non AN RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Restting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete all internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Lorporat Create RAID Volume Port Drive Serial NLT AS i E Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press
121. upt 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 five fan headers on the motherboard which are designated CPU_FAN1 through FANS Connect the fan on your CPU heatsink to the CPU_FAN1 header See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on J28 The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin definitions 5 14 Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V Stby 16 Control NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Fan Header Pin Definitions FAN1 5 Pin Definition Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions KB MS Pin Definition 1 Data NC Ground VCC Clock oOo a A WwW N Ne Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is des ignated JL1 See the board layout for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin definitions Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated WOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connect
122. ward 2 5 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit The next step is to install the server into the rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack Figure 2 3 Installing the Server into a Rack 2 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Server into a Telco Rack If you are installing the SuperServer 5025M 4 5025M i into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will be the positioning of the rack brackets to the rack They should be spaced apart just enough to accommodate the width of the telco rack Figure 2 4 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack 2 7 SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i Manual 2 5 Checking the Motherboard Setup After you install the 5025M 4 5025M i in the rack you will need to open the unit to make sure the motherboard is properly installed and all
123. work Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor Ill Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD I Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPERSERVER 5025M 4 5025M i User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information e Supero Doctor
124. ws you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU Temperature PECI Agent System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3
125. you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to b
126. ze extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring

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