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1. Fan7 20 24Pin PW1 J27 U62 CN5 28 Fan3 Fan1 J 34 smg PWR Alarm DIMM1 J16 ITP pw Fault Reset Lig DIMM5 J15 Connecto E DIMM2 J13 m a q DIMM6 J14 7 PwR Pod CPU1 S VRM n Y NIZ AN l 25 Jo MRH D MRH D zi J30 WoR N ANA e o DIMM3 J11 O PW Pod DIMM7 J12 l VRM top Cpu ATI RAGE DIMM4 J9 l _XL bottom DIMM8 J10 n J29 2 N m WD m COM2 i 2 J4 138 MRH D MRH D VGA Reset w31 N Y Enabled H B JV te m lulu eo Ed p19 PCI X 256 Pin l gt AL SNC 2 E North ij Battery Bridge d m 7 P64H MB o SAN w GLAN y22 el Enable CTLR S gt H 82546 z IPMI J26 2 9 p SIOH a SCSI PE yl Sl B JA 1Enable EP s S5 S6 ICH4 alla L E a g 7002 g e aii BIOSG South ls vol mm Bridge Li Controller S3 S2 S1 SEKA 2 Front Panel 3 BIOS3BIOs2 BIOS JETI ETUR N4 CLARO Fan8 SCSI Ch B SCSI Ay18 Speaker U21 cmos Chassis LU66 Fang ENTTermination USB4 5 Intrusion Fan Notes 1 Jumpers not noted are for testing purposes only 2 ME indicates t
2. 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND q7 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 o 64 1 0 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 2 23 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Notes 2 24 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Notes 1 It might take longer than usual up to 40 seconds to boot up the system The larger the memory size is the longer it will take to boot the system 2 Please wait at least 10 seconds between power off and power on for proper VRMs discharge 3 The iZDMR 8G2 iG2 supports Limited ACPI functions only the functions of SO Active and S5 Complete power off are supported 4 The minimum power requir
3. Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled JBT1 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Watch Dog J31 controls Watch Dog a system A i Watch Dog monitor that takes action when a Jumper Settings J31 software application freezes the Jumper T Position Definition System Pins 1 2 will have WD re Pins 1 2 WD to Reset h if Pins 2 3 WD to NMI set the system if a program Open Disabled freezes Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt for the pro gram that has frozen requires soft ware implementation Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JV1 JV1 allows you to enable or dis T umper able the VGA port The default po Postion Definition sition is on pins 1 and 2 to enable 12 Enabled detault 2 3 Disabled VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable i2DMR 8G2 only SCSI Enable Disable The SCSI jumper at JA1 allows you aa to enable or disable the onboard m SCSI controller The normal de Position Definition p A Pins 1 2 Enabled fault position is on pins 1 2 to en Pins2 3 Disabled able SCSI termination See the table on the right for jumper set tings SCSI Termination Enable Disable i2DMR 8G2 only Jumpers CN1 and CN3 allow you to SCSI Channel Termination enable or disable termination for the Enable Disable
4. your boot options will still remain the same as before BIOS flashed Type n at the prompt if you want to keep the default values after BIOS flashing as shown in the screen above 11 When asked Proceed with flash update y n type y at the prompt to update the BIOS Type n at the prompt if you do not want to update the BIOS If you type y the system will automatically update the BIOS file 12 After BIOS is updated you will be asked Reset CMOS to default values will be done during the next boot y n as shown in the screen below y if you want to reset BIOS to manufacturer s default settings during the next boot or n if you only want to update BIOS without resetting it to manufacturer s default settings Please note that this reset will not affect EFI boot options 13 Then you will be asked Reset the system y n Type y at the prompt if you want to automatically reboot the system SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Brief instruction for adding the CDROM boot option in EFI 1 Power on the system and go into the EFI Boot Manager 2 Select Boot Option Maintenance Menu 3 Select Add a Boot Option 4 Select Removable Media Boot Acpi PNPOA03 0 Pci 1F 1 ATA Secondary Master Please note if your CDROM drive is connected to the primary IDE connector you must choose it accordingly 5 Enter a new description such as CDROM 6 When asked
5. 1 Thru 2 Ground 3 Thru 4 12V EPS 12V 15A power connectors to be connected to CPU Power Pods VRMs Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED Pin Power Fail LED Definitions U66 Pin The Power Fail LED connection is Number Definition located on pins 5 and 6 of U66 3 BE Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin The non maskable interrupt button eons U66 In header is located on pins 19 and Number Definition 20 of U66 Refer to the table on AN round the right for pin definitions Power LED PWR LED Pin Definitions The Power LED connection is lo 5 U66 cated on pins 15 and 16 of U66 Number Definition Refer to the table on the right for E Boda pin definitions 2 13 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual HDD LED HDD LED Pin The HDD LED connection is located uc on pins 13 and 14 of U66 Attach Pin the hard drive LED cable here to m E display disk activity for any hard 14 HD Active drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 LED NIC LED Pin The NIC Network Interface Con iin d troller LED connection for the Pin GLAN port is located on pins 11 D n and 12 of U66 Attach the NIC LED 12 GND cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for
6. A aa iii Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction T T TOMO VW iaa 1 1 Checklist tad 1 1 Contacting SupermlickO uec dade races 1 2 Super 2DMR 8G2 2DMR G2 Image ssee 1 3 Super i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Layout 1 4 Super i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Quick Reference ssssss 1 5 Motherboard Features nre nee Intel E7505 Chipset System Block Diagram P 1 2 Chipset OVERVIEW rora aa ia 1 3 Special Fortuna ia Recovery from AC Power LOSS eene 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 5 AGPI FeatUreS iin oii creen Aa 126 Power Supply iii ESAE SUO VO iia al Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices civic 2 1 PO CAUTIONS i eot teen e repete Ee ctc ev deeds 2 1 WMD ACHING eset atero te rp Ei erre Uode iee iE EIE 2 1 2 2 Itanium 2 Processor Heatsink and Motherboard Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 4 1 0 Ports Control Panel Connectors eee 2 11 2 5 Connecting Cables 2 13 EPS 42V Power ConneclOr nonton eremi eie 2 13 Processor VRM Power Connectors eseeeeem 2 13 Power Fall IE tia ae e 2 13 Wings II HELD Power LED HDD WED e ENE NIC1 LED NIC2 LED ES Table of Contents Overheat ED iia Reset But M lie da ada Power BUON uri Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 USB2 3 Front Panel U
7. Enter Boot Option Data type A Ascii U Unicode N No boot Option Then press Enter 7 When asked Enter bootOption Data type Data will be stored as Unicode string Then press Enters 8 When asked Save changes to NVRAM Y Yes N No press Y 9 Select Exit option to exit the Add Boot option menu 10 Select the Exit option to exit the Boot Maintenance Menu 11 Once you re back to the EFI Boot Manager you now can select the CDROM boot option to boot from the OS installation CD Chapter 5 Software Installation Brief instruction for IA64 OS include Windows XP 64bit Windows 2003 Enterprise 64bit Red Hat Linux 64 bit and SUSE Linux 64bit for Itanium Installation on IDE hard drive Note The Itanium2 board does not have a floppy connector so the user cannot install Windows driver through a floppy device This procedure uses ramdisk to add the boot device driver in EFI so that Windows OS will automatically pick up driver from there 1 Make sure that the driver for boot device SCSI or RAID controller is supported by Itanium2 2 Copy ramdisk efi and driver files into a USB device such as USB pen 2 0 is recommended 3 Connect the USB device into one of USB ports and power on the system Refer to Page 1 4 for the location of the USB ports 4 Once the system goes into the EFI Boot Manager choose EFI Shell Built in 5 Under the EFI Shell locate the USB
8. On Self Test it writes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h A 1 IA 32 Post Codes The IA 32 Post Codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description DOh The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Dih Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 D6h Control is in segment 0 Next checking if Ctrl Home was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h A 1 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Checkpoint 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h OAh OBh OCh OEh OFh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 19h 1Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 23h Code Description The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory Unco
9. SWDMA to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode O It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMAZ2 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select UDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMAS to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 66 6 MBs Select UDMAA to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs The Options are Auto SWDMAO SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMAO UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMA3 and UDMA4 S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help pre dict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent the BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled E
10. and Lait Setup Warning When you first enter the Advanced Setup screen the Setup Warning will be displayed Please follow the instruction and set the correct value for each item to prevent the system from malfunctioning gt Super IO Config SeperlD Chipri Wibod HAF Tli Screen Ti Select Thos Change pl ion Fl Gal Belg FI Minn amd Bu bt Enii SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port addresses and Interrupt Request addresses of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial ports from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial ports physically becomes unavailable The op tions are Enabled and Disabled The default setting for Serial Porti is Enabled When Enabled is se lected for Serial Port1 the address for Serial Port1 will be automatically set to 2F8 IRQ3 The default setting for Serial Port2 is Disabled When Disabled is se lected for Serial Port2 Serial Port2 will physically become unavailable FIDE Configurations Sub Menu The screen for the Primary IDE Master is shown below Wu SETUP LiT RAPT Dieci Tiere Med Electra Du ARAFO Mie Calin istis Mimi B mimt ld Sores Me lic Them Enie i du dub Morera Fl Giara Help Fi Stet dm En Er Exit When you select this Sub Menu AMI BIOS automatically displays the status of the followin
11. cases the lt Delete gt key is used to invoke the BIOS setup screen There are a few cases when other keys are used such as lt F1 gt lt F2 gt and so on Each main BIOS menu option is described in this user s guide The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be config ured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame dis plays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note AMIBIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMI BIOS setup utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of the BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include lt F1 gt lt F10 gt lt Enter gt lt ESC gt lt Arrow gt keys and so on Note Options printed in Bold are default settings 4 1 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 4 2 Main Setup When you first enter the BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below KS SETUP UTTLETY FP nler
12. device for example fsx fsO or fs1 6 At the Shell command prompt type Shell fsX X the num ber of the file that your USB pen is located at This com mand will change the directory from Shell to fsX 7 At the new command prompt type fsX gt load ramdisk efi This command will create a virtual block inside the EFI This virtual block contains image of all files you have in your USB device including boot device driver This new block will be the very last block under EFI shell For example if you previously had total 6 blocks the virtual block will be block 7 bIk7 8 Type fsX gt exit This command will exit from fsX device and go back to EFI Boot Manager 9 Select EFI Shell Built in again 10 At the Shell command prompt type Shell copy r bIkX bIkO This command will copy the images from the virtual block in this example blk7 to block O bIk0 Now your driver is ready to be used by the Windows OS 5 7 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 11 At the Shell command prompt type Shell gt exit This command will exit EFI Shell and go back to EFI Boot Manager 12 Select CDROM boot option to boot from Windows OS installation CD after you have already added CDROM boot option under EFI Boot Manager 13 Follow OS instruction to setup OS Appendix A BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power
13. pin definitions NIC2 LED The NIC Network Interface Con NIC 2 LED Pin Definitions troller LED connection for the U66 GLAN port is located on pins 9 and Pin m Number Definition 10 of U66 Attach the NIC LED 9 Vcc cable to display network activity 194 GND Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat LED OH Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions Connect an LED to the OH connec U66 tion on pins 7 and 8 of U66 to pro Pin vide advanced warning of chassis dr overheating Refer to the table on 8 GND the right for pin definitions 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of U66 At tach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of U66 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 USB2 3 Two USB 2 0 ports USBO 1 J1 and USB2 3 J4 are located on the back panel USBO is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector of J1 USB2 is the bot tom connect
14. private l C bus Temperature sensors CD ROM BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 25 x 13 05 311 2mm x 331 5 mm Chapter 1 Introduction Processor 2 16GB Max DDR200 Processor 1 DIMMT gt MRH D K DIMM5 el DIMM2 5 mH D KOMMES CDIMM3 gt MAH_D_K DiMM7 gt MRH D K_DIMM4 CDIMM8 gt VGA 82546 P64H2 A aGLAN USB orts 0 1 2 T n 3 4 5 sea DINKA VXB Slot SCSI 7902 iBDMR d eee ewe dl See eee Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Motherboard Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of the motherboard 1 9 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the Intel E8870 870 chipset the i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for high end server platforms with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The Intel E8870 chipset consists of the following four primary components the Scalable Node Controller SNC Server I O Hub SIOH the Memory Repeater Hub for Synchronous Double Data Rate Memory MRH_D and Scalability Port Switch SPS Note Below Comple mentary components include the I O Hub Con
15. 2 V SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 0 ce ceeeseeseeseceeceeceeeeeeeseeeceeseeeeaeeaeeaeeeenees 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions oooccinccinccincnnncciocnoncconcconncanocono cono nonn cnn enne 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 IntrOQUCHOD ier neenon ci rr n n rere p terete 4 1 4 2 Main BIOS Setup eet t coe a S CL Ree eR 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setups cnc tva eei en eee 4 3 4 4 PGUPnP Gonfigulratiom eerte rrr rein 4 11 4 5 Security Setup unco nao nerit tait enira ER e EE EN 4 12 4 6 Exit OPOS cc ceca ome eene n pentes o rra denas 4 13 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Code ics een no nata A 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your mother board If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Itanium2 Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036 One 1 heatsink retention w Mounting screws SKT 0147 RM IT2 Two 2 Power Pods VRM mechanism for the Itanium 2 CPUs VRM 0008 One 1 Supermicro CD ROM One 1 User s B
16. 8G2 i2DMR iG2 supports up to 16 GB of buffered Reg ECC DDR 200 utilizing DDR 266 memory operating at DDR 200 All motherboards were designed to support 2 GB modules in each slot Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the Tab Notch p 4 Notch Release Tab alignment notch at the bottom Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab TL age Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot 2 4 l OPorts Control Panel Connectors The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions For i2DMR 8G2 only Im Hm 1 1 O eet o USB Ports COM Port USB Ports Gb LAN1 Gb LAN2 Video Port External SCSI 2 11 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Front Control Panel U66 U66 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassi
17. Checkpoint 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh A2h A3h A8h A9h Aah BOh B1h 00h Code Description Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has com pleted The adaptor ROM check is next The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next Coprocessor initialized Performing any required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor R
18. Connect the 24 pin power connector from the AC Power Supply to the motherboard Refer to Page 1 4 for the locations of power connectors 2 Connect two 2 4 pin 12V 15A power connectors from the AC Power Supply to the power pods 2 9 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation 1 Insert either 4 or 8 identical DIMMs Memory of the same size and type into the memory slots starting with DIMM1 J16 DIMM2 J13 DIMM3 J11 8 DIMM4 J9 DIMM1 DIMM4 are the DIMM sockets colored in blue If four more DIMMs are used insert DIMM5 J15 DIMM6 J14 DIMM7 J12 and DIMM8 J10 into the slots DIMM5 DIMM8 are the DIMM sockets colored in black The memory scheme is interleaved and you must install four modules at a time beginning with DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMMA blue slots 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The i2DMR
19. Fault Connect a cable from your power Pin Definitions U62 supply to the U62 header to pro Pin Number Definition vide warning of power supply fail 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2 Fail Signal ure This warning signal is 3 P S 3 Fail Signal passed through the PWR LED pin 4 Reset from MB on U66 to indicate of a power fail ure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J22 Connect the appropriate cable here to uti lize SMB on your system Alarm Reset The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that Super micro redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should dis able this the default setting with CN5 to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings The Alarm Re set header is located next to the PWR Fault header and close to Fan3 SMB Power I C Connector l2C Connector J27 located be tween the PWR ForceOn Header and the PWR Fault header moni tors the status of PWR Supply Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies SMB Header Pin Definitions J22 Pin Number Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection Alarm Reset Jumper Settings CN5 Jumper Position Definition Open En
20. ICH4 also interfaces with PCI and various communications ports Nearly all communications between the GMCH and the ICH4 takes place over the hub Interface which is a 66 MHz 266 MB s bus P64H2 PCI X Hub P64H2 The P64H2 PCI X Hub provides a 16 bit connection to the MCH for high performance I O capability and two 64 bit PCI X interfaces 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Peripheral Device Configuration to change this setting The de fault setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard 3 pin chassis fans are controlled by the power management func tions SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows t
21. IOS Manual 1 1 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email salesOsupermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl RMA Dept Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Image Note The difference between the i2DMR 8G2 and the i2DMR iG2 There is Adaptec 7902 Ultra 320 SCSI on the 2DMR 8G2 and there is no SCSI on the i2DMR iG2 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale
22. J37 IDE2 J35 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI J26 IPMI 1 5 2 0 Connector ITP J34 ITP Connector For Testing Only PCI X J19 PCI X Bus 256 Pin Slot PWR1 J20 PWR2 J36 Power1 and Power2 24 Pin Connectors PWR Fault U62 Power Fault Connector Speaker CN4 Speaker Connector Note3 SMB J22 System Management Bus Connector SMB_Power J27 System Management Bus Power Header SCSI A amp B J18 J3 SCSI A Connector J18 SCSI B Connector J3 Note 4 USB 0 1 J1 USB2 3 J4 Back Panel Universal Serial Ports USB4 5 J21 Front Panel USB Headers VGA Connector J2 VGA Connector WOR J6 Wake on Ring Header Notes 1 For 1U servers use Fan1 amp Fan2 for CPU cooling For 2U servers use Fan1 Fan2 Fan3 Fan4 for CPU cooling 2 See Chapter 2 for Memory Installation Instructions 3 See Chapter 2 for detailed information 4 For i2DMR 8G2 only 1 5 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Two Intel Itanium 2 Processor sockets and power pod sites support Single or dual Intel Itanium 2 processors at a 400 MHz front side bus system speed up to 1 5 GHz 6MB L3 Cache Notes Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT TechSupport htm Chipset Intel E8870 chipset SNC M Scalable Node Controller of the E8870 chipset SIOH Server I O Hub of the E8870 chipset Four Me
23. Jumper Settings SCSI connectors Jumper CN3 con CNI CNS trols SCSI channel A and CN1 is for Jumper Position Definition SCSI channel B The default setting Open Enabled is open to enable terminate both Closed Disabled SCSI channels See the table on the right for jumper settings 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Force Power On Enable Disable Force Power On J23 Jumper J23 located next to the 24 Jumper Position Definition Pin power connector allows you Off Normal to enable or disable the function of On Force On Force Power On f enabled the power will always stay on auto matically If this function disabled the user needs to press the power button to power on the system 2 7 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator LED Each of the Gigabit Ethernet LAN Color Definition Off No Connection ports located beside the COM2 Green 100 Mb port has two LEDs The yellow Orange GO LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED 2 21 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 2 8 COM Port IDE IPMI and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the hard disk drive cable A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 COM Port 1 J5 amp COM 2 Header J38 The CO
24. M Port 1 is located on J5 and the COM 2 Header is located on J38 IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to configure the onboard IDE 1 and 2 connectors at J37 and J35 respectively See the table on the right for pin definitions IDE Connector Pin Definitions J35 J37 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 Y Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 V O Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation IPMI J26 is designated as the IPMI Socket for the i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Motherboard Ultra 320 SCSI Connectors i2DMR 8G2 only Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra 320 SCSI connectors SCSI A located on J18 and SCSI B located on J3 68 pin Ultra 320SCSI Connectors J18 and J3 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3
25. OM at E000h next Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to EFI A 6 Appendix A BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes A 2 Common Debug Codes Common Debug Codes for the motherboard are listed below Checkpoints DS4 On On Off Off Code Description DS3 On SNC found and start memory sizing Off Initial system memory and SIOH On Valid memory and SIOH found Off ICH4 found A 7 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Notes A 8
26. OS to automatically load Optimal Defaults to BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance 4 13 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Discarding Changes Select this option and press lt Enter gt to discard all the changes and return to the BIOS Utility Program Chapter 5 Software Installation Chapter 5 Software Drivers and the Operating System Installation After all the hardware has been installed you need to install the operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard 5 1 Introduction to the EFI Platform The EFI Extensible Firmware Interface Platform is a new firmware architecture that provides os interface between the operating system and the 78 computer firmware BIOS It abstracts system Z 3 data specified in the system BIOS and translates Eyo _ it into an object oriented language that can be EFI easily accessed by the OS It provides a rich ar environment for system pre installation EFI 58 sE initializes chipset buses drivers and locates OS 8 2 loaders Once the EFI Firmw
27. R iG2 User s Manual F Installing the Heatsink on the CPU for CPU w o Heatsink only Warning Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink the required amount of thermal grease has already been applied Note To maximizing the cooling effect of the i2DMR 8G2 iG2 we strongly recommend that Supermicro s proprietary heatsinks SNK 046 be used with the Itanium 2 CPUs 1 Place the heatsink P N SKT 0046 on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism as shown in Figure 1 below 2 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten then do the same with the remaining diagonal screws as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 Figure 1 the heatsink retention module SCREW 0 4 SCREW E 8 al UN N0 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW Figure 2 Figure 3 Chapter 2 Installation 3 Secure the heatsink onto the CPU by tightening all four screws as shown in Figure 3 4 Repeat the above steps 1 3 to install the second heatsink on the second CPU if needed as shown in the Figure 4 Figure 4 The i2DMR 8G2 iG2 with two heatsinks installed G Po Connecting AC Power to the motherboard and the Power ds 1
28. SUPERO SUPER 2DMR 8G2 SUPER i2DMR iG2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The St
29. Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles Select 96 to set the PCI latency to 96 PCI clock cycles Select 128 to set the PCI latency to 128 PCI clock cycles Select 160 to set the PCI latency to 160 PCI clock cycles Select 192 to set the PCI latency to 192 PCI clock cycles Select 224 to set the PCI latency to 224 PCI clock cycles Select 248 to set the PCI latency to 248 PCI clock cycles Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this value to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address The options are Yes and No PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Slot1 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the function of PCI Slot Option ROM The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 11 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual gt Hardware Health Monitoring H W Health Function Select Enabled to enable the function of Hardware Health Monitoring Device The Options are Enabled and Disabled Overheat Temperature Trips The feature allows the user to set the CPU temperature threshold The options range from 65 C to 90 C The default setting is 78 C 4 5 Security Settings AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both passwords the Supervisor passw
30. abled Closed Disabled SMB PWR Pin Definitions J27 Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 N A 4 N A 5 N A Fan and system temperature 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable J7 enables or disables the GLAN port s on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled CMOS Clear JBT1 is not literally a jumper but con sists of two contact pads To clear the contents of CMOS short these pads together by touching them both with a metal conductor such as the head of a small screwdriver JBT1 is located between the FPUSB4 5 J21 and Chassis Intrusion J25 headers on the motherboard For ATX SSI power supplies you must completely shut down the system and remove the AC power cord before clearing CMOS 2 19 Pins Connector 3 2 1 p A Jumper Cap 3 2 1 Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings J7 Jumper
31. age 1 4 for the locations of CPU1 Socket and CPU2 Socket 2 5 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual E Installing and securing the Power Pod onto the Itanium 2 CPU Notes 1 The CPU Power Pod is a VRM mechanism specially designed for the Itanium 2 processors 1 Locate the opening slot on the CPU Power Pod and align the opening slot with the Itanium2 CPU installed on the motherboard 2 Carefully push the Edge Connector of the Power Pod toward the CPU until the Signal Pins on both edges of the CPU are fully seated in the Edge Connector and you hear a click Warning Unless the Signal Pins of the CPU are fully seated in the Edge Connector of the Power Pod the CPU will not function correctly 1 Align the opening slot of the CPU Power Pod with the Opening slot of the GPU Power Pod CPU Power Pod 2 Push the Edge Connector toward the CPU until you hear a click and the Signal Pins are fully seated in the Edge Connector Itanium2 CPU 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 3 Locate four 4 M3 screws in the VRM 008 package Secure the Power Pod onto the motherboard with four 4 M3 screws as shown in the picture below 3 Secure the Power Pod onto the motherboard with four 4 M3 screws 4 Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 to install the second Itanium2 CPU w Power Pod as needed Dual Itanium 2 Processors w Power Pods installed SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DM
32. are boots up the system it hands over the system operation to the BIOS OS When running in the background in the OS Fun environment EFI still provides the system with 8 simple runtime services such as monitoring m firmware settings and system reset Due to the Hardware interoperability between the OS and the system BIOS EFI optimizes the performance of the 64 bit Itanium2 systems SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 5 2 Flash AMI BIOS 1 Obtain a USB Pen or a USB storage device 2 0 recommended 2 From our web site download the following two files into the USB pen or device amiflash efi and bios rom The link to the files is www supermicro com 3 Connect the USB device to one of the USB ports See Page 1 4 for USB port locations 4 Bootup the system with the USB pen connected to a USB port The system will boot to the EFI Boot Manager Highlight the EFI Shell Built in and press Enter to select it Boot to EFI Boot Manager TE ELLL S4TI 3ES Himin Server Chee Bool optine aalnbininca mami lise T ami i to change opiimalal lae Estar lo aelecl an mpi ima 5 Once the EFI shell Built in is selected you enter the EFI Shell In the EFI Shell locate the USB device for example fsO or fs1 Chapter 5 Software Installation A Parle pee Pen E TE Locate the USB device Ex ample The location of the USB device Example 6 At the Shell c
33. ate 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 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 2003 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 motherboard The SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 supports single or dual Intel Itanium 2 processors at a 400 MHz front side bus Uniquely designed for demanding enterprise and tech nical applications the Itanium 2 processor with 6 MB L3 Cache can provide performance increases of up to 30 to 50 percent or more over the original Intanium 2 processor With its massive execution resources 6 4GB sec system bus bandwidth and 1 5GHz core speed the latest Itanium 2 proces sor offers high end reliability flexibility and scalability features for business critical computing and the most data intensive app
34. cated between Keyboard Mouse con nectors and the VGA connector This port accepts RJ45 type cables Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header J25 Pin Ur ae is located below the S 1 O chip Attach the appropriate cable to in TOUR Definition form you of a chassis intrusion l pred See the tables on the right for pin definitions 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers The i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 has eight fan headers See the table on the right for pin definitions Speaker Header The Speaker header is located on CN4 See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker f you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 3 and 4 with a jumper to enable it Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR J6 This function allows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature 2 17 Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer Caution Fan headers are DC power ro Speaker 2 Wake on Ring Pin Definitions JWOR J6 Pin Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Power Fault Power
35. ck to verify that it still supplies 3VDC f it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT TechSupport htm be fore contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro co
36. ement is 500W and above Also two 4 pin 12V 15A power connectors are required for CPU Power Pods VRMs 5 There is no BIOS Recovery function available Should a problem occur after flashing BIOS all six BIOS chips will have to be replaced Before Power On 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis Disconnect the AC plug from the power supply for more than 2 minutes to reset short circuit protection 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Connect the AC plug to the power supply and turn the power switch on SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC f it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes 3 Make s
37. emory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit lt DEL gt message next The Hit lt DEL gt message is cleared The lt WAIT gt message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next A4 Appendix A BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 60h 62h 65h 66h 67h 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Fh 9th Code Description The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard control
38. g items Device Vendor Size LBA Mode PIO Node Async DMA Ultra DMA S M A R T 4 4 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Sub Menu From the Advanced Setup screen press lt Enter gt to access this sub menu for the primary and secondary IDE master and slave drives Use this screen to select options for the Primary and Secondary IDE drives Use the up and down lt Arrow gt keys to select an item Use the lt Plus gt and lt Minus gt keys to change the value of the selected option Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive ca pacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled or Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to
39. guration This feature allows the user to configure Peripheral Device settings ALIS SETUP UTTLITE Select Sonn Seri Tima Dhang piine Gareral elp Seon and Balt adh Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power Options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog Timer This setting is used to enable or disabled the Watch Dog Timer function It must be used in conjunction with the J31 jumper see Chapter 2 for details Options are Enabled and Disabled Watch Dog Timer Value If the function of Watch Dog Timer above is enabled this feature will allow the user to value for the Watch Dog Timer Options are 2 Min utes 5 Min 10 Min and 15 Min 4 9 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual gt UBS Configuration This feature allows the user to configure USB settings USB Function Select Enabled to enable the USB Host Controller The options are Disabled and Enabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy The options are Disabled and Enabled Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 4 PCI PnP Configuration This feature allows the user to set PCI PnP configurations FCT PITT ERE PCI Latency Timer This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus The default setting is 64 Select 32 to set the PCI latency to 32 PCI clock cycles
40. he location of Pin 1 3 For 1U servers please use Fani and Fan2 for CPU cooling For 2U servers please use Fan1 Fan2 Fan3 8 Fan4 for CPU cooling 4 The difference between the i2DMR 8G2 and the i2DMR iG2 There is Adaptec 7902 Ultra 320 SCSI on the i2DMR 8G2 and there is no SCSI on the i2DMR iG2 Warning The heatsink on the MRH D chip has been pre installed by the manufacturer Please do not touch it Turning the heatsink in a wrong way will damage it and will void the manufacturer s warranty 14 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed information Jumper Description Default Setting CN1 CN3 SCSI Cha A CN3 Cha B CN1 Termination Note4 Open Enabled J7 GLAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled J31 Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset JBT1 CMOS Clear Note 4 JA1 SCSI Enable Disable Note5 Pins 1 2 Enabled JV1 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled Connector Description Alarm Reset CN5 Fail Alarm Reset Switch BIOS 1 6 S1 6 BIOS 1 6 Chassis Intrusion J25 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 J5 COM2 J38 COM1 8 COM2 Serial Port and Header CPU1 J30 CPU2 J29 CPU 1 2 Sockets DIMM 1 8 J9 J16 Memory RAM Slots DIMM1 J16 DIMM2 J13 DIMM3 J11 DIMM4 J9 DIMM5 J15 DIMM6 J14 DIMM7 J12 DIMM8 J10 Note 2 Fan Headers 1 8 Fani Fan8 Headers Front Panel CTRL U66 Front Control Panel Connector Note 3 IDE1
41. he user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature is exceeded fans will speed up and the warning LED is triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 1 1V to 1 5V sup ported by VRMs only This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an SSI compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 requires a 24 pin connector and two 4 pin 12V 15A connectors for CPU VRMs Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 500W of power and an even higher wattage power supply is recommended for high load configurations Also your power supply must supply 2A for the Ethernet ports and the E8870 chipset It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets SSI EPS 12V 1U 500W PS Specification To verify the status of SSI com
42. ler interface test command next The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the com mand byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The lt WAIT gt message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next AS SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual
43. lerc 195 882 All righi reserved Foadiny BMS iniga fila Then the system will start loading the BIOS Image file 5 4 Chapter 5 Software Installation After the BIOS Image file is loaded the following screen will appear ees EM ee irman tet EN IET ind islet Wi miw 1l N31 e 20M 11415641 hehe CDR CITI Bete lt Sagernicrn CPOE Cde fed by Sepernicral dile 1141543 Absa CDIR 265 CFDA Rego lt Supermisrs 1210407 les ted ly Sopereicre files LASA Ei ASAH CWA Bena li Sagernicrn PONIES Cba sted by Sepernicro itn 111543 Hila S482 CFPM beg Supernicra 2DARSGT lo Led by operadores thia 11 14 43 Tiia 0 290 45 ani ros 1141744 Bn T 513 944 hpl ty LITA E 16 287 banipsi Ae loz 18 Fileds 7 252 979 bytes E Flrinb falii anif ilast anid rom inor ican Mopiirrada 8 aif laab atility A apar lybl 00 Anar icin Negalrends Esc 1905 2882 All rights reserved Radel og TIDS jaage fibe dina Calidatiog BLIS inige EE A dB m Pasi win Ly dafanii values iim 10 When asked Reset NVRAM to default value y n type y at the prompt if you want to reset all default values after flashing the BIOS y This will reset your NVRAM which typically resets your boot options in EFI to manufacturer defaults If you previously added options to boot from CDROM or Windows these will disappear after NVRAM is reset and in this case you will have to re add the options n This will leave NVRAM alone thus
44. lications Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product page product m htm for updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Chapter 5 provides instructions on software drivers and OS installation Appendix A provides BIOS POST codes SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Malvina a A
45. m techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 You can also send fax to us at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that sup port registered ECC DDR 200 PC1600 SDRAM modules utilizing DDR 266 operating at 200 MHz It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Either 4 or 8 of identical DIMMs shall be installed SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Note There is no BIOS Recovery function available for the motherboard Should a problem occur after you flash the BIOS you will need to change all six BIOS chips Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Ans
46. mat ian Sytem Tine un z 22 Spira fate fe L2 AADECTI Adele Sore Jelai Diem Gremial lelg fave amd Enji Exit When you select the Main Setup the following items will be automatically displayed AMI BIOS Version BIOS Biult Date BIOS ID System Memory Language Menu This option allows you to set the default Language used by the BIOS Select English US if you wants to use English as your default Language BSP Information When you select this option AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of each of the following items BSP Type BSP Speed BSP CPU1 ID BSP CPU2 ID BSP L1 Cache BSP L2 Cache BSP L3 Cache System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the lt Arrow gt keys Enter new values through the 4 2 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS keyboard Press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Arrow gt keys to move between fields The date must be entered in DAY MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour format For ex ample 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 4 3 Advanced BIOS Setup The Advanced BIOS Setup screen and sub menus are listed below IHE SUF TILA TY en De ua An ma funr cant Bir Tr dur Coral ger a urs k Sip ben Walik Aosiior Pm ipera Besirm Comi igrat jua IEEE Cim gara iun Teli Serena Select ben Enter La lo Sk Morera j Fl Corral irla Tisu
47. mory Repeater Hubs DDR MRH D components of the E8870 chipset One P64H2 PCI X bridge component Network Interface Controller NIC 10 100 1000 Ethernet controller that provides two GLAN ports One I O Control Hub 4 ICH 4 component 6 USB ports 4 at the rear 2 headers 2 IDE bus routed through the flex cable to the peripheral board supporting one ATA100 master device 6 MB Flash using 6 Firmware Hub FWH components Memory Eight 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB Registered ECC DDR 200 PC1600 SDRAM utilizing DDR266 operating at 200 MHz Note 4 way Interleaved memory requires at least 4 pieces of identical memory modules to be installed at the same time See Section 2 3 for details Expansion Slots For 1U Server One 64 bit PCI X 100 slot For i2DMR 8G2 One 64 bit PCI X 133 slot For i2DMR iG2 For 2U servers it can support up to 3 PCI X slots e One 64 bit PCI X 100 slot For i2DMR 8G2 One 64 bit PCI X 133 slot For i2DMR iG2 Two 64 bit PCI X 133 slots 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction BIOS 6 MB AMI Flash BIOS total of 6 BIOS chips e PCI 2 2 BIOS chips Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 ACPI limited PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores system voltages Fan status monitor with firmware software on off Speed control e CPU chassis temperature monitors CPU fan speed control CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip supp
48. mory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent 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 2 1 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual 2 2 Itanium2 Processor and Heatsink Installation pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up i When handling the processor package avoid placing direct IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink Note To optimize the functionality and capability of the i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 we recommend that i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 be installed in Supermicro chassis only Warning The heatsink on the MRH D chip has been pre installed by the manufacturer Please do not touch it Turning the heatsink in a wrong way will damage it and will void the manufacturer s warrant
49. mpressing the POST code next Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area The CMOS checksum calculation is done next The CMOS checksum calculationis done Initializingthe CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status registeris initialized Next performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byte is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the nitialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset The 8254 timer test will begin next The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next Passing control to the video ROM to perform an
50. nabled and Auto 32Bit Data Transfer Select Enabled to activate the function of 32 Bit data transfer Select Disabled to deactivate the function The options are Enabled and Dis abled ARMD Emulation Type The feature allows the BIOS to set ARMD Emulation type The options are Auto Floppy and Hard Disk 4 6 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS ATA PI Detect Time Out The feature allows AMI BIOS to set the time out value for detecting ATA PI devices The options are 0 5 10 15 20 25 and 30 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection This feature allows the BIOS to auto detect 80Pin ATA PI Cable The op tions are Host amp Device Host and Device gt BIOS Settings Configuration This item allows the user to configure the system s boot settings Wisin Quiet Boot Set this value to allow the boot up screen options to be modified between POST messages or OEM logo The default setting is Disabled Select Dis abled to allow the computer system to display the POST messages Select Enabled to allow the computer system to display the OEM logo SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual System Health Monitor This feature allows the BIOS to automatically display the status of the fol lowing items Advanced System Health DUET e CPU Overheat CPUI Temperature CPU2 Temperature for 2U systems Voltage Status Fan Speeds Chapter 4 AMI BIOS gt Peripheral Device Confi
51. niversal Serial Bus Headers USB4 5 2 16 Serial POMS vision raai eatae ENED E EAEE EaR GLAN Ethernet Port 4i ioa iii CliassisslnttisiORi eran ap ios Fan Headers rere ta e Speaker Meade msisite di hee ettet tette i Wake2On Ring 22e oy ten rec eben er tet da peo Power Fault Header cocccioccconocccconcccnnncnnonccnnancnnonccnnancn nana can nennen enne SMB System Management Bus Alarm Reset at SMB Power COnne Clon cipere ees dr reri tee ete heces repens 2 6 J mpet SeN S ista ninia rn Eee Explanation Of JUMPOCIS iscsi re ri a GLAN Enable Disable CMOS err Watch Dog Enable Disable netten VGA Enable DISable ncn nere cies en e er rH eR REESE eds SCSI Enable Disabl riii eiim PEERS SCSI Termination Enable Disable eene Force Power Oh Control i ada 2 7 Onboard Indicators sssssssssssssseseeeenee netten GLAN LEDS ninm aan 2 8 Serial Port Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections COM Port CONNectors seien ect eterne ete ets IDE Connectors seeren a ob eun ee eae eden IPMIRCOMMECION 25d os e ire Ultra 320 SCSI Gonnectots uii ien entere dee Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures nem eene 3 1 Before Power On No POW cuero t pret Pe e Er Mag oae YE B DNIesadDo Toe EE THERE Memory ETTOrS c Losing the System s Setup Configuration esses 3
52. nual Checkpoint Code Description 47h 48h 49h 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53h 54h 57h 58h 59h The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next The m
53. ommand prompt type Shell gt fsX X is the number of sector which your USB pen is located at This command will change the directory from Shell to fsX 7 Now you can start flashing BIOS by typing fsX gt amiflash bios rom X is the sector number that your USB pen is located at 8 When asked Reset NVRAM to default value y n please choose accordingly SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Tr ivar et dieu amii lanh f i LEECH EET ETELE iafe 1 mas sirsa Lot a Hi HE NETT TIE FH LB 1 pena lk 20 a 3 i HI Beso ll Sigperaicra RE ita Bir NOTES ICISEE LT TET T HI COEIIET LLUIMNE MIT aparalerol kin plama 18 154 15 443 CPIE Renal fapermirre IZMMEDG des Jed bu uperntcra hin 11 14 41 10 ile 6 281 456 al ra Lie ltd E Sip 519 944 ipl ge ILIAJ PRE MAT banal 1 Hla ga 18 Fileted 7 51 07 bytes b Piria 9 When the fsx directory appears type in the file name at the prompt fsx amiflash ami64 rom eg for the example shown above at the prompt type fs0 gt amiflash ami64 rom and press lt Enter gt as shown below ES pp chi nAi TELE Bmp DER JUNE DIT LT Wi sirain fal IET 115 28 pardink ofi et 2 NECI TL Hl 14a E BAD COMBE Bese Sapermicro IIPHIIEI de EI e HI 181154 En ESTA LN DUIIMCTI IT NIS ET per amp slcpal HL NI TIT DINE LI TEL EIS E I INCILITSE u EI anib ren IM T bhimire 1 Bi tga TT Allah athlete Meralos 1 62 58 C Aser icin Eeqatrends
54. on the motherboard locate the six mounting holes as shown in the picture below and locate their six corresponding mounting holes in the chassis 3 Align the six mounting holes on the motherboard against the corre sponding mounting holes in the chassis 4 Screw six 6 6 32 8mm screws into the mounting holes on the retention mechanism and the mounting holes in the chassis as shown in the pictures below 5 Locate six 6 32 4 5mm screws included in the chassis mounting kit Secure the motherboard onto the chassis by screwing 6 32 4 5mm screws into all the remaining mounting holes on the motherboard and the mounting holes in the chassis 1 Screw six 6 32 8mm screws into mounting holes on the board and on the chassis 3 2 Secure the motherboard onto the chassis by screwing 6 32 4 5mm screws into all the remaining mounting holes on the board and on the chassis 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation D Installing and securing the Itanium 2 CPU onto the motherboard 1 Insert the Itanium 2 CPU into the CPU1 Socket Make sure that CPU Pin 1 is aligned with the cut angle of the CPU socket See Note as shown in the picture below Itanium 2 CPU CPU1 Socket 2 Use an M2 5 Hex Key to secure the Itanium 2 CPU as shown in the picture below Use an M 2 5 Hex Key to secure the CPU 3 Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 to install the second Itanium2 CPU as needed See Note Notes Please refer to Chapter 1 P
55. or and USB3 is the top connector of J4 See the table on the right for pin definitions 2 15 Reset Pin Definitions U66 Pin Number Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Connector Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number Definition 1 PW ON 2 Ground Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions USBO J1 USB2 J4 USB1 J1 USB3 J4 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 45V 1 45V 2 P 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 N A 5 Key SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Front Panel Universal Front Panel Universal Serial Bus J21 Pin Serial Bus Header Definitions FPUSB4 FPUSB5 Two extra USB headers USB4 Pin m Number Definition USB5 J21 can be used for front 1 45V side USB access You will need a s edm USB cable to use either connec Bra tion Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports There are two Serial Ports on the i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 The COM1 Serial Ports Pin Definitions COM1 J5 COM2 J38 serial port J5 is located under Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition the parallel port see Figure 2 3 3 on jh e and the COM2 header J38 is lo 3 Serial Out 8 CTS cated next to the GLAN1 port UN 3 Hl See the tables on the right for pin definitions GLAN Ports Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports desig nated LAN1 LAN2 are lo
56. ord must be set first MOS HETUP TELAT Y Un G es Mal Drkat led Mil Crete lid Select Screen Select liza Eater Change Fl Geweral Help FIB Mine and Exit EX Exit Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Clear User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to clear the user password 4 12 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS 4 6 Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen The SETUP UTILITY a Select krea elei lia Gn lo Xe Toru renra Help Tae ond Est Ekili Exit Saving Changes When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Exit Discarding Changes Select this option to quit BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Then Select OK to allow BI
57. ort for processor protection 5V standby alert LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching for VRMs System overheat LED and control Chassis intrusion detection Thermal Control Overheat LED Indication Thermal control 8 Fan connectors ACPI Features Internal external modem ring On Control of power on mode for recovery of power loss CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Main switch override mechanism Onboard I O Adaptec 7902 Dual Channel Ultra 320 SCSI i2DMR 8G2 only One IPMI 1 5 amp 2 0 socket One Intel 82546 Gigabit Ethernet controller which supports two GLAN ports Onboard ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI Graphic Control Super I O W83627 Winbond Hardware Monitoring IC W82791 e Low Pin Count LPC Super I O with one external serial port and an internal header supporting 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports Dual ATA100 channels 1 7 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Up to 6 USB 2 0 4 ports and 2 headers Other Internal external modem ring on Console redirection Watch Dog 8 Supero Doctorlll for system manageability n Target Probe ITP port Joint Test Action Group JTAG boundary scan support through ITP or external source Core ratio programming via the SNC M Clock Buffering Embedded D2D converters e C Logic Includes Field Replacement Unit FRU device ID that is accessed through a
58. pliance please visit the web site at http www ssiforum org Addi tionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recom Chapter 1 Introduction mended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator com plete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips me
59. read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit lt DEL gt message next The Hit lt DEL gt message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next A 3 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Ma
60. s See the figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 Front Control Panel U66 Header Pins Ground X Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED Overheat LED Power Fail LED Ground Ground 20 Speaker Connector CN4 Reset Pwr Reset Button Power Button CN4 contains header pins for the Speaker Header located at the front of the chassis See the Connector Section for details Figure 2 5 CN4 Header Pins Speaker Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 Connecting Cables EPS 12V Power Supply 24 pin Connectors J20 J36 Pin Definitions EPS 12V Power Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition Connector 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V pi i 15 COM 3 COM There are two 24 pin main power 1 PS ONE iy supply connector J20 J36 on the 17 COM 5 COM 18 COM 6 45V i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 These i COM s COM power connectors meet the SSI 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK Nn VSB EPS 12V specification Only one 2 uf P 2 main power supply is needed 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V See the table on the right for pin definitions Processor Power Connectors EPS 12V Power Supply 4 pin Connectors Pin Definitions In addition to the primary SSI Pin Pin EPS12V 24 pin power connectors Number Definition Number Definition above there are also two 4 pin
61. the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode IDE PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select O to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode O It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 1 lt has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 2 lt has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 3 lt has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive 4 5 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to auto detect the DMA mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select
62. troller Intel ICH4 the Firm ware Hub FWH and the PCI Bus Bridge P64H2 The major bus groups are Processor system bus supporting up to two processors and one Scalable Node Controller SNC with a maximum operating frequency of 200 MHz 400 MT s Rambus and SNC Interface the Interconnection between the SNC and Memory Repeater Hub MRH D operating at a maximum frequency of 400 MHz Synchronous DDR Interface interface between the MRH D and up to four DIMM sockets operating at the operating clock frequency of 100 MHz per branch channel Scalability Port SP Interface a 400MHz double pumped simultaneous bi directional signaling SBD interface Hub Interface 2 0 interface between the SIOH and the P64H2 using 266 MHz strobes on a 16 bit wide data bus Hub Interface 1 5 interface between the SIOH and the ICH4 using 133 MHz strobes on a 8 bit wide data bus Local Firmware Hub LPC Interface between the SNC and local firmware System Management Bus SMBus a subset of the I C serial bus integrated into the SNC SPS and SIOH Note The Scalability Port Switch SPS is not used in the i2DMR 8G2 iG2 Chapter 1 Introduction Complementary Components include 1 O Controller Hub ICHA The ICH4 is the fourth generation I O Controller Hub subsystem that inte grates many of the input output functions of the chipset including a two channel ATA100 Bus Master IDE controller The
63. ure that the CPU is securely locked in the CPU socket 4 Make sure that the 4 pin 12V 15A connector is used on the VRM Power Pod 5 Make sure that the CPU is completely inserted into the VRM Power Pod Please refer to Page 2 6 in Chapter 2 NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For BIOS POST codes refer to App A Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed It is recom mended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of ECC DDR 200 SDRAM utilizing DDR 266 operating at 200 MHz EDO SDRAM and PC100 133 SDRAM are not supported 4 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install four or eight iden tical memory modules at the same time beginning with DIMM1 DIMM4 sockets colored in blue If eight DIMMs are used install DIMM5 DIMM8 sockets colored in black see Section 2 3 5 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Che
64. wer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Chapter 4 AMIBIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS for the i2DRM 8G2 i2DRM iG2 The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program This chapter describes the basic navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility setup screens Starting BIOS Setup Utility To enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screens hit the lt Delete gt key while the system is booting up Note In most
65. y A Locating the components included in the shipping package Locate the following components which are included in the shipping package Two 2 Power Pod VRM 0008 Two 2 ltanium 2 Heatsinks SNK 0046 not included sold separately One Package of Retention Mechanism including One 1 Retention Mechanism SKT 0147 RM IT2 Eight 8 M3 5mm Screws Three 3 6 32 4 5mm Screws Six 6 6 32 8mm Screws One 1 M2 5 Hex Key for CPU removal and locking Chapter 2 Installation B Installing the Heatsink Retention Mechanism on the Motherboard 1 Place the retention mechanism P N SKT 0147 RM IT2 on the mother board as shown in the picture below 2 Secure the retention mechanism onto the motherboard by screwing three 3 6 32 4 5MM screws into the mounting holes on the back of the motherboard 1 Place the retention mechanism on the motherboard 2 Screw in three 6 32 4 5mm screws on the reverse side of the motherboard 2 3 SUPER i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 User s Manual C Installing Motherboard into chassis Note To optimize the functionality and the capability of the 2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 we strongly recommend that the i2DMR 8G2 i2DMR iG2 be installed in Supermicro s proprietary chassis only the SC813HS 500W for 1 U SC823HS 500W for 2U 1 Locate six 6 6 32 8mm screws in the retention mechanism shipping package 2 On the retention mechanism located
66. y required configu ration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 24h 25h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h Code Description The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory

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