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SuperMicro X6DHR-TG-B DUAL XEON INTEL E7520 DDR SATA PCI

1. IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions J5 J6 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function There are no jumpers to 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 configure the onboard IDE 1 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 and 2 connectors at J5 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 and J6 respectively See 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 the table on the right for pin 15 Host Data1 16 Host Data 14 definitions 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 Write 24 GND 25 O Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 10 16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 IPMI 39 Activity 40 GND 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR 12V 12V KB PW sma E DIMM 1 ow DIMM PWR USB DIMM 2A T gana CPU1 Fail oi DIMM B r JP10 T LL c B DIMM dA L 5 Bank4 O H FAN2 E7520 B CPU2 North Bridge T GLAN J4 J3 Kd BLAN 100 MHz 5 E PCI X 133 MHz PCLEx81 EE P ZCR RAID 5 88 WOR gt Memoy PXH ICHSR RAGE Sou
2. USBO 1 Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions USBO USB1 Two USB 2 0 ports J16 are lo Pin HR m Number Definition Number Definition cated beside the Mouse and COM1 1 5V 1 5V 2 Po 2 Po ports USBO is the bottom connec 3 PO 3 P0 tor and USB1 is the top connector ey See the table on the right for pin definitions USB 0 1 m 4 Pin 8 Pin 2 DIMM HEN mz ki 2 Dr Fall noB 0 1j DIM E O DIMM x B e DIMM BEN G cE QE rd ZCR RAID N i 5 gms Er Een Ens w d E le E NS rss reuse n Gi Fang LI Se e g ICH5R i South a Bridge SATAII gt JBT1 BIOS COM2 39 USB2 3 d an Chass 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers An Extra USB header FPUSBO FPUSB1 JD2 can be used for front side USB access You will need a USB cable to use the con nections Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COM Port1 is located beside the Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions FPUSB0 1 JD2 Pin
3. 2 20 The system will notify you in the Settings vent of wer ly failure evont g a power supply failure Jumper This feature assumes that Super Position _ Definition Open Enabled micro redundant power supply Closed Disabled units are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should dis able this the default setting with JP11 to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings SMB Power FC SMB PWR Connector Pin Definitions la C Connector J32 located next Ping deflt on to DIMM 1 slot monitors the sta 2 SMB Data 3 N A tus of PWR Supply Fan and sys 4 N A tem temperature 5 SMB PWR ds 12 12 o DIMM 1A Hs 20 ATX PW 8 DIMM 18 H PWR Alarm USBI DIMM 2A 2 CPU1 Fail Reset 0 4 DIMM 2B f JP1 8 Banks FAN1 DIMM H L NI 5 DIMM 4 L s Bank4 O DIMM 4B H A FAN2 B CPU2 North Bridge x GLAN CTRL Lf NL Jigs GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz T PCI X 133 MHz ERE BLAN eas zE IPMI 2 0 ae T ZCR RAID A 2 5 mms 98 4l B wes PXH ICH5R RAGE lt lt xL CUN Ben SATAII 2 prd Battery a 21096 5 SPKR e BIOS COM2 E JPG SMB IPMB COM2 USB2 3 l J D 1 Wwol Fang
4. e BIOS COM2 USB 3 1 a CMOS Clear 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN port s on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled GLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Enabled Disabled Enal VGA ble Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Enabled Disabled PORTO WEE POLK 133 MH F 27 su IPMI 2 0 2 23 aem GLAN Enable VGA Enable SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Watch Dog JWD controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a
5. e ATX PW ani E F DIMM TE H ben USH DINIM ZA Ma Fail MW 8 TES BEEN pania FANI a E fe 43 rale Rd EIS CPU2 North Bridge ran Karar ban PCED BOLX 133 Mie Esta HU gue T IPMI2 0 g ZOR RAD 3 n B Memon 2 ICHR GE uii E us l Bridge SATAN 5 ee 1 LSPKR ger We gos cow 4 SPC 03827 o ji Fan Reset Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Connector Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 1 PW ON 2 Ground Reset Button PWR Button Ground lt lt Power LED lt o HDD LED lt NIC1 LED 4 Vcc NIC2 LED lt Y Overheat LED lt Power LED lt Ground Coens o o Reset Reset Butto _ Vec Vcc o pwr gt Power SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 Attach the appropri ate cable to inform you of a chas sis intrusion Universal Serial Bus
6. 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMS n Fc eR EO Eee DRY 2 6 2 4 Ports Control Panel Connectors ainser 2 7 2 5 Connecting Cables nnne nenne nne 2 9 ATA Power COHFPecloEs n eere n eyal niy en 2 9 Processor Power Connector ritiene Hae Pines 2 9 NMI Button ulis EYA 2 10 HDD WED Pee 2 11 NIC1 NIC2 LED horn k na e e ka aha ecce es 2 11 OverheatFan Fall BED ese t eT teer ee pes 2 12 Power Fall WED mem 2 12 Table of Contents Reset serere ege decir poda es ere te d Power DD Chassis INtruSiOn coser Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers 2 3 2 15 Serial POMS cs cde chock otal ce e 2 15 GLAN1 GEAN2 Ethernet Ports eee 2 16 Fan Headers trei eo icc 2 16 OM M 2 17 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 Power LED Speaker Header sese 2 18 Wake On Ring aon ee ect D ink treten c t or era ea Erde R QAR KEK a 2 18 Wake Or LANE 2 19 Overheat LED kre tnnt nennen nnne 2 19 Alarm R S L nine a an nia eei ree n e reete ee ge c PEE DEWERE NE ME VA 2 20 El e 2 20 Po
7. The ATX PS 2 Keyboard J33 and m J33 in PS 2 Mouse J34 are located be Number Definition side the USB0 1 Ports on the backpanel See the table at right Ground for pin definitions See Figure 2 5 Clock 3 for the locations of each Ne Keyboard SERRE PWR PWR KB Pr SE 12 12V HESS PW SM aT DIMM 1A H 1 Xy a 20 Pin ATX 5 DIMM 1B H PWR DIMM 2A pank2 CPU1 Fail 11 DIMM 2B H JPTO 9 DIMM 3A KANA DIMM 3B H V E VE DIMM 2A L g Bank4 DIMM 4B H o Mous FAN2 IE E1520 Ss CPU2 North Bridge GLAN CTRL e RESET NH J4 J EE 100 MN Bi PCI X 133 MHz PCLEx8 z 2 gt I TG EB giu lu GLAN2 la ja IPMI 2 0 EB I ZCR RAID 5 Graphi svo B wez gt emery PXH d ICH5R RAGE South 5 XL Battery Bridge SATAII 5 SPKR JT Bios COM2 En 5 2 0582 3 _ lJ 1 vol Fang 02 00 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Power LED Speaker Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 On the JDI header pins 1 3 are Ein for a power LED and pins 4 7 are Number Function Definition 4 Red wire Speaker data for the speaker See the table on 5 Key No connection i gota 6 Key the right for speaker pin defini 4 Speaker data tions Note The speaker connec tor pi
8. 1 2 Serial Port Connectors Onboard CPU Fan Chassis Fan Headers Memory RAM Slots Floppy Drive Connector G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors IPMI 2 0 Connector PS 2 Keyboard J34 Mouse J33 Power Fault Header Power System Mangement Bus See Chapter 2 System Management Bus Header PWR LED Pins1 3 Speaker Pins4 7 Header Front Control Panel Connector Chassis Intrusion Header Overheat LED Alarm Rest Header Defult Off Marvell s SATA 0 3 Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Intel ICH5R Serial ATA Connectors Video Connector Universal Serial Bus Ports Front Panel USBO 1 Headers SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single or dual Intel 604 pin Xeon EM64T Nocona processors at 800 MHz front side system bus speed Notes The CPU FSB is set at 800 MHz by the Manufacturer Please do not change the CPU FSB setting Memory Eight 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB DDR 266 16 GB DDR 333 Registered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 2100 SDRAM Manufacturer Setting Notes Memory is set via BIOS Interleaved memory requires memory modules to be installed in pairs See Section 2 3 for details Chipset ntel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset Expansion Slots One PCI X 133 MHz slot One PCI X 100 MHz slot Two PCI Express x8 slots BIOS 8Mb Phoenix Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3
9. BER H IPMI 2 0 EB Em I ZCR RAID E mp 510 7 LI He gt Memory PXH ICH5R RAGE South 5 lt j XL 2 Bridge SATAII 2 S JBT1 BIOS SPKR PL Come HPG SMB IPMBJ COM2 USB2 3 1p 1 Jvoi Fan3 USB2 3 COM2 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual GLAN1 GLAN Gigabit Ethernet Ports A G bit Ethernet ports designated JLAN1 JLAN2 are located beside the Video port on the IO backplane This ports accepts RJ45 type cables Fan Headers There are five fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 5 on the X6DHR TG See the table on the right for pin defini tions The fan speeds are con trolled by Thermal Management via BIOS Please refer to the Hard ware Monitoring Section in the Advanced Setting in BIOS 3 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU and Chassis Fans Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers use DC power 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR 12 12 KB DIMM j EW SMI 20 Pin ATX PW mE
10. 2 2 Xeon EM64T Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink Heatsink Note CPU Retention Brackets are pre installed by the manufacturer Xeon CPU CPU RENE CPU Retention jx Bracket ounting O Chassis Holes back plane Heatsink CPU Socke Motherboar Chassis back plane Standoffs CPU Installation 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely as shown on the picture on the right otherwise you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPUT first Socket lever 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 2 Insert the CPU in the socket making sure that pin 1 of the CPU aligns with pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle When using only one CPU install it into CPU socket 1 socket 42 is automatically disabled if only one CPU is used Pin 1 3 Press the lever down until you hear the click so you can be sure that the CP
11. Bank1 x JPi PWR DIMM 2 h Fail USB CPU1 Bank2 0 1 DIMM 2B JP10 Fani 8 DILE DIMM 3B NEL d 4 DIMN ZA 18 Ra Bank4 O DIMM 4B H a Fan2 D AN2 e u GLAN1 7520 SIS CPU2 Fan4 North Bridge z GLAN CTRL 100 B EOS PCI X 133 MHz e EH gu eg ZCR RAID ae n5 Li KD GLAN2 g gm 510 gt Memory PXH ICHSR RAGE _ South 5 lt XL Brid pa te Bridge SATAI 3 JBT1 E Fans geni 8105 2 so PG1 SMB IPMBIICOM2 USB2 3 19D 1 Girard 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J11 Connect the appropriate cable here to uti lize SMB on your system ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports SMB Header Pin Definitions J22 Pin Number Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions
12. PCI 2 2 Interface and Sys tem Management Controller 1 9 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual 1 3 Special Features BIOS Recovery The BIOS Recovery function allows you to recover your BIOS image file if the BIOS flashing procedure fails see Section 3 3 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 Always On 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X6DHR TG All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby and 5V Standby An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fa
13. e LX SL CORR KAK KEK e 4 4 Advanced Setup ictor ie dedidit W k de td e eee 4 5 Security Setup 4 6 SQtUp erac eet Do YAS Ta ro DER ENE 4 7 E Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages s Appendix B BIOS POST GOd6S ree REPORTER ERR Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System C 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 Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B
14. software application freezes the System Pins 1 2 will have WD re set if freezes the system a program 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 3rd Power Supply Detect The system can notify you in the event of the 3rd power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are in stalled in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JP13 to prevent false alarms See the table on right for pin definitions Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Position Definition Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Open WD to Reset WD to NMI Disabled 3rd Power Supply PCIX 133 MHZ T ZCR RAD 510 Razan TCHER H VOR SPKR 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR RAGE Sout xL Bridge Batten deri y Ee 2 8 s 2 24 Detect Jumper Settings JP10 Jumper Position Definition Open Enabled Closed Disab
15. Chapter 2 Installation Power Fail Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Fail header JP9 to provide warning of power supply failure This warning sig nal is passed through the PWR LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2 Fail Signal 3 P S 3 Fail Signal 4 Reset from MB Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR j 2v 12v KB EW SMB za DIMM 1A j Bank O Pin ATX PWR ani NOU ov r JP1 A DIMM 1B H EWE Fail DIMM 2A Fail e Une Banke CPU1 DIMM 28 8 eno FAN1 DIMM 3B Nel 4 DIMM 2A H 4 Bank4 DIMM 4B al Nx FAN2 1 mp 059 SIS CPU2 North Bridge GLAN CTRL J4 J EE GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz PCFEXB mm ale PCI X 133 MHz SEER 5 ES I ER gu fw BLANZ 2 l IPMI 2 0 E I ZCR RAID me PERR g
16. 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 2004 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 X6DHR TG motherboard The SUPER X6DHR TG sup ports single or dual Intel Xeon EM64T Nocona processors at a 800 MHz front side bus Based upon Intel s NetBurst microarchitecture the Xeon EM64T processor supports the IA 32 software and includes features found in the Xeon processor such as Rapid Execution Engine an Execution Trace Cache and Hyper Pipelined Technology allowing the processor to reach much higher core frequencies The 800 MHz system bus is a quad pumped bus running off a 200 MHz system clock making 6 4 GBper second data transfer rates possible Packaged in a 604 pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array FC mPG
17. LED indicates Color Definition B Off 10 MHz activity while the other LED may be Green 100 MHz EN A green orange off to indicate mber SHE h f th nnection the speed o t e connectio 988 1 Gb LAN Right LED the table at right for the functions Indicator Activity LED associated with the second LED e Definition Amber Blinking 10 100MHz 1GHz 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR 142V 12V z S DIMM 1A 5 20 ATX PW z 1 3 1 5 PWR USB DIMM 2A 2 CPU1 Fail on DIMM 2B r JP10 8 imus pe DIMM 2 Bank4 OJ DIMM 4B H a FAN2 Enos CPU2 North Bridge G Ban J4 J3 EE PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 133 MHz 8 EE EISE IS gu R dee ZCR RAID alg 510 En Memory PXH 1 5 RAGE lt XL E a SATAII T JBT1 bios CONG SPKR SPL 9 J S 9 _ EPG SMB IPMB COM2 USB2 3 WD itil D1 Fang Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive and IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle 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
18. Number Definition 1 5V 2 3 P0 4 Ground 5 N A Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Serial Port Pin Definitions Back Panel USB0 1 and COM Port COM2 2 isl nex he BI hip Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition S located next to t OS c r en e DSR See the table on the right for pin 2 RD 7 RTS re 3 TD 8 CTS definitions 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC COM1 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR 12V 12V KB PW SM8 1 DIMM 1A ar I20 Pin ATX JP1 DIMM 1B r PWR SB DIMM 2A Bank CPU1 Fail DIMM 2B JP10 9 BAWA DIMM 3B H v Need DIMM ZA Bank4 lO DIMM 4B j n 2 1 Er E7920 CPU2 North Bridge GLAN CTRL J4 J3 m PCI X 100 MHz Ex EN PCI Ex8 gt x PCI X 133 MH
19. Turquoise 2 7 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connec tors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Ground NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Overheat LED Vcc Power Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground Pwr Power Button 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J1B1 Pin Definition Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 11 aN T 43 3V 12 12V 2 3 3V The primary power supply connec 13 COM 3 COM tor on the X6DHR TG meets the i SAR iM SSI Superset ATX 20 pin speci 16 COM 6 5V Au 17 COM 7 COM fication You must also connect 18 5V 8 PW OK the 12V 4 pin J38 power con a i nector to your power supply 12V 4 pin fer to the table below right for the tis J38 4 Pin 12V connector J38 Pins Definiti
20. and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP12 The floppy connector is located Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 GND 2 FDHDIN on J12 See the table below for 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN pin definitions 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR FI 19 GND 20 STEP Floppy 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect J4 J3 29 GND 30 Read Data xe 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette 5 E IR g unum ID Je NE le BE Tj n a NOR p oe E Re cQ e m lt m E Em d a PCIX 133 ERES ZCR RAID 13 E EG ga ml WOI e i E HI JD1 Ol Fand x gera Ae lisa Bec 5 2 Em 1 EanJ SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual IPMI J9 is designated as the IPMI Socket for the Motherboard
21. be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next 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 Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu TERT EU e Pic Carme lu Chpboeed Fit F nil ee ea Lites u tun Matri 10 2 Tah C EhiFft Tahh Bing Dare Enter reisti field Legacy Bizhstks Bi 1 441 25 P 35 Parallel ATE Tet Serial MIA Enah lad Era mib Bahia ibiaalhina i Hals Cparatiat Chetan T F IBD Chaneel faztuir b DE Chansal Tiasa b Chines i fastar IBE 1 flam k BE Chansal 2 BE Chanasl J Fagtsr yrtum Kink EHE TFutzanda PmaPpT KEK Main Setup Features System
22. bootable array when the following message is dis played This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No A bootable array will then be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B bootable array is an array marked with an asterisk 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is dis played The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No The bootable array will then be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete a bootable array C 10 Appendix C Software Installation Adding Deleting Hotspares Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A as prompted to access the ARC Utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert then press Enter 5 Select Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The sp
23. initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 8 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 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 Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize 120 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h
24. 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 4 9 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual 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 the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled P PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X Slot 1 GLAN This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X Slot 2 SCSI ZCR This option allows the user t
25. the instal lation 12 From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS setup routine will automatically load all device files and continue the Win dows OS installation 13 After the Windows OS installation has completed the system will automatically reboot 6 Manual C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Other Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown in Figure C 1 will appear You are now ready to install additional software programs and drivers To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items Figure C 1 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen XBDHE T server board Drivers l Taels nmm S m intel ETSA BF Raz SUPERMICR er Drivers amp Tools B ATI larei K752 NAHE series gj E SUPER ME CR Supers gj 5 Bul decns and iz CO lr had Fm ri rara ziken please vit SUPERMICRO el dioe bes 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 eve
26. to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot see below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Begin ning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choos ing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can
27. 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 6Eh 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard 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 Cle
28. AA platform in a Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket mPGA 604 the EM64T Processor 800 MHz is ideal for high performance work station and server environments with up to two processors on one system bus Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product_page product m htm for updates supported processors This product is intended to be professionally in stalled Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A gives i
29. Definition 5 Vcc 6 GND Overheat LED PWR Fail LED Ground lt o o NMI j J o Jo Power LED lt o Vcc HDD LED lt o o ve gt NIC1 LED lt olo NIC2LED lt o Vec verheat LED lt wer Fail LED lt Ground Reset gt Reset Buttorl Ground Pwr gt Power 058273 ily o1 Fan 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 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 JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chap ter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 4 Pin B Pin PWR PWR
30. ED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connection for GLAN porti is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to dis play network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR AT DIVIVI TE H bord DIMM ZA Bank2 Fail DIMM S TIMM 38 Banka fra E CPU2 E7520 North Bridge EZE IGLAN CTRL PCX 100 PCI X 133 zona 2 IPMIZ O ZCR RAID raphic 510 Memory ICHSR SATA Hp VGA South Bridge RAGE _ xL i Batter 1 1 SPKR HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 13 14 Definition Vcc HD Active NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 11 Vcc 12 GND NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 9 Vcc 10 GND HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED Ground 4 olo X4 lolo Power LED 4 Overheat LED lt gt Power LED lt Ground Reset Reset But
31. IMM 1A 20 Pin ATX PW EC JP1 1 DIMM 1B H PWR DIMM 2A H Fail Hr Bhnk2 CPU1 DIMM 28 H m o DIMM 3A h Bpnk3 FAN1 e DIMM 3B H L NC DIMM js ha O DIMM 4B H al In D FAN2 EC Lu 27520 SIS CPU2 North Bridge GLAN CTRL 4 J4J EE BLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz ala CI Ex8 ze gt 19 5 133 AERES I S gu BLAN IPMI 2 0 I ZCR RAID Li WOR Graphic Svo 1 Ke gt Memory PXH A ICHSR E RAGE South 5 lt XL N Bridge SATAII lt Sui 5 JBT1 i SPKR BIOS 2 59 PG 1 2 USB2 3 1 1 WO Fan3 2 25 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual 2 7 Onboard Indicators Left Right D re BackPanel View GLAN LEDs The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port lo cated beside the COM2 port has 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Speed LED two LEDs on the back of the con LED nectors The yellow
32. PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware software on off control CPU chassis temperature monitors Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection 5 standby alert LED Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core System overheat Fan Fail LED and control 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III ACPI Features optional Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Onboard l O 2025S ZCR support One IPMI 2 0 One Intel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet controllers 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 4 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports Up to 6 Serial ATA connectors 2 Intel ICH5R SATA 4 Marvell SATA Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX Ext 12 x 13 05 304 8 x 331 5 mm SUPER X6DHR
33. RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X6DHR TG 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 www supermicro com gt for any changes to BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used all IBM PC XT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS flash chip stores the System parameters such type of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power
34. S erpa 510 i 1 gt Memory PXH 3 ICHSR RAGE South 5 xL Tias Brid E alter Bridge SATAII uw JBT1 SPKR gpr BIOS com2 259 I 1 SMB 2 USB2 3 swoloniLr1eJp 1 Fan 2 21 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be A used to choose between m B Jumper optional settings Jumpers Cap create shorts between two pins MA to change the function of the Setting connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages 32 1 for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Fere Closed means the jumper is Pin 1 2 short on and Open means the jumper is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS JBT1 is located near the FPUSBO 1 headers on the motherboard Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the sys tem remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS
35. S POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 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 F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 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 manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM 5 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual Notes A 6 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
36. SUPERO SUPERO X6DHR TG 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 State of California
37. 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 com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my mother board can support Answer The X6DHR TG has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that support regis tered ECC DDR 333 266 PC2700 2100 SDRAM modules is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and down load the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find th
38. TG User s Manual VEM EM64TNOCONACPUH 2132 VRM OCONA gt o 8 2 5 4 PCI EXP B X8 2 PCI E_ X8 GB TTANT ANVIK 1_PCI X133 SLOT 6 PCHX EUSTTBWRZ POLEXPS AG 64GB s PCI X BUS 100MHZ 1 PCI X100 SLOT 7 B PCI EXP C X8 gt PCLE I SATA A4 4 Ports 266MB s ZCR o SOCKET N PRI SEC PCI BUS 32 BIT SATA 0 1 NT LPC BUS USB PORTS 0123 FWH KB SER 1 HW Wd SER2 MONITOR Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the E7520 Chipset Note This is a general block diagram Features for details Please refer to the Motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset the X6DHR TG motherboard provides the perfor mance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset consists of the following components the E7520 Lindenhurst Memory Controller Hub MCH the ICH5R Controller Hub ICH the I
39. The Power LED connection is lo Number Definition 15 cated on pins 15 and 16 of 1 ie Coniral Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI PWR LED in PAR lt P Dora M e CPU1 Fail T gt 8 8 HDD LED lt o Vcc IL T FAN2 NIC1 LED lt esa B CPU2 f North Bridge NIC2 LED lt Vcc pm gt TRE 00 MT aan Overheat LED lt Vcc LAN J gt PCI X 133 MHz Peces HE EE ERE Power Fail LED lt LAN EI X IPMI20 J FF Y a EB Ground Reset Reset Button Li lt m SEIS q 1 ICHSR Ground Pwr gt Power Button RAGE South 5 z 3 d lt XL Gatton y Bridge ISATAI Ed Battery E SPKR gera 2 5 2 058273 Fan 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation n HDD LED HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SCSI Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 NIC2 L
40. Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter 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 Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This feature allows BIOS to automatically display the BIOS date 4 3 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the funciton 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 funciton of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA 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 If disabled use the Non RAID driver Native Mode Operation This option allows the user to select the Native Mode for ATA Some Operating Systems are not supported by the Native Mode The options are Serial ATA Parallel ATA Auto and Both PIDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master These settings allow
41. Tote Help beet Dur a a sand Drive CEhilt Tab wr iEmtumr salzactzr Removable Devices Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of devices in the Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of the CD ROM drive in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and press Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section itum Epecific linip Pete Changed Exit Eyrten mtwp and lead Zarap nsan ger changed Fi Discard Changes Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter 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 Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You wi
42. U is securely installed in the CPU Socket Socket lever in the Heatsink Installation dase Si Non Note Heatsinks are heavy please handle with care Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal compound to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes Screw 1 Screw 2 are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie N the 1 and the 2 screws until just Screw 1 OS snug do not fully tighten the screws nS WI to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws 2 3 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual To Un Install Heatsink 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW e m sequence as show in the second Ill 12 MM GT picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as show in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink N0 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 3 Once the CPU is loosened from the heatsink remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re in
43. V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 X6DHR TG Image SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X6DHR TG Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR 12V 12v KB DIMM 1 _ PW 2p 20 ATX PW Bank1 a JP1 A DIMM 1B H PWR USB DIMM 2 pend CPU1 Fail 0 1 DIMM 28 IPI 9 DIMM Ban SANA DIMM 3B H nd 4 DIMM L R
44. a Bank4 O DIMM 4B m 2 uou Mos XI CPU2 North Bridge x GLAN CTRL J4J3 GLAN1 PCI X 100 MHz PCI Ex8 8 N e PCI X 133 MHz CLE S 5 E GLANZ 5 EI IPMI 2 0 ZCR RAID rT B E PXH ICH5R RAGE South 3 lt xL Brid lt u Bridge SATAII lt e 2 S JBT1 z SPKR E BOS 2 56 JPG1 SMB IPMBl COM2 USB2 3 wolioudLu 1 Wol Fang Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 g indcates Pin 1 3 Manufacturer Setting Do not change the CPU FSB memory size Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X6DHR TG Please refer to Chapter 2 for pin definitions and detailed information Jumper Description Default Setting J4F4 J4F5 Memory Frequency Select Manufacturer Setting Do not chage JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPG1 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 GLAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP10 3rd PWR Supply Fail Detect Open Disabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR Primary ATX 20 Pin Power Connector 12 V 8 Pin PWR J1D1 8 Pin CPU Power Connector Required 12 V 4 Pin PWR J38 COM COM2 FAN 1 5 DIMM 1A 4B Floppy Drive GLAN1 2 IDE1 2 J5 J6 IPMI J9 KB Mouse J33 J34 PWR Fail JP9 Power SMB J32 SMB J11 JD1 JF1 JL1 JOH1 JP11 JS9 JWOL JWOR SATAO J3 SATA1 J4 Video LG5 USB 0 1 J16 USB 2 3 JD2 4 Pin 12V Power Connector Required
45. another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER xepHR TG 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 the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard For Adaptec s SCSI Host RAID Utility please refer to the CDs that came with your motherboard Adaptec Embedded SATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface lt uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices SATA is a serial link which supports transfer rates from 150 MBps Because the serial cables used SATA are thinner than the tradi tional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better air flow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while SATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Configuring BIOS settings for the SATA RAID Functions 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time to power on the system we recommen
46. ar huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER xepHR TG User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS optional C6h Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices
47. are Installation rra l eageet be Arre Type RIP Arrag Label Stripe Array 1126 53 338 EH EARI Create PATE via fia Init hme Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the build or clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data mis compares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the Source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive C 9 SUPERO X6DHR TG Manual Adding a Bootable Array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the list of arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B 3 Enter Y to create a
48. are you have selected will appear in the Select Drive Menu SUPER X6DHR TG Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU as shown on the screen below 4 BALD Coal Fitlity F ji i ABI Te LEE p rina keys is carsi Eater to select opt 3 Select Initialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert as shown on the following screen C 12 Appendix C Software Installation SIE IIT Ta lal bial ead be B 34 468 0 1 44 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both driv
49. d of the installed processor Hyper threading This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance Applicable for the XP systems Machine Checking This setting allows you to Enable or Disable Machine Checking Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Processor Power Management This feature allows the user to determine the processor power management mode The options are Disabled GV1 GV3 Only C States Only and Enabled If set to disabled both C States and GV1 GV3 are disabled If set to GV1 GV3 the processor power will be controlled by Bus Ratio CPU voltage If set to C States only the processor power will be controlled through CPU power states in the APCI setting gt 1 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings 4 13 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz On board COM 1 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt reques
50. d that 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 Menu Once in the Exit Menu scroll down the menu to select the item Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings to the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main Menu in BIOS 4 Scroll down to the item SATA RAID Enable select Enabled and press Enter SUPER X6DHR TG Manual 5 Tap the Esc key and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 7 During system startup press the Ctrl and the A keys simultaneously to run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the mes sage Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Adaptec Embedded SATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Adaptec s Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I O controller by supporting RAID 0 Striping RAID 1 Mirroring to enhance the industry s pioneer PCI to e host controller products RAID striping RAID 0 can greatly improve hard disk I O performance because of its capability in striping data across multiple drives RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows the data to be simul
51. default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of ECC Reg DDR 333 266 PC2700 2100 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the powe
52. described in this section E Cache b PO Cinfiquratinag amp oBd anred Chigasr Coatral E dranie Fresersmar Dg does Ll Ba r u Com ion ME Erant Legging Danan la Radireztlan b Warduare j lae lan Beat faatura P Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine 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 diagnostic screen during boot up 4 7 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual 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 the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override 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 On Power Off and Last State Watch Dog If enabled the system will automatically reset after i
53. dicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict 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 Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or 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 4 Appendix A BIO
54. e 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 2 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 A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPUID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error 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 Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 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 in
55. e interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows Operating Systems Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a System suspend button to make the system ente
56. e readme txt flash instructions the phlash exe BIOS flash utility the platform bin platform file and the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not neces 3 3 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual sary to set BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the motherboard At the DOS prompt enter the command phlash This will start the flash utility and give you an opportunity to save your current BIOS image Flash the boot block and enter the name of the update BIOS image file Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can correct this Answer If the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing procedure failed To remedy this first clear CMOS per the instructions in this manual and then retry the BIOS flashing procedure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization
57. e system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter 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 Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the System boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 19 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Highlighting a setting with a or will expand or collapse that entry See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Removeable Devices
58. es to be initialized are selected as shown on the following screen telit drins for oe lected HIC WORD 314 151 H i 8 weno p enrLx ERIT 6 Manual 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message as shown on the screen below LI En wlll TINO T from the selected drives Ag Array asing af these drives As mabre ulll bo affected yon wand to cond ieee Tee 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant arrays RAID 1 only If an array build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a rebuild to optimized its function ality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays From the list of arrays select the array you want to rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to rebuild Appendix C Software Installation Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access t
59. ess Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear DMI event logs The options are Yes and No SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address Specifies to redirect the console to On board COM A or On board COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate 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 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 VT UTF8 Flow Control Choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection Select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 85 90 95 and 100 Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the fol
60. evi ous page for detailed instructions Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the ESC key Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controllers BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously and the main menu will appear SUPER X6DHR TG Manual 4 Miapier BALE Coot igeration Mility F IBI Te Ab Pisk Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The follow ing sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the Enter key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown below 24 22 3 Ei AL Ul mi Hain mu 1 d Ce Haj la mew ee hilai1 diri PLANER Appendix C Software Installation Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previ OUS Screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the a
61. from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor lll You can also download the 5011 User s Guide at http www supermicro com PROD UCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we recommend using Supero Doctor II C 20
62. he ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities 3 Select the desired disk and press Enter as shown below Alipio RATE Caef WEIL Lig SATA E Un c a 17 6663 BATH Part E un KU ak 32 06 SATA Part Ki Ao delis Port 3 fo device Pari H fo device SATA Pari 9 Ao dieelice SATA Port Bh Ao device SATA Pari fie device Daly irivez present at MET are dixplaued A it MALA keya earsor Eter to select egt lan discs EWIL tedefanlt You can choose from the following options 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the 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 Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects SUPER X6DHR TG Manual To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 4 fidaptce BAIT Configuration 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility For more information regarding the Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your ship ping package You can also download a copy of Adaptec User s Gu
63. he Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 720 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTS one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTS provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs a
64. heating See the table on the right for pin defini tions 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Number Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 OH Active T DIMN TA T pania H TININ TE H TE Bez e Fall bn TON M gj ET pe FAM E M E zz 1 FAN2 North Bridge pm pm d gt 4443 if E T pcm rl POLK 133 MHz gem pang ci Sja j zi gh ZORRAD gt Memory PXH t ICHSR mE south 5 lt xL CON Bridge SATAN 5 ezel H vers f WOL sekr 8 sos 135 7 gres 2 058279 ve y 1401 an3 Overheat 2 19 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Alarm Reset Alarm Reset Jumper
65. ide from our web site at www supermicro com Appendix C Software Installation C 2 Installing Intel s ICH5R Driver by Adaptec and Windows OS 1 Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot The Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker screen will appear 2 Choose Intel ICH5R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec from the items listed and press Enter 3 From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enter 4 Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted 5 Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the System 6 Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver The system will boot up from the CD 7 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette labelled Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into your floppy drive and press the Enter key 10 Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key 11 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with
66. inning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 1B and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X6DHR TG supports up to 32 16 GB of Registered DDR 333 266 PC2700 2100 memory recommended by the Manufacturer All mother boards were designed to support 4 GB modules in each slot but has only been verified for up to 2 0 GB modules Figure 2 2 Installing and Removing DIMMs To Install Insert module Notch p gt vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the e Note Notch iow alignment should align 9 with the notch at the receptive point bottom on the slot 2 6 Notch Chapter 2 Installation Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab J 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 ports Figure 2 3 Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Purple Ga Keyboard USBO 1 COM Port1 GLAN1 GLAN2 Video
67. lace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system 1 SUPER X6DHR TG 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 Real 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 th
68. led 3rd PWR 4 Pin 8 Pin Det ct PWR PWR H2v 0 AT PWR FANQ SATAII BIOS COM2 IDE 2 IDE 1 Marvell SATA 0 3 ko ewo N Chapter 2 Installation PLLSEL Select Memory Speed Select J4F4 J4F5 allows the user to se lect PLLSEL memory speeds See the table on the right for jumper definitions The Default setting is Closed DDR333 Please note it is important to set the correct PLLSEL setting ac cording to the speeds of your memory modules to avoid possible PLLSEL Select Jumper Settings J4F4 J4F5 DDR _ 4 5 333 MHzClosed 266MHz Closed Open pen Default DDR333 visual display failure during bootup PLLSEL 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR r R2v 12v KB SMB D
69. ll remain in the Setup utility SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 22 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 problem 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 attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working 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 detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Rep
70. lowing items CPU1 Temperature This item displays CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature This item displays CPU2 Temperature System Temperature This item displays the system Temperature Fan Speed Control Modes Disable 3 pin Server This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of onboard fans Select Disable to disable of the function of fan speed control and the system will run at the full speed 12V Select 3 pin Server to optimize the fan speed control via BIOS Thermal management Fan 1 Fan 2 Fan 3 Fan 4 Fan 5 Vcore A Vcore B P3V3 P5V N12V P12V VDD P5Vsb 4 17 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enters Security BIOS settings are described in this section Irem Spes El L Walp lisan la Get Lapsrukzur Pan n amil Ser Deer Fassuerd disk hunt racturi IBI raal 1 Fal iR H best Supervisor Password 15 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 th
71. nd space resources of the Super can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Warning Please use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery up side down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual
72. nformation on BIOS POST messages Appendix B provides BIOS POST codes Appendix C give instructions on software drivers and the Widows OS installations SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About WLS IVI AIM Al xtate iin botas cU urs UE dan ka dalen b iii Manual OrganizatiOh tri rr tre n bere rere cite iii Chapter 1 Introduction OM GN VNC W 1 1 elige SN 1 1 Contacting SupermiGtO cisterna en Eas 1 2 SUPER X6DHR TG Image sscsscssessessessessessesssssessestesecseeseesecseeseeseeseess 1 8 SUPER X6DHR TG Layout i as cilken kelekeke tete 1 4 SUPER X6DHR TG Quick Reference ss 1 5 Motherboard Feature 5 tt noe nette eto etes 1 6 Intel E7520 Lindenhurs Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset Overview eese nennen nennen ennt AA AKA A AA nn 1 9 1 3 Special FeatUres onec iere t nn eene aerei e 1 10 BIOS Recovery tette pie eer Pers 1 10 Recovery from AC Power LOSS needed 1 10 1 4 PC Meath Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 6 Power Supply 127 Super VO Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices PteCalltlOns ote enc ee oe A ttl ecce E k r yewa k Unpacking gt lea ke kn dik inn iro rn tette 2 2 Xeon EM64T Processor and Heatsink Installation
73. ns The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the Thermal Management via BIOS Chapter 1 Introduction Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal control fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support auto sense voltage IDs This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual 1 5 ACPI Features stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The specification defines a flexible and abstract hardwar
74. ns are for use with an exter nal speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Wake On Ring Wake on Ring Pin Definitions The Wake On Ring header is des JWOR ignated JWOR This function al Pin Number Definition lows your computer to receive 1 Ground and wake up by an incoming call 2 Wakeup 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 wz et Ei g mmm i EN LI Tene N p s EE cu ran CTRL A m Flo 1 D IDE ESEA eum 510 Ra _ Fog S C ger rewe rea SATA 0 3 L l vv Di MIS Fan3 PWRLED Speaker c 15 o 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des ignated WOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this feature You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable Overheat LED JOH1 Connect LED to the JOH1 header to provide warning of chassis over
75. ntel PCI X Hub PXH The E7520 MCH supports single or dual Xeon EM64T Nocona processors with Front Side Bus speeds of 800 MHz Its memory controller provides direct connection to two channels of registered DDR266 DDR333 with a marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6 4GB s The E7520 also supports the new PCI Express high speed serial interface for superior I O bandwidth The MCH provides three configurable x8 PCI Express interfaces which may alternatively be configured as two indepen dent x4 PCI Express interfaces These interfaces support connection of the MCH to a variety of other bridges that are compliant with the PCI Ex press Interface Specification Rev 1 0a such as Anvik 2 GLAN Adaptor H W RAID controllers and TCP IP Off load engines The MCH interfaces with the ICH5R Controller Hub ICH5R via a dedicated Hub Interface support ing a peak bandwidth of 266 MB s using a x4 base clock of 66 MHz The PXH provides connection between a PCI Express interface and two inde pendent PCI bus interfaces that can be configured for standard PCI X 1 0 protocol ICH5R System Features In addition to providing the subsystem with access to the rest of the system the ICH5R Controller Hub integrates many functions The ICH5R Controller Hub integrates 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Mas ter IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host w RAIDO RAID1 support SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface
76. o change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Chapter 4 BIOS P PCI X 133MHz Slot 1 Slot 2 PCI Expx8 Slot 1 Slot 2 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high prioity high throughout device may benefit from a greater Clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this settiing and try again Different OS requires different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novellle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Force Compliance Mode Entry This feature allows you to enable the PCI Express Compliance 1 0 Mode The options a
77. on 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12V Required Connection Processor Power Connectors In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above and the 12V 4 pin connector there is Pins Definition 12V 8 pin processor power con T thru 4 Ground nector on the motherboard The Sthru8 12v 12V 8 pin connector at J1D1 must Required Connection also be connected to your power supply for CPU consumption See the table on the right for pin defini ilone 4 Pin PWR 8 Pin PWR eW 20 Pin HEEE M 95 ATX PWR d ES DIMM 2A pave Fall Us Em H CPU1 RI 8 3 a Bank4 M FAN2 BE cpuz IGLAN L ICTRL BLAN PCLX 133 MHz BLANQ m 510 Graphic Memory SATA H VGA RAGE _ XL Kar Battery A ZCR RAID ICHSR South Bridge IDE 1 ISATAII JBT1 c SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button Pin Number Definition header is located on pins 19 and 19 Control 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on 20 Ground the right for pin definitions Power LED PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1
78. r a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and Chapter 1 Introduction you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation lt is even more important for processor
79. r 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 Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before con tacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following infor mation when contacting
80. re Disabled or Enabled 4 11 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual Memory RAS Feature Control Select this option to enable the Memory RAS Feature Control The options are Miirroring Sparing and Standard Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled 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 DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are 72 bit ECC 144 bit ECC Auto Algorithms and Disabled ECC Error Type This setting lets you select which type of interrupt to be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the conditions required to be qualified as an ECC error The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both USB Function This setting allows you to Enable or Disable all functions for the USB devices specified Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the spee
81. reate an array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on page C 4 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as shown on the the screen below Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete larl iris io pr Fail HM MOGEBED DRTLXT 31 900 Hi HIE 31 48 Idi ihe m mii les Cu 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays as the shown on the screen on the next page Appendix C Software Installation wa jeri W xn Bi MIE Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown on the following screen select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID 1 are dis played on the screen Using RAID O or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label
82. recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 continuous 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 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize 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 Initialize 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 SUPER xepHR TG User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA coniroller
83. rray you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the partition Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu 6 Manual Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See Initializing Disk Drives To c
84. rything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility Intel LDCM 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 Note Please refer to the Adaptec User s Guide included in the CD for installing the Adaptec SATA RAID Controller Driver You can also download a copy of the guide from our website C 18 Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor The Supero Doctor Ill program is a web based management tool that offers both remote and local management tools The local management application is called SD Client The Supero Doctor program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor dis plays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system volt ages and fan status See Figures C 2 and C 3 for examples of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Figure C 2 Supero Doctor Health Information Display SUPER X6DHR TG Manual Figure C 3 Supero Doctor Remote Control Display Gracefal power control Tijane keter IE aE y ro ana Bp 2 hi p ket om docs w n peed bane cee rice ech or doen k cece the actin Vosa mensi Sporo SO armo Danana paag xi all an on dx UT BE Prossde TORTE Power control i Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded
85. s that have high CPU clock rates The SUPER X6DHR TG accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the system some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power _ is also required that both 12V 4 pin power and 8 pin power connectors be used for processor power consumption and for heavy load ing configurations Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Eth ernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a 1 13 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Please refer to the next page for additional information NOTES 1 Auxiliary 12V power is required to support Intel Xeon EM64T Nocona CPUs Without this extra power the CPU will become unstable See Section 2 5 for details the power supply cable connections 2 Be sure to use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery up side down to avoid possible explosion 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of t
86. stall the CPU and the heatsink Figure 2 1 CPU Socket Empty and with Processor Installed A Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the Empty socket CPU If the lever is manele only partly raised Processor damage to the installed socket or CPU may result Triangle 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 5 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com support resources CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beg
87. such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description CDh CEh D2h Re map and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description E0h E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS 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
88. t for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 On board COM 2 This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal IR for an infrared device and ASK IR Base I O Address Select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt 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 controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log validity Event Log Capacity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log capacity View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter 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 pr
89. t is inactive for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen P Memory Cache 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 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 BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this funciton 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 pre
90. taneously written to two drives so critical data is always available even if one hard disk fails Due to this built in functionality your Supermicro motherboard is specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance demands of today s computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure By incorporating Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro offers the user the benefits of SATA RAID without the high costs asso ciated with RAID hardware Note For Adaptec s RAID Driver Installation Instructions please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User s Guide Emb SA RAID UG pdf which is located in the CD that came with this motherboard You can also download a copy of Adaptec s User s Guide from our website at www supermicro com Appendix C Software Installation Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility in cluding Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to enable the RAID function in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 7 for System BIOS Configurations and then press the Ctrl and A keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during the system startup Refer to the pr
91. termined HDD type Select CD ROM if a CD ROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 4 5 SUPERO X6DHR TG User s Manual Multi Sector Transfers Select the number of transfer sectors The options are Disabled 2 4 6 8 and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Primary Master Device via LBA mode The options are Disabled and Enabled 32 Bit I O Selects 32 Bit I O operation The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5 and Mode 6 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 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing Enter Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Advanced BIOS Setup options are
92. th lt XL Brid u Bridge SATAII 7 D Marvell SATA 0 3 JBT1 SPKR ser gy 8105 coma PGi SMB iPuglcOM2 USB2 3 Wwoboud li 1 D1 WouFan3 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system f you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing o r installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis fk WwW Inm Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 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 Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas Sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their
93. the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS s m Falp CER Parian fzer yra an dir thas Hesla zonae r inanis Pieri n crim inwtal ied Reape fot pou Haz Capac 441 dari a rekan d uf Capacity i Ln Paenaz a dius Tetal Hi Pf kere Haz rm n Capacity ais inh drive lin Dinak bead 1 fade Geni rends Dinah bed 1 af Hit 101 Dizablad Teang ep T Etandard 1 liluza Dio ab bed 1 Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads Sectors Maximum Capacity LBA Format ect Enter a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CD ROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a pre de
94. ton Ground pwr gt Power Button 058275 SMB 2 11 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual Overheat OH Fan Fail LED Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheatin Fan Fail Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 4 Pin 8 Pin PWR PWR Bav szv PW SMa oma y Po Pin ATX PW E H Dee PWR USB DINN Bal CPU1 Fail 01 9 Bana mms ns Bank 19 N FAN2 E7520 Er cruz North Bridge IGLAN CTRL J4J3 wj PCIX 133 MHz ZE EE ajs fE LANA ge EMT IPMIZO a FF ZCR RAID 3 U B Memory PXH I ICH5R E RAGE South lt XL EON ridge T E Battery a Bridge SATAN NA sett 2 sPkR BT1 los cowa 2 Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 7 Vcc 8 GND Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number
95. type in a label and press Enter The label cannot be more than 15 characters 3 RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting SUPER X6DHR TG Manual feogerties fireug RADD Liftizrae1 Label ire Create uia 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the differ ent methods of creating RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init 5 When finished press Done as shown on the following screen Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for 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 C 8 Appendix C Softw
96. vent 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 DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this funciton Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DRM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this funciton Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the
97. wer Fall ice ede dre peus 2 21 2 6 Juimpet SeN S DERE 2 22 Explanation Of Jumpers 5 5 cnncta 2 22 CMOS l M 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable rer cenae tn 2 23 VGA Enable DISable eiiis ecc rene eere cer eres 2 23 Watch Dog Enable Disable retten 2 24 ard Power Supply Detects erit terree 2 24 PEL SEL S l G et ttt rt 2 25 2 7 Onboard lridiGators cocer hr e Mr cede e bags 2 26 GLAN LEDs 2 8 Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI 2 27 Floppy Cornnectot teet ERE EE CORDE Reus 2 27 IPM Me H Y 2 28 IDE COMMCCIONS te efe eh 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures rte 3 1 Before Power On sesenta 3 1 Das e 3 1 No Video Memory amp 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 SUPER X6DHR TG User s Manual 3 2 Technical Support Procedures g utere 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions eese 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 InOQUCHOTD za inrer repere 4 2 Running Setup irit teen nee SE DER ROKE KIRA ro in GE 4 3 Main BIOS Setup iet rene A KERA AT K

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