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1. qq em SUPERO i a Front Panel C Ne Locking Tab C amp Pli C s m ef f al Drive Bays C J e J 8 C L J O C i J l Jo Jo B E B o H Locking Tab TOO OODI JU JA ill A Channel C WT Ill J SCSI Drives C J oro I beat cx SCSI Active C 4 LED C 2 jS 1 SCSI Fail c gt LP ID SUD e SE o 2447 LED ARH i A sa C MANT I M i SCSI Drives H Nl H Locking Tab C SS ss NM Lock for Front Doors 6 2 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 2 Front Control Panel The front control panel must be connected to the JF1 connector on the serverboard to provide you with system status and alarm indications A ribbon cable has been included to simplify this connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard making sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 to JP9 on the front control panel PCB printed c
2. 7 5 Chipset Setup Choose Chipset from the AMIBIOS Setup Utility main menu The screen is shown below All Chipset Setup options are described following the screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security 16k Shadow Cached Options for M 16k Shadow Cached 16k Shadow Cached 16k Shadow Cached 16k Shadow Disabled 16k Shadow Disabled 16k Shadow Disabled DC00 16k Shadow Disabled Memory Timing Control Auto MPS 1 4 Support Enabled Jackson Technology Enabled Watchdog Timer Disabled REMC Buffer Strength Low amp Select Sc N Select It Enter Go to S F1 General H F10 Save and Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc C000 16k Shadow C400 16k Shadow C800 16k Shadow CC00 16k Shadow D000 16k Shadow D400 16k Shadow D800 16k Shadow DCOO 16k Shadow These options specify how the 16 KB of video ROM at each of the above addresses is treated When Disabled the contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM When Enabled the contents of 16 KB of video ROM beginning at the above address are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM 7 14 Chapter 7 BIOS for faster application The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled The optimal settings are Cached for C000 C400 C800 anc CCO00 and Disabled for all the other addresses Memory Timing Control Determines how the memory timing is controlled Auto lets BIOS program the memory timing from
3. 1 Remove the right chassis side panel To access the drive bays remove the right side panel when facing the front of the chassis by following the same procedures described on the previous page for removing the left side panel You will also have to open the front doors on the right side of the chassis to access the front of the drive bays These doors may be secured with a keylock located just below the system LEDs 2 Install an IDE or floppy disk drive See Chapter 6 if you need to add an IDE and or floppy disk drive to the System 3 Check the SCSI disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have some SCSI drives already installed If you need to install SCSI drives 2 2 Chapter 2 Quick Setup or wish to change the channel configuration please refer to Chapter 6 The drives are defaulted to a dual channel channels A and B configuration 4 Check the airflow Because most of the excess cabling is kept on this side of the chassis you should check to make sure all cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans 5 Supply power to the system The last thing you must do is supply power to the system Plug all three power cords from the three power supplies into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and surges 2 3 Installing the Operating System The SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 is normally shipped without an
4. 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Cooling System The SC850P4 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes 9 cm hot plug redundant system cooling fans and two airflow guides All fans operate continuously If one fails an alarm is activated and the RPM of the remaining fans increase to compensate and maintain sufficient airflow Additional cooling for the SCSI drive bays is provided by two 12 cm exhaust fans 1 5 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 1 4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 6 Chapter 2 Quick Setup Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview and Precautions T
5. 5711C which consists of three individual Power Supply Modules PWS 040M p n YM 6361A Rated Output Power 700W 3 x 350W triple redundant modules Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 60A 5V 80A 12V 48A 5V 0 7A 12V 1 5A 5Vsb 1 5A Appendix C System Specifications Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes
6. a heat Fans 1 and 42 The normal default em DepEd position is open which means these two fans Closed Enabled will activate only in the event of an overheat condition Closing the jumper forces both fans on to provide continuous operation See the table on the right for jumper settings VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP55 JP60 JP55 and JP60 allow you to enable or disable Jumper the VGA port The default position is pins 1 Posen Denon and 2 on both jumpers to enable VGA See 2 3 Disabled the table on the right for jumper settings Note both jumpers must be either enabled or disabled 5 22 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 11 Debug LEDs D13 D20 Eight surface mounted debug LEDs located near the primary IDE connector D13 D20 are used to provide POST code information See the diagrams below for reading the debug LEDs and refer to Appendix B for a complete list of POST codes a partial listing of the most common codes are given below The LED closest to the IDE connector D13 is the low digit Value LED 8 020 4 Di9 2 018 1 GS D17 8 C2 D16 4 Di5 2 Di4 1 013 Y Primary IDE Connector C2 Unilluminated LED Illuminated LED 1 Reading the Debug LEDs When on each of the eight separate LEDs represent the value shown to the left of it in the diagram Add up the values of the illuminated LEDs in D13 to D16 to get the low ri
7. ps2 POST Card Slot for Debugging CPU2 KYBD J MOUSE eau FAN2 An L2 Ps USBO 1 Rage XL E JP60 CPU FAN4 et C JP55 Parallel CPU3 on Port VGA Port Bridge CPUA CPU FANS Hn J14 J15 J19 O Pe South 4 ui jur Bridge olala VRM Slot ajale gliole amp ua m MEC Slot Debug LEDs 1 Fr D20 D13 a J5 PCI X 1 P1 8 u me BIOS SWI o s J6 PCI X 2 P1 a Bridge 5 Ja2 S J37 PCI X 3 S1 o p J8 PCI X 4 S1 u E AIC 7899 a J9 PCI X 5 P2 Bridge E o s 9 5 J10 PCI X 6 P2 I CHS CHS JPA1 JPA2 FANS FANA The P4QH8 includes an AIC7902 controller for Ultra320 SCSI Notes Memory modules must be installed in fours see Section 5 4 DIP Switch 1 sets the processor speed see Section 5 9 VRM slots are included to support future processors with different voltage requirements VRM modules not included Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 5 12 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup P4QH8 P4QH6 Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JA4 SCSI Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 5 9 JPA1 JA2 SCSI Ch A B Term En Dis Open Enabled JPL1 LAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP5 Spread Spectrum Closed Enabled JP47 3rd P S Fail Alarm En Dis Closed Enabled JP48 Overheat Fan Force On Open Normal JP55 60 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled Connector Description ATX PWR CONN COM1 3 CO
8. All Exit Setup options are described in this section The Exit Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Power Boot Security Advanced Chipset Main Exit system saving the c Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Discard Changes VV NNNM Inc V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Exit Saving Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will save any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit Discarding Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 7 24 Chapter 7 BIOS Load Optimal Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the optimum performance settings for all devices and system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program but will not exit the BIOS Setup pro gram 7 25 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes 7
9. The screen is shown below View Event Log Highlighting this and pressing Enter will allow you to view the unread events from the event log area Mark All Events As Read Highlighting OK and pressing lt Enter gt will mark all events in the log area as having been read The settings are OK and Cancel 7 12 Chapter 7 BIOS Peripheral Device Configuration Power Lost Control This option determines how the system will respond when power is reap plied after a power loss condition Choose Always On to automatically start up the system when power is reapplied Always Off means you must push the main power button to restart the system after power is restored PME Wakeup This option allows you to Enable or Disable PME Wakeup System Health Monitor The BIOS continuously monitors the health of your system by measuring certain voltage levels and temperatures Clicking this option and hitting Enter will display a list of monitored temperatures and voltages on the System Remote Access Configuration This option allows the user to redirect the console display through the COM port when enabled This is useful when two computers are hooked up to a single monitor When enabled the user can toggle the display from one system to the other using the Tab key The function keys are disabled when this setting is enabled The settings are Serial ANSI and Disabled 7 13 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual
10. e SCA Channel A Indicates an overheat condition with SCA SCSI back plane A which supports the upper drive bays e SCA Channel B Indicates an overheat condition with SCA SCSI back plane B which supports the lower drive bays Figure 3 1 Front Control Panel LEDs Power Fan Fail NIC Overheat HDD SCA Channel A PWR Fault D SCA Channel B Chapter 3 System Interface 3 4 SCSI Drive LEDs Each SCSI drive carrier has two LEDs e Green The green SCSI drive LED indicates drive activity This LED should blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed o Red If the red LED is illuminated the drive has experienced a fault or has crashed Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SCSI drives 3 5 Power Supply LEDs Each of the three units comprising the power supply has a single LED that can be illuminated either as green or amber e Green When green the unit has power applied to it and is operating normally e Amber If the LED is amber it indicates that no power is being applied to that unit If system power has been turned off this is normal however if the system is powered on and running an amber LED most likely indicates a failed power unit First check to make sure the power cord for that unit is plugged in If it is then refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing the unit The power unit s fan may continue to run at low speed even if the unit has failed or has been
11. 2000 Netware and Linux SCSI Controller P4QHB8 Adaptec AIC 7902 for dual channel Ultra320 SCSI P4QH6 Adaptec AIC 7899 for dual channel Ultra160 SCSI SCSI Backplane Controller QLogic GEM354 controller for SAF TE compliant SCA backplane two on 8052 8 one on 8052 6 SCSI Drive Bays Ten 10 drive bays to house four 10 standard 1 80 pin SCA SCSI drives Peripheral Bays One 1 floppy drive SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual PCI Expansion Slots Six 6 64 bit 100 MHz PCI slots Serverboard Model P4QH8 8052 8 or PAQH6 8052 6 SWTX Form Factor Dimensions 16 x 13 in 406 x 330 mm Chassis Model SC850P4 tower form factor Dimensions WxHxD 15 x 19 9 x 22 8 in 381 x 505 x 579 mm Weight Net 90 Ib 40 9 kg Gross 110 Ib 50 kg Operating Environment Operating Temperature 0 to 35 degrees C Non operating Temperature 35 to 60 degrees C Operating Relative Humidity 5 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 95 non condensing System Cooling System Four 4 9 cm hot plug ball bearing fans Exhaust Two 2 9 cm ball bearing fans Onboard Fan Headers Four CPU four chassis and two overheat headers max current 035 amps ea or 1 2 amps set of four System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240 VAC autorange Rated Input Current 10A 115V to 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply A set of 700W Triple Redundant Power Supply PWS 039 p n YH
12. 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V connector is not recommended Secondary Power 8 Pin 12v Power Supply Connections Connector J38 Required Pins Definition opie n 1thru4 G d In addition to the Primary ATX connection e power connector above the two secondary power connections at J38 and J47 must also be con VE Has nected to your power supply See Required Pins Definition the tables on the right for pin defi it j p connection 1 amp 2 Ground nitions 3 amp 4 412v Power LED PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is lo Pin cated on pins 1 3 and 5 of JF1 Number Petter Refer to the table on the right for 3 Key T 5 GND pin definitions IDE HDD LED IDE LED Pin Definitions The IDE HDD Hard Disk Drive LED PED Pin connection is located on pins 7 Nuber ipanniion and 9 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard 7 5V HD Acti drive LED cable to the correct pins i cive to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions 5 14 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup PWR ON PWR ON Connector es Pin Definitions JF1 The PWR ON connection is lo Pin j Number Definition cated on pins 11 and 13 of JF1 Nro Momentarily contacting both pins 18 Ground will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in
13. Change Fl General F10 Save an ESC Exit V07 00 C Copyright 1985 2001 American Megatrends Inc The Super IO Configuration includes the following items Serial Port 1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The set tings for this item include Disabled 3F8 and 3E8 and 2E8 Select the de sired setting and then press Enter Serial Port 1 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 1 The settings for this item include Disabled 4 and 3 Serial Port 2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 4 and 3 7 5 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Serial Port 2 Mode Use this option to choose the Serial Port 2 Mode The settings are Normal Sharp IR SIR and consumer Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O address used by the parallel port The settings for this item include Disabled 378 278 and 3BC Select your setting and then press Enter Parallel Port IRQ This option allows the user to set the Parallel Port IRQ The settings for this item include 5 and 7 Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA
14. Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of the DMA Channel The settings for this item include 0 1 and 3 IDE Configuration Primary IDE Master When entering Setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the auto detection status of the IDE de vices You can also manually configure the IDE drives by providing the following information This option allows the user to configure the IDE devices When the desired item is highlighted selected press Enter and the following items will be displayed 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS Type This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST is completed The settings include Not in stalled Auto CDROM and ARMD The Auto setting allows BIOS to automatically detect the presence of the IDE controller LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if your device supports it and is not already formatted with the LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Mode This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option The settings include Disabled and Auto Disabled This option prevents the BIOS from using Multi Sector Transfer on the specified channel The data to and
15. Data Cables The ribbon cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been carefully routed in preconfigured systems to prevent them from block ing the flow of cooling air that moves through the system from front to back If you need to disconnect any of these cables you should take care to keep them routed as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the system yourself keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout figure in this chapter for connector locations See Section 5 8 for data cable pin definitions IDE Device Cables J14 J15 Floppy Drive Cable J19 Ultra320 160 LVD SCSI Cables JA1 and JA2 Control Panel Cable JF1 see next page Connecting Power Cables The P4QH8 P4QH6 has a 24 pin primary power supply connector desig nated ATX Power for connection to the ATX power supply There are also 8 pin and 4 pin power connectors which must be connected to your power supply See Section 5 8 for power connector pin definitions Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 3 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indicators Please note that
16. EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next
17. Manual 7 2 BIOS Features Supports Plug and Play V1 0A and DMI 2 3 Supports Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PME local bus Specification 2 2 Supports Advanced Power Management APM specification v 1 1 Supports ACPI Supports Flash ROM AMIBIOS supports the LS120 drive made by Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd The LS120 Can be used as a boot device Is accessible as the next available floppy drive AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Chassis intrusion detector Five positive voltage inputs Four fan speed monitor inputs 7T 3 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the Standard 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 Chapter 7 BIOS The Main BIOS Setup Menu Press the Delete key during the POST Power On Self Test to enter the Main Menu of the BIOS Setup Utility All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screeen is displayed below l BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Secu
18. 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 County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2003 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians It provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced tech nicians only The SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 is a high end quad processor server based on the SC852 server chassis and the PAQH8 PAQH6 a quad processor serverboard tha
19. The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 48h 49h 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53h 54h 57h 58h 59h Code Description Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the me
20. are open hinged for easy removal To remove these doors swing them open to about 90 degrees and then pull straight out from the hinges Refer to Figure 6 6 when configuring your SCSI drives Note You must use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 SCSI Drives Exercise caution when working around the SCSI backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the airflow holes in the SCSI backplane 6 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 1 Mounting a SCSI drive in a drive carrier The SCSI drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also work to promote proper airflow for the SCSI drive bays For this reason even those carriers without SCSI drives must remain installed If you need to add a new SCSI drive insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws See Figure 6 5 Figure 6 5 Mounting a SCSI Drive in a Carrier 2 Installing removing hot plug SCSI drives Open or remove the lower front door as described above to access the 10 SCSI drive bays The SCSI drives can be removed and installed without powering down the system hot plug To remove first push the release button located beside the
21. from the device will occur one sector at a time Auto This option allows the BIOS to auto detect device support for Multi Sector Transfers on the specified channel If supported this option allows the BIOS to auto detect the number of sectors per block for transfer from the hard disk drive to memory The data transfer to and from the device will occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it PIO Mode IDE PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode in creases the cycle time decreases The settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 DMA Mode This item allows the users to select the DMA mode The settings are Auto SWDMAO SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 MWDM2 UWDMAO UWDMA1 UWDMA2 UWDMAS and UWDMAA Select Auto to auto detect the DMA Mode Select SWDMAO through SWDMA to set single word DMAO through DMA2 Select MWDMAO through MWDMA 2 to set Multi word DMAO through DMA2 Select UDMAO through UDMAA to set Ultra DMAO through Ultra DMA4 7 7 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technol ogy a feature that can help predict impending drive failures The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the S M A R T Select Auto to auto detect S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Se
22. ignated as JP52 This function al NE MEET pU i 2 Ground lows your system Io receive and Te be woken up by an incoming call to the LAN port 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 i Power Supply Fail Header Power Supply Fail Header Aiete dogs JP46 Connect a cable from your power Pin Number Definition supply to the header labelled JP46 1 P S 1 Fail Signal to provide warning of power sup 3 ECIAM ply failure This warning signal is T Reset from MB passed through the PWR LED pin on JF1 to provide indication of a power failure on the chassis This feature is only available when using triple redundant Supermicro power supplies See the table on the right for pin definitions 5 18 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup NMI Header A header for use with an NMI but ton is located at JP50 NMI allows you to issue a non maskable inter rupt to force the system to a halt state This is used for diagnostic purposes and allows you to per form a memory download to deter mine the cause of a problem 5 9 DIP Switch Settings DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed Processor Speed Selection DIP Switch1 The red DIP switch labeled SW1 CPU sw SW SW sw has four individual switches Speed 1 2 3 4 which are used to set the proces 1 6 GHz OFF OFF OFF ON Sor speed 1 7 GHz ON
23. mouse are located on J21 Numper d See the table on the right for pin 2 NC definitions The mouse port is o above the keyboard port See Fig s e ure 5 6 Universal Serial Bus USB Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions USBO USB1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports Pin Pin are located beside the keyboard Number Definition Number Definition 1 45V 1 45V mouse ports USBO is the bottom 2 Po 2 PO connector and USB1 is the top Ru P n nt connector See the table on the 5 NBs a Key right for pin definitions IPMB Optional An IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus connection is located at J62 Connect the appropriate cable here and an IPMI daughter card in the IPMI slot to utilize IPMI See the serverboard layout for locations of the IPMI slot and IPMB header 5 17 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual SMB An SMB System Management Bus connection is located at J63 Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your sys tem Wake On LAN Pin Wake On LAN Definitions WOL Pin Number Definition The Wake On LAN header is des l 75y Standhy ignated as WOL You must enable 3 Wake up the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this feature and have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable See table on the right for pin definitions Wake On Ring Wake On LAN Pin Detinitions JP52 The Wake On Ring header is des Pin i
24. of our web site for any changes to BIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 29 compatible computers The BIOS ROM stores the system parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc BIOS ROM requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system param eters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by press ing Del at the appropriate time during system boot 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 Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility An AMIBIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the Screen below the copyright message 7 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6
25. protect the serverboard and its components from EMI electromagnetic interference and aids in proper ventilation of the server so make sure there is always a shield covering each slot 5 6 I O Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 6 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Mouse Parallel Port Burgundy Green Or o o Uo Neely e L E X997 Keyboard USB Ports COM1 Port VGA Monitor Port Mb LAN Purple Turquoise Blue Figure 5 6 PAQH8 P4QH6 I O Ports SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 7 Serverboard Details Figure 5 7 SUPER P4QH8 P4QH6 Layout not drawn to scale 12V PWR Jaz Conn SMB Jag ATX POWER C463 JP64 gr 12V PWR a JP47 lt VRM Slot Conn J s JP50L OHFAN1 J62 PM CPU FANI m OH FAN2 B d CHS FAN2 CMOS Clear ELO Contact go Pads 5 o0 O Speaker sN CPU1 3 PWR S LED JFi S
26. second on off time next Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configuration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin B 3 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Checkpoint 25h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h Code Description Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The
27. this section Then push the three locking tabs on the right side of the front chassis panel up to unlock the main chassis door which you can then swing out You must power down the system before installing or removing floppy or IDE drives Drives mount on rails and should click into place to be correctly and fully installed in their bays You should keep the metal shields in place on any unused drives to reduce EMI and noise and to facilitate the airflow inside the chassis The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red 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 and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B 6 11 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 6 5 Power Supply Units The SC850P4 has a set of 700W Triple Redundant Power Supply PWS 039 p n YH 5711C which consists of three individual Power Supply Modules PWS 040M p n YM 63614 All three units are active to provide a continuous 700 watts of power to the system If any one fails the other two units will pick up the load to continue operations All three are hot swap units allowing you to replace faulty units without powering down the system These power supply units also have an auto switching capability which enables them to automatically
28. to provide maximum performance in a four way system Be low are the main features of the P4QH8 P4QH6 See Figure 1 1 for a block diagram of the GC HE chipset Processors The P4QH8 P4QH6 supports up to four Intel Xeon processors of up to 2 8 GHz at a 400 MHz front side system bus speed Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported proces sors http www supermicro com TechSupport htm Memory The P4QH8 P4QH6 has an MEC card that plugs into a special slot on the serverboard The MEC card has 16 184 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 32 GB of ECC registered DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM Module sizes of 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB and 2GB may be used to populate the DIMM slots DDR266 is also supported but only at 200 MHz Onboard SCSI 8052 8 Onboard SCSI is provided with an Adaptec AIC 7902 SCSI chip which supports dual channel Ultra320 SCSI at a throughput of 320 MB sec for each channel The P4QH8 provides two Ultra320 SCSI ports 8052 6 Onboard SCSI is provided with an Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSI chip which supports dual channel Ultra160 SCSI at a throughput of 160 MB sec for each channel The P4QH6 provides two Ultra160 SCSI ports PCI Expansion Slots The P4QH8 P4QH6 has a total of six 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slots Onboard Controllers Ports One floppy drive controller and two onboard ATA 100 controllers which support up to four hard drives or ATAPI devices The color coded I O ports i
29. 1 Connect an LED to pin 26 of JF1 to Ein provide advanced warning of Number Definition chassis overheating Refer to the 26 Signal table on the right for pin defini tions Speaker Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JF1 The speaker connection is located Pin A Number Function Definition on pins 28 30 32 and 34 of JF1 28 Red wire Speaker data See the table on the right for pin Key No kd definitions 34 Speaker data Note if you don t use a bundled wire connector on JF1 you must short pins 32 and 34 with a jumper to enable the speaker 5 16 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU CHS OH Fans The serverboard has four CPU Pin 1 Number Definition fans four chassis fans and two i Ground black overheat fan headers See the s i d achometer table on the right for pin defini Caution These fan headers tions are DC power Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM3 COM1 COM3 is located under the Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition parallel port see Figure 5 6 See BSR eua the table on the right for pin defini 3 Serial In 8 RI 4 RTS 9 Ground tions The COM2 COM4 header is 5 Serial Out 10 NC located near the battery on the serverboard ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ports and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J18 The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the Pin PS 2
30. 26 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure f a fatal error occurs you should consult with your System manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the serverboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Section 5 10 A 1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 6 beeps Memory error No memory detected in System 8 beeps Display memory read write error Video adapter missing or with faulty memory A 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes A2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it write
31. 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh A2h AS3h A4h A5h A7h A8h AQh Aah Abh BOh B1h 00h Code Description Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has com pleted The adaptor ROM check is next The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next Coprocessor initialized Performing any required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states
32. AMIBIOS Setup is executed using either or both the Supervisor password or User password The Supervisor and User passwords activate two different levels of password security If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must clear CMOS and reconfigure Remember your Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in CMOS 7 22 Chapter 7 BIOS Change Supervisor Password This option allows you to change a supervisor password that was entered previously Change User Password This option allows you to change a user password that was entered previ ously Clear User Password Use this option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program to protect the boot sector of your hard disk drive The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled If Enabled AMIBIOS will display a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive 7 23 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 7 10 Exit Choose Exit from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu
33. BIOS 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 Reset Reset Pin Definitions JF1 The Reset connection is located Pin on pins 15 and 17 of JF1 Attach a PERSE it to the hardware reset switch on 17 Ground the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC LED Betnitions JF 1 The Network Interface Controller Pin LED connection is located on pins oer as a 12 and 14 of JF1 Attach an NIC 14 GND LED cable to display network ac tivity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 5 15 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual PC PC Pin Definitions JF 1 The l C connection is located on Bin pins 16 and 18 of JF1 Refer to rm x a the table on the right for pin defini 18 SCL tions Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion connection is Pin Definitions JF1 located on pin 20 of JF1 See the Number Definition Sa 20 l ion I table on the right for pin defini nirusion Input tions Keyboard Lock Keyboard Lock Pin Definitions The Keyboard Lock connection is E in located on pins 22 and 24 of JF1 Number Definition y 22 45V See the table on the right for pin 24 GND definitions Overheat LED OH Overheat LED Pin Definitions JF
34. CSI ID s set to 9 10 11 12 and 13 Dual Channel N A settings have no effect Single channel Set JP24 differently on both backplanes JP9 2C Link JP15 Delay Start JP6 Manufacturer s setting You do not need to change this jumper 6 9 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Figure 6 7 SCSI Backplane Connectors and Jumpers See previous section for jumper definitions and settings C O l OQ O O0 oO l O0 00 JP9 JP21 C C C C LVD1 LVD2 C b JP24 C 8 8 DOOR LOCK Oo JP5 O Oo Note SCSI power cables should be routed through the bottom of the power supply housing in the SC850P4 chassis There are two 4 pin connectors on each of two sets of cables Connect both connectors on each set to both backplanes as noted in Step 3 Configuring the hot plug SCSI drives Door Lock Header This two pin header connects to a microswitch mounted at the door that covers the SCSI drive bays When the SCSI drive bay door is opened as message will be sent to the system administrator to inform you of a possible unauthorized access 6 10 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup IDE and Floppy Drives Installing IDE and floppy drives The main front chassis door must be opened to access the IDE and floppy drive bays To do so first remove the two front doors as described at the beginning of
35. FAN10 are for cooling the hard drive bay Fan LEDs The red LEDs located above each fan header allow you to identify which fan needs replaced in the event of a fan failure Headers JP8 can be shorted to reset the microcontroller on this PCB JP10 connects to SCA backplane A to sense for overheating JP16 connects to SCA backplane B to sense for overheating Fan Power Override Switch Turn this switch ON to manually supply power to the system fans The default setting for this switch is OFF 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 3 System Cooling Fans Four redundant fans two in each of four fan housings for a total of eight are located in the serverboard side of the chassis to provide the air intake for cooling the system see Figure 6 4 System Cooling Fan Failure Under normal operation all eight fans run at 80 of their maximum speed which supplies sufficient airflow while prolonging fan life If any fan fails the rest will automatically increase their RPM to the full 100 to compen sate An audible alarm and an LED on the front control panel will notify you of any fan failure Disable the alarm with the alarm button located by the control panel The system cooling fans are hot swap components which allows you to replace them without powering down the system Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Identifying the failed fan To identify and replace a failed fan you must first remove the left side panel of the chassi
36. M2 4 CPU CH OH FAN D13 D20 IPMI JA1 JA2 JF1 JP46 JP50 JP52 JP62 J14 J15 J19 J20 J21 J38 J47 J63 LAN MEC Slot USB 0 1 WOL Primary ATX Power Connector COM1 3 Serial Port Connector COM2 4 Serial Port Header CPU Overheat Chassis Fan Headers Debug LEDs see Section 5 10 IPMI Slot optional Ultra320 160 Channel A B LVD SCSI Front Control Panel Header Power Supply Fail Header NMI Header Wake On Ring WOR Connnector IPMB Connector Primary IDE Hard Disk Drive Connector Secondary IDE Hard Disk Drive Connector Floppy Disk Drive Connector Parallel Printer Port PS 2 Keyboard Mouse 12V 8 pin Power Connector 12V 4 pin Power Connector System Management Bus Connector Ethernet Port Mb LAN Memory Expansion Card Slot Universal Serial Bus Ports Wake on LAN Header P4QHB8 Ultra320 SCSI P4QH6 Ultra160 SCSI 5 13 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 8 Connector Definitions Main ATX Power Supply 24 pin Power Connector Connection Pin Definitions ATX Power Conn Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 24 pin connector 14 A2 2 43 3V The power supply connector on 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS ON 4 45V the P4QH8 P4QH6 meets the SSI 17 COM 5 com Superset ATX 24 pin specifica 18 COM 6 5V i 19 COM 7 COM tion See the table on the right for 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK i initi 21 45V 9 5VSB pin definitions 55 45V 40 442V Note the use of a 20 pin power 23
37. NDI PXE 2 0 4th Boot Device The settings for the 4th Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removable Devices Use this screen to view the removeable devices that have been auto de tected or entered manually on your system ATAPI CDROM Drives Use this screen to view the ATAPI CDROM drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system 7 21 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 7 9 Security Setup Choose Security from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Security Setup op tions are described in this section The Security Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Install or Ct Supervisor Password Not Installed password User Password Not Installed gt Change Supervisor Password gt Change User Password gt Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled e Select TU Select Enter Go to Fl Gener F10 Save ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Supervisor Password User Password AMIBIOS provides both Supervisor and User password functions If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set first The sys tem can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when
38. OFF OFF ON 1 8 GHz OFF ON OFF ON Refer to the table on the right for 1 9 GHz ON ON JOFF ON 2 0 GHz OFF DFF ON ON the correct settings for the vari 2 1 GHz ON OFF ON ON ous speeds of supported proces ee Ghz OFF ON ON ON 2 3 GHz ON OFF OFF OFF sors 2 4 GHz ON ON ON ON Note Most Intel processors have a fixed processor speed that over writes the setting of DIP Switch 1 5 19 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector 321 Pins To modify the operation of the e serverboard jumpers can be used to choose between e Jumper optional settings Jumpers Cap create shorts between two pins RA 3 2 1 n e to change the tuneHon or me Setna BA connector Pin 1 is identified Pin 1 2 short with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the serverboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of con tact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First unplug the power cord s 2 With the power discon nected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screw driver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note D
39. RSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual setting should be used to slow the computer system down or to trouble shoot error messages Write Thru This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Though cache Write Through cache is slower than Write Back cache It performs write operations to the internal L1 CPU cache and system memory simultaneously Write Back This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Back cache Write Back cache is faster than Write Through cache Write Back cache is a caching method in which modifications to data in the cache aren t copied to the cache source until absolutely necessary Write back caching is available on all CPUs supported by this BIOS With these CPUS write operations stored in the L1 cache aren t copied to main memory until absolutely necessary This is the default setting System BIOS Cacheable This option enables you to move the system BIOS to the memory cache to improve performance Settings are Enabled and Disabled Event Log Configuration Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of events You can use this screen to select options for the Event Log Configuration Settings You can access sub screens to view the event log and mark all events as read Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item and the plus and minus keys to change the option setting The settings are described on the following pages
40. SPD data Manual allows the user to select the appropriate memory timing MPS 1 4 Support The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Jackson Technology Enables Jackson Technology if supported by the operating system Jack son Technology is a method of creating an additional virtual processor by means of hyper threading which uses parallelism to process mulitple in structions simultaneously The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Watchdog Timer This option is used to configure the Watchdog timer Settings are Dis abled 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes and 15 minutes REMC Buffer Strength This option is used to set the REMC buffer strength to either High or Low 7 15 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 7 6 PCI PnP Setup Choose PCI PnP from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All PCI PnP options are described in this section The PCI PnP Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Ex Plug amp Play O S No Reset Config Data No PCI Latency Timer 64 Allocate IRQ to VGA Yes Palette Snooping Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled USB Function Enabled Legacy USB Support Auto e Select Scr Tl Select Iten Change Opti F1 General Hel F10 Save and E ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Plug amp Play OS This option specifies how Plug and Play devices will be configured The settin
41. SUPERO SUPERSERVER 8052 8 SUPERSERVER 8052 6 E SUPERO i C e C 2e 8 C Je CC fo e X e C 9 C J NU NGA NA NG AN C A C Q C gt eS CM 9 C j _ gt C C J M3 C J C D C J N S m ar a a nn EE EE C9 C 3 4 T T 78 073 Cc e ADOD USER SMANUAL 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
42. VeIlie db scii nter o fno NIE Ua E A I CI aT E EATUR 3 2 SCA GhannelA snnt rrr reU 3 2 SCA Channel B cete rre REO REX REESE KS EE RR ENG 3 2 3 4 SGSIDriveE EDS iecit e e eye vl e e eee ti rd Wt ted 3 3 9 5 Power Supply LEDS nett ert rhet tS 3 3 vi Table of Contents Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 Electrical Safety Precautions ener tete Repente 4 1 General Safety Precaution Sis cases iva dte d needs 4 2 ESD IPRS CAUTION Stax aet etiaro A Asics t eA e 4 3 Operating Precautions 5 tepore igi Gti e cetatema 4 3 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 6 5 7 Handling the P4QH8 P4QHE Serverboard sse 5 1 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation eeeene 5 2 Connecting Cables e etr eL ren EE iH re ER ER E Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables essen 5 6 Connecting the Control Panel cicer tote 5 7 Installing Memory in the MEG emet teta te tir tenes 5 8 Adding POl Catds itecto e breed alan nae 5 11 HOSP OWS a cocinas A m hM ATTE MS tok MEE 5 11 Serverboard Details n notre ore mne eim en n ER ees 5 12 Super PAQH8 P4QH6 Layout ieirik airiai 5 12 P4QH8 PA4QH6 Quick Reference seeeenenenne 5 13 Connector Definitions Main ATX Power Supply Connection ssee 5 14 Secondary Power Connections esee 5 14 Power LED n dete nda i ete ut el d
43. a 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 1OCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND 5 25 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual SCSI Connectors Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the SCSI connectors located at JA1 and JA2 68 pin SCSI Connectors JA1 JA2 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 0 64 1 0 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 5 26 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 13 Installing Software Drivers After all the hardware has been installed you must install the software drivers The necessary drivers ar
44. all DIMMs from the bottom of the MEC card up and in groups of four If four DIMMs are to be installed you must populate the four DIMM slots along the bottom of the MEC as shown in Figure 5 4 If eight are to be installed you must populate the eight bottom DIMM slots and so on SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Figure 5 5 Side and Top View of DIMM Installation into Slot Notch Notch jo Note Notch ar should align with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the bottom notch To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab ig ll Release Tab 5 10 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 5 Adding PCI Cards 1 PCI expansion slots The P4QH8 P4QH6 system board has six 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slots The backplane of the 8052 8 8052 6 has seven I O slots that allows you to have a full complement of PCI cards installed on the system 2 PCI card installation Begin by removing the I O shield from the backplane of the server corresponding to the PCI slot you wish to populate Insert the card into the slot on the serverboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The I O shields
45. d Video Power Down This option specifies the power state that the VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings include Disabled Standby Suspend and Sleep Suspend Timeout Minutes This option specifies the length of hard disk inactivity time that should expire before entering the power conserving state The settings are Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 minutes 7 19 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 7 8 Boot Setup Choose Boot from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Boot Setup options are described in this section The Boot Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power BOB Security Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Devices ATAPI CDROM Drives e Selec N Selec Enter Go to F1 Gener F10 Save ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device This option is used to specify the order of the boot sequence that will be followed from the available system devices The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS 3rd Boot Device The settings for the 3rd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel U
46. d to decrease static electrical discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been designed as electrical insulators 4 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual The power supply power cords must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery located near the COM2 4 header is installed upside down which will reverse its polarites This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions CD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a CD ROM drive To prevent direct exposure to the laser beam and hazardous radiation exposure do not open the enclosure or use the unit in any unconventional way 4 2 General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 clean and free of clutter The SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 weighs approx 90 Ibs 40 9 kg If you have to lift the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs Place side panels and any system components that have been removed away from the system so that they won t accidentally be stepp
47. drive LEDs then swing the burgundy colored installed all 10 SCSI drive carriers must remain in the drive Important Regardless of how many SCSI hard drives are bays for proper airflow 6 7 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Figure 6 6 Removing SCSI Drives Release Button Handle 3 Configuring the hot plug SCSI drives The SCSI backplane has several jumpers and connectors used for assign ing IDs to the drives and for configuring them for either single or dual channel operation The top drive bay holds the channel A drives and the bottom bay holds the channel B drives See Figure 6 3 for the locations of backplane connectors and jumpers Dual channel Connect the SCSI cables from the serverboard to the LVD2 connectors on both the A and B SCSI backplanes Do this by routing the A channel as noted on the board to the A upper backplane and the B channel to the B lower backplane so that the LEDs will reflect status for the correct drives See the jumper settings in the next section to finish configuring your SCSI drives for dual channel operation Single channel daisy chain If you prefer to run all 10 SCSI drives on a single channel first connect the SCSI cable from the SCSI controller to the LVD2 connector on backplane A Then chain the backplanes together by connecting another SCSI cable from the LVD1 connector on backplane A to the LVD2 connector on bac
48. e all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your serverboard After inserting this CD into your CD ROM drive the display shown in Figure 5 8 should appear If this display does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon SUPERMICRO F4DHBE PAHe Serpeer Board Deivers Traks Winen Miani Disci E1 SUPERMICRS e Drivers amp Tools SUPERMICAO Supra Dacia Il Server Works GU HE Intel LECH EZ for SUPERMICRO 5 enviado Shaped ntl beads Chipsets PAQIHE rag iia Ehud LAM FSCAJSCS diee dikait Bra CD os Diak Up Hid Tiai For more ini cemakion please vicit SLIPEFSVIECRET S pas tlg Figure 5 8 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 5 27 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes 5 28 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform main tenance on the SC850P4 chassis For component installation follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encountered If some Steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the step that follows Tools Required The only tool you will need to install components and
49. e socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle Install a CPU into CPU socket 1 first you may in stall either two or four CPUs 3 Press the lever down until you hear Socket lever in it click into the locked position locked position SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 4 Apply the proper amount of thermal Heatsink compound to the CPU die and place the heatsink and fan on top of the CPU 5 Secure the heatsink by locking the retention clips into their proper position Retention clip 6 Connect the three wires of the CPU fan CPU fan to the respective CPU fan wires connector Repeat steps for the other three CPUs For a dual con CPU fan figuration install the next CPU into connector the CPU4 socket Figure 5 1 603PGA Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when in stalling the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the socket or CPU may re sult Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Heatsink Fan Installation Figure 5 2 5 5 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 3 Connecting Cables Now that the processors and heatsinks are installed the next step is to connect the cables to the serverboard and install memory Cables include the data ribbon cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables Connecting
50. eatsink Processor Support Single or Dual Intel Xeon processors MP to 2 8 GHz Install processors into the CPU1 single socket or CPU1 and and CPU4 sockets dual Quad Intel Xeon processors MP to 2 8 GHz ages Supermicro provides two different types of CPU heatsink retention clips with our quad Xeon serverboards The Foster package is about 1 5 mm shorter than the Gallatin package The following table shows the heatsink clip usage for each CPU type Due to differences between the Foster and Gallatin CPU pack IMPORTANT Be sure to use the correct type of Xeon retention clips for your processor s Types of CPU Retention Clips P N Clip Model CPU Type Speed SKT095 603 one pair for each CPU Gallatin 1 9 2 8GHz SKTO95E 603E one pair for each CPU Foster 1 4 1 6GHz 603 Cli 603E Clip P Thinner Edge amp Larger Slot Thicker Edge amp Smaller Slot Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup MP Processors INT3 package w Thick Lid Gallatin 15mm I INT3 package Foster Note You need a pair of identical 603 clips shown on left above for each Gallatin 1 9 2 8GHz CPU You need a pair of identical 603E clips shown on right above for each Foster 1 4 1 6GHz CPU 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket ift the lever completely or you will dam age the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPUT first Socket leve 2 Install the CPU in th
51. ed on While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves that can come into contact with electrical circuitry or be pulled into the one of the cooling fans Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present After servicing the system reinstall all covers and side panels and ensure all connections have been made 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 3 ESD Precautions A Electrostatic discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch
52. even and odd numbered pins are on opposite sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into a single ribbon cable to simplify their connection Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 as marked on the serverboard The other end connects to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See Section 5 8 for details and pin descriptions of JF1 Figure 5 3 JF1 Front Control Panel Header Pins C Alarm Reset o ICE efe gt USB3 efe Overheat LED bd Keyboard Chassis Int oto PC 4 Reset inu Power IDE LED Fail Fan Fail PWR LED 5V E SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 4 Installing Memory in the MEC Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage The MEC must be populated in the manner described in Step 2 below Memory Support The P4QH8 P4QH6 supports 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB and 2GB registered ECC DDR200 PC 1600 SDRAM DIMM memory modules Non ECC or unbuffered SDRAM memory is not supported 1 Removing the MEC Memory Expansion Card You should remove the MEC whenever installing or removing DIMMs The MEC is attached to a retention plate with seven screws Do not remove these Instead remove only the two screws that secure the MEC retention p
53. ght digit and those in D17 to D20 to get the high left digit of the corresponding hexidecimal POST code Example The example on the left indicates a hexidecimal POST code of C6 This is determined in the following manner D17 D20 high digit 8 4 12 decimal 12 hexidecimal C D13 D16 low digit 4 2 6 Decimal Hexidecimal Equivalent 0 9 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 mmoou o 5 23 Common POST Codes The following is a list of the most common POST codes that you may see POST Code Meaning 01 Displayed while in BIOS Setup 31 No video card 40 Displayedwhile counting memory 83 Displayed when memory countis finished 85 CMOS Clear 95 Displayedwhile detecting IDE devices DE No memory DE Wrong type of memory installed DE One memory module two minimum required SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 12 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions 20 T
54. he parallel port is located on J20 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function i 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed See the table on the right for pin 3 DataBito 4 Error initi 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init definitions 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC 5 24 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP19 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is lo i GND 2 EET cated on J19 See the table 3 GND K Reserved ka 5 Key 6 FDEDIN on the right for 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 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions J14 J15 There are no jumpers to Pin Number Function Pin Number Function configure the onboard IDE 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 connectors J14 and J15 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 See the table on the right 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 for pin definitions 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Dat
55. hecksum calculation is done next The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes OBh OCh OEh OFh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 19h 1Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 23h 24h The CMOS status register is initialized Next performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byte is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset The 8254 timer test will begin next The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15
56. his chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 up and operating Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operating within a minimum amount of time This quick setup assumes that your SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 system has come to you with processors and memory preinstalled If your system is not already fully integrated with a serverboard processors system memory etc please turn to the Chapter noted in each step for details on installing these components and configuring the system 2 2 Setting up the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 You should inspect the box the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable place for setting up and operating the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 You will need to place it in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromag netic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Once the 8052 8 8052 6 is placed in the appropriate location slide the lock ing tabs on each caster down to keep it stationary Checking the Serverboard Setup Open the left side panel when facing the front of the chassis to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and all connections have been made 1 Remove the left cha
57. ircuit board Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details Figure 6 3 shows the connections jumpers and indicators located on the front control panel PCB See the Advanced Serverboard Installation chapter for details on JF1 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system NIC 4 a Indicates network activity on the system HDD Indicates IDE hard disk drive activity PWR Fault Indicates a power supply failure Fan Fail Indicates a system fan failure Overheat Indicates an overheat condition in either the chassis or any one or more of the processors SCA Channel A C Indicates an overheat condition at SCA SCSI J backplane A SCA Channel B Indicates an overheat condition at SCA SCSI backplane B 6 3 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Figure 6 3 Front Control Panel PCB ooo Pa EE fe oe 6 Kes OINVd 6NVd s 72 SCSLA JP10 Z 6 m c Oo ET m RH HE I Z l SCSI B JP16 2 Jl jT o o Jen JP21 zA mis ll z H Ha Zz 5 E O Oo s Z z ZEB c ON Fan Headers FAN1 FAN are for cooling CPU3 and CPU4 FAN3 FAN4 are for cooling CPU1 and CPU2 FANS FANG are for cooling main memory FAN7 FAN8 are for cooling the add on cards FAN9
58. its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard 4 3 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that all chassis covers are in place when the 8052 8 8052 6 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 8052 8 8052 6 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install the processors and heatsinks connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All serverboard jumpers and connections are also described A layout and quick reference chart are included in Section 5 7 Remember to close the chassis completely when you have finished working on the serverboard to sufficiently cool and protect the system 5 1 Handling the P4QH8 P4QH6 Serverboard Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter Also note that the size and weigh
59. kplane B See the jumper settings in the next section to finish configuring your SCSI drives for single channel operation 6 8 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup SCSI Backplane Jumper Settings The SCSI subsystem is preset to provide dual channel operation The easiest way to reconfigure for single channel operation is to simply remove both JP5 and JP21 from backplane A only leaving those on backplane B unchanged and setting JP24 to different settings on each backplane See Figure 6 7 for jumper locations JP5 SCSI SAF TE ID jumper This jumper determines how the backplane assigns IDs to the drives ON SCSI SAF TE ID set to 8 OFF SCSI SAF TE ID set to 6 Dual Channel Set JP5 to the same pins on both backplanes Single Channel Set JP5 differently on both backplanes JP21 SCSI termination jumper ON for termination and OFF for non termination SCSI channels must be terminated to operate The termina tion settings must be changed when reconfiguring channels Dual Channel Set JP21 to ON on both back planes to provide the termination for each channel Single channel Set to OFF remove the jumper on backplane A and ON on backplane B to provide a single termination JP24 SCSI ID This jumper determines how indicator IDs are to be assigned to the drives This is used for the front control panel to allow you to identify the current status of each individual drive 1 2 SCSI ID s set to 0 1 2 3 and 4 2 3 S
60. l cause the normal POST messages to be dis played upon setup When Enabled the OEM logo is displayed instead of the POST messages The settings are Enabled and Disabled Add On ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The settings for this option are Force BIOS and Keep Current Force BIOS allows the computer to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Keep Current has the system display AMIBIOS information on bootup BootUp Num Lock This option is used to select the status of the Number Lock function on your keyboard on bootup The settings are On and Off BootUp CPU Speed This option is used set the CPU speed to either High or Low PS 2 Mouse Support This option specifies whether a PS 2 Mouse will be supported Settings are Enabled and Disabled Typematic Rate Set this option to select the rate at which the computer repeats a key that is held down Settings are Fast and Slow Fast This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS System Keyboard This option is to let the system know if a keyboard is Present or Absent Primary Display This option specifies the type of monitor display you have installed on the system The settings are Absent VGA EGA Color 40 x 25 Col
61. late to the chassis one on each end After removing the board place it on an antistatic bag before inserting the DIMMs 2 Populating the MEC Important Because memory is accessed by a four way interleaving scheme you must install modules four at_a time and in the order shown in Figure 5 4 and described here Always install DIMMs from the bottom of the MEC card up and in groups of four If four DIMMs are to be installed you must populate the four DIMM slots along the bottom of the MEC see Figure 5 4 If eight are to be installed you must populate the eight bottom DIMM slots and so on It is recommended that all installed DIMMs be the same brand type size and speed 3 Inserting DIMMs Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting it incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot see Figure 5 5 If you use too much pressure when inserting the DIMMs you may bend and damage the MEC Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 4 Installing the MEC After populating the MEC carefully install it back into its slot on the serverboard making sure it is fully seated Finish by securing each end of the retention plate to the chassis with the two screws you removed as described in step one Figure 5 4 Populating the MEC Four DIMM installation shown Note Always inst
62. le Disable rere nee rera 5 11 Deb g EEDS ee tne er t en erret i renes 5 12 Parallel Port Floppy HDD and SCSI Connections ssusss Parallel Port Connector oiii rmt aR Floppy COnnectol eint pte teh et iet fidera IDE Connectors coo been et eii folo eoe ede ies SCSI Connectors 5 13 Installing Software Drivers inn irent tri niet cm rns Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices oo eee eseeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeaesaesseeeeesaeeaeeaetseeseeees 6 1 6 2 Front ControlPanel rt etreite n Ra hne Et 6 3 6 3 System Cooling Falls niente rient d treat c d eee ces 6 5 6 4 Drive Bay Installation rte tttm rere rts 6 6 SIONIS TIRES 6 6 SCSI Backplane Jumper Settings esee 6 9 IDE and Floppy Drives 6 5 Power Supply Units tnhoir eisieu cte tne tede viii Table of Contents Chapter 7 BIOS Hedy JMBOGUCUOF aieo cci rere Eee em erii tere rt Y REDE C EE enn 7 1 2 BIOS Features nec trie d fa cade dp dr dd 7 2 753 RUNNIN SEUD Seea oana cetero itr e TAE 7 2 7 4 Advanced BIOS Setup utere ite rd once 7 4 7 GhipsetSetup 3 eter ted pe n E 7 14 17 6 POlPRnP Setup im atte tacere aee cp p dte reo ite 7 16 TAL Power SQW eas ener a URGERE RM M e ER REM ERES Ie a anar tai 7 8 Boot Selup aee dni iiie n nm reto i EE ERU ara 7 9 Security Setup zis 710 SEX SETUD E M Appendices Appendix A BIOS Err
63. lect Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the 32 bit Data Transfer function Se lect Auto to auto detect the 32 bit Data Transfer function ARMD Emulation Type This option is used to select the ARMD emulation type used when configuring an LS120 MO Magneto Optical or lomega Zip drive The settings are Auto Floppy and HardDisk ARMD stands for ATA PI Removable Media Disk Primary IDE Slave When the system enters Setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices This option displays the auto detection status of IDE de vices The settings for Primary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Secondary IDE Master This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Master are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows the drive to be used normally read write and erase functions can all be performed Disabled prevents the hard disk from being erased This function is effective only 7 8 Chapter 7 BIOS when the device is accessed through BIOS ATA PI Detect Timeout Seconds Set this option to stop the sy
64. m and an LED and the remaining two modules will take up the load The alarm reset button located on the control panel can be depressed to deac tivate the power fail alarm SCSI Subsystem The SCSI subsystem supports up to 10 80 pin SCA Ultra320 8052 8 or Ultra160 SCSI 8052 6 hard drives Any standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Connection Attachment These can be configured as 10 drives on a single channel or 5 drives on two channels The SCSI drives are connected to two SAF TE compliant SCA backplanes that provide power bus termination and configu ration settings The SCSI drives are hot swap units A RAID controller card can be used with the SCA backplanes to provide data security Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drives Front Control Panel The control panel on the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 provides comprehen sive system monitoring and control LEDs indicate network activity power supply failure fan failure fan status SCSI drive activity and failure and SCA backplane overheat conditions The main power button system reset button and an alarm reset switch to disable audible alarms are also in cluded I O Backplane The SC850P4 is an SWTX form factor chassis The SWTX I O back panel provides nine expansion slots one COM port a parallel port two USB ports one onboard video monitor port PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and an Ethernet port
65. mory size information next The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next B 5 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Checkpoint 60h 62h 65h 66h 67h 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Fh 91h Code Description The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller i
66. n for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Setup Warning Configure Sup Setting items on this screen to incorrect values Chipset Winbo may cause the system to malfunction SuperIO Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Event Log Configuration Peripheral Device Configuration System Health Monitor Remote Access Configuration VVVVVV Vv Select Sc Tl Select It Enter Go to S Fl General H F10 Save and Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Use the Up Down arrow keys to select the Super I O Configuration line When the Super IO Configuration line is highlighted hit ENTER to display its menu The following Super IO Configuration screen will appear Here you can select your options for the your computer s I O Input Output devices 7 4 Chapter 7 BIOS Configure Winbond627F Serial Port s Serial Serial Port1 IRQ Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced and Parallel P Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address 2F8 Serial Port2 IRQ 3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port IRQ U7 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel 2 Select N Select
67. nclude a VGA port one COM port a parallel port two USB ports PS 2 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction mouse and keyboard ports and one 10 100 Mb LAN Ethernet port Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage monitors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue Figure 1 1 ServerWorks GC HE Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details ZCR t 400 MHz Host Bus _PCr XSiot 121 Q Q J PCI X Slot A PCI X Slot REMC L gt VGA Memory Board 32 GB Total BIOS EJ ATA 100 IDE SIO USB 1 1 IPMI Parallel Serial Port Port Floppy H 1 3 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 1 3 Server Chassis Features The SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 is a high end scaleable server platform designed with today s most state of the art features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC850P4 server chassis System Power The 8052 8 8052 6 features a triple redundant power supply consisting of three hot swappable 350 watt power modules which supply 700 watts of continuous power with a 350 watt backup If any of the three modules fail you will be notified by an alar
68. next Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next B 7 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes Appendix C System Specifications Appendix C System Specifications Processors Up to four Intel Xeon processors MP of up to 2 8 GHz with a 400 MHz System Bus Chipset ServerWorks Grand Champion HE Memory Capacity MEC Memory Expansion Card with 16 DIMM slots to support a maximum of 32 GB of DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM DIMM Sizes 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB SDRAM modules supported The MEC has been designed to support 2 GB DIMM modules for each memory slot but it has only been validated on 1GB memory modules Operating Systems Supported Windows NT Windows
69. nterface test command next The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the com mand byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The WAIT message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next B 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint
70. ntroller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Initializing the interrupt vector table next Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory Initializing the floppy drive Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size Next disabling internal cache memory Next detecting the type of flash ROM Next erasing the flash ROM Next programming the flash ROM Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B 3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h OAh Code Description The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory Uncompressing the POST code next Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area The CMOS c
71. o not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS SCSI Termination Enable SCSI Termination Disable Enable Disable Jumper Settings 7 JPA1 JPA2 The SCSI Termination jumpers Jumper JPA1 and JPA2 allow you to en Position Definition g b Open Enabled able or disable termination for the Closed Disabled two SCSI channels The normal default position is open to enable SCSI termination See the table on the right for jumper settings 5 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup LAN Enable Disable LAN Ethernet Enable Disable Jumper Settings PL1 Change the setting of jumper JPL1 Jumper to enable or disable the onboard Position Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled LAN Ethernet port on the Pins2 3 Disabled serverboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The de fault setting is enabled Spread Spectrum Enable Disable Spread Spectrum Jumper Settings JP5 Jumper JP5 is used to enable or Jumper i Position Definition disable the Spread Spectrum fea Open Disabled ture Spread Spectrum is a tech Closed Enabled nique used to stabilize operation when a system is being affected by electromagnetic interference The normal default position is closed to enable Spread Spectrum See the table on the right for jumper settings Third Power Supply Fail Alarm Enable Disable 3rd Power Supply Fail Alarm Enable Disable This fea
72. oes s ipis LED DE A capo ares irj eal C M Chassis Intrusion Koyboard sero cep Overheat LED inrer per a ae E Co ne juriste cet cee ac DU ES Fan Headers Serial POMS coo ERROR GR ES XR EXTR EI Y EAEE ETFs ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports sssri ipinia 5 17 Universal Serial Bus Connector sss 5 17 IPMB unciam eatin beetle 5 17 Einic M 5 18 Wake On lAN tisk estere creo etit pco ien toe a oen eate 5 18 vii SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Wake On RING ii scite b e lp eie at ecce ene 5 18 PWR Supply Fail Header trennt 5 18 NMI Header niter neri tenere rrr rte rires 5 9 DIP Switch Settings F DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed ded nee ep te e 5 10 Jumper Settings retaisiais Tetpi enne Explanation of Jumpers eren CMOS CIGAR M SCSI Termination Enable Disable eene LAN Enable DISablg s 5 carri rerba terr POE reete inda Spread Spectrum Enable Disable eene Third Power Supply Fail Alarm Enable Disable sss LVD Channel A SCSI Termination Enable Disable LVD Channel B SCSI Termination Enable Disable Overheat Fari Force On zz eem ripe aiiisenninieneninaer VGA Enab
73. oots the system 3 3 Front Control Panel LEDs As shown in Figure 3 1 the front control panel of the SC850P4 chassis has eight LEDs These LEDs keep you informed of the status of your system and indicate the following when illuminated e Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system e NIC Indicates network activity on the system e HDD Indicates IDE drive activity 3 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual o PWR Fault Indicates a power supply failure This should be accompanied by an audible alarm which you can disable with the alarm switch on the control panel Inspect the power supply units at the rear of the chassis The unit with the amber LED illuminated has failed Refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing the failed unit Because they are hot swap units you do not need to remove power from the system when replacing e Fan Fail Indicates a system fan failure This should be accompanied by an audible alarm which you can disable with the alarm switch on the control panel When a fan stops working all the other system fans will increase their RPM to compensate until the failed unit is replaced Refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing system fans It is unnecessary to power down the System as these are hot swap fans Note You must use the exact same brand and rating of fan for replacement These can be obtained directly from Supermicro o Overheat Indicates an overheat condition in the chassis
74. operating system OS installed This is the last thing you need to do to make the system operational The OS is normally installed with a CD ROM Refer to the documentation that came with your operating system to install it in the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 2 3 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the front control panel as well as others on the power supply units the SCSI drives and the serverboard to keep you constantly in formed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific components There are also three switches that allow you to take action based on the information provided by these LEDs This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and audible alarms and the appropriate responses you may need to take 3 2 Switches The front control panel has three push button switches a power on off switch an alarm disable switch and a reset switch These are ac cessed by opening the top right door on the front of the chassis e POWER This is the main power switch that will turn off the power supply e ALARM Depressing the alarm switch will disable the audible alarm that is generated to notify you of chassis overheating or fan power supply failure The LED indicating the cause of the alarm will remain illuminated after the alarm is disabled e RESET The reset switch reb
75. or 80 x 25 and monochrome Parity Check Use this option to either Enable or Disable the use of memory parity check ing Boot to OS 2 This option can be used to boot the system to an OS 2 operating system The settings are No and Yes Wait for F1 if Error This settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Disabled This prevents the AMIBIOS to wait on an error for user intervention This setting should be used if there is a known reason for a BIOS error to appear An example would be a system administrator must remote boot the system The computer system does not have a keyboard currently attached If this setting is set the system will continue to bootup in to the operating system If F1 is enabled the system will wait until the BIOS setup is entered Enabled This option allows the system BIOS to wait for any error If an error is detected pressing F1 will enter Setup and the BIOS setting can be adjusted to fix the problem This normally happens when upgrading the hardware and not setting the BIOS to recognize it Hit Delete Message Display This option tells the system to display or not display the Hit Delete to Enter Setup message The settings are Enabled and Disabled Cache This option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache This 7 11 SUPE
76. or Beep Codes eese A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes irirna B 1 Appendix C System Specifications essen C 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The Supermicro SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 is a high end quad processor server that is comprised of two main subsystems the SC850P4 high end server chassis and the 8052 8 8052 6 quad Xeon processor serverboard Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 In addition to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 Up to four 4 603 pin Intel Xeon processors MP optional Four 4 CPU heatsinks FAN 042 CF Up to 32 GB ECC registered DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM optional One 1 MEC Memory Expansion Card One 1 3 5 floppy drive SCSI Accessories Two 2 68 pin Ultra320 160 SCSI cables for SCA SCSI backplane Ten 10 SCA 1 inch high SCSI drive carriers Two 2 SCA SCSI backplanes One 1 SCSI manual One 1 CD containing drivers and utilities SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 User s Manual 1 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 lies the P4QH8 P4QH6 a quad Xeon processor serverboard based on ServerWorks GC HE chipset and designed
77. perform maintainance is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its anti static bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their anti static 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 serverboard Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static pro tected 6 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View with right front doors removed System LEDs Alarm Reset Main Power System Reset
78. rity Ex AMIBIOS Version 07 00xx BIOS Build Date 06 19 02 BIOS ID GCH0618 Processor Type Intel xeon Processor Speed 1500 MHz System Memory 2048 MB Select Scr System Date 10 10 00 Tl select Iten System Time 06 22 02 Change Opti F1 General Hel F10 Save and Ex ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move between the different settings in the above menu When the items System Time and System Date are highlighted type in the correct time date in the time field and then press Enter The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format The time is in also 24 hour format For example 5 30 a m appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 p m as 17 30 00 Press the lt ESC gt key to exit the Main Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the the other categories of BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes 7 3 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 7 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose Advanced from the AMIBIOS Setup Utility main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the leftframe of the screen such as SuperlO Configuration to go to the sub scree
79. s Look at the back of the circuit board that the fans plug into The red LED that is illuminated indicates which fan has failed As each fan housing contains two fans examine it closely to verify which of the two has failed 2 Removing a hot plug fan housing Unplug the fan cable corresponding to the failed fan and remove the fan housing from the chassis by depressing its locking tab and pulling the unit straight out The fan housings come apart in the middle to allow you access to each set of redundant fans 3 Installing a new system fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 9 cm 12 volt fan available from Supermicro After the new fan has been installed reassemble the fan housing and plug the housing back into its slot You should hear it click into place when fully inserted Then plug the fan cable back into the header on the circuit board you removed it from You should then wind the excess cable around the tabs on the fan housing to keep it out of the way Check that the fan is working properly and that the LEDs on the front control panel circuit board Figure 6 3 and the front control panel have turned off Finish by replacing the left side chassis panel 6 5 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Figure 6 4 System Cooling Fans Locking Tab 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Accessing the Drive Bays There are two doors on the right front of the chassis that cover the peripheral and SCSI drive bays Both
80. s are Yes and No No lets BIOS configure all devices in the system Yes lets the operating system if supported configure PnP devices not required for bootup Reset Configuration Data Choosing the Yes setting will cause the PnP configuration data in the BIOS to be cleared on the next boot up Choosing the No setting does not force PnP data to be cleared on the next boot PCI Latency Timer This option specifies the latency timing of the PCI clocks for all PCI devices Settings include 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 PCI clocks 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This option lets you allocate an interrupt request IRQ to the PCI VGA adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No Palette Snooping When enabled this option informs PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed The settings are Disabled and Enabled This does not neces sarily indicate a physical ISA adapter card The graphics chipset can be mounted on a PCI card Always check with your adapter card manuals first before modifying the default settings in the BIOS PCI IDE BusMaster The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Enable to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capabilities USB Function The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled prevents the use of the USB ports and Enabled allows the use of the USB ports Legacy USB Support This option allows you
81. s diagnostic codes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h B 1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint DOh Dih D3h D4h D5h D6h Code Description The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next Starting memory sizing next Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack next Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 Control is in segment 0 Next checking if Ctrl Home was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h B 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual B 2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint EOh Eth E2h E6h Edh Eeh Efh FOh Fih F2h Fh F4h F5h FBh FCh FDh FFh Code Description The onboard floppy co
82. sense and operate at either 110 or 220 volt inputs When replacing failed units it is recommended that you use the exact same model The power supply units must be P4 ready with an Option B 12V and provide 24 pin 8 pin and 4 pin con nectors Power Supply Failure If any one of the three power units fails the remaining two units will automatically assume the system load to continue system operations without interruption An audible alarm will notify you of a power unit failure which you can disable by pressing the alarm switch on the front control panel The PWR Fail LED will also illuminate and remain on until the failed unit has been replaced Replacing Power Units 1 Identifying the failed power unit Inspect the power units mounted in the rear of the chassis The unit with the illuminated amber LED indicates the failed unit and should be replaced as soon as possible 2 Removing a hot plug power unit You do not need to power down the system to replace a failed power unit First unplug the power cord from the failed unit only Remove the screws that secure the unit to the chassis and then grasp the handles and pull the unit completely out 3 Installing a new hot plug power unit Replace the failed unit with another unit of the same type and wattage It is highly recommended that all three power units are exactly the same see above Gently but firmly push the new unit all the way into the open bay Secure it to the chassis
83. ssis side panel First make sure the keylock for the side panels located near the top at the rear of the chassis is unlocked Then remove the four screws that secure the back lip of the side panel to the rear of the chassis Grasp the handle at the rear of the panel and pull straight back about 2 1 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 1 2 inch at which point the panel should hit a stop Swing the top of the panel out and completely lift it away from the chassis When reinstalling this panel make sure the raised holes along the bottom of the chassis fit into the long holes in the bottom lip of the side panel 2 Check the MEC The Memory Expansion Card MEC should be already installed and populated with DIMMs Make sure the MEC is secure in its slot and that the retention plate is screwed firmly to the chassis For details on populating the MEC refer to Chapter 5 3 Install add on cards Install any add on cards that you want added to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing add on cards 4 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly and firmly connected and not blocking the airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections Position the airflow guides to concentrate airflow to the processors and their heatsinks Checking the Drive Bay Setup Open the right side panel to make sure the SCA backplanes are properly installed and all connections have been made
84. stem search for ATAPI devices within the specified number of seconds The options are 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 seconds Most ATA disk drives can be detected within 5 seconds ATA PI 80pin Cable Detection This option allows you to select the mechanism used to detect the 80 pin ATA PI cable The settings are Host Device and Host amp Device Floppy Configuration Floppy A Use this option to specify which of floppy drive you have installed in the A drive The settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Floppy B Use this option to specify which of floppy drive you have installed in the B drive The settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Diskette Write Protect This option allows you to prevent any writing to your floppy diskette The settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 The Enabled setting is effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on bootup SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that are normally perfomred on boot up You can disable the option to speed up boot time The settings are Disabled and Enabled Quiet Boot If Disabled this option wil
85. t of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its anti static bag Handle a 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 serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their anti static bags when not in use Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static pro tected SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 5 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the serverboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up When handling the processor package avoid placing direct IMPORTANT Always connect the power cords last and always remove them before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the h
86. t supports Intel Xeon processors MP of up to 2 8 GHz at a Front Side system Bus speed of 400 MHz and up to 32 GB of DDR200 PC1600 SDRAM main memory Manual Organization Chapter 1 provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the SUPER P4QH8 P4QH6 serverboard and the SC852 chassis which make up the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 Refer to Chapter 2 for quick setup information You should follow the procedures in this chapter the first time you setup and run the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 If your server was ordered without processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their instal lation See Chapter 3 for details on the system interface which includes the functions and information provided by the front control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located throughout the system Chapter 4 gives a general overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the serverboard including the loca tions and functions of connections headers jumpers DIP switches and IRQs Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the server chassis You should follow
87. the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A offers information on BIOS error beep codes and messages Appendix B provides post diagnostic error messages Appendix C lists the system specifications Preface Notes SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Mantal 5 cnr eerte ttt tnnt eerie iat iii Maruabo9rganmizatialia d oie ere ortos Eros eoe tee eint rte ined ae teer iii Chapter 1 Introduction WET SQVORVIGW MEME 1 1 1 2 Sermverboard Features nonien rore reste REPEUE US 1 2 1 3 Server Chassis Features net epe RR EIOS EEE 1 4 1 4 Contacting SUpPEIMICKG dete heec EE RERO PERENNI 1 6 Chapter 2 Quick Setup 2 1 Overview and Precautions esses 2 1 2 2 Setting up the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 sessssssseee 2 1 Checking the Serverboard Setup sen 2 1 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 8 Installing the Operating System seen Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 OVSIVIBWz citate man rr EGER aniearinasiin sean EHE ERR ETE ERE ESS 3 1 E AMMESSI 3 1 3 8 PWR IEatlb ceni he E E E 3 2 inm 3 2 O
88. to enable support for Legacy USB The settings are Auto Enabled and Disabled SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual 7 7 Power Setup Choose Power from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Power Setup options are described in this section The Power Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Securi ACPI Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled o Select Tl Select Changs Fl Gener F10 Save i ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Ir ACPI Aware O S This option allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification Settings are No and Yes DOSO Windows 3 x8 and Windows NT are examples of non ACPI aware oper ating systems Windows 95 Windows 986 Windows MEG and Windows 20006 are examples of ACPI aware operating systems Power Management When enabled this option displays the following four options relating to power management The settings are Disabled and Enabled 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS Power Button Mode This option allows you to change the function of the chassis power button The settings are On Off and Suspend When set to Suspend depressing the power button when the system is up will cause it to enter a suspend state Sleep Button Enable This option allows you to enable the use of a sleep button that can be connected to the serverboard The settings are Disabled and Sus pen
89. ture was designed spe Jumper Settings JP47 ifically f ith tripl Jumper cifically for systems with triple re Position Definition dundant power supplies such as Open Disabled Closed Enabled the 8052 8 8052 6 When en abled the system will notify you in the event of a power supply fail ure If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this with JP47 to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper set tings 5 21 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual LVD Channel A SCSI Termination Enable Disable LVD CH A SCSI Termination Jumper Settings JPA1 Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or disable Jumper x n Position Definition termination for the LVD Channel A SCSI con Open Enabled nector The normal default position is open Closed Disabled to enable SCSI termination See the table on the right for jumper settings LVD Channel B SCSI Termination Enable Disable LVD CH B SCSI Termination Jumper Settings JPA2 Jumper JPA2 allows you to enable or disable Jumper termination for the LVD Channel B SCSI con Position Definition Open Enabled nector The normal default position is open Closed Disabled to enable SCSI termination See the table on the right for jumper settings Overheat Fan Force On Overheat Fan Force On Jumper Settings JP48 JP48 is used to control the function of Over Jumper
90. turned off SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Chapter 4 System Safety Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperServer 8052 8 8052 6 from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch on the chassis as well as the room s emergency power off switch disconnection Switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from the system Do not work alone when working with high voltage components Power should always be disconnected from the system when removing or installing main system components such as the serverboard the MEC memory modules and IDE and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating System first and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designe
91. with the screws provided After connecting the power cable the green LED should illuminate to show that the unit is powered up and operational 6 12 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Figure 6 8 Chassis Rear View A set of 700W Triple Redundant Power Supply PWS 039 p n YH 5711C which consists of three individual Power Supply Modules PWS 040M p n YM 63614 I O Backplane A O0 0 00 FG e9 5909 O eS eS oS Q A Oc 62 o Seen COGO O CX gc 26 se DLS O se 26 o NSSPR ooodoooo le Exhaust Fan PCI Slots 9 6 13 SUPERSERVER 8052 8 8052 6 Manual Notes Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Chapter 7 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS for the P4QH8 P4QH6 The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Refer to the Manual Download area

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