Supermicro H8DGG-QF User Manual

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.2

®

SUPER

H8DGG-QF

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Manual Revision 1.2
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Preface

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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
H8DGG-QF serverboard.

The H8DGG-QF serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5690/SP5100 chipsets
and supports two AMD Socket G34 type processors with up to 512 GB of DDR3
Registered ECC DDR3-1600/1333/1066 Mhz SDRAM or 128 GB of DDR3
Unbuffered ECC/non-ECC SDRAM in sixteen (16) DIMMs.

Please refer to the motherboard specifi cations pages on our web site for updates on
supported processors (http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/). This product is intended
to be professionally installed.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your motherboard

box, describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the motherboard
and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this
chapter when installing the processor(s) and memory modules and when installing
the motherboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the hard disk
drives, the various ports, and the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs.

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting
procedures for the video, the memory and the setup confi guration stored in CMOS.
For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is
provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In addition,
you can visit our web site for more detailed information.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on
running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages.
Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes.

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Standardized Warning Statements

Standardized Warning Statements

About Standardized Warning Statements

The following statements are industry standard warnings, provided to warn the user
of situations which have the potential for bodily injury. Should you have questions
or experience diffi culty, Contact Supermicro's Technical Support department
for assistance. Only certifi ed technicians should attempt to install or confi gure
components.

Read this appendix in its entirety before installing or confi guring components in the
Supermicro chassis.

These warnings may also be found on our web site at http://www.supermicro.

com/about/policies/safety_information.cfm.

Battery Handling

Warning!

There is a danger of explosion if the battery is replaced incorrectly. Replace the
battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.
Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions

電池の取り扱い
電池交換が正しく行われなかった場合、破裂の危険性があります。交換する電池はメー

カーが推奨する型、または 同等のものを 使用下さい。 使用済電池は製造元の指示に従
って処 分して下さい。

警告

电池更换不当会有爆炸危险。请只使用同类电池或制造商推荐的功能相当的电池更
换原有电池。请按制造商的说明处理废旧电池。

警告

電池更換不當會有爆炸危險。請使用製造商建議之相同或功能相當的電池更換原有
電池。請按照製造商的說明指示處理廢棄舊電池。

Warnung
Bei Einsetzen einer falschen Batterie besteht Explosionsgefahr. Ersetzen Sie die

Batterie nur durch den gleichen oder vom Hersteller empfohlenen Batterietyp.
Entsorgen Sie die benutzten Batterien nach den Anweisungen des Herstellers.

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Attention
Danger d'explosion si la pile n'est pas remplacée correctement. Ne la remplacer

que par une pile de type semblable ou équivalent, recommandée par le fabricant.
Jeter les piles usagées conformément aux instructions du fabricant.

!הרהזא

תנכס תמייקץוציפ .הניקת אל ךרדב הפלחוהו הדימב הללוסה לש ףילחהל שי

גוסב הללוסה תא מ םאותה תרבחלמומ ןרציתצ.

תוללוסה קוליס תושמושמה עצבל שי .ןרציה תוארוה יפל

ﺮﻄﺧ ﻙﺎﻨﻫ ﻦﻣ ﻝﺍﺪﺒﺘﺳﺍ ﺔﻟﺎﺣ ﻲﻓ ﺭﺎﺠﻔﻧﺍ ﺔﻳﺭﺎﻄﺒﻟﺍ ﺔﺤﻴﺤﺻ ﺮﻴﻏ ﺔﻘﻳﺮﻄﺑ ﻚﻴﻠﻌﻓ

ﺔﻳﺭﺎﻄﺒﻟﺍ ﻝﺍﺪﺒﺘﺳﺍ

ﻂﻘﻓ ﻉﻮﻨﻟﺍ ﺲﻔﻨﺑ ﺎﻬﻟﺩﺎﻌﻳ ﺎﻣ ﻭﺃ ﺎﻤﻛﺖﺻﻭﺃ ﺔﻌﻨﺼﻤﻟﺍ ﺔﻛﺮﺸﻟﺍ ﻪﺑ

ﺕﺎﻳﺭﺎﻄﺒﻟﺍ ﻦﻣ ﺺﻠﺨﺗ ﻟ ﺎﻘﻓﻭ ﺔﻠﻤﻌﺘﺴﻤﻟﺍﺔﻌﻧﺎﺼﻟﺍ ﺔﻛﺮﺸﻟﺍ ﺕﺎﻤﻴﻠﻌﺘ

Waarschuwing
Er is ontploffi ngsgevaar indien de batterij verkeerd vervangen wordt. Vervang de

batterij slechts met hetzelfde of een equivalent type die door de fabrikant aanbevolen
wordt. Gebruikte batterijen dienen overeenkomstig fabrieksvoorschriften afgevoerd
te worden.

경고!

배터리가 올바르게 교체되지 않으면 폭발의 위험이 있습니다. 기존 배터리와
동일하거나 제조사에서 권장하는 동등한 종류의 배터리로만 교체해야 합니다.
제조사의 안내에 따라 사용된 배터리를 처리하여 주십시오.

¡Advertencia!
Existe peligro de explosión si la batería se reemplaza de manera incorrecta.

Reemplazar la batería exclusivamente con el mismo tipo o el equivalente
recomendado por el fabricante. Desechar las baterías gastadas según las
instrucciones del fabricante.

Standardized Warning Statements

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Product Disposal

Warning!

Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled according to all national laws
and regulations.

製品の廃棄

この製品を廃棄処分する場合、国の関係する全ての法律・条例に従い処理する必要が
あります。

警告

本产品的废弃处理应根据所有国家的法律和规章进行。

警告

本產品的廢棄處理應根據所有國家的法律和規章進行。

Warnung
Die Entsorgung dieses Produkts sollte gemäß allen Bestimmungen und Gesetzen

des Landes erfolgen.
¡Advertencia!
Al deshacerse por completo de este producto debe seguir todas las leyes y

reglamentos nacionales.
Attention
La mise au rebut ou le recyclage de ce produit sont généralement soumis à des

lois et/ou directives de respect de l'environnement. Renseignez-vous auprès de
l'organisme compétent.

רצומה קוליס

!הרהזא

ו תויחנהל םאתהב תויהל בייח הז רצומ לש יפוס קוליס.הנידמה יקוח

Waarschuwing
De uiteindelijke verwijdering van dit product dient te geschieden in overeenstemming

met alle nationale wetten en reglementen.

ﻲﺋﺎﻬﻨﻟﺍ ﺺﻠﺨﺘﻟﺍ ﻦﻣ ﺞﺘﻨﻤﻟﺍ ﺍﺬﻫ ﻪﻌﻣ ﻞﻣﺎﻌﺘﻟﺍ ﻲﻐﺒﻨﻳ ﻟ ﺎﻘﻓﻭ ﻊﻴﻤﺠﺔﻴﻨﻁﻮﻟﺍ ﺢﺋﺍﻮﻠﻟﺍﻭ ﻦﻴﻧﺍﻮﻘﻟﺍ ﺪﻨﻋ

경고!

이 제품은 해당 국가의 관련 법규 및 규정에 따라 폐기되어야 합니다.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1

Checklist ..........................................................................................................1-1

1-2 Contacting Supermicro .................................................................................... 1-2

H8DGG-QF Quick Reference ......................................................................... 1-5

1-3 Motherboard Features ..................................................................................... 1-6

1-4 Chipset Overview ............................................................................................1-9

AMD SR5690/SP5100 Chipsets ..................................................................... 1-9

HyperTransport Technology ............................................................................ 1-9

1-5 PC Health Monitoring ...................................................................................... 1-9

1-6 Power Confi guration Settings........................................................................1-10

1-7 Power Supply .................................................................................................1-11

1-8 Super I/O ........................................................................................................1-11

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................. 2-1

Precautions .....................................................................................................2-1

Unpacking .......................................................................................................2-1

2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................2-2

2-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ...................................................... 2-4

2-4 Installing Memory ............................................................................................2-4

DIMM Module Population Confi guration .................................................... 2-6

2-5 PCI Expansion Cards ...................................................................................... 2-7

2-6 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections ........................................................ 2-8

Front Control Panel ......................................................................................... 2-8

2-7 Connector Defi nitions ..................................................................................... 2-9

Power Connectors ..................................................................................... 2-9

Power Connector ........................................................................................ 2-9

Reset Connector ...................................................................................... 2-10

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-10

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail/PWR Fail/UID LED ............................................2-10

NIC2 (Link/Activity) LED ........................................................................... 2-10

NIC1 (Link/Activity) LED ........................................................................... 2-10

HDD LED ...................................................................................................2-11

Power LED Connector ..............................................................................2-11

NMI Button ................................................................................................2-11

Universal Serial Bus Ports ........................................................................2-11

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USB Headers ............................................................................................2-11

SGPIO ......................................................................................................2-12

Fan Headers ............................................................................................. 2-12

Power SMB (I2C) ......................................................................................2-12

Chassis Intrusion ..................................................................................... 2-12

LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ........................................................................... 2-13

IPMB .........................................................................................................2-13

Overheat LED ........................................................................................... 2-13

Video Connector ....................................................................................... 2-13

Unit Identifi er Button ................................................................................. 2-14

Serial Port ................................................................................................. 2-14

Trusted Platform Module Header ............................................................. 2-14

2-8 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-15

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-15

CMOS Clear .............................................................................................2-15

BMC Jumper ............................................................................................ 2-16

Watch Dog Enable/Disable ...................................................................... 2-16

LAN1/2 Enable/Disable ...........................................................................2-16

VGA Enable/Disable ................................................................................. 2-16

2-9 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 2-17

GLAN LEDs .............................................................................................. 2-17

IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs .......................................................................2-17

UID LED (LE1) ........................................................................................2-17

Power LED ............................................................................................... 2-18

2-10 SATA Drive Connections ............................................................................... 2-18

SATA Ports ...............................................................................................2-18

2-11 Enabling SATA RAID .....................................................................................2-19

Serial ATA (SATA).......................................................................................... 2-19

Installing the OS/SATA Driver ....................................................................... 2-19

Building a Driver Diskette ......................................................................... 2-19

Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS .................................................................2-20

Using the Adaptec RAID Utility ..................................................................... 2-21

Installing the RAID Driver During OS Installation .........................................2-21

2-12 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................2-22

Supero Doctor III ........................................................................................... 2-23

2-13 Serverboard Battery ...................................................................................... 2-25

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Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ........................................................................... 3-1

Before Power On ............................................................................................ 3-1

No Power ........................................................................................................3-1

No Video .........................................................................................................3-2

Memory Errors ............................................................................................... 3-2

Losing the System’s Setup Confi guration ....................................................... 3-2

3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................ 3-2

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ...........................................................................3-3

3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service.................................................................3-4

Chapter 4 BIOS

4-1 Introduction ......................................................................................................4-1

4-2 Main Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-2

4-3 Advanced Settings Menu ................................................................................4-2

4-4 Security Menu ............................................................................................... 4-20

4-5 Boot Settings Menu ....................................................................................... 4-21

4-6 Exit Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-22

Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes
Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes ................................................................. B-1

B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes ............................................................................. B-2

B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes ................................................................. B-3

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged
leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to
detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.

Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard.
If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

• One (1) H8DGG-QF serverboard

Note: For your system to work properly, please follow the links below to download
all necessary drivers/utilities and the user’s manual for your server.

• Supermicro product manuals: http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/

• Product drivers and utilities: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com

• Product safety information:

http://super-dev/about/policies/safety_information.cfm

• If you have any questions, please contact our support team at:

[e-mail]

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1-2 Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)
Web Site:

www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Asia-Pacifi c

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

3F, No. 150, Jian 1st Rd.

Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 23511

Taiwan (R.O.C)
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web Site:

www.supermicro.com.tw

Technical Support:
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]

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Figure 1-1. H8DGG-QF Image

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Notes:

Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.
Not all ports, jumpers or LED Indicators are available on all serverboards.

Figure 1-2. H8DGG-QF Motherboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

BATTERY

JIPMB2

JPI2C1

JPI2C2

SLOT SBX-2A

FAN6

FAN5

FAN8

FAN7

FAN4

FAN3

FAN2

FAN1

LE1

JPW2

JPW4

JF1

JBT1

JWD1

JPL1

JPG1

JBMC1

DP2

JSPK1

JL1

JOH1

SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5SATA0 SATA1

JPW1

JPW3

USB0/1

IPMI_LAN

SLOT2 PCI-E 2.0 X8 (in X16)

P1-DIMM1A

CPU2

P1-DIMM1B

P1-DIMM2A

LAN1

P1-DIMM2B

P1-DIMM3A

P1-DIMM3B

COM1

P1-DIMM4A

P1-DIMM4B

P2-DIMM4B

P2-DIMM4A

P2-DIMM3B

P2-DIMM3A

VGA

UID

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X8 (in X16)

SLOT4 PCI-E 2.0 X16

P2-DIMM2A

P2-DIMM2B

P2-DIMM1A

P2-DIMM1B

USB2/3

T-SGPIO1

T-SGPIO2

CPU1

LAN2

BMC

NIC

AMD

SP5100

AMD

SR5690

AMD

SR5690

SLOT SBX-1A

SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 X16

JTPM1

SLOT3 PCI-E 2.0 X16

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H8DGG-QF Quick Reference

Jumper Description Default Setting

JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7)
JBMC1 BMC Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPL1 LAN 1/2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JWD1 Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

LED Description

LAN Ports LEDs for the LAN Ethernet ports
Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs for the dedicated IPMI LAN Ethernet port
LE1 LED for UID Button
DP2 LED for Serverboard Power-On

Connector Description

COM1 COM1 Serial Port
FAN 1-8 Chassis/GPU Fan Headers
IPMI LAN Dedicated IPMI LAN Port
JF1 Front Panel Connector
JIPMB2 System Management Bus Header for the IPMI Slot
JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header
JOH1 Overheat Warning Header
JPI2C1/JPI2C2 Power I2C Headers
JPW1/3 20-pin Main ATX Power Connectors
JPW2/4 +12V 8-pin CPU Power Connectors
JSPK1 Speaker Header
JTPM1 Trusted Platform Module Header
LAN1/2 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports
SATA0 ~ SATA5 SATA Ports
T-SGPIO-1/TSGPIO-2 Serial General Purpose Input/Output Header for SATA
UID Unit Identifi er Button
USB0/1 and USB2/3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports and Headers
VGA VGA Connector

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1-3 Motherboard Features

CPU

• Dual AMD Opteron 6000 series (AMD Socket G34 type) processors

Note: You must install at least two processors for full functions to be supported.

Memory

• The H8DGG-QF serverboard contains (sixteen (16)) single/dual/tri/quad

channel DIMM slots supporting up to 512 GB of Registered ECC or
128 GB of Unbuffered ECC/non-ECC DDR3-1600/1333/1066 Mhz speed,
1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB size SDRAM memory.

Note: Refer to Section 2-4 before installing memory and our web site for recommended DIMMs.

Chipset

• Dual SR5690 chipsets and one SP5100 Southbridge chipset

Expansion Slots

• Three (3) PCI-Express x16 Gen. 2

• Two (2) PCI-Express x8 (in x16 slot) Gen. 2

Note: Slot SBX-1A with slot 1 and slot SBX-2A with slot 2 require a SuperMicro
riser card or add-on card to work properly. The riser cards need both the SBX and
PCI-E slots on each side of the serverboard to be connected.

BIOS

• 16 Mb AMI BIOS® SPI Flash ROM

• AMI 1.2, DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0 (ACPI 2.0 is BIOS supported), SMBIOS

2.3, Real Time Clock Wakeup, Plug and Play (PnP), BIOS resume hot keys

PC Health Monitoring

• Onboard voltage monitors

• Fan status monitor with fi rmware/software on/off and speed control

• Watch Dog/NMI

• Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS

• Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss

• System resource alert (via included utility program)

• Auto-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core

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• CPU thermal trip support

• I

2

C temperature sensing logic

ACPI Features

• Microsoft OnNow

• Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

• BIOS support for USB keyboard

• Hardware BIOS Virus protection

• Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

• Internal/external modem ring-on

Onboard I/O

• Six (6) SATA ports supported by an on-chip SATA controller (RAID 0, 1 and 10

supported)

• One (1) Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port

• Four (4) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.0) ports (2x rear, 2x header)

• Two (2) LAN ports supported by an onboard Intel® 82576 dual port Ethernet

controller for 10/100/1000Base-T

• One (1) dedicated IPMI LAN port

• One (1) VGA port supported by an onboard Matrox

®

G200 graphics controller

(with 16 MB DDR2 memory)

Other

• Onboard power LED

• Suspend State indicator LED

• UID/Remote UID

• Chassis intrusion detection

• Chipkill support

CD Utilities

• BIOS fl ash upgrade utility

• Super Doctor III

• IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 (Optional)

Dimensions

• Propriatory format: (LxW) 7.74" x 16.64" (197 x 423 mm)

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AMD

Socket G34

CPU2

HT3 Link
16x16-5.2GT/s

PCI-E GEN2 X16

Slot3

SATA x6

PCI-E GEN2 X16

Slot1

A-Link

SP5100

BMC
VGA

WPCM450-R

PCI

LPC

USB

SIO

W83527

HWM

W83795G

SPI Flash

RMII

DDR2 SDRAM

64Mb X16bit

PSU I2C

IPMB

FE PHY

RTL8201N

VGA

Clock Gen

TPM (/OPT)

SR5690-S

COM

PCI-E GEN2 X4

INTEL

KAWELA

RJ45

RJ45

SR5690-M

Slot5

Slot2

Slot4

PCI-E GEN2 X8

PCI-E GEN2 X8

PCI-E GEN2 X16

HT3 Link
16x16-5.2GT/s

HT3 Link

8x8-6.4GT/s

AMD

Socket G34

CPU1

DIMM A1

DIMM A0

DIMM B0

DIMM B1

DIMM C0

DIMM C1

DIMM D0

DIMM D1

DIMM A0

DIMM A1

DIMM B0

DIMM B1

DIMM C0

DIMM C1

DIMM D0

DIMM D1

4xUSB

RJ45

HT3 Link

8x8-6.4GT/s

HT3 Link

(8+8)x(8+8)-6.4GT/s

Figure 1-3. AMD SR5690/SP5100 Chipset:

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent

the features on your motherboard. See the previous pages for the

actual specifi cations of your motherboard.

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1-4 Chipset Overview

The H8DGG-QF serverboard is based on the dual AMD SR5690 and one SP5100
chipsets. These chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processors
(MCP). Controllers for the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron
processors.

AMD SR5690/SP5100 Chipsets

The dual SR5690 and single SP5100 chips are each a single-chip, high-performance
HyperTransport peripheral controller . It includes a 42-lane PCI Express interface, an
AMD Opteron 16-bit Hyper Transport interface link, a six-port Serial ATA interface
and a four-port USB 2.0 interface. This hub connects directly to the CPU.

HyperTransport Technology

HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, low latency point to point link that was
designed to increase the communication speed by a factor of up to 48x between
integrated circuits. This is done partly by reducing the number of buses in the
chipset to reduce bottlenecks and by enabling a more effi cient use of memory
in multi-processor systems. The end result is a signifi cant increase in bandwidth
within the chipset.

1-5 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the H8DGG-QF
serverboard. The serverboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that
supports PC health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitors

The onboard voltage monitor will continuously scan crucial voltage levels. Once
a voltage becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to
the screen. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to defi ne the sensitivity of the
voltage monitor. Real time readings of these voltage levels are all displayed in BIOS.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware/Software Speed Control

The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The onboard
fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS.

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CPU Overheat/Fan Fail LED and Control

This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat/Fan Fail warning
function in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When
this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs, the Overheat/Fan Fail
warning LED is triggered.

Auto-Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core

The 6-phase-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to Opteron
6000SE series processors. This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make
the system more stable.

1-6 Power Confi guration Settings

This section describes the features of your motherboard that deal with power and
power settings.

Microsoft OnNow

The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive, system-wide approach to system
and device power control. OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears
to be off and responds immediately to user or other requests.

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the chassis power LED will start blinking
to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the
CPU will wake-up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on.

BIOS Support for USB Keyboard

If a USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal
keyboard during system boot-up.

Main Switch Override Mechanism

The power button can function as a system suspend button. When the user
depresses the power button, the system will enter a SoftOff state. The monitor
will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down. Depressing the power button
again will cause the whole system to wake-up. During the SoftOff state, the power
supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive. In case the
system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power, just depress and hold the
power button for 4 seconds. The power will turn off and no power will be provided
to the motherboard.

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Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Wake-On-LAN is defi ned as the ability of a management application to remotely
power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and access
tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffi c is kept
to a minimum and users are not interrupted. The motherboard has a 3-pin header
(WOL) to connect to the 3-pin header on a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has
WOL capability. Wake-On-LAN must be enabled in BIOS.

1-7 Power Supply

As with all computer products, a stable power source is necessary for proper and
reliable operation. It is even more important for processors that have high CPU
clock rates.

The H8DGG-QF serverboard requires the use of proprietary power supplies. Please
refer to the pinout information for the power connectors in Section 7 of Chapter 2
for detailed information on power requirements.

In areas where noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a
line fi lter to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install
a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.

Warning: To prevent the possibility of explosion, do not use the wrong type of
onboard CMOS battery or install it upside down.

1-8 Super I/O

The Super I/O includes a data separator, write pre-compensation circuitry, decode
logic, data rate selection, a clock generator, drive interface control logic and interrupt
and DMA logic. The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I/O greatly
reduces the number of components required for interfacing with fl oppy disk drives.

The Super I/O provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication
ports (UARTs), one of which supports serial infrared communication. Each UART
includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud rate generator,
complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system. Both UARTs
provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well as an advanced
speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support higher speed
modems.

The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Confi guration
and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management
through a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management to reduce
power consumption.

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The IRQs, DMAs and I/O space resources of the Super I/O can be fl exibly adjusted
to meet ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power
Management).

Chapter 2: Installation

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Chapter 2

Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent
damage to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully . The following
measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.

Precautions

• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic

bag.

• Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral

chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

• Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not

in use.

• For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent

conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and
the motherboard.

• Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specifi ed by the

manufacturer. Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down, which
may result in a possible explosion.

Unpacking

The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage. When
unpacking the board, make sure the person handling it is static protected.

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2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Warning: Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the processor.

Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding, removing or
changing any hardware components.

Installation Procedure

Follow the procedures as listed below to install the motherboard into a chassis.

1. Install the processor(s) and the heatsink(s).

2. Install the motherboard in the chassis.

3. Install the memory and add-on cards.

4. Finally, connect the cables and install the drivers.

Installing the Processors

1. Begin by removing the cover plate
that protects the CPU. Lift the
lever on the CPU socket until it
points straight up.

2. With the lever raised, lift open the
silver CPU retention plate.