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This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable
PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the H8DG6/i(-F)
serverboard.
The H8DG6/i(-F) serverboard is based on the AMD® Dual SR5690 and one SP5100
chipset and supports two AMD Socket G34 type processor with up to 128 GB of
ECC/Non-ECC UDIMM or 512 GB of ECC RDIMM. This board series includes the
following serverboards and characteristics:
Serverboard Embeded IPMIOnboard SAS2
H8DG6Yes
H8DGi
H8DG6-FYesYes
H8DGi-FYes
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.
Preface
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.
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) H8DG6/i(-F) serverboard
• One (1) I/O shield (MCP-260-00027-0N)
• One (1) 9-pin serial port cable (CBL-0010L)
• One (1) 15.7-inch USB 2.0 2-Port with Key cable (CBL-0083L)
• Two (2) 50-cm I-Pass to four SATA PBF cables (CBL-0097L-02) (for H8DG6
and H8DG6-F only)
• Four (4) 2ft. Amphenol, SATA cable (CBL-0044L) (Six for H8DGi or H8DGi-F)
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 motherboard.
LAN PortsLEDs for the LAN Ethernet ports
Dedicated IPMI LANLEDs for the dedicated IPMI LAN Ethernet port (H8DGi/6-F only)
DP1LED for BMC Heartbeat
DP3LED for Serverboard Power-On
LE1LED for UID Button
LEDS1SAS2008 Heartbeat LED
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ConnectorDescription
COM1/COM2COM1 Serial Port/Header
FAN 1-8Chassis/CPU Fan Headers
IPMI LANDedicated IPMI LAN Port (H8DGi/6-F only)
JD1Speaker Header
JF1Front Panel Connector
JIBTN1RAIDKey for RAID 5 SAS support (optional for H8DG6(-F) only)
JL1Chassis Intruder Header
JOH1Overheat Warning Header
2
JPI2C1Power I
JPW124-pin Main ATX Power Connector
JPW2/3+12V 8-pin CPU Power Connectors
JTPM1Trusted Platform Module Header
JSMB1System Management Bus Header (SMBus)
JWF1SATA DOM (Disk_On_Module) PWR
JWOL1Wake-On-LAN Header
LAN1/2Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports
PS2 Mouse/KeyboardPS2 Mouse/Keyboard connectors
SAS0~3, SAS4~7SAS Ports (H8DG6(-F) only)
SATA0 ~ SATA5SATA Ports
T-SGPIO1/T-SGPIO2Serial General Purpose Input/Output Header for SATA
USB0/1, USB2/3, USB4/5, USB6/7Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports, Headers and Type-A Ports
VGAVGA Connector
Note: Refer to our web site for details on supported processors.
Memory
• Sixteen (16) four channel DIMM slots support up to 128 GB of ECC/Non-ECC
UDIMM or 512 GB of ECC RDIMM, with DDR3-1600/1333/1066 Mhz speed
SDRAM in 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB sizes of 1.5V or 1.35V
voltages.
Note: Refer to Section 2-5 before installing memory and our web site for recommended DIMMs.
Chipset
• Dual AMD SR5690 chipsets and one SP5100 Southbridge chipset
Expansion Slots
• Three (3) PCI-Express x16 Gen. 2
• One (1) PCI-Express x8 Gen. 2
• Two (2) PCI-Express x4 (in x8 slot) Gen. 2
BIOS
• 16 Mb AMIBIOS
• 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, Hardware
BIOS Virus Protection
®
SPI Flash ROM
PC Health Monitoring
• Onboard voltage monitors
• Fan status monitor with fi rmware/software on/off and speed control
• Watch Dog
• 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
• CPU thermal trip support
2
• I
C temperature sensing logic
• Chipkill Support
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ACPI Features
• Microsoft OnNow
• Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator
• BIOS support for USB keyboard
• Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
Onboard I/O
• Six (6) SATA ports supported by an on-chip SATA controller (RAID 0, 1 and 10
supported)
• Eight (8) SAS ports supported by an SAS2008 SAS2 controller (RAID 0, 1 and 10
supported; Raid 5 Optional) (H8DG6 and H8DG6-F only)
• Eight (8) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.0) ports (2x rear, 2x headers (USB 2/3
and USB 4/5), 2x type A)
• Two (2) LAN ports supported by one onboard Intel® 82576 Ethernet controllers
for 10/100/1000Base-T
• One (1) dedicated IPMI LAN port (H8DG6/i-F only)
• One (1) VGA port supported by an onboard Matrox
(with 16 MB DDR2 memory)
®
G200 graphics controller
• Two COM Ports (one external serial port, one Fast UART 16550 port)
Other
• Onboard power LED
• Chassis intrusion detection
CD Utilities
• BIOS fl ash upgrade utility
• Super Doctor III
• IPMI 1.5 / 2.0
Dimensions
• Extended-ATX form: (LxW) 12" x 13" (305 x 330 mm)
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Figure 1-3. AMD Dual SR5690 and one 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.
8x DIMM
SLOT#2
PCIE_(X16)
SLOT#1
PCIE_(X4)
SLOT#4
PCIE_(X16)
DDR3
1600/1333/1066
VRM
G34-SOCKET #2
SR5690#2
16/16-2.6GHz
HT Link
AMD
VGA
HT Link
b
16 x16
LAN
Intel 82576
Winbond
WPCM450
H/W_MONITOR
CONN. (8)
s 6.4GHz
it
W83795
FAN
PCIE (x4)
G34-SOCKET #1
16/16-2.6GHz
HT Link
AMD
SR5690#1
AMD
SP5100
LPC SIO
W83627DHG-P
KEYBOARD/
MOUSE
VRM
LPC BUS
DDR3
1600/1333/1066
PCIE (X8)
PCIE (X4)
PCIE (X8)
PCIE (X16)
SATA
USB
FWH
8x DIMM
LSI
SAS2 2008
SLOT#5
PCIE_(X4)
SLOT#3
PCIE_(X8)
SLOT#6
PCIE_(X16)
SATA PORT X6
USB PORT X8
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1-4 Chipset Overview
The H8DG6/i(-F) serverboard is based on the AMD Dual SR5690 and one SP5100
chipset. This chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processor (MCP).
Controllers for the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron
processors.
AMD SR5690/SP5100 Chipset
The AMD Dual SR5690 and one SP5100 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 an eight-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 H8DG6/i(-F)
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
AMD Opteron 6000SE series processors and auto-sense voltage IDs ranging from
0.8 V to 1.55V. 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.
Note: To wake up the system from an S4 state by the USB keyboard/mouse, please
connect the keyboard/mouse to USB port 0/1 at the rear I/O side.
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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.
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 H8DG6/i(-F) 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.
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1-8 Super I/O
The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O Winbond® BMC chip 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.
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).
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Notes
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Chapter 2
Installation
2-1 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 difficulty, contact Supermicro's Technical Support department
for assistance. Only certifi ed technicians should attempt to install or confi gure
components.
Read this section 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
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.
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.
¡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.
배터리가 올바르게 교체되지 않으면 폭발의 위험이 있습니다. 기존 배터리와
동일하거나 제조사에서 권장하는 동등한 종류의 배터리로만 교체해야 합니다.
제조사의 안내에 따라 사용된 배터리를 처리하여 주십시오.
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.
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רצומה קוליס
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.
Waarschuwing
De uiteindelijke verwijdering van dit product dient te geschieden in overeenstemming
met alle nationale wetten en reglementen.
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2-2 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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2-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation
Caution: When handling the processor, avoid placing direct 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.
Notes:
• Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding,
removing or changing any hardware components. Make sure that you install the
processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink.
• If you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use the heatsink included
with the server only.
• Make sure to install the serverboard into the chassis before you install the CPU
heatsinks.
• When receiving a serverboard without a processor pre-installed, make sure that
the plastic CPU socket cap is in place and none of the socket pins are bent;
otherwise, contact your retailer immediately.
• Refer to the Supermi cro web si te for update s on CPU sup por t.
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.
Caution! Please save the plastic cap. The serverboard must be shipped with the plastic
cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins. Shipment without the plastic cap
properly installed may cause damage to the socket pins
2. With the lever raised, lift open the
silver CPU retention plate. Align
the CPU keys with the socket
keys.
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