Supermicro H8DGT-HLF, H8DGT-HLIBQF User Manual

H8DGT-HLF

H8DGT-HLIBQF

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0

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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
H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF serverboards.

The H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5690/
SP5100 chipset and supports dual AMD Socket G34 type processors with up
to 32 GB of ECC/Non-ECC UDIMM or up to 128 GB of ECC RDIMM SDRAM
in 8 DIMM slots. The only difference between the two serverboards is that the
H8DGT-HLIBQF serverboard contains an Infi niBand® QSFP connector whereas
the H8DGT-HLF does not.

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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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

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

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

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

H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF Quick Reference .......................................................... 1-6

1-3 Chipset Overview ..........................................................................................1-10

AMD SR5690/SP5100 Processor .................................................................1-10

HyperTransport Technology .......................................................................... 1-10

1-4 PC Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 1-10

1-5 Power Confi guration Settings.........................................................................1-1 1

1-6 Power Supply ................................................................................................1-12

1-7 Super I/O ....................................................................................................... 1-12

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

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

LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ............................................................................. 2-9

Universal Serial Bus Ports ......................................................................... 2-9

USB Headers ............................................................................................. 2-9

Serial Ports ................................................................................................. 2-9

Overheat LED ...........................................................................................2-10

Unit Identifi er Button ................................................................................. 2-10

Video Connector .......................................................................................2-10

Trusted Platform Module Header ............................................................. 2-10

JP3 Adapter Card Connector ....................................................................2-11

SXB1 Adapter Card Slot/Connector ..........................................................2-11

2-8 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-12

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................2-12

CMOS Clear .............................................................................................2-12

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Infi niBand Port Enable/Disable

(H8DGT-HLIBQF only) .............................................................................2-12

I2C to PCI-Express Slot ...........................................................................2-13

Watch Dog Enable/Disable ...................................................................... 2-13

VGA Enable/Disable .................................................................................2-13

BMC Jumper ............................................................................................ 2-13

LAN1/2 Enable/Disable ...........................................................................2-13

2-9 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................2-14

LAN1/LAN2 LEDs .....................................................................................2-14

Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs .......................................................................2-14

IPMI LED ..................................................................................................2-14

Power LED ...............................................................................................2-14

Infi niBand LED Indicators .........................................................................2-15

UID LED (LE1) ........................................................................................2-15

2-11 Enabling SATA RAID ..................................................................................... 2-16

Serial ATA (SATA).......................................................................................... 2-16

Installing the OS/SATA Driver .......................................................................2-16

Building a Driver Diskette ......................................................................... 2-16

Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS ................................................................. 2-17

Using the Adaptec RAID Utility ..................................................................... 2-18

Installing the RAID Driver During OS Installation .........................................2-18

2-12 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................2-19

Supero Doctor III ........................................................................................... 2-20

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 ........................................................................ 3-3

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

4-3 Security Menu ............................................................................................... 4-14

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4-4 Boot Menu ..................................................................................................... 4-14

4-5 Exit Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-15

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

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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) H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF serverboard

• One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities

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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.

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County

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. H8DGT-HLF Image

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Figure 1-2. H8DGT-HLIBQF 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 1-3. H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF Motherboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

JP3

JTPM1

JWD1

JPB1
JPL1

JIB1

JPG1

JOH1

JI2C1

JI2C2

BATTERY

JBT1

DP2

LE2

LE3

DP1

JB1

LE1

SXB1:PCI-E X8

UID

VGA COM1

LAN2

LAN1

SXB2:PCI-E X16

P1-DIMM4A

P1-DIMM3A

P1-DIMM1A

P1-DIMM2A

USB4

USB2/3

COM2

IPMI_LAN

USB0/1

P2-DIMM1A

CPU1

P2-DIMM2A

P2-DIMM3A

P2-DIMM4A

CPU2

AMD

SP5100

AMD

SR5690

QDR

IB

BMC

NIC

SPEAKER

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H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF Quick Reference

Jumper Description Default Setting

JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7)
JIB1 Infi niBand Enable/Disable (H8DGT-HLIBQF only) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JI

2

C1/JI2C2 I2C to PCI-E Slot Enable/Disable Both Closed (Enabled)
JPB1 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
LE2 Infi niBand Physical Link LED (Red) (H8DGT-HLIBQF only)
LE3 Infi niBand Logical Link LED (Yellow) (H8DGT-HLIBQF only)
DP1 LED for IPMI activity
DP2 LED for Serverboard Power-On

Connector Description

COM1/COM2 COM1 Serial Port/Header
IPMI LAN Dedicated IPMI LAN Port
JB1 Infi niBand QSFP Connector (H8DGT-HLIBQF only)
JOH1 Overheat Warning Header
JTPM1 Trusted Platform Module Header
JP3 SMC Proprietary Slot for Power, FP Control & SATA connectors
LAN1/2 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports
UID Unit Identifi er Button
USB0/1, USB2/3, USB4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, headers and Type-A ports
VGA VGA Connector

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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

• Eight (8) single/dual/tri/quad channel DIMM slots supporting up

to 32 GB of ECC/Non-ECC UDIMM or up to 128 GB of ECC RDIMM
DDR3-1333/1066/800 SDRAM

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

Chipset

• AMD SR5690 chipset and one SP5100 Southbridge chipset (RAID 0, 1 or 10

supported)

Expansion Slots

• One (1) PCI-Express x16 Gen. 2

• One (1) PCI-Express x8 in x4 Gen. 2 (for SAS adapter cards)

BIOS

• 16 Mb AMIBIOS

®

SPI Flash ROM

• APM 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) and BIOS resume hot keys.

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

• I

2

C temperature sensing logic

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ACPI Features

• Microsoft OnNow

• Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

• BIOS support for USB keyboard

• Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

• Internal/external modem ring-on

• Hardware BIOS Virus protection

Onboard I/O

• Two (2) Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port (one header and one port)

• Five (5) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.0) ports (2x rear, 2x header, 1x type A)

• 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

®

G200e graphics controller

(with 16 MB DDR2 memory)

• One Mellonox Connect-X2 Infi niBand supporting a single QSFP connector

(H8DGT-HLIBQF only)

Other

• Onboard power LED

CD Utilities

• BIOS fl ash upgrade utility

• Super Doctor III

• IPMI 2.0

Dimensions

• Propriatory format: 6.78" x 16.64" (172 x 423 mm)

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Figure 1-4. 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.

BMC

WPCM450-R

PCI

DDR2 SDRAM

64Mb X16bit

PSU I2C

IPMB

VGA

FE PHY

RTL8201N

SIO

W83527

LPC

HWM

W83795G

COM2

COM1

Clock Gen

SPI Flash

INTEL

KAWELA

RJ45

RJ45

PCI-E GEN2 X16

Slot1

PCI-E GEN2 X8

Mellanox

Connect-X2

Slot2

PCI-E GEN2 X4

RJ45 USB x5

SP5100

SMBus

SATA x6

PCI-E GEN2 X8

SR5690

A-Link

HT3 Link
16x16-5.2GT/s

DIMM 1A

DIMM 2A

DIMM 3A

DIMM 4A

DIMM 1A

DIMM 2A

DIMM 3A

DIMM 4A

AMD

Socket G34

CPU2

HT3 Link

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

HT3 Link

16x16-3.2GT/s

HT3 Link

16x16-3.2GT/s

AMD

Socket G34

CPU1

RMII

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1-3 Chipset Overview

The H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF serverboard is based on the SR5690/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 Processor

The SR5690/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 a fi ve-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.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF
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
6100SE series processors. This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make
the system more stable.

1-5 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.

1-6 Power Supply

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

The H8DGT-HLF/HLIBQF serverboard requires the use of proprietary power
supplies. Please refer to the pinout information for the power connectors in Section
6 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.

1-7 Super I/O

The Super I/O (Winbond® W83527 chip) includes a data separator, write pre­compensation 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).

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