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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 6015B-

T+/6015B-8+. Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced

technicians only.

The SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ is a high-end 1U rackmount server based

on the SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 1U rackmount server chassis and the X7DBR-

i+/X7DBR-8+ serverboard, which supports single or dual Intel® Xeon 5100/5000

series processors at a Front Side (system) Bus speed of 1333 MHz and up to 64

GB of ECC DDR2-667/533 FBD SDRAM memory.

Preface

Manual Organization

Chapter 1: Introduction

The ﬁ rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the

server system and describes the main features of the SUPER X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-

8+ serverboard and the SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 chassis, which make up the

SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+.

Chapter 2: Server Installation

This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 6015B-

T+/6015B-8+ into a rack and check out the server conﬁ guration prior to powering

up the system. If your server was ordered without processor and memory com-

ponents, this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for

their installation.

Chapter 3: System Interface

Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and

information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs

located throughout the system.

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Chapter 4: System Safety

You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview

of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the

SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+.

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup

Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ serverboard,

including the locations and functions of connectors, headers and jumpers. Refer

to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when

reconﬁ guring the serverboard.

Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup

Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the 1U SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700

rackmount server chassis. You should follow the procedures given in this chapter

when installing, removing or reconﬁ guring SATA/SCSI or peripheral drives and when

replacing the system power supply unit and cooling fans.

Chapter 7: BIOS

The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-

tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility.

Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes

Appendix C: Software Installation

Appendix D: System Speciﬁ cations

Notes

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii

Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii

Chapter 1: Introduction

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

1-2 Serverboard Features ..................................................................................... 1-2

1-3 Server Chassis Features ................................................................................ 1-4

1-4 Contacting Super Micro .................................................................................. 1-6

Chapter 2: Server Installation

2-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 2-1

2-2 Unpacking the System ................................................................................... 2-1

2-3 Preparing for Setup ........................................................................................ 2-1

Choosing a Setup Location ...................................................................... 2-2

Rack Precautions ..................................................................................... 2-2

Server Precautions ................................................................................... 2-2

Rack Mounting Considerations ................................................................ 2-3

2-4 Installing the System into a Rack ................................................................... 2-4

Identifying the Sections of the Rails ........................................................ 2-4

Installing the Rack Rails .......................................................................... 2-4

Installing the Chassis Rails ...................................................................... 2-5

Installing the Server into the Rack ........................................................... 2-6

Installing the Server into a Telco Rack .................................................... 2-7

2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup ................................................................... 2-8

2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup ....................................................................... 2-9

Chapter 3: System Interface

3-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 3-1

3-2 Control Panel Buttons .................................................................................... 3-1

Reset ........................................................................................................ 3-1

Power ....................................................................................................... 3-1

3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-2

Overheat/Fan Fail .................................................................................... 3-2

NIC2 ......................................................................................................... 3-2

NIC1 ......................................................................................................... 3-2

HDD .......................................................................................................... 3-2

Table of Contents

Power ....................................................................................................... 3-3

3-4 Drive Carrier LEDs ......................................................................................... 3-3

Chapter 4: System Safety

4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions .......................................................................... 4-1

4-2 General Safety Precautions ........................................................................... 4-2

4-3 ESD Precautions ............................................................................................ 4-3

4-4 Operating Precautions .................................................................................... 4-4

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup

5-1 Handling the Serverboard .............................................................................. 5-1

5-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation ............................................................... 5-2

5-3 Connecting Cables ......................................................................................... 5-5

Connecting Data Cables .......................................................................... 5-5

Connecting Power Cables ....................................................................... 5-5

Connecting the Control Panel .................................................................. 5-6

5-4 I/O Ports ......................................................................................................... 5-7

5-5 Installing Memory ........................................................................................... 5-7

5-6 Adding PCI Cards ........................................................................................... 5-9

5-7 Serverboard Details ...................................................................................... 5-10

X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ Layout ................................................................. 5-10

X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ Quick Reference ................................................. 5-11

5-8 Connector Deﬁ nitions ................................................................................... 5-12

Primary ATX Power Connector .............................................................. 5-12

Auxiliary Power Connector ..................................................................... 5-12

Processor Power Connector .................................................................. 5-12

NMI Button ............................................................................................. 5-12

Power LED ............................................................................................. 5-12

HDD LED ............................................................................................... 5-13

NIC1 LED ............................................................................................... 5-13

NIC2 LED ............................................................................................... 5-13

Overheat/Fan Fail LED .......................................................................... 5-13

Power Fail LED ...................................................................................... 5-13

Reset Button .......................................................................................... 5-14

Power Button .......................................................................................... 5-14

Universal Serial Bus ............................................................................... 5-14

Chassis Intrusion .................................................................................... 5-14

Serial Ports ............................................................................................. 5-15

Power Fail Header ................................................................................. 5-15

Fan Headers .......................................................................................... 5-15

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Extra USB Headers ................................................................................ 5-16

Power LED/Speaker ............................................................................... 5-16

ATX PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Ports ...................................................... 5-16

Overheat LED ........................................................................................ 5-16

Wake-On-LAN ........................................................................................ 5-17

Wake-On-Ring ........................................................................................ 5-17

SMB ........................................................................................................ 5-17

SMBUS_PS Power ................................................................................ 5-17

Alarm Reset ........................................................................................... 5-18

Unit Identiﬁ cation Headers ..................................................................... 5-18

Compact Flash Card Power Connector ................................................. 5-18

SGPIO .................................................................................................... 5-18

5-9 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 5-19

Explanation of Jumpers ......................................................................... 5-19

CMOS Clear ........................................................................................... 5-19

JLAN Enable/Disable ............................................................................. 5-20

Watch Dog Enable/Disable .................................................................... 5-20

3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable/Disable ....................................... 5-20

VGA Enable/Disable ............................................................................... 5-21

SCSI Controller Enable/Disable ............................................................. 5-21

SCSI Termination Enable/Disable .......................................................... 5-21

Compact Flash Master/Slave Select ...................................................... 5-22

SMBUS to PCI Enable/Disable .............................................................. 5-22

5-10 Onboard Indicators ....................................................................................... 5-23

JLAN1/JLAN2 LEDs ............................................................................... 5-23

SCSI Activity LED Indicators .................................................................. 5-23

5-11 Floppy, IDE. SATA and SCSI Drive Connections ......................................... 5-24

Floppy Drive Connector ......................................................................... 5-24

IDE Drive Connectors ............................................................................ 5-25

SATA Ports ............................................................................................. 5-26

Ultra320 SCSI Ports ............................................................................... 5-27

Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup

6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices ................................................................................. 6-1

6-2 Control Panel .................................................................................................. 6-2

6-3 System Fans ................................................................................................... 6-3

System Fan Failure .................................................................................. 6-3

Replacing System Cooling Fans .............................................................. 6-3

6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal ...................................................................... 6-4

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Removing the Front Bezel ....................................................................... 6-4

Accessing the Drive Bays ........................................................................ 6-5

SATA/SCSI Drive Installation ................................................................... 6-6

DVD-ROM and Floppy Drive Installation ................................................. 6-8

6-5 Power Supply ................................................................................................. 6-9

Power Supply Failure ............................................................................... 6-9

Removing/Replacing the Power Supply ................................................... 6-9

Chapter 7: BIOS

7-1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 7-1

7-2 Running Setup ................................................................................................ 7-2

7-3 Main BIOS Setup ............................................................................................ 7-2

7-4 Advanced Setup ............................................................................................. 7-7

7-5 Security ......................................................................................................... 7-24

7-6 Boot .............................................................................................................. 7-25

7-7 Exit ................................................................................................................ 7-26

Appendices:

Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes

Appendix C: Software Installation

Appendix D: System Speciﬁ cations

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Notes

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

The SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ is a high-end dual processor, 1U rack-

mount server featuring some of the most advanced technology currently available.

The 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ is comprised of two main subsystems: the SC815TQ-

700/SC815S-700 chassis and the X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ Xeon dual processor

serverboard. Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that

have been certiﬁ ed for use with the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+. (www.supermicro.com)

In addition to the mainboard and chassis, various hardware components may have

been included with your SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+, as listed below:

 One (1) slim DVD-ROM drive [DVM-PNSC-824(B)]

 Two (2) riser cards (CSE-RR1U-X and CSE-RR1U-EL)

 Four (4) 40-mm heavy-duty counter-rotating fans (FAN-0086L)

 One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-00002-01)

 SATA Accessories (6015B-T+ only)

One (1) SATA backplane (CSE-SAS-813TQ)

Four (4) SATA data cables (CBL-0061L)

One (1) SATA LED cable (CBL-0157L)

Four (4) SATA drive carriers [MCP-220-00001-03(01)]

 SCSI Accessories (6015B-8+ only)

One (1) SCSI SAF-TE backplane (CSE-SCA-813S)

One (1) U320 SCSI data cable (CBL-0037L-U320)

Four (4) SCSI drive carriers [MCP-220-00001-03(01)]

 Rackmount hardware with screws (CSE-PT51L)

 One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities

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 Two (2) passive 1U CPU heatsinks (SNK-P0017)

 SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ User's Manual

Note: the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ comes in silver and black (no beige). A "B" at the end

of a part number indicates the item is available in black, a "V" indicates silver.

1-2 Serverboard Features

At the heart of the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ lies the X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+

a dual Xeon processor serverboard based on the Intel 5000P chipset and designed

to provide maximum performance. Below are the main features of the X7DBR-

i+/X7DBR-8+. See Figure 1-1 for a system block diagram of the chipset.

Processors

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ supports single or dual dual-core Intel Xeon 5000/5100

Sequence processors at a 1333 MHz FSB in LGA 771-pin sockets. Please refer

to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors.

Memory

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ has sixteen 240-pin DIMM slots that can support up

to 64 GB of ECC DDR2-667/533 FBD (Fully Buffered Data) SDRAM. The dual-

channel memory bus requires memory modules to be installed two at a time.

Serial ATA

An on-chip (ESB2) SATA controller is integrated into the X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+

to provide a six-port, 3 Gb/sec Serial ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1 and 10

supported. The SATA drives are hot-swappable units.

Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-

swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA drives.

Onboard SCSI (6015B-8+ only)

An onboard Adaptec AIC-7902 dual-channel SCSI controller in integrated into the

X7DBR-8+ , which supports 80-pin SCA Ultra320 SCSI hard drives. The SCSI

drives are connected to an SCA backplane that provides power, bus termination

and conﬁ guration settings. The SCSI drives are hot-swappable units.

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Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-

swap capability and RAID function of the SCSI drives.

PCI Expansion Slots

Two riser cards have been included with the server to support server PCI expan-

sion. The CSE-RR1U-X riser ﬁ ts into the 133 MHz PCI-X slot to support a standard

size (full-height, full-length) PCI-X add-on card (any speed). The CSE-RR1U-EL

ﬁ ts into the PCI-E slot to support one standard size PCI-E add-on card. You may

only use one riser card at a time.

ATI Graphics Controller

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ features an integrated ATI video controller based on the

ES1000 graphics chip. The ES1000 was designed speciﬁ cally for servers, featuring

low power consumption, high reliability and superior longevity.

Onboard Controllers/Ports

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ provides one ﬂ oppy drive controller and two onboard

IDE controllers, which support up to four hard drives or ATAPI devices. Backpanel

I/O ports include one COM port, two USB ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports

and a video (monitor) port. An Intel 82563EB Ethernet controller is also included

to support two Gb LAN ports.

Other Features

Other onboard features are included to promote system health. These include

various voltage monitors, two CPU temperature sensors, four fan speed sensors,

a chassis intrusion header, auto-switching voltage regulators, chassis and CPU

overheat sensors, virus protection and BIOS rescue.

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1-3 Server Chassis Features

The SC815TQ-700 /SC815S-70 0 is one of Supermicro's third-generation 1U chas-

sis and features four hot-swap drive bays for SATA/SCSI drives, a slim DVD-ROM

drive, a slim 3.5" ﬂ oppy drive and a revolutionary cooling design that can keep

today's most powerful processors running well below their temperature thresh-

olds. The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC815TQ-

700/SC815S-700 chassis.

System Power

The SC815TQ-700 /SC815S-70 0 chassis includes a single 700W cold-swap power

supply.

Serial ATA Subsystem (6015B-T+)

For the 6015B-T+, the SC815TQ-700 chassis was designed to support four Serial

ATA hard drives, which are hot-swappable units.

Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-

swap capability of the Serial ATA drives.

SCSI Subsystem (6015B-8+)

For the 6015B-8+, the SC815S-700 chassis was designed to support four SCSI

hard drives, which are hot-swappable units.

Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-

swap capability of the SCSI drives.

Control Panel

The SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 control panel provides important system monitor-

ing and control information. LEDs indicate power on, network activity, hard disk

drive activity and system overheat conditions. Also present are a main power

button and a system reset button.

I/O Backplane

The SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 is a 1U rackmount chassis. Its I/O backplane

provides one full-height full-length and one low proﬁ le slot for PCI add-on cards,

one COM port (the other is internal), one VGA port, two USB ports, PS/2 mouse

and keyboard ports and two Ethernet (LAN) ports.

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Cooling System

The SC815TQ-700 /SC815S-70 0 chassis' revolutionary cooling design has

been optimized to provide sufﬁ cient cooling for dual Xeon conﬁ gurations. The

SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 includes four heavy duty 40-mm counter-rotating

blower fans located in the middle of the chassis. In the event of a fan failure, the

ambient air temperature inside the chassis will rise and activate an overheat LED

(fan speed is controlled by the system temperature).

Figure 1-1. Intel 5000P/ESB2 Chipset:

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details.

Slot 6: PCI-Exp x8/SEPC

Slot 2: PCI-X

LAN Ports (2)

Slot 5: PCI-Express x8

Slot 4: PCI-Express x8

AIC

7902

PXH

Slot 1: PCI-X

Slot 3: PCI- X

82563

CPU1

PCI-Exp

PCI-X 133

Kumeran

1067/1333 MT/s

5000P

MCH

PCI -E x 8

ESB2

PCI 32

ATI

ES1000

CPU2

FBD CH0

FBD CH1

FBD CH2

FBD CH3

PCI -E x 4

3.0 Gb/s

ATA 100

USB 2.0

LPC

FBD DI MM Bank1

DDR2

SATA Ports (6)

IDE Ports (2)

USB Ports (5)

S I/O BIOS

FBD DI MM Bank2

FBD DI MM Bank3

FBD DI MM Bank4

Kybd/

Mouse

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Floppy

COM

Ports (2)

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1-4 Contacting Super Micro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro 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: Super Micro 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.nl (General Information) support@supermicro.nl (Technical Support) rma@supermicro.nl (Customer Support)

Asia-Paciﬁ c

Address: Super Micro, Taiwan 4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd. Chung-Ho 235, Taipei, 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

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Chapter 2

Server Installation

2-1 Overview

This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperServer 6015B-

T+/6015B-8+ up and running. Following these steps in the order given should

enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time.

This quick setup assumes that your SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ system has

come to you with the processors and memory preinstalled. If your system is not

already fully integrated with a serverboard, processors, system memory etc., please

turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing speciﬁ c

components.

2-2 Unpacking the System

You should inspect the box the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ was shipped

in and note if it was damaged in any way. If the server itself shows damage you

should ﬁ le a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it.

Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the SuperServer 6015B-

T+/6015B-8+. It should be situated in a clean, dust-free area that is well ventilated.

Avoid areas where heat, electrical noise and electromagnetic ﬁ elds are generated.

You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet. Read the Rack and

Server Precautions in the next section.

2-3 Preparing for Setup

The box the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ was shipped in should include two

sets of rail assemblies, two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you

will need to install the system into the rack. Follow the steps in the order given to

complete the installation process in a minimum amount of time. Please read this

section in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the

sections that follow.

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Choosing a Setup Location

- Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door

completely (~25 inches).

- Leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back of the rack to allow for

sufﬁ cient airﬂ ow and ease in servicing.

- This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location (dedicated

equipment rooms, service closets and the like).

- This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices according

to §2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units.

Warnings and Precautions!

Rack Precautions

• Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the

ﬂ oor with the full weight of the rack resting on them.

• In single rack installation, stabilizers should be attached to the rack.

• In multiple rack installations, the racks should be coupled together.

• Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the

rack.

• You should extend only one component at a time - extending two or more simul-

taneously may cause the rack to become unstable.

Server Precautions

• Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4.

• Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the

rails.

• Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack ﬁ rst, and

then work up.

• Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to protect the server from

power surges, voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a

power failure.

• Allow the hot plug SATA/SCSI drives and power supply units to cool before touch-

ing them.

• Always keep the rack's front door and all panels and components on the servers

closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling.

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Rack Mounting Considerations

Ambient Operating Temperature

If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the ambient operating tem-

perature of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature

of the room. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equip-

ment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer’s maximum rated

ambient temperature (Tmra).

Reduced Airﬂ ow

Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airﬂ ow required

for safe operation is not compromised.

Mechanical Loading

Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does

not arise due to uneven mechanical loading.

Circuit Overloading

Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power

supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might

have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring. Appropriate consid-

eration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this

concern.

Reliable Ground

A reliable ground must be maintained at all times. To ensure this, the rack itself

should be grounded. Particular attention should be given to power supply con-

nections other than the direct connections to the branch circuit (i.e. the use of

power strips, etc.).

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2-4 Installing the System into a Rack

This section provides information on installing the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-

8+ into a rack unit with the rack rails provided. If the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ has

already been mounted into a rack, you can skip ahead to Sections 2-5 and 2-6.

There are a variety of rack units on the market, which may mean the assembly

procedure will differ slightly. You should also refer to the installation instructions

that came with the rack unit you are using.

Identifying the Sections of the Rails

You should have received a rack mounting kit with the SuperServer 6015B-

T+/6015B-8+. The kit includes two sets of chassis rails (four pieces total, two of

which are already installed on the chassis) and two sets of rack rails (four pieces

total). Figure 2-1 displays the two right-side chassis rails and the two right-side

rack rails. Note that two of the four chassis rails (Chassis Rail 1) are already at-

tached to the chassis.

Installing the Rack Rails

Begin by joining one set of rack rails corresponding to either the left or the right side

of the rack. Do this by aligning the studs of one rail with the holes of the other rail.

Push the studs into the grooved holes and then push the rail to slide the studs to

the end of the groove. Repeat this with the rack rails used for the other side.

Next, determine where you want to place the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+

in the rack. (See Rack and Server Precautions in Section 2-3.) Position the as-

sembled rack rails at the desired location in the rack. Screw the assembly securely

to the rack using the brackets provided. Attach the other assembly to the other

side of the rack, making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail

guides facing inward.

Locking Tabs: Both of the two chassis rails on each side have a locking tab (four

total), which serves two functions. The ﬁ rst is to lock the server into place when

installed and pushed fully into the rack, which is its normal operating position.

Secondly, these tabs also lock the server in place when extended from the rack.

This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it

out for servicing. The two sets of locking tabs mean there are two locked positions

when the chassis is extended from the rack, allowing easy access when servicing

the system. Note that on one side, you push the locking tab up to release it and

on the other side you push it down to release.

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Installing the Chassis Rails

Two of the chassis rails (Chassis Rail 1) should have already been preattached

- one to each side of the chassis. Attach the second set of chassis rails (Chassis

Rail 2) directly to the chassis with the screws provided. Chassis Rail 2 should

be positioned just behind Chassis Rail 1 (see Figure 2-2). Do this for both sides

of the chassis.

Figure 2-1. Identifying the Sections of the Rails

Figure 2-2. Installing Chassis Rails

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Installing the Server into the Rack

You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit. The

next step is to install the server into the rack. Do this by lining up the rear of the

chassis rails with the front of the rack rails. Slide the chassis rails into the rack

rails, keeping the pressure even on both sides (you may have to depress the lock-

ing tabs when inserting). See Figure 2-3.

When the server has been pushed completely into the rack, you should hear the

locking tabs "click".

Figure 2-3. Installing the Server into a Rack

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Installing the Server into a Telco Rack

To install the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ into a Telco type rack, use two L-shaped brackets

on either side of the chassis (four total). First, determine how far the server will

extend out the front of the rack. Larger chassis should be positioned to balance

the weight between front and back. If a bezel is included on your server, remove

it. Then attach the two front brackets to each side of the chassis, then the two rear

brackets positioned with just enough space to accommodate the width of the rack.

Finish by sliding the chassis into the rack and tightening the brackets to the rack.

Figure 2-4. Installing the Server into a Telco Rack

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2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup

After you install the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ in the rack, you will need to open the unit

to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and all the connections have

been made.

1. Accessing the inside of the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ (see Figure 2-5)

First, grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it

locks (you will hear a "click"). Next, depress the two buttons on the top of the

chassis to release the top cover. There is a large rectangular recess in the

middle front of the top cover to help you push the cover away from you until it

stops. You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to

the inside of the server.

2. Check the CPUs (processors)

You should have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard.

Each processor needs its own heatsink. See Chapter 5 for instructions on pro-

cessor and heatsink installation.

3. CPU Speed

The CPU speed should automatically be detected so you will not need to change

any jumpers or settings in the BIOS Setup utility.

4. Check the system memory

Your 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ server system may have come with system memory

already installed. Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots. For details

on adding system memory, refer to Chapter 5.

5. Installing add-on cards

If desired, you can install add-on cards to the system. See Chapter 5 for details

on installing PCI add-on cards.

6. Check all cable connections and airﬂ ow

Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking

the chassis airﬂ ow. See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections.

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Figure 2-5. Accessing the Inside of the Syatem

(with optional front bezel shown)

2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup

Next, you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SATA/SCSI

drives have been properly installed and all connections have been made.

1. Accessing the drive bays

All drives are accessable from the front of the server. For servicing the DVD-

ROM and ﬂ oppy drives, you will need to remove the top chassis cover. The

SATA/SCSI drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis

without removing the top chassis cover or powering down the system.

2. DVD-ROM and ﬂ oppy disk drives

A slim DVD-ROM and a ﬂ oppy drive should be preinstalled in your server. Refer

to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a DVD-ROM and/or ﬂ oppy disk drive to the

system.

3. Check the SATA/SCSI disk drives

Depending upon your system's conﬁ guration, your system may have one or

more drives already installed. If you need to install SATA/SCSI drives, please

refer to Chapter 6.

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4. Check the airﬂ ow

Airﬂ ow is provided by four heavy duty 40-mm blower fans. The system compo-

nent layout was carefully designed to direct the airﬂ ow to the components that

generate the most heat. Note that all power and data cables have been routed

in such a way that they do not block the airﬂ ow generated by the fans.

5. Supplying power to the system

The last thing you must do is to provide power to the system. Plug the power

cord from the power supply module into a high-quality power strip that offers

protection from electrical noise and power surges. It is recommended that you

use an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Finish by depressing the power

button on the front of the chassis to start the system.

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System Interface

3-1 Overview

There are several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the SATA /SCSI

drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system

as well as the activity and health of speciﬁ c components. There are also two but-

tons on the chassis control panel and an on/off switch on the power supply. This

chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response

you may need to take.

3-2 Control Panel Buttons

There are two push-buttons located on the front of the chassis. These are (in

order from left to right) a reset button and a power on/off button.

 Reset:

 Power: The main power button is used to apply or remove power from the

power supply to the server system. Turning off system power with this button

removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system.

Use the reset button to reboot the system.

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3-3 Control Panel LEDs

The control panel located on the front of the SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 chassis

has ﬁ ve LEDs. These LEDs provide you with critical information related to dif-

ferent parts of the system. This section explains what each LED indicates when

illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take.



Overheat/Fan Fail: When this LED ﬂ ashes it indicates a fan failure. When

on continuously (on and not ﬂ ashing) it indicates an overheat condition, which

may be caused by cables obstructing the airﬂ ow in the system or the ambient

room temperature being too warm. Check the routing of the cables and make

sure all fans are present and operating normally. You should also check to make

sure that the chassis covers are installed. Finally, verify that the heatsinks are

installed properly (see Chapter 5). This LED will remain ﬂ ashing or on as long as

the overheat condition exists.

 NIC2: Indicates network activity on GLAN2 when ﬂ ashing .

 NIC1: Indicates network activity on GLAN1 when ﬂ ashing.

 HDD: Indicates IDE channel activity. On the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-

8+ this light indicates SATA /SCSI and/or DVD-ROM drive activity when ﬂ ashing.

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 Power: Indicates power is being supplied to the system's power supply

units. This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating.

3-4 Drive Carrier LEDs

SATA Drives (6015B-T+)



Green: Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED. When illuminated,

this green LED (on the front of the SATA drive carrier) indicates drive activity. A

connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that

particular drive is being accessed. Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on

replacing failed SATA drives.

 Red: The red LED to indicate an SATA drive failure. If one of the SATA drives

fail, you should be notiﬁ ed by your system management software. Please refer to

Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SATA drives.

SCSI Drives (6015B-8+)

Each SCSI drive carrier has two LEDs.

 Green: When illuminated, the green LED on the front of the SCSI drive car-

rier indicates drive activity. A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this

LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed.

 Red: The SAF-TE compliant backplane activates the red LED to indicate a

drive failure. If one of the SCSI drives fail, you should be notiﬁ ed by your system

management software. Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed

SCSI drives.

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Chapter 4: System Safety

Chapter 4

System Safety

4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions

Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from

harm and the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ 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, memory

modules and the DVD-ROM and ﬂ oppy drives (not necessary for SATA/SCSI

drives). When disconnecting power, you should ﬁ rst power down the system

with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power

supply modules 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 designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection

from electrical shock. Instead, use rubber mats that have been speciﬁ cally

designed as electrical insulators.

 The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be

plugged into grounded electrical outlets.

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 Serverboard Battery: CAUTION - There is a danger of explosion if the onboard

battery is installed upside down, which will reverse its polarities (see Figure

4-1). 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.

 DVD-ROM Laser: CAUTION - this server may have come equipped with

a DVD-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.

 Mainboard replaceable soldered-in fuses: Self-resetting PTC (Positive Tempera-

ture Coefﬁ cient) fuses on the mainboard must be replaced by trained service

technicians only. The new fuse must be the same or equivalent as the one

replaced. Contact technical support for details and support.

4-2 General Safety Precautions

Follow these rules to ensure general safety:

 Keep the area around the SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ clean and free

of clutter.

 The SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ weighs approximately 40 lbs (18.2 kg)

when fully loaded. When lifting 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 the chassis top cover and any system components that have been

removed away from the system or on a table so that they won't accidentally

be stepped on.

 While working on the system, do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and

unbuttoned shirt sleeves, which can come into contact with electrical circuits

or be pulled into a cooling fan.

 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.

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 After accessing the inside of the system, close the system back up and secure

it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections

have been made.

4-3 ESD Precautions

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 com ponents and printed

circuit boards. The following measures are generally sufﬁ cient 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 any board from its 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 its components, peripheral

chips, memory modules or 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.

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4-4 Operating Precautions

Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the

6015B-T+/6015B-8+ is operating to ensure proper cooling. Out of warranty

damage to the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ system can occur if this practice is not

strictly followed.

Figure 4-1. Installing the Onboard Battery

LITHIUM BATTERY

BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER

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Chapter 5

Advanced Serverboard Setup

This chapter covers the steps required to install processors and heatsinks to the

X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ serverboard, connect the data and power cables and install

add-on cards. All serverboard jumpers and connections are described and a

layout and quick reference chart are included in this chapter. Remember to close

the chassis completely when you have ﬁ nished working on the serverboard to

protect and cool the system sufﬁ ciently.

5-1 Handling the Serverboard

Static electrical discharge can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-

age to printed circuit boards, it is important to handle them very carefully (see

Chapter 4). Also note that the size and weight 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 sup-

port it when handling. The following measures are generally sufﬁ cient 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 antistatic

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 antistatic

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 protected.

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5-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

When handling the processor, avoid placing direct pressure on the label

IMPORTANT: Always connect the power cord last and remove it ﬁ rst before add-

ing, removing or changing any hardware components. Make sure that you install

the processor into the CPU socket before you install the heatsink and fan. The

X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ can support either one or two Xeon 5100/5000 series LGA

771 processors. If installing one processor only, install it into CPU socket #1.

Notes:

1. Intel's boxed Xeon CPU package contains a CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If

you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use only Intel-certiﬁ ed multi-direc-

tional heatsinks and fans.

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.

2. When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a serverboard with an LGA

771 CPU pre-installed, make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of

the CPU pins are bent; otherwise, contact the retailer immediately.

Installing the Processor

1. A black PnP cap is attached to the

load plate to protect the CPU socket.

Press the load lever down and away

from the retention clasp to release the

load plate from its locked position.

2. Gently lift the load lever to open the

load plate.

Load lever

PnP cap

Load plate released

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3. Use your thumb and your index

ﬁ nger to hold the CPU at opposite

sides.

4. Align pin1 of the CPU (the cor-

ner marked with a triangle) with the

notched corner of the CPU socket.

5. Find the corner of the CPU that

has a semi-circle cutout below a gold

dot (CPU key). This corner should be

aligned with the cutout on the socket

(socket key).

6. Once aligned, carefully lower the

CPU straight down into the socket.

Do not drop the CPU on the socket,

do not move the CPU horizontally

or vertically and do not rub the CPU

against any surface or any of the

contacts, which may damage the CPU

and/or contacts.

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Gold dot

Socket key

CPU key

Notched corner

CPU pin 1

7. With the CPU in the socket, inspect

the four corners of the CPU to make

sure that it is properly installed.

8. Use your thumb to gently push the

load lever down until it snaps into the

retention clasp.

9. If the CPU is properly installed into

the socket, the PnP cap will be auto-

matically released from the load plate

when the lever locks. Remove the cap.

Repeat steps to install a second CPU

if desired.

Warning! Keep the plastic PnP cap.

The serverboard must be shipped

with the PnP cap properly installed

to protect the CPU socket. Shipment

without the PnP cap properly installed

will void the warranty.

Load lever

CPU installed in socket

PnP cap released

from load plate

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Installing the Heatsink

1. Do not apply any thermal grease

to the heatsink or the CPU die; the

required amount has already been

applied.

2. Place the heatsink on top of the CPU

so that the four mounting holes are

aligned with those on the (preinstalled)

heatsink retention mechanism.

3. Screw in two diagonal screws (i.e.

the number 1 and 2 screws, as shown

on right) until just snug. Do not fully

tighten the screws or you may damage

the CPU.

4. Add the two remaining screws then

ﬁ nish the installation by fully tightening

all four screws.

Removing the Heatsink

Warning! We do not recommend removal of the heatsink. However,

1. Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the serverboard in the sequence

as shown above.

2. Hold the heatsink and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU. (Do not

use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink!!)

if you do need to uninstall the heatsink, please follow the instructions

below to prevent damage to the CPU or the CPU socket.

3. Once the CPU is loose, remove the heatsink from the CPU socket.

4. Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease.

Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re-install the

CPU and the heatsink.

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5-3 Connecting Cables

Now that the processors are installed, the next step is to connect the cables to

the serverboard. These include the data (ribbon) cables for the peripherals and

control panel and the power cables.

Connecting Data Cables

The ribbon cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been

carefully routed in preconﬁ gured systems to prevent them from blocking the ﬂ ow

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 reroute them as they

were originally after reconnecting them (make sure the red wires connect to the

pin 1 locations). If you are conﬁ guring the system, keep the airﬂ ow in mind when

routing the cables. The following data cables (with their serverboard connector

locations noted) should be connected. See the serverboard layout diagram in this

chapter for connector locations.

 DVD-ROM drive cable (IDE#1)

 6015B-T+: SATA cables (I-SATA1 ~ I-SATA4)

 6015B-T+: SATA status monitoring cable (SGPIO1)

 6015B-8+: SCSI cable (JA1)

 Control Panel cable (JF1, see next page)

Connecting Power Cables

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ has a 24-pin primary power supply connector desig-

nated "JPW1" for connection to the ATX power supply. Connect the appropriate

connector from the power supply to the JPW1 connector to supply power to the

serverboard. See the Connector Deﬁ nitions section in this chapter for power

connector pin deﬁ nitions.

In addition, your power supply must be connected to the 4-pin Secondary ATX

Power connection at JPW2 and the 8-pin processor power connector at JPW3.

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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 indi-

cators. Please note that even and odd numbered pins are on opposite sides of

each header.

All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their

connection. The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1. Connect

the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board, located just

behind the system status LEDs in the chassis.

See the Connector Deﬁ nitions section in this chapter for details and pin descrip-

tions of JF1.

Figure 5-3. Front Control Panel Header Pins (JF1)

20 19

Ground

x (key)

Power LED

HDD LED

NIC1

NIC2

OH/Fan Fail LED

Power Fail LED

Ground

2 1

NMI

x (key)

Vcc

Reset

Power

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5-4 I/O Ports

The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 speciﬁ cation. See Figure 5-4 below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports.

Figure 5-4. Rear Panel I/O Ports

Note: the external SCSI port is not included on the 6015B-T+.

5-5 Installing Memory

Note: Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules.

CAUTION!

Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules

to prevent any possible damage. Also note that the memory is inter-

leaved to improve performance (see step 1).

DIMM Installation (See Figure 5-5)

1. Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots, starting with Bank

1. The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install four modules at a time,

beginning with DIMM 1A, DIMM 2A, DIMM 3A and DIMM 4A and so on. (See the

Memory Installation Table below.) Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot.

Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the

DIMM module incorrectly.

2. Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot.

Repeat for all modules (see step 1 above).

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Memory Support

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ supports up to 64 GB of FBD (Fully Buffered DIMM) ECC

DDR2-667/533. Populating with pairs of memory modules that are of the same size

and same type will result in interleaved memory (minimum four DIMMs needed).

Note: Due to OS limitations, some operating systems may not show more than 4

GB of memory. To optimize memory support, follow the table below for memory

installation:

Optimized DIMM Configurations Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of DIMMs 2 DIMMs 1A --- --- --- 2A --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- 4 DIMMs 1A --- --- --- 2A --- --- --- 3A --- --- --- 4A --- --- -- 6 DIMMs 1A 1B --- --- 2A 2B --- --- 3A --- --- --- 4A --- --- -- 8 DIMMs 1A 1B --- --- 2A 2B --- --- 3A 3B --- --- 4A 4B --- --10 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C --- 2A 2B 2C --- 3A 3B --- --- 4A 4B --- --12 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C --- 2A 2B 2C --- 3A 3B 3C --- 4A 4B 4C --14 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C --- 4A 4B 4C --16 DIMMs 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 3D 4A 4B 4C 4D

Notes: i. a DIMM slot# specified means that slot should be populated, whereas “---“ means that DIMM slot should not be populated. ii. Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported, however all memory modules must be of the same speed and type. iii. Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed in both Branch 0 and Branch 1. Interleaved memory is not supported with only two DIMMs installed. iv. For memory to work properly, you need to follow the restrictions listed above.

Bank 1 (Channel 0)

Bank 2 (Channel 1)

Bank 3 (Channel 2)

Bank 4 (Channel 3)

Figure 5-5. Installing DIMM into Slot

To Install: Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place. Pay attention to the bot-

tom notch.

To Remove: Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the

slot.

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5-6 Adding PCI Cards

1. PCI slots

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ has two PCI expansion slots, which includes one PCI-

Express x16 slot and one universal 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X slot. Two riser cards are

included with the server: the CSE-RR1U-X riser ﬁ ts into the 133 MHz PCI-X slot

to support a standard size (full-height, full-length) PCI-X add-on card (any speed)

and the CSE-RR1U-EL ﬁ ts into the PCI-Express slot to support one standard size

PCI-Express add-on card. Only one riser card may be used at a time.

2. PCI card installation

Before installing a PCI add-on card, see step 1, above. Begin by swinging the

release tab on the I/O backpanel shield out to the left for the PCI slot. Insert the

PCI card into the correct riser card (depending on whether it is a standard or low-

proﬁ le card), pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card.

Finish by pushing the release tab back to its original (locked) position. Follow this

procedure when adding a card to either slot.

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5-7 Serverboard Details

Figure 5-6. SUPER X7DBR-8+ Layout

(not drawn to scale)

JUID2

Mse

USB0/1

COM1

SUPER X7DBR-8+

JLAN1

JLAN2

Slot #7: 1U IPMI

DIMM 4D

DIMM 4C

DIMM 4B

DIMM 4A

DIMM 3D

DIMM 3C

DIMM 3B

DIMM 3A

DIMM 2D

DIMM 2C

DIMM 2B

DIMM 2A

DIMM 1D

DIMM 1C

DIMM 1B

DIMM 1A

Slot #6: PCI-X 133 MHz

JPG1

JPA3/JPA2

Battery

North Bridge

JPA1 JPL4

5000P

SMBUS_PS

BANK4

BANK3

BANK1 BANK2

PCI-E x8

Speaker

J3PJPWF

JAR1

JPE3/JPE2/JPE1

PCI-E x8

JPW1

CPU1

CPU2

JPW2

JPE4

JPW3

JWF1 JCF1

JF1

JUID1

JOH1

JP1

FAN1

FAN2

FAN3

FAN4

IDE #2

JD1

LE1

FAN5

IDE #1

J22

SMB

ESB2

South Bridge

JUSB3

JPL1 JPL2

I-SATA1 I-SATA3 I-SATA5

JUSB2

I-SATA0

SGPIO1 SGPIO2

BIOS

I-SATA2 I-SATA4

JA1

JWD JL1

VGA

JA2

COM2

ATI

ES1000

PHX

SIMSO

AIC-7902W

SOZCR1

JWOR

JWOL

Notes:

Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only.

The X7DBR-i+ shares the same layout but without SCSI connectors, jumpers or components.

IDE#2 is for Compact Flash card use only. To use, close (enable) jumper JCF1 and connect the compact

ﬂ ash power to JWF1.

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X7DBR8+ Quick Reference

Jumper Description Default Setting

J3P 3rd Power Fail Detect Open (Disabled)

JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 5-9)

JCF1 Compact Flash Master/Slave Select Closed (Master)

C1/JI2C2 SMBus to PCI-E Slots Enable/Disable Open (Disabled)

JPA1* SCSI Controller Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPA2/JPA3* SCSI ChA/ChB Termination En/Dis Open (Enabled)

JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL1/ JPL2 JLAN1/JLAN2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

Connector Description

COM1/COM2 COM1/COM2 Serial Port/Header

FAN 1-5 Fan 1-5 Headers

J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

IDE#1/IDE#2 IDE Hard Drive/Compact Flash Card Connectors

JA1/JA2* SCSI Channel A & B Ports

JAR1 Alarm Reset Header

JD1 Power LED (pins1-3)/Speaker Header (pins 4-7)

JF1 Front Control Panel Connector

JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header

JLAN1/2 G-bit Ethernet Ports

JOH1 Overheat LED

JP3 Power Fail Header

JPW1 24-pin Primary ATX Power Connector

JPW2 4-pin Auxiliary Power Connector

JPW3 8-pin Processor Power Connector

JUID1 UID LED Header

JUID2 UID Switch Header

JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector

JWOL Wake-on-LAN Header

JWOR Wake-on-Ring Header

LE1 PWR LED Indicator

I-SATA0 - I-SATA5 Intel Serial ATA Ports

SGPIO1/SGPIO2 SGPIO Headers

SMB System Management Bus Header

SMBUS_PS Power System Management (I

USB0/1, JUSB2, JUSB3 USB0/1 Ports, USB2/3 Headers, USB4/5 Headers

C) Header

*X7DBR8+ only

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5-8 Connector Deﬁ nitions

Primary ATX Power Connector

The primary power supply connector

meets the SSI (Superset ATX) 24-

pin speciﬁ cation. Make sure that the

orientation of the connector is cor-

rect. See the table on the right for

pin deﬁ nitions.

Auxiliary Power Connector

In addition to the Primary ATX power

connector (above), the Secondary 12v

4-pin connector (JPW2) must also

be connected to your power supply.

See the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

ATX Power 24-pin Connector

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JPW1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

13 +3.3V 1 +3.3V

14 -12V 2 +3.3V

15 COM 3 COM

16 PS_ON 4 +5V

17 COM 5 COM

18 COM 6 +5V

19 COM 7 COM

20 Res (NC) 8 PWR_OK

21 +5V 9 5VSB

22 +5V 10 +12V

23 +5V 11 +12V

24 COM 12 +3.3V

+12V 4-pin Power

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JPW2)

Pins Deﬁ nition

1 & 2 Ground

3 & 4 +12V

Processor Power Connector

The JPW3 header must also be con-

nected to the power supply to provide

power for the processor(s). See the

table on the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

NMI Button

The non-maskable interrupt button

header is located on pins 19 and 20

of JF1. Refer to the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions.

Power LED

The Power LED connection is located

on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. Refer to the

table on the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Processor Power

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JPW3)

Pins Deﬁ nition

1 through 4 Ground

5 through 8 +12V

NMI Button

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

19 Control

20 Ground

Power LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

15 Vcc

16 Control

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HDD LED

The HDD (IDE Hard Disk Drive) LED

connection is located on pins 13 and

14 of JF1. Attach the IDE hard drive

LED cable to display disk activity.

Refer to the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

NIC1 LED

The NIC1 (Network Interface Control-

ler) LED connection is located on pins

11 and 12 of JF1. Attach the NIC1

LED cable to display network activity.

Refer to the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

HDD LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

13 Vcc

14 HD Active

NIC1 LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

11 Vcc

12 Ground

NIC2 LED

The NIC2 (Network Interface Control-

ler) LED connection is located on pins

9 and 10 of JF1. Attach the NIC2

LED cable to display network activity.

Refer to the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH)

Connect an LED to the OH connection

on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide ad-

vanced warning of chassis overheat-

ing. Refer to the table on the right for

pin deﬁ nitions.

Power Fail LED

The Power Fail LED connection is

located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1. Re-

fer to the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

NIC2 LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

9 Vcc

10 Ground

OH/Fan Fail LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

7 Vcc

8 Ground

Power Fail LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

5 Vcc

6 Ground

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Reset Button

The Reset Button connection is lo-

cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1. Attach

it to the hardware reset switch on the

computer case. Refer to the table on

the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Reset Button

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

3 Reset

4 Ground

Power Button

The Power Button connection is

located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1. Mo-

mentarily contacting both pins will

power on/off the system. This button

can also be conﬁ gured to function

as a suspend button (see the Power

Button Mode setting in BIOS). To turn

off the power when set to suspend

mode, depress the button for at least

4 seconds. Refer to the table on the

right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1) Ports

Two Universal Serial Bus ports are

located beside the COM1 port. USB0

is the bottom connector and USB1 is

the top connector. See the table on

the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Power Button

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 PW_ON

2 Ground

Universal Serial Bus

Pin Deﬁ nitions (USB0/1)

USB0 Pin # Deﬁ nition

1 +5V 1 +5V

2 PO- 2 PO-

3 PO+ 3 PO+

4 Ground 4 Ground

5 N/A 5 Key

USB1 Pin # Deﬁ nition

Chassis Intrusion

The Chassis Intrusion header is des-

ignated at JL1. Attach the appropri-

ate cable to inform you of a chassis

intrusion.

Chassis Intrusion

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JL1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 Intrusion Input

2 Ground

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Serial Ports

The COM1 serial port is located beside

the USB0/1 ports. COM2 is a header

on the serverboard (see serverboard

layout for location). See the table on

the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Power Fail Header

Connect a cable from your power sup-

ply to the Power Fail header to provide

you with warning of a power supply

failure. The warning signal is passed

through the PWR_LED pin to indicate

a power failure. See the table on the

right for pin deﬁ nitions.

Serial Port Pin Deﬁ nitions

(COM1/COM2)

Pin # Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

1 DCD 6 DSR

2 RXD 7 RTS

3 TXD 8 CTS

4 DTR 9 RI

5 Ground 10 NC

Note: Pin 10 is included on the header but not on

the port. NC indicates no connection.

Power Fail Header

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JP3)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 P/S 1 Fail Signal

2 P/S 2 Fail Signal

3 P/S 3 Fail Signal

4 Reset Signal

Note: This feature is only available when using

redundant Supermicro power supplies.

Fan Headers

The X7DBR-i+/X7DBR-8+ has ﬁ ve fan

headers, designated Fan1 through

Fan5. Fan speed is controlled via

Thermal Management with a BIOS

setting. See the table on the right for

pin deﬁ nitions.

Fan Header

Pin Deﬁ nitions

(Fan1-5)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 Ground (Black)

2 +12V (Red)

3 Tachometer

4 PWM Control

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Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers

Four USB headers are located near

the SATA ports on the serverboard.

JUSB2 includes USB2/3 and JUSB3

is for USB4/5. A USB cable (not

included) is needed for the connec-

tion. See the table on the right for

pin deﬁ nitions.

Power LED/Speaker

On the JDI header, pins 1-3 are for

a power LED, pins 4-7 are for the

speaker. See the table on the right

for speaker pin deﬁ nitions.

Note: The speaker connector pins are

for use with an external speaker. If

you wish to use the onboard speaker,

you should close pins 6-7 with a

jumper.

Front Panel Universal Serial Bus

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JUSB2/3)

USB2/4 Pin # Deﬁ nition

1 +5V 1 +5V

2 PO- 2 PO-

3 PO+ 3 PO+

4 Ground 4 Ground

5 N/A 5 N/A

Speaker Connector

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JD1)

Pin # Function Deﬁ nition

4 + Speaker data (red wire)

5 Key No connection

6 Key

7 Speaker data

USB3/5 Pin # Deﬁ nition

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports

The ATX PS/2 keyboard and the PS/2

mouse ports are located on the I/O

back plane. See the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions.

Overheat LED

Connect an LED to the JOH1 header

to provide warning of a chassis over-

heating condition. See the table on the

right for pin deﬁ nitions.

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PS/2 Keyboard and

Mouse Port Pin

Deﬁ nitions (Kb, Mouse)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 Data

2NC

3 Ground

4 VCC

5 Clock

6NC

Overheat LED

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JOH1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 +5V

2 OH Active

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Wake-On-LAN

The Wake-On-LAN header is desig-

nated WOL. See the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions. You must enable

the LAN Wake-Up setting in BIOS to

use this feature. You must also have

a LAN card with a Wake-on-LAN con-

nector and cable.

Wake-On-Ring

The Wake-On-Ring header is desig-

nated JWOR. This function allows

your computer to receive and "wake-

up" by an incoming call to the modem

when in suspend state. See the table

on the right for pin deﬁ nitions. You

must have a WOR card and cable to

use this feature.

Wake-On-LAN

Pin Deﬁ nitions (WOL)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 +5V Standby

2 Ground

3 Wake-up

Wake-On-Ring Pin Deﬁ nitions

(JWOR)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 Ground (Black)

2 Wake-up

SMB

The System Management Bus header

(for the PCI bus) designated SMB is

located near the SATA ports. Connect

the appropriate cable here to utilize

SMB on your system. See the table

on the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

SMBUS_PS

The SMBUS_PS header is for I2C,

which may be used to monitor the

status of the power supply, fan and

system temperature. See the table on

the right for pin deﬁ nitions.

SMB Header

Pin Deﬁ nitions (SMB)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 Data

2 Ground

3 Clock

4 No Connection

SMB Power (I2C)

Pin Deﬁ nitions

(SMBUS_PS)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

1 Clock

2 Data

3 Power Fail

4 Ground

5 +3.3V

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Alarm Reset (JAR)

The system will notify you in the event

of a power supply failure. This feature

assumes that Supermicro redundant

power supply units are installed in the

chassis. If you only have a single power

supply installed, you should not connect

anything to this jumper to prevent false

alarms. See the table on the right for

jumper settings.

Unit Identiﬁ cation Headers

There are two Unit Identiﬁ cation (UID)

headers on the serverboard. JUID1

should be connected to an LED and

JUID2 to a UID button. When you push

the UID button, the UID indicators will

illuminate. Push the UID button again to

turn the LED off. The UID LED provides

easy identiﬁ cation of a system from other

systems in the same rack.

Alarm Reset

Jumper Settings (JAR)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

2 +5V

1 Ground

Compact Flash Card PWR Connector

A Compact Flash Card Power Connector

is located at JWF1. For the Compact

Flash Card to work properly, you will ﬁ rst

need to connect a power cable to JWF1

and correctly set the Compact Flash

Jumper (JCF1).

SGPIO

The two headers labeled SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 are for SGPIO (Serial General

Purpose Input/Output). SGPIO is a bus between the SATA controller and the SATA

drive backplane that can provide SATA closure management functions. Connect

the appropriate cable from the backplane to the SGPIO headers to utilize it on

your system.

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5-9 Jumper Settings

Explanation of Jumpers

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup

To modify the operation of the

serverboard, jumpers can be used to

choose between optional settings.

Jumpers create shorts between two

pins to change the function of the

connector. Pin 1 is identiﬁ ed with

a square solder pad on the printed

circuit board. See the diagram at

right for an example of jumping pins

1 and 2. Refer to the serverboard

layout page 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

Connector

Pins

Jumper

Setting

321

JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords. Instead of pins,

this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents

of CMOS.

To clear CMOS,

1) First power down the system and unplug the power cord(s)

2) With the power disconnected, short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as

a small screwdriver

3) Remove the screwdriver (or shorting device)

4) Reconnect the power cord(s) and power on the system.

Note: Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS.

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JLAN Enable/Disable

Change the setting of jumper JPL1

and JPL2 to enable or disable the on-

board LAN ports JLAN1 and JLAN2,

respectively. See the table on the

right for jumper settings. The default

setting is enabled

Watch Dog Enable/Disable

JWD controls the Watch Dog function.

Watch Dog is a system monitor that

can reboot the system when a software

application hangs. Pins 1-2 will cause

WD to reset the system if an application

hangs. Pins 2-3 will generate a non-

maskable interrupt signal for the appli-

cation that is hung up. See the table

on the right for jumper settings. Watch

Dog must also be enabled in BIOS.

Note: When enabled, the user needs

to write their own application software

to disable the Watch Dog Timer.

JLAN Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (JPL1/JPL2)

Jumper Setting Deﬁ nition

Pins 1-2 Enabled

Pins 2-3 Disabled

Watch Dog

Jumper Settings (JWD)

Jumper Setting Deﬁ nition

Pins 1-2 Reset

Pins 2-3 NMI

Open Disabled

3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable/Disable

The system can notify you in the event

of a power supply failure. This feature

assumes that three power supply units

are installed in the chassis with one

acting as a backup. If you only have

one or two power supply units installed,

you should disable this (the default set-

ting) with J3P to prevent false alarms.

See the table on the right for jumper

settings.

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3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (J3P)

Jumper Setting Deﬁ nition

Open Disabled

Closed Enabled

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VGA Enable/Disable

JPG1 allows you to enable or disable

the VGA port. The default position is

on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA. See

the table on the right for jumper set-

tings.

SCSI Controller Enable/ Disable (6015B-8+ only)

Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis-

able the onboard SCSI controller. The

default setting is on pins 1-2 to enable

SCSI. See the table on the right for

jumper settings.

VGA Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (JPG1)

Jumper Setting Deﬁ nition

Pins 1-2 Enabled

Pins 2-3 Disabled

SCSI Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (JPA1)

Both Jumpers Deﬁ nition

Pins 1-2 Enabled

Pins 2-3 Disabled

SCSI Termination Enable/ Disable (6015B-8+ only)

Jumpers JPA2/JPA3 are used to en-

able or disable termination for the

SCSI Channel A (JPA2) and Channel B

(JPA3) connectors. The default setting

is open to enable termination. See the

table on the right for jumper settings.

Note: In order for the SCSI drives to

function properly, please do not change

the default setting (enabled) set by the

manufacturer.

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SCSI Term. Enable/Disable

Jumper Settings (JPA2/JPA3)

Jumper Setting Deﬁ nition

Open Enabled

Closed Disabled

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Compact Flash Master/Slave Select

A Compact Flash Master (Primary)/Slave

(Secondary) Select jumper is located at

JCF1. Close this jumper to enable the

use of a compact ﬂ ash card. For the

compact ﬂ ash card and JCF1 to work

properly, you will ﬁ rst need to connect

the compact ﬂ ash card's power cable

to JWF1. See the table on the right for

jumper settings.

Compact Flash Card Master/

Slave Select (JCF1)

Jumper Deﬁ nition

Open Slave (Secondary)

Closed Master (Primary)

SMBUS to PCI Enable/ Disable

The JI2C1 and JI2C2 pair of jumpers al-

lows you to connect the System Man-

agement Bus to the PCI expansion

slots. The default setting is closed (on)

for both jumpers to enable the connec-

tion. Both connectors must be set the

same (JI

the clock). See the table on right for

jumper settings.

C1 is for data and JI2C2 is for

SMBUS to PCI

Enable/Disable

C1/JI2C2)

(JI

Jumper Setting Deﬁ nition

Closed Enabled

Open Disabled

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5-10 Onboard Indicators

JLAN1/JLAN2 LEDs

The Ethernet ports (located beside

the VGA port) have two LEDs. On

each port, one LED indicates activity

while the other LED may be green,

amber or off to indicate the speed of

the connection. See the table on the

right for the functions associated with

the connection speed LED.

SCSI Activity LED Indicators

(Connection Speed Indicator)

JLAN LED

LED Color Deﬁ nition

Off 10 MHz

Green 100 MHz

Amber 1 GHz

There are two SCSI Activity LED

indicators on the X7DBR-8+. DA1

indicates the activity status of SCSI

Channel A and DA2 indicates the activ-

ity status of SCSI Channel B.

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5-11 Floppy, IDE, SATA and SCSI Drive Connections

Note the following when connecting the ﬂ oppy and hard disk drive cables:

• The ﬂ oppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.

• A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.

• A single ﬂ oppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide

for two ﬂ oppy 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.

Floppy Drive Connector

The ﬂ oppy connector is located

near the IDE connectors. See the

table below for pin deﬁ nitions.

Floppy Drive Connector

Pin Deﬁ nitions (J22)

Pin# Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

1 Ground 2 FDHDIN

3 Ground 4 Reserved

5 Key 6 FDEDIN

7 Ground 8 Index

9 Ground 10 Motor Enable

11 Ground 12 Drive Select B

13 Ground 14 Drive Select B

15 Ground 16 Motor Enable

17 Ground 18 DIR

19 Ground 20 STEP

21 Ground 22 Write Data

23 Ground 24 Write Gate

25 Ground 26 Track 00

27 Ground 28 Write Protect

29 Ground 30 Read Data

31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select

33 Ground 34 Diskette

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IDE Drive Connectors

There are two IDE connectors: IDE#1

(blue) and IDE#2 (white). IDE#1 is

designated as the primary IDE drive.

IDE#2 is designated as the secondary

IDE drive and is reserved for Compact

Flash card use only. See the table

below for pin deﬁ nitions.

Note: IDE#2 is reserved for Compact

Flash card use only. Do not use it for

other devices. If IDE#2 is populated

with a Compact Flash card, IDE#1

will only support one device. For the

Compact Flash card to work properly,

you will ﬁ rst need to connect a power

cable to JWF1.

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IDE Drive Connectors

Pin Deﬁ nitions (IDE#1, IDE#2)

Pin# Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

1 Reset IDE 2 Ground

3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8

5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9

7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10

9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11

11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12

13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13

15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14

17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15

19 Ground 20 Key

21 DRQ3 22 Ground

23 I/O Write 24 Ground

25 I/O Read 26 Ground

27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE

29 DACK3 30 Ground

31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16

33 Addr1 34 Ground

35 Addr0 36 Addr2

37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1

39 Activity 40 Ground

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SATA Ports

There are no jumpers to conﬁ gure

the onboard SATA connectors.

See the table on the right for pin

deﬁ nitions.

SATA Connector Pin Deﬁ nitions

(SATA0 - SATA5)

Pin # Deﬁ nition

1 Ground

2TXP

3TXN

4 Ground

5RXN

6RXP

7 Ground

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Ultra320 SCSI Ports (6015B8+ only)

There are two SCSI connectors on

the serverboard. SCSI Channel A is

located at JA1 and SCSI Channel B

is located at JA2. Refer to the table

at right for the pin deﬁ nitions.

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Ultra320 SCSI Drive Port

Pin Deﬁ nitions (JA1/JA2)

Pin# Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

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 +I/O 64 -I/O

31 +DB (8) 65 -DB (8)

32 +DB (9) 66 -DB (9)

33 +DB (10) 67 -DB (10)

34 +DB (11) 68 -DB (11)

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Notes

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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 SC815TQ-700/SC815S-700 chassis. For component installation,

follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encoun-

tered. If some steps are unnecessary, skip ahead to the next step.

Tools Required

The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a

Philips screwdriver.

6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent

damage to any printed circuit boards (PCBs), it is important to handle them very

carefully. The following measures are generally sufﬁ cient to protect your equipment

from ESD damage.

Precautions

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

 Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic

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 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.

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Figure 6-1. Chassis: Front and Rear Views

Slim DVD-ROM Drive

Power Supply Module PCI Expansion Slot (w/ riser card)

Mouse/Keyboard

Slim Floppy Drive (optional)

SATA/SCSI Drive Bays

USB Ports

COM1 Port Ethernet Ports VGA Port

*External SCSI port on 6015B-8+ only.

System Reset

Control PanelSystem LEDs

Main Power

External SCSI Port*

6-2 Control Panel

The control panel (located on the front of the chassis) must be connected to the

JF1 connector on the serverboard to provide you with system status indications.

These wires have been bundled together as a ribbon cable to simplify the connec-

tion. Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard to the appropriate header on

the Control Panel PCB (printed circuit board). Make sure the red wire plugs into

pin 1 on both connectors. Pull all excess cabling out of the airﬂ ow path.

The control panel LEDs inform you of system status. See "Chapter 3: System

Interface" for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons. Details on JF1

can be found in "Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup."

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6-3 System Fans

Four 40-mm heavy duty counter-rotating fans provide the cooling for the

SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+. Each fan unit is actually made up of two fans

joined back-to-back, which rotate in opposite directions. This counter-rotating ac-

tion generates exceptional airﬂ ow and works to dampen vibration levels. It is very

important that the chassis top cover is properly installed and making a good seal

in order for the cooling air to circulate properly through the chassis and cool the

components. See Figure 6-2.

System Fan Failure

Fan speed is controlled by system temperature via a BIOS setting. If a fan fails,

the remaining fan will ramp up to full speed and the overheat/fan fail LED on the

control panel will turn on. Replace any failed fan at your earliest convenience with

the same type and model (the system can continue to run with a failed fan). Remove

the top chassis cover while the system is still running to determine which of the

fans has failed. Then power down the system before replacing a fan. Removing

the power cord(s) is also recommended as a safety precaution.

Replacing System Cooling Fans

1. Removing a fan

After turning off the power to the system, ﬁ rst remove the chassis cover and unplug

the fan cable from the motherboard. Unscrew the failed fan from the chassis and

pull it completely out from the serverboard.

2. Installing a new fan

Replace the failed fan with an identical 40-mm, 12 volt fan (available from

Supermicro: p/n FAN-0086). Push the new fan into the vacant space in the housing

while making sure the arrows on the top of the fan (indicating air direction) point

in the same direction as the arrows on the other fans. Reposition the fan housing

back over the two mounting posts in the chassis, then reconnect the fan wires to

the same chassis fan headers you removed them from. Power up the system and

check that the fan is working properly and that the LED on the control panel has

turned off. Finish by replacing the chassis cover.

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Figure 6-2. System Cooling Fans

6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal

Removing the Front Bezel

If your system has a front bezel (optional) attached to the chassis, you must ﬁ rst

remove it to gain access to the drive bays. To remove the bezel, ﬁ rst unlock the

front of the chassis then press the release knob (see Figure 6-3). Carefully re-

move the bezel with both hands. A ﬁ lter located within the bezel can be removed

for replacement/cleaning. It is recommended that you keep a maintenance log of

ﬁ lter cleaning/replacement, since its condition will affect the airﬂ ow throughout the

whole system.

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Figure 6-3. Removing the Front Bezel

1. Unlock

2. Press release knob

3. Remove bezel assembly

Accessing the Drive Bays

SATA/SCSI Drives: Because of their hotswap capability, you do not need to access

the inside of the chassis or power down the system to install or replace SATA or

SCSI drives. Proceed to the next sextion for instructions.

DVD-ROM/Floppy Disk Drives: For installing/removing a DVD-ROM or ﬂ oppy disk

drive, you will need to gain access to the inside of the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ by re-

moving the top cover of the chassis. Proceed to the "DVD-ROM and Floppy Drive

Installation" section later in this chapter for instructions.

Note: Only "slim" DVD-ROM and ﬂ oppy drives will ﬁ t into the 6015B-T+/6015B-

8+.

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SATA/SCSI Drive Installation

1. Mounting a SATA/SCSI drive in a drive carrier

The SATA and SCSI drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation

and removal from the chassis. These carriers also help promote proper airﬂ ow for

the drive bays. For this reason, even empty carriers without SATA/SCSI drives

installed must remain in the chassis. To add a new SATA/SCSI drive, install a drive

into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting

holes align with those in the carrier. Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws,

as shown in Figure 6-4.

Figure 6-4. Mounting a SATA/SCSI Drive in a Carrier

Use caution when working around the SATA/SCSI backplane. Do

not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no

ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the holes, which

aid in proper airﬂ ow.

Important: Regardless of how many SATA/SCSI hard drives are

installed, all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to main-

tain proper airﬂ ow.

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2. Installing/removing hot-swap SATA/SCSI drives

The SATA/SCSI drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis.

These hard drives are hot-pluggable, meaning they can be removed and installed

without powering down the system. To remove a carrier, push the release button

located beside the drive LEDs. Then swing the colored handle fully out and use it

to pull the unit straight out (see Figure 6-5).

Note: Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot-plug ca-

pability of the SATA/SCSI drives.

Figure 6-5. Removing a SATA/SCSI Drive from the Server

SATA/SCSI Backplane

The SATA/SCSI drives plug into a backplane that provides power, drive ID and

bus termination. A RAID controller can be used with the backplane to provide data

security. The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the

hot-swap capability of the drives. The backplane is already preconﬁ gured, so there

are no jumpers or switches present on it.

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DVD-ROM and Floppy Drive Installation

The top cover of the chassis must be opened to gain full access to the DVD-ROM

and ﬂ oppy drive bays. The 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ accomodates only slim-line DVD-

ROM drives. Side mounting brackets are needed to mount a slim-line DVD-ROM

drive in the 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ server.

You must power down the system before installing or removing a ﬂ oppy or DVD-

ROM drive. First, release the retention screws that secure the server unit to the

rack. Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks

(you will hear a "click"). Next, depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis

to release the top cover and at the same time, push the cover away from you until

it stops. You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the

inside of the server.

With the chassis cover removed, unplug the power and data cables from the drive

you want to remove. Then locate the locking tab at the rear of the drive. It will be

on the left side of the drive when viewed from the front of the chassis. Pull the tab

away from the drive and push the drive unit out the front of the chassis. Add a new

drive by following this procedure in reverse order. You may hear a faint *click* of the

locking tab when the drive is fully inserted. Remember to reconnect the data and

power cables to the drive before replacing the chassis cover and restoring power

to the system. Please be aware of the following:

• The ﬂ oppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.

• A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1.

• A single ﬂ oppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide

for two ﬂ oppy 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.

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6-5 Power Supply

The SuperServer 6015B-T+/6015B-8+ has a single 700 watt power supply, which

is auto-switching capable. This enables it to automatically sense and operate at a

100v to 240v input voltage. An amber light will be illuminated on the power supply

when the power is off. An illuminated green light indicates that the power supply

is operating.

Power Supply Failure

If the power supply unit fails, the system will shut down and you will need to replace

the unit. Replacement units can be ordered directly from Supermicro (see contact

information in the Preface). As there is only one power supply unit in the 6015B-

T+/6015B-8+, power must be completely removed from the server before removing

and replacing the power supply unit for whatever reason.

Removing/Replacing the Power Supply

1. Removing the power supply

First unplug the power cord from the failed power supply module. To remove

the failed power module, ﬁ rst locate the colored release tab on the back of the

module. Push the tab to the right and then pull the module straight out with the

handle provided (see Figure 6-6). The power supply wiring was designed to detach

automatically when the module is pulled from the chassis.

2. Installing a new power supply

Replace the failed power module with another PWS-0065 power supply module.

Simply push the new power supply module into the power bay until you hear a click.

Finish by plugging the AC power cord back into the module.

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Figure 6-6. Removing/Replacing the Power Supply

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Chapter 7

Chapter 7: BIOS

BIOS

7-1 Introduction

This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS™ Setup utility for the X7DBR-8+/X7DBR-

i+. The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a ﬂ ash chip and can be easily upgraded

using a ﬂ oppy disk-based program.

Note: Due to periodic changes to the BIOS, some settings may have been added or

deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual. Please refer to the Manual

Download area of the Supermicro web site <http://www.supermicro.com> for any

changes to the BIOS that may not be reﬂ ected in this manual.

System BIOS

The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM® PC, XT™, AT®, and

PS/2

compatible computers. The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters,

types of disk drives, video displays, etc. in the CMOS. The CMOS memory requires

very little electrical power. When the computer is turned off, a backup battery pro-

vides power to the CMOS Logic, enabling it to retain system parameters. Each time

the computer is powered on the computer is conﬁ gured with the values stored in

the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS, which gains control at boot up.

How To Change the Conﬁ guration Data

The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by

entering the BIOS Setup utility. This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the

<Delete> key at the appropriate time during system boot. (See below.)

Starting the Setup Utility

Normally, the only visible POST (Power On Self Test) routine is the memory test. As

the memory is being tested, press the <Delete> key to enter the main menu of the

BIOS Setup utility. From the main menu, you can access the other setup screens,

such as the Security and Power menus. Beginning with Section 7-3, detailed de-

scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility.

Warning: Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS

to prevent possible boot failure.

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7-2 Running Setup

*Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted.

The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap-

propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen. All displayed text is described in

this section, although the screen display is often all you need to understand how

to set the options (see next page).

When you ﬁ rst power on the computer, the Phoenix BIOS™ is immediately acti-

vated.

While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of two

ways:

1. By pressing <Delete> immediately after turning the system on, or

2. When the message shown below appears brieﬂ y at the bottom of the screen during

the POST (Power On Self-Test), press the <Delete> key to activate the main Setup

menu:

Press the <Delete> key to enter Setup

7-3 Main BIOS Setup

All main Setup options are described in this section. The main BIOS Setup screen

is displayed below.

Use the Up/Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu.

Use the Left/Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting.

Press the <Esc> key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu. The next section describes in

detail how to navigate through the menus.

Items that use submenus are indicated with the

press the <Enter> key to access the submenu.

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 icon. With the item highlighted,

Main BIOS Setup Menu

Chapter 7: BIOS

Main Setup Features

System Time

To set the system date and time, key in the correct information in the appropriate

ﬁ elds. Then press the <Enter> key to save the data.

System Date

Using the arrow keys, highlight the month, day and year ﬁ elds, and enter the correct

data. Press the <Enter> key to save the data.

BIOS Date

This ﬁ eld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built.

Legacy Diskette A

This setting allows the user to set the type of ﬂ oppy disk drive installed as diskette A.

The options are Disabled, 360Kb 5.25 in, 1.2MB 5.25 in, 720Kb 3.5 in, 1.44/1.25MB,

3.5 in and 2.88MB 3.5 in.

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IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, SATA Port2 and SATA Port3

These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master/

Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 2 Master, IDE Channel 3 Master

slots. Hit <Enter> to activate the following sub-menu screen for detailed options

of these items. Set the correct conﬁ gurations accordingly. The items included in

the sub-menu are:

Type

Selects the type of IDE hard drive. The options are Auto, (which allows the BIOS

to automatically determine the hard drive's capacity, number of heads, etc.), a

number from 1-39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive, CDROM and

ATAPI Removable. The option "User" will allow the user to enter the parameters

of the HDD installed at this connection. The option "Auto" will allow the BIOS to

automatically conﬁ gure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection.

Choose the option 1-39 to select a predetermined HDD type. Select CDROM if a

CDROM drive is installed. Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed.

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CHS Format

The following items will be displayed by the BIOS:

TYPE: This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device.

Cylinders: This item indicates the status of Cylinders.

Headers: This item indicates the number of headers.

Sectors: This item displays the number of sectors.

Maximum Capacity: This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the

system.

LBA Format

The following items will be displayed by the BIOS:

Total Sectors: This item displays the number of total sectors available in the

LBA Format.

Maximum Capacity: This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA

Format.

Multi-Sector Transfers

This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used

in multi-sector transfer. The options are Disabled, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors, and

16 Sectors.

LBA Mode Control

This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0

Master Device via the LBA mode. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

32 Bit I/O

This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32-bit data transfer.

The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Transfer Mode

This option allows the user to set the transfer mode. The options are Standard,

Fast PIO1, Fast PIO2, Fast PIO3, Fast PIO4, FPIO3/DMA1 and FPIO4/DMA2.

Ultra DMA Mode

This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode. The options are Disabled,

Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4, and Mode 5.

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Parallel ATA

This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA. The

options are Disabled and Enabled.

Serial ATA

This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA. The

options are Disabled and Enabled.

Native Mode Operation

Select the native mode for ATA. The options are: Serial ATA, Both, and

Auto.

SATA Controller Mode

Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically-detected

and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS. Select Enhanced to allow the

SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically-detected and be placed in the

Native IDE Mode. (*Note: The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows

2000 OS or a later version.)

When the SATA Controller Mode is set to "Enhanced", the following items will

display:

Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable

Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions. (*For the Windows OS

environment, use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled. When this item

is set to Enabled, the item: "ICH RAID Code Base" will be available for you to select

either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID ﬁ rmware. If this item is set to Disabled, the item-

SATA AHCI Enable will be available.) The options are Enabled and Disabled.

ICH RAID Code Base

Select Intel to enable Intel's SATA RAID ﬁ rmware. Select Adaptec to use Adaptec's

HostRAID ﬁ rmware. The options are Intel and Adaptec.

SATA AHCI

Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface. (*Take

caution when using this function. This feature is for advanced programmers only.

The options are Enabled and Disabled.)

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System Memory

This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present

in the system.

Extended Memory

This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being

present in the system.

7-4 Advanced Setup

Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys.

You should see the following display. The items with a triangle beside them have sub

menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>.

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Boot Features

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

QuickBoot Mode

If enabled, this feature will speed up the POST (Power On Self Test) routine by

skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on. The settings are Enabled

and Disabled. If Disabled, the POST routine will run at normal speed.

QuietBoot Mode

This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during

boot-up.

POST Errors

Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup.

If set to Disabled, the system will continue to boot without displaying any error

messages even when a boot error occurs.

ACPI Mode

Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI (Advanced Conﬁ guration

and Power Interface) power management on your system. The options are

Yes and No.

Power Button Behavior

If set to Instant-Off, the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button. If set to 4-sec., the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer. The options are instant-off and 4-sec override.

Resume On Modem Ring

Select On to “wake your system up” when an incoming call is received by your modem. The options are On and Off.

Power Loss Control

This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns

after an unexpected loss of power. The options are Stay Off, Power On, and

Last State.

Watch Dog

If enabled, this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not

active for more than 5 minutes. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Summary Screen

This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays

the system conﬁ guration during bootup.

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Memory Cache

Cache System BIOS Area

This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be

used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write (cache) its data into this

reserved memory area. Select "Write Protect" to enable this function, and this

area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only. Select "Uncached" to disable this

function and make this area available for other devices.

Cache Video BIOS Area

This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be

used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write (cache) its data into this

reserved memory area. Select "Write Protect" to enable the function and this area

will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only. Select "Uncached" to disable

this function and make this area available for other devices.

Cache Base 0-512K

If enabled, this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area (block

0-512K) to be cached (written) into a buffer, a storage area in the Static DROM

(SDROM) or to be written into CPU's L1/L2 cache to speed up CPU operations.

Select "Uncached" to disable this function. Select "Write Through" to allow data

to be cached into the buffer and written into system memory at the same time.

Select "Write Protect" to prevent data from being written into the base memory

area of block 0-512K. Select "Write Back" to allow the CPU to write data back

directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU

data processing and operation. The options are Uncached, Write Through, Write

Protect and Write Back.

Cache Base 512K-640K

If enabled, this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K-640K to be

cached (written) into a buffer, a storage area in the Static DROM (SDROM) or written

into the CPU's L1, L2, L3 cache to speed up CPU operations. Select "Uncached"

to disable this function. Select "Write Through" to allow data to be cached into the

buffer and written into the system memory at the same time. Select "Write Protect"

to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512-640K.

Select "Write Back" to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without

writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation.

The options are Uncached, Write Through, Write Protect and Write Back.

Cache Extended Memory

If enabled, this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to

be cached (written) into a buffer, a storage area in the Static DROM (SDROM)

or written into L1, L2, L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations.

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Select "Uncached" to disable this function. Select "Write Through" to allow data

to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same

time. Select "Write Protect" to prevent data from being written into the base

memory area of Block 0-512K. Select "Write Back" to allow CPU to write data back

directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU

data processing and operation. The options are Uncached, Write Through, Write

Protect, and Write Back.

Discrete MTRR Allocation

If enabled, MTRRs (-Memory Type Range Registers) are conﬁ gured as distinct, separate units and cannot be overlapped. If enabled, the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write-combining conﬁ guration with 4GB or more memory. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

PCI Conﬁ guration

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices.

Onboard GLAN1/Onboard GLAN2 (Gigabit- LAN) OPROM Conﬁ gure

Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN. The options are

Disabled and Enabled.

Onboard SCSI OPROM Conﬁ gure

Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD. The options

are Disabled and Enabled.

PCI Parity Error Forwarding

The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent

(forwarded) to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review. The options are

Enabled and Disabled.

Reset Conﬁ guration Data

If set to Yes, this setting clears the Extended System Conﬁ guration Data- (ESCD)

area. The options are Yes and No.

Frequency for PCI-X#1, MASS (-Mass Data Storage)/ZCR (-Zero Channel RAID)

This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed

in the slot indicated. The options are Auto, PCI 33 MHz, PCI 66 MHz, PCI-X 66

MHz, PCI-X 100 MHz, and PCI-X 133 MHz. (*Note: PCI-X 133MHz is not supported

by ZCR.)

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Slot1 PCI-X 133MHz, Slot2 PCI-Exp x8/x4, Slot3 PCI-Exp x4, Slot4 PCI-Exp x8 and Slot5 PCI-Exp x8

Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the

following:

Option ROM Scan

When enabled, this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM. The options

are Enabled and Disabled.

Enable Master

This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master.

The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Latency Timer

This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master. A high-priority, high-

throughout device may beneﬁ t from a greater clock rate. The options are Default,

0020h, 0040h, 0060h, 0080h, 00A0h, 00C0h, and 00E0h. For Unix, Novell and

other Operating Systems, please select the option: other. If a drive fails after

the installation of a new software, you might want to change this setting and

try again. A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate.

Large Disk Access Mode

This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed. The options are

DOS or Other (for Unix, Novelle NetWare and other operating systems).

Advanced Chipset Control

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

Warning: Exercise caution when changing the Advanced settings. Incor-

rect values entered may cause system malfunction. Also, a very high DRAM

frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability. When this

occurs, revert to the default setting.

SERR Signal Condition

This setting speciﬁ es the ECC Error conditions that an SERR# is to be asserted.

The options are None, Single Bit, Multiple Bit, and Both.

4GB PCI Hole Granularity

This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots. If MTRRs

are not enough, this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation. The options

are: 256 MB, 512 MB, 1GB and 2GB.

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Memory Branch Mode

This option determines how the two memory branches operate. System address

space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one

branch to another. Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies

of data in two branches. Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during

system manufacturing. The options are Interleave, Sequential, Mirroring, and

Single Channel 0.

Branch 0 Rank Sparing

Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Branch 1 Rank Sparing

Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Enhanced x8 Detection

Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Crystal Beach Features

This feature cooperates with Intel I/O AT (Acceleration Technology) to accelerate the performance of TOE devices. (*Note: A TOE device is a specialized, dedicated processor that is installed on an add-on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add-on card. For this motherboard, the TOE device is built

inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip.) The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Route Port 80h Cycles to

This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to.

The options are PCI and LPC.

Clock Spectrum Feature

If Enabled, the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused

by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed.

The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Enabling Multi-Media Timer

Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254

timers for the OS use. The options are Yes and No.

USB Function

Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices speciﬁ ed. The settings are

Enabled and Disabled.

Legacy USB Support

This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices. The settings

are Enabled and Disabled.

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Advanced Processor Options

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

CPU Speed

This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor.

Frequency Ratio (Available when supported by the CPU.)

The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU.

The options are: Default, x12, x13, x14, x15, x16, x17 and x18.

Hyperthreading (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology, which will result in increased

CPU performance. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Core-Multi-Processing (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to Enabled to use a processor's Second Core and beyond. (Please refer to

Intel's web site for more information.) The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Machine Checking (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to

detect and report hardware (machine) errors via a set of model-speciﬁ c registers

(MSRs). The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Thermal Management 2 (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 (TM2) which will lower CPU voltage

and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predeﬁ ned overheat threshold.

Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 (TM1), allowing CPU clocking to be

regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches

the overheat threshold.

C1 Enhanced Mode (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage/frequency to

prevent overheat. The options are Enabled and Disabled. (*Note: please refer to

Intel’s web site for detailed information.)

Execute Disable Bit (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify

areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot, and

thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a ﬂ ood of codes to

overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack.

Note: this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of

Execute Disable Bit.) The options are Disabled and Enabled. (For more information

regarding hardware/software support for this function, please refer to Intel's and

Microsoft's web sites.)

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Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available when supported by the CPU.)

The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled. The

CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled. The options

are Disabled and Enabled.

Hardware Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in

conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution

cycles and maximize data processing efﬁ ciency. The options are Disabled and

Enabled.

PECI Absent Alarm (Available when supported by the CPU.)

If set to Enabled, the PECI Absent Alarm will be activated if the function of PECI

(Platform Environment Control Interface) is not available for the onboard process(s)

or for the motherboard. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Intel <R> Virtualization Technology (Available when supported by the

CPU.)

Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform

to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions, creating

multiple "virtual" systems in one physical computer. The options are Enabled and

Disabled. (*Note: If there is any change to this setting, you will need to power off

and restart the system for the change to take effect.) Please refer to Intel’s web

site for detailed information.

Intel EIST Support (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the

system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort

to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation. The options are Enabled and

Disabled. Please refer to Intel’s web site for detailed information.

I/O Device Conﬁ guration

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

KBC Clock Input

This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC. The options are 6MHz,

8MHz, 12MHz, and 16MHz.

Serial Port A

This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A. The options are Enabled

(user deﬁ ned), Disabled, and Auto (BIOS- or OS- controlled).

Base I/O Address

This setting allows you to select the base I/O address for serial port A. The options

are 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, and 2E8.

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Interrupt

This setting allows you to select the IRQ (interrupt request) for serial port A. The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4.

Serial Port B

This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B. The options are Enabled

(user deﬁ ned), Disabled, Auto (BIOS controlled) and OS Controlled.

Mode

This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial

port B. The options are Normal and IR (for an infrared device).

Base I/O Address

This setting allows you to select the base I/O address for serial port B. The options

are 3F8, 2F8, 3E8 and 2E8.

Interrupt

This setting allows you to select the IRQ (interrupt request) for serial port B. The

options are IRQ3 and IRQ4.

Floppy Disk Controller

This setting allows you to assign control of the ﬂ oppy disk controller. The options

are Enabled (user deﬁ ned), Disabled, and Auto (BIOS and OS controlled).

Base I/O Address

This setting allows you to select the base I/O address for the Floppy port. The

options are Primary and Secondary.

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DMI Event Logging

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

Event Log Validity

This is a display to inform you of the event log validity. It is not a setting.

Event Log Capacity

This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity. It is not a setting.

View DMI Event Log

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to view the contents of the event log.

Event Logging

This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging.

ECC Event Logging

This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging.

Mark DMI Events as Read

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to mark the DMI events as read.

Clear All DMI Event Logs

Select Yes and press <Enter> to clear all DMI event logs. The options are Yes

and No.

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Console Redirection

Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.

COM Port Address

This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or

Onboard COM B. This setting can also be Disabled.

BAUD Rate

This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection. The options

are 300, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19.2K, 38.4K, 57.6K, and 115.2K.

Console Type

This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console

type for console redirection. The options are VT100, VT100,8bit, PC-ANSI, 7bit,

PC ANSI, VT100+,

VT-UTF8 and ASCII.

Flow Control

This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the ﬂ ow control

for console redirection. The options are: None, XON/XOFF, and CTS/RTS.

Console Connection

This item allows you to choose select the console connection: either Direct or

Via Modem.

Continue CR after POST

Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine.

The options are On and Off.

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Hardware Monitor Logic

Note: The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU(s) and hardware

monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring

Screen accordingly. Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown

on this page, on p. 7-19, or on p. 7-20, depending on the type of CPU(s) and HW

Monitoring chip you are using.

CPU Temperature Threshold

This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate

the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre-set temperature

threshold. The options are 70

Highlight this and hit <Enter> to see monitor data for the following items:

CPU1 Temperature

CPU1 Second Core Temperature

CPU2 Temperature

C, 75oC, 80oC and 85oC.

CPU2 Second Core Temperature

System Temperature

Fan1-Fan5 Speeds: If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled, the BIOS will

automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item.

Fan Speed Control Modes

This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the

onboard fans. The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative. When the

CPU on-die temperature increases, the fan speed will also increase, and vise versa.

This option is to “3-pin fan” to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage. Select

“Disable” to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to

run at the full speed (12V) at all the time. The Options are: 1. Disable, 2. 3-pin

(Server), 3. 3-pin (Workstation).

Voltage Monitoring

The following items will be monitored and displayed:

P12V_VR0 P12V_VR1 FSB VTT PXHV Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3

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CPU Temperature Threshold (See note on page 7-18.)

This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate

the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre-set temperature

threshold. The options are 70

Highlight this and hit <Enter> to see monitor data for the following items:

CPU1 Temperature

CPU1 Second Core

CPU2 Temperature

CPU2 Second Core

System Temperature

Fan1-Fan5 Speeds: If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled, the BIOS will

automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item.

C, 75oC, 80oC and 85oC.

Fan Speed Control Modes

This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the

onboard fans. The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative. When the

CPU on-die temperature increases, the fan speed will also increase, and vise versa.

This option is to “3-pin fan” to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage. Select

“Disable” to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to

run at the full speed (12V) at all the time. The Options are: 1. Disable, 2. 3-pin

(Server), 3. 3-pin (Workstation).

Voltage Monitoring

The following items will be monitored and displayed:

Vcore A Vcore B

-12V P1V5 +3.3V +12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat

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Hardware Monitor Logic (See note on page 7-18.)

CPU Temperature Threshold

This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate

the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre-set temperature

threshold. The hardcode default setting is 75

CPU1 Temperature/CPU1 Second Core

CPU2 Temperature/CPU2 Second Core

Temperature Monitoring (Available if supported by the CPU)

Highlight this and hit <Enter> to see monitor data for the following PECI (Platform

Environment Control Interface) items:

PECI Agent 1 Temperature

PECI Agent 2 Temperature

PECI Agent 3 Temperature

PECI Agent 4 Temperature

System Temperature

Fan1-Fan5 Speeds: If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled, the BIOS will

automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item.

Fan Speed Control Modes

This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the

onboard fans. The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative. When the

CPU on-die temperature increases, the fan speed will also increase, and vise versa.

This option is to “3-pin fan” to allow the fan speed to be controlled by voltage. Se-

lect “Disable” to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans

to run at the full speed (12V) at all the time. The Options are: 1. Disable, 2. 3-pin

(Server), 3. 3-pin (Workstation).

Voltage Monitoring

The following items will be monitored and displayed:

Vcore A:

Vcore B:

-12V

P1V2_NIC_SEN

+3.3V

+12V

5Vsb

5VDD

P_VTT

Vbat

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IPMI (The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed

in the system.)

IPMI Speciﬁ cation Version:

This item displays the current IPMI Version.

Firmware Version: This item displays the current Firmware Version.

System Event Logging

Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging. When this function is set to Disabled,

the system will continue to log events received via system interface. The options

are Enabled and Disabled.

Clear System Event Logging

Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the

next cold boot. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Existing Event Log Number

This item displays the number of the existing event log.

Event Log Control

System Firmware Progress

Enabling this function to log POST progress. The options are Enabled and

Disabled.

BIOS POST Errors

Enabling this function to log POST errors. The options are Enabled and

Disabled.

BIOS POST Watch Dog

Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog. The options are Enabled and

Disabled.

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OS Boot Watch Dog

Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog. The options are Enabled and

Disabled.

Timer for Loading OS (Minutes)

This feature allows the user to set the time value (in minutes) for the previous

item: OS Boot Watch Dog by keying-in a desired number in the blank. The default

setting is 10 (minutes.) (Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set

to "Disabled".)

Time Out Option

This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system

boot failure. The options are No Action, Reset, Power Off and Power Cycles.

System Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode)

These options display the System Event (SEL) Log and System Event (SEL) Log

in List Mode. Items include: SEL (System Event Log) Entry Number, SEL Record

ID, SEL Record Type, Time Stamp, Generator ID, SEL Message Revision, Sensor

Type, Sensor Number, SEL Event Type, Event Description, and SEL Event Data.

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Realtime Sensor Data

This feature display information from motherboard sensors, such as temperatures,

fan speeds and voltages of various components.

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7-5 Security

Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow

keys. You should see the following display. Security setting options are displayed

by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing <Enter>. All Security

BIOS settings are described in this section.

Supervisor Password Is:

This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system.

Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor

password has been entered for the system.

User Password Is:

This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system. Clear

means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has

been entered for the system.

Set Supervisor Password

When the item "Set Supervisor Password" is highlighted, hit the <Enter> key. When

prompted, type the Supervisor's password in the dialogue box to set or to change

supervisor's password, which allows access to the BIOS.

Set User Password

When the item "Set User Password" is highlighted, hit the <Enter> key. When

prompted, type the user's password in the dialogue box to set or to change the

user's password, which allows access to the system at boot-up.

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Password on Boot

This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system

boots up. The options are Enabled (password required) and Disabled (password

not required).

7-6 Boot

Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys.

You should see the following display. See details on how to change the order and

specs of boot devices in the Item Speciﬁ c Help window. All Boot BIOS settings are

described in this section.

Boot List

Candidate List

Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders

The devices included in the boot list section (above) are bootable devices listed in

the sequence of boot order as speciﬁ ed. The boot functions for the devices included

in the candidate list (above) are currently disabled. Use a <+> key or a <-> key to

move the device up or down. Use the <f> key or the <r> key to specify the type of

an USB device, either ﬁ xed or removable. You can select one item from the boot

list and hit the <x> key to remove it from the list of bootable devices (to make its

resource available for other bootable devices). Subsequently, you can select an

item from the candidate list and hit the <x> key to remove it from the candidate

list and put it in the boot list. This item will then become a bootable device. See

details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the "Item Speciﬁ c

Help" window.

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7-7 Exit

Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys.

You should see the following display. All Exit BIOS settings are described in this

section.

Exit Saving Changes

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to save any changes you made and to exit the

BIOS Setup utility.

Exit Discarding Changes

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any

changes you may have made.

Load Setup Defaults

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to load the default settings for all items in the

BIOS Setup. These are the safest settings to use.

Discard Changes

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to discard (cancel) any changes you made.

You will remain in the Setup utility.

Save Changes

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to save any changes you made. You will remain

in the Setup utility.

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Appendix A

BIOS POST Messages

During the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS will check for problems. If a prob-

lem is found, the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message. The following is

a list of such BIOS messages.

Failure Fixed Disk

Fixed disk is not working or not conﬁ gured properly. Check to see if ﬁ xed disk is

attached properly. Run Setup. Find out if the ﬁ xed-disk type is correctly identiﬁ ed.

Stuck key

Stuck key on keyboard.

Keyboard error

Keyboard not working.

Keyboard Controller Failed

Keyboard controller failed test. May require replacing keyboard controller.

Keyboard locked - Unlock key switch

Unlock the system to proceed.

Monitor type does not match CMOS - Run SETUP

Monitor type not correctly identiﬁ ed in Setup

Shadow Ram Failed at offset: nnnn

Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error

was detected.

System RAM Failed at offset: nnnn

System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error

was detected.

Extended RAM Failed at offset: nnnn Extended memory not

working or not conﬁ gured properly at offset nnnn.

System battery is dead - Replace and run SETUP

The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead. Replace the

battery and run Setup to reconﬁ gure the system.

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System CMOS checksum bad - Default conﬁ guration used

System CMOS has been corrupted or modiﬁ ed incorrectly, perhaps by an

application program that changes data stored in CMOS. The BIOS installed Default

Setup Values. If you do not want these values, enter Setup and enter your own

values. If the error persists, check the system battery or contact your dealer.

System timer error

The timer test failed. Requires repair of system board.

Real time clock error

Real-Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test. May require board repair.

Check date and time settings

BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real-Time Clock. May require

setting legal date (1991-2099).

Previous boot incomplete - Default conﬁ guration used

Previous POST did not complete successfully. POST loads default values and

offers to run Setup. If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not

corrected, the next boot will likely fail. On systems with control of wait states,

improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next

boot. Run Setup and verify that the waitstate conﬁ guration is correct. This error is

cleared the next time the system is booted.

Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS

Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS.

Diskette drive A error

Diskette drive B error

Drive A: or B: is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests. Check to see that

the drive is deﬁ ned with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive

is attached correctly.

Incorrect Drive A type - run SETUP

Type of ﬂ oppy drive A: not correctly identiﬁ ed in Setup.

Incorrect Drive B type - run SETUP

Type of ﬂ oppy drive B: not correctly identiﬁ ed in Setup.

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