SUPER MICRO Computer X7DB8, X7DBE User Manual

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X7DB8 X7DBE

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0a

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Manual Revision: Rev. 1.0a

Release Date: Aug. 8, 2006

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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the X7DB8/X7DBE motherboard. The X7DB8/X7DBE supports dual Intel Xeon 64-bit dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333/1066/667 MHz. With dual Xeon 64-bit dual core processors, the 5000P (Blackford) chipset, and eight DDR2 FBD 667/533 memory modules built-in, the X7DB8/X7DBE offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the dual core NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the 32-bit based software. Key features include Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology, Virtualization Technology, Hyper Pipelined Technology, Execution Trace Cache, Thermal Monitor 1/2 (TM1/TM2), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology, Advanced Dynamic Execution, Advanced Transfer Cache, Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3) and Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T). These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer environments than the traditional motherboards. The X7DB8/X7DBE is ideal for high performance dual processor (DP) enterprise server/workstation environments. This product is intended to be professionally installed.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 describes the features, speciﬁ cations and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when installing the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video, the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS.

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

Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes.

Appendix C, Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions.

Conventions Used in the Manual:

Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself:

Danger/Caution: Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury.

Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components.

(*Note): Note: Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup.

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Manual ......................................................................................................	iii
Manual Organization ...................................................................................................	iii
Conventions Used in the Manual..................................................................................	iii

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1	Overview .........................................................................................................	1-1
	Checklist ...................................................................................................	1-1
	Contacting Supermicro .............................................................................	1-2
	X7DB8/X7DBE Image ................................................................	1-3
	X7DB8/X7DBE Layout ................................................................	1-4
	Quick Reference ......................................................................................	1-5
	Motherboard Features................................................................................	1-6
	Intel 5000P (Blackford) Chipset: System Block Diagram ........................	1-8
1-2	Chipset Overview ...........................................................................................	1-9
1-3	Special Features ...........................................................................................	1-10
	Recovery from AC Power Loss ..............................................................	1-10
1-4	PC Health Monitoring ....................................................................................	1-10
1-5	ACPI Features ..............................................................................................	1-11
1-6	Power Supply ...............................................................................................	1-12
1-7	Super I/O ........................................................................................................	1-13

Chapter 2: Installation

2-1	Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................	2-1
	Precautions................................................................................................	2-1
	Unpacking ................................................................................................	2-1
2-2	Processor and Heatsink Installation ...............................................................	2-2
2-3	Installing DIMMs .............................................................................................	2-6
2-4	Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports .........................................................	2-8
	A. Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports..............................................................	2-8
	B. Front Control Panel...................................................................................	2-9
	C. Front Control Panel Pin Deﬁ nitions ........................................................	2-10
	NMI Button .............................................................................................	2-10
	Power LED .............................................................................................	2-10
	HDD LED ..............................................................................................	2-11
	NIC1/NIC2 LEDs ...................................................................................	2-11
	Overheat/Fan Fail LED .........................................................................	2-12
	Power Fail LED ........................................................................................	2-12

	Table of Contents


	Reset Button .........................................................................................	2-13
	Power Button ..........................................................................................	2-13
2-5	Connecting Cables .........................................................................................	2-14
	ATX Power Connector ..........................................................................	2-14
	Processor Power Connector .................................................................	2-14
	Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1)................................................................	2-15
	Chassis Intrusion ....................................................................................	2-15
	Fan Headers ..........................................................................................	2-16
	Keylock.....................................................................................................	2-16
	ATX PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports.....................................................	2-17
	Serial Ports .............................................................................................	2-17
	Wake-On-Ring..........................................................................................	2-18
	Wake-On-LAN ..........................................................................................	2-18
	GLAN (Ethernet Ports) .............................................................................	2-19
	Speaker/Power LED Header ..................................................................	2-19
	Power Fault ..............................................................................................	2-20
	Alarm Reset..............................................................................................	2-20
	Overheat LED/Fan Fail ............................................................................	2-21
	SMB Connector ........................................................................................	2-21
	SMB Power Connector.............................................................................	2-22
	VGA Connector ........................................................................................	2-22
	Compact Flash Card PWR Connector.....................................................	2-23
	SGPIO Headers .......................................................................................	2-23
2-6	Jumper Settings ..............................................................................................	2-24
	Explanation of Jumpers .........................................................................	2-24
	GLAN Enable/Disable ............................................................................	2-24
	Clear CMOS.............................................................................................	2-25
	Watch Dog................................................................................................	2-25
	SCSI Controller Enabled/Disabled ...........................................................	2-26
	SCSI Termination Enabled/Dsiabled ........................................................	2-26
	3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault....................................................................	2-27
	VGA Enable/Disable.................................................................................	2-27
	Compact Flash Master/Slave Enable/Disable..........................................	2-28
	I2C Bus to PCI-X-PCI-E Slots ..................................................................	2-28
2-7 Onboard Indicators ..........................................................................................		2-29
	GLAN LEDs..............................................................................................	2-29
	Onboard SCSI Activity LED .....................................................................	2-30
	Onboard Standby PWR LED ...................................................................	2-30
2-8 Parallel Port, Floppy, SIMLP IPMI, Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections ..		2-31

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	Parallel Port Connector ...........................................................................	2-31
	Floppy Connector ....................................................................................	2-32
	SIMLP IPMI Slot......................................................................................	2-32
	IDE Connectors .......................................................................................	2-33
	Ultra 320 SCSI Connectors.....................................................................	2-34
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
3-1	Troubleshooting Procedures ...........................................................................	3-1
	Before Power On.......................................................................................	3-1
	No Power...................................................................................................	3-1
	No Video ..................................................................................................	3-1
	Memory Errors...........................................................................................	3-1
	Losing the System’s Setup Conﬁ guration ................................................	3-1
3-2	Technical Support Procedures .......................................................................	3-2
3-3	Frequently Asked Questions ..........................................................................	3-3
3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service .................................................................		3-4
Chapter 4: BIOS
4-1	Introduction .......................................................................................................	4-1
4-2	Running Setup .................................................................................................	4-2
4-3	Main BIOS Setup .............................................................................................	4-2
4-4	Advanced Setup ...............................................................................................	4-7
4-5	Security Setup ...............................................................................................	4-24
4-6	Boot Setup......................................................................................................	4-25
4-7	Exit..................................................................................................................	4-26
Appendices:
Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages ..........................................................................		A-1
Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes................................................................................		B-1
Appendix C: The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines...................................................		C-1
Appendix D: The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines.............................................		D-1
Appendix E: Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers...................................		E-1

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard. If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. All are included in the Retail Box.

One (1) Supermicro Mainboard

One (1) ribbon cable for IDE devices

One (1) Serial Port cable

One (1) USB cable

One (1) ﬂ oppy ribbon cable

One (1) Ultra 320 SCSI cable (*X7DB8 only)

Four (4) SATA cables (*X7DB8 only)

Six (6) SATA cables (*X7DBE only)

One (1) I/O backpanel shield

One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities

One (1) User's/BIOS Manual

One (1) Ultra 320 SCSI User's Manual (*X7DB8 only)

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address:	SuperMicro Computer, Inc.
	980 Rock Ave.
	San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel:	+1 (408) 503-8000
Fax:	+1 (408) 503-8008
Email:	marketing@supermicro.com (General Information)
	support@supermicro.com (Technical Support)
Web Site:	www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address:	SuperMicro Computer B.V.
	Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
	's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel:	+31 (0) 73-6400390
Fax:	+31 (0) 73-6416525
Email:	sales@supermicro.nl (General Information)
	support@supermicro.nl (Technical Support)
	rma@supermicro.nl (Customer Support)

Asia-Paciﬁc

Address:	SuperMicro, Taiwan
	D5, 4F, No. 16 Chien-Ba Road
	Chung-Ho 235, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel:	+886-(2) 8226-3990
Fax:	+886-(2) 8226-3991
Web Site:	www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email:	support@supermicro.com.tw
Tel:	886-2-8228-1366, ext.132 or 139

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Figure 1-1. X7DB8/X7DBE Image

(*Note: The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard you’ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual.)

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Figure 1-2. X7DB8/X7DBE Motherboard Layout

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3." " indicates the location of Pin 1.

4. SCSI is for the X7DB8 only.

5. SEPC: Supermicro Enhanced Power Connector, specially designed to support Supermicro 2U Riser Card only.

6. When LE1 is on, make sure to turn off the power before removing or installing components.

7. For the ZCR card to function properly, be sure to install it in the green slot.

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	Quick Reference ( X7DB8/X7DBE)
Jumper	Description			Default Setting

J27, J28	I2C Bus to PCI-X/PCI-E Slots			Open (Disabled)
J3P	3rd PWR Failure Detect			Off (Disabled)
JBT1	CMOS Clear			See Chapter 2
JCF1	Compact Card Master/Slave Select		On (Master)
JPA1 (*X7DB8) SCSI Controller Enable				Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPA2, JPA3	SCSI CHA(JPA2),CHB(JPA3)Term.En		Off (Enabled) (*X7DB8)
JPG1	VGA Enable			Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPL1/JPL2	GLAN1/GLAN2 Enable		Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JWD	Watch Dog			Pins 1-2 (Reset)
Connector		Description
ATX PWR (JPW1)		Primary 24-Pin ATX PWR Connector
Aux. PWR/CPU PWR		+12V 4-pin PWR (JWP2)/+12V 8-pin PWR(JPW3)
Alarm Reset (JAR)		Alarm Reset Off (Normal)
Chassis Intrusion (JL1)		Chassis Intrusion Header
COM1/COM2		COM1/COM2 Serial Port Connectors
Compact PWR (JWF1)		Compact Card PWR Connector (*Used if JCF1 is on.)
DA1/DA2		SCSI Activity LED Indicators (See Chapter 2)
DIMM#1A-DIMM#4B		Memory FBD DDRII Slots
FAN 1-8		Fans 1-8 (CPU Fans/Chassis Fans)
Floppy (J22)		Floppy Disk Drive Connector
FP CTRL (JF1)		Front Control Panel Connector
GLAN 1/2 (JLAN1/2)		G-bit Ethernet Ports
IDE1/IDE2 (*Note)		IDE1 Hard Drive (JIDE1)/Compact Flash Card (JIDE2)
Keylock (JK1)		Keylock Header
OH LED (JOH1)		Overheat LED
Parallel (J21)		Parallel (Printer) Port
PSF		Power Supply Failure (See Chapter 2)
PWR LED (LE1)		PWR LED Indicator (*Note 6 on Pg.1-4)
PWR LED/SPKR (JD1)		PWR LED(pins1-3)/SpeakerHeader (pins 4-7)
PWR SMB (J17)		Power System Management	(I2C) Header
SATA0-SATA5		SATA 0-5 Connectors

SCSI Chan. A/B(JA1/JA2)SCSI Channel A/Channel B Connectors (*X7DB8 only)

SGPIO 1/2(J29,J30)	Serial General Purpose Input/Output Headers
SMB (J18)	System Management Bus Header
Slot 7	SIM Low Proﬁ le IPMI Connector
USB 0/1,USB 2/3, USB4	Back Panel USB 0/1, Front Panel USB 2/3, FP USB4
VGA (J15)	VGA Connector
WOL (JWOL)	Wake-on-LAN Header
WOR (JWOR)	Wake-on-Ring Header

*Note: JIDE2 is for Compact Card Use only. For Compact Card to work properly, please enable JCF1 by putting cap on it and connect JWF1 to a power supply.

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Motherboard Features

CPU

•Dual Intel® 64-bit Xeon LGA 771 dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1.333 GHz/1.066 GHz/667 MHz with a system clock speed of 333/267 MHz

Memory

•Eight 240-pin DIMM sockets with support up to 16 (32) GB DDR2 Fully Buffered (FBD) ECC 667/533 Memory (*See Section 2-3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population.)

Chipset

•Intel 5000P (Blackford) chipset, including: the 5000P (Blackford) Memory Control Hub (MCH), the Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2), and the I/O subsystem (PXH).

Expansion Slots

•Three PCI-Express slots (*two slots at x8@4GB/sec, one slot x4@2GB/sec.)

•Three 64-bit PCI-X slots (*two PCI-X-133 slots, one PCI-X-100 w/ZCR slot)

BIOS

•8 Mb Phoenix® Flash ROM

•DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0, Plug and Play (PnP)

PC Health Monitoring

•Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores, chipset voltage, +3.3V, +5V, +12V,

−12V and +5V standby

•Fan status monitor with ﬁ rmware control

•CPU/chassis temperature monitors

•Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) ready

•CPU fan auto-off in sleep mode

•CPU slow-down on temperature overheat

•CPU thermal trip support for processor protection, power LED

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

•Auto-switching voltage regulator for CPU cores

•System overheat/Fan Fail LED Indicator and control

•Chassis intrusion detection

•System resource alert via Supero Doctor III

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ACPI Features

•Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

•Main switch override mechanism

•ACPI/ACPM Power Management

•Keyboard Wakeup from Soft-off

Onboard I/O

•Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI with ZCR option (*X7DB8 only)

•Six SATA2 ports (supporting RAID0, RAID1,10 and 5)

•One SIMLP IPMI socket

•Intel 82563 Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting two Giga-bit LAN ports

•Two EIDE Ultra DMA/100 bus master interfaces supporting one IDE (the blue slot) and one Compact Flash card (the blue slot)

•Two SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) headers

•One ﬂ oppy port interface

•Two COM ports (1 header, 1 port)

•One EPP/ECP Parallel Port

•PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports

•Up to ﬁ ve USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) (2 ports, 3 Headers)

•ATI ES1000 with 16 MB Graphic Controller

•Super I/O: Winbond W83627HF w/Hardware Monitor support: W83793, HECETA

Other

•External modem ring-on

•Wake-on-LAN (WOL)

•Wake-on-Ring (WOR)

•Console redirection

•Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS

CD/Diskette Utilities

•BIOS ﬂ ash upgrade utility and device drivers

Dimensions

•Ext. ATX 13.5" x 13.05" (342.90 x 331.5 mm)

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Figure 1-9. Block Diagram of the 5000P (Blackford) Chipset

Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard.

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1-2 Chipset Overview

Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P (Blackford) chipset, the X7DB8/X7DBE motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor-based servers with conﬁ guration options optimized for communications, presentation, storage, computation or database applications. The 5000P (Blackford) chipset supports single or dual Xeon 64-bit dual core processor(s) with front side bus speeds of up to 1.333 GHz. The chipset consists of the 5000P (Blackford) Memory Controller Hub (MCH), the Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2), and the I/O subsystem (PXH).

The 5000P (Blackford) MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces. Each front side bus uses a 64bit wide, 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10.7 GB/sec. In addition, the 5000P (Blackford) chipset offers a wide range of RAS features, including memory interface ECC, x4/x8 Single Device Data Correction, CRC, parity protection, memory mirroring and memory sparing.

The Xeon Dual Core Processor Features

Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000P (Blackford) chipset, the Xeon dual core Processor provides a feature set as follows:

The Xeon Dual Core Processors

*L1 Cache Size: Instruction Cache (32KB/16KB), Data Cache (32KB/24KB)

*L2 Cache Size: 4MB/2MB (per core)

*Data Bus Transfer Rate: 8.5 GB/s

*Package: FC-LGA6/FC-LGA4, 771 Lands

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1-3 Special Features

Recovery from AC Power Loss

BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on) or for it to automatically return to a poweron state. See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section (Peripheral Device Conﬁ guration) to change this setting.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DB8/X7DBE. All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPUCore, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, −12V and +5V standby

An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously. Once a voltage becomes unstable, a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to deﬁ ne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control

The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS (under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting).

Environmental Temperature Control

The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user-deﬁ ned threshold. The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU. Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high, it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU. The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high.

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CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode

The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on. It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode. When in sleep mode, the CPU will not run at full power, thereby generating less heat.

CPU Overheat LED and Control

This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS. This allows the user to deﬁ ne an overheat temperature. When this temperature is exceeded, both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered.

System Resource Alert

This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux. Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events. For example, you can also conﬁ gure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature, CPU temperatures, voltages and fan speeds go beyond a pre-deﬁ ned range.

.1-5 ACPI Features

ACPI stands for Advanced Conﬁ guration and Power Interface. The ACPI speciﬁ - cation deﬁ nes a ﬂ exible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system, including its hardware, operating system and application software. This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD-ROMs, network cards, hard disk drives and printers. This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs, TVs, telephones and stereos.

In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system-independent interface for conﬁ guration control. ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture-independent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 2000 and Windows NT 5.0.

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

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

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Main Switch Override Mechanism

When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state. The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down. Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake-up. During the SoftOff state, the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive. In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power, just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds. This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine.

External Modem Ring-On

Wake-up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state. Note that external modem ring-on can only be used with an ATX 2.01 (or above) compliant power supply.

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Wake-On-LAN is deﬁ ned as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN trafﬁ c is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted. The motherboard has a 3-pin header (WOL) to connect to the 3-pin header on a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has WOL capability. In addition, an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header. The 3-pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add-on card only.

*Note: Wake-On-LAN requires an ATX 2.01 (or above) compliant power supply.

1-6 Power Supply

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

The X7DB8/X7DBE can only accommodates 24-pin ATX power supplies. Although most power supplies generally meet the speciﬁ cations required by the CPU, some are inadequate. In addition, the 12V 4-pin power supply - is also required to ensure adequate power supply to the system. Also your power supply must supply 1.5A for the Ethernet ports.

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NOTE: The + 12V 8-pin Aux. Power Connector is also required to support Intel 64-bit CPUs. Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure. See Section 2-5 for details on connecting the power supply.

It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Speciﬁ cation 2.02 or above. It must also be SSI compliant (info at http://www.ssiforum.org/). Additionally, in areas where noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a line ﬁ lter to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.

1-7 Super I/O

The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O chip include a ﬂ oppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077/765, a data separator, write pre-compensation circuitry, decode logic, data rate selection, a clock generator, drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic. The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I/O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with ﬂ oppy disk drives. The Super I/O supports 360 K, 720 K, 1.2 M, 1.44 M or 2.88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb/s, 500 Kb/s or 1 Mb/s.It also provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication ports (UARTs). Each UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud rate generator, complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system. Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support higher speed modems.

The Super I/O supports one PC-compatible printer port (SPP), Bi-directional Printer Port (BPP) , Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) or Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).

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

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Chapter 2

Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

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

Precautions

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

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

•Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

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

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

•For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and the motherboard.

•Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as speciﬁ ed by the manufacturer. Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion.

Unpacking

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

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2-2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation

When handling the processor package, avoid placing

direct pressure on the label area of the fan.

(*Notes: 1. Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding, removing or changing any hardware components. Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink.

2.Intel's boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use only Intel-certiﬁ ed multi-di- rectional heatsink and fan.

3.The Intel Xeon LGA 771 heatsink and fan comes with a push-pin design and no tool is needed for installation.

4.Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan.)

5.When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA

771CPU 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.

6.Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support.

Installation of the LGA771 Processor

Socket Clip

Load Plate

1. Press the socket clip to release the load plate, which covers the CPU socket, from its locking position.

2. Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate.

Load Plate

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3.Use your thumb and your index ﬁ nger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU.

4.Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner marked with a triangle) against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout.

5.Align the CPU key that is the semi-circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key, the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket.

6.Once aligned, carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket. (**Do not drop the CPU on the socket. Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically. Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket.)

7.With the CPU inside the socket, inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed.

8.Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock.

9.If the CPU is properly installed into the socket, the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock. Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard.

!(*Warning: Please save the plastic cap. The motherboard must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins. Shipment without the plastic cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins.)

North Center Edge

South Center Edge

gold dot

Socket Key (Socket Notch)

CPU Key (semicircle cutout) below the circle.

Corner with a

triangle cutout CPU Pin1

Socket clip

CPU in the CPU socket

Plastic cap is released from the load plate if the CPU is properly installed.

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Installation of the Heatsink

CEK Heatsink Installation

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 retention mechanism.

3.Screw in two diagonal screws (ie the #1 and the #2 screws) until just snug (-do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU.)

4.Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws.

CEK Passive Heatsink

Screw#1 Screw#2

Screw#1

Screw#2

To Un-install the Heatsink

(Warning: We do not recommend

!that the CPU or the heatsink be removed. However, if you do need

to uninstall the heatsink, please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the

CPU socket.)

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1. Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right.

2. Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU. (Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink!!)

3. Once the CPU is loosened, 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.

Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis

All motherboards have standard mounting holes to ﬁ t different types of chassis. Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match. Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly. Then, use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray. (*Note: some components are very close to the mounting holes. Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis.)

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2-3 Installing DIMMs

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 interleaved to improve performance (see step 1).

DIMM Installation (See Figure 2-2)

1.Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots, starting with DIMM #1A. The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install four modules at a time, beginning with DIMM #1A, then DIMM #2A and so on. *For optimal performance, please install four modules at a time up to 8 modules. (*See the Memory Installation Table Below.)

2.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.

3.Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot. Repeat for all modules (see step 1 above).

Memory Support

The X7DB8/X7DBE supports up to 16 GB (32 GB) fully buffered (FBD) ECC DDR2 533/667 in 8 DIMMs. Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaving Memory which will

increase memory performance.

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

GB of memory.

Optimized DIMM Population Configurations

Branch0

Branch1

Number of

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

Bank 4

DIMMs

(Channel 0)

(Channel 1)

(Channel 2)

(Channel 3)

2 DIMMs

------

4 DIMMs

------

6 DIMMs

------

8 DIMMs

(*Notes: i.

DIMM slot#

specified:

DIMM

slot to be

populated;

“---

“: DIMM slot not to

be populated. ii. Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported; however, you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard. iii. Interleaving memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed. To optimize memory performance, please install pairs of DIMMs in both Branch 0 and Branch 1. iv. For memory to work properly, you need to follow the restrictions listed above. )

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		Figure 2-2.
JLAN1
SUPER	®	X7DB8/E
SUPER		X7DB8/E

Installing and Removing DIMMs

DDR2II

FBD

To Install: Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place. Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom.

To Remove:

Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module. This should release it from the slot.

DDR2 FBD Slot II

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2-4 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports

The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 speciﬁ cation. See Figure 2-3 below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports.

A. Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports

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SUPER	®	X7DB8/E
SUPER		X7DB8/E

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Figure 2-3. Back Panel I/O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Back Panel Connectors

1.Keyboard (Purple)

2.PS/2 Mouse (Green)

3.Back Panel USB Port 0

4.Back Panel USB Port 1

5.COM Port 1 (Turquoise)

6.VGA Port (Blue)

7.Parallel Port (Printer)

8.Gigabit LAN 1

9.Gigabit LAN 2

(*See Section 2-5 for details.)

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B. Front Control Panel

JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis. These connectors are designed speciﬁcally for use with Supermicro server chassis. See Figure 2-4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators. Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin deﬁ nitions.

Figure 2-4. JF1 Header Pins

JLAN1

SUPER	®	X7DB8/E

20	19
Ground	NMI
	NMI
X	X
Power LED	Vcc
HDD LED	Vcc

NIC1 LED	Vcc
NIC2 LED	Vcc
OH/Fan Fail LED	Vcc
PWR Fail LED	Vcc
Ground	Reset Reset Button
Ground	PWR	Power Button
Ground	PWR
2	1

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C. Front Control Panel Pin Deﬁnitions

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.

A. NMI

B. PWR LED

NMI Button

Pin Deﬁnitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

19Control

20Ground

Power LED

Pin Deﬁnitions (JF1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition

15+5V

16Ground

KB/

Fan6 Fan5

4-Pin

24-Pin ATX PWR

Fan7

SMBPS PSF

8-pin PWR

Ground

NMI

Mouse

PWR

JAR

J3P

Fan1

DIMM 4B

(Bank 4)

USB0/1

Ctrl

DIMM 4A

(Bank 4)

COM1

CPU1

DIMM 3B

(Bank 3)

B Power LED

ParrallelPortJLAN1

DIMM 3A

(Bank 3)

LEDSPK Fan2

Vcc

DIMM 2B

(Bank 2)

DIMM 2A (Bank 2)

DIMM 1B (Bank 1)

JP1

HDD LED

Vcc

VGA

DIMM 1A (Bank 1)

LE1

GLAN1

JOH1

NIC1 LED

Vcc

GLAN2

CPU2

SGPIO2

SUPER

X7DB8/E

North Bridge

SGPIO1

NIC2 LED

Vcc

Slot7

SIMLPIPMI

Fan8Fan3

PCI-Exp x8

SEPC

JBT1

JPG1

FlashCompact

OH/Fan Fail LED

Vcc

Slot6

PCI-Exp x8

Bridge

Floppy

VGA

South

JCF1

IDE1

JWF1

CTRL

Slot5

Battery

PWR Fail LED

Vcc

Slot4

PCI-Exp x4

BIOS

JPA3 JPA2

JWD

Ground

Reset

Reset Button

Slot3

J27

Channel

JPL2

LAN

PCI-X 133 MHz

CTRL

JPL1

J28

Slot2

PCI-X 133 MHz

PXH

USB4

SCSI

Ground

PWR

Power Button

SI/O

JWOR

WOL

320

Slot1

PCI-X 100 MHz ZCR

USB2/3

SCSI CTRL

DA2

Fan4

DA1

JK1

SMB JL1

SATA4

SATA5

JPA1

320 SCSI Channel B

JCOM2

SATA0

SATA1 SATA2 SATA3

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