Supero H8QI6-F, H8QIi-F User Manual
H8QI6-F
H8QIi-F
USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0b
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Preface
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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
H8QI6/i-F serverboards.
This series includes the following serverboards and characteristics:
Embeded IPMI Onbard SAS2 1U Board
H8QI6-F Yes Yes
H8QIi-F Yes
The H8QI6/i-F serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5690/SP5100 chipset
and supports four AMD Socket F type processors with up to 128 GB of DDR2800/667/533 registered ECC SDRAM.
Please refer to the motherboard specifi cations pages on our web site for updates on
supported processors (http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/). This product is intended
to be professionally installed.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your motherboard
box, describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the motherboard
and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this
chapter when installing the processor(s) and memory modules and when installing
the motherboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the hard disk
drives, the various ports, and the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting
procedures for the video, the memory and the setup confi guration stored in CMOS.
For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In addition,
you can visit our web site for more detailed information.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on
running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages.
Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1-1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 1
Checklist ............................................................................................................. 1
1-2 Contacting Supermicro ....................................................................................... 2
H8QI6/i-F Quick Reference ................................................................................ 5
1-3 Chipset Overview ............................................................................................. 10
AMD SR5690/SP5100 Processor .................................................................... 10
HyperTransport Technology ............................................................................. 10
1-4 PC Health Monitoring ....................................................................................... 10
1-5 Power Confi guration Settings............................................................................11
1-6 Power Supply ................................................................................................... 12
1-7 Super I/O .......................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 2 Installation
2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices ..................................................................................... 1
Precautions ........................................................................................................ 1
Unpacking .......................................................................................................... 1
2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................... 2
2-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ......................................................... 4
2-4 Installing Memory ............................................................................................... 4
2-5 PCI Expansion Cards ......................................................................................... 6
2-6 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections ........................................................... 7
Front Control Panel ............................................................................................ 7
2-7 Connector Defi nitions ........................................................................................ 8
Power Connectors ........................................................................................ 8
PW_ON Connector ........................................................................................ 8
Reset Connector ........................................................................................... 8
Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH)......................................................................... 8
NIC2 (LAN2) LED .......................................................................................... 9
NIC1 (LAN1) LED .......................................................................................... 9
HDD LED ....................................................................................................... 9
Power On LED .............................................................................................. 9
NMI Button .................................................................................................... 9
LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ................................................................................ 9
Universal Serial Bus Ports .......................................................................... 10
USB Headers .............................................................................................. 10
Fan Headers ................................................................................................ 10
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Serial Ports .................................................................................................. 10
SGPIO ..........................................................................................................11
SMBus Header .............................................................................................11
Wake-On-LAN ..............................................................................................11
Power I2C .....................................................................................................11
Chassis Intrusion ........................................................................................ 12
Overheat LED .............................................................................................. 12
Power LED/Speaker .................................................................................... 12
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ............................................... 12
Unit Identifi er Button .................................................................................... 13
JIBTN1 Header(optional for H8QIi/H8QIi-F/H8QIi+-F) ................................ 13
Compact Flash Card PWR Connector ........................................................ 13
Video Connector .......................................................................................... 13
2-8 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................... 14
Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................... 14
CMOS Clear ................................................................................................ 14
I2C to PCI-Express Slot .............................................................................. 15
Watch Dog Enable/Disable ......................................................................... 15
Compact Flash Master/Slave Select ........................................................... 15
VGA Enable/Disable .................................................................................... 15
LAN1/2 Enable/Disable .............................................................................. 16
SAS Enable/Disable .................................................................................... 16
2-9 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................... 17
LAN1/LAN2 LEDs ........................................................................................ 17
Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs .......................................................................... 17
UID LED (LE1) ........................................................................................... 17
Power LED .................................................................................................. 17
2-10 IDE, SAS and SATA Drive Connections .......................................................... 18
IDE Connectors ........................................................................................... 18
SATA Ports .................................................................................................. 19
SAS Ports (H8QI6-F Only) .......................................................................... 19
2-11 Enabling SATA RAID ........................................................................................ 20
Serial ATA (SATA)............................................................................................. 20
Installing the OS/SATA Driver .......................................................................... 20
Building a Driver Diskette ............................................................................ 20
Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS ............................................................... 21
Using the Adaptec RAID Utility ........................................................................ 22
Installing the RAID Driver During OS Installation ............................................ 22
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2-12 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................... 23
Supero Doctor III .............................................................................................. 24
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures .............................................................................. 1
Before Power On ............................................................................................... 1
No Power ........................................................................................................... 1
No Video ............................................................................................................ 2
Memory Errors .................................................................................................. 2
Losing the System’s Setup Confi guration .......................................................... 2
3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................... 3
3-3 Frequently Asked Questions .............................................................................. 3
3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service.................................................................... 4
Chapter 4 BIOS
4-1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1
4-2 Main Menu ......................................................................................................... 2
4-3 Advanced Settings Menu ................................................................................... 2
4-5 Boot Settings Menu .......................................................................................... 20
4-6 Security Menu .................................................................................................. 21
4-8 Exit Menu ......................................................................................................... 22
Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes
Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes
B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes .................................................................... 1
B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes ................................................................................ 2
B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes .................................................................... 3
Notes
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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
Checklist
Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged
leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to
detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.
Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard.
If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
One (1) H8QI6/i-F serverboard•
One (1) I/O shield (MCP-260-00027-0N)•
Four (4) Retention brackets (BKT-0012L)•
One (1) 9-pin serial port cable (CBL-0010L)•
One (1) ATA 66/100 IDE LP cable (CBL-0036L-03)•
Eight (8) 2ft. Amphenol, SATA cable (CBL-0044L) (only 6 cables for H8QIi-F)•
One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities•
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1-2 Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: +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 Computer, Inc.
4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.
Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County
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. H8QI6-F Image
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Notes:
Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.
Not all ports, jumpers or LED Indicators are available on all serverboards.
Figure 1-2. H8QI6/i-F Motherboard Layout
(not drawn to scale)
JPI2C1
JBT1
COM2
JSMB1
3-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO2
T-SGPIO1
3-SGPIO1
JIBTN1
JWOL1
JWD1
JPL1
JPG1
JPS1
Battery
JPW3 JPW2 JPW1
LE1
JOH1
JL1
JI2C2
JI2C1
JCF1
COM1
JF1
JD1
FAN6
FAN5 FAN4-CPU1 FAN3-CPU2
FAN9
FAN8-CPU4
FAN7-CPU4
FAN2
FAN1
UID
UIO PCI-E 2.0 X8
USB5
USB2/3
USB4
SAS5
SAS4
SAS6
SAS2
SAS1
SAS0
SATA5
SATA4
SATA3
SATA2
USB6/7
SATA0
SATA1
SAS3
SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (in X8)
SLOT2 PCI-E 2.0 X16
SLOT3 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (in X8)
IDE#1
SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X8
SLOT4 PCI-E 2.0 X16
SLOT6 PCI-E X16
IPMI_LAN
CPU1
DIMMA-1B
DIMMA-1A
DIMMA-2B
DIMMA-2A
LAN1/2
VGA
DIMMC-2A
DIMMC-2B
DIMMC-1A
DIMMC-1B
USB0/1
DIMMD-1B
DIMMD-2B
DIMMD-1A
KB/
MOUSE
DIMMD-2A
DIMMB-2A
DIMMB-2B
DIMMB-1B
DIMMB-1A
SAS7
CPU2
CPU4CPU3
AMD
SR5690
AMD
SR5690
AMD
SR5100
LSI
2008
SAS2
BMC
Intel
82576
JWF1
JPW4
DP5004
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H8QI6/i-F Quick Reference
Jumper Description Default Setting
JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7)
JCF1 Compact Flash Master/Slave Closed (Master)
JI
2
C1/JI2C2 I2C to PCI-E Slot Enable/Disable Both Closed (Enabled)
JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPL1 LAN 1/2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPS1 SAS Controller Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JWD Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)
LED Description
LAN Ports LEDs for the LAN Ethernet ports
Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs for the dedicated IPMI LAN Ethernet port
LE1 LED for UID Button
DP5004 LED for Serverboard Power-On
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Connector Description
COM1/COM2 COM1 Serial Port/Header
FAN 1-9 Chassis/CPU Fan Headers
HT Connector HT Connectors (2)
IDE#1 IDE Disk Drive Connector
IPMI LAN Dedicated IPMI LAN Port
JD1 Speaker Header
JF1 Front Panel Connector
JIBTN1 RAIDKey for RAID 5 SAS support (optional for H8QI6-F)
JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header
JOH1 Overheat Warning Header
JPI2C1 Power I
2
C Header
JPW1 24-pin Main ATX Power Connector
JPW2/3/4 +12V 8-pin CPU Power Connectors
JSMB1 System Management Bus Header (SMBus)
JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector
JWOL1 Wake-On-LAN Header
LAN1/2 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports
PS2 Mouse/Keyboard PS2 Mouse/Keyboard connectors
SAS0~3, SAS4~7 SAS Ports (only on H8QI6-F)
SATA0 ~ SATA5 SATA Ports
3-SGPIO1/3-SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose Input/Output Header for SAS
T-SGPIO-1/TSGPIO-2 Serial General Purpose Input/Output Header for SATA
UID Unit Identifi er Button
USB0/1, USB4/5, USB2/3, USB6/7 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports, Type-A Ports and Headers
VGA VGA Connector
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Motherboard Features
CPU
Quad AMD Opteron 8000 series (Socket F type) processors•
Note: Support for 837x, 838x, 839x and 84xx processors. Refer to our web site for details on
supported processors.
Note: You must install at least two processors for full functions to be supported.
Memory
Sixteen single/dual channel DIMM slots supporting up to 128 GB of DDR2-•
800/667/533 registered ECC SDRAM
Note: Refer to Section 2-4 before installing memory and our web site for recommended DIMMs.
Chipset
Dual AMD SR5690 chipset and one SP5100 Southbridge chipset•
Expansion Slots
Three (3) PCI-Express x16 Gen. 2•
One (1) PCI-Express x8 Gen. 2•
Two (2) PCI-Express x4 (in x8 slot) Gen. 2•
One (1) UIO•
BIOS
16 Mb AMIBIOS•
®
SPI Flash ROM
DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0 (ACPI 2.0 is BIOS supported), SMBIOS 2.3, Real •
Time Clock Wakeup, Plug and Play (PnP), BIOS resume hot keys,
PC Health Monitoring
Onboard voltage monitors•
Fan status monitor with fi rmware/software on/off and speed control•
Watch Dog•
Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS•
Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss•
System resource alert (via included utility program)•
Auto-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core•
CPU thermal trip support•
I• 2C temperature sensing logic
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ACPI Features
Microsoft OnNow•
Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator•
BIOS support for USB keyboard•
Wake-On-LAN (WOL)•
Internal/external modem ring-on•
Onboard I/O
Six (6) SATA ports supported by an on-chip SATA controller (RAID 0, 1, 10 •
supported)
Eight (8) SAS ports supported by an LSI 2008 SAS2 controller (RAID 0, 1, 10 •
supported; Raid 5 Optional) (H8QI6-F only)
Two (2) Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port (one header and one port)•
Six (6) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.0) ports (2x rear, 2x header, 2x type A)•
Two (2) LAN ports supported by an onboard Intel® 82576 dual port Ethernet •
controller for 10/100/1000Base-T
One (1) dedicated IPMI LAN port•
One (1) VGA port supported by an onboard Matrox•
®
G200 graphics controller
(with 16 MB DDR2 memory)
One (1) UDMA IDE 133/100 connector•
Other
Onboard power LED•
Chassis intrusion detection•
CD Utilities
BIOS fl ash upgrade utility•
Super Doctor III•
IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 (Optional)•
Dimensions
Extended ATX form: 16" x 13" (406 x 330 mm)•
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4x DIMM
4x DIMM
1207-SOCKET #4
1207-SOCKET #3
4x DIMM
LPC BUS
KB.
4x DIMM
MS.
FWH
DDR2-533/667
1207-SOCKET #2
LPC I/O
W83627HF
VRM
SR5690
PCIE (X16)
H/W_MONITOR
HT Link
16/16-1GHz
I/O_CONN.
16/16-1GHz
PCIE (X16)
W83795
Fan Control
HT Link
16/16-1GHz
I/O CONN.
VRM
6x PORTS
SATA_CONN
SATA
PCIE X8
UIO SLOT
16/16-1GHz
HT Link
16/16-1GHz
HT Link
HT Link
VRM VRM
PCIE_(X16)
HT Link
16/16-1GHz
SLOT#1
PCIE X4 in X8
SLOT#4
PCIE_(X16)
HTX
16/16-1GHz
HT Link
HT Link
16/16-1GHz
DDR2-533/667
DDR2-533/667
DDR2-533/667
AMD
UDMA/133
IDE
PRI/SEC
USB
USB PORT(0-5)
AMD
SR5690
SLOT#2
PCIE X16
SLOT#6
LSI
SAS2 2008 (port 0~7)
PCIE (X4)
Intel
82576
PCIE (x4)
AMD
SP5100
SLOT#3
PCIE X8
Winbond
WPCM450
PCIE X4 in X8
SLOT#5
VGA
1207-SOCKET #1
Figure 1-3. AMD SR5690/SP5100 Chipset:
System Block Diagram
Note: This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent
the features on your motherboard. See the previous pages for the
actual specifi cations of your motherboard.
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1-3 Chipset Overview
The H8QI6/i-F serverboard is based on the AMD SR5690/SP5100 chipset. This
chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processor (MCP). Controllers
for the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron processors.
AMD SR5690/SP5100 Processor
The AMD SR5690/SP5100 are each a single-chip, high-performance HyperTransport peripheral controller. It includes a 46-lane PCI Express interface, an AMD
Opteron 16-bit Hyper Transport interface link, a six-port Serial ATA interface, a
dual-port Gb Ethernet interface and a six-port USB 2.0 interface. This hub connects
directly to the CPU.
HyperTransport Technology
HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, low latency point to point link that was
designed to increase the communication speed by a factor of up to 48x between
integrated circuits. This is done partly by reducing the number of buses in the
chipset to reduce bottlenecks and by enabling a more effi cient use of memory
in multi-processor systems. The end result is a signifi cant increase in bandwidth
within the chipset.
1-4 PC Health Monitoring
This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the H8QI6/i-F
serverboard. The serverboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that
supports PC health monitoring.
Onboard Voltage Monitors
The onboard voltage monitor will continuously scan crucial voltage levels. Once a
voltage becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to the
screen. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to defi ne the sensitivity of the volt-
age monitor. Real time readings of these voltage levels are all displayed in BIOS.
Fan Status Monitor with Firmware/Software Speed Control
The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The onboard
fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS.
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CPU Overheat/Fan Fail LED and Control
This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat/Fan Fail warning
function in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When
this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs, the Overheat/Fan Fail
warning LED is triggered.
Auto-Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core
The 3-phase-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 80A
and auto-sense voltage IDs ranging from 0.8 V to 1.55V . This will allow the regulator
to run cooler and thus make the system more stable.
1-5 Power Confi guration Settings
This section describes the features of your motherboard that deal with power and
power settings.
Microsoft OnNow
The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive, system-wide approach to system
and device power control. OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears
to be off and responds immediately to user or other requests.
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator
When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the chassis power LED will start blinking
to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the
CPU will wake-up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on.
BIOS Support for USB Keyboard
If a USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal
keyboard during system boot-up.
Main Switch Override Mechanism
The power button can function as a system suspend button. When the user depresses the power button, the system will enter a SoftOff state. The monitor will be
suspended and the hard drive will spin down. Depressing the power button again
will cause the whole system to wake-up. During the SoftOff state, the power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive. In case the
system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power, just depress and hold the
power button for 4 seconds. The power will turn off and no power will be provided
to the motherboard.
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Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
Wake-On-LAN is defi ned as the ability of a management application to remotely
power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and access
tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffi c is kept
to a minimum and users are not interrupted. The motherboard has a 3-pin header
(WOL) to connect to the 3-pin header on a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has
WOL capability. Wake-On-LAN must be enabled in BIOS.
Wake-On-Ring Header (WOR)
Wake-up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing
when the system is in the SoftOff state.
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 H8QI6/i-F serverboard requires the use of proprietary power supplies. Please
refer to the pinout information for the power connectors in Section 6 of Chapter 2
for detailed information on power requirements.
In areas where noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a
line fi lter to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install
a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.
Warning: To prevent the possibility of explosion, do not use the wrong type of
onboard CMOS battery or install it upside down.
1-7 Super I/O
The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O Winbond® Hermon BMC chip
includes 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 provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication
ports (UARTs), one of which supports serial infrared communication. Each UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud rate generator, complete
modem control capability and a processor interrupt system. Both UARTs provide
legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed
with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support higher speed modems.
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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 a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management
to reduce power consumption.
The IRQs, DMAs and I/O space resources of the Super I/O can be fl exibly adjusted
to meet ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power
Management).
1-7 UIO
The H8QI6/i-F is a specially-designed serverboard that features Supermicro's
UIO (Universal I/O) technology. UIO serverboards have a PCI-Express x4 and
x8 signa ls that c an supp or t PCI - E car ds or any one o f several t ype s of UIO c ard
types to add SAS ports, additional LAN ports, Infi niband®, etc. to the serverboard.
This all ows the u ser to ta ilor th e ser verb oard to t heir ow n needs.
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Chapter 2: Installation
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Chapter 2
Installation
2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. T o prevent damage to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following
measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.
Precautions
Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.•
Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic •
bag.
Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral •
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.•
Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not •
in use.
For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent •
conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and
the motherboard.
Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specifi ed by the manu-•
facturer. Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down, which may
result in a possible explosion.
Unpacking
The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage. When
unpacking the board, make sure the person handling it is static protected.
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2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation
Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the processor.
Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding,
removing or changing any hardware components.
Installation Procedure
Follow the procedures as listed below to install the motherboard into a chassis.
Install the processor(s) and the heatsink(s).1.
Install the motherboard in the chassis.2.
Install the memory and add-on cards.3.
Finally, connect the cables and install the drivers.4.
Installing the Processors
Begin by removing the cover plate that 1.
protects the CPU. Lift the lever on the
CPU socket until it points straight up.
With the lever raised, lift open the silver
CPU retention plate.
Triangles
Use your thumb and your index fi nger 2.
to hold the CPU. Locate and align pin
1 of the CPU socket with pin 1 of the
CPU. Both are marked with a triangle.
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Installing the Heatsinks
We recommend the use of active type heatsinks (except for 1U systems). Use any
onboard fan header for the CPU's heatsink fan. To install the heatsink, please follow
the installation instructions included with your heatsink package (not included).
Align pin 1 of the CPU with pin 1 of 3.
the socket. Once aligned, carefully
place the CPU into the socket. Do
not drop the CPU on the socket,
move the CPU horizontally or
vertically or rub the CPU against
the socket or against any pins of
the socket, which may damage the
CPU and/or the socket.
With the CPU inserted into the 4.
socket, inspect the four corners
of the CPU to make sure that it is
properly installed and fl ush with the
socket. Then, gently lower the silver CPU retention plate into place.
Carefully press the CPU socket le-5.
ver down until it locks into its retention tab. For a dual-CPU system,
repeat these steps to install another
CPU into the CPU#2 socket (and
into CPU#2, #3 and #4 sockets for
a quad-CPU confi guration).
Note: in single and dual-CPU confi gura-
tions, memory must be installed in the
DIMM slots associated with the installed
CPU(s). Memory is limited to a maximum
of 32 for single CPU and 64 GB for dual
CPU confi gurations.
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2-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a 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 the motherboard
and the chassis match. Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal
mounting fasteners, metal ones are highly recommended because they ground
the motherboard to the chassis. Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are
screwed in tightly.
Check the Compatibility of the Motherboard Ports and the I/O Shield
The H8QI6/i-F serverboard requires a chassis that can support a board of 1.
16.64" x 6.8" in size. It was designed to be used in a Supermicro 1U Twin
system.
Make sure that the I/O ports on the motherboard align with their respective 2.
holes in the I/O shield at the rear of the chassis.
Mounting the Motherboard onto the Tray in the Chassis
Carefully mount the motherboard onto the motherboard tray by aligning the 1.
motherboard mounting holes with the raised metal standoffs in the tray.
Insert screws into all the mounting holes in the motherboard that line up with 2.
the standoffs.
Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard to the mainboard tray - 3.
tighten until just snug (if too tight you might strip the threads). Metal screws
provide an electrical contact to the motherboard ground to provide a continuous ground for the system.
Exercise extreme caution when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage.
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2-4 Installing Memory
Installing Memory
Insert each memory module vertically into its slot, paying attention to the 1.
notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly (see Figure 2-1).
Install to slots CPU1/DIMM1A and CPU1/DIMM1B fi rst, then to CPU1/2.
DIMM2A and CPU1/DIMM2B, etc. Always install in pairs and in the numerical
order of the DIMM slots. See support information below.
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