Supermicro 6015T-T - Manuals

vi Table of Contents Preface About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii Chapter 1: Introductio...

HDD ........................................................................................................ 3-2 Power ...................................................................................................... 3-3 3-4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs .................................................

viii Wake-On-Ring ........................................................................................ 5-16 Serial Ports ............................................................................................. 5-16 SGPIO Header ..................................................................

Table of Contents ix Appendices: Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D: System Specifi cations

Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview The SuperServer 6015T-T/6015T-INF is a "1U Twin" server comprised of the SC808T-980 1U chassis and two (twin) X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF serverboards. Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certifi ed for use with the 6015T-...

1-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 1-2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the SuperServer 6015T-T/6015T-INF lies two X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF dual processor serverboards, which are based on Intel's 5000P chipset. Below are the main features of the X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF. Note that the features...

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-3 Onboard Controllers/Ports An onboard IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100 hard drives or ATAPI devices. Onboard I/O backpanel ports include one COM port, a VGA port, two USB ports, two Gigabit LAN (NIC) ports and (on the 6015T-INF only) an Infi niBand® port. There are two...

1-4 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Figure 1-1 . Intel 5000P Chipset: System Block Diagram Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details. PCI-X USB 2.0 3.0 Gb/S PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT #0 MCH PROCESSOR#2 ESB2 PCI-EXP X8 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 ...

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-5 1-3 Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC808T-980 1U chas- sis. Details on the chassis can be found in Chapter 6. System Power When confi gured as a SuperServer 6015T-T/6015T-INF, the SC808T-980 includes a single 980W col...

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-7 1-5 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: [email protected] (General Information) [email protected] (Technical Support) Web Site: www....

Chapter 2: Server Installation 2-1 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2-1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your 6015T-T/6015T-INF 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 qu...

2-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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 se...

Chapter 2: Server Installation 2-3 Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the ambient operating tempera- ture of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room. Therefore, consideration should be ...

2-4 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 2-4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the 6015T-T/6015T-INF into a rack unit with the rack rails provided. If the system has already been mounted into a rack, you can skip ahead to Sections 2-5 and 2-6...

Chapter 2: Server Installation 2-5 Installing the Outer Rails Begin by measuring the distance from the front rail to the rear rail of the rack. Attach a short bracket to the front side of the right outer rail and a long bracket to the rear side of the right outer rail. Adjust both the short and long...

2-6 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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 chas- sis rails with the front of the rack rails...

Chapter 2: Server Installation 2-7 Figure 2-3. Installing the Server into a Rack

2-8 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup After you install the 6015T-T/6015T-INF in the rack, you will need to open the top cover to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and all the connections have been made. 1. Accessing the inside of the Sys...

Chapter 2: Server Installation 2-9 Figure 2-4. Accessing the Inside of the System

2-10 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next, you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SATA drives and SATA backplane have been properly installed and all connections have been made. 1. Check the SATA drives Depending upon your system's...

Chapter 3: System Interface 3-1 Chapter 3 System Interface 3-1 Overview There are several LEDs on the two control panels as well as others on the SATA 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 a...

3-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 3-3 Control Panel LEDs Each of the two control panels located on the front of the SC808T-980 chassis has fi ve LEDs. Each LED provides you with critical information related its own specifi c serverboard. This section explains what each LED indicates w...

Chapter 3: System Interface 3-3 Power: Indicates power is being supplied to the system's power supply unit. This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating. 3- 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs Each SATA drive carrier has two LEDs. Green: When illuminated, the green LED on the front of ...

Chapter 4: System Safety 4-1 Chapter 4 System Safety 4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions ! Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperServer 6015T-T/6015T-INF from damage: Be aware of the locations of the power on/off switch on the chassis as well...

S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 4-2 4-2 General Safety Precautions Follow these rules to ensure general safety: Keep the area around the 6015T-T/6015T-INF clean and free of clutter. The 6015T-T/6015T-INF weighs approximately 40 lbs (~18.2 kg) when fully loaded. When lifting the system...

Chapter 4: System Safety 4-3 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 circ...

S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 4-4 4-4 Operating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 6015T-T/6015T-INF is operating to assure proper cooling. Out of warranty damage to the 6015T-T/6015T-INF system can occur if this practice is not stri...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-1 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install the X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF serverboard into the SC808T-980 chassis, connect the data and power cables and install add-on cards. All serverboard jumpers and connections are also...

5-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 5-2 Serverboard Installation This section explains the fi rst step of physically mounting the X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF into the SC808T-980 chassis. Following the steps in the order given will eliminate the most common problems encountered in such an install...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-3 5-3 Connecting Cables Now that the serverboards are installed, the next step is to connect the cables to the boards. These include the data cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables. Connecting Data Cables The cables used to transfer ...

5-4 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 5-4 I/O Ports The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specifi cation. See Figure 5-2 below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports. Figure 5-1. Control Panel Header Pins Note: Infi niBand ports are included on the X7D...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-5 5-5 Processor and Heatsink Installation 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 heats...

5-8 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 5-6 Installing Memory 1. Memory support The X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF has eight 240-pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 32 GB of ECC FBD (Fully Buffered DIMM) DDR2-667/533 SDRAM (for a total of 64 GB in the system). The memory scheme is interleaved, so ...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-9 5-7 Adding PCI Cards 1. 64-bit PCI-X slot The 6015T-T/6015T-INF includes two preinstalled riser cards designed specifi cally for use in the SC808T-980 1U rackmount chassis. These riser cards support two low-profi le PCI-Express x8 cards to fi t inside the chass...

5-10 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Figure 5-4. X7DBT-T/X7DBT-INF Layout (not drawn to scale) Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only. The Infi niBand components are included on the X7DBT-INF only. 5-8 Serverboard Details USB0/1 LAN1 LAN2 COM2 VGA Infi niBand BIOS SIMSO ATI ES...

5-12 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Reset Connector The reset connector is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 and attaches to the reset switch on the computer chas- sis. See the table on the right for pin defi nitions. PW_ON Connector The PW_ON connector is on pins 1 and 2 of JF1. This he...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-13 Overheat 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. NIC2 (LAN2) LED The LED connections for LAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF...

5-14 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is des- ignated JL1. See the board layout for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin defi nitions. Power On LED The Power On LED connector is lo- cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. This con...

5-16 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Wake-On-Ring The Wake-On-Ring header is designated JWOR. This function allows your computer to receive and be "awakened" by an incom- ing call when in the suspend state. See the table on the right for pin defi nitions. You must also have a W...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-17 SMB Power (I 2 C) The header at JI 2 C is for I 2 C, which may be used to monitor the status of the power supply, fan and system tem- perature. See the table on the right for pin defi nitions. SMB Power (I 2 C) Pin Defi nitions (J17) Pin# Defi nition 1 Clock 2...

5-18 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 5-10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To m o d i f y t h e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e 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...

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-19 Watch Dog Enable/Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog function, a system monitor that takes action when a software application freezes the system. Jumping pins 1-2 will have WD reboot the system if a pro- gram freezes. Jumping pins 2-3 will generate a non-mask...

5-20 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 5-11 Onboard Indicators LAN1/LAN2 LEDs The Ethernet ports (located beside the VGA port) have two LEDs. On each Gb LAN port, one LED indicates activity when blinking while the other LED may be green, amber or off to indicate the speed of the connect...

Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup 6-1 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform mainte- nance on the SC808T-980 chassis. For component installation, follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encountered. ...

6-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Figure 6-2. Chassis Rear View 6-2 Control Panel Each control panel on the front of the chassis must be connected to the JF1 con- nector on its assiciated serverboard to provide you with system control buttons and status indicators. (When viewed from...

Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup 6-3 6-3 System Fans Each serverboard has its own set of three 4-cm high-performance fans (for a total of six in the chassis) to provide the cooling for the SuperServer 6015T-T/6015T-INF. Fan speed may be controlled by a setting in BIOS (see Chapter 7). System Fan Fa...

6-4 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Figure 6-3. Mounting a Drive in a Carrier 2. Installing/removing hot-swap SATA drives The drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis. These are (with RAID enabled) hot-swap drives. To remove a carrier, push the release butt...

Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup 6-5 6-5 Power Supply The SuperServer 6015T-T/6015T-INF has a single 980 watt power supply. This power supply has the capability of operating at 100 - 240 input volts. Depress both main power buttons on the front of the chassis and then unplug the AC power cord to co...

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-1 Chapter 7 BIOS 7-1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS™ Setup utility for the X7DBT/X7DBT-INF. 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 ma...

7-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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 se...

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-3 Main BIOS Setup Menu 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...

7-4 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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 &...

7-6 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual SATA AHCI (Available when SATA RAID is Disabled) Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface. (Use caution when using this function. This feature is for advanced programmers only. The options are Enabled and Disabled ....

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-7 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 submenus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>. Boot Features ...

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-9 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 L1 or L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU's operations. Select Unc...

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-17 Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings. COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to: Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B. This setting can also be Disabled . BAUD Rate This item allows you t...

7-18 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Hardware Monitor Logic Note: Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU(s) and hardware monitoring chip are used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly. Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look li...

7-20 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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 ha...

7-22 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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-i...

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors, such as temperatures, fan speeds and voltages of various components.

7-24 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual 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>...

Chapter 7: BIOS 7-25 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 sh...

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes B-1 This section lists the POST (Power On Self Test) codes for the PhoenixBIOS. POST codes are divided into two categories: recoverable and terminal. Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST, the BIOS will display an POST code that descr...

B-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1-3-1-1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Au...

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes B-3 POST Code Description 5Ch Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB 60h Test extended memory 62h Test extended memory address lines 64h Jump to UserPatch1 66h Confi gure advanced cache registers 67h Initialize Multi Processor APIC 68h Enable external and CPU caches 69h Setup Sys...

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed, you must fi rst confi gure Intel's ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers. Important Notes to the User Note 1: If you...

C-2 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual The Intel HostRAID Confi gurations The following RAID levels are supported: RAID 0 (Data Striping): this writes data in parallel, interleaved ("striped") sections of two hard drives. Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk. RAI...

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-3 Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes: a. After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility, the system will automatically reboot. The following screen appears after Power-On Self Test. b. When...

C-4 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual b. Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the <Tab> key or the <Enter> key to go to the next fi eld. (You can use the <Esc> key to select the previous menu.) c. When RAID Level item is highlighted, press the <Up Arrow>, &...

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-5 Creating a RAID 1 Volume a. Select "Create RAID Volume" from the main menu and press the <Enter> key. The following screen will appear: b. Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the <Tab> key or the <Enter> key to go to t...

C-8 S UPER S ERVER 6015T-T/6015T-INF User's Manual Deleting a RAID Volume Warning: Make sure you back up your data before deleting a RAID set. You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set. a. From the main menu, select item2-Delete RAID Volume, and press <Enter>. b. Use t...

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-9 Resetting to Non-RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning: Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non-RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD. Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure o...

D-1 Appendix D: System Specifi cations Appendix D System Specifi cations Note: unless noted specifi cations apply to a complete system (both serverboards). Processors Four Intel® Xeon® 5300/5100 Series processors in LGA771 sockets Note: please refer to our website for details on supported processors. C...

D-3 Appendix D: System Specifi cations Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions: FCC Class A, EN 55022 Class A, EN 61000-3-2/-3-3, CISPR 22 Class A Electromagnetic Immunity: EN 55024/CISPR 24, (EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4-6, EN 61000-4-8, EN 61000-4-11) S...