Supermicro X6DH8-G2 - Manual

Supermicro X6DH8-G2

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – P r i n t e d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a
  • Page 3 – i i i; Preface; About This Manual; Manual Organization; Appendix A provides BIOS POST codes.
  • Page 4 – iv; Table of Contents
  • Page 5 – Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
  • Page 7 – Chapter 1; O v e r v i e w; Checklist; ing, contact your retailer. All are included in the Retail Box.
  • Page 8 – Introduction; Contacting Supermicro; Headquarters
  • Page 9 – The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based
  • Page 10 – See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and
  • Page 11 – Jumper; C o n n e c t o r
  • Page 12 – Motherboard Features; CPU; M e m o r y
  • Page 13 – A C P I F e a t u r e s
  • Page 14 – Figure 1-9. Block Diagram of the E7520 Lindenhurst Chipset
  • Page 15 – Chipset Overview; marched system bus address and data bandwidths of up to 6.4GB/s. The
  • Page 16 – Special Features; Recovery from AC Power Loss; PC Health Monitoring; Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control
  • Page 17 – CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode; when the system enters Standby mode. When in sleep mode, the CPU will; CPU Overheat LED and Control; warning LED are triggered.; System Resource Alert; saving the data, you can be alerted of the potential problem.
  • Page 18 – Microsoft OnNow; Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator; When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a; External Modem Ring-On; motely power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-
  • Page 19 – Power Supply; result in CPU PWR Failure. See Section 2-5 for details on connect-
  • Page 21 – Static-Sensitive Devices; Precautions
  • Page 22 – IMPORTANT: Always connect the power cord last and always remove it; Nocona Processor and Heatsink Installation; lift the lever completely as shown; CPU Installation
  • Page 24 – To Un-install the Heatsink
  • Page 25 – F i g u r e 2 - 1 . P G A 6 0 4 S o c k e t : E m p t y a n d w i t h P r o c e s s o r I n s t a l l e d; Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis
  • Page 26 – F i g u r e 2 - 2 . I n s t a l l i n g a n d R e m o v i n g D I M M s; Installing DIMMs; CAUTION; Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM; M e m o r y S u p p o r t; 00 (PC3200) memory. All motherboards were designed to support 2 GB
  • Page 27 – Chapter 2: Installation; Top View of DDRII Slot
  • Page 28 – Front Control Panel
  • Page 29 – Connecting Cables; ATX Power Connector
  • Page 32 – Power Fail LED
  • Page 33 – Reset Button
  • Page 34 – Chassis Intrusion
  • Page 35 – Serial Ports
  • Page 37 – Fan Headers
  • Page 39 – SMB; A S y s t e m M a n a g e m e n t B u s; Connector; C Connector
  • Page 40 – Jumper Settings; N o t e : O n t w o p i n j u m p e r s ,
  • Page 41 – CMOS Clear; Note: For an ATX power supply, you must completely shut down the sys-; n o t u s e t h e P W _ O N c o n n e c t o r t o c l e a r C M O S .
  • Page 42 – Alarm Reset
  • Page 43 – Power Fault
  • Page 44 – m a n u f a c t u r e d e f a u l t s e t t i n g i s
  • Page 45 – Onboard Indicators; GLAN LEDs
  • Page 47 – IDE Connectors; Floppy Connector
  • Page 49 – Troubleshooting Procedures; N o t e : A l w a y s d i s c o n n e c t t h e p o w e r c o r d b e f o r e a d d i n g , c h a n g i n g; Before Power On
  • Page 50 – Losing the System’s Setup Configuration; Technical Support Procedures; NOTE; Memory Errors
  • Page 51 – Frequently Asked Questions; Q u e s t i o n : W h a t a r e t h e v a r i o u s t y p e s o f m e m o r y t h a t m y m o t h e r -
  • Page 52 – Readme.txt to continue flashing the BIOS.; Q u e s t i o n : W h a t ' s o n t h e C D t h a t c a m e w i t h m y m o t h e r b o a r d ?; chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers.; Returning Merchandise for Service; ( R M A ) n u m b e r . W h e n r e t u r n i n g t o t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r , t h e R M A n u m b e r
  • Page 53 – System BIOS; Warning: Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS
  • Page 54 – Running Setup; * D e f a u l t s e t t i n g s a r e i n b o l d t e x t u n l e s s o t h e r w i s e n o t e d .; Main BIOS Setup
  • Page 55 – Main BIOS Setup Menu; Main Setup Features; System Time; This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built.; Legacy Diskette A
  • Page 56 – Serial ATA; The options are Disabled and Enabled.; Serial ATA RAID Enable
  • Page 57 – Type; Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed.; Multi-Sector Transfer; data transfer. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
  • Page 58 – Transfer Mode; Selects the transfer mode. The options are Standard, Fast PIO1, Fast; Ultra DMA Mode; present in the system.; Extended Memory; being present in the system.; Advanced Setup; Setup options are described in this section.
  • Page 62 – to South Bridge, so NMI can be asserted. The options are Enabled and; f i r s t . T h e o p t i o n s a r e O n b o a r d O p t i o n R O M f i r s t a n d t h e A d d - O n; t h e f o l l o w i n g :; The options are Enabled and Disabled.
  • Page 63 – Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.; M e m o r y R A S F e a t u r e C o n t r o l; above 4GB to resolve the memory overlapping situation.; r e s u l t o f a n E C C e r r o r . T h e o p t i o n s a r e N o n e , N M I ( N o n - M a s k a b l e
  • Page 66 – E n a b l e d ( u s e r d e f i n e d ) , D i s a b l e d , A u t o ( B I O S c o n t r o l l e d ) a n d O S
  • Page 67 – P r i m a r y a n d S e c o n d a r y .
  • Page 68 – A or Onboard COM B. This setting can also be Disabled.
  • Page 69 – CPU1 Temperature: This item displays CPU1 Temperature.; When the CPU on-die temperature increases, the fan speed will also; P5Vsb: This item displays the voltage status of +5V Standby power.
  • Page 70 – Security; Supervisor Password Is:
  • Page 71 – Fixed Disk Boot Sector; virus written to it. The other option is Normal.; Password on Boot; s y s t e m b o o t s u p . T h e o p t i o n s a r e E n a b l e d ( p a s s w o r d r e q u i r e d ) a n d
  • Page 72 – Boot; described in this section.; CDROM Drive; the Item Specific Help window.
  • Page 73 – Exit; Exit Saving Changes; exit the BIOS Setup utility.; Exit Discarding Changes; any changes you may have made.; Load Setup Defaults; the BIOS Setup. These are the safest settings to use.; Discard Changes; made. You will remain in the Setup utility.
  • Page 74 – Save Changes; remain in the Setup utility.
  • Page 75 – Appendix A; POST Code
  • Page 77 – Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes
  • Page 79 – It repeats this sequence continuously.
  • Page 80 – N o t e s
  • Page 81 – Appendix B: Software Installation Instructions; Appendix B; functionality than Parallel ATA.; Introduction to the Intel ICH5R I/O Controller Hub
  • Page 82 – ATA Operate Mode
  • Page 84 – Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC)
  • Page 85 – Managing Arrays; To select this option,
  • Page 86 – V i e w i n g A r r a y P r o p e r t i e s; To view the properties of an existing array:; To delete an existing array:; Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete.; R A I D 1 o n l y — t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o m p t i s a l s o d i s p l a y e d :; Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
  • Page 87 – Creating Arrays; Initializing Disk Drives; From the ACU menu, select Create Array.
  • Page 88 – A s s i g n i n g A r r a y P r o p e r t i e s; To assign properties to the new array:
  • Page 90 – that was on the source drive.; W h e n y o u a r e f i n i s h e d , p r e s s D o n e ( a s t h e s c r e e n s h o w n b e l o w ).
  • Page 91 – Adding a Bootable Array; To make an array bootable:; Deleting a Bootable Array; To delete a bootable array:
  • Page 92 – Adding/Deleting Hotspares; Press yes when the following prompt is displayed:
  • Page 93 – Viewing Array Properties.; T o i n i t i a l i z e d r i v e s :
  • Page 95 – Read the warning message as shown in the screen.
  • Page 96 – Rebuilding Arrays
  • Page 97 – Using the Disk Utilities; T o a c c e s s t h e d i s k u t i l i t i e s :
  • Page 99 – Y o u c a n c h o o s e f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s :
  • Page 101 – B-3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers; drivers, click the icons to the right of these items.
  • Page 102 – Supero Doctor III; The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that; S u p e r o D o c t o r I I I I n t e r f a c e D i s p l a y S c r e e n - I ( H e a l t h I n f o r m a t i o n )
  • Page 103 – S u p e r o D o c t o r I I I I n t e r f a c e D i s p l a y S c r e e n - I I ( R e m o t e C o n t r o l ); Utility, please refer to the CDs included in the shipping package.)
  • Page 104 – Notes
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The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to bea c c u r a t e . T h e v e n d o r a s s u m e s n o r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r a n y i n a c c u r a c i e s t h a t m a y b ec o n t a i n e d i n t h i s d o c u m e n t , m a k e s n o c o m m i t m e ...

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i i i P r e f a c e Preface About This Manual T h i s m a n u a l i s w r i t t e n f o r s y s t e m i n t e g r a t o r s , P C t e c h n i c i a n s a n d knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the X6DH8-G2/X6DHE-G2 motherboard. The X6DH8-G2/ X6DHE-G2 supp...

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iv Preface About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 - 1 O v e r v ...

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