Supermicro X7DBE - Manual

Supermicro X7DBE

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Printed in the United States of America
  • Page 3 – Preface; About This Manual; iii
  • Page 4 – iv; Features; Chapter 2: Installation; Table of Contents
  • Page 6 – Chapter 3: Troubleshooting; Procedures
  • Page 7 – Checklist
  • Page 8 – Contacting Supermicro; Headquarters; Super
  • Page 9 – Chapter 1: Introduction; Note
  • Page 10 – X7DB8/X7DBE Motherboard Layout; Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.; U P E R X 7 D B 8 /E; Notes
  • Page 11 – Open; Connector
  • Page 14 – Block Diagram of the 5000P (Blackford) Chipset
  • Page 15 – Overview; mirroring and memory sparing.
  • Page 16 – Recovery from AC Power Loss; setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting.; -4 PC Health Monitoring; of the voltage monitor.; Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control; Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting).; Environmental Temperature Control; sis temperature is too high.
  • Page 17 – CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode; voltages and fan speeds go beyond a pre-defi ned range.; Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator
  • Page 18 – Supply; for the Ethernet ports.
  • Page 19 – Section 2-5 for details on connecting the power supply.
  • Page 21 – Chapter 2; Devices; Precautions; • Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.; Unpacking
  • Page 22 – Installation of the LGA771 Processor; When handling the processor package, avoid placing; -2 Processor and Heatsink Installation
  • Page 23 – Warning
  • Page 24 – Installation of the Heatsink; CEK Heatsink Installation; To Un-install the Heatsink
  • Page 25 – Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis
  • Page 26 – CAUTION; Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM; Memory Support; of the same size and same type; will result in Interleaved Memory which will; Optimized DIMM Population Configurations; Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however,; both; For memory to work properly, you need to follow the
  • Page 27 – Figure 2-2. Installing and Removing DIMMs; II; DDR2 FBD Slot
  • Page 28 – Back Panel USB Port 0
  • Page 29 – B. Front Control Panel; for descriptions and pin defi nitions.
  • Page 30 – C. Front Control Panel Pin De
  • Page 32 – Power Fail LED
  • Page 33 – Reset Button
  • Page 34 – Cables
  • Page 35 – Chassis Intrusion
  • Page 37 – Serial Ports
  • Page 40 – Alarm Reset
  • Page 41 – SMB
  • Page 42 – VGA Connector; to the COM1 port on the IO backplane.
  • Page 43 – SGPIO Headers
  • Page 44 – Settings; Explanation of
  • Page 48 – Slots
  • Page 49 – GLAN LEDs; Indicators
  • Page 50 – Onboard Power LED
  • Page 51 – IPMI and SCSI Connections
  • Page 52 – Floppy Connector; SIMLP IPMI Slot
  • Page 53 – IDE Connectors
  • Page 55 – Chapter 3; Before Power On; Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions.; No Video; for details on beep codes.; Losing the System’s Setup Con; Section 1-6 for details on recommended power supplies.
  • Page 56 – NOTE; Memory Errors; -2 Technical Support Procedures
  • Page 58 – What's on the CD that came with my motherboard?; and security and audio drivers.; -4 Returning Merchandise for Service; maintenance of products.
  • Page 59 – changes to the BIOS that may not be refl ected in this manual.; System BIOS; The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM; How To Change the Con; Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS
  • Page 60 – -3 Main BIOS Setup; detail how to navigate through the menus.
  • Page 61 – Main BIOS Setup Menu; Main Setup Features; System Time; This fi eld displays the date when this version of BIOS was built.; Legacy Diskette A
  • Page 62 – This item allows you to select the type of IDE hard drive. Select; Auto; to allow
  • Page 65 – present in the system.; Setup
  • Page 67 – Cache Video BIOS Area; Write Protect; Cache Extended Memory
  • Page 69 – are; The options are; Enabled; Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.; Single Bit
  • Page 75 – Disabled; either; Direct; after POST routines. The options are On and; Off
  • Page 76 – Hardware Monitor Logic; CPU Temperature Threshold; CPU1 Temperature/CPU1 Second Core; : If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled, the BIOS will; Fan Speed Control Modes; Voltage Monitoring; The following items will be monitored and displayed:
  • Page 78 – PECI Agent 1 Temperature/PECI Agent 2 Temperature
  • Page 80 – boot failure. The options are; No Action
  • Page 81 – Realtime Sensor Data; fan speeds and voltages of various components.
  • Page 82 – BIOS settings are described in this section.; Supervisor Password Is:; has been entered for the system.; Set Supervisor Password
  • Page 83 – Password on Boot; the system at system boot. The options are; described in this section.; Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders; Boot List
  • Page 84 – Exit Saving Changes; the BIOS Setup utility.; Exit Discarding Changes; changes you may have made.; Load Setup Defaults; BIOS Setup. These are the safest settings to use.; Discard Changes; You will remain in the Setup utility.; Save Changes; in the Setup utility.
  • Page 87 – fl
  • Page 91 – Appendix B; POST Code Description
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  • Page 97 – Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines; Appendix C; Important Notes to the User:; RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS.; C-1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA; better functionality than PATA.; Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID; confi gurations: Legacy mode and Native mode.
  • Page 98 – information) to get the benefi ts of both.; The Intel Matrix Storage; you the change the HDD partition size without any data.; Con; settings for the BIOS.
  • Page 99 – Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program; reboot. The following screen appears after Power-On Self Test.; same as the graphics shown in this manual.)
  • Page 100 – Creating a RAID 0 Volume:; The following screen will appear:
  • Page 101 – Creating a RAID 1 Volume:
  • Page 104 – Deleting RAID Volume:; : Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set. You
  • Page 105 – Resetting to Non-RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD; Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility:; Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non-
  • Page 106 – with RAID Functions; Installing a New Operating System-the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS; system will start booting up from CD.
  • Page 107 – Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines; Appendix D; : The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA; Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I/O Controller Hub
  • Page 109 – Using the Adaptec RAID Con; A. Using the Array Con
  • Page 110 – Managing Arrays; To select this option,
  • Page 111 – You may need to confi gure a disk drive before you can use it.; To con
  • Page 112 – confi gure appear in the selected drives box.
  • Page 114 – Creating Arrays; recommended that you confi gure devices before you create arrays.)
  • Page 116 – capacity of the source drive.; that was on the source drive.
  • Page 117 – Adding a Bootable Array; To make an array bootable:; Deleting a Bootable Array; To delete a bootable array:
  • Page 118 – Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed:; To delete a Hotspare:
  • Page 119 – Viewing Array Properties; To view the properties of an existing array:
  • Page 120 – Rebuilding Arrays; operation, the optimal drive is the source drive.
  • Page 122 – Using the Disk Utilities; To access the disk utilities:
  • Page 123 – Caution; Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up
  • Page 124 – To verify disk media:
  • Page 125 – To Exit Adaptec RAID Con; following screen will appear.
  • Page 126 – start to boot up from CD.
  • Page 127 – Appendix E: Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers; Driver/Tool Installation Display Screen; The bottom icon; Appendix E; to the right of these items.
  • Page 128 – Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information); guring Supero Doctor III; the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface.
  • Page 129 – Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control); Linux, we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II.
  • Page 130 – Disclaimer
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The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person...

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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 X7DB8/X7DBE motherboard. The X7DB8/X7DBE supports dual Intel Xeon 64-bit quad-...

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

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