Supermicro X7SBL-LN1/LN2 - Manual

v Table of Contents Processor Power Connector ......................................................................... 2-15 Universal Serial Bus ...................................................................................... 2-16 Chassis Intrusion ...............................................

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................... 3-4 3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service................................................................. 3-5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction .....................................................

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 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 p...

X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 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: [email protected] (General Information) [email protected] (Technical Support) Web Site: www....

X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual Important Notes to the User • Jumpers not indicated are for testing only. • See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front panel connections. • " " indicates the location of "Pin 1." • GLAN2 is only available on LN2 models. • Sl...

X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 1-6 Motherboard Features Processor Single Intel Xeon 3000/3200 series processor with a system bus speed of • 1333/1066/800 MHz Intel • ® Core ™ 2 Duo and Quad Processors Supports Intel Dual Core Technology, Wide Dynamic Execution • , FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI), Advan...

X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 1-8 Intel 3200 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. Block Diagram 4 3 BIGBY-V LGA775_PROCESSOR ICH-9 U...

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-9 1-2 Chipset Overview The Intel 3200 chipset, designed for use with an Intel Xeon 3000 sequence proces- sor in the LGA 775 Land Grid Array Package, is comprised of two primary com- ponents: the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the I/O Controller Hub (ICH9R). The X7SBL-LN1/L...

X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 1-10 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 ...

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-11 I/O Virtualization Technology With the Intel ICH9R built in, the X7SBL-LN1/LN2 supports I/O Virtualization Tech- nology (VT-d) that enables multiple operating systems and applications to run in independent partitions. Each partition uses its own subset of host physical m...

X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 1-12 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 blinki...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Electrostatic-Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equ...

2-2 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual Note: Some components are very close to the mounting holes. Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage to these components when install- ing the motherboard to the chassis. 2-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation Warning: When handling the processor package,...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-3 Triangle Socket Key (Socket Notch) Bottom Center Edge Top Center Edge CPU Key (semi- circle cutout) below the circle. CPU Pin1 Corner with a triangle cutout golden dot 1. Press the load lever to release the load plate, which covers the CPU socket, from its locking positio...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-5 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 (eg....

2-6 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 1. Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from in the sequence as show in the picture on the right. 2. Hold and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU. (Do not use excessive force when loosening the heatsink!) 3. Once the heatsink is loosened, remove it...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-7 2-4 Installing DIMMs Note: Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules. Warning: 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). D...

2-8 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual To Install: Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place. Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom. Installing and Removing DIMMs To Remove: Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module. This should releas...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-9 2-5 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specifi cation. See the image below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports. 1. Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports Back Panel I/O Port Locations and Defi nitions Ba...

2-10 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual FP Power Button OH/Fan Fail/PWR Fail/UID LED 1 NIC1 LED FP Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc UID Switch/Vcc Vcc Blue_LED_Cathode(UID)/Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED 2. Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-11 3. Front Control Panel Pin Defi nitions Header Pins 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. NMI Button The non-maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1. Refe...

2-12 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual GLAN 1 LED Pin Defi nitions (JF1) Pin# Defi nition 11 LED_Anode+ 12 NIC1 LED Signal Header Pins NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC (Network Interface Control- ler) LED connection for GLAN 1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN 2 is on Pin...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-13 Header Pins Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH) Connect an LED to the OH/Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure. Refer to the table on the right for pin defi nitions. Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connectio...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-15 2-6 Connecting Cables A. JPW1 B. JPW2 Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector (above), the 12V 8-pin CPU PWR connector at JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply. See the table on the right for pin defi nitions. 12V 8-pin Power C...

2-16 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual Universal Serial Bus (USB) There are seven USB 2.0 (Universal S e r i a l B u s ) p o r t s / h e a d e r s o n t h e motherboard. Two of them are Back Panel USB ports (USB 0-1: J15). Another two USB Headers: (USB 2-3: J44) and (USB 4-5 : J45) can provide front acces...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-17 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Defi nitions Pin# Defi nition 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Port Pin Defi nitions Pin # Defi nition Pin # Defi nition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC A. Keyboard/Mouse B. COM1 C. COM2 (Pin 10...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-19 GLAN1 GLAN2 GLAN (Giga-bit Ethernet Ports) Two G-bit Ethernet ports (GLAN1/ GLAN2) are located next to the VGA Connector on the IO backplane. These ports accept RJ45 type cables. A. GLAN1 B. GLAN2 C. VGA VGA Connector A VGA connector (J16) is located between COM1 and GLA...

2-20 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual Fan Headers The X7SBL-LN1/LN2 has six fan headers (Fan1 to Fan6) including fi ve chassis/sys- tem fan headers (Fan1 to Fan5) and one CPU Fan (CPU Fan6). All these fan head- ers support 4-pin fans. However, Pins 1-3 of the fan headers are backward compat- ible with th...

2-22 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual A. PWR Fault B. PWR SMB Power SMB Connector Power SMB Connector (PW4) is used to monitor PWR supply, fan and system temperature. See the table on the right for pin defi nitions. PWR SMB Pin Defi nitions Pin# Defi nition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 5 +3.3V Powe...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-23 2-7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother- board, jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector. Pin 1 is identifi ed with a square solder pad...

2-24 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual Clear CMOS JBT1 is used to clear CMOS. Instead of pins, this "jumper" consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS. To clear CMOS, use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connectio...

Chapter 2: Installation 2-27 USB Wake-Up Use JPUSB jumpers to enable the function of "System Wake-Up via USB devices", which al- lows you to "wake-up" the system by pressing a key on the USB keyboard or by clicking the USB mouse of your system. The JPUSB jumpers are used together wit...

2-28 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 2-8 Onboard Indicators A. GLAN1 B. GLAN2 GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the motherboard. Each Gigabit Ether- net LAN port has two LEDs. The yellow LED indicates activity, while the Link LED may be green, amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection. Se...

2-30 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 2-9 Floppy and SIM 1U IPMI Connections Note the following when connecting the fl oppy and hard disk drive cables: • The fl oppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires. • A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1. • A single fl oppy disk drive ...

3-1 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system. If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance, refer to the ‘Technical Support Procedures’ and/or ‘Returning Merchandise for ...

3-3 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Note: Not all BIOS can be fl ashed; it depends on the modifi cations to the boot block code. If the above steps do not fi x the Setup Confi guration problem, contact your 3. vendor for repairs. 3-2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support, pleas...

3-4 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User’s Manual 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions Question: What type of memory does my motherboard support? Answer: The X7SBL-LN1/LN2 supports unbuffered, ECC/Non-ECC DDR2 667/800 MHz memory modules. See Section 2-4 for details on installing memory. Question: Why does Microsoft Windows...

3-5 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Question: After I have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Memory, why does the BIOS only detect about 3.145 GB of memory during POST? Answer: Because the chipset does not support memory remapping, and PCI-E memory requires a great deal of memory, so there is a memory hole locat...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS™ Setup utility for the X7SBL-LN1/LN2. 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...

4-2 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual 4-2 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 section, although t...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-3 Main BIOS Setup Menu u 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 e...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-5 SATA AHCI Legacy Enable This setting allows you to disable SATA ports 5 and 6 while in this mode. The options are Disabled and Enabled. u IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave/SATA Port2/SATA Port3 These settings allow you to set the parameters of slots indicated above. Hit <Enter> to...

4-6 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS: TYPE: This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device. Cylinders: This item indicates the status of Cylinders. Headers: This item indicates the number of headers. Sectors: This item displays the number of...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-7 32 Bit I/O This option allows you to enable or disable the function of a 32-bit data transfer. The options are Enabled and Disabled . Transfer Mode This option allows you to set the transfer mode. The options are Standard , Fast PIO1, Fast PIO2, Fast PIO3, Fast PIO4, FPIO3/DMA1 a...

4-8 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual 4-4 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 sub- menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>. ...

4-10 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power. The options are Stay Off, Power On, and Last State . Watch Dog Select Enabled to automatically reset the system if the system is not a...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-13 No Execute Mode Memory Protection (Available when supported by the CPU and the OS.) Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot, and thus preventing a worm or a virus f...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-15 u Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer and allow BIOS to write (cache) data into this reserved memory area. Select Write Protect to enable this function, and this area will...

4-16 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU. Cache Extended Memory If enabled, this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached (written) into a buffer, a storage area in the Stati...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-17 0020h, 0040h, 0060h, 0080h, 00A0h, 00C0h, and 00E0h. For Unix, Novell and other Operating Systems, please select the option: other. If a drive fails after the installation of a new software, you might want to change this setting and try again. A different OS requires a different...

4-18 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master. The options are Enabled and Disabled. Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master. A high-priority, high- throughout device may benefi t from a g...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-19 KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select the clock frequency for the Keyboard Controller. The options are 6MHz, 8MHz, 12MHz, and 16MHz. Serial Port A This setting allows you to decide how the system controls Serial Port A. The options are Enabled (user defi ned) and Dis...

4-20 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ (interrupt request) for Serial Port B. The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4. Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the fl oppy disk controller. The options are Enabled (user defi ned), Disable...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-21 u Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings: COM Port Address This setting will allow you to specify which COM port to direct the remote con- sole to: Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B. The options are Disabled, COM A and COM B . Baud Rate Thi...

4-22 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which determines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat. Warning: Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold temperature predefi n...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-23 CPU Temperature The item displays the level of CPU temperature (High, Medium, Low) as detected by the BIOS. The information shown in the screen is for your reference only. (See the notes below for more information on DTS and PECI) Low – This level is considered as the ‘normal’ o...

4-24 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual provide PECI counts as references for fan speed controls. So all our Intel processor-based motherboards will be/have been updated to change the CPU temperature display from numbers (absolute temperatures) to text (low, medium, and high). Each processor has a DTS and ...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-25 3-pin (server) 3-pin (workstation), 4-pin (server) and 4-pin (workstation). Do not select 4-pin settings if you have a mix of 3-pin and 4-pin fans. Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed: Vcore A, MCH Core, -12V, V-DIMM, 3.3V, +12V, 5V Standby, 5V...

4-26 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual Supervisor Password Is: This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system. Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system. User Password Is: This item indicates if a user pa...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-27 4-6 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You should see the following display. See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specifi c Help window. All Boot BIOS settings are described in this...

4-28 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual 4-7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You should see the following display. All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section. Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to exit the BIOS Setup ut...

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-29 Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to discard (cancel) any changes you made. You will remain in the Setup utility. Save Changes Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to save any changes you made. You will remain in the Setup utility.

A-1 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes This section lists POST (Power On Self Test) error beep codes for the Phoenix BIOS. POST error beep codes are divided into two categories: recoverable and terminal. This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors. Recovera...

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes B-1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS After all hardware components have been installed, you must fi rst confi gure Intel South Bridge RAID Settings before you install the Windows OS and other software drivers. To confi gure RAID settings, please refer to RAID Confi gu...

B-2 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual B-2 Installing the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS for Systems without RAID Functions Insert Microsoft's Windows XP/2000/2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver, and the 1. system will start booting up from CD. Continue with the OS installation. The Windows OS Setup screen will displa...

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-1 Driver/ Tool Installation Display Screen Note : Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme fi les for each item. Click on a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item (from top to the bottom) one at a time. Aft...

C-2 X7SBL-LN1/LN2 User's Manual Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information) C-2 Confi guring Supero Doctor III The Supero Doctor III program is a Web-base management tool that suppor ts remote management capability. It includes Remote and Local Management tools. The local manag...

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-3 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control) Note : SD III Software Revision 1.0 can be downloaded from our web- site at: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/utility/Supero_ Doctor_III/. You can also download SDIII User's Guide at: http://w w w....

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