SUPER MICRO Computer 5015A-EHF-D525

Chapter 3: System Interface

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Power

Indicates power is being supplied to the system's power supply units. This LED

should normally be illuminated when the system is operating.

Contents

Main Manual Revision 1.0 Release Date: October 18, 2010 Printed in the United States of America Preface About This Manual Manual Organization iii iv Page vi Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 3 System Interface vii Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup viii Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 7 BIOS Page Page Page 1-2 Motherboard Features Page 1-3 Server Chassis Features 1-4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c Page 2-1 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2-1 Overview 2-2 Unpacking the System 2-3 Preparing for Setup Choosing a Setup Location Page Rack Mounting Considerations 2-4 2-4 Rack Mounting Instructions 2-5 Installing into a Telco Rack 2-6 2-5 Checking the Motherboard Setup Page 2-8 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 3-1 Chapter 3 System Interface 3-1 Overview 3-2 Control Panel Buttons Reset Button Power Page Page Page Page Page Page 4-4 4-4 Operating Precautions 5-1 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5-1 Handling the Motherboard Precautions 5-2 Unpacking 5-2 Motherboard Installation 5-3 5-3 Connecting Cables Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables Connecting the Control Panel 5-4 5-4 I/O Ports 5-5 5-5 Onboard Processor 5-6 Installing Memory CAUTION DIMM Installation Memory Support 5-6 5-7 5-7 Adding PCI Expansion Cards 5-8 5-8 Motherboard Details 5-9 5-10 5-9 Connector De nitions 5-11 5-12 5-13 5-14 5-15 5-16 5-10 Jumper Settings 5-17 5-18 S UPER S 5-19 5-11 Onboard Indicators 5-12 SATA Ports 5-13 Installing Software 5-21 Supero Doctor III Page 6-1 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking 6-2 6-2 Control Panel 6-3 6-3 System Fans 6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal 6-4 6-5 6-5 Power Supply Page 7-1 Chapter 7 BIOS 7-1 Introduction Starting BIOS Setup Utility How To Change the Con guration Data 7-2 7-2 Main Setup 7-3 7-4 7-3 Advanced Setup Con gurations XBOOT Feature 7-5 7-6 XCPU Con guration Warning 7-7 XAdvanced Chipset Control XNorthbridge Con guration 7-8 XIDE/SATA Con guration 7-9 7-10 7-11 XPCI/PnP Con guration 7-12 XSuper IO Device Con guration XRemote Access Con guration 7-13 7-14 XHardware Health Con guration 7-15 7-16 XACPI Con guration 7-17 7-18 XIPMI Con guration 7-19 XEvent Log Con guration 7-20 7-4 Security Settings 7-21 Page 7-23 XRemovable Drives 7-6 Exit Options 7-24 A-1 Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes Page Appendix B System Speci cations