SUPER MICRO Computer 5016T-TB

Chapter 2: Server Installation

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Figure 2-5. Accessing the Inside of the System

Contents

Main Manual Revision 1.0a Release Date: December 29, 2009 Printed in the United States of America Preface About This Manual Manual Organization iii iv Page vi S UPER S Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 3 System Interface vii Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup viii Page Page Page 1-2 Motherboard Features Chapter 1: Introduction 1-3 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 Page 2-3 Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature Reduced Air ow Mechanical Loading Circuit Overloading 2-4 Installing the System into a Rack Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2-5 Installing the Chassis Rails Installing the Rack Rails Installing the Server into the Rack Page 2-8 2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup Page 2-10 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 3-3 Power 3-4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LEDs Page Page Page Page 4-4 4-4 Operating Precautions 5-1 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-1 Handling the Serverboard Precautions 5-2 Unpacking 5-2 Serverboard Installation 5-3 5-3 Connecting Cables Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables Connecting the Control Panel 5-4 5-4 I/O Ports Installing an LGA1366 Processor 5-5 5-5 Installing the Processor and Heatsink 5-6 5-7 Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink 5-8 Removing the Heatsink 5-9 5-6 Installing Memory Modules CAUTION Installing & Removing DIMMs 5-10 Memory Support Populating DIMMs 5-11 5-7 Adding PCI Expansion Cards Page 5-13 X8STi Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting Connector Description 5-14 5-9 Connector De nitions 5-15 5-16 S UPER S 5-17 5-18 5-19 5-20 5-10 Jumper Settings 5-21 5-22 5-11 Onboard Indicators 5-23 5-24 5-12 Floppy and SATA Ports 5-25 5-13 Installing Software 5-26 Supero Doctor III Page Page Page 6-2 6-2 Control Panel 6-3 6-3 System Fans System Fan Failure 6-4 6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal Accessing the Drive Bays Serial ATA Drive Installation 6-5 6-6 SATA Power Cables DVD-ROM Drive Installation 6-7 6-5 Power Supply Power Supply Failure 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 Starting the Setup Utility 7-3 7-4 7-3 Advanced Setup Con gurations XBOOT Feature 7-5 XProcessor & Clock Options 7-6 7-7 7-8 XAdvanced Chipset Control 7-9 7-10 7-11 7-12 XIDE / Floppy Con guration 7-13 7-14 7-15 XPCI/PnP Con guration 7-16 XSuper IO Device Con guration XRemote Access Con guration 7-17 XHardware Health Con guration 7-18 7-19 XACPI Con guration 7-20 XTrusted Computing XIPMI Con guration (X8STi-F/X8STi-3F Only) 7-21 7-22 XEvent Log Con guration 7-23 7-4 Security Settings Page 7-25 7-6 Exit Options XHard Disk Drives XRemovable Drives XCD/DVD Drives 7-26 Page Page B-1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B-1 Installing Windows on RAID Systems B-2 B-2 Installing Windows on Non-RAID Systems Appendix C System Speci cations