SUPER MICRO Computer 6012L-6

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SUPERSERVER 6012L-6 Manual

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Main Printed in the United States of America Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Server Installation Page Page S UPER S vi Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to the SuperServer 6012L-6 Chapter 2: Server Installation Chapter 3: System Interface Chapter 4: System Safety Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup vii viii Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup ix Chapter 7: AMIBIOS Appendices: Page Chapter 1 Introduction to the SuperServer 6012L-6 1-1 Overview 1-1 S UPER S Type and number depends upon the configuration ordered. 1-2 Server Chassis Features System Power SCSI Subsystem Control Panel 1-3 I/O Backplane Cooling System 1-4 1-3 Mainboard Features Chipset Processors Memory 1-5 Onboard SCSI PCI Expansion Slots ATI Graphics Controller Onboard Controllers/Ports Other Features 1-4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters European Office Asia-Pacific 2-1 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2-1 Overview 2-2 Unpacking the SuperServer 6012L-6 2-3 Preparing for Setup 2-2 Warnings and Precautions! ! ! before Rack Precautions: Server Precautions: 2-4 Installing the SuperServer 6012L-6 into a Rack Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails: 2-4 Installing the Chassis Rails: Installing the Rack Rails: 2-5 Installing the Server into the Rack: Installing the Server into a Telco Rack: 2-7 2-5 Checking the Motherboard Setup Page 2-9 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Page 3-1 Chapter 3 System Interface 3-1 Overview 3-2 Control Panel Buttons 3-2 3-3 Control Panel LEDs 3-4 SCSI Drive Carrier LEDs 3-4 3-5 Motherboard LEDs 4-1 Chapter 4 System Safety 4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4-2 4-2 General Safety Precautions 4-3 4-3 ESD Precautions 4-4 Operating Precautions 5-1 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5-1 Handling the P4DLR+ Motherboard Precautions Unpacking 5-2 5-2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 5-3 Warning! Page 5-5 5-3 Connecting Cables Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables 5-6 Connecting the Control Panel 5-7 5-4 I/O Ports 5-5 Installing Memory CAUTION DIMM Installation (See Figure 5-5) 5-8 5-9 5-6 Adding PCI Cards 5-10 Figure 5-7. SUPER P4DLR+ Layout (not drawn to scale) CPU2 5-7 Motherboard Layout Bank 2 Bank 2 Bank 1 Bank 1 S CPU1 North Bridge PCI-X P4DLR+ Quick Reference 5-12 5-8 Connector Definitions Power LED HDD LED ATX Power Connection PWR_SEC Connection 5-13 Overheat LED (OH) Reset NIC2 LED Power Fail LED 5-14 Extra Universal Serial Bus Connection (USB2/3) PWR_ON Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1) 5-15 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports Fan Headers* Serial Ports LAN1/LAN2 Ethernet Ports 5-16 Sleep Button Wake-On-LAN Third Power Supply Fail Header 5-17 SMB Chassis Intrusion IPMB (Optional) 5-18 5-9 Onboard Indicators LAN1/LAN2 LEDs LED1/LED2 (Debug LEDs) 5-19 5-10 DIP Switch Settings DIP Switch 4: Processor Speed 5-11 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers 5-20 Fan Detection Select VGA Enable/Disable SpeakerEnable/Disable CMOS Clear 5-21 Chassis/Overheat Fan Select Watch Dog Enable LAN1 Enable/Disable LAN2 Enable/Disable 5-22 PCI-X Bus Speed Setting 33 MHz PCI Enable/Disable SCSI Enable/Disable SCSI Termination Enable/ Disable 5-12 Floppy/Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Floppy Connector The floppy connector is lo- cated on J12. See the table at right for pin definitions. IDE Connectors 5-24 Ultra160 SCSI Connector 5-25 5-13 Installing Software Drivers Page 6-1 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Tools Required 6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions 6-2 6-2 Control Panel 6-3 6-3 System Fans System Fan Failure Replacing System Cooling Fans 6-4 6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal Accessing the Drive Bays 6-5 SCSI Drive Installation 6-6 6-7 CD-ROM and Floppy Drive Installation 6-8 6-5 Power Supply Power Supply Failure Removing/Replacing the Power Supply Page Page 7-1 Chapter 7 AMIBIOS 7-1 Introduction System BIOS How To Change the Configuration Data Starting the Setup Utility 7-2 BIOS Features 7-3 Running Setup 7-3 The Main BIOS Setup Menu 7-4 7-4 Advanced BIOS Setup 7-5 Super IO Configuration The Super IO Configuration includes the following items: Serial Port 1 Address Serial Port 1 IRQ Serial Port 2 Address IDE Configuration 7-7 Primary IDE Master Type LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Mode Page Page Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Page 7-12 Wait for F1 if Error Hit "Delete" Message Display Cache System BIOS Cacheable Event Log Configuration Peripheral Device Configuration System Health Monitor 7-15 7-5 Chipset Setup Page 7-17 7-6 PCI PnP Setup Hot Spare Row Hide XIOAPIC PCI Functions The settings for this option are Yes and No. Watchdog Timer Page 7-19 7-7 Power Setup Legacy USB Support ARMD Emulation Type This settings for this option are Hard Disk, Auto and Floppy. 7-20 ACPI Aware O/S Power Management 7-21 7-8 Boot Setup Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Page 7-23 7-9 Security Setup Supervisor Password User Password BIOS SETUP UTILITY Page 7-25 7-10 Exit Setup BIOS SETUP UTILITY Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Page Appendix A AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes A-1 A-1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description Page B-1 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Codes B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-2 B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-3 Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot B-4 B-5 Hit <DEL> <WAIT...> Hit <DEL> B-6 <WAIT...> B-7 Page Appendix C System Specifications