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SUPERSERVER 6015B-3/6015B-T User's Manual

SAS/SATA Drive Installation

1. Mounting a SAS/SATA drive in a drive carrier

The SAS/SATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis. These carriers also help promote proper airﬂow for the drive bays. For this reason, even empty carriers without drives installed must remain in the chassis. To add a new drive, install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier. Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws, as shown in Figure 6-4.

Figure 6-4. Mounting a SAS/SATA Drive in a Carrier

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Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro Web site at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/ﬁles/ storage/SAS-1-CompList-110909.pdf

Important: Regardless of how many SAS/SATA hard drives are installed, all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper airﬂow.

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Contents

Super Manual Revision 1.0c Release Date December 30 About This Manual PrefaceManual Organization System Safety Advanced Serverboard SetupAdvanced Chassis Setup Bios Preface Table of Contents System Safety Advanced Serverboard Setup Advanced Chassis Setup Sgpio Bios AppendicesPage Chapter Introduction Overview Serverboard Features ProcessorsMemory Onboard SAS 6015B-3 Server Chassis Features SAS/SATA Subsystem Front Control PanelBackplane Cooling System Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram Contacting Super Micro HeadquartersEurope Asia-Paciﬁc Preparing for Setup Chapter Server InstallationUnpacking the System Rack Precautions Choosing a Setup LocationServer Precautions Rack Mounting Considerations Installing the Inner Rails Installing the System into a RackIdentifying the Sections of the Rack Rails Installing the Outer Rails Locking Tabs Installing the Server into the Rack Installing the Server into a Rack Installing the Server into a Telco Rack Installing the Server into a Telco Rack Checking the Serverboard Setup Accessing the Inside of the System Checking the Drive Bay Setup Chapter System Interface Control Panel Buttons Control Panel LEDs SAS Drives 6015B-3 Drive Carrier LEDsSata Drives 6015B-T Page Chapter System Safety Electrical Safety Precautions General Safety Precautions ESD Precautions Operating Precautions Installing the Onboard Battery Chapter Advanced Serverboard Setup PrecautionsHandling the Serverboard Unpacking Processor and Heatsink Installation Installing the ProcessorPage Installing the Heatsink Removing the Heatsink Connecting Data Cables Connecting CablesConnecting Power Cables Connecting the Control Panel Front Control Panel Header Pins JF1 Dimm Installation See Figure Installing MemoryI/O Ports 3a. Installing Dimm into Slot Memory Support Adding PCI Cards PCI card installationPCI Expansion Slots Serverboard Details Super X7DBR-3/X7DBR-E Layout Connector Description Jumper Description Default SettingX7DBR-3/X7DBR-E Quick Reference Connector Deﬁnitions HDD LED Overheat/Fan Fail LED OH Power Fail LED Reset ButtonPower Button Universal Serial Bus USB0/1 Power Supply Fail Header Serial PortsFan Headers Chassis Intrusion Power LED/Speaker Universal Serial Bus HeadersATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports Overheat LED Wake-On-LAN Wake-On-Ring Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Alarm Reset JARJLAN1/2 Ethernet Ports Jumper Settings VGA Enable/DisableExplanation Jumpers Cmos Clear Jlan Enable/Disable 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable/DisableWatch Dog Enable/Disable Onboard Indicators SAS Controller Enable 6015B-3 onlyCompact Flash Master Slave SMB to PCI Slots Floppy Connector Floppy, IDE, Sata and SAS Drive Connections IDE Connectors Sata Ports SAS Ports X7DBR-3 only Static-Sensitive Devices Chapter Advanced Chassis SetupTools Required Control Panel Chassis Front and Rear Views Installing a new fan System FansSystem Fan Failure Replacing System Fans Drive Bay Installation/Removal Removing the Front Bezel Accessing the Drive Bays Removing the Front Bezel SAS/SATA Drive Installation Mounting a SAS/SATA drive in a drive carrier Installing/removing hot-swap SAS/SATA drives Removing a SAS/SATA Drive from the Server SAS/SATA Backplane DVD-ROM and Floppy Drive Installation Power Supply Power Supply FailureRemoving/Replacing the Power Supply Removing the power supply Removing/Replacing the Power Supply System Bios How To Change the Conﬁguration DataStarting the Setup Utility Chapter Main Bios Setup Running SetupPress the Delete key to enter Setup Main Bios Setup Menu Main Setup Features Bios DateSystem Time System Date Type LBA Mode Control Transfer ModeUltra DMA Mode CHS Format Native Mode Operation Sata Controller ModeSerial ATA Sata RAID Enable Parallel ATA System Memory Advanced SetupExtended Memory Boot Features QuickBoot ModeQuietBoot Mode Post Errors Memory Cache Cache System Bios Area Cache Video Bios AreaCache Base 0-512K Cache Base 512K-640K PCI Parity Error Forwarding Reset Conﬁguration DataDiscrete Mtrr Allocation PCI Conﬁguration Enable Master Latency TimerLarge Disk Access Mode Serr Signal Condition Memory Branch Mode Crystal Beach FeaturesClock Spectrum Feature Enabling Multi-Media Timer Advanced Processor Options CPU Speed Device Conﬁguration KBC Clock InputSerial Port a Base I/O Address Interrupt Serial Port BMode Floppy Disk Controller DMI Event Logging Event Log ValidityEvent Log Capacity View DMI Event Log Console Redirection COM Port AddressBaud Rate Console Type CPU Temperature Threshold Hardware Monitor LogicVoltage Monitoring Fan Speed Control Modes CPU Temperature Threshold See note on Hardware Monitor Logic See note on System Event Logging Clear System Event LoggingExisting Event Log Number Event Log Control OS Boot Watch Dog Timer for Loading OS MinutesSystem Event Log/System Event Log List Mode Time Out Option Realtime Sensor Data Supervisor Password Is User Password IsSet Supervisor Password Set User Password Password on Boot BootBoot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders Exit Appendix a Bios Post Messages System Cmos checksum bad Default conﬁguration used System timer errorReal time clock error Check date and time settings System cache error Cache disabled Fail-Safe Timer NMI FailedAllocation Error for device Entering Setup PS/2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen Fixed Disk nInvalid System Conﬁguration Data Device IRQ conﬂict Press F1 to resume, F2 to Setup, F3 for previous Press F2 to enter SetupSystem Bios shadowed Video Bios shadowedPage Appendix B Bios Post Codes Recoverable Post ErrorsTerminal Post Errors Post Code Description Post Code Description Post Code Description Post Code Description Following are for boot block in Flash ROM Page ESB2 HostRAID Setup Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATAImportant Notes to the User Serial ATA Sata Intel HostRAID Conﬁgurations Intel Matrix Storage Using the Intel ESB2 Sata RAID Utility Program Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes Creating a RAID 0 Volume Creating a RAID 1 Volume Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1+ RAID Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity Deleting RAID Volume Resetting to Non-RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility New Operating System-Windows XP/2000/2003 Installation X7DBR-E only Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID SetupIntel ESB2 I/O Controller Hub Conﬁguring Sata RAID Using the Array Conﬁguration Utility ACU Using the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility ARCAdaptec Embedded Sata with HostRAID Controller Driver Managing Arrays Conﬁguring Disk Drives To conﬁgure a disk drivePage Page Creating Arrays To create an array Assigning Array Properties To assign properties to the new arrayPage Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable Deleting a Bootable Array Adding/Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare To delete a Hotspare Viewing Array Properties Rebuilding Arrays To Rebuild an array Deleting Arrays To delete an existing array RAID 1 only-the following prompt is also displayed Using the Disk Utilities To access the disk utilities To format a disk To verify disk media To Exit the Adaptec RAID Conﬁguration Utility Installing Intels ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and the OS Installing Additional Drivers Software InstallationDriver/Tool Installation Display Screen Conﬁguring Supero Doctor Figure E-1. Supero Doctor Screen Health Information Figure E-2. Supero Doctor Screen Remote Control Page Appendix F System Speciﬁcations Weight Power SupplyMotherboard Chassis Regulatory Compliance