Chapter Introduction, Overview | SUPER MICRO Computer 6025B-UR

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

The SuperServer 6025B-UR is a high-end server comprised of two main subsystems: the SC825TQ-R700U 2U server chassis and the X7DBU dual Intel Xeon processor serverboard. Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certiﬁ ed for use with the 6025B-UR (www.supermicro.com).

In addition to the serverboard and chassis, various hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 6025B-UR, as listed below:

Three (3) 8-cm hot-swap chassis fans (FAN-0094L)

One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-00022-00)

Two (2) CPU passive heatsinks (SNK-P0025P)

One (1) DVD-ROM drive (DVM-PNSC-824V)

Two (2) 3.5" dummy drive trays

One (1) ATA66 cable for DVD drive (CBL-0139L)

One (1) front control panel cable (CBL-0087)

One (1) rail set (MCP-290-00002-00)

One (1) riser card (RSC-R2UU-UA3E8)

One (1) riser card (RSC-R2UU-X2E4R)

SATA Accessories

One (1) SAS/SATA backplane (BPN-SAS-825TQ)

Two (2) IPass SATA cables (CBL-0188L)

Eight (8) SAS/SATA hot-swap drive carriers [MCP-220-00001-03(01)]*

*A "03" following a part number indicates silver and "01" indicates black.

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Contents

USER’S MANUAL 1.0bSUPER SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Printed in the United States of America Manual Revision 1.0b Release Date June 6 About This Manual Chapter 2 Server InstallationChapter 4 System Safety Preface Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard SetupChapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 7 BIOS Preface Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Table of ContentsChapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 4 System Safety Connecting Data Cables Chapter 7 BIOS Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Appendix C Software Installation Appendix D System Speciﬁ cations AppendicesAppendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual 1-1 Overview Chapter Introduction Serial ATA 1-2 Serverboard FeaturesProcessors Memory Figure 1-1. Intel 5000P/ESB2 Chipset System Block Diagram Other FeaturesATI Graphics Controller PCI Expansion Slots 1-3 Server Chassis FeaturesSystem Power Serial ATA Subsystem Cooling System I/O Backplane Asia-Paciﬁc 1-4 Contacting SupermicroHeadquarters Europe 2-2 Unpacking the System Chapter Server Installation2-3 Preparing for Setup 2-1 Overview Server Precautions Warnings and PrecautionsChoosing a Setup Location Rack Precautions Mechanical Loading Rack Mounting ConsiderationsAmbient Operating Temperature Reduced Airﬂow Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails 2-4 Installing the System into a RackInstalling the Chassis Rails Figure 2-1. Installing Chassis Rails Installing the Server into a Telco Rack Installing the Rack RailsInstalling the Server into the Rack Figure 2-2. Installing the Server into a Rack 2. Check the CPUs processors 2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup1. Accessing the inside of the System see Figure 4. Installing add-on cards Figure 2-3. Accessing the Inside of the System 2. DVD-ROM and ﬂoppy disk drives 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup1. Accessing the drive bays 5. Supplying power to the system 3-2 Control Panel Buttons Chapter System Interface3-1 Overview 3-3 Control Panel LEDs SAS/SATA Drives 3-4 Drive Carrier LEDs SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual 4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions Chapter System Safety 4-2 General Safety Precautions 4-3 ESD Precautions BATTERY HOLDER 4-4 Operating PrecautionsFigure 4-1. Installing the Onboard Battery Unpacking Chapter Advanced Serverboard SetupPrecautions 5-1 Handling the Serverboard Installing the Processor 5-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation Gold dot Socket key CPU key Notched corner CPU pin Load lever CPU installed in socket PnP cap released from load plate Removing the Heatsink Installing the Heatsink Connecting Power Cables 5-3 Connecting CablesConnecting Data Cables Figure 5-1. Front Control Panel Header Pins JF1 Connecting the Control Panel Figure 5-2. Rear Panel I/O Ports 5-5 Installing MemoryDIMM Installation See Figure 5-4 I/O Ports Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability 1. PCI Expansion Slots 5-6 Adding PCI CardsFigure 5-3. Installing DIMM into Slot 2. PCI card installation North Bridge 5000P 5-7 Serverboard DetailsFigure 5-4. SUPER X7DBU Layout SUPER X7DBU Jumper Default SettingConnector X7DBU Quick Reference Processor Power Connector 5-8 Connector DeﬁnitionsATX Power Connector Auxiliary Power Connector NIC2 LED Overheat/Fan Fail/Power Fail/UID LEDHDD LED NIC1 LED Universal Serial Bus USB0/1 Power Fail LEDReset Button Power Button Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin Deﬁnitions USB2, USB3, USB4 Universal Serial Bus HeadersSerial Ports Fan Headers Overheat LED Power LED/SpeakerChassis Intrusion ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports Wake-On-LAN Pin Deﬁnitions JWOL Wake-On-LANWake-On-Ring SMBUSPS Alarm Reset Pin Deﬁnitions JAR Alarm Reset JARLAN1/2 Ethernet Ports SGPIO CMOS Clear 5-9 Jumper SettingsVGA Enable/Disable Explanation of Jumpers LAN Enable/Disable Jumper Settings JPL1, JPL2 LAN Enable/DisableWatch Dog Enable/Disable I2C Enable/Disable LAN1/LAN2 LEDs 5-10 Onboard Indicators 5-11 Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections Floppy Connector SATA Port Pin Deﬁnitions SATA0 ~ SATA5 IDE ConnectorSATA Ports IDE Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions IDE#1 SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual Tools Required Chapter Advanced Chassis Setup6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Unpacking Figure 6-1. Front and Rear Chassis Views 6-2 Control Panel 2. Installing a new fan 6-3 System FansSystem Fan Failure Replacing System Fans Figure 6-2. Removing System Cooling Fans 6-4 Drive Bay Installation/RemovalAccessing the Drive Bays Figure 6-3. Mounting a SAS/SATA Drive in a Carrier SAS/SATA Drive Installation1. Mounting a SAS/SATA drive in a drive carrier Figure 6-4. Removing a SAS/SATA Drive Carrier 2. Installing/removing hot-swap SAS/SATA drives Removing the Air Shroud DVD-ROM and Floppy Drive InstallationHard Drive Backplane 1. Removing the power supply 6-5 Power SupplyPower Supply Failure Removing/Replacing the Power Supply Starting the Setup Utility Chapter BIOSSystem BIOS How To Change the Conﬁguration Data Press the Delete key to enter Setup 7-2 Running Setup7-3 Main BIOS Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted System Date Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup FeaturesBIOS Date System Time Type IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave and Secondary IDE Master/Slave Transfer Mode Multi-Sector TransfersLBA Mode Control 32 Bit I/O SATA Controller Mode Serial ATA SATA RAID EnableParallel ATA Native Mode Operation QuietBoot Mode 7-4 Advanced SetupBoot Features QuickBoot Mode Cache Video BIOS Area Power Button BehaviorPower Loss Control Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area Discrete MTRR Allocation Default Primary Video AdapterCache Base 512K-640K Cache Extended Memory PCI-Exp. I/O Performance Emulated IRQ SolutionsPCI Parity Error Forwarding Reset Conﬁguration Data SERR Signal Condition Enable MasterLatency Timer Large Disk Access Mode Enhanced x8 Detection Crystal Beach FeaturesClock Spectrum Feature Branch 1 Rank Interleaving & Sparing Advanced Processor Options Enabling Multi-Media TimerUSB Function Legacy USB Support KBC Clock Input Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPUIntel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU I/O Device Conﬁguration Floppy Disk Controller InterruptSerial Port B Mode View DMI Event Log DMI Event LoggingEvent Log Validity Event Log Capacity Console Type Console RedirectionCOM Port Address BAUD Rate CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core Temperature CPU2 Temperature Hardware Monitor LogicCPU Temperature Threshold Voltage Monitoring PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPUCPU1 Temperature/CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature/CPU2 Second Core PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature Event Log Control System Event LoggingClear System Event Logging Existing Event Log Number System Event Log/System Event Log List Mode OS Boot Watch DogTimer for Loading OS Minutes Time Out Option Realtime Sensor Data Set User Password Supervisor Password IsUser Password Is Set Supervisor Password Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders 7-6 BootPassword on Boot Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults7-7 Exit Exit Saving Changes SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual Monitor type does not match CMOS - Run SETUP Appendix A BIOS POST MessagesKeyboard error Keyboard locked - Unlock key switch Check date and time settings System CMOS checksum bad - Default conﬁguration usedSystem timer error Real time clock error Entering SETUP System cache error - Cache disabledFail-Safe Timer NMI Failed Allocation Error for device I/O device IRQ conﬂict PS/2 Mouse Boot Summary ScreenFixed Disk n Invalid System Conﬁguration Data Video BIOS shadowed Press F1 to resume, F2 to Setup, F3 for previousPress F2 to enter Setup System BIOS shadowed SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual POST Code Appendix B BIOS POST CodesRecoverable POST Errors Terminal POST Errors 8254 timer initialization Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Check for SMART Drive optional The following are for boot block in Flash ROM SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual Serial ATA SATA Appendix C Software InstallationC-1 Introduction Important Notes Intel Matrix Storage Conﬁguring BIOS for SATA RAID Functions Native ModeRAID Conﬁgurations 1. Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program Creating a RAID 0 Volume Creating a RAID 1 Volume Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1+ RAID Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity Deleting a RAID Volume Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility Resetting to Non-RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD New Operating System-Windows XP/2000/2003 Installation C-2 Installing Windows XP/2000/2003 for RAID Systems C-11 C-3 Installing the Operating System and other Software ProgramsDriver/Tool Installation Display Screen Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-I Health Information Supero DoctorC-12 C-13 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II Remote Control C-14 Memory Capacity BIOSAppendix D System Speciﬁcations Chipset Chassis WeightPower Supply Serverboard Regulatory Compliance SUPERSERVER 6025B-UR Users Manual