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SUPER MICRO Computer 7045A-C3, 7045A-CT user manual Preface

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Preface

Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It

provides information for the installation and use of the SuperWorkstation 7045A-

C3/7045A-CT. Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced

technicians only.

The SuperWorkstation 7045A-C3/7045A-CT is a high-end server based on the

SC743TQ-865-SQ tower/4U rackmount chassis and the X7DCA-3/X7DCA-

i, a dual processor serverboard that supports dual Intel® Xeon® LGA771

5400/5300/5200/5100 series processors.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1: Introduction

The ﬁ rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the serv-

er system and describes the main features of the X7DCA-3/X7DCA-i serverboard

and the SC743TQ-865-SQ chassis, which comprise the SuperWorkstation 7045A-

C3/7045A-CT.

Chapter 2: Server Installation

This chapter describes the steps necessary to setup the SuperWorkstation 7045A-

C3/7045A-CT into a rack and check out the server conﬁ guration prior to powering

up the system. If your server was ordered without processor and memory compo-

nents, this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their

installation.

Chapter 3: System Interface

Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and

information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs

located throughout the system.

Contents

Main S Printed in the United States of America Manual Revision 1.0 Release Date: February 15, 2008 iii Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Server Installation Page Page vi Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Server Installation vii Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Page Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview 1-1 1-2 1-2 Serverboard Features Processors Memory Onboard SAS Serial ATA 1-3 Server Chassis Features 1-4 I/O Backplane Cooling System 1-5 ICH9 Processor #2 1A 5100 1-4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c 2-1 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2-1 Overview 2-2 Unpacking the System 2-3 Preparing for Setup Page Rack Mounting Considerations 2-4 2-4 Installing the System into a Rack Rail brackets Inner rail Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails Outer rail Installing the Chassis Rails Installing the Rack Rails 2-7 Installing the Server into the Rack 2-8 2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2-9 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2-10 3-1 Chapter 3 System Interface 3-1 Overview 3-2 Control Panel Buttons Power Reset 3-3 Control Panel LEDs 3-3 Power Fail 3-4 Drive Carrier LEDs SAS Drives SATA Drives Page Page Page Page 4-4 Operating Precautions OR Page 5-2 Unpacking 5-2 Serverboard Installation 5-3 Connecting Cables 5-3 Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables Connecting the Control Panel 5-4 5-4 I/O Ports 5-5 5-5 Installing the Processor and Heat Sink 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-6 Installing Memory 5-9 5-10 Figure 5-3. DIMM Installation 5-11 5-7 Adding PCI Cards Page 5-13 X7DCA-3/X7DCA-i Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting Connector Description 5-14 5-9 Connector De nitions 5-15 5-16 5-17 5-18 5-19 5-20 5-21 5-10 Jumper Settings 5-22 5-23 5-11 Onboard Indicators 5-24 5-12 Parallel, Floppy, IDE, and SATA Ports 5-25 5-26 6-1 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking Page 6-3 6-2 Front Control Panel 6-4 6-3 System Fans Fan Failure Replacing Chassis Cooling Fans Page 6-6 6-4 Drive Bay Installation 6-7 SAS/SATA Backplane 6-8 Installing Components in the 5.25" Drive Bays 6-9 6-5 Power Supply Power Supply Failure Page 7-1 Chapter 7 BIOS 7-1 Introduction System BIOS How To Change the Con guration Data Starting the Setup Utility 7-2 Running Setup 7-3 Main BIOS Setup 7-3 Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup Features Page 7-5 7-6 7-7 7-4 Advanced Setup Boot Features 7-8 Memory Cache 7-9 7-10 PCI Con guration 7-11 Advanced Chipset Control Warning 7-12 Advanced Processor Options 7-13 7-14 CPU Cache Control I/O Device Con guration 7-15 DMI Event Logging 7-16 Console Redirection 7-17 Hardware Monitor Logic 7-18 IPMI (Available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system.) 7-19 System Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode) Page 7-21 7-5 Security Page 7-23 7-6 Boot 7-24 7-7 Exit A-1 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 Page B-1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Recoverable POST Errors Ter mi na l PO ST Er ror s B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 The following are fo r boot block in Flash ROM Page C-1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA Serial ATA (SATA) Introduction to the Intel ICH9R Serial RAID Setup C-2 RAID Con gurations Intel Matrix Storage Con guri ng BIOS setting s for SATA RAID Functions (Nati ve Mode) Page C-4 Creating a RAID 0 Volume: C-5 Creating a RA ID 1 Volume: Page C-7 Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity): Page Page C-10 C-2 Installing Windows XP/2000/2003 for RAID Systems Installing a New Operating System-the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS Appendix D System Speci cations Page D-3 Regulatory Compliance