SUPER MICRO Computer 7045A-C3, 7045A-CT

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SuperWorkstation 7045A-C3/7045A-CT User's Manual

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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