SUPER MICRO Computer H8DMT

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Figure 1-2. H8DMT-F/H8DMT-IBXF Family Serverboard Image

NOTE: The H8DMT/H8DMT-F serverboards shares the same layout as the

H8DMT-IBX/H8DMT-IBXF serverboards, but do not include InfiniBand

components. The H8DMT-F/ H8DMT-IBXF serverboards have full IPMI

capability and a dedicated LAN port above the two USB ports, whereas the

H8DMT/H8DMT-IBX serverboards do not.

Contents

Main ii Preface About this Manual Manual Organization Page Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Installation 2-5 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections 2-6 Connector Definitions 2-7 Jumper Settings 2-8 Onboard Indicators 2-9 Drive Connections Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 4 BIOS Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes ........................B-1 Page Page Page Page 1-4 Figure 1-3. H8DMT-IBX/H8DMT-IBXF Family Serverboard Layout NOTE: Jumpers used for test or debug purposes only are not indicated. 1-5 1-3 Quick Reference Table 1-1. Jump ers Jumper Description Default Setting Table1-2. Connectors Connector Description 1-4 Serverboard Features 1-5 Chipset Overview Figure 1-4. nVidia MCP55 Pro Chipset System Block Diagram 1-6 PC Health Monitoring 1-7 Power Configuration Settings Microsoft OnNow Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator BIOS Support for USB Keyboard Main Switch Override Mechanism 1-8 Power Supply 1-9 Super I/O 1-11 1-10 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Pacific 1-11 Returning Merchandise for Service Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking Installation Procedure 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation Page 2-3 Mounting the Mainboard into a Chassis Figure 2-5. Secure the CPU with Socket Lever 2-4 Installing Memory Figure2 -6. Side and Top Views of DDR Installation Support Maximum Memory 2-5 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections Figure2-7. I/O Port Locations and Definitions 2-7 Front Control Panel 2-6 Connector Definitions Power Connector Figure 2-8. JF1 Header Pin Connectors Pin# Definition Pin# Definition Auxiliary Power Connector PW_ON Connector Reset Connector Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH) NIC2 (LAN2) LED NIC1 (LAN1) LED HDD LED Power On LED NMI Button Universal Serial Bus Ports USB Headers Serial Ports Fan Headers LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) Dedicated LAN (Ethernet Port) Overheat LED Chassis Intrusion Wake-On-LAN SMBus Header SGPIO 2-7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers CMOS Clear LAN Controller Enable/Disable Figure2-9. Jumper Connector Pins and Setting BMC/Video Enable/Disable I2C to PCI-Express Slot Watch Dog Enable/Disable InfiniBand Port Enable/Disable 2-8 Onboard Indicators LAN1/LAN2 LEDs Power LED InfiniBand LED Indicators 2-9 Drive Connections SATA Ports 2-10 Enabling SATA RAID Installing the OS/SATA Driver Building a Driver Diskette Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS Using the nVidia RAID Utility Installing the OS and Drivers 2-11 Installing Drivers Page Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before Power On No Power No Video 3-2 Technical Support Procedures Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions 3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction 4-2 Starting the Setup Utility 4-3 Main Menu 4-2 4-4 Advanced Settings Menu The submenus in the ADVANCED SETTINGS menu are listed in Table 4-1 through Table 4-12 below. Table4-1. BIOS Features Submenu 4-3 Table4-2. SATA Configuration Submenu Table4-1. BIOS Features Submenu (Continued ) 4-4 Table4-3. PCI/PnP Configuration Submenu Table4-2. SATA Configuration Submenu (Continued) 4-5 Table4-4. Advanced Chipset Control Submenu Table4-5. NorthBridge Configuration Submenu 4-6 Table4-6. SouthBridge/MCP55 Configuration Submenu Table4-7. Processor & Clock Options Submenu Table4-5. NorthBridge Configuration Subme nu (Continued) 4-7 Table4-8. I/O Device Configuration Subme nu Table4-9. DMI Event Logging Submenu Table4-10. Console Redirection Submenu 4-8 Table4-11. Hardware Health Monitor Submenu CPU Overheat Alarm Table4-12. IPMI Configuration 4-5 Boot Menu 4-6 Security Menu Table4-13. Boot Menu Table4-14. Security Menu 4-10 4-7 Exit Menu Table4-15. Exit Menu Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes TableA-1. AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Page B-1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-3 : B-4 B-5 : B-6 Disclaimer