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SERIES3800/S120T

USER’S MANUAL

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SUPER MICRO Computer user manual SERIES3800/S120T

Contents

SERIES3800/S120T Manual Revision Release Date February 15 About This Manual Server InstallationManual Organization Introduction Advanced Serverboard Setup System SafetyAdvanced Chassis Setup Bios Preface Table of Contents System Interface Bios Overview Chapter Introduction Processors Memory Serverboard FeaturesOnboard SAS Serial ATA Server Chassis Features Cooling System Backplane Intel 5100 Chipset System Block Diagram Headquarters Contacting SupermicroEurope Asia-Paciﬁc Preparing for Setup Chapter Server InstallationUnpacking the System Rack Precautions Choosing a Setup LocationServer Precautions Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails Installing the System into a Rack Preparing to Install the Chassis Rails Installing the Chassis Rails Installing the Rails to the Chassis Installing the Rack Rails Installing the Server into a Rack Installing the Server into the Rack Accessing the Inside of the System Checking the Serverboard Setup Checking the Drives Checking the Drive Bay Setup Checking the Airﬂow Reset PowerChapter System Interface Control Panel Buttons Overheat/Fan Fail Control Panel LEDs Drive Carrier LEDs Power FailPage Electrical Safety Precautions Chapter System Safety General Safety Precautions ESD Precautions Installing the Onboard Battery Operating Precautions Chapter Advanced Serverboard Setup Connecting Cables Serverboard InstallationInstalling to the Chassis Unpacking Connecting Power Cables Connecting Data CablesConnecting the Control Panel I/O Ports Control Panel Header Pins Installation Procedure Installing the Processor and Heat Sink CPU Installation Gold dot Socket key Uninstalling the Heat Sink Installing the Heat Sink Installation Installing Memory Modules Installing MemoryMemory Support Dimm Installation Adding PCI Cards Installing an Add-on Card X7DCA-3/X7DCA-i Layout Not drawn to scale Serverboard Details Connector Description Jumper Description Default SettingX7DCA-3/X7DCA-i Quick Reference Main ATX Power Supply Connector Connector DeﬁnitionsSecondary Power Connectors Processor Power Connector Power Fail LED Reset ConnectorOverheat/Fan Fail LED OH NMI Button Power On LEDFan Headers Wake-On-LAN Chassis IntrusionWake-On-Ring LAN1/2 Ethernet Ports Overheat LED/Fan Fail JOH1 Power LED/SpeakerUniversal Serial Bus USB Sgpio Headers Backpanel Power SMB I2C Connector Power SMB I2C ConnectorSAS Power SMB I2C Connector ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports Front Panel Audio Control CD Header Explanation of Jumpers Jumper SettingsCmos Clear To clear Cmos Watch Dog Enable/Disable LAN1/2 Enable/DisableI2C Bus to PCI-X/ Slots I2C Bus to PCI-Exp. Slots Onboard Power LED LE1 Onboard IndicatorsLAN1/2 LEDs SAS LEDs Parallel Printer Port Parallel, Floppy, IDE, and Sata Ports Sata Ports IDE Connector Floppy Drive Connector Chapter Advanced Chassis Setup Chassis Front View Power Fail PowerFront Control Panel NIC1 System Fans Installing a New FanFan Failure Replacing Chassis Cooling Fans Removing a Chassis Fan Installing/Removing SAS/SATA Drives Drive Bay InstallationMounting a SAS/SATA drive in a Drive Carrier Removing a SAS/SATA Drive Carrier SAS/SATA Backplane Removing the Empty Drive Bay Installing Components in the 5.25 Drive BaysAdding a DVD/CD-ROM Drive Adding an IDE or Floppy Drive Power Supply Failure Power SupplyReplacing the Power Supply Page How To Change the Conﬁguration Data System BiosStarting the Setup Utility Introduction Main Bios Setup Running SetupDefault settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted Press the Delete key to enter Setup Bios Date Main Bios Setup Menu Main Setup FeaturesSystem Time System Date Type Transfer Mode LBA Mode ControlUltra DMA Mode CHS Format Available for Primary/Master only Serial ATA Sata RAID Enable Native Mode OperationSata Ahci Available when Sata RAID is Disabled Serial ATA XBoot Features Advanced SetupQuickBoot Mode QuietBoot XMemory Cache Cache Base 512K-640K Cache Base 0-512KCache Extended Memory Discrete Mtrr Allocation Xpci Conﬁguration XAdvanced Chipset Control XAdvanced Processor Options Intel Eist Support Available when supported by the CPU Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPUEcho TPR XI/O Device Conﬁguration Xcpu Cache Control Parallel Port Xdmi Event LoggingDMA Channel Floppy Disk Controller XConsole Redirection XHardware Monitor Logic System Event Logging Voltage MonitoringClear System Event Logging XSystem Event Log/System Event Log List Mode XRealtime Sensor Data User Password Is Supervisor Password IsSet Supervisor Password Security Password on Boot Set User Password Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders Boot Exit Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Keyboard errorMonitor type does not match Cmos Run Setup System battery is dead Replace and run Setup System timer error System Cmos checksum bad Default conﬁguration usedReal time clock error Check date and time settings Allocation Error for device Fail-Safe Timer NMI FailedEntering Setup Eisa Cmos not writeable Press F1 to resume, F2 to Setup, F3 for previous PS/2 Mouse Boot Summary ScreenDevice IRQ conﬂict Nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed System Bios shadowed Press F2 to enter SetupVideo Bios shadowed PS/2 MousePage Terminal Post Errors Recoverable Post ErrorsPost Code Description Post Code Description Post Code Description Post Code Description Appendix B Bios Post Codes Page Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH9R Serial RAID SetupSerial ATA Sata Intel Matrix Storage RAID Conﬁgurations Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes Using the Intel ICH9R 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 RAID Volume Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility Resetting to Non-RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Installing Windows XP/2000/2003 for RAID Systems Bios Weight Regulatory Compliance