SUPER MICRO Computer X7DB8, X7DBE Motherboard Features

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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual

Motherboard Features

CPU

• Dual Intel® 64-bit Xeon LGA 771 quad-core/dual-core processors at a front side

bus speed of 1.333 GHz/1.066 GHz/667 MHz with a system clock speed of

333/267 MHz

Memory

• Eight 240-pin DIMM sockets with support up to 16 (32) GB DDR2 Fully Buffered

(FBD) ECC 667/533 Memory (*See Section 2-3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot

Population.)

Chipset

• Intel 5000P (Blackford) chipset, including: the 5000P (Blackford) Memory Con-

trol Hub (MCH), the Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2), and the I/O subsystem

(PXH).

Expansion Slots

• Three PCI-Express slots (*two slots at x8@4GB/sec, one slot x4@2GB/sec.)

• Three 64-bit PCI-X slots (*two PCI-X-133 slots, one PCI-X-100 w/ZCR slot)

BIOS

• 8 Mb Phoenix® Flash ROM

• DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0, Plug and Play (PnP)

PC Health Monitoring

• Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores, chipset voltage, +3.3V, +5V, +12V,

−12V and +5V standby

• Fan status monitor with ﬁ rmware control

• CPU/chassis temperature monitors

• Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) ready

• CPU fan auto-off in sleep mode

• CPU slow-down on temperature overheat

• CPU thermal trip support for processor protection, power LED

• Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss

• Auto-switching voltage regulator for CPU cores

• System overheat/Fan Fail LED Indicator and control

• Chassis intrusion detection

• System resource alert via Supero Doctor III

Contents

Main S Printed in the United States of America Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Conventions Used in the Manual: iii Table of Contents iv Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Installation v vi Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Chapter 4: BIOS Appendices: 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview Checklist 1-2 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c Page 1-4 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual X7DB8/X7DBE Motherboard Layout Notes JUSB2 S (not drawn to scale) GLAN1 JLAN1 8-pin PWR Quick Reference ( X7DB8/X7DBE) 1-6 Motherboard Features 1-7 1-8 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual FBD DIMM D DIMM FB 1-2 Chipset Overview 1-3 Special Features 1-4 PC Health Monitoring 1-11 CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode CPU Overheat LED and Control 1-5 ACPI Features Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator 1-12 Main Switch Override Mechanism External Modem Ring-On 1-6 Power Supply 1-13 1-7 Super I/O Page 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2-2 Installation of the LGA771 Processor 2-3 2-4 ! Installation of the Heatsink To Un-install the Heatsink 2-5 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 2-6 2-3 Installing DIMMs CAUTION DIMM Installation (See Figure 2-2) 2-7 II II 2-4 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports 2-9 B. Front Control Panel 2-10 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Power LED NMI Button NMI Button 2-11 320 SCSI Channel A 320 SCSI Channel B NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators HDD LED 2-12 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH) Power Fail LED OH/Fan Fail LED 2-13 GLAN1 DA2 SIMLP IPMI PCI-Exp x8 SEPC 2-5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector Processor Power Connector ATX Power Connector Required Connection 2-15 Introduction D DA1 DIMM 4A (Bank 4) 2-16 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual I D G 2-17 ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports Serial Ports A. Keyboard/Mouse B. COM1 C. COM2 (Pin 10 is available on COM2 only. NC: No Connection.) 2-18 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Wake-On-Ring Wake-On-LAN Wake-On-Ring Pin De nitions Pin# De nition 1 Ground 2 Wake-up 2-19 Power LED/Speaker GLAN 1/2 (Giga-bit Ethernet Ports) GLAN1 GLAN2 A. GLAN1/2 B. PWR LED/Speaker 2-20 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Power Fault (PWR Supply Failure) Note: This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies. Alarm Reset 2-21 SMB Overheat LED/Fan Fail (JOH1) SMB Header Pin De nitions Pin# De nition 1 Data 3 Clock 4 No Connection 2-22 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Power SMB (I2C) Connector PWR SMB Pin De nitions Pin# De nition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 5 +3.3V 2-23 A. Compact Flash PWR B. SGPIO1 B. SGPIO2 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector SGPIO Headers 2-24 2-6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting 3 2 1 GLAN Enable/Disable 2-25 CMOS Clear A. Clear CMOS B. Watch Dog Enable Watch Dog Enable/Disable 2-26 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual A. SCSI Enable B. SCSI Channel A Termi- nation Enable C. SCSI Channel B Termi- nation Enable SCSI Controller Enable/ Disable SCSI Termination Enable/ Disable 2-27 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect (J3P) A. 3rd PWR Fail B. VGA Enabled VGA Enable/Disable 2-28 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual I Compact Flash Master/Slave Select A. Compact Flash Master/ Slave Select B. SMBus to PCI slots 2-7 Onboard Indicators A. GLAN Port1 LEDs B. GLAN Port2 LEDs Activity LED (*Rear View: when viewing it from the rear side of the chassis) 2-30 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators (*X7DB8 only) Onboard Power LED A. SCSI Channel A Activ- ity LED B. SCSI Channel B Activ- ity LED C. Onboard PWR LED 2-8 Parallel Port, Floppy Drive, Hard Disk Drive, SIMLP IPMI and SCSI Connections 2-32 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Floppy Connector SIMLP IPMI Slot A. Floppy B. SIMLP IPMI 2-33 IDE Connectors A. IDE#1 B. Compact Flash Card 2-34 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual A. SCSI Channel A B. SCSI Channel B Ultra 320 SCSI Connectors (*X7DB8 only) 3-1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before Power On No Power No Video 3-2 Technical Support Procedures 3-3 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions 3-4 3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction System BIOS How To Change the Con guration Data Starting the Setup Utility 4-2 Running Setup 4-3 Main BIOS Setup Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup Features Page Page Page 4-4 Advanced Setup Page 4-9 XMemory Cache Cache System BIOS Area Cache Video BIOS Area Cache Base 0-512K Cache Base 512K-640K Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 4-18 XHardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold 4-19 XHardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold (*See the Note on Page 4-18.) 4-20 XHardware Monitor Logic (*See the Note on Page 4-18.) CPU Temperature Threshold Temperature Monitoring Page 4-22 XSystem Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode) Page 4-5 Security 4-25 Password on Boot 4-6 Boot Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders 4-7 Exit A-1 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 Page B-1 Recoverable POST Errors Terminal POST Errors Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 The following are for boot block in Flash ROM Page C-1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Important Notes to the User: C-1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA Serial ATA (SATA) Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID C-2 The Intel HostRAID Con gurations The Intel Matrix Storage Con guring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions (Native Mode) Page C-4 Creating a RAID 0 Volume: C-5 Creating a RAID 1 Volume: C-6 Creating a RAID 10 (RAID 1+ RAID 0): C-7 Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity): Page Page C-10 C-2 Installing the Windows XP/2000/2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System-the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS D-1 Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA (SATA) Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I/O Controller Hub D-2 D-3 The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver Using the Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility (ARC) A. Using the Array Con guration Utility (ACU) Page D-5 Con guring Disk Drives Page Page D-8 Creating Arrays D-9 D-10 D-11 D-12 D-13 Page D-15 Page Page Page Page D-20 D-2 Installing Intel's ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS E-1 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E-1 Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver E-2 E-2 Con guring Supero Doctor III Page E-4