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Supermicro MBD-X7DWT-INF-B manual

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  • Page 1

    S UPER X7DWT X7DWT -INF USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0[...]

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    Manual Revision 1.0 Release Date: Nov . 27, 2007 Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC., you may not copy any part of this document. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective [...]

  • Page 3

    P r e f a c e About T his Man ual This manual is writ ten for s ystem integrators, PC technic ians and kn owl edg eab le PC us er s. It pr ovi des in for mat ion f or t he inst all ati on and u se of the X7D W T/X 7D W T - INF moth er board . The X7D W T /X7D W T - INF su p- por ts dual Intel Xeon 64 - bit Quad- C ore / Dual - Core proces sors at a[...]

  • Page 4

    iv Preface About This Manual ............................................................................... ....................... iii Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii Conventions Used in the Manual ..........................................................[...]

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    vi Power Button .......................................................................................... 2-13 2-5 Connecting Cables ......................................................................................... 2-14 SMC Proprietary 20-pin Power Connectors ......................................... 2-14 4-pin Auxiliary Power Connector ..[...]

  • Page 6

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 Introduction .................................................................................. ..................... 4-1 4-2 Running Setup ................................................................................................. 4-2 4-3 Main BIOS Setup ....................................................................[...]

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    Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 O v e r v i e w Che c kli st Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader i n the ind ustr y . S upermicro boards a re designed with the utmos t attention to d etail to provide y ou with the highest standards i n quality and per for mance . Check th at the[...]

  • Page 8

    1-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Contac ting Sup er micro Headq uar ters Add res s: Sup er M icr o Co mpu ter , In c. 98 0 R o ck A v e . S a n J o s e , C A 9 5 1 3 1 U . S .A. T e l: + 1 ( 4 0 8 ) 5 03-8 00 0 F ax : + 1 ( 4 0 8 ) 5 03-8 00 8 Email: marketing@ super micro. c om (General Information ) support @ supermic ro. com (T echnical S[...]

  • Page 9

    Chapter 1: Introduction 1-3 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF Image Note: Th e draw ings an d pic tur es sh own in t his ma nual wer e base d on t he lates t PC B Revisi on avai labl e at the t ime of pu blis hing of t he manua l. The mot her b oar d you’ve re c eive d may or may n ot lo ok exac tly t he s ame as t he gra phic s s how n in th e manua l.[...]

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    1-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual X7DWT/X7DWT -INF Motherboard Layout 1 . Ju mpe rs not i ndic ated a re fo r test pur p ose s only . 2. S ee Cha pter 2 fo r deta ile d info rm atio n on jum per s, I / O p or ts a nd JF 1 front panel c onnections. 3. " " in dic ates th e loc at ion of Pin 1. 4. Th e Infi niB and is ava ilab le o n [...]

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    Chapter 1: Introduction 1-5 Quick Reference( X7DWT/X7DWT -INF) Jump er Descri ption Defau lt Set ting J BT 1 CM OS Cl ear Se e Chapter 2 JP G1 VGA Enabl e Pins 1-2 (Ena ble d) JPL 1 GLAN 1 Ena ble Op en (En abl ed ) JPL2 GL AN2 E na ble Ope n (E nab led ) JW D Watc h Do g Pins 1-2 ( Res et) Connector Descrip tion F AN 1- 8 F ans 1- 8 (CPU Fans / Ch[...]

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    1-6 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Mother board F eatures CPU • Dua l Intel ® 6 4 - bi t Xeon LGA 7 7 1 Qu ad - C or e / D ual - C ore p roc e sso rs at a f ro nt s i d e b u s s p e e d o f 1. 6 0 0 G H z , 1. 3 3 3 G H z o r 1. 0 6 6 G H z Memo r y • Eight 24 0 - pin D I MM s oc kets wi th su ppo r t up t o 6 4 GB D D R 2 FB D ( Fully B[...]

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    Chapter 1: Introduction 1-7 A CPI F eatures • Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator • Main swi tch ove rr ide mech anis m • ACPI Power M ana gem ent Onboard I / O • Four SA T A 2 po r t s (supp or ti ng R AI D 0, 1, 1 0 and 5 i n the W ind ows O S envir on - ment ) • On e SI MSO I PM I slot • One Inte l Gi gab it Ethe r net 825 [...]

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    1-8 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Block Diagram of the Motherboard Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the pre vious M otherboard Features pag es fo r deta ils on t he fe ature s of the m othe rb oar d. PCI-X USB 2.0 3.0 Gb/S K UMERAN PORTS PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT #0 MCH PROCESSOR#2 ESB2 PCI-EXP x8 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 R[...]

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    Chapter 1: Introduction 1-9 1- 2 C h i p s e t O v e r v i e w Bui lt upo n the f unc ti ona lit y an d the c ap abi lit y of th e 5 4 0 0 chi pset , the X 7D W T/ X 7DW T-I N F mot her bo ard p rovi des t he pe r f or man ce a nd feat ure s et requ ire d for d ual pr oc es sor-b ase d ser ver s wit h c onf i gurat ion o ptio ns opt imize d fo r co[...]

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    1-10 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual 1-3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss The feature allows the user to set the power state after a power outage. Y ou can select Power-Off for the system power to remain of f after a power loss. Select Power-On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss. Select Last State to allow the s[...]

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    Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 1 Wh en th e tempe ratu re rea che s a use r pre - defi n ed th resh ol d, both ove rh eat fa n and wa rni ng LED ar e tr ig gere d. System Resource Alert Thi s feat ure is avai lab le wh en use d wi th Su per o Do cto r III i n the W ind ows O S e n v i r o n m e n t o r u s e d w i t h S u p e r o D o c t o r I I i n [...]

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    1-12 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Wa ke - O n- L AN ( WO L) Wak e - On - L A N is defi ne d as the abilit y of a management applic ation to remotely power up a c om puter that is p owere d of f. Remote PC set up , up - dates and as set tr ack ing c an o cc ur af te r hour s an d on weeken ds so t hat dail y L A N tr af fi c is kept to a mi[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 C h a p t e r 2 Installation 2-1 S t at i c - S en s it i ve D evi c e s Elec t rost at ic - D is char ge ( ES D) c an dama ge el ec tr onic c o m ponents. T o p r e v e n t d a m a g e t o y o u r s y s t e m b o a r d , i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o h a n d l e i t v e r y c aref ully . T he fo llow ing m easu res ar e[...]

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    2-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation Installation of the LGA771 Processor 1 . Press the socket clip to release th e load p late, w hic h cove rs t he C PU sock et, from its locki ng positio n. Socket Clip 2 . G e n t l y l i f t t h e s o c k e t c l i p t o o p e n the load plate . Load Plate Load Plate W[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-3 Socket Key (Socket Notch) South Center Edge North Center Edge Socket clip CPU in the CPU socket Plastic cap is released from the load plate if the CPU is properly installed. 3. Us e your t humb an d your i ndex fi nge r to hol d the C PU at t he No r t h Ce nter Edg e and t he Sou th C enter Edg e of th e CP U. 4. A lig[...]

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    2-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Passive Heatsink Screw#1 Screw#2 Screw#1 1. D o n o t a p p l y a n y t h e r m a l g r e a s e t o the h eats ink or t he CPU di e -t he re quire d amount has already been applied. 2. Pl ac e the h eats ink on to p of the C PU so that t he fo ur mo untin g hol es ar e alig ne[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-5 Moun ting the Motherboard in the Chass is All mother boards have standard mounting holes to fi t dif ferent ty pes of chassis. Ma ke sure that t he l oc ati ons of al l the m ount ing ho le s for b oth m othe rb oar d and cha ssis m atch. M ake sure t hat th e meta l sta ndof fs c lic k in o r are sc rewe d in tightly .[...]

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    2-6 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual 2 - 3 Installi ng DIMMs Note : Chec k th e Supe rm icr o web si te for re c omm ende d mem or y mo dule s. CAUT IO N Exercise e x treme care when installing or removing DIM M mo dule s to prevent a ny pos sibl e dama ge. A lso n ote that t he m e m o ry i s i n t e rl e a v ed t o i mp r o v e p e rf o r m a [...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-7 abl e for o per atio nal us e wil l be re duc ed w hen 4 G B of R A M is use d. Th e redu ct ion in memor y a vailability is di spropor t ional. ( Ref er to the Memor y A vailabil it y T able below for details. To I n s t a l l : Inser t module ver t ic al ly an d pr es s dow n until it snaps into plac e. Pay attenti on [...]

  • Page 26

    2-8 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual X7DWT -INF 2- 4 Control Panel Connec tors / IO Por t s Th e I / O p or t s ar e co lor c o de d in c onfo r manc e w ith t he PC 99 s pec i fi c at ion . See Figu re 2- 3 be low fo r the c o lor s an d loc at ion s of the va ri ous I / O p or t s. Back P anel Connectors / IO Port s Back Panel I/O Port Locati[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-9 X7DWT -INF F ro nt Co nt ro l Pan el JF 1 c ont ai ns head er pin s for var io us but to ns and i ndic ato rs t hat are n or mall y loc ate d on a c ont rol p anel at t he f ront of t he c hassi s. Th ese c on nec tor s are de - s i g n e d s p e c i fi c a l l y f o r u s e w i t h S u p e r m i c r o s e r v e r c h a[...]

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    2-10 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Pow er LE D The Po wer LED c onn ec tio n is lo cate d o n p i n s 15 a n d 1 6 o f J F1. R e f e r t o t h e ta ble o n the r i ght for p in de fi niti ons. NMI Button The non- maskable interrupt but ton header is located on pins 19 and 2 0 of JF1 . Refer to t he t able o n the r i ght for p in de fi niti[...]

  • Page 29

    Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 1 NIC 1/ NIC2 L ED Indicators The N IC ( N et wor k Inte r f ace C ont ro l- ler) LED c o nnec ti on fo r G L A N po r t1 is lo ca ted on pi ns 1 1 and 12 of JF 1 and t he LED c o nnec ti on f or G L A N Por t 2 is on Pi ns 9 and 10. At t ach t he NI C LED c abl es to dis play net w or k ac tiv it y . Refe r to the t ab [...]

  • Page 30

    2-12 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Po we r Button OH/Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 L ED Re set Bu tto n 2 HDD LED Po we r LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Gr ound Gr ound 19 20 Vcc X Gr ound NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED Ove rheat / Fa n F ail LED (OH ) Co nne ct a n LED to t he OH / Fan Fail connec tion on pins 7 and 8 of JF 1 to provide advanced warni[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-13 Po we r Button OH/Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 L ED Re set Bu tto n 2 HDD LED Po we r LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Gr ound Gr ound 19 20 Vcc X Gr ound NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED Pow er Bu t t on The Po wer But to n co nnec ti on is l oc ated on pi ns 1 and 2 of J F 1 . M ome ntar il y c o n t a c t i n g b o t h p i n s w [...]

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    2-14 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-15 JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SATA2 DIMM4B F[...]

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    2-16 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-17 JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SATA2 DIMM4B F[...]

  • Page 36

    2-18 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-19 JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SATA2 DIMM4B F[...]

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    2-20 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

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    Chapter 2: Installation 2-21 Speaker The Speak er h eader is loc ated at JSPK on the moth er board. See the ta ble o n the r i ght fo r pin de fi niti ons. Speaker Pin Defi nitions Pin# Defi nition 1- 2+ JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CT[...]

  • Page 40

    2-22 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

  • Page 41

    Chapter 2: Installation 2-23 JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SATA2 DIMM4B F[...]

  • Page 42

    2-24 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

  • Page 43

    Chapter 2: Installation 2-25 JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SATA2 DIMM4B F[...]

  • Page 44

    2-26 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SA[...]

  • Page 45

    Chapter 2: Installation 2-27 JPL1 J_VMEM JL1 LE2 LE1 JBT1 LAN1 LAN2 BIOS SIMSO IPMI LAN CTRL Battery LE3 J4 VGA CTRL SMB JPL2 SGPIO CPLD Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU 2 FP CTRL JWD CPU 1 FAN1/2 20-Pin PWR PWSMB CTRL InfiniBand DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A 20-Pin PWR 4-Pin Aux. PWR S I/O JPG1 JWOL Intel ESB2 South Bridge FAN3/4 JSPK COM1 SATA2 DIMM4B F[...]

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    2-28 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Notes[...]

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    3-1 Chapter 3: T roubleshooting Chapter 3 T roubleshooting 3- 1 T r o ub le s ho o ti n g P r oc ed u re s Use the following procedures to troubleshoot y our system. If you hav e followed all of the proc edures below and still nee d assistance, refer to the ‘ T echnic al Sup- por t Procedures ’ and/ or ‘Re turning Merchandise for Ser vice’ [...]

  • Page 48

    3-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual 2. T he bat t er y o n your mot her b oar d may be ol d. Che ck to m ake sure th at it st ill supplies ~ 3VD C. If it does not, replac e it with a new one. 3. I f the ab ove ste ps do no t fi x th e Setu p Co nfi gu rati on p rob lem, c ont ac t your vend or f or re pai rs. NO TE If you a re a syste m integ[...]

  • Page 49

    3-3 Chapter 3: T roubleshooting 3. If yo u sti ll c annot r eso lve th e pro blem, i ncl ude t he fo llow ing inf or mat ion w hen contac ting Supermicro for technical suppor t: • Mo the rb oar d mo del an d PC B revi sio n numb er • BI OS re lea se date / versi on (t his c an be s een o n the i niti al disp lay wh en your syste m fi rs t bo o[...]

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    3-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual 3 - 4 Retur ning Merchan dise for Ser vic e A rec ei pt or c opy of your invo ic e mar ked wi th t he date of pur cha se is re quir ed befo re any war ra nt y ser vi ce w ill b e ren dere d. Y ou c a n obta in se r vi ce by c all ing your v endor for a R eturned Merc handise Authorization (RM A) number . When[...]

  • Page 51

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 Chapter 4 B I O S 4- 1 I n t r o d u ct i o n Thi s cha pter de scr ib es t he Pho eni x BI OS ™ Set up ut ilit y f or th e X7 DW T - I N F . T he Pho eni x ROM B IO S is sto red in a fl ash c hip an d c an be e asily u pgr ade d using a fl o p p y d i s k - b a s e d p r o g r a m . Note: Due to p er io dic c hang es to t h[...]

  • Page 52

    4-2 X7DWT -INF User's Manual 4 -2 Running Setup De f au lt s et t in gs a re i n bo ld t ex t u nl es s ot he r wi se N ot ed . Th e BIO S set up opt ion s desc r ibe d in t his se ct ion a re se lec te d by cho osi ng th e app rop ri ate text f rom t he ma in BI OS S etup sc re en. A ll disp layed tex t is de sc ri bed in th is section, altho[...]

  • Page 53

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-3 Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup F eatures System Time T o s et the sy stem date a nd ti me, key in the c or re ct in for mat ion i n the a ppr opr iate fi el ds. T hen pr es s the < Enter > key to save the d ata . System Date Usin g the a rr ow keys, high ligh t the m onth, d ay and year fi e lds, a nd ente r the c or re[...]

  • Page 54

    4-4 X7DWT -INF User's Manual Multi- Sector T ransfers Thi s item a llow s the u ser to s pec if y t he nu mbe r of sec tor s pe r blo ck to b e use d in mul ti - se cto r tr ansf er . The o pti ons ar e Disabled , 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors, and 1 6 Sectors. LBA Mo de Co nt rol Thi s item d eter mine s whet her t he Ph oeni x BI OS w ill ac c es s t[...]

  • Page 55

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-5 ICH R AID Co de Base Sel ec t Intel to ena ble Inte l's S A T A R A ID fi r mware. Se lec t Adapte c to use Ada ptec's Ho stR A ID fi rmwar e. The opt io ns are Intel and Adap tec . SA T A AHCI E nab le S e l e c t E n a b l e t o e n a b l e t h e f u n c t i o n o f S e r i a l ATA A d v a n c e d H o s t I n t e r[...]

  • Page 56

    4-6 X7DWT -INF User's Manual 4-4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. Y ou should see the following display . The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>.  Boot Features Access the submenu to make ch[...]

  • Page 57

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-7 Pow er Bu t t on B eh av io r If se t to Instant - Of f , the syst em will po wer o f f immedia tely as soon as th e user hits the power button. If set to 4 -sec., th e sys tem will power of f when the user pre ss es th e powe r but to n for 4 s ec ond s or lo nger . T he opt io ns are inst ant- off and 4 - se c over ri de. Resu[...]

  • Page 58

    4-8 X7DWT -INF User's Manual  Memory C ache Cache System BIOS Area Thi s set ti ng all ows yo u to des ignate a r ese r ve ar ea in t he syste m mem or y t o be u s e d a s a S y s t e m B I O S b u f f e r t o a l l o w t h e B I O S t o w r i t e ( c a c h e ) d a t a i n t o t h i s reser ved memory area. Select Wri te Prot ec t to en ab[...]

  • Page 59

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-9 Cache Extended Memory If enabled, this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached (written) into a buffer , a storage area in the Static DROM (SDROM) or written into L1, L2, L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations. Select Uncached to disable this function. Select Write Through to allow[...]

  • Page 60

    4-10 X7DWT -INF User's Manual  Slot1 PCI- E xp x1 6 Ac ce ss t he su bmen u for e ach of t he s et tin gs ab ove to make ch ang es to t he following: Option R OM Scan Wh en ena ble d, this s et tin g will i nit ialize t he dev ic e expansi on RO M. T he opt ion s are Enabled and Disabled. Enable Mast er Thi s set ti ng all ows yo u to ena b[...]

  • Page 61

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 1  I nte l V T f or Di re ct ed I / O < V T - d > Se lec t Enabl ed to b ri ng up t he fol low ing Inte l V T f or Di rec ted I / O ( V T-d) C onfi gurati on subm enu. T he opt io ns are Ena ble d and Disabled . VT -d f o r P o rt 0 ( E S I )/V T -d f o r P o rt 1 /VT -d f o r P o rt 5/V T -d f o r P o rt 9/VT -d fo r [...]

  • Page 62

    4-12 X7DWT -INF User's Manual High T emp erature DRA M Operation When se t to Ena ble d, the B IO S wi ll refe r to th e SPD t ab le to set t he ma x imum DR A M temp eratur e. If disabl ed, the B IOS w ill set t he ma ximum D R A M temp eratur e bas ed on a p red efi ne d valu e. The o pti ons ar e Enab led a nd Disabled . AM B Th er m al S [...]

  • Page 63

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-13 Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to. The options are Disabled, PCI and LPC . High Precision Event Time Select Y es to activate the High Precision Event T imer (HPET), which is capable of producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time C[...]

  • Page 64

    4-14 X7DWT -INF User's Manual F ast Str ing Operations ( Av a il ab le w he n supp or t ed by t he CPU ) Set to Enabled to enab le t he fast s tr ing o per atio ns fo r spec ial C PU ins tr uc tio ns. Th e opti ons a re Di sab led a nd Enabled . Th er ma l Ma na ge m ent 2 ( Avail ab le w he n supp or t ed by t he CPU ) Set to Enabled to use T[...]

  • Page 65

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-15 DCA D elay C lo cks ( Av a i l a b l e w h e n s u p p o r t e d b y t h e C PU ) Thi s featu re all ows th e use r to set th e cl ock d elay set t ing f rom s noo p to pref etch for D ir ec t Cac he Ac c es s. Sel ec t a set t ing f rom 8 ( bus cyc le s) to 1 20 ( bus cyc le s) (in 8 - c ycle i ncr eme nt). T he def ault s et [...]

  • Page 66

    4-16 X7DWT -INF User's Manual Mode T hi s s e tt i n g a ll o w s y o u t o se t t h e ty pe of de vi c e th a t w i ll be co nn ec t ed to se r ia l po r t B. T he o ptio ns are Nor mal and I R ( for an infrared device). Base I / O Address Thi s set ti ng all ows yo u to se lec t the b ase I / O ad dre ss fo r ser ia l po r t B. T he opt io n[...]

  • Page 67

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-17  Consol e Redirection Ac ce ss t he sub men u to make ch ange s to th e fol low ing s et tin gs. COM Por t Ad dre ss Thi s item al lows yo u to sp eci f y wh ich C O M por t to dir ec t the re mote c ons ole t o: On boa rd CO M A o r Onb oar d CO M B. T his s et ting c a n also b e Disabled . BAUD Rate Thi s item a llow s yo[...]

  • Page 68

    4-18 X7DWT -INF User's Manual  Hardware Mon itor Logic CPU T e mp er at ur e Thr esh ol d Thi s featur e disp lays a pre defi n ed C PU over heat ing tem per ature t hre sho ld that w ill ac tivate t he ala rm w hen t he C PU temp erat ure re ache s thi s over heat ing th res hol d. Th e opti ons a re 70 o C, 75 o C , 80 o C and 8 5 o C. H[...]

  • Page 69

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-19  IPMI (The option is available only when an IP MI card is installed in the system.) IPMI Sp ecifi cation V ers ion: This item disp lays the cu rrent IPMI V ers ion. Fir m wa re V e r sio n : Th is item displays the cur rent Fir mware V er sion. System Ev ent Logging S e l e c t E n a b l e d t o e n a b l e I P M I E v e n [...]

  • Page 70

    4-20 X7DWT -INF User's Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog. The op ti ons are Enabled and Disabled . Ti me r fo r Lo ad in g OS ( M in ut es ) Thi s featu re all ows t he use r to set th e tim e value ( in minu tes) for t he prev ious item : OS B oot Watc h Do g by keying - in a de sire d numb er in t he bl ank.[...]

  • Page 71

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-21  Real ti me Se nsor Dat a This feat ure display infor matio n from m other boar d senso rs, such as tem peratur es, fan s pee ds an d volt age s of var io us c omp one nts.[...]

  • Page 72

    4-22 X7DWT -INF User's Manual 4-5 Se cu ri t y Choose Secu r ity from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utilit y m ain menu with the a r row keys. Y ou sh oul d see t he fo llow ing di splay . Se cur it y s et tin g opti ons ar e disp layed by high light ing t he set t ing us ing t he ar row keys and p res sin g < Enter > . A ll Se cur it y BI OS s[...]

  • Page 73

    Chapter 4: BIOS 4-23 4-6 Boot Choose Boo t from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utilit y m ain menu with the a r row ke ys. Y o u shou ld se e the f oll owin g disp lay . See d etai ls on ho w to cha nge t he or der an d spe c s of boot d evic es i n the I tem Sp ec ifi c H elp w indo w . A ll Bo ot BI OS set t ing s are de sc ri bed i n this s ec tio n. B[...]

  • Page 74

    4-24 X7DWT -INF User's Manual 4- 7 Ex it Cho os e E xit f rom t he Ph oen ix B IO S Setup U til it y ma in men u wit h th e ar row keys. Y ou should see the follow ing displa y . All Exit BIO S se t tings are describe d in t his section. Exit Sa vi ng C han ges Hi ghli ght th is ite m and hi t < Enter > to save any c hang es you m ade a [...]

  • Page 75

    A-1 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Dur in g the Po wer- On S elf - T e st ( PO ST) , t he BI OS w ill c hec k for p rob lems . If a pro ble m is fou nd, th e BI OS wi ll ac tivate a n alar m or di splay a me ss age. T he fo llow ing is a lis t of suc h BIO S me ss ages . Fail ur e Fixe d Di sk Fixed dis k is not wo rk [...]

  • Page 76

    A-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual System CMOS checksum bad - Default confi guration used Sy st em CMOS has be en corrup te d o r mo difi ed i nco rrect ly , p erh aps b y a n a ppl ica- ti on pr ogr am th at cha nge s data s tore d in C MO S. T he BI OS in sta lle d Def ault S etup V al ues. I f you do n ot want th ese va lues, e nter Set u[...]

  • Page 77

    A-3 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Sy st em c ac he e r ro r - Cac h e di sa bl e d R A M ca che f ail ed an d BIO S dis able d th e ca che. O n ol der b oar ds, ch eck t he c ac he jump er s. Y o u may have to re plac e th e c ach e. See yo ur dea ler . A dis abl ed c ac he slo ws syst em pe r f or man ce c o nsid era bly. CPU I D : CPU s oc ket n[...]

  • Page 78

    A-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Inv alid Sy stem Con fi gurat ion Data Problem with NVR AM (CMOS) data. I/O d e v i c e I R Q co nfl ict I / O d evic e I RQ c onfl ict er ro r . PS / 2 Mo us e Bo ot S um ma r y Sc re en : PS / 2 Mo use i nsta lle d. nnnn kB Ex tended R AM Passed Wher e nnnn is the am ount of R A M in k ilo by tes suc c e[...]

  • Page 79

    A-5 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Pre ss < F1> t o re su me , < F 2 > t o S etu p, < F3 > f or p rev io us Di splaye d af ter a ny rec overa ble e rr or me ss age. P res s < F 1> to s ta r t th e bo ot pro ce ss or < F2 > to enter S etup an d cha nge t he set t ings. P res s < F3 > to dis play th e previ ous scr[...]

  • Page 80

    A-6 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Notes[...]

  • Page 81

    Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes B-1 Thi s sec ti on lis ts t he PO ST ( Power O n Sel f T e st) co des f or t he Pho eni xBI OS . PO ST c ode s are di vid ed into t wo c ateg or ies : rec over able a nd ter min al. Recovera ble PO ST Er rors Wh en a rec over abl e t yp e of er ror o cc ur s dur ing PO ST , t he B IOS w ill di splay an PO ST co de t hat[...]

  • Page 82

    B-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual POST Code Descript ion 1 8h 825 4 timer initialization 1Ah 8 237 D MA c o ntro lle r init iali zat ion 1 Ch Reset Programmable Int er rupt Controller 20 h 1- 3 -1- 1 T est DR A M r ef re sh 2 2h 1- 3 -1-3 T e st 87 42 Key bo ar d C on tr ol le r 24h Set ES s egm ent re gis ter to 4 G B 28h Auto size DR A M 29[...]

  • Page 83

    Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes B-3 POST Code Descript ion 5C h T est R A M bet wee n 5 1 2 an d 6 40 k B 60h T es t e xte nd ed m em ory 62h T est e x tended memor y address lines 64 h Ju m p to U se rP a t ch 1 6 6h C onfi gure ad vanc ed c ac he re gis ter s 67h Ini tia lize M ult i Proc e ss or A PIC 6 8h Enab le ex ter nal and C PU c ac hes 6 9h [...]

  • Page 84

    B-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual POST Code Descript ion 9 9 h Che ck f or S MA RT D r ive (opt ion al) 9 Ch S et up Power M anag ement 9Dh I ni ti al iz e se cu rity en g in e ( o pt io na l ) 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9 Fh Dete rm ine numb er of A T A an d SC SI dr ives A0 h S et tim e of day A 2h C hec k key lock A 4h I niti alize t y[...]

  • Page 85

    Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes B-5 POST Code Descript ion D2 h Unkn own in te rrup t D4h Chec k In tel Branding string D8 h A le r t St an dard Fo rm at init iali zat ion D9 h L ate ini t for I PM I DEh L og er ro r if mi cr o - c od e not upd ated p rop er ly Th e fol low ing a re f or b oot b lo ck i n Flas h ROM POST Code Descript ion E0 h I niti a[...]

  • Page 86

    B-6 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Notes[...]

  • Page 87

    Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-1 Appendix C Intel HostR A ID Setup Guidelines Af te r all t he har dware h as bee n inst all ed, you m ust fi r st c on fi gu re Intel 's ES B2 SA T A R A ID b efor e you inst all t he W ind ows O perat ing S ystem a nd oth er sof t war e drivers. Im po r t a nt No te s to t he U ser : Note 1 : [...]

  • Page 88

    C-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Th e Int el H os tR A I D Con fi gurations The f oll owin g t yp es of Inte l's H ost R A I D co nfi gu rat ions a re supp or ted : R AI D 0 ( Dat a St rip ing) : this w r ites d ata in p aral lel, i nter leave d ( "st ri ped " ) sec ti ons of two hard drives. Data tran sfer rate is doubled o[...]

  • Page 89

    Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-3 Usi ng t he I nt el ESB2 SA T A R A ID U ti lit y Pro gr am 1 . Creating , Deleting and Resetting R A ID V olumes: a. Af ter t he syst em exit s fr om th e BI OS Set up Ut ilit y , t he syste m wil l autom ati ca lly reb oot . The f ollo wing s cr een ap pear s af te r Power- On S elf T est . b. Whe n[...]

  • Page 90

    C-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual b. Spe cif y a nam e for t he R A ID 0 s et and p res s the <T ab > key or t he < Ente r > key to go to t he nex t fi e ld. ( Y ou c an use t he < Es c > key to sele ct t he pr evio us menu . ) c. When R AI D Le vel item is highlighted, press the < Up A rrow > , < D own Ar row >[...]

  • Page 91

    Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-5 Cre at ing a R A I D 1 V ol um e: a. Se lec t " Create R A I D V olu me" fr om th e main m enu and p res s th e < Enter > key . The following screen will appear : b. Spe cif y a nam e for t he R A ID 1 s et and p res s the <T ab > key or t he < Ente r > key to go to t he ne[...]

  • Page 92

    C-6 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual C r e a t i n g a RA ID 1 0 ( RAI D 1 + RA I D 0 ): a. Se lec t " Create R A I D V olu me" fr om th e main m enu and p res s th e < Enter > key . The following screen will appear: b. Spe cif y a nam e for t he R A ID 10 set an d pre ss < Enter >. c. When R AI D Le vel item is highlighted[...]

  • Page 93

    Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-7 Cre at ing a R A I D 5 Se t ( Par i t y) : a. Se lec t " Create R A I D V olu me" fr om th e main m enu and p res s th e < Enter > key . The following screen will appear : b. Spe cif y a nam e for t he R A ID 5 s et and pr es s < Ente r > . c. W hen t he Ra id Level i s high ligh[...]

  • Page 94

    C-8 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Deleti ng RA ID V olume: War ni ng : Be sure to back up your data before deleting a R AID set. Y ou will lose all d ata on the disk drives when deleting a R AID set. ) a. F rom the main menu, select item2-Delete R AI D V olume, and press < Enter> . b. Use th e < U p Ar ro w>, < Do wn A r row &g[...]

  • Page 95

    Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-9 Res et ti ng to N on - R A ID a nd Re set t ing a R A I D HDD War ni ng : Be c aut iou s whe n you re set a R A ID vo lume H D D to non - R AI D or Res et tin g a R A I D HD D. Reset t ing a R A ID vo lume H D D or Res et tin g a R AI D H DD w ill ref or mat th e HD D and d elete t he inte rna l R A I[...]

  • Page 96

    C-10 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual C-2 Inst alling t he Wind ows XP/ 20 0 0 / 2 003 for systems with R AID F uncti ons In s tal l in g a Ne w Op er at in g Sy s te m-th e Wi nd o ws X P/2 000/20 03 O S a. Ins er t th e Mic ro sof t W ind ows X P/ 2 0 0 0 / 20 03 S etup C D in th e CD D ri ver , and the s yste m will star t boo ting up from CD[...]

  • Page 97

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-1 Appendix D Adaptec Hos t R AID Setup Guidelines Af te r all t he har dware h as bee n inst all ed, you m ust fi r st c onfi g ure th e Adapte c Embe dde d Se ri al A T A R A ID b efor e you ins tal l the W in dows o per atin g system . The n ec es sar y dr iver s ar e all inc lud ed on t he Su per[...]

  • Page 98

    D-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual To c o n fi gu re t he Ad ap te c SA T A R A I D for O p er at ing S yst em s th at sup por t R A ID f unc t ion s ( - - W ind ows , Red H at & SuS e, Linu x) 1 . Pr ess t he < D el > key duri ng syste m bo otup to ente r the B IO S Set up Uti lit y . Note : If it is the fi rst time powering on th[...]

  • Page 99

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-3 The Ad apt ec Emb ed de d Ser ial A T A w it h Host R A ID Co ntro ller Driver The A daptec Em be dde d Ser ial A T A R A ID C ont rol ler ad ds SA T A / R A ID f unc ti onali t y and per for mance enhancement s to a mot herboard. R AID str iping (R AI D 0) allows d a t a t o b e w r i t t e n a c r[...]

  • Page 100

    D-4 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Managi ng Arra ys Select this option to view array proper ties, and confi gure ar ray sett ings. T o select this op tion, usi ng the a r row ke ys and the <enter> k ey , select "Managing A rr ays" fr om t he ma in me nu as sh own a bove.[...]

  • Page 101

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-5 Confi guring Disk Drives Y ou m ay nee d to c onfi gure a dis k dri ve befo re you c an us e it . Cauti on: Con fi guri ng a disk m ay over w ri te th e par t it ion t ab le on t he disk an d may make any dat a on th e disk in acc e ssib le. If t he dr ive is u sed i n an ar ray , you may not b e[...]

  • Page 102

    D-6 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual 2. F rom the "Select Drives for Confi guring" List (shown below ,) select the dr ives you want to c on fi gu re and p res s < Ins er t>. 3. The drive y ou' ve selec ted will appear in the "Selected Drives Dialog Box" on the r i ght (as sho wn be low. ) Rep eat th e sam e steps[...]

  • Page 103

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-7 5. Rea d the wa rni ng me ssa ge as sh own in t he sc re en bel ow . 6 . M a ke s u re t h at yo u h av e s e l e c te d t he c o r r e c t d i sk dr i ve s to c o n fi g u re . I f c o r r e c t , typ e Y t o con t in ue .[...]

  • Page 104

    D-8 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Crea ti ng A rr ays Bef ore you c re ate ar rays, ma ke sure that t he disks f or th e ar ray are c on nec ted and i nsta lle d in your sys tem. N ote that di sks wit h no us abl e spac e, or dis ks that are un - ini tia lize d or not fo rm at ted ar e show n in gr ay and c annot b e use d. ( Note : It is rec[...]

  • Page 105

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-9 Assigning Array P roper ties Once a new array is c ompleted, y ou can assign proper ties to the array . Cauti on: Onc e t he ar ray is c rea ted an d its p rop er t ie s are as sig ned, an d you c an - not change the ar ray proper t ies using this utilit y . To a s s i g n p r o p e r t i e s t o t [...]

  • Page 106

    D-10 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Notes: 1 . B e f o r e a d d i n g a n e w d r i v e t o a n a r r a y , b e s u r e t o b a c k u p a n y d a t a s t o r e d o n the ne w drive; other wise, all da ta will be lost. 2. I f you sto p the B uil d or Cl ear pr oc es s on a R A ID 1, you ca n res tar t it by pr es s- ing < Ctr l > and <[...]

  • Page 107

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-1 1 Addin g a Bootab le Ar ray T o make an array bootable: 1 . From t he M ain me nu, se lec t Ma nage A r rays . 2. F rom the List of A rrays, select the array you want to make boot able, and press <C tr l> a n d <B> . 3. Enter Y t o cre ate a bo otab le ar ray w hen th e fol lowi ng me s[...]

  • Page 108

    D-12 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Addi ng / D ele ting H ots par es To a d d a H o t s p a r e : ( Note : In ord er to re buil d a R AI D ( R AI D 0 or R A I D 1 ), yo u woul d nee d to ad d a new HDD as a hotspare. ) 1 . F rom the main menu (shown on Page D - 4), select Add / Delete Hotspares. 2. U se th e up and do wn ar ro w ke ys t o hig[...]

  • Page 109

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-13 Viewing Array P roper ties To v i e w t h e p r o p e r t i e s o f a n e x i s t i n g a r r a y : 1 . From t he mai n menu, s ele ct M ana ge A rr ays and h it < Ente r > (as sh own o n the previous page .) 2. From t he Lis t of Ar rays dia lo g box (show n bel ow), se lec t the a rr ay you[...]

  • Page 110

    D-14 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Rebuil ding A rrays Note 1 : Rebuilding applies to F ault T olerant array (R AID 1 ) only . If an arra y Build process is in ter rupted or when one critical member is missing, you mus t per fo r m a Rebuil d to re stor e its f unc ti ona lit y . For a c ri tic al a rr ay rebu ild operat ion, the optimal dri [...]

  • Page 111

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-15 Deleti ng Arra ys War ni ng ! ! B ac k u p th e da t a on a n ar ra y be f or e y ou de le te i t t o p r e v e nt d a ta l os s Delet ed arrays c ann ot be r estored. To d e l e t e a n e x i s t i n g a r r a y : 1 . F r o m t h e m a i n m e n u ( s h o w n o n P a g e D- 4 ), s e l e c t M a n [...]

  • Page 112

    D-16 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Using th e Disk Utili tie s The D isk U til iti es ena ble yo u to for mat o r ver if y t he me dia of your S er ial A T A hard disks. T o access the disk utilities: 1 . From t he Ada ptec R AI D C onfi gur ati on Ut ilit y Me nu, sel ec t Dis k Uti liti es (as sho wn ab ove) and pre ss < Ente r > . T[...]

  • Page 113

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-17 To f o r m a t a d i s k : Note: The operation o f Formatting Disk allows y ou to perfor m a lo w -level for mat- tin g of a hard d ri ve by wr itin g zero s to th e enti re disk . Ser ia l A T A dr ives a re low - level for mat te d at the f act or y a nd do not n eed to b e low - level fo rm at t[...]

  • Page 114

    D-18 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual T o verify disk media: 3. W hen t he sc ree n show n above di splays , sel ec t V er if y D isk M edi a and p res s <E n t er > . 4. A message wi ll dis play , ind ic ati ng that the selected drive wi ll be scann ed for med ia de fects . Sele ct Y es an d hi t < En ter> t o pro ceed with dis k ve[...]

  • Page 115

    Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D-19 To E x i t A d a p t e c R A I D C o n fi gurat ion Utilit y 1 . O nc e you have c omp lete d R A ID a rr ay co nfi gur ati ons, pr es s ESC to exit . Th e following screen will appear . 2. P res s Y e s to exit t he Ut ilit y .[...]

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    D-20 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Notes[...]

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    Appendix E: Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E-1 Driver/T ool Installation Display Screen Note : Clic k the i c ons sh owi ng a han d wr it ing on t he pa per to v iew t he re adme fi l es for e ac h item. C lic k a c omp uter i co n to th e ri ght of an i tem to in sta ll an it em (fr om top to t he b ot tom) one at a t im e. Af t e[...]

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    E-2 X7DWT/X7DWT -INF User's Manual Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information) E-2 Confi guring Supero Doctor III The Supero Doctor III program is a Web-base management tool that supports remote management capability . It includes Remote and Local Management tools. The local management is called the SD III Client. The Su[...]

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    Appendix E: Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E-3 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control) Note : SD III Software Revision 1.0 can be downloaded from our Web site at: ftp:// ftp.supermicro.com/utility/Supero_Doctor_III/. Y ou can also download SDIII User's Guide at: http://www .supermicro.com/PRODUCT/Manuals/[...]

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