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Chapter 2: Installation
2-1
1
2. Front Control Panel
JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo-
cated on a control panel at the front of the chassis. These connectors are designed
speci
fi
cally for use with Supermicro server chassis. See the
fi
gure below for the
descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators. Refer to the
following section for descriptions and pin de
fi
nitions.
JF1 Header Pins
Po
we
r Butto
n
OH/Fan Fail LED
1
NIC1 L
ED
Re
set
Butto
n
2
HDD LED
Po
we
r LED
Res
et
PWR
Vcc
Vcc
Vcc
Vcc
Gr
ound
Gr
ound
19
20
Vcc
X
Gr
ound
NMI
X
Vcc
PWR Fail LED
NIC2 LED
X8DA3/i
Rev. 1.3
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
3
About this Manual
3
About this Motherboard
3
Conventions Used in the Manual
3
Manual Organization
3
Preface
3
Contacting Supermicro
4
Table of Contents
6
Chapter 1 Introduction
9
Overview
9
Checklist
9
X8Da3/X8Dai Quick Reference
13
Motherboard Features
14
Chipset Overview
17
Main Features of the 5500 Series Processor and the 5520 Chipset
17
Special Features
18
Recovery from AC Power Loss
18
PC Health Monitoring
18
Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control
18
Environmental Temperature Control
18
System Resource Alert
18
ACPI Features
19
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator
19
Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
19
Power Supply
20
Super I/O
20
Chapter 2 Installation
21
Static-Sensitive Devices
21
Precautions
21
Unpacking
21
Motherboard Installation
22
Tools Needed
22
Installation Instructions
22
Processor and Heatsink Installation
23
Installing a CPU Heatsink
25
Memory Installation
27
DIMM Installation
27
Memory Support
28
Control Panel Connectors/Io Ports
30
Back Panel Connectors/Io Ports
30
Front Control Panel
31
Front Control Panel Pin Defi Nitions
32
NMI Button
32
Power LED
32
Hdd Led
33
NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators
33
Overheat (Oh)/Fan Fail LED
34
Power Fail LED
34
Reset Button
35
Power Button
35
Connecting Cables
36
ATX Power Connector
36
Processor Power Connector
36
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
37
Chassis Intrusion
37
Fan Headers
38
Speaker/Power LED Header
38
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports
39
Serial Ports
39
Wake-On-LAN
40
Overheat Led/Fan Fail (JOH1)
40
GLAN 1/2 (Giga-Bit Ethernet Ports)
41
T-SGPIO Headers
41
Power SMB (I 2 C) Connector
42
Smb
42
High Defi Nition Audio (HD Audio)
43
CD Header/Front Panel Audio
43
Jumper Settings
45
Explanation of Jumpers
45
GLAN Enable/Disable
45
CMOS Clear
46
Watch Dog Enable/Disable
46
I 2 C Bus to PCI-Exp. Slots
47
I 2 C Bus to PCI-X Slots
47
SAS Enable/Disable
48
SAS RAID Select
48
CNF1/CNF2 Enable
49
Onboard Indicators
50
GLAN Leds
50
Onboard Power LED
50
Floppy Drive, SIMLP, Serial ATA and Hard Disk Drive Connections
51
Floppy Connector
51
Serial ATA (SATA) Ports
52
Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) Ports (for X8DA3 Only)
52
SIMLC IPMI Slot
53
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
55
Troubleshooting Procedures
55
Before Power on
55
No Power
55
No Video
56
Losing the System's Setup Confi Guration
56
Memory Errors
56
Technical Support Procedures
57
Frequently Asked Questions
57
Returning Merchandise for Service
58
Chapter 4 BIOS
59
Introduction
59
Starting BIOS Setup Utility
59
How to Change the Confi Guration Data
59
Starting the Setup Utility
60
Main Setup
60
Advanced Setup Confi Gurations
62
Processor and Clock Options
63
Advanced Chipset Control
65
System Health Monitor
74
View Bmc System Event Log
78
Security Settings
81
Boot Confi Guration
82
Boot Device Priority
83
Hard Disk Drives
83
Removable Drives
83
Exit Options
84
BIOS Recovery
85
How to Recover the AMIBIOS Image (-The Main BIOS Block)
85
4.7.1 Boot Sector Recovery from a USB Device
85
4.7.2 Boot Sector Recovery from an IDE CD-ROM
86
Boot Sector Recovery from a Serial Port ("Serial Flash")
86
Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes
89
BIOS Error Beep Codes
89
Appendix B Installing the Windows os
91
B-1 Installing the Windows os for a RAID System
91
B-2 Installing the Windows os for a Non-RAID System
92
Appendix C Software Installation Instructions
93
C-1 Installing Software Programs
93
C-2 Confi Guring Supero Doctor III
94
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Language
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