Supero SUPERO SUPERSERVER 5015B-MT User manual

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USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0a
SUPERSERVER 5015B-MT

Manual Revision 1.0a
Release Date: July 20, 2009
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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It pro-
vides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 5015B-MT. Instal-
lation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The SuperServer 5015B-MT is a high-end single processor 1U rackmount server
based on the SC813MTQ-300C server chassis and the X7SBi motherboard. The
X7SBi supports single Intel®Xeon®3000Series/3200 SeriesProcessorat system
bus speeds of 1333/1066/800 MHz.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server system and describes the main features of the Super X7SBi motherboard
and the SC813MTQ-300C chassis.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 5015B-MT
into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system. If
your server was ordered without the processor and memory components, this chap-
ter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation.
Chapter 3: System Interface
Refer to this chapter for details on the system interface, which includes the functions
and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs
located throughout the system.
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Chapter 4: System Safety
You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview
of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the
SuperServer 5015B-MT.
Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X7SBi motherboard, including the
locations and functions of connectors, headers and jumpers. Refer to this chapter
when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the
motherboard.
Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC813MTQ-300C 1U rackmount
server chassis. You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when install-
ing, removing or reconfiguring Serial ATA or peripheral drives and when replacing
system power supply units and cooling fans.
Chapter 7: BIOS
The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-
tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility.
Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages
Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes
Appendix C: System Specifications

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1-1 Overview .........................................................................................................1-1
1-2 Motherboard Features.....................................................................................1-2
Processor........................................................................................................1-2
Memory ...........................................................................................................1-2
Onboard SATA................................................................................................. 1-2
PCI Expansion Slots....................................................................................... 1-2
Onboard Controllers/Ports .............................................................................. 1-2
1-3 Server Chassis Features ................................................................................ 1-4
System Power.................................................................................................1-4
Control Panel .................................................................................................. 1-4
Rear I/O Panel................................................................................................ 1-4
1-4 Contacting Supermicro....................................................................................1-5
Chapter 2 Server Installation
2-1 Overview .........................................................................................................2-1
2-2 Unpacking the System.................................................................................... 2-1
2-3 Preparing for Setup.........................................................................................2-1
Choosing a Setup Location............................................................................. 2-1
Rack Precautions............................................................................................2-2
Server Precautions..........................................................................................2-2
Rack Mounting Considerations.......................................................................2-3
Ambient Operating Temperature................................................................ 2-3
Reduced Airflow .........................................................................................2-3
Mechanical Loading ................................................................................... 2-3
Circuit Overloading.....................................................................................2-3
Reliable Ground ......................................................................................... 2-3
2-4 Installing the System into a Rack ...................................................................2-4
Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails......................................................2-4
Installing the Rear Inner Rails ........................................................................2-4
Installing the Rack Rails .................................................................................2-5
Installing the Server into the Rack.................................................................. 2-6
Installing the Server into a Telco Rack...........................................................2-7
2-5 Checking the Motherboard Setup...................................................................2-8
2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup........................................................................ 2-9

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Chapter 3 System Interface
3-1 Overview .........................................................................................................3-1
3-2 Control Panel Buttons..................................................................................... 3-1
Reset............................................................................................................... 3-1
Power..............................................................................................................3-1
3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................3-2
Overheat/Fan Fail ........................................................................................... 3-2
NIC2................................................................................................................3-2
NIC1................................................................................................................3-2
HDD................................................................................................................. 3-2
Power..............................................................................................................3-3
3-4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs................................................................................3-3
Chapter 4 System Safety
4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions..........................................................................4-1
4-2 General Safety Precautions............................................................................ 4-2
4-3 ESD Precautions.............................................................................................4-3
4-4 Operating Precautions .................................................................................... 4-4
Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Serverboard............................................................................... 5-1
Precautions .....................................................................................................5-1
Unpacking .......................................................................................................5-2
5-2 Serverboard Installation.................................................................................. 5-2
5-3 Connecting Cables..........................................................................................5-3
Connecting Data Cables................................................................................. 5-3
Connecting Power Cables .............................................................................. 5-3
Connecting the Control Panel......................................................................... 5-3
5-4 I/O Ports.......................................................................................................... 5-4
5-5 Installing the Processors and Heat Sinks.......................................................5-5
5-6 Installing Memory............................................................................................5-8
Memory Support..............................................................................................5-8
5-7 Adding PCI Expansion Cards .........................................................................5-9
5-8 Serverboard Details ...................................................................................... 5-10
X7SBi Quick Reference.................................................................................5-11
5-9 Connector Definitions ...................................................................................5-12
5-10 Jumper Settings............................................................................................ 5-17
5-11 Onboard Indicators........................................................................................5-19
5-12 Floppy, SATA, IPMI, IDE and Printer Ports................................................... 5-20
5-13 Installing Drivers............................................................................................ 5-22

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Supero Doctor III...........................................................................................5-23
Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup
6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices..................................................................................6-1
Precautions .....................................................................................................6-1
Unpacking .......................................................................................................6-1
6-2 Control Panel .................................................................................................. 6-2
6-3 System Fans................................................................................................... 6-3
6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal....................................................................... 6-3
Removing the Front Bezel..............................................................................6-3
Serial ATA Drive Installation............................................................................ 6-4
Accessing the Drive Bays............................................................................... 6-4
Serial ATA Backplane...................................................................................... 6-5
6-5 Power Supply.................................................................................................. 6-7
Power Supply Failure...................................................................................... 6-7
Chapter 7 BIOS
7-1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 7-1
7-2 Running Setup ................................................................................................ 7-2
7-3 Main BIOS Setup............................................................................................ 7-2
7-4 Advanced Setup..............................................................................................7-7
7-5 Security Settings........................................................................................... 7-23
7-6 Boot Settings.................................................................................................7-25
7-7 Exit................................................................................................................ 7-26
Appendix A BIOS POST Messages
Appendix B BIOS POST Codes
Appendix C System Specifications

Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The Supermicro SuperServer 5015B-MT is a high-end single processor, 1U rack-
mount server with state-of-the-art features. The 5015B-MTis comprised of two main
subsystems: the SC813MTQ-300C 1U chassis and the X7SBi motherboard. Please
refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified
for use with the 5015B-MT.
In addition to the mainboard and chassis, various hardware components may have
been included with the 5015B-MT, as listed below.
 One CPU heatsink (SNK-P0016P)
 One (1) slim DVD-ROM drive [DVM-PNSC-824(B)]
 Four (4) 4-cm fans (FAN-0061L)
 One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-18009-0N)
 Serial ATA (SATA) Accessories:
One (1) internal SATA backplane (BPN-SAS-815TQ)
One (1) set of SATA cables (CBL-0186L)
One (1) SGPIO cable (CBL-0157L)
Four (4) SATA drive carriers [CSE-PT39 (B)]
 One (1) PCI-E x8 slot riser card (CSE-RR1U-ELi)
 One (1) 64-bit PCI-X slot riser card (CSE-RR1U-Xi)
 Rackmount hardware with screws (CSE-PT52)
 One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities
 SuperServer 5015B-MT User's Manual
Note: "B" indicates black.
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1-2 Motherboard Features
At the heart of the SuperServer 5015B-MT lies the X7SBi, a single processor
motherboard based upon Intel's E3210 chipset. Below are the main features of
the X7SBi.
Processor
The X7SBi supports single Intel Xeon 3200/3000 Series LGA775 processors at
system bus speeds of 1333, 1066 and 800 MHz. Please refer to the motherboard
specifications pages on our web site for updates on supported processors.
Memory
The X7SBi has four 240-pin DIMM slots that can support up to 8 GB of unbuffered
ECC DDR2-800/667 SDRAM.
Onboard SATA
A SATA controller is built in to the ICH9R portion of the chipset to provide support
for a six port, 3 Gb/sec Serial ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 sup-
ported. The SATA drives are hot-swappable units. Note: The operating system
you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-swap capability and RAID
function of the SATA drives.
PCI Expansion Slots
The X7SBi has one universal PCI-Express x8 slot, one 64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X slot
and one PCI 33 MHz slot. Either the PCI-E slot or the PCI-X slot may be populated
with the use of a riser card (included).
Onboard Controllers/Ports
An onboard IDE controller supports one floppy drive and up to two Ultra ATA 100
hard drives or ATAPI devices. Onboard I/O backpanel ports include one COM port,
a VGA port, two USB ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports and two Gigabit LAN
(NIC) ports.
Other Features
Other onboard features that promote system health include voltage monitors, a
chassis intrusion header, auto-switching voltage regulators, chassis and CPU
overheat sensors, virus protection and BIOS rescue.

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Figure 1-1. Intel 3210 Chipset:
System Block Diagram
Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details.
LGA775_PROCESSOR
ICH9R
USB
PORTS_0~7
FWH
LPC I/O
MS.
KB. FDD. SER.1
SER.2
VRM 11
ADDR CTRL CTRL
ADDR DATADATA
LPC
PCI_32_BUS
DDR2_667/800
DMI
ATI-ES1000
DIMM_CHA
CK505 CLK
MC H
DIMM_CHB
PCIE_x 8
GLAN1 82573V
PCIE_x1
W83627DHG
FSB: 1333/1066/800
LPC USB2 .0/1.1
PX H - V
1xPCIX_64
PCI- X B US
IPMI
IPMI I/F
PCIE_x 8
PCIE_x 8
PRINTER
GLAN2 82573L
PCIE_x1
Intel 321 0
S-ATA/300
6xS
ATA
PORTS
PRI_IDE
UDMA/100

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1-3 Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC813MTQ-300C
chassis.
System Power
When configured as a SuperServer 5015B-MT, the SC813MTQ-300C chassis in-
cludes a single 300W power supply.
Serial ATA Subsystem
For the 5015B-MT, the SC813MT-300 chassis was designed to support four Serial
ATA hard drives, which are hot-swappable units.
Note: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-
swap capability of the Serial ATA drives.
Control Panel
The SC813MTQ-300C's control panel provides important system monitoring and
control information. LEDs indicate power on, network activity, hard disk drive activ-
ity and system overheat conditions. The control panel also includes a main power
button and a system reset button. The front of the SC813MTQ-300C also includes
a COM port and two USB serial ports for easy access.
Rear I/O Panel
The SC813MTQ-300C is a 1U rackmount chassis. Its I/O panel provides one PCI
motherboard expansion slot, one COM port (another is internal), two USB ports,
a parallel (printer) port, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, a VGA port and two Gb
Ethernet ports.
Cooling System
The SC813MTQ-300C chassis has an innovative cooling design that features three
4-cm high-performance system cooling fans. Each of these fans plug into a chassis
fan header on the motherboard. An air shroud channels the airflow generated by
the fans to efficiently cool the processor area of the system.
A fan speed control setting in BIOS allows fan speed to be determined by system
temperature [the recommended setting is 3-pin (Server)].

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1-4 Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
Web Site: www.supermicro.com
Europe
Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacific
Address: Super Micro Computer, Taiwan
4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.
Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: [phone], ext.132 or 139

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Notes

Chapter 2: Server Installation
2-1
Chapter 2
Server Installation
2-1 Overview
This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperServer 5015B-MT
up and running. Following the steps in the order given should enable you to have
the system operational within a minimal amount of time. This quick setup assumes
that your 5015B-MT system has come to you with the processor and memory prein-
stalled. If your system is not already fully integrated with a motherboard, processor,
system memory etc., please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for
details on installing specific components.
2-2 Unpacking the System
You should inspect the box the SuperServer 5015B-MT was shipped in and note
if it was damaged in any way. If the server itself shows damage, you should file a
damage claim with the carrier who delivered it.
Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the SuperServer 5015B-
MT. It should be situated in a clean, dust-free area that is well ventilated. Avoid
areas where heat, electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated. You
will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet. Read the Rack and Server
Precautions in the next section.
2-3 Preparing for Setup
The box the SuperServer 5015B-MT was shipped in should include two sets of
rail assemblies, six rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need
to install the system into the rack. Follow the steps in the order given to complete
the installation process in a minimal amount of time. Please read this section in
its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that
follow.
Choosing a Setup Location
Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door•
completely (~25 inches) and approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back
of the rack to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing.This product is for

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!
Warnings and Precautions!
installation only in a Restricted Access Location (dedicated equipment rooms,
service closets and the like).
This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices
•
acccording to §2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display
Units.
Rack Precautions
Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to•
the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them.
In single rack installation, stabilizers should be attached to the rack. In multiple
•
rack installations, the racks should be coupled together.
Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the
•
rack.
You should extend only one component at a time - extending two or more si-
•
multaneously may cause the rack to become unstable.
Server Precautions
Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4.•
Determine the placement of each component in the rack• before you install the
rails.
Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first, and then
•
work up.
Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to protect the server from
•
power surges, voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a
power failure.
Allow the hot plug SATAdrives and power supply modules to cool before touch-
•
ing them.
Always keep the rack's front door and all panels and components on the servers
•
closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling.

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Rack Mounting Considerations
Ambient Operating Temperature
If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the ambient operating tempera-
ture of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the
room. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an
environment compatible with the manufacturer’s maximum rated ambient tempera-
ture (Tmra).
Reduced Airflow
Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required
for safe operation is not compromised.
Mechanical Loading
Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not
arise due to uneven mechanical loading.
Circuit Overloading
Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power
supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have
on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of
equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern.
Reliable Ground
A reliable ground must be maintained at all times. To ensure this, the rack itself
should be grounded. Particular attention should be given to power supply connec-
tions other than the direct connections to the branch circuit (i.e. the use of power
strips, etc.).

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2-4 Installing the System into a Rack
This section provides information on installing the SuperServer 5015B-MT into a
rack unit with the rack rails provided. If the server has already been mounted into
a rack, you can skip ahead to Sections 2-5 and 2-6.
There are a variety of rack units on the market, which may mean the assembly
procedure will differ slightly. You should also refer to the installation instructions that
came with the rack unit you are using.
Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails
You may have received rack rail hardware with the SuperServer 5015B-MT. (Two
front inner rails should already be attached to the chassis.) This hardware consists
of two rear inner rails that secure to the chassis, one on each side just behind the
preinstalled front inner rails. Note that these two rails are left/right specific.
Installing the Rear Inner Rails
First, locate the right rear inner rail (the rail that will be used on the right side of
the chassis when you face the front of the chassis). Align the two square holes on
the rail against the hooks on the right side of the chassis. Securely attach the rail
to the chassis with M4 flat head screws. Repeat these steps to install the left rear
inner rail to the left side of the chassis (see Figure 2-1). You will also need to attach
the rail brackets when installing into a telco rack.
Locking Tabs: Both chassis rails have a locking tab, which serves two functions.
The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the
rack, which is its normal position. Secondly, these tabs also lock the server in place
when fully extended from the rack. This prevents the server from coming completely
out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing.

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Installing the Rack Rails
Determine where you want to place the SuperServer 5015B-MT in the rack (see
Rack and Server Precautions in Section 2-3). Position the chassis rail guides at the
desired location in the rack, keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the
rack. Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided. Attach
the other assembly to the other side of the rack, making sure that both are at the
exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward.
Figure 2-1. Installing Rear Inner Chassis Rails

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Figure 2-2. Installing the Server into a Rack
(with optional front bezel shown)
Installing the Server into the Rack
You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit. The next
step is to install the server into the rack. Do this by lining up the rear of the chassis
rails with the front of the rack rails. Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails, keeping
the pressure even on both sides (you may have to depress the locking tabs when
inserting). See Figure 2-2.
When the server has been pushed completely into the rack, you should hear the
locking tabs "click".