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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It
provides information for the installation and use of the SuperServer 7043L-i. Instal-
lation and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The 7034L-i is a high-end dual processor server based on the SC733i-450 tower
chassis and the Super X6DLP-EG2 serverboard. The X6DLP-EG2 supports Intel®
Xeon®LV or ULV processors in 479-pin PGA sockets.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server and describes the main features of the Super X6DLP-EG2 serverboard and
the SC733i-450 chassis.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to check out the system configuration
prior to powering up the system. If your system was ordered without the processor
and memory components, this chapter 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 7034L-i.
Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X6DLP-EG2 serverboard, including
the locations and functions of connectors, headers and jumpers. Refer to this chap-
ter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring
the serverboard.
Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC733i-450 tower chassis. You
should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing, removing or
reconfiguring SATA, IDE 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 Error Beep Codes
Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes
Appendix C: Software Installation
Appendix D: System Specifications

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Table of Contents
Preface
About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii
Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii
Chapter 1: Introduction
1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 Serverboard Features ..................................................................................... 1-2
1-3 Server Chassis Features ................................................................................ 1-5
1-4 Contacting Supermicro ................................................................................... 1-7
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
Server Precautions ................................................................................... 2-2
2-4 Checking the Serverboard Setup ................................................................... 2-2
2-5 Checking the Drive Bay Setup ....................................................................... 2-4
Chapter 3: System Interface
3-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Control Panel Buttons .................................................................................... 3-1
Power ....................................................................................................... 3-1
Reset ........................................................................................................ 3-1
3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-2
Power ....................................................................................................... 3-3
HDD .......................................................................................................... 3-2
NIC ........................................................................................................... 3-2
Overheat/Fan Fail .................................................................................... 3-2
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
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5-2 Serverboard Installation .................................................................................. 5-2
5-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation ............................................................... 5-3
5-4 Connecting Cables ......................................................................................... 5-6
Connecting Data Cables .......................................................................... 5-6
Connecting Power Cables ....................................................................... 5-6
Connecting the Control Panel .................................................................. 5-7
5-5 I/O Ports ......................................................................................................... 5-7
5-6 Installing Memory ........................................................................................... 5-8
5-7 Adding PCI Cards ........................................................................................... 5-9
5-8 Serverboard Details ...................................................................................... 5-10
Super X6DLP-EG2 Layout ..................................................................... 5-10
Super X6DLP-EG2 Quick Reference ..................................................... 5-11
5-9 Connector Definitions ................................................................................... 5-12
ATX Power Connector ........................................................................... 5-12
Processor Power Connector .................................................................. 5-12
NMI Button ............................................................................................. 5-12
Power LED ............................................................................................. 5-12
HDD LED ............................................................................................... 5-13
NIC1/NIC LEDs ...................................................................................... 5-13
Overheat/Fan Fail LED .......................................................................... 5-13
Power Fail LED ...................................................................................... 5-13
Reset Button .......................................................................................... 5-14
Power Button .......................................................................................... 5-14
JLAN1/2 .................................................................................................. 5-14
Chassis Intrusion .................................................................................... 5-14
Universal Serial Bus Ports ..................................................................... 5-15
Universal Serial Bus Headers ................................................................ 5-15
Fan Headers .......................................................................................... 5-15
Speaker/Power LED/Keylock ................................................................. 5-16
Wake-On-Ring ........................................................................................ 5-16
Wake-On-LAN ........................................................................................ 5-16
Power Fault ............................................................................................ 5-17
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ......................................... 5-17
SMB Power Connector .......................................................................... 5-17
Serial Ports ............................................................................................. 5-17
5-10 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 5-18
Explanation of Jumpers ......................................................................... 5-18
CMOS Clear ........................................................................................... 5-18
JLAN1/2 Enable/Disable ........................................................................ 5-18
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VGA Enable/Disable ............................................................................... 5-19
SMBus to PCI ........................................................................................ 5-19
Power Force On ..................................................................................... 5-19
Watch Dog ............................................................................................. 5-19
Alarm Reset ........................................................................................... 5-20
5-11 Onboard Indicators ....................................................................................... 5-20
JLAN LEDs ............................................................................................. 5-20
System Status LED ................................................................................ 5-20
Onboard LED Indicators ........................................................................ 5-21
5-12 Parallel Port, Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections ............................. 5-22
Floppy Connector ................................................................................... 5-22
IDE Connector ........................................................................................ 5-23
SATA Ports ............................................................................................. 5-23
Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices ................................................................................. 6-1
6-2 Front Control Panel ........................................................................................ 6-2
6-3 System Fans ................................................................................................... 6-5
System Fan Failure .................................................................................. 6-5
Replacing System Fans ........................................................................... 6-5
6-4 Drive Bay Installation ...................................................................................... 6-7
Installing SATA/IDE Drives ....................................................................... 6-7
Installing Components in the 5.25" Drive Bays ....................................... 6-9
6-5 Power Supply ............................................................................................... 6-10
Power Supply Failure ............................................................................. 6-10
Replacing the Power Supply .................................................................. 6-10
Chapter 7: BIOS
7-1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 7-1
7-2 Main Setup ..................................................................................................... 7-2
7-3 Advanced Settings .......................................................................................... 7-3
7-4 Boot Settings ................................................................................................ 7-15
7-5 Security Settings ........................................................................................... 7-18
7-6 Exit Options .................................................................................................. 7-19
Appendices:
Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes ...................................................................... A-1
Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes .......................................................... B-1
Appendix C: Software Installation ........................................................................... C-1
Appendix D: System Specifications ........................................................................ D-1
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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The SuperServer 7034L-i is a dual processor server in a tower configuration. The
7034L-i is comprised of two main subsystems: the SC733i-450 chassis and the
X6DLP-EG2 serverboard. Please refer to our web site for information on operating
systems that have been certified for use with the 7034L-i (www.supermicro.com).
In addition to the serverboard and chassis, various hardware components may have
been included with the 7034L-i, as listed below.
 Two (2) CPU heatsinks (SNK-P0021A)
 One (1) floppy drive [FPD-PNSC-02(01)]
 Two (2) SATA cables (CBL-0044L)
 One (1) split SATA power cable (CBL-0082)
 One (1) 9-cm chassis fan (FAN-0060)
 One (1) 12-cm exhaust fan (FAN-0055)
 One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities
 SuperServer 7034L-i User's Manual
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1-2 Serverboard Features
At the heart of the 7034L-i lies the X6DLP-EG2, a dual processor serverboard based
on Intel's E7520 chipset and designed to provide maximum performance. Below
are the main features of the X6DLP-EG2.
Processors
The X6DLP-EG2 supports single or dual Intel®Xeon®LV or ULV processors in
479-pin PGA sockets. Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of sup-
ported processors (www.supermicro.com).
Memory
The X6DLP-EG2 has four (4) 240-pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 16 GB
of registered ECC DDR2-400 SDRAM. The memory bus is a dual-channel configu-
ration and memory modules must be installed in pairs (two at a time). All memory
modules used to populate the system should be the same size, type and speed.
Serial ATA
The 6300ESB South Bridge portion of the chipset includes a Serial ATA controller
that supports a two-port SATA subsystem (RAID 0 and 1 supported). The Serial
ATA drives are not hot-swappable units as no SATA backplane is included in the
7034L-i.
PCI Expansion Slots
The X6DLP-EG2 has two 64-bit, 66 MHz (3.3V) PCI-X slots, one x8 PCI-Express
slot and one 32-bit, 33 MHz (5V) PCI slot. All four slots may be populated with
expansion cards in the 7034L-i. (Please note that the x8 PCI-Express slot in line
with slot #6 was designed for use in a 1U chassis and cannot be used in a tower
configuration. For this reason, this slot will not be mentioned in this manual.)
Ethernet Ports
The X6DLP-EG2 has one Intel 82573V and one Intel 82573L single port Ethernet
controllers to support two Gigabit LAN ports. (Supports 100/1000 BASE-T, RJ45
output.)

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Onboard Controllers/Ports
An onboard IDE controller supports up to four UltraDMA/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 GLAN (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 E7520 Chipset:
System Block Diagram
Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details.
6300ESB
CPU1
DIMM 1A
DIMM 2A
DIMM 3A
DIMM 4A
DDR2-400
667 MT/s
SATA Ports (2)
IDE (ATA133)
USB Ports (4)
S I/OBIOS
Kybd/
Mouse Floppy COM Ports
CPU2
E7520
MCH
8x PCI-Express (Slot 6)
8x PCI-Express (Slot 4)
Group A
Links0-7
LPC
Group B
Li n ks0-7
DIMM 1B
DIMM 2B
DIMM 3B
DIMM 4B
82573
82573
LAN
LAN
PCI-X 66 MHz (Slot 6)
PCI-X 66 MHz (Slot 5)
ATI
Rage
PCI 33 MHz (Slot 1)
IPMI

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1-3 Server Chassis Features
The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC733i-450 chassis.
System Power
When configured as a SuperServer 7034L-i, the SC733i chassis includes a single
450W power supply.
Serial ATA Subsystem
For the 7034L-i, the SC733i-450 chassis was designed to support up to a total of
four Serial ATA and IDE hard drives (with a limit of two SATA drives). The drives
are not hot-swappable units.
Control Panel
The SC733i-450's control panel provides important system monitoring and control
information. LEDs indicate power on, network activity, hard disk drive activity and
system overheat conditions. The control panel also includes a main power button
and a system reset button.
Rear I/O Panel
The SC733i-450 is a tower chassis. The I/O backplane provides seven motherboard
expansion slots, two COM ports, two USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard
ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports.
Cooling System
The SC733i-450 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes one 9-cm
chassis fan located in the front of the chassis and one heavy duty 12-cm exhaust
fan. The power supply also has a cooling fan. All fans operate continuously.

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1-4 Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Address: SuperMicro 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: SuperMicro 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: SuperMicro, 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

Chapter 2: Server Installation
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Chapter 2
Server Installation
2-1 Overview
This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your SuperServer 7034L-i up
and running. Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have
the system operational in a minimal amount of time. This quick setup assumes that
your SuperServer 7034L-i system has come to you with the processors and memory
preinstalled. If your system is not already fully integrated with a serverboard, pro-
cessors, 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 7034L-i 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.
2-3 Preparing for Setup
Choosing a Setup Location
Decide on a suitable location for the SuperServer 7034L-i. 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. Once the system has been placed in the appropriate
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Server Precautions
- Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4.
- 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 power supply unit and the SATA/IDE hard drives to cool before touching
them.
- Always keep the chassis front door and all panels closed when not servicing to
maintain proper cooling.
2-4 Checking the Serverboard Setup
After setting up the the 7034L-i, you will need to gain access to the inside of the
chassis to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and the essential con-
nections have been made. Begin by opening the left side panel (when facing the
front of the chassis). Refer to Figure 2-1 for the following steps.
1. Remove the left side panel of the chassis
First, remove the two screws that secure the back lip of the side panel to the rear
of the chassis. Then grasp the handle at the rear of the panel and pull straight
back about 1/2 inch, at which point the panel should hit a stop. Swing the top
of the panel out and completely lift it away from the chassis. When reinstalling
this panel, make sure the raised holes along the bottom of the chassis fit into
the long holes in the bottom lip of the side panel.
2. Check the CPUs (processors)
You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board.
Each processor should have its own heatsink attached. See Chapter 5 for
instructions on processor installation.
3. Check the system memory
Your 7034L-i server may have come with system memory already installed.
Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots. For details on adding system
memory, refer to Chapter 5.
4. Installing add-on cards
If desired, you can install add-on cards to the system. See Chapter 5 for details
on installing PCI add-on cards.

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5. Check all cable connections and airflow
Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the
chassis airflow. See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections.
Figure 2-1. Accessing the Inside of the 7034L-i

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2-5 Checking the Drive Bay Setup
Next, you should check to make sure the peripheral drives have been properly
installed and all connections have been made.
1. Accessing the drive bays
All drives can be accessed from the front of the server. When installing or
removing the CD-ROM, IDE hard drives or a floppy drive, you will also need to
remove the left chassis cover.
2. Installing components into a 5.25" drive bay
To install components into one of the 5.25" drive bays, you must first remove
the left chassis cover as described in the previous section. Refer to Chapter 6
for details.
3. Installing CD-ROM and floppy disk drives
Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD-ROM and/or a floppy disk drive
to the system.
4. Check the SATA/IDE disk drives
Depending upon your the configuration, your system may have one or more SATA
or IDE hard drives already installed. If you need to install an SATA or IDE hard
drive, please refer to Chapter 6.
5. Check the airflow
Airflow is provided by one 9-cm chassis cooling fan and a 12-cm exhaust fan.
The system component layout was carefully designed to promote optimal airflow
through the chassis interior. A specially designed air shroud enables the 9-cm
fan to sufficiently supply cool air to all system components. Also note that all
power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block
the airflow generated by the fans. Keep this in mind when you reroute them
after working on the system.
6. Supplying power to the system:
The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system. Plug the
power cord from the power supply unit into a high-quality power strip that offers
protection from electrical noise and power surges. It is recommended that you
use an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Finally, depress the power on button
on the front of the chassis.

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Chapter 3
System Interface
3-1 Overview
There are several LEDs on the control panel to keep you constantly informed of
the overall status of the system and the activity and health of specific components.
There are also two buttons on the chassis control panel.
3-2 Control Panel Buttons
There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis. These are (in order
from top to bottom) a power on/off button and a reset button.
 POWER: This is the main power button, which is used to apply or turn off
the main system power. Turning off system power with this button removes the
main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system.
 RESET: Use the reset button to reboot the system.

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3-3 Control Panel LEDs
The control panel located on the front of the SC733i-450 chassis has four LEDs
that provide you with critical information related to different parts of the system.
This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective
action you may need to take.
 Power: Indicates external power is being supplied to the system's power
supply unit. This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operat-
ing.
 HDD: Indicates IDE channel activity. On the SuperServer 7034L-i, this LED
indicates SATA/IDE drive activity when flashing.
 NIC: Indicates network activity when flashing.
 Overheat/Fan Fail: When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure. When
on continuously (on and not flashing) it indicates an overheat condition, which may
be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room
temperature being too warm. Check the routing of the cables and make sure all
fans are present and operating normally. You should also check to make sure that
the chassis covers are installed. Finally, verify that the heatsinks are installed prop-
erly (see Chapter 5). This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the overheat
condition exists.