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H8SGL H8SGL-F USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0d ® S UPER.
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Preface iii Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the H8SGL(-F) serverboard.
iv H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Notes.
v T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 1 Checklist .........................................................................
vi Fan Headers ................................................................................................. 1 1 Serial Ports ................................................................................................... 1 1 SGPIO ...........
T able of Contents vii Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 T roubleshooting Procedures .............................................................................. 1 Before Power On .........................................................................
Notes viii H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry . Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.
1-2 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual 1-2 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer , Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. T el: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-3 Figure 1-1. H8SGL(-F) Image.
1-4 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Notes: Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only . Not all ports, jumpers or LED Indicators are available on all serverboards.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-5 H8SGL(-F) Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7) JCF1 Compact Flash Master/Slave Closed (Master) JD1 Power LED Pins 1-3: Power.
1-6 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Connector Description COM1/COM2 COM1 Serial Port/Header F AN 1-6 Chassis/CPU Fan Headers IDE#1 IDE Disk Drive Connector IPMB System Management Bus Header for.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-7 Motherboard Features CPU Single AMD Opteron 6100 series (Socket G34 type) processor • Note: Refer to our web site for details on supported processors.
1-8 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual ACPI Features Microsoft OnNow • Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator • BIOS support for USB keyboard • W ake-On-LAN (WOL) • Onboard I/O Six (6) SA T A ports supported by an on-chip SA T A controller (RAID 0, 1, 10 • supported) Eight (8) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-9 D IMM A0 D IMM A1 CPU 1 HT3 L ink 16 / 16 -3.2GHz D IMM B0 D IMM B1 D IMM C0 D IMM C1 D IMM D0 D IMM D1 PCI SLOT 1 PCI-E G EN2 X 8 Slot6 PCIE x8/x16 IDE ( ATA/ 133 ) SA TA .
1-10 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual 1-3 Chipset Overview The H8SGL(-F) serverboard is based on the AMD SR5650/SP5100 chipset. This chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processor (MCP). Controllers for the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron processors.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 1 CPU Overheat/Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat/Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS. This allows the user to de fi ne an overheat temperature. When this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs, the Overheat/Fan Fail warning LED is triggered.
1-12 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual W ake-On-LAN (WOL) W ake-On-LAN is de fi ned as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and access tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traf fi c is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-13 The IRQs, DMAs and I/O space resources of the Super I/O can be fl exibly adjusted to meet ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power Management).
1-14 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Notes.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. T o prevent damage to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully . The following measures are generally suf fi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-2 ! 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the processor . Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding, removing or changing any hardware components.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-3 Installing the Heatsinks We recommend the use of active type heatsinks (except for 1U systems). Use any onboard fan header for the CPU's heatsink fan. T o install the heatsink, please follow the installation instructions included with your heatsink package (not included).
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-4 2-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fi t different types of chassis. Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-5 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place. 3. With four CPUs installed, repeat step 2 to populate the CPU2 DIMM slots. 4. Always install four DIMMs to both CPU DIMM slots for more ef fi cient operation.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-6 Memory Population for Optimal Performance -For a Motherboard with One CPU (CPU1) Installed # DIMMS CPU Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 4 DIMMs CPU1.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-7 2-5 PCI Expansion Cards A riser card is used to support one standard size (full height full length) PCI expansion card. Installing a PCI Expansion Card Con fi rm that you have the correct riser card for your chassis model and the 1.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-8 1 2 5 4 3 6 7 8 2-6 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC99 speci fi cation to make setting up your system easier . See Figure 2-2 below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-9 2-7 Connector De fi nitions Power Connectors A 24-pin main power supply connector(JPW1) and three 8-pin CPU PWR connector (JPW2) on the motherboard.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-10 NIC2 (LAN2) LED The LED connections for LAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF1. Attach LAN LED cables to display network activity . See the table on the right for pin de fi nitions. HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 1 Universal Serial Bus Ports T wo Universal Serial Bus ports (USB 2.0) are located beside the Keyboard and Mouse PS2 ports. T wo additional T ype A ports (USB2/3) are included on the motherboard. See the table on the right for pin de fi nitions.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-12 W ake-On-LAN The W ake-On-LAN header is designated JWOL. See the table on the right for pin de fi nitions. Y ou must have a LAN card with a W ake-On-LAN connector and cable to use the W ake-On-LAN feature.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-13 A TX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports The A TX PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse are located next to the Back Panel USB Ports 0~3 on the motherboard.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-14 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located at JWF1. For the Compact Flash Card to work properly , you will need to enable with JCF1 and connect a Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 fi rst.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-15 VGA Enable/Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port. The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-16 W atch Dog Enable/Disable JWD enables the W atch Dog function, a system monitor that takes action when a software application freezes the system. Jumping pins 1-2 will have WD reboot the system if a program freezes.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-17 2-9 Onboard Indicators LAN1/LAN2 LEDs The Ethernet ports (located beside the VGA port) have two LEDs. On each Gb LAN port, one LED blinks to indicate activity while the other may be green, amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-18 2-10 IDE and SA T A Drive Connections Use the following information to connect the IDE hard disk drive cables.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-19 2-1 1 Enabling SA T A RAID Now that the hardware is set up, you must install the operating system and the SA T A RAID drivers, if you wish to use RAID with your SA T A drives.
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-20 Figure 2-4. BIOS Setup Screen Note: Y ou need to have an external USB fl oppy when building the driver diskette. Window's Vista, Windows 2008 or later Windows OS systems can use a USB stick instead of a fl oppy .
Chapter 2: Installation 2-21 After exiting the BIOS Setup Utility , the system will reboot. When prompted 4. during the startup, press the <CTRL+A> key when prompted to run the Dot- Hill RAID Utility program (see Figure 2-5).
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-22 Figure 2-6. Driver/T ool Installation Display Screen 2-12 Installing Drivers The CD that came bundled with the system contains drivers, some of which must be installed, such as the chipset driver . After inserting this CD into your CD-ROM drive, the display shown in Figure 2-6 should appear .
Chapter 2: Installation 2-23 Supero Doctor III The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability .
H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual 2-24 Note: Super Doctor 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 the Super Doctor III User's Guide at: <http://www .
3-1 Chapter 3: T roubleshooting Chapter 3 T roubleshooting 3-1 T roubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system. If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance, refer to the ‘T echnical Support Procedures’ and/or ‘Returning Merchandise for Service’ section(s) in this chapter .
3-2 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual T urn the power switch on and off to test the system. 4. The battery on your motherboard may be old. Check to verify that it still 5. supplies ~3VDC. If it does not, replace it with a new one. No Video If the power is on but you have no video, remove all the add-on cards and 1.
3-3 Chapter 3: T roubleshooting 3-2 T echnical Support Procedures Before contacting T echnical Support, please take the following steps. Also, note that as a motherboard manufacturer , we do not sell directly to end-users, so it is best to fi rst check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services.
3-4 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User's Manual Select your motherboard model on the web page and download the corresponding BIOS fi le to your computer . Unzip the BIOS update fi le, in which you will fi nd the readme.txt ( fl ash instructions), the afudos.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS™ Setup utility for the H8SGL(-F) serverboard. The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a fl ash chip and can be easily upgraded using a fl oppy disk-based program.
4-2 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual 4-2 Main Menu When you fi rst enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility , you will see the Main Menu screen. Y ou can always return to the Main Menu by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen with the arrow keys.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-3 W ait for F1 if Error This setting controls the system response when an error is detected during the boot sequence. When enabled, BIOS will stop the boot sequence when an error is detected, at which point you will need to press the F1 button to re-enter the BIOS setup menu.
4-4 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Processor and Clock Options CPU Con fi guration This displays static information on the Module V ersion, Physical Count and Logical Count for the system's processor(s) and clock.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-5 Advanced Chipset Control NorthBridge Con fi guration Memory Con fi guration Bank Interleaving Select Auto to automatically enable a bank-interleaving memory scheme when this function is supported by the processor . The options are Auto and Disabled.
4-6 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual DRAM Timing Con fi guration DRAM Timing Con fi g This option allows you to set the DRAM timing con fi guration for the system. Options include Auto or Manual. Memory Clock Speed This option sets the memory clock speed.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-7 IDE Con fi guration Onboard PCI IDE Controller This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the PCI IDE controller . On Chip SA T A Channel This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the OnChip SA T A channel. On Chip SA T A T ype Use this setting to set the On Chip SA T A type.
4-8 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual PIO Mode PIO (Programmable I/O) mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller . As the PIO mode increases, the cycle time decreases. The options are Auto , 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-9 PCI/PnP Con fi guration Clear NVRAM Select Y es to clear NVRAM during boot-up. The options are Y es and No . Plug & Play O/S Select Y es to allow the OS to con fi gure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play .
4-10 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Primary Video Controller This option speci fi es the primary video controller for Onboard VGA or Other. SuperIO Device Con fi guration Serial 1 Address This option speci fi es the base I/O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 1.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 1 Flow Control Selects the fl ow control to be used for console redirection. Options are None, Hardware and Software. Redirection After BIOS POST Options are Disable (no redirection after BIOS POST), Boot Loader (redirection during POST and during boot loader) and Always (redirection always active).
4-12 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual ACPI Con fi guration PS2 KB/MS W akeup This setting allows you to Enable or Disable PS2 keyboard and mouse wakeup. ACPI Aware O/S This setting Enables or Disables ACPI support for the system's operating system.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-13 IP Address Source Select the source of this machine's IP address. If Static is selected, you will need to know and enter manually the IP address of this machine below .
4-14 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Event Log Con fi guration View Event Log Pressing the Enter key will open the event log. Use the " " and " " keys to navigate through the system event log. Mark All Events as Read Selecting this and pressing the Enter key marks all events as read in the event log.
Chapter 4: BIOS 4-15 4-4 Boot Menu The Boot Menu is accessible only when the "Load Onboard LAN Option ROM" setting (in the PCI/PnP Con fi guration menu) is enabled. Boot Device Priority This feature allows you to prioritize the boot sequence from the list of available devices.
4-16 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual 4-5 Exit Menu Select the Exit tab from AMI BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen. Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the .
Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST (Power-On Self-T est) routines, which are performed each time the system is powered on, errors may occur . Non-fatal errors are those which, in most cases, allow the system to continue the boot-up process.
A-2 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Notes.
B-1 Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self T est, it writes checkpoint codes to I/O port 0080h. If the computer cannot complete the boot process, diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I/O port 0080h.
B-2 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: Checkpoint Code Description E0h The onboard fl oppy controller if available is initialized. Next, beginning the base 512 KB memory test.
B-3 Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution. These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM. Checkpoint Code Description 03h The NMI is disabled.
B-4 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Checkpoint Code Description 2Eh Completed post-video ROM test processing. If the EGA/VGA controller is not found, performing the display memory read/write test next. 2Fh The EGA/VGA controller was not found. The display memory read/write test is about to begin.
B-5 Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint Code Description 54h Shutdown was successful. The CPU is in real mode. Disabling the Gate A20 line, parity , and the NMI next. 57h The A20 address line, parity , and the NMI are disabled. Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next.
B-6 H8SGL(-F) Serverboard User ’s Manual Checkpoint Code Description 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed. Con fi guring the timer data area and printer base address next. 9Ah Set the timer and printer base addresses.
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