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H8QI6-F
H8QIi-F
USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0a
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The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com. Super Micro Computer, Inc. ("Supermicro") reserves the
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Preface 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 H8QI6/i-F serverboards. This series includes the following serverboards and characteristics: Embeded IPMI Onbard SAS2 1U Board H8QI6-F Yes Yes H8QIi-F Yes The H8QI6/i-F serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5690/SP5100 chipset and supports four AMD Socket F type processors with up to 128 GB of DDR2- 800/667/533 re
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual Notes iv
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview ............................................................................................................1 Checklist ............................................................................................................. 1 1-2 Contacting Supermicro .......................................................................................2 H8QI6/i-F Quick Reference .......................................................
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual Serial Ports .................................................................................................. 10 SGPIO ..........................................................................................................11 SMBus Header .............................................................................................11 Wake-On-LAN ..............................................................................................11 Power I2C ......
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Table of Contents 2-12 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................... 23 Supero Doctor III .............................................................................................. 24 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ..............................................................................1 Before Power On ..........................................................................................
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual Notes viii
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Chapter 1: Introduction 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. Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard. If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. • One (1) H8QI6/i-F serverboard •
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H8QI6/i-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. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390 Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525 Email: sales@supermic
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Chapter 1: Introduction Figure 1-1. H8QI6-F Image 1-3
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JF1 JD1 DIMMB-1B DIMMB-1A DIMMB-2B DIMMB-2A DIMMD-2A KB/ DIMMD-2B MOUSE DIMMD-1A USB0/1 DIMMD-1B DIMMC-1B DIMMC-1A DIMMC-2B DIMMC-2A LAN1/2 DIMMA-2A IPMI_LAN DIMMA-2B DIMMA-1A DIMMA-1B SLOT6 PCI-E X16 SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X8 SLOT4 PCI-E 2.0 X16 SLOT3 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (in X8) SLOT2 PCI-E 2.0 X16 JL1 JPS1 JI2C1 JI2C2 3-SGPIO1 SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (in X8) JWOL1 3-SGPIO2 T-SGPIO1 USB6/7 T-SGPIO2 JSMB1 JPL1 UIO PCI-E 2.0 X8 JBT1 USB2/3 COM2 JWD1 JPG1 USB4 USB5 JPI2C1 H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual Figure
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Chapter 1: Introduction H8QI6/i-F Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7) JCF1 Compact Flash Master/Slave Closed (Master) 2 2 2 JI C1/JI C2 I C to PCI-E Slot Enable/Disable Both Closed (Enabled) JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPL1 LAN 1/2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPS1 SAS Controller Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JWD Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset) LED Description LAN Ports LEDs for the LAN Ethernet ports Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs for
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual Connector Description COM1/COM2 COM1 Serial Port/Header FAN 1-9 Chassis/CPU Fan Headers HT Connector HT Connectors (2) IDE#1 IDE Disk Drive Connector IPMI LAN Dedicated IPMI LAN Port JD1 Speaker Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JIBTN1 RAIDKey for RAID 5 SAS support (optional for H8QI6-F) JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat Warning Header 2 JPI2C1 Power I C Header JPW1 24-pin Main ATX Power Connector JPW2/3/4 +12V 8-pin CPU Power Connectors JSMB1 System
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Chapter 1: Introduction Motherboard Features CPU • Quad AMD Opteron 8000 series (Socket F type) processors Note: Support for 837x, 838x, 839x and 84xx processors. Refer to our web site for details on supported processors. Note: You must install at least two processors for full functions to be supported. Memory • Sixteen single/dual channel DIMM slots supporting up to 128 GB of DDR2- 800/667/533 registered ECC SDRAM Note: Refer to Section 2-4 before installing memory and our web site for recomme
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual • Microsoft OnNow • Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator • BIOS support for USB keyboard • Wake-On-LAN (WOL) • Internal/external modem ring-on Onboard I/O • Six (6) SATA ports supported by an on-chip SATA controller (RAID 0, 1, 10 supported) • Eight (8) SAS ports supported by an LSI 2008 SAS2 controller (RAID 0, 1, 10 supported; Raid 5 Optional) (H8QI6-F only) • Two (2) Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port (one header and one port) • Six (6) USB (
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HT Link HT Link HT Link 16/16-1GHz 16/16-1GHz 16/16-1GHz HT Link HT Link HT Link 16/16-1GHz 16/16-1GHz 16/16-1GHz Chapter 1: Introduction I/O CONN. I/O_CONN. HTX VRM VRM HT Link DDR2-533/667 DDR2-533/667 4x DIMM 1207-SOCKET #4 1207-SOCKET #3 4x DIMM 16/16-1GHz VRM VRM HT Link DDR2-533/667 DDR2-533/667 4x DIMM 1207-SOCKET #2 1207-SOCKET #1 4x DIMM 16/16-1GHz PCIE (X4) LSI SAS2 2008 (port 0~7) UIO SLOT PCIE X8 PCIE (x4) Intel AMD AMD PCIE (X16) SLOT#1 SLOT#4 82576 SR5690 SR5690 PCIE X4 in X8 PCIE_
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual 1-3 Chipset Overview The H8QI6/i-F serverboard is based on the AMD SR5690/SP5100 chipset. This chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processor (MCP). Controllers for the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron processors. AMD SR5690/SP5100 Processor The AMD SR5690/SP5100 are each a single-chip, high-performance HyperTrans- port peripheral controller. It includes a 46-lane PCI Express interface, an AMD Opteron 16-bit Hyper Transport
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Chapter 1: Introduction 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 defi ne an overheat temperature. When this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs, the Overheat/Fan Fail warning LED is triggered. Auto-Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The 3-phase-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 80A and auto-sense voltage IDs rangi
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H8QI6/i-F Serverboard User’s Manual Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Wake-On-LAN is defi 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 traffi c is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted. The motherboard has a 3-pin header (WOL) to connect to the 3-pin header on a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has WOL capability. Wake-On-LAN must be enabled i
