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SUPER
X7DB8
X7DBE
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. SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make c
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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 X7DB8/X7DBE motherboard. The X7DB8/X7DBE supports dual Intel Xeon 64-bit dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333/1066/667 MHz. With dual Xeon 64-bit dual core processors, the 5000P (Blackford) chipset, and eight DDR2 FBD 667/533 memory modules built-in, t
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii Conventions Used in the Manual ..................................................................................iii Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 Overview .......................................
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Table of Contents Reset Button ......................................................................................... 2-13 Power Button .......................................................................................... 2-13 2-5 Connecting Cables ......................................................................................... 2-14 ATX Power Connector .......................................................................... 2-14 Processor Power Connector .............
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Parallel Port Connector ........................................................................... 2-31 Floppy Connector .................................................................................... 2-32 SIMLP IPMI Slot ...................................................................................... 2-32 IDE Connectors ....................................................................................... 2-33 Ultra 320 SCSI Connectors .................
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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. Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard. If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. All are included in the Ret
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro 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: SuperMicro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML 's-Hertogenb
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Chapter 1: Introduction Figure 1-1. X7DB8/X7DBE Image (*Note: The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard you’ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual.) 1-3
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MM 4B( an 4) DIMM 4A an 4) MM 3 (B 3) DIMM 3A ( ank3) MM2 ( 2) DIMM 2A ( an 2) DIMM 1 (Bank 1 DIMM 1A ank 1 ® DI B k (B k DI B ank B DI B Bank B k B ) (B ) J 16 J 6 LE1 J 5 JKM1 JUSB1 JCOM1 J15 J9 JUSB3 JWOL1 DA2 JUSB2 JK1 J 16 JL1 JPA1 X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Figure 1-2. X7DB8/X7DBE Motherboard Layout (not drawn to scale) SMBPS 8-pin PWR PSF J17 JPW3 JPW1 J3P JPW2 JAR GLAN1 JLAN1 GLAN2 JLAN2 SIMLP IPMI SEPC PCI-Exp x8 PCI-Exp x4 SCSI CTRL 320 SCSI Channel B 1. Jumpers not indicated are fo
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Chapter 1: Introduction Quick Reference ( X7DB8/X7DBE) Jumper Description Default Setting 2 J27, J28 I C Bus to PCI-X/PCI-E Slots Open (Disabled) J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Off (Disabled) JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master/Slave Select On (Master) JPA1 (*X7DB8) SCSI Controller Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPA2, JPA3 SCSI CHA(JPA2),CHB(JPA3)Term.En Off (Enabled) (*X7DB8) JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPL1/ JPL2 GLAN1/GLAN2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JWD
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Motherboard Features CPU ® • Dual Intel 64-bit Xeon LGA 771 dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1.333 GHz/1.066 GHz/667 MHz with a system clock speed of 333/267 MHz Memory • Eight 240-pin DIMM sockets with support up to 16 (32) GB DDR2 Fully Buff- ered (FBD) ECC 667/533 Memory (*See Section 2-3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population.) Chipset • Intel 5000P (Blackford) chipset, including: the 5000P (Blackford) Memory Con- trol Hub (MCH), the Enterp
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Chapter 1: Introduction ACPI Features • Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator • Main switch override mechanism • ACPI/ACPM Power Management • Keyboard Wakeup from Soft-off Onboard I/O • Adaptec 7902 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI with ZCR option (*X7DB8 only) • Six SATA2 ports (supporting RAID0, RAID1,10 and 5) • One SIMLP IPMI socket • Intel 82563 Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting two Giga-bit LAN ports • Two EIDE Ultra DMA/100 bus master interfaces supporting one IDE (
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KU MERAN X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual VRM PROCESSOR#2 PROCESSOR#1 VRM ISL6307 ISL6307 1333 667/1067/ 667/1067/1333 MT/S MT/S #5 #6 FBD CHNL 0 PC I-EXPx8 FBD CHNL1 5000P MCH 2 PCI -EX P x 8 FBD CHNL FB D CHNL3 #4 #1 #2 AT A 100 IDE CONN PCI -EXP x4 SCSI PCI-x 133A PCI-EXP x8 7902 PXH PCI - x133B 3. 0 G b / S 133 MHz #3 PCI -X ESB2 A VGA VG MHz PC I 32/ 33 B 2.0 US Controller CONN LPC SIO RJ GB LAN 45 FWH 83627 W GIGAL HF RJ45 MS/KB PARALLEL PORT FDD CO M 1/2 Figure 1-9. Block Diagram of
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1-2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P (Blackford) chipset, the X7DB8/X7DBE motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor-based servers with confi guration options optimized for commu- nications, presentation, storage, computation or database applications. The 5000P (Blackford) chipset supports single or dual Xeon 64-bit dual core processor(s) with front side bus speeds of up to 1.333 GHz. Th
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual 1-3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on) or for it to automatically return to a power- on state. See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section (Peripheral Device Confi guration) to change t
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Chapter 1: Introduction CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on. It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode. When in sleep mode, the CPU will not run at full power, thereby generating less heat. CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When this tem- perature is exceeded, both the overheat fan
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state. The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down. Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake-up. During the SoftOff state, the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive. In case the system malfunctions and you want to
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Chapter 1: Introduction NOTE: The + 12V 8-pin Aux. Power Connector is also required to support Intel 64-bit CPUs. Failure to provide this extra power will result in CPU PWR Failure. See Section 2-5 for details on connecting the power supply. It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specifi cation 2.02 or above. It must also be SSI compliant (info at http://www.ssiforum.org/). Additionally, in areas where noisy power transmission is
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X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual Notes 1-14
