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User Manual

AGS-910

High Density 1U GPU Server, w/
up to 3 PCIe x16 FH/FL Double-
depth &1 PCIe x8 FH/HL Single-
depth Expansion Card

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Page 1: ...User Manual AGS 910 High Density 1U GPU Server w up to 3 PCIe x16 FH FL Double depth 1 PCIe x8 FH HL Single depth Expansion Card...

Page 2: ...Advantech assumes no liability under the terms of this warranty as a consequence of such events Because of Advantech s high quality control standards and rigorous testing most of our customers never...

Page 3: ...find the answer gather all the information or questions that apply to your problem and with the product close at hand call your dealer Our dealers are well trained and ready to give you the support yo...

Page 4: ...a short circuit and cause fire electric shock or damage to your equipment Lift equipment using both hands and with your knees bent Rack Mount Instructions The following or similar rack mount instructi...

Page 5: ...of Advantech equipment that has been mod ified Equipment Repairs and Servicing The installation of internal options and routine maintenance and service of this product should be performed by individua...

Page 6: ...Xeon E5 2640 v2 2 0GHz 8cores 95W 96MPXEI 2 8 25M20T Intel Xeon E5 2680 v2 2 8GHz 10cores 115W 96MPXEI 2 0 15M20T Intel Xeon E5 2618L v2 2 0GHz 6cores 50W 96MPXE 2 4 25M20T Intel Xeon E5 2658 v2 2 4G...

Page 7: ...ATA3 1T Enterprise ST91000 640NS 96ND250G ST SG7K Seagate 2 5 SATA2 250G Enterprise ST92506 10NS SAS HDD 96ND500G SS SG7KE Seagate 2 5 SAS2 500G ST95006 20SS CPU heat sink 1960065593N001 Dynatron LGA2...

Page 8: ...carefully inspected the AGS 910 mechanically and electri cally before shipment It should be free of marks and scratches and in perfect working order upon receipt When unpacking the AGS 910 check it f...

Page 9: ...Installing the CPU and Heatsink 14 2 2 3 Installing the Memory 18 2 2 4 Installing Hard Drives 19 2 2 5 Installing PCIe x16 Expansion Cards 21 2 2 6 Installing PCIe x8 Expansion Card 25 2 3 Rack Moun...

Page 10: ...up77 6 1 LAN Configuration 78 6 1 1 Introduction 78 6 1 2 Features 78 6 1 3 Installation 78 6 1 4 Windows Series Driver Setup LAN 79 6 2 AHCI SATA RAID 80 Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer 81...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 1 Overview...

Page 12: ...0 2 in front side 2 in rear side 2 are internal Type A connectors These powerful I O capabilities ensure even more reliable data storage capabilities and high speed I O peripheral connectivity 1 2 Fea...

Page 13: ...bit Ethernet Controller connected to C602J through PCIe Gen2 Lane 1x Intel 82579LM Gigabit PHY connected to C602J MAC Above network Supports 10BASE T 100BASE TX and 1000BASE T with RJ 45 output VGA AS...

Page 14: ...CPU cooling Four 4 pin 40x56 fan two 4 pin 40x28 fan for expansion card cooling All fans with tachometer status monitoring Fan speed control for all fan connectors Temperature Monitoring for CPU0 CPU1...

Page 15: ...BMC Module AGS 910I only VGA1 1 1 1100W Redundant power module PCIEX8_SLOT1 COM1 COM2 PCIEX16_SLOT3 6 12V output power connector for expansion card 2 4028 System fan 2 12V output power connector for...

Page 16: ...LAN1 LAN4 LED Blinking Green LAN active On Green LAN linked Off Off LAN unlinked Error LED On Red Fan fail Over voltage Off Off No failure Location LED On Blue System identified Off Off System unident...

Page 17: ...Mbps Active Amber Green 100 Mbps linked Amber Blinking Green 100 Mbps Active Green Green 1000 Mbps linked Green Blinking Green 1000 Mbps Active Off Off No Link Error LED On Red Fan fail Over temperat...

Page 18: ...I SATA3 Serial ATA3 hard drive connector SATAII SATA4 Serial ATA4 hard drive connector SATAII SATA5 Serial ATA5 hard drive connector SATAII SATA6 Serial ATA6 hard drive connector SATAII FP SLOT1 The s...

Page 19: ...Diagram 1 6 System Memory AGS 910 has eight 240 pin memory slots for DDR3 1066 1333 1600 MHz memory modules with maximum capacity of 128 GB Maximum 16 GB for each DIMM AGS 910 supports registered DIMM...

Page 20: ...cessor installed CPU0 Dual processor installed CPU0 CPU1 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Quantity of memory module installed DIMM A0 V V V V V V V V V V V DIMM B0 V V V V V V V V V DIMM C0 V V V V V V DIMM D0 V...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 2 Setting up...

Page 22: ...on a system that is connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous Follow the guidelines below to avoid damage to AGS 910 or injury to yourself Ground yourself properly before removing the top...

Page 23: ...ents This section describes how to install components on to the mainboard including CPUs memory modules and add on cards 2 2 1 Removing the Chassis Cover Follow these instructions to remove AGS 910 ch...

Page 24: ...g the CPU and Heatsink Follow the steps below to install CPUs and CPU heatsinks 1 Locate the CPU sockets you must install into the CPU0 socket first 2 Pull the lever slightly away from the socket and...

Page 25: ...15 AGS 910 User Manual Chapter 2 Setting up 3 Push the CPU socket cover to a fully open position 4 Place the CPU into the socket and make sure that the gold arrow is located in the right direction...

Page 26: ...AGS 910 User Manual 16 5 Take off the protection cap 6 Close the CPU socket cover and press the lever down to secure the CPU...

Page 27: ...hapter 2 Setting up 7 Position the heatsink on top of the CPU and secure it with 4 screws 8 Repeat the procedures earlier to install the second processor and heatsink Now follow the below image for CP...

Page 28: ...therboard 2 Press the memory slot locking levers in the direction of the arrows as shown in the following illustration 3 Align the memory module with the slot When inserted properly the memory slot lo...

Page 29: ...ter 2 Setting up 2 2 4 Installing Hard Drives The AGS 910 supports four 2 5 hard drives Follow these instructions to install a hard drive 1 Press the locking lever latch and pull the locking lever ope...

Page 30: ...AGS 910 User Manual 20 3 Place a hard drive into the drive tray then use the screws to secure the HDD 4 Reinsert the HDD tray into the chassis and press the locking lever to secure the tray...

Page 31: ...Ie x16 double depth GPU card as sample The AGS 910 supports three PCIe x16 expansion slots Please follow these instructions to install the expansion cards 1 Unscrew the riser card cage and carefully p...

Page 32: ...AGS 910 User Manual 22 3 Release the expansion card holder 4 Unscrew the IO bracket from the card cage...

Page 33: ...23 AGS 910 User Manual Chapter 2 Setting up 5 Install the expansion card into the card cage 6 Screw the expansion card IO bracket onto the card cage...

Page 34: ...GS 910 User Manual 24 7 Move the card holder toward to the expansion card 8 Screw the card holder onto the expansion card 9 Connect the expansion card power cable to the expansion card power connec to...

Page 35: ...no mechanical conflict with the chassis 2 2 6 Installing PCIe x8 Expansion Card We use PCIe x8 mini SAS to SATA RAID card as sample The AGS 910 supports one PCIe x8 expansion slot Please follow these...

Page 36: ...AGS 910 User Manual 26 2 Screw the expansion card onto the riser card bracket 3 Install the expansion card onto the riser card...

Page 37: ...910 User Manual Chapter 2 Setting up 4 Install the mini SAS to SATA cable into the expansion card then make the cable pass through the plastic clip 5 Install the expansion card into the chassis and se...

Page 38: ...AGS 910 User Manual 28 6 Remove the SATA SATA SGPIO cable from the motherboard and HDD back plane 7 Install the SATA SGPIO connector into HDD back plane...

Page 39: ...upplied rack mounting kit We strongly recommend that the minimum depth of cabinets is 1000mm Rack mounting kit Sliding Rails x 2 Convert bracket x 4 Screws Kit x 3 2 3 1 Installing the Server in a Rac...

Page 40: ...32 rack Screws list M5 x16 M4 x9 1 Remove the chassis inner member Pull the slide open Then press the trigger down as shown on the drawing and pull the chassis inner member out 2 Mount the chassis inn...

Page 41: ...efore mounting the brackets 4 Mount the chassis into the cabinet Insert the chassis inner member into the cabinet member as shown on the drawing It is important to check if the ball retainer is in ful...

Page 42: ...branch circuit e g use of power strips Instructions de montage en rack Le rack en suivant ou similaire monter instructions sont incluses avec les instructions d installation Temp rature de fonctionne...

Page 43: ...Chapter 3 3 AMI BIOS...

Page 44: ...or off This chapter describes the basic navigation of the AGS 910 setup screens AMI s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of info...

Page 45: ...t options cannot be configured options in blue can be The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame i...

Page 46: ...lect any of the items in the left frame of the screen such as CPU configuration to go to the sub menu for that item You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the Arrow key...

Page 47: ...ing Enables or disables 64 bit capability Devices to be decoded in above 4G address space Only if system supports 64 bit PCI decoding PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device late...

Page 48: ...al 38 3 2 2 2 ACPI Settings Enable Hibernation Enable or disable Hibernation ACPI Sleep State Specifies the ACPI sleep state when the system enters standby Lock Legacy Resources Enable or Disable Lock...

Page 49: ...0 User Manual Chapter 3 AMI BIOS 3 2 2 3 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enables or disables BIOS support for security device Purchase Advantech LPC TPM module to enable TPM function P N PCA...

Page 50: ...AGS 910 User Manual 40 3 2 2 4 WHEA Support WHEA Support Enable or disable Windows Hardware Error Architecture...

Page 51: ...41 AGS 910 User Manual Chapter 3 AMI BIOS 3 2 2 5 CPU Configuration Socket 0 Socket 1 CPU Information...

Page 52: ...ays return to 0 Hardware Prefetcher Hardware Prefetcher is a technique that fetches instructions and or data from memory into the CPU cache memory well before the CPU needs it so that it can improve t...

Page 53: ...Technology IVT extension It allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on the same system It does this by creating virtual machines each running its own x86 operating system CPU Power Ma...

Page 54: ...hanced to support two SATA 6 0 Gb s and four SATA 3 0 Gb s devices Set to Compatible when using Windows 98 NT 2000 MS DOS Up to four SATA devices are supported by controller 0 and two SATA devices are...

Page 55: ...he SATA hard disk drives use the AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increase storage performance on ran dom...

Page 56: ...User Manual 46 RAID Mode Set to RAID Mode to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives 3 2 2 7 Intel TXT LT SX Configuration This item shows Intel trusted execution technology config...

Page 57: ...isable USB legacy mode when no USB device is attached EHCI Hand off This is a workaround for OS without EHCI hand off support The EHCI ownership change should be claimed by EHCI driver USB Mass Storag...

Page 58: ...H W Monitor Case Open Warning Enable Disable the Chassis Intrusion monitoring function When enabled and the case is opened the warning message will show in POST screen Watchdog Timer Enable and Disab...

Page 59: ...speaker will beep ACPI Shutdown Temperature Set the ACPI shutdown temperature threshold When the system reaches the shutdown temperature it will be automatically shut down by ACPI OS to protect the s...

Page 60: ...AGS 910 User Manual 50 3 2 2 10 Super I O Configuration Serial Port 0 Configuration...

Page 61: ...Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port 0 Change Settings To select an optimal setting for serial port 0 Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port 1 Change Settings To se...

Page 62: ...AGS 910 User Manual 52 3 2 2 11 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection To Enable or disable console redirection feature Console Redirection Settings...

Page 63: ...te the end of a serial data packet A start bit indicates the begin ning The standard setting is 1 stop bit Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit Options available 1 2 Flow C...

Page 64: ...AGS 910 User Manual 54 3 2 3 Chipset 3 2 3 1 North Bridge...

Page 65: ...RID Functionality mentioned in BIOS spec Numa Enable Disable non uniform memory access NUMA Patrol Scrub Enable Disable patrol scrub feature Demand Scrub Enable Disable demand scrub feature Data Scram...

Page 66: ...rd and 1st off board video device found MMCFG Base Memory reservation for PCI PCI X PCI E device of 32 bit operating system IOH0 PCIe port bifurcation control PCIE SLOT1 IOU 1 PCIe Port Functions visi...

Page 67: ...Link Speed Select Target Link Speed as Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 IOH1 PCIe port bifurcation control PCIE SLOT5 IOU2 PCIe port Functions visible based on this setting x4x4x4x4 x4x4x8 x8x4x4 x8x8 x16 PORT 2A Link...

Page 68: ...AGS 910 User Manual 58 Intel VT for Directed I O Configuration Intel VT d Enable Disable Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O QPI Configuration...

Page 69: ...nk Speed Mode Select the QPI link speed as either the Fast mode or Slow Mode QPI Link Frequency Select Allows for selecting the QPI Link frequency QPI Link0s Enable Disable QPI Link0s QPI Link0p Enabl...

Page 70: ...Bus controller PCIE Wake Enable or disable PCIE to wake the system from S5 Restore AC Power Loss Specify what state to go to when power is re applied after a power failure G3 state SLP_S4 Assertion St...

Page 71: ...oot option for Intel 82579LM controller LAN2 Controller Enable Disable Intel I210AT Controller support LAN2 PXE Oprom Enable Disable Boot option for Intel I210AT controller LAN3 Controller Enable Disa...

Page 72: ...AGS 910 User Manual 62 USB Configuration All USB Devices Enable Disable all USB devices EHCI Controller 1 Enable Disable USB 2 0 EHCI support USB Port 0 5 Enable Disable USB 2 0 port 0 5...

Page 73: ...63 AGS 910 User Manual Chapter 3 AMI BIOS 3 2 3 3 ME Subsystem 3 2 4 Server Management...

Page 74: ...ts up completely After that the normal BIOS post screen will be displayed If disabled motherboard will not wait for BMC module s response Wait for BMC counter Wait for BMC counter for initialize host...

Page 75: ...ble Disable all features of system event logging during boot Erase SEL Choose options for erasing SEL When SEL is Full Choose options for reactions to a full SEL Log EFI Status Codes Disable the loggi...

Page 76: ...al 66 BMC Network Configuration Configuration Address Source Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically by BMC Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters d...

Page 77: ...16 0x10 means indefinite waiting Bootup NumLock State Select the keyboard NumLock state Quiet Boot Enable Disable quiet boot option INT19 Trap Response BIOS reaction on INT19 trapping by option ROM Im...

Page 78: ...AGS 910 User Manual 68 3 2 6 Security...

Page 79: ...saving changes Discard Changes and Reset Reset system setup without saving any changes Save Changes Save changes done so far to any of the setup options Discard Changes Discard changes done so far to...

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Page 81: ...Chapter 4 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility...

Page 82: ...he installa tion 4 2 Introduction 4 2 1 Main Menu The Intel Chipset Software Installation CSI utility installs the Windows INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components wil...

Page 83: ...Installation Utility 4 3 Windows OS Driver Setup 1 Insert the driver CD into your system s CD ROM drive When the folder is dis played move the mouse cursor over the folder 01_Intel INF Find the execu...

Page 84: ...AGS 910 User Manual 74 2 Click setup to execute program...

Page 85: ...Chapter 5 5 VGA Setup...

Page 86: ...Driver Setup Insert the driver CD into your system s CD ROM drive When the folder is displayed navigate to the 02_Graphic chip folder and click the executable file to complete the installation of the...

Page 87: ...Chapter 6 6 LAN Configuration SATA RAID AHCI Setup...

Page 88: ...at 1000 Mbps 6 1 2 Features 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet controller 10 100 1000Base T triple speed MAC Full duplex at 10 100 or 1000 Mbps and half duplex at 10 or 100 Mbps Wake on LAN WOL support PCIe x...

Page 89: ...anual Chapter 6 LAN Configuration SATA RAID AHCI Setup 6 1 4 Windows Series Driver Setup LAN 1 Insert the driver CD into your system s CD ROM drive Select folder 03_Lan chip then click the proper Lan...

Page 90: ...AGS 910 User Manual 80 6 2 AHCI SATA RAID Intel C602J PCH chip offers SATA RAID with RAID 0 1 10 5 under Windows operat ing system...

Page 91: ...Appendix A A Programming the Watchdog Timer...

Page 92: ...by user program Timer can be set from 1 to 255 seconds or 1 to 255 minutes Generates an interrupt or resets signal if the software fails to reset the timer before time out A 2 Programming the Watchdo...

Page 93: ...83 AGS 910 User Manual Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer...

Page 94: ...tions are subject to change without notice No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic photocopying recording or otherwise without prior written permis sion of...

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