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User Manual

ASMB-260 Series

Intel® Atom™ C3000 Mini-ITX 
Server Board with 4 DDR4 DIMM, 
1 PCIe x4 Slot (Gen 3.0), 8 SATA 
III, IPMI

Summary of Contents for ASMB-260I-21A1

Page 1: ...User Manual ASMB 260 Series Intel Atom C3000 Mini ITX Server Board with 4 DDR4 DIMM 1 PCIe x4 Slot Gen 3 0 8 SATA III IPMI...

Page 2: ...stallation 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 custom...

Page 3: ...ou need to get the most from your Advantech products In fact most problems reported are minor and are easily solved over the phone In addition free technical support is available from Advantech engine...

Page 4: ...trically before shipment It should be free of marks and scratches and in perfect working order upon receipt When unpacking the ASMB 260 check it for signs of shipping damage For example damaged box sc...

Page 5: ...ector CPUFAN0 12 2 7 System Fan Connector SYSFAN0 3 13 2 8 Front Panel Connector JFP1 3 13 2 8 1 Power LED JFP3 14 Table 2 1 ATX Power Supply LED Status 14 2 8 2 External Speaker JFP2 pins 1 4 7 10 14...

Page 6: ...r CPUFAN0 63 Table A 5 SYS FAN Connector SYSFAN0 4 63 A 5 Power LED JFP3 64 Table A 6 Power LED Connector JFP3 64 A 6 External Speaker Connector JFP2 64 Table A 7 External Speaker Connector JFP2 64 A...

Page 7: ...Chapter 1 1 Overview...

Page 8: ...2 2242 SATA only interface These powerful I O capa bilities ensure even more reliable data storage capabilities and high speed I O peripheral connectivity 1 2 Features General Intel ATOM SoC ASMB 260...

Page 9: ...0GbE T2 SKU and 1 x Intel I210 Gigabit Ether net Controller connected to C3000 SoC Above network supports 10 GbE Base T and 10 100 1000 MbE Base T with RJ 45 output One of 10GbE and GbE are connected...

Page 10: ...h tachometer status monitoring Thermal control for all fan connectors Temperature Monitoring for CPU PECI Monitoring for system BMC through external thermal sensor cable Other Features Case Open Chass...

Page 11: ...Onboard LAN LED Color Definition 10M 100M 1G 10G bps LAN Link Activity LED Scheme LAN2 LAN3 10G Left LED Right LED 1G bps Link Active Amber Amber Green Blinking green 10G bps Link Active Green Green...

Page 12: ...rotocol BMC_CN1 BMC_CN2 Connector for BMC module PCIEX4 SLOT PCIE x 4 slot DIMMA1 DIMMA2 DIMMB2 DIMMB2 DDR4 DIMM Slot CPUFAN0 CPU FAN connector SYSFAN0 3 System FAN connector LAN1 GbE Lan connector LA...

Page 13: ...LPC BUS ECC DDR4 U DIMM or R DIMM Channel B 1866 2133 2400 2666 MHz ECC DDR4 U DIMM or R DIMM KR TX RX diff NC SI Intel X557 AT2 10GbE LAN 2 3 LPC Conn TPM option Intel NIC I210 GbE LAN 1 PCIe Gen1 X...

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Page 15: ...2 Connections Chapter 2...

Page 16: ...ially remove a card to make all the connections 2 2 USB Ports USB1_2 USB3_4 The two USB 3 0 ports on the rear plate and two USB3 0 on board ports could reach transmission rates up to 5Gbps Fuse protec...

Page 17: ...3 and one GbE LAN LAN1 ports One of the 10 GbE LAN LAN3 and GbE LAN1 may be used as IPMI LAN as well for system management They are all with RJ 45 jacks and supported by all major network operating sy...

Page 18: ...l Ports COM1 2 The ASMB 260 offers one serial port COM1 on the rear IO and one onboard pin header for COM2 2 6 CPU Fan Connector CPUFAN0 If a fan needs to be used this connector supports cooling fans...

Page 19: ...ASMB 260 User Manual Chapter 2 Connections 2 7 System Fan Connector SYSFAN0 3 2 8 Front Panel Connector JFP1 3 There are several external switches and LEDs to monitor and control the ASMB 260 SYSFAN0...

Page 20: ...an external speaker The ASMB 260 provides an onboard buzzer as an alternative To enable the buzzer set pins 7 10 closed 2 8 3 HDD LED Connector JFP2 Pins 2 5 You can connect an LED to connector JFP2 t...

Page 21: ...rovide DC power for SATA drive 2 8 6 Case Open JCASE1 A chassis intrusion header is located at JCASE1 on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to be informed of a chassis intru...

Page 22: ...SATA0 7 M2_2242 ASMB 260 features eight serial ATA III interfaces up to 600 MB s which eases cabling to hard drives The M 2 2242 connector can support SATA only The connectors of SATA PWR1 and SATA_P...

Page 23: ...17 ASMB 260 User Manual Chapter 2 Connections 2 11 PCIe Expansion Slots The ASMB 260 provides one expansion slot with PCIe x4 link for PCIe x4 cards only...

Page 24: ...hich is of SSI type minimum output should be at least 180 W 2 ATXPWR1 Auxiliary Power Connector 3 ATXPWR2 Power connector for DC 12V in only 4 Either ATXPWR1 or ATXPWE2 sockets should be connected wit...

Page 25: ...ector LPC1 LPC connector on ASMB 260 is for debug purpose only All LPC modules are not supported by LPC connector of ASMB 260 2 14 Clear CMOS Connector JCMOS1 JME1 Setting jumper from pin 1 2 to pin 2...

Page 26: ...er Manual 20 2 15 PMBUS Connector PMBUS1 2 16 IPMI Module Connector BMC_CN1 This connector only fits to Advantech s BMC Module that will exist in ASMB 260 I T2 SKUs for enabling the IPMI function PMBU...

Page 27: ...21 ASMB 260 User Manual Chapter 2 Connections 2 17 GPIO Connector GPIO1 GPIO1...

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Page 29: ...Chapter 3 3 AMI BIOS...

Page 30: ...or off This chapter describes the basic navigation of the ASMB 260 setup screens AMI s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of in...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...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 keys All Advanc...

Page 33: ...ngs Enable Hibernation Enable or disable hibernation feature Lock Legacy Resources Enable or disable lock legacy resources feature Note ASMB 260 doesn t support Advantech LPC TPM module The TPM fea tu...

Page 34: ...ASMB 260 User Manual 28 3 2 2 3 AST2500 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 and Port 2 Configuration Serial Port Enable or disable serial port 1...

Page 35: ...ble wake on ring feature Watch Dog Timer Enable or disable the watchdog timer function CPU Warning Temperature Enable or disable the CPU warning temperature threshold When the system reaches the warni...

Page 36: ...ASMB 260 User Manual 30 3 2 2 5 AST2500 HW Monitor Displays HW monitor information on this page 3 2 2 6 RTC Wake Setting RTC Wake system from S5 Enable or disable system wake on alarm event...

Page 37: ...31 ASMB 260 User Manual Chapter 3 AMI BIOS 3 2 2 7 Serial Port Console Redirection COM1 COM2 Console Redirection Settings COM1 Console Redirection Settings...

Page 38: ...always 1 Space Parity bit is always 0 Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection Options available None Even Odd Mark Space Stop Bits Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet A...

Page 39: ...tion Resolution On Legacy OS the number of rows and columns support redirection Options available 80x24 80X25 Putty Keypad Select function key and keypad on putty Legacy Console Redirection Settings S...

Page 40: ...VT100 VT100 VT UTF8 or ANSI VT UTF8 is the default setting Bits Per Second To select serial port transmission Speed must be matched on the other side It can be set as 9600 19200 57600 or 115200 115200...

Page 41: ...S 3 2 2 8 PCI Subsystem Settings Above 4G Decoding Enable or disable 64 bit capability Devices to be decoded in above 4G address space only if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding Note Some graphic...

Page 42: ...e UEFI CSM Compatibility Support Module to support a leg acy PC boot process GateA20 Active This item is useful when RT code is executed above 1MB When it s set as Upon Request GA20 can be disabled us...

Page 43: ...37 ASMB 260 User Manual Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Option ROM Messages Force BIOS or keep current sets the display mode for Option ROM Boot option filter Change UEFI legacy ROM priority for boot option...

Page 44: ...ASMB 260 User Manual 38 Network Controls the execution of UEFI and legacy PXE OpROM Storage Control the execution of UEFI and legacy storage OpROM...

Page 45: ...plugged into the computer and enable USB legacy mode when a USB device is plugged or disable USB legacy mode when no USB device is attached XHCI Hand off This is a workaround for OS without XHCI hand...

Page 46: ...ASMB 260 User Manual 40 Device Reset Time out Selects the USB device reset time out value 10 20 30 40 sec...

Page 47: ...Manual Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Device Power up Delay This item appears only when device power up delay item is set to manual Mass Storage Devices Default is Auto to enumerate mass storage devices according...

Page 48: ...ASMB 260 User Manual 42 3 2 3 Intel RC Setup 3 2 3 1 Processor Configuration Processor Configuration Option to change the processor settings EIST GV3 Enable or disable EIST GV3...

Page 49: ...oot Execute Disable Bit Enable or disable Execute Disable Bit When disables forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 VMX Enable or disable the vanderpool technology It takes effect after reboot A...

Page 50: ...he see level expressed in meters The hex number is decoded as 2 s complement signed integer Pro vide the 80000000 value if the altitude in unknown ME Shutdown Message Enable or disable sending ME_SHUT...

Page 51: ...Chapter 3 AMI BIOS South Bridge Chipset Configuration This item is to set up south bridge parameters State After G3 To set up what state to go to when power is re applied after a power failure G3 sta...

Page 52: ...ble or disable LAN3 PXE boot option feature 3 2 4 Server Management BMC Support Enable or disable interfaces to communicate with BMC Wait for BMC If enabled motherboard will wait 30 60 seconds until B...

Page 53: ...Enable or 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 th...

Page 54: ...ASMB 260 User Manual 48 3 2 4 2 BMC Self Test Log Erase Log Erase log options When Log is Full Select the action to be taken when log is full 3 2 4 3 BMC Network Configuration...

Page 55: ...al Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Configuration Address Source Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically by BMC Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS...

Page 56: ...rities New Boot Option Policy To control the placement of newly detected UEFI boot options Options avail able Default Place First Place Last Hard Drive BBS Priorities Display this item when external l...

Page 57: ...r 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 t...

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Page 59: ...Chapter 4 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility...

Page 60: ...4 2 Introduction The Intel Chipset Software Installation CSI utility installs the Windows INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured This is needed f...

Page 61: ...e Installation Utility 4 3 Windows Series Driver Setup Insert the driver CD into your system s CD ROM drive When the folder is displayed move the mouse cursor over the folder 01_Chipset Find the execu...

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Page 63: ...Chapter 5 5 Graphic Setup...

Page 64: ...dditional graphics card for VGA output please set this additional graphic card as major output under the Display properties of OS 2 The WDDM driver can support for the following OS versions Windows 8...

Page 65: ...Chapter 6 6 LAN USB 3 0 and RSTe RAID...

Page 66: ...hernet at 10Gbps 10M 100M 1G 10G Base T Ethernet controller 10M 100M 1G 10G Base T MAC Full duplex at 10 100 1000 Mbps or 10 Gbps and half duplex at 10 100 1000 Mbps Wake on LAN WOL support The integr...

Page 67: ...Appendix A A I O Pin Assignments...

Page 68: ...SB4_TX_DN2 6 USB4_TX_DP2 7 GND 8 USB3_N2 9 USB3_P2 10 NC reserved for OC pin 11 USB3_P3 12 USB3_N3 13 GND 14 USB4_TX_DP3 15 USB4_TX_DN3 16 GND 17 USB4_RX_DP3 18 USB4_RX_DN3 19 5 V 20 2 1 10 11 19 Tabl...

Page 69: ...nnector COM2 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 RXD 4 RTS 5 TXD 6 CTS 7 DTR 8 RI 9 GND 10 GND Table A 4 CPU FAN Connector CPUFAN0 CPUFAN0 1 GND 2 12V 3 CPU_TACH 4 CPU_PWM Table A 5 SYS FAN Connector SYSFAN0 4 S...

Page 70: ...2 A 7 Reset Connector JFP1 Table A 6 Power LED Connector JFP3 Pin Function 1 LED power 3 3 V 2 NC 3 LED power 4 Keylock 5 Ground Table A 7 External Speaker Connector JFP2 Pin Function 1 SPK 4 NC 7 BZ...

Page 71: ...Power Switch JFP1 A 10 LAN Ports LAN1 3 Table A 9 HDD LED Connector JFP2 Pin Signal 2 HDD_LED 5 HDD_LED 2 5 Table A 10 ATX Soft Power Switch JFP1 Pin Signal 3 PWR BTN 6 GND 3 6 Table A 11 LAN RJ 45 P...

Page 72: ...ASEOP 2 GND 1 2 Table A 13 LAN LED Connector LANLED1 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 LAN1_ACT 2 LAN2_ACT 3 V3 3_AUX 4 V3 3_AUX 5 LAN3_ACT 6 LAN4_ACT 7 V3 3_AUX 8 NC 9 NC 10 x Table A 14 LPC Connector LPC1 Pin...

Page 73: ...Connector JCMOS1 JME1 JP_CMOS JME1 Pin Signal Signal 1 NC NC 2 RTC_RST_PCH HDA_SDOUT_PCH 3 GND V3 3_SB Table A 16 PMBUS Connector PMBUS1 Pin Signal 1 SMB_SCL_PM 2 SMB_SDA_PM 3 SMB_ALT_PM 4 GND 5 3 3V...

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