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Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Step 5 Install Motherboard,

Continued

Warning

If using metallic screws, make sure you use them only in the

plated mounting holes. If using metallic screws, make sure

the head of the screw fits completely inside the plated

mounting holes. See the following graphic.

Plating

The screw head must not be
larger than the plating
around the mounting hole.

Note:

The drawing above is only for illustration and does not show the exact

position of the mounting holes.

Summary of Contents for MegaPlex II

Page 1: ...Megaplex Quad Pentium II Xeon PCI ISA System Guide MAN 770 3 30 99 ...

Page 2: ...an two years after the delivery of product to Licensee of Licensed Software Licensee agrees to defend and indemnify American Megatrends from any and all claims suits and liabilities including attorney s fees arising out of or resulting from any actual or alleged act or omission on the part of Licensee its authorized third parties employees or agents in connection with the distribution of Licensed ...

Page 3: ...tion 3 Power Management Setup 55 Section 4 PCI PnP Setup 59 Section 5 Peripheral Setup 65 Section 6 Other Setup Options 68 Auto Detect Hard Disks 68 AMIBIOS Password Support 68 Change User Password 69 Change Supervisor Password 69 Change Language Settings 69 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 70 Auto Configuration with FailSafe Settings 70 Save Settings and Exit 70 Exit Without Saving 70 3 P...

Page 4: ...4 Chassis Status 99 Health Graph 102 Performance Graph 104 BIOS Event Display 105 Health Events 106 6 AMI Server Manager Icons and Menus107 AMI Server Manager Toolbar Icons 107 AMI Server Manager Top Frame Icons 111 AMI Server Manager Menus 114 7 Flashing the LCD ROM 121 Overview 121 LCD ROM Panel 122 Tools 123 Flashing the LCD ROM 123 A Specifications 125 Engineering Specifications 125 Index 127 ...

Page 5: ...specifically designed for this system In addition it describes AMI Server Manager Version 1 00 which is used to manage several servers simultaneously from one location This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purchases a computer with this system It is assumed that you the computer manufacturer will use this manual as a sourcebook of information and that part of this manual wi...

Page 6: ...trends BIOS upgrade for Server Manager software Server Manager CD with ATI Rage II 3D VGA Drivers the Megaplex Quad Pentium II Xeon PCI ISA System Guide the Megaplex Server Chassis Guide and the warranty card Static Electricity The Megaplex Quad Pentium II Xeon motherboard and memory card can easily be damaged by static electricity Make sure you take appropriate precautions against static electric...

Page 7: ...manufacturer s instructions about using the battery Replace used batteries with the same type of battery or an equivalent recommended by the battery manufacturer Attention Il y a danger d explosion s il y a remplacement de la batterie Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d un équivalent recommandé par la constructeur Mettre au rebut les batteries usagées conformément aux instruct...

Page 8: ...over American Megatrends provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a specific purpose Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for indirect special exemplary incidental or consequential damages i...

Page 9: ...ium II Xeon CPU sockets are mounted on the Series 769 CPU board System Memory The Megaplex system supports up to 8 GB of system memory of which 4 GB is on the CPU board and 4 GB on the memory expansion card This system supports four way interleaved memory operation with ABP and C2C for maximum performance The system supports 168 pin buffered EDO DIMMs FPM is not supported The system memory support...

Page 10: ...st PXB PCI Expander Bridge while the 64 bit slots are on another independent PCI bus provided by the second PXB All PCI slots are bus master slots All PCI expansion slots can handle full length PCI adapter cards Integrated I O The Megaplex motherboard provides the following integrated I O one bidirectional parallel port that operates in Normal EPP or ECP mode a VGA connector two serial port connec...

Page 11: ...TAPI support for IDE CD ROM drives complete SM1 ACPI support ability to boot from a CD ROM drive flex boot silent boot support USB support ZIP drive support GPNVRAM support APM 1 2 support complies with the Intel NSP specification automatically detects IDE drive parameters supports Enhanced IDE including four IDE drives supports ATA IDE mode programming provides LBA and Block Mode support provides...

Page 12: ...Megaplex Quad Pentium II Xeon PCI ISA System Guide 4 Megaplex Dimensions Series 769 CPU Board The Series 769 CPU board is 16 by 14 Cont d ...

Page 13: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 Megaplex Dimensions Continued Series 770 I O Board The Series 770 I O board is 16 by 13 8 Cont d ...

Page 14: ... ISA System Guide 6 Megaplex Dimensions Continued Series 776 CPU Termination Board The Series 776 CPU termination board is 2 05 by 5 54 Series 778 Memory Termination Board The Series 778 memory termination board is 1 88 by 5 77 Cont d ...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 7 Megaplex Dimensions Continued Series 777 Memory Expansion Board The Series 777 memory expansion board is 6 4 by 13 ...

Page 16: ... can be easily damaged by static electricity Follow the instructions carefully to ensure correct installation and to avoid static damage Avoid Static Electricity Static electricity can damage the motherboard and other computer components Keep the motherboard in the anti static bag until it is to be installed Wear an anti static wrist grounding strap before handling the motherboard Make sure you st...

Page 17: ...static mat Or use a sheet of conductive aluminum foil grounded through a 1 megohm resistor instead of the anti static mat Similarly a strip of conductive aluminum foil wrapped around the wrist and grounded through a 1 megohm resistor serves the same purpose as the wristband 3 Inside the carton the boards are packed in an anti static bag and sandwiched between sheets of sponge Remove the sponge and...

Page 18: ...t Perform the following steps to configure the boards before installing a CPU J2 J9 J11 J12 CPU Fans CPU Number Jumper Number CPU0 J2 CPU1 J9 CPU2 J11 CPU3 J12 These jumpers are the 12V connectors to cooling fans The CPU fan cables must be connected to these connectors The pinout is Pin Number Signal Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Tachometer output from the fan Cont d ...

Page 19: ...MHz This is the default setting Short Pins 5 6 Short Pins 7 8 7 2 350 MHz Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins 7 8 9 2 450 MHz DRAM Speed Settings J8 on the CPU board and J2 on the memory expansion card select DRAM speed J8 J2 DRAM Speed OPEN factory setting 60ns EDO DRAM Short 50ns EDO DRAM Note The DRAM speed setting should be the same on both the CPU card and the memory expansion card Installing One or Mu...

Page 20: ...and screws 6 32 inch with nuts 16 pieces Note If you plan to use heatsinks other than the ones provided in the kit make sure that the CPU mounts properly in the retention mechanism with the heatsinks mounted on them Mount Retention Unit and Heatsink Step Action 1 Take one base mechanism and place it directly over the CPU Slot 0 U22 The position of the mounting holes on the mechanism is asymmetric ...

Page 21: ...pter 1 Hardware Installation 13 Step Action 4 Mount the heatsink on the CPU as shown The CPU has 5 mounting holes on the metal side Use only the 4 holes as shown and screw the heatsink tightly onto the CPU ...

Page 22: ... on both sides Use them to insert the ears into position 6 Repeat step 3 4 and 5 for all the CPUs to be installed 7 Slide the CPUs in their respective slots from the top Both the CPU and the Retention unit have a notch on one side to prevent the CPU from sliding into the slot with wrong polarity Make sure the CPUs are inserted with the right polarity ...

Page 23: ...arized and can be inserted in only one direction The polarity is shown with the dots The end with the single dot goes in first and at an inclination The top will not sit properly if it is inserted vertically or horizontally to the board 12 To latch the other end push lightly from both the top and the side You will hear a click when the attachment fits into place The CPUs and the retention mechanis...

Page 24: ...formation is stored CMOS Drain J2 Setting Normal operation factory setting Short Pins 1 2 Drain CMOS Short Pins 2 3 J16 VGA Disable J16 is a 2 pin jumper that enables the onboard VGA VGA Disable J16 Setting Enable onboard VGA factory setting OPEN Disable onboard VGA Short J17 Interrupt Disable J17 is a 2 pin jumper that enables the VGA interrupt VGA Interrupt Disable J17 Setting Disable VGA interr...

Page 25: ...t of memory such as servers use DIMMs System Memory Requirements You must install DIMMs in all four slots of a bank The eight memory banks are Bank0 Bank1 Bank2 and Bank3 on the CPU board and Bank4 Bank5 Bank6 and Bank7 on the memory expansion board Each bank of memory has four DIMM sockets Within a memory bank all system memory must be of the same type Mixing different types of DIMMs is not permi...

Page 26: ...d must meet the same requirements as on the CPU board For 2 bank ABP and C2C Memory on both the CPU board and the memory card must meet 2 bank ABP requirements both the CPU board and the memory card must have the same size and type of memory and memory on the memory card should be populated in the same position as the CPU board For 4 bank ABP and C2C Memory on both the CPU board and the memory car...

Page 27: ...le ECC Error Correction Code is implemented in the motherboard chipset ECC does not require parity chips Buffers 3 3V volt buffers typically 163244 or 16244LVT are used to buffer the CAS Address lines and Write enables The x 72 ECC modules are buffered The Megaplex memory card cannot use unbuffered memory modules Mode Buffered EDO memory Fast Page Mode is not supported DIMM Types 2 Mx72 4 Mx72 8 M...

Page 28: ... is automatically detected by AMIBIOS System memory is always four way interleaved DRAM system memory must be populated one bank at a time All DIMMs in a bank must be of the same memory type Each socket can hold one DIMM You can use 2 M x 72 4 M x 72 8 M x 72 16 M x 72 or 32 M x 72 DIMMs Note M in the above list stands for megabits Cont d ...

Page 29: ... M x 72 8 M x 72 None None 512 MB 8 M x 72 8 M x 72 8 M x 72 None 768 MB 8 M x 72 8 M x 72 8 M x 72 8 M x 72 1 GB 16 M x 72 None None None 512 MB 16 M x 72 None None None 1 GB 16 M x 72 16 M x 72 16 M x 72 None 1 5 GB 16 M x 72 16 M x 72 16 M x 72 16 M x 72 2 GB 32 M x 72 None None None 1 GB 32 M x 72 32 M x 72 None None 2 GB 32 M x 72 32 M x 72 32 M x 72 None 3 GB 32 M x 72 32 M x 72 32 M x 72 32...

Page 30: ...then open the second column With the component side of the DIMM facing you insert the DIMM into the socket and secure the latches on either end of the DIMM as shown below Populate the CPU board the same way If you do not use the memory card populate only the CPU board 50 ns DRAM If using 50 ns DRAM you must set the following jumpers on both the Series 769 CPU board and the Series 777 memory board ...

Page 31: ...nstallation 23 Step 4 Install Memory Continued DIMM with Latches Secured Install Memory Card Insert the Memory Card in the motherboard after you install the motherboard in the computer case see Step 5 on the following page ...

Page 32: ...e CPU board with the holes on the chassis Place the mounting screws in the holes provided and tighten them 4 Mount the memory card if being used in the memory card socket 5 With extreme caution place the I O board in the cabinet so that the connector on the solder side of the board J999 mates with the edge connector J10 on the CPU board Press the boards together to make a firm connection Warning I...

Page 33: ...lated mounting holes If using metallic screws make sure the head of the screw fits completely inside the plated mounting holes See the following graphic Plating The screw head must not be larger than the plating around the mounting hole Note The drawing above is only for illustration and does not show the exact position of the mounting holes ...

Page 34: ...witch to the proper range ATX Power Connectors Attach the power supply cables to the ATXPS power connectors on the motherboard and the memory card Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PSON not used by the Megaplex The power supply must turn on without these signals 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 NC 18 5V 9 5VSB not used by Megaple...

Page 35: ...lled in the computer We recommend 20 amps at 12 volts 12V and 5V Requirements Standard output is enough Cooling Requirements Each CPU dissipates 50 watts of power To maintain a junction temperature of less than 158 F 75 C adequate cooling must be provided AMI provides custom made heatsinks for the Pentium II Xeon CPU The CPU requires cooling by convection At a maximum ambient temperature of 35 C a...

Page 36: ...rd frontside header page 38 J38 Speaker page 38 J21 Chassis intrusion page 38 J28 Chassis fan header page 39 J41 I2C chassis connection page 39 J23 MegaRAC connector page 40 Cable Connector Ends When connecting chassis connectors to the motherboard make sure to connect the correct connector end Most connector wires are color coded Match the color of the wires leaving the switch or LED to the same ...

Page 37: ...Match the color of the wires leaving the switch or LED to the same pin on the connector end There may be more than one connector with the same color coded wires If so follow the wire to the switch or LED Pin 1 is always indicated by an arrow as shown below J1 3 3V External battery connector J1 is a 4 pin berg used for external battery connections The pinout is Pin Description 1 3 3V 2 Not connecte...

Page 38: ...l ports a parallel port and onboard VGA controller connector Additional I O Connectors The Megaplex also has an IDE controller J9 and 10 are IDE connectors two USB ports and a floppy connector J14 Conflicts AMIBIOS minimizes conflicts between onboard and offboard I O devices AMIBIOS automatically checks the adapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the Megaplex motherboard for a hard disk ...

Page 39: ...nector on the connector I O block shown on the previous page The pinout is Pin Signal Description 1 Keyboard Data 2 N C 3 GND 4 VCC 5 Keyboard Clock 6 N C Serial Connectors J13 includes two standard 9 pin D type connectors are in the I O connector block The serial port base I O port address and other settings can be selected in Peripheral Setup in AMIBIOS Setup The serial connector pinout is Pin S...

Page 40: ...a 3 Data 4 GND J15 Parallel Port Connector J15 includes a standard 26 pin parallel port connector and a VGA connector in the I O block connector The parallel pinout is shown below Parallel port settings can be configured in Peripheral Setup in AMIBIOS Setup Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 STROBE 2 PD0 3 PD1 4 PD2 5 PD3 6 PD4 7 PD5 8 PD6 9 PD7 10 ACK 11 BUSY 12 PE 13 SLCT 14 AUTOFD ...

Page 41: ...eripheral Setup to configure the floppy controller The motherboard supports up to two 720 KB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB 3 drives and 360 KB and 1 2 MB 5 drives The connecting cable is a 34 pin ribbon connector with two 34 pin edge connectors for attaching the floppy disk drives There is a small twist in the cable between the floppy connectors The last end connector should be connected to floppy drive A as...

Page 42: ...ATE0 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR0 11 GND 12 FDSEL1 13 GND 14 FDSEL0 15 GND 16 MOTOR1 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 21 GND 22 WDATA 23 GND 24 WGATE 25 GND 26 TRK0 27 GND 28 WRPROT 29 GND 30 RDATA 31 GND 32 HDSEL 33 GND 34 DSKCHNG Twist in Floppy Cable Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A 10 to 16 12 to 14 14 to 12 16 to 10 11 to 15 13 to 13 15 to 11 Cont d ...

Page 43: ...rouded connector that connects an ATA IDE drive to the primary onboard IDE connector This motherboard supports IDE Mode 0 and LBA Logical Block Address mode high capacity drives over 528 MB 32 bit data transfer and fast IDE transfer These IDE features are configured in Peripheral Setup in the AMIBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interface in Peripheral Setup to use an ISA ESDI RLL MFM or ...

Page 44: ...ND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IDERDY 28 ALE 29 N C 30 GND 31 INT14 32 IOCS16 33 HA1 34 N C 35 HA0 36 HA2 37 CS0 38 CS1 39 IDEACT 40 GND J8 IDE Indicator LED J8 is a two pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted IDE Activity LED This LED lights when the IDE drive is running Pin 1 is Anode Pin 2 is Ground Warning In some IDE drives you may have to disable the IDE LED mounte...

Page 45: ...inout for the standard female DB15 VGA connector is shown below Pin 1 Red Pin 2 Green Pin 3 Blue Pin 4 Pin 5 Ground Pin 10 Ground Pin 6 Ground Pin 7 Ground Pin 8 Ground Pin 9 Fuse Pin 11 Pin 12 MONID1 Pin 13 HSYNC Pin 14 VSYNC Pin 15 MONID2 Standard VGA Female Connector J31 Turbo LED J31 Turbo LED light emitting diode is not connected J32 External Reset J32 is a two pin single inline berg that is ...

Page 46: ...ditional frontside keyboard and mouse sockets The pinout is Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 Keyboard Data 6 Mouse Data 2 Keyboard Clk 7 Mouse Clock 3 Keyboard GND 8 Keyboard GND 4 5 V 9 5 V 5 Keyboard GND 2 10 Keyboard GND 2 J38 Speaker Connector J38 is a four pin single inline berg attached via a cable to a standard system speaker AMIBIOS signals hardware problems through the spea...

Page 47: ...o the chassis fans and the external battery backup The internal circuitry monitors the state of the chassis cooling fans and the battery and informs the administrator of any failure The 12V pins supply power to the fans while the fan pins read the tachometer lines of their respective fans Up to eight fans can be monitored at a time The J28 pinout is Pin Description Pin Description 1 Fan 0 2 GND 3 ...

Page 48: ... administrator can remotely control the system if the RAC is implemented This connector is custom made for the AMI MegaRAC card The pinout is Pin Description Pin Description 1 SMI 2 I2C clock 3 Not connected 4 GND 5 Not connected 6 I2C data 7 Not connected 8 Not connected 9 Not connected 10 Not connected 11 Reset 12 GND 13 GND 14 Not connected 15 Not connected 16 GND 17 Not connected 18 Not connec...

Page 49: ...IOS Errors If the system operates normally a display should appear on the monitor The BIOS Power On Self Test POST should execute If POST does not run successfully it will beep or display error messages Beeps indicate a serious problem with the system configuration or hardware The Beep Code indicates the problem AMIBIOS Beep Codes are defined in the AMIBIOS Technical Reference Make sure the affect...

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Page 51: ...utilities have been character based required keyboard input and have had user interfaces that were not very intuitive System Initialization Depending on the size of system memory the BIOS can take up to eight minutes to initialize system memory The system memory must be initialized to support ECC error correction If you enable Quickboot or press the escape Esc key BIOS will display the installed m...

Page 52: ...ights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Power Management Setup PCI Plug And Play Setup Peripheral Setup Auto Detect Hard Disks Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Change Language Setting Auto Configuration With Optimal Settings Auto Configuration With Fail Safe Settings Save Settings And Exit Exit Without Saving Standard CMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type e...

Page 53: ...talled Sec Slave Not Installed Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Sel Day 01 31 PgUp PgDn Modify Year 1901 2099 F2 F3 Color Date Time Select Standard CMOS Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Highlight Date or Time using the arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in MM DD YYYY ...

Page 54: ...ose Enabled to enable boot sector protection AMIBIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector You may have to type N several times to prevent the boot sector write Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ The following ...

Page 55: ...IBIOS displays the drive parameters You can also change these parameters if you do not think AMIBIOS detected the drive parameters correctly or if you want to enable an enhanced IDE feature You can modify these parameters as follows Select LBA Large Mode Select On if the drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB Select Block Mode Select On to allow block mode data transfers Select 32 Bit Mode Selec...

Page 56: ...on the disk surface where write precompensation begins Landing Zone This number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park when the system is shut down Sectors The number of sectors per track MFM drives have 17 sectors per track RLL drives have 26 sectors per track ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track SCSI and IDE drives have even more sectors per track LBA Mode LBA Logical Block Addr...

Page 57: ...17 43 MB 22 733 5 300 733 17 30 MB 23 306 4 0 336 17 10 MB 24 925 7 0 925 17 54 MB 25 925 9 65535 925 17 69 MB 26 754 7 754 754 17 44 MB 27 754 11 65535 754 17 69 MB 28 699 7 256 699 17 41 MB 29 823 10 65535 823 17 68 MB 30 918 7 918 918 17 53 MB 31 1024 11 65535 1024 17 94 MB 32 1024 15 65535 1024 17 128 MB 33 1024 5 1024 1024 17 43 MB 34 612 2 128 612 17 10 MB 35 1024 9 65535 1024 17 77 MB 36 10...

Page 58: ...sable this option If you disable this option you cannot use a PS 2 type mouse The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Display BIOS P O S T Messages Set this option to display BIOS messages during the Power On Self Test The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes Display Add On ROM Messages Set this option to display messages when you add an optional...

Page 59: ...o boot to Novell 3 X or 4 X The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are No Boot To OS 2 Set this option to Yes if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No S M A R T for Hard Disks Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Report...

Page 60: ...ATAPI CDROM 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD or 4th IDE HDD The default setting is Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 1st IDE 3rd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD or 4t...

Page 61: ...y for approximately 1 2 seconds The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are Disabled Internal Cache This option sets the type of caching algorithm used by the L1 internal cache memory The settings are WriteBack WriteThru or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are WriteBack External Cache This option sets the type of caching algorithm used by the external cache memory The settings are Wr...

Page 62: ...s of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Cached C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area in the option title Setting Description Enabled The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding address in ...

Page 63: ...abled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Power Button Function This option specifies how the power button mounted externally on the computer chassis is used The settings are Setting Description On Off Pushing the power button turns the computer on or off Suspend Pushing the Power button places the computer in Suspend mode or Full On power mode The Optimal and Fail ...

Page 64: ... The Optimal default setting is Suspend The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Hard Disk Time Out Minute This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk drive inactivity When this length of time expires the computer enters power conserving state specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode option The settings are Disabled 1 min minute 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 m...

Page 65: ...imal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in the Standby Mode power saving state The settings are expressed as a percentage between the normal CPU clock speed and the CPU clock speed when the computer is in the power conserving state The settings are 0 12 5 12 5 25 25 37 5 37 5 50 50 62 5 62 5 75 or 75 87 5 The ...

Page 66: ...n the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal d...

Page 67: ... The settings are Yes or No The default setting is Yes The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No PCI VGA Palette Snoop When this option is set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is di...

Page 68: ...timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the Slot 1 expansion slot The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 PCI Slot 2 Latency This option specifies the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the Slot 2 expansion slot The setting is 128 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 128 PCI Slot 3 Latency This ...

Page 69: ...in priority order If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal IRQ priority order The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto The second heading is Secondary Bus 1 Options PCI Slot 5 Latency PCI Slot 6 Latency PCI Slot 7 Latency PCI Slot 8 Latency This option specifies the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 and Slot 8 exp...

Page 70: ...or PCI devices installed in the Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 and Slot 12 expansion slots The setting is 248Clks The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 248ClksI PCI Slot 9 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 10 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 11 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 12 IRQ Priority This option specifies the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 and Slot 12 expansion slots The setting is N...

Page 71: ...re IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI PnP IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard Triton 2 PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to ISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be avai...

Page 72: ...ettings are PnP Reserved ISA Card Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled 16K 32K or 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved ISA Card Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by lega...

Page 73: ...d The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Primary Prefetch Set this option to allow prefetch of information from the IDR disk drives by the primary IDE controller The settings are Disabled Master Slave or Both The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Secondary Prefetch Set this option to allow prefetch of information from the IDR disk drives by the se...

Page 74: ...Q This option specifies the IRQ used by serial port 1 The settings are Disabled or IRQ4 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are IRQ4 Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The settings are Disabled 3F8h or 3E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 3F8h Serial Port1 FIFO The settings are Disabled or Enabled This option displays only if...

Page 75: ... The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are ECP The settings are Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used EPP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bidirectional data transfer driven by the host device ECP The parallel port can be used with ...

Page 76: ... Supervisor password or User password The Supervisor and User passwords activate two different levels of password security Set the Password Check option in Advanced Setup see the Advanced Setup section by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when AMIBIOS Setup is executed The password is encrypted and store...

Page 77: ...password prompt appears if the Password Check option is set to Always Change Supervisor Password Select Change Supervisor Password from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Enter new supervisor password appears Type the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered Retype the password as prompted and press Enter If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appear...

Page 78: ...ion with FailSafe Settings AMIBIOS will automatically set all AMIBIOS Setup options to a complete set of default settings when you choose this option The following appears Load failsafe settings Y N N The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance Choose the Fail Safe AMIBIOS Setup options if your computer is experiencing system configuration problems ...

Page 79: ...s Programming the Flash EPROM Step Action 1 Turn power off Make sure the computer has a working speaker 2 Remove the computer cover 3 Insert the floppy disk with the S770P ROM file in drive A 4 Before DOS boots press and hold down the Ctrl and Home keys to reprogram the Flash EPROM based AMIBIOS The bootblock code immediately reads the A drive looking for the new BIOS information 5 When the flash ...

Page 80: ... not programmed Should you inadvertently open the disk drive door or turn power off to the computer while programming the Flash EPROM the bootblock will be unaffected Simply turn power back on and begin the Flash ROM programming process again S770P ROM S770P ROM resides on a floppy disk and contains the updated main BIOS code American Megatrends will provide this file when the AMIBIOS for the Pent...

Page 81: ...disk The floppy disk is read There is no beep if this step is successful 4 Check for BIOS file size The BIOS file size is checked There is no beep if this step is successful 5 Check for Flash EPROM The BIOS looks for an Intel i28F001BX T Flash EPROM It does not beep if this step is successful 6 Erase the Flash EPROM Two beeps sound when the BIOS begins erasing the Flash EPROM 7 Program the Flash E...

Page 82: ... error beep codes and when they can occur are Number of Beeps Description 1 Insert diskette in floppy drive A 2 The AMIBOOT ROM file was not found in the root directory of the diskette in floppy drive A 3 Base memory error 4 Flash program successful 5 Floppy read error 6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed 7 No Flash EPROM detected 8 Floppy controller failure 9 Bootblock BIOS checksum error 10 ...

Page 83: ...et if any E9h Program the CPU clock dependent chip set parameters EAh Enable the timer and the floppy diskette interrupt Enable the internal cache Copy the bootblock BIOS and pass control to the bootblock BIOS in the 0000h segment EDh Initialize the floppy drive EEh Look for a diskette in drive A Read the first sector of the diskette EFh Floppy read error F0h Search for AMIBOOT ROM in the root dir...

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Page 85: ...h machine and retrieve system information Key Components The two key components of AMI Server Manager are AMI Server Manager Agent and AMI Server Manager Console AMI Server Manager Agent A copy of AMI Server Manager Agent must be installed and running in each server being managed for you to monitor the health of the machine and AMI Server Manager Agent works under Windows NT 4 0 Server AMI Server ...

Page 86: ...guration information provides hardware health monitoring via the onboard monitoring hardware in the Megaplex system monitors health of components on chassis such as drives power supplies and power supply fans can display all system events as logged by the Megaplex system BIOS can be run remotely from any management workstation can page the system administrator about alert messages can have the ico...

Page 87: ...r on only one machine you need to install AMI Server Manager Agent and AMI Server Manager Console on that machine At the end of ASM Setup reboot your machine When the user logs into NT the ASM Agent will start Once the Agent is running ASM Console can be loaded If you gave administrative privileges to ASM during installation then when Console first loads you need to select which machine to connect...

Page 88: ... to be running in order to monitor that machine After you install the Agent and it is running on all remote machines you want to monitor install ASM Console on the local machine From this machine you can monitor all remote machines using the Console You do not have to restart the machine after you complete installation After you complete installation you can start the Console by selecting it from ...

Page 89: ...etting Monitoring Limits Click on the Health Limits button on the toolbar to bring up the Set monitoring limits window Use the following procedure to disable monitoring for any health parameter that you do not want monitored that is not supported by the hardware or that is not applicable Step Action 1 Click on the Health Information group This enables the health buttons 2 Click on the Health Limit...

Page 90: ... the Pager Database button on the toolbar to bring up the Pager Database screen Use the following procedure to set up the pager feature Step Action 1 Click on the Health Information group to enable the health buttons 2 Click on the Pager Database button on the toolbar to open the Pager Database window 3 Enter the user name and pager information 4 Click the Add button 5 To add more users enter thei...

Page 91: ...he following procedure to set up the monitoring options Step Action 1 Click on the Health Information group to enable the health buttons 2 Click on the Health Options button on the toolbar to open the Monitoring Options window 3 In the Options section set how often you want the monitoring values to be updated 4 In the Handle Warning Condition section select which user pager you want to be dialed w...

Page 92: ...nt The Windows NT user installing Server Manager must be a member of the Administrators group defined in the User Manager For more information about the User Manager refer to the Windows NT help During ASM installation you are asked which components you want to install To install the ASM Agent select the AMI Server Manager Agent component ASM Setup will create an ASM Agent icon in the StartUp grou...

Page 93: ...each information group If an icon is flashing then there is a problem with that group Click on the icon to see what is wrong and take corrective action The rest of this chapter contains detailed information about the icons Note If this is your first time running AMI Server Manager please read the following section before you respond to a flashing icon Health Information Group Setup The Health Info...

Page 94: ...rver Selection screen as shown below Click on a server icon to connect AMI Server Manager to that server You can perform any AMI Server Manager function on the selected server after you have selected it You can also click on the Connect button on other AMI Server Manager screens to connect to a different server If you set up a password during installation the following dialog box displays when you...

Page 95: ...ts should be set closer to normal operating values than alert limits If a parameter is operating beyond a warning limit it should not fail immediately Alerts When a health parameter value you are monitoring goes beyond the alert limit set in the Health Limits window an alert is issued When an alert is issued a red warning icon appears next to the parameter causing the alert In addition the Health ...

Page 96: ... the LCD Enter Exit Up arrow and Down arrow These keys are located to the left of the display panel Press any of these keys to access the main menu At the main menu highlight the item you want by using the Up and Down arrows and pressing Enter Use the Exit key to go back one menu Using this method you can view system and health information about the Megaplex machine The reset RST and power PWR but...

Page 97: ...r Manager Screens Basic Screen Information This manual contains information about the following screen sections Menu bar Toolbar Top frame Left frame Body frame and Status bar Sample Screen The following sample screen displays the screen sections Cont d ...

Page 98: ...icons on the toolbar to perform Server Manager functions Connect to a Workstation Print Pager Database Health Limits Health Options Location Category Graph Options Performance Graph and Help For more information about toolbar icons refer to page 107 Top Frame The top frame contains the following icons for Server Manager functions System Inventory Health Information Chassis Status Health Graph Perf...

Page 99: ...ight of the left frame Status Bar The status bar displays a short text message showing the current condition of the program or the currently selected icon The status bar displays below the left frame and body frame System Problem Indicators Three top frame icons flash on and off when system problems occur Health Information Chassis Status and Bios Events For example the Health Information icon fla...

Page 100: ...erver Manager main screen appears as shown below A summary of system configuration for the selected server information displays Click on any icon on the left side of the screen to display additional system configuration information For example if you click on the Drives icon a screen such as the following appears ...

Page 101: ...en to access the System Inventory screen The Print icon on the Toolbar is highlighted only when you select System Inventory The System Inventory screen provides summary information as shown in the sample screen below The icons for the hardware display in the left frame The icons are Summary Information Processors Memory Drives Hardware Resources Devices BIOS Video Port Connectors and System Slots ...

Page 102: ...e icon Health Limits icon Health Options icon and Location Category icon on the Toolbar are highlighted Use these icons to set up pagers set health parameters handle warning and alert conditions and display a health report for the current server A sample health monitoring screen is shown below The screen displays the current values for the health parameter along with the low and high warning limit...

Page 103: ... between the location and category components Location Components Component Description CPU Board Displays the status of all available CPU board parameters including fan speeds temperatures and voltages I O Board Displays the status of all available I O board parameters including fan speeds temperatures and voltages Show All Events Displays the status of all parameters Category Components Componen...

Page 104: ...e Megaplex chassis has five fans and 12 drives on the front side The Health Information screen displays health values for the fans The status of the drives displays when you select the Chassis Status icon The fans on the front of the chassis are numbered from one to five The front of the chassis is shown below Cont d ...

Page 105: ...rmation screen The screen also displays the high and low warning and alert values for each parameter System Health Voltage CPU Board VTT CPU Board VCC3 CPU Board VCC CPU 0 Core CPU 1 Core CPU 2 Core CPU 3 Core CPU 0 L2 Cache CPU 1 L2 Cache CPU 2 L2 Cache CPU 3 L2 Cache CPU Board 25 CPU Board 12 Temperature CPU 0 CPU 1 CPU 2 CPU 3 CPU Board Ambient 1 CPU Board Ambient 2 Fan Chassis Fan 3 Chassis Fa...

Page 106: ... display for the I O board on the Health Information screen The screen also displays the high and low warning and alert values for each parameter System Health Voltage I O Board VTT I O Board VCC3 I O Board VCC I O Board Slot VCC3 I O Board 12 I O Board 12 I O Board 5 Temperature I O Board Ambient 1 I O Board Ambient 2 I O Board Ambient 3 I O Board Ambient 4 Fan Chassis Fan 1 Chassis Fan 2 ...

Page 107: ...ocated in the chassis This screen displays the chassis intrusion status and the status of the drives power supply and power supply fans Click on an icon in the left frame to view the status for a specific item Chassis Instrusion Status indicates whether the chassis is open or closed A sample Chassis Status screen is shown below Cont d ...

Page 108: ... Location of Drives on the Chassis The status for the 12 drives on the chassis indicates whether they are present or absent The drives are numbered from zero to three in each of the three drive sections Top Middle and Bottom The values for drive status are Present or Absent Cont d ...

Page 109: ...r supply fans in two sections A and B Each section has a Top Middle and Bottom power supply Each power supply fan is designated as a left or right fan The values for the power supply fans are OK Bad and Absent Examples of Chassis Status Information The following table displays examples of the status information that can appear on the Chassis Status screen Chassis Status Information Drive Status Dr...

Page 110: ... about the voltage temperature and fan as indicated by the icons on the left of the screen AMI Server Manager can display a graph of system activity on the selected server Select Health Graph to highlight the Health Graph icon on the Toolbar Click on the icon to set the type and mode of graph to display Select Current Session or Previous Session Select an icon on the left of the screen for a list ...

Page 111: ...ph Continued The section of the Health Graph screen below the graph displays the following information for a current session Time Interval Last Lo Value Current Value and Last Hi Value Time Interval and TimeSpan display when you select Previous Session ...

Page 112: ...performance information for individual CPUs or all CPUs PCI Bus0 view the performance information for PCI slots 1 2 3 and 4 and the onboard VGA PCI Bus1 view the performance information for PCI slots 5 6 7 and 8 and PCI Bus2 view the performance information for PCI slots 9 10 11 and 12 You can use the Performance Graph toolbar icon to modify the parameters and set the Sampling Interval rate at whi...

Page 113: ...Post Errors displays all post errors The system BIOS checks for problems in the server and logs them in GPNV General Purpose Non Volatile RAM AMI Server Manager reports all BIOS events recorded by the system BIOS and displays them when you click on the BIOS Events icon on the AMI Server Manager main screen A sample BIOS Event display screen is shown below ...

Page 114: ... failure occurred Also you will be able to see what failed and what the current value is There is no left frame for the Health Events icon To receive warnings and alerts from a remote machine the remote machine must be running HealthAgent AMI Server Manager can display the contents of the event log for the selected server Click on the Health Events icon on the AMI Server Manager main screen A samp...

Page 115: ...lick on a server icon to run AMI Server Manager on the selected server This icon is always enabled Print Click on this icon to print the contents of the screen This icon is enabled only when the System Inventory icon is selected Pager Database AMI Server Manager can call a pager to notify you if a server is having a problem Click on this icon to choose a pager from the pager database This icon is ...

Page 116: ...em health parameter from the pull down list at the top of this screen Set the warning and alert limits by moving the high limit and low limit sliders for each parameter Health Options Click on this icon to set the options for handling warning and alert conditions This icon is enabled only when the Health Information icon is selected The screen shown below displays From this screen you can choose h...

Page 117: ...on and category components This icon is enabled only when the Health Information icon is selected For category components click on the Voltage Temperature Fan or Show All icons on the left of the screen to display the current status of the selected health parameter For the location components click on the Location Category icon again to display additional icons The location icons are shown below B...

Page 118: ...formance graph for You can modify the parameters that are measured and the frequency that the data is updated This item is enabled only when the Performance Graph icon is selected When you click on this icon the following setting box displays for you to select a component parameters and sampling interval There are eight performance items to measure Utilization and Transfer Rate for each of the fou...

Page 119: ...frame of the main AMI Server Manager screen are Icon Meaning Click on this icon to display a summary of system configuration information about the selected server A screen such as the following appears Click on this icon to display the system health parameters for the selected server A screen such as the following appears ...

Page 120: ...or the selected server A screen such as the following appears Click on this icon to display the most recent BIOS events for the selected server A screen such as the following appears Click on this icon to display the most recent history of health parameters for the selected server A screen such as the following appears ...

Page 121: ...Chapter 6 AMI Server Manager Icons and Menus 113 Icon Meaning Click on this icon to display the event log for the selected server A screen such as the following appears ...

Page 122: ... Menu Item When Enabled Print Enabled only when the System Inventory icon is selected This menu item is in the File menu Connect to a Workstation Always enabled This menu item is in the Tools menu Change Password Reboot Shutdown Enabled only when you are connected to a remote server These menu items are in the Options menu Graph Settings Enabled only when the Health Graph icon is selected This men...

Page 123: ...played on the screen The Print menu options is enabled only when the System Information icon is selected Print Preview Choose this option to display the print format of the contents of the current screen without actually printing Print Setup Choose this option to select a printer and to configure printer properties and options Exit Choose this option to end the AMI Server Manager session Cont d ...

Page 124: ...re described below Toolbar choose this option to display the toolbar If the toolbar is already displayed choose this option to hide the toolbar Status Bar choose this option to display the status bar If the status bar is already displayed choose this option to hide it The status bar is located immediately below the left frame and the body frame Cont d ...

Page 125: ...I Server Manager Menus Continued Tools Menu The tools menu is shown below The only menu item is Connect to a Workstation If you choose this option the Open Server screen appears and you can choose a different server to run AMI Server Manager with Cont d ...

Page 126: ...uad Pentium II Xeon PCI ISA System Guide 118 AMI Server Manager Menus Continued Options Menu The Options menu is shown below Some menu items are disabled or enabled depending on the top frame icon selected Cont d ...

Page 127: ...item to choose a pager from the pager database This item is enabled only when you select the Health Information icon Health Limits Choose this item to establish the limits for the server health parameters This item is enabled only when you select the Health Information icon Monitoring Options Choose this item to set health parameters such as Refresh Rate Handle Warning Condition and Handle Alert C...

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Page 129: ...se as seen in the picture below There are four function keys used to control the LCD Enter Exit Up arrow and Down arrow These keys are located to the left of the display panel Press any of these keys to access the main menu At the main menu highlight the item you want by using the Up and Down arrows and pressing Enter Use the Exit key to go back one menu Using this method you can view system and h...

Page 130: ...tium II Xeon PCI ISA System Guide 122 LCD ROM Panel The following graphic shows the back of the LCD ROM display panel The P2 50 pin connector J2 5 pin header and the serial connector are used to flash the LCD ROM Cont d ...

Page 131: ...2 4 Put the sorting header on the 5 pin connector J2 When you place the sorting header on the connector the five holes on the back of the sorting header face the 50 pin connector P2 5 Connect a null modem cable to the serial connector 6 Boot the PC in DOS or Windows 7 Connect the other end of the null modem cable to the serial connector of a PC 8 Run your terminal software 9 Turn on the Megaplex m...

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Page 133: ...they will be the hottest motherboard components Frequency Heat Sink Minimum Air Flow over CPU Airflow over other components Temperature Range 400 MHz or higher Yes 250 LFM Not Critical 0 through 35 C ambient You should make sure that there is adequate air flow over the CPU inside the case The CPU Plate temperature should not rise above 75 C Humidity The recommended humidity range for operation of ...

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Page 135: ...y 105 Bios Events icon 113 BIOS Events icon 113 BIOS P O S T Messages 50 Block Mode 48 Body Frame 91 Boot Sector Virus Protection 46 Boot to Novell 4 X 51 Boot To OS 2 51 Boot to SCO UNIX 59 Boot Up Num Lock 50 Bootblock BIOS Actions 72 Bootblock Code Checkpoint Codes 75 Bus IRQ Resource Owner 63 C C2C Card to card interleave 18 Cables Connecting 29 30 Cache Bus ECC 53 Cache Memory 2 Category Comp...

Page 136: ...lth Events icon 114 Health Graph 102 Health Graph icon 114 Health Information 94 Health Information Group Setup 85 Health Information icon 112 Health Limits 120 Health Limits icon 108 Health Monitoring Items for CPU Board 97 Health Monitoring Items for I O Board 98 Health Options icon 109 HealthAgent 106 Height restrictions 4 Help icon 111 Help Menu 120 125 I I O Board Zone 110 Icons 107 112 IDE d...

Page 137: ...ry IDE 65 Onboard Secondary Prefetch 65 Onboard VGA 3 Options Menu 119 120 Graph Settings 120 Health Limits 120 Location Category 120 Monitoring Options 120 Pager Database 120 Password 120 Reboot 120 Shutdown 120 Toggle Alert Flash 120 P P15 VGA Connector 38 P2 connector 122 Packing List vii Pager Database 120 Pager Database icon 107 Parallel Port 33 Parallel Port Address 67 Parallel Port DMA Chan...

Page 138: ...ROM 72 Sample Screen 89 Save Settings and Exit 70 Secondary Bus 1 Options 61 Secondary Bus 2 Options 62 Selecting a Server 86 Serial connector 122 Serial port Pinout 32 Serial port connectors 32 Serial Port1 Address 66 Serial Port1 FIFO 66 Serial Port1 IRQ 66 Serial Port2 Address 66 Serial Port2 FIFO 67 Serial Port2 IRQ 66 Series 769 CPU board 4 Series 770 I O board 5 Series 776 CPU termination bo...

Page 139: ...rame 90 Top Frame Icons 112 Top Frame Icons 112 Bios Events 113 Chassis Status 113 Health Events 114 Health Graph 114 Health Information 112 System Inventory 112 Try Other Boot Devices 53 U Unpack the Boards 9 USB Connectors 33 USB Device IRQ Priority 61 USB Device Latency 60 USB Function 59 Using One Machine 79 Using the LCD 88 Overview 88 V Video Power Down Mode 56 Video Shadow C000 16K 54 Video...

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