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3U8G Series

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2.3  System Front Panel

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Description

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Control Panel Buttons and LEDs

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2 x USB 2.0 Ports

3

8 x GPGPU/MIC Card Slots

Summary of Contents for BAREBONE 3U8G SERIES

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Page 2: ...implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock Rack its directors officers employees or agent...

Page 3: ...en removal of the chassis lid required for servicing Turn off power and unplug any power cords cables and Reinstall the chassis lid before restoring power Important Safety Instructions Pay close atten...

Page 4: ...nel 8 2 5 Front Control Panel Buttons and LEDs 9 2 6 PSU LED 11 2 7 Drive Tray LEDs 11 2 8 Fan Failed LED 12 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation and Maintenance 13 3 1 Server Top Cover 14 3 2 Hard Drive 1...

Page 5: ...Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 45 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM 46 Appendix B 47 Installing the Server in a Rack 47...

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Page 7: ...ecifications might be updated the content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice In case any modifications of this documentation occur the updated version will be available on...

Page 8: ...Backplane BPB 1 Front Panel Board 1 Power Distribution Boards PDB 1 Switch Board SWB 1 Power Cable ATX 24Pin PDB to MB 520mm 1 Power Cable ATX 8Pin 1 PDB to MB 470mm 1 Power Cable ATX 8Pin 2 PDB to MB...

Page 9: ...tivity LED 4 x Network activity LEDs System event LED I O Ports 2 x USB 2 0 ports Drive Bay External 6 x 2 5 SATA HDDs 6Gb s System Cooling Fan 8 x 80 38 mm system fans Power Supply Capacity 4 3 1 Red...

Page 10: ...apter provides diagrams showing the location of important components of the server system 2 1 System Components 6 x 2 5 Hot Swap HDD Trays Server Board Power Supply Units 8 x Hot Swap System Fans 8 x...

Page 11: ...3U8G Series 5 English 2 2 Internal Features 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 5 1 6 18 8 7 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 9 2 3 4...

Page 12: ...oard BPB 8 Power Distribution Board PDB 9 Switch Board SWB 10 System Fan 2 11 System Fan 4 12 System Fan 6 13 System Fan 8 14 System Fan 1 15 System Fan 3 16 System Fan 5 17 System Fan 7 18 GPGPU MIC...

Page 13: ...3U8G Series 7 English 2 3 System Front Panel 2 1 3 No Description 1 Control Panel Buttons and LEDs 2 2 x USB 2 0 Ports 3 8 x GPGPU MIC Card Slots...

Page 14: ...3 Mezzanine Card Support for 1GbE x 2 or 10GbE x2 Only supported for 3U8G C612 4 Low Profile PCI Express Slot for the riser card Only supported for 3U8G C612 V 5 Motherboard Tray Handle WARNING Pleas...

Page 15: ...t Button 7 System Reset Button Please be noted that the functions are supported depending on the type of the server board Power Button Press the power switch button to toggle the system power on and s...

Page 16: ...and initialize the system Status LED Definitions Power LED Status Description Green Power on Off Power off ID LED Status Description Blue System identification is active Off System identification is d...

Page 17: ...OVP Fan Fail OTP UVP AC cord unplugged Amber blinking at 0 5Hz Warning high temp high power high current slow fan Green blinking at 0 5Hz AC Present Only 12VSB on PS off or PS in Smart Redundant stat...

Page 18: ...vity LED Status Description Solid Green HDD active Blinking Green HDD accessing or reading Red HDD failed Off HDD powered off 2 8 Fan Failed LED Fan Failed LED Fan LED Status Description Solid Red Fan...

Page 19: ...any system component A discharge of static electricity may damage components Wear a grounded wrist strap if available Installing Procedures The followings are prerequisite to be installed 2 5 HDD s Po...

Page 20: ...covers Chapter 3 5 p 28 CPU DIMM A middle and C rear covers Appendix A p 38 A Top Middle Cover 1 1 1 2 1 Remove the eight screws that secure the top middle cover to the chassis 2 Lift up and remove th...

Page 21: ...ews that secure the top front or rear cover to the chassis 2 Push the top front cover or the top rear cover toward the FRONT of the chassis to remove the cover from the locked position 3 Lift up and r...

Page 22: ...outs 2 Slide the top front or rear cover toward the REAR of the chassis Use a 4U top front cover instead if the power connectors of your GPGPU card are on the top side of it Please purchase seperately...

Page 23: ...both top front and rear covers are properly secured lower the top middle cover on the chassis Carefully align the mounting holes in the top middle cover and the chassis 5 Secure the top middle cover...

Page 24: ...ot swappable 2 5 hard drives Six 2 5 hard drive trays are located on the rear of the chassis Removing 2 5 Hard Drive Trays from the Chassis 1 Press the locking lever latch on the drive tray to unlock...

Page 25: ...ray with the printed circuit board side facing down Carefully align the mounting holes in the hard drive and the tray 2 Secure the hard drive using the two screws 3 Slide the drive tray into the HDD b...

Page 26: ...r full load operation with the fourth power supply purely as a redundant load sharing backup It can be removed without affecting system operation 1 Align the power supply unit with the power supply sl...

Page 27: ...e PSU 1 Hold onto the power supply handle while pressing the locking lever towards the power supply handle 2 Pull to remove the power supply from the chassis 1 1 1 2 1 Before replacing the power suppl...

Page 28: ...p middle cover from the chassis See p 14 for more details 2 Lift to remove the failed fan 3 Align the mounting holes on the replacement fan corners with the fan mounts on the fan bracket Make sure the...

Page 29: ...e fans on the cards the system requires back to front air flow routing so you need to reverse the fan modules before installing the system fans Be sure to completely power down the system before rever...

Page 30: ...24 English To reverse fan modules please follow the steps below 1 Gently lift and remove the fans A from the front row and the fans B from the rear row FRONT REAR A B...

Page 31: ...Series 25 English 2 Turn all the four fan modules A 180 degrees around Place them to the rear row 3 Turn all the four fan modules B 180 degrees around Place them to the front row 180 180 A B B A FRONT...

Page 32: ...more instructions on how to remove and install a GPGPU card please refer to the section entitled 3 5 GPG or MIC Card 6 Move the jumper caps placed on the FAN Flow Switch Jumper FAN_FLOW_SW1 from pins...

Page 33: ...N Flow Switch Jumper 3 pin FAN_FLOW_SW1 For Passive Card Front to back air flow Default For Active Card Back to front air flow 7 Place the GPGPU Card back into the Slot 8 Put the top front cover back...

Page 34: ...or MIC Card Installing and Removing the GPU or MIC Card 1 Release the screw of the GPU MIC card slot on the front of the chassis 2 Pull down the retention lever 3 Release the screw that secures the bl...

Page 35: ...3U8G Series 29 English 4 4 Lift to remove the blanking plate...

Page 36: ...the back of the GPU MIC card or on the side of the card If the power connectors of the GPGPU card you use are on the top side the connectors and the connected cable will extend the height of the card...

Page 37: ...3U8G Series 31 English 6 6 Gently place the GPU or MIC card into the empty slot Make sure the card is well seated...

Page 38: ...32 English 8 7 7 Pull up the retention lever 8 Hand tighten the screw to secure the inserted GPU MIC card...

Page 39: ...d tray 2 Press the locking tab in the middle to release the handles Release Handles 1 Locking Tab 2 3 Rotate and open the release handles on the sides of the motherboard tray to disengage the tray fro...

Page 40: ...34 English 4 Then you can grasp the handles and slide the tray all the way out of the chassis 4...

Page 41: ...ine on the tray almost reaches the edge of the chassis 2 Make sure the black line on the top edge of the tray is evenly aligned with the edge of the chassis 3 Then close the release handles completely...

Page 42: ...card power off the server and unplug the power cord Please be noted that add on card is supported for certain models only Please check the rear panel of your chassis and see if a low profile PCI Expre...

Page 43: ...ease refer to the followings for instructions 1 Peel off the adhesive backing on the bottom side of the air baffle Gently attach the air baffle onto the low profile passive heatsink 1 Air Baffle Low P...

Page 44: ...add on card such as a graphics card to the riser card 4 5 Align the plate of the add on card with the openings in the back of the chassis Attach the add on card to the chassis with the screw that was...

Page 45: ...3U8G Series 39 English Appendix A Installing the CPU Socket LGA2011 R3 A B A B 1 2 3...

Page 46: ...40 English B A 4 5 6...

Page 47: ...3U8G Series 41 English The cover must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service A B 7 8 9 B C A A B...

Page 48: ...42 English Installing the CPU Socket LGA2011 A B A B 1 2 3...

Page 49: ...3U8G Series 43 English B A 4 5 6...

Page 50: ...44 English The cover must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service A B A B 7 8 9 B C A...

Page 51: ...ish Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink Passive heatsink for narrow ILM socket Before you installed the heatsink you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improv...

Page 52: ...ne correct orientation It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation For more information about DIMM installation please r...

Page 53: ...rack Slide Rail Chassis Rail Removing the Chassis Rail from the Slide Rail Assembly 1 Pull out the inner chassis rail from the rail assembly 2 Push the white chassis rail release button toward the fro...

Page 54: ...ard the front of the chassis until the chassis rail clips Make sure the rail is installed in the correct direction 3 Secure the chassis rail to the server chassis with screws 4 Repeat for the remainin...

Page 55: ...ee space above the slide rail bracket are required If you use a 4U top cover for the server you need to have 9 holes of free space above the slide rail bracket For the rack with square mounting holes...

Page 56: ...lish 2 Extend the pre attached front and rear adjustable brackets on the slide Do not fully tighten the nuts yet Front Bracket Rear Bracket 3 Adjust the brackets to accommodate the depth of the rack 1...

Page 57: ...ackets with the mounting holes you selected on the rack 5 Tighten the screws to secure the slide rails to the rack Make sure the rear bracket meets the rear vertical rail of the rack 11U 12U 6 Fully t...

Page 58: ...ached to the rack 2 Fully extend the slide rails from the rack by pulling the inner rails out until they are locked and cannot be pulled out further 11U 12U To slide an inner rail back into the slide...

Page 59: ...the server slowly and evenly all the way into the cabinet to ensure that the slide assemblies are working correctly The server is heavy For safe lifting two or more persons are required to install the...

Page 60: ...reverse these instructions When connecting cables to the server make sure there is enough cable slack so you can slide the server in and out of the rack without accidentally unplugging a cable Optiona...

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