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Published December 2014 

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CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

he Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance 
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the 
California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please 
follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate”

 

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

Page 3: ...ant to know more about ASRock Rack you re welcome to visit ASRock Rack s website at www ASRockRack com or you may contact your dealer for further information ASRock Rack Incorporation 6F No 37 Sec 2 J...

Page 4: ...n 14 2 1 Screw Holes 14 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 14 2 3 Installing the CPU 15 2 4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 17 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM 18 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI Expr...

Page 5: ...on 39 3 3 4 Super IO Coniguration 41 3 3 5 ACPI Coniguration 42 3 3 6 USB Coniguration 43 3 3 7 WHEA Coniguration 44 3 3 8 Intel Server Platform Services 45 3 3 9 Serial Port Console Redirection 46 3...

Page 6: ...2 1 Running The Support CD 4 2 2 Drivers Menu 4 2 3 Utilities Menu 4 2 4 Contact Information Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 5 2 Technical Support Procedures 5 3 Returning Mer...

Page 7: ...oard Form Factor 9 6 in x 9 6 in 24 4 cm x 24 4 cm User Manual Support CD 4 x SATA3 Cables 50cm 2 x SATA3 Cables 60cm 1 x I O Shield If any items are missing or appear damaged contact your authorized...

Page 8: ...x8 switch with PCIE6 PCIe 2 0 x 8 1 slot PCIE7 x4 Storage SATA Controller C222 2 x SATA3 6Gb s 4 x SATA2 3Gb s support RAID 0 1 5 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Ethernet Interface Gigabit LAN 10 100 1000...

Page 9: ...1 8 pin USB 3 0 Header 1 support 1 USB 3 0 USB 2 0 Header 1 support 2 USB 2 0 Type A USB 3 0 Port 1 Front Panel 1 System BIOS BIOS Type 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS BIOS Features Plug and Play PnP ACPI 2...

Page 10: ...4 bit CentOS 5 10 6 5 32 64 bit SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 SP3 32 64 bit FreeBSD 9 2 32 64 bit Fedora core 19 64 bit Ubuntu 12 04 2 64 bit 12 10 64 bit Virtual VMWare ESXi 5 5 Environment Tempera...

Page 11: ...utility you can press the F6 key during the POST or the F2 key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access Instant Flash Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS ile to your USB lash drive loppy d...

Page 12: ...ID 1 PSU_SMB1 ATXPWR1 ATX12V1 SATA_SGPIO1 1 SATA_SGPIO2 1 SATA_0 SATA_1 SATA_5 SATA_4 SATA_3 SATA_2 13 14 15 16 17 18 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN PANEL1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 USB_1_2 USB3_2 1 1 AUX_PANEL1 TPM1 NM...

Page 13: ...3_2 13 SATA3 Connector SATA_1 White 14 SATA3 Connector SATA_0 White 15 SATA2 Connector SATA_3 Blue 16 SATA2 Connector SATA_2 Blue 17 SATA2 Connector SATA_5 Blue 18 SATA2 Connector SATA_4 Blue 19 Front...

Page 14: ...8 English For DIMM installation and coniguration instructions please see p 18 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM for more details...

Page 15: ...3_B2 64 bit 240 pin module DDR3_A2 64 bit 240 pin module Super I O COM1 USB 3 0 T USB0 B USB1 RJ 45 LAN2 UID 1 ATXPWR1 1 1 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 USB3_5 Dr Debug BUZZER1 BATTERY1 1...

Page 16: ...English No Status Description 1 Amber Rear_FAN1 failed 2 Green BMC heartbeat LED 3 Green STB PWR ready 4 Amber FRNT_FAN1 failed 5 Amber CPU_FAN1 failed 6 Amber FRNT_FAN2 failed 7 Amber FRNT_FAN3 fail...

Page 17: ...AN Port 8 UID Switch LED UID1 LAN Port LED Indications here are two LED next to the LAN port Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications Dedicated IPMI LAN Port LED Indications Ac...

Page 18: ...LAN port LED indications LAN Port LAN1 LAN2 LED Indications Activity Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description Of No Link Of 10Mbps connection or no link Blinking Green Data Activity O...

Page 19: ...E3C222D4U 13 English 1 7 Block Diagram...

Page 20: ...ber to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the compo nents 3 Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs 4 Whenever you uninstall any component pla...

Page 21: ...e are any bent pins in the socket Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found Otherwise the CPU will be seriously damaged 2 Unplug all power cables before installing the...

Page 22: ...16 English Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed he cover must be placed if you wish to return the motherboard for ater service 5 6 4...

Page 23: ...E3C222D4U 17 English 2 4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 1 2 C P U _ F A N...

Page 24: ...able to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology 3 Some DDR3 1GB double sided DIMMs with 16 chips may not work on this motherboard It is not recommended to install them on this motherboard If you want...

Page 25: ...E3C222D4U 19 English 1 2 3...

Page 26: ...Card x16 Two Graphics Cards x8 x8 Installing an expansion card Step 1 Before installing an expansion card please make sure that the power supply is switched of or the power cord is unplugged Please r...

Page 27: ...is placed on the pins the jumper is Short If no jumper cap is placed on the pins the jumper is Open he illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are Short when a jumper cap is placed on t...

Page 28: ...and fails to perform a normal restart PLED System Power LED Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel he LED is on when the system is operating he LED is of when the system is i...

Page 29: ...s prop erly connected C Chassis intrusion pin 2 pin CHASSIS his header is provided for host computer chassis with chassis intrusion detection designs In addition it must also work with external detect...

Page 30: ...or internal storage devices he current SATA3 interface allows up to 6 0 Gb s data transfer rate USB 2 0 Header 9 pin USB_5_6 see p 6 No 24 DUMMY GND GND P P USB_PWR P P USB_PWR 1 Besides two default U...

Page 31: ...and Rear Fan Connectors 4 pin FRNT_FAN1 see p 6 No 7 4 pin FRNT_FAN2 see p 6 No 9 4 pin FRNT_FAN3 see p 6 No 19 4 pin REAR_FAN1 see p 6 No 1 FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL GND 12V 1 2 3 4 FAN_SPEED FAN_S...

Page 32: ...see p 6 No 31 1 TR1 TR1 GND Please connect the thermal sensor cable to either pin 1 2 or pin 2 3 and the other end to the device which you wish to monitor its temperature Serial General Purpose Input...

Page 33: ...ment features using the IPMB Baseboard Management Controller SMBus Header 10 pin BMC_SMB1 see p 6 No 26 1 GND BMC_SMBCLK7 5VSB BMC_SMBCLK9 BMC_SMBDATA9 BMC_SMBDATA7 5VSB GND he header is used for the...

Page 34: ...ers to your system please insert the support CD to your optical drive irst hen the drivers compatible to your system can be auto detected and listed on the support CD driver page Please follow the ord...

Page 35: ...all PCI E devices or try installing them in other slots If the problem still exists please remove all PCI E devices or try using another VGA card A0 A7 Problem related to IDE or SATA devices Please re...

Page 36: ...r handles all non TCP IP traic he Secondary adapter will receive fallback traic if the primary fails If the Preferred Primary adapter fails but is later restored to an active status control is automat...

Page 37: ...back on 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar he top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Item Description Main For setting system time date information Advanced For advanced system conigurations...

Page 38: ...selected items Tab Switch to next function Enter To bring up the selected screen PGUP Go to the previous page PGDN Go to the next page HOME Go to the top of the screen END Go to the bottom of the scre...

Page 39: ...ish 3 2 Main Screen Once you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview he Main screen provides system overview information and allows you to set the syst...

Page 40: ...U Coniguration Chipset Coniguration Storage Coniguration Super IO Coniguration ACPI Conigura tion USB Coniguration WHEA Coniguration Intel Server Platform Services Serial Port Console Redirection Volt...

Page 41: ...cores to enable in each processor package No Execute Memory Protection Processors with No Execution Memory Protection Technology may prevent certain classes of malicious bufer overlow attacks Intel Vi...

Page 42: ...ws processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in speciic conditions he de fault value is Enabled Energy Performance Use this item to conigure Energy Performance CPU C States Support Enable CP...

Page 43: ...o DRAM Frequency If Auto is selected the motherboard will detect the memory module s inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically You may also select other value as operating frequency DDR...

Page 44: ...allows you to set the power state ater an unexpected AC power loss If Power Of is selected the AC power remains of when the power recovers If Power On is selected the AC power resumes and the system s...

Page 45: ...supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages SATA Aggressive Link Power Management Use this item to conigure SATA Aggressive...

Page 46: ...or Not Detected Eneter either one of the options will see the followings External SATA Use this item to enable SATA safe removal notiications Please note that the SATA device will be downgraded to SAT...

Page 47: ...nboard serial port Change Settings Use this item to select an optimal setting for Super IO device Serial Port 2 Coniguration Use this item to conigure the onboard serial port 2 Select and enter the Se...

Page 48: ...e this motherboard to submit Windows certiication PCIE Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCIE device to turn on the system from the power sot of mode Ring In Power On Use this item t...

Page 49: ...on options Enabled Disabled Auto and Smart Auto If Auto is selected all USB ports work as USB3 0 ater boot to OS If Smart Auto is selected all USB ports work as USB3 0 ater boot to OS and work as USB2...

Page 50: ...44 English 3 3 7 WHEA Coniguration WHEA Support Use this option to enable or disable Windows Hardware Error Architecture he default value is Enabled...

Page 51: ...English 3 3 8 Intel Server Platform Services Intel Server Platform Services Coniguration his item displays the information of the Intel Server Platform Services such as SPS version and ME FW Firmware...

Page 52: ...gure Console Redirection Settings and specify how your computer and the host computer to which you are connected exchange information Terminal Type Use this item to select the preferred terminal emula...

Page 53: ...VT UTF8 Combo Key Support for ANSI VT100 terminals Recorder Mode Use this item to enable or disable Recorder Mode to capture terminal data and send it as text messages Resolution 100x31 Use this item...

Page 54: ...tion keys VT UTF8 UTF8 encoding is used to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes ANSI Extended ASCII character set Bits Per Second Use this item to select the serial port transmission speed The speed...

Page 55: ...ibration CPU Load Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage he default value is Auto PCH Voltage Use this to sel...

Page 56: ...isk or hard drive and launch this tool then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional loppy diskette or other compli cated lash utility Please be noted that the USB...

Page 57: ...c he default value is Full On REAR Fan 1 Setting his allows you to set the rear fan 1 s speed Coniguration options Full On Manual and Automatic he default value is Full On FRNT Fan 1 Setting his allow...

Page 58: ...rol Smart Fan Duty Control Smart Fan Duty x x means 1 to 11 stage his allows you to set duty cycle for each stage Smart Fan Temp Control Smart Fan Temp x x means 1 to 11 stage his allows you to set te...

Page 59: ...the system boot order Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature Setup Prompt Timeout his shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key...

Page 60: ...Disabled he default value is Enabled CSM Parameters Use this option to conigure the parameters of OpROM execution boot options ilter etc Boot Option Filter Use this option to control what devices syst...

Page 61: ...ord Set or change the password for the administrator account Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password...

Page 62: ...y reset If Yes is selected all logged events will be erased When Log is Full Use this item to choose options for reactions to a full Smbios Event Log The options include Do Nothing and Erase Immediate...

Page 63: ...E3C222D4U 57 English View Smbios Event Log his allows you to view the Smbios Event Log records All values changed here do not take efect until computer is restarted...

Page 64: ...nter to conigure System Event Logging features during boot System Event Log Press Enter to change the SEL event log coniguration SEL Components Change this to enable ro disable all features of System...

Page 65: ...enter the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address in the BIOS for BMC LAN channel coniguration DHCP IP address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address are automatically assigned by the network s DHCP serve...

Page 66: ...es and Exit When you select this option the following message Discard changes and exit setup will pop out Press ESC key or select Yes to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard...

Page 67: ...oard s features 4 2 1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If th...

Page 68: ...ttings 3 Check the settings of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 4 Verify if the battery on the motherboard provides 3VDC Install a new battery if it does not If there is no video 1 Try replugg...

Page 69: ...the battery on the motherboard provides 3VDC Install a new battery if it does not 2 Conirm whether your power supply provides adaquate and stable power Other problem 1 Try searching keywords related...

Page 70: ...f your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required By calling your vendor or going to our RMA website http event asrockrack com tsd asp you may obtain a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA...

Page 71: ...is required to install Net Framework Please follow the steps below to enable Net Framework feature on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 6 1 Installing Net Framework 3 5 1 For Server 2008 R2 1 Double c...

Page 72: ...66 English 3 Check the box next to Net Framework 3 5 1 and then click Next 4 Click Next to continue...

Page 73: ...E3C222D4U 67 English 5 Click Install to start installing Net Framework 3 5 1 6 Ater the installation completes click Close...

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