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Page 2: ...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 agents b...

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: ...tions 15 2 3 Installing the CPU 16 2 4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 19 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM 20 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI Express Slots 23 2 7 Jumper Setup 25 2 8 Onboard Header...

Page 5: ...2 12 Driver Installation Guide 48 2 13 Dual LAN and Teaming Operation Guide 49 Chapter 3 UEFI Setup Utility 50 3 1 Introduction 50 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar 50 3 1 2 Navigation Keys 51 3 2 Main Screen 52 3...

Page 6: ...7 Boot Screen 84 3 7 1 CSM Parameters 86 3 8 Event Logs 88 3 9 Exit Screen 90 Chapter 4 Software Support 91 4 1 Install Operating System 91 4 2 Support CD Information 91 4 2 1 Running The Support CD...

Page 7: ...Chapter 6 Net Framework Installation Guide 95 6 1 Installing Net Framework 3 5 1 For Server 2008 R2 95...

Page 8: ...d SSI EEB Form Factor 12 0 in x 13 0 in 30 5 cm x 33 0 cm Support CD User Manual 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 auth...

Page 9: ...4 x16 x0 or x8 x8 mode PCIE6 PCIE7 x0 x16 or x8 x8 mode Please refer to the section entitled 2 6 Expansion Slots for more details Supports NVIDIA Quad SLITM 4 Way SLITM 3 Way SLITM and SLITM Supports...

Page 10: ...SPDIF 1 Audio Jack 5 Jack Internal Connector Auxiliary Panel Header 1 includes chassis intrusion location button LED front LAN LED system fault LED TPM Header 1 IPMB Header 1 Buzzer 1 Fan Header 2 x...

Page 11: ...indows 7 32 64 bit Windows 8 32 64 bit Windows 8 1 32 64 bit Windows 10 64 bit Server Microsot Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 bit Server 2012 64 bit Server 2012 R2 64 bit Linux RedHat Enterprise Linux...

Page 12: ...ntel Ethernet Connection Power Management And the PCI Devices Power On is enabled in UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Coniguration Ater that onboard LAN1 2 can wake up S5 under OS If you install Intel...

Page 13: ...lity you can press the F6 key during the POST or the F2 key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Rack Instant Flash Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS ile to your USB lash drive...

Page 14: ...TA_5 SATA_1 SATA_4 SATAE_1 SSATA_2 SATA_PWR1 BMC_SMB2 BMC_SMB1 BMC_SMB3 IPMB1 PMBUS_SEL_CLK1 PMBUS_SEL_DAT1 1 1 1 1 1 USB_1_2 1 USB3_5_6 PLED PWRBTN PANEL1 1 AUX_PANEL1 1 1 1 1 ME_RECOVERY1 PMBUS_SEL_...

Page 15: ...DR4_C1 DDR4_D1 Blue 15 LGA 2011 R3 CPU Socket 1 CPU1 16 CPU PECI Mode Jumper PECI1 17 PCIe Power Connector PCIE_PWR1 18 SATA3 Connector SATA_0 Blue from PCH 19 SATA3 Connector SATA_3 Blue from PCH 20...

Page 16: ...SGPIO Connector SSATA_SGPIO1 46 TPM Header TPM1 47 Intelligent Platform Management Bus header IPMB1 48 ME Recovery Jumper ME_RECOVERY1 49 BMC SMBus Header BMC_SMB_3 50 Chassis ID3 Jumper CHASSIS_ID3 5...

Page 17: ...in module Blue DDR4_G1 64 bit 288 pin module Blue DDR4_E1 64 bit 288 pin module Blue DDR4_F1 64 bit 288 pin module Blue LAN1 LAN2 USB 3 0 T USB1 B USB2 P 2 Keyboard Mouse S Top Central Bass Center REA...

Page 18: ...cription 1 Amber Rear_FAN1 failed 2 Amber CPU2_FAN1 failed 3 Amber CPU1_FAN1 failed 4 Green STB PWR ready 5 Amber Front_FAN2 failed 6 Amber Front_FAN1 failed 7 Amber Front_FAN3 failed 8 Amber Front_FA...

Page 19: ...ue 6 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_3_4 13 Front Speaker Lime 7 LAN RJ 45 Port LAN2 14 Microphone Pink Note LAN1 supports NCSI LAN Port LED Indications here are two LED next to the LAN port Please refer to the ta...

Page 20: ...details in accordance with the type of speaker you use Audio Output Channels Front Speaker No 13 Rear Speaker No 10 Central Bass No 9 Line In No 12 2 V 4 V V 6 V V V 8 V V V V To enable Multi Streami...

Page 21: ...14 English 1 7 Block Diagram...

Page 22: ...rboard settings 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any components 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard s components due to static electricity NEVER place your motherboard dire...

Page 23: ...ace is unclean or if there 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 cab...

Page 24: ...EP2C612 WS 17 English A 3 B 4 5...

Page 25: ...18 English he cover must be placed if returning the motherboard for ater service 6 A B 7 8 B A...

Page 26: ...9 English 2 4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink C P U _ F A N 9 10 11 Before you installed the heatsink you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat...

Page 27: ...t CPU1 A1 B1 C1 D1 1 DIMM 2 DIMMS 4 DIMMS Dual Processor Memory Conigurations If you install both CPUs CPU1 and CPU2 on the motherboard be sure to install your DIMM into any of the DDR4_A1 DDR4_B1 DDR...

Page 28: ...EP2C612 WS 21 English 1 2 3 Quad Channel Memory Conigurations CPU2 Priority A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 H1 1 2 he symbol indicates the slot is populated by a memory module...

Page 29: ...22 English he DIMM only its in one correct orientation It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation...

Page 30: ...lane width cards PCIE5 PCIE 3 0 x16 slot from CPU 1 is used for PCI Express x16 lane width cards PCIE6 PCIE 3 0 x16 slot from CPU 1 is used for PCI Express x8 lane width cards PCIE7 PCIE 3 0 x16 slot...

Page 31: ...unplugged Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation Step 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboar...

Page 32: ...TA DOM SSATA_2 requires 5V power supply SATA DOM SSATA_2 does NOT require 5V power supply Default Consult the documentation that comes with your SATA DOM and check whether or not Pin 7 requires 5V pow...

Page 33: ...54 Chassis ID2 Jumper 3 pin CHASSIS_ID2 see p 6 No 52 Chassis ID3 Jumper 3 pin CHASSIS_ID3 see p 6 No 50 Reserved for system level use Reserved for system level use Chassis ID1 Jumper 3 pin CHASSIS_ID...

Page 34: ...ECI1 see p 6 No 16 CPU PECI connect to PCH CPU PECI connect to BMC Default PMBUS Mode Jumper 3 pin PMBUS_SEL_ALT1 see p 6 No 9 3 pin PMBUS_SEL_DAT1 see p 6 No 11 3 pin PMBUS_SEL_CLK1 see p 6 No 13 PMB...

Page 35: ...al 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 in S4 sleep state or powered...

Page 36: ..._LED hese two 2 pin headers allow you to use the Gigabit internet indicator cable to connect to the LAN status indicator When this indicator lickers it means that the internet is prop erly connected C...

Page 37: ...SA TA_0 SA TA_3 SA TA_2 SA TA_5 SA TA_1 SA TA_4 ASAT A_0 ASAT A_1 hese eight SATA3 connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices with up to 6 0 Gb s data transfer rate Serial ATA E...

Page 38: ...mes with your SATA DOM and check whether or not Pin 7 requires 5V power supply If the connected SATA DOM requires 5V power supply move the jumper caps placed on the SATA DOM Power Jumper SATAPWR_SEL1...

Page 39: ...y Please follow the instructions in our manual and chassis manual to install your system 2 If you use an AC 97 audio panel please install it to the front panel audio header by the steps below A Connec...

Page 40: ...SPEED_CONTROL 1 2 3 4 GND FAN_VOLTAGE CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 4 3 2 1 his motherboard provides two 4 Pin CPU fan Quiet Fan connectors If you plan to connect a 3 Pin CPU fan please connect it t...

Page 41: ...long Pin 1 and Pin 13 ATX 12V Power Connectors 8 pin ATX12V1 see p 6 No 10 8 pin ATX12V2 see p 6 No 2 4 8 1 5 12V2 GND his motherboard provides two 8 pin ATX 12V power connectors Serial Port Header 9...

Page 42: ...ader NMI_BTN1 see p 6 No 56 1 CONTROL GND Please connect a NMI device to this header Intelligent Platform Management Bus header 4 pin IPMB1 see p 6 No 47 IPMB_SDA IPMB_SCL No Connect GND This 4 pin co...

Page 43: ...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 PCIe Power Connector 4 pin PCIE_PWR1 see p 6 No 17 Please connect a 4 pin m...

Page 44: ...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 45: ...card into PCIE5 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE7 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 If required connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphi...

Page 46: ...to the goldingers on each graphics card Make sure the SLI_Bridge_3S Card is irmly in place Step 4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card...

Page 47: ...r graphics card to PCIE7 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 Connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics card Please make sure that both power conn...

Page 48: ...EP2C612 WS 41 English Step 4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot...

Page 49: ...xpress graphics card Please make sure that both power connectors on the PCI Express graphics card are connected Repeat this step on the three graphics cards Step 3 Align and insert an SLI Bridge Card...

Page 50: ...EP2C612 WS 43 English Step 4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot...

Page 51: ...ics Processing Unit GPU in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi GPU Step 1 Double click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the Windows system tray...

Page 52: ...cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot 1 You should only use identical CrossFireXTM ready graphics cards that are AMD c...

Page 53: ...her graphics card to PCIE5 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE7 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector o...

Page 54: ...r Please check AMD s website for details 2 11 4 Driver Installation and Setup Step 4 Double click the AMD Catalyst Control Center icon in the Windows system tray Step 5 In the let pane click Performan...

Page 55: ...se 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 order from top to bottom t...

Page 56: ...dapter 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 au...

Page 57: ...enu Bar he top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Item Description Main To set up the system time date information OC Tweaker For overclocking conigurations Advanced To set up...

Page 58: ...r the 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 th...

Page 59: ...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 system ti...

Page 60: ...e processor to run above its base operating frequency when the operating system requests the highest performance state Long Duration Power Limit Conigure Package Power Limit 1 in watts When the limit...

Page 61: ...limit of the CPU under Turbo Mode in ampere A lower limit can protect the CPU and save power while a higher limit may improve performance Active Processor 1 Cores Select the number of cores to enable...

Page 62: ...section you may set the conigurations for the following items CPU Coniguration DRAM Coniguration ACPI Coniguration Conigure Super IO Settings Serial Port Con sole Redirection USB Coniguration Chipset...

Page 63: ...essor to run above its base operating frequency when the operating system requests the highest performance state Long Duration Power Limit Conigure Package Power Limit 1 in watts When the limit is exc...

Page 64: ...Memory Protection Processors with No Execution Memory Protection Technology may prevent certian classes of malicious bufer overlow attacks Enable Intel TXT Support Enable Intel Trusted Execution Techn...

Page 65: ...is recommended to keep C3 and C6 enabled for better power saving Package C State Support Enable CPU PCIe Memory Graphics C State Support for power saving CPU C3 State Support Enable C3 sleep state for...

Page 66: ...iate frequency automatically ECC Support his allows you to enable or disable the DDR ECC support feature MRC Fast Boot When enabled portions of memory reference code will be skipped when possible to i...

Page 67: ...Cable PS 2 Keyboard Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PS 2 Keyboard Ring In Power On Use this item to enable or disable Ring In signals to turn on the system from the power sot of mode RT...

Page 68: ...ouse Power On Use this item to enable or disable USB Mouse to turn on the system from the power sot of mode PCIE Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCIE devices to turn on the system...

Page 69: ...ial 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 Serial Port...

Page 70: ...ow your computer and the host computer to which you are connected exchange information Terminal Type Use this item to select the preferred terminal emulation type for out of band management It is reco...

Page 71: ...a start signal can be sent to restart the low Hardware low uses two wires to send start stop signals he options include None and Hardware RTS CTS VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Use this item to enable or d...

Page 72: ...er set VT100 Extended VT100 that supports color and function 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 ite...

Page 73: ...ler Legacy USB Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 2 0 devices If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is recommended to disable legacy USB support Select UEFI Setup Only to suppo...

Page 74: ...Auto his item is not available when the Primary Graphic Adapter is set to Onboard VT d Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O helps your virtual machine monitor bet ter utilize hardware by i...

Page 75: ...Width he default value is Auto PCIE 5 Link Width his allows you to select PCIE 5 Link Width he default value is Auto PCIE 6 PCIE 7 Link Width his allows you to select PCIE 6 PCIE 7 Link Width he defa...

Page 76: ...able Devices to be decoded in Above 4G Address Space only if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding Restore on AC Power Loss his allows you to set the power state ater an unexpected AC power loss If...

Page 77: ...troller Use this item to enable or disable SATA Controller SATA Mode Selection Use this to select SATA mode Coniguration options Disabled IDE AHCI and RAID mode he default value is AHCI AHCI Advanced...

Page 78: ...of ports Staggered Spin Up will be performed and only the drives which have this option enabled will spin up at boot Otherwise all drives spin up at boot SATA Rx Setting Adjust SATA DTLE DATA Values 0...

Page 79: ...al notiications Please note that the SATA device will be downgraded to SATA2 Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot Plugglable Spin Up Device If enabled for any of ports Staggered Spin Up will be perfor...

Page 80: ...to set the CPU 1 fan speed he default value is Smart Fan CPU2_FAN 1 his allows you to set the CPU 2 fan speed he default value is Smart Fan REAR_FAN 1 his allows you to set the rear fan 1 s speed he d...

Page 81: ...Fan Smart Fan Control his allows you to set the Smart fan s level speed 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 Co...

Page 82: ...ation ME Subsystem screen displays the Intel ME Subsystem Con guration information such as Operational Firmware Version ME Firmware ME Firmware Type ME Firmware SKU and ME File System Integrity Vaalue...

Page 83: ...WHEA Support Use this item to enable or disable Windows Hardware Error Architecture System Error Use this item to enable or disable System Error feature When it is set to Enabled you canconigure Memor...

Page 84: ...ller Easy RAID Installer can help you to copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage device Ater copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device please change SATA Mode to RAID then...

Page 85: ...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 86: ...lish 3 5 Server Mgmt Wait For BMC Wait For BMC response for speciied time out In PILOTII BMC starts at the same time when BIOS starts during AC power ON It takes around 30 seconds to initialize Host t...

Page 87: ...res of System Event Logging during boot Erase SEL Use this to choose options for earsing SEL When SEL is Full Use this to choose options for reactions to a full SEL Log EFI Status Codes Use this item...

Page 88: ...tic IP address toggle to Yes and the changes take efect ater the system reboots he default value is No Coniguration Address Source Select to conigure BMC network parameters statically or dynamically b...

Page 89: ...dmin For more instructions on how to set up remote control environment and use the IPMI man agement platform please refer to the IPMI Coniguration User Guide or go to the Support website at http www a...

Page 90: ...word 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 User Password Set or chan...

Page 91: ...AN 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 65535 0XFFFF means indeinite waiting Bootu...

Page 92: ...but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots please select Enabled Coniguration options Enabled and Disabled he default value is Enabled Boot Failure Guard If the computer fail...

Page 93: ...can boot to Coniguration options UEFI and Legacy Legacy only and UEFI only Launch Storage OpROM Policy Select UEFI only to run those that support UEFI option ROM only Select Legacy only to run those t...

Page 94: ...4 Slot OpROM Select PCIE3 and PCIE4 Storage and Network Option ROM policy his item can t select Video Option ROM policy PCIE5 Slot OpROM Select PCIE5 Storage and Network Option ROM policy This item ca...

Page 95: ...ons include No Yes Next reset and Yes Every 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 opti...

Page 96: ...values changed here do not take efect until computer is restarted entries which utilize a multiple event counter he value ranges from 0 to 99 minutes View Smbios Event Log his allows you to view the...

Page 97: ...rd Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message Discard changes and exit setup will pop out Select Yes to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes W...

Page 98: ...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 99: ...ult settings 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 r...

Page 100: ...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 problems 1 Try searching keywords related...

Page 101: ...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 102: ...t is required to install Net Framework Please follow the steps below to enable Net Framework feature on Microsot Windows Server 2008 R2 6 1 Installing Net Framework 3 5 1 For Server 2008 R2 1 Double c...

Page 103: ...96 English 3 Check the box next to Net Framework 3 5 1 and then click Next 4 Click Next to continue...

Page 104: ...EP2C612 WS 97 English 5 Click Install to start installing Net Framework 3 5 1 6 Ater the installation completes click Close...

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