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AP2500

Dual Pentium

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II Department Server

Hardware Reference Guide

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Summary of Contents for AP2500

Page 1: ...AP2500 Dual Pentium II Department Server Hardware Reference Guide ...

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Page 4: ...ls 14 Chassis Circulation System 15 Rear Cooling Fans 15 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board 16 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Layout 16 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Settings 17 Front Cooling Fans 17 Message LED Description 18 Front Cooling Fan Control Board 18 Fixed Storage Device Tray 19 Fixed Device Bay Cover Clips 19 Fixed Device Bay Cover 19 Fixed Storage Devices 20 Floppy Drive and CD ROM 20 Fl...

Page 5: ...e 30 Floppy Disk Drive 1 44MB 31 IDE Cabling 31 CD ROM Disk Drive IDE 31 Ultra2 SCSI Disk Drive 32 External Ultra2 SCSI Terminator 32 Expansion Cards 32 Power Supply 34 Power Supply On and Off 34 Power Supply Mounting 34 Starting the Server 35 III Appendix 36 SCSI Cable Limits 36 Power Supply Information 37 Input Voltage 37 Output Current Capacity 37 Output Voltage Regulation Ripple and Noise 37 R...

Page 6: ...icular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet...

Page 7: ...s in this reference guide as follows I Introduction This section gives general and startup information and features for this server II Components This is the main section which gives descriptions of each server component III Appendix This section gives you additional information to help plan your server Symbols A few symbols are used throughout this guide that you should be aware of to complete ce...

Page 8: ...necessary components for a server Standard components Chassis ASUS AS 30 Tower Power Supply 400W ATX Motherboard ASUS P2B D2 CD ROM Drive ASUS 40X Floppy Drive 1 44MB Cables Power IDE Floppy 50 68pin SCSI CD audio cable SCSI Terminator Passive terminator for 68pin SCSI cables User s Manuals CD ROM SCSI Motherboard Hardware Guide Drivers Utilities SCSI CD ROM Motherboard Required components you may...

Page 9: ...o 100MHz front side bus Onboard LAN Onboard Intel 10 100Base TX Fast Ethernet Onboard SCSI Onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI with three onboard con nectors to independently connect 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI devices 68 pin Wide SCSI devices and 50 pin Narrow SCSI devices SCSI Backplane Ultra2 SCSI SCA backplane with remote SCSI ID dip switches and power to support up to 5 Ultra2 SCSI SCA hard drives Device Bays S...

Page 10: ...y stations print ers telephones or station protectors for communications lines To prevent electrical shock hazard disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system WARNING This product is equipped with a three wire power cable and plug for the user s safety Use the power cable in conjunction with a prop erly grounded electrical outlet to avoid electrical shock Stat...

Page 11: ...e side panel 3 Install final server components such as CPU Memory Hard Disk Drives expansion cards Use this hardware reference guide along with your motherboard manual in order to make these installations 4 Connect a Keyboard and Mouse purchased separately 5 Connect a VGA compatible monitor purchased separately 6 Connect a printer to the parallel port if desired 7 Connect server to network an opti...

Page 12: ... WARNING Always remove the power cord when working on the server internal components to prevent electrical shocks or damage to electrical components ATX power supplies that are plugged into anAC outlet always have standby power even when the server is powered OFF Server front side Power LED ATX Power Button HDD Access LED Floppy Drive CD ROM Drive Metal Door Lock Stabilizers Metal Security Door Ho...

Page 13: ... connected to the motherboard s chassis connector to allow moni toring of the chassis side panels open close status If either one or both of the side panels are opened the motherboard s onboard hardware monitor can provide alerting and logging with the provided management software ATX Power Supply AC Power In Connector Parallel Port PS 2 Mouse Serial Port COM1 Power Supply Fan USB Ports 1 and 2 Re...

Page 14: ...ew remove the side panel screw then pull the handle outward while pulling the panel forward To open the right panel the front door must be removed by pushing down on the hinge spring II System Components Server left side Rear Fan Module SCSI RAID Card Optional ATX Power Supply Chassis Intrusion Micro Switch Front door hinge spring Opening the side panel With the left panel removed you should see t...

Page 15: ...surrounding the hard disk drives are kept below 122 F 50 C to prevent hard disk failures Rear Cooling Fans The system fan modules on the rear is held by two screws and four latches on the interior of the chassis There are four screws used to secure the fan into the individual frames The fan module s operating status can be viewed through the ASUS ASMA software If an individual fan fails remove the...

Page 16: ...The rear fans are controlled and monitored by a control board The fan con trol board requires power input from the power supply which allows the individual fans to obtain their power when connected to the control board The control board also sends fan status information to the LEDs located on the front of the server and to the ASMA software The fan control board s cable connections are shown below...

Page 17: ...or message when any of these two fans malfunction II System Components Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Settings The rear fan control board has DIP switches to allow controlling the number of fans and the control board DIP Switch SET1 Fan control setting ON momentarily Reset Control Board OFF Normal Default SET2 SET3 SET4 Number of Fans ON ON ON 1 ON ON OFF 2 Default ON OFF ON 3 ON OFF OFF 4 OFF ON ...

Page 18: ...isk drive II System Components LED Board Header For cable to connect to fan board Hard drive Power LED Green Hard drive Access LED Yellow Hard drive Status LED Red Hard disk drive message board pin 1 3 pin Fan Header Gold Finger Connector to the SCSI Back plane Board LED Board Header For cable to connect to LED board Front cooling fan control board pin 1 Power LED Status LED Description off off po...

Page 19: ...y or hard disk drive Four screws are provided as boxed for mounting a 6 inch device such as a CD ROM or tape drive Fixed Device Bay Cover After releasing the device bay cover clips pry the cover away from the chassis using a screw driver from the front Fixed Device Bay Cover Clips The device bay panel is held by two plastic clips on each side Press these clips in with a screwdriver to release Remo...

Page 20: ...e tray slides in or out on the side rails Removing a floppy or CD ROM drive II System Components Floppy Drive and Storage Device Spacers Spacers are required for cosmetics only A floppy drive spacer is used to cover the floppy drive and power button A standard storage device spacer is used to cover the CD ROM tape drive or additional CD ROMs You should purchase an extra spacer for each storage dev...

Page 21: ... in internal hot swap trays for easy replacement TheAP2500 hot swap bay has two different models The 1 6 inch SCA hot swap bay can accommodate three 1 6 inch hard disk drives The 1 0 inch SCA hot swap bay can accommodate five 1 0 inch hard disk drives II System Components 1 6 SCA Hot Swap Bay 1 6 tray with 1 6 SCA hard drive 1 0 SCA Hot Swap Bay 1 0 tray with 1 0 SCA hard drive ...

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Page 23: ...and activity status of the hard disk drive When power is received by the hot swap tray s connector board the power LED will light When data is written or read to or from the contained hard disk drive the activity LED will flash proportional to the amount of data transferred Hot Swap Tray Each hot swap tray provides an alumi num carrier for a single SCSI hard disk drive with a maximum height of 1 i...

Page 24: ...e with two connectors and three power connectors and another side with either three or five SCSI SCA connectors Face the side with the power connector toward the motherboard In order to ensure proper orienta tion of the SCSI board the screw holes are not placed symmetrically SCSI Board Power Installation There are three power connectors on the front side of the SCSI board The PWR1 and PWR2 connect...

Page 25: ..._START DLY_START description off off Motor up when power on on off Motor up after START UNIT command off on Motor up after 12xSCSI ID ms on on Reserved IDSEL1 IDSEL0 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3A 3B Slot4 Slot5A 5B off off Reserved on on 15 12 11 8 3 on off 14 9 6 4 1 off on 13 10 5 2 0 Hard Disk Drive Power On Delay 1 Tray Connector 5 1 Tray Connector 4 1 Tray Connector 3 1 Tray Connector 2 1 Tray Connector...

Page 26: ...off Resv on on 15 12 11 8 3 on off 14 9 6 4 1 off on 13 10 5 2 0 ON DLY_START RMT_START IDSEL 1 IDSEL 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ON Default setting IDSEL 1 off IDSEL 0 on DLY_START on RMT_START off IDSEL 1 off IDSEL 0 off ON IDSEL 1 on IDSEL 0 on ON IDSEL 1 on IDSEL 1 off ON ON IDSEL 1 off IDSEL 0 on ON IDSEL1 IDSEL0 Slot1 Slot3B Slot5B off off Resv on on 15 11 3 on off 14 6 1 off on 13 5 0 IMPORTANT If yo...

Page 27: ...between the SCSI chain Ultra2 devices do not have a termination jumper and must be terminated using a terminator on the SCSI cable The termina tor must always be on the end of the cable which means that you cannot connect a device on the last connector SCSI ID Jumpers All SCSI devices including this motherboard with onboard SCSI must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any othe...

Page 28: ...in the ar eas circled on the chassis Installed motherboard Place twelve screws in the areas circled on the motherboard There is a chassis intrusion con nector here The chassis provides an micro toggle switch that must be connected to the motherboard for the chassis intrusion detection to work The motherboard will signal theASMAsoftware when the side panel is opened The connec tion diagram is given...

Page 29: ... cables are used for connecting devices in the server The following picture points out the name of each cable and its suggested location Plastic keepers protect the cables from contact with the fans and other devices Make sure that all cables are properly secured Motherboard with cables connected IDE Cable Cables from devices Floppy Cable 68 pin Wide SCSI Cables for RAID card Plastic Keeper IDE Ca...

Page 30: ...ive 1 44MB The 1 44MB floppy disk drive requires signal and power connections The power connection is easy since it only fits one way and a latch is available to secure it when fully inserted The signal cable is tricky because the cable fits in both orientations as well as shifted one direction or the other The signal cable also has no latch to determine when full insertion is made Align the red s...

Page 31: ... fixed device bays and requires signal and power connections like that of IDE hard disk drives The power and signal cable is straightforward with connectors designed to only fit correctly The red stripe of the signal and power cables should face each other NOTE ACD ROM audio cable is also provided in case you install an au dio card The only function of the audio cable is to direct music CD audio s...

Page 32: ... be colored red and white are similar to wide SCSI ribbon cables normally colored gray but each pair of wire is twisted to reduce signal interference Ultra2 SCSI hard disk drive connections Red stripe of signal cable Red stripe of power cable External Ultra2 SCSI Terminator To prevent SCSI signal loss the provided external SCSI terminator must be used at the end of the 68 pin SCSI cable 50 pin SCS...

Page 33: ...m and all peripheral de vices and remove the main power cord 3 Remove the side panel to the chassis 4 Find an unused expansion slot on the mother board and unscrew the metal cover plate from the slot and put the screw to one side 5 Ensure the jumpers if any are correctly set on your expansion card 6 Alignthecard sconnectorwiththeexpansionslot on the motherboard and gently lower and push the card i...

Page 34: ...manually The factory default should be on 230V to accommodate the higher voltage but it is safer to visually inspect the switch yourself in case it is not IMPORTANT For countries using 110V 120V you must slide the switch to 115V or else power up is not possible but no damage will occur Power Supply On and OFF Normal powering ON and powering OFF of the ATX power supply is done using the momentary A...

Page 35: ...A expansion card You need to set Boot Sequence A C in BIOS FEATURES SETUP in order to boot from a floppy diskette to setup your hard disk Insert a bootable floppy diskette and select Save Exit Setup from the BIOS main menu Once your server has properly booted an A prompt will appear Use the boot diskettes provided with the server operating system or create your own If you are planning to use RAID ...

Page 36: ... 5 3m 9 8ft Narrow Fast SCSI 50 pin 10MB Sec 7 Notes for the above chart 1 A total of 15 Ultra2 SCSI devices ID0 ID15 may be connected to the 68 pin Ultra2 connector on the motherboard NOTE If connecting Fast Ultra devices with Ultra2 devices on the Ul tra2 connector the entire SCSI bus will be limited to the Ultra SCSI conditions listed above Mixing SCSI devices is highly not recommended 2 A tota...

Page 37: ...e Regulation Ripple and Noise Output Voltage Limits Vdc Ripple Noise Output Min Nom Max Maximum 1 3 17V 3 30V 3 46V 50mVp p 2 4 80V 5 00V 5 25V 50mVp p 3 11 40V 12 00V 12 60V 120mVp p 4 4 50V 5 00V 5 50V 120mVp p 5 10 92V 12 00V 13 20V 120mVp p 6 4 75V 5 00Vsb 5 25V 120mVp p Regulatory Information Safety The power system meets all applicable clauses for UL 1950 2nd edition without D3 deviations Th...

Page 38: ...ment Calculation Table Item Volts Amp x Qty TotalAmp Watts 5V Watts 12V 209 55 3 6 Hard Drive 5 0V 1 3 x 12V 1 5 x CD ROM 5 0V x 12V x Tape Drive 5 0V x 12V x Floppy Drive 5 0V x 12V x System Fans 5 0V x 12V 0 3 x 0 6 7 2 Other 3 3V x 5 0V x 12V x Total Power Total Motherboard Power ...

Page 39: ...mory Currently there are socket 7 slot 1 and slot 2 CPUs Intel Pentium Processors fit on socket 7 Intel Pentium II fit on slot 1 and Intel Xeon fit on slot 2 FDISK Fixed Disk Setup Program An MS DOS program used to partition the hard disk drive FDISK is re quired to setup a new non RAID hard disk drive before formatting and in stalling an operating system IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devic...

Page 40: ...n be set up to provide mirroring for fault tolerance parity for data guarding or striping for data distribution over several drives for in creased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Out DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory u...

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