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AP7500

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II Corporate Server

Hardware Reference Guide

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Page 1: ...R AP7500 Pentium II Corporate Server Hardware Reference Guide ...

Page 2: ...is manual may or may not be regis tered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines MS DOS Windows WindowsNT are registered trademarks of...

Page 3: ...NATIONAL Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email...

Page 4: ...Panels 14 Circulation System 15 Fan Replacement 15 Fixed Storage Device Tray 16 Fixed Device Bay Cover Clips 16 Fixed Device Bay Cover 16 Fixed Storage Devices 17 Floppy Drive and CD ROM 17 Floppy Drive and Storage Device Spacers 17 Hot Swap Trays 18 Hot Swap Tray Interface 18 Hot Swap Tray Usage 19 Hot Swap Tray Front Connections 19 Hot Swap Tray Connector Board 20 Hot Swap Tray Rear Connections ...

Page 5: ...2 SCSI Disk Drive 28 External Ultra2 SCSI Terminator 28 Expansion Cards 28 Power Supply 30 Power Supply Mounting 30 Power Module Rating 31 Power Module Failure 31 Starting the Server 32 LED Indicators 32 III Appendix 33 SCSI Cable Limits 33 Power Supply Information 34 Input Voltage 34 Input Current 34 Output Current Capacity 34 Output Voltage Regulation Ripple and Noise 34 Regulatory Information 3...

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

Page 7: ... sections 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 com...

Page 8: ... necessary components for a server Standard components Chassis ASUS AS 50 Tower Power Supply Redundant 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 compone...

Page 9: ...LAN Onboard Intel 10 100Base TX Fast Ethernet Onboard SCSI Three onboard connectors to independently connect 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI devices 68 pin Wide SCSI devices and 50 pin Nar row SCSI devices SCSI Backplane Wide SCSI backplane with remote SCSI ID dip switches and power to support up to 8 wide SCSI hard disk drives Redundant Power Dual 400W current sharing power modules pro vide added life and inc...

Page 10: ...or display 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 s...

Page 11: ...ccess Open the 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 ne...

Page 12: ...acing II System Components 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 Floppy Drive ATX Power Button Fixed Device Bays empty Metal Door Lock Stabilizers with wheel...

Page 13: ...tches can be connected to the motherboard s chassis connector to allow monitoring of the chassis side panels open close status If either one or both of the side panels are opened the motherboard s onboard hard ware monitor can provide alerting and logging with the provided manage ment software Redundant Power Supply AC Power In Connector Parallel Port PS 2 Keyboard Serial Port COM1 PS 2 Mouse Powe...

Page 14: ... below and also by a CAM The CAM has a rotating knob with its own keylock Turn the knob counterclockwise to release and clockwise to secure The keylock can be used to keep the knob from being turned by unauthorized people II System Components Left side panel Side Panel Screw Left Side Panel Left Panel Knob Fan Module Server left side Pentium II processors SCSI RAID Card Redundant Power Supply Fram...

Page 15: ...are secured by two clips and two hooks To release these clips use a screw driver to push these clips in and then slide the fan out If an individual fan fails remove the fan and send it back to the vendor for replace ment If all five fans fail it may be that the fan control board needs replacing remove the control board and send it back to your vendor for replacement Removing or inserting the fan m...

Page 16: ...r 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 Removin...

Page 17: ...only one is installed and with the shortest IDE cable possible Long IDE cables will cause poor signal Select PIO DMA Mode 3 1 in BIOS CHIPSETFEATURES SETUPfor a more stable IDE operation Removing a floppy or CD ROM drive Floppy drive with spacer CD ROM with spacer Floppy and CD ROM drives Floppy Drive and Storage Device Spacers Spacers are required for cosmetics only A floppy drive spacer is used ...

Page 18: ...e power on which also locks the handle and switch the power off which also releases the handle Two LEDs provide information on the power and activ ity 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...

Page 19: ...p tray provides an aluminum carrier for a single SCSI hard disk drive with a maximum height of 1 5 8 inch width of 4 inches and length of 6 inches The aluminum tray provides protection and maximum heat dissipation for almost all types of high speed SCSI disk drives The provided cables and wires connect to the SCSI hard disk drive and screws are needed to secure the tray to the bottom of the SCSI h...

Page 20: ... the tray s front panel to show when the connector board receives power SCSI_ID These 8 pins connect to the hard disk drive s SCSI address pins to set the SCSI ID number of the hard disk drive SLED ALED These two wires are connected as illustrated below Hot swap tray connector board parts Hard Disk Drive Power Connector Wide SCSI Connector Hot Swap Tray Docking Connector KEY ALED_IN not used SCSI_...

Page 21: ... support all the motherboard expansion cards used in a server Spacer Mounts These spacers are used to give added support to the motherboard Make sure that these are placed in the screw mount locations shown here for the P2B D2 motherboard do not place them in other locations or else damage may occur to the motherboard Installed P2B D2 motherboard Spacer Mount four required Motherboard spacer mount...

Page 22: ...hot swap tray SCSI Board Placement There are three screws on each side of the SCSI board Both sides of the cabinet side panels must be removed to access these screws Please note that notches on the top and bottom of the SCSI board must be placed as shown in order to properly seat the SCSI boards into the chassis The SCSI board will only fit in one orientation but may be interchanged between the to...

Page 23: ...I board back side SCSI Board Power SCSI ID Switches 68pin Wide SCSI Connector Notch Out top Notch In bottom IDSEL0 IDSEL2 IDSEL1 IDSEL3 ON ON ON ON Setting for SCSI ID 0 Setting for SCSI ID 1 Setting for SCSI ID 2 Setting for SCSI ID 3 IDSEL0 Default IDSEL1 Default IDSEL2 Default IDSEL3 Default ON ON ON ON Setting for SCSI ID 8 Setting for SCSI ID 9 Setting for SCSI ID 10 Setting for SCSI ID 11 ON...

Page 24: ... 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 other SCSI device There are sixte...

Page 25: ... 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 Device Cables Motherboard with cables connected IDE Cable Floppy Cable ASUS RAID Card SCSI Cable Ch 0 SCSI Cable Ch 1 SCSI Cable underneath Cables from devices IDE Cable CD ROM Flopp...

Page 26: ...he 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 stripes of the signal and power cables so that they face each other Carefully in...

Page 27: ...the three 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 C...

Page 28: ...t be used at the end of the 68 pin SCSI cable 50 pin SCSI cables may also use terminators but usually use termination jump ers on the device itself Currently Wide SCSI de vices have termination jumpers but Ultra2 devices do not Some manufacturers ship SCSI devices with the terminator set others do not All termi nation jumpers must be removed along the cable where the external SCSI terminator is us...

Page 29: ...t of this manual 2 Switch OFF your system 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 motherbo...

Page 30: ...o accommodate the higher voltage but it is safer to visually inspect the switch yourself in case it is not Using the power modules set on 115V in 230V environments may cause damage to the power modules 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 Mounting The redundant power supply is swappable with...

Page 31: ... the frame will sound and the failed power module s LED will turn OFF The power module s status LED lights when both input and output voltages are stable and darkens if either the input or output voltages fail If the alarm sounds perform the following steps 1 Remove the power cord to the failed power module with dark LED 2 Remove the two screws and slide the failed power module out The alarm shoul...

Page 32: ...S 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 on your server you need to install a RAID card such as the ASUS PCI DA2100A and then run the RAID setup program from a floppy diskette Reboot your server with the operating system boot disk in order to install d...

Page 33: ...MB Sec 15 4 3m 1 5m Narrow Ultra SCSI 50 pin 20MB Sec 4 7 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 abo...

Page 34: ...otal output power for 3 3V and 5V combined shall be 210W Output Voltage 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 75V 5 00V 5 25V 120mVp p 5 11 40V 12 00V 12 60V 120mVp p Regulatory Information Safety The power system meets all applicable clauses for UL 19...

Page 35: ...y Requirement 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 36: ...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 devices in...

Page 37: ...ID can 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 mem...

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