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Summary of Contents for H252-3C0

Page 1: ...H252 3C0 HCI Server Intel UP 2U 4 Nodes Server with 12 x SATA SAS User Manual Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ... and BIOS User Guide detailed information about the installation use of an add on hardware or software component e g BMC firmware rail kit compatible with this product Quick Installation Guide a short guide with visual diagrams that you can reference easily for installation purposes of this product e g motherboard server barebones Please see the support section of the online product page to check ...

Page 3: ...guide NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions ...

Page 4: ...e risk of personal injury from hot surfaces allow the drives and the internal system components to cool before touching them WARNING This server is equipped with high speed fans Keep away from hazardous moving fan blades during servicing WARNING This equipment is not suitable for use in locations where children are likely to be present WARNING This equipment is intended to be used in Restrict Acce...

Page 5: ...charge ESD and ESD protection ESD can damage drives boards and other parts We recommend that you perform all procedures in this chapter only at an ESD workstation If one is not available provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap attached to chassis ground any unpainted metal surface on the server when handling parts ESD and handling boards Always handle boards carefully They...

Page 6: ...on if battery is replaced incorrectly or with an incorrect type Replace the battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used bat teries according to the manufacturer s instructions ...

Page 7: ...ing Chassis Cover 29 3 4 Removing and Installing the Fan Duct 30 3 5 Installing the CPU and Heat Sink 31 3 6 Installing Memory 33 3 6 1 Eight Channel Memory Configuration 33 3 6 2 Installing the Memory 34 3 6 3 Memory Population Table 34 3 6 4 Processor and Memory Module Matrix Table 35 3 6 5 Intel Optane DCPMM DIMM Population Rule 36 3 7 Installing the PCI Expansion Card 37 3 8 Replacing the Fan ...

Page 8: ...onfiguration 78 5 3 4 Memory Configuration 79 5 3 5 IIO Configuration 83 5 3 6 Advanced Power Management Configuration 85 5 3 7 PCH Configuration 88 5 3 8 Miscellaneous Configuration 90 5 3 9 Server ME Configuration 91 5 3 10 Runtime Error Logging 92 5 3 11 Power Policy 94 5 4 Server Management Menu 96 5 4 1 System Event Log 98 5 4 2 View FRU Information 99 5 4 3 BMC VLAN Configuration 100 5 4 4 B...

Page 9: ...r Codes 114 5 8 6 Intel MRC POST Codes 115 5 8 7 Intel MRC Error Codes 115 5 8 8 Intel PM POST Codes 116 5 8 9 Intel PM POST Codes 116 5 9 BIOS POST Beep code AMI standard 117 5 9 1 PEI Beep Codes 117 5 9 2 DXE Beep Codes 117 ...

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Page 11: ...s dry and first touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity Prior to installing the motherboard please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an electrostatic shielding container Before unplugging the power supply cable from the motherboard make sure the power supply has been turned off Before turning on the power make sure the power supply voltage has been set according to the loc...

Page 12: ...to 128GB supported 3DS RDIMM LRDIMM modules up to 256GB supported Memory speed Up to 3200 MHz LAN Per Node 2 x 1Gb s BASE T LAN ports Intel I350 AT2 1 x Dedicated management port Total 8 x 1GbE LAN ports 1 x Intel I350 AM2 4 x Dedicated management ports 1 x 10 100 1000 CMC global management port CMC Chassis Management Controller to monitor all status of computing nodes Video Integrated in Aspeed A...

Page 13: ...P 2 0 mezzanine slot with PCIe Gen3 x8 bandwidth Type1 P1 P2 with NCSI supported Total 8 x Low profile half length slots with PCIe x16 Gen4 x16 bus 4 x OCP 2 0 mezzanine slots with PCIe Gen3 x8 bandwidth Type1 P1 P2 with NCSI supported Internal I O Per Node 1 x USB 3 0 header 1 x SATA DOM 1 x TPM header 1 x OCP 2 0 mezzanine slots 1 x Front panel header 1 x Back plane board header 1 x IPMB connect...

Page 14: ... one CMC status LED per system Rear I O Per node 2 x USB 3 0 1 x VGA 2 x RJ45 1 x MLAN 1 x ID LED Total 8 x USB 3 0 4 x VGA 8 x RJ45 4 x MLAN 4 x ID LEDs 1 x CMC global management port Only one CMC global management port per system Backplane I O Front side_CBPH0C3 12 x SATA SAS ports Speed and bandwidth SATA 6Gb s or SAS 12Gb s per port TPM 1 x TPM header with SPI interface Optional TPM2 0 kit CTM...

Page 15: ...oller GIGABYTE Management Console AMI MegaRAC SP X web interface Dashboard JAVA Based Serial Over LAN HTML5 KVM Sensor Monitor Voltage RPM Temperature CPU Status etc Sensor Reading History Data FRU Information SEL Log in Linear Storage Circular Storage Policy Hardware Inventory Fan Profile System Firewall Power Consumption Power Control LDAP AD RADIUS Support Backup Restore Configuration Remote BI...

Page 16: ...e Relative Humidity Operating temperature 10 C to 35 C Operating humidity 8 80 non condensing Non operating temperature 40 C to 60 C Non operating humidity 20 95 non condensing System Dimension 2U 4 Nodes Rear access 440mm W x 87 5mm H x 695mm D ...

Page 17: ...e x16 SLOT_2 PCIe x16 PCIe3 0 x2 PCIe3 0 x8 Switch OCP 2 0 Mezzanine PCIe4 0 x8 BTB Conn 6 x U 2 PCIe4 0 x16 Ice Lake SP LGA4189 Socket P PCIe3 0 x1 eSPI 2 x USB 2 0 SPI Flash 64 MB SDRAM 4Gb SPI Flash 64 MB PCH Lewisburg R Intel C621A VGA COM ASPEED AST2500 BMC Switch MLAN to CMC 10 100 1G PHY 1ch MAC SATAIII x6 SATAIII x1 NCSI NCSI NCSI Intel I350 AM2 2 x 1GbE Base T LAN SPI TPM for reserve ...

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Page 19: ...Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of function LEDs 1 1 HDD0 HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 HDD5 HDD6 HDD7 HDD8 HDD9 HDD10 HDD11 2 2 Rear View No Decription 1 CMC LAN Port 2 USB 3 0 Port x 2 3 PCIe Card Slot x 2 4 Mezzanine Card Slot Option OCP 2 0 5 ID LED 6 VGA Port 7 GbE LAN Port x 2 8 Server Management LAN Port 2 1 3 3 6 4 5 7 8 PSU1 PSU2 ...

Page 20: ...stem 3 Power button with LED Green On System is powered on Green Blink System is in ACPI S1 state sleep mode N A Off System is not powered on or in ACPI S5 state power off System is in ACPI S4 state hibernate mode 4 ID Button with LED Blue On System identification is active N A Off System identification is disabled 5 Enclosure Status LED Green On System is operating normally Amber On Critical cond...

Page 21: ...peed LED Yellow On 1Gbps data rate Green On 100 Mbps data rate N A Off 10 Mbps data rate 2 1GbE Link Activity LED Green On Link between system and network or no access Blink Data transmission or receiving is occurring N A Off No data transmission or receiving is occurring 1 2 1 2 2 1 ...

Page 22: ...on Back Panel Disk LED Removed HDD Slot Green ON 1 OFF BLINK 2 BLINK 2 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON 1 OFF OFF ON OFF ON Low Speed 2 Hz 3 3 OFF OFF Green Amber Green ON 1 OFF Green OFF OFF Amber Amber OFF OFF Rebuilding OFF LED1 LED 2 HDD Present No HDD Green ON OFF NOTE 1 Depends on HBA Utility Spec 2 Blink cycle depends on HDD s activity signal 3 If HDD is pulled out during rebuilding the disk status of...

Page 23: ...REEN Indicates power supply firmware in updating mode Amber Indicates AC cord unplugged or AC power lost with a second power supply in parallel still with AC input power Indicates power supply critical event causing shut down failure OCP OVP Fan Fail UVP 1Hz Blink Amber Indicates power supply warning events where the power supply continues to operate high temp high power high current slow fan PSU ...

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Page 25: ...u are working inside the computer case If possible wear a grounded wrist strap when you are working inside the computer case Alternatively discharge any static electricity by touching the bare metal system of the computer case or the bare metal body of any other grounded appliance Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only Do not touch the components on the board unless it is necessary to do...

Page 26: ...correctly Make sure that the HDD is connected to the HDD connector on the backplane Follow these instructions to install a 3 5 hard disk drive 1 Press the release button 2 Extend the locking lever 3 Pull the locking lever in the direction indicated to remove the HDD tray 4 Align the hard disk drive with the positioning stud on the HDD tray 5 Slide the hard disk drive into the HDD tray 6 Reinsert t...

Page 27: ...ess the release button 2 Extend the locking lever 3 Pull the locking lever in the direction indicated to remove the HDD tray 4 Align the hard disk drive with the positioning stub on the HDD tray 5 Secure the hard disk drive with five screws 6 Reinsert the HDD tray into the slot and close the locking lever 2 3 1 4 5 ...

Page 28: ...ion 28 3 2 Removing the Node Follow these instructions to remove a node 1 Press the release retaining clip on the right side of the node along the direction of the arrow 2 Pulling out the node using its handle Press Pull 1 2 3 ...

Page 29: ...e system cover Make sure the system is not turned on or connected to AC power Follow these instructions to remove the system cover 1 Loosen and remove the seven screws securing the middle cover 2 Slide the cover to the rear of the system and remove the cover in the direction of the arrow 1 2 ...

Page 30: ...emove install the fan duct 1 Remove the four screws securing the fan ducts 2 Lift up to remove the fan ducts 3 To install the fan duct align the fan duct with the guiding groove Push down the fan duct into chassis until its firmly seats then install the four screws to secure the fan ducts in place 1 2 1 ...

Page 31: ...make sure the gold triangle is in the correct orientation Then place the heatsink onto the top of the CPU socket 5 Secure the heatsink by tightening the screws in sequential order 1g2g3g4 NOTE When removing the heatsink loosen the screws in reverse order 4g3g2g1 1 2 3 Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU Make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU Always turn off t...

Page 32: ...System Hardware Installation 32 To install remove the Intel heatsink use a T30 Lobe screwdriver or drill bit with a screw torque of 8 0 0 5kgf cm 8lbf in 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 33: ...dth Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory of the same capacity brand speed and chips be used Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to prevent hardware damage Memory modules have a foolproof design A memory module can be ...

Page 34: ...c clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module 3 Reverse the installation steps when you want to remove the DIMM module 1 2 2 Type Ranks Per DIMM and Data Width DIMM Capacity GB Speed MT s Voltage V Slots per Channel SPC and DIMM per Channel DPC 1DPC 8Gb 16Gb 1 2V RDIMM SRx8 8GB 16GB 3200 RDIMM SRx4 16GB 32GB RDIMM DRx8 16GB 32GB RDIMM DRx4 32GB 64GB RDIMM 3DS 4R 8R x4 2H 64GB 4H 1...

Page 35: ...A0 D0 C0 G0 H0 E0 F0 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V NOTE l There should be at least one DDR4 DIMM per socket l If only one DIMM is populated in a channel then populate it in the slot furthest away from CPU of that channel l Channel 0 s on each memory controller must be populated with same total capacity per channel if populated ...

Page 36: ... one RDIMM into any slot 0 of CPU0 before installing the DCPMM The DCPMM must be installed into the DIMM slot 0 next to the corresponding RDIMM in slot 0 e g if RDIMM is installed into DIMM slot A0 the DCPMM must be installed into DIMM slot B0 CPU CPU G0 Optane DCPMM Slot H0 RDIMM E0 Optane DCPMM Slot F0 RDIMM B0 Optane DCPMM Slot A0 RDIMM D0 Optane DCPMM Slot C0 RDIMM G0 RDIMM H0 Optane DCPMM Slo...

Page 37: ...age to equipment The PCI riser assembly does not include a riser card or any cabling as standard To install a PCI card a riser card must be installed Follow these instructions to install the left PCI Expansion card 1 Remove the five screws securing the riser bracket to the system 2 Remove the the screw securing the riser bracket to the system 3 Lift up the riser bracket out of system 4 Align the P...

Page 38: ...System Hardware Installation 38 1 2 4 3 5 ...

Page 39: ...he side bracket to the riser bracket 4 Remove the side bracket 5 Align the PCIe card to the riser guide slot and push in the direction of the arrow until the PCIe card sits in the PCI card connector 6 Secure the PCIe card with a screw 7 Install the side bracket to the riser bracket 8 Secure the side bracket to the riser bracket with a screw 9 Reverse steps 1 2 to install the riser bracket back int...

Page 40: ...re Installation 40 3 8 Replacing the Fan Module Follow these instructions to replace the fan assembly 1 Lift up the fan assembly from the chassis 2 Reverse the previous steps to install the replacement fan assembly ...

Page 41: ... Pull up the power supply handle and press the retaining clip on the right side of the power supply along the direction of the arrow At the same time pull out the power supply by using its handle 2 Insert the replacement power supply firmly into the chassis Connect the AC power cord to the replacement power supply 1 2 3 ...

Page 42: ...System Hardware Installation 42 3 10 Cable Routing Front Panel IO Cable Rear LAN Cable ...

Page 43: ... 43 System Hardware Installation HDD Back Plane Board Power Cable Top Bottom Middle Board HDD Back Plane Board Signal Cable ...

Page 44: ...System Hardware Installation 44 On Board SATA Cable Top Middle Board to Back Plane Board On Board SATA Cable Bottom Middle Board to Back Plane Board ...

Page 45: ... 45 System Hardware Installation On Board SATA Cable Motherboard ...

Page 46: ...System Hardware Installation 46 ...

Page 47: ...ATA0 SATA 6 SATA 6Gb s Connector 7 SlimLine SAS Connector SL4_SATA1 SATA 8 Power PCIe SATA Connector 9 SGPIO Connector SGPB1 10 SGPIO Connector SGPA1 11 Power PCIe SATA Connector 12 System Battery 13 Riser Slot 1 14 BMC Readiness LED 15 OCP Mezzanine Connector OCP 2 0 Gen3 x16 16 Riser Slot 2 17 VROC Upgrade Module Connector 18 TPM Module Connector SPI Interface CPU 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 11 12 18 1...

Page 48: ...ult Normal Default OFF SMB_SEL ME_RCVR MB_SW 1 2 3 4 Stop initial power on when BMC is not ready 0 B6 21 3 1 6 6ZLWFK 21 Onboard LAN OCP Mezzanine ON OFF Clear CMOS CLR_CMOS Default Enable 1 2 3 Default Enable 3 2 1 BIOS Recovery BIOS_RCVR Default Enable 3 2 1 Password Clear BIOS_PWD Default Enable 3 2 1 ME Force Update ME_UPDATE ...

Page 49: ... with caution Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction It is recommended that you not alter the default settings unless you need to to prevent system instability or other unexpected results Inadequately altering the settings may result in system s failure to boot If this occurs try to clear the CMOS values and reset the board to default values Refer to the Exit section in this cha...

Page 50: ... Change set or disable supervisor and user password Configuration supervisor password allows you to restrict access to the system and BIOS Setup A supervisor password allows you to make changes in BIOS Setup A user password only allows you to view the BIOS settings but not to make changes Boot This setup page provides items for configuration of the boot sequence Save Exit Save all the changes made...

Page 51: ... displayed on the bottom line of the Main Menu Submenu Help While in a submenu press F1 to display a help screen General Help of function keys available for the menu Press Esc to exit the help screen Help for each item is in the Item Help block on the right side of the submenu When the system is not stable as usual select the Restore Defaults item to set your system to its defaults The BIOS Setup ...

Page 52: ...U Signature Processor Core Microcode Patch Displays the technical specifications for the installed processor s Platform Information Processor PCH RC Revision Displays the platform information of the installed processor s and PCH Memory Information Total Memory Note1 Displays the total memory size of the installed memory Usable Memory Note1 Displays the usable memory size of the installed memory Me...

Page 53: ...MAC Address Note2 Displays LAN MAC address information LAN2 MAC Address Note2 Displays LAN MAC address information System Time Sets the system time following the hour minute second format Note2 The number of LAN ports listed will depend on the motherboard system model ...

Page 54: ... Setup 54 5 2 Advanced Menu The Advanced Menu displays submenu options for configuring the function of various hardware components Select a submenu item then press Enter to access the related submenu screen ...

Page 55: ...mputing Parameter Description Configuration Security Device Support Enable Disable the TPM support feature Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Current Status Information Displays current TPM status information ...

Page 56: ...tings Press Enter to configure advanced items Please note that this item is configurable when COM1 Console Redirection is set to Enabled Terminal Type Selects a terminal type to be used for console redirection Options available VT100 VT100 ANSI VT UTF8 Default setting is VT100 Bits per second Selects the transfer rate for console redirection Options available 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Default ...

Page 57: ...lt setting is 1 Flow Control Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow When sending data if the receiving buffers are full a stop signal can be sent to stop the data flow Once the buffers are empty a start signal can be sent to re start the flow Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start stop signals Options available None Hardware RTS CTS Default setting is None VT UTF8 Comb...

Page 58: ...nd Management Windows Emergency Management Services EMS Console Redirection Note EMS console redirection allows the user to configure Console Redirection Settings to support Out of Band Serial Port management Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled Serial Port for Out of Band EMS Console Redirection Settings Press Enter to configure advanced items Please note that this item ...

Page 59: ...ta loss from buffer overflow When sending data if the receiving buffers are full a stop signal can be sent to stop the data flow Once the buffers are empty a start signal can be sent to re start the flow Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start stop signals Options available None Hardware RTS CTS Software Xon Xoff Default setting is None ...

Page 60: ... the serial port settings When set to Disabled displays no configuration for the serial port Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Current Displays the serial port base I O address and IRQ Possible Configures the serial port base I O address and IRQ Use Automatic Settings IO 3F8h IRQ 4 DMA IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA IO 2F8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA IO 3E8h IRQ 3 4...

Page 61: ...fault setting is Enabled Onboard LAN1 LAN2 I O ROM Note2 Enable Disable the onboard LAN1 LAN2 devices and initializes device expansion ROM Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled PCI Express Slot I O ROM Note1 When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM for the related PCI E slot Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled PCI Devices ...

Page 62: ...nd off support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled USB Mass Storage Driver Support Note Enable Disable the USB Mass Storage Driver Support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Port 60 64 Emulation Enables the I O port 60h 64h emulation support This should be enabled for the complete USB Keyboard Legacy support for non USB aware OS Options availabl...

Page 63: ...ble Disable the Ipv4 HTTP feature Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled IPv6 PXE Support Enable Disable the Ipv6 PXE feature Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled IPv6 HTTP Support Enable Disable the Ipv6 HTTP feature Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled PXE boot wait time Wait time in seconds to press ESC key to abort the...

Page 64: ... Post Report Configuration Parameter Description Post Report Configuration Error Message Report Post Error Message Enable Disable the POST Error Message support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled ...

Page 65: ...ation Parameter Description NVMe Configuration Displays the NVMe devices connected to the system NVMe OPROM Select Options available BIOS Build In NVMe Device Default setting is BIOS Build In NVMe Press Enter for advanced configuration ...

Page 66: ... setting Skip Above 4G Decoding for VGA Enable Disable 64bit capable devices to be decoded in Skip Above 4G Address VGA Space Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled P2P Bridge IO Size Setting PSP Bridge IO aligned to the size currently this mode only support UEFI Options available 0x100 0x150 0x1000 Default setting is 0x1000 PSP Performance for GPU Enable Disable PSP Perfor...

Page 67: ... Setup 67 5 2 10 Tls Auth Configuration Parameter Description Save CA Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Client Cert Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 68: ...BIOS Setup 68 5 2 11 iSCSI Configuration Parameter Description Attempt Priority Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Host iSCSI Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 69: ...BIOS Setup 69 5 2 12 Intel R I350 Gigabit Network Connection ...

Page 70: ... Press the numeric keys to adjust desired values UEFI Driver Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Adapter PBA Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Device Name Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Chip Type Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller PCI D...

Page 71: ...ase the desired values The valid range is from 0 to 4094 Priority Sets 802 1Q Priority for a new VLAN or an existing VLAN Press the keys to increase or decrease the desired values The valid range is from 0 to 7 Add VLAN Press Enter to create a new VLAN or update an existing VLAN Configured VLAN List Enable Disable the VLAN Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disabled Remove VLAN Pr...

Page 72: ...BIOS Setup 72 5 2 14 Driver Health Parameter Description Driver Health Displays driver health status of the devices controllers if installed ...

Page 73: ... Setup 5 3 Chipset Setup Menu Chipset Setup menu displays submenu options for configuring the function of Platform Controller Hub PCH Select a submenu item then press Enter to access the related submenu screen ...

Page 74: ...BIOS Setup 74 5 3 1 Processor Configuration ...

Page 75: ... available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Hardware Prefetcher Select whether to enable the speculative prefetch unit of the processor Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable L2 RF0 Prefetch Disable Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Adjacent Cache Prefetch When enabled cache lines are fetched in pairs When disabled only the required cache line...

Page 76: ... Mode Extensions Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable AES NI Enable Disable the AES NI Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Debug Coonsent ASD support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Total Memory Encryption Enable Disable Total Memory Encryption Options avail...

Page 77: ...ault allocation Options available 1G 4G 16G 64G 256G 1024G Default setting is 1024G Isoc Mode Enable Disable the Isochronous support in order to meet the QoS requirements Quality of Service Options available Auto Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Numa Non Uniform Memory Access Enable Disable Non uniform Memory Access NUMA support to improve the system performance Options available Enable D...

Page 78: ...uency Options available 9 6GB s 10 4GB s Auto Default setting is Auto SNC Sub NUMA Enable Disable Sub NUMA Cluster function Options available Disable Enable SNC2 2 clusters Default setting is Disable Stale AtoS Enable Disable Stale A to S directory optimization Options available Disable Enable Auto Default setting is Auto LLC dead line alloc Enable Disable fill dead lines in LLC Options available ...

Page 79: ...lable POR Disable Default setting is Disable Memory Frequency Configures the maximum memory frequency Options available Auto 1200 1333 1400 1600 1800 1866 2000 2133 2200 2400 2600 2666 2800 2933 3000 3200 3400 OvrClk 3466 OvrClk 3600 OvrClk 3733 OvrClk 3800 OvrClk 4000 OvrClk 4200 OvrClk 4266 OvrClk 4400 OvrClk 4800 OvrClk Default setting is Auto Enable ADR Enables the detecting and enabling of AD...

Page 80: ... NVDIMMs Erase ARM NVDIMMs Enable Disable Erasing and Arming NVDIMMs Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Restore NVDIMMs Enable Disable Automatic restoring of NVDIMMs Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Interleave NVDIMMs Controls if NVDIMMs are interleaved together or not Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Assert ADR on Reset E...

Page 81: ...ting is Disabled Correctable Error Threshold Correctable Error Threshold 1 32767 used for sparing tagging and leaky bucket Press the keys to increase or decrease the desired values Trigger SW Error Threshold Enable Disable Sparing trigger SW Error Match Threshold Options available Disabled Full Mirror Mode Partial Mirror Mode Default setting is Disabled Sparing SW Error Match Threshold Press the k...

Page 82: ...er Description Memory RAS Configuration ADDDC Sparing Default setting is Disabled Column Correction Disable Default setting is Disable Set PMem Die Sparing Default setting is Enabled Patrol Scrub Default setting is Disabled ...

Page 83: ... Tables Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ACS Control Enable Programs ACS only to Chipset Pcie Root Ports Bridges Disable Programs ACS to all PCIe bridges Default setting is Enable DMA Control Opt In Flag Enable Disable DMA_CTRL_PATFORM_OPT_IN_FLAG AG in DRMA table in ACPI Not compatible with Direct Device Assignment DDA Default setting is Disable Interrupt Remapping Enabl...

Page 84: ...on in Pre boot environment If DMAR table is installed in DXE and if VTD_INFO_PPI is installed in PEI Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Intel VMD technology Press Enter to configure advanced items Intel VMD technology Note1 Intel VMD Configuration Enable Disable the Intel VMD support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Note Advanced items p...

Page 85: ... 85 BIOS Setup 5 3 6 Advanced Power Management Configuration Parameter Description Advanced Power Management Configuration ...

Page 86: ... Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Configure SST BF This option allows BIOS to configure SST BF High Priority Cores so that SW does not have to configure Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Turbo Mode When this item is enabled the processor will automatically ramp up the clock speed of 1 2 of its processing cores to improve its performance When this...

Page 87: ... When enabled the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to decrease power consumption The C6 state is a more enhanced power saving state than C1 Options available Disable Enable Auto Default setting is Auto Enhanced Halt State C1E Core C1E auto promotion control Takes effect after reboot Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Package C State Co...

Page 88: ...abled and cannot be access the RAID setup utility at boot time RAID Mode When set to RAID the SATA controller enables both its RAID and AHCI functions You will be allowed to access the RAID setup utility at boot time Options available AHCI RAID Default setting is AHCI Alternate Device ID on RAID Note 1 Enable Disable Alternate Device ID on RAID mode Options available Enable Disable Default setting...

Page 89: ...setup utility at boot time RAID Mode When set to RAID the SATA controller enables both its RAID and AHCI functions You will be allowed to access the RAID setup utility at boot time Options available AHCI RAID Default setting is AHCI Alternate Device ID on RAID Note 1 Enable Disable Alternate Device ID on RAID mode Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disabled sSATA Port 0 1 2 3 The ...

Page 90: ... 8 Miscellaneous Configuration Parameter Description Miscellaneous Configuration Active Video Selects the active video type Options available Auto Onboard Device PCIE Device Specified PCIE Device Default setting is Auto ...

Page 91: ...information Current State for ME Firmware Displays ME Firmware current status information Error Code for ME Firmware Displays ME Firmware status error code Recovery Cause for ME Firmware Displays ME Firmware recovery cause PTT Support Displays if the system supports the Intel Platform Trust Technology Suppress PTT Commands Displays if the system supports to Bypass TPM2 commands submitting to PTT F...

Page 92: ...ure advanced items WHEA Windows Hardware Error Architecture Support Enable Disable WHEA Support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Memory Error Enabling Press Enter to configure advanced items Memory Error Enable Disable Memory Error Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Memory Corrected Error Enable Disable Memory Corrected Error Options available Enab...

Page 93: ...ble Errors to error pins Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Fatal Error Enable Enables and escalates Fatal Errors to error pins Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Assert NMI on SERR Enable Disable SERR propagation Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Assert NMI on PERR Enable Disable PERR propagation Options available Enable Dis...

Page 94: ...matically ramp up the clock speed of 1 2 of its processing cores to improve its performance When this item is disabled the processor will not overclock any of its core Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled CPU C6 report Allows you to determine whether to let the CPU enter C6 mode in system halt state When enabled the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during sys...

Page 95: ...s Disabled Adjacent Cache Prefetch When enabled cache lines are fetched in pairs When disabled only the required cache line is fetched Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled DCU Streamer Prefetcher Prefetches the next L1 data line based upon multiple loads in same cache line Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Isoc Mode Enable Disable the Isochronou...

Page 96: ...s set to Enabled FRB 2 Timer Policy Configure the FRB2 Timer policy Options available Do Nothing Reset Power Down Power Cycle Default setting is Do Nothing Please note that this item is configurable when FRB 2 Timer is set to Enabled OS Watchdog Timer Enable Disable OS Watchdog Timer function Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled OS Wtd Timer Timeout Configure OS Watchdog ...

Page 97: ...d Wait BMC Ready POST wait BMC ready and reboot system Options available Disabled 2 minutes 4 minutes 6 minutes Default setting is 2 minutes System Event Log Press Enter to configure advanced items View FRU Information Press Enter to view the advanced items BMC VLAN Configuration Press Enter to configure advanced items BMC network configuration Press Enter to configure advanced items IPv6 BMC Netw...

Page 98: ...ose options for erasing SEL Options available No Yes On next reset Yes On every reset Default setting is No When SEL is Full Choose options for reactions to a full SEL Options available Do Nothing Erase Immediately Delete Oldest Record Default setting is Do Nothing Custom EFI Logging Options Log EFI Status Codes Enable Disable the logging of EFI Status Codes if not already converted to legacy Opti...

Page 99: ... Information The FRU page is a simple display page for basic system ID information as well as System product information Items on this window are non configurable Note The model name will vary depends on the product you purchased ...

Page 100: ...uration BMC VLAN ID Select to configure BMC VLAN ID The valid range is from 0 to 4094 When set to 0 BMC VLAN ID will be disabled BMC VLAN Priority Select to configure BMC VLAN Priority The valid range is from 0 to 7 When BMC VLAN ID is set to 0 BMC VLAN Priority will not be selected ...

Page 101: ...OS phase Options available Unspecified Static DynamicBmcDhcp Default setting is Unspecified Station IP address Displays IP Address information Subnet mask Displays Subnet Mask information Please note that the IP address must be in three digitals for example 192 168 000 001 Router IP address Displays the Router IP Address information Station MAC address Displays the MAC Address information Real tim...

Page 102: ... network during BIOS phase Options available Unspecified Enable Disable Default setting is Enable IPv6 BMC Lan IP Address Source Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically by BIOS or BMC Options available Unspecified Static Dynamic Obtained by BMC running DHCP Default setting is Dynamic Obtained by BMC running DHCP IPv6 BMC Lan IP Address Prefix Length Check if the IPv6 B...

Page 103: ...all settings in the Setup Utility User Password Entering this password will restrict a user s access to the Setup menus To enable or disable this field a Administrator Password must first be set A user can only access and modify the System Time System Date and Set User Password fields Parameter Description Administrator Password Press Enter to configure the administrator password User Password Pre...

Page 104: ...pplications that are running during the booting process to be pre signed with valid digital certificates This way the system knows all files being loaded before Windows loads to the login screen have not been tampered with When set to Standard it will automatically load the Secure Boot keys form the BIOS databases When set to Custom you can customize the Secure Boot settings and manually load its ...

Page 105: ... Key Exchange Keys KEK Displays the current status of the Key Exchange Key Database KEK Press Enter to configure a new KEK or load additional KEK from storage devices Options available Set New Append Authorized Signatures DB Displays the current status of the Authorized Signature Database Press Enter to configure a new DB or load additional DB from storage devices Options available Set New Append ...

Page 106: ... for setup activation key 65535 0xFFFF means indefinite waiting Press the numeric keys to input the desired values Bootup NumLock State Enable Disable the Bootup NumLock function Options available On Off Default setting is Off Quiet Boot Enable Disable showing the logo during POST Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Setup Flash Press Enter to run setup flash Boot mode sel...

Page 107: ...ure the boot priority By default the server searches for boot devices in the following sequence 1 Hard drive 2 CD COM DVD drive 3 USB device 4 Network 5 UEFI UEFI Network Drive BBS Priorities Press Enter to configure the boot priority UEFI Application Boot Priorities Press Enter to configure the boot priority ...

Page 108: ...rities The UEFI network drive BBS priorities submenu allows you to specify the boot device priority from the available UEFI network drives during system boot up BIOS setup will display an error message if the legacy drive s specified is not bootable ...

Page 109: ...available Yes No Discard Changes and Exit Discards changes made and exits the BIOS setup Options available Yes No Save Changes and Reset Restarts the system after saving the changes made Options available Yes No Discard Changes and Reset Restarts the system without saving any changes Options available Yes No Save Changes Saves changes made in the BIOS setup Options available Yes No Discard Changes...

Page 110: ...chips or other kinds of low performance components and you choose to load these settings the system might not function properly Options available Yes No Save as User Defaults Saves the changes made as the user default settings Options available Yes No Restore User Defaults Loads the user default settings for all BIOS setup parameters Options available Yes No Boot Override Press Enter to configure ...

Page 111: ...PU_AP_INIT 0x34 PEI_CPU_BSP_SELECT 0x35 PEI_CPU_SMM_INIT 0x36 PEI_MEM_NB_INIT 0x37 PEI_MEM_SB_INIT 0x3B PEI_DXE_IPL_STARTED 0x4F DXE_CORE_STARTED 0x60 Recovery PEI_RECOVERY_AUTO 0xF0 PEI_RECOVERY_USER 0xF1 PEI_RECOVERY_STARTED 0xF2 PEI_RECOVERY_CAPSULE_FOUND 0xF3 PEI_RECOVERY_CAPSULE_LOADED 0xF4 S3 PEI_S3_STARTED 0xE0 PEI_S3_BOOT_SCRIPT 0xE1 PEI_S3_VIDEO_REPOST 0xE2 PEI_S3_OS_WAKE 0xE3 5 8 2 AMI S...

Page 112: ...DXE_USB_RESET 0x9B DXE_USB_DETECT 0x9C DXE_USB_ENABLE 0x9D DXE_IDE_BEGIN 0xA0 DXE_IDE_RESET 0xA1 DXE_IDE_DETECT 0xA2 DXE_IDE_ENABLE 0xA3 DXE_SCSI_BEGIN 0xA4 DXE_SCSI_RESET 0xA5 DXE_SCSI_DETECT 0xA6 DXE_SCSI_ENABLE 0xA7 DXE_SETUP_VERIFYING_PASSWORD 0xA8 DXE_SETUP_START 0xA9 DXE_SETUP_INPUT_WAIT 0xAB DXE_READY_TO_BOOT 0xAD DXE_LEGACY_BOOT 0xAE DXE_EXIT_BOOT_SERVICES 0xAF RT_SET_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_MAP_B...

Page 113: ..._MICROCODE 0x59 PEI_CPU_INTERNAL_ERROR 0x5A PEI_CPU_ERROR 0x5A PEI_RESET_NOT_AVAILABLE 0x5B Recovery PEI_RECOVERY_PPI_NOT_FOUND 0xF8 PEI_RECOVERY_NO_CAPSULE 0xF9 PEI_RECOVERY_INVALID_CAPSULE 0xFA S3 Resume PEI_MEMORY_S3_RESUME_FAILED 0xE8 PEI_S3_RESUME_PPI_NOT_FOUND 0xE9 PEI_S3_BOOT_SCRIPT_ERROR 0xEA PEI_S3_OS_WAKE_ERROR 0xEB DXE_CPU_ERROR 0xD0 DXE_NB_ERROR 0xD1 DXE_SB_ERROR 0xD2 DXE_ARCH_PROTOCOL...

Page 114: ...core settings 0xAA Transition links to full speed operation 0xAB Phy layer settings 0xAC Link layer settings 0xAD Coherency Settings 0xAE KTIRC is done 0xAF 5 8 4 Intel UPI POST Codes When system BSP tries to setup path for remote sockets or sends a Boot_Go command to remote socket in SetupSbspPathToAllSockets or SyncUpPbspForReset If the remote socket s hasn t checked in assert it is a fatal cond...

Page 115: ...rain DDR 0xB7 Initialize CLTT OLTT 0xB8 Hardware memory test and init 0xB9 Execute memory init 0xBA Program memory map and interleaving 0xBB Program RAS configuration 0xBC Rank margin tool 0xBD MRC is done 0xBF 5 8 7 Intel MRC Error Codes No memory was detected 0xE8 Memory test failure 0xEB Different dimm types are detected installed in the system 0xED Number of HAs found in system greater than MA...

Page 116: ...y Initialization 0xE0 Pre Link training 0xE1 Start of Gen3 EQ training 0xE2 Start of PState transition init 0xE3 Gen3 parameters override 0xE4 End of IIO Early Initialization 0xE5 Start of IIO Late initialization 0xE6 PCIE port initialization 0xE7 IOAPIC initialization 0xE8 VTD initialization 0xE9 IOAT initialization 0xEA DFX initialization 0xEB NTB initialization 0xEC Security Initialization 0xED...

Page 117: ... Recovery failed 4 S3 Resume failed 7 Reset PPI is not available of Beeps Description 1 Invalid password 4 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available 5 No Console Output Devices are found 5 No Console Input Devices are found 6 Flash update is failed 7 Reset protocol is not available 8 Platform PCI resource requirements cannot be met 5 9 BIOS POST Beep code AMI standard 5 9 1 PEI Beep Co...

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