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Hardware Installation

1-2  Product Specifications

CPU

 

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Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family

 

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Intel® Xeon® Platinum Processor, Intel® Xeon® Gold Processor, 

 

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Intel® Xeon® Silver Processor and Intel® Xeon® Bronze Processor

 

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TDP up to 205W

Socket

 

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2 x LGA 3647

 

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Socket P0

 

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Mounting pitch: Narrow ILM

Chipset

 

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Intel® C621 Express Chipset

Memory

 

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24 x DIMM slots

 

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DDR4 memory supported only

 

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6-channel memory architecture

 

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RDIMM modules up to 32GB supported

 

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LRDIMM modules up to 64GB supported

 

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1.2V modules: 2666/2400/2133 MHz

LAN

 

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2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (Intel® I350-AM2)

 

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1 x 10/100/1000 management LAN

Expansion Slot

 

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Riser Card CRS2131:

 

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- 1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen3 x16 or x8), Full height half-length

 

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- 1 x PCIe x8 slots (Gen3 x0 or x8), Full height half-length

 

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- 1 x PCIe x8 slots (Gen3 x8), Full height half-length

 

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Riser Card CRS2132:

 

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- 1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen3 x16 or x8), Full height half-length

 

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- 1 x PCIe x8 slots (Gen3 x0 or x8), Full height half-length

 

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- 1 x PCIe x8 slots (Gen3 x8), Full height half-length

 

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Riser Card CRS2124:

 

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- 1 x PCIe x8 slots (Gen3 x0 or x8), Low profile half-length

 

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- 1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen3 x16 or x8), Low profile half-length

 

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2 x OCP mezzanine slots

 

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- PCIe Gen3 x16

 

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- Type1, P1, P2, P3, P4, K2, K3

Video 

 

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Integrated in Aspeed® AST2500

 

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2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface

 

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1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM

Storage 
(R281-3C0/
R281-3C2)

 

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Front side: 12 x 3.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/SSD bays

 

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2.5" HDD/SSD supported

 

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Rear side: 2 x 2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/SSD bays

 

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SAS card is required for SAS devices support

Summary of Contents for R281-3C0

Page 1: ...R281 3C0 R281 3C1 R281 3C2 Dual LGA3647 sockets motherboard for Intel Scalable Family Processors Service Guide Rev 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...r notice No part of this manual may be reproduced copied translated transmitted or published in any form or by any means without GIGABYTE s prior written permission Documentation Classifications Inordertoassistintheuseofthisproduct GIGABYTEprovidesthefollowingtypesofdocumentations For detailed product information carefully read the User s Manual For more information visit our website at http b2b g...

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: ...ticular attention to the plug electrical outlet and the point where the cord extends from the server WARNING To reduce the 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 CAUTION Do not operate the server for lon...

Page 5: ...ystem and discon nect the cables attached to the system before servicing it Otherwise personal injury or equipment damage can result Electrostatic discharge 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 work station If one is not available provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist str...

Page 6: ... care to grip with but not squeeze the pliers or other tool used to remove a jumper or the pins on the board may bend or break CAUTION Risk of explosion 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: ...nstalling the CPU and Heat Sink 23 3 4 Installing the Memory 25 3 4 1 Six Channel Memory Configuration 25 3 4 2 Installing a Memory 26 3 4 3 DIMM Population Table 26 3 5 Installing the PCI Expansion Card 27 3 6 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 28 3 7 Replacing the FAN Assemblly 29 3 8 Replacing the Power Supply 30 3 9 Cable Routing 31 Chapter 4 Motherboard Components 32 4 1 Motherboard Components 32...

Page 8: ...n 71 5 3 4 1 Memory Topology 73 5 3 4 2 Memory RAS Configuration 74 5 3 5 IIO Configuration 75 5 3 5 1 Intel VT for Directed I O VT d 76 5 3 5 2 Inter VMD Technology 77 5 3 6 Advanced Power Management Configuration 78 5 3 6 1 CPU P State Control 79 5 3 6 2 Hardware PM State Control 80 5 3 6 3 CPU C State Control 81 5 3 6 4 Package C State Control 82 5 3 6 5 CPU Advanced PM Tuning 83 5 3 7 PCH Conf...

Page 9: ... 5 1 1 Key Management 104 5 6 Boot Menu 106 5 6 1 UEFI NETWORK Drive BBS Priorities 108 5 6 2 UEFI Application Boot Priorities 109 5 7 Save Exit Menu 110 5 8 BIOS POST Codes 112 5 9 BIOS POST Beep code 116 5 9 1 PEI Beep Codes 116 5 9 2 DEX Beep Codes 116 5 10 BIOS Recovery Instruction 117 ...

Page 10: ...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 11: ... or x8 Full height half length 1 x PCIe x8 slots Gen3 x0 or x8 Full height half length 1 x PCIe x8 slots Gen3 x8 Full height half length Riser Card CRS2132 1 x PCIe x16 slot Gen3 x16 or x8 Full height half length 1 x PCIe x8 slots Gen3 x0 or x8 Full height half length 1 x PCIe x8 slots Gen3 x8 Full height half length Riser Card CRS2124 1 x PCIe x8 slots Gen3 x0 or x8 Low profile half length 1 x PC...

Page 12: ...er 1 x TPM header 1 x VROC connector 1 x Front panel header 1 x HDD back plane board header 1 x PMBus connector 1 x IPMB connector 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x BIOS recovery jumper Front Panel LED Buttons 2 x USB 3 0 1 x Power button with LED 1 x ID button with LED 1 x Reset button 1 x NMI button 1 x System status LED 1 x HDD activity LED 2 x LAN activity LEDs Rear Panel I O 2 x USB 3 0 1 x VGA 1 x C...

Page 13: ...ial Over LAN vKVM vMedia HTML5 Power Supply 2 x 1200W redundant PSUs 80 PLUS Platinum AC Input 100 240V 12 7A 50 60Hz DC Input 240Vdc 6A DC Output Max 1000W 100 240V 12V 80 5A 12Vsb 3A Max 1200W 200 240V or 240Vdc input 12V 97A 12Vsb 3A Environment Ambient Temperature Relative Humidity Operating temperature 10 C to 35 C Non operating temperature 40 C to 60 C Operating humidity 8 80 non condensing ...

Page 14: ... 1x Rear Front 2x USB 3 0 Rear 2 x USB 3 0 1 x VGA 1 x LAN for Management NCSI 2 x USB 2 0 OCP_1 mezz TPM i350 PCH Intel C621 Lewisburg SW_RAID For VROC 2 x SSATAIII SSATA DOM ASPEED AST2500 10 100 1G PHY 1ch MAC BMC Switch PCIe x16 PCIe x8 PCIe x8 CRS2131 Switch PCIe x16 PCIe x8 PCIe x8 CRS2132 Switch PCIe x8 PCIe x16 CRS2124 OCP_2 mezz Skylake SP LGA 3647 Socket P0 CPU_0 Skylake SP LGA 3647 Sock...

Page 15: ...o to Chapter 2 3 Front Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of function LEDs HDD 0 HDD 2 HDD 1 HDD 3 HDD 5 HDD 4 HDD 6 HDD 8 HDD 7 HDD 9 HDD 11 HDD 10 1 2 2 2 Rear View No Decription 1 VGA port 2 USB 3 0 ports 3 GbE LAN ports 4 Serial port 5 10 100 1000 Server management LAN port Primary PSU Secondary PSU Rear HDD 0 Rear HDD 1 1 2 4 5 3 ...

Page 16: ... 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 HDD Status LED Green On HDD locate Blink HDD access Amber On HDD fault Green Amber Blink HDD rebuilding N A Off No HDD access or no HDD fault 6 System Status LED Green On System is operating normally Amber On Critical condition may indicates System fan...

Page 17: ...etwork or no access Green Blink Data transmission or receiving is occurring N A Off No data transmission or receiving is occurring 8 LAN2 Active Link LED Green On Link between system and network or no access Green Blink Data transmission or receiving is occurring N A Off No data transmission or receiving is occurring ...

Page 18: ...bE Speed LED Yellow On 1 Gbps 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 19: ... RAID configuration via HW RAID Card or SW RAID Card Disk LED LED on Back Panel Amber Removed HDD Slot LED on Back Panel Disk LED Removed HDD Slot Green ON 1 OFF Green OFF ON OFF ON 1 OFF OFF ON OFF ON Alternately Low Speed 2 Hz 3 3 OFF OFF Green Amber Green ON 1 OFF Green Green OFF OFF Amber Amber Amber OFF OFF Amber OFF LED 2 HDD Present No HDD Green ON OFF ...

Page 20: ...you 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 ...

Page 21: ... not turned on or connected to AC power Follow these instructions to remove the system cover 1 Loosen and remove the thumbscrew securing the back cover 2 Push down the indentation located at the side of the back chassis 3 Slide the cover horizontally to the back and remove the cover in the direction of the arrow 2 1 3 2 2 ...

Page 22: ...ng the Fan Duct Follow these instructions to remove install the fan duct 1 Lift up to remove the fan duct 2 To install the fan duct align the fan duct with the guiding groove Push down the fan duct into chassis until its firmly seats R281 3C0 R281 3C2 ...

Page 23: ... sections unless you are a qualified service technician Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 Align and install the processor on the carrier NOTE Apply thermal compound evenly on the top of the CPU Remove the protective cover from the underside of the heat sink 2 Carefully flip the heatsink Then install the carrier assembly on the bottom of the heatsink and make sure the gold arrow is loc...

Page 24: ...Hardware Installation 24 1 4 3 2 5 6 ...

Page 25: ...mory 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 installed in only one direction If you are unable to insert the memory switch the direction 21 38 3ULPDU CPU1 Secondary DIMM_P0_F0 DIMM_P0_F1 DIMM_P0...

Page 26: ...IMM slot and push it down 2 Close the plastic 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 DIMM Capacity GB 1 Slot per Channel 2 Slot per Channel DIMM Density Speed MT s Voltage V Slot Per Channel SPC DIMM Per Channel DPC 1DPC 1DPC 2DPC 1 2V 2666 2666 2666 1 2V 1 2V Ranks Per DIMM and Data Width 4Gb 8Gb 8GB 16...

Page 27: ...mbly 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 PCI Expansion card 1 Remove the thumbscrew on the back coverRemove the securing special screw on the riser bracket 2 Remove the thumbscrew on the riser bracket 3 Lift up the riser bracket out of system 4 Loosen and remove the bracket securing screw 5 Orien...

Page 28: ... The tray will not fit back into the bay if inserted incorrectly Make sure that the HDD is connected to the HDD connector on the backplane Follow these instructions to install the Hard disk drive 1 Press the release button 2 Pull the locking lever to remove the HDD tray 3 Pull apart the HDD tray 4 Slide hard disk into the tray 5 Push together to secure the hard drive 1 2 3 Pull Pull 4 5 Push Push ...

Page 29: ... 7 Replacing the FAN Assemblly Follow these instructions to replace the fan assembly 1 Pull outward the fan ear 2 Lift up the fan assembly from the chassis 3 Reverse the previous steps to install the replacement fan assembly 1 2 ...

Page 30: ...e 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 3 Insert the replacement power supply firmly into the chassis Connect the AC power cord to the replacement power supply 1 2 Before you remove or install the system cover Make sure the system is not turned on or connected to AC power ...

Page 31: ...ble 4 Rear HDD back plane board power cable 5 Rear HDD back plane board signal cable 6 On board SATA0 to back plane board 0 3 cable 7 On board SATA1 to back plane board 4 7 8 On board sSATA to back plane board 8 11 cable 9 Front USB 3 0 cable 10 On board SATA4 5 to rear back plane board cable 11 System fan power cable 1 2 9 2 6 7 8 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 3 4 4 5 3 8 5 1 ...

Page 32: ...unction 9 Riser slot connector 1 10 sSATA connector 5 for rear HDD 11 sSATA connector 4 for rear HDD 12 Slimline SAS connector 0 SSATA0 21 NCSI Switch 38 3ULPDU CPU1 Secondary DIMM_P0_F0 DIMM_P0_F1 DIMM_P0_E0 DIMM_P0_E1 DIMM_P0_D0 DIMM_P0_D1 DIMM_P0_A1 DIMM_P0_A0 DIMM_P0_B1 DIMM_P0_B0 DIMM_P0_C1 DIMM_P0_C0 DIMM_P1_L0 DIMM_P1_L1 DIMM_P1_K0 DIMM_P1_K1 DIMM_P1_J0 DIMM_P1_J1 DIMM_P1_G1 DIMM_P1_G0 DIMM...

Page 33: ...r sSATA connector 5 17 NCSI swtich 18 OCP mezzanine connector 2 with KR signal 19 Riser slot connector 2 20 NVMe upgrade key 21 Power supply connector 1 primary 22 Power supply connector 2 secondary 23 2 x 3 Pin Rear back plane board power connector 24 2 x 7 Pin HDD back plane board power connector 25 2 x 4 Pin GPGPU power connectors 26 2 x 2 Pin extention ard power connectors ...

Page 34: ...e Force ME update ME_UPDATE BIOS_PWD ON ME recovery mode Normal Default Normal Default Normal Default Normal Default OFF BIOS_RCVR ME_RCVR J2 1 2 3 4 21 Onboard LAN OCP MEZZ ON OFF HOST_SMBUS_SEL PMBUS_SEL ON CPLD debug mode Normal Default Normal Default BIOS defined BIOS defined Stop initial power on when BMC is not ready OFF S3_MASK DB_PLD J1 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 35: ... 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 chapter ...

Page 36: ...tup menus Security 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 boot sequence Save Exit Save all th...

Page 37: ... 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 38: ...ys BMC firmware version information Processor Information CPU Brand String Max CPU Speed CPU Signature Processors Core Microcode Patch Displays the technical specifications for the installed processor Platform Information Processor PCH RC Revision Displays the information for the installed platform Memory Information Total Memory Note Displays the total memory size of the installed memory Memory F...

Page 39: ...N MAC Address Note Displays LAN MAC address information System Date Sets the date following the weekday month day year format System Time Sets the system time following the hour minute second format Note Functions available on selected models ...

Page 40: ... Setup 40 5 2 Advanced Menu The Advanced menu display submenu options for configuring the function of various hardware components Select a submenu item then press Enter to access the related submenu screen ...

Page 41: ...onfiguration iSCSI Initiator Name Add an Attempt Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Delete Attempts Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Change Attempt Order Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 42: ...BIOS Setup 42 5 2 2 Intel R Virtual RAID on CPU Intel R Virtual RAID on CPU Press Enter to manage Interl Virtual RAID on the CPU ...

Page 43: ... 43 BIOS Setup 5 2 3 Intel R Ethernet Connection X722 ...

Page 44: ...onfiguration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items of the selected network device port Blink LEDs Identifies the physical network port by blinking the associated LED Press the numeric keys to adjust desired values UEFI Driver Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller ...

Page 45: ...face Controller PCI Device ID Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller PCI Address Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Link Status Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller MAC Address Displays the technical specifications for the Network Interface Controller Virtual MAC Address Displays the t...

Page 46: ...g is Auto Negotiated Wake On LAN Enables power on of the system via LAN Note that configuring Wake on LAN in the operating system does not change the value of this setting but does override the behavior of Wake on LAN in OS controlled power states Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled ...

Page 47: ... Trusted Computing 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 48: ...and Management Windows Emergency Management Services EMS Console Redirection Note Selects a COM port for EMS console redirection 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 COM1 COM2 Serial Over LAN Legacy Serial Port for Out of Band EMS Console Redirec...

Page 49: ... 49 BIOS Setup 5 2 5 1 COM1 COM2 Serial Over LAN Legacy Serial Port for Out of Band EMS Console Redirection Settings ...

Page 50: ...redirection Options available VT100 VT100 ANSI VT UTF8 Default setting is ANSI Bits per second Selects the transfer rate for console redirection Options available 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Default setting is 115200 Data Bits Selects the number of data bits used for console redirection Options available 7 8 Default setting is 8 ...

Page 51: ...ns available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Recorder Mode Note When this mode enabled only texts will be send This is to capture Terminal data Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled Resolution 100x31 Note Enable Disable extended terminal resolution Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Legacy OS Redirection Resolution Note Specifies the ...

Page 52: ...BIOS Setup 52 5 2 6 SIO Configuration ...

Page 53: ...en set to Disabled displays no configuration for the serial port Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Logical Device Settings Current Displays the Serial Port 1 Serial port 2 base I O address and IRQ Possible Configures the Serial Port 1 Serial port 2 base I O address and IRQ Options available for Serial Port 1 Use Automatic Settings IO 3F8h IRQ 4 DMA IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9...

Page 54: ... Serial Port 2 Use Automatic Settings IO 2F8h IRQ 3 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 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA IO 2E8h IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 DMA Default setting is Use Automatic Settings ...

Page 55: ... 3 4 I O ROM Note Enable Disable the onboard LAN devices and initializes device expansion ROM Options available for LAN 1 Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Options available for LAN 2 3 4 Disabled UEFI Legacy Default setting is UEFI PCI Devices Common Settings Above 4G Decoding Enable Disable memory mapped I O to 4GB or greater address space Above 4G Decoding Options available Enabled Di...

Page 56: ...Options available Enabled DIsabled Default setting is Disabled Ipv6 PXE Support Note Enable Disable the Ipv6 PXE feature Options available Enabled DIsabled Default setting is Disabled Ipv6 HTTP Support Note Enable Disable the Ipv6 HTTP feature Options available Enabled DIsabled Default setting is Disabled PXE boot wait time Note Press the keys to increase or decrease the desired values Media detec...

Page 57: ...le the Compatibility Support Module CSM support Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled CSM16 Module Version Displays the CSM module version information Please note that this item is configurable when CSM Support is set to Enabled Note Advanced items prompt when this item is set to Enabled ...

Page 58: ...tting is Enabled Please note that this item is configurable when CSM Support is set to Enabled Option ROM execution Network Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE Option ROM Options available Do not launch UEFI Legacy Default setting is UEFI Please note that this item is configurable when CSM Support is set to Enabled Storage Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage Option ROM Opti...

Page 59: ...etup 5 2 10 Post Report Configuration 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 60: ...BIOS Setup 60 5 2 11 NVMe Configuration NVMe Configuration Displays the NVMe devices connected to the system ...

Page 61: ...s 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 available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Note This item is pre...

Page 62: ...ower state prior to shutdown When set to Stay Off the system remains off after power shutdown Options available Last State Stay Off Power On The default setting depends on the BMC setting Chassis Opened Warning Enable Disable the chassis intrusion alter function Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Disabled Note When the power policy is controlled by BMC please wait for 15 20 seco...

Page 63: ...Setup 5 3 Chipset Setup Menu Chipset Setup menu displays submenu options for configuring the function of North Bridge and South Bridge Select a submenu item then press Enter to access the related submenu screen ...

Page 64: ...ation Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Processor Socket Processor ID Processor Frequency Processor Max Raito Processor Min Raio Microcode Revision L1 Cache RAM L2 Cache RAM L3 Cache RAM Processor 0 1 Version Displays the technical specifications for the installed processor ...

Page 65: ...e Mode Extensions SMX support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Hardware Prefetcher Select whether to enable the speculative prefetch unit of the processor 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 is fetched Options available Enable ...

Page 66: ...BIOS Setup 66 5 3 1 1 Pre Socket Configuration ...

Page 67: ... configuration of advanced items Core Disable Bitmap Hex for CPU socket 0 1 Number of Cores to enable 0 means all cores FFFFFFF means to disable all cores The maximum value depends on the number of CPUs available Press the numeric keys to adjust desired values ...

Page 68: ...ign mmioh resources Total mmioh space can be up to 32xgranularity Per stack mmioh resource assignments are multiples of the granularity where 1 unit per stack is the default allocation Options available 1G 4G 16G 64G 256G 1024G Default setting is 256G Isoc Mode Options available Auto Enable Disable Default setting is Auto Numa Non Uniform Memory Access Enable Disable Non uniform Memory Access NUMA...

Page 69: ... 69 BIOS Setup 5 3 3 UPI Configuration ...

Page 70: ...ral Configuration Press Enter to change the UPI general settings UPI Status Press Enter to view the UPI status Link Frequency Select Selects the UPI link frequency Options available 9 6GB 10 4GB Auto Default setting is Auto ...

Page 71: ... is Auto Enable ADR Enables the detecting and enabling of ADR Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Legacy ADR Mode Enable Disable the Legacy ADR Mode Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable ADR Data Save Mode Data Save Mode for ADR Batterybacked or Type 01 NVDIMM Options available Disable Batterybacked DIMMs NVDIMMs Default setting is NVDIMMs Erase ARM NVD...

Page 72: ...s if NVDIMMs are interleaved together or not Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Memory Topology Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Memory RAS Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 73: ... 73 BIOS Setup 5 3 4 1 Memory Topology ...

Page 74: ...the memory capacity by half Enables the Mirror Mode will disable the XPT Prefetch Options available Disable Mirror Mode 1LM Mirror Mode 2LM Default setting is Disable Memory Rank Sparing Enable Disable Memory Rank Sparing Options available Disable Enable Default setting is Disable Correctable Error Threshold Correctable Error Threshold 1 32767 used for sparing tagging and leaky bucket Press the ke...

Page 75: ...75 BIOS Setup 5 3 5 IIO Configuration IIO Configuration Intel VT for Directed I O VT d Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Inter VMD technology Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 76: ... Interrupt Remapping Enable Disable the interrupt remapping support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable PassThrough DMA Enable Disable the Non Isoch VT_D Engine PassThrough DMA support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ATS Enable Disable Non Isoch VT_D Engine ATS support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Pos...

Page 77: ... 77 BIOS Setup 5 3 5 2 Inter VMD Technology Intel VMD technology Intel VMD Configuration Enable Disable the Intel VMD support function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable ...

Page 78: ...r for configuration of advanced items Hardware PM State Control Press Enter to configure the Hardware P State setting CPU C State Control Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Package C State Control Press Enter to configure the Package C State limit CPU Advanced PM Tuning Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 79: ... in response to processor load 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 item is disabled the processor will not overclock any of its core Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ...

Page 80: ...ate based on OS Request Legacy P States In Native mode the processor hardware chooses a P state based on OS guidance In Out of Band mode the processor hardware autonomously chooses a P state with no OS guidance Options available Disable Native Mode Out of Band Mode Native Mode with No Legacy Support Default setting is Native Mode ...

Page 81: ... 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 Note Core C1E auto promotion control Takes effect after reboot Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable OS ACPI Cx Reports CPU C3 C6 to OS ACPI C2 or ACPI C3...

Page 82: ... 3 6 4 Package C State Control Package C State Configures the state for the C State package limit Options available C0 C1 state C2 state C6 non Retention state C6 Retention state No Limit Auto Default setting is Auto ...

Page 83: ...he Power Performance Configuration mode When enabled uses IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS input from the core When disabled uses alternate performance BIAS input from ENERGY_PERF_ BIAS_CONFIG Options available OS Controls EPB BIOS Controls EPB Default setting is OS Controls EPB Note Advanced items prompt when this item is set to BIOS Controls EPB ...

Page 84: ...nergy Performance Bias Configuration Mode Options available Performance Balanced Performance Balanced Power Power Default setting is Balanced Performance Please note that this item is configurable when Power Performance Tuning is set to BIOS Con trols EPB ...

Page 85: ... 85 BIOS Setup 5 3 7 PCH Configuration PCH Configuration PCH SATA Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items PCH sSATA Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 86: ...sable SATA controller Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Configure SATA as Configure on chip SATA type AHCI Mode When set to AHCI the SATA controller enables its AHCI functionality Then the RAID function is disabled and cannot be access the RAID setup utility at boot time ...

Page 87: ...led Please note that this option appears when HDD is in RAID Mode SATA Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The category identifies SATA hard drives that are installed in the computer System will automatically detect HDD type Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enable Disable Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 device Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Hot Plug for Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Note2 Enable Disable HDD Hot Plug...

Page 88: ...isable sSATA controller Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Configure sSATA as Configure on chip SATA type AHCI Mode When set to AHCI the SATA controller enables its AHCI functionality Then the RAID function is disabled and cannot be access the RAID setup utility at boot time ...

Page 89: ...s Disabled Please note that this option appears when HDD is in RAID Mode sSATA Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 The category identifies sSATA hard drives that are installed in the computer System will automatically detect HDD type Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 Enable Disable Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 device Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Hot Plug for Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 Note 2 Enable Disable HDD Hot Plug funct...

Page 90: ...BIOS Setup 90 5 3 8 Miscellaneous Configuration Miscellaneous Configuration Active Video Selects the active video type Options available Auto Onboard Device PCIE Device Default setting is Auto ...

Page 91: ...E Firmware Status 1 2 Displays ME Firmware status 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 ...

Page 92: ...t setting is Enable S W Error Injection Support Enable Disable software injection error logging function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable Whea Settings Press Enter for configuration of advanced items Memory Error Enabling Press Enter for configuration of advanced items PCIe Error Enabling Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

Page 93: ... 93 BIOS Setup 5 3 10 1 Whea Settings WHEA Support Windows Hardware Error Architecture Enable Disable WHEA Support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable ...

Page 94: ...ble Disable Default setting is Enable Memory Corrected Error Enable Disable Memory Corrected Error Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Uncorrected Error disable Memory Enable Disable the Memory that triggers Uncorrected Error Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Disable ...

Page 95: ...coverable 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 SERR Propagation Enable Disable SERR propagation Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable PERR Propagation Enable Disable PERR propagation Options available Enable D...

Page 96: ...wn 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 Timer Options available 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes Default setting is 10 minutes Please note that this item...

Page 97: ...or configuration of advanced items View FRU Information Press Enter to view the advanced items BMC network configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items IPv6 BMC Network Configuration Press Enter for configuration of advanced items ...

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 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 Options available Disable...

Page 99: ...U 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: ...option will not modify any BMC network parameters during BIOS phase Options available Unspecified Static DynamicBmcDhcp Default setting is DynamicBmcDhcp 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 Sta...

Page 101: ...e Options available 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 1999 11 64 Check if the IPv6 BMC LAN IP address matches ...

Page 102: ...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 Administrator Password Press Enter to configure the administrator password User Password Press Enter to configure the user password Secure Boot Press Enter for configuration of advanced items 5 5 Security Menu The Security menu allows you to sa...

Page 103: ...e Boot Mode Note Secure Boot requires all the applications that are running during the booting process to be pre signed with valid digital certificates This way the system knows all the files being loaded before Windows loads and gets 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 c...

Page 104: ... Secure Boot Keys and Key variables Secure Boot variable Displays the current status of the variables used for secure boot Platform Key PK Displays the current status of the Platform Key PK Press Enter to configure a new PK Options available Set New 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 ...

Page 105: ...d TimeStamps DBT Displays the current status of the Authorized TimeStamps Database Press Enter to configure a new DBT or load additional DBT from storage devices Options available Set New Append OsRecovery Signatures Displays the current status of the OsRecovery Signature Database Press Enter to configure a new OsRecovery Signature or load additional OsRecovery Signature from storage devices Optio...

Page 106: ...red values Bootup NumLock State Enable Disable the Bootup NumLock function Options available On Off Default setting is On Quiet Boot Enable Disable showing the logo during POST Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Boot mode select Selects the boot mode Options available LEGACY UEFI Default setting is UEFI FIXED BOOT ORDER Priorities Boot Option 1 2 3 4 5 Press Enter to con...

Page 107: ... 107 BIOS Setup 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: ...iorities The UEFI application boot priorities submenu allows you to specify the boot device priority from the available UEFI applications during system boot up BIOS setup will display an error message if the legacy drive s specified is not bootable ...

Page 110: ...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 sysetm without saving any changes Options available Yes No Save Changes Saves changes made in the BIOS setup Options available Yes No Discard Changes Discards chan...

Page 111: ...ther 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 the device...

Page 112: ...x30 PEI_MEMORY_INSTALLED 0x31 PEI_CPU_INIT 0x32 PEI_CPU_CACHE_INIT 0x33 PEI_CPU_BSP_SELECT 0x34 PEI_CPU_AP_INIT 0x35 PEI_CPU_SMM_INIT 0x36 PEI_MEM_NB_INIT 0x37 reserved for NB 0x38 0x3A PEI_MEM_SB_INIT 0x3B reserved for SB 0x3C 0x3E reserved for OEM use 0x3F 0x4E PEI_DXE_IPL_STARTED 0x4F Recovery PEI_RECOVERY_AUTO 0xF0 PEI_RECOVERY_USER 0xF1 PEI_RECOVERY_STARTED 0xF2 PEI_RECOVERY_CAPSULE_FOUND 0xF...

Page 113: ...IVERS 0x91 DXE_PCI_BUS_BEGIN 0x92 DXE_PCI_BUS_HPC_INIT 0x93 DXE_PCI_BUS_ENUM 0x94 DXE_PCI_BUS_REQUEST_RESOURCES 0x95 DXE_PCI_BUS_ASSIGN_RESOURCES 0x96 DXE_CON_OUT_CONNECT 0x97 DXE_CON_IN_CONNECT 0x98 DXE_SIO_INIT 0x99 DXE_USB_BEGIN 0x9A DXE_USB_RESET 0x9B DXE_USB_DETECT 0x9C DXE_USB_ENABLE 0x9D reserved for AMI use 0x9E 0x9F reserved for AML use 0xA0 DXE_IDE_BEGIN 0xA1 DXE_IDE_RESET 0xA2 DXE_IDE_D...

Page 114: ... 0x50 PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_SPEED 0x50 PEI_MEMORY_SPD_FAIL 0x51 PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_SIZE 0x52 PEI_MEMORY_MISMATCH 0x52 PEI_MEMORY_NOT_DETECTED 0x53 PEI_MEMORY_NONE_USEFUL 0x53 PEI_MEMORY_ERROR 0x54 PEI_MEMORY_NOT_INSTALLED 0x55 PEI_CPU_INVALID_TYPE 0x56 PEI_CPU_INVALID_SPEED 0x56 PEI_CPU_MISMATCH 0x57 PEI_CPU_SELF_TEST_FAILED 0x58 PEI_CPU_CACHE_ERROR 0x58 PEI_CPU_MICROCODE_UPDATE_FAILED 0x59 PEI_CPU_N...

Page 115: ..._STATUS_CODE DXE_CPU_ERROR 0xD0 DXE_NB_ERROR 0xD1 DXE_SB_ERROR 0xD2 DXE_ARCH_PROTOCOL_NOT_AVAILABLE 0xD3 DXE_PCI_BUS_OUT_OF_RESOURCES 0xD4 DXE_LEGACY_OPROM_NO_SPACE 0xD5 DXE_NO_CON_OUT 0xD6 DXE_NO_CON_IN 0xD7 DXE_INVALID_PASSWORD 0xD8 DXE_BOOT_OPTION_LOAD_ERROR 0xD9 DXE_BOOT_OPTION_FAILED 0xDA DXE_FLASH_UPDATE_FAILED 0xDB DXE_RESET_NOT_AVAILABLE 0xDC reserved for AMI use 0xDE 0xDF ...

Page 116: ...ound 4 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 5 9 1 PEI Beep Codes 5 9...

Page 117: ... block can be used to restore the BIOS to a working state To restore your BIOS please follow the instructions listed below Recovery Instruction 1 Change xxx ROM to amiboot rom 2 Copy amiboot rom and AFUDOS exe to USB diskette 3 Setting BIOS Recovery jumper to enabled status 4 Boot into BIOS recovery 5 Run Proceed with flash update 6 BIOS update ...

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