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Page 1: ...S251 3O0 Intel Xeon Scalable UP Server System 2U 26 Bay 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...

Page 3: ...uide 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 da...

Page 4: ...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 hazardou...

Page 5: ...harge 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 E...

Page 6: ...n 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 man...

Page 7: ...er 3 System Hardware Installation 25 3 1 Removing Chassis Cover 26 3 2 Removing and Installing the Fan Duct 27 3 3 Installing the CPU and Heat Sink 28 3 4 Installing the Memory 30 3 4 1 Eight Channel...

Page 8: ...ocessor Configuration 74 5 3 2 Common RefCode Configuration 76 5 3 3 UPI Configuration 77 5 3 4 Memory Configuration 79 5 3 5 IIO Configuration 81 5 3 6 Advanced Power Management Configuration 83 5 3...

Page 9: ...andard ERROR 111 5 8 4 Intel UPI POST Codes 112 5 8 5 Intel UPI Error Codes 112 5 8 6 Intel MRC POST Codes 113 5 8 7 Intel MRC Error Codes 113 5 8 8 Intel PM POST Codes 114 5 8 9 Intel PM POST Codes 1...

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Page 11: ...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...

Page 12: ...cket Security Security LAN 1 x 10 100 1000 management LAN Socket Socket Security Security Video Integrated in Aspeed AST2600 2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface 1920x1200 60Hz 32bpp DDR4...

Page 13: ...y Security Power Supply Redundant 800W 80 PLUS Platinum hot swap power supply Socket ocket Security Security System Management Aspeed AST2600 management controller GIGABYTE Management Console AMI Mega...

Page 14: ...dity Operating temperature 10 C to 35 C Non operating temperature 40 C to 60 C Operating humidity 8 80 non condensing Non operating humidity 20 95 non condensing NOTE Ambient temperature limited to 30...

Page 15: ...15 Hardware Installation 1 3 System Block Diagram...

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Page 17: ...Appearance Chapter 2 System Appearance 2 1 System Overview 1 2 2 3 4 5 No Description 1 Front Panel Buttons and LEDs 2 Side 3 5 Hard Drives Cover 3 System Middle Cover 4 System Back Cover 5 Power Sup...

Page 18: ...er Management LAN Port 7 ID Button with LED Refer to section 2 5 Front Panel LEDs and Buttons and section 2 6 Rear System LEDs and Buttons for a detailed description of the function of the LEDs 2 2 Fr...

Page 19: ...t Side HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 HDD 9 HDD 10 HDD 11 1 No Description 1 3 5 HDD Bays Right Side 1 HDD 12 HDD 13 HDD 14 HDD 15 HDD 16 HDD 17 HDD 18 HDD 19 HDD 20 HDD 21 HDD...

Page 20: ...or in ACPI S5 state power off 4 5 LAN1 2 Active Link LED Green Blink Indicates data trasmission or receiving is occuring N A Off Indicates no data transmission or receiving is occuring 6 HDD Status L...

Page 21: ...ata 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...

Page 22: ...z Green Blinking Power supply firmware updating mode Amber AC cord unplugged or AC power lost with a second power supply in parallel still with AC input power Power supply critical event causing shut...

Page 23: ...ED1 LED2 LED1 Green LED1 Red LED2 Blue Indicator Drive activity Drive locate fault rebuild Drive present Behavior BLINK Drives is active ON or OFF Idle depend on drive ON Fault BLINK 4Hz Locate BLINK...

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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 s...

Page 26: ...le chassis cover 1 Loosen the thumbscrew securing the chassis cover 2 Lift up to remove the middle chassis cover 3 To reinstall the chassis cover reverse steps 1 2 1 1 2 Follow these instructions to r...

Page 27: ...and Installing the Fan Duct Follow these instructions to remove the fan duct 1 Lift up to remove the fan duct 2 To reinstall the fan duct align the fan duct with the guiding groove Push down the fan...

Page 28: ...n Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 Align the processor to the carrier so that the gold triangle on the processor aligns with the triangle on the carrier and then install the processor in...

Page 29: ...25 System Hardware Installation To install remove the Intel heatsink use a T30 Lobe screwdriver or drill bit with a screw torque of 8 0 0 5kgf cm 4 1 2 4 3...

Page 30: ...P0_A1 DIMM_P0_D1 DIMM_P0_D0 DIMM_P0_E0 DIMM_P0_F0 Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory It is recommended that memory...

Page 31: ...t 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 3 4 3 Memory Population Table Type Ranks Per DIMM and Data Width D...

Page 32: ...n disconnected from the server prior to installing a PCIe card Failure to observe these warnings could result in personal injury or damage to equipment Follow these instructions to install PCI Expansi...

Page 33: ...ector on the backplane Follow these instructions to install a 3 5 hard disk drive 1 Loosen the thumbscrew securing the left right side chassis cover 2 Open the left right side cover 3 Press the releas...

Page 34: ...ease 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...

Page 35: ...previous steps to install the fan wall 1 1 2 Voltages can be present within the server whenever an AC power source is connected This voltage is present even when the main power switch is in the off po...

Page 36: ...install the replacement fan assembly Voltages can be present within the server whenever an AC power source is connected This voltage is present even when the main power switch is in the off position E...

Page 37: ...upply 1 Press the retaining clip on the right side of the power supply along the direction of the arrow 2 Pull out the power supply handle at the same time and pull out the power supply 3 Insert the r...

Page 38: ...System Hardware Installation 26 3 10 Cable Routing Front Switch Cable Front LED Cable PSU Front Rear Front Panel USB 3 0 Cable PSU Front Rear...

Page 39: ...25 System Hardware Installation HDD Backplane Board Signal Cable PSU Front Rear PSU Front Rear...

Page 40: ...System Hardware Installation 26 Rear HDD Backplane Board Signal Cable PSU Front Rear HDD Backplane Board Power Cable PSU Front Rear...

Page 41: ...5 System Hardware Installation Fan Power Cable PSU Front Rear FAN6 FAN1 PSU Front Rear FAN5 FAN6 FAN5 FAN4 FAN3 FAN2 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 FAN1 PSU Front Rear FAN5 FAN6 FAN5 FAN4 FAN3 FAN2 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 FAN...

Page 42: ...System Hardware Installation 26 System Power Cable PSU Front Rear ATX 2 x 12 Pin Connector PMBUS SlimLine to SATA Cable PSU Front Rear...

Page 43: ...25 System Hardware Installation On Board SATA PSU Front Rear SATA1 SGPIO SATA0 Mini SAS HD PSU Front Rear...

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Page 45: ...Ie Slot 5 2x4 Pin 12V Power Connector for CPU0 6 CPU0 Fan Connector 7 PMBus Connector 8 System Fan Connector 5 9 System Fan Connector 2 10 System Fan Connector 3 11 System Fan Connector 4 12 System Fa...

Page 46: ...Alert Header 21 Front Panel USB 3 0 Connector 22 Front Panel Header 23 HDD Back Plane Board Connector 24 PCIe x4 slot Gen3 x4 25 PCIe x16 slot Gen3 x16 Share Gen3 x8 with PCIE_3 26 PCIe x16 slot Gen3...

Page 47: ...recovery mode 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 HOST_SMBUS_SEL PMBUS_SEL ON CPLD debu...

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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 re...

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...

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 H...

Page 52: ...ring Max CPU Speed CPU Signature Processor Core Microcode Patch Displays the technical specifications for the installed processor s Platform Information Processor PCH RC Revision Displays the platform...

Page 53: ...ter Description Onboard LAN Information LAN1 MAC Address Note Displays LAN MAC address information LAN2 MAC Address Note Displays LAN MAC address information System Date Sets the date following the we...

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 s...

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

Page 56: ...ings 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 red...

Page 57: ...t 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...

Page 58: ...d 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 man...

Page 59: ...a 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 fl...

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 addr...

Page 61: ...ler Note2 Enable Disable the onboard LAN1 LAN2 controller Options available Enabled Disabled Default setting is Enabled Onboard LAN1 LAN2 I O ROM Note2 Enable Disable the onboard LAN1 LAN2 devices and...

Page 62: ...d 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 D...

Page 63: ...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 Defau...

Page 64: ...4 5 2 7 NVMe Configuration 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 B...

Page 65: ...t to Power Off the system remains off after power shutdown Options available Last State Power Off Power On Unspecified The default setting depends on the BMC setting Skip Above 4G Decoding for VGA Ena...

Page 66: ...TTP feature 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...

Page 67: ...Configuration Parameter Description iSCSI Initiator Name Add an Attempt Press Enter to configure advanced items Delete Attempts Press Enter to configure advanced items Change Attempt Order Press Enter...

Page 68: ...BIOS Setup 68 5 2 11 Intel R I210 Gigabit Network Connection...

Page 69: ...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 Networ...

Page 70: ...BIOS Setup 70 5 2 12 VLAN Configuration...

Page 71: ...the keys to increase or decrease 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 desire...

Page 72: ...BIOS Setup 72 5 2 13 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 submen...

Page 74: ...he numeric keys to adjust desired values Processor Socket Processor ID Processor Frequency Processor Max Ratio Processor Min Ratio Microcode Revision L1 Cache RAM L2 Cache RAM L3 Cache RAM Processor 0...

Page 75: ...ions 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 fetche...

Page 76: ...larity 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 Mo...

Page 77: ...77 BIOS Setup 5 3 3 UPI Configuration...

Page 78: ...ptions available 9 6GB s 10 4GB s Auto Default setting is Auto SNC Enable Disable Sub NUMA Cluster function Options available Disable Enable Auto Default setting is Disable Stale AtoS Enable Disable S...

Page 79: ...Enable ADR Enables the detecting and enabling of ADR Asynchronous DRAM Refresh function Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Legacy ADR Mode Enable Disable the Legacy ADR Mode Op...

Page 80: ...RAS Configuration Press Enter to configure advanced items RAS Type Displays the RAS type Static Virtual Lockstep Mode Enable Disable the Static Virtual Lockstep mode Options available Disable Enable D...

Page 81: ...ult 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 Interrupt Remapping Enable Disable the...

Page 82: ...n Isoch VT_D Engine Coherency support Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Intel VMD technology Press Enter to configure advanced items Intel VMD technology Intel VMD Configurati...

Page 83: ...ches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load Options available Enable Disable Default setting is Enable Turbo Mode When this item is enabled the...

Page 84: ...han 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 set...

Page 85: ...bled 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 utili...

Page 86: ...tility 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 RAI...

Page 87: ...Setup 5 3 8 Miscellaneous Configuration Parameter Description Miscellaneous Configuration Active Video Selects the active video type Options available Auto Onboard Device PCIE Device Default setting...

Page 88: ...nformation 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 Fi...

Page 89: ...nfigure 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 conf...

Page 90: ...scalates Uncorrectable Recoverable 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...

Page 91: ...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 CPU C6 report Al...

Page 92: ...ting 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 Disable Default setting is Enable D...

Page 93: ...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 wh...

Page 94: ...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 Vie...

Page 95: ...se 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 Eras...

Page 96: ...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...

Page 97: ...ration 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...

Page 98: ...hase Options available Unspecified Static DynamicBmcDhcp Default setting is DynamicBmcDhcp Station IP address Displays IP Address information Subnet mask Displays Subnet Mask information Please note t...

Page 99: ...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...

Page 100: ...l 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...

Page 101: ...lications 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 no...

Page 102: ...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 A...

Page 103: ...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...

Page 104: ...re 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 Ent...

Page 105: ...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 messag...

Page 106: ...rities 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 i...

Page 107: ...vailable 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 availa...

Page 108: ...hips 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...

Page 109: ...U_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...

Page 110: ...XE_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...

Page 111: ...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 Re...

Page 112: ...ore 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 t...

Page 113: ...ain 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...

Page 114: ...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 ini...

Page 115: ...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...

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