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BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

BIOS Setup

This chapter provides  information on  the BIOS Setup
program  and  allows you to  configure   the system  for
optimum use.
You may  need to run the Setup program when:

An error message appears on the screen during the
system booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.

You want to change the default settings for cus-
tomized features.

Summary of Contents for 5000P Master

Page 1: ...i 5000P Master MS 9175 V1 X Server Board G52 91751X1...

Page 2: ...other countries PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registe...

Page 3: ...lace the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and war...

Page 4: ...interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on...

Page 5: ...v WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement...

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Page 8: ...U Cooler 2 5 Memory 2 6 Memory Population Rules 2 6 Installing DDRII Modules 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Power Supply 2 8 SSI 24 Pin System Power Connector JPWR1 2 9 SSI 8 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR2 2 9 SSI...

Page 9: ...xit 3 18 Appendix A Intel SATA RAID A 1 Introduction A 2 BIOS Configuration A 2 Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM A 3 Installing Software A 8 Install Driver in Windows XP 2000 A 9 Inst...

Page 10: ...or IME Volume B 12 3 4 Managing Hot Spares B 13 3 5 Other Configuration Tasks B 14 4 Integrated Striping Overview B 16 4 1 Introduction B 16 4 2 IS Features B 16 4 3 IS Description B 17 4 4 Integrate...

Page 11: ...e 5000P Master ac c ommodates the lates t Int el Dempsey Woodcrest processors Quad Core support by op tional SKU in LGA771 package and supports up to twelve 240 pin 533 667MHz ECC DDRII FB DIMM slots...

Page 12: ...12 DDRII FB DIMM slots 240pin 1 8V ECC LAN 2 Gigabit Fast Ethernet by Intel Gilgal 82563EB 1 10 100 PHY Ethernet by Broadcom BCM5221 SAS 2 SAS connectors wide port controlled by LSI 1068 Supports up...

Page 13: ...boot recovery from floppy drive PCI 2 3 PCI Epress 1 0a complaint PnP 1 0A SMBIOS 2 0 ACPI 2 0 PXE boot protocol USB keyboard and mouse USB diskette USB flash CDROM boot USB boot Power Management Wake...

Page 14: ...FAN 6 C N5 Cn6 J1 JR ST1 T Mouse B Keyboard COM1 VGA1 LANjack Top LANJack Bottom USBports D IMM11 D IMM4 2 D IMM4 3 D IMM1 2 D IMM4 1 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PC I1 D IMM1 3 D IMM2 1 D IMM2 2 D IMM2 3 D IM...

Page 15: ...dures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work...

Page 16: ...2 9 PCI Slots p 2 18 SATA1 4 p 2 11 SAS1 2 p 2 12 JCI1 p 2 15 Back Panel I O p 2 8 CN1 p 2 13 JPWR1 p 2 9 DDRII DIMMs p 2 6 COM2 p 2 13 PCI E Slot p 2 18 JFAN1 2 5 p 2 13 CPU p 2 3 JFAN4 p 2 13 JSSI1...

Page 17: ...y Woodcrest processors Quad Core support by optional SKU in Socket LGA771 When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating...

Page 18: ...ed CPU Heatsink and Heat Pipe Cooler 1 Locate the CPU socket 2 Raise the load lever up to its full extent 3 Open the load plate 5 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not take...

Page 19: ...to CPUFAN1 Note If dual processors are installed connect the second CPU fan power cord to CPUFAN2 1 Flip over the mainboard and locate the position of the CPU sockets 2 Install the backplates to the b...

Page 20: ...104 pin DDRII 240 pin 1 8V Memory Population Rules This mainboard supports DDRII FBD 533 667 memory interface Each DIMM slot supports up to a maximum size of 4 GB Users can install either single or d...

Page 21: ...M slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt Notch Important Y...

Page 22: ...tly to the connector VGA Connector The DB15 pin female connector is provided for VGA monitors LAN RJ 45 Jacks The standard RJ 45 jack is for connection to single Local Area Network LAN You can connect...

Page 23: ...with a 12V power supply to ensure stable operation of the graphics card PIN SIGNAL 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 GND 16 PS ON 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 GND PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5...

Page 24: ...nd other IDE devices The Ultra ATA100 interface boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 100 megabytes MB per second The new interface is backwards compatible with the...

Page 25: ...ial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA4 SATA1 SATA4 are high speed SATA interface ports and support SATA data rates of 300MB s Each SATA II connector can connect to 1 hard disk device Important Please do not f...

Page 26: ...fers It supports data transfer speeds up to 3 Gbit s SAS uses serial communication instead of the parallel method found in traditional SCSI devices but still uses SCSI commands for interacting with SA...

Page 27: ...consult the vendors for proper CPU cooling fan SENSOR 12V GND CONTROL SSI 5 Pin Power Connector CN1 This connector provides power supply for the System Management Bus SMB PIN SIGNAL 1 SMBclock 2 SMBda...

Page 28: ...13 Power Switch GND 14 NIC Activity LED 15 ResetSwitch 16 SMBus SDA 17 Reset Switch GND 18 SMBus SCL 19 ACPISleepSwitch 20 ChassisIntrusion 21 ACPI Sleep Switch GND 22 NIC 2 Activity LED 23 NMI to CP...

Page 29: ...digital cameras MP3 players printers mo dems and the like PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key no pin 10 USBOC Pin Definition Important Note that the pins o...

Page 30: ...password while the system is on it will damage the mainboard Jumpers Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system confi...

Page 31: ...I O Also desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video graphics multimedia and other sophisticated applications Moreover PCI Express architec...

Page 32: ...IOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you...

Page 33: ...PHOENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIO...

Page 34: ...the sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup p...

Page 35: ...on your system s chipset Security Use this menu to set Supervisor and User Passwords Power Use this menu to specify your settings for power management Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of bo...

Page 36: ...or this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually Multi Sector Transfers Any selection except Disabled determines the num...

Page 37: ...iagnostic Screen Setting the option to Enabled allows the system to display the diagnostic screen during boot QuickBoot Mode Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds sinc...

Page 38: ...Advanced Chipset Control Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears SERR Signal Condition None Disables assertion of SERR on memory error Single bit Enables SERR assertion on s...

Page 39: ...a fail ure or does not respond the remaining memory will con tinue to function Branch 0 1 Rank Interleave This function can write data interleaved between branchs to increase the speed Branch 0 1 Ran...

Page 40: ...ing screen appears Intel Virtualization Technology Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent pa...

Page 41: ...ollowing screen appears Intel I O AT Function This field enables Intel I O Acceleration Technology which can move data more efficiently COM Ports Setting Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the foll...

Page 42: ...e Operation Certain OS does not support Native Mode In this mode system BIOS will search all available IRQs to use for HDD New OS that supports switch to Native Mode WinXP Windows NET Server can set S...

Page 43: ...s DMI Event Logging Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Event log validity capacity These items indicate the status of Event log validity and capacity View DMI event log...

Page 44: ...icate the IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface version BMC Hardware Firmware Version Indicate the BMC Baseboard Management Controller version System Event Logging This function is used to lo...

Page 45: ...an action de pend on the setting of Time out action after time out Time out action This setting determines what action to take if OS fails to boot Date Format to show This setting specifies the date f...

Page 46: ...Password controls access to the system at boot Password On Boot Choosing Enabled requires a password on boot It requires prior setting of the supervisor password If the supervisor password is set and...

Page 47: ...LAN The item specifies how the system will be awakened from power saving mode when input signal of the LAN is detected Resume On Time Select On to wake up the system at predetermined time Resume Time...

Page 48: ...d devices You may use the arrow keys to select the desired device key to move it up down in the priority list f r key to specify the device fixed or removable x key to exclude or include the device to...

Page 49: ...o CMOS and exit setup Exit Discarding Changes Abandon all changes and exit setup Load Setup Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance Disca...

Page 50: ...com bines four independent SATAII ports for support of up to four Serial ATAII Serial ATAII RAID drives It offers RAID level 0 Striping RAID level 1 Mirroring and Duplexing RAID level 5 Block Interle...

Page 51: ...ndling optimizations including tagged command queuing elevator seek and packet chain command The Intel Southbridge offers RAID level 0 Striping RAID level 1 Mirroring and Duplexing RAID level 5 Block...

Page 52: ...motherboards with a supported Intel chipset The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services Please use Ctrl I keys to enter the In...

Page 53: ...ollowing screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your...

Page 54: ...r arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increme...

Page 55: ...ion is finished Important Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an example if you w...

Page 56: ...ID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to accept...

Page 57: ...structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this...

Page 58: ...installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 Se...

Page 59: ...rive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have...

Page 60: ...A 11 Intel SATA RAID The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window...

Page 61: ...A 12 MS 9175 Server Board After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue...

Page 62: ...lect the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window and click Next button to start installation Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup t...

Page 63: ...A 14 MS 9175 Server Board Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup installation status...

Page 64: ...system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive 1 BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows XP on the single SATA hard drive R...

Page 65: ...om Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for...

Page 66: ...y will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage RAID 5 Useful RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks...

Page 67: ...rip size settings are 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers...

Page 68: ...isk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted per...

Page 69: ...space will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continue...

Page 70: ...ou can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration proc ess starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted for...

Page 71: ...orresponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Reconnect the hard drive 3 Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automatically Faile...

Page 72: ...tem 6 When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 7 The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be launch...

Page 73: ...B 1 LSI SAS RAID LSI SAS RAID Appendix B This appendix explains how to configure and use the components of the LSI Logic Integrated RAID IR soft ware with LSI SAS 1064 1064E 1068 1068E controllers...

Page 74: ...t in its host adapters LSI Logic can offer the Integrated RAID solution at a lower cost than a hardware RAID implementation Fusion MPT firmware supports IM and IS volumes You can configure IM and IS v...

Page 75: ...with up to ten drives total per controller v Note Ten disk drives is the theoretical upper limit although the SAS controller itself may support fewer drives If a disk in an Integrated Mirroring volum...

Page 76: ...ve to the OS for each IM IME volume Supports both SAS and SATA disks although the two types of disks cannot be combined on the same LSI Logic SAS controller Fusion MPT architecture Easy to use BIOS ba...

Page 77: ...e boot disk is transparent to the BIOS drivers and operating system Host based status software monitors the state of the mirrored disks and reports any error conditions In Figure 2 1 the system is con...

Page 78: ...ated Mirroring Enhanced IME volume with three mirrored disks Each mir rored stripe is written to a disk and mirrored to an adjacent disk This type of configu ration is also called RAID 1E LSI Logic pr...

Page 79: ...ng The hot swapped disk is automatically resynchronized in the background without any host or user intervention The firmware detects hot swap removal and disk insertion Following a hot swap event the...

Page 80: ...firmware disables disk write caching by default This is done to increase data integrity so that the disk write log stored in NVSRAM is always valid If disk write caching were enabled not recommended t...

Page 81: ...C to start the CU After you do this the message changes to Please wait invoking SAS Configuration Utility After a brief pause the main menu of the SAS BIOS CU appears On some systems however the follo...

Page 82: ...New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add the disk to the volume change the No to Yes by pressing the key...

Page 83: ...volume type select Create IME Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add the disk to the...

Page 84: ...ll display the current volume 2 Press C to create a new volume 3 Continue with step 4 of the IM or IME creation procedure in the previous section to create a second volume The other way in which to ad...

Page 85: ...IME volume s The global hot spare disk must have 512 byte blocks it cannot have removable media and the disk type must be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with SMART support If SA...

Page 86: ...the array is placed in the Degraded state until the data on the mirrored disks has been resynchronized Follow these steps to force the synchronization of a selected array 1 Select Synchronize Array on...

Page 87: ...s Enter The LED on the disk flashes until the next key is pressed You can locate all the disk drives in a volume by selecting the volume on the RAID Properties screen The LEDs flash on all disk drives...

Page 88: ...erating system The SAS BIOS CU is used to configure IS volumes which can consist of two to eight disks v Note Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Striping volumes can be configured on the same LSI log...

Page 89: ...For example as shown in Figure 4 1 segment 1 is written to disk 1 segment 2 is written to disk 2 segment 3 is written to disk 3 and so on When the system reaches the end of the disk list it continues...

Page 90: ...RT Support The IS firmware enables Mode 6 SMART on the IS member disks Mode 6 SMART requires each physical disk to be polled at regular intervals If a SMART ASC ASCQ code is detected on a physical IS...

Page 91: ...ange disks in the same size classification The supported stripe size is 64 Kbytes Refer to Section 4 2 IS Features for more information about Integrated Striping volumes 5 2 Creating IS Volumes The SA...

Page 92: ...to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column To add a disk to the volume change the No to Yes by pressing the key key or space bar As disks are added the Array Size field changes to reflect t...

Page 93: ...igure two IS volumes or an IS volume and an IM or IME volume If one volume is already configured and if there are available disk drives there are two ways to add a second volume The first is as follow...

Page 94: ...a system This option is only available when the selected array is currently inactive Follow these steps to activate a selected array 1 Select Activate Array on the Manage Array screen 2 Press Y to pro...

Page 95: ...device options and to keep the boot device constant during device addi tions and removals There can be only one boot disk Follow these steps to select a boot disk 1 In the SAS BIOS CU select an adapte...

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