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Getting Started

Chapter 1

Thank you for choosing the K9NQ Master (MS-9184
v1.X), an excellent SSI server board from MSI.

Based on the innovative

nVIDIA MCP55 Pro

chipset

for optimal system efficiency, the K9NQ Master ac-
commodates the latest

AMD

Opteron

processor in

1207-pin package and supports up to 16 Registered
ECC DDR2 400/533/667 DIMM slots to provide the maxi-
mum of 64GB memory capacity.

In the entry-level and mid-range market segment, the
K9NQ Master can provide a high-performance solution
for today

’

s f ront-end and general purpose server/

workstation, as well as in the future.

Summary of Contents for K9NQ Master Series

Page 1: ...i K9NQ Master Series MS 9184 V1 X Server Board G52 91841X1...

Page 2: ...tes and or 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...

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: ...cations 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 6 Power Supply 2 8 Back Panel 2 11 Connectors 2 13 Jumper 2 16 Slot 2...

Page 9: ...tem efficiency the K9NQ Master ac commodates the latest AMD Opteron processor in 1207 pin package and supports up to 16 Registered ECC DDR2 400 533 667 DIMM slots to provide the maxi mum of 64GB memor...

Page 10: ...l 3600 MCP MCP55 Pro M emory Supports ECC Registered DDR2 400 533 667 DIMMs 16 DDR2 DIMM slots up to 64GB memory IDE 1 channel bus master IDE port Supports ATA133 100 66 SATA 6 SATA II ports support 6...

Page 11: ...1 x VGA port 2 x RJ 45 Gigabit LAN ports Onboard Pinheaders 1 x USB connector 1 x serial port connector 1 x proprietary front panel connector Slots 1 32 bit 33MHz PCI slot 2 100MHz PCI X slots 1 PCI E...

Page 12: ...JPWR2 JPWR1 JPWR0 IDE0 FDD0 BIOS PCIX0 PCIX1 PCIE1 P3_DIMM0 P2_DIMM0 P1_DIMM0 P0_DIMM0 P3_DIMM2 P2_DIMM2 P1_DIMM2 P0_DIMM2 P3_DIMM1 P2_DIMM1 P1_DIMM1 P0_DIMM1 P3_DIMM3 P2_DIMM3 P1_DIMM3 P0_DIMM3 PCIE...

Page 13: ...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 14: ...p 2 6 JPWR2 p 2 8 Back Panel I O p 2 11 CPU_FAN2 3 p 2 14 IDE0 p 2 12 F_FAN2 p 2 14 JBAT0 p 2 17 F_FAN3 p 2 14 DIMM Slots p 2 6 SATA0 5 p 2 13 R_FAN0 1 2 3 p 2 14 COM1 p 2 15 F_FAN0 p 2 14 FDD0 p 2 12...

Page 15: ...the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissi...

Page 16: ...move the plastic cap from the load plate The pins of the socket reveal 5 After confirming the CPU direction indicated below with red circles for correct mating put down the CPU in the socket housing f...

Page 17: ...to the load plate and then secure the lever with the hook under the retention tab 10 Place the cooler set on top of the retention mechanism 11 Screw to secure the CPU cooler to the mainboard 9 Unscrew...

Page 18: ...Population Rule In Dual Channel mode the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two data bus lines simultaneously Enabling Dual Channel mode can enhance the system performance Please refer...

Page 19: ...inger 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 v NOTE You can barely see the golden finger if the memory modul...

Page 20: ...wer supply of 600 watts and above is highly recommended for system stability 4 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR0 8 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR1 JPWR2 These connectors provide 12V power output to the CPUs...

Page 21: ...er Connector JPWR3 This connector allows you to connect to an SSI power supply To connect to the power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins...

Page 22: ...to ESD so this kind of memory replacement actions might cause system chipset unable to boot Please follow the following solution to avoid this situation Unplug the AC power cable or unplug the power c...

Page 23: ...o the connector VGA Port The DB15 pin female connector is provided for monitors LAN Port The standard RJ 45 jack is for connection to Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to it LED C...

Page 24: ...IDE Connector IDE0 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives optical disk drives and other IDE devices Important If you install two IDE devices on the same cable you must configure the drives separ...

Page 25: ...essory cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transmission Serial ATA II Connector SATA0 SATA5 This connector is a high speed Serial ATA II interface port Each connector can c...

Page 26: ...rd you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Important Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at processor s official website or consult the ve...

Page 27: ...l Out orTransmit Data 6 CTS ClearTo Send 7 DTR DataTerminal Ready 8 RI Ring Indicate 9 GND Ground Pin Definition COM1 1 9 2 1 9 2 10 JUSB0 Front USB Connector JUSB0 This connector compliant with Intel...

Page 28: ...8 System Status LED 9 HDD Activity LED 10 System Status LED 11 PowerSwitch 12 NIC Activity LED 13 Power Switch GND 14 NIC Activity LED 15 ResetSwitch 16 SMBus SDA 17 Reset Switch GND 18 SMBus SCL 19 N...

Page 29: ...the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set this jumper to clear data Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pi...

Page 30: ...nterconnect Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card SCSI card USB card and other add on cards that comply with PCI specifications Slot Important When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...er each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the descrip tion may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be held f...

Page 33: ...l 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 program provides a General Help screen Yo...

Page 34: ...devices Power Use this menu to specify your settings for power management Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup ut...

Page 35: ...is setting allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed System Time The time format is HH MM SS Floppy Check This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time When en...

Page 36: ...e Defaulting this setting to DOS will create a Translated FDPT Compatible ill behaved applications will operate correctly when DOS is selected Setting to Other will create a Standard FDPT Incompatible...

Page 37: ...tion Data The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Ac cess Memory is where the BIOS stores resource information for both PNP and non PNP devices in a bit string format Whe...

Page 38: ...the keyboard interface clock for a better response or to fix a keyboard problem It is recommended that you select a higher clock speed for a better keyboard response But if the keyboard performs errat...

Page 39: ...optimizations and the memory space is treated as if the system were an SMP system SW Mem Hole Remap p This setting enables the software to remap the physical memory to an address higher than 4GB Integ...

Page 40: ...3 10 MS 9184 Server BoardB NV RAID Configuration NV RAID Configuration This setting enables disables the nVIDIA software RAID configuration...

Page 41: ...hen set to Enabled BIOS will activate the selected device as a PCI bus master Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set to higher va...

Page 42: ...oller Base I O Address This setting specifies the base I O port address of the onboard floppy port Serial Port A B These settings enable disable the onboard Serial Port A B Base I O Address These sett...

Page 43: ...rrors ECC Error Log This setting logs the ECC error Chipkill Chipkill is a new Advanced ECC Error Correction Code memory technology that protects servers from system downtime caused by memory failures...

Page 44: ...rub Control The L2 ECC Scrub option controls the time allotted for the L2 memory cache to be corrected when in an idle state ECC Multibit Error Detection This setting provides a higher level of memory...

Page 45: ...te bits per second of Console Redirection Console Type This setting specifies the console type Flow Control This feature allows you to enable flow control Console Connection This feature indicates whe...

Page 46: ...this setting is set to Yes the DMI event log will be cleared at next POST stage Then the BIOS will automatically set this option to No Event Logging This setting disables enables the BIOS to log DMI...

Page 47: ...hese items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds System Voltage These items display the current operating...

Page 48: ...3 18 MS 9184 Server BoardB System Fan Speed These items display the current fan speeds of the system...

Page 49: ...Password Is User Password Is It shows the preset supervisor user password read only Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Enabling Supervisor Password requires a password for entering Setup The pa...

Page 50: ...f the supervisor password If the supervisor password is set and this option is disabled BIOS assumes the user is booting Fixed Disk Boot Sector This option allows users to write protect boot sector on...

Page 51: ...attempt to boot the Operating System Boot Priority Order This setting allows users to set the boot priority of the specified devices Refer to the Item Specific Help on the right pane for instructions...

Page 52: ...e Power On Returns the system to an on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred Enable Multimedia Timer This setting enables the Multimedi...

Page 53: ...3 23 BIOS Setup Resume On Time Select On to wake up the system at predetermined time Resume Time The time format is HH MM SS Resume Date The date format is MM DD YYYY...

Page 54: ...e BIOS settings to the Optimal Defaults The Setup Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimized performance of the mainboard Discard Changes The opti...

Page 55: ...h is used by the world s lead ing businesses to the common PC desktop This tech nology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniqu...

Page 56: ...D 0 Non critical data requiring high performance High data throughput No fault tolerance multiple None RAID 1 Small databases or any other small capacity environment requiring fault tolerance 100 data...

Page 57: ...ID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to...

Page 58: ...e Free Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 1 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinat...

Page 59: ...the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for...

Page 60: ...ave set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then...

Page 61: ...RIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears lis...

Page 62: ...on is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is com pletely installed it is recommended that you install the the RAID management too...

Page 63: ...the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the NVIDIA C19 System Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page 2 S...

Page 64: ...ngs Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3...

Page 65: ...The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated...

Page 66: ...rrored Array Rebuild a broken mirrored array Watch the progress of rebuilding an array Only applies to RAID 1 arrays Synchronizing a RAID Array Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 arrays copy the data to...

Page 67: ...the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for exa...

Page 68: ...free is RAID enabled 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program If the disk is not part of any RAID array then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI Step 2 Dedicate the Fre...

Page 69: ...l be designated to the mirror array 5 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk i...

Page 70: ...been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select Remove Disk to remove it In the previous example simply right click on...

Page 71: ...iples NVIDIA RAID includes extensive support for morphing a process of converting from one RAID mode to another RAID mode General Requirements and Limitations The new array capacity must be equal to o...

Page 72: ...n a drive can be safely added to the system As soon as the drive is added the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes usable by the system Hot Plug Array allows the user to...

Page 73: ...AID arrays is recommended to ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array such as RAID 0 Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure that you want to wipe out...

Page 74: ...oring and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K then click Next 5 At the Free Disk Selection page select the two drives that you want to Mirror and click Next 6 Click Next again and the follo...

Page 75: ...s the created RAID array as shown below The Initialization Process As you can see from the screen shot above the initialization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time A...

Page 76: ...of the drives fail then you need the lost data on the newly added drive Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and...

Page 77: ...ist then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corn...

Page 78: ...Only to RAID 1 Array Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored arra...

Page 79: ...e assumes you have already created a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 1 Right click on Mirroring and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure below 2 The Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen...

Page 80: ...ystem motherboard The image shows the hard drive connector ports and provides a visual indication of the location and status of the drives as follows Red rectangle A red rectangle will flash around th...

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