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Table of Contents

Power Supply Failure .............................................................................. 6-10

Removing/Replacing the Power Supply .................................................. 6-10

Chapter 7: BIOS

7-1 Introduction

....................................................................................................... 7-1

7-2 Main Setup ........................................................................................................ 7-2

7-3 Advanced

Settings

.................................................................................. 7-2

7-4 PCI/PnP

............................................................................................... 7-10

7-5 Boot Menu .................................................................................................... 7-11

7-6 Security

................................................................................................ 7-13

7-7 Chipset

................................................................................................. 7-14

7-8 Power

................................................................................................... 7-18

7-9 Exit

........................................................................................................ 7-19

Appendices:

Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes ....................................................................... A-1

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes ............................................................................... B-1

Appendix C: System Speciﬁ cations ......................................................................... C-1

Summary of Contents for 2020A-8R

Page 1: ...A SERVER 2020A 8R USER S MANUAL 1 0 NIC 1 NIC 2...

Page 2: ...INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WI...

Page 3: ...tion The rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the H8DA8 serverboard and the SC823S R500LP chassis which make up th...

Page 4: ...r when adding or removing processors or main memory and when recon guring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC823S R500LP 2U rackmount...

Page 5: ...v Preface Notes...

Page 6: ...ons 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rails 2 4 Installing the Chassis Rails 2 5 Installing the Rack...

Page 7: ...5 5 Connecting Power Cables 5 5 Connecting the Control Panel 5 6 5 5 I O Ports 5 6 5 6 Installing Memory 5 7 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 8 Serverboard Details 5 10 H8DA8 Layout 5 10 H8DA8 Quick Referen...

Page 8: ...upply Fail Signal Enable Disable 5 20 Watch Dog Enable Disable 5 20 Onboard Speaker Enable Disable 5 21 5 11 Onboard Indicators 5 21 JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs 5 21 3 3V Power LED 5 21 5 12 Floppy IDE and SCSI...

Page 9: ...Introduction 7 1 7 2 Main Setup 7 2 7 3 Advanced Settings Menu 7 2 7 4 PCI PnP Menu 7 10 7 5 Boot Menu 7 11 7 6 Security Menu 7 13 7 7 Chipset Menu 7 14 7 8 Power Menu 7 18 7 9 Exit Menu 7 19 Appendic...

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Page 11: ...included with your 2020A 8R as listed below One 1 3 5 oppy drive FPD PNSC 02 beige or FPD PNSC 01 black One 1 slim CD ROM drive CDM TEAC 24 B Four 4 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0070 One 1 air shrou...

Page 12: ...nly one processor is installed Memory in supported in both interleaved and non interleaved con gurations See Section 5 6 for details Onboard SCSI Onboard SCSI is provided with Adaptec s AIC 7902 SCSI...

Page 13: ...controller and two onboard IDE control lers which support up to four hard drives or ATAPI devices Backpanel I O ports include one COM port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and a video monit...

Page 14: ...o replace a module SCSI Subsystem The SCSI subsystem supports four 80 pin SCA Ultra320 SCSI hard drives Any standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Connection Attachment The SCSI drives are connect...

Page 15: ...for details Cooling System The SC823S R500LP chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes four 8 cm hot plug system cooling fans located in the middle section of the chassis An air shroud c...

Page 16: ...A Server 2020A 8R User s Manual 1 6 Notes...

Page 17: ...aged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should le a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the 2020A 8R It should...

Page 18: ...e coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rac...

Page 19: ...mised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the...

Page 20: ...ntifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the 2020A 8R Each of these assemblies consist of two sections an inner xed chassis rail that secures to t...

Page 21: ...eat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installng into a telco rack Locking Tabs As mentioned both chassis rails have...

Page 22: ...sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward see Figure 2 3 Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack un...

Page 23: ...If you are installing the 2020A 8R into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will be the position...

Page 24: ...of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor an...

Page 25: ...e CD ROM and oppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The SCSI disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover 2 CD ROM a...

Page 26: ...components that gener ate the most heat Note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the air ow generated by the fans 5 Supplying power to the system The l...

Page 27: ...omponents There are also two buttons on the chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons The two push buttons located on the front of the chassis are in order from left to right a reset button and...

Page 28: ...apter 6 for details on replacing the power supply This LED should be off when the system is operating normally Overheat Fan Fail When this LED ashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it...

Page 29: ...SCSI drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SCSI drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink o...

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Page 31: ...d rst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who...

Page 32: ...ng fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or area...

Page 33: ...l components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs...

Page 34: ...Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 2020A 8R is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 2020A 8R system can occur if this practice is not...

Page 35: ...t the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to su...

Page 36: ...to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly 1 Check the compatibility of the serverboard ports and the I O shield The H8DA8 serverboard requires a chassis tha...

Page 37: ...horizontally or vertically or rub the CPU against the socket or against any pins of the socket which may damage the CPU and or the socket Triangles 4 With the CPU inserted into the socket inspect the...

Page 38: ...system use the Fan7 header for the CPU1 fan and the Fan8 header for the CPU2 fan due to fan monitoring and wiring considerations You may be using the manufacturer s optional heatsinks part number SNK...

Page 39: ...red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are con guring the system keep the air ow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted sho...

Page 40: ...yed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind...

Page 41: ...dressed if only a single CPU is installed 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB and 2 GB memory modules are supported With Opteron 246 C stepping CPUs and above Mouse Green Keyboard Purple VGA Port Blue COM1 Port...

Page 42: ...Optimizing memory performance If two processors are installed it is better to stagger pairs of DIMMs across both sets of CPU DIMM slots e g rst populate CPU1 slots 1A and 1B then CPU2 slots 1A and 1B...

Page 43: ...o populate Insert the PCI card into the correct slot on the serverboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by securing the card to the chassis with the same screw yo...

Page 44: ...DIMM 2A CPU2 DIMM 2B CPU2 DIMM 1A CPU2 DIMM 1B LPIPMI 7 Rage XL Graphics PCI X 133 MHz 6 PCI X 133 MHz 5 PCI X 66 MHz 4 PCI X 66 MHz 3 ZCR PCI 33 MHz 2 PCI 33 MHz 1 JPL Broadcom BCM5704 Winbond Super...

Page 45: ...V Power LED Fans 1 8 System Fan Headers J22 System Management Bus Header J24 I2 C Header J101 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J1B4 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JA1 Ultra320 SCSI Channel A Connector JAR Power...

Page 46: ...8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Secondary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the Secondary 12v 8 pin power connector at JPW2 must also...

Page 47: ...only available for systems with redundant power supplies NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network...

Page 48: ...ress the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Universal Serial Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB1 1 are located beside the key board mouse...

Page 49: ...ncluded on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin De nitions COM1 COM2 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Fan Hea...

Page 50: ...table on the right for pin de nitions Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin De nitions USB2 3 4 USB2 Pin De nition USB3 4 Pin De nition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No conn...

Page 51: ...cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin De nitions JWOR Pin De nition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin De nitions JWOL Pin De nition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up SMB Power I2 C Header Th...

Page 52: ...mper is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS...

Page 53: ...on Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled I2 C to PCI Enable Disable JI2 C1 2 pair of jumpers allow you to connect the System Management Bus to any one of the PCI slots The default setting is closed on fo...

Page 54: ...the chas sis If you only have one or two power supplies installed you should disable the function with the J3P header to pre vent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings 3rd Power...

Page 55: ...is being supplied to the serverboard DP1 indicates the pres ence of 3 3V See the table on the right for DP1 LED states 3 3V Power LED DP1 Color System Status Green Power present on serverboard Off No...

Page 56: ...e should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector interface and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the...

Page 57: ...ound 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16...

Page 58: ...46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground 56 Gr...

Page 59: ...m very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded m...

Page 60: ...6 1 Front and Rear Chassis Views System Reset Control Panel System LEDs Main Power Slim CD ROM Drive Floppy Drive SCSI Drives 6 NIC 1 NIC 2 5 25 Drive Bay Ethernet Ports USB Ports Keyboard Mouse Ports...

Page 61: ...ystem power does not need to be shut down since the fans are all hot pluggable 2 Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 8 cm 12 volt fan p n FAN 0070 Position the new fan at its...

Page 62: ...es in the 2020A 8R CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or oppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the server by removing the top cover of the chassis Proc...

Page 63: ...ive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier 3a Secure the drive to the carrier with three screws on each side...

Page 64: ...wap SCSI drives The SCSI drive bays are located in the front of the chassis making them easily accessible for installation and removal The SCSI drives are hot swap units mean ing that they can be inst...

Page 65: ...I ID 0 SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 2 SCSI ID 3 SCSI ID 4 SCSI ID 5 SCSI ID 6 is used for the SAF TE Controller Figure 6 5 SCSI SCA Backplane Removing the air shroud Under most circumstances you will not need to...

Page 66: ...align with those in the side of the tray Secure the drive to the carrier with the four screws 2 Installing removing 5 25 drive bay component A component mounted in this drive bay is not hot swappable...

Page 67: ...the chassis to release the top cover and at the same time push the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server Y...

Page 68: ...swap capability meaning you can replace the failed unit without powering down the system Removing Replacing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit The...

Page 69: ...ut options cannot be con gured The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text mes sage When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in wh...

Page 70: ...m time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between elds The date must be entered in DAY...

Page 71: ...sing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled and Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block mode boosts IDE drive...

Page 72: ...g Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent AMI BIOS from using the...

Page 73: ...rial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port add...

Page 74: ...address Parallel Port Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP Parallel Port IRQ Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IR...

Page 75: ...Event Log Con guration View Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as r...

Page 76: ...e width speci ed in this setting Options are Auto 2 bit 4 bit 8 bit and 16 bit MPS Con guration MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS revision level The options are 1 1 and 1 4 R...

Page 77: ...This feature allows the user to determine how the system will control the speed of the onboard fans If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is con trolled based upon the CPU die temperature Wh...

Page 78: ...nform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system in order for the graphics card to function properly The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value t...

Page 79: ...rtain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot If Disabled normal POST messages will be displayed on boot up If Enabled thi...

Page 80: ...to prioritize the sequence for the Boot Device with the devices installed in the system The default settings with generic names are 1st Boot Device Removeable drive e g oppy drive 2nd Boot Device CD...

Page 81: ...e password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Clear User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu Yo...

Page 82: ...Manual Burst Length Use this setting to set the memory burst length 64 bit Dq must use 4 beats Options are 8 beats 4 beats and 2 beats Enable Clock to All DIMMs This setting allows the user to enable...

Page 83: ...ns are Enabled and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later reads are correct Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds L2 Cache BG Scrub Allows L2 cache RAM...

Page 84: ...value HT Link0 RZ Comp Mode Allows user to set values for this mode Options are Auto hardware compensa tion values Data allows user to override auto values with an absolute value CalComp Data allows...

Page 85: ...er to override auto values with an absolute value CalComp Data allows user to add to the generated value and CalComp Data allows user to subtract from the generated value HT Link1 N Comp Mode Allows u...

Page 86: ...Power Loss This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Power Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog Timer This sett...

Page 87: ...boot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to AMI BIOS Utility Progra...

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Page 89: ...ally communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the e...

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Page 91: ...d in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be veri ed D1h Initializing the DMA controller perfor...

Page 92: ...occurred while reading the oppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM le in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM le is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the...

Page 93: ...ng power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the End key was pressed 12h Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt con...

Page 94: ...IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional infor...

Page 95: ...justed for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The DMA p...

Page 96: ...control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Con...

Page 97: ...n ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system con guration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next...

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Page 99: ...ry capacity is halved when using a single processor See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7902 for dual channnel Ultra320 onboard SCSI Zero Channel RAID supported...

Page 100: ...2U rackmount system System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 10A max Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 500W Model SP502 2S...

Page 101: ...B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60...

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