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Page 1: ...A Workstation 4020C T USER S MANUAL 1 0...

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: ...rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the system and describes the main features of the H8DCE serverboard and the SC743T 645 chassis which comprise the 4020C T Chapter...

Page 4: ...hapter 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 SC743T 645 chassis Yo...

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

Page 6: ...ng the Serverboard Setup 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 9 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Power 3 1 Reset 3 1 3 3 Control Panel LEDs 3 2 Power 3 2 HDD...

Page 7: ...H8DCE Quick Reference 5 11 5 9 Connector De nitions 5 12 ATX Power Connector 5 12 Auxiliary Power Connector 5 12 NMI Button 5 12 Power LED 5 13 HDD LED 5 13 NIC1 NIC2 LEDs 5 13 Overheat Fan Fail LED...

Page 8: ...llel Port and SATA Drive Connections 5 23 Floppy Connector 5 23 IDE Connectors 5 24 Parallel Port Connector 5 25 SATA Connectors 5 25 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1...

Page 9: ...ts ix 7 6 Security Menu 7 14 7 7 Chipset Menu 7 15 7 8 Power Menu 7 18 7 9 Exit Menu 7 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 1 Appendix C System Sp...

Page 10: ...Notes x A Workstation 4020C T User s Manual...

Page 11: ...chassis various hardware components have been included with the 4020C T as listed below Four 4 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0074 One 1 3 5 oppy drive FPD PNSC 02 1 Two 2 5 25 dummy drive trays CSE P...

Page 12: ...ATA controller is integrated into the nForce Pro 2200 2050 chipset to provide an eight port Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 and 1 supported The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units Note The...

Page 13: ...eight Serial ATA drives The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units and are connected to a backplane that provides power and control Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enab...

Page 14: ...see Chapter 5 for details Cooling System The SC743T 645 chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes four 8 cm hot plug system cooling fans located in the middle section of the chassis Thes...

Page 15: ...then skip ahead to Section 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the system was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the workstation itself shows damage you should le...

Page 16: ...pled 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 rack to...

Page 17: ...ed 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 con...

Page 18: ...t came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies con...

Page 19: ...sis rail sections you just removed along the side of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right speci c Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis...

Page 20: ...ck rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provid...

Page 21: ...st keeping in mind that they are left right speci c marked with L and R Then line up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping...

Page 22: ...cess to the inside of the workstation 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Cha...

Page 23: ...will need to remove the top left chassis cover The SATA disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing any chassis covers 2 Installing components into the 5 25...

Page 24: ...carefully designed to promote suf cient air ow through the chassis Also 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 Keep...

Page 25: ...d the activity and health of speci c components 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off button and...

Page 26: ...3T 645 this LED indicates SATA drive activity when ashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when ashing NIC2 Indicates network activity on LAN2 when ashing Overheat Fan Fail When this LED ashes...

Page 27: ...Chapter 6 for details on replacing the power supply This LED should be off when the system is operating normally 3 4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LED Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED When il...

Page 28: ...3 4 A Workstation 4020C T User s Manual Notes...

Page 29: ...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 is familiar wit...

Page 30: ...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 areas...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...t strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY OR 4 5 Disposing of Electronic Equipment Important All electronic equipment...

Page 33: ...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 34: ...rd 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 H8DCE serverboard requires a chassis t...

Page 35: ...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 36: ...atsink to each installed CPU and then connect the heatsink fans to a fan header near the CPU Route the wiring so that it does not interfere with the fan or other components To install third party heat...

Page 37: ...he system keep the air ow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chap...

Page 38: ...are on opposite sides of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the ot...

Page 39: ...ate This de pends on whether you want to employ an interleaved or a non interleaved memory scheme Insert each memory module vertically into its slot paying attention to the notch along the bottom of t...

Page 40: ...te on previous page and charts on following page The CPU2 DIMM slots can only be accessed when two CPUs are installed however the CPU2 DIMM slots are not required to be populated when two CPUs are ins...

Page 41: ...ect slot depend ing on type and speed pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by pushing the release tab back to its original locked position Follow this procedure when a...

Page 42: ...F1 FAN3 CPU2 DIMM 2A CPU2 DIMM 2B CPU2 DIMM 1A CPU2 DIMM 1B PCI Express 6 x16 PCI 33 MHz 5 PCI Express 4 x16 PCI 33 MHz 3 PCI 33 MHz 2 PCI Express 1 x4 BIOS JWOL USB6 7 Battery 2050 2200 JWD FAN4 FAN7...

Page 43: ...4 Pin ATX Power Connector J3 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J18 SATA I2 C Header J22 System Management Bus Header JAR 3rd Power Supply Alarm Reset Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JF2 Onboard Speaker Keylo...

Page 44: ...12 3 3V Processor Power Connector In addition to the primary ATX power connector above the 12v 8 pin processor power connector at JPW1 must also be connected to your power supply This connection supp...

Page 45: ...splay network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 7 Vcc 8 Control NIC1 LED Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 11 Vcc 12 NIC1 Acti...

Page 46: ...and 2 of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be con gured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the...

Page 47: ...s Two Gigabit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located beside the COM2 port These Ether net ports accept RJ45 type cables Note NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin De nitions COM1...

Page 48: ...ables on the right for pin de nitions and below right for pin locations Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pin...

Page 49: ...p Wake On LAN Pin De nitions JWOL Pin De nition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up SMB_PW Header The header at SMB_PW is for I2 C which may be used to monitor the status of the power supply fans and syst...

Page 50: ...rear L R center and subwoofer speakers This feature is activated with software included on the CD ROM that came with the serverboard Sound is out put through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at...

Page 51: ...jumper 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 CM...

Page 52: ...Onboard audio is provided by AC 97 audio CODEC for high quality 6 channel 5 1 sound The default setting is on pins 1 2 to enable the audio See the table on right for pin de nitions Audio Enable Disab...

Page 53: ...2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software in or der to disable the Watch Dog timer Onboard Speaker Enable Disable The JF2 header allo...

Page 54: ...LED indi cates that 3 3V standby power from the power supply is being supplied to the serverboard P2 should normally be illuminated when the system is in a standby or sleep state See the table on the...

Page 55: ...cial cable 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 Co...

Page 56: ...nd 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 Ho...

Page 57: ...round 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 Ground Parallel Port Connector The parallel printer port is designated Printer See the table on the right for pin de nitions Parallel Port Connector Pin De nitions Printer Pin De n...

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Page 59: ...tant to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static disc...

Page 60: ...6 2 A Workstation 4020C T User s Manual 8 Serial ATA Drive Bays behind locking bezel Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View System Reset Main Power System LEDs Floppy Drive 5 25 Drive Bays 2 USB Ports...

Page 61: ...rd Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs on the control panel inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6...

Page 62: ...chassis fans are hot swap pable and can be replaced without powering down the system Replacing Chassis Cooling Fans 1 Identifying the failed fan To locate and replace a failed chassis fan begin by rem...

Page 63: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan...

Page 64: ...tation If you need to add a new SATA drive insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive...

Page 65: ...backplane or obstruct the air ow holes Figure 6 4 Removing a Serial ATA Drive Carrier 3 SATA backplane The SATA drives plug into an SATA backplane There are two power connectors on the backplane both...

Page 66: ...Then slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you rst removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before re...

Page 67: ...n must be powered down before removing and or replacing the power supply for whatever reason Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First power down the workstation Then unplug the pow...

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Page 69: ...S screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be con gured Grayed out options cannot be con gured The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an are...

Page 70: ...DAY MM DD YYYY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Please note that time is in a 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 7 3 Advanced Settings Menu C...

Page 71: ...a to be transferred from and to the device one sec tor at a time Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options a...

Page 72: ...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 S M A R T S...

Page 73: ...Use this setting to select the rst boot device as being P ATA or S ATA Con guration nVidia RAID ROM RAID Option ROM This setting is used to Enable or Disable the nVidia ROM Floppy Con guration Floppy...

Page 74: ...al port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 Mode Tells BIOS which mode to select for serial por...

Page 75: ...ers to 64 bit xed system description pages Op tions are Yes and No ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to allow the ACPI APIC table pointer to be included in the RSDP pointer list The options are Enabled...

Page 76: ...un at the speed speci ed in this setting if it is slower than or equal to the system clock and if the board is capable Options are Auto 200 MHz 400 MHz 600 MHz 800 MHz and 1 GHz CPU0 PCI X0 HT Link Wi...

Page 77: ...600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 and 09600 8 n 1 Flow Control Selects the ow control to be used for console redirection Options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Options are...

Page 78: ...r USB ports Options are HiSpeed and FullSpeed HiSpeed 480 Mbps FullSpeed 12 Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enable or Disable a workaround for OS s without EHCI hand off support System Health Monitor CPU Over...

Page 79: ...n speed control function to allow the onboard fans to continuously run at full speed 12V The options are 1 Disable Full Speed 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server 5 4 pin Workstation 6 4...

Page 80: ...the user to assign a PCI slot number to an Off board PCI ISA IDE card in order for it to function properly The options are Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 and PCI Slot6 IRQ3 IR...

Page 81: ...stem to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select Keep Current to allow the computer system to display the BIOS information during system boot Boot up Num Lock Set this to On to al...

Page 82: ...Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CDROM drives 1st Drive Speci es the boot sequence...

Page 83: ...ormat command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 7 Chipset Menu North Bridge Con guration Memory Con guration Memclock Mode This sett...

Page 84: ...rol settings are Auto Disabled Alternating Same and Independant ECC Con guration DRAM ECC Enable DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automati cally Options are Enabled and Dis...

Page 85: ...allows the user to select aperture size Memory Ticking Parameters Allows the user to select which CPU Node s timing parameters memory clock etc to display Options are CPU Node 0 and CPU Node1 South B...

Page 86: ...Watch Dog Timer This setting is used to Enable or Disable the Watch Dog Timer function It must be used in conjunction with the Watch Dog jumper see Chapter 2 for details PCI Express Spread Spectrum Th...

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: ...s are listed 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 contro...

Page 92: ...or 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 t...

Page 93: ...d during 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 interru...

Page 94: ...t 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 inf...

Page 95: ...was adjusted 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...

Page 96: ...d 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 Co...

Page 97: ...option 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...

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Page 99: ...R266 or up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR400 333 SDRAM Note Both interleaved and non interleaved memory supported Memory capacity is halved when using a single processor See the memory section in Chap...

Page 100: ...t Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 100 11A 240V 5A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz PFC Power Supply Rated Output Power 645W Model SP645 PS Part PWS 0060 Rated...

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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