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Chapter 2: Installation

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IDE Connector

There are no jumpers to con-

ﬁ gure the onboard IDE connec-

tor. See the table on the right

for pin deﬁ nitions.

IDE Drive Connector

Pin Deﬁ nitions (IDE#1)

Pin# Deﬁ nition Pin # Deﬁ nition

Reset IDE

Ground

Host Data 7

Host Data 8

Host Data 6

Host Data 9

Host Data 5

Host Data 10

Host Data 4

Host Data 11

Host Data 3

Host Data 12

Host Data 2

Host Data 13

Host Data 1

Host Data 14

Host Data 0

Host Data 15

Ground

Key

DRQ3

Ground

I/O Write

Ground

I/O Read

Ground

IOCHRDY

BALE

DACK3

Ground

IRQ14

IOCS16

Addr1

Ground

Addr0

Addr2

Chip Select 0

Chip Select 1

Activity

Ground

Summary of Contents for H8DSL-HTi

Page 1: ...H8DSL HTi USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 ...

Page 2: ... POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The St...

Page 3: ...tailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor s and memory modules and when installing the serverboard in a chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the ﬂoppy and hard disk drives the serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power and reset buttons and the sy...

Page 4: ...er Conﬁguration Settings 1 11 1 5 Power Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis 2 2 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 4 Installing Memory 2 5 2 5 I O Port and Control Panel Connections 2 8 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 9 Primary ATX Power Connector 2 9 Secondary Power Connector 2 9 NMI Button 2 9 Power...

Page 5: ... Select 2 16 Onboard Speaker Enable Disable 2 16 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 16 VGA Enable Disable 2 17 Power Force On 2 17 I2 C to PCI Enable Disable 2 17 3rd Power Supply Fail Signal Enable Disable 2 17 LAN Enable Disable 2 18 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 18 LAN1 2 LEDs 2 18 3 3V Power LED 2 18 POST Code LEDs 2 19 2 9 Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections 2 20 Floppy Connector 2 20 IDE Connector 2 21...

Page 6: ...3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Main Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu 4 2 4 4 Boot Menu 4 14 4 5 Security Menu 4 16 4 6 Exit Menu 4 16 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 1 vi ...

Page 7: ... you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your serverboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 H8DSL HTi serverboard Two 2 CPU backplates BKT 0004 Two 2 heatsink retention modules BKT 0005L One 1 IDE cable CBL 036L 02 One 1 ﬂoppy cable CBL 022 One 1 IO shield CSE PT7 One 1 CD co...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 H8DSL HTi Image ...

Page 10: ... Mouse J1B4 J32 JPI 2 C DIMM 1B CPU1 DIMM 1A CPU1 DIMM 2B CPU1 DIMM 2A CPU1 JPW2 DIMM 2A CPU2 DIMM 2B CPU2 DIMM 1A CPU2 DIMM 1B CPU2 1U IPMI Slot 6 PCI X 133 100 MHz Broadcom BCM5704 BIOS COM2 HT Connector USB2 3 Floppy IDE 1 JPG1 JPL Battery Speaker J27 JI2 C2 JI2 C1 JPX1A JPX1B FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 JF1 FAN4 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JSLED JPWF J3P JAR JWOL JWD JSMB1 JD1 JPF JWOR JOH1 JL1 DB4 1 DB8 ...

Page 11: ...Description 1U IPMI IPMI 2 0 Slot COM1 COM2 COM1 2 Serial Port Header FAN1 5 Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE 1 Connector J1B4 Primary ATX Power Connector J32 Auxiliary Power Connector JD1 Power LED Speaker Header JF1 Front Panel Headers JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED Header JPI2 C SMBus Power Header JPW2 8 Pin Power Connector JPWF Power Fault Header JSLED S...

Page 12: ... PCI X slot 3 3V or One 1 HT Hyper Transport slot Only one of these two slots may be populated at a time BIOS 8 Mb Firmware Hub AMIBIOS Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 ACPI 2 0 is BIOS supported Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard monitors for CPU core voltages 5Vin 12Vin 12V DDR voltages 1 2V for Hyper Transport 2 5V 5Vstby 2 5Vstby and battery voltage Fan status monitor with ﬁrmwar...

Page 13: ...0 One 1 ATA100 IDE port One 1 ﬂoppy port interface up to 2 88 MB Two 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial connectors 1 header 1 port Broadband BCM5704C Ethernet controller supports two Gigabit LAN ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Four 4 USB 2 0 ports two ports two headers ATI Rage 8 MB XL graphics chip VGA port Other Wake on Ring JWOR Wake on LAN JWOL CD Utilities BIOS ﬂash upgrade utility ...

Page 14: ...for the actual speciﬁcations of your serverboard ServerWorks HT 1000 AMD OpteronTM Processor 1 AMD OpteronTM Processor 2 184 pin DIMMs 184 pin DIMMs 16 x 16 1 GB x2 16 x 16 1 GB 144 bit 200 400 MT s 144 bit 200 400 MT s 133 MHz PCI X Slot Broadcom BCM5704C ATA100 USB 2 0 4 ATI Rage XL 8 MB LPC I O PC87427 PS 2 Kybd Mouse Floppy Disk Drive Serial COM Ports 2 BIOS LPC Link SATA Ports 4 HTX Slot Giga...

Page 15: ...ects the processors with the I O bridge via a Hyper Transport bus to provide an interface between the various subsystems including the I O functions SATA subsystem the onboard graphics the IDE controller and the USB ports HyperTransport Technology HyperTransport technology is a high speed low latency point to point link that was designed to increase the communication speed by a factor of up to 48x...

Page 16: ...tage levels are all displayed in the System Health Monitor section of BIOS Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat Fan Fail warning function in the BIO...

Page 17: ...pply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up Dur ing the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive I...

Page 18: ...e inad equate A 2 amp current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Speciﬁcation 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line ﬁlter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge p...

Page 19: ... provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 50...

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Page 21: ...ard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as speciﬁed by the manufac turer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down which may result in a possible ex...

Page 22: ...g holes to ﬁt different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the serverboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the serverboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly 1 Check the compatibility of the...

Page 23: ...socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket move the CPU 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 four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed and ﬂush with the socket 5 Gently press the CPU socket lever down until it lock...

Page 24: ...elp attach the heatsinks to the CPUs To install position the module so that the CPU backplate standoffs insert through the holes on the heatsink retention module and the four feet on the module contact the serverboard Secure the retention module to the backplate with two of the screws provided See Figure 2 1 Repeat for the second CPU socket Note BKT 0005 is included for use with non proprietary he...

Page 25: ...l channel registered ECC DDR400 333 266 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots see note 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 installed Populating two adjacent slots at a tim...

Page 26: ...ss down until it snaps into place The release tabs should close if they do not you should close them yourself To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each re lease tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot Note the notch in the slot and on the bottom of the DIMM These prevent the DIMM from being installed incorrectly ...

Page 27: ...X X X X X X Populating Memory Banks for 64 bit Operation CPU1 DIMM1A CPU1 DIMM1B CPU1 DIMM2A CPU1 DIMM2B CPU2 DIMM1A CPU2 DIMM1B CPU2 DIMM2A CPU2 DIMM2B X X X X X X X X X X X X Notes X indicates a populated DIMM slot If adding at least four DIMMs with two CPUs installed the conﬁgurations with DIMMs spread over both CPUs and not like the con ﬁguration in row 5 will result in optimized performance N...

Page 28: ...us I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin deﬁnitions of the various connectors Refer to Section 2 6 for details Figure 2 4 JF1 Front Control Panel Header NMI x key Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Button Power Button Ground x key Power LED HDD LED NIC1 NIC2 OH Fan Fail LE...

Page 29: ...ector on the H8DSL HTi J1B4 meets the SSI Superset ATX speciﬁcation You must also connect the J32 power connector J32 below See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Secondary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above a Secondary 12v 4 pin connector J32 has been included for use with heavy load sys tems See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Secondary Power Pi...

Page 30: ...ity Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 7 Vcc 8 Control NIC1 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 11 Vcc 12 NIC1 Active NIC2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 Vcc 10 NIC2 Active HDD LED The HDD IDE Hard Disk Drive LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to display disk activity Refer...

Page 31: ...n Deﬁnition 1 PW_ON 2 Ground USB2 3 Headers Two additional USB2 0 head ers USB2 3 are included on the serverboard These may be con nected to provide front side access USB cables not included are needed for the connections See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin Deﬁnitions USB2 3 USB2 Pin Deﬁnition USB3 4 Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Gro...

Page 32: ...round 10 NC ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse ports are located to the left of the COM1 port See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Deﬁnitions KB Mouse Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Data 4 VCC 2 NC 5 Clock 3 Ground 6 NC LAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Gigabit Ethernet ports desig nated LAN1 and LAN2 are located beside ...

Page 33: ...us Header The System Management Bus header is located at JSMB1 Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions SMBus Pin Deﬁnitions JSMB1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 N A SMBus Power I2 C Header The JPI2 C header is for the SMB power connector which may be used to monitor the status of the power sup ply See the table on the...

Page 34: ...ust have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use the Wake On LAN feature Wake On LAN Pin Deﬁnitions JWOL Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pin Deﬁnitions JL1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground JSLED The SCSI LED header...

Page 35: ...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 To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver for at least four seconds 3 Remove ...

Page 36: ...on has frozen Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is frozen See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD1 Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 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 Time...

Page 37: ...le Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Power Force On JPF allows you to enable or disable the Power Force On function If enabled system power will always stay on If disabled the default setting the user needs to depress the power button to power up the system Power Force On Jumper Settings JPF Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Closed Force On Open Disabl...

Page 38: ...e Connection 3 3V Power LED When illuminated the DP1 LED indicates that power from the pow er supply 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 State System Status On Power present on serverboard Off No power present on serverboard LAN Enable Disable Change the setting of jumper JPL to enable or disable ...

Page 39: ...ft indicates a hexa decimal POST code of C6 This is deter mined in the following manner DB1 DB4 low digit 4 2 6 DB5 DB8 high digit 8 4 12 decimal 12 hexidecimal C Decimal Hexidecimal Equivalent 0 9 0 9 10 A 11 B 12 C 13 D 14 E 15 F 1 2 4 8 DB5 8 DB1 4 1 2 4 8 1 2 4 8 DB5 8 DB1 4 1 2 4 8 Example Unilluminated LED 0 Illuminated LED 1 POST Code LEDs Eight surface mounted LEDs are located near one end...

Page 40: ...rs to support two drives The blue connector connects to the on board IDE connector interface and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Floppy Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Floppy Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 GND 8...

Page 41: ...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 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 3...

Page 42: ...er s Manual SATA Port Pin Deﬁnitions SATA0 SATA3 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 Ground 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 Ground SATA Ports There are no jumpers to con ﬁgure the SATA ports See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions ...

Page 43: ... IDE hard drive If on a separate IDE drive skip ahead to section entitled Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS If you wish to have the OS on a SATA RAID array you must ﬁrst complete the step below Building a Driver Diskette You must ﬁrst build a driver diskette from the Supermicro CD ROM that was included with the system You will have to create this disk on a computer that is already running and with th...

Page 44: ...dows as shown in Figure 2 5 The Disks window on the right will list all available drives The procedure below outlines the steps necessary to create a RAID array as seen in the Main Menu window of the RAID utility In each step note the Available Keys window in the bottom right of the screen These are the keys used to perform the various functions in each step Initialize Disks s The ﬁrst step is to ...

Page 45: ...Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme ﬁles for each item Click the tabs to the right of these in order from top to bottom to install each item one at a time After installing each item you must reboot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You sho...

Page 46: ...2 26 H8DSL HTi User s Manual Figure 2 6 Driver Installation Display Screen ...

Page 47: ...keyboard and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chas sis speaker and the power LED to the serverboard Check all jumper settings as well 7 Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the manufac turer To avoid possible explosion do not install the CMOS battery upside down No Power 1 Make sure that no short c...

Page 48: ...er to Sec tion 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your serverboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not ﬁx the setup conﬁguration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that...

Page 49: ...ou not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experi encing problems with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located on our web site Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading Select your mainboard model on the web page and download the corresp...

Page 50: ...ement the ACPI features on the serverboard 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside...

Page 51: ...F1 F2 etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be conﬁgured Grayed out options cannot be conﬁgured 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 white Often a text message...

Page 52: ...ime 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 ﬁelds The date must be entered in 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 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu CPU Co...

Page 53: ...turer 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 performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow the data to...

Page 54: ...p 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 Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to sup port hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32 Bit Data Transfer Select Enabled to activate the function of 32 Bit data transfer Select Dis abled to deactivate...

Page 55: ... OS to conﬁgure Plug Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug Play Select No to allow AMIBIOS to conﬁgure all devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus Select a value to set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles Options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set thi...

Page 56: ...iting to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled Offboard PCI ISA IDE Card This option allows 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 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 This feature speciﬁes the availability of an IRQ to be us...

Page 57: ...Sharp IR SIR and Consumer KBC Clock Source The options for the KBC clock source are 8 MHz 12 MHz and 16 MHz Restore on AC Power Loss Thissettingallowsyoutochoosehowthesystemwillreactwhenpowerreturnsafter an unexpected loss of power The options are Power Off and Last State Watch Dog Timer This setting is used to enable or disabled the Watch Dog Timer function It must be used in conjunction with the...

Page 58: ...abled Node Interleaving Use this setting to Enable or Disable node interleaving ECC Conﬁguration DRAM ECC Enable DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automati cally Options are Enabled and Disabled MCA DRAM ECC Logging When Enabled MCA DRAM ECC logging and reporting is enabled Options are Enabled and Disabled ECC Chip Kill Allows the user to Enable or Disable ECC Chip Kill ...

Page 59: ...ns are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds Memory Timing Parameters Select CPU Node0 or CPU Node1 to view the parameters for that node in the ﬁeld below HT1000 SouthBridge Conﬁguration HIDE XIOAPIC PCI Functions The options are Yes and No S ATA Conﬁguration HT1000 S ATA Use this setting to Enable or Disable the on chip SATA controller S ATA Mode Use this select either IDE MM...

Page 60: ...EMB table pointer to pointer lists Options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Operation Mode through ACPI The options are Enabled and Disabled Event Log Conﬁguration 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 read Clear Even...

Page 61: ...T1000 HT Link Speed The HT link will run at the speed speciﬁed 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 and 800 MHz HT1000 HT Link Width The HT link will run at the width speciﬁed in this setting Options are Auto 2 bit 4 bit and 8 bit MPS Conﬁguration MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select th...

Page 62: ...EHCI hand off support System Health Monitor CPU Overheat Temperature Use the and keys to set the CPU temperature threshold to between 65o and 90o C When this threshold is exceeded the overheat LED on the chas sis will light up and an alarm will sound The LED and alarm will turn off once the CPU temperature has dropped to 5 degrees below the threshold set The default setting is 72o C The other item...

Page 63: ...e temperature When the CPU die temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well Select Server Mode if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to continuously run at full speed 12V The options are 1 Disable Full Speed and 2 Server Mode FAN1 Speed through FAN5 Speed The speeds of the onboard fans in rpm are displaye...

Page 64: ...ty 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 allow the Number Lock setting to be modiﬁed during boot up The options are On and Off PS 2 Mouse Support This setting is to specify PS 2 mouse support The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled Wait for F1 If Error Enable to act...

Page 65: ...ppy drive 2nd Boot Device CD DVD 3rd Boot Device Hard drive 4th Boot Device LAN Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to prioritize the Boot sequence from available hard drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive Specify the boot sequence for the available hard drives on the system Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available remov able drives 1st Drive Speciﬁe...

Page 66: ...ram or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 Exit Menu Select the Exit tab from AMI BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system conﬁguration changes select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new s...

Page 67: ...lly load the Optimal Defaults as the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance ...

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Page 69: ...rors are usually 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 exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the LEDs located beside the IPMI header on the serverboard See the description of the POST code LEDs in Chapter 5 Appendi...

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Page 71: ...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 veriﬁed D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB ﬂat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and settin...

Page 72: ...red while reading the ﬂoppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the ﬂoppy diskette FAT to ﬁnd the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not the correct size F5h Next disabling internal...

Page 73: ...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 interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h Next programming the ﬂash ROM 1Ah T...

Page 74: ... 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 information 3Ah The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL mes sage next 3Bh The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start 40h Preparing the des...

Page 75: ... 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 DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next 62h The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next 65h T...

Page 76: ...ntrol 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 Conﬁguring the timer data area and printer base address next 9Ah Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next 9Bh Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing a...

Page 77: ...0 option ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system conﬁguration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next B0h The system conﬁguration is displayed B1h Copying any code to speciﬁc areas 00h Code copying to speciﬁc areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next ...

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