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H8SSL-R10

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0

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Page 1: ...H8SSL R10 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...

Page 3: ...the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and memory modules and when installing the motherboard in a chassis...

Page 4: ...Con guration 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 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Serverboard in...

Page 5: ...2 7 Jumper Settings 2 13 Explanation of Jumpers 2 13 CMOS Clear 2 13 Onboard Speaker Enable Disable 2 14 PCI X Slot Speed 2 14 VGA Enable Disable 2 14 LAN Enable Disable 2 14 Watch Dog Enable Disable...

Page 6: ...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 12 4 5 Security Menu 4 14 4 6 Exit M...

Page 7: ...ndards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer Included with r...

Page 8: ...1 2 H8SSL R10 User s Manual Notes...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 H8SSL R10 Image...

Page 10: ...AN2 LAN1 USB0 1 Rage XL 1U IPMI HT 1000 IDE 1 Floppy SATA0 JF1 CPU1 DIMM 2B CPU JPL J1 VGA PW1 FAN5 FAN1 JP1 JP2 PW2 CPU1 DIMM 1B CPU1 DIMM 2A CPU1 DIMM 1A JD1 Speaker FAN2 FAN3 PCI 6 133 MHz PCI X PC...

Page 11: ...OM2 COM1 Serial Port Header FAN1 5 Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE Connector J1 Keyboard Mouse Ports J5 IPMI Header JD1 Power LED Speaker Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1...

Page 12: ...PCI X slot 3 3V Two 2 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots 5V BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AMIBIOS Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 ACPI 2 0 is BIOS supported Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard mon...

Page 13: ...and 10 supported One 1 UDMA ATA100 IDE port One 1 oppy port interface up to 2 88 MB Two 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial connectors 1 header 1 port Broadcom BCM5704 Ethernet controller supports two...

Page 14: ...n your serverboard See the previous pages for the actual speci cations of your serverboard ServerWorks HT 1000 AMD OpteronTM Processor 184 pin DIMMs 8x HT 1 6 GB sec 144 bit 200 400 MT s Rage XL GLAN...

Page 15: ...The HT 1000 I O hub interconnects the CPU host bridge with the I O bridge via a HyperTransport bus to provide an interface to the various subsystems including the Super I O functions the onboard grap...

Page 16: ...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 f...

Page 17: ...tem it will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button When the user...

Page 18: ...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 Speci cation 1 1 or...

Page 19: ...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...

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Page 21: ...d 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...

Page 22: ...riangles Installing the CPU Backplates One CPU backplate BKT 0004 is included in the retail box The backplate prevents the CPU area of the motherboard from bending and provide a base for attaching the...

Page 23: ...sink retention module BKT 0005 and two screws are included in the retail box Once installed these are used to help attach the heatsink to the CPU To install position the module so that the CPU backpla...

Page 24: ...arefully mount the motherboard onto the tray by aligning the motherboard mount ing holes with the raised metal standoffs in the tray Insert screws into all the mounting holes in the motherboard that l...

Page 25: ...ch in the slot and on the bottom of the DIMM These prevent the DIMM from being installed incorrectly Support The H8SSL R10 supports single or dual channel unbuffered ECC DDR400 333 SDRAM Both interlea...

Page 26: ...and De nitions Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin de nitions of the various connectors Refer to Section 2 6 for details...

Page 27: ...r pin de nitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions NMI Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition...

Page 28: ...k Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin D...

Page 29: ...ns Power Button Pin De nitions JF1 Pin De nition 1 PW_ON 2 Ground Universal Serial Bus Ports Pin De nitions USB0 1 USB0 Pin De nition USB1 Pin De nition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground...

Page 30: ...other board near the COM2 header These may be connected to provide front side USB access USB cables not included are needed for the connec tions See the table on the right for pin de nitions Extra Uni...

Page 31: ...Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for...

Page 32: ...LED pin to indicate a power failure See the table on the right for pin de nitions Power Supply Fail Alarm Header Pin De nitions JP1 Pin De nition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2 Fail Signal 3 NC 4 Reset f...

Page 33: ...s 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 cle...

Page 34: ...e JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper set tings VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper...

Page 35: ...s 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 Power Force On JP2 allows you to enable or disable the Power F...

Page 36: ...channel inactive 2 8 Onboard Indicators LAN1 LAN2 LEDs The Ethernet ports located beside the VGA port have two LEDs On each Gb LAN port the yellow right LED indicates activity while the left LED may b...

Page 37: ...to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Drive Connector Pin De nitions Floppy Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key...

Page 38: ...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 Gro...

Page 39: ...ID 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 rst complete the step below Building...

Page 40: ...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...

Page 41: ...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 les for each item Click th...

Page 42: ...2 22 H8SSL R10 User s Manual Figure 2 6 Driver Installation Display Screen...

Page 43: ...cards 5 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chas sis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 6 Use the correct type of onbo...

Page 44: ...Sec tion 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard 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...

Page 45: ...with your system Updated BIOS les 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...

Page 46: ...mper JP2 has been disabled on the motherboard If enabled you cannot remove system power by depressing the on off switch 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked w...

Page 47: ...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 con gured Grayed out options cannot be con g...

Page 48: ...keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between elds 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...

Page 49: ...137 GB your system must be equipped with 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled a...

Page 50: ...disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the speci cations of the drive DMA Mode Select the DMA mode of the drive Options are SWDMA0 SWDMA1 SWD MA2 MWDMA0 MWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA1 and UDMA2 S M A...

Page 51: ...address The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system in order for the graphics card to function properly...

Page 52: ...et to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 2F8 IRQ3 to allow the serial port to use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2...

Page 53: ...termines how the memory clock is set Auto has the memory clock set by the code and Limit allows the user to set a standard value MCT Timing Mode Sets the timing mode for memory Options are Auto and Ma...

Page 54: ...ven with background scrubbing on Options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later reads are correct Options are Dis abled and various times in nanoseconds and microsecond...

Page 55: ...rt0 Port1 Port2 and Port3 S ATA Mode Use this select either IDE MMIO or RAID as the SATA mode INT13 Support This setting is used to Enable or Disable the INT13 function ACPI Con guration Advanced ACPI...

Page 56: ...OK The options are OK and Cancel Event Log Statistics Highlight this item and press Enter to view details on the count of total unread events MPS Con guration MPS Revision This setting allows the use...

Page 57: ...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 items in the submenu are all sy...

Page 58: ...OS 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...

Page 59: ...Device LAN Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to prioritize the Boot sequence from available hard drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive 4th Drive 5th Drive Specify the boot sequence for the...

Page 60: ...in the password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot se...

Page 61: ...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 63: ...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 wi...

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Page 65: ...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 66: ...urred 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 opp...

Page 67: ...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 68: ...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 informati...

Page 69: ...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 70: ...rol 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 guri...

Page 71: ...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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