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Summary of Contents for Supero H8DM3-2

Page 1: ...H8DM3 2 H8DMi 2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 SUPER ...

Page 2: ... resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated i...

Page 3: ...detailed 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 parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power and reset but...

Page 4: ... 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 into a Chassis 2 5 2 4 Installing Memory 2 5 2 5 I O Port and Control Panel Connections 2 8 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 9 ATX Power Connector 2 9 Processor Power Connector 2 9 Auxiliary Power Connector 2 9 Power LED 2 9 HDD LED 2 10 ...

Page 5: ...lear 2 16 I2 C to PCI X Enable Disable 2 17 I2 C to PCI E Enable Disable 2 17 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 17 VGA Enable Disable 2 17 PCI X Slot Speed 2 18 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 18 3rd Power Supply Fail Signal Enable Disable 2 18 SAS RAID Select 2 18 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 19 LAN1 LAN2 LEDs 2 19 5V LED 2 19 2 9 Floppy IDE SATA and SAS Drive Connections 2 20 Floppy Connector 2 20 IDE Connect...

Page 6: ...rt Procedures 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 Menu 4 2 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu 4 2 4 4 Boot Menu 4 17 4 5 Security Menu 4 17 4 6 Exit Menu 4 18 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes vi ...

Page 7: ...g items have all been included with your serverboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer Included with retail box only One 1 H8DM3 2 H8DMi 2 serverboard One 1 IDE cable CBL 036L 02 One 1 ﬂoppy cable CBL 022L One 1 COM port cable CBL 010 Two 2 SAS cables H8DM3 2 only CBL 0097L 02 Four 4 SATA cables H8DM3 2 only CBL 044L Six 6 SATA cables H8DMi 2 only CBL 044L Two 2 h...

Page 8: ...ess Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Paciﬁc Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Si...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Notes H8DM3 2 is pictured The H8DMi 2 has the same layout as the H8DM3 2 but with no SAS components or ports Figure 1 1 H8DM3 2 H8DMi 2 Image ...

Page 10: ...M 1B CPU1 DIMM 1A CPU1 DIMM 2B CPU1 DIMM 2A CPU1 IDE 1 Floppy BIOS CPU2 DIMM 2A CPU2 DIMM 2B CPU2 DIMM 1A CPU2 DIMM 1B SIMLP ATI ES1000 nVidia MCP55 Pro AMD 8132 LSI SAS 1068E Slot 6 PCI E x8 SEPC Slot 5 PCI E x8 Slot 4 PCI E x4 Slot 3 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 2 PCI X 133 100 MHz Slot 1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Battery JBT1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 SATA5 COM2 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 FAN5 FAN6 FAN8 CPU FAN2 JPW2 J3P...

Page 11: ...onnector I Button RAID 5 Enable Button optional IDE 1 IDE Drive Connector J1B1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JAR Power Fail Alarm Reset Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JF2 Onboard Speaker Keylock Power LED JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat Warning Header JPI2 C Power Supply I2 C Header JPW1 8 Pin Processor Power Connector JPW2 4 pin Auxiliary Power Connector JPWF Power Supply Fail Alarm Hea...

Page 12: ...ts One 1 low proﬁle SIMLP slot for IPMI card These slots share a bus and so can only support up to 100 MHz when cards are installed in both slots BIOS 8 Mb AMIBIOS LPC Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 2 0 SMBIOS 2 3 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for two CPU cores 3 3V 5Vin 12Vin 5V stby and battery voltage Fan status monitor with ﬁrmware software on off and ...

Page 13: ... 1 10 and JBOD optional RAID 5 support with I Button installed One 1 UltraDMA ATA 133 100 IDE port One 1 ﬂoppy port interface up to 2 88 MB Two 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial ports On chip nVidia MCP55 Ethernet controller supports two Gigabit LAN ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Six 6 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports headers Other Wake on Ring JWOR Wake on LAN JWOL Onboard 5V power ...

Page 14: ...idia MCP55Pro AMD Socket F CPU2 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz 128 bit data 16 bit ECC DDR2 667 533 400 DDR2 667 533 400 SATA Ports 6 ATA133 Port 1 USB Ports 6 S I O BIOS Floppy Kybd Mouse Serial Ports 2 AMD Socket F CPU1 128 bit data 16 bit ECC LPC GLAN Ports 2 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz Slot 1 PCI X 133 100 MHz DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM 2B DIMM2A PCI 32 Slot 3 PCI X 133 MHz AMD 8132 16 x 16 HT link 800 MHz Slot 2 PC...

Page 15: ...2 8132 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel This hub includes AMD speciﬁc technology that provides two PCI X bridges with each bridge supporting a 64 bit data bus as well as separate PCI X operational modes and independent transfer rates Each bridge supports up to ﬁve PCI mas ters that include clock request and grant signals The 8132 tunnel connects to the processors and through them to system memory It al...

Page 16: ...tage levels are all displayed in 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 BIOS This allows the user to deﬁne an ov...

Page 17: ... 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 In case the system malfunctions an...

Page 18: ...gh 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 protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Warning To prevent the possibility of explosion do not use the wrong ty...

Page 19: ...rts 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 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible prin...

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Page 21: ...rd 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 exp...

Page 22: ...ndex ﬁnger to hold the CPU Locate and align pin 1 of the CPU socket with pin 1 of the CPU Both are marked with a triangle Triangles Installing the CPU Backplates Two CPU backplates BKT 0011L have been preinstalled to the serverboard to prevent the CPU area of the serverboard from bending and to provide a base for attaching the heatsink retention modules Exercise extreme caution when handling and i...

Page 23: ...nd or the socket 4 With the CPU inserted into the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly in stalled and ﬂush with the socket Then gently lower the silver CPU retention plate into place 5 Carefully press the CPU socket lever down until it locks into its reten tion tab For a dual processor system repeat these steps to install another CPU into the CPU 2 socket Not...

Page 24: ...installed these are used to help attach the heatsinks to the CPUs To install align the module with the standoffs of the preinstalled CPU backplate and with the four feet on the module contacting 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 0012L is included for use with non proprietary heatsink...

Page 25: ... the serverboard mounting holes with the raised metal standoffs in the tray Insert screws into all the mounting holes in the serverboard that line up with the standoffs Then use a screwdriver to secure the serverboard to the mainboard tray tighten until just snug if too tight you might strip the threads Metal screws provide an electrical contact to the serverboard ground to provide a continuous gr...

Page 26: ...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 time with memory modules of the same size and type will result in interleaved 128 bit memory whic...

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: ... the various 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 JF1 NMI x key Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Power Ground x key Power LED HDD LED NIC1 NIC2 OH Fan Fail LE...

Page 29: ...2 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 supplies power to the CPUs See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Processor Power Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JPW1 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V Auxiliary Power Connector The 4 pin a...

Page 30: ...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 to the table on the right...

Page 31: ...erial Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 0 are located beside the LAN1 2 ports See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Reset Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 PW_ON 2 Ground Universal Serial Bus Ports Pin Deﬁnitions USB0 1 USB0 Pin Deﬁnition USB1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Gro...

Page 32: ...d under the parallel port COM2 is a header located beside the SATA5 port See the serverboard layout for locations and the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Note NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin Deﬁnitions COM1 COM2 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC 4 pin Fan Header Pin Deﬁnitions FAN7 FAN8 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red ...

Page 33: ...ny actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Speaker Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Red wire 5V 3 No connection 5 Buzzer signal 7 Speaker data PWR LED Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 2 Vcc 4 Control 6 Control Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pin Deﬁni...

Page 34: ... the status of the power supply fans and system temperature See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions I2 C Header Pin Deﬁnitions JPI2 C Pin Deﬁnition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Gnd 5 3 3V Power Supply Fail Alarm Reset Header Connect JAR to the alarm reset but ton on your chassis if available or to a microswitch to allow you to turn off the alarm that sounds when a power supply module fails Se...

Page 35: ...sh Card Power header is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will ﬁrstneedtoconnectthedevice spower cable to JWF1 and correctly set the Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 Compact Flash Power Header Pin Deﬁnitions JWF1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V 2 Ground 3 Signal SGPIO SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose Input Output provide a bus between the SATA controller and the SATA drive backpl...

Page 36: ...r 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 Remov...

Page 37: ...r the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled I2 C to PCI E Enable Disable The JI2 C3 4 pair of jumpers allows you to connect the System Management Bus to the PCI Express expansion slots The default setting is disabled Both conne...

Page 38: ... Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Closed Master Open Slave Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that redundant power supply modules are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should disable this func tion with J3P to prevent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper sett...

Page 39: ...n this LED is lit it means power is pres ent on the serverboard In suspend mode this LED will blink on and off Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord s before removing or installing components Flashing IT Firmware 1 Download the appropriate IT ﬁrmware from the web site ftp ftp supermicro com driver SAS LSI Firmware IT 2 Unzip it to a bootable ﬂoppy or USB pen 3 With JPS1 on close...

Page 40: ...able 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 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 ...

Page 41: ...2 Ground 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 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 Gro...

Page 42: ...S Ports Pin Deﬁnitions SAS0 3 SAS4 7 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Rx0 2 Rx0 3 Rx1 4 Rx1 5 Rx2 6 Rx2 7 Rx3 8 Rx3 9 Tx3 10 Tx3 11 Tx2 12 Tx2 13 Tx1 14 Tx1 15 Tx0 16 Tx0 SAS Ports H8DM3 2 There are two SAS port con nectors located near the IDE and ﬂoppy connectors One is for the SAS0 3 ports and the other is for SAS4 7 ports See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Note SAS is enabled in BIOS r...

Page 43: ...stalled to a separate non RAID hard drive If on a separate drive you may install the driver either during or after the OS installation If you wish to have the OS on a SATA RAID array you must follow the procedure below and install the driver during the OS installation Building a Driver Diskette You must ﬁrst build a driver diskette from the Supermicro CD ROM that was included with the system You w...

Page 44: ... and type of RAID you wish to use for your RAID array press the F7 key You will be prompted to verify your choice if you want to continue with your choices select Yes Note that selecting Yes will clear all previous data from the drives you selected to be a part of the array You are then given the choice of making the RAID array bootable by pressing the the B key After you have ﬁnshed press the Ctr...

Page 45: ...efore moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 2 11 Installing Additional Drivers The CD that came bundled with the system contains software drivers some of which must be installed such as the chipset driver After inserting this CD into your CD ROM drive the display shown in Figure 2 5 should appear If this display does...

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Page 47: ... those for the keyboard and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the in ternal chassis 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 M...

Page 48: ... Refer 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 ...

Page 49: ...ed that you 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 th...

Page 50: ...chnology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connectors to your hard drives Consult the documenta tion that came with your disk drive for details on jumper locations and settings 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 servi...

Page 51: ...as 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 mess...

Page 52: ...ate 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 Boot Features Quick Boot If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet...

Page 53: ...nabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Installation Change this setting if using a 64 bit Linux operating system The available op tions are Other and Linux ACPI Conﬁguration ACPI Version Features Use this setting the determine which ACPI version to use Options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC...

Page 54: ... 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 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 MPS Conﬁguration MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS re...

Page 55: ...his setting is used to Enable or Disable the building of the ACPI SRAT table Thermal Throttling This setting is used to Enable or Disable Thermal Throttling CPU Page Translation Table This setting is used to Enable or Disable the CPU Page Translation Table Floppy IDE SATA Conﬁguration Floppy A Move the cursor to these ﬁelds via up and down arrow keys to select the ﬂoppy type The options are Disabl...

Page 56: ...ccess the submenu for that item Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive 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 ca...

Page 57: ...CD ROM drives check the speciﬁcations of the drive DMA Mode Selects the DMA Mode Options are Auto SWDMA0 SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMA0 MDWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMA3 UDMA4 and UDMA5 SWDMA Single Word DMA MWDMA Multi Word DMA UDMA UltraDMA S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk dri...

Page 58: ...use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other dis...

Page 59: ...The options are Yes and No Plug Play OS Select Yes to allow the 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 3...

Page 60: ...es the availability of a DMA channel The options are Available and Reserved Reserved Memory Size This setting sets the size of the memory block to reserve for Legacy ISA devices The options are Disabled 16k 32k and 64k Onboard SAS Controller This setting is used to Enable or Disable the onboard SAS controller Super IO Conﬁguration Serial Port1 Address This option speciﬁes the base I O port address...

Page 61: ...isabled to prevent the parallel port from accessing any system resources When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable Select 378 to allow the parallel port to use 378 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard setting Select 278 to allow the parallel port to use 278 as its I O port a...

Page 62: ... All Dimms Use this setting to enable unused clocks to all DIMMSs even if some DIMM slots are unpopulated Options are Enabled and Disabled Mem Clk Tristate C3 ALTVID Use this setting to Enable or Disable memory clock tristate during C3 and ALT VID Memory Hole Remapping When Enabled this feature enables hardware memory remapping around the memory hole Options are Enabled and Disabled CS Sparing Thi...

Page 63: ... so later reads are correct Options are Dis abled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds L2 Cache BG Scrub Allows L2 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds L3 Cache BG Scrub Allows L3 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds DRAM Timing Conﬁguration Memor...

Page 64: ...rum Enables spread spectrum for the SATA Options are Enabled and Disabled Primary Graphics Adapter Options are PCI Express PCI and PCI PCI Express USB 1 1 Controller Enable or disable the USB 1 1 controller USB 2 0 Controller Enable or disable the USB 2 0 controller MAC0 LAN0 Settings are Auto and Disabled for MAC0 LAN0 MAC1 LAN1 Settings are Auto and Disabled for MAC1 LAN1 Legacy USB Support Sele...

Page 65: ... and press Enter to clear all event logs The options are Yes and No to verify PCI Express Conﬁguration Active State Power Management Used to Enable or Disable the PCI Express L0 and L1 link power states Remote Acess Conﬁguration Remote Access Allows you to Enable or Disable remote access If enabled the settings below will appear Serial Port Number Selects the serial port to use for console redirec...

Page 66: ...en 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 submenu includes monitor displays for the following information CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature for dual CPU systems System Tem perature VC...

Page 67: ...use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set ﬁrst Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactiva...

Page 68: ...on and reboot 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 Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then Select OK to allow BIOS to automatically load the Optimal Defaults as the BIOS...

Page 69: ...ually 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 debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the serverboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Chapt...

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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: ...curred 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 inter...

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: ...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 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 ...

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: ... 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 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 Performin...

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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