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Chapter 7: BIOS

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Processor Data

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Hardware Monitor Logic

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Summary of Contents for 7042M-6

Page 1: ... SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 USER SMANUAL 1 0a SUPER ...

Page 2: ...OR 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 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...

Page 3: ...ry Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the SUPER P4DMS 6GM mainboard and the SC742S 420 chassis which make up the Super Server 7042M 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the SuperServer 7042M 6 into a rack and check...

Page 4: ... to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the motherboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC742S 420 server chas sis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fan...

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

Page 6: ... 2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 2 4 Installing the SuperServer 7042M 6 into a Rack 2 3 2 5 Checking the Motherboard Setup 2 7 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 NMI 3 1 Reset 3 2 3 3 Control Panel LEDs 3 2 Power 3 2 HDD 3 2 NIC1 3 2 NIC2 3 2 Overheat 3 3 Power Fail 3 3 3 4 SCSI Drive Carrier LEDs 3 3 3 5 LAN Etherne...

Page 7: ...tails 5 10 Motherboard Layout 5 10 Quick Reference 5 11 5 8 Connector Definitions 5 12 ATX Power Connection 5 12 PWR_SEC Connection 5 12 NMI Button 5 12 Power LED 5 12 HDD LED 5 13 NIC1 LED 5 13 NIC2 LED 5 13 Overheat LED OH 5 13 Power Fail Button 5 13 Reset Button 5 14 Power Button 5 14 Chassis Intrusion 5 14 Universal Serial Bus USB0 1 5 14 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers 5 15 Serial Ports 5 ...

Page 8: ...ector 5 21 Floppy Connector 5 22 IDE Connectors 5 22 Ultra160 SCSI Connectors 5 23 5 11 Installing Software Drivers 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Front Control Panel 6 3 6 3 System Fans 6 4 Fan Failure 6 4 Replacing System Fans 6 4 6 4 Drive Bay Installation 6 5 SCSI Drives 6 5 Installing Components in the 5 1 4 Drive Bays 6 8 6 5 Power Supply 6 9 Power...

Page 9: ...Table of Contents ix 7 9 Exit 7 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appendix C System Specifications C 1 ...

Page 10: ...Notes SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 Manual x ...

Page 11: ...to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the SuperServer 7042M 6 as listed below l Up to two 2 603 pin Xeon 512k L2 cache processors l Two 2 CPU heatsinks Fan 042 l Up to 12 GB ECC registered PC1600 DDR SDRAM main memory l One 1 1 44 floppy drive l One 1 5 25 drive bay l One 1 ATA66 ribbon cable for IDE CD ROM l One 1 ATA100 ribbon cable for IDE hard drives ...

Page 12: ...d drives Any standard 1 drives are supported SCA Single Connection Attachment The SCSI drives are connected to a single channel SCA backplane The SCSI drives are also hot swap units A RAID controller card can be used with the SCA backplanes to provide data security Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drives Front Control Panel The ...

Page 13: ...s At the heart of the SuperServer 7042M 6 lies the P4DMS 6GM a dual pro cessor motherboard designed to provide maximum performance in cost effective configurations Below are the main features of the P4DMS 6GM Processors The P4DMS 6GM supports single or dual Intel Xeon 512K L2 cache proces sors of up to 2 4 GHz with a 400 MHz FSB Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete li...

Page 14: ...port up to four hard drives or ATAPI devices The color coded I O ports include a VGA port one COM port a parallel port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports one 10 100 Mb and one Gb Ethernet port Two front side USB ports are also included on the front of the chassis Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage monitors a chassis intrusion header au...

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Page 16: ...SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 Manual 1 6 Notes ...

Page 17: ...n 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the SuperServer 7042M 6 You should inspect the box the SuperServer 7042M 6 was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the SuperServer 7042M 6 It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat ...

Page 18: ...e extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first a...

Page 19: ...ions of the Rack Rails The 7042M 6 rackmount kit CSE PT26 or CSE PT26B black includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to the 7042M 6 A an outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself B and a sliding rail guide sandwiched between the two which should remain attached to the fixed rack rail see Figu...

Page 20: ...and bottom now the sides of the chassis First add the rack handles as shown in Figure 2 3 Then position the fixed chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the 7042M 6 mak ing sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right specific Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 4 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of th...

Page 21: ...ng 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 provided Attach the other assem bly to the other side of the rack making both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward Figure 2 4 Installing the Rails to the Chassis Figure 2 3 Installing the ...

Page 22: ...ack Do this by lining up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumb screws that hold the front of t...

Page 23: ...he cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have one or two processors already installed into the system board Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Section 5 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 Verify the proper CPU clock ratio setting If the CPU speed is not automatically detected you will need to ...

Page 24: ...2 8 SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 Manual Figure 2 6 Accessing the Inside of the SuperServer 7042M 6 ...

Page 25: ...remove the top left chassis cover The SCSI 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 drive bay To install components into the 5 25 drive bays you must first remove the top left chassis cover as described in the previous section Refer to Chapter 6 for details 3 Installing CD ROM and floppy disk dr...

Page 26: ... generated by the fans Keep this in mind when you reroute them after working on the system 6 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cord from the power supply units into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is recommended that you use an uninterruptible power supply UPS F...

Page 27: ...button buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a power on off button an NMI Non Maskable Interrupt button and a reset button l POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system l NMI NMI stands for non m...

Page 28: ...lains what each LED indicates when illumi nated and any corrective action you may need to take l Power Indicates external power is being supplied to the system s power supply unit This LED should normally be illuminated when the sys tem is operating l HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the SuperServer 7042M 6 this LED indicates CD ROM drive activity when flashing l NIC1 Indicates network activi...

Page 29: ... backup fan but will need to be replaced Refer to Chapter 6 for details on replacing the power supply This LED should be off when the system is operating normally 3 4 SCSI Drive Carrier LEDs Each SCSI drive carrier has two LEDs l Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SCSI drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this LED to blink on a...

Page 30: ...ile the other right LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables below for the functions associ ated with these LEDs LED Color Off Green Orange Definition No Connection 100 MHz 1 GHz G b LAN Right LED Indicator LED Color Off Yellow Definition Not Active Active G b LAN Left LED Indicator LED Color Green Yellow Definition Connected Active 100 Mb LAN LED Indic...

Page 31: ...memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system l When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary l Use only one hand whe...

Page 32: ...led into a cooling fan l 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 where power is present l After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and if rackmounted secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring th...

Page 33: ...components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use l Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag l Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap l Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or...

Page 34: ...perating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that all chassis covers are in place when the 7042M 6 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 7042M 6 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed ...

Page 35: ...Bs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter Also note that the size and weight of the motherboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the motherboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharg...

Page 36: ...d Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up 1 Lift the lever on the CPU socket Lift the lever completely or you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install a processor into CPU 1 so...

Page 37: ...Connect the three wires of the CPU fan to the respective CPU fan connector Make sure you route the wires so they are away from the fan blades and do not impede airflow through the chassis If installing two proces sors repeat these steps to install the second processor in the CPU 2 slot CPU fan connector CPU fan wires Retention clip Figure 5 1 PGA Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Warning M...

Page 38: ...5 4 SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 User s Manual Figure 5 2 Heatsink Fan Installation motherboard shown is not the P4DMS 6GM ...

Page 39: ...ly after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the system yourself keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their motherboard connector locations noted should be connected See the motherboard layout figure in this chapter for connector locations See Section 5 8 for data cable pin definitions l IDE Devi...

Page 40: ...on opposite sides of each header All JF2 wires have been bundled into single ribbon cable to simplify their connection Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 as marked on the board The other end connects to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See Section 5 8 for details and pin descriptions of JF2 Power Button Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED R...

Page 41: ... 1B The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and Bank3 last 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 a...

Page 42: ... Slot Figure 5 4a Side View of DIMM Installation into Slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the bottom notches To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot ...

Page 43: ...sponding to the PCI slot you wish to populate Insert the card into the slot on the motherboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The I O shields protect the motherboard and its components from EMI electromagnetic interference and aids in proper ventilation of the server so make sure there is al...

Page 44: ... XL Battery Speaker COM2 33 MHz PCI 2 33 MHz PCI 1 33 MHz PCI 3 133 MHz PCI X 6 66 MHz PCI X 5 IPMI 66 MHz PCI X 4 J12 IR CIR WD PWRLED SPKR BIOS WOL J35 JPA1 FPUSB0 1 USB2 Ultra III LVD SCSI CH A Ultra III LVD SCSI CHB Chassis Fan3 JL1 JP32 JWOR1 IDE 2 IDE 1 FLOPPY IPMB SMB JP4 Chassis Fan5 CPU2 Chassis Fan JF2 CPU1 Chassis Fan JP36 JP9 JPA2 JP22 JD3 JP3 Chassis Fan4 JOH1 JBT1 JD1 JP37 J7 J9 JA1 ...

Page 45: ...an Headers Gb LAN Gb LAN Ethernet Port IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors FPUSB0 1 Front Side USB0 1 Headers J7 Parallel Printer Port J9 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J15 Secondary ATX Power Connector JA1 Ultra160 LVD SCSI CH A Connector JA2 Ultra160 LVD SCSI CH B Connector JD1 PWR LED Header Speaker Header Jumper JF2 Front Control Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat...

Page 46: ... SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specifica tion however it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure that the orientation of the PS connector is correct Pins 1 thru 4 5 thru 8 Definition Ground 12v 8 Pin 12v Po w er Supply Connector J15 PWR_SEC Connection In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the Secondary 12v 8 pin J15 connec tor must also be connected to your power supply Se...

Page 47: ...1 LED The NIC1 Network Interface Con troller LED connection is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF2 Attach the NIC1 LED cable to display net work activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED for IDE Hard Disk Drives connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF2 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity Refer to the table on the righ...

Page 48: ...s USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located beside the PS 2 key board mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 P0 3 P0 4 Ground 5 N A Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 P0 3 P0 4 Ground 5 Key USB0 USB1 Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated ...

Page 49: ...he table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See Fig ure 5 5 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J9 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located under the parallel port see Figure 2 3 See the table on the right for pin definitions The COM2 connec tor is a header located near the PCI X 1 sl...

Page 50: ...e right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Note that the two pins beside the PWR LED header is for JP37 and not part of JD1 see silkscreen on motherboard Speaker Co nnector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Number 6 7 8 9 Function Key Definition Red wire Speaker data N...

Page 51: ...n LAN connector and cable Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR1 This function al lows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in sustpend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature W ake on Ring Pin Definitions JW O R1 Pin Number 1 2 Definition Ground W ake up Keylock Th...

Page 52: ...e jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS In stead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent acci dentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connec tion Always remove ...

Page 53: ...the table on the right for jumper set tings Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled G b LAN Enable Disable Jum per Settings JD3 VGA Enable Disable JP4 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 settings Jumper Position 1 2 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled VG A Enable Disable Jum per S...

Page 54: ...e both SCSI channels If you wish to connect external SCSI devices you should disable termination for the channnel s you will be connecting them to See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition Enabled Disabled SCSI Channel T erm ination Enable Disable Jum per Settings JPA1 JPA2 Watch Dog Enable Disable Use JP37 to enable or disable the Watch Dog feature The ...

Page 55: ...loppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is located on J7 See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 3 Data Bit 0 5 Data Bit 1 7 Data Bit 2 9 Data Bit 3 11 Data Bit 4 13 Data Bit 5 15 Data Bit 6 17 Data Bit 7 1...

Page 56: ...Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP7 Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 GND 21 DRQ3 23 I O W rite 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 31 IRQ14 33 Addr 1 35 Addr 0 37 Chip Select 0 39 Activity Pin Number Function 2 GND 4 Host Data 8 6 Host Data 9 8 Host D...

Page 57: ...24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Signal Names DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ I O DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 Connector Contact Number 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 pin Ultra160 SCSI Connectors JA1 JA2...

Page 58: ...erting this CD into your CD ROM drive the display shown in Figure 5 7 should appear If this display does not appear double click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon Figure 5 7 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item The bottom icon ...

Page 59: ...ant to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its anti static bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts Whe...

Page 60: ...2 SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 Manual SCSI Drive Bays Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View Front Bezel Lock 5 1 4 Drive Bays System Reset Main Power SCSI Active LED NMI Button System LEDs Front Side USB Floppy Drive Bay ...

Page 61: ...uit board Pull all excess cabling over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details Figure 6 3 shows the connections jumpers and indicators located on the front control panel PCB See Chapter 5 for details on JF2 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs Power NIC1 HDD Power Fail Overheat Indicates power is being supplied to the system Indicates...

Page 62: ...e Replacing System Fans 1 Identifying the failed fan Inspect the back of the chassis to see if the 12 cm exhaust fan has failed You must power down the system to replace this fan To replace a failed chassis cooling fan you must first remove the top left chassis cover Remove the two screws from the back lip of the top left cover Push in the release tab on the cover and push the cover toward the rea...

Page 63: ...n side of the cover to remove it from the chassis do not try to swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side SCSI Drives After unlocking the SCSI drive bay door swing it open to access the SCSI drives SCSI drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through 6 in order from bottom to top or from left to right if rackmounted Note You must use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the SuperServ...

Page 64: ...ust have RAID support to enable the hot plug capability of the SCSI drives 2 Mounting a SCSI drive in a drive carrier The SCSI drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also work to promote proper airflow for the system For this reason even carriers without SCSI drives must remain in the server If you need to add a new SCSI driv...

Page 65: ...board should be connected to the LVD1 connector on the SCSI backplane this is SCSI channel A There are also two power connectors on the backplane both should be connected See Figure 6 6 for the locations of backplane connectors the reverse side of the backplane has seven connectors that the SCSI drives plug into when inserted with a SCSI drive carrier Figure 6 6 SCA742 SCSI Backplane LVD1 Power Co...

Page 66: ... side of the CD ROM drive using the holes provided see Figure 6 7 Then slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you first removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Adding an IDE SCSI or floppy drive to add one of these drives install it into one of the removed empty d...

Page 67: ...e PWR Fail LED and the LED on the back of the power supply will also illuminate and remain on until the failed unit has been replaced Replacing the Power Supply 1 Accessing the power supply After powering down the system you ll need to remove the left top chassis cover to access the power supply for removal 2 Removing the power supply First unplug the power cord from the power supply Then remove t...

Page 68: ...6 10 SUPERSERVER 7042M 6 Manual Figure 6 8 Chassis Rear View 420W Power Supply I O Backplane PCI Slots 7 Alarm Reset 12 cm Exhaust Fan ...

Page 69: ...uires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system...

Page 70: ...sing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys ...

Page 71: ...e correct data Press the Enter key to save the data Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit System Time 16 19 20 System Date 02 02 02 Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB Legacy Diskette B Not Installed 4 Primary Master 120 GB 4 Primary Slave None 4 Secondary Master CD ROM 4 Secondary Slave None System Memory 256 MB Extended Memory 3967 KB Item Specific Help F1 Help Select Item...

Page 72: ...aster Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit Type Auto Multi Sector Transfer 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control Enabled 32 bit I O Enabled Transfer Mode Fast PIO 4 Ult...

Page 73: ... 32 bit I O operation Options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfer mode Options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode Selects Ultra DMA Mode Options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extend...

Page 74: ...ed this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagnostic screen during boot up Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot PIR Exit Quick Boot Mode Enabled Quiet Boot Enabled u PC...

Page 75: ...SB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Installed OS This setting allows you to select the operating system for your computer The settings are Other Win95 Win98 WinMe and Win 2000 NT4 Installation Workaround This setting allows BIOS to provide a workaround for the absence of a floppy drive during NT4 installation Options are...

Page 76: ...of PCI X slots 4 and 5 Options are 33 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz 133 MHz and Auto uPCI Device Slot 1 uPCI Device Slot 2 uPCI Device Slot 3 uPCI Device Slot 4 uPCI Device Slot 5 uPCI Device Slot 6 Option ROM Scan This setting included in the submenu for the above six settings will initialize the selected device s expansion ROM when enabled Options are Enabled and Disabled Enabled Master This setting includ...

Page 77: ... Disable Primary Secondary and Both uCache Memory Access the submenu for this item to specify one of the following actions for the various sections of cache memory Uncached Write Protect Write Back Write Through or Disabled See the Item Specific Help window for details uI O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Power Loss Control This setting allows you ...

Page 78: ... 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A Options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode Specify the type of device that will be connected to serial port B Options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Addr...

Page 79: ...IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port Options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode Specify the parallel port mode Options are Output Only Bi directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel Specify the DMA channel Options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Base I O Addres...

Page 80: ...activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the conditions required to qualify as an ECC error Options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both uAdvanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This...

Page 81: ... you to Enable or Disable hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance L3 Cache This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the L3 cache uDMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display not a setting informing you of the event log validity Event Log Capacity This is a display not a setting informi...

Page 82: ...ll clear all DMI event logs when set to Yes Options are Yes and No uConsole Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address Specifies to redirect the console to On board COMA or On board COMB This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection Console Type Choose from the available options to select the console type for...

Page 83: ...enix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot PIR Exit Supervisor Password Is Clear User Password Is Clear Set Supervisor Password...

Page 84: ...ompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up Password on Boot This setting allows you to r...

Page 85: ...uration and Power Interface power management on your system Options are Yes and No Power Savings This setting sets the degree of power saving for the system The options are Disabled Customized Maximum Power Savings and Maximum Performance Customized allows you to alter the other two modes Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot PIR Exit ACPI Mode Yes Power Savings Customized S...

Page 86: ...ot PIR Exit Removable Devices CD ROM Drive Hard Drive Item Specific Help F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Default Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select4Sub Menu F10 Save and Ex Suspend Timeout Use this setting to specify the period of system inactivity to transpire before entering the suspend state Options are Off 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min 40 min and 60 min Resume on Time Select eith...

Page 87: ...he Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of removable devices in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight and presss Enter to expand the field See details on how to change the order and specs of hard drives in the Item Specific Help window up Utility R Exit Specific Help Setup Default 10 Save and Ex ...

Page 88: ...Setup options are described in this section Select the Processor s PIR Selects the processor PIR Options are A0h A1h A2h A3h A4h A5h A6h A7h A8h A8h AAh ABh ACh ADh and AEh AFh See the Item Specific Help field for details Select the Thermal Unit Selects the thermal unit Options are 30h 31h 32h 33h 34h 35h 52h 53h 54h 55h 56h 57h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh and 9Ch 9Dh See the Item Specific Help field for deta...

Page 89: ...ta uHardware Monitor Logic Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature CPU Fan1 Chassis Fan CPU Fan2 Chassis Fan Processor Vcore V uProcessor Info ROM Data Highlight this and hit Enter to see PIR data on the following items up Utility R Exit Specific Help Setup Default 0 Save and Exi ...

Page 90: ...s You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot PIR Exit Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Item Specific Help F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Default Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exi ...

Page 91: ... have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utilit...

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Page 93: ...led Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at ...

Page 94: ...s POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is clear...

Page 95: ...ftware NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Enterin...

Page 96: ...lly tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed ...

Page 97: ... Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copi...

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Page 99: ... the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset...

Page 100: ... 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initializ...

Page 101: ...ware interrupt vectors 7Dh Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 87h...

Page 102: ...RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot w...

Page 103: ...itialize PIC and DMA ECh Initialize Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays ...

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Page 105: ...city Six 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 12 GB of registered ECC DDR 200 PC1600 SDRAM Note Interleaved memory requires memory to be installed two at a time PC2100 memory modules are supported but only at 200 MHz See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7899 for Ultra160 onboard SCSI Peripheral Drives Bays One 1 3 5 floppy drive Three 3 5 1 4 drive bays ...

Page 106: ...cm exhaust fan not hot swappable Operating Environment Operating Temperature Range 0 to 35 degrees C Humidity Range 5 90 non condensing Motherboard Model P4DMS 6GM Form Factor Extended ATX Dimensions 12 x 13 05 in 304 8 x 331 5 mm SC742S 420 chassis Chassis Model SC742S 420 Form Factor 4U rackmount tower Dimensions WxHxD as 4U 6 94 x 17 125 x 24 125 in 17 6 x 435 x 612 8 mm Operating Systems Suppo...

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