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Chapter

Introduction

1-1 Overview

The AS1021M-T2+ is a 1U server comprised of two main subsystems: the SC815TQ-

560C server chassis and the H8DME-2 dual processor serverboard. Please refer to

our web site for information on operating systems and processors that have been

certiﬁ ed for use with the AS1021M-T2+ (www.supermicro.com/aplus).

In addition to the serverboard and chassis, various hardware components have

been included with the AS1021M-T2+, as listed below:

Four (4) sets of 4-cm fans (FAN-0086L)

One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-00026-1)

One (1) front control panel cable (CBL-0087)

One (1) rackmount kit (CSE-PT51L)

Riser Cards: (see Section 5-6 for details)

One (1) riser card (CSE-RR1U-E8) for PCI-Express x8 add-on card

SATA

Accessories

One (1) SATA backplane (BPN-SAS-815TQ)

One (1) SATA data cable, 35-cm (CBL-0061L)

One (1) SATA data cable, 2-ft (CBL-0044L)

One (1) SATA LED cable (CBL-0157L)

Four

(4)

SATA

drive

carriers

[CSE-PT39(B)]

Two (2) SATA data cables, 48-cm (CBL-0178L)

One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities

Optional

One (1) slim ﬂ oppy drive [FPD-TEAC-S(B)]

One (1) slim DVD-ROM drive [DVM-PNSC-824(B)]

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1

Summary of Contents for AS-1021M-T2+

Page 1: ...AS1021M T2 USER S MANUAL 1 0a SUPER ...

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Page 3: ...ion The ﬁrst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the H8DME 2 serverboard and the SC815TQ 560C chassis which comprise the AS1021M T2 Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the AS1021M T2 into a rack and check out the server conﬁguration prior to powering up the system If y...

Page 4: ...er when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconﬁguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC815TQ 560C server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconﬁguring SATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply modules and cooling fans Chapter 7 B...

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

Page 6: ...2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 2 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Reset 3 1 Power 3 1 3 3 Control Panel LEDs 3 2 Overheat Fan Fail 3 2 NIC...

Page 7: ... Memory 5 7 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 5 10 5 7 Serverboard Details 5 11 H8DME 2 Layout 5 11 H8DME 2 Quick Reference 5 12 5 8 Connector Deﬁnitions 5 13 ATX Power Connector 5 13 Processor Power Connector 5 13 Auxiliary Power Connector 5 13 Power LED 5 13 NMI Button 5 13 Power LED 5 13 HDD LED 5 14 NIC1 NIC2 LEDs 5 14 Overheat Fan Fail LED 5 14 Power Fail LED 5 14 Reset Button 5 15 Power Button 5 15 Unive...

Page 8: ...isable 5 22 PCI X Slot Speed 5 22 VGA Enable Disable 5 22 Compact Flash Master Slave 5 22 5 10 Onboard Indicators 5 23 JLAN LEDs 5 23 3 3V Standby LED 5 23 5 11 Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections 5 24 Floppy Connector 5 24 IDE Connectors 5 25 SATA Ports 5 25 5 12 Enabling SATA RAID 5 26 5 13 Installing Additional Drivers 5 28 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2...

Page 9: ...ply 6 10 Power Supply Failure 6 10 Removing Replacing the Power Supply 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7 2 Main Menu 7 2 7 3 Advanced Settings Menu 7 2 7 4 Boot Menu 7 16 7 5 Security Menu 7 17 7 6 Exit Menu 7 18 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix C System Speciﬁcations ...

Page 10: ...Notes x AS1021M T2 User s Manual ...

Page 11: ...as listed below Four 4 sets of 4 cm fans FAN 0086L One 1 air shroud MCP 310 00026 1 One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 One 1 rackmount kit CSE PT51L Riser Cards see Section 5 6 for details One 1 riser card CSE RR1U E8 for PCI Express x8 add on card SATA Accessories One 1 SATA backplane BPN SAS 815TQ One 1 SATA data cable 35 cm CBL 0061L One 1 SATA data cable 2 ft CBL 0044L One 1 SATA LED cab...

Page 12: ...in pairs Please refer to the Installing Memory section for details Serial ATA An on chip SATA controller is integrated into the H8DME 2 to provide a six port 3 Gb sec Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 0 1 5 and JBOD supported The SATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA dr...

Page 13: ...hassis The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC815TQ 560C chassis System Power The SC815TQ 560C features a single 560W power supply Power must be removed from the system before servicing or replacing the power supply SATA Subsystem The SC815TQ 560C chassis was designed to support four SATA hard drives which are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must hav...

Page 14: ...re The power supply module also includes a cooling fan Figure 1 1 nVidia MCP55 Pro Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B DIMM 4A DIMM 4B nVidia 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 IDE ATA133 USB Ports 6 S I ...

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Page 16: ...1 6 AS1021M T2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 17: ...n 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 rack unit that will hold the AS1021M T2 It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic ﬁelds are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Be s...

Page 18: ... be attached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the placeme...

Page 19: ...omised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate considerati...

Page 20: ...th the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies in the rack mounting kit Each assembly consists of two sections an inner ﬁxed chassis rail that secures directly to the server chassis and an outer ﬁxed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself see Figure 2 1 Two pairs of short brackets to be used on the front side ...

Page 21: ...acket to the front side of the outer rail with two M4 screws and the long bracket to the rear side of the outer rail with three M4 screws Repeat these steps for the left outer rail Locking Tabs Both chassis rails have a locking tab which serves two functions The ﬁrst is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also...

Page 22: ...ck Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis 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 See Figure 2 3 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold ...

Page 23: ...rst determine how far the server will extend out the front of the rack Larger chassis should be positioned to balance the weight between front and back If a bezel is included on your server remove it Then at tach the two front brackets to each side of the chassis then the two rear brackets positioned with just enough space to accommodate the width of the rack Finish by sliding the chassis into the...

Page 24: ...ve the system from the rack completely depress the locking tabs in the chassis rails push the right side tab down and the left side tab up to continue to pull the system out past the locked position 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed in the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor and heatsink instal...

Page 25: ...Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 9 Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the System ...

Page 26: ...ROM and or ﬂoppy disk drive to the system 3 Check the SATA disk drives Depending upon your system s conﬁguration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SATA drives please refer to Chapter 6 4 Check the airﬂow Airﬂow is provided by four sets of 4 cm fans The system component layout was carefully designed to direct sufﬁcient cooling airﬂow to the components ...

Page 27: ...ch on the power supply This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a reset button and a power on off button Reset Use the reset button to reboot the system Power The main power button is used to apply or remove...

Page 28: ...ondition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airﬂow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally verify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain ﬂashing or on as long ...

Page 29: ...een LED on the front of the SATA drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red The red LED indicates two states When blinking it indicates the drive is rebuilding When solid it indicates a drive failure If a SATA drive fails you should be notiﬁed by your system management software Ple...

Page 30: ...3 4 AS1021M T2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 31: ... When disconnecting power you should ﬁrst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment T...

Page 32: ...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 Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recomm...

Page 33: ...use Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag 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 Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and...

Page 34: ...the chassis cover is in place when the 1021M T2 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 1021M T2 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY OR ...

Page 35: ...hat the size and weight of the serverboard can cause it to bend if handled improperly which may result in damage To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup port it when handling The following measures are generally sufﬁcient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Tou...

Page 36: ...ex 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 ins...

Page 37: ...and 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 No...

Page 38: ...talled 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 heatsinks o...

Page 39: ...ect to the pin 1 locations If you are conﬁguring the system keep the airﬂow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chapter for connector locations Floppy Drive cable JFDD1 DVD ROM Drive cable IDE 1 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page SATA cables SATA0 SATA3 Connectin...

Page 40: ...es of each header All JF1 wires have been bundled into single keyed ribbon cable to simplify their connection The red wire in the ribbon cable plugs into pin 1 of JF1 Connect the other end of the cable to the Control Panel printed circuit board located just behind the system status LEDs in the chassis See the Connector Deﬁnitions section in this chapter for details and pin descrip tions of JF1 NMI...

Page 41: ... any possible damage 1 Insert each memory module vertically into its slot paying attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly see Figure 5 3 See support information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Note each processor has its own built in memory controller so the CPU2 DIMMs cannot be addressed if only a si...

Page 42: ... 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 which is faster than non interleaved 64 bit memory See charts on following page Optimizing memory performance If two processors are installed it is better to stagger pairs of DIMMs across both sets of CPU DIMM slots e g ﬁrst populate CPU1 slots 1A ...

Page 43: ...X X X X X X X X X X X X 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...

Page 44: ...s expansion card The expansion card installs into a riser card that has been included with the system the CSE RR1U E8 riser 2 PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card release the locking tab that corresponds to the slot you will be populating Insert the expansion card into the riser card pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card ...

Page 45: ...ress x8 Slot 2 PCI X 100 66 MHz Slot 1 PCI X 100 66 MHz ATI ES1000 IDE 1 JFDD1 MCP55 Pro NEC uPD720400 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA5 SATA4 FAN5 FAN6 FAN1 PWRI2 C JPWF J3P JAR JF1 JWF1 JCF1 JD1 FAN4 JWOR Speaker SGPIO1 SGPIO2 USB4 5 USB2 3 JOH1 JL1 SMBus JPX1B JPX1A JWD JPG1 JI2 C1 JI2 C2 JBT1 DP4 DIMMA 3B DIMMA 3A DIMMA 4B DIMMA 4A JPW2 FAN8 CPU2 FAN COM1 VGA JLAN2 DIMMB 2A DIMMB 2B DIMMB 1A DIMMB...

Page 46: ... Auxiliary Power Connector JAR Power Fail Alarm Reset Header JD1 Onboard Speaker Keylock Power LED JF1 Front Panel Connector JFDD1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports JOH1 Overheat Warning Header JPW1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 8 Pin Processor Power Connector JPWF 3rd Power Supply Alarm Header JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector JWO...

Page 47: ...tor The 12v 8 pin processor power con nector at JPW2 must also be con nected to your power supply to supply power to the CPUs See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Processor Power Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JPW2 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V Auxiliary Power Connector The auxiliary power connector at J32 must also be connected to your power supply to supply extra power tha...

Page 48: ...e 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 f...

Page 49: ... Universal Serial Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 0 are located beside the JLAN1 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...

Page 50: ...pin deﬁnitions JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Gigabit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located beside the COM2 port These Ether net ports accept RJ45 type cables Note NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin 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 Fan Header Pin Deﬁnitions FAN1 8 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 12V R...

Page 51: ...ector Pin Deﬁnitions JD1 Pin Deﬁnition 4 Red wire 5V 5 No connection 6 Buzzer signal 7 Speaker data PWR LED Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JD1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Vcc 2 Control 3 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 Deﬁnitions JL1 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Battery voltage 2 Intrusion signal Wake O...

Page 52: ...ns PWRI2 C Pin Deﬁnition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Gnd 5 3 3V SMBus Header The header at SMBus is for the System Management Bus Connect the ap propriate cable here to utilize SMB on the system See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions SMBus Header Pin Deﬁnitions SMBus Pin Deﬁnition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection 3rd Power Supply Alarm Header Connect a cable from your power supply to...

Page 53: ... 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 backplane to provide SATA enclosure management func tions Connect the appro...

Page 54: ...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 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 t...

Page 55: ...s sis If you only have one or two power supplies installed you should disable the function with the J3P header to pre vent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Jumper Settings J3P Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Open Disabled Closed Enabled Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software in or der to disable the Watch Dog timer ...

Page 56: ...X slots 3 4 respectively See the tables on the right for jumper settings PCI X Slot Speed Jumper Settings JPX1A JPX1B Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Open Auto Pins 1 2 PCI X 66 MHz Pins 2 3 PCI 66 MHz Note JPX1A controls the speed for PCI X slots 1 and 2 JPX1B controls the speed for PCI X slots 3 and 4 The default setting for both is Auto Note Pins 4 7 are used only for the onboard speaker VGA Enable Di...

Page 57: ...ion Speed Indicator LED Color Deﬁnition Off 10 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz 3 3V Standby LED When illuminated the DP4 LED indi cates that 3 3V standby power from the power supply is being supplied to the serverboard DP4 should normally be illuminated when the system is con nected to AC power whether turned on or not DP4 will ﬂash on and off when the system is in an S1 S3 Suspend to RAM or S4 Suspend to Dis...

Page 58: ...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 JFDD1 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 GND 2 ...

Page 59: ...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 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground SATA Ports There are no jumpers to con ﬁgur...

Page 60: ...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 Super Micro CD ROM that was included with the system You will have to create this d...

Page 61: ...e ﬁnished selecting the drives 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...

Page 62: ...before 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 5 13 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 5 5 should appear If this display doe...

Page 63: ...event damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufﬁcient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components ...

Page 64: ...ard to the appropriate header on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the airﬂow path The control panel LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 System Interface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Control Panel...

Page 65: ...ed fan Remove the top chassis cover while the system is still running to determine which of the two fans has failed Then power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power cord s is also recommended as a safety precaution Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan After turning off the power to the system ﬁrst remove the chassis cover and unplug the fan cable from the serverboard ...

Page 66: ...oud covers the four fans closest to the power supply and extends about 1 4 over the front of the fans 4 Slide the sides of the shroud between the fan and the fan holder 5 Conﬁrm that the air shroud lays ﬂat in the server To do this make sure that all cables run through the cutouts in the air shroud If necessary remove some perfora tions in the rear of the air shroud Remove perforations only if nec...

Page 67: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 2 System Cooling Fans Figure 6 3 Installing the Air Shroud ...

Page 68: ... for instructions Note Only slim DVD ROM and ﬂoppy drives will ﬁt into the AS1021M T2 Figure 6 4 Removing the Front Bezel 1 Unlock 2 Press release knob 3 Remove bezel assembly 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal Removing the Front Bezel If your system has a front bezel optional attached to the chassis you must ﬁrst remove it to gain access to the drive bays To remove the bezel ﬁrst unlock the front...

Page 69: ...l a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws as shown in Figure 6 5 Figure 6 5 Mounting a SATA Drive in a Carrier Important Regardless of how many SATA hard drives are in stalled all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper airﬂow Use cauti...

Page 70: ...t and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 6 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug ca pability of the SATA drives Figure 6 6 Removing a SATA Drive from the Server SATA Backplane The SATA drives plug into a backplane that provides power drive ID and bus termi nation A RAID controller can be used with the backplane to provide data security The operatin...

Page 71: ...the inside of the server With the chassis cover removed unplug the power and data cables from the drive you want to remove Then locate the locking tab at the rear of the drive It will be on the left side of the drive when viewed from the front of the chassis Pull the tab away from the drive and push the drive unit out the front of the chassis Add a new drive by following this procedure in reverse ...

Page 72: ...removing and replacing the power supply unit for whatever reason Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First unplug the power cord from the failed power supply module To remove the failed power module ﬁrst locate and remove the two screws on the inner side of the power supply module that secures it to the chassis Next push the release tab on the back of the power supply t...

Page 73: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 11 Figure 6 7 Removing Replacing the Power Supply ...

Page 74: ...6 12 AS1021M T2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 75: ...1 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 76: ...e 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 7 3 Advanced Settings Menu BIOS 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 Enabl...

Page 77: ...s setting to Enable or Disable headless operation mode through ACPI Power Button Mode Allows the user to change the function of the power button Options are On Off and Suspend Watch Dog Timer Select 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 To enable choose from 1 2 3 4 8 15 or 30 min Re...

Page 78: ...controller on the motherboard which may be Enabled or Disabled with this setting Serial ATA Devices This setting is used to determine if SATA drives will be used and how many Op tions are Disabled Device 0 Device 0 1 and Device 0 1 2 nVidia RAID Setup nVidia RAID Function This setting is used to Enable or Disable the nVidia ROM If Enabled the set ting below will appear SATA0 1 2 Primary Secondary ...

Page 79: ...ectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow AMI BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determin...

Page 80: ...y Secondary Channel Highlight one of the items above and press Enter to access the submenu for that item If a drive is present information on that drive will be displayed here 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 dat...

Page 81: ...ith all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE 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 pred...

Page 82: ...24 and 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this value to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt 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 The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to...

Page 83: ...imms 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 CS Sparing This setting will reserve a spare memory rank in each node when enabled Options are Enable and Disable DQS Signal Training Control Tunring off sign...

Page 84: ...conds 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 Data Cache BG Scrub Allows L1 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds Power Down Control Allows DIMMs to enter power down mode by deasserting the clock enable signal when DIMM...

Page 85: ...SB Legacy Disable Legacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system Auto disabled Legacy support if no USB devices are connected The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto USB Mass Storage Reset Delay Use this setting to deﬁne the number of seconds the POST routine waits for the mass storage device after the start unit command Options are 10 20 30 and 40 seconds Emulation Type Sele...

Page 86: ...stem resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Address This option speciﬁes the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 Select Disabled to ...

Page 87: ...s the serial port settings to use Options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 and 09600 8 n 1 Flow Control Selects the ﬂow control to be used for console redirection Options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Options are Disable no redirection after BIOS POST Boot Loader redirection during POST and during boot loader and Always redirection always active Not...

Page 88: ...rkstation Select Server 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 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation FAN1 Speed through FAN8 Reading The speeds of the onboard fans in rpm are displayed here Other items in the submenu are systems monitor displays for...

Page 89: ...elect the parameter The IP address and current IP address in the BMC are shown MAC Address Use the and keys to select the parameter The MAC address and cur rent MAC address in the BMC are shown Subnet Address Use the and keys to select the parameter The subnet address and current subnet address in the BMC are shown Set PEF Conﬁguration PEF Support Use this setting to Enable or Disable PEF support ...

Page 90: ... Down and Power Cycle 7 4 Boot Menu This feature allows the user to conﬁgure the following items Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to prioritize the boot sequence from the available devices Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available hard disk drives Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from availab...

Page 91: ...word 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 deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection When Enabled AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts...

Page 92: ...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 Se...

Page 93: ...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 95: ...nitialization 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 setting the Stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied ...

Page 96: ...rred 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 interna...

Page 97: ...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 98: ... 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 99: ... 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 100: ...ontrol 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 ...

Page 101: ...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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Page 103: ...f registered ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Note Memory may be installed to provide interleaved or non interleaved conﬁgurations See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details Serial ATA Controller On chip controller for six port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 0 1 5 and JBOD supported SATA Drive Bays Four 4 hot swap drive bays to house four 4 SATA drives Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 slim ﬂoppy drive optional One...

Page 104: ...s AC Input Voltage 100 240 VAC Rated Input Current 10A 115V to 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 560W Model PWS 561 1H Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 21A 5V 25A 12VALL 43 6A 12V 0 6A 5Vsb 3A BTU Rating 2956 BTUs hr for rated output power of 560W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10º to 35º C 50º to 95º F Non operating Temperature 40º to 70º C 40º to 158º ...

Page 105: ...EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certiﬁed Germany CE Marking Europe California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca ...

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