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Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

The 1041M-T2+ is a 1U server comprised of two main subsystems: the -

1000LP server chassis and the H8QMi-2+ quad processor serverboard. Please refer

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

certiﬁ ed for use with the 1041M-T2+ (www.supermicro.com/aplus).

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

been included with the 1041M-T2+, as listed below:

Six (6) 4-cm fans (FAN-0086)

One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-81801-0B)

One (1) front control panel cable (CBL-0222L)

One (1) riser card (CSE-RR1U-E16)

SATA

Accessories

One (1) SATA backplane (BPN-SAS-818TQ)

Three (3) SATA drive carriers (CSE-PT39-B0)

Three (3) SATA data cables (CBL-0206L)

One (1) SGPIO cable (CBL-0157L)

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

One (1) rackmount kit (CSE-PT51L)

One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities

Optional

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

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Summary of Contents for AS-1041M-T2 Plus

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Page 2: ... for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro 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 o...

Page 3: ...ﬁrst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the H8QMi 2 serverboard and the SC818TQ 1000LP chassis which comprise the 1041M T2 Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the 1041M T2 into a rack and check out the server conﬁguration prior to powering up the system If your server...

Page 4: ...g 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 SC818TQ 1000LP server chas sis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or installing drives and when replacing system power supply modules and fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introd...

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

Page 6: ... 1 3 I O Backplane 1 4 Cooling System 1 4 1 4 Contacting Supermicro 1 5 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview 2 1 2 2 Unpacking the System 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Setup 2 1 Choosing a Setup Location 2 1 Rack Precautions 2 2 Server Precautions 2 2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 Ambient Operating Temperature 2 3 Reduced Airﬂow 2 3 Mechanical Loading 2 3 Circuit Overloading 2 3 Reliable Ground 2...

Page 7: ...3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4 1 4 2 General Safety Precautions 4 2 4 3 ESD Precautions 4 3 4 4 Operating Precautions 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 Handling the Serverboard 5 1 Precautions 5 1 Unpacking 5 1 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 5 2 Installing the CPU Backplates 5 2 Installing the Processors 5 2 Installing the Heatsink 5 3 5 3 Conne...

Page 8: ...3 5 13 Installing Software Drivers 5 25 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 Precautions 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 2 6 3 System Fans 6 3 System Fan Failure 6 3 Air Shroud 6 4 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal 6 4 Accessing the Drive Bays 6 4 SATA Drive Installation 6 5 SATA Backplane 6 6 6 5 Power Supply 6 7 Power Supply Failure 6 7 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction 7 1 7...

Page 9: ...d chassis various hardware components have been included with the 1041M T2 as listed below Six 6 4 cm fans FAN 0086 One 1 air shroud MCP 310 81801 0B One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0222L One 1 riser card CSE RR1U E16 SATA Accessories One 1 SATA backplane BPN SAS 818TQ Three 3 SATA drive carriers CSE PT39 B0 Three 3 SATA data cables CBL 0206L One 1 SGPIO cable CBL 0157L One 1 slim DVD CD Combo...

Page 10: ...ed in pairs and non interleaved memory conﬁgurations are supported Please refer to the Installing Memory section in Chapter 5 for details Serial ATA An on chip SATA controller is integrated into the H8QMi 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 t...

Page 11: ...ral outline of the main features of the SC818TQ 1000LP chassis System Power The SC818TQ 1000LP features a single cold swappable 1000W power supply Power must be removed from the system before servicing or replacing the power supply SATA Drives The SC818TQ 1000LP chassis was designed to support three SATA hard drives which are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID sup...

Page 12: ...A 4B DIMMs 1A 4B DIMMs1A 4B SAS Ports 8 PCI E x8 PCI 32 LAN Ports 2 PCI E x4 DDR2 667 533 400 DDR2 667 533 400 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz I O Backplane The SC818TQ 1000LP is an extended ATX form factor chassis that is designed to be used in a 1U rackmount conﬁguration Ports on the I O backplane include one COM port a VGA port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet port...

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Page 15: ...mage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the 1041M 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 sure to read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2...

Page 16: ... on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the ﬂoor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers should 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 si mul...

Page 17: ...ly the ambient operating tempera ture of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient tempera ture Tmra Reduced Airﬂow Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airﬂow required for safe operation is not co...

Page 18: ... refer to the installation instructions that came with 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 p...

Page 19: ...that the rail can ﬁt snugly into the rack Secure the short bracket 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 t...

Page 20: ...ave 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 the front of the server to the rack Installing the Server into a Telco Rack To install the server into a Telco type rack use two L shaped brackets on either side of the chassis four...

Page 21: ...ull access to the inside of the server see Figure 2 4 To remove 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 Checking the Components and Setup You may have upt to four processors already installed in the serverboard Each processor needs its own heat...

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Page 23: ...he system 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 Checking the Airﬂow Airﬂow is provided by six sets of 40 mm fans each set of fans consists of two fans that are mounted back to back The system component layout was carefully designed to direct sufﬁcient cooling airﬂow to the com...

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Page 25: ...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 switch to reboot the system Power The main power switch is used to apply or remove...

Page 26: ...at condition which may be caused by cables ob structing 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 ...

Page 27: ... green LED When illuminated this LED indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA back plane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SATA drives Red The red LED to indicate an SATA drive failure If one of the SATA drives fails you should be notiﬁed by your system management software Please...

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Page 29: ... 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 neces sary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment ...

Page 30: ...an 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 After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made Serve...

Page 31: ...ll components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for 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 co...

Page 32: ...the chassis cover is in place when the 1041M T2 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 1041M 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 33: ...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 support 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 Touc...

Page 34: ...h are marked with a triangle Triangles Installing the CPU Backplates Four 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 Single dual or quad CPU conﬁgurations only are supported For a single CPU conﬁguration install to the CPU1 socket For a dual CPU conﬁgur...

Page 35: ...re that it is properly installed 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 re tention tab For a dual processor system repeat these steps to install another CPU into the CPU 2 socket or install to all four sockets for a quad CPU conﬁguration Installing the Heatsink The use of active type h...

Page 36: ... wires connect 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 SATA...

Page 37: ...s 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 38: ...nto its slot paying attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incor rectly see Figure 5 3 Insert ﬁrst into the 1B slot s then the 1A slot s etc See support information below Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Note Each processor has its own built in memory controller consequently each CPU has an eight slot memory bank associ...

Page 39: ... DIMM slots two in the CPU3 DIMM slots and two in the CPU4 DIMM slots rather than four in any two CPU DIMM slots If you install four more install two in the remaining CPU1 DIMM slots and two in the the remaining CPU2 DIMM slots etc This balances the load over all CPUs to optimize performance In a single or dual CPU conﬁguration memory can only be installed in the banks associated with CPU 1 or CPU...

Page 40: ...card A CSE RR1U E16 riser card included with the system is needed to add an expansion card to the system PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card remove the screw that secures the shield on the PCI card slot Insert the expansion card into the slot on the riser pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card ...

Page 41: ... 4A DIMMA 4B DIMMA 3A DIMMA 3B DIMMA 2A DIMMA 2B DIMMA 1A DIMMA 1B DIMMB 1B DIMMB 1A DIMMB 2B DIMMB 2A DIMMB 3B DIMMB 3A DIMMB 4B DIMMB 4A Kybd Mouse JLAN1 USB0 1 COM1 VGA JLAN2 ATI ES 1000 SIMLC Slot 5 PCI Express x16 COM2 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 nVidia MCP55 Pro BIOS NEC uPD720404 IDE FLOPPY J1B1 JPW1 JPW2 Battery JPG1 JPL1 JWOL USB2 3 SGPIO2 SGPIO1 FAN9 FAN8 CPU3 FAN7 CPU4 FAN3 CPU2...

Page 42: ... Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE IDE Drive Compact Flash Card Connector J1B1 24 pin ATX Power Connector JD1 Onboard Speaker Power LED JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports JOH1 Overheat Warning Header JPI2 C I2C Header JPW1 JPW2 8 pin Processor Power Connectors JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector JWOL Wake On LAN Header JW...

Page 43: ... 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Processor Power Connectors In addition to the primary ATX power connector above the 8 pin proces sor power connectors at JPW1 and JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Processor Power Connector 1 Pin Deﬁnitions JPW1 JPW2 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Groun...

Page 44: ...table on the right for pin deﬁnitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 7 Vcc 8 Control NIC1 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 11 Vcc 12 NIC1 Active NIC2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 Vcc 10 NIC2 Active HDD LED The HDD IDE Hard Disk Drive LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to display disk activity Refer to the table on ...

Page 45: ... deﬁnitions USB Ports Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 0 are located beside the key board mouse 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 Grou...

Page 46: ...d 10 NC Fan Header Pin Deﬁnitions FAN1 9 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 12V 9V Red 3 Tachometer Note Fan speed may controlled by a BIOS setting to change with system temperature As a result pin 2 may be either 12V or 9V See Chapter 4 for BIOS settings Overheat LED Connect an LED to the JOH1 header to provide warning of chassis over heating See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Overheat LED...

Page 47: ...ﬁnition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated JWOL See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions You must have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN con nector and cable to use the Wake On LAN feature Wake On LAN Pin Deﬁnitions JWOL Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Gigabit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located ...

Page 48: ...ash Card to work properly you will ﬁrst need to connect the device s power cable to JWF1 and correctly set the Compact Flash Jumper JP1 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 C...

Page 49: ...W_ON connector to clear CMOS The onboard battery does not need to be removed when clearing CMOS however you must short JBT1 for at least four seconds 1 2 3 4 JBT1 contact pads 5 9 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the serverboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin...

Page 50: ...s to a com pact ﬂash card installed in the IDE 1 slot You will need to connect compact ﬂash power to JWF1 to use See the table on the right for jumper settings Compact Flash Master Slave Jumper Settings JCF1 Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Closed Master Open Slave Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software applicat...

Page 51: ...N LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Deﬁnition Off 10 MHz Green 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz Onboard Power LED DP2 DP2 is an Onboard Power LED When 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 JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs The Ethernet ports located be...

Page 52: ...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 GND 2...

Page 53: ...2 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 conﬁg ure the SATA ports wh...

Page 54: ...u must follow the procedure below and install the driver during the OS installation Note the SATA RAID driver is supported by Windows 2000 and XP only Building a Driver Diskette You must ﬁrst build a driver diskette from the CD ROM that was included with the system Create this disk on a separate computer that has an OS installed Insert the CD into your CD ROM A display as shown in Figure 5 7 will ...

Page 55: ...ID 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 Ctrl and X keys simultaneously Figure 5 6 shows ...

Page 56: ...5 24 AS1041M T2 User s Manual Figure 5 5 SATA RAID Utility Main Screen Figure 5 6 SATA RAID Utility Array List ...

Page 57: ...e My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme ﬁles for each item Click the tabs to the right of these in order from top to bottom to install each item one at a time After installing each item you must reboot the system be fore moving on to the next item on the list Y...

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Page 59: ...revent 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 60: ...serverboard 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 In terface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Cont...

Page 61: ...n remove the top chassis cover while the system is still running to determine which of the fans has failed Power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power cord s is also recommended as a safety precaution Replacing System Fans After turning off the power to the system and removing the chassis cover unplug the failed fan s cable attached to the fan header on the motherboard Unscrew ...

Page 62: ...p capability you do not need to access the inside of the chassis or power down the system to install or replace SATA drives Proceed to the next section for instructions DVD ROM Floppy Disk Drives For installing removing a DVD ROM or ﬂoppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the 1041M T2 by removing the top cover of the chassis Proceed to the DVD ROM and Floppy Drive Installati...

Page 63: ...he mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws as shown in Figure 6 3 Installing Removing SATA Drives Push the release button located beside the drive LEDs Swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 4 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug ca pability of the SATA drive...

Page 64: ...to gain full access to the DVD ROM and ﬂoppy drive bays The 1041M T2 accomodates only slim line DVD ROM drives Side mounting brackets are needed to mount a slim line DVD ROM drive in the 1041M T2 server Installing a DVD ROM or Floppy Drive You must power down the system before installing or removing a ﬂoppy or DVD ROM drive First grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out ...

Page 65: ...ngle ﬂoppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two ﬂoppy 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 6 5 Power Supply The SuperServer 1041M T2 has a single 1000 watt power supply which is auto switching capable This enables it to automatically sense and opera...

Page 66: ...ply wiring was designed to detach automatically when the module is pulled from the chassis Installing the Power Supply Replace the failed power module with another PWS 1K01 1R power supply module Push the new power supply module into the power bay until you hear a click Finish by plugging the AC power cord back into the module and powering up the system by depressing the power on off button 1 2 3 ...

Page 67: ...F1 F2 etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be conﬁgured Grayed out options cannot be conﬁgured The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text mes sage When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message...

Page 68: ... 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 BOOT Settings Conﬁguration 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 ...

Page 69: ...t 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 Support Determines whether to include the ACP...

Page 70: ...g 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 revision level The options are 1 1 and 1 4 Smbios Conﬁguration Smbios Smi Support This setting allows SMI wrapper support for PnP function 50h 54h The options ar...

Page 71: ...ppy type The options are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 Floppy B Move the cursor to these ﬁelds via up and down arrow keys to select the ﬂoppy type The options are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 Onboard Floppy Controller Use this setting to Enable or Disable the onboard ﬂoppy controller Onboard IDE Controller There is a sing...

Page 72: ...s 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 determined Select 0 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It ha...

Page 73: ...will be displayed here 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 can be tran...

Page 74: ...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 drive support Select Disabled to prevent AMI BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto...

Page 75: ...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 allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering ...

Page 76: ...ress This option speciﬁes the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system 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 3F...

Page 77: ...d Enable Clock to All DIMMs Use this setting to enable unused clocks to all DIMMs 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 Enable Use this setting to Enable or Disable the CS Sparing function DQS Signal Training Control Disabling this setting will ...

Page 78: ...nds 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 DIMMs ...

Page 79: ...r disable the USB 1 1 controller USB 2 0 Controller Enable or disable the USB 2 0 controller USB Devices Enabled This ﬁeld dsiplays the USB devices currently enabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB 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 En...

Page 80: ...ive State Power Management Used to Enable or Disable the PCI L0 and L1 link power states Remote Access 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 redirection Options are COM1 and COM2 Serial Port Mode Selects the serial port settings to use Options are 115200 8 n 1 ...

Page 81: ...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 Other items in the submenu are systems monitor displays for the following in formation CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature CPU3 Temperature CPU4 Te...

Page 82: ...oot sequence from available hard disk drives 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 available remov able drives 1st Drive Speciﬁes the boot sequence for the 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled full speed 12V The options ar...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...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 85: ... errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the serverboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and...

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Page 87: ...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 88: ...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 89: ...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 90: ... 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 91: ... 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 92: ...ed The adap tor ROM check is next 98h The adaptor ROM had 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...

Page 93: ...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 95: ... supporting up to 128 GB of 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 SATA Controller On chip controller for six port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 0 1 5 and JBOD supported Drive Bays Three 3 hot swap drive bays to house three 3 standard SATA drives Peripheral Drives Bays One 1 sl...

Page 96: ...rrent 10A 115V to 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 1000W Model PWS 1K01 1R Rated Output Voltages 12V 83A 5Vsb 4A Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10º to 35º C 50º to 95º F Non Operating Temperature 40º to 70º C 40º to 158º F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non Operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Regulatory Complianc...

Page 97: ...V 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 gov hazardouswaste perchlorate ...

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