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H8DA3-2/H8DAi-2 User’s Manual

Notes:

Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.

The H8DAi-2 does not include SAS components.

Figure 1-2. H8DA3-2/H8DAi-2 Serverboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

Battery

UPER H8DA3-2

CPU2

CPU1 / DIMMA 1B

CPU1

Kb/Mse

USB0/1/2/3

Parallel

Port

LAN1/2

Audio

J1B1

CPU1 / DIMMA 1A

CPU1 / DIMMA 2B

CPU1 / DIMMA 2A

JPW1

CPU2 / DIMMB 2A

CPU2 / DIMMB 2B

CPU2 / DIMMB 1A

CPU2 / DIMMB 1B

SIMLP

Slot #2: PCI 33 MHz

Slot #1: PCI-Exp x8

BIOS

IDE#1

Floppy

SAS4~7

MCP55 Pro

LSI

1068E

SATA5

COM1

COM2

CPU2 Fan/F

AN8

JPI

FAN2

J3P

JF1

FAN3

JWF1

JCF1

CPU1 FAN/FAN7

FAN4

JWOR

Speaker

USB6/7

JPUSB

JWOL

Audio_FP

JPX2A
JPX1A

JBT1

DP2

JPW2

JOH1

JF2

SAS0~3

T-SGPIO1
T-SGPIO2

JWD

JL1

JAR

nVidia

IO55

SATA4

SATA2

SATA0

SATA1 SATA3

Slot #3: PCI-Exp x16

Slot #4: PCI-Exp x4

Slot #5: PCI-Exp x4

CD IN

USB4/5

Slot #6: PCI-Exp x16

J42

JPWF

JPS1

Summary of Contents for H8DA3-2

Page 1: ...H8DA3 2 H8DAi 2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c SUPER ...

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 op...

Page 3: ...ion about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor s and memory modules and when installing the serverboard in a chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the ﬂoppy and hard disk drives the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power and reset buttons and the syst...

Page 4: ...ower Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis 2 5 2 4 Installing Memory 2 5 2 5 I O Port and Control Panel Connections 2 8 2 6 Connector Deﬁnitions 2 9 ATX Power Connector 2 9 Processor Power Connector 2 9 Auxiliary Power Connector 2 9 Power LED 2 9 HDD LED 2 10 NIC...

Page 5: ...2 7 Jumper Settings 2 18 Explanation of Jumpers 2 18 CMOS Clear 2 18 3rd Power Supply Fail Signal Enable Disable 2 19 I2 C to PCI Enable Disable 2 19 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 19 Power LED Speaker 2 20 USB Power Select 2 20 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 20 SAS Controller Enable Disable 2 21 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 21 LAN1 LAN2 LEDs 2 21 3 3V Standby LED 2 21 2 9 Floppy IDE Parallel Port SAS and S...

Page 6: ...em s Setup Conﬁguration 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Main Menu 4 2 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu 4 2 4 4 Boot Menu 4 18 4 5 Security Menu 4 18 4 6 Exit Menu 4 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes vi ...

Page 7: ...ms have all been included with your serverboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer Included with retail box only One 1 H8DA3 2 H8DAi 2 serverboard One 1 IDE cable CBL 036L 03 One 1 ﬂoppy cable CBL 022L H8DA3 2 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 044L H8DAi 2 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 044L One 1 USB 2 0 port cable CBL 083L Two 2 iPass SATA cables H8DA3 2 only CBL 0097L 02 Two 2 heat...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 H8DA3 2 H8DAi 2 Image Note the H8DA3 2 is pictured The H8DAi 2 shares the same layout but does not include SAS components ...

Page 10: ...U1 DIMMA 2A JPW1 CPU2 DIMMB 2A CPU2 DIMMB 2B CPU2 DIMMB 1A CPU2 DIMMB 1B SIMLP Slot 2 PCI 33 MHz Slot 1 PCI Exp x8 BIOS IDE 1 Floppy SAS4 7 MCP55 Pro LSI 1068E SATA5 COM1 COM2 FAN5 FAN6 CPU2 Fan FAN8 FAN1 JPI2 C FAN2 J3P JF1 FAN3 JWF1 JCF1 CPU1 FAN FAN7 FAN4 JWOR Speaker USB6 7 JPUSB JWOL Audio_FP JPX2A JPX1A JI2 C1 JI2 C2 JBT1 DP2 JPW2 JOH1 JF2 SAS0 3 T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JWD JL1 JAR nVidia IO55 SAT...

Page 11: ... Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE Drive Connector J1B1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector J42 Audio Ports JAR Power Fail Alarm Reset Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JF2 Onboard Speaker Keylock Power LED JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat Warning Header JPI2 C Power Supply I2 C Header JPW1 8 Pin Processor Power Connector JPW2 4 pin Auxiliary Power Connector JWF1 Compact Flash Card Powe...

Page 12: ... Express x16 slot Two 2 PCI Express x4 in PCI Express x8 slots One 1 32 MHz PCI One 1 low proﬁle SIMLP slot for IPMI card BIOS 8 Mb AMIBIOS LPC Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 2 0 SMBIOS 2 3 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for two CPU cores 3 3V 5Vin 12Vin 5V standby and battery voltage Fan status monitor with ﬁrmware software on off and speed control Watch Dog Envir...

Page 13: ...D optional RAID 5 support with iButton installed One 1 UltraDMA ATA 133 100 IDE port One 1 ﬂoppy port interface up to 2 88 MB Two 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial ports On chip nVidia MCP55 Ethernet controller supports two Gigabit LAN ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Eight 8 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports headers Realtek ALC 883 HD Audio for 7 1 sound Other Wake on Ring JWOR Wake on...

Page 14: ...Processor CPU2 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz DIMM1A 128 bit data 16 bit ECC DDR2 667 533 DDR2 667 533 Slot 5 PCI E x4 Slot 1 PCI E x8 SATA Ports 6 IDE ATA133 1 USB Ports 8 S I O BIOS Floppy Kybd Mouse Serial Ports 2 AMD Socket F Processor CPU1 128 bit data 16 bit ECC LPC DIMM2A DIMM1A DIMM1B DIMM2A DIMM2B IPMI nVidia IO 55 Slot 2 PCI GLAN Ports 2 Slot 6 PCI E x16 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz 16 x 16 HT link 1 GH...

Page 15: ...t Serial ATA interface a dual port Gb Ethernet interface a single ATA133 bus master interface and a USB 2 0 interface This hub connects directly to CPU 1 and through that to CPU 2 IO 55 This hub connects directly to CPU1 via a 16 x 16 1 GHz Hyper Transport link The IO 55 includes an interface for three PCI Express slots HyperTransport Technology HyperTransport technology is a high speed low latenc...

Page 16: ... voltage levels are all displayed in BIOS Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to deﬁne a...

Page 17: ... function as a system suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up Dur ing the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions an...

Page 18: ...a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Speciﬁcation 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line ﬁlter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Warning To prevent the possibility of explosion do not use the wron...

Page 19: ...ne of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one P...

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Page 21: ...rd and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as speciﬁed by the manufac turer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down which may result in a possible exp...

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

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

Page 24: ...nstalled 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 Super Micro heatsinks...

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

Page 26: ...mory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots see note on previous page and charts on following page The CPU2 DIMM slots can only be accessed when two CPUs are installed however the CPU2 DIMM slots are not required to be populated when two CPUs are installed Populating two adjacent slots at a time with memory modules of the same size and type will result in interleaved 128 bit me...

Page 27: ...X X X X X X Populating Memory Banks for 64 bit Operation CPU1 DIMM1A CPU1 DIMM1B CPU1 DIMM2A CPU1 DIMM2B CPU2 DIMM1A CPU2 DIMM1B CPU2 DIMM2A CPU2 DIMM2B X X X X X X X X X X X X Notes X indicates a populated DIMM slot If adding at least four DIMMs with two CPUs installed the conﬁgurations with DIMMs spread over both CPUs and not like the con ﬁguration in row 5 will result in optimized performance N...

Page 28: ... the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin deﬁnitions of the various connectors Refer to Section 2 6 for details Figure 2 4 JF1 Front Control Panel Header JF1 NMI x key Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Power Ground x key Power LED HDD LED NIC1 NIC2 OH Fan Fail LE...

Page 29: ... 12 3 3V Processor Power Connector In addition to the primary ATX power connector above the 12v 8 pin processor power connector at JPW1 must also be connected to your power supply This connection supplies power to the CPUs See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Processor Power Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JPW1 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V Auxiliary Power Connector The 4 pin...

Page 30: ...rol ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin 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 conne...

Page 31: ... and 2 of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be conﬁgured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode depress the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Universal Serial Bus Ports USB0 1 2 3 Four Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 ...

Page 32: ...ports desig nated LAN1 and LAN2 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 Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control USB Headers Four additional USB...

Page 33: ... are for the power LED and pins 1 3 5 and 7 are for the speaker Pins 8 and 10 are for the keylock See the tables on the right for 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 5 and 7 with a jumper Speaker Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Red wire 5V 3 No connection 5 Buzzer signal 7 Spea...

Page 34: ...omputer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin Deﬁnitions JWOR Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Deﬁnitions JWOL Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Power Supply I2 C Header The JPI2 C header is for I2 C...

Page 35: ...rly 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 T SGPIO1 and T SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose Input Output pro vide a bus between the SATA control ler and the SATA drive backplane to provide SATA enclosure management functions Connect the appropriate...

Page 36: ...n Deﬁnition 1 MIC left channel 2 Ground 3 MIC right channel 4 Front panel audio detect 5 Line out right channel 6 MIC jack detect 7 Front audio jack detect 8 Key 9 Line out left channel 10 Line out jack detect Notes NC indicates no connection Pins 6 and 10 are not active when a header is used for front side audio access Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appr...

Page 37: ...audio Refer to the diagrams below for the port deﬁnitions when employing 5 1 or 7 1 sound on your system Green jack Line Out Pink jack Mic Blue jack Line In Audio Jacks 5 1 Sound Black jack Front L R Gray jack Center Subwoofer Orange jack Surround L R Audio Jacks 7 1 Sound Green jack Center Pink jack Surround Left Blue jack Front Left Black jack Subwoofer Gray jack Surround Right Orange jack Front...

Page 38: ...r is off the pins CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidentally clearing the contents of CMOS To clear CMOS 1 First power down the system and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver for at least four seconds 3 Remov...

Page 39: ...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 Signal 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 Watch Dog JWD...

Page 40: ...umper allows you to assign either master or slave status a compact ﬂash card installed in IDE1 See the table on the right for jumper settings Compact Flash Master Slave Jumper Settings JCF1 Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Closed Master Open Slave Power LED Speaker On JF2 pins 2 4 and 6 are for the power LED and pins 1 3 5 and 7 are for the speaker Pins 8 and 10 are for the keylock See the tables on the r...

Page 41: ...board Power LED When this LED is lit it means power is present 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 be fore removing or installing components Onboard Power LED DP2 State System Status On Standby power present on serverboard Off No power connected Flashing System in standby state SAS Controller Enable Disable H8...

Page 42: ...ecial cable 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 Deﬁni...

Page 43: ... 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 ...

Page 44: ...TXN 4 Ground 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 Ground Parallel Port Connector See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions of the parallel printer port Parallel Port Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 G...

Page 45: ... Deﬁnitions SAS0 3 SAS4 7 Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition A1 Ground B1 Ground A2 RX 0 B2 TX 0 A3 RX 0 B3 TX 0 A4 Ground B4 Ground A5 RX 1 B5 TX 1 A6 RX 1 B6 TX 1 A7 Ground B7 Ground A8 SB7 B8 SB0 A9 SB3 B9 SB1 A10 SB4 B10 SB2 A11 SB5 B11 SB6 A12 Ground B12 Ground A13 RX 2 B13 TX 2 A14 RX 2 B14 TX 2 A15 Ground B15 Ground A16 RX 3 B16 TX 3 A17 RX 3 B17 TX 3 A18 Ground B18 Ground ...

Page 46: ...ure 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 You will have to create this disk on a computer that is already running and with the OS installed Insert the CD into your CD ROM drive and start the system A ...

Page 47: ...or your RAID array press the F7 key You will be prompted to verify your choice if you want to continue with your choices select Yes Note that selecting Yes will clear all previous data from the drives you selected to be a part of the array You are then given the choice of making the RAID array bootable by pressing the the B key After you have ﬁnshed press the Ctrl and X keys simultaneously Figure ...

Page 48: ...2 28 H8DA3 2 H8DAi 2 User s Manual Figure 2 5 SATA RAID Utility Main Screen Figure 2 6 SATA RAID Utility Array List ...

Page 49: ...er 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 before moving on to the next item on the list You should in...

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Page 51: ...d mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the in ternal chassis speaker and the power LED to the serverboard Check all jumper settings as well 7 Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the manufac turer To avoid possible explosion do not install the CMOS battery upside down 8 Note that the 5VSB supplied from you...

Page 52: ... Refer to Sec tion 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your serverboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not ﬁx the setup conﬁguration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note ...

Page 53: ... your BIOS if you are not experi encing problems with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located on our web site http www supermicro com aplus support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading Select your serverboard model on the we...

Page 54: ...d the ATA133 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header 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 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be render...

Page 55: ...as F1 F2 etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be conﬁgured Grayed out options cannot be conﬁgured The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text mes sage When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text mess...

Page 56: ...ate must be entered in DAY MM DD YYYY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Please note that time is in a 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu Boot Features Quick Boot If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet...

Page 57: ...nabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Installation Change this setting if using a 64 bit Linux operating system The available op tions are Other and Linux ACPI Conﬁguration ACPI Version Features Use this setting the determine which ACPI version to use Options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC...

Page 58: ... are On Off and Suspend Restore on AC Power Loss This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Power Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog Timer This setting is used to Enable or Disable the Watch Dog Timer function It must be used in conjunction with the Watch Dog jumper see Chapter 2 for details MPS Conﬁguration M...

Page 59: ...loppy A 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 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 Ena...

Page 60: ...e 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 has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of...

Page 61: ...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 data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block ...

Page 62: ...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 32 Bit Data Transfer Select Enable...

Page 63: ... 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 Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and writing to IDE drives The options are D...

Page 64: ... a PCI PnP device Select Reserved if the DMA channel speciﬁed is reserved for a Legacy ISA device The options are Available and Reserved Reserved Memory Size This feature speciﬁes the size of memory block to be reserved for Legacy ISA devices The options are Disabled 16K 32K and 64K Onboard SAS Controller This option allows the user to Enable or Disable the onboard SAS controller ...

Page 65: ...o use 2F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 Mode Tells BIOS which mode to select for serial port 2 The options are Normal IrDA and ASKIR Parallel Port Address This option speciﬁes the I O address used by the parallel port Select Disabled to prevent the parallel port from accessing any system resources W...

Page 66: ...ocessor The options are Auto and Disabled Enable Clock to All DIMMs Use this setting to enable unused clocks to all DIMMSs even if some DIMM slots are unpopulated Options are Enabled and Disabled MemClk Tristate C3 ALTVID Use this setting to Enable or Disable memory clock tristate during C3 and ALT VID CS Sparing Enable This setting will reserve a spare memory rank in each node when enabled Option...

Page 67: ...er reads are correct Options are Dis abled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds L2 Cache BG Scrub Allows L2 cache RAM to be corrected when idle Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds 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 ...

Page 68: ...AN0 MAC1 LAN1 Settings are Auto and Disabled for MAC1 LAN1 USB 1 1 Controller Enable or disable the USB 1 1 controller USB 2 0 Controller Enable or disable the USB 2 0 controller 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 ar...

Page 69: ...tents of the event log Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark all events as read Clear Event Log Select Yes and press Enter to clear all event logs The options are Yes and No to verify PCI Express Conﬁguration Active State Power Management Used to Enable or Disable the PCI Express L0 and L1 link power states Remote Acess Conﬁguration Remote Access Allows you to Enable ...

Page 70: ... during boot loader and Always redirection always active Note that some OS s may not work with this set to Always Terminal Type Selects the type of the target terminal Options are ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Allows you to Enable or Disable VT UTF8 combination key support for ANSI VT100 terminals Sredir Memory Display Delay Use this setting to set the delay in seconds to displa...

Page 71: ... System Tem perature CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore for dual CPU systems 3 3V 5Vin 12Vin 5V standby and battery voltage System Fan Monitor Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to determine how the system will control the speed of the onboard fans Select Workstation if your system is used as a Worksta tion Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed...

Page 72: ...y Menu AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set ﬁrst Change Supervisor Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near th...

Page 73: ...eboot 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 Setting...

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Page 75: ...l 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 an...

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Page 77: ...s are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be veriﬁed D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB ﬂat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and settin...

Page 78: ...curred while reading the ﬂoppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the ﬂoppy diskette FAT to ﬁnd the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not the correct size F5h Next disabling inter...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information 3Ah The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL mes sage next 3Bh The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start 40h Preparing the ...

Page 81: ... 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 82: ... control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Conﬁguring the timer data area and printer base address next 9Ah Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next 9Bh Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performin...

Page 83: ...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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