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Summary of Contents for Thunder n3600QX

Page 1: ...Nvidia Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation InfiniBand is a trademark of Mellanox Technologies Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation Notice Information con...

Page 2: ...Installing SO DIMM Module OPMA Card 30 2 13 Connecting External Devices 31 2 14 Installing the Power Supply 32 2 15 Finishing Up 33 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS 34 3 2 BIOS Menu Bar 34 3 3...

Page 3: ...iguration Sub Menu 66 3 11 2 Southbridge Configuration Sub Menu 73 3 11 3 Hyper Transport MCP55 Configuration Sub Menu 74 3 12 Exit Menu 75 Chapter 4 Diagnostics 77 Appendix I How to Make a Driver Dis...

Page 4: ...87 motherboard 1 x Thunder n3600QX user s manual 1 x Thunder n3600QX quick reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before...

Page 5: ...needs of nearly any server application Remember to visit TYAN s Website at http www tyan com There you can find information on all of TYAN s products with FAQs online manuals and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Har...

Page 6: ...o IB onboard S4987WG2NRI2 w IB onboard Onboard Graphics Controller ATI ES1000 controller 32MB DDR frame buffer Integrated SAS Controller LSI 1068E SAS controller PCI E x4 interface Supports eight SAS...

Page 7: ...1 3 Software Specifications For OS operation system support please check with Tyan support for latest information 7...

Page 8: ...ly grounded object to release static charge i e power supply case For the safest conditions TYAN recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap 2 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the...

Page 9: ...2 1 Board Image This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may or may not look exactly like the above picture 9...

Page 10: ...2 2 Block Diagram Thunder n3600QX S4987 Block Diagram 10...

Page 11: ...the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram But for the DIMM number please refer to the above placement for memory...

Page 12: ...J19 J21 J22 J24 J39 FAN Connector 4Pin x 1 J35 M2061 PWR Connector 4Pin x 1 J36 J37 SAS SGPIO Connector 3Pin x 2 J38 SAS Fault LED Connector 5Pin x 2 JP3 JP4 OPMA Setting Jumper 2Pin JP8 Clear CMOS 3P...

Page 13: ...Button PW LED 5 6 PW LED Fault LED 7 8 Fault LED SM BUS DATA 9 10 SM BUS CLK NMI Button 11 12 NMI Button 5VSB 13 14 INTRUDER PWR Button 15 16 PWR Button LAN2 LED 17 18 LAN2 LED LAN1 LED 19 20 LAN1 LED...

Page 14: ...USB cable J18 LCM Pin Header 3Pin x 2 Signal Pin Pin Signal VCC_5_RUN 1 2 RXD KEY PIN 3 4 GND VCC_5_DUAL 5 6 TXD Use this header to connect the LCM module with system monitoring function J29 FAN Tach...

Page 15: ...J19 J21 J22 J24 J39 FAN Connector 4Pin x 1 Pin_1 Pin 1 2 3 4 Signal PWM TACH 12V GND NOTE Pin 1 is not used when the FAN only have three pins J21 J19 J22 J24 J39 15...

Page 16: ...onnector 4Pin x 1 Pin_1 Pin 1 2 3 4 Signal N C GND GND VDD_5_RUN J36 J37 SAS SGPIO Connector 3Pin x 2 Signal Pin Pin Signal SAS_SIO_DIN 1 2 SAS_SIO_DOUT SAS_SIO_CLK 3 4 GND KEY PIN 5 6 SAS_SIO_END J35...

Page 17: ...PMA Card Default Remove Other OPMA Card JP8 Clear CMOS Pin_3 Pin_1 Normal Default Pin_3 Pin_1 Clear CMOS You can reset the CMOS settings by using this jumper if you have forgotten your system setup pa...

Page 18: ...a visual guide to help you install the socket processor and may not be an exact representation of the processor you have Step 1 Take off the CPU protection cap Step 2 Pull the CPU lever up to unlock...

Page 19: ...ensure that the processor do not overheat and continue to operate at maximum performance for as long as you own them The overheated processor is dangerous to the motherboard For the safest method of...

Page 20: ...touch this material Simply remove the protective cover and place the heat sink on the processor The second type of interface material is usually packaged separately It is commonly referred to as therm...

Page 21: ...socket attach the end wire of the fan which should already be attached to the heat sink to the motherboard The following diagram illustrates how to connect fans onto the motherboard Once you have fin...

Page 22: ...lly metal and are gold in color Usually the chassis manufacturer will pre install the support studs If you are unsure of stud placement simply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and align the scre...

Page 23: ...Although the plastic studs are usable TYAN recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the motherboard more securely in place Below is a chart detailing what the most common motherboard...

Page 24: ...DRII 400 533 667 memory modules are supported All installed memory will automatically be detected and no jumpers or settings need changing The Thunder n3600QX S4987 supports up to 128GB of memory NOTE...

Page 25: ...1_DIMM11 A CPU1_DIMM12 B CPU1_DIMM13 A CPU1_DIMM14 B CPU1_DIMM15 A CPU1_DIMM16 B CPU2_DIMM17 A CPU2_DIMM18 B CPU2_DIMM19 A CPU2_DIMM20 B CPU2_DIMM21 A CPU2_DIMM22 B CPU2_DIMM23 A CPU2_DIMM24 B CPU3_DI...

Page 26: ...ocking levers in the direction shown in the following illustration 2 Align the memory module with the socket The memory module is keyed to fit only one way in the socket 3 Seat the module firmly into...

Page 27: ...h are closer together The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to the motherboard The other two connectors are used to connect to drives NOTE Always remembe...

Page 28: ...ture below for an example of a floppy cable Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cable be installed with the colored stripe positioned next to the power connector In most c...

Page 29: ...tly adjacent to each other Doing so allows air to circulate within the chassis more easily thus improving cooling for all installed devices NOTE YOU MUST ALWAYS unplug the power connector to the mothe...

Page 30: ...MM slot M3295 SO DIMM Socket 1 Insert OPMA Card M3295 firmly into the socket by pressing down as shown in the diagram Only it is firmly seated into the socket two spring levers on each side will close...

Page 31: ...tion The three onboard Ethernet ports have green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status The chart below illustrates the different LED states 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN Link Activity LED Scheme Left LED Righ...

Page 32: ...tion PWR3 7 8 4 Pin PWR Connector reserved for Tyan 2U Barebone only Refer to Diagram B for each power location PWR4 4 Pin PWR Connector for Tyan M1223 only PWR2 PWR Main Connector PWR6 8 Pin PWR Conn...

Page 33: ...er supply before plugging the power cables to motherboard connectors 2 15 Finishing Up Congratulations on making it this far You re finished setting up the hardware aspect of your computer Before clos...

Page 34: ...f print and are sub ject to change and therefore may not match exactly what is displayed on screen This section describes the BIOS setup program The setup program lets you modify basic configuration s...

Page 35: ...ase of Problems If you have trouble booting your computer after making and saving the changes with the BIOS setup program you can restart the com puter by holding the power button down until the compu...

Page 36: ...ghted in white Often a text message will accompany it BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System Overview AMIBIOS Version 08 00 xx Build Date DD MM YY ID 0AAAA000 Proce...

Page 37: ...APM Configuration Event Log Configuration Hardware Health Configuration Remote Access Configuration USB Configuration Configure CPU Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F1...

Page 38: ...XX Physical Count X Logical Count X Dual Core AMD Opteron tm Processor Revision Cache L1 Cache L2 Speed Current FSB Multiplier Maximum FSB Multiplier Able to change Freq uCode Patch Level GART Error R...

Page 39: ...ror Reporting Enabled This option should remain disabled for normal operation The driver developer may enable it for the purpose of testing Enabled Microcode Update Disabled Enable Disable Microcode U...

Page 40: ...bled 35 Host Device While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help...

Page 41: ...A Drive as RAID BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit RAID Setup nVidia RAID Function Disabled SATA0 Dev 5 Func0 SATA1 Dev 5 Func0 SATA2 Dev 5 Func1 SATA3 Dev 5 Func1 Dis...

Page 42: ...evice supports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer from and to the device...

Page 43: ...LBA Mode disabled Disabled Disabled LBA Mode Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Disabled Disabled The Data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time Auto The Data transfer from and to...

Page 44: ...Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Configure Win627 Super I O Chipset 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port1 Address Disabled Allow BIOS to sele...

Page 45: ...description of the selected item appears on the right side of the screen The settings are described on this page The screen is shown below BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chips...

Page 46: ...n ACPI v3 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 Set this value to allow or prevent the system to be complaint with the ACPI 2 0 specification Enabled ACPI APIC Support Disabled This option allow...

Page 47: ...curity Chipset Exit Chipset ACPI Configuration MCP55 ACPI HPET Table Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Chipset ACPI...

Page 48: ...d Disk Power Down Mode Enabled Hard Disk Time Out Minute Disabled Force Throttle Disabled Manual Throttle Ratio 50 System Thermal Disabled Thermal throttle Ratio 50 Resume On PME Disabled Resume On PC...

Page 49: ...13 14 15 Hard Disk Time Out Minute Disabled Hard Disk Time Out in specified Minutes Enabled Force Throttle Disabled Disable Enable the force to thermal throttling function 87 5 75 62 5 50 37 5 25 Manu...

Page 50: ...writes the log into NVRAM Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option The settings are described on the following pages BIO...

Page 51: ...n Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Hardware Health Configuration Auto FAN Control FAN Configuration Voltage Configuration Temperature Configuration Disabled Enables Hardware Health Monitori...

Page 52: ...RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM XXXXX RPM Select Screen Select Item Change Option Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and...

Page 53: ...t Temperature Configuration CPU0 Temperature CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature CPU3 Temperature MCP55 Temperature System Temperature XXX C XXX F XXX C XXX F XXX C XXX F XXX C XXX F XXX C XXX F XXX C X...

Page 54: ...Select Item Change Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Configure Remote Access type and parameters Enabled Remote Access Disabled Enables remote access to syst...

Page 55: ...Support Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Enables support for legacy USB Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help...

Page 56: ...FDD Hard Disk Emulation Type CDROM If Auto USB devices less than 530MB will be emulated as Floppy and remaining as hard drive Forced FDD option can be used to force a HDD formatted drive to boot as FD...

Page 57: ...cted option The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced PCI PnP Settings WARING Setting wrong values in below section...

Page 58: ...en set to higher values every PCI device can conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI bandwidth Values in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register Yes...

Page 59: ...nu Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option BIOS Se...

Page 60: ...IOS Option ROM of add on cards to be displayed during quiet boot On Boot up Num Lock Off Selects Power on state for Numlock Enabled Disabled PS 2 Mouse Support Auto Selects support for PS 2 Mouse Enab...

Page 61: ...ce Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the correspon...

Page 62: ...es 1st Drive xx xxx xxxxx xxx Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description Hard...

Page 63: ...xxxx xxx 1st Drive Disabled Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices 3 9 5 Netwod Drives BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Netword Drives 1st Drive 2nd...

Page 64: ...Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Install or change the password Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit...

Page 65: ...tion Menu Select a menu by highlighting it using the Arrow keys and pressing Enter The settings are described on the following pages BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit...

Page 66: ...CAS Delay Trcd Min Active RAS Tras Row Precharge Time Trp RAS RAS Delay Trrd Row Cycle Trc Asynchronous Latency XXX MHz XX X CLK X CLK X CLK X CLK XX CLK X ns Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub...

Page 67: ...ions The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Row Precharge Time Trp Read only This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insuffi...

Page 68: ...lock Mode Memory Clock Value MCT Timing Mode CAS Latency CL TRAS TRP TRCD TRRD TRC Bank Interleaving Enable Clock to All DIMMs MemClk Tristate C3 ATLVID CS Spuring Enable DQS Signal Training Control M...

Page 69: ...RP 3CLK 6CLK Set TRP Auto TRCD 3CLK 6CLK Set TRCD Auto TRRD 2T 5T Set TRRD Auto TRC 11T 25T Set TRC Disabled Bank Interleaving Auto Enable Bank Memory Interleaving Enabled Enable Clock to All DIMMs Di...

Page 70: ...e Option Description ECC Configuration Enabled DRAM ECC Enable Disabled DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically maintaining system integrity Disabled 4 Bit ECC Mode...

Page 71: ...ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us 655 4us Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us Data Cache BG Scrub 65...

Page 72: ...together Some OSes require valid GART for proper operation If AGP is present select appropriate option to ensure proper AGP operation Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save a...

Page 73: ...eral Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option Description SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Disabled Up Spread CPU LDT Spread Spectrum Center Spread Disabled Up Spread Center Spread Select CPU L...

Page 74: ...U Freq Auto Disabled Mcp55 SB to K8 CPU Frequency 1000 MHz Mcp55 SB to K8 CPU LinkWidth 16 16 Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Feature Option...

Page 75: ...ion to exit setup utility and re boot All new selections you have made are stored into CMOS System will use the new settings to boot up Discard Changes and Exit Use this option to exit setup utility a...

Page 76: ...NOTE 76...

Page 77: ...y error Before contacting your vendor or TYAN Technical Support be sure that you note as much as you can about the beep code length and order that you experience Also be ready with information regardi...

Page 78: ...lock 08 Initializes the CPU The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done after Auto detection of KB MS using AMI KB 5 0A Initializes the 8042 compatible...

Page 79: ...contents of ESCD in NVRam 84 Log errors encountered during POST 85 Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error 87 Execute BIOS setup if needed requested 8C Late POST initialization...

Page 80: ...diskette maker If you would like to boot from hard disk press 0 and Enter or just wait for 10 seconds to boot automatically from hard disk Boot from CD ISOLINUX 2 00 2002 10 25 Copyright C 1994 2002 H...

Page 81: ...ple Chipset Driver Diskette 01 Microsoft Windows 2000 32 bit Diskette 02 Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Diskette 03 Microsoft Windows XP 64bit Diskette 04 Microsoft Windows 2003 64 bit Back 5 Follow the...

Page 82: ...the first screen you can navigate that shows you how to configure and use the components of the LSI Logic integrated raid IR software product with LSI Logic controller LSI SAS1068E To start the LSI Lo...

Page 83: ...volume as shown in figure X 3 The create New Array screen illustrates a list of disks that can be added to a volume Figure X 3 5 Move the cursor to the RAID disk column to select a disk To add a disk...

Page 84: ...eating IS RAID 0 volume There are several limitations when creating an IS RAID 0 volume 5 3 1 All disks must be either SATA or SAS with SMART support Disks must have 512 byte blocks and must not have...

Page 85: ...ing installShiled which is the most popular tool for building installers MSI format Simple self explained GUI installation Can be run in batch mode no GUI by msiexec quit Default install dir program f...

Page 86: ...The following diagrams may guide you how to install the InfiniBand Driver Welcome Screen License Agreement 86...

Page 87: ...Registration Info Install Path SDP WSD Activation 87...

Page 88: ...Complete Custom Components Selection Only SDP or WSD may be installed Not both Below SDK 88...

Page 89: ...SDP WSD Activation The installer installs 3 types of devices InfiniBand Fabric HCA IPoIB Interface 89...

Page 90: ...iBand Driver z Uninstall can be done from the Add Remove Program of the control panel or from the Start Programs Mellanox WinIB z After the uninstall one MUST restart the machine to complete the unins...

Page 91: ...TT Vendor model name CWA2 1000 10 TY01 Tyan model name CPSU 0240 Picture Description 1000W PSU Riser Card The following provides information on riser cards of Tyan 1U 2U Barebone solutions with S4987...

Page 92: ...6 B4987 accessory list please visit http www tyan com support_download_fru aspx model B GT26B4987 for details For the Tyan 2U TN27 B4987 accessory list not available at the time of print please visit...

Page 93: ...parallel ports are built in Bandwidth refers to carrying capacity The greater the bandwidth the more data the bus phone line or other electrical path can carry Greater bandwidth results in greater spe...

Page 94: ...m one bit after another Parallel ports transmit the bits of a byte on eight different wires at the same time that is in parallel form eight bits at the same time DDR Double Data Rate a technology desi...

Page 95: ...pe of fixed drive H SYNC controls the horizontal synchronization properties of the monitor HyperTransport TM a high speed low latency scalable point to point link for interconnecting ICs on boards It...

Page 96: ...s you to connect multiple PCI devices onto one PCI slot Pipeline burst SRAM a fast secondary cache It is used as a secondary cache because SRAM is slower than SDRAM but usually larger Data is cached f...

Page 97: ...he next Serial port called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another single wire that is the data is transmitted in serial form one bit...

Page 98: ...nd is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array the PC video display standard V SYNC controls the vertical scanning properties of the monitor ZCR Zero C...

Page 99: ...t and friendly customer support through email By offering plenty of options for users Tyan serves multiple market segments with the industry s most competitive services to support them Tyan s tech sup...

Page 100: ...nt from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio interference as speci...

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