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AS4021M-32R

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 2: ...CT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE ...

Page 3: ...tion The ﬁrst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the H8DM3 2 serverboard and the SC745TQ R800chassis which comprise the 4021M 32R Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the 4021M 32R into a rack and check out the server conﬁguration prior to powering up the system If you...

Page 4: ...hapter 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 SC745TQ R800 server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconﬁguring SAS or peripheral drives and when replacing a system power supply or cooling fan Chapter 7 BIOS T...

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

Page 6: ...Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2 9 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Control Panel Buttons 3 1 Power 3 1 Reset 3 1 3 3 Control Panel LEDs 3 2 Power 3 2 HDD 3 2 NIC1 3 2 NIC2 3 2 Overheat Fan Fail 3 2 Power Fail 3 3 3 4 SAS Drive Carrier LEDs 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4 1...

Page 7: ... 5 13 ATX Power Connector 5 13 Processor Power Connector 5 13 Auxiliary Power Connector 5 13 Power LED 5 13 HDD LED 5 14 NIC1 LED 5 14 NIC2 LED 5 14 Overheat Fan Fail LED 5 14 Power Fail LED 5 14 Reset Button 5 15 Power Button 5 15 USB Ports 5 15 USB Headers 5 15 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports 5 16 Serial Ports 5 16 Fan Headers 5 16 Power LED Speaker Keylock 5 17 Overheat LED 5 17 Chassis Intru...

Page 8: ...E SATA and SAS Drive Connections 5 24 Floppy Connector 5 24 IDE Connector 5 25 SATA Ports 5 26 SAS Ports 5 26 5 12 Installing Additional Drivers 5 27 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices 6 1 6 2 Control Panel 6 3 6 3 System Fans 6 4 System Fan Failure 6 4 Replacing Chassis Fans 6 4 6 4 Drive Bay Installation 6 6 SAS Drives 6 6 Installing Components in the 5 25 3 5 Drive Ba...

Page 9: ...Table of Contents ix 7 5 Security Menu 7 16 7 6 Exit Menu 7 17 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix C System Speciﬁcations ...

Page 10: ...Notes x AS4021M 32R User s Manual ...

Page 11: ...isted below Three 3 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0072L Two 2 8 cm hot swap exhaust fans FAN 0081L One 1 air shroud CSE PT0123 Two 2 CPU passive heatsinks SNK P0023P One 1 ﬂoppy disk drive optional FPD PNSC W1 44MB Three 3 4 to 3 pin fan cables CBL 0209L One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 One 1 rackmount kit CSE PT26 SAS Accessories One 1 SAS backplane CSE SAS 743TQ Two 2 iPass cables CBL 0...

Page 12: ...dules of the same size and speed to be installed two at a time See Chapter 5 Section 5 for details SAS An LSI 1068E SAS controller is integrated into the H8DM3 2 to provide an eight port SAS Serial Attached SCSI subsystem which is RAID 0 1 10 and JBOD supported Optional RAID 5 support is available with the I Button installed The SAS drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use ...

Page 13: ... BIOS rescue Figure 1 1 nVidia MCP55 Pro AMD 8132 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your serverboard See the previous pages for the actual speciﬁcations of your serverboard DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM 1B DIMM 1A 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 ...

Page 14: ...work activity system over heat and power supply failure A main power button and a system reset button are also included In addition two USB ports have been incorporated into the control panel to provide front side USB access I O Backplane The SC745TQ R800 is an ATX form factor chassis that may be used in either a tower or a 4U rackmount conﬁguration The I O backplane provides six motherboard expan...

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Page 16: ...1 6 AS4021M 32R User s Manual Notes ...

Page 17: ...to Section 2 5 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the system was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should ﬁle a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the 4021M 32R It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electro...

Page 18: ...ould 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 simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the pl...

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: ...at came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The optional rackmount kit includes two rack rail assemblies Each of these as semblies consist of three sections an inner ﬁxed chassis rail that secures to the chassis an outer rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself and two rail brackets which also attack to the rack see Figure 2 1 The inner and outer r...

Page 21: ...chassis rail sections you just removed along the side of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up Note that these two rails are left right speciﬁc Screw the rail securely to the side of the chassis see Figure 2 3 Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installing into a telco rack Locking Tabs As mentioned...

Page 22: ... rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack keeping the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the other assembly to the other side of the rack making sure both are at the exact same height and with the rail guides facing inward Figure 2 3 Installing the Rails to the Chassis ...

Page 23: ...hese ﬁrst keeping in mind that they are left right speciﬁc marked with L and R Then line up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by...

Page 24: ...hassis to gain full access to the inside of the server 2 Check the CPUs processors You may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor should have its own heatsink attached See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor installation 3 CPU clock ratio setting The CPU speed should be automatically detected No jumper or BIOS settings need to be made 4 Check the syste...

Page 25: ...l need to remove the top left chassis cover The SAS disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing any chassis covers 2 Installing components into the 5 25 drive bays To install components into the 5 25 drive bays you must ﬁrst remove the top left chassis cover as described in the previous section Refer to Chapter 6 for details 3 Installing CD ROM and ﬂoppy...

Page 26: ...refully designed to promote suf ﬁcient airﬂow through the chassis Also note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airﬂow generated by the fans Keep this in mind when you reroute them after working on the system 6 Supplying power to the system The last thing you must do is to provide input power to the system Plug the power cords from the power sup...

Page 27: ...us of the system and the activity and health of speciﬁc components 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis a power on off button and a reset button POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the syste...

Page 28: ...this LED indicates SAS drive activity when ﬂashing NIC1 Indicates network activity on JLAN1 when ﬂashing NIC2 Indicates network activity on JLAN2 when ﬂashing Overheat Fan Fail When this LED ﬂashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airﬂow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check...

Page 29: ...he system is operating normally 3 4 SAS Drive Carrier LEDs Each SAS drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SAS drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SAS backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Red The SES2 backplane activates the red LED to indicate a drive failure If one of the S...

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Page 31: ...ry modules and the DVD ROM and ﬂoppy drives When disconnecting power you should ﬁrst power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system 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...

Page 32: ...irt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan 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 The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into gr...

Page 33: ...use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the 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 4021M 32R is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 4021M 32R 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: ...e CPU 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 soc...

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: ...es 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 DVD ROM drive cable IDE 1 SAS cables SAS0 SAS7 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page Connecting Power Cables The H8...

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: ...that the memory is inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 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 5 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 th...

Page 42: ...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 and 1B then CPU2 slots 1A and 1B then the next two CPU1 slots etc This balances the load over both CPUs to optimize performance Maximum memory 32 GB of ...

Page 43: ... 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 optimized perfor...

Page 44: ...n card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above After gaining access to the inside of the server determine which slot you wish to populate then press down on the curved section at the top of the blue tab for that slot While pressing down lift the tab to unlock the shield Insert the expansion card into the correct slot on the serverboard pushing down...

Page 45: ... 1B DIMMA 1A DIMMA 2B DIMMA 2A CPU1 IDE 1 Floppy BIOS DIMMA 2A DIMMA 2B DIMMA 1A DIMMA 1B SIMLP ATI ES1000 nVidia MCP55 Pro AMD 8132 LSI SAS 1068E Slot 6 PCI E x8 SEPC Slot 5 PCI E x8 Slot 4 PCI E x4 Slot 3 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 2 PCI X 133 100 MHz Slot 1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Battery JBT1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 SATA5 COM2 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 FAN5 FAN6 FAN8 CPU FAN2 JPW2 J3P FAN1 JOH1 JF1 FAN2 FAN3 JF2 ...

Page 46: ...ppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE Drive Connector J1B1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector 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 JPWF Power Supply Fail Alarm Header JWF1 Compact...

Page 47: ... 24 COM 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 Th...

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: ...ersal Serial Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 0 are located beside the LAN1 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 Groun...

Page 50: ...r the parallel port COM2 is a header located beside the SATA5 port See the serverboard layout for locations and the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions 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 4 pin Fan Header Pin Deﬁnitions FAN7 FAN8 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tach...

Page 51: ...hibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Speaker Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Red wire 5V 3 No connection 5 Buzzer signal 7 Speaker data PWR LED Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 2 Vcc 4 Control 6 Control Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pi...

Page 52: ...he status of the power supply fans and system temperature See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions I2 C Header Pin Deﬁnitions JPI2 C Pin Deﬁnition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Gnd 5 3 3V Power Supply Fail Alarm Reset Header Connect JAR to the alarm reset but ton on your chassis if available or to a microswitch to allow you to turn off the alarm that sounds when a power supply module fails See ...

Page 53: ...act Flash Card Power header is located at JWF1 For the Compact Flash Card to 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...

Page 54: ...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 Remove ...

Page 55: ...g pins 2 3 will gen erate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled I2 C to PCI E Enable Disable The JI2 C3 4 pair of jumpers allows you to connect the System Management Bus to the PCI Expres...

Page 56: ... jumper settings VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Setting Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that redundant power supply modules are installed in the chassis If you only have a single power supply installed you should disable this func tion with J3P ...

Page 57: ...r LED may be amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the func tions associated with the connection speed LED JLAN LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Deﬁnition Off 10 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz 5V LED When illuminated the DP2 LED indicates that 5V power from the power supply is being supplied to the serverboard DP2 should normally be illuminated when the s...

Page 58: ...le 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 GN...

Page 59: ...et IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 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...

Page 60: ...Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 Rx0 2 Rx0 3 Rx1 4 Rx1 5 Rx2 6 Rx2 7 Rx3 8 Rx3 9 Tx3 10 Tx3 11 Tx2 12 Tx2 13 Tx1 14 Tx1 15 Tx0 16 Tx0 SAS Ports There are two SAS port con nectors located near the IDE and ﬂoppy connectors One is for the SAS0 3 ports and the other is for SAS4 7 ports See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Note SAS is enabled in BIOS refer to Chapter 7 See LSI s SAS manual for detail...

Page 61: ...ystem 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 12 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 7 should appear If this displ...

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Page 63: ...ortant to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufﬁcient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts Wh...

Page 64: ...6 2 SUPERSERVER 4021M 32R User s Manual 8 SAS Drive Bays behind locking bezel Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View System Reset Main Power 3 5 Drive Bay 5 25 Drive Bays USB Ports ...

Page 65: ...over to the control panel side of the chassis The LEDs on the control panel inform you of system status see Figure 6 2 for details See Chapter 5 for details on JF1 Figure 6 2 Front Control Panel LEDs Power NIC1 HDD Power Fail Overheat Fan Fail Indicates power is being supplied to the system Indicates network activity on LAN port 1 Indicates IDE device and hard drive activity On the SC745TQ R800 th...

Page 66: ...t plug fan housing Depress the locking tab on the failed fan on a chassis fan puch the tab on the side of the housing inward on the exhaust fan push down on the colored tab With the tab depressed pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 3 The wiring for these fans has been designed to detach automatically 3 Installing a new system fan Replace the failed fan with an identical one see Appendix for pa...

Page 67: ...Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Figure 6 4 Removing the Air Shroud Figure 6 3 Removing a Chassis Fan ...

Page 68: ... If you need to add a new SAS drive insert the 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 four screws see Figure 6 6 6 4 Drive Bay Installation SAS Drives A total of eight SAS drives may be housed in the SC745TQ R800 chassis The drive IDs are preconﬁgured as 0 through 7 in or...

Page 69: ...ny metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the airﬂow holes Figure 6 5 Removing a SAS Drive Carrier 3 SAS backplane The SAS drives plug into a SAS backplane Two iPass cables CBL 0119L 02 need to be connected from the serverboard to the appropriate connectors on the backplane to support the eight SAS six drives You cannot cascade the SAS backplane ...

Page 70: ...vided Then slide the CD ROM into the bay and secure it to the chassis with the drive carrier screws you ﬁrst removed Attach the power and data cables to the drive Replace the top left chassis cover before restoring power to the system Adding an IDE or ﬂoppy drive to add one of these drives install it into one of the removed empty drive carriers with the printed circuit board side toward the carrie...

Page 71: ...The hot swap capability of the power supply modules allows you to replace the failed module without powering down the system Removing Replacing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit The redundant feature will keep the system up and running while you replace the failed hot swap unit Replace with the same model see Appendix D 1 Removing the power sup...

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Page 73: ...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 74: ...e 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 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 B...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...llows 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 MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS revi...

Page 77: ... 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 Enable or Disable the onboard ﬂoppy controller Onboard IDE Controller There is...

Page 78: ...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 8...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...traDMA 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 Enabled ...

Page 81: ...lette 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 Disable...

Page 82: ...rial port physically becomes unavailable Select 2F8 IRQ3 to allow the serial port to 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...

Page 83: ...7 Chipset Conﬁguration NorthBridge Conﬁguration Memory Conﬁguration Memclock Mode This setting determines how the memory clock is set Auto has the memory clock by code and Manual and Limit allow the user to set a standard value MCT Timing Mode Sets the timing mode for memory Options are Auto and Manual Bank Interleaving Select Auto to automatically enable interleaving memory scheme when this funct...

Page 84: ... are Enabled and Disabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Allows system to correct DRAM ECC errors immediately even with background scrubbing on Options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later 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 t...

Page 85: ...les spread spectrum for the SATA Options are Enabled and Disabled Primary Graphics Adapter Options are PCI Express PCI and PCI PCI Express USB 1 1 Controller Enable or disable the USB 1 1 controller USB 2 0 Controller Enable or disable the USB 2 0 controller MAC0 LAN0 Settings are Auto and Disabled for MAC0 LAN0 MAC1 LAN1 Settings are Auto and Disabled for MAC1 LAN1 Legacy USB Support Select Enabl...

Page 86: ... 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 or Disable remote access USB 2 0 Controller Mode Select the controller mode for your USB ports Options are HiSpeed and FullSpeed HiSpeed 480 Mbps FullSpeed 12 Mbps B...

Page 87: ... Temperature for dual CPU systems System Tem perature VCore1 VCore2 for dual CPU systems 3 3V 5Vin 12Vin 5V stby 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 Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable t...

Page 88: ...rd 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 the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Sele...

Page 89: ...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 91: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...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 96: ...L 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 de...

Page 97: ... 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 98: ...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 99: ...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 101: ... sockets supporting up to 32 GB of registered ECC DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Note See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details Serial Attached SCSI SAS Controller LSI 1068E controller for eight port SAS RAID 0 1 10 and JBOD supported RAID 5 supported with optional I Button installed Serial ATA SATA Controller On chip controller for six port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 0 1 5 and JBOD supported SAS Drive Bay...

Page 102: ...em Cooling Three 3 8 cm system cooling fans Two 2 8 cm rear exhaust fans One 1 air shroud for tower 4U chassis System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 12A max Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 800W Part SP801 1R Rated Output Voltages 12V 66A 5Vsb 4A BTU Rating 3921 BTUs hr for rated output power of 800W Operating Environ...

Page 103: ... A EN 55022 Class A EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 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 ...

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