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Chapter 4:  System Safety

You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview 

of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the 

1020A-8.  

Chapter 5:  Advanced Serverboard Setup

Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the H8DAR-8 serverboard, including the 

locations and functions of connectors, headers and jumpers.  Refer to this chapter 

when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfi guring the 

serverboard.

Chapter 6:  Advanced Chassis Setup

Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC812S-420C 1U rackmount 

server chassis.  You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when install-

ing, removing or reconfi guring SCSI or peripheral drives and when replacing the 

system power supply unit and cooling fans.

Chapter 7:  BIOS

The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-

tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility.

Appendix A:  BIOS Error Beep Codes

Appendix B:  BIOS POST Codes

Appendix C:  System Specifi cations

A+ Server 1020A-8 User's Manual

Содержание 1020A-8

Страница 1: ...A Server 1020A 8 USER S MANUAL 1 0...

Страница 2: ...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 WI...

Страница 3: ...on The rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the H8DAR 8 serverboard and the SC812S 420C chassis which make up the...

Страница 4: ...sors or main memory and when recon guring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC812S 420C 1U rackmount server chassis You should follow...

Страница 5: ...v Preface Notes...

Страница 6: ...2 Rack Mounting Considerations 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack 2 4 Identifying the Sections of the Rails 2 4 Installing the Chassis Rails 2 5 Installing the Rack Rails 2 5 Installing the Se...

Страница 7: ...cting Data Cables 5 5 Connecting Power Cables 5 5 Connecting the Control Panel 5 6 5 5 I O Ports 5 7 5 6 Installing Memory 5 7 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 5 9 5 8 Serverboard Details 5 10 H8DAR 8 Layout 5 10...

Страница 8: ...ower Supply Fail Signal Enable Disable 5 20 Watch Dog Enable Disable 5 20 Onboard Speaker Enable Disable 5 21 5 11 Onboard Indicators 5 21 JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs 5 21 3 3V Power LED 5 21 5 12 Floppy IDE and...

Страница 9: ...ntroduction 7 1 7 2 Main Setup 7 2 7 3 Advanced Settings Menu 7 2 7 4 PCI PnP Menu 7 10 7 5 Boot Menu 7 11 7 6 Security Menu 7 13 7 7 Chipset Menu 7 14 7 8 Power Menu 7 18 7 9 Exit Menu 7 19 Appendice...

Страница 10: ...x Notes A Server 1020A 8 User s Manual...

Страница 11: ...sted below One 1 slim oppy drive FPD TEAC S B One 1 slim CD ROM drive CDM TEAC 24 B One 1 riser card CSE RR1U X Two 2 10 cm blower fans FAN 0059 One 1 air shroud for 1U chassis CSE PT82 Two 2 CPU back...

Страница 12: ...184 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 32 GB of registered ECC DDR266 or up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR400 333 SDRAM The maximum memory supported is halved if only one processor is installed Me...

Страница 13: ...h of up to 512 MB sec over a 32 bit graphics memory bus Onboard Controllers Ports The H8DAR 8 provides one oppy drive controller and two onboard IDE control lers which support up to four hard drives o...

Страница 14: ...The SCSI drives are also hot swap units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SCSI drives Control Panel The SC812S 420C control panel provid...

Страница 15: ...System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details event of a fan failure the ambient air temperature inside the chassis will rise and activate an overheat LED...

Страница 16: ...1 6 A Server 1020A 8 User s Manual Notes...

Страница 17: ...damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should le a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the 1020A 8 It shoul...

Страница 18: ...e 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 rac...

Страница 19: ...mised 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...

Страница 20: ...Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the 1020A 8 Each of these assemblies consist of three sections an inner xed chassis rail that secures...

Страница 21: ...o functions The rst is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended fr...

Страница 22: ...server into the rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chas sis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may ha...

Страница 23: ...into a Telco Rack If you are installing the 1020A 8 into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure wi...

Страница 24: ...have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor and heatsink installation 3 CPU Speed The CPU speed...

Страница 25: ...a oppy drive should be preinstalled in your server Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD ROM and or oppy disk drive to the system 3 Check the SCSI disk drives Depending upon your system s c...

Страница 26: ...ng you must do is to provide power to the system Plug the power cord from the power supply module into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is re...

Страница 27: ...on off switch on the power supply 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are three push button buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a reset button an MNI non mas...

Страница 28: ...hen illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take Overheat Fan Fail When this LED ashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously on and not ashing it indicates an overheat conditio...

Страница 29: ...Carrier LEDs Each SCSI drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of a SCSI drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SCSI SCA backplane enables this...

Страница 30: ...s Manual 3 5 Serverboard LED There is one LED on the serverboard DP1 located near the Super I O chip see serverboard layout for location When illuminated this LED indicates that system power 3 3V is p...

Страница 31: ...rst 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...

Страница 32: ...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...

Страница 33: ...l 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...

Страница 34: ...s Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 1020A 8 is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 1020A 8 system can occur if this practice is not...

Страница 35: ...at 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 s...

Страница 36: ...Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the serverboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recom...

Страница 37: ...the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket move the CPU horizontally or vertically or rub the CPU against the socket or against any pins of the socket which may damage the CPU and or the socket Tri...

Страница 38: ...ou will have to remove the air shroud to install See Figure 5 1 You may be using the manufacturer s optional heatsinks part number SNK P0012 or those from a third party To install the heatsinks please...

Страница 39: ...cations If you are con guring the system keep the air ow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverbo...

Страница 40: ...e on opposite sides 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 othe...

Страница 41: ...n to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly see Figure 5 4 See support information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into plac...

Страница 42: ...e 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 inst...

Страница 43: ...r thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by pushing the release tab back to its original locked position Populating Memory Banks for Interleaved 128 bit Operation CPU1 DIMM1A CPU1 DIMM1B CPU1...

Страница 44: ...N1 JLAN2 J24 CPU1 DIMM 1A CPU1 DIMM 2B CPU1 DIMM 2A CPU1 DIMM 1B FAN2 FAN1 JF1 CPU2 DIMM 2A CPU2 DIMM 2B CPU2 DIMM 1A CPU2 DIMM 1B 1U IPMI Rage XL Graphics PCI X 100 MHz 6 JPL Broadcom BCM5704 Winbond...

Страница 45: ...s 1 5 System Fan Headers J22 System Management Bus Header J24 I2 C Header J101 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J1B4 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JA1 Ultra320 SCSI Channel A Connector JAR Power Supply Alarm Re...

Страница 46: ...C 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Secondary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the Secondary 12v 8 pin power connector at JPW2 must als...

Страница 47: ...only available for systems with redundant power supplies NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network...

Страница 48: ...ess the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin de nitions Universal Serial Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB1 1 are located beside the key board mouse...

Страница 49: ...included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Serial Port Pin De nitions COM1 COM2 Pin De nition Pin De nition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Fan He...

Страница 50: ...able on the right for pin de nitions Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin De nitions USB2 3 4 USB2 Pin De nition USB3 4 Pin De nition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No conne...

Страница 51: ...cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin De nitions JWOR Pin De nition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin De nitions JWOL Pin De nition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up SMB Power I2 C Header Th...

Страница 52: ...mper 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...

Страница 53: ...on Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled I2 C to PCI Enable Disable JI2 C1 2 pair of jumpers allow you to connect the System Management Bus to any one of the PCI slots The default setting is closed on fo...

Страница 54: ...the chas sis If you only have one or two power supplies installed you should disable the function with the J3P header to pre vent false alarms See the table on the right for jumper settings 3rd Power...

Страница 55: ...is being supplied to the serverboard DP1 indicates the pres ence of 3 3V See the table on the right for DP1 LED states 3 3V Power LED DP1 Color System Status Green Power present on serverboard Off No...

Страница 56: ...e 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...

Страница 57: ...ound 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...

Страница 58: ...46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground 56 Gro...

Страница 59: ...vent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally suf cient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a...

Страница 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 air ow path The contr...

Страница 61: ...e the top chassis cover see instructions on p 6 8 while the system is still running to determine which of the two fans has failed Then power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power c...

Страница 62: ...rives Proceed to the next step for instructions Note You must use standard 1 high 80 pin SCA SCSI drives in the 1020A 8 CD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the CD ROM or oppy disk drive y...

Страница 63: ...tall a drive into the car rier with the printed circuit board side toward the carrier so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as sho...

Страница 64: ...nd removal The SCSI drives are hot swap units meaning that they can be installed and removed while the system is running To remove a SCSI drive rst push the colored release button located beside the d...

Страница 65: ...e top cover and at the same time push the cover away from you until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server With the chassis cover rem...

Страница 66: ...Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First power down the system and unplug the power cord Remove the chassis cover by pressing the two release buttons on the top of the cha...

Страница 67: ...gured 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...

Страница 68: ...time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between elds The date must be entered in DAY...

Страница 69: ...sing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled and Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block mode boosts IDE drive...

Страница 70: ...g 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...

Страница 71: ...rial 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 add...

Страница 72: ...address Parallel Port Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP Parallel Port IRQ Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ...

Страница 73: ...Event Log Con guration View Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as r...

Страница 74: ...e width speci ed in this setting Options are Auto 2 bit 4 bit 8 bit and 16 bit MPS Con guration MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS revision level The options are 1 1 and 1 4 R...

Страница 75: ...fans If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is con trolled based upon the CPU die temperature When the CPU die temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If the option is set...

Страница 76: ...nform 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 t...

Страница 77: ...rtain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot If Disabled normal POST messages will be displayed on boot up If Enabled thi...

Страница 78: ...to prioritize the sequence for the Boot Device with the devices installed in the system The default settings with generic names are 1st Boot Device Removeable drive e g oppy drive 2nd Boot Device CD D...

Страница 79: ...e password Change User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Clear User Password Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu Yo...

Страница 80: ...Manual Burst Length Use this setting to set the memory burst length 64 bit Dq must use 4 beats Options are 8 beats 4 beats and 2 beats Enable Clock to All DIMMs This setting allows the user to enable...

Страница 81: ...ns are Enabled and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later reads are correct Options are Disabled and various times in nanoseconds and microseconds L2 Cache BG Scrub Allows L2 cache RAM...

Страница 82: ...value HT Link0 RZ Comp Mode Allows user to set values for this mode Options are Auto hardware compensa tion values Data allows user to override auto values with an absolute value CalComp Data allows u...

Страница 83: ...er to override auto values with an absolute value CalComp Data allows user to add to the generated value and CalComp Data allows user to subtract from the generated value HT Link1 N Comp Mode Allows u...

Страница 84: ...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 setti...

Страница 85: ...boot 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 Progra...

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Страница 87: ...ally 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 e...

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Страница 89: ...d 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 veri ed D1h Initializing the DMA controller perfor...

Страница 90: ...occurred while reading the oppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM le in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM le is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the...

Страница 91: ...ng 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 con...

Страница 92: ...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 infor...

Страница 93: ...justed 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 p...

Страница 94: ...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 Con...

Страница 95: ...n ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system con guration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next...

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Страница 97: ...erleaved and non interleaved memory supported Memory capacity is halved when using a single processor See the Section 5 6 for details SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7902 for dual channnel Ultra320 onboar...

Страница 98: ...wer fans FAN 0059 System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 7A max Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 420W Model SP502 1S Par...

Страница 99: ...gnetic Emissions FCC Class B EN 55022 Class B EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class B 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...

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