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1. Pm is J22 UU JP10 M24 J32 ATX Power J1B4 oo JAR 1 5S JPW2 Winbond CPU2 DIMM 1B J132 Super I O L JF1 CPU2 DIMM 1A USBO 1 CPU2 DIMM 2B 1U IPMI S E E CPU2 DIMM 2A i 8 o 9 JPG1 FAN1 BIOS Rage XL Graphics FAN2 Broadcom BCM5704 PCI X 133 MHz 7 ZCR Slot JLAN1 FAN3 PCI X 133 MHz 6 JPC1 2 PU1 JLAN2 M CPU JPL VGA 88SX6041 PANT AMD 8132 AMD BA CPU1 DIMM 2A CPU1 DIMM 2B oe CPU1 DIMM 1A USB4 SS ESSE CPU1 DIMM 1B jen COM2 use JIDE 2 3 T JL ip D v JS10 L3 JFDD1 JwoR mE cal_sst_ usn 2512 0513 Notes Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup H8DAR T Quick Reference Jumpers J3P JBT1 Jl C1 2 JPG1 JPL JPS1 JWD Connectors 1U IPMI COM1 COM2 DP5 FAN 1 5 J22 J32 J101 J132 J1B4 JAR JD1 JF1 JFDD1 JIDE 1 JIDE 2 JK1 JL1 JLAN1 2 JOH1 JP10 JPW2 JS1 JS11 JS12 JS 13 JS9 JS10 JWOL JWOR SPKR USBO 1 USB2 3 4 VGA Description Default Setting 3rd Power Fail Signal En Dis Open Disabled CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 C to PCI Enable Disable Closed Enabled VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JLAN1 JLAN2 En Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled SATA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Description
2. AA gt o DOST SEP Coa Mouse Keyboard COM Port Ethernet Ports VGA Port 6 2 Control Panel The control panel located on the front of the chassis must be connected to the JF1 connector on the serverboard to provide you with system status indications These wires have been bundled together as a ribbon cable to simplify the connec tion Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard to the appropriate header on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The control panel LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 System Interface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 3 System Fans Four high performance counter rotating 4 cm fans provide all the cooling needed for the 1020A T Each fan is actually made up of two fans joined back to back that rotate in opposite directions This counter rotating action generates exceptional airflow airflow while dampening vibration levels These fans can adjust their soeed according to the heat level sensed in the system which results in more efficient and quieter fan operation Fan speed is controlled by a BIOS setting see Chapter 7 It is very important that the chassis top cover is properly installed and making a g
3. For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard 4 3 1020A T User s Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the 1020A T is operating to ensure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the 1020A T system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery l LITHIUM BATTERY OR BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install processors and heatsinks to the H8DAR T serverboard connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All serverboard jumpers and connections are described and a layout and quick reference chart are included in this chapter Remember to close the chas sis completely when you have finished working on the serverboard to protect and cool the system sufficiently 5 1 Handling the Serverboard Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components To prevent dam age to printed circuit boards it is important to handle them very carefully see Chapter 4 Also note that 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 bendi
4. Note NC indicates no connection Keylock Keylock A keylock header is located at JK1 Pin Definitions JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to Pin Definition inhibit any actions made on the key 1 Ground board effectively locking it See the 2 Keylock R N table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mg m s serverboard jumpers can be used e e to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad onthe printed circuit ol board See the diagram at right for mag ERI an example of jumping pins 1 and 2 Refer to the serverboard layout page for jumper locations Note 1 Ontwo pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper 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 the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Notes Do not u
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6. IPMI 2 0 Socket COM1 COM2 Serial Port Header Onboard 3 3V Power LED System Fan Headers System Management Bus Header 4 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector PS 2 Keyboard Port PS 2 Mouse Port 24 Pin ATX Power Connector Power Supply Alarm Reset Header Internal Speaker Buzzer Enable Power LED Header Front Panel Connector Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE 2 Connectors Keylock Header Chassis Intrusion Header Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports Overheat Warning Header Power Fail and Alarm Reset Header 8 Pin Power Connector Serial ATA Connectors Serial ATA Activity LED Header SATA C Header Wake On LAN Header Wake On Ring Header Onboard Speaker Buzzer Universal Serial Ports0 1 USB Headers Video Port 5 11 1020A T User s Manual 5 9 Connector Definitions Primary ATX Power Supply ATX Power 24 pin Connector Connector Pin Definitions J1B4 Pin Definition Pin Definition The primary power supply connector power supply see below 45V 3 3V 1 3 3V J1B4 on the H8DAR T meets the 12V a 3 3v SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specifica COM 3 COM tion Refer to the table on the right for TE r em the pin definitions of the ATX 24 pin power connector MM 3 COM le Note You must also connect the 8 COM 7 pin JPW2 power connector to your Res NC 8 9 5V eo 45V Secondary Power Connector Secondary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power Pin Definition
7. B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint Code Description 03h The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition 05h The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory 06h Uncompressing the POST code next 07h Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area 08h The CMOS checksum calculation is done next OAh The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next OBh The CMOS status register is initialized Next performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued OCh The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller OEh The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test OFh The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The key board command byte is written next 10h The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command 11h Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was
8. Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 9596 non condensing Appendix C System Specifications Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic 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 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe 1020A T User s Manual continued from front The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency com munication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro dis claims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale C 4
9. hard drives are hot pluggable meaning they can be removed and installed without powering down the system To remove a carrier push the release button located beside the drive LEDs Then swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 5 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug ca pability of the SATA drives Figure 6 5 Removing an SATA Drive from the Server Serial ATA Power Cables Serial ATA power cables should be routed so that they do not block the airflow through the chassis See the motherboard layout diagram for the location of the cable connections Serial ATA Backplane The Serial ATA drives plug into a backplane that provides power drive ID and bus termination A RAID controller can be used with the backplane to provide data security The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the Serial ATA drives The backplane is already preconfigured so there are no jumpers or switches present on it 6 7 1020A T User s Manual CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation The top cover of the chassis must be opened to gain full access to the CD ROM and floppy drive bays The 1020A T accomodates only slim line CD ROM drives Side mounting brackets are needed to mount a slim line CD ROM drive in the 1020A T server You must power down the system before installing or removing a floppy or CD ROM drive First
10. set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset The 8254 timer test will begin next Next programming the flash ROM The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configuration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Look ing for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required pro cessing after the video ROM had control Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configura tion before initializing the interrupt vectors The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed In terrupt vector initialization is about to begin B 3 1020A T User s Manual Checkpoint 25h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h 48h 49h 4Bh Code Description Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG Switch is on Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization be
11. 2 Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled SATA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPS1 Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Onboard Speaker Enable Disable The JD1 header allows you to use either an external speaker or the internal onboard speaker To use the internal onboard speaker close pins 6 and 7 with a jumper To use an external speaker connect the speaker wires to pins 4 through 7 of JD1 See the table on the right for settings and the table associated with the Power LED Speaker connection previous section for pin definitions Onboard Speaker Enable Disable Pin Definitions JD1 Pins Definition 6 7 Jump for onboard speaker 4 7 Attach external speaker wires 3rd Power Supply Fail Signal Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature 3rd Power Supply Fail Signal Jumper Settings J3P assumes that three redundant power supply units are installed in the chas Jumper Setting Definition Open Enabled sis If you only have one or two power Closed Disabled 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 Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch Dog Watch Dog is a system monitor that
12. BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix C System Specifications Preface Notes 1020A T User s Manual Table of Contents Preface Abour MOIS Manual x i dried Sitar cesitsesetatce cet ihsae sate ee oitaavaresiecavneessbseeeneniennetss iii Manual OrgarialigIi ssntc2cccsteecadesncedeeceencetancncedeaespcedesiatntedanasbeceadeee lt ddenceeptatessaeeceagesnceect iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview essssessseeeseenme eI n nme eRnhne i nnne rtnn rnrn rr sse reser nnne ese rinse sessi rr nenas 1 1 1 2 Serverboard Features esses emen eere rsen nne reser seran 1 2 1 3 Server Chassis Features sessseseeen eme e hene nr eer re nennen rnaner 1 4 Chapter 2 Server Installation INERS 10 wt M 2 1 2 2 scie 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Setup nosse mecsandtspu dense tasctSte stan sepas banda p Eus cobro senses a capi epa c Du eua 2 1 Ghoosing a Setup LOCAIOM agnis ten Merci ope Seanad 2 2 Rack Preoca tions 2 2 Server ag ere TC mee ter eee dicte tup dido dolos oda Ten de ed 2 2 Hack Mounting Considerations 3 5 9 toa pha tenus not aen Po Spes Ropa bue x RR Rn ese 2 3 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack eseeseeeeeeeeeeeeee 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rails 22a ics iine po stre tir ke
13. Jumper Settings JWD can reboot the system when a software Jumper Setting Definition application hangs Pins 1 2 will cause Pins 1 2 Reset WD to reset the system if an applica Pins 2 3 NMI tion has frozen Pins 2 3 will generate CERE Disabled a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is frozen See the table Note Whenenabled the user needs to on the right for jumper settings Watch write their own application software in or Dog must also be enabled in BIOS der to disable the Watch Dog Timer 5 21 1020A T User s Manual 5 11 Onboard Indicators JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs The Ethernet ports located beside the VGA port have two LEDs On each Gb LAN port the yellow right LED indicates activity while the left LED may be green orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the func tions associated with the left activity speed LED JLAN1 2 Right LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10 Mb s Green 100 Mb s Amber 1 Gb s 3 3V Power LED When illuminated the DP5 LED indicates that power from the pow Color System Status er supply is being supplied to the serverboard DP5 indicates the pres ence of 3 3V See the table on the right for DP5 LED states Green Power present on serverboard Off No power present on serverboard 5 22 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 12 Floppy IDE and
14. SATA Drive Connections Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires e Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 e Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B e The 80 wire ATA133 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special 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 pisces The floppy connector at JFDD1 Pin wii is located beside the IDE 1 Bieten Definition connector See the table on the right for pin definitions GND FDHDIN Reserved A 0 zZ 7 FDEDIN Index Motor Enable Drive Select B Drive Select A Motor Enable DIR STEP Write Data Write Gate Track 00 Write Protect Read Data G G G G G G G G G G G G G Side 1 Select 0 Z g Diskette 5 23 1020A T User s Manual IDE Connectors IDE Drive Connectors Pin D
15. Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the 1020A T into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system If your server was ordered without processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer here for details on the system interface which includes the functions and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located throughout the system 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 T 1020A T User s Manual Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the H8DAR T 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 reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC813T 500 1U rackmount server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when install ing removing or reconfiguring Serial ATA or peripheral drives and when replacing the system power supply unit and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to
16. Setup 6 5 Power Supply The 1020A T has a single 500 watt power supply which is auto switching capable This enables it to automatically sense and operate at a 100v to 240v input voltage An amber light will be illuminated on the power supply when the power is off An illuminated green light indicates that the power supply is operating Power Supply Failure If the power supply unit fails the system will shut down and you will need to re place the unit Replacement units can be ordered directly from the manufacturer As there is only one power supply unit in the 1020A T power must be completely removed from the server before removing and replacing the power supply unit for whatever reason Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First turn the power switch on the control panel off then unplug the power cord from the system Remove the chassis cover by pressing the two release buttons on the top of the chassis near the front and push the chassis top rearward about one inch To remove the failed power unit push the beige colored release tab to the right and then carefully lift the unit up about 1 2 inch only If you lift too high you may damage the power distribution board that the other end of the unit is connected to Then pull the power unit straight back to unplug it from the power distribution board See Figure 6 6 2 Installing a new power supply Replace the failed unit with another unit of t
17. be ku bna beca huGene 2 3 installing the Rack Ralls Mn s 2 4 Installing the Chassis Rails cc2cccsancaccaceeeceacanneteessuncataassuecedtdnadecaestanccdecssas 2 5 Installing the Server into the Rae ie e ettet pede enc atdnn ep nba inue 2 6 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack eesseseeessss 2 7 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup eseeeeeeeee 2 8 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup te cerro paa ones rtu ne Errare na e teneras baa 2 9 Chapter 3 System Interface S MEO CITRUS 3 1 3 2 Control Panel BUttOris o cetero ehen coe nona epoca ea canora nare sae a ees nea Ix contends 3 1 PROS e tan sseeht eacla vasdanchaneueaeibats cuptisndesequssareecttgencasueauaaee Meeanesaeststae 3 1 og 3 1 3 3 Gontrol Panebb EDS is sme ERU EE a UDP EDS PEE EOS 3 2 Overheat Fan Fail sssssssssssssssssesesee eene enne 3 2 Mer EE 3 2 I e ED 3 2 PAID MEME 3 3 o e UOoOH 3 3 vi Table of Contents 3 4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LED seeeeeenm emm nennen 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 4 2 4 8 4 4 Electrical Safety Precautions NE 4 1 General Safety PIeGSUllDIsu eo oce cma Eat Eon Dxsasfe Sa xao ne sd Rina Rue DE 4 2 ESD Precautions NRI enn Ve err ere nnye Lt tenye ene wer eer vere nee 4 3 Opera ng Preca tioNnS nesesario a i E a E 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4
18. can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main Setup screen provides you with a system overview which includes the version built date and ID of the AMIBIOS the type speed and number of the processors in the system and the amount of memory installed in the system System Time System Date You can edit this field to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the lt Tab gt key or the Arrow keys to move between fields The date 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 gt CPU Configuration Sub Menu GART Error Reporting This setting is used for testing only MTRR Mapping This determines the method used for programming CPU MTRRs when 4 GB or more memory is present The options are Continuous which makes the PCI hole non cacheable and Discrete which places the PCI hole below the 4 GB boundary 7 2 Chapter 7 BIOS gt IDE Configuration Onboard PCI IDE Controller The following options are available to set the IDE controller status Disabled will dis able the controller Primary will enable the primary IDE controller only Secondary will enable the secondary IDE controller only Bot
19. out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing The two sets of locking tabs mean there are two locked positions when the chassis is extended from the rack allowing easy access when servicing the system Note that on one side you push the locking tab up to release it and on the other side you push it down to release 2 4 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Chassis Rails Two of the chassis rails Chassis Rail 1 should have already been preattached one to each side of the chassis Attach the second set of chassis rails Chassis Rail 2 directly to the chassis with the screws provided Chassis Rail 2 should be positioned just behind Chassis Rail 1 see Figure 2 2 Do this for both sides of the chassis Figure 2 1 Identifying the Sections of the Rails Rack Rail 2 Rack Rail 1 Chassis Rail 1 already attached to chassis Figure 2 2 Installing Chassis Rails 2 5 1020A T User s Manual Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit The next step is to install the server into the rack Do this by lining 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 lock ing tabs when inserting See Figure 2 3 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finis
20. to inform you of a chassis intrusion JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Gigabit Ethernet ports desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located beside the VGA port These ports accept RJ45 type cables SATA PC Header The header at JS10 is for SATA I C which may be used to monitor the status of the power supply fans and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB Header The System Management Bus header is located at J22 Connect the appro priate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for pin definitions 5 17 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground SATA PC Pin Definitions JS10 Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock SMB Pin Definitions J22 Pin Definition SMB Data Ground SMB Clock 1020A T User s Manual Overheat LED JOH1 Overheat LED Pin Definitions Connect an LED to the JOH1 header poe to provide warning of chassis over heating See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 1 45V 2 OH Active Serial ATA Activity LED pon Pin Definition Pins Definition Connect an LED to the JS9 header to 1 SATAO LED NC provide indication of Serial ATA drive SATA1 LED NC activity See the table on the right for pin definitions SATA2 LED NC 2 3 4 SATA3 LED NC 5 Ground Key
21. ARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0b Release Date March 19 2009 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2009 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians It provides information for the installation and use of the 1020A T Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only The 1020A T is a high end 1U rackmount server based on the SC813T 500 server chassis and the H8DAR T serverboard which supports single or dual AMD Opteron 200 series processors and up to 16 GB of DDR400 or 32 GB of DDR333 266 SDRAM memory Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the H83DAR T serverboard and the SC813T 500 chassis which make up the 1020A T Chapter 2
22. 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 7 3 1020A T User s Manual data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 for a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 for a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 for a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 4 for a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive S M A R T For Hard disk drives 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 to activate the function of 32 Bit data transfer Select Disabled to deactivate the function The options are Enabled and Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Select Enabled to enable the function of Hard Disk Write Protect to prevent data from being written to HDD The options are Enabled or
23. Disabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec This feature allows the user to set the time out value for detecting ATA ATA PI devices installed in the system The options are 0 sec 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection This setting allows AMI BIOS to auto detect the 80 Pin ATA PI cable The options are Host amp Device Host and Device 74 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Floppy Configuration Floppy A Move the cursor to these fields via up and down lt arrow gt keys to select the floppy type The options are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 31 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 37 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 31 1 44 MB 377 and 2 88 MB 37 Onboard Floppy Controller Use this setting to Enable or Disable the onboard floppy controller gt Super IO Configuration Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQA 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port2 Address This option specifies th
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25. S gt System Health Monitor CPU Overheat Temperature Use the and keys to set the CPU temperature threshold to between 65 and 90 C When this threshold is exceeded the overheat LED on the chassis will light up and an alarm will sound The LED and alarm will turn off once the CPU temperature has dropped to 5 degrees below the threshold set The default setting is 78 C The other items in the submenu are all systems monitor displays for the following information CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature for 2U systems System Temperature CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore for 2U systems 3 3V Vcc 5 Vin 12Vin 12V Vcc DDRA VTT DDRB VTT 1 2V for Hyper Transport DIMM Voltage 1 8V for chipset 5V Standby and 3 3V Standby gt System Fan Monitor Fan Speed Control Modules This feature allows the user to determine how the system will control the speed of the onboard fans If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled 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 to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by the Thermal Management Settings pre configured by the user with this setting Select 3 pin if your motherboard has 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your motherboard has 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disab
26. SUPERG 1020A T oC o somma de 0 OOOOO Q USER S MANUAL 1 0b The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT 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 SUPERMICRO SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED O
27. Transport 400 MT s v AMD 8111 ATA133 USB 1 1 LPC Link Floppy Disk Drive Winbond Keyboard Port Serial Ports W83627HF le gt Super I O gt PS 2 Kybd Mouse Figure 1 2 I O Backplane Mouse Port Low Profile PCI Slot Standard PCI Slot om H mpm LLL Eno USB Ports COMI Port 1 5 Ethernet Ports VGA Port C n im 1020A T User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The N
28. a C iil kt EJ al pow ee j Lem E Maret 5 6 Installing Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage 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 4 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 CPU2 DIMMs can not be addressed if only a single CPU is installed 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB and 4 GB memory modules are supported With Opteron 246 C stepping CPUs and above Support The H8DAR T supports single or dual channel registered ECC DDR400 333 266 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots see note on previous 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 5 7 1020A T User s Manual Populating two adjacent slots at a time with memory modules of the same size and type will result in interleaved 128 bit memory which is faster than non interleaved 64 bit memory Optimizing memory performance If two processors are installed it is better to stagger pairs of DIMMs across both sets of CPU DIMM s
29. ards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD damage Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag e Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe serverboard add on cards 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 6 1 1020A T User s Manual Figure 6 1 Chassis Front and Rear Views Slim CD ROM Drive Slim Floppy Drive System LEDs Control Panel H c L1 Susie 38886 C D g P se Je o ol ISupgac ISupgac Su SATA Drive Bays System Reset Main Power Power Supply Module USB Ports PCI Expansion Slots w riser cards 160 i Es SS OK IN T ys
30. bling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next B 6 Checkpoint A9h Aah Abh BOh Bih 00h Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Code Description Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next B 7 1020A T User s Manual Notes B 8 Appendix C System Specifications Appendix C System Specifications Processors Single or dual AMD Opteron 200 Series 64 bit processors in to 940 pin micro PGA ZIF sockets Chipset AMD 8132 8111 chipset BIOS 4 Mb AMIBIOS Flash ROM Memory Capacity Eight 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of registered ECC DDR333 266 or up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR400 SDRAM Note Both interleaved and non interleaved memory supported Memory capacity is halved when using a single processor See the memory section in C
31. ccccsesseseeeesseeeeeseeeeeeeeees 6 9 Chapter 7 BIOS ME rou 7 1 7 2 CIE uo PE I 7 2 7 3 Advanced Settings Menu iuit ica tan Cancion ito te rato Ee neas iau er atn Dart 7 2 7 4 PCP MIP MENU 1sieceis cama erac isien eia aue tu psu a ma ue RRC ox ec eia pun usa a e 7 10 T5 BOOL ar or UE 7 11 7 6 Security MenU URN Hen awe rer Vetere a cre eee reee Terres 7 13 PP GMD UI 7 14 1 8 i um 7 17 noa isset TR 7 18 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes 5ucos sas tse tnt be rtr udo a ated bana tetti rete bb stab a dana A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes it gri needa B 1 Appendix C System Specifications oucnci enne repr urea Rep RR Ene ciesdite ceeds C 1 1020A T User s Manual Notes Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The 1020A T is a high end dual processor 1U rackmount server system featuring some of the most advanced technology currently available The 1020A T is com prised of two main subsystems the SC813T 500 1U rackmount chassis and the H8DAR T dual processor serverboard Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the 1020A T In addi tion to the mainboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with your 1020A T server system as listed below One 1 slim floppy drive FPD TEAC S B One 1 slim CD ROM drive CDM TEAC 24 B Two 2 ri
32. chassis Its I O backplane provides one full height half length and one low profile slot for PCI add on cards one COM port the other is internal one VGA port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two Ethernet LAN ports See Figure 1 2 Cooling System The SC813T 500 chassis revolutionary cooling design has been optimized to provide sufficient cooling for dual processor configurations The chassis includes four counter rotating 4 cm fans located in the middle of the chassis In the event of a fan failure the ambient air temperature inside the chassis will rise and activate an overheat LED fan speed is controlled by the system temperature 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction A fan speed control setting in BIOS allows chassis fan speed to be determined by system temperature recommended setting is 3 pin Server Figure 1 1 AMD 8132 8111 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details 184 pin DIMMs 16 x 16 Hyper Transport 2000 MT s AMD Opteron Processor 2 AMD Opteron Processor 1 184 pin DIMMs 144 bit 200 400 MT s 6 x 16 Hyper Transport 1200 MT s 133 MHz PCI X Slot Marvel 144 bit 200 400 MT s 88 SX6041 AMD 8132 Broadcom BC5704C i 133 MHz PCI X Slot A 8x8 ncHyper
33. conuat dran tace tid Ete nboec scans 5 20 Onboard Speaker Enable Disable eibi tet o ape acetone 5 21 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable ssssssss 5 21 Watch Dog Enable Disable csse uad aeo acier aret eene etch 5 21 Sak Onboard Ndi Cator S esser e dete Rete oiu those na eu on e a a A e grau goa tede 5 22 SE IINE qup PER 5 22 LUOLO NIS 48 5 22 5 12 Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections 5 23 Floppy COD BOLOP ua ica aie iasa m o laqp b da as kes Ma iei a pr ated 5 23 IDE CONMECIONS cirie a a e aa a aeia 5 24 SATA COMMECIONS eerren ra E aE E eE NE EE E 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices nsssnssseresssseeeerrrrerrrntnrtnnnestnneerensnarrrnnnernnneeene 6 1 6 2 Control aces Imeem Peet nS eet EAE EEE A Ea 6 2 6 3 mS Mc RENI 6 3 System Fan AM URS e 6 3 Replacing System Cooling FSIS aea euer s texas tm rasanan aissent 6 3 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Remowval seem 6 4 Removing the Front Bel ciii enari aa aiae 6 4 Accessing the Drive Bays ispisna e S eaa 6 5 Serial ATA Drive Installation cases eiueba otio t teenie Re pu B citt di needa 6 6 Table of Contents CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation esses 6 8 6 5 uisi olo AM 6 9 Power Supply Failure oa meee eT een nny een nee eer eee A cede er ica rene 6 9 Removing Replacing the Power Supply s
34. d 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 gt IOMMU Option Menu IOMMU Mode IOMMU is supported on Linux based systems to convert 32 bit I O addresses to 64 bit Options are Disabled Best Fit and Absolute Selecting the Best Fit or Absolute settings allows the user to select aperture size Memory Timing Parameters Select which node s timing parameters to display on the same screen below Options are CPU Node 0 and CPU Node1 7 15 1020A T User s Manual gt South Bridge Configuration 2 0 SMBus Controller Allows the user to Enable or Disable the SMBus controller HT LinkO P 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 user to add to the generated value and CalComp Data allows user to subtract from the generated value HT LinkO N 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 user to add to the generated value and CalComp Data allows use
35. dated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard te
36. e 1020A T by removing the top cover of the chassis Proceed to the CD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation section later in this chapter for instructions Note Only a slim CD ROM drive will fit into the 1020A T 6 5 1020A T User s Manual Serial ATA Drive Installation 1 Mounting a Serial ATA drive in a drive carrier The Serial ATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper airflow for the Serial ATA drive bays For this reason even empty carriers without Serial ATA drives installed must remain in the chassis To add a new Serial ATA drive install a 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 six screws as shown in Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Mounting an SATA Drive in a Carrier Use caution when working around the Serial ATA backplane Do N not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct the holes which aid in proper airflow installed all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to main Important Regardless of how many Serial ATA hard drives are tain proper airflow Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 2 Installing removing hot swap SATA drives The SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis These
37. e Boot sequence from available remov able drives 1st Drive Specifies the boot sequence for the 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled Chapter 7 BIOS gt CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CDROM drives 1st Drive Specifies the boot sequence for the 1st Hard Drive 7 6 Security 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 lt Enter gt to access the sub menu and then type in the password Change User Password Select this option and press lt Enter gt to access the sub menu and then type in the password Clear User Password Select this option and press lt Enter gt to access the sub menu You can use the sub menu to clear the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection When Enabled AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 13 1020A T User s Manual 7 7 Chipset Menu gt North Bridge Configuration gt Memory Configuration Memclock Mode This setting determi
38. e base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 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 7 5 1020A T User s Manual 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 When the value of this option is set to Disabled the printer port becomes unavailable Select 378 to allow the parallel port to use 378 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard setting Select 278 to allow the parallel port to use 278 as its I O port address Select 3BC to allow the parallel port to use 3BC as its I O port 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 IRQ5 and IRQ7 gt ACPI Configuration ACPI Aware OS Use this setting to tell BIOS if the operating system recogniz
39. e mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised 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 consid eration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern Reliable Ground A reliable ground must be maintained at all times To ensure this the rack itself should be grounded Particular attention should be given to power supply con nections other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc 2 3 1020A T User s Manual 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the 1020A T into a rack unit with the rack rails provided If the 1020A T has already been mounted into a rack you can skip ahead to Sections 2 5 and 2 6 There are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly You should also refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rails You should have received a rack mounting kit with the 1020A T The kit inc
40. e on the right for pin definitions Power Fail and Alarm Reset Header Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the JP10 header to provide you with warning of a power supply failure The warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate a power failure See the table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin Definitions USB2 3 4 USB2 USB3 4 Pin Definition Pins Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 Fo 3 PO 3 Po 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 5 No connection Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin 4 Definition Pin 4 Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Fan Header Pin Definitions FAN1 5 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 12V Red Tachometer Power Fail Alarm Reset Header Pin Definitions JP10 Pin Definition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal P S 2 Fail Signal P S 3 Fail Signal Reset from MB Note This feature is only available when using redundant power supplies 1020A T User s Manual Power LED Speaker On JD1 pins 1 2 and 3 are for the power LED and pins 4 through 7 are for the speaker See the tables on the right for pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker f you wis
41. eat these steps to install the second heatsink on CPU 2 Figure 5 1 Installing Heatsinks 5 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 4 Connecting Cables Now that the processors are installed the next step is to connect the cables to the serverboard These include the data ribbon cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables Connecting Data Cables The ribbon cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been carefully routed in preconfigured systems to prevent them from blocking the flow of cooling air that moves through the system from front to back If you need to disconnect any of these cables you should take care to reroute them as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations If you are configuring the system keep the airflow in mind when routing the cables The following data cables with their serverboard connector locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout diagram in this chapter for connector locations CD ROM cable JIDE 1 Floppy Drive cable JFDD1 Serial ATA cables JS1 JS11 JS12 JS13 Control Panel cable JF1 see next page Connecting Power Cables The H8DAR T has a 24 pin primary power supply connector designated J1B4 for connection to the ATX power supply Connect the appropriate connector from the power supply to the ATX Power connector to supply power to the serv
42. efinitions JIDE 1 JIDE 2 There are no jumpers to con Definition Pin Definition figure the onboard JIDE 1 Reset IDE Ground and JIDE 2 connectors See Host Data 7 Host Data 8 the table on the right for pin Host Data 6 Host Data 9 definitions Host Data 5 Host Data 10 Host Data 4 Host Data 11 Host Data 3 Host Data 12 Host Data 2 Host Data 13 Host Data 1 Host Data 14 Host Data 0 Host Data 15 Ground Key DRQ3 Ground I O Write Ground 1 O Read Ground IOCHRDY BALE DACK3 Ground IRQ14 lOCS16 Addr1 Ground Addro Addr2 Chip Select 0 Chip Select 1 Activity Ground SATA Connectors SATA Drive Connectors Pin Definitions JS1 JS11 JS13 There are no jumpers to con Pin Definition figure the SATA connectors 1 Ground which are designated JS1 JS11 JS12 and JS13 See the table on the right for pin definitions 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform mainte nance on the SC813T 500 chassis For component installation follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encountered If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the next step Tools Required The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electrocstatic discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit bo
43. emory is supported in both interleaved and non interleaved configurations See Section 5 6 for details Serial ATA A Marvell 88SX6041 Hercules II SATA controller is integrated onboard the H8DAR T to provide a four port Serial ATA subsystem which is RAID 0 and 1 supported The Serial ATA drives are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability and RAID function of the Serial ATA drives PCI Expansion Slots Two riser cards have been included with the server to support add on PCI ex pansion cards The CSE RR1U X riser fits into the 133 MHz PCI X 6 slot on the H8DAR T to support a full height half length PCI X add on card The CSE RR1U XLP fits into the 133 MHz PCI X 7 slot to support one low profile PCI X add on card 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction ATI Graphics Controller An ATI video controller based on the Rage XL 8 MB graphics chip is integrated onboard the H8DAR T Rage XL fully supports sideband addressing and AGP texturing This onboard graphics package can provide a bandwidth of up to 512 MB sec over a 32 bit graphics memory bus Onboard Controllers Ports The H8DAR T provides one floppy drive controller and two onboard IDE control lers which support up to four hard drives or ATAPI devices Backpanel I O ports include one COM port two USB ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and a video monitor port A Broadcom BCM5704 Ethernet controller is also
44. erboard See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for power connector pin definitions In addition your power supply must be connected to the 8 pin Secondary ATX Power connection at JPW2 For systems with high load configurations a third power connector at J32 should also be connected to your power supply 5 5 1020A T User s Manual Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 2 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indica tors and refer to section 5 9 for details Note that even and odd numbered pins are 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 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 Figure 5 2 Front Control Panel Header Pins JF1 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 5 I O Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 3 Rear Panel I O Ports kaymi Pr Mere Put DOM Posi in mhaplal flee UBB Pore Jah LAM qc dE 25 Tard Exe on a Ji M
45. ered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total sys tem memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53h 54h 57h 58h 59h 60h 62h 65h 66h 67h 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h Code Description The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has started The display is up
46. es ACPI functions The options are Yes and No gt Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI 2 0 Support Select Yes if your system supports ACPI 2 0 which will add additional tables as per ACPI 2 0 specifications Options are Yes and No ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to allow the ACPI APIC Table Pointer to be included in the RSDT pointer list The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI SRAT Table This setting allows you to enable or disable the building of an ACPI SRAT table Options are Enabled and Disabled 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS BIOS gt AML ACPI Table When Enabled BIOS gt AML exchange table pointer to be included in X REDT pointer list Options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode Select Enabled to activate the Headless Operation Mode through ACPI The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Console Redirection When Enabled BIOS provides additional options to select remote access type The options are Enabled and Disabled PME R1 S5 Wake Up The options are Enabled and Disabled gt Event Log Configuration 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 lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear Event Log This setting will clear all event logs when set to OK The options are OK and Cancel Event Log Statistics Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view detail
47. etherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email Tel support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your 1020A T system up and running Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time This quick setup assumes that your 1020A T system has come to you with the processors and memory preinstalled If your system is not already fully integrated with a serverboard processors system memory etc please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing specific components 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the 1020A T 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 rack unit that will hold the 1020A T It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well
48. fore setting the video mode is complete Configuring the mono chrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alter nate display memory read write test next The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL mes sage next The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next Ent
49. h by inserting and tightening the thumb screws that hold the front of the server to the rack Figure 2 3 Installing the Server into a Rack ass Be 2 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Installing the Server into a Telco Rack If you are installing the 1020A T into a Telco type rack follow the directions given on the previous pages for rack installation The only difference in the installation procedure will be the positioning of the rack brackets to the rack They should be spaced apart just enough to accommodate the width of the telco rack Figure 2 4 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack 2 7 1020A T User s Manual 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup After you install the 1020A T in the rack you will need to open the unit to make sure the serverboard is properly installed and all the connections have been made 1 Accessing the inside of the 1020A T see Figure 2 5 First release the retention screws that secure the unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the top cover There is a large rectangular recess in the middle front of the top cover to help you 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 2 Check the CPUs processors You should have o
50. h to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 and 7 with a jumper ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports PWR LED Connector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Definition 1 Vcc 2 Vcc 3 Vcc Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 Pin Definition 4 Red wire Speaker data No connection 5 6 Buzzer signal p Speaker data PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J101 J132 Pin Definition Pin Definition The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 1 Data a vec mouse ports are located at J101 and J132 respectively See the table on a NE Clock 3 Ground NC the right for pin definitions Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer 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 Wake On LAN Wake On LAN i Pin Definitions The Wake On LAN header is desig JWOL nated JWOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use the Wake On LAN feature 5 16 Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable
51. h will enable both the primary and the secondary IDE controllers Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Highlight one of the four items above and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu for that item Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities of over 137 GB your system must be equipped with 48 bit LBA mode addressing 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 performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one sec tor at a time Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select
52. hapter 5 for details Serial ATA Controller Marvell 88SX6041 for 4 port Serial ATA RAID 0 1 supported Serial ATA Backplane One 1 CSE SATA 813L 1U SATA backplane Serial ATA Drive Bays Four 4 drive bays to house four 4 standard Serial ATA drives Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 slim 3 5 floppy drive One 1 slim CD ROM drive Expansion Slots provided with included riser cards Two 2 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X slots One 1 full height half length riser card CSE RR1U X and one 1 low profile riser card CSE RR1U XLP 1020A T User s Manual Serverboard Model H8DAR T Form Factor Extended ATX Dimensions 12 x 13 05 in 805 x 332 mm Chassis Model SC813T 500 Form Factor 1U rackmount Dimensions WxHxD 17 2 x 1 7 x 25 6 in 437 x 44 x 650 mm Weight Gross Bare Bone 38 Ibs 17 3 kg System Cooling Four 4 counter rotating 4 cm fans One 1 air shroud System Input Requirements AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 10A 115V to 5A 230V Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply Rated Output Power 500W Model SP502 1S Part PWS 048 Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 21A 5V 30A 12V 39A 12V 1A 5Vsb 2A BTU Rating 2750 BTUs hr for rated output power of 500W Operating Environment Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 896 to 9096 non condensing
53. has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has completed The adap tor ROM check is next The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initializa tion before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coproces sor next Coprocessor initialized Performing any required initialization after the Coproces sor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor testis complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and ena
54. he same input voltage output voltage and wattage lt is highly recommended to replace it with exactly the same model power supply Carefully insert the new unit into position to plug it into the power distribution board making sure you are not holding it at too great an angle which may damage the power distribution board Push it completely into the power distribution board and seat it in the chassis When correctly installed it should be laying flat make sure the end of the power supply is not sitting on the stop in the chassis Reconnect the power cord replace the chassis top cover and reposition the unit back into the rack Finish by depressing the power button on the chassis front control panel 6 9 1020A T User s Manual Figure 6 6 Removing Replacing the Power Supply 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS Setup utility for the HB8DAR T The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of our web site for any changes to BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual Starting the Setup Utility To enter the BIOS Setup Utility hit the lt Delete gt key while the system is booting up In most cases the lt Delete gt key is used to
55. hould be attached to the rack n 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 placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first and then work up Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the server from power surges voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure Allow the hot plug Serial ATA drives and power supply units to cool before touch ing them Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the servers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling 2 2 Chapter 2 Server Installation Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the ambient operating temperature of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient temperature Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should b
56. ify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the overheat condition exists Es e NIC2 Indicates network activity on GLAN2 when flashing ES e NIC1 Indicates network activity on GLAN1 when flashing 3 2 Chapter 3 System Interface a e HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the 1020A T this light indicates SATA and or CD ROM drive activity when flashing v A4 lt e Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply units This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating 3 4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LED Each Serial ATA drive carrier has a green LED When illuminated this green LED on the front of the Serial ATA drive carrier indicates drive activity A connec tion to the Serial ATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed Note The second LED on the SATA carriers is not used 3 3 1020A T User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 4 System Safety Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the 1020A T from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch on the chassis as well as the room s emergency power off switch disconnection switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from
57. in size such as the SC813T 500 Make sure that the I O ports on the serverboard align with their respective holes in the I O shield at the rear of the chassis 2 Mounting the serverboard onto the mainboard tray in the chassis Carefully mount the serverboard onto the mainboard tray by aligning 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 continuous ground for the system 5 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the proces sor Always connect the power cord last and always remove it be fore adding removing or changing any hardware components CPU Backplates Two CPU backplates BKT 0004 have been preinstalled to the underside of the serverboard These backplates prevent the CPU area of the serverboard from bending and provide a base for attaching the CPU heatsinks 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Installing the Processor install to the CPU 1 socket first 1 Lift the lever on CPU socket 1 until it points straight up 2 Use your thumb and your index fin ger to hold the CPU Locate pin 1 on the CPU socket and pin 1
58. included to support two Gb LAN ports Other Features Other onboard features are included to promote system health These include various voltage monitors two CPU temperature sensors fan speed sensors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 1020A T User s Manual 1 3 Server Chassis Features The SC813T 500 is our third generation 1U chassis and features four hot swap Serial ATA drive bays a slim CD ROM drive a slim 3 5 floppy drive and a revo lutionary cooling design that can keep today s most powerful processors running well below their temperature thresholds The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC813T 500 chassis System Power The SC813T 500 chassis includes a single 500W cold swap power supply Serial ATA Subsystem For the 1020A T the SC813T 500 chassis was designed to support four Serial ATA hard drives which are hot swappable units RAID 0 and RAID 1 levels are supported Note The system s operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the Serial ATA drives Control Panel The control panel provides important system monitoring and control information LEDs indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity and system over heat conditions Also present are main power and system reset buttons I O Backplane The SC813T 500 is a 1U rackmount
59. invoke the BIOS setup screen There are a few cases when other keys are used such as lt F1 gt lt F2 gt 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 will accompany it Note that BIOS has default text messages built in We retain the option to include omit or change any of these text messages Set tings printed in Bold are the default values A P indicates a submenu Highlighting such an item and pressing the lt Enter gt key will open the list of settings within that submenu The BIOS setup utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of these hot keys lt F1 gt lt F10 gt lt Enter gt lt ESC gt lt Arrow gt keys etc can be used at any time during the setup navigation process Note fan speed is controlled by the Fan Speed Control Modules setting in BIOS The recommended setting for the 1020A T is 3 pin Server You may have to reset this setting after flashing BIOS or loading BIOS default values 7 1 1020A T User s Manual 7 2 Main Setup When you first enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will see the Main setup screen You
60. le to disable the fan speed control function and force the onboard fans to continuously run at full speed 12V The options are 1 Disable Full Speed 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation FAN1 Speed through FAN5 Speed The speeds of the onboard fans in rpm are displayed here 7 9 1020A T User s Manual 7 4 PCI PnP Menu Plug amp Play OS Select Yes to allow the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug amp Play Select No to allow AMIBIOS to configure all devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus Select a value to set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles Options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this value to allow or restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system in order for the graphics card to function properly The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled Offboard PCI ISA IDE Card This option all
61. lots 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 two CPUs 32 GB for DDR333 266 and 16 GB for DDR400 If only one CPU is installed maximum supported memory capacity is halved 16 GB for DDR333 266 and 8 GB for DDR400 Figure 5 4 Side and Top Views of DDR Installation lt Noten To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place The release tabs should Ma Note Notch should align close if they do not with the Releste Faa receptive point you should close them aw O yourself Note the notch in the slot and on the bottom of the DIMM These prevent the DIMM from being installed incorrectly earr beds Top View of DDR Slot gently push each re Release Tab ll L Release Tab lease tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot EEO EERE ACHETER LLLUETTULTEEHETCHETT TTE EGHETG US TUBES UAR PT EDEL TENTS Populating Memory Banks for Non Interleaved 64 bit Operation Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Populating Memory Banks for Interleaved 128 bit Operation x x x x Px x i ME x x x x x a a x M EN NI Pex x x a ee eee pe Se a Notes X indicates a populated DIMM slot If adding four DIMMs with two CPUS in stalled the c
62. ludes two sets of chassis rails four pieces total two of which are already installed on the chassis and two sets of rack rails four pieces total Figure 2 1 displays the two right side chassis rails and the two right side rack rails Note that two of the four chassis rails Chassis Rail 1 are already attached to the chassis Installing the Rack Rails Begin by joining one set of rack rails corresponding to either the left or the right side of the rack Do this by aligning the studs of one rail with the holes of the other rail Push the studs into the grooved holes and then push the rail to slide the studs to the end of the groove Repeat this with the rack rails used for the other side Next determine where you want to place the 1020A T in the rack See Rack and Server Precautions in Section 2 3 Position the assembled rack rails at the desired location in 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 Locking Tabs Both of the two chassis rails on each side have a locking tab four total which serves two functions The first is to lock the server into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack which is its normal operating position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely
63. ne or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on pro cessor and heatsink installation 3 CPU Speed The CPU speed should automatically be detected so you will not need to change any jumpers or settings in the BIOS Setup utility 4 Check the system memory Your 1020A T server system may have come with system memory already installed Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots For details on adding system memory refer to Chapter 5 5 Installing add on cards If desired you can install add on cards to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing PCI add on cards 6 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections 2 8 Chapter 2 Server Installation Figure 2 5 Accessing the Inside of the 1020A T 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the Serial ATA drives have been properly installed and all connections have been made 1 Accessing the drive bays All drives are accessable from the front of the server For servicing the CD ROM and floppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The Serial ATA disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover or powering down the sys
64. nes how the memory clock is set Auto has the memory clock set by the code and Limit allows the user to set a standard value MCT Timing Mode Sets the timing mode for memory Options are Auto and Manual User Configuration Mode Options are Auto and 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 unused clocks to DIMMs even if DIMM slots are empty Options are Enabled and Disabled Software Memory Hole When Enabled allows software memory remapping around the memory hole Options are Enabled and Disabled Hardware Memory Hole When Enabled allows software memory remapping around the memory hole only supported by rev EO processors and above Options are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 7 BIOS gt ECC Configuration DRAM ECC Enable DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically Options are Enabled and Disabled MCA DRAM ECC Logging When Enabled MCA DRAM ECC logging and reporting is enabled Options are Enabled and Disabled ECC Chip Kill Allows the user to Enable or Disable ECC Chip Kill DRAM Scrub Redirect Allows system to correct DRAM ECC errors immediately even with back ground scrubbing on Options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later reads are correct Options are Disable
65. ng 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 e 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 When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 5 1 1020A T User s Manual 5 2 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis All serverboards and motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis 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 recommended because they ground the serverboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly 1 Check the compatibility of the serverboard ports and the I O shield The H8DAR T serverboard requires a chassis that can support extended ATX boards of 12 x 13 05
66. ollowing 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 Chapter 5 A 1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 5 short 1 long Memory error No memory detected in system 8 beeps Display memory read write error Video adapter missing or with faulty memory A 1 1020A T User s Manual Notes A 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h Ifthe computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h B 1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description DOh The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next Starting memory sizing next Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack nex
67. omponents There are also two but tons on the chassis control panel and an on off switch on the power supply This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a reset button and a power on off button RESET e Reset Use the reset button to reboot the system e Power The main power button is used to apply or remove power from the power supply to the server system Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system 3 1 1020A T User s Manual 3 3 Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of th SC813T 500 chassis has five LEDs These LEDs provide you with critical information related to different parts of the system This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take P1 e Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously on and not flashing 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 the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally ver
68. on the CPU Both are marked with a triangle Triangles 3 Align pin 1 of the CPU with pin 1 of the socket Once aligned carefully place the CPU into 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 4 With the CPU inserted into the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed and flush with the socket 5 Gently press the CPU socket lever down until it locks in the plastic tab For a dual processor system repeat these steps to install another CPU into the CPU 2 socket Note if using a single processor only CPU 1 DIMM slots are addressable 5 3 1020A T User s Manual Installing the Heatsinks To install the heatsink SNK P0012 optional do not apply any thermal compound to the heatsink or CPU die the proper amount has already been applied Place the heatsink directly on the CPU so that the two mounting holes are aligned with those on the CPU backplate Make sure the heatsink sits completely flat on the CPU if not completely flat the space between the two will degrade the heat dissipation function of the heatsink which may cause the processor to overheat Screw in the two screws until just snug do not fully tighten then finish by fully tightening both screws see Figure 5 1 If installing two processors rep
69. onfiguration in rows 2 and 6 with DIMMs spread over both CPUs will result in optimized performance 5 7 Adding PCI Cards 1 PCI slots The H8DAR T has two PCI X 133 MHz expansion slots Two riser cards are in cluded with the server to make both PCI X slots available in a 1U chassis format the CSE RR1U X riser fits into the PCI X slot 6 to support a full height half length PCI X add on card and the CSE RR1U XLP riser fits into the PCI X slot 7 to support a low profile PCI X add on card 2 PCI card installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure it conforms to the correct riser card see step 1 above Begin by swinging the release tab on the PCI shield that corresponds to the riser card PCI X slot you wish to populate Insert the PCI card into the correct riser card depending on whether it is a standard or low profile card pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by pushing the release tab back to its original locked position Follow this procedure when adding a card to either slot 5 9 1020A T User s Manual 5 8 Serverboard Details Figure 5 5 H83DAR T Serverboard Layout not drawn to scale
70. ood seal in order for the cooling air to circulate properly through the chassis and cool the components See Figure 6 2 System Fan Failure If a fan fails the remaining fans will ramp up to full speed and the overheat fan fail LED on the control panel will turn on Replace any failed fan at your earliest convenience with the same type and model the system can continue to run with a failed fan Remove the top chassis cover see instructions on p 2 8 while the system is still running to determine which of the four fan units has failed Then power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power cord s is also recommended as a safety precaution Replacing System Cooling Fans 1 Removing a fan After turning off the power to the system first remove the chassis cover and unplug all the fan cables from the serverboard Grasp the rectangular housing that holds the fan units and lift it out of the chassis see Figure 6 2 Push the failed fan unit out through the bottom of the fan housing 2 Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 4 cm 12 VDC fan p n FAN 0083 Push the new fan into the vacant space in the housing while making sure the arrows on the top of the fan indicating direction of airflow point in the same direction as the arrows on the other fans Reposition the fan housing on the mounting posts in the chassis then reconnnect the fan wires to the same fan headers you removed them from Power up the
71. ows the user to assign a PCI slot number to an Off board PCI ISA IDE card in order for it to function properly The options are Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 and PCI Slot6 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 This feature specifies the availability of an IRQ to be used by a PCI PnP device Select Reserved for the IRQ to be used by a Legacy ISA device The options are Available and Reserved 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS DMA Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 3 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Select Available to indicate that a specific DMA channel is available to be used by 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 7 5 Boot Menu The Boot menu contains several sub menus gt Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot If Disabled normal POST messages will be displayed on boot up If Enabled this display the OEM logo instead of POST messages Add On ROM Display Mode This setting controls the display of add on ROM read only memory messages Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system
72. pe recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions See Figure 4 1 CD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a CD ROM drive To prevent direct exposure to the laser beam and hazardous radiation exposure do not open the enclosure or use the unit in any unconventional way Mainboard replaceable soldered in fuses Self resetting PTC Positive Temperature Coefficient fuses on the mainboard must be replaced by trained service technicians only The new fuse must be the same or equivalent as the one replaced Contact technical support for details and support 4 2 General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the 1020A T clean and free of clutter The 1020A T weighs approximately 38 lbs 17 3 kg when fully loaded When lifting the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs Place the chassis top cover and any system components that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt 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 e
73. r to subtract from the generated value HT LinkO 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 user to add to the generated value and CalComp Data allows user to subtract from the generated value Chapter 7 BIOS 7 8 Power Menu Power Button Mode Allows the user to change the function of the power button Options are Instant Off and 4 Sec Delay 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 disabled the Watch Dog Timer function It must be used in conjunction with the Watch Dog jumper see Chapter 2 for details The options are Disabled and Enabled 7 17 1020A T User s Manual 7 9 Exit Menu Select the Exit tab from AMI BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the sys
74. release the retention screws that secure the server unit to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click Next depress the two buttons on the top of the chassis to release the 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 removed unplug the power and data cables from the drive you want to remove Then locate the locking tab at the rear of the drive It will be on the left side of the drive when viewed from the front of the chassis Pull the tab away from the drive and push the drive unit out the front of the chassis Add a new drive by following this procedure in reverse order You may hear a faint click of the locking tab when the drive is fully inserted Remember to reconnect the data and power cables to the drive before replacing the chassis cover and restoring power to the system Please be aware of the following The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Acolor mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B 6 8 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis
75. s JPW2 connector above the Secondary 12v 8 pin power connector at JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition Ground Pins 1 through 4 12V 5 through 8 Required Connection Auxiliary Power Connector Auxiliary Power Connector Pin Definitions J32 The 4 pin auxiliary power connec tor at J32 supplies extra power that may be needed for systems with high loads See the table on the right for pin definitions Recommended Connection Definition Ground 12V NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button ao rl header is located on pins 19 and 20 Pin Definition 19 Control of JF1 Refer to the table on the right mE pum for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 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 for pin definitions NIC1 LED The NIC1 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 Attach the NIC1 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection i
76. s 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 Overheat Fan Fail LED Connect an LED to the OH connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide ad vanced warning of chassis overheat ing Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 5 13 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 veo 16 Control HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 183 Vcc 14 HD Active NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition iil Vcc 12 NIC1 Active NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 Vcc 10 NIC2 Active OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Control 1020A T User s Manual Power Fail LED Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is Pin Definitions JF1 located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions This feature is only available for systems with redundant power supplies Pin Definition 5 Vcc Control Reset Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo Pin Definitions JF1 cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground Power B
77. s on the count of total unread events gt Hyper Transport Configuration CPUO CPU1 HT Link1 Speed The HT link will run at the speed specified in this setting if it is slower than or equal to the system clock and if the board is capable Options are Auto 200 MHz 400 MHz 600 MHz 800 MHz and 1 GHz 7 7 1020A T User s Manual CPUO CPU1 HT Link1 Width The HT link will run at the width specified in this setting Options are Auto 2 bit 4 bit 8 bit and 16 bit CPUO PCI X0 HT Link1 Speed The HT link will run at the speed specified in this setting if it is slower than or equal to the system clock and if the board is capable Options are Auto 200 MHz 400 MHz and 600 MHz CPUO PCI X0 HT Link1 Width The HT link will run at the width specified in this setting Options are Auto 2 bit 4 bit 8 bit and 16 bit gt MPS Configuration MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS revision level The options are 1 1 and 1 4 gt Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Use this setting to Enable or Disable remote access If Enabled is selected you can select a Remote Access type gt USB Configuration This screen will display the module version and all USB enabled devices 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 The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 7 8 Chapter 7 BIO
78. se the PW ON connector to clear CMOS The onboard battery does not need to be removed when clearing CMOS however you must short JBT1 for at least four seconds ve JBT1 contact pads 5 19 1020A T User s Manual JLAN1 2 Enable Disable Change the setting of jumper JPL to enable or disable the JLAN1 and JLAN2 Gb Ethernet ports See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper set tings IC to PCI Enable Disable JI 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 for both jumpers to enable the connection Both con nectors must have the same setting JI C1 is for data and JI C2 is for the clock See the table on right for pin definitions SATA Controller Enable Disable H8DAR T Jumper JPS1 is used to enable or dis able the onboard Serial ATA controller The default setting is on pins 1 2 to en able SATA See the table on right for pin definitions 5 20 JLAN1 2 Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled PC to PCI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JC1
79. ser cards CSE RR1U X and CSE RR1U XLP Two 2 CPU backplates BKT 0004 Two 2 heatsink retention modules with four 4 screws BKT 0005 Four 4 4 cm high performance counter rotating fans FAN 0083 One 1 or two 2 CPU heatsinks optional SNK P0012 One 1 air shroud CSE PT70 Serial ATA SATA Accessories One 1 SATA backplane CSE SATA 813L Four 4 SATA data cables CBL 0061 Four 4 SATA drive carriers CSE PT39 B Rackmount hardware with screws CSE PT51 Two 2 rack rail assemblies Six 6 brackets for mounting the rack rails to a rack telco rack One 1 CD containing drivers and utilities Note a B at the end of a part number indicates the item is available in black ja 1020A T User s Manual 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the 1020A T lies the H8DAR T a dual processor serverboard de signed to provide maximum performance The H8DAR T is based on the AMD 8132 8111 chipset Below are the main features of the HBDAR T See Figure 1 1 for a system block diagram of the chipset Processors The H8DAR T supports single or dual 940 pin AMD Opteron 200 series pro cessors Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported proces SOrs Memory The H8DAR T has eight 184 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 32 GB of reg istered ECC DDR333 266 or up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR400 SDRAM Note The maximum memory capacity is halved if only one processor is installed M
80. st has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the command byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Check ing for a locked key next Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next B 5 1020A T User s Manual Checkpoint 86h 87h Code Description The password was checked Performing any required programming before WIN BIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next The floppy drive controller
81. system and check that the fan is working properly and that the LED on the control panel has turned off Finish by replacing the chassis cover 6 3 1020A T User s Manual Figure 6 2 System Cooling Fans Air shroud 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal Removing the Front Bezel If your system has a front bezel optional attached to the chassis you must first remove it to gain access to the drive bays To remove the bezel first unlock the front of the chassis then press the release knob see Figure 6 3 Carefully re move the bezel with both hands A filter located within the bezel can be removed for replacement cleaning It is recommended that you keep a maintenance log of filter cleaning replacement since its condition will affect the airflow throughout the whole system 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Figure 6 3 Removing the Front Bezel c gt Si 1 Unlock 2 Press release knob 3 Remove bezel assembly Accessing the Drive Bays Serial ATA Drives Because of their hotswap capability you do not need to access the inside of the chassis or power down the system to install or replace Serial ATA drives Proceed to the next step for instructions CD ROM Floppy Disk Drives For installing removing a CD ROM or floppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of th
82. t Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 B 1 1020A T User s Manual B 2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description EOh The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Eth Initializing the interrupt vector table next E2h E6h Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache mem ory Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Edh Initializing the floppy drive Eeh Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette Efh A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A FOh Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory Eih 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 internal cache memory FBh Next detecting the type of flash ROM FCh Next erasing the flash ROM FDh Next programming the flash ROM FFh Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS
83. tem 2 CD ROM and floppy disk drives A slim CD ROM and a floppy drive should be preinstalled in your server Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD ROM and or floppy disk drive to the system 3 Check the SATA disk drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install Serial ATA drives please refer to Chapter 6 2 9 1020A T User s Manual 4 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by four sets of counter rotating 4 cm fans The system com ponent layout was carefully designed to direct the airflow to the components that generate the most heat 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 5 Supplying power to the system The last thing 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 recommended that you use an uninterruptible power supply UPS Finish by depressing the power button on the front of the chassis to start the system 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the Serial ATA drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific c
84. tem configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes Select this option and press lt Enter gt 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 lt Enter gt Then Select OK to allow BIOS to automatically load the Optimal Defaults as the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance 7 18 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up pro cedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the f
85. the system Do not work alone when working with high voltage components Power should always be disconnected from the system when removing or installing main system components such as the serverboard memory modules and the CD ROM and floppy drives not necessary for Serial ATA drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets 4 1 1020A T User s Manual Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent ty
86. to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select Keep Current to allow the computer system to display the BIOS information during system boot Boot up Num Lock Set this to On to allow the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up The options are On and Off PS 2 Mouse Support This setting is to specify PS 2 mouse support The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled 74 1020A T User s Manual Wait for F1 If Error Enable to activate the Wait for F1 if Error function The options are Enabled and Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Enable to display the message telling the user to hit the DEL key to enter the setup utility The options are Enabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Enable to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Dis abled gt Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user 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 floppy drive 2nd Boot Device CD DVD 3rd Boot Device Hard drive 4th Boot Device LAN gt Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to prioritize the Boot sequence from available hard drives 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive 4th Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th hard drives gt Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify th
87. utton The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will Power Button power on off the system This button Pin Definitions JF1 can also be configured to function Pin Definition as a suspend button see the Power 1 PW_ON Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn 2 Ground 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 Universal Serial Bus Ports Pin Definitions USB0 1 USB0 1 USBO USB1 Pin Definition Pin Definition Two Universal Serial Bus ports 1 45V 45V USB1 1 are located between the 2 PO 2 PO mouse port and the COM1 port See 3 PO 3 PO the table on the right for pin defini 4 Gro nd tions Extra USB Headers Three additional USB1 1 headers USB2 3 4 are included on the serverboard These may be con nected to provide front side access USB cables not included are needed for the connections See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports The COM serial port is located beside the USB ports COM2 is a header on the serverboard located near the floppy drive connector see serverboard layout for location See the table on the right for pin defini tions Fan Headers The H8DAR T has five headers FAN1 FAN5 Fan speed is con trolled via Thermal Management with a BIOS setting See the tabl
88. utton 2e nare nre an gerade bag AEn EESE EP E seai 5 14 Universal Serial BUS Ports 200 0 cceccececccceeeeeeeceeeeeceeeeeeceeeeceeeeeeeeeseeeaees 5 14 Extra USB Headers coepere Et Rates i cre TEPORE BENE 5 15 Serial soupe E E 5 15 az an cie 1E 5 15 Power Fail and Alarm Reset Header esesesssseee esses 5 15 vii 1020A T User s Manual Power LED Sp aker p 5 16 ATX PSP Keyboard amp Mouse POMS 12 or p i reto tot Deseo e eranU 5 16 Wake On LAN sssseseseseeeeeeeemenere nnnm nene eren eren nn nennen ens n eren nnne 5 16 WO FUNG sachsen este C 5 16 Chassis IntrusiOhi seniorene aa eae aaee aa EAE a EEEE sees eek aea 5 17 JLAN 1 2 Ethernet Ports eodein puesta se od te enctceceunneaennsetevialslesenenacces 5 17 SAIA Header scitote aep no oer Tei E 5 17 NT mc 5 17 Overheat LED oisinnean aaaea it ieaie ea idaan Teias 5 18 Serial ATA Activity LED sided noue erneut Dnates ua inp rms dotar up a Gn spe inae 5 18 E Wc deete 5 18 SQ Wee Tg ers iE 10 lt b NER ee E TOT 5 19 Explanation of J MPET m M 5 19 e eae 5 19 JLAN Enable Disable ssssssssseseeeeeeeeneeen enne 5 20 VGA Enable DISA 6 iv cas eere rd rer Far te el rein e rn rae oe oe Peu ER s et 5 20 FC to PCI Enable Disable sssini rererere eE Eaa 5 20 SATA Controller Enable Disable Ls
89. ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2 3 Preparing for Setup The box the 1020A T was shipped in should include two sets of rail assemblies two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the system into the rack Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation process in a minimum amount of time Please read this section in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that follow 2 1 1020A T User s Manual Choosing a Setup Location Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door completely 25 inches Leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back of the rack to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location dedicated equipment rooms service closets and the like This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices according to 2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units N Warnings and Precautions N Rack Precautions Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them In single rack installation stabilizers s
90. xcellent 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 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made 4 3 ESD Precautions A Electrostatic discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap e 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 peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use

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