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NEC Express5800/S120R-2 User's Guide

1. SMBUS PSF JPW1 JPW3 Kybd CPUT FAN6 FAN5 J3P Mouse JPW2 Speaker Fan7 WAR DIMM 4B FAN1 z USB0 a DIMM 4A com1 g DIMM 3B JF1 z a DIMM 3A CPU 1 y DIMM 2B Parallel FAN2 Port a DIMM 2A Z DIMM 1B JDI a DIMM 1A VGA JP1 JLAN1 Lec i JOH1 JLAN2 North CPU 2 Bridge CPU2 FAN3 FANS Slot 7 SIM IPMI ype a 322 5 oO Oo Slot 6 x8 PCI Express SEPC a ATI Ba JBTI te 5 ES 1000 f al a amp Battery South g amp E J w Slot 5 x8 PCI Express JCF1 e 8e Bridge A o g JWF1 I g m w Qa Slot 4 x4 PCI Express N BIOS co Jwp x lt JSLED1 Slot 3 133 MHz PCI X T EJPL1 JUSB3 Sspre co z Slot 2 133 MHz PCI X PAN JWOL AIC 9410 a 2 m wor C DA2 z q Slot 1 100 MHz PCI X ZCR JUSB2 a JKico SMB H SATA4 SATA5 JPA1 P come SATAO SATA SATA2 SATA3 JSA3 Notes Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only The IDE 2 slot is for Compact Flash card use only To use close jumper JCF1 and connect the compact flash power to JWF1 5 10 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup X7DB3 Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd Power Fail Detect Open Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 5 9 JCF1 Compact Flash Master Slave Select Closed Master JPG1 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 JLAN1 JLAN2 Ena
2. SAS Drives 8 A ones ol pata aah o fe sees I aloo gl lal hle mH EERE wie THUMM Be a aao jaima hh alaaa S Power Supply USB Ports COM1 Port VGA Port Ethernet Ports Note the lower bottom power supply module is a dummy on the 6025B 3 On the 6025B 3R a redun dant power supply module is located here 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 A ribbon cable has bundled these wires together to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard to JP4 on the Control Panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both JF1 and JP4 Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The LEDs inform you of system status See Chapter 3 for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons D
3. Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING 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 November 1 2007 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 2007 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only The Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R is a high end server based on the SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP 2U rackmount chassis and the X7DB3 a dual processor serverboard that supports single or dual Intel dual core Xeon 5000 5100 Sequence processors at a Front Side System Bus speed of 1333 MHz and up to 32 GB of FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Manual Organization Chap
4. PXH e2 ESB2 LLY IDE Ports 2 Slot 1 PCI X gt PCI X 133 eee USB Ports 5 Slot 3 PCI X gt orts 5 fpcisz yee LAN Ports 2 w gt 82563 _ au Sie lest Bos y v v y Kybd COM Parallel Mouse Floppy Ports 2 Port 1 5 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 1 4 Notes Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R 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 system has come to you with the proces sors 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows dam age 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic f
5. Exiting the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to select option lt Esc gt to exit def ault For more information regarding Adaptec RAID Utility please refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the CD included in your shipping package SERIES3800 S120R 2 60258 3 User s Manual C 2 Installing Drivers After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X7DB8 Motherboard Drivers amp Tools Win2000 Beta Version xy 3 Intel Blackford chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direc 3 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics driver Intel Blackford Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager X7DB8 Series Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor Ill Build driver diskettes and manuals ELA Browse CD T Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files
6. Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R7OOLP server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SAS or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C RAID and Software Installation Appendix D System Specifications Preface Notes Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Table of Contents Preface ABOU MOIS Manual sieren citer coehiadt co Sitar a E a a iii Man al Organization 4 222 ccsteceaesncedesceencetancncedeanesptedesiatntecanasbeceaeuh lt ddenceencatesraeeceageseceeck iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 OVOIVIOW 00 cece cece ceccecne cece cece cece ance ee eeeeeecaaaaeaeeeeeesesenceeaeeeeeeeeesecsnieeeeeeseneneeees 1 1 1 2 Serverboard Features 00 cccsccssccccecessssssseccecececsessssensececesssssensusesecessesesenets 1 2 1 3 Server Chassis Features ccccccccecceecesecnececeeeeeseceeeaeeeeeeeeseeseaeeeeeeeeeseeenaees 1 4 V24 INOTCS poses E EE ec ncis Saca ace hace sss Sd dana E hg xvas ada daa eden ded os Cand ine eae 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 3227 ee eran ee em Neer vere mer er ee ere vere ee ver ery saar
7. Yes No Then the bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array C 5 SERIES3800 S120R 2 60258 3 User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new ar ray or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To initialize drives 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 Select Initialize Drives 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and press Insert 5 Repeat Step 4 so that both drives to be initialized are selected 6 Press Enter 7 Read the warning message displayed in the screen 8 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize If correct type Y to continue Rebuilding Arrays Notes Rebuilding app
8. can be heard if the fan in its housing is properly installed If the system power is on the hot plug feature will cause the fan to start immediately upon being connected to its header on the serverboard 6 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Figure 6 2 Removing a System Fan 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal Accessing the Drive Bays SAS Drives You do not need to access the inside of the chassis or remove power to replace or swap SAS drives Proceed to the next step for instructions Note You must use standard SAS drives in the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R DVD ROM Floppy Disk Drive For installing removing the DVD ROM or floppy disk drive you will need to gain access to the inside of the server by removing the top cover of the chassis Proceed to the DVD ROM and Floppy Drive Installation section later in this chapter for instructions 5 25 Drive Bay For installing removing a component in the 5 25 drive bays proceed to the 5 25 Drive Bay Installation section later in this chapter for instruc tions 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup SAS Drive Installation 1 Mounting a SAS drive in a drive carrier The SAS drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and re moval from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper airflow for the drives For this reason even empty carriers without SAS drives installed must remain in the chassis To add a
9. BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description Oth IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize 1 O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers wi
10. Ground Key Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 Definition FDHDIN Reserved FDEDIN Index Motor Enable Drive Select B Drive Select B Motor Enable DIR STEP Write Data Write Gate Track 00 Write Protect Read Data Side 1 Select Diskette 5 23 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE 1 and 2 connectors See the table on the right for pin definitions SATA Ports There are no jumpers to con figure the onboard SATA con nectors See the table on the right for pin definitions IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions IDE 1 IDE 2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 18 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 2m Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground SATA Port Pin Definitions SATAO SATA5 Pin Definition 1 Ground TXP TXN Ground RXN RXP N ODO Oo fF WO LY Grou
11. JUMpErS ee gets eae cae eeeee tet ece oes tee cmoneeegepeveeresnleceneeree 5 19 CMOS Clear cic ccpsetesitsce ictavncy hte oitiaes E 5 19 VGA Enable Disable sissiccciiccccssssticecassiendesostievieensavesiods iekeesebveesaenenhiveensae 5 19 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable 0 ceeeeeeeeeeees 5 20 JLAN Enable Disable ececccccccceeeeeseeneeaeeeeeeesesnaeaeeeeeeeeessnsnnaeeeees 5 20 Compact Flash Master Slave Select ccccceceeseceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeees 5 20 Watch Dog Enable Disable sraoin aieea Ea 5 21 540 Onpoard INGICAIONS a a a 5 21 JLANTJLANZ LEDS vissri E E RO A 5 21 5 11 Parallel Port Floppy IDE and SATA Drive Connections cceeee 5 22 ParallelPOrt COMeECtor siene erena e rae Orare ae EEE 5 22 Floppy CONNOCTON ese seca ccictem cae sce tenias eS NE PINETE ANTELA EEEE 5 23 IDE Connectors eececccecceceececeeeceeeeeeececeeeeeeeesecenceeaeeeeeeeseseenaeeeeeeeeseeeees 5 24 SATA PONS er e a e a ecolgsneresene tts ot isear 5 24 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices accu scccaiessccdc exe aata niet iterealsedtenencdecrastutiiecslbcnesplsascatedioeeds 6 1 6 2 Gontrol Panel ec edarip acts ett Sane lista ie aguas alee ates tae recat a aiT metas 6 2 6 3 System acl career ome eemertre verte ee mene meee ert me nner erie nee serrata ey ey weer ver eee 6 3 System Fan PAWNS fics acai lalate tie aie ates sees 6 3 Replacing System FANS sssssomarsrnnsisi aka
12. Replace with the same model 1 Removing the power supply First unplug the power cord from the failed power supply module Then depress the locking tab on the power supply module and use the handle to pull it straight out with the rounded handle 2 Installing a new power supply Replace the failed hot swap unit with another identical power supply unit p n PWS 702A 1R Simply push the new power supply unit into the power bay until you hear a click Secure the locking tab on the unit and finish by plugging the AC power cord back into the unit 6 9 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes 6 10 Chapter 7 BIOS Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DB3 The Phoenix 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 System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the comput
13. The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 7 13 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled PECI Absent Alarm Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the PECI Absent Alarm will be activated if the function of PECI Platform Environment Control Interface is not available for the onboard process s or for the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change
14. any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 7 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn
15. contacting both pins will Pin Definition power on off the system This button 1 PW_ON can also be configured to function Ground as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode depress the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definitions USB0 1 USB0 1 USBO USB1 Pin Definition Pin Definition Two Universal Serial Bus ports are 1 45V located on the IO backplane USBO is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions PO PO Ground Ground Key Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located on the IO backplane COM2 is a header on the serverboard see serverboard layout for location See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail Header Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the Power Fail 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 Note this header is unused on the 6025B 3 which has only a single power supply module Fan Headers The X7DB3 has five fan headers designated Fani through Fan5 Fan speed is controlled via Thermal Man agement with a BIOS setting See the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is loca
16. displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V2_NIC_SEN 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VIT Vbat 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS gt IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 21 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previou
17. error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h Fon F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set
18. has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C RAID and Software Installation Appendix C RAID and Software Installation C 1 Adaptec SAS HostRAID The onboard Adaptec AIC9140W SAS Controller supports two ports Each port supports up to four SAS SATA drives The SAS cable can only be used with backplanes that support both SAS and SATA If you want to use this motherboard with SAS Mobile Racks such as CSE M28E1 make sure to use Cable CBL 0116 Note cable CBL 0116 is a cross over cable and is not provided with this motherboard Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC Upon detecting the SAS Controller BIOS please make sure that the Adapter WWN address is listed This is a 16 digit number If this number is not shown you will not be able to use the controller Once the WWN address is listed press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to access the Adaptec SAS RAID BIOS To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press t
19. information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled 7 12 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyper threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyper Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for mor
20. network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC2 LED The NIC2 Network Interface Control ler LED connection is located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC2 LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide ad vanced warning of chassis overheat ing or fan fail Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 5 13 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 Vcc HD Active Pin Definition 11 Vcc NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Power Fail LED Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is Pin Definition located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re 5 Vee fer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo Pin Definitions JF1 cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach Pin Definition it to the hardware reset switch on the 3 Reset computer case Refer to the table on 4 Ground the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo Pin Definitions JF1 mentarily
21. of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup
22. on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 2 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack 2 5 Series3800 S120R 2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual Figure 2 2 Installing the Server into a Rack SS eet Installing the Server into a Telco Rack To install the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R into a Telco type rack use two L shaped brackets on either side of the chassis four total First determine how far the server will extend out the front of the rack Larger chassis should be positioned to balance the weight between front and back If a bezel is included on your server remove it Then attach the two front brackets to each side of the chas sis then the two rear brackets positioned with just enough space to accommodate the width of the rack Finish by sliding the chassis into the rack and tightening the brackets to the rack 2 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup After you install the S120R 2 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 System see Figure 2 3 First grasp the two handles
23. pin definitions SMB IC The SMB header is for 1 C which may be used to monitor the status of the power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions 5 17 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up SMB Header Pin Definitions SMBUS Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection SMB I C Pin Definitions SMB Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 SMB Data 3 N A 4 N A 5 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual SGPIO SGPIO Header The two headers labeled SGPIO1 Pin Definitions SGPIO1 SGPIO2 and SGPIO2 are for SGPIO Se Pin Definition Pin Definition rial General Purpose Input Output 1 NC 2 nc SGPIO provides a bus between the 3 Ground 4 Data SATA controller and the SAS drive 5 l 6 Ground backplane to provide SAS enclosure 7 NC 8 NC management functions Connect the appropriate cables from the back plane to the SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 headers to utilize SAS management functions on your system Note NC indicates no connection JLAN1 2 Ethernet Ports Two Ethernet ports designated JLAN1 and JLAN2 are located beside the VGA port on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables Alarm Reset JAR
24. press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Main Menu ACU as shown on the first screen on the previus page 3 From the ACU menu select Create Array 4 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert Note To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press Delete 5 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays C 3 SERIES3800 S120R 2 60258 3 User s Manual Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign the properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adaptec Stor age Manager Browser Edition Refer to Adaptec s User s Guide in the enclosed CD To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu select an array type and press Enter Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in an label and press Enter The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creat
25. proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the S120R 2 system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery Pa ty LITHIUM BATTERY K z LITHIUM BATTERY ee QP p I mS eo BATTERY HOLDER i j BATTERY HOLDER 4 3 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 X7DB3 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 bending keep one hand under the center of the board to sup port it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing an
26. the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 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 Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat 7 19 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic See note on page 7 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches t
27. the Chassis Rails You should have received four rack sections with the S120R 2 consisting of two long and two short rails sections These secure directly to the chassis All screws and hardware mentioned in the installation steps should be included in the hard ware kit Position the chassis rail sections alongside of the chassis making sure the screw holes line up the long sections to the front of the chassis and the sorter ones to the rear Note that these rails are left right specific Screw the rails securely to the chassis see Figure 2 1 There should be two screws for each section Repeat this procedure for the other rail on the other side of the chassis You will also need to attach the rail brackets when installng into a telco rack Locking Tabs The chassis rails have a locking tab 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 position Secondly these tabs also lock the server in place when fully extended from the rack This prevents the server from coming completely out of the rack when you pull it out for servicing 2 4 Chapter 2 Server Installation Figure 2 1 Installing Chassis Rails Installing the Server into the Rack 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
28. to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information gt 1 O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 7 14 Chapter 7 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B Th
29. A i D E E encanto tensa tesacetescactqed 5 13 Overheat Fan Fail EED striss dan sasarap a aE Ea aiaa eE NEEE 5 13 Power Fail LED ooo cceeeceeceeeeceeeceeeeeeeececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneeenees 5 14 ResetBUNtOM e a E eeelgiseeatvtce 5 14 Power Button creissien a aaa aaa 5 14 Universal Serial Bus US BO aecdetecttectsene te cusectsceasteet delisted cb aleuicies 5 14 Sonal POMS E a Seats cgtawscls Gplsadea ce eE EEE 5 15 Power Fall Header jsscsecezecettecectecdeczeces seeweespevevbes dhusuesspevecads cath Erades 5 15 Fan Headers cccccccceceeeeeseeceeeceeeeeceeceeaeeeeeeseceneeeaeeeeeeeeeseenaeeeeeeeeseeeees 5 15 GMaSSIS MMUSIOMis 3 isiestrestehiavscysseectsesteats E ine Penaue 5 15 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers 00 0 2 eceeececceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenenaees 5 16 Power LED Speaker aaeemeeee ent eae Men rene eae Mert ee meee ECA re mene CRT raat Tee 5 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports s ccceeessecceteesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 5 16 OVverheat LED tecciisecussstestease ear Eaa OEA E E leadstpes eandestebedvapan 5 16 vii Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual ME Ocie cere a a sine cas oie r 5 18 UPD ccs escola ca aatcacitetds E 5 18 Alarm Reset ccccccececeeeeeeeeeeee idinidiin adiada adiada ria radiata 5 18 ELETE ee ae ee ee ae ee E a E er ener errr sere 5 18 5 9 Jumper SS RUINS acct cad Sse tics cemutacselisieas Saat eudacuetaastuaeanntemmereneieceeaeel 5 19 Explanation of
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31. OS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into the L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into the L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly fr
32. Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For a Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select Intel firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware The default setting is Intel SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATAAdvanced Host Interface Exercise caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the s
33. R 2 60258 3 User s Manual Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control EY Supero Doctor III Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edt view Favorites Tools Help e if SS we mote Management n Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration Sy gement Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control a Appendix D System Specifications Appendix D System Specifications Processors Single or dual Intel dual core Xeon 5000 5100 Sequence type processors at a front side system bus speed of 1333 1066 667 MHz Note Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors Chipset Intel 5000P ESB2 chipset BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM Memory Capacity Eight 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM Note 2 way interleaved memory requires memory to be installed four modules at a time See the memory section in Chapter 5 for details SAS Controller Adaptec 9410 controller for 8 port SAS RAID 0 1 and 10 supported SAS Drive Bays Eight 8 hot swap drive bays to ho
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35. System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the SAS Serial Attached SCSI drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific components There are also two buttons on the chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons The two push buttons located on the front of the chassis are in order from left to right a reset button and a power on off button RESET J RESET Use the reset button to reboot the system NEA J POWER This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system 3 1 Series3800 S120R 2 60258 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 3 3 Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of the chassis has several 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 a bal e Power Fail 6025B 3R only Indicates a power supply module has failed The second power supply module will take the load and keep the system running but the failed module will need to be replaced Refer to Chapter 6 for details on replacing power modules This LED should be off when the system is operating normall
36. The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PlO1 Fast PlO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PlO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 7 5 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 and Both Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are
37. The system will notify you in the event Alarm Reset of a power supply failure This feature Pin Definitions JAR assumes that redundant power supply units are installed in the chassis Con nect a microswitch to the JAR header to disable the power supply fail alarm Note this header is unused on the 6025B 3 which has only a single power supply module Pin Definition 2 5V 1 Ground Keylock The keyboard lock connector is desig nated JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it 5 18 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 9 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the Gans noo serverboard jumpers can be used Pins 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 Setting BE board See the diagram at right for an example of jumping pins 1 and 2 Refer to the serverboard layout page for jumper locations Jumper Note On two 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 syste
38. a 6 3 6 4 Drive Bay Installation REMOVAI sssrinin aaa 6 4 Accessing the Drive Bays ssssssssssssrereerieteerieresrrnssrrrtttrttntterrennerennnne 6 4 SAS Drive Installato cs ce ses ee ceat assita sauda dsns psa apin anieaa danita paak 6 5 Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive Bays cesce 6 7 6 5 Power SUpDIY sninarniiiinrra i a E ed eee 6 8 Power Supply Failure srissrsismansienoni ens inean aaa 6 8 Removing Replacing the Power Supply sccccsesseeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeeees 6 8 Chapter 7 BIOS PA MEMO CU CUIONN eeraa E 7 1 re RUNMNO SETUP ss coe ano eae saad sa eae cde 7 2 7 3 Main BIOS Set p facie tate se Gaetan esecedheneesectanss tees a EEEE 7 2 7 4 Advanced Setup ame emma nee eer Fee remo ee ree eo ere PER ee Fore renee 7 7 Table of Contents 7 9 SSO UINOY aoseta ates acta et ces sees sees seeds ices eset ge ae eee ee ee 7 24 76 OND serene n tec te EAE tse 7 25 T EXE eee AA A E 7 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix C RAID and Software Installation Appendix D System Specifications Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R is a high end server that is comprised of two main subsystems the SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP 2U server chassis and the X7DB3 Intel dual Xeon processor serverboard Please refer to our web site for i
39. 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 consideration 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 connec tions other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc 2 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R into a rack unit If the S120R 2 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 The following is a guideline for installing the system into a rack with the rack rails provided You should also refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Installing
40. aced 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 S120R 2 clean and free of clutter The S120R 2 weighs approximately 53 55 Ibs 24 1 25 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 Don t use the handles if installed to lift the chassis the handles should only be used to pull the server out of the rack 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 excellent metal 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present 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 b
41. aker pin definitions Note 6 Key The speaker connector pins are for 7 Speaker data use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports ear an Pin Definitions Pin Definition The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse ports are located beside the USB ports See the table on the right for pin definitions Data Nc Ground vec Clock Overheat LED Overheat LED Pin Definitions Connect an LED to the JOH1 header adil to provide warning of a chassis over heating condition See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 1 5V OH Active Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is desig nated JWOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this feature You must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable 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 WOR card and cable to use this feature SMBUS The System Management Bus header for the PCI bus designated SMBUS is located near the CPU1 Fan header Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system See the table on the right for
42. and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer Adisabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utili
43. anel cable JF1 see next page SAS cables SASO 3 SAS4 7 USB cable JUSB2 COM port cable COM2 Connecting Power Cables The X7DB3 has a 24 pin primary power supply connector designated JPW1 for connection to the ATX power supply Connect the appropriate connector from the power supply to JPW1 to supply power to the serverboard See the Connector Definitions section in this chapter for power connector pin definitions In addition your power supply must be connected to the 4 pin Auxiliary ATX Power connection at JPW2 and the 8 pin Processor Power connector at JPW3 5 5 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 1 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED indi cators Please 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 1 Front Control Panel Header Pins JF1 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 4 I O Ports The I O ports are
44. ansion Slots The X7DB3 has six PCI expansion slots which includes two x8 PCI Express slots one x4 PCI Express slot two PCI X 133 MHz slots and one PCI X 100 MHz slot The SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP chassis can accommodate up to seven low profile PCI expansion cards PCI cards are installed directly to the serverboard riser cards are not needed 2 PCI Card Installation Before installing a PCI add on card make sure you install it into a slot that supports the speed of the card see step 1 above Begin by removing the screw that se cures the PCI slot shield to the chassis Insert the expansion card into the correct slot on the serverboard pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Finish by securing it to the IO backplane with the screw you removed from the shield Follow this procedure when adding a card to other slots 5 9 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 5 7 Serverboard Details Figure 5 4 X7DB3 Layout not drawn to scale
45. ases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 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 Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed P12V_VRO P12V_VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold See note on page 7 18 This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled
46. be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB 7 11 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Branch 1 Rank Sparing Select enable to enable the sparing feature for Branch 0 Rank The options are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For the X7DB8 E the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug
47. ble Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector Header FAN 1 8 Fan Headers 1 8 IDE 1 IDE Hard Drive Connector IDE 2 Compact Flash Card Connector J7 BIOS Recovery J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector JAR Alarm Reset JD1 Power LED pins1 3 Speaker Header pins 4 7 JF1 Front Control Panel Connector JK1 Keylock Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports JOH1 Overheat LED JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX Power Connector JPW2 Auxiliary Power Connector JPW3 Processor Power Connector JUSB2 JUSB3 Extra USB Headers JUSB2 3 and JUSB4 JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header PSF Power Supply Fail Header Parallel Parallel Printer Port SATAO SATAS SAS0 3 SAS4 7 SGPIO1 SGPIO2 SIM IPMI Slot 7 SMB SMBUS USBO 1 Intel SATA Ports SAS 0 3 SAS 4 7 Ports SGPIO Headers IPMI Connector System Management Bus Header System Management 1 C Power Header USB Ports 5 11 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 5 8 Connector Defin itions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 ATX Power Connector Pin Definition Pin Definition 3 3V 3 3V i The primary ATX power supply con 12V 3 3V nector meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification Make sure that the orientation of the connector is correct See the table on the right for pin definition
48. ble Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors Bih Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COoh Try to boot with INT 19 Cih Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize
49. color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 2 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 2 Rear Panel I O Ports Mouse Parallel Port Green eorgundy 29 USBO CSESSCESSESES o LANI LAN2 atk OO000 Keyboard COM1 Port VGA Port Purple Turquoise Blue 5 5 Installing Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is inter leaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 5 5 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A and DIMM 2A and so on The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at atime See the memory installation table on the next page for the correct order in populating the DIMM slots 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above 5 7 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Memory Support The X7DB3 supports up to 32 GB of ECC FBD Fully Buffered DIMMs DDR2 667 or DDR2 533 SDRAM The memory is an interleaved configuration which requires modules
50. d 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maska
51. dress SA83B488288888D6 All SATA II targets will he negotiated at 1 56hps lt FA gt Reset to Defaults C 9 SERIES3800 S120R 2 60258 3 User s Manual 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the item selected 5 To load default settings press lt F6 gt 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 frray Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities from the screen as shown above and press Enter 3 When the submenu appears select the desired disk and press Enter The following options are available 1 Format Disk Simulates a low level format of the hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Note Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Caution Formatting disk erases all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation C 10 Appendix C RAID and Software Installation 2 Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects
52. e Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 7 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 7 2 Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced Security System Date BIOS Date Legacy Diskette A IDE Channel Master IDE Channel Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 Parallel ATA Serial ATA Native Mode Operation SATA Controller Mode Option SATA RAID Enable ICH Raid CodeBase SATA AHCI Enable System Memory Extended Memory Main Setup Features System Time Boot Chapter 7 BIOS Exit Item Specific Help 16 13 15 05 17 2006 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or lt Enter gt selects
53. e bays All drives are accessable from the front of the server For servicing the DVD ROM and floppy drives you will need to remove the top chassis cover The SAS disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover 2 DVD ROM and floppy disk drives A slim DVD ROM and a floppy drive should be preinstalled in your server Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a DVD ROM and or floppy disk drive to the system 3 Check the SAS drives Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or more drives already installed If you need to install SAS drives please refer to Chapter 6 4 Check the airflow Airflow is provided by three 8 cm center chassis cooling fans The system compo nent layout was carefully designed to direct sufficient cooling airflow to the compo nents 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 input power to the system Plug the power cord s from the power supply module s 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 2 9 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3
54. e information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intels web site for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit
55. e options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 7 15 Series3800 S120R2 6025B 3 60258 3R User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a di
56. een 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 the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and 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 4 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the S120R 2 is operating to assure
57. er is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 7 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure A 7 1 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual 7 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control th
58. erleaved configurations and requires requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs two at_a time See Section 5 5 for details Onboard SAS An onboard Adaptec AIC 9410 SAS controller in integrated into the X7DB3 which supports eight SAS hard drives The SAS drives are connected to a backplane that provides power bus termination and configuration settings The SAS 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 SAS drives RAID 0 1 and 10 are supported PCI Expansion Slots The X7DB3 has six PCI expansion slots which includes two x8 PCI Express slots one x4 PCI Express slot two 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X slots and one 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slot The 100 MHz PCI slot supports Zero Channel RAID Onboard Conirollers Ports 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction One floppy drive controller and two onboard ATA 100 controllers are provided to support up to four IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices The color coded O ports include one COM port an additional COM header is located on the serverboard a VGA monitor port a parallel port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports ATI Graphics Controller The X7DB3 features an integrated ATI video controller based on the ES1000 graph ics chip The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers featuring low power consumption high reliabil
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60. etails on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 6 2 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 3 System Fans Three 8 cm fans provide all the cooling needed for the Series3800 SR120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R It is very important that the chassis top cover is properly installed and making a good seal in order for the cooling air to circulate properly through the chassis and cool the components See Figure 6 2 System Fan Failure Fan speed is controlled by system temperature via a BIOS setting If a fan fails the remaining fans will ramp up to full speed and the overheat fan fail LED on the control panel will flash 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 in Chapter 2 while the system is still running to determine which of the fans has failed The hot plug fan will start to function upon connection to its fan header on the serverboard Replacing System Fans 1 Removing a fan Remove the chassis cover Press the tabs on the top of the fan housing and remove the fan in its housing see Figure 6 2 System power does not need to be shut down since the fans are all hot pluggable 2 Installing a new fan Replace the failed fan with an identical 8 cm 12 volt fan p n FAN 0070 Position the new fan at its proper place in the chassis by fitting the fan with its housing onto the fan mounts in the chassis A click
61. ews from the serverboard in the sequence as show in the picture above 2 Hold the heatsink and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink is loose remove it from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the heatsink 5 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 3 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 DVD ROM drive cable IDE 1 Control P
62. field 1 4471 25 MB 34 Channel Enabled Auto Compatible Disabled Intel Disabled XXXX KB X388 KB To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 7 3 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are lt Setup Screen Emulation Alt PrtSc Capture To Clipboard F10 Print 4 x Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you ear i parameters o is deel drive installed at this Heads connection Heads nuto EAE z a
63. for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the Doctor utility which is optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix C RAID and Software Installation C 3 Configuring Doctor Ill The Doctor Ill program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environ ment and operations of your system Doctor Ill displays crucial system informa tion such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Doctor Ill interface Note The default User Name and Password for Doctor III is ADMIN ADMIN Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Health Information e Supero Doctor ITI Microsoft Internet Explorer Ez 3 ja x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Ea Se E i Super Aue ote Managem ie Info Health Info Performance Rermote Control Configuration Administration Systems Managerment Report Help Health Information CPU1 Chassis CPUZ Chassis SERIES3800 S120
64. he lt ESC gt key The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility is an embedded BIOS Utility including Array Configuration Utility Use this utility when you want to create configure and manage arrays SerialSelect Utility Use this option to configure SAS SATA RAID drives Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to create manage and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS add and delete spare drives and initialize drives During the system startup press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt key simultaneously and the main menu will appear SERIES3800 S120R 2 60258 3 User s Manual 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 8 1416 Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and delete arrays The following sections describe the operations Of Managing Arrays To select this option use the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key to select Managing Arrays from the main menu Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays as shown on the previous screen 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Prope
65. his pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 72 C Temperature Monitoring Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fani Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 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 Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and
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67. ides power drive ID and bus termi nation 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 SAS drives 6 6 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Installing Components in the 5 25 Drive Bays Two 5 25 drive bays are located in the front of the chassis Drives installed here are not connected to the SAS backplane and are not hot swappable meaning system power must be turned off before installing and or removing them To remove the drive carrier first power down the system and then remove the top cover of the chassis Unscrew the retention screw at the top center of the drive then push the drive carrier out from the back until you can grasp and pull it out through the front of the chassis Attach the component to the carrier if installing Then reverse the drive carrier removal procedure to install the drive making sure you screw in the retention screw Replace the top cover when finished DVD ROM Installation The top cover of the chassis must be opened to gain full access to the DVD ROM drive bay The 6025B 3 6025B 3R accomodates only slim type DVD ROM drives Side mounting brakets are typically needed to mount a slim DVD ROM drive in the 6025B 3 6025B 3R server First 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 loc
68. ields 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R 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 Series3800 S120R 2 60258 3 60258 3R 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 acccord ing to 2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units Warnings and Precautions AN 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 should be at
69. ing methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Mow Gr E E 9 Seiica Appa pies AID O No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives AID O Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to preserve AID 1 Build1 Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve AID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation NID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives ID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost 5 When you are finished press Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 from ACU you can restart it by pressing Ctrl R 3 A RAID 1 created using the Quick Init option may return some data miscompares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern C 4 Appendix C RAID and Software Installation 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However during a build operation only the
70. is section Enter Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 7 25 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 7 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving
71. ity and superior longevity Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni tors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 1 3 Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP server chassis System Power The SC825TQ 560LP features a single 560W power supply The system must be shut down and the AC power cord removed before replacing or performing any service on the power supply unit The SC825TQ R700LP features a redundant 700W power supply consisting of two power modules The system does not need to be shut down when replacing or removing a single power supply module SAS Subsystem The SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP chassis was designed to support eight SAS hard drives which are hot swappable units Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SAS drives Front Control Panel The control panel on the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R provides you with system monitoring and control LEDs indicate system power HDD activity network activity system overheat and power failure A main power button and a system reset button are also included In addition two USB ports have been incorporated into the control pane
72. ity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an 120 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video
73. ive is rebuilding When solid it indicates a drive failure If a SAS drive fails you should be notified by your system management software Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions on replacing failed SAS drives Note the two drive bays on the top left of the Series3800 120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R are not connected to a backplane These may be used to house IDE type hard drives only and are not hot swappable 3 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes 3 4 Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R 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 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 DVD ROM and floppy drives When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another perso
74. ks 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 You must power down the system before installing or removing a DVD ROM drive Drives mount on rails and should click into place to be correctly and fully installed in their bays A color mark on a cable typically designates the location of pin 1 6 7 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 6 5 Power Supply 6025B 3 The Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 has a single 560 watt power supply which is auto switching capable This enables it to automatically sense and operate with a 100v 240v input voltage Power Supply Failure If the power supply module fails the system will shut down and you will need to replace the module As the power supply module in the 6025B 3 is not cold swap pable you will need to remove the chassis cover and disconnect all power cables from the power supply unit before removing and replacing the power supply Removing Replacing the Power Supply 1 Removing the power supply First unplug the power cord from the power supply module Remove the cover from the chassis and disconnect all power cables from the motherboard and any components Then remove the screws that secure the power module to the chas sis Finally pull the
75. l to provide front side USB access I O Backplane The SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP is an ATX form factor chassis designed for use in a 2U rackmount configuration The I O backplane provides seven low profile PCI expansion slots one COM port a parallel port a VGA port two USB 2 0 ports PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Cooling System The SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP chassis has an innovative cooling design that includes three 8 cm hot plug system cooling fans located in the middle section of the chassis An air shroud channels the airflow from the system fans to efficiently cool the processor and onboard memory area of the system The power supply module also includes a cooling fan Figure 1 1 Intel 5000P Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details CPU1 CPU2 1067 1333 MT s a PCHExp FBD CHO Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 SEPC k z l lg lg FBD CH1 Sig 8 5000P z le PCHExp MCH Lf BD CH is al ja faa 8 iQ Q A A Slot 5 PCI Express x8 gt e e e e FBD CH3 lt gt o f DDR2 PCI Exp Slot 4 PCI Express x8 gt lt 2 SS SATA Ports 6 AIC PCI Exp Slot 2 PCI X M 9410
76. lies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process or initialization is interrupted or critical with one member missing you must perform a Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status For a critical array Rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl R to Rebuild C 6 Appendix C RAID and Software Installation Using the SerialSelect Utility to Configure SAS Settings The SerialSelect Utility enables you to configure SAS disk drive settings To access the SAS utilities 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility as shown in the screen below fidaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler Options Array Configuration Utility SerialSelect Utility Disk Utilities 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Controller Configuration submenu i Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control ler n Options Control ler Configuration PHY Configuration C 7 SERIES3800 S120R 2 60258 3 User s Manual To set the controller configuration 3 Select Controller Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access the submen as shown below lt Adaptec RAID Co
77. m and unplug the power cord s 2 With the power disconnected short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Remove the screwdriver or shorting device 4 Reconnect the power cord s and power on the system Note Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable Jumper Settings JPG1 the VGA port The default position Jumper Setting Definition is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA Pins 1 2 Enabled See the table on the right for jumper Pins 2 3 Disabled settings 5 19 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature assumes that three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one acting as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default set ting with J3P to prevent false alarms See the table on right for jumper set tings Note JP10 should be disabled on the 6025B 3 which has only a single pow er supply JLAN Enable Disable Change the setting of jumper JPL1 or JPL2 to enable or disable the onboard LAN ports JLAN1 and JLAN2 respec tively See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Compact Flash Master Slave The JCF1 jumper allows you to assign either master or slave status
78. module straight out by the handle 2 Installing a new power supply Replace the failed power supply with an identical power supply module p n PWS 561 1H Reconnect all power cables from the power supply to the motherboard and components Replace the chassis cover and reconnect the AC power cord Finish by depressing the power button on the chassis front control panel to restart the system has a single 550 watt power supply which is auto switching capable This enables it to automatically sense and operate with a 100v 240v input voltage 6 8 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6025B 3R The Series3800 120R 2 6025B 3R has a 700 watt redundant power supply con sisting of two power modules Each power supply module has an auto switching capability which enables it to automatically sense and operate at a 100V 240V input voltage Power Supply Failure If either of the two power supply modules fail the other module will take the full load and allow the system to continue operation without interruption The PWR Fail LED will illuminate and remain on until the failed unit has been replaced The power supply units have a hot swap capability meaning you can replace the failed unit without powering down the system Removing Replacing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply unit The backup power supply module will keep the system up and running while you replace the failed hot swap unit
79. n hoot Disabled Fi tL F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Supervisor Password ls This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 7 24 Chapter 7 BIOS Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 7 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in th
80. n 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 4 1 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual plugged into grounded electrical outlets Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions DVD ROM Laser CAUTION this server may have come equipped with a DVD 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 repl
81. nd 5 24 SAS Ports There are eight SAS Serial Attached SCSI ports one port for SASO 3 and one port for SAS4 7 on the serverboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup SAS Port Pin Definitions SAS0 3 SAS4 7 Pin A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 Definition Ground RX 0 RX 0 Ground RX 1 RX 1 Ground SB7 SB3 SB4 SB5 Ground RX 2 RX 2 Ground RX 3 RX 3 Ground Pin B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 Definition Ground TX 0 TX 0 Ground TX 1 TX 1 Ground SBO SB1 SB2 SB6 Ground TX 2 TX 2 Ground TX 3 TX 3 Ground 5 25 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Notes 5 26 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 SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP chassis For component instal lation follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encountered If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the step that follows Tools Required The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any pri
82. nd Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h O00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect val ues entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may
83. new SAS 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 3 Figure 6 3 Mounting a SAS Drive in a Carrier Use caution when working around the SAS backplane Do 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 all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper fi Important Regardless of how many SAS hard drives are installed airflow Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 2 Installing removing hot swap SAS drives The SAS drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis These 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 handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 4 Note Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot plug ca pability of the SAS drives Figure 6 4 Removing a SAS Drive Carrier Handle Release Button a p Important All of the SAS drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper cooling airflow Hard Drive Backplane The SAS drives plug into a backplane that prov
84. nfiguration Utility 1 1 8 1416 ANL NE Diese cccsn van trveslssiesivave aves CDAD lad BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enab led CIRL A Message Display cccccccscvecces Enab led Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 4 Use the arrow keys to select an item Then press lt Enter gt and the arrow keys to configure the setting for the item selected 5 To load the default settings press lt F6 gt Note The default setting for each item is listed below Runtime BIOS Enabled BBS Support Device POST Banner Display Enabled CTRL A Message Display Enabled Physical Drives Display during POST Enabled 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu and to exit the utility C 8 Appendix C RAID and Software Installation To Set the Physical Configuration 1 Turn on the computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 Use the arrow keys to select SerialSelect Utility and press lt Enter gt to access the Physical Configuration submenu as shown below 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 1 1416 Adaptec SAS SATA HostRAID Control lert Iptians Controller Configuration PHY Configuration 3 Select Physical Configuration and press lt Enter gt to access SAS Device Con figuration submenu as shown below guration Util SAS Device Configuration 68 H RBK P Auto uto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes SAS Ad
85. nformation on operating systems that have been certified for use with the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R In addition to the serverboard and chassis various hardware components have been included with the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R as listed below J Three 3 8 cm hot swap chassis fans FAN 0094L One 1 DVD ROM drive DVM PNSC 824V B J One 1 air shroud MCP 310 00005 00 J One 1 front control panel cable CBL 0087 SAS Accessories One 1 SAS backplane BPN SAS 825TQ Two 2 SAS cables CBL 0176L Eight 8 hot swap drive carriers MCP 220 00001 03 01 e Two 2 CPU passive heatsinks SNK P0018 e One 1 rackmount kit MCP 290 00002 00 Note the V at the end of a server name e g 6025B 3V 6025B 3RV denotes the chassis is silver in color 1 1 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R lies the X7DB3 a dual processor serverboard based on the Intel 5000P chipset and designed to provide maximum performance Below are the main features of the X7DB3 See Figure 1 1 for a block diagram of the 5000P chipset Processors The X7DB3 supports single or dual Intel dual core Xeon 5000 5100 Sequence processors at a FSB speed of 1333 MHz Memory The X7DB3 has eight 240 pin DIMM slots that can support up to 32 GB of FBD Fully Buffered DIMMs ECC DDR2 667 533 SDRAM The memory operates in a 2 way int
86. ng Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 EN 61000 4 8 EN 61000 4 11 Safety EN 60950 IEC 60950 Compliant UL Listed USA CUL Listed Canada TUV Certified Germany CE Marking Europe D 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 User s Manual Notes
87. nted circuit boards 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 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 motherboard 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 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 6 1 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Figure 6 1 Front and Rear Chassis Views 5 25 Drive Bays USB COM Ports Slim DVD ROM Drive Control Panel
88. of the same size and speed to be installed in pairs You should not mix DIMMs of different sizes and speeds See Figure 5 3 for installing and removing memory modules Memory Installation Table BranchoO Branch1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A wwreee 4 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 4A 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Notes 1 DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot to be left unpopulated 2 Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use memory modules of the same speed and type 3 Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 Interleaved memory is not available if only 2 DIMMs are installed on the motherboard Figure 5 3a Installing DIMM into Slot Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the bottom notch To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Figure 5 3b Top View of DDR Slot Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Release Tab L Ll Release Tab 5 6 Adding PCI Cards 1 PCI Exp
89. om the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM 7 9 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual or written into the L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the ca
90. 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 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 may have one or two processors already installed into the serverboard Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor and heatsink installation 3 Check the system memory Your S120R 2 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 4 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 5 Check all cable connections and airflow Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow Also make sure that no cables are positioned in front of the fans See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections 2 7 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 60258 3R User s Manual Figure 2 3 Accessing the Inside of the System 2 8 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the Serial ATA or drives have been properly installed and all connections have been made 1 Accessing the driv
91. pability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 1 PCI X 2 PCI X 3 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Frequency for PCI X 1 On Riser Frequency for PCI X 2 3 On Riser Available when an Active Riser Card is present This option allows the user to change the bus frequency of the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Sloti PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Slot2 PCI X 133MHz Slot3 PCI X 133MHz Slot4 PCI Exp x4 Slot5 PCI Exp x8 and Slot6 PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled a
92. pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Installing the Processor 1 A black PnP cap is attached to the load plate to protect the CPU socket Press the load lever down and away Load lever from the retention clasp to release the load plate from its locked position PnP cap 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load plate released 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at opposite sides 4 Align pint of the CPU the cor ner marked with a triangle with the notched corner of the CPU socket 5 Find the corner of the CPU that has a semi circle cutout below a gold dot CPU key This corner should be aligned with the cutout on the socket socket key CPU key 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Noreneceomer do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically and do not rub the CPU against any surface or any of the contacts which may damage the CPU and or contacts 7 With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed load lev r 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down until it snaps into the retention clasp 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the PnP cap will be au
93. r off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table on the right for the func tions associated with the connection speed LED 5 21 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 5 11 Parallel Port Floppy IDE and SAS and SATA Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires e A red 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 Parallel Port Connector The parallel printer port is located above the COM1 and VGA ports See the table below for pin definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND i Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC 5 22 Floppy Connector Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup The floppy connector is designated J22 See the table below for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions J22 Pin Definition Ground
94. rd dis rive pacion installed here Sectors CD ROM a CD ROM drive Maximum Capacity praan called nose F aa emovable Maximum Capacity removable disk drive is LBA Format installed here Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Main Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit 1 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Fi tL F9 Esc lt gt Enter F10 Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 74 Chapter 7 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format
95. rties dialog box appears showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Appendix C RAID and Software Installation Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent the loss of data Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility 2 From the ARC main menu select Array Configuration Utility ACU 3 From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 6 Press Yes to delete the array or partition or No to return to the previous menu 7 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized are shown in gray and cannot be used See nitializing Disk Drives To create an array 1 Turn on your computer and
96. s COM 5V com ESE o cm r po Nh Oo Auxiliary Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power A i 12V 4 pin Aux Power connector above the Auxiliary 4 pin Pin Definitions JPW2 connector at JPW2 must also be con Pins Definition nected to your power supply nected to your power supply See the 182 Ground table on the right for pin definitions 3 amp 4 12V Processor Power Connector Processor Power Pin Definitions JPW3 JPW83 must also be connected to the Pins Definition power supply to provide power for the 1 through 4 Ground processor s See the table on the 5 through 8 right for pin definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 The non maskable interrupt button Pin Definition header is located on pins 19 and 20 19 Control of JF1 Refer to the table on the right Ground for pin definitions Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 i e aa The Power LED connection is located Pin Definition on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the ig es table on the right for pin definitions 1 come 5 12 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
97. s item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number 1 7 22 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 7 23 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual 7 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Clear Item Specific Help User Password Is Clear Set Supervisor Password Enter Set User Password Enter Password o
98. smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Cirl B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl B a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk 3 Enter Y to delete a bootable array when the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable
99. sole Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 7 17 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page on p 7 19 or on p 7 20 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 C 75 C 80 C and 85 C Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature incre
100. splay to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Con
101. sses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 7 8 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BI
102. tached to the rack In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simul taneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 Determine the 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 SAS 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 tempera ture 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 tempera ture Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should be mounted into
103. ted at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion 5 15 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD DSR RXD RTS TXD CTS DTR RI Ground NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Power Fail Header Pin Definitions PSF Pin Definition P S 1 Fail Signal P S 2 Fail Signal P S 3 Fail Signal Alarm Reset Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 5 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 12V Red 2 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Control Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Extra Universal Serial Bus Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin Definitions JUSB2 JUSB3 USB2 USB3 USB4 Pin Definition Pin Definition Three additional USB headers USB2 3 and USB4 are included on the serverboard These may be used for front side access A USB cable not included is needed for the con nection See the table on the right for pin definitions 1 5V PO Power LED Speaker Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JD1 On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for Pin Function Definition a power LED pins 4 7 are for the 4 Speaker data red wire speaker See the table on the right 5 Key No connection for spe
104. ter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the X7DB3 serverboard and the SC825TQ 560LP SC825TQ R700LP chassis which comprise the Series3800 120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to power ing 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the X7DB3 serverboard including the locations and functions of connections headers and jumpers Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6
105. th initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 4th Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and spee
106. to matically released from the load plate when the lever locks Remove the cap Repeat steps to install a second CPU if desired Warning Keep the plastic PnP cap The serverboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket Shipment PnP cap released without the PnP cap properly installed from load plate will void the warranty 5 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Installing the Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the CEK Passive Heatsink required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the preinstalled heatsink retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws i e NO 1 SCREW NO 4 SCREW the 1 and the 2 screws until just z a snug Do not fully tighten the screws or you may damage the CPU 4 Add the two remaining screws then o a finish the installation by fully tightening NO 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW all four screws Removing the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to prevent damage to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink scr
107. to the compact flash card See the table on the right for jumper settings 5 20 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect Enable Disable Jumper Settings J3P Jumper Setting Definition Open Disabled Closed Enabled JLAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 JPL2 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Compact Flash Master Slave Jumper Settings JCF1 Jumper Setting Definition Closed Master Open Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog func Watch Dog tion Watch Dog is a system monitor Jumper Settings JWD that can reboot the system when a Jumper Setting Definition software application is hung up Pins Pins 1 2 Reset 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system Pins 2 3 NMI if an application is hung up Pins 2 3 Open Bivcbled will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jump er settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write their own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer 5 10 Onboard Indicators JLAN LED SLANI SLAN2 LEDs LED Color Definition The Ethernet ports located beside the Off 10 MHz VGA port have two LEDs On each Green 100 MHz Gigabit LAN port one LED indicates Amber 1 GHz activity when blinking while the other LED may be green amber o
108. ty to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnnis a map ofthe bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data I O device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Par
109. use eight 8 SAS drives Peripheral Drive Bays One 1 slim floppy drive optional One 1 DVD ROM drive Expansion Slots Two PCI Express x8 slots one PCI Express x4 slot two 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X slots and one 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X slot D 1 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 User s Manual Motherboard Model X7DB3 Extended ATX form factor Dimensions 12 x 13 in 305 x 330 mm Chassis 6025B 3 SC825TQ 560LP Form Factor 2U rackmount 6025B 3R SC825TQ R700LP Form Factor 2U rackmount Dimensions WxHxD 16 8 x 3 5 x 25 5 in 427 x 89 x 648 mm Weight Gross Bare Bone 53 Ibs 24 1 kg System Cooling Three 3 8 cm system cooling fans One 1 air shroud for 2U chassis System Input Requirements 6025B 3 AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 100 11A 240V 5A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply 6025B 3 Rated Output Power 560W Part PWS 561 1H Rated Output Voltages 3 3V 21A 5V 25A 12V 43 6A 5Vsb 3A 12V 0 6A System Input Requirements 6025B 3R AC Input Voltage 100 240V AC auto range Rated Input Current 9 5A 4 5A Rated Input Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Power Supply 6025B 3R Rated Output Power 700W Part PWS 702A 1R Rated Output Voltages 12V 58A 5Vsb 4A BTU Rating 2956 BTUs hr for rated output power of 560W 3431 BTUs hr for rated output power of 700W D 2 Appendix D System Specifications Operating Environment Operati
110. y 6 e Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check 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 verify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the indicated condition exists xn e NIC1 Indicates network activity on the JLAN1 port when flashing ex e NIC2 Indicates network activity on the JLAN2 port when flashing 3 2 Chapter 3 System Interface 0 e HDD Indicates IDE channel activity On the Series3800 SR120 2 6025B TR 6025B 8R this LED indicates SAS and or DVD ROM drive activity when flashing Ay lt g gt e Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply module s This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operat ing 3 4 SAS Drive Carrier LEDs Each SAS drive carrier has two LEDs Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SAS drive car rier indicates drive activity A connection to the SAS backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed e Red The red LED indicates two states When blinking it indicates the dr
111. y 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 e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e 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 Series3800 S120R 2 6025B 3 6025B 3R User s Manual 5 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation area of the fan Also do not place the serverboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up i When handling the processor avoid placing direct pressure on the label IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and remove it first before add ing removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the heatsink and fan The X7DB3 can support either one or two Xeon 5000 5100 type processors If install ing one processor only install it into CPU socket 1 Notes 1 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains a CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi direc tional heatsinks and fans 2 When purchasing a Xeon 5000 5100 CPU or when receiving a serverboard with a CPU
112. ystem 7 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Memory Cache PCI Configuration Select Boot features Advanced Chipset Control Advanced Processor Options 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging Console Redirection Hardware Monitor gt gt gt gt gt gt a gt Esc e gt Enter Fi6 7 7 Series3800 S120R2 60258 3 60258 3R User s Manual gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode If enabled this feature will soeed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user pre

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