SI-2P+ Dual Socket 604 Server Board User’s Manual 4200-0333-02 Rev. 1.
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Table Of Contents Chapter 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. Chapter 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. Introduction .................................................... 1-1 Features & Specifications....................................................... 1-1 Package Checklist (Standard Package) .................................. 1-3 Layout Diagram...................................................................... 1-4 Jumpers & Connectors Description........................................ 1-5 Hardware Setup.......................
2.5.14. 2.5.15. 2.5.16. Chapter 3. 3.1. 3.2. BIOS Setup...................................................... 3-1 Main Menu ............................................................................. 3-2 Advanced Menu ..................................................................... 3-6 3.2.1. 3.2.2. 3.2.3. 3.2.4. 3.2.5. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. Ultra 320 SCSI Channels Connectors ..............................2-21 Adaptec Zero Channel RAID (ZCR) SO-DIMM Interface Riser..................................
Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Features & Specifications Processor • Supports dual Intel® Xeon 400MHz/533MHz Processors with 512K L2 Cache up to 2.0GHz ~ 2.
1-2 Chapter 1 • • 1x PS/2 keyboard, 1x PS/2 mouse connector 2x USB external, 2x USB internal connectors System BIOS • • • AWARD Plug and Play BIOS supports APM, DMI, and ACPI Write-Protect Anti-Virus function, Wake on LAN by AWARD BIOS 4M-bit Flash ROM Form factor • • EEB 3.0 Form Factor: 12in. x 13in. (305mm x 330mm) EPS12V PSU Connector Miscellaneous • SI-2P+ Option for IPMI connector Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice.
Introduction 1-3 1.2.
1-4 1.3.
Introduction 1-5 1.4.
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Hardware Setup Chapter 2. 2-1 Hardware Setup 2.1. Precautions Please pay attention to the following precautions before setting up any hardware. 1. Always switch off the power supply and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet before installing the board or changing any settings. 2. Ground yourself properly by wearing a static safety wrist strap before removing the board from the antistatic bag. 3. Hold the board by its edges. Avoid touching any component on it. 4.
2-2 Chapter 2 2.2. Installing the Server Board Before installing the server board, exam your chassis to ensure this server board fits into it. Your chassis should support EEB 3.0 form factor. 1. Face the side of the I/O ports toward the control panel. 2. Locate the screw holes on the server board and the chassis base. 3. Place all the studs or spacers needed on the chassis base and have them tightened. 4. Line up all the screw holes on the board with those studs or spacers on the chassis. 5.
Hardware Setup 2-3 2.3. Installing the CPU This server board provides dual 604-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) sockets to install the Intel Xeon CPU. NOTE: This server board also supports the Xeon CPU of 603-pin package. NOTE: This server board supports installing either one or two CPUs. To set up system with only one CPU, you MUST install it in the Primary Processor Socket (Socket CPU0 in this model).
2-4 2.3.2. Chapter 2 Installing CPU into Socket 1. Lift the socket lever upright to 115 degree at least. 2. Align the triangle mark on the CPU with the triangle cutout on the CPU socket. 3. Insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place. Do not use extra force to insert CPU; it only fit in one orientation. Close down the socket lever to its locked position while firmly pressing the CPU. 4. Apply thermal grease to the CPU with an applicator. 2.3.3. Installing Heatsink and Wind Tunnel 1.
Hardware Setup 2.3.4. 2-5 Installing Fan to Wind Tunnel Assemblies 1. Attach the cooling fan with its airflow direction pointed to heatsink to the air intake portion of wind tunnel. 2. Attach the air intake assembly to the side of the wind tunnel nearest to the front of the chassis. Instead of attaching cooling fan to the side of the wind tunnel, the fan itself could also be attached to the top of the center portion of wind tunnel. 3.
2-6 Chapter 2 2.4. System Memory This server board provides six 184-pin Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) slots for Registered ECC DIMM modules with memory expansion size up to 12GB (DDR266/DDR200). 2.4.1.
Hardware Setup 2-7 Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before installing or removing memory modules. 1. Locate the DIMM slot on the board. 2. Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully, keep away of touching its connectors. 3. Align the two notch keys on the module with the two ribs on the slot. 4. Firmly press the module into the slots until the ejector tabs at both sides of the slot automatically snaps into the mounting notch.
2-8 Chapter 2 2.5. Connectors, Headers, and Switches All the connectors, headers and switches mentioned here are depending on your system configuration. Some features you may (or may not) have to connect or to configure depending on the peripherals you have connected. WARNING: Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component. Failing to so may cause severe damage to your server board and/or peripherals.
Hardware Setup 2.5.2. 2-9 FAN Connectors These 3-pin connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in your system. The CPU must be kept cool by using a powerful fan with heatsink. The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan. • FAN_1: CPU0 Fan • FAN_2: CPU1 Fan • FAN_3/4/5: System Fan WARNING: These fan connectors are not jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors.
2-10 2.5.3. Chapter 2 CMOS Memory Clearing Header This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS memory. • Pin 1-2 shorted (default): Normal operation. • Pin 2-3 shorted: Clear CMOS memory. ATTENTION: Turn the system power off first (including the +5V standby power) before clearing the CMOS memory. Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction.
Hardware Setup 2.5.4. 2-11 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers These headers are used for connecting switches and LED indicators on the chassis front panel. The mark “+” stands for positive polarity of LED connection. Pin Number Pin Assignment Pin 1, 2 POW-ON Pin 3, 4 RESET Pin 5, 6 CASE Pin 7, 8 PWR-LED Pin 9, 10 HDD-LED Pin 13, 14 NIC1 Pin 15, 16 NIC2 Definition Connects to the Power Switch cable of chassis front panel. Connects to the Reset Switch cable of chassis front panel.
2-12 2.5.5. Chapter 2 Floppy Disk Drive and IDE Connectors The FDC1 connector connects up to two floppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector floppy cable. Connect the single end at the longer length of ribbon cable to this FDC1, and the two connectors on the other end to the floppy disk drives. Generally you need only one floppy disk drive in your system. The IDE1/IDE2 port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA/100 mode by one 40-pin, 80-conductor, and 3-connector Ultra ATA/66 ribbon cables.
Hardware Setup 2.5.6. 2-13 PCI Expansion Slots PCI1: Supports PCI 32bit/33MHz. PCI2/4/5: Supports PCI-X 64bit/100MHz. PCI3: Supports PCI-X 64bit/133MHz.
2-14 2.5.7. Chapter 2 COM Port Header This header provides connection to external COM Ports through an extension cable and bracket.
Hardware Setup 2.5.8. 2-15 Additional USB Ports Header This header provides two additional USB ports connection through an extension cable and bracket.
2-16 2.5.9. Chapter 2 LAN Active/Link Indicators Headers These headers are used for connecting LED indicators for LAN status. The mark “+” stands for positive polarity of LED connection.
Hardware Setup 2.5.10. 2-17 Onboard VGA Output Switch This header serves as a switch to select the VGA output from onboard VGA1 connector or from add-on optional VGA card at PCI slot. To select the onboard VGA output, short pin-1 and pin-2 (default setting). For external VGA card operation through PCI slot, short pin-2 and pin-3.
2-18 2.5.11. Chapter 2 Smart Card Reader Connector This connector provides connection to the optional Smart Card Reader device through an extension cable and bracket.
Hardware Setup 2.5.12. 2-19 Agilent Management Connector This server board provides one onboard 50-pin AMC connector. The AMC is a standard connector for server or communication system motherboards. It includes all signals needed for IPMI-complaint baseboard management. NOTE: The AMC does not support “Hot Plug”. The RMC or motherboard itself can be damaged if the AMC cables is plugged or unplugged while power is present.
2-20 2.5.13. Chapter 2 IPMB Connector This server board provides one onboard 4-pin IPMB connector to transfer intelligent platform management information.
Hardware Setup 2.5.14. 2-21 Ultra 320 SCSI Channels Connectors The onboard SCSI controller provides Ultra 320 SCSI channels through these two connectors. Both J17 and J19 connectors provide two 68-pin Ultra 320 SCSI channels. Each channel supports up to 15 devices (ID0~ID15) on a standard Ultra 320 SCSI LVD (Low Voltage Differential) cable, configuration up to 12 meters. In a point-to-point arrangement, cabling can extend 25 meters.
2-22 In order to prevent signal loss, a 68-pin twisted ribbon cable (LVD) with external SCSI terminator is necessary to connect Ultra 320 SCSI hard drive to this board. All termination jumpers on the SCSI devices must be removed when using the external SCSI terminator. IMPORTANT: Each channel should have only one type of SCSI standard. A mixed setup with different standard on the same channel will decrease the performance to the slowest device.
Hardware Setup 2.5.15. 2-23 Adaptec Zero Channel RAID (ZCR) SO-DIMM Interface Riser The J17 and J19 connector can also be used to setup a RAID system by installing an optional Adaptec RAID card - 2015S to this connector.
2-24 2.5.16. Chapter 2 External I/O Panel Connectors • Mouse: PS/2 mouse connector. • Keyboard: PS/2 keyboard connector. • USB1: Universal Serial Bus connector. • LPT1: Parallel port connector. • COM1: Serial port connector • VGA1: Monitor signal connector. • J4, J6: Local Area Network connector.
BIOS Setup Chapter 3. 3-1 BIOS Setup This motherboard provides a programmable EEPROM that you can update the BIOS utility. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is a program that deals with the basic level of communication between processor and peripherals. Use the BIOS Setup program only when installing motherboard, reconfiguring system, or prompted to “Run Setup”. This chapter explains the Setup Utility of BIOS utility.
3-2 Chapter 3 3.1. Main Menu Date (mm:dd:yy) This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the format of [Month], [Date], and [Year]. Time (hh:mm:ss) This item sets the time you specify (usually the current time) in the format of [Hour], [Minute], and [Second].
BIOS Setup 3-3 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing the key. The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen. IDE Primary Master When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using. If you want to define your own drive by yourself, set it to [Manual] and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters.
3-4 Chapter 3 Cylinder This item configures the numbers of cylinders. Head This item configures the numbers of read/write heads. Precomp This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing. Landing Zone This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads. Sector This item configures the numbers of sectors per track. Drive A This item sets the type of floppy drives installed. [None]: No floppy drive installed [360K, 5.25 in.]: 5.
BIOS Setup 3-5 Base Memory This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard. Extended Memory This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up. Total Memory This item displays the total memory available in the system.
3-6 Chapter 3 3.2. Advanced Menu 3.2.1. Advanced BIOS Features CPU Hyper-Threading This option enables or disables the processor’s Hyper-Threading Technology.
BIOS Setup 3-7 Leave this item to its default setting to enable the simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor so as to make one physical processor looks like two logical processors to the OS and applications. This option is for CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology only. For more information on “Hyper-Threading Technology”, please visit Intel Web site at http://www.intel.com/homepage/land/hyperthreading.htm , http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/ht/.
3-8 Chapter 3 NOTE: Don’t forget your password. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But by doing this, you will have to reset all previously set options. MPS Version Control For OS This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this board will use. The options are 1.1 and 1.4. The default setting is 1.4.
BIOS Setup 3-9 Memory Type This item displays the type of memory module you are using. Memory Frequency This item displays the frequency of memory module you are using. DRAM Timing Selectable This item sets the optimal timings for the following four items, depending on the memory module you are using. The default setting “By SPD” configures these four items by reading the contents in the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device.
3-10 Chapter 3 DRAM RAS# Precharge This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM. Delayed Transaction When set to [Enabled], the PCI bus will be freed up when the CPU is accessing 8-bit ISA cards. This will allow PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents performance dropping on the PCI bus. This process normally consumes about 50-60 PCI clocks without PCI delayed transaction.
BIOS Setup 3-11 USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB keyboard in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. USB Mouse Support This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB mouse in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. Onboard LAN Controller This item enables or disables the onboard LAN controller. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly.
3-12 Chapter 3 Onboard Parallel Port This item specifies the I/O address used by the parallel port. [Disabled]: This option prevents the parallel port from accessing any system resources. When the value of this option is set to [Disabled], the printer port becomes unavailable. [378]: This option allows the parallel port to use [378] as its I/O port address. The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I/O Port 378H as the standard setting.
BIOS Setup 3.2.4. 3-13 Power Management Setup Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This item selects the method of powering off your system: [Hold 4 Sec.]: Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. This will prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button. [Instant-Off]: Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off the system.
3-14 Chapter 3 Date (of Month) Alarm [0]: This option power-on the system everyday according to the time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” item. [1-31]: This option selects a date you would like the system to power-on. The system will power-on on the date set, and the time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” item. Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm This item sets the time you would like the system to power-on. 3.2.5.
BIOS Setup 3-15 IRQ Resources Click key to enter its submenu: This item sets each system interrupt to either [PCI Device] or [Reserved].
3-16 Chapter 3 3.3. Security Menu Set Supervisor Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself. The Supervisor Password is used to protect the stored CMOS options from being changed by unauthorized users. Set User Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself. The User Password requires all users to enter a password in order to use the system, and/or enter the BIOS setup (but can’t change its contents).
BIOS Setup 3-17 3.4. PC Health Menu Shutdown Temperature This item sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats. CPU Warning Temperature This item selects the CPU’s warning temperature limit. Once the system has detected that the CPU’s temperature exceeded the limit, warning beeps will sound. NOTE: The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting these system health conditions.
3-18 Chapter 3 3.5. Clk/Misc. Menu CPU Clock Ratio This option selects the CPU clock ratio. Please type in the correct multiple for your CPU. Case-Open Detection This option controls the function for case-opening detection via JP3 header. BIOS Protect Control This option protects for accidentally BIOS writing attempt. NOTE: Make sure to set this item to “Unprotected” when flashing the BIOS.
BIOS Setup 3-19 3.6. Exit Menu Once you have made all your selections in the previous BIOS setup menu, you have to save the settings and exit the setup menu. Select the Exit Menu in the menu bar to show the following menu: NOTE: Pressing does not exit this menu. You have to select one of the options in this menu, such as “Exit Without Saving” to exit the menu without saving your previous settings.
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SCSI Utility Chapter 4. 4-1 SCSI Utility To enter the SCSI configuring menu, reboot the system, press and key when the following message appears: Press for SCSISelect(TM) Utility The following screen appears. Select the channel you want to enter the SCSI configuring menu. Move the or arrow key to select the channel your SCSI devices attached, and then press key to enter. Press key will exit this menu. The following screen appears.
4-2 Chapter 4 This is the “Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings” menu. Carefully configure your settings. Press key will reset to SCSI Controller defaults. This is the “SCSI Disk Utilities” menu. SCSI ID #7 is reserved for SCSI controller only.
Driver Installation Chapter 5. 5-1 Driver Installation All the necessary drivers are included within the Drivers & Utilities CD that came packaged with your board. The display shown in the following figure should appear after inserting this CD into your CD-ROM drive, if not, enter [My Computer] [CD-ROM] Drive double click [autorun.exe]. Please follow the on-screen instruction.
5-2 Chapter 5 5.1. Setup Items • Intel Chipset Software Utility Install Intel chipset driver for Windows Operating System. • ATI VGA Driver Install ATI VGA graphic driver for Windows Operating System. • Intel LAN Driver Install the drivers needed to run Fast Ethernet controller. The operating systems supported are Windows, Windows XP 64-bit, Linux, Netware, and FreeBSD. • Adaptec Ultra320 Driver Install Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI driver for Windows Operating System.
Driver Installation 5-3 5.2. Installing Ultra320 SCSI Controller 5.2.1. Installing Windows 2000 with an Ultra320 SCSI Controller 1. Start your system with the Windows 2000 Boot CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. Note: When using a CD-ROM drive to install Windows 2000 from the bootable CD-ROM, make sure Bootable CD-ROM support is enabled. This is done through the System BIOS Setup Utility. 2. Press F6 when this message is displayed: “Press F6 if you need to install third-party SCSI drivers”. 3.
5-4 Chapter 5 warning and click Yes to continue the installation. 7. When the driver is copied on the hard drive, click Finish. 8. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Select Yes. 5.2.3. Changing SCSI Boot Controllers in Windows 2000 1. With the existing controller still installed, install the Ultra320 controller into your system. Do not attach any devices to it at this time. 2. Boot up the operating system. Install the driver for the Adaptec Ultra320 Adapter. 3. Shut down Windows 2000.
Trouble Shooting A-1 Appendix A. Trouble Shooting Why the system shows incorrect CPU speed in Win2K If you run Msinfo32.exe on a computer that has an Intel Pentium 4 Xeon 2.2-GHz or faster processor, a very high processor speed may be shown. The Processor information on the System Summary page shows the correct name, family, model and stepping for the processor, but the approximate speed may be 37,000 MHz or faster.
A-2 Appendix A How to improve system performance for RedHat 7.2 and RedHat 7.3 It is recommended to upgrade RedHat 7.2 to version 7.3, since there are many improvements as well as kernel upgrade. Currently there is limitation about multi-processor handling irq in RedHat 7.3. It is suggested to download the latest kernel in order to improve the performance. The latest kernel 2.4.18 need patch to fix multi-processor handle irq limitation. Please use the following steps to build the kernel.
Trouble Shooting A-3 How to access system memory in excess of 4GB for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter Server support memory in excess of 4GB of RAM by way of the Intel Physical Addressing Extension (PAE) specification. Windows 2000 Advanced Server is limited to 8GB, and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is limited to 64GB. You can enable PAE in the “Boot.ini” file. To enable PAE, follow these steps: 1. Locate the Boot.
A-4 Appendix A Why the system hung when it detects AIC7xxx driver under RedHat 7.2 The AC7xxx driver in RedHat 7.2 is old for AIC-7902. Please use the following steps to do the installation: 1. Boot from RedHat 7.2 CD-ROM. 2. At boot prompt, type . 3. Select the appropriate language, country, and etc. 4. Choose “add devices” to list device drivers. 5. Select “new experimental .... aic7xxx_mod”. The aic7xxxx_mod will be loaded, instead of the regular aic7xxx driver. 6.
How to Get Technical Support B-1 Appendix B. How to Get Technical Support (From our website) http://www.abit.com.tw (In North America) http://www.abit-usa.com (In Europe) http://www.abit.nl Thank you for choosing ABIT products. ABIT sells all our products through distributors, resellers and system integrators; we have no direct sales to end-users.
B-2 Appendix B 4. Internet Newsgroups. They are a great source of information and many people there can offer help. ABIT's Internet News group, alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit, is an ideal forum for the public to exchange information and discuss experiences they have had with ABIT products. Many times you will see that your question has already been asked before. This is a public Internet news group and it is reserved for free discussions. Here is a list of some of the more popular ones: alt.comp.periphs.
How to Get Technical Support B-3 North America and South America: ABIT Computer (U.S.A.) Corporation 45531 Northport Loop West, Fremont, California 94538, U.S.A. Tel: 1-510-623-0500 Fax: 1-510-623-1092 sales@abit-usa.com technical@abit-usa.com http://www.abit-usa.com U.K. and Ireland: ABIT Computer (U.K.) Corporation Ltd. Unit 3, 24-26 Boulton Road, Stevenage, Herts SG1 4QX, U.K. Tel: 44-1438-228888 Fax: 44-1438-226333 sales@abitcomputer.co.uk technical@abitcomputer.co.
B-4 Appendix B Japan: ABIT Computer (Japan) Co. Ltd. Fax: 81-3-5396-5110 http://www.abit4u.jp Shanghai: ABIT Computer (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Tel: 86-21-6235-1829 Fax: 86-21-6235-1832 http://www.abit.com.cn Russia: ABIT Computer (Russia) Co. Ltd. Fax: 7-095-937-2837 techrussia@abit.com.tw http://www.abit.ru France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece: ABIT Computer France SARL Tel: 33-1-5858-0043 Fax: 33-1-5858-0047 http://www.abit.
How to Get Technical Support B-5 7. RMA Service. If your system has been working but it just stopped, but you have not installed any new software or hardware recently, it is likely that you have a defective component. Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product. You should be able to get RMA service there. 8. Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT.
B-6 Appendix B Technical Support Form Company Name: Phone Number: Contact Person: Fax Number: E-mail Address: Model * Motherboard Model No.
