Acer Altos R520 manual

This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and discusses how to configure the system by changing the settings of the BIOS parameters.

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Acer Altos R520 manual

Contents

Acer Altos R520 Series User’s GuidePage Class a equipment FCC noticeIii Laser compliance statement Use conditions Important safety instructions Page Contents Bios setup Troubleshooting 127 Appendix a Acer Altos R520 Rack installation guide 149 Appendix B RAID configuration 163Page System tour Page System features Performance RAID 5 optional RAID 6 Networking Graphic interfaceServer management Control panel Power supply Operating system and softwareSystem fan Five dual rotor system fans External and internal structure Front bezel Front panel Component Rear panel Internal components Mainboard System boardsDescription Description SAS/SATA backplane board Backplane boardFront view Rear view Mid-plane board Active mid-plane board SAS model Passive mid-plane board Sata model Control panel Mini control panel Standard control panel optional Control panel button function overview Control button Function System LED indicators Mainboard diagnostic LED indicators Description Color State Description Description Color State Description Color State Control panel LED indicators Indicator Color State Description Hot-plug HDD LED indicators LAN port LED indicators Hot-plug power supply module LED indicator Jumper name Settings Function System jumpers System tour System setup Page Setting up the system Pre-installation requirementsChecking the package contents Selecting a site Connecting peripherals To power on the system Turning on the system Power-on problems Configuring the system OS Turning off the system System upgrade Page ESD precautions Installation precautionsPre-installation instructions Post-installation instructions Opening the server Removing and installing the front bezelTo remove the front bezel To install the front bezel Removing and installing the top cover To remove the top cover To install the top cover Removing and installing the CPU air duct To remove the CPU air duct To install the CPU air duct Removing the CPU air dam To remove the CPU air dam Removing and installing the power distribution board cover To remove the power distribution board cover To install the power distribution board cover Removing and installing a hard disk drive Configuring the storage devicesDetermining drive status To remove a HDD To install a HDD Removing and installing a slim-line optical drive To remove a slim-line optical drive To install a slim-line optical drive TP02233 Removing and installing a PCI riser assembly To remove the PCI riser assemblyPage To install the PCI riser assembly Removing and installing a PCI cardTo remove a PCI card To install a PCI card TP02240 Upgrading the CPU To install a CPUCPU upgrading guidelines System upgrade Page System upgrade To remove a CPU System upgrade Upgrading the system memory Memory module installation guidelines Memory module population guidelines Mirrored configuration Standard configurationMemory module population order Memory configuration overview Sparing configuration Standard memory configuration Mirrored memory configuration Memory sparing configuration To install FBDIMMs To remove FBDIMMs To reconfigure the system memory Installing and removing a power supply module To install a second power supply module To remove a power supply module Removing and installing an ARMC/3 module To remove an ARMC/3 module To install an ARMC/3 module Page Installing and removing the SAS hardware RAID components To install the RAID activation key and RAID cache To remove the RAID activation key and RAID cache Installing and removing the RAID BBU To install the RAID BBU To remove the RAID BBU System upgrade To install the RAID activation key To remove the RAID activation key Bios setup Page Bios setup Entering Bios setup Page Main Using the Bios menusParameter Description Option Enabled Disabled Advanced Disabled Dual Core Enables or disables the secondary Virtualization Enables or disables the system to run Processor # Information Memory Parameter Description Configure Memory RAS and Performance 101 102 Yes 103 ATA ControllerEnhanced 104 Mass Storage 105 Serial Port 3F8 107 USB Confguration2F8 20 Sec Auto 109 50 GB 110 System Acoustic and Performance Configuration 111Performance 900 m Not Installed Security To set a Administrator/User password To change the Administrator/User passwordTo remove the User password 113 Server Management 115 Stay Off Console Redirection System Information 117 Boot Options 119 Network Device # Boot Manager Error Manager Exit 124 Upgrading the Bios To record the current Bios settingsTo download the Bios image file To upgrade the Bios 126 Troubleshooting Page Troubleshooting Resetting the systemProblems following initial system installation To do this Press First steps checklist Hardware diagnostic testing Verifying proper operation of key system lights Power indicator does not light Specific problems and corrective actionsConfirming loading of the OS Server boot does not complete Post Server does not recognize all of the processors installedHDD activity indicator does not light ODD optical disk drive activity indicator does not light Bootable CD drive is not detected New memory modules installed are not detectedODD tray cannot be ejected ODD drive cannot read a disc External device connected to a USB connector does not work Diagnostics pass but the connection failsServer cannot connect to a network Make sure the network cable is securely attached Controller stopped working when an adapter was installed Network activity indicator does not lightServer hangs when the drivers are loaded There is problem with the application software No characters appear on the screen Characters are distorted or incorrect System cooling fan do not rotate properly Bios Post error beep codes Error beep codesNumber Description Beeps Troubleshooting Bios Post error beep codes Number Troubleshooting action Beeps ARMC/3 module error beep codes Beep Reason for the beeps and action to take Code Diagnostic Post code LEDs Diagnostic LED placement diagramDiagnostic LED Decoder Checkpoint Host Processor 143 ChipsetMemory PCI Bus 144 Local ConsoleRemote Console Keyboard PS/2 or USB Boot Device Selection 145Fixed Media Removable Media Runtime Phase/EFI Operating System Boot 146Pre-EFI Initialization PEI Core Driver Execution Environment DXE Core Pre-EFI Initialization Module PEIM/Recovery 147 148 Troubleshooting Rack installation guide Page Setting up the system rack Equipment rack precautions Appendix a Acer Altos R520 rack installation guide System rack installation Vertical mounting hole pattern Installing the system into the rack To install the system into a four-post rack 156 157 Fully extend the mounting rails on the rack 159 160 161 162 Configuration Page Configuring integrated SAS RAID Load Bios default settingEnter the integrated SAS RAID Configuration Utility Loading Factory Default Setting Assigning a Hot Spare Disk Configuring the integrated SAS SW RAID Enable integrated SAS SW RAID functionEnter the integrated SAS SW RAID Configuration Utility Loading integrated SAS SW RAID default setting Initial RAID Volume Save and Exit Embedded RAID II Configuration Utility Configuring the onboard Sata RAID Enable onboard Sata RAID functionEnter the onboard Sata RAID Configuration Utility Loading onboard Sata RAID default setting 170 Appendix B RAID configuration Index 171 172 163 173 129 131 174