SUPER MICRO Computer AS 1020C-3 user manual

AS 1020C-3

USER’S MANUAL

1.0

Contents

Main Printed in the United States of America Manual Revision 1.0 Release Date: October 13, 2006 Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Page Page vi Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Server Installation Chapter 3: System Interface Chapter 4: System Safety Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup vii viii Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup ix Chapter 7: BIOS Appendices: Page 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview 1-2 Ser verboa rd Featur es Page 1-4 1-3 Server Chassis Features System Power Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Subsystem Control Panel I/O Backplane Cooling System nVidia nForce Pro 2200 1-4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c 2-1 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2-1 Overview 2-2 Unpacking the System 2-3 Preparing for Setup 2-2 Warnings and Precautions! !! Rack Precautions Server Precautions Rack Mounting Considerations 2-4 Installing the Rack Rails 2-4 Installing the System into a Rack Identifying the Sections of the Rails 2-5 Installing the Chassis Rails 2-6 Installing the Server into the Rack Page 2-8 2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup 2-9 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup 2-10 3-1 Chapter 3 System Interface 3-1 Overview 3-2 Control Panel Buttons 3-3 Control Panel LEDs 3-4 SAS Drive Carrier LEDs Page 4-1 Chapter 4 System Safety 4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4-2 4-2 General Safety Precautions 4-3 4-3 ESD Precautions 4-4 4-4 Operating Precautions OR 5-1 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5-1 Handling the Serverboard Precautions Unpacking 5-2 5-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation CPU Backplates 5-2 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis 5-3 Installing the Processor Page 5-5 5-4 Connecting Cables Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables 5-6 Connecting the Control Panel 5-7 5-5 I/O Ports 5-6 Installing Memory CAUTION 5-8 5-9 5-7 Adding PCI Cards 5-10 AS1020C-3 User's Manual 5-8 Serverboard Details Figure 5-5. H8DCR-3 Serverboard Layout (not drawn to scale) Note: Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only. 5-11 H8DCR-3 Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting Connectors Description Onboard Indicators Description 5-12 5-9 Connector De nitions ATX Power Connector Processor Power Connector Auxiliary Power Connector NMI Button 5-13 Overheat/Fan Fail LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED HDD LED 5-14 Reset Button Power Button Universal Serial Bus Ports (USB0/1) LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) 5-15 Fan Headers Serial Ports Extra USB Headers Chassis Intrusion 5-16 ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports PS_SMBUS Overheat LED Power LED/Speaker 5-17 Wake-On-LAN Wake-On-Ring SMBus Header Alarm Reset Header 5-18 Power Fail Connector Compact Flash Power Connector JSLED1 Header I2C for SAS Connector 5-10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers CMOS Clear 5-20 I2C to PCI Enable/Disable 3rd Power Supply Fail Signal Enable/Disable Compact Flash Master/Slave VGA Enable/Disable 5-21 Watch Dog Enable/Disable Onboard Speaker Enable/ Disable SAS Controller Enable/ Disable 5-22 PCI-X Slot Frequency Select LAN1/2 Enable/Disable 5-23 5-11 Onboard Indicators LAN1/LAN2 LEDs +3.3V Standby LED SAS Activity LEDs 5-24 5-12 Floppy, IDE and SAS Connections Floppy Connector 5-25 IDE Connectors SAS Ports 5-26 5-13 Enabling SAS RAID Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Enabling SAS RAID 5-27 SAS Controller Utility Creating a RAID Array Page 5-29 Additional Functions 5-30 5-14 Installing Drivers 6-1 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Tools Required 6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions 6-2 6-2 Control Panel 6-3 6-3 System Fans System Fan Failure Replacing System Cooling Fans 6-4 6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal Removing the Front Bezel 6-5 Accessing the Drive Bays 6-6 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Drive Installation 6-7 6-8 CD-ROM and Floppy Drive Installation 6-9 6-5 Power Supply Power Supply Failure Removing/Replacing the Power Supply Page 7-1 Chapter 7 BIOS 7-1 Introduction Starting the Setup Utility 7-2 Main Menu 7-3 Advanced Settings Menu Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Hyper Transport Con guration AMD PowerNow Con guration Page Page Page 7-4 Boot Menu OS Installation 7-5 Security Menu 7-6 Exit Menu Page Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A-1 A-1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description Page B-1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-2 B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: B-3 B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-4 B-5 B-6 B-7 Page Appendix C System Speci cations