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HCI Server – Intel DP 2U 4 Nodes Server
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  • Page 1 H261-NO0 H261-PC0 HCI Server – Intel DP 2U 4 Nodes Server User Manual Rev. 1.0...
  • Page 2 GIGABYTE's prior written permission. Documentation Classifications In order to assist in the use of this product, GIGABYTE provides the following types of documentation:  User Manual: detailed information & steps about the installation, configuration and use this product (motherboard), covering hardware &...
  • Page 3 Conventions The following conventions are used in this user's guide: NOTE! Pieces of additional information related to the current topic. CAUTION! Precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. WARNING! Alerts to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
  • Page 4 Server Warnings and Cautions Before installing a server, be sure that you understand the following warnings and cautions. WARNING! To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to the equipment: • Do not disable the power cord grounding plug. The grounding plug is an important safety feature.
  • Page 5 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) CAUTION! ESD CAN DAMAGE DRIVES, BOARDS, AND OTHER PARTS. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PERFORM ALL PROCEDURES AT AN ESD WORKSTATION. IF ONE IS NOT AVAILABLE, PROVIDE SOME ESD PROTECTION BY WEARING AN ANTI-STATIC WRIST STRAP AT- TACHED TO CHASSIS GROUND -- ANY UNPAINTED METAL SURFACE -- ON YOUR SERVER WHEN HANDLING PARTS.
  • Page 6 Installing or removing jumpers: A jumper is a small plastic encased conductor that slips over two jumper pins. Some jumpers have a small tab on top that can be gripped with fin-gertips or with a pair of fine needle nosed pliers. If the jumpers do not have such a tab, take care when us- ing needle nosed pliers to remove or install a jumper;...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    3-11 Replacing the Power Supply ................40 3-11-1 Power Supply LED Behavior ..................41 3-12 Replacing Power Distribution Board Cage ............. 42 3-13 Cable Routing ....................43 3-13-1 H261-NO0 ......................43 3-13-2 H261-PC0 .......................48 Chapter 4 Motherboard Components ................51 Motherboard Components ................51 Jumper Setting ....................
  • Page 8 Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ....................53 The Main Menu ....................55 Advanced Menu ..................... 58 5-2-1 Trusted Computing ....................59 5-2-2 Serial Port Console Redirection ................60 5-2-3 SIO Configuration ....................64 5-2-4 PCI Subsystem Settings ..................65 5-2-5 USB Configuration ....................66 5-2-6 Post Report Configuration ..................67 5-2-7 NVMe Configuration ....................68 5-2-8...
  • Page 9 5-8-5 Intel UPI Error Codes ...................110 5-8-6 Intel MRC POST Codes ..................111 5-8-7 Intel MRC Error Codes ..................111 5-8-8 Intel PM POST Codes ..................112 5-8-9 Intel PM POST Codes ..................112 BIOS POST Beep code (AMI standard) ............113 5-9-1 PEI Beep Codes ....................113 5-9-2...
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  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 1 Hardware Installation Installation Precautions The motherboard/system contain numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Prior to installation, carefully read the service guide and follow these procedures: • Prior to installation, do not remove or break motherboard S/N (Serial Number) sticker or warranty sticker provided by your dealer.

  • Page 12: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications System 2U 4 Nodes - Rear access Š Dimension 440 (W) x 87 (H) x 840 (D) mm Š 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors Š Intel® Xeon® Platinum Processor, Intel® Xeon® Gold Processor, Intel® Xeon® Š...
  • Page 13 The maximum number of DCPMM that can be installed is based on a maximum operating (ambient) temperature of 35°C To enquire about installing a greater number of DCPMM, please consult with your GIGABYTE technical or sales representative Per Node: 1 x Dedicated management port Š...
  • Page 14 1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM Š Management chip on CMC board: Š Integrated in Aspeed® AST2520A2-GP Š Storage Per node: (H261-NO0) 6 x U.2 hot-swappable bays Š Onboard SATA DOM support (PIN_7, PIN_8 or external cable) Š Total: 24 x U.2 hot-swappable bays Š...
  • Page 15 Per Node: Internal I/O 1 x COM header Š 2 x SATA 7-pin connectors Š 1 x TPM header Š 1 x BMC SGPIO header Š 1 x JTAG BMC header Š 1 x PLD header Š 1 x Clear CMOS jumper Š...
  • Page 16 Backplane I/O 24 x ports Š (H261-NO0) 12Gb/s & 6Gb/s compatible Š (H261-PC0) 24 x ports Š PCIe Gen3 x4 U.2 port Š 1 x TPM header with LPC interface Š Optional TPM2.0 kit: CTM000 Š System Aspeed® AST2500 management controller Š...
  • Page 17 Ambient Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C Š Operating humidity: 8-80% (non-condensing) Temperature Š Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 60°C Š Relative Non-operating humidity: 20%-95% (non-condensing) Š Humidity * We reserves the right to make any changes to the product specifications and product-related information without prior notice.

  • Page 18: System Block Diagram

    System Block Diagram • Please Go to Chapter 4 Motherboard Components for Riser Slot information. - 18 - Hardware Installation...

  • Page 19: Chapter 2 System Appearance

    Chapter 2 System Appearance Front View H261-NO0 NODE1 NODE3 NODE2 NODE4 H261-PC0 NODE1 NODE3 NODE2 NODE4 Decription Front Panel LEDs and buttons Orange HDD Latches Support NVMe • Please Go to Chapter 2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of function LEDs.

  • Page 20: Rear View

    Rear View PSU2 PSU1 Decription CMC LAN Port USB 3.0 Port x 2 PCIe Card Slot #1 Mezzanine Card Slot (Optional/Supports OCP V2.0 Card) ID LED VGA Port PCIe Card Slot #2 10/100/1000 Server management LAN port System Appearance - 20 -...

  • Page 21: Front Panel Led And Buttons

    Front Panel LED and Buttons NODE1 NODE3 NODE2 NODE4 No. Name Color Status Description Green System is operating normally. Critical condition, may indicates: System fan failure System temperature Amber System Non-critical condition, may indicates: Status LED Blink Redundant power module failure Temperature and voltage issue Non-critical condition, may indicates: Redundant power module failure...

  • Page 22: Rear System Lan Leds

    Rear System LAN LEDs Name Color Status Description Yellow 1Gbps data rate 1GbE Green 100 Mbps data rate Speed LED 10 Mbps data rate Link between system and 1GbE Green network or no access Link/ Blink Data transmission or receiving is occurring Activity LED No data transmission or receiving is occurring System Appearance...

  • Page 23: Hard Disk Drive Leds

    Hard Disk Drive LEDs HDD Present RAID SKU LED1 Locate HDD Fault Rebuilding Access (No Access) Disk LED Green ON(*1) BLINK (*2) (LED on Back Panel) Amber No RAID configuration ON(*1) Green (via HBA) Removed HDD Slot (LED on Back Panel) Amber Green BLINK (*2)

  • Page 24: Power Supply Led Behavior

    Power Supply LED Behavior Power Supply LED State Description No AC power to all power supplies 1Hz Green Blinking AC present / only standby on / Cold redundant mode 2Hz Green Blinking Power supply firmware updateing mode AC cord unplugged or AC power lost; with a second power supply in parallel still with AC input power Amber Power supply critical event causing shut down:...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 System Hardware Installation

    Chapter 3 System Hardware Installation Pre-installation Instructions Computer components and electronic circuit boards can be damaged by discharges of static electricity. Working on computers that are still connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous. Follow the simple guidelines below to avoid damage to your computer or injury to yourself.

  • Page 26: Installing The Hard Disk Drive

    Installing the Hard Disk Drive Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the Hard disk drive: • Take note of the drive tray orientation before sliding it out. • The tray will not fit back into the bay if inserted incorrectly. •...

  • Page 27: Removing The Node

    Removing the Node Follow these instructions to remove a node: Press the release retaining clip on the right side of the node along the direction of the arrow, Pulling out the node using its handle. Press Pull - 27 - System Hardware Installation...

  • Page 28: Removing Chassis Cover

    Removing Chassis Cover Before you remove or install the system cover • Make sure the system is not turned on or connected to AC power. Follow these instructions to remove the system cover: Loosen and remove the six screws securing the back cover. Slide the cover to the rear of the system and remove the cover in the direction of the arrow.

  • Page 29: Removing And Installing The Fan Duct

    Removing and Installing the Fan Duct Follow these instructions to remove/install the fan duct: Remove the two screws securing the fan ducts. Lift up to remove the fan ducts To install the fan duct, align the fan duct with the guiding groove. Push down the fan duct into chassis until its firmly seats, then install the four screws to secure the fan ducts in place.

  • Page 30: Removing And Installing The Heatsink

    Removing and Installing the Heatsink Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the heatsink: • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the heatsink to prevent hardware damage. • Unplug all cables from the power outlets. •...
  • Page 31 CPU1 Heatsink: To install the heatsink, reverse the steps above while ensuring that you tighten the captive screws in sequential order (1g2g3g4) as seen in the image below. CPU0 Heatsink CPU1 Heatsink: - 31 - System Hardware Installation...

  • Page 32: Installing The Cpu

    Installing the CPU Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the CPU: • Make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the CPU to prevent hardware damage. •...
  • Page 33 System Hardware Installation - 33 -...

  • Page 34: Installing Memory

    Installing Memory Read the following guidelines before you begin to install the memory: • Make sure that the motherboard supports the memory. It is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed, and chips be used. • Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before installing the memory to prevent hardware damage.

  • Page 35: Installing The Memory

    3-7-2 Installing the Memory Before installing a memory module, make sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet to prevent damage to the memory module. Be sure to install DDR4 DIMMs on this motherboard. Follow these instructions to install the Memory: Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot, and push it down.

  • Page 36: Installing The Pci Expansion Card

    Installing the PCI Expansion Card • The PCI riser assembly does not include a riser card or any cabling as standard. To install a PCI card, a riser card must be installed. Follow these instructions to install the left PCI Expansion card: Remove the three screws securing the riser bracket to the system.
  • Page 37 Follow these instructions to install the right PCI Expansion card: Remove the two screws on the riser bracket to the system. Lift up the riser bracket out of system. Remove the screw securing the side bracket to the riser bracket. Remove the side bracket Align the PCI-E card to the riser guide slot and push in the direction of the arrow until the PCI-E card sits in the PCI card connector.

  • Page 38: Installing The Ocp Card

    Installing the OCP Card • Before installing the OCP card the left PCI-E riser assembly must be first removed, see the Installing the PCI Expansion Card section for instructions on removing the PCI-E riser assembly. • Use the following type of OCP 2.0 NIC: Type1, P1, P2, P3, P4 Follow these instructions to install the OCP card: Install the OCP card bracket.

  • Page 39: Replacing The Fan Assembly

    3-10 Replacing the Fan Assembly Follow these instructions to replace the fan assembly: Pull the fan ear outward. Lift up the fan assembly from the chassis. Reverse the previous steps to install the replacement fan assembly. - 39 - System Hardware Installation...

  • Page 40: Replacing The Power Supply

    3-11 Replacing the Power Supply Follow these instructions to replace the power supply: Pull up the power supply handle and press the retaining clip on the right side of the power supply along the direction of the arrow. At the same time, pull out the power supply by using its handle. Insert the replacement power supply firmly into the chassis.

  • Page 41: Power Supply Led Behavior

    3-11-1 Power Supply LED Behavior Power Supply LED State Description No AC power to all power supplies 1Hz Green Blinking AC present / only standby on / Cold redundant mode 2Hz Green Blinking Power supply firmware updateing mode AC cord unplugged or AC power lost; with a second power supply in parallel still with AC input power Amber Power supply critical event causing shut down:...

  • Page 42: Replacing Power Distribution Board Cage

    3-12 Replacing Power Distribution Board Cage Before you remove or install the power distribution board cage: • Make sure the system is not turned on or connected to AC power. Follow these instructions to remove the power distribution board cage: Loosen and remove the four screws securing the cage.

  • Page 43: Cable Routing

    3-13 Cable Routing 3-13-1 H261-NO0 Front Switch Cable/Front LED Cable PMBus Cable Power Distribution Board to Middle Board- Power Distribution Board to Middle Board- Cable (Top) Cable (Bottom) - 43 - System Hardware Installation...
  • Page 44 Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Cable (SATA1) Board Cable (SATA2) Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Cable (SATA3) Board Cable (SATA4) System Hardware Installation - 44 -...
  • Page 45 Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Cable (NVMe/Node1) Cable (NVMe/Node1) Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Cable (NVMe/Node3) Cable (NVMe/Node3) - 45 - System Hardware Installation...
  • Page 46 Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Cable (NVMe/Node2) Board Cable (NVMe/Node2) Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Board Cable (NVMe/Node4) Board Cable (NVMe/Node4) System Hardware Installation - 46 -...
  • Page 47 LAN Bridge Cable On-Board SATA to HDD Back Plane Board Cable - 47 - System Hardware Installation...

  • Page 48: H261-Pc0

    3-13-2 H261-PC0 Front Switch Cable/Front LED Cable PMBus Cable Power Distribution Board to Middle Board- Power Distribution Board to Middle Board- Cable (Top) Cable (Bottom) System Hardware Installation - 48 -...
  • Page 49 Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Cable Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane (SATA1) Cable (SATA2) Top Middle Board to HDD Back Plane Cable Bottom Middle Board to HDD Back Plane (SATA3) Cable (SATA4) - 49 - System Hardware Installation...
  • Page 50 LAN Bridge Cable On-Board SATA to HDD Back Plane Board Cable System Hardware Installation - 50 -...

  • Page 51: Chapter 4 Motherboard Components

    Chapter 4 Motherboard Components Motherboard Components DIMM_P0_C0 DIMM_P1_I0 DIMM_P0_B0 DIMM_P1_H0 DIMM_P0_A0 DIMM_P1_G0 DIMM_P0_A1 DIMM_P1_G1 CPU1 DIMM_P0_D1 DIMM_P1_J1 DIMM_P0_D0 DIMM_P1_J0 DIMM_P0_E0 DIMM_P1_K0 DIMM_P0_F0 DIMM_P1_L0 Item Description USB 3.0 Ports PCI Express x8 Slot Serial Port Connector VGA Port Server Management LAN Port SlimLine SAS Connector NSCI Switch SATA 6Gb/s Connector (suppport SATA DOM)

  • Page 52: Jumper Setting

    Jumper Setting PMBus Address Selec on BIOS_PWD Intel ME Clear Default Password Enable Default Recovery CMOS Clear Enable Default Enable ME_RCVR CLR_CMOS BIOS_PWD BIOS Default Default Force Recovery Update Enable Enable BIOS_RCVR ME_UPDATE - 52 - Hardware Installation...

  • Page 53: Chapter 5 Bios Setup

    Chapter 5 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) records hardware parameters of the system in the EFI on the motherboard. Its major functions include conducting the Power-On Self-Test (POST) during system startup, saving system parameters, loading the operating system etc. The BIOS includes a BIOS Setup program that allows the user to modify basic system configuration settings or to activate certain system features.
  • Page 54  Main This setup page includes all the items of the standard compatible BIOS.  Advanced This setup page includes all the items of AMI BIOS special enhanced features. (ex: Auto detect fan and temperature status, automatically configure hard disk parameters.) ...

  • Page 55: The Main Menu

    The Main Menu Once you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main Menu (as shown below) appears on the screen. Use arrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter other sub-menu. Main Menu Help The on-screen description of a highlighted setup option is displayed on the bottom line of the Main Menu.
  • Page 56 Parameter Description BIOS Information Project Name Displays the project name information. Project Version Displays version number of the BIOS setup utility. Build Date and Time Displays the date and time when the BIOS setup utility was created. BMC Information (Note) BMC Firmware Version Displays BMC firmware version information.
  • Page 57 Parameter Description Memory Information Total Memory (Note) Displays the total memory size of the installed memory. Memory Frequency (Note) Displays the frequency information of the installed memory. System Date Sets the date following the weekday-month-day-year format. System Time Sets the system time following the hour-minute-second format. (Note) This section will display capacity and frequency information of the memory that the customer has installed.

  • Page 58: Advanced Menu

    Advanced Menu The Advanced Menu displays submenu options for configuring the function of various hardware components. Select a submenu item, then press <Enter> to access the related submenu screen. BIOS Setup - 58 -...

  • Page 59: Trusted Computing

    5-2-1 Trusted Computing Parameter Description Configuration Enable/Disable the TPM support feature. Security Device Support Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. Override to allow SID authentication in TCG storage device. Disable Block Sid Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Disable. - 59 - BIOS Setup...

  • Page 60: Serial Port Console Redirection

    5-2-2 Serial Port Console Redirection Parameter Description Console redirection enables the users to manage the system from a COM1 Console remote location. Redirection (Note)) Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Disabled. Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Please note that this item is configurable when COM1 Console Redirection is set to Enabled.
  • Page 61 Parameter Description Parity Š – A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. – Even: parity bit is 0 if the num of 1's in the data bits is even. – Odd: parity bit is 0 if num of 1's in the data bits is odd. –...
  • Page 62 Parameter Description Legacy Console Redirection Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Redirection COM Port Š – Selects a COM port for Legacy serial redirection. – Default setting is COM1. Resolution Š – Selects the number of rows and columns used in Console Redirection for legacy OS support.
  • Page 63 Parameter Description Flow Control Š – Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a 'stop' signal can Serial Port for Out-of-Band be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a 'start' EMS Console Redirection signal can be sent to re-start the flow.

  • Page 64: Sio Configuration

    5-2-3 SIO Configuration Description Parameter Displays the AMI SIO driver version information. AMI SIO Driver Version Super IO Chip Logical Device(s) Configuration Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Use This Device Š – When set to Enabled allows you to configure the serial port settings. When set to Disabled, displays no configuration for the serial port.

  • Page 65: Pci Subsystem Settings

    5-2-4 PCI Subsystem Settings Parameter Description PCI Bus Driver Version Displays the PCI Bus Driver version information. When enabled, this setting will initialize the device expansion PCI Express Slot # I/O ROM (Note1) ROM for the related PCI-E slot. Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled. When enabled, this setting will initialize the device expansion NVME1/2/3/4/5/6 I/O ROM ROM for the related NVME devices.

  • Page 66: Usb Configuration

    5-2-5 USB Configuration Parameter Description USB Configuration USB Devices: Displays the USB devices connected to the system. Enable/Disable the XHCI (USB 3.0) Hand-off support. XHCI Hand-off Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled. USB Mass Storage Driver Enable/Disable the USB Mass Storage Driver Support. Support (Note) Options available: Enabled/Disabled.

  • Page 67: Post Report Configuration

    5-2-6 Post Report Configuration Parameter Description Post Report Configuration Error Message Report Enable/Disable the POST Error Message support. Post Error Message Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled. - 67 - BIOS Setup...

  • Page 68: Nvme Configuration

    5-2-7 NVMe Configuration Parameter Description NVMe Configuration Displays the NVMe devices connected to the system Options available: BIOS Build-In, NVMe Device. Default setting is BIOS NVMe OPROM Select Build-In. - 68 - BIOS Setup...

  • Page 69: Chipset Configuration

    5-2-8 Chipset Configuration Parameter Description Defines the power state to resume to after a system shutdown that is due to an interruption in AC power. When set to Last State, the system will return to the active power state prior to shutdown. When set to Restore on AC Power Loss (Note) Power Off, the system remains off after power shutdown.

  • Page 70: Network Stack Configuration

    5-2-9 Network Stack Configuration Parameter Description Enable/Disable the UEFI network stack. Network Stack Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled. Enable/Disable the Ipv4 PXE feature. Ipv4 PXE Support (Note) Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled. Enable/Disable the Ipv4 HTTP feature. Ipv4 HTTP Support (Note) Options available: Enabled/Disabled.

  • Page 71: Iscsi Configuration

    5-2-10 iSCSI Configuration Parameter Description iSCSI Initiator Name Add an Attempt Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Delete Attempts Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Change Attempt Order Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. BIOS Setup - 71 -...

  • Page 72: Driver Health

    5-2-11 Driver Health Parameter Description Driver Health Displays driver health status of the devices/controllers if installed BIOS Setup - 72 -...

  • Page 73: Chipset Setup Menu

    Chipset Setup Menu Chipset Setup menu displays submenu options for configuring the function of Platform Controller Hub(PCH). Select a submenu item, then press <Enter> to access the related submenu screen. - 73 - BIOS Setup...
  • Page 74 5-3-1 Processor Configuration BIOS Setup - 74 -...

  • Page 75: Processor Configuration

    Description Parameter Processor Configuration Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. CPU Socket 0/1 Configuration Š – Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Core Disable Bitmap(Hex) (for CPU socket 0/1) Š Per-Socket Configuration – Number of Cores to enable. 0 means all cores. FFFFFFF means to disable all cores.

  • Page 76: Common Refcode Configuration

    5-3-2 Common RefCode Configuration Parameter Description Common RefCode Configuration Selects the MMIO High Base setting. MMIO High Base Options available: 56T, 40T, 24T, 16T, 4T, 1T. Default setting is 56T. Selects the allocation size used to assign mmioh resources. Total mmioh space can be up to 32xgranularity. Per stack mmioh resource assignments are multiples of the granularity where 1 unit MMIO High Granularity Size per stack is the default allocation.
  • Page 77 5-3-3 UPI Configuration BIOS Setup - 77 -...

  • Page 78: Upi Configuration

    Description Parameter UPI Configuration Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. UPI Status Š – Press [Enter] to view the UPI status. Link Frequency Select Š – Selects the UPI link frequency. – Options available: 9.6GB/s, 10.4GB/s, Auto. Default setting is Auto. Š...

  • Page 79: Memory Configuration

    5-3-4 Memory Configuration Description Parameter Integrated Memory Controller (iMC) When set to Enable, the system enforces Plan Of Record restrictions for DDR4 frequency and voltage programming. When set to Auto, Enforce POR the system sets it to the MRC default settings. Options available: Auto, POR, Disable.
  • Page 80 Description Parameter Controls if NVDIMMs are interleaved together or not. Interleave NVDIMMs Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Disable. Enable/Disable Assert ADR on Reset. Assert ADR on Reset Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Disable. Enable/Disable Assert ADR on S5. Assert ADR on S5 Options available: Enable/Disable.

  • Page 81: Iio Configuration

    5-3-5 IIO Configuration Description Parameter IIO Configuration Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. ® Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) Š – Enable/Disable the Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) support function by reporting the I/O device assignment to VMM through DMAR ACPI Tables.
  • Page 82 Description Parameter Post Interrupt Š – Enable/Disable VT_D posted interrupt. – Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. ® Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) Coherency Support (Non-Isoch) (continued) Š – Enable/Disable Non-Isoch VT_D Engine Coherency support. – Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. Press [Enter] to configure advanced items.

  • Page 83: Advanced Power Management Configuration

    5-3-6 Advanced Power Management Configuration Description Parameter Advanced Power Management Configuration Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. SpeedStep (Pstates) Š – Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. –...
  • Page 84 Description Parameter Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Hardware P-States Š – When this item is disabled, the processor hardware chooses a P-state based on OS Request (Legacy P-States). – In Native mode, the processor hardware chooses a P-state based Hardware PM State Control on OS guidance.

  • Page 85: Pch Configuration

    5-3-7 PCH Configuration Description Parameter PCH Configuration Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. SATA Controller Š – Enable/Disable SATA controller. – Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. Configure SATA as Š – Configures on chip SATA type. – AHCI Mode: When set to AHCI, the SATA controller enables its AHCI functionality.
  • Page 86 Description Parameter Port 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 Š – Enable/Disable Port 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 device. – Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. Hot Plug (for Port 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7) (Note 2) Š – Enable/Disable HDD Hot-Plug function. PCH SATA Configuration – Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Disable. (continued) Spin Up Device (for Port 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7) (Note 2)

  • Page 87: Miscellaneous Configuration

    5-3-8 Miscellaneous Configuration Description Parameter Miscellaneous Configuration Selects the active video type. Options available: Auto, Onboard Device, PCIE Device. Default setting is Active Video Auto. - 87 - BIOS Setup...

  • Page 88: Server Me Configuration

    5-3-9 Server ME Configuration Parameter Description General ME Configuration Oper. Firmware Version Displays the operational firmware version. ME Firmware Status #1/#2 Displays ME Firmware status information. Current State (for ME Firmware) Displays ME Firmware current status information. Error Code (for ME Firmware) Displays ME Firmware status error code.

  • Page 89: Runtime Error Logging Settings

    5-3-10 Runtime Error Logging Settings Description Parameter Runtime Error Logging Enable/Disable system error logging function. System Errors Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. Enable/Disable software injection error logging function. S/W Error Injection Support Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Disable. Press [Enter] to configure advanced items.
  • Page 90 Description Parameter Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Corrected Error Š – Enables and escalates Correctable Errors to error pins. – Options available: Enable/Disable. Default setting is Enable. Uncorrected Error Š – Enables and escalates Uncorrectable/Recoverable Errors to error pins. –...

  • Page 91: Power Policy

    5-3-11 Power Policy Description Parameter Selects a Power Policy Quick Setting. Options available: Standard, Best Performance, Energy Efficient, Turbo Power Policy Quick Settings Lock. Default setting is Standard. Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor SpeedStep (Pstates) load.
  • Page 92 Description Parameter Configures the state for the C-State package limit. Options available: C0/C1 state, C2 state, C6(non Retention) state, Package C State C6(Retention) state, No Limit, Auto. Default setting is Auto. The Hyper Threading Technology allows a single processor to execute two or more separate threads concurrently.

  • Page 93: Server Management Menu

    Server Management Menu Parameter Description Enable/Disable FRB-2 timer (POST timer). FRB-2 Timer Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Disabled. Configure the FRB2 Timer timeout. FRB-2 Timer Options available: 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes. Default setting is 6 timeout minutes.
  • Page 94 Parameter Description Configure OS Watchdog Timer Policy. Options available: Reset, Do Nothing, Power Down, Power Cycle. Default setting is OS Wtd Timer Reset. Policy Please note that this item is configurable when OS Watchdog Timer is set to Enabled. POST wait BMC ready and reboot system. Wait BMC Ready Options available: Disabled, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes.

  • Page 95: System Event Log

    5-4-1 System Event Log Parameter Description Enabling / Disabling Options Change this item to enable or disable all features of System Event SEL Components Logging during boot. Options available: Enabled/Disabled. Default setting is Enabled. Erasing Settings Choose options for erasing SEL. Erase SEL Options available: No/Yes, On next reset/Yes, On every reset.

  • Page 96: View Fru Information

    5-4-2 View FRU Information The FRU page is a simple display page for basic system ID information, as well as System product information. Items on this window are non-configurable. (Note) The model name will vary depends on the product you purchased - 96 - BIOS Setup...

  • Page 97: Bmc Vlan Configuration

    5-4-3 BMC VLAN Configuration Description Parameter BMC VLAN Configuration Select to configure BMC VLAN ID. The valid range is from 0 to 4094. When BMC VLAN ID set to 0, BMC VLAN ID will be disabled. Select to configure BMC VLAN Priority. The valid range is from 0 to 7. BMC VLAN Priority When BMC VLAN ID is set to 0, BMC VLAN Priority will not be selected.

  • Page 98: Bmc Network Configuration

    5-4-4 BMC Network Configuration Parameter Description BMC network configuration Lan Channel 1 Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or dynamically (DHCP). Do nothing option will not modify any BMC network parameters Configuration Address source during BIOS phase. Options available: Unspecified, Static, DynamicBmcDhcp. Default setting is DynamicBmcDhcp.

  • Page 99: Ipv6 Bmc Network Configuration

    5-4-5 IPv6 BMC Network Configuration Parameter Description IPv6 BMC Network Configuration IPv6 BMC Lan Channel 1 Enable/Disable IPv6 BMC LAN channel function. When this item is disabled, IPv6 BMC Lan Option the system will not modify any BMC network during BIOS phase. Options available: Unspecified, Enable, Disable.

  • Page 100: Security Menu

    Security Menu The Security menu allows you to safeguard and protect the system from unauthorized use by setting up access passwords. There are two types of passwords that you can set: • Administrator Password Entering this password will allow the user to access and change all settings in the Setup Utility. •...

  • Page 101: Secure Boot

    5-5-1 Secure Boot The Secure Boot submenu is applicable when your device is installed the Windows 8 (or above) operating ® system. Parameter Description System Mode Displays if the system is in User mode or Setup mode. Enable/ Disable the Secure Boot function. Secure Boot Options avaiable:Enabled/Disabled.
  • Page 102 Parameter Description Press [Enter] to configure advanced items. Please note that this item is configurable when Secure Boot Mode is set to Custom. Factory Key Provision Š – Allows to provision factory default Secure Boot keys when system is in Setup Mode.

  • Page 103: Boot Menu

    Boot Menu The Boot menu allows you to set the drive priority during system boot-up. BIOS setup will display an error message if the legacy drive(s) specified is not bootable. Parameter Description Boot Configuration Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535 (0xFFFF) Setup Prompt Timeout means indefinite waiting.
  • Page 104 Parameter Description FIXED BOOT ORDER Priorities Press [Enter] to configure the boot priority. By default, the server searches for boot devices in the following sequence: Hard drive. Boot Option #1 / #2 / #3 / #4 / #5 CD-COM/DVD drive. USB device.

  • Page 105: Save & Exit Menu

    Save & Exit Menu The Save & Exit menu displays the various options to quit from the BIOS setup. Highlight any of the exit options then press <Enter>. Parameter Description Save Options Saves changes made and closes the BIOS setup. Save Changes and Exit Options available: Yes/No.
  • Page 106 Parameter Description Default Options Loads the default settings for all BIOS setup parameters. Setup Defaults are quite demanding in terms of resources consumption. If you are using low-speed memory chips or other kinds of low-performance components Restore Defaults and you choose to load these settings, the system might not function properly.

  • Page 107: Bios Post Codes

    BIOS POST Codes 5-8-1 AMI Standard - PEI PEI_CORE_STARTED 0x10 PEI_CAR_CPU_INIT 0x11 PEI_CAR_NB_INIT 0x15 PEI_CAR_SB_INIT 0x19 PEI_MEMORY_SPD_READ 0x2B PEI_MEMORY_PRESENCE_DETECT 0x2C PEI_MEMORY_TIMING 0x2D PEI_MEMORY_CONFIGURING 0x2E PEI_MEMORY_INIT 0x2F PEI_MEMORY_INSTALLED 0x31 PEI_CPU_INIT 0x32 PEI_CPU_CACHE_INIT 0x33 PEI_CPU_AP_INIT 0x34 PEI_CPU_BSP_SELECT 0x35 PEI_CPU_SMM_INIT 0x36 PEI_MEM_NB_INIT 0x37 PEI_MEM_SB_INIT 0x3B PEI_DXE_IPL_STARTED...
  • Page 108 DXE_SB_INIT 0x70 DXE_SB_SMM_INIT 0x71 DXE_SB_DEVICES_INIT 0x72 DXE_ACPI_INIT 0x78 DXE_CSM_INIT 0x79 DXE_BDS_STARTED 0x90 DXE_BDS_CONNECT_DRIVERS 0x91 DXE_PCI_BUS_BEGIN 0x92 DXE_PCI_BUS_HPC_INIT 0x93 DXE_PCI_BUS_ENUM 0x94 DXE_PCI_BUS_REQUEST_RESOURCES 0x95 DXE_PCI_BUS_ASSIGN_RESOURCES 0x96 DXE_CON_OUT_CONNECT 0x97 DXE_CON_IN_CONNECT 0x98 DXE_SIO_INIT 0x99 DXE_USB_BEGIN 0x9A DXE_USB_RESET 0x9B DXE_USB_DETECT 0x9C DXE_USB_ENABLE 0x9D DXE_IDE_BEGIN 0xA0 DXE_IDE_RESET 0xA1 DXE_IDE_DETECT...

  • Page 109: Ami Standard - Error

    5-8-3 AMI Standard - ERROR PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_TYPE 0x50 PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_SPEED 0x50 PEI_MEMORY_SPD_FAIL 0x51 PEI_MEMORY_INVALID_SIZE 0x52 PEI_MEMORY_MISMATCH 0x52 PEI_MEMORY_NOT_DETECTED 0x53 PEI_MEMORY_NONE_USEFUL 0x53 PEI_MEMORY_ERROR 0x54 PEI_MEMORY_NOT_INSTALLED 0x55 PEI_CPU_INVALID_TYPE 0x56 PEI_CPU_INVALID_SPEED 0x56 PEI_CPU_MISMATCH 0x57 PEI_CPU_SELF_TEST_FAILED 0x58 PEI_CPU_CACHE_ERROR 0x58 PEI_CPU_MICROCODE_UPDATE_FAILED 0x59 PEI_CPU_NO_MICROCODE 0x59 PEI_CPU_INTERNAL_ERROR 0x5A PEI_CPU_ERROR 0x5A PEI_RESET_NOT_AVAILABLE 0x5B...

  • Page 110: Intel Upi Post Codes

    5-8-4 Intel UPI POST Codes Initialize KTIRC inuput structure default values 0xA0 Collect info such as SBSP, Boot Mode, Reset type etc 0xA1 Setup IO SADs in SBSP to access the config space 0xA2 Setup up minimum path between SBSP & other sockets 0xA3 Add the node to the tree Parse the LEP of the discovered socket...

  • Page 111: Intel Mrc Post Codes

    Unsupported topology 0xDC RC Behavior: System Halt SBSP cannot find KPIRC TXEQ Parameters for this 0xDD link in GetSocketLinkEparams(). No retry. RC Behavior: System Halt 5-8-6 Intel MRC POST Codes Detect DIMM population 0xB0 Set DDR frequency 0xB1 Gather remaining SPD data 0xB2 Program registers on the memory controller level 0xB3...

  • Page 112: Intel Pm Post Codes

    5-8-8 Intel PM POST Codes Start of PPM structure initialization 0xD0 PPM CSR programming 0xD1 PPM MSR programming 0xD2 Start of PState transition init 0xD3 PPM exit 0xD4 PPM On ready to boot event 0xD5 5-8-9 Intel PM POST Codes Start of IIO early Initialization 0xE0 Pre Link training...

  • Page 113: Bios Post Beep Code (Ami Standard)

    BIOS POST Beep code (AMI standard) 5-9-1 PEI Beep Codes # of Beeps Description Memory not Installed. Memory was installed twice (InstallPeiMemory routine in PEI Core called twice) Recovery started DXEIPL was not found DXE Core Firmware Volume was not found Recovery failed S3 Resume failed Reset PPI is not available...

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