Warranty 1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that are raised from misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifications. 2. The warranty is void if the product has been subject to physical abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unauthorized repair of the product. 3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjustments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty. It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized service agency for all such work. 4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages to the product that has been modified or altered. Static Electricity Precautions It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board, components or devices even before installing them in your system unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build‐up. 1. To prevent electrostatic build‐up, leave the system board in its anti‐static bag until you are ready to install it. ...
Safety Measures To avoid damage to the system: • Use the correct AC input voltage range. To reduce the risk of electric shock: • Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord. Battery: • Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. • Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer. • Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance. Before Using the System Before using the system, prepare basic system components. If the system comes as a barebone; that is, none of the key components, including processor, memory, and ...
Table of Content Copyright ................................ 2 Trademarks ................................ 2 FCC and DOC Statement On Class A ........................ 2 Warranty ................................. 3 Static Electricity Precautions .......................... 3 Safety Measures .............................. 4 Before Using the System Board .......................... 4 Table of Content .............................. 5 Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Main Feature .............................. 8 1.2 Specifications .............................. 9 1.3 Optional LAN Modules ........................... 10 1.4 System Layout .............................. 11 1.5 Indicators and Features .......................... 12 Chapter 2 Preparation 2.1 Before You Begin ............................. 14 2.2 Precautions .............................. 14 2.3 Open Up Top Cover ............................ 15 2.4 Accessing Processor ............................ 16 2.5 Accessing Memory ............................ 17 2.6 Adding 2.5”/3.5” SATA Hard Drive ...
1.1 Main Feature Processor Performance NSP‐2C30 is a 2U Rack Mount Network Security System that, pre‐installed with BNX‐C612 security board, featuring on Intel® C612 PCH, supporting single Intel® Xeon® LGA2011‐3 E5‐1600/2600 V3 processors, of 22nm Haswell architecture, with maximum up to 18 processor cores and 45MB Smart Cache. Niche of such a new combination allows direct writing data of a portion of processor cache to HDD or SSD, bypassing the memory. ...
1.3 Optional LAN Modules BEM-C600-580-C4 Type LAN Module Chipset Intel® 82580EB Interface PCIe X4 Network Port Four RJ45 Gigabit Bypass 1-Pair BEM-C600-580-F4 Type LAN Module Chipset Intel® 82580EB Interface PCIe X4 Network Port Four SFP Fiber Gigabit BEM-C600-599-F2 Type LAN Module Chipset Intel®...
2.1 Before You Begin A stable and clean working environment are essential. Dust and dirt can get into components and cause a malfunction. Use containers to keep small components separated. Adequate lighting and proper tools can prevent you from accidentally damaging the internal components. Most of the procedures that follow require only a few simple tools, including the following: A Philips screwdriver A flat‐tipped screwdriver A set of jewelers Screwdrivers A grounding strap An anti‐static pad Using your fingers can disconnect most of the connections. It is recommended that you do not use needle‐nosed ...
2.3 Open Up Top Cover This is the first step of all to proceed with, if you are to install (or change) a processor (hard drive or memory module). Please remove the 6 screws on the two sides as indicated in the places below, prior to any moving of the top cover. It is recommended to push the top cover backwards so as to detach the cover tongue out of the snatch‐up at front side, before the lift‐up or removal of the top cover. Securing the screws is essential for they would be re‐used for the restoration of the top cover, after all preparation procedures are completed. ...
2.4 Accessing Processor The built‐in BNX‐C612 server board supports only LGA2011‐3 E5‐1600 V3 or E5‐2600 V3 processor. Below is a list of some compatible processors: Code Speed Cache Thermal E5‐2609 V3 1.9GHz 15MB 85W E5‐2620 V3 2.4GHz 15MB 85W E5‐2640 V3 2.6GHz 20MB 90W Procedures: (1) To install processor into LGA2011‐3 socket, please find the CPU socket on BNX‐C612 server board (as indicated below): (2) Add CPU onto the socket. (3) Add some acceptable amount of thermal paste onto CPU. (4) Find the CPU heat sink in the accessory pack, add it onto processor surface, and fascinate the four screws on it. ...
2.5 Accessing Memory The built‐in BNX‐C612 server board supports eight DDR4 ECC memory module, enabling dual/quad‐channel architecture. This however requires a specific placement of some appropriate number of memory modules (ideally, at least two are needed for dual‐channel, and four for quad‐channel). The memory modules are installed into matching banks, as a way to be placed in separate channels, allowing the memory controller access to each memory module at the same time, as a consequence of bandwidth increase accordingly and proportionally. Once placed in the correct banks, dual‐channel/quad‐channel feature would be automatically enabled, with no need of extra software deployment or firmware optimization. It is not required that identical modules be used in these separate banks, but this is usually recommended for best dual/‐channel or quad‐channel operation. As illustrated above, all eight memory slots can be found on the server board with number 1‐8 that would specify the identity of each of them. The four channels are defined as: Channel 0 1 2 3 Slot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Where slot 1, 3, 6, and 8 (marked in red color) are master slots of each channel, whilst 2, 4, 5, and 7 are slave slots of the corresponding channel. A master slot needs to be used before another memory module can be added onto the corresponding slave slot. Had this not been properly followed, system will fail to boot or memory will not be detected. Please follow the table below to populate memory modules. ...
2.6 Adding 2.5”/3.5” SATA Hard Drive Procedures: (1) Turn off the system and open up the top cover. (2) Locate the 2* 3.5” Hard Drive brackets and the 2* 2.5” Hard Drive brackets. (3) To install a 3.5” Hard Drive: Acquire one of the 3.5” Hard Drive brackets by removing the four screws that secure the bracket on the Drive Bay platform, as indicated below. 18 ...
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(4) Assemble one 3.5” Hard Drive with this Hard Drive bracket, leaving the Hard Drive I/O at the end as in the figure below, and add on one side two screws enclosed in the accessory screw bag, and the other two on the other side, for a perfect and firm Hard Drive subset. (5) Restore this Hard Drive subset back to the chassis, assure the Hard Drive I/O side face to the power supply unit, and add the four screws back to position. (6) In case another 3.5” Hard Drive is to be installed into the system, detach the other spare 3.5” Hard Drive bracket from the platform and repeat the same procedure. (7) To install a 2.5” Hard Drive: Acquire one of the 2.5” Hard Drive brackets by removing the four screws that secure the bracket on the Drive Bay platform, as indicated below. 19 ...
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(8) Add the two 2.5” Hard Drives: As illustrated below, please have the two 2.5” Hard Drive assembled with the 2.5” Hard Drive bracket, and add four screws enclosed in the accessory screw bag on one side, and the other four screws on the other side, for a perfect and firm Hard Drive subset. In case only one 2.5” Hard Drive is to be installed, add this Hard Drive on either top or bottom position to complete the subset. (9) Restore this Hard Drive subset back to the chassis, assure the Hard Drive I/O side face to the power supply unit, and add the four screws back to position. (10) Add SATA signal cable and SATA power cable on all installed Hard Drives to complete the work. 20 ...
2.7 Accessing CompactFlash Card and CFast Card NSP‐2C30 comes with one CompactFlash card socket and one CFast card socket. CompactFlash runs on IDE interface, while CFast runs on SATA interface. Please identify the device before adding them into socket. Procedures: (1) Turn off the system. (2) Locate CompactFlash socket or CFast socket (as indicated below). (3) Add the card into socket. (4) Turn the system back on. Please be advised that CompactFlash card or CFast card is not to be added or removed when the system power is still on; that is, no plug‐and‐play scheme is enabled for these two devices. Disrespect of such a limitation would very likely lead to system instability or malfunction, or even to the worst a fatal system catastrophe. Please always turn off system power before accessing CompactFlash card or CFast card. 21 ...
2.8 Install M.2 Module NSP‐2C30 comes with one M.2 Slot on board, and is only compliant with B‐Key M.2 SATA module as storage options. Please make sure a correct module has been selected before adding into NSP‐2C30. Procedures to add M.2 module: (1) Turn off the system. (2) Locate the M.2 Slot (as indicated above). (3) Add the M.2 B‐Key module into Slot. (4) Secure the module in position with one screw. 22 ...
2.9 Install PCI/PCIe Card NSP‐2C30 comes with one internal PCI and one internal PCIe X8 slot, both at low‐profile form factor. Cards that are compliant with NSP‐2C30 are briefly defined below: (1) PCI Card: Low‐profile 32‐bit PCI Card (5V or universal) (2) PCIe Card: Low‐profile PCIe X1/X4/X8 Cards. Procedures to add PCIe X8 slot: (1) Turn off the system, and locate the PCIe X8 slot (as indicated above). (2) Add the card into socket (as indicated below). (3) Secure the card in position with one screw. (4) Add all the cables back on, if there is any; for instance, SATA cable if it is a RAID card just being added. Follow similar procedure to install PCI card onto the adjacent PCI slot. 23 ...
3.1 Turning On The System Please be advised that no VGA port is available from the system front or rear panel. Please manage to build up a Console Connection with another PC for visual confirmation. Add your cables, such as USB keyboard, USB mouse onto the USB ports, as the devices to control the system. Watch Input AC Power Range Please leave the two AC power cords as the last cable to be added, right on the two AC Inlets as indicated below with blue circle. The AC input range of the built‐in Power Supply is 100‐240Vac. If your AC input is not within this range, though rarely possible in fact, it is not compliant with the system and you should not plug in the AC power cord. System Is Up On AC Power In some cases, depending on whether a BIOS setting has been configured to allow immediate power‐on upon the delivery of AC power, system might come right up unexpectedly for no particular reason. Please refer to BIOS section for details with “Restore On AC Power Loss”. Have you wish to bring it down, simply press once on the power switch (located next to power supply with yellow circle), or press and hold for 4 seconds, to reach that goal. However, in most occasions, without such abrupt event as stated above, simply press once on the Power Switch to turn on the system. Power Redundancy NSP‐2C30 comes with one 2U redundant power that has two independent power modules, with each of them capable of sustaining the entire system operation alone. The standard redundancy of this power supply would trigger the internal audible alarm in the light of various incidences onto one of the modules, such as: (1) No AC input at the power inlet (2) Power module not at the correct plugged‐in operation position (3) Module malfunction. ...
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Power LED The power LED can be found at front panel (top of the three) and shall come lit constant ON at system start. HDD LED The HDD LED can also be found at front panel (middle of the three) and shall blink in the wake of storage activity, such as SATA drive, CompactFlash, or CFast. First screen & Optimal BIOS Setting Once the system successfully boots up, it shall activate display signal on monitor, disclosing some system information as checkpoints for debugging, thereafter users are encouraged to bring up BIOS setup menu to at least load the optimal BIOS setting, as the first thing to do at power on. Please refer to the BIOS section for substantial details. 26 ...
3.2 Installing Operating System & Drivers Confirm the Hard Drive List The system is designed to allow booting from a variety of internal devices, including USB pen drive, SATA drive, CFast drive, CompactFlash drive, and M.2 drive etc. Given the tiny footprint and slow performance of USB pen drive, SATA drive and all the other onboard flash drives are more likely the targets to carry operating system and can be found in the detected drive list, in the section of SATA Configuration. In the event that a particular SATA/CF/CFast/M.2 device is not detected and prompted in the device list, hardly would the system boot from it. Please turn off the system, check or re‐apply the SATA cable and SATA power cable, or re‐insert CompactFlash card to ensure an appropriate connection. Always Mind the SATA Mode SATA controller is embedded in the Intel® C612 chipset, and shall run only in one single SATA mode at a time. Three different modes are available: IDE, AHCI, and RAID. Please ensure that a SATA mode has been selected for the installation, and always use this particular mode to boot the operating system installed on that SATA mode. Failed to boot the operating system with the correct SATA mode would very probably run into system collapse. While thus disaster occurs, please re‐select a SATA mode to try again the advisability of such change, so as to recollect the mode being used at the installation phase. Procedures to load operating system: (1) Please attach USB CD‐ROM or DVD‐ROM drive. (2) Start or restart the system. (3) Press “del” to go to BIOS setup menu. (4) Choose to confirm SATA Controller status. If it is enabled, select a SATA mode and go to (6). (5) If SATA Controller is disabled, bring it up and reboot to allow a re‐detection of Hard Drives. (6) Confirm if the Hard Drive has been detected by the prompt of it on the drive list. (7) Scroll and choose to boot from optical device (CD‐ROM or DVD‐ROM). (8) Save and reboot the system to activate the change and start the installation. (9) Upon reception of messages or instruction from Operating System CD or DVD, please proceed with the rest of ...
3.3 Understanding LAN Indicators Activity LED The left LED is LAN Port Activity LED, with three different indication status: (1) Constant Yellow: Network is connected. (2) Blinking Yellow: Network activity is on‐going. (3) Off: Network is not connected. LAN Speed LED The right LED is LAN Port Speed LED, with three different speeds: (1) Amber: 1000 Speed (2) Green: 100 Speed (3) Off: 10 Speed. Summary Table LED Color State Description Yellow LAN linked RJ45 NIC Linkage Yellow Blinking LAN accessing (Left Side) ...
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About the BIOS The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup program is a menu driven utility that enables you to make changes to the system configuration and tailor your system to suit your individual work needs. It is a ROM‐based configuration utility that displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system parameters. These parameters are stored in non‐volatile battery‐backed‐up CMOS RAM that saves this information even when the power is turned off. When the system is turned back on, the system is configured with the values stored in CMOS. With easy‐to‐use pull down menus, you can configure such items as: Hard drives, diskette drives, and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features When to Run BIOS This program should be executed under the following conditions: When changing the system configurations. When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are prompted to make changes to the Setup program. When resetting the system clock . When setting the CPU clock speed so that it automatically runs either fast or slow. ...
4.1 Entering Setup When the system is powered on, the BIOS will initiate the Power‐On‐Self‐Test (POST) routines. These routines perform various diagnostic checks. If an error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of two different ways: If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmitted. If the error occurs after the display device is initialized, the screen will display the error message. Powering on the computer and immediately pressing <Del> allows you to enter Setup. Another way to enter Setup is to power on the computer and wait for the following message during the POST: TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS <CTRL‐ALT‐ESC> OR <DEL> KEY Press the <Del> key or press the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Esc> keys to enter Setup. 4.2 Getting Help The online description of the highlighted setup item is displayed at the right pane of the menu at all time. Press F1 to pop up a small help window that lists all the function keys and its use. To exit the Help Window, press <F1> or <Esc>. 4.3 Control Keys The table below lists all the function keys for the navigation in the BIOS setup menu. Function Key Description Up/Down Arrow Key Move Up/Down ...
4.4 The Main Menu Figure 4‐1: BIOS Setup Utility Main Menu The menu bar on the top of the first screen has the following submenus: Main: Basic system configuration. Advanced: Advanced system settings. IntelRC Setup: Processor and Chipset settings Server Mgmt: Security: Configure Supervisor and User Password Boot: System Boot Configuration. Save & Exit: Exit options as well as loading optimal defaults System Time [xx:xx:xx]: Set the system time. System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]: Set the system date. 32 ...
4.5 The Advanced Menu In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: ACPI Settings, AST2300 Super IO Configuration, Serial Port Console, Redirection, PCI Subsystem Settings, GPIO Configuration, CSM Configuration, Trusted Computing, and USB Configuration. ACPI Settings Lock Legacy Resources This setting enables/disables “Locking up” the resources from changing to serial, parallel, or diskette controller in operating system. ASP2300 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration This is to enable/disable Serial Port 1 (the console port), and to configure of the setting. 33 ...
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Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection Enables or disables Console Redirection function of each Serial Port. Console Redirection Settings Terminal Type To operate the system’s console redirection, you need a terminal supporting ANSI terminal protocol and a RS‐232 null modem cable connected between the host system and terminal(s). This setting specifies the type of terminal device for console redirection. Bits per second, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits This setting specifies the transfer rate (bits per second, data bits, parity, stop bits) of Console Redirection. Flow Control Flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes. It’s the process of adjusting the flow of data from one device to another to ensure that the receiving device can handle all of the incoming data. This is particularly important where the sending device is capable of sending data much faster than the receiving device can receive it. Recorder Mode, Resolution 100x31 These settings enable/disable the recorder mode and the resolution 100x31. Legacy Console Redirection Settings Selects between the two common early terminal screen dimensions, 80x24 or 80x25. 34 ...
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PCI Subsystem Settings PERR# Generation Disable to suppress the PCI bridge data parity error generation capability SERR# Generation Disable to suppress the PCI bridge system error generation capability. Above 4G Decoding This is to enable/disable memory mapped I/O for a 64‐bit PCIe device to 4GB or greater address space, because the primary VGA card should always be mapped below 4GB address. However, please keep this setting disabled if system appears to be unstable. Clear CMOS once BIOS setup menu is no longer available. SR‐IOV Support This is to enable/disable single root I/O virtualization (SR‐IOV) interface. SR‐IOV allows a device, such as a network adapter, to separate access to its resources among various PCIe hardware functions. PCI‐Express Settings Relaxed Ordering Enables or disables PCIe device relaxed ordering of PCI Express traffic through switches and the Root Complex. Extended Tag This is to enable or disable Extended Tag. If enabled allows device to use 8‐bit tag field in the Requester Transaction ID field. If disabled, only 5 bits may be used, limiting the maximum number of outstanding Requests per Function to 32. No Snoop This is to enable or disable the PCIe device No Snoop attribute of PCI Express traffic Refer to the PCI Express 1.0 specification. Maximum Payload This is to set the maximum data payload size that a PCI Express device may transmit within a Transaction Layer Packet from: Auto, 128 Bytes, 256 Bytes, 512 Bytes, 1024 Bytes, 2048 Bytes, or 4096 Bytes. Extended Synch Enabling this setting allows generation of extended synchronization patterns, which may help to allow logic analyzers to achieve symbol lock before the link changes power states and resumes communication. GPIO Configuration GPIO Expander Configuration This is to control GPIO mode of GPIO of GPIO Expander and PCH, as Input or Output, and configure the output as high/low if set to Output. ...
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CSM Configuration CSM Support This is to enable/disable CSM support. GateA20 Active Sets GateA20 Active parameter. When set to Upon Request, GateA20 can be disabled using BIOS services. When set to Always, disabling Gate20 is not allowed. Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] This allows you to set the display mode for option ROM. Configuration options: [Force BIOS] [Keep Current] Boot Option filter [Legacy only] This option allows you to control the Legacy/UEFI ROMs priority. Configuration options: [UEFI and Legacy] [Legacy only] [UEFI only] Network / Storage / Video [Legacy] This option allows you to control the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE/ Storage/ Video OpROM. Configuration options: [UEFI] [Legacy] Other PCI devices [Legacy] This item determines the OpROM execution policy for devices other than Network, Storage, or Video. Configuration options: [UEFI] [Legacy] Trusted Computing Configuration Security Device Support [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the BIOS support for security device. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Configuration Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Legacy USB device support. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] 36 ...
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XHCI Hand‐off [Enabled] This is a workaround for 0Ses without XHCI hand‐off support. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] EHCI Hand‐off [Disabled] This is a workaround for 0Ses without EHCI hand‐off support. The EHCI ownership change should be claimed by EHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Mass Storage Driver Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the USB Mass Storage driver support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Port 60/64 Emulation [Enabled] This allows you to enable the I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. This should be enabled for the complete USB keyboard legacy support for non‐USB aware OSes. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB hardware delays and time‐outs USB transfer time‐out [20 sec] The time‐out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfer. Configuration options: [1 sec] [5 sec] [10 sec] [20 sec] Device reset time‐out [20 sec] USB mass storage device start unit command time‐out. Configuration options: [10 sec] [20 sec] [30 sec] [40 sec] Device power‐up delay [Auto] This is the maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host controller. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] Mass Storage Devices Allows you to select the boot mode for each of the detected mass storage device. 37 ...
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4.6 IntelRC Setup Per Socket Configuration Allows you to set the number of cores to enable. 0 means all cores. Total of 14 cores available. Hyper Threading [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Intel® Hyper‐Threading Technology function. When disabled, only one thread per activated core is enabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Enable Intel TXT Support [Disabled] Forces the XD feature log to always return 0 when disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] VMX [Enabled] Enables the Vanderpool Technology. Takes effect after reboot. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Enable SMX [Disabled] Enables the Safer Mode Extensions Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Advanced Power Management Configuration Power Technology [Energy Efficient] This item allows you to enable power management features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Energy Efficient] [Custom] Config TDP [Disabled] This item allows you to enable/disable the Config TDP. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU Advanced PM Turning This item allows you to set additional CPU Power Management settings. Energy Perf BIAS Energy Performance Tuning [Disabled] Allows your system to select from BIOS or operating system to choose enable energy performance bias tuning. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Energy Performance Bias setting [Balanced Performance] Allows you to set the Energy Performance Bias which overrides the OS setting. Configuration options: [Performance] [Balanced Performance] [Balanced Power] [Power] ...
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Power/Performance Switch [Enabled] Allows you to switch between Power or performance. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Workload Configuration [Balanced] Optimization for the workload characterization. Configuration options: [Balanced] [I/O sensitive] Averaging Time Window [23] This is used to control the effective window of the average for CO and PO time. PO TotalTimeThreshold Low [35] The HW switching mechanism disables the performance setting (0) when the total PO time is less than this threshold. PO TotalTimeThreshold High [58] The HW switching mechanism enables the performance setting (0) when the total PO time is greater than this threshold. QPI Configuration QPI Status This item displays information about the QPI status. Link Speed Mode [Fast] This item allows you to select the QPI link speed as either the fast mode or slow mode. Configuration options: [Slow] [Fast] Link Frequency Select [Auto] This item allows you for selecting the QPI link frequency Configuration options: [Auto] [6.4 GT/s] [8.0 GT/s] [9.6 GT/s] QPI Link0p Enable [Enable] Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] QPI Link1 Enable [Enable] Configuration options: [Disable] [Enable] Memory Configuration Memory Frequency [Auto] Allows you to select the memory frequency setting. Configuration options: [Auto] [1333] [1600] [1866] [2133] 39 ...
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ECC Support [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the ECC support. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] Memory Topology Set Throttling Mode [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [OLTT] [CLTT] OLTT Peak BW [xxx] Allows you to set the peak allowed bandwidth for OLTT. This is in percentage and valid offset values is from 25‐100. DIMM Tem Stat [xx] Allows you to select DIMMTEMPSTAT as temp_mid or tem_hi. Memory Power Savings Mode [Auto] Allows you to configure the CKE and other related Memory Power Savings features. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [APD On] [User Defined] [Reserve] [Reserved] Memory Power Savings Advanced Options CK in SR [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [Driven] [Tri‐State] [Pulled Low] Pulled High] MDLL Off [Auto] Allows you to shutdown MDLL during SR when enabled. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] MEMHOT Throttling Mode [Input‐only] Allows you to shutdown MDLL during SR when enabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Input‐only] [Output‐only] Mem Electrical Throttling [Disabled] Allows you to configure Memory Electrical throttling. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] CPU PCIE Configuration Allows you to configure Memory Electrical throttling. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] PCI‐E X8 This is to configure the setting of internal PCI‐E X8 Slot PCI‐E EXP 1/2/3/4 This is to configure the setting of the edge PCI‐E X8 Slot #1/#2/#3/#4. ...
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PCH Configuration PCH Devices DeepSx Power Policies [Disabled] Allows you to configure the DeepSx Mode configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled in S5] [Enabled in S4 and S5] Restore AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Available settings are: [Power Off] Leaves the computer in the power off state. [Power On] Leaves the computer in the power on state. [Last State] Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred. PCI Express Configuration PCI‐E ASPM Support [Disabled] Allows you to configure the PCH DMI ASPM. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Express Root Port 1 to Port 8 Allows you to configure the PCI Express Root port settings. PCIE ASMP [Disable ASPM] Allows you to configure the PCH DMI ASPM. Configuration options: [Disable ASPM] [ASPM L0s] [ASPM L1] [ASPM L0sL1] [ASPM Auto] PCH sSATA Configuration sSATA Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the sSATA Controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Configure sSATA as [AHCI] Allows you to identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive. Configuration options: [IDE] [AHCI] [RAID] SATA Mode options SATA LED locate [Enabled] If enabled, LED/SGPIO hardware is attached. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 41 ...
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Support Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Support Aggressive Link Power (SALP) Management. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Port 1 / SATA Port 2 / SATA Port 3 / SATA Port 4 Port 1 / Port 2 / Port 3 / Port 4 Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCH SATA Configuration SATA Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Configure SATA as [AHCI] Allows you to identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive. Configuration options: [IDE] [AHCI] [RAID] Support Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Support Aggressive Link Power (SALP) Management. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Port 1~6 Port 1 / Port 2 / Port 3 / Port 4 / Port 5 / Port 6 [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the SATA port Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Configuration xHCI Mode [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the mode of operation of xHCI controller. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] USB Ports Per‐Port Disable Control [Disabled] Allows you to control each of the USB ports 1 to 8 disabling. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 42 ...
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Platform Thermal Configuration PCH Thermal Device [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the PCH Thermal Device (D31:F6). Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] Alert Enable Lock [Disabled] Allows you to lock all Alert Enable settings. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 43 ...
4.7 The Server Mgmt Menu BMC Support Select to enable the control of PCI Express Root Port System Event Log Allows you to change the SEL event log configuration. SEL Components [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable all features of system Event Logging during boot. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following items appears only when you set SEL Components to [Enabled]. All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted. Erase SEL [No] Allows you to choose options for erasing SEL. Configuration options: [No] [Yes, On next reset] [Yes, On every reset] When SEL is Full [Do Nothing] Allows you to choose options for reactions to a full SEL. Configuration options: [Do Nothing] [Erase Immediately] Log EFI Status Codes [Error code] Disable the logging of EFI Status Codes, or log only error code, or only progress code or, both. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Both] [Error code] [Progress code] 4.8 The Security Menu Administrator Password Administrator Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. Users will be prompted for Administrator password only when they enter BIOS Setup. ...
4.9 The Boot Menu Setup Prompt Timeout [xx] Use the <+> and <‐> keys to adjust the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. Bootup NumLock State [On] Allows you to select the power‐on state for the NumLock. Configuration options: [Off] [On] Boot Logo Display [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature. Configuration options: [Auto] [Full Screen] [Disabled] POST Report [5 sec] Allows you to set the desired POST Report waiting time from 1 to 10 seconds. Configuration options: [1 sec] ~ [10 sec] [Until Press ESC] Chassis Intrusion [Warning] Allows you to set an action when chassis intrusion has occurred. Configuration options: [Warning] [Halt] Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The number of device items that appear on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Set the booting order of network devices. Boot Option #1/#2 [SATA P2: ASUS ...] Configuration options: [SATA P2: ASUS...] [SATA P3: WDC WD80...] [AMI Virtual Floppy...] [IBA GE Slot 0700 v...] CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities Hard Drive BBS Priorities / Network Device BBS Priorities These items appear only when you connect SATA ODD or hard drive to the SATA ports and allow you to set the booting order of the SATA devices. 45 ...
4.10 The Save & Exit Menu Save Changes and Reset Save changes to CMOS and reset the system. Discard Changes and Reset Abandon all changes and reset the system. Restore Defaults Restore the preset defaults. 46 ...
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case 6: *Data |= 0x40; break; case 7: *Data |= 0x80; break; //------------------------------------------------------------------------ void ClrBit(char *Data, char Bit) switch(Bit) case 0: *Data &= 0xFE; break; case 1: *Data &= 0xFD; break; case 2: *Data &= 0xFB; break; case 3: *Data &= 0xF7;...
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//------------------------------------------------------------------------ char GetBit(char Data, char Bit) switch(Bit) case 0: Data &= 0x01; break; case 1: Data &= 0x02; break; case 2: Data &= 0x04; break; case 3: Data &= 0x08; break; case 4: Data &= 0x10; break; case 5: Data &= 0x20;...
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Q: The power switch is pressed, but nothing happens. A: Please check the following before you call out for help: (1) Loose AC Power Cord => Push again. (2) Loose power cable (both 24‐pin and 4‐pin) => Push again. (3) A bad or loose power switch => Reseat the power switch on the header again. Q: I can turn on the power, but the motherboard does not boot. A: Please check the following before you call out for help: (1) Unevenly populated memory modules on the slots => Re‐populate the memory module again. (2) Unevenly seated CPU on the socket => Reseat the CPU again. (3) CMOS checksum error => Clear CMOS or reseat the CMOS battery again. ...
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Q: System does not boot from USB CD-ROM/DVD-ROM A: Please check the following before you call out for help: (1) USB CD‐ROM/DVD‐ROM is not plugged on USB port. (2) Check in the BIOS that CD‐ROM/DVD‐ROM has not been detected. (3) Check in the BIOS that CD‐ROM/DVD‐ROM has not been selected as the first boot device. (4) Unadvised misuse: Some OS installation CD/DVDs, such as Microsoft Windows, have a few seconds waiting time for a keyboard press which triggers the system to boot from the CD‐ROM/DVD‐ROM. Otherwise, system would boot from internal Hard Drive. Q: System does not boot from USB Pen Drive A: Please check the following before you call out for help: (1) USB Pen Drive is not well plugged on USB port. (2) Check in the BIOS that USB Pen Drive has not been detected. (3) Check in the BIOS that USB Pen Drive has not been selected as the first boot device. ...
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Q: My Windows does not shuts down. It reboots in a few seconds after power off. A: Please check the following before you call out for help: (1) Press and hold the power switch for 4 seconds to see if your system shuts down permanently. (2) Clear CMOS and try again. Q: The display resolution is not right A: Please change the resolution as follows (for Windows) (1) Window‐XP: Right‐Click on the desktop and select Property for the configuration panel. (2) Windows‐7: Right‐Click on the desktop and select Resolution for the configuration panel. ...
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Q: 4GB RAM is installed, but Windows only sees around 3.0GB capacity. A: Some portion of the system memory will be allocated for system devices, especially the onboard video device. Q: Some onboard devices are not detected in Windows A: Please check the following before you call out for help: (1) Please go to Device Manager to rescan these devices if necessary. (2) If any of the LAN port is not detected (4 of them should be all detected), please go to BIOS setup menu, Advanced/PCIE Ports Configuration, to see if any of them has been disabled. ...
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