AIC Ara User Manual

AIC Ara User Manual

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Server MotherBoard
User Manual
Document Number : MAN-00205-B

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  • Page 1 Server MotherBoard User Manual Document Number : MAN-00205-B...
  • Page 2 Contents Contents................................0 Safety Information .............................. i About This User Manual ............................. ii Chapter 1................................1 1.1 General Information ..........................1 1.2 Specifications ............................1 Chapter 2................................3 2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................ 3 2.2 System Memory ............................. 6 Chapter 3.
  • Page 3 Copyright © 2015 AIC, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This document contains proprietary information about AIC products and is not to be disclosed or used except in accordance with applicable agreements.
  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Safety Information When installing, operating, or performing maintenance on this equipment, basic safety precautions, as listed below, should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and personal injuries. Read and understand all instructions.  Observe warnings and instructions marked on the product. ...
  • Page 5 About This User Manual This document provides a detailed description of the Tolimon including: The General Features of the Product  Motherboard Settings  BIOS Configuration and Settings  BMC Configuration and Settings ...
  • Page 6: General Information

    Chapter 1. Product Introduction 1.1 General Information Ara, a server grade mother board supports Single Intel Xeon processor E2-1200 ® ® V3(Haswell) / V4(Braodwell) series. 1.2 Specifications Dimensions (with chassis ears/protrusions) mm : 330 x 152.4 W x D inches : 13 x 6...
  • Page 7 BIOS • AMI BIOS BIOS Type • SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) FLASH Interface • EFI 2.3 BIOS • ACPI 1.0/2.0/3.0 • PXE 2.0 • WOL BIOS Features • AC loss recovery • IPMI KCS interface • SMBIOS 2.0 • Serial console redirection On-Board Devices Built-in SATA controller with RAID support on Intel C226 chipset...
  • Page 8: Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2.1.1 Installing the CPU 1. Press the load lever to release the load plate.   Load lever 2. Lift the load plate.  Load plate ...
  • Page 9 3. Remove the processor protective cover from CPU socket. Processor protective cover 4. Align the processor cutouts against the socket notches. Cutouts 5. Close the load plate & load lever.    Press to close...
  • Page 10 2.1.2 Installing the CPU Heatsink To install the CPU heatsink: 1. Place the heatsink on top of the CPU, ensuring that the four fasteners match the holes on the motherboard. 2. Tighten the four screws in a diagonal sequence, a couple of turns at a time, until all four screws are secure and the heatsink is securely fastened to the chassis.
  • Page 11: System Memory

    2.2 System Memory This server board supports four DDR3 1333/1600 Unbuffered ECC SDRAM. Populate DIMMs in the following order: DIMM DIMM arrangement Numbers 1 DIMMs JDIMM_B1 2 DIMMs JDIMM_A1 JDIMM_B1 3 DIMMs JDIMM_A1 JDIMM_B1 JDIMM_B0...
  • Page 12 DIMM DIMM arrangement Numbers 4 DIMMs JDIMM_A1 JDIMM_B1 JDIMM_A0 JDIMM_B0 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward. Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place. DIMM notch...
  • Page 13: Motherboard Block Diagram

    Chapter 3. Motherboard Settings This section describes the jumpers, internal connectors, and internal LEDs setting on Ara motherboard. Motherboard layout and important jumper settings are listed as below. 3.1 Motherboard block diagram...
  • Page 14: Contents

    3.2 Motherboard Layout 3.3 Motherboard Content List Connectors Location Connectors Location VGA Port (D-SUB15) JVGA PC Buzzer JSPKR COM Port (D-SUB 9) JCOM1 IPMB IPMB USB Port (Dual Port) JUSB DOM power Box header JDOM_PWR Ethernet (RJ45 Dual Port) JRJ45 PC Debug Port JLPC_DP VGA Pin header...
  • Page 15: Internal Connectors/Jumpers

    3.4 Internal Connectors/Jumpers Internal Connectors Description 1. PWR LED+ 2. PWR Button 3. PWR LED# 4. GND 5. HDD LED+ 6. RST Button 7. HDD LED# 8. GND 9. SYS ID LED+ 10. FP ID Button JFRNT_IO Front IO 11. SYS ID LED# 12.
  • Page 16 1. +12V 2. GND L4P Power 3. GND 4. +5V 1. +12V 2. GND L4P Power 3. GND 4. +5V...
  • Page 17 Internal Connectors/Jumpers (Continued) Internal Connectors Description 1. +5V (Fused) 20. Key (no pin) 2. USB3 Port6 (RX-) 19. +5V (Fused) 3. USB3 Port6 (RX+) 18. USB3 Port5 (RX-) 4. GND 17. USB3 Port5 (RX+) 5. USB3 Port6 (TX-) 16. GND JUSB3.0 6.
  • Page 18 1. GND 2. +3.3V 3. I2C5SCL 4. I2C5SDA 5. PWM1 6. FAN1_TACH 7. PWM2 8. FAN2_TACH FAN_CON1 AST2400 Fan Header 9. PWM3 10. FAN3_TACH 11. PWM4 12. FAN4_TACH 13. FAN6_TACH 14. FAN5_TACH 15. GND 16. GND 1. FAN7_TACH 2. FAN8_TACH 3.
  • Page 19 Internal Connectors/Jumpers (Continued) Internal Connectors Description 1. GND 2. DACROA 3. DACROA 4. NC 5. DDC_DATAO 6. GND 7. GND 8. DACBOA JVGA_INT 9. NC 10. AHSYNCO 11. AVSYNCO 12. DVO_5V 13. GND 14. GND 15. GND 16. DDC_CLKO 1. DSRB 2.
  • Page 20 1. GND 2. +3.3V 3. PCH_GP72 4. PCH_GP2 PCH_GPIO PCH GPIO 5. PCH_GP73 6. PCH_GP3 7. PCH_GP32 8. PCH_GP52 9. FM_GP18_TEST14 10. PCH_GP54 1. GND 2. CK_33M_DEBUG 3. PCH_GP61 4. PCH_LPC_LFRAME# 5. AST_SERIRQ 6. RST_PLTRST_N JLPC_DP LPC Debug Port 7. PCH_LPC_LAD2 8.
  • Page 21 Internal Connectors/Jumpers (Continued) Jumpers Description Pin1-2 close / Normal (Defaul) CMOS Jumper Pin 2-3 close / Clear CMOS Open / Normal ME Enable (Defaul) ME mode Short / Security override (ME disable) Open / Normal (Defaul) LAN1 flash setting Short / Non-secure mode Open / Normal BMC ARM setting Short / Disable (Defaul)
  • Page 22 Open / Normal (Defaul) PWR_OK setting Short / Inactive Power OK Open / Enable (Defaul) JINTRUDER Chassis Intrusion Short / Case Open...
  • Page 23: Leds

    3.5 LEDs 3.5.1 Front Panel LEDs Yellow System is On Power System has no AC power Blue UID activity detected No UID activity detected Critical system failure detected (processors, memory, voltage regulators, thermal System Error events, fan failures, NMI, etc) No critical failures detected Green (Blinking) Disk activity detected...
  • Page 24 3.5.2 Rear chassis LEDs Green (Blinking) NIC1 activity detected NIC 1 (Lower Right) NIC1 is not active, LAN cable no connect 1G : Orange, NIC 1 (Lower Left) Status LED 100M: Green 10M/No connect: Off Green (Blinking) NIC2 activity detected NIC 2 (Upper Right) NIC2 is not active, LAN cable no connect 1G : Orange,...
  • Page 25 3.5.3 Internal LEDs On (Blinking) UID activity detected. UID LED (LED1) UID not activity detected. On (Blinking) BMC activity normal. Heart Bit (LED2) BMC is not active AC in, standby power ready. Standby OK (LED3) AC out, standby power off. Power on, system power ready.
  • Page 26 Chapter4. BIOS Configuration and Settings 1. Press DEL to run the setup procedure. 2. There will be a message “Entering SETUP” displayed on the diagnostics screen.
  • Page 27 3. Identify the BIOS Version 4. Load Optimal Default setting 5. Save the setting and exit the BIOS setup utility.
  • Page 28: Updating Bios

    4.1 Updating BIOS Important Notes: To identify the current BIOS version, please check out on BIOS setup. Update by AMI AFUDOS utility under DOS environment If you need to update Flash in the DOS environment, please use AFUDOS utility. To use this utility, you must include the flash.bat , AFUDOS.exe, and bin file in the same folder.
  • Page 29 2. Reboot system.
  • Page 30: Method 1 (Use The Bios Setup)

    Chapter 5. BMC Configuration and Settings Insert Ethernet LAN cable into the BMC LAN port. There are two methods to setup BMC IP: 5.1 Method 1 (Use the BIOS setup) BIOS SETUP  Server Mgmt  BMC network configuration Configuration Address source ...
  • Page 31 Input IP address. Set static IP. Input subnet mask address.
  • Page 33: Method 2 (Use A Dos Tool - Syscheck)

    5.2 Method 2 (Use a Dos tool - Syscheck) Type : sc –lanset. Modify IP setting. Input IP address.
  • Page 34 Input submask address. Below IP address is an example using a default IP setting. User is allowed to change the IP address for realistic use. Finish BMC IP configuration.
  • Page 35: Connect To Bmc

    5.3 Connect to BMC Below IP address is an example using default IP setting. User is allowed to change the IP address for realistic use. Open the browser then type default BMC IP address: 192.168.22.22 Use the default user name and password for first-time login to BMC WEB GUI. Field: Default UserName:...
  • Page 36 Information of firmware. Server Health - Sensor Readings:...
  • Page 37 Configuration Please refer to AIC BMC User Guide for more information on AIC BMC. Mouse Mode setting:  For Windows OS environment, set mode to absolute.  For Linux OS environment, set mode to relative.
  • Page 38 Remote Control: Environmental setting: Press “ALT+C” for local and remote OS mouse control switching.
  • Page 39: Updating Bmc Firmware

    3. Execute a.bat batch file to update the BMC firmware Example: A:>cd SB301C01 A:\ SB301C01>a.bat This is just an example. The latest BMC firmware version is available from the FAE or AIC website. After update BMC firmware, please power off and then power on system.
  • Page 40 Chapter 6. Technical Support www.aicipc.com TAIWAN  Tel: +886 3 433 9188 Fax: +886 3 287 1818 Email Technical Support: sales@aicipc.com.tw CHINA  Tel: +021.54961421, +021.54961422 Fax: Extension: 608 Email Technical Support: support@aicipc.com AMERICA - West coast  Tel: +1.909.895.8989 Fax: +1.909.895.8999 Email Technical Support: sales@aicipc.com.tw...

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