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A Service Order Number will be issued. Mark the Service Order Number clearly on the outside of each box, include a copy of the Service Order failure report for each board, and return the product(s) to our Lawrenceville, GA facility: Trenton Systems, Inc. 1725 MacLeod Drive Lawrenceville, GA 30043...
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This manual is as complete and factual as possible at the time of printing; however, the information in this manual may have been updated since that time. Trenton Systems, Inc. reserves the right to change the functions, features, or specifications of their products at any time, without notice.
Do not place an unprotected board on a flat surface. WARNING: There is danger of explosion if the CMOS battery is replaced incorrectly. Disposal of battery into fire or a hot oven, or mechanically crushing or cutting of a battery can result in an explosion. BAM8270 Manual...
This product will be approvable for MIL-STD-810H Altitude Operational and Storage system testing to test method 500.6, Procedures I and II. We are planning to test: O Humidity per MIL-STD-810H, Method 507.6, Procedure I with 90% RH max BAM8270 Manual...
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Section 4 / Regulatory Compliance O Operational Shock per MIL-STD-810H, Method 516.8, Procedure I, SRS Functional Test at O Vibration per MIL-STD-810H, Method 514.8, Figure 514.8D-1 with 2.8 g max BAM8270 Manual...
Section 5 / System Overview System Overview Figure 1: BAM8270 Multi-layer construction for unstoppable ruggedness using the newest Intel® Xeon® Scalable Performance Processors. BAM8270 Manual...
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Trenton Systems recommends Registered ECC DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 or DDR4-2933 PC4-23400 memory modules for use on the BAM8270. The BAM8270 has been validated with up to 1.5TB of memory across 24 ECC RDIMM slots using eight channels per CPU. Some processor models will only support memory speeds up to 2933 MHz.
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The memory DIMMs on the motherboard connect directly to the CPU and at least one memory module must be installed in one of the DIMM0 slots for P0. For each channel on the BAM8270, DIMM0 must be installed with memory before DIMM1 may be used.
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BIOS The BAM8270 features the InsydeH20® UEFI BIOS from Insyde. The BIOS setup menu can be accessed by striking the Esc key while the system is booting. Advanced setup can be configured here, including peripheral management and boot priority.
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IPMI: Support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface v2 o IPMI 2.0 with virtual media over LAN and KVM- over-LAN support o ASPEED AST2500 BMC SATA: 6x SATA3 (6 Gbps) USB: 1x Quad USB3 headers (4 ports) BAM8270 Manual...
18 MB 2.10 GHz 2667 MHz 4310T 105 W 15 MB 2.30 GHz 2667 MHz Additional CPU options available upon request. Contact Trenton Systems for more information. ® SUPPORTED INTEL PROCESSOR TECHNOLOGIES - TECHNOLOGIES VARY BETWEEN CPU MODELS BAM8270 Manual...
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Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d): Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve BAM8270 Manual...
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SERIAL INTERCONNECT INTERFACE PCI Express® 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 compatible. SERIAL INTERCONNECT SPEEDS PCI Express 4.0 - 16.0 GHz per lane PCI Express 3.0 – 8.0GHz per lane BAM8270 Manual...
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PCI Express 1.1 - 2.5GHz per lane SERIAL INTERCONNECT CONFIGURATION The BAM8270 comes with five 16-lane PCIe slots and six 8-lane PCIe slots. The following table displays the configuration of slots within the system. All slots are PCIe 4.0 compatible: Board Silkscreen...
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Connectors later in this chapter.) SATA INTERFACES There are 6 Serial ATA (SATA) interfaces available on the BAM8270 motherboard. All of the SATA interfaces are driven with a built-in SATA controller from the Intel® C621 PCH. The board’s SATA ports can support up to six independent storage devices such as hard disks, solid state drives, and CD/DVD- RW devices at data rates up to 600 MB per second on each port.
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BIOS and system firmware. WATCHDOG TIMER (WDT) The BAM8270 provides a watchdog timer functionality via the AST2500 BMC. The timer can be set to timesouts ranging from 0.1 seconds to 6553.5 seconds. The timer can be configured to cause a system hard reset, system power off, or system power cycle.
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Humidty 5% to 90% non-condensing INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS Certifications for the BAM8270 motherboard are in process for testing currently. Check with Trenton Systems for the latest information regarding industry certifications. CONFIGURATION JUMPERS The setup of the configuration jumpers on the motherboard is described below. An asterisk (*) indicates the default value of each jumper.
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NOTE: Jumper JU1 is a dual-row, 14-pin jumper. Each position controls the operation of a specific function. PINS PURPOSE PFR Provision Update Force PFR Recovery Disable PWROK Delay (Factory Use Only) PCH Owns Port 80 LEDs (Factory Use Only) 9:10 Force BMC Update 11:12 PFR_ACTIVE# 13:14 Not used BAM8270 Manual...
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POWER BUTTON 17(GND) 18(Pwr Btn In) JU2 - Disable BMC Jumper PINS PURPOSE Shunt removed: BMC Enabled Shunt installed: BMC Disabled CONNECTORS P21, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26 - SATA III 600 Ports 7 pin Vertical Connector with latch Signal Signal BAM8270 Manual...
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USB0_P- USB1_P- USB0_P+ USB1_P+ USB0_RX- USB1_RX- USB0_RX+ USB1_RX+ USB0_TX- USB1_TX- USB0_TX+ USB1_TX+ Signal Signal +5V_USB3 +5V_USB2 USB3_P- USB2_P- USB3_P+ USB2_P+ USB3_RX- USB2_RX- USB3_RX+ USB2_RX+ USB3_TX- USB2_TX- USB3_TX+ USB2_TX+ P28 Dual USB 3.0 Header, On-board Signal Signal +5V_USB4 USB5_P+ BAM8270 Manual...
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USB4_P- USB5_RX- USB4_P+ +5V_USB5 No Connect P44 - Right Angle Stacked DB9/DB15 Video, Rear Panel Signal Signal VGA0_RED +5V_VGA0 VGA0_GREEN VGA0_BLUE No Connect Reserved VGA0_DDCDAT VGA0_HSYNC VGA0_VSYNC VGA0_DDCCLK Signal Signal SERIAL0_DCD SERIAL0_DSR SERIAL0_RXD SERIAL0_RTS SERIAL0_TXD SERIAL0_CTS SERIAL0_DTR SERIAL0_RI BAM8270 Manual...
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Signal Signal Fan Tach +12V PWM Control P36, P37, P38, P39, P40, P41, P46 - Chassis Fan Power Connector, 4 pin single row Signal Signal Fan Tach +12V PWM Control STATUS LED POST Code LEDs 1 – 8 BAM8270 Manual...
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Note: Access to Insyde Software POST codes is contingent upon a signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA) between Trenton Systems, Insyde Software, and all other parties requesting access. P45 ETHERNET LEDS The I/O bracket houses the two RJ-45 network connectors for Ethernet LAN1, LAN2. Each LAN interface connector has two LEDs that indicate activity status and Ethernet connection speed.
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SYSTEM BIOS SETUP UTILITY The BAM8270 features the InsydeH20® UEFI BIOS from Insyde with a setup menu that allows the user to configure system settings. The following keys are used to navigate the following menus: Function The <Esc> key allows you to discard changes and exit the setup utility. This action can be aborted by selecting No when prompted.
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The following section(s) will cover highlighted options and areas for the Setup Utility Advanced --> Trenton Systems will display information about the system, including the platform and BIOS version. Advanced --> Video Configuration --> Display Mode This setting allows the user to switch between on-board video or plug-in video as the default video source.
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The BIOS version will be displayed under SMBIOS OEM Strings as “Trenton BIOS version” The name of the BIOS that the system has should look similar to BIOS_BAM8270.Main.001.002.release www.trentonsystems.com Trenton Systems t. 770.287.3100 1725 MacLeod Drive e. info@trentonsystems.com Lawrenceville, GA 30043...
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