Gigabyte E243-EG0-AAF1 User manual

E243-EG0-AAF1
E243-EG0-AAL1
AMD EPYC™ 8004 - 2U UP 12-Bay SATA/SAS(AAF1/AAL1)
User Manual
Rev. 1.0

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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this user's guide:
NOTE!
Gives bits and pieces of additional
information related to the current topic.
CAUTION!
Gives precautionary measures to
avoid possible hardware or software problems.
WARNING!
Alerts you to any damage that might
result from doing or not doing specic actions.

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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.
• Plug the power cord into a grounded (earthed) electrical outlet that is easily accessible at all
times.
• Unplug the power cord from the power supply to disconnect power to the equipment.
• Do not route the power cord where it can be walked on or pinched by items placed against it.
Pay particular attention to the plug, electrical outlet, and the point where the cord extends from
the server.
WARNING!
To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the internal
system components to cool before touching them.
WARNING!
This server is equipped with high speed fans. Keep away from hazardous moving fan
blades during servicing.
CAUTION!
• Do not operate the server for long periods with the access panel open or removed. Operating
the server in this manner results in improper airow and improper cooling that can lead to
thermal damage.
• Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.
• Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

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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
ATTACHED TO CHASSIS GROUND -- ANY UNPAINTED METAL SURFACE -- ON YOUR
SERVER WHEN HANDLING PARTS.
Always handle boards carefully. They can be extremely sensitive to ESD. Hold boards only by
their edges without any component and pin touching. After removing a board from its protective
wrapper or from the system, place the board component side up on a grounded, static free
surface. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper. Do not slide board
over any surface.
System power on/off: To remove power from system, you must remove the system from rack.
Make sure the system is removed from the rack before opening the chassis, adding, or removing
any non hot-plug components.
Hazardous conditions, devices and cables: Hazardous electrical conditions may be present
on power, telephone, and communication cables. Turn off the system and discon-nect the cables
attached to the system before servicing it. Otherwise, personal injury or equipment damage can
result.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and ESD protection: ESD can damage drives, boards, and
other parts. We recommend that you perform all procedures in this chapter only at an ESD
workstation. If one is not available, provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist
strap attached to chassis ground (any unpainted metal surface on the server) when handling
parts.
ESD and handling boards: Always handle boards carefully. They can be extremely sensi-tive to
electrostatic discharge (ESD). Hold boards only by their edges. After removing a board from its
protective wrapper or from the system, place the board component side up on a grounded, static
free surface. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper. Do not slide
board over any surface.
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 n-gertips or
with a pair of ne needle nosed pliers. If the jumpers do not have such a tab, take care when
using needle nosed pliers to remove or install a jumper; grip the narrow sides of the jumper with
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pliers, never the wide sides. Gripping the wide sides can dam-age the contacts inside the jumper,
causing intermittent problems with the function con-trolled by that jumper. Take care to grip with,
but not squeeze, the pliers or other tool used to remove a jumper, or the pins on the board may
bend or break.
CAUTION!
Risk of explosion if battery is replaced incorrectly or with an incorrect type. Replace the battery
only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used
batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...................................................................................11
1-1 Installation Precautions.................................................................................. 11
1-2 Product Specications.................................................................................... 12
1-3 System Block Diagram................................................................................... 17
Chapter 2 System Appearance.....................................................................................19
2-1 Front View...................................................................................................... 19
2-2 Rear View....................................................................................................... 20
2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons ........................................................................ 21
2-3-1 RoT LEDs...............................................................................................................23
2-4 Rear System LAN LEDs................................................................................. 25
2-5 Power Supply Unit (PSU) LED....................................................................... 26
2-6 Hard Disk Drive LEDs .................................................................................... 27
Chapter 3 System Hardware Installation ......................................................................26
3-1 Removing Chassis Cover............................................................................... 27
3-2 Removing and Installing the Fan Duct ........................................................... 28
3-3 Removing and installing the Heat Sink .......................................................... 29
3-4 Installing the CPU .......................................................................................... 30
3-5 Installing the Memory..................................................................................... 32
3-5-1 Six Channel Memory Conguration........................................................................32
3-5-2 Installing a Memory ...............................................................................................33
3-5-3 DIMM Population Table ..........................................................................................33
3-5-4 Processor and Memory Module Matrix Table .........................................................34
3-6 Removing and Installing the PCIe Card......................................................... 35
3-7 Installing the Mezzanine Card........................................................................ 36
3-8 Removing and Installing the Hard Disk Drive................................................. 37
3-9 Installing the M.2 Device and Heat Sink ........................................................ 39
3-10 Replacing the FAN Assemblly........................................................................ 40
3-11 Replacing the Power Supply.......................................................................... 41
3-12 Cable Routing ................................................................................................ 42
Chapter 4 Motherboard Components ...........................................................................54
4-1 Motherboard Components ............................................................................. 54
4-2 Jumper Setting .............................................................................................. 56
4-3 Backplane Board Storage Connector ............................................................ 57
4-3-1 CBP20C5................................................................................................................57

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Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................58
5-1 The Main Menu .............................................................................................. 60
5-2 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................. 63
5-2-1 Trusted Computing .................................................................................................64
5-2-2 PSP Firmware Versions..........................................................................................65
5-2-3 Legacy Video Select...............................................................................................66
5-2-4 AST2600 Super IO Conguration...........................................................................67
5-2-5 S5 RTC Wake Settings...........................................................................................69
5-2-6 UEFI Variables Protection ......................................................................................70
5-2-7 Serial Port Console Redirection .............................................................................71
5-2-8 CPU Conguration..................................................................................................75
5-2-9 SIO Common Setting..............................................................................................76
5-2-10 PCI Subsystem Settings.........................................................................................77
5-2-11 USB Conguration..................................................................................................79
5-2-12 Network Stack Conguration..................................................................................81
5-2-13 NVMe Conguration ...............................................................................................82
5-2-14 SATA Conguration.................................................................................................83
5-2-15 Graphic Output Conguration.................................................................................84
5-2-16 AMD Mem Conguration Status.............................................................................85
5-2-17 Tls Auth Conguration ............................................................................................86
5-2-18 RAM Disk Conguration .........................................................................................87
5-2-19 iSCSI Conguration................................................................................................88
5-3 AMD CBS Menu............................................................................................. 89
5-3-1 CPU Common Options...........................................................................................90
5-3-2 DF Common Options..............................................................................................96
5-3-3 UMC Common Options ........................................................................................104
5-3-4 NBIO Common Options........................................................................................125
5-3-5 FCH Common Options .........................................................................................136
5-3-6 SOC Miscellaneous Control .................................................................................145
5-3-7 Workload Tuning...................................................................................................147
5-3-8 CXL Common Options..........................................................................................148
5-4 AMD PBS Menu........................................................................................... 149
5-4-1 RAS ......................................................................................................................150
5-5 Chipset Setup Menu..................................................................................... 152
5-5-1 North Bridge .........................................................................................................153
5-5-2 Fabric Resource ...................................................................................................154
5-6 Server Management Menu........................................................................... 156
5-6-1 System Event Log ................................................................................................158
5-6-2 View FRU Information ..........................................................................................159
5-6-3 BMC Network Conguration .................................................................................160
5-6-4 IPv6 BMC Network Conguration.........................................................................161

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5-7 Security Menu .............................................................................................. 162
5-7-1 Secure Boot .........................................................................................................163
5-8 Boot Menu.................................................................................................... 165
5-9 Save & Exit Menu......................................................................................... 167
5-10 BIOS Recovery ............................................................................................ 168
5-11 BIOS POST Beep code (AMI standard)....................................................... 169
5-11-1 PEI Beep Codes...................................................................................................169
5-11-2 DXE Beep Codes .................................................................................................169

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Hardware Installation
1-1 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. These stickers are required for warranty validation.
• Always remove the AC power by unplugging the power cord from the power outlet before
installing or removing the motherboard or other hardware components.
• When connecting hardware components to the internal connectors on the motherboard,
make sure they are connected tightly and securely.
• When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connectors.
• It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling electronic
components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory. If you do not have an ESD wrist
strap, keep your hands dry and rst touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity.
• Prior to installing the motherboard, please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an
electrostatic shielding container.
• Before unplugging the power supply cable from the motherboard, make sure the power
supply has been turned off.
• Before turning on the power, make sure the power supply voltage has been set according to
the local voltage standard.
• Before using the product, please verify that all cables and power connectors of your
hardware components are connected.
• To prevent damage to the motherboard, do not allow screws to come in contact with the
motherboard circuit or its components.
• Make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or
within the computer casing.
• Do not place the computer system on an uneven surface .
• Do not place the computer system in a high-temperature environment.
• Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to
system components as well as physical harm to the user.
• If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the
product, please consult a certied computer technician.
Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation
1-2 ProductSpecications
CPU AMD EPYC™ 8004 Series processors
Single processor, 5nm technology
Up to 64-core, 128 threads per processor
cTDP up to 225W
Socket 1 x LGA 4844
Socket SP6
Chipset System on Chip
Memory 12 x DIMM slots
DDR5 memory supported only
6-Channel memory architecture
RDIMM modules up to 96GB supported
Memory speed: Up to 4800 MHz (1DPC), 3600 MHz (2DPC)
LAN Rear side: 1 x 10/100/1000 management LAN
Expansion Slot PCIe Cable x 4:
- 4 x PCIe x16 (Gen5 x16) FHFL slots, for GPUs
1 x OCP 3.0 slot with PCIe Gen5 x16 bandwidth
Supports NCSI function
1 x M.2 slot:
- M-key
- PCIe Gen3 x4
- Supports 2280/22110 cards
Video Integrated in Aspeed® AST2600
2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface
1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM
Storage Front side: 12 x 3.5"/2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable bays
SAS Supported via add-on SAS Card
Internal
Connectors
1 x M.2 slot
1 x TPM header
1 x OCP 3.0 slot
Front Panel
LED/Buttons
2 x USB 3.2 Gen1
1 x Power button with LED
1 x ID button with LED
1 x NMI button
1 x Reset button
2 x LAN activity LED (disabled)
1 x HDD activity LED
1 x System status LED

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Hardware Installation
Rear Panel I/O 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1
1 x Mini-DP
1 x MLAN
1 x ID LED
Backplane I/O Speed and bandwidth: SATA 6Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s
TPM 1 x TPM header with SPI interface
Optional TPM2.0 kit: CTM010

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Hardware Installation
Power Supply R243-EG0(AAF1)
1+1 2400W (240V) 80 PLUS Platinum redundant power supplies
AC Input:
- 100-127V~/ 12.5A, 47-63Hz
- 180-240V~/ 14.5A, 47-63Hz
DC Input:
- 240Vdc/ 12A
DC Output:
- Max 1000W/ 100-127V~
+ 12V/ 84A
+ 12Vsb/ 3A
- Max 2200W/ 180-200V~
+ 12V/ 180A
+ 12Vsb/ 3A
- Max 2400W at 200-240V~ or 240Vdc Input
+ 12V/ 197A
+ 12Vsb/ 3A
NOTE: The system power supply requires C19 power cord
R243-EG0(AAL1)
1+1 2700W (240V) 80 PLUS Titanium redundant power supplies
AC Input:
- 100-127V~/ 12A, 50-60Hz
- 200-240V~/ 16A, 50-60Hz
DC Input:
- 240Vdc/ 16A
DC Output:
- Max 1008W/ 100-127V~
+ 12V/ 84A
+ 12Vsb/ 3A
- Max 2700W at 200-240V~ or 240Vdc Input
+ 12V/ 225A
+ 12Vsb/ 3A
NOTE: The system power supply requires C19 power cord

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Hardware Installation
Environment
Ambient
Temperature
Relative
Humidity
Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C
Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 60°C
Operating humidity: 8-80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating humidity: 20%-95% (non-condensing)
System
Management Aspeed® AST2600 management controller
GIGABYTE Management Console (AMI MegaRAC SP-X) web interface

Dashboard
HTML5 KVM
Sensor Monitor (Voltage, RPM, Temperature, CPU Status …etc.)
Sensor Reading History Data
FRU Information
SEL Log in Linear Storage / Circular Storage Policy
Hardware Inventory
Fan Prole
System Firewall
Power Consumption
Power Control
Advanced power capping
LDAP / AD / RADIUS Support
Backup & Restore Conguration
Remote BIOS/BMC/CPLD Update
Event Log Filter
User Management
Media Redirection Settings
PAM Order Settings
SSL Settings
SMTP Settings
System
Dimension
1U
438 x 87.5 x 815
* We reserves the right to make any changes to the product specications and product-related information without prior
notice.

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Hardware Installation
1-3 System Block Diagram
R243-EG0 (AAF1/AAL1)

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System Appearance
Chapter 2 System Appearance
2-1 Front View
No. Decription
1. Front Panel LEDs and buttons
2. Front USB 3.0 ports
NOTE! Drives with green latch support NVMe.
• Please Go to Chapter 2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of function LEDs.
1 2
HDD0
HDD1
HDD2
HDD3
HDD4
HDD5
HDD6
HDD7
HDD8
HDD9
HDD10
HDD11

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System Appearance
2-2 Rear View
No. Decription
1. Mini DP Port
2. ID Button with LED
3. Server management LAN port
4. USB 3.2 Gen1 Port x 2
5. OCP 3.0 Slot (Option/SFF)
6. PCIe Card Slot
32 4 5 1
6 66
PSU1PSU2 SLOT2
SLOT3
SLOT7
SLOT8SLOT9

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System Appearance
2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons
L1 L2
1
3
5
7
2
4
6
8
No. Name Color Status Description
1. Reset Button Press the button to reset the system.
2. NMI button
Press the button server generates a NMI to the processor
if the multiple-bit ECC errors occur, which effectively halt
the server.
3. Power button
with LED
Green On System is powered on
N/A Off • System is not powered on or in ACPI S5 state (power
off)
4. ID Button
with LED
Blue On System identication is active.
N/A Off System identication is disabled.
5. HDD Status
LED
Green On HDD locate
Blink HDD access
Amber On HDD fault
Green/
Amber Blink HDD rebuilding
N/A Off No HDD access or no HDD fault.
6. System
Status LED
Green On System is operating normally.
Amber
On
Critical condition, may indicates:
System fan failure
System temperature
Blink
Non-critical condition, may indicates:
Redundant power module failure
Temperature and voltage issue
Chassis intrusion
N/A Off
Non-critical condition, may indicates:
Redundant power module failure
Temperature and voltage issue
Chassis intrusion