Gigabyte H262-Z6A User manual

H262-Z6A
H262-Z6B
HCI Server – AMD DP 2U 4 Nodes Server Gen4 NVMe
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.

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 all the power cords from the power supplies to disconnect power to the equipment.
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.
WARNING!
This equipment is not suitable for use in locations where children are
likely to be present.
CAUTION!
• Do not operate the server for long periods with the access panel open or removed. Operat-
ing 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.

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.
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 sur-
face. 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 disconnect the
cables attached to the system before servicing it. Otherwise, personal injury or equipment dam-
age 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
sensitive 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 ngertips
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
the 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 bat-
teries 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................................................................................... 16
Chapter 2 System Appearance.....................................................................................17
2-1 Front View...................................................................................................... 17
2-2 Rear View....................................................................................................... 18
2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons ........................................................................ 19
2-4 RoT LEDs....................................................................................................... 20
2-5 Rear System LAN LEDs................................................................................. 22
2-6 Power Supply Unit LED.................................................................................. 23
2-7 Hard Disk Drive LEDs .................................................................................... 24
Chapter 3 System Hardware Installation ......................................................................23
3-1 Installing the Hard Disk Drive......................................................................... 24
3-2 Removing the Node ....................................................................................... 25
3-3 Removing Chassis Cover............................................................................... 26
3-4 Removing and Installing the Fan Duct ........................................................... 27
3-5 Removing and Installing the Heatsink............................................................ 28
3-6 Installing the CPU .......................................................................................... 30
3-7 Installing Memory........................................................................................... 31
3-7-1 Eight Channel Memory Conguration.....................................................................31
3-7-2 Installing the Memory ............................................................................................32
3-7-3 DIMM Population Table ..........................................................................................32
3-8 Installing the PCI Expansion Card ................................................................. 34
3-9 Installing the Mezzanine Card........................................................................ 36
3-9-1 Installing the OCP 3.0 Mezzanine Card .................................................................36
3-10 Replacing the Fan Assembly.......................................................................... 37
3-11 Replacing the Power Supply .......................................................................... 38
3-12 Replacing Power Distribution Board Cage..................................................... 39
3-13 Cable Routing ................................................................................................ 40
3-13-1 H262-Z6A ...............................................................................................................40
3-13-2 H262-Z6B ...............................................................................................................49
Chapter 4 Motherboard Components ...........................................................................55
4-1 Motherboard Components ............................................................................. 55

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4-2 Jumper Setting .............................................................................................. 56
Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................57
5-1 The Main Menu .............................................................................................. 59
5-2 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................. 61
5-2-1 Trusted Computing .................................................................................................63
5-2-2 PSP Firmware Versions..........................................................................................64
5-2-3 Legacy Video Select...............................................................................................65
5-2-4 AST2500 Super IO Conguration...........................................................................66
5-2-5 S5 RTC Wake Settings...........................................................................................69
5-2-6 Serial Port Console Redirection .............................................................................70
5-2-7 CPU Conguration..................................................................................................74
5-2-8 AMI Graphic Output Protocol Policy.......................................................................75
5-2-9 PCI Subsystem Settings.........................................................................................76
5-2-10 USB Conguration..................................................................................................78
5-2-11 NVMe Conguration ...............................................................................................80
5-2-12 SATA Conguration.................................................................................................81
5-2-13 UEFI Conguration.................................................................................................82
5-2-14 Tls Auth Conguration ............................................................................................83
5-2-15 Network Stack Conguration..................................................................................84
5-2-16 AMD Mem Conguration Status.............................................................................85
5-2-17 iSCSI Conguration................................................................................................86
5-2-18 Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection ..............................................................87
5-2-19 VLAN Conguration................................................................................................89
5-2-20 MAC IPv4 Network Conguration...........................................................................91
5-2-21 MAC IPv6 Network Conguration...........................................................................92
5-3 AMD CBS Menu............................................................................................. 94
5-3-1 CPU Common Options...........................................................................................95
5-3-2 DF Common Options............................................................................................100
5-3-3 UMC Common Options ........................................................................................105
5-3-4 NBIO Common Options........................................................................................118
5-3-5 FCH Common Options .........................................................................................124
5-3-6 NTB Common Options .........................................................................................127
5-3-7 SOC Miscellaneous Control .................................................................................128
5-4 AMD PBS Menu........................................................................................... 129
5-4-1 RAS ......................................................................................................................130
5-5 Chipset Setup Menu..................................................................................... 132
5-5-1 North Bridge .........................................................................................................133
5-6 Server Management Menu........................................................................... 134
5-6-1 System Event Log ................................................................................................136
5-6-2 View FRU Information ..........................................................................................137

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5-6-3 BMC Network Conguration .................................................................................138
5-6-4 IPv6 BMC Network Conguration.........................................................................139
5-7 Security Menu .............................................................................................. 140
5-7-1 Secure Boot .........................................................................................................141
5-8 Boot Menu.................................................................................................... 143
5-8-1 UEFI NETWORK Drive BBS Priorities ................................................................145
5-8-2 UEFI Application Boot Priorities ................................................................. 146
5-9 Save & Exit Menu......................................................................................... 147
5-10 ABL POST Codes ........................................................................................ 148
5-10-1 StartProcessorTestPoints .....................................................................................148
5-10-2 Memory test points ...............................................................................................148
5-10-3 PMU Test Points ...................................................................................................148
5-10-4 Original Post Code ...............................................................................................149
5-10-5 CPU test points.....................................................................................................150
5-10-6 Topology test points..............................................................................................150
5-10-7 Extended memory test point.................................................................................150
5-10-8 Gnb Earlier init......................................................................................................151
5-10-9 PMU test points ....................................................................................................154
5-10-10 ABL0 test points ...................................................................................................154
5-10-11 ABL5 test points ...................................................................................................154
5-11 Agesa POST Codes..................................................................................... 158
5-11-1 Universal Post Code.............................................................................................158
5-11-2 [0xA1XX] For CZ only memory Postcodes...........................................................158
5-11-3 S3 Interface Post Code ........................................................................................161
5-11-4 PMU Post Code....................................................................................................161
5-11-5 [0xA5XX] assigned for AGESA PSP Module ........................................................161
5-11-6 [0xA9XX, 0xAAXX] assigned for AGESA NBIO Module.......................................164
5-11-7 [0xACXX] assigned for AGESA CCX Module.......................................................166
5-11-8 [0xADXX] assigned for AGESA DF Module..........................................................167
5-11-9 [0xAFXX] assigned for AGESA FCH Module........................................................167
5-12 BIOS POST Beep code (AMI standard)....................................................... 169
5-12-1 PEI Beep Codes ...................................................................................................169
5-12-2 DXE Beep Codes .................................................................................................169

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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 user manual 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

Hardware Installation - 12 -
1-2 Product Specications
System
Dimension
2U 4 Nodes - Rear access
440 (W) x 87 (H)x 840 (D) mm
CPU AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processor family
Dual processors, 7nm technology
Up to 64-core, 128 threads per processor
TDP up to 200W
NOTE:
1. If only 1 CPU is installed, some PCIe or memory functions might be unavailable
2. Contact GIGABYTE sales rep or technical support for more details about
supporting cTDP 240W CPU
Compatible with AMD EPYC™ 7001 series processor family
Socket Per Node:
2 x LGA 4094
Total:
8 x LGA 4094
Socket SP3
Chipset System on Chip (SoC)
Socket
Socket
Hardware-Level
Root of Trust
Support
Supported
NOTE! The system will take extra time to boot as it goes through RoT
authentication.
Memory Per Node:
16 x DIMM slots
Total:
64 x DIMM slots
DDR4 memory supported only
8-Channel memory per processor architecture
RDIMM modules up to 128GB supported
LRDIMM modules up to 128GB supported
Memory speed: Up to 3200 MHz
LAN Per Node:
2 x 1GbE LAN ports (1 x Intel® I350-AM2)
1 x Dedicated management port
*CMC: Chassis Management Controller, to monitor all status of computing nodes

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Expansion Slots Per node:
2 x Low prole half-length slots with PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16 bus) from CPU_0
1 x OCP 3.0 mezzanine slot with PCIe Gen4 x16 bandwidth
Total:
8 x Low prole half-length slots with PCIe x16 (Gen4 x16 bus) from CPU_0
4 x OCP 3.0 mezzanine slot with PCIe Gen4 x16 bandwidth
Video Integrated in Aspeed® AST2500
2D Video Graphic AIntegrated in Aspeed® AST2500
2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface
1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM
Management chip on CMC board:
Integrated in Aspeed® AST2520A2-GPdapter with PCIe bus interface
1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM
Storage
(H262-Z6A)
Per node:
6 x 2.5" Gen4 U.2 hot-swappable SSD bays
1 x M.2 slot from CPU_0:
M-key
PCIe Gen4 x4
Supports NGFF-2280/22110 cards
Total:
24 x 2.5" Gen4 U.2 hot-swappable SSD bays
All storage bays are compatible with SATA devices
4 x M.2 slots from CPU_0:
M-key
PCIe Gen4 x4
Supports NGFF-2280/22110 cards
(H262-Z6B) Per node:
2 x 2.5" Gen4 U.2 hot-swappable SSD bays
1 x M.2 slot from CPU_0:
M-key
PCIe Gen4 x4
Supports NGFF-2280/22110 cards
Total:
8 x 2.5" Gen4 U.2 hot-swappable SSD bays
All storage bays are compatible with SATA devices
4 x M.2 slots from CPU_0:
M-key
PCIe Gen4 x4
Supports NGFF-2280/22110 cards

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Internal I/O Per Node:
1 x M.2 slot
1 x COM header
1 x TPM header
1 x BMC SGPIO header
1 x JTAG BMC header
1 x PLD header
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x IPMB connector
Front I/O Per node:
1 x Power button with LED
1 x ID button with LED
1 x Status LED
1 x System reset button
Total:
4 x Power button with LED
4 x ID button with LED
4 x Status LED
4 x System reset button
*1 x CMC status LED
*1 x CMC reset button
*Only one CMC status LED per system
Rear I/O Per node:
2 x USB 3.0
1 x Mini-DP
2 x RJ45
1 x RJ45 MLAN
1 x ID LED
Total:
8 x USB 3.0
4 x Mini-DP
8 x RJ45
4 x RJ45 MLAN
4 x ID LED
*1 x CMC global management port
*Only one CMC status LED per system
Backplane I/O
(H262-Z6A)
24 x ports
Speed and bandwidth: SATA 6Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s or PCIe Gen4 x4 per port
(H262-Z6B) 8 x ports
Speed and bandwidth: SATA 6Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s or PCIe Gen4 x4 per port
TPM 1 x TPM header with SPI interface
Optional TPM2.0 kit: CTM010

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System
Management
Aspeed® AST2500 management controller
GIGABYTE Management Console (AMI MegaRAC SP-X) web interface
Dashboard
JAVA Based Serial Over LAN
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
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
Power Supply 2 x 2200W redundant PSUs
80 PLUS Platinum
AC Input:
- 100-127V~/ 14A, 47-63Hz
- 200-240V~/ 12.6A, 47-63Hz
DC Output:
- Max 1200W/ 100-127V~
+12.12V/ 95.6A
+12Vsb/ 3.5A
- Max 2200W/ 200-240V
+12.12V/ 178.1A
+12Vsb/ 3.5A
Ambient
Temperature
Relative
Humidity
Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C
Operating humidity: 8-80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 60°C
Non-operating humidity: 20%-95% (non-condensing)
System
Dimension
2U 4 Nodes - Rear access
440 x 87 x 840
* We reserves the right to make any changes to the product specications and product-related information without prior
notice.

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1-3 System Block Diagram
• Please Go to Chapter 4 Motherboard Components for Riser Slot information.
H262-Z6A
H262-Z6B

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Chapter 2 System Appearance
2-1 Front View
No. Decription
1. Front Panel LEDs and buttons
Green HDD Latches Support NVMe
• Please Go to Chapter 2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of
function LEDs.
1 1
HDD #0 HDD #1
HDD #2 HDD #3 HDD #4 HDD #5
HDD #6 HDD #7
HDD #8 HDD #9 HDD #10 HDD #11
HDD #12 HDD #13
HDD #14 HDD #15 HDD #16 HDD #17
HDD #18 HDD #19
HDD #20 HDD #21 HDD #22 HDD #23
1 1
HDD #0 HDD #1
HDD #2 HDD #3 HDD #4 HDD #5
HDD #6 HDD #7
HDD #8 HDD #9 HDD #10 HDD #11
HDD #12 HDD #13
HDD #14 HDD #15 HDD #16 HDD #17
HDD #18 HDD #19
HDD #20 HDD #21 HDD #22 HDD #23
H262-Z6A
H262-Z6B

System Appearance - 18 -
2-2 Rear View
No. Decription
1. PCIe Card Slot #1
2. PCIe Card Slot #2
3. CMC LAN Port
4. Mezzanine Card Slot (Option/OCP V3.0 Card)
5. 10/100/1000 Server Management LAN Port
6. GbE LAN Port x 2
7. USB 3.0 Port x 2
8. Mini DP Port
43 75 6 8
1 2
PSU1
PSU2

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2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons
No. Name Color Status Description
1. System
Status LED
This LED represents the RoT function LED behavior.
Please see the following section for detail LED behavior.
2. Reset Button -- -- Press this button to reset the system.
3. Power button
with LED
Green On System is powered on
Green Blink System is in ACPI S1 state (sleep mode)
N/A Off
• System is not powered on or in ACPI S5 state (power
off)
• System is in ACPI S4 state (hibernate mode)
4. ID Button
with LED
This LED represents the RoT function LED behavior.
Please see the following section for detail LED behavior.
5. Enclosure
Green On System is operating normally.
Amber
On
Critical condition, may indicates:
Power module failure
System fan failure
Power supply voltage issue
System temperature
Blink
Non-critical condition, may indicates:
Redundant power module failure
Temperature and voltage issue
6. CMC
Reset Button -- -- Press this button to reset the CMC.
NODE1
RST
NODE2
RST
NODE3
RST
NODE4
RST
RST
C
4
3
1 1
3
1
2
2
34
6
5
1
2
4
3
2
4

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2-4 RoT LEDs
NODE1
RST
NODE2
RST
NODE3
RST
NODE4
RST
RST
C
Status LED
Status LED
ID LED
ID LED
Status LED
Status LED
ID LED
ID LED
LED on Front panel(Note5)
ID LED Status LED
EC Firmware (FW) Authentication fail or not exit
EC FW is broken or not exit (Note1) OFF OFF
Authenticating/Recovering BMC/BIOS Images
Authenticating Images OFF OFF
Recovering BMC Active Flash Blinks Blue
4 times per second
Blinks Green
4 times per second
Recovering BIOS Active Flash Blinks Blue
4 times per second
Blinks Amber
4 times per second
Authentication (AUTH) Pass
Recovering BIOS Active Flash OFF OFF
BMC : AUTH pass after doing recovery
BIOS : AUTH pass after doing recovery OFF OFF
BMC : AUTH pass after doing recovery
BIOS : AUTH pass OFF OFF
BMC : AUTH pass
BIOS : AUTH pass after doing recovery OFF OFF
Active Flash Authentication (AUTH) Fail
BMC : AUTH Fail(Note2) Blinks Blue
1 time per second
Blinks Green
1 time per second
BIOS : AUTH fail(Note2) Blinks Blue
1 time per second
Blinks Amber
1 time per second