MSI MS - 9211 User manual

1U Rackmount Server
MS - 9211
User’s Guide
Version 1.0
G52-S9211X1

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Manual Rev: 1.0
Release Date: December 2002
FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class
B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equip-
ment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accor-
dance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct
the interference at his own expense.
Notice 1
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon-
sible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Notice 2
Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any, must be used in order to
comply with the emission limits.
VOIR LA NOTICE D’INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU
RESEAU.
Micro-Star International MS-9211
Tested to comply
with FCC Standard
For Home or Office Use

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Copyright Notice
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INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document,
but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products
are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes
without notice.
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Revision History
Revision Revision History Date
V1.0 First release December 2002
Technical Support
If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the
user’s manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor.
Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance.
Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver
updates, and other information: http://www.msi.com.tw/
Contact our technical staff at: [email protected]

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1. Always read the safety instructions carefully.
2. Keep this User’s Manual for future reference.
3. Keep this equipment away from humidity.
4. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up.
5. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the
equipment from overheating. DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS.
6. Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110/220V
before connecting the equipment to the power inlet.
7. Place the power cord such a way that people can not step on it. Do not
place anything over the power cord.
8. Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add-on card or module.
9. All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.
10. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electri-
cal shock.
11. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a
service personnel:
zThe power cord or plug is damaged.
zLiquid has penetrated into the equipment.
zThe equipment has been exposed to moisture.
zThe equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according
to User’s Manual.
zThe equipment has dropped and damaged.
zThe equipment has obvious sign of breakage.
12. DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT
UNCONDITIONED,STORAGETEMPERATUREABOVE600 C(1400F),IT
MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT.
Safety Instructions
CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the
manufacturer.

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CONTENTS
FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ........................................... ii
Copyright Notice .......................................................................................... iii
Revision History ........................................................................................... iii
Technical Support ......................................................................................... iii
Safety Instructions ....................................................................................... iv
Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................................. 1-1
Mainboard Specifications .................................................................... 1-2
Mainboard Layout ............................................................................... 1-4
Special Features ................................................................................... 1-5
PC Alert™ III ................................................................................. 1-5
D-LED™ (optional) ........................................................................ 1-6
LCD Front Panel Control ............................................................... 1-8
System Configuration ........................................................................ 1-18
Front View ................................................................................... 1-18
Rear View ..................................................................................... 1-20
Top View ...................................................................................... 1-21
Packing Checklist ............................................................................... 1-22
Chapter 2. Hardware Setup ....................................................................... 2-1
Central Processing Unit: CPU .............................................................. 2-2
CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure ......................................... 2-2
Memory ................................................................................................ 2-3
Introduction to DDR SDRAM ....................................................... 2-3
DIMM Module Combination ......................................................... 2-4
Power Supply ....................................................................................... 2-5
ATX 20-Pin Power Connector: JWR1 ............................................ 2-5
ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 ................................................ 2-5
Back Panel ............................................................................................ 2-6
Mouse Connector ......................................................................... 2-6
Keyboard Connector ..................................................................... 2-7

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USB Connector .............................................................................. 2-7
Serial Port Connectors: COM1 & COM2 ....................................... 2-8
VGA DB 15 Pin Connector: VGA1 ................................................. 2-8
RJ-45 Lan Jacks: 10/100 LAN or Giga-bit LAN .............................. 2-9
Connectors ......................................................................................... 2-10
Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 ........................................... 2-10
Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 ........................................... 2-11
ATA133 RAID Connectors: IDE3 & IDE4 (optional) ................... 2-12
Fan Power Connectors: CFAN1/SFAN1/PSFAN1 ....................... 2-13
Front Panel Connector: JFP1 ....................................................... 2-14
Front USB Connectors: JUSB2 & JUSB3 ..................................... 2-15
IrDA Infrared Module Header: IR2 .............................................. 2-17
Event Input Connector: J14 ......................................................... 2-17
LAN LED Connectors: JACT1 & JACT2 ..................................... 2-18
LCD Panel Connector: JLCD1 ...................................................... 2-18
Diagnostic LEDs: LED1, LED2, LED3, LED4 (optional) ............... 2-19
Server Management LEDs: LED5, LED6 ...................................... 2-19
Jumpers .............................................................................................. 2-20
Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 ........................................................ 2-20
Slots ................................................................................................... 2-21
PCI Slot ........................................................................................ 2-21
PCI Interrupt Request Routing .................................................... 2-21
Chapter 3. BIOS Setup .............................................................................. 3-1
Entering Setup ...................................................................................... 3-2
Control Keys ................................................................................. 3-2
Getting Help .................................................................................. 3-3
The Main Menu ................................................................................... 3-4
Standard CMOS Features .................................................................... 3-6
IPMI V1.5 BIOS Features ..................................................................... 3-8
Advanced BIOS Features .................................................................. 3-10

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Advanced Chipset Features ............................................................... 3-14
Integrated Peripherals ........................................................................ 3-18
Power Management Setup ................................................................. 3-21
PnP/PCI Configurations ..................................................................... 3-24
PC Health Status ................................................................................ 3-26
Frequency/Voltage Control ................................................................ 3-27
Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults ..................................................... 3-28
Set Supervisor/User Password ........................................................... 3-29
Chapter 4. Chassis Installation ................................................................ 4-1
System Assembly Flowchart ................................................................ 4-2
System Assembly ................................................................................ 4-4
Chassis Cover ............................................................................... 4-4
CPU, Heatsink and Fan Duct ......................................................... 4-5
DIMM ........................................................................................... 4-8
Hard Disk Drives ........................................................................... 4-9
Riser Card .................................................................................... 4-11
Rack Mounting .................................................................................. 4-13
Chassis Rails and Ears ................................................................ 4-13
Chassis into the Rack .................................................................. 4-14
Locking Tab ................................................................................. 4-15

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Chapter 1. Getting
Started
Getting Started
Congratulations on your purchase of the MS-9211 1U
Rackmount Server. This high-performance barebone system
supports the powerful Intel®Pentium®4 processor and the
industry-leading hardwares and provides the most efficient
and professional solution to meet your needs.

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Mainboard Specifications
CPU
hSupports Intel®P4 Northwood processor in 478-pin package
hSupports 1.5GHz~2.8GHz and up
Chipset
hIntel®845E chipset
- Support 100MHz/133MHz system clock
- Intel®NetBurst micro-architecture supports 400MHz/533MHz system bus
hIntel®ICH4 chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec
- PCI Master 2.2
- I/O APIC
- 3 UHCI Host controllers and 1 EHCI Host controller
MainMemory
hSupports four memory banks using two 184-pin DDR DIMMs
hSupports up to 2GB PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAMs
hSupports 2.5v DDR SDRAM
Slots
hOne 32-bit Master PCI bus slot (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
On-BoardIDE
hAn IDE controller on the ICH4 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with
PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA100/66/33 operation modes
hATA133 RAID supported by Promise PDC20276 controller
On-BoardPeripherals
hOn-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 serial port (COM 1 rear port)
- Two RJ-45 LAN ports
- 1 VGA port
- 1 IrDA connector for SIR/ASKIR/HPSIR
- Four USB 2.0 ports (Rear * 2/ Front * 2)
Video
hATI Rage™ XL graphics controller
- Built-in DVD decoding.

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- Onboard 8MB video SDRAM.
LAN
hOption 1: Dual Intel®82551 10/100Mbps LAN controllers.
hOption 2: One Intel®82551 10/100Mbps LAN controller & One Intel®82540
1Gbps LAN controller.
Server Management(optional)
hNational Semiconductor®PC87431HM mBMC (mini-Baseboard Manage-
ment Controller)
- Incorporates an embedded microcontroller, three System Management
Bus (SMBus®) interfaces, a Chassis Management interface, Bi-color LED
control, an integrated EEPROM, Fan control, 12 ADC channels, and Dig-
ital Input Event and General-Purpose Output pins.
- Interfaces with the host via a slave SMBus interface; it interfaces with the
LAN On Motherboard (LOM) and with peripherals via two independent
master SMBus interfaces.
BIOS
hThe mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the pe-
ripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
hThe mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function
which records your mainboard specifications.
Mounting
h9 mounting holes.
Others
hSupport LAN wake-up function
hSupport Modem card wake-up function (external modem not supported)
hSupport IDE RAID (Ultra DMA/ATA133)
Devices
h2 35” IDE HDD cages
h1 Slim CD-ROM drive (optional)
h1 6x2 LCD Display Panel
PowerSupply
h200W Max. output
hActive PFC
hFullrange100~240V

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Mainboard Layout
845E Master-LR (MS-9129 v1.X) ATX Mainboard
PSFAN1
CFAN1
+BATT
ICH 4
ATXPowerSupply
JFP1
JLCD1
IR2 JACT2
JACT1
J14
FWH
ATI
RageXL
Intel
LAN Chip
PCI 1
IDE 4
IDE 3
Promise
PDC20276
Winbond
PC87431HM
Winbond
W83627HF-AW
USB
ports
JPW1
LAN 1
LAN 2
Top : mouse
Bottom: keyboard
JBAT1
LED4
LED5
LED6
LED2
LED3
LED1
JUSB2 JUSB3
COM 2
SFAN1
DIMM1 DIMM2
Intel
845
chipset
Intel
LAN Chip
Intel
845E
Chipset
FDD1

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MSI Special Features
PC Alert™ III
The PC AlertTM III is a utility you can find in the CD-ROM disk. The
utility is just like your PC doctor that can de-
tect the following PC hardware status during
real time operation:
ØmonitorCPU &systemtemperatures
Ømonitor fan speed(s)
Ømonitor system voltage
Ømonitor chassis intrusion
If one of the items above is abnormal,
the program main screen will be immediately
shown on the screen, with the abnormal item
highlighted in red. This will continue to be
shown until user disables the warning.
MSIRemindsYou...
1. Items shown on PC Alert™ III vary depending on your system
status.
2. The mainboard bound with mBMC chip (Server Management
Features) won’t support PC Alert™ III.

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D-LED™(Optional)
The D-LED™ (Diagnostic LED) uses graphic signal display to help users
understand their system. Four LEDs (LED1 ~ LED4) embedded on the main-
board provide up to 16 combinations of signals to debug the system. The 4
LEDs can debug all problems that fail the system, such as VGA, RAM or other
failures. This special feature is very useful for the overclocking users. These
users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures. The
definitions of LED signal combinations are listed below:
D-LED Description
System Power ON
- The D-LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed
properly.
Early Chipset Initialization
Memory Detection Test
- Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if the memory
module is damaged or not installed properly.
Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting.
Initializing Keyboard Controller.
Testing VGA BIOS
- This will start writing VGA sign-on message to the screen.
Red Green
1234
Diagnostic LED
1
2
3
4

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Processor Initialization
- This will show information regarding the processor (like brand name,
system bus, etc…)
Testing RTC (Real Time Clock)
Initializing Video Interface
- This will start detecting CPU clock, checking type of video onboard.
Then, detect and initialize the video adapter.
BIOS Sign On
- This will start showing information about logo, processor brand name,
etc….
Testing Base and Extended Memory
- Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory
above 1MB using various patterns.
Assign Resources to all ISA.
Initializing Hard Drive Controller
- This will initialize IDE drive and controller.
Initializing Floppy Drive Controller
- This will initializing Floppy Drive and controller.
Boot Attempt
- This will set low stack and boot via INT 19h.
Operating System Booting

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Step 3: To install the LCD Control Service, click Next to use the default folder
or Browse to install to another designated folder. Click Cancel to exit
the Setup program.
Installing the LCD Control Service
Version:V2.2
OS supported: Windows NT 4 with Service Pack 4 or latest version
Windows 2000, Windows XP
Step 1: Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. Browse to the CD-
ROM drive and double-click the executable file “setup.exe” to start
the Setup program.
Step 2: The screen will show the Welcome dialog box as shown below. Click
Next to continue.
LCD Front Panel Control

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Step 4: Setup has finished installing the LCD Control service on your computer.
Click Install service to enable the LCD Control service.
Step 5: Click OK to continue. You can restart the computer now.

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Un-installing the LCD Control Service
Step 1: Click Start, and then point to Programs.
Under Programs, Click LCD Control Panel and the following screen
will pop up. Click Remove service to disable the LCD Control service.
Step 3: Under Control Panel, click Add/Remove Programs. Follow the on-
screen instructions to complete the un-installation process.
Step 2: Click OK to continue.

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Here shows the LCD Front Panel and its three control buttons.
Up Go to the previous selection.
Enter Execute the command.
Next Go to the next selection.
Up Enter Next
LCDFunctionMenu
After you have installed the LCD Control Panel Service, you can simply use
the LCD Front Panel Control buttons to get access to the information under
LCD Info, H/W Monitor and System Conf menus.
CPU (temp.)
Chassis (temp.)
System FAN
Power FAN
CPU FAN
V core
I/O Voltage
3.3V
5V
12V
-12V
-5V
5V Standby
Battery
chassis int
H/WMonitor
Build Date
Mode
Firmware
LCD Info
Character
Baud Rate

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SystemConf
Host name
Date
Time
Memory
Hard Disk
Information
LAN1
LAN2
Restart OS
Shutdown OS
Set Date
Set Time
IP
Net Mask
Set IP
Set Net Mask
IP
Net Mask
Set IP
Set Net Mask
Yes
No
Yes
No
Disk C
Disk D
Disk E
Disk F
Size
Usage
Available
Size
Usage
Available
Size
Usage
Available
Size
Usage
Available
Size
Usage
Available

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Function Description
LCD Panel v1.1 Show product information and version
Initialize OK
BIOS POST: C1 If the system has memory issues, it will stop at C1.
Msg: Mem Sizing
BIOS POST: C3 If the system has BIOS issues, it will stop at C3.
Msg: BIOS chsum
BIOS POST: 18 If the system has CPU issues, it will stop at 18.
Msg: CPU Init.
BIOS POST: 2B If the system has VGA issues, it will stop at 2B.
Msg: VGA Init.
BIOS POST: 2D It shows information about logo processor brand name.
Msg: Sign-on Msg.
BIOS POST: 52 If the system has memory issues, it will stop at 52.
Msg: Ext. Mem Test
BIOS POST: 75 If the system has IDE issues, it will stop at 75.
Msg: IDE Init.
BIOS POST: 8B If the system has PCI issues, it will stop at 8B.
Msg: PCI ROM Init.
BIOS POST: 94
Msg: disp summary
<Boot to OS> If the system is problem free, it will boot to OS.
BeforeBoottoOS(DebugFunction)