Supermicro AS-1011M-T2 User manual

AS1011M-T2
USER’S MANUAL
1.0

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Preface
Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It
provides information for the installation and use of the AS1011M-T2 server. Instal-
lation and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
The AS1011M-T2 is a high-end server based on the SC811FT-260 1U rack-
mount chassis and the H8SMi-2, a single processor motherboard that supports
AMD Opteron processors and up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC/non-ECC DDR2-
800/667/533 SDRAM.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the
server system and describes the main features of the H8SMi-2 motherboard and
the SC811FT-260 chassis, which comprise the 1011M-T2.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the 1011M-T2 into a rack and
check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system. If your server
was ordered without processor and memory components, this chapter will refer you
to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation.
Chapter 3: System Interface
Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and
information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs
located throughout the system.

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Chapter 4: System Safety
You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview
of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the
1011M-T2.
Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the H8SMi-2 motherboard, including the
locations and functions of connections, headers and jumpers. Refer to this chapter
when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the
motherboard.
Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC811FT-260 server chassis.
You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing, removing
or reconfiguring SATA or peripheral drives and when replacing the system power
supply and cooling fan.
Chapter 7: BIOS
The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-
tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility.
Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes
Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes
Appendix C: System Specifications

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Preface
About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii
Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii
Chapter 1: Introduction
1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 Motherboard Features .................................................................................... 1-2
1-3 Server Chassis Features ................................................................................ 1-4
1-4 Contacting Supermicro ................................................................................... 1-5
Chapter 2: Server Installation
2-1 Overview .......................................................................................................... 2-1
2-2 Unpacking the System ................................................................................... 2-1
2-3 Preparing for Setup ......................................................................................... 2-1
2-4 Installing the System into a Rack.................................................................... 2-4
2-5 Checking the Motherboard Setup.................................................................... 2-8
2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup ...................................................................... 2-10
Chapter 3: System Interface
3-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Control Panel Buttons .................................................................................... 3-1
Reset ....................................................................................................... 3-1
Power ...................................................................................................... 3-1
3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-2
Overheat/Fan Fail .................................................................................. 3-2
NIC2 ........................................................................................................ 3-2
NIC1 ........................................................................................................ 3-2
HDD ........................................................................................................ 3-2
Power ...................................................................................................... 3-3
3-4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LEDs ........................................................................ 3-3
Chapter 4: System Safety
4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions............................................................................ 4-1
4-2 General Safety Precautions.............................................................................. 4-2
4-3 ESD Precautions ............................................................................................. 4-3
4-4 Operating Precautions ..................................................................................... 4-4
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Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Motherboard ............................................................................... 5-1
5-2 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ...................................................... 5-2
5-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation ................................................................ 5-2
5-4 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 5-5
Connecting Data Cables ........................................................................... 5-5
Connecting Power Cables......................................................................... 5-5
Connecting the Control Panel ................................................................... 5-6
5-5 I/O Ports ......................................................................................................... 5-7
5-6 Installing Memory............................................................................................. 5-7
5-7 Adding PCI Cards............................................................................................ 5-9
5-8 Motherboard Details ..................................................................................... 5-10
H8SMi-2 Layout....................................................................................... 5-10
H8SMi-2 Quick Reference ...................................................................... 5-11
5-9 Connector Definitions .................................................................................... 5-12
ATX Power Connector .......................................................................... 5-12
Auxiliary Power Connector...................................................................... 5-12
Power LED .............................................................................................. 5-12
HDD LED .............................................................................................. 5-12
NIC1/NIC2 LED ...................................................................................... 5-13
Overheat/Fan Fail LED .......................................................................... 5-13
Power Fail LED ...................................................................................... 5-13
Reset Button ......................................................................................... 5-13
Power Button ......................................................................................... 5-14
Universal Serial Bus Ports ..................................................................... 5-14
USB Headers ......................................................................................... 5-14
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports.................................................... 5-15
Serial Ports.............................................................................................. 5-15
Fan Headers............................................................................................ 5-15
LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ......................................................................... 5-15
Power LED/Speaker ............................................................................... 5-16
Overheat LED ........................................................................................ 5-16
Chassis Intrusion .................................................................................... 5-16
Wake-On-LAN .......................................................................................... 5-16
Wake-On-Ring ........................................................................................ 5-17
SMBus Header ....................................................................................... 5-17
Redundant Power Supply Fail Header .................................................. 5-17
UID LED Header .................................................................................... 5-17
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Power Supply Fail Alarm Reset Header ................................................. 5-18
Compact Flash Power ............................................................................ 5-18
SGPIO .................................................................................................... 5-18
5-10 Jumper Settings............................................................................................. 5-19
Explanation of Jumpers........................................................................... 5-19
CMOS Clear ............................................................................................ 5-19
VGA Enable/Disable................................................................................ 5-20
I2C to PCI Enable/Disable ...................................................................... 5-20
Watch Dog Enable/Disable ..................................................................... 5-20
Onboard Speaker Enable/Disable ......................................................... 5-21
Compact Flash Master/Slave ................................................................. 5-21
USB Power ............................................................................................. 5-21
PS2 Power ............................................................................................. 5-21
5-11 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 5-22
LAN1/LAN2 LEDs.................................................................................... 5-22
Onboard Power LED .............................................................................. 5-22
5-12 Floppy, IDE, Parallel Port and SATA Drive Connections............................... 5-23
Floppy Connector .................................................................................... 5-23
IDE Connector ........................................................................................ 5-24
SATA Ports ............................................................................................. 5-24
Parallel Port ............................................................................................ 5-25
5-13 Enabling SATA RAID .................................................................................... 5-26
5-14 Installing Drivers ........................................................................................... 5-28
Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................. 6-1
6-2 Control Panel .................................................................................................... 6-2
6-3 System Fans..................................................................................................... 6-3
System Fan Failure .................................................................................... 6-3
Replacing System Fans ............................................................................. 6-3
6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal......................................................................... 6-4
Accessing the Drive Bays ........................................................................ 6-4
SATA Drive Installation ............................................................................. 6-4
CD-ROM and Floppy Drive Installation .................................................... 6-6
6-5 Power Supply .................................................................................................. 6-7
Power Supply Failure ................................................................................. 6-7
Replacing the Power Supply...................................................................... 6-7
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Chapter 7: BIOS
7-1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 7-1
7-2 Main Menu ....................................................................................................... 7-2
7-3 Advanced Settings Menu ................................................................................ 7-2
7-4 Boot Menu ..................................................................................................... 7-17
7-5 Security Menu ................................................................................................ 7-18
7-6 Exit Menu ....................................................................................................... 7-18
Appendices:
Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes .......................................................................A-1
Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes ...........................................................B-1
Appendix C: System Specifications ...........................................................................C-1

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The AS1011M-T2 is a high-end single processor, mini 1U rackmount server com-
prised of two main subsystems: the SC811FT-260 chassis and the H8SMi-2 moth-
erboard. The H8SMi-2 supports a single AMD Opteron 1000 series processor in a
940-pin AM2 socket and up to 8 GB of ECC/non-ECC DDR2-800/667/533 SDRAM
memory. Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that
have been certified for use with the 1011M-T2 and for regular updates on supported
processors.
In addition to the motherboard and chassis, various hardware components may
have been included with the 1011M-T2, as listed below.
 One (1) slim CD-ROM drive [CDM-TEAC-24(B)]
 One (1) floppy drive (FPD-PNSC-W1.44MB)
 Two (2) hot-swap SATA drive carriers [(CSE-PT10(B)]
 Two (2) SATA cables (CBL-0061L)
 One (1) SGPIO cable (CBL-0157L)
 Two (2) 4-cm counter-rotating fans (FAN-0087)
 One (1) 4-cm dummy fan (CSE-PT0100)
 One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-00028-01)
 One (1) SATA backplane (CSE-SAS-810TQ)
 One (1) passive CPU heatsink for AM2 (SNK-P0026)
 One (1) PCI-E x16 riser card (CSE-RR1U-E16)
 Rackmount hardware with screws (CSE-PT8)
Two (2) rack rail assemblies
Six (6) brackets for mounting the rack rails in a rack/telco rack
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1-2 Motherboard Features
At the heart of the 1011M-T2 lies the H8SMi-2, a single processor motherboard
designed to provide maximum performance. Below are the main features of the
H8SMi-2. (See Figure 1-1 for a block diagram of the chipset.)
Processors
The H8SMi-2 has an 940-pin AM2 type socket that supports a single AMD Opteron
Series 1000 processor. Please refer to the support section of our web site for a
complete listing of supported processors.
Memory
The H8SMi-2 has four (4) 240-pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 8 GB of
ECC/non-ECC DDR2-800/667/533 SDRAM. (Memory can operate in either single
or dual dual-channel mode.)
Serial ATA
A 3 Gb/s Serial ATA controller is incorporated into the nVidia MCP55 Pro chipset.
The Serial ATA drives in the 1011M-T2 are hot-swappable and RAID 0 and 1 sup-
ported.
PCI Expansion Slots
The H8SMi-2 has one PCI-Express x16 slot, one PCI-Express x8 slot, one PCI-
Express x4 slot, three PCI slots and one low-profile SIM slot (for an IPMI card).
When incorporated into the 1011M-T2 server system, a riser card (CSE-RR1U-E16)
is included for use with the PCI-E x16 slot to support one standard size expansion
card.
Ethernet Ports
An on-chip (MCP55 Pro) Ethernet controller is incorporated into the H8SMi-2 to
support two Gigabit LAN ports.
ATI Graphics Controller
The 1011M-T2 features an integrated video controller based on the ES1000 graphics
chip. The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers, featuring low power
consumption, high reliability and superior longevity.

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Onboard Controllers/Ports
An onboard IDE controller supports one floppy drive and one Ultra ATA 133 hard
drive or ATAPI device. Onboard I/O backpanel ports include one serial COM port,
two USB ports, a VGA (monitor) port, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, a parallel
port and two GLAN (RJ45) ports.
Other Features
Other onboard features that promote system health include voltage monitors, a
chassis intrusion header, auto-switching voltage regulators, chassis and CPU
overheat sensors, virus protection and BIOS rescue.
Figure 1-1 . nVidia MCP55 Pro Chipset:
System Block Diagram
Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details.
DIMM 1A
DIMM 2A
nVidia
MCP55 Pro
128-bit data + 16-bit ECC
DDR2-800/667/533/400
SATA Ports (6)
IDE (ATA133) (1)
USB 2.0 Ports (6)
S I/O BIOS
Floppy Kybd/
Mouse
Serial/Parallel
Ports
AMD Socket AM2
CPU
LPC
SIMLP
(IPMI)
ATI ES1000
Slot 6: PCI-E x16
16 x 16 HT link (1 GHz)
DIMM 1B
DIMM 2B
Slot 4: PCI-E x4
PCI-Exp Bus
Slot 3: PCI-E x8
Slot 5: PCI
Slot 2: PCI
Slot 1: PCI
PCI Bus
PHY
88 E1121
GLAN Ports (2)

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1-3 Server Chassis Features
The 1011M-T2 is a mini 1U rackmount server platform configuration. The following
is a general outline of the main features of the SC811FT-260 chassis.
System Power
When configured as a 1011M-T2, the SC811FT-260 chassis includes a single 260W
power supply.
Control Panel
The SC811FT-260's control panel provides important system monitoring and control
information. LEDs indicate power on, network activity, hard disk drive activity and
overheat/fan fail conditions. The control panel also includes a main power button
and a system reset button.
Rear I/O Panel
The SC811FT-260 is a 1U rackmount chassis. Its I/O panel provides one expansion
card slot, one COM port, two USB ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, a graphics
port, a parallel port and two Gb Ethernet ports. (See Chapter 6 for details.)
Cooling System
The SC811FT-260 chassis has an innovative cooling design that features two 4-
cm heavy-duty, counter-rotating fans. A fan speed control setting in BIOS allows
fan speed to be determined by system temperature [the recommended setting is
3-pin (Server)].

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1-4 Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
Web Site: www.supermicro.com
Europe
Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.
Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacific
Address: SuperMicro, Taiwan
4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.
Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: [phone], ext.132 or 139

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Chapter 2: Server Installation
2-1
Chapter 2
Server Installation
2-1 Overview
This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your 1011M-T2 up and run-
ning. Following the steps in the order given should enable you to have the system
operational within a minimal amount of time. This quick setup assumes that your
1011M-T2 system has come to you with the processor and memory preinstalled. If
your system is not already fully integrated with a motherboard, processor, system
memory etc., please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details
on installing specific components.
2-2 Unpacking the System
You should inspect the box the 1011M-T2 was shipped in and note if it was dam-
aged in any way. If the server itself shows damage, you should file a damage claim
with the carrier who delivered it.
Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the 1011M-T2. It should
be situated in a clean, dust-free area that is well ventilated. Avoid areas where
heat, electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated. You will also need
it placed near a grounded power outlet. Read the Rack and Server Precautions in
the next section.
2-3 Preparing for Setup
The box the 1011M-T2 was shipped in should include two sets of rail assemblies,
two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the
system into the rack. Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation
process in a minimal amount of time. Please read this section in its entirety before
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Choosing a Setup Location
- Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door
completely (~25 inches).
- Leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back of the rack to allow for
sufficient airflow and ease in servicing.
- This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location (dedicated
equipment rooms, service closets, etc.).
Rack Precautions
- Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the
floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them.
- In a single rack installation, stabilizers should be attached to the rack.
- In multiple rack installations, the racks should be coupled together.
- Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the
rack.
- You should extend only one component at a time - extending two or more simul-
taneously may cause the rack to become unstable.
Server Precautions
- Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4.
- Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the
rails.
- Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first, and then
work up.
- Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to protect the server from
power surges, voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power
failure.
-Allow the power supply units and hot plug Serial ATA drives to cool before touching
them.
- Always keep the rack's front door and all panels and components on the servers
closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling.
!!
Warnings and Precautions!

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Rack Mounting Considerations
Ambient Operating Temperature
If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the ambient operating tempera-
ture of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the
room. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an
environment compatible with the manufacturer’s maximum rated ambient tempera-
ture (Tmra).
Reduced Airflow
Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required
for safe operation is not compromised.
Mechanical Loading
Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not
arise due to uneven mechanical loading.
Circuit Overloading
Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power
supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have
on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of
equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern.
Reliable Ground
A reliable ground must be maintained at all times. To ensure this, the rack itself
should be grounded. Particular attention should be given to power supply connec-
tions other than the direct connections to the branch circuit (i.e. the use of power
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Figure 2-1. Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails
A
B
2-4 Installing the System into a Rack
This section provides information on installing the 1011M-T2 into a rack unit. If
the system has already been mounted into a rack, you can skip ahead to Sections
2-5 and 2-6. There are a variety of rack units on the market, which may mean the
assembly procedure will differ slightly. The following is a guideline for installing the
unit into a rack with the rack rails provided with the system. You should also refer
to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using.
Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails
You should have received two rack rail assemblies with the 1011M-T2. Each of
these assemblies consist of two sections: an inner fixed chassis rail that secures to
the unit (A) and an outer fixed rack rail (B) that secures to the rail brackets. A sliding
rail guide sandwiched between the two should remain attached to the fixed rack rail
(see Figure 2-1). The A and B rails must be detached from each other to install.
To remove the fixed chassis rail (A), pull it out as far as possible - you should hear
a "click" sound as a locking tab emerges from inside the rail assembly and locks
the inner rail. Then depress the locking tab to pull the inner rail completely out.
Do this for both the left and right side rack rail assemblies.
Pull out the inner
rail(to be attached
on the chassis)
Outer rail (to be
installed in the
rack)