Supero AS-1011M-Ni User manual

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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 AS-1011M-Ni. Installation
and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians only.
TheAS-101M-Ni is an economical server based on the SC812L-280U 1U rackmount
server chassis and the H8SMU motherboard, which supports a singleAMD Opteron
1000 processor in an AM2 socket and up to 8 GB of DDR2-800/667/533 unbuffered
ECC/non-ECC 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 H8SMU motherboard and
the SC812L-280U chassis, which make up the AS-101M-Ni.
Chapter 2: Server Installation
This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the AS-1011M-Ni 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.
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
AS-1011M-Ni.
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Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the H8SMU motherboard, including the
locations and functions of connectors, 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 1U SC812L-280U rackmount
server chassis. You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when in-
stalling, removing or reconfiguring peripheral drives and when replacing the system
power supply unit and cooling fans.
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
Choosing a Setup Location ...................................................................... 2-2
Rack Precautions ..................................................................................... 2-2
Server Precautions ................................................................................... 2-2
Rack Mounting Considerations ................................................................ 2-3
2-4 Installing the System into a Rack ................................................................... 2-4
Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails ............................................... 2-4
Installing the Chassis Rails ...................................................................... 2-5
Installing the Rack Rails .......................................................................... 2-5
Installing the Server into the Rack ........................................................... 2-6
Installing the Server into a Telco Rack .................................................... 2-7
2-5 Checking the Motherboard Setup ................................................................... 2-8
2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup ....................................................................... 2-9
Chapter 3: System Interface
3-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Control Panel Buttons .................................................................................... 3-1
Reset ........................................................................................................ 3-1
Power ....................................................................................................... 3-1
UID ........................................................................................................... 3-1
3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-2
Universal Information LED ....................................................................... 3-2
NIC2 ......................................................................................................... 3-3
NIC1 ......................................................................................................... 3-3
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HDD .......................................................................................................... 3-3
Power ....................................................................................................... 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
Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Motherboard .............................................................................. 5-1
5-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation ............................................................... 5-2
5-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ..................................................... 5-4
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
H8SMU Layout ....................................................................................... 5-10
H8SMU Quick Reference ....................................................................... 5-11
5-9 Connector Definitions ................................................................................... 5-12
ATX Power Connector ............................................................................ 5-12
Processor Power Connector .................................................................. 5-12
Power LED ............................................................................................. 5-12
HDD LED ............................................................................................... 5-12
NIC1 LED ............................................................................................... 5-13
NIC2 LED ............................................................................................... 5-13
Universal Information LED ..................................................................... 5-13
Power Fail LED ...................................................................................... 5-14
Reset Button .......................................................................................... 5-14
Power Button .......................................................................................... 5-14
Universal Serial Bus Ports ..................................................................... 5-14
Universal Serial Bus Headers ................................................................ 5-15
Serial Ports ............................................................................................. 5-15
Fan Headers .......................................................................................... 5-15
LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ......................................................................... 5-15
Power LED/Speaker ............................................................................... 5-16
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ATX PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Ports ...................................................... 5-16
Power Supply I2C Header ...................................................................... 5-16
Wake-On-LAN ........................................................................................ 5-17
Wake-On-Ring ........................................................................................ 5-17
Chassis Intrusion .................................................................................... 5-17
Compact Flash Power Header ............................................................... 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
Watch Dog Enable/Disable .................................................................... 5-20
Onboard Speaker Enable/Disable .......................................................... 5-20
Compact Flash Master/Slave ................................................................. 5-21
I2C to PCI-X/PCI-E Enable/Disable ........................................................ 5-21
5-11 Onboard Indicators ....................................................................................... 5-22
LAN1/LAN2 LEDs .................................................................................. 5-22
Onboard Power LED (DP1) ................................................................... 5-22
UID LED (LE1) ....................................................................................... 5-22
5-12 Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections ................................................... 5-23
Floppy Connector ................................................................................... 5-23
IDE Connector ........................................................................................ 5-24
SATA Ports ............................................................................................. 5-24
5-13 Enabling SATA RAID .................................................................................... 5-25
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 Cooling Fans .............................................................. 6-3
6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal ....................................................................... 6-4
Accessing the Drive Bays ........................................................................ 6-4
Installing Components in the 3.5" Drive Bays ......................................... 6-5
6-5 Power Supply ................................................................................................. 6-6
Power Supply Failure ............................................................................... 6-6
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply ................................................... 6-6
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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 .................................................................................................... 7-16
7-5 Security Menu ............................................................................................... 7-16
7-7 Exit Menu ...................................................................................................... 7-17
Appendices:
Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes
Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes
Appendix C: System Specifications

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
Supermicro's AS1011M-Ni is an economic 1U rackmount server. The 1011M-Ni
is comprised of two main subsystems: the SC812L-280U rackmount chassis and
the H8SMU motherboard. Please refer to our web site for information on operat-
ing systems that have been certified for use with the 1011M-Ni. (www.supermicro.
com/aplus)
In addition to the mainboard and chassis, various hardware components may have
been included with your 1011M-Ni, as listed below:
 One (1) passive CPU heatsink (SNK-P0026)
 Two (2) 10-cm blower fans (FAN-0059L)
 One (1) air shroud (MCP-310-81202-0)
 Two (2) riser cards (RSC-R1UU-2E8 and RSC-R1UU-E8R+)
 SATA Accessories:
One (1) 48-cm SATA cable (CBL-0206L)
One (1) 59-cm SATA cable (CBL-0207L)
One (1) 70-cm SATA cable (CBL-0208L)
 Rackmount hardware with screws (CSE-PT34)
Two (2) rack rail assemblies
Six (6) brackets for mounting the rack rails to a rack/telco rack
 One (1) CD-ROM containing drivers and utilities
 AS 1011M-Ni User's Manual
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1-2 Motherboard Features
At the heart of the 1011M-Ni lies the H8SMU, a single processor motherboard based
on the nVidia MCP55 Pro chipset. Below are the main features of the H8SMU (see
Figure 1-1 for a block diagram of the chipset).
Processors
The H8SMU supports a single AMD OpteronTM 1000 Series processor. Please
refer to the motherboard description pages on our web site for a complete listing
of supported processors.
Memory
The H8SMU has four 240-pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 8 GB of
DDR2-800/667/533 unbuffered ECC/non-ECC SDRAM. Memory may be installed
in either interleaved or non-interleaved configurations. Please refer to Chapter 5
for details.
PCI Expansion Slots
The H8SMU has one PCI-Express x16 slot and one PCI-Express x8 slot. Standard
size expansion cards (with their appropriate riser cards) may be used with the server.
See Section 5-6 for details.
Serial ATA
An on-chip SATA controller is integrated into the H8SMU to provide a four-port, 3
Gb/sec Serial ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1 and JBOD supported.
The SATA drives are hot-swappable units.
Onboard Controllers/Ports
One floppy drive controller and one onboard ATA/133 controller are provided to
support up to two IDE hard drives or ATAPI devices. The color-coded I/O ports
include one COM port, a VGA (monitor) port, two USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and
keyboard ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports.
ATI Graphics Controller
The H8SMU features an integratedATI video controller based on the ES1000 graph-
ics chip. The ES1000 was designed specifically for servers, featuring low power
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Other Features
Other onboard features that promote system health include onboard voltage moni-
tors, a chassis intrusion header, auto-switching voltage regulators, chassis and CPU
overheat sensors, virus protection and BIOS rescue.
Figure 1-1. nVidia MCP55 Chipset:
System Block Diagram
Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see Chapter 5 for details.
nVidia
MCP55Pro
128-bit data+ 16-bit ECC DDR2-800/667/533
PCI-E x16 Slot
SATA Ports (4)
IDE (1)
USB Ports (4)
S I/O BIOS
Floppy Kybd/
Mouse Serial Ports (2)
AMD AM2 Socket
Processor
LPC
DIMM1A
DIMM 2A
DIMM1B
DIMM 2B
SIMSO
(IPMI 2.0)
PCI-E x8 Slot
ATI ES1000
16 x16 HTlink(1GHz)
GLAN Ports(2)
PCI-E x8
PCI33 MHz
USB 2.0
ATA133
3 GB/s
PCI-E x16
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1-3 Server Chassis Features
The SC812L-280U is Supermicro's second-generation 1U chassis and features
three hard drive bays and a revolutionary cooling design that can keep today's most
powerful processors running well below their temperature thresholds. The following
is a general outline of the main features of the SC812L-280U chassis.
System Power
The SC812L-280U chassis features a 280W power supply.
Control Panel
The SC812L-280U control panel provides important system monitoring and control
information. LEDs indicate power on, network activity, hard disk drive activity, UID
and system overheat conditions. Also present are a main power button, a system
reset button and a UID button.
I/O Backplane
The SC812L-280U is a 1U rackmount chassis. Its I/O backplane provides three
standard size PCI slots, one COM port (the other is internal), one VGAport, two USB
ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports, two Ethernet (LAN) ports and a UID LED.
Cooling System
The SC812L-280U chassis has a revolutionary cooling design. The SC812L-280U
includes two heavy duty 10-cm blower fans located in the middle of the chassis.
These fans operate continuously at full rpm. An overheat LED will be activated if
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1-4 Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
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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: Super Micro Computer B.V.
Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
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Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacific
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
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
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Chapter 2
Server Installation
2-1 Overview
This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your 1011M-Ni system up and
running. Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the
system operational within a minimum amount of time. This quick setup assumes
that your 1011M-Ni system has come to you with the processors and memory
preinstalled. If your system is not already fully integrated with a motherboard, pro-
cessors, 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-Ni was shipped in and note if it was damaged
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-Ni. 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-Ni 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 minimum amount of time. Please read this section in its entirety before you
begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that follow.

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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 and the like).
- This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices according
to §2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units.
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 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
simultaneously 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 to cool before touching them.
- Always keep the rack's front door and all panels and components on the serv-
ers 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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2-4 Installing the System into a Rack
This section provides information on installing the 1011M-Ni into a rack. If the
1011M-Ni 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 1011M-Ni into a rack with the rack rails provided. 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-Ni. Each of
these assemblies consist of three sections: an inner fixed chassis rail that secures
to the 1011M-Ni (A) and an outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack
itself (B). 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.
Figure 2-1. Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails
Mounting Holes
Locking Tab
A
B