TYAN THUNDER N3600R User manual

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Thunder n3600R ///
S2912
Version 1.0
Copyright
Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of
this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from
TYAN Computer Corp.
Trademark
All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in
this manual are property of their respective owners including, but not limited to
the following.
TYAN, Taro and Thunder n3600R are trademarks of TYAN Computer
Corporation.
AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD Corporation.
Nvidia and nForce are trademarks of Nvidia Corporation
LSI is trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation
ATI is trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc
Microsoft, Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds
IBM, PC, AT, and PS/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
Winbond is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation.
Notice
Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer
Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing.
TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever, and disclaims any express or implied
warranty, relating to sale and/or use of TYAN products including liability or
warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability. TYAN
retains the right to make changes to product descriptions and/or specifications
at any time, without notice. In no event will TYAN be held liable for any direct or
indirect, incidentalor consequential damage, loss of use, loss of data or other
malady resulting from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Congratulations Page 5
1.2 Hardware Specifications Page 5
Chapter 2: Board Installation
2.1 Board Image Page 8
2.2 Block Diagram Page 9
2.3 Board Parts,Jumpers and Connectors Page 11
2.4 Tips on Installing Motherboard in Chassis Page 21
2.5 Installing the Processor(s) Page 22
2.6 Installing the Memory Page 25
2.7 Attaching Drive Cables Page 28
2.8 Installing Add-In Cards Page 30
2.9 Connecting External Devices Page 31
2.10 Installing the Power Supply Page 32
2.11 Finishing Up Page 33
Chapter 3: BIOS
3.1 About the BIOS Page 34
3.2 Main BIOS Setup Page 36
3.3 Main Menu Page 37
3.4 Advanced Menu Page 39
3.5 Security Menu Page 59
3.6 Boot Menu Page 60
3.7 Power Menu Page 61
3.8 Exit Menu Page 63
Chapter 4: Diagnostics
4.1 Flash Utility Page 65
4.2 Phoenix BIOS Post Code Page 66
Appendix I: How to Make a Driver Diskette Page 69
Glossary Page 71
Technical Support Page 77

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Check the box contents!
The retail motherboard package should contain the following:
1x Thunder n3600Rmotherboard
1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable
6x SATA cable
3x SATA Drive Power Adapter
1 x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable
2 x SAS cable (for S2912WG2NR only)
1x Thunder n3600R User’s Manual
1x Thunder n3600R Quick ReferenceGuide
1x TYAN driver CD
1x I/O shield
If any of these items are missing, please contact your vendor/dealer for
replacement before continuing with the installation process.

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NOTE

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 -Congratulations
You have purchased one of the most powerful server solutions available. The
Thunder n3600R (S2912) is a high-end server motherboard, based onthe
NVIDIA NPF3600 chipset. It also includes theWinbond W83627HF Super IO
and Analog Devices ADT7476 Hardware Monitoringchipsets.
This motherboard is designed to support two AMD Opteron RevF 2000Series
processors andup to32GB of DDR2400/533/667 memory. The S2912 is ideal
for high-density performance serving and clustering, data center and IT
infrastructure development. The S2912is also ideal for multi-node rendering
and processing, web and business application serving, Large-scale visual
simulations.
Remember to visit TYAN’swebsite at http://www.tyan.com. There you can find
information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and BIOS
upgrades.
1.2 -Hardware Specifications
Processors
•Dual 1207-pin ZIF sockets
•Supports up to two AMD Opteron
RevF 2000 Series processors
•Two onboard 4-phase digital VRMs
Chipset
•NVIDIA NPF3600
•Winbond W83627HF Super IO
•Analog Devices ADT7476 Hardware
Monitoring IC
Integrated I/O
•One floppy connector supports up to
two drives
•One IDE connector supports up to two
ATA 133 devices
•One parallel port header and one
serial port
•Eight USB 2.0 EHCI ports
(two rear connectors and six headers)
Memory
•Dual-channel memory bus
•Eight DDR2 sockets (four per CPU)
•Supports ECC Registered DIMMs
•Maximum of 32GB DDR2-
400/533/667
Integrated Network Processor
•Two GbE via Marvell PHY 88E1121
•Supports WOL and PXE
•Two RJ-45 ports with LEDs
Integrated SATA Controllers
•Three Integrated dual port SATA
Controllers from NFP3600
•Supports up to 6 SATA drives
•Supports up to 3.0Gb/s
•Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD-
Integrated Video Controller
•ATI ES1000
•PCI Interface
•32MB DDR memory

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Onboard SAS Controller
(for S2912WG2NR only)
•LSI 1064E SAS controller
•Four SAS ports
•Supporting RAID 0 (Integrated
Stripping), RAID 1E (Integrated
Enhanced Mirroring) and RAID 1
(Integrated Mirroring)
System Management
•CPU thermal & voltage monitor
support
•Six 4-pin fan header (PWM and
tachometer support)
•One 2-pin chassis intrusion header
•Watchdog timer support
Expansion Slots
•Two PCI Express x 16 slots
-onewith x16 signal
-onewith x8 signal
•One HTX-pro connector
-supports Pathscale InfiniPath HTX
Adapter
•One OPMA connector for KVM
Form Factor
•SSI / Extended ATX (12”x 13”)
•EPS 12V/SSI (24 + 8 + 4 pin) power
connectors
•Stacked PS/2 keyboard and mouse
connectors
•Stacked Serial (1) connector
•Stacked VGA (1) connector
•Stacked USB 2.0 (2)
•Stacked RJ-45 (2)connectors for GbE
LAN
•Stacked RJ-45 (1) connector for
OPMA
BIOS
•Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit LPC Flash
ROM
•Supports ACPI (S0, S1, S3, S4, S5)
•Serial Console Redirect
•PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot
•PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0 Power
Management
•User-configurable H/W monitoring
•Auto-configuration of hard disk types
•Multiple boot options
•48-bit LBA support
Regulatory
•FCC Class B (DoC)
•European Community CE (DoC)
•BSMI (optional)

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Chapter 2: Board Installation
Precautions: The Thunder n3600Rsupports SSI, EPS12V type power supplies
(24pin + 8pin +4pin) and will not operate with any other types. For proper power
supply installation procedures see page32.
DO NOT USE ATX 2.x or ATXGES power supplies as they will damage the
board and void your warranty.
How to install our products right…the first time
The first thing you should do is reading this user’s manual. It contains important
information that will make configuration and setup much easier. Here are some
precautions you should take when installing your motherboard:
(1) Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from the
antistatic bag. Unplug the power from your computer power supply and
then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge (i.e. power
supply case). For the safest conditions, TYAN recommends wearing a
static safety wrist strap.
(2) Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the
board, or flex the board in any way.
(3) Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors,
memory modules, and leads.
(4) Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the
antistatic bag that the board was shipped in.
(5) Inspect the board for damage.
The following pages include details on how to install your motherboard into your
chassis, as well as installing the processor, memory, disk drives and cables.
NOTE DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN
DAMAGED.

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2.1-Board Image
This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at
the time of publishing. The board you receive may or may not look
exactly like the above picture.
The following page includes details on the vital components of this
motherboard.

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2.2 -Block Diagram
Thunder n3600R(S2912WG2NR)Block Diagram

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Thunder n3600R (S2912G2NR)Block Diagram

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2.3 -Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors
This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of
publishing. The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram.
Jumper Legend
©© OPEN-Jumper OFF, without jumper covered
©© CLOSED–Jumper ON, with jumper covered

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Jumper/Connector Function
CPU_FAN1/CPU_FAN2 CPU FAN Connector
SYSFAN1/2/3/4/5/6/7 FAN Connector
IPMB (J14) IPMB Connector
COM2 (J95) COM2 Header
FRNTUSB0_1 (J2)
FRNTUSB2_3 (J3)
FRNTUSB4_5 (J4) USB Pin Header
J26 (TYFP) Front Panel Header
J113 LCD Model Pin Header
JP1*SAS Disable Jumper (for S2912WG2NR
only)
JP2 OPMA Card Select Jumper
JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper
J15/J111 Reserved for Barebone

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SY
SFAN3
SYSFAN2
SYSFAN6
SYSFAN5
SYSFAN7
CPU_FAN1
SYSFAN4
CPU_FAN2
SYSFAN1

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CPU_FAN1/2 and SYSFAN1/2/3/4:4-pin Fan Connector with Speed
Control
+12V
PWM
GND
Tachometer
1
Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to
the motherboard to keep thesystem stable and
reliable.
This connector supports thetachometer monitoring
and auto fan speed control.
Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin 3
Pin 4
GND +12V Tachometer PWM
SYSFAN5/6: 3-pin Fan Connector
+12V
GND
Tachometer 1
Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to
the motherboard to keep the system stable and
reliable.
This connector supports thetachometermonitoring.
Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin 3
Tachometer
+12V GND
SYSFAN7: 4-pin CPU Fan Connector
Use these headers to connect cooling fans to the
motherboard to keep the system stable and
reliable.
Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin 3
Pin 4
GND +12V NC NC

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FRNTUSB4_5
(J4)
FRNTUSB2_3
(J3)
IPMB (J14)
J26
(TYFP)
FRNTUSB0_1
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IPMB (J14): IPMB Connector
1
Pin 1 IPMB
DATA Pin 2 GND
Pin 3 IPMB
CLK Pin 4 NC
J2/J3/J4: USBFront Panel Header
J2/J4
1 9
2 10
J3
10 2
9 1
Use this header to connect to front panel USB
connector.
Signal Pin Pin Signal
VCC 12VCC
DATA-34DATA-
DATA+ 56DATA+
GND 78GND
KEY 910 NA
J26 (TYFP):Front Panel Header
The motherboard provides one front panel header for electrical connection to
the front panel switches and LED’s.
1
2
17
18
SMBUIS_CLK
SMBUS_DATA
VDD_5_STBY
EXT_NMI_BTN_L
VCC
Reset SW-
Reset SW+
HDD LED-
HDD LED+
17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
INTRUDER_L
GND
Key
GND
FAULT_LED_L_L
PWR SW-
PWR SW+
PowerLED-
PowerLED+

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J113
J
15
COM2
(J95)

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COM2 (J95): COM2 Header
1 9
2
10
Use these pindefinitions to connect a port to COM2.
*TYAN does not provide cable for this header. It is designed for OEM
use only.
Pin
Signal Pin
Signal
1DCD 2DSR
3RXD 4RTS
5TXD 6CTS
7DTR 8RI
9GND 10 NA
J113: LCD Model Pin Header
1 5
2 6
Pin Signal Pin Signal
1+5V 2SIN
3Key 4GND-
5+5Vsb 6SOUT
J15:TYAN Front Panel 2 for Barebone (reserved)
1
12
11
2
Pin
Signal Pin
Signal
1VDD_3P3_DUAL
2P0_LED
3VDD_3P3_DUAL
4P1_LED
5VDD_3P3_DUAL
6M_LAN_ACT_L
7FP_ID_LED_PW 8GND
9IDLED_IN 10 GND
11 NC 12 KEY
FP_ID_LED_PW: Use to turn on and turn off ID LED
IDLED_IN: Use to help identify a system for servicing
when it is installed within a high density rack or cabinet
that is populated with several other similar systems. The
first press of the ID Switch will turn on the LED, and the
second press will turn off ID LED.

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JP3
JP1
JP2
J111

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J111: FanConnector for Barebone (reserved)
1 13
2 14
Pin
Signal Pin
Signal
1CPUFAN0_TACH 2CPUFAN2_TACH
3CPUFAN1_TACH 4CPUFAN3_TACH
5SYSFAN0_TACH 6CPU_FAN_TACH2
7SYSFAN1_TACH 8SYSFAN5_TACH
9NC 10 NC
11 GND 12 KEY
13 GND 14 CPUFAN0_PWM
JP1: SAS Disable Jumper (for S2912WG2NR only)
1
Open: Enable SAS Controller (Default)
1
Closed: Disable SAS Controller
JP2: OPMA Card Supporting Select Jumper
1
Open: Use other OPMA card
1
Closed: Use TYAN OPMA card (Default)
JP3: Clear CMOS Jumper
3
1
Normal
(Default)
3
1
Clear
Use this jumper when you have forgotten your
system/setup password or need to clear the system
BIOS settings.
How to clear the CMOS data
-Power off system anddisconnect the power
supply from the AC source
-Use jumper cap to close Pin 2 and 3 for several
seconds to Clear CMOS
-Replace jumper cap to close Pin 1 and 2
Reconnect the power supply to the AC source
-Poweronsystem