TYAN GT24 B8212 User manual

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TYAN GT24
B8212
Service Engineer’s Manual

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PREFACE
Copyright
This publication, including all photographs, illustrations, and software, is
protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved.
Neither this manual, nor any material contained herein, may be reproduced
without written consent of manufacturer.
Copyright 2010 MiTAC International Corporation. All rights reserved.
TYAN®is a registered trademark of MiTAC International Corporation.
Version 1.00
Disclaimer
Information contained in this document is furnished by MiTAC International
Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to
printing. MiTAC 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. MiTAC retains the right to make changes to produce
descriptions and/or specifications at any time, without notice. In no event
will MiTAC be held liable for any direct or indirect, incidental or
consequential damage, loss of use, loss of data or other malady resulting
from errors or inaccuracies of information contained in this document.
Trademark Recognition
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but not limited to the following.
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Technologies.
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Winbond®is a trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation.

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Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
Notice for the USA
Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of
Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15: This
device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules
Operation is subject to the following conditions:
1) This device may not cause harmful interference;
2) This device must accept any interference received including
interference that may cause undesired operation. If this equipment
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try one or more of the following measures:
– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
– Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of
the receiver.
Consult the dealer on an experienced radio/television technician for
help.
Notice for Canada
This apparatus complies with the Class A limits for radio interference as
specified in the Canadian Department of Communications Radio
Interference Regulations. (Cet appareil est conforme aux norms de
Classe A d’interference radio tel que specifie par le Ministere Canadien
des Communications dans les reglements d’ineteference radio.)
Notice for Europe (CE Mark)
This product is in conformity with the Council
Directive 89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC (EMC).
CAUTION: Lithium battery included with this board. Do not puncture,
mutilate, or dispose of battery in fire. There will be danger of explosion if
battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent
type recommended by manufacturer. Dispose of used battery according
to manufacturer instructions and in accordance with your local
regulations.

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About this Manual
This manual provides you with instructions on installing your TYAN
GT24-B8212. This Manual is intended for experienced users and
integrators with hardware knowledge of personal computers.
This manual consists of the following parts:
Chapter1: Provides an introduction to the TYAN GT24-B8212
barebones, standard parts list, describes the external
components, gives a table of key components, and
provides block diagram of the system.
Chapter2: Covers procedures on installing the CPU, memory
modules and hard drives.
Chapter3: Covers removal and replacement procedures for
pre-installed components.
Appendix: List the cable connection and FRU part tables for
reference of system setup, and technical support in
case a problem arises with your system.
For information on the motherboard, please refer to the
attached motherboard user’s manual. You can find the detailed
description about jumper and BIOS settings from the
motherboard manual.

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SAFETY INFORMATION
Before installing and using TYAN GT24-B8212, take note of the following
precautions:
·Read all instructions carefully.
·Do not place the unit on an unstable surface, cart, or stand.
·Do not block the slots and opening on the unit, which are provided for
ventilation.
·Only use the power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not
sure, contact the power company.
·The unit uses a three-wire ground cable, which is equipped with a third
pin to ground the unit and prevent electric shock. Do not defeat the
purpose of this pin. If you outlet does not support this kind of plug,
contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet.
·Do not place anything on the power cord. Place the power cord where it
will not be in the way of foot traffic.
·Follow all warnings and cautions in this manual and on the unit case.
·Do not push objects in the ventilation slots as they may touch high
voltage components and result in shock and damage to the
components.
·When replacing parts, ensure that you use parts specified by the
manufacturer.
·When service or repairs have been done, perform routine safety checks
to verify that the system is operating correctly.
·Avoid using the system near water, in direct sunlight, or near a heating
device.
·Cover the unit when not in use.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Overview.........................................................................9
1.1 About the TYAN GT24-B8212..................................................9
1.2 Product Models.........................................................................9
1.3 Features..................................................................................10
1.4 Standard Parts List.................................................................17
1.4.1 Box Contents...................................................................17
1.4.2 Accessories .....................................................................18
1.6 About the Product...................................................................19
1.6.1 System Front View...........................................................19
6.2 System Rear View..............................................................19
1.6.3 LED Definitions................................................................20
1.6.4 Motherboard (S8212) Layout...........................................22
1.6.5 Jumpers & Connectors....................................................23
1.6.6 System Block Diagram ....................................................24
1.6.7 Internal View....................................................................25
Chapter 2: Setting Up..................................................................... 27
2.0.1 Before you Begin.............................................................27
2.0.2 Work Area........................................................................27
2.0.3 Tools................................................................................27
2.0.4 Precautions......................................................................28
2.1 Installing Motherboard Components.......................................29
2.1.1 Removing the Chassis Cover..........................................29
2.1.2 Installing the CPU and Heatsink......................................30
2.1.3 Installing the Memory.......................................................34
2.1.4 Installing Hard Drives.......................................................37
2.1.5 Installing the PCI-E Cards...............................................39
2.2 Rack Mounting........................................................................41
2.2.1 Installing the Server in a Rack.........................................41

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2.2.2 Installing the inner Rails to the Chassis...........................42
2.2.3 Installing the Outer Rails to the Rack..............................43
2.2.4 Rack mounting the Server...............................................45
Chapter 3: Replacing Pre-Installed Components ........................ 47
3.1 Introduction.............................................................................47
3.2 Disassembly Flowchart...........................................................47
3.3 Removing the Cover...............................................................49
3.4 Replacing Motherboard Components.....................................49
3.4.1 Replacing Expansion Card..............................................49
3.4.2 Disconnecting All Motherboard Cables ...........................50
3.4.3 Removing the Motherboard.............................................51
3.5 Replacing the Slim DVD-ROM (optional)..............................52
3.6 Replacing the LED Control Board.........................................54
3.6.1 M1008 LED Control Board Features...............................56
3.6.2 M1008 LED Control Board Connector Pin Definition ......56
3.7 Replacing the System Fan....................................................57
3.8 Replacing the M1232 HDD Backplane.................................61
3.8.1 M1232 HDD Backplane Features....................................64
3.8.2 M1232 HDD Backplane Connector Pin Definitions.........66
3.9 Replacing the Power Supply.................................................68
Appendix I: Cable Connection Tables ..........................................71
Appendix II: FRU Parts Table ........................................................ 75
Appendix III: Technical Support....................................................77

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Chapter 1: Overview
1.1 About the TYAN GT24-B8212
Congratulations on your purchase of the TYAN®GT24-B8212, a highly
optimized rack-mountable barebone system. GT24-B8212 is designed to
support dual AMD®45nm Quad-Core Opteron 2300/2400 Series processors
(Barcelona / Shanghai / Istanbul) and up to 128GB DDR3-800/1066/1333
memory, providing a rich feature set and incredible performance. Leveraging
advanced technology from Intel®, GT24-B8212 server system is capable of
offering scalable 32 and 64-bit computing, high bandwidth memory design, and
lightning-fast PCI-E bus implementtation.GT24-B8212 not only empowers your
company in nowadays IT demand but also offers a smooth path for future
application usage.
TYAN®is also proud to deliver GT24-B8212 in flavor while supporting up to four
hot-swap hard drives and one optional slim SATA DVD ROM. GT24-B8212 uses
TYAN®’s latest chassis featuring a robust structure and a solid mechanical
enclosure. All of this provides GT24-B8212 the power and flexibility to meet the
needs of nowadays server application.
1.2 Product Models
Model HDD Bays Power supply
GT24-B8212 Hot-swap, 4 HDDs 600 Watts PSU

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1.3 Features
B8212G24W4H-LE
Form Factor 1U Rackmount
Chassis Model GT24
Dimension (D x W x
H) 25.4" x 17.2" x 1.72" (645 x 436 x 43.6mm)
Motherboard S8212WGM3NR-LE
Board Dimension EATX, 12"x13" (305x330mm)
System
Gross Weight 16 kg
Buttons (1) RST / (1) NMI / (1) ID / (1) PWR w/ LED
LEDs (1) HDD / (1) ID / (1) Warning / (3) LAN / (1) Reserved
Front Panel
I/O Ports (2) USB ports
Type / Q'ty 3.5" Hot-Swap / (4)
External Drive
Bay Supported HDD
Interface SAS 3.0Gb/s / SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
System Cooling
Configuration FAN (3) 40x28mm Fans + (2) 40x56mm Fans
Peripherals Type of ODD / Q'ty Slim-type DVD-ROM / (1) optional
Type EPS1U
Input Range Full-range AC(100-240V)
Frequency 47 - 63 Hertz
Output Watts 600 Watts
Power Supply
Efficiency PFC / 80-plus
Supported CPU
Series
AMD 45nm Quad-Core Opteron 2300/2400 Series
Processors (Barcelona / Shanghai / Istanbul) / Support
AMD Dual Dynamic Power Management (DDPM) feature /
Support AMD HyperTransport (HT1 and HT3) Technology
Processor
Socket Type / Q'ty LGA 1207-pin / (2)

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Average CPU Power
(ACP) wattage Up to 75W
CPU list Please visit our web site for the latest update.
System Bus Up to 6.4 GT/s Hyper-Transport link support
Chipset AMD SR5670 + SP5100
Chipset Super I/O Winbond W83627
Supported DIMM Qty
(8)+(8) DIMM slots
DIMM Type / Speed Registered ECC DDR2 / 800/667/533
Capacity Up to 128GB
Memory channel 2 Channels per CPU
Memory
Memory voltage 1.8V
PCI-E (1) PCI-E Gen.2 x16 slot
Note: Support full height add-on cards
Expansion Slots Pre-install TYAN
Riser Card M2091, PCI-E x16 1U riser card (left)
Port Q'ty (3)
LAN Controller Intel 82574L / Intel 82575
Connector type D-Sub 15-pin
Resolution 1600x1200@60Hz
Graphic
Chipset Aspeed AST2050
USB (6) ports (2 at front, 2 at rear and 2 Type A onboard)
COM (1) DB-9 COM port
PS/2 (1) PS/2 connector (for Keyboard and Mouse)
VGA (1) D-Sub 15-pin port
RJ-45 (3) ports
I/O Ports
SAS (8) SAS connectors
System Chipset Winbond W83793G

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Voltage Monitors voltage for CPU, memory, chipset & power supply
Temperature Monitors temperature for CPU & system environment
LED Fan fail LED indicator / Over temperature warning indicator
/ Fan & PSU fail LED indicator
Monitoring
Others Watchdog timer support
Onboard Chipset Onboard Aspeed AST2050
AST2050 IPMI
Feature
IPMI 2.0 compliant baseboard management controller
(BMC) / USB 2.0 virtual hub / BIOS update
Server
Management AST2050 iKVM
Feature
24-bit high quality video compression / Dual 10/100 Mb/s
MAC interfaces
Brand / ROM size AMI / 4MB
BIOS Feature
Plug and Play (PnP) /PCI2.3 /WfM2.0 /SMBIOS2.3 /PXE
boot / ACPI 2.0 power management /Power on mode after
power recovery / User-configurable H/W monitoring /
Auto-configurable of hard disk types
Operating
System OS supported list Please visit our web site for the latest update.
FCC (DoC) Class A
Regulation CE (DoC) Yes
Operating Temp. 10° C ~ 35° C (50° F~ 95° F)
Non-operating Temp. - 40° C ~ 70° C (-40° F ~ 158° F)
Operating
Environment In/Non-operating
Humidity 90%, non-condensing at 35° C
RoHS RoHS 6/6 Complaint Yes
Barebone (1) GT24B8212 Barebone
Manual (1) Quick Ref. Guide / (1) MB User's manual + (1) BB
User's manual
Package
Contains
Installation CD (1) TYAN installation CD

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Heatsink / Cooler (2) CHSK-0270, 1207-pin CPU heatsinks
Rail kit (1) CRAL-0031, sliding rail kit for KGT24
Cable Power Cord (1) CCBL-0310, US type power cord / (1) CCBL-0300, EU
type power cord
B8212G24V4H-LE [BTO]
Form Factor 1U Rackmount
Chassis Model GT24
Dimension (D x W x
H) 25.4" x 17.2" x 1.72" (645 x 436 x 43.6mm)
Motherboard S8212GM3NR-LE
Board Dimension EATX, 12"x13" (305x330mm)
System
Gross Weight 16 kg
Buttons (1) RST / (1) NMI / (1) ID / (1) PWR w/ LED
LEDs (1) HDD / (1) ID / (1) Warning / (3) LAN / (1) Reserved
Front Panel
I/O Ports (2) USB ports
Type / Q'ty 3.5" Hot-Swap / (4)
External Drive
Bay Supported HDD
Interface SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
System Cooling
Configuration FAN (3) 40x28mm Fans + (2) 40x56mm Fans
Peripherals Type of ODD / Q'ty Slim-type DVD-ROM / (1) optional
Type EPS1U
Input Range Full-range AC(100-240V)
Frequency 47 - 63 Hertz
Power Supply
Output Watts 600 Watts

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Efficiency PFC / 80-plus
Supported CPU
Series
AMD 45nm Quad-Core Opteron 2300/2400 Series
Processors (Barcelona / Shanghai / Istanbul) / Support
AMD Dual Dynamic Power Management (DDPM) feature
/ Support AMD HyperTransport (HT1 and HT3)
Technology
Socket Type / Q'ty LGA 1207-pin / (2)
Average CPU Power
(ACP) wattage Up to 75W
CPU list Please visit our web site for the latest update.
Processor
System Bus Up to 6.4 GT/s Hyper-Transport link support
Chipset AMD SR5670 + SP5100
Chipset Super I/O Winbond W83627
Supported DIMM Qty
(8)+(8) DIMM slots
DIMM Type / Speed Registered ECC DDR2 / 800/667/533
Capacity Up to 128GB
Memory channel 2 Channels per CPU
Memory
Memory voltage 1.8V
PCI-E (1) PCI-E Gen.2 x16 slot
Note: Support full height add-on cards
Expansion Slots Pre-install TYAN
Riser Card M2091, PCI-E x16 1U riser card (left)
Port Q'ty (3)
LAN Controller Intel 82574L / Intel 82575
Connector type D-Sub 15-pin
Resolution 1600x1200@60Hz
Graphic
Chipset Aspeed AST2050

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USB (6) ports (2 at front, 2 at rear and 2 Type A onboard)
COM (1) DB-9 COM port
PS/2 (1) PS/2 connector (for Keyboard and Mouse)
VGA (1) D-Sub 15-pin port
I/O Ports
RJ-45 (3) ports
Chipset Winbond W83793G
Voltage Monitors voltage for CPU, memory, chipset & power
supply
Temperature Monitors temperature for CPU & system environment
LED Fan fail LED indicator / Over temperature warning
indicator / Fan & PSU fail LED indicator
System
Monitoring
Others Watchdog timer support
Onboard Chipset Onboard Aspeed AST2050
AST2050 IPMI
Feature
IPMI 2.0 compliant baseboard management controller
(BMC) / USB 2.0 virtual hub / BIOS update
Server
Management AST2050 iKVM
Feature
24-bit high quality video compression / Dual 10/100
Mb/s MAC interfaces
Brand / ROM size AMI / 4MB
BIOS Feature
Plug and Play (PnP) /PCI2.3 /WfM2.0 /SMBIOS2.3 /PXE
boot / ACPI 2.0 power management /Power on mode
after power recovery / User-configurable H/W
monitoring / Auto-configurable of hard disk types
Operating
System OS supported list Please visit our web site for the latest update.
FCC (DoC) Class A
Regulation CE (DoC) Yes
Operating Operating Temp. 10° C ~ 35° C (50° F~ 95° F)

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Non-operating
Temp. - 40° C ~ 70° C (-40° F ~ 158° F)
Environment
In/Non-operating
Humidity 90%, non-condensing at 35° C
RoHS RoHS 6/6 Complaint Yes
Barebone (1) GT24B8212 Barebone
Manual (1) Quick Ref. Guide / (1) MB User's manual + (1) BB
User's manual
Installation CD (1) TYAN installation CD
Heatsink / Cooler (2) CHSK-0270, 1207-pin CPU heatsinks
Rail kit (1) CRAL-0031, sliding rail kit for KGT24
Package
Contains
Cable Power Cord (1) CCBL-0310, US type power cord / (1) CCBL-0300,
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1.4 Standard Parts List
This section describes GT24-B8212 package contents and accessories. Open
the box carefully and ensure that all components are present and undamaged.
The product should arrive packaged as illustrated below.
1.4.1 Box Contents
Component Description
1U chassis,(4) hot swap HDDbays
TYAN®S8212 system board
(pre-installed)
600W single Power Supply
(2) 40x56mm System FAN
(pre-installed)
(3) 40x28mm System FAN
(pre-installed)
(1) Air duct
(pre-installed)
M1008：
LED control board (pre-installed)
M1232 HDD Backplane
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1.4.2 Accessories
If any items are missing or appear damaged, contact your retailer or
browse to TYAN®’s website for service: http://www.tyan.com
The web site also provides information of other TYAN®products, as
well as FAQs, compatibility lists, BIOS settings, etc.
1 x TYAN®Motherboard
Drive CD 1 x Heatsink
HDD Screws Power Cables
From Left to right: Europe, US
Mounting Ears & Screws Barebone Manual &
Mainboard Manual
Rail Kit
Rail with Bracket x 2 Screw Pack

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1.6 About the Product
The following views show you the product.
1.6.1 System Front View
6.2 System Rear View

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1.6.3 LED Definitions
Front Panel
LED State Color Description
On Green System is turned on
On Green System is under S1 or S3 state
Power
LED Off Off Power off
Blinking Green LAN active
On Green LAN linked
NIC1 off off LAN not linked
Blinking Green LAN active
On Green LAN linked
NIC2 off off LAN not linked
Blinking Green LAN active
On Green LAN linked
NIC3 off off LAN not linked
On Red
Fan fail /Over temperature
/Over voltage
Warning
LED Off Off No failure
On Blue System identified
ID LED Off Off System not identified
On Amber PSU fail
Blinking Amber PSU alert
BMC LED Off Off No failure
Rear I/O
LAN1/LAN2
LED State Color Description
On Green 10Mb/100Mb/1000Mb linked
Blinking Green 10Mb/100Mb/1000Mb activity
RJ-45
Linkage/
Activity(left) Off Off No LAN linked
On Amber 1000Mb linked/activity
On Green 100Mb linked/activity
RJ-45
Linkage/
Activity(Right) Off Off 10Mb mode or No LAN linked
NOTE: “Left” and “Right” are viewed from the rear panel.