Gigabyte R181-2A0 User manual

R181-2A0

R181-N20

R181-NA0

Dual LGA3647 sockets motherboard for Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family processors

User Manual

Rev. 1.1

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this user's guide:

NOTE!

Gives bits and pieces of additional

information related to the current topic.

CAUTION!

Gives precautionary measures to

avoid possible hardware or software problems.

WARNING!

Alerts you to any damage that might

result from doing or not doing specic actions.

Server Warnings and Cautions

Before installing a server, be sure that you understand the following warnings and cautions.

WARNING!

To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to the equipment:

• Do not disable the power cord grounding plug. The grounding plug is an important safety

feature.

• Plug the power cord into a grounded (earthed) electrical outlet that is easily accessible at all

times.

• Unplug the power cord from the power supply to disconnect power to the equipment.

• Do not route the power cord where it can be walked on or pinched by items placed against it.

Pay particular attention to the plug, electrical outlet, and the point where the cord extends from

the server.

WARNING!

To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives

and the internal system components to cool before touching them.

WARNING!

This server is equipped with high speed fans. Keep away from hazardous

moving fan blades during servicing.

CAUTION!

• Do not operate the server for long periods with the access panel open or removed. Operat-

ing the server in this manner results in improper airow and improper cooling that can lead to

thermal damage.

• Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

CAUTION!

ESD CAN DAMAGE DRIVES, BOARDS, AND OTHER PARTS. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU

PERFORM ALL PROCEDURES AT AN ESD WORKSTATION. IF ONE IS NOT AVAILABLE,

PROVIDE SOME ESD PROTECTION BY WEARING AN ANTI-STATIC WRIST STRAP AT-

TACHED TO CHASSIS GROUND -- ANY UNPAINTED METAL SURFACE -- ON YOUR SERVER

WHEN HANDLING PARTS.

Always handle boards carefully. They can be extremely sensitive to ESD. Hold boards only by

their edges without any component and pin touching. After removing a board from its protective

wrapper or from the system, place the board component side up on a grounded, static free sur-

face. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper. Do not slide board over

any surface.

System power on/off: To remove power from system, you must remove the system from

rack. Make sure the system is removed from the rack before opening the chassis, adding, or

removing any non hot-plug components.

Hazardous conditions, devices and cables: Hazardous electrical conditions may be

present on power, telephone, and communication cables. Turn off the system and discon-nect

the cables attached to the system before servicing it. Otherwise, personal injury or equipment

damage can result.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and ESD protection: ESD can damage drives,

boards, and other parts. We recommend that you perform all procedures in this chapter only at

an ESD workstation. If one is not available, provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic

wrist strap attached to chassis ground (any unpainted metal surface on the server) when handling

parts.

ESD and handling boards: Always handle boards carefully. They can be extremely

sensi-tive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Hold boards only by their edges. After removing a

board from its protective wrapper or from the system, place the board component side up on a

grounded, static free surface. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper.

Do not slide board over any surface.

Installing or removing jumpers: A jumper is a small plastic encased conductor that slips

over two jumper pins. Some jumpers have a small tab on top that can be gripped with n-gertips

or with a pair of ne needle nosed pliers. If the jumpers do not have such a tab, take care when

using needle nosed pliers to remove or install a jumper; grip the narrow sides of the jumper with

the pliers, never the wide sides. Gripping the wide sides can dam-age the contacts inside the

jumper, causing intermittent problems with the function con-trolled by that jumper. Take care to

grip with, but not squeeze, the pliers or other tool used to remove a jumper, or the pins on the

board may bend or break.

CAUTION!

Risk of explosion if battery is replaced incorrectly or with an incorrect type. Replace the battery

only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used bat-

teries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...................................................................................11

1-1 Installation Precautions .................................................................................. 11

1-2 Product Specications .................................................................................... 12

1-3 System Block Diagram ................................................................................... 16

Chapter 2 System Appearance ..................................................................................... 17

2-1 Front View ...................................................................................................... 17

2-2 Rear View ....................................................................................................... 18

2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons ........................................................................ 19

2-4 Rear System LAN LEDs ................................................................................. 20

2-5 Hard Disk Drive LEDs .................................................................................... 21

Chapter 3 System Hardware Installation ......................................................................23

3-1 Removing Chassis Cover ............................................................................... 24

3-2 Removing and Installing the Fan Duct ........................................................... 25

3-3 Installing the CPU and Heat Sink ................................................................... 26

3-4 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 28

3-4-1 Six Channel Memory Conguration ........................................................................28

3-4-2 Installing a Memory ...............................................................................................29

3-4-3 DIMM Population Table ..........................................................................................29

3-4-4 Intel Optane DCPMM DIMM Population Rule ........................................................30

3-5 Installing the PCI Expansion Card ................................................................. 31

3-6 Installing the Hard Disk Drive ......................................................................... 33

3-7 Installing the Mezzanine Card ........................................................................ 34

3-8 Replacing the FAN Assemblly ........................................................................ 35

3-9 Replacing the Power Supply .......................................................................... 36

3-10 Cable Routing ................................................................................................ 37

Chapter 4 Motherboard Components ...........................................................................39

4-1 Motherboard Components ............................................................................. 39

4-2 Jumper Setting .............................................................................................. 41

Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................43

5-1 The Main Menu .............................................................................................. 45

5-2 Advanced Menu ............................................................................................. 48

5-2-1 iSCSI Conguration ................................................................................................49

5-2-2 Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU .................................................................................50

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5-2-3 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 .........................................................................51

5-2-4 Trusted Computing .................................................................................................55

5-2-5 Serial Port Console Redirection .............................................................................56

5-2-6 SIO Conguration ...................................................................................................60

5-2-7 PCI Subsystem Settings .........................................................................................63

5-2-8 Network Stack ........................................................................................................64

5-2-9 CSM Conguration .................................................................................................65

5-2-10 Post Report Conguration ......................................................................................67

5-2-11 NVMe Conguration ...............................................................................................68

5-2-12 USB Conguration ..................................................................................................69

5-2-13 Chipset Conguration .............................................................................................70

5-3 Chipset Setup Menu ....................................................................................... 71

5-3-1 Processor Conguration .........................................................................................72

5-3-2 Common RefCode Conguration ...........................................................................76

5-3-3 UPI Conguration ...................................................................................................77

5-3-4 Memory Conguration ............................................................................................79

5-3-5 IIO Conguration ....................................................................................................83

5-3-6 Advanced Power Management Conguration ........................................................86

5-1-1 PCH Conguration .................................................................................................93

5-1-1 Miscellaneous Conguration ..................................................................................98

5-1-1 Server ME Conguration ........................................................................................99

5-1-1 Runtime Error Logging .........................................................................................100

5-4 Server Management Menu ........................................................................... 104

5-1-1 System Event Log ................................................................................................106

5-1-1 View FRU Information ..........................................................................................107

5-1-1 BMC Network Conguration .................................................................................108

5-1-1 IPv6 BMC Network Conguration .........................................................................109

5-5 Security Menu .............................................................................................. 110

5-1-1 Secure Boot ......................................................................................................... 111

5-6 Boot Menu .................................................................................................... 114

5-1-1 UEFI NETWORK Drive BBS Priorities ................................................................116

5-1-1 UEFI Application Boot Priorities ................................................................. 117

5-7 Save & Exit Menu ......................................................................................... 118

5-8 BIOS POST Codes ...................................................................................... 120

5-1-1 AMI Standard - PEI ...............................................................................................120

5-1-1 AMI Standard - DXE .............................................................................................120

5-1-1 AMI Standard - ERROR .......................................................................................122

5-1-1 Intel UPI POST Codes ..........................................................................................123

5-1-1 Intel UPI Error Codes ...........................................................................................123

5-1-1 Intel MRC POST Codes .......................................................................................124

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5-1-1 Intel MRC Error Codes .........................................................................................124

5-1-1 Intel PM POST Codes ..........................................................................................125

5-9 BIOS POST Beep code (AMI standard) ....................................................... 126

5-1-1 PEI Beep Codes ...................................................................................................126

5-1-1 DXE Beep Codes .................................................................................................126

5-10 BIOS Recovery Instruction ........................................................................... 127

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1-1 Installation Precautions

The motherboard/system contain numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which

can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Prior to installation, carefully

read the service guide and follow these procedures:

• Prior to installation, do not remove or break motherboard S/N (Serial Number) sticker or

warranty sticker provided by your dealer. These stickers are required for warranty validation.

• Always remove the AC power by unplugging the power cord from the power outlet before

installing or removing the motherboard or other hardware components.

• When connecting hardware components to the internal connectors on the motherboard,

make sure they are connected tightly and securely.

• When handling the motherboard, avoid touching any metal leads or connectors.

• It is best to wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap when handling electronic

components such as a motherboard, CPU or memory. If you do not have an ESD wrist

strap, keep your hands dry and rst touch a metal object to eliminate static electricity.

•

Prior to installing the motherboard, please have it on top of an antistatic pad or within an

electrostatic shielding container.

• Before unplugging the power supply cable from the motherboard, make sure the power

supply has been turned off.

• Before turning on the power, make sure the power supply voltage has been set according to

the local voltage standard.

• Before using the product, please verify that all cables and power connectors of your

hardware components are connected.

• To prevent damage to the motherboard, do not allow screws to come in contact with the

motherboard circuit or its components.

• Make sure there are no leftover screws or metal components placed on the motherboard or

within the computer casing.

• Do not place the computer system on an uneven surface

.

• Do not place the computer system in a high-temperature environment.

• Turning on the computer power during the installation process can lead to damage to

system components as well as physical harm to the user.

• If you are uncertain about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the

product, please consult a certied computer technician.

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Hardware Installation - 12 -

1-2 Product Specications

CPU 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Intel® Xeon® Platinum Processor, Intel® Xeon® Gold Processor, Intel® Xeon®

Silver Processor and Intel® Xeon® Bronze Processor

NOTE: If only 1 CPU is installed, some PCIe or memory functions might be

unavailable.

Socket 2 x LGA 3647

Socket P0

Mounting pitch: Narrow ILM

Chipset Intel® C621 Express Chipset

Memory 24 x DIMM slots

DDR4 memory supported only

6-channel memory architecture

RDIMM modules up to 32GB supported

LRDIMM modules up to 64GB supported

Support Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory

1.2V modules: 2933 (1DPC)/2666/2400/2133 MHz

NOTE:

1. 2933MHz for 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors only

2. Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory for 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon®

Scalable Processors only

LAN 2 x 1Gb/s LAN ports (Intel® I350-AM2)

1 x 10/100/1000 management LAN

Expansion Slot

(R181-2A0)

(R181-N20)

Riser Card CRS1021:

- 2 x PCIe x8 slots (Gen3 x8), Low prole half-length

Riser Card CRS1015:

- 1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen3 x16), Low prole half-length

2 x OCP mezzanine slots

- PCIe Gen3 x16

- Type1, P1, P2, P3, P4, K2, K3

(R181-NA0) Riser Card CRS1014:

- 1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen3 x16), Full-height half-length

Riser Card CRS1015:

- 1 x PCIe x16 slot (Gen3 x16), Full-height half-length

- Occupied by CNV3124, 4 x U.2 HBA

2 x OCP mezzanine slots

- PCIe Gen3 x16

- Type1, P1, P2, P3, P4, K2, K3

- 1 x OCP mezzanine slot is Occupied by CNVO124, 4 x U.2 mezzanine card

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Video Integrated in Aspeed® AST2500

2D Video Graphic Adapter with PCIe bus interface

1920x1200@60Hz 32bpp, DDR4 SDRAM

Storage

(R181-2A0)

10 x 2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/SSD bays

SAS card is required for SAS devices support

(R181-N20) 2 x 2.5" U.2 or SATA/SAS hybrid ports, 8 x 2.5" SATA/SAS hot-swappable HDD/

SSD bays

SAS card is required for SAS devices support

(R181-NA0) 10 x 2.5" U.2 hot-swappable HDD/SSD bays

SATA 1 x 7-pin SATA III 6Gb/s with SATA DOM support

SAS Supported via add-on SAS Card

Internal

Connectors

2 x Power supply connectors

4 x SlimSAS connectors

2 x SATA 7-pin connectors

2 x CPU fan headers

1 x USB 3.0 header

1 x TPM header

1 x VROC connector

1 x Front panel header

1 x HDD back plane board header

1 x PMBus connector

1 x IPMB connector

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

1 x BIOS recovery jumper

Front Panel

LED/Buttons

1 x USB 3.0

1 x Power button with LED

1 x ID button with LED

1 x Reset button

1 x NMI button

1 x System status LED

1 x HDD activity LED

2 x LAN activity LEDs

Rear Panel I/O 2 x USB 3.0

1 x VGA

1 x COM (RJ45 type)

2 x RJ45

1 x MLAN

1 x ID button with LED

Hardware Installation - 14 -

Backplane I/O 10 x SATA/SAS ports

Bandwidth: SATAIII 6Gb/s or SAS 12Gb/s per port

SAS card is required for SAS devices support

2 x U.2 ports (reserved)

Bandwidth: PCIe Gen3 x4 per port (reserved)

TPM 1 x TPM header with LPC interface

Optional TPM2.0 kit: CTM000

System

Management

Aspeed® AST2500 management controller

Controller supported protocol: SNMP(v2c,v3), IPMI 2.0, DCMI

Avocent® MergePoint IPMI 2.0 web interface:

Network settings

Network security settings

Hardware information

Users control

Services settings

IPMI settings

Sessions control

LDAP settings

Power control

Fan proles

Voltages, fans and temperatures monitoring

System event log

Events management (platform events, trap settings, email settings)

Serial Over LAN

vKVM & vMedia (HTML5)

Hardware Installation - 15 -

Power Supply 2 x 1200W redundant PSUs

80 PLUS Platinum



AC Input:

- 100-240V~/ 12-7A, 50-60Hz

DC Input:

- 240Vdc/ 6A



DC Output:

- Max 1000W/ 100-240V~

+12V/ 80.5A

+12Vsb/ 3A

- Max 1200W/ 200-240V~ or 240Vdc input

+12V/ 97A

+12Vsb/ 3A

Environment

Ambient

Temperature

Relative

Humidity

Operating temperature: 10°C to 35°C

Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 60°C

Operating humidity: 8-80% (non-condensing)

Non-operating humidity: 20%-95% (non-condensing)

System

Dimension

1U

438mm (W) x 43.5mm (H) x 730mm (D)

* We reserves the right to make any changes to the product specications and product-related information without

prior notice.

Hardware Installation - 16 -

1-3 System Block Diagram

Uplink x16

KR x4

PCIe3.0 x1

LPC

6 Channels

DDR4

6 Channels

DDR4

2666/2400/2133 MHz

DMI3 x 4

UPI 10.4GT/s

2666/2400/2133 MHz

UPI 10.4GT/s

2A~2D

PCIe3.0

x

1

PCIe3.0

x

8

PCIe3.0

x

8

PCIe3.0

x

16

PCIe3.0

x

16

PCIe3.0

x

16

1 x COM (Rear)

Front 1x USB 3.0

Rear 2 x USB 3.0

1 x VGA 1 x LAN

(for Management)

NCSI

2 x USB 2.0

OCP1 mezz.

TPM

i350

PCH

Intel C621

Lewisburg

SW_RAID

For VROC

2 x SSATAIII

(SSATA DOM)

ASPEED

AST2500

10/100/1G

PHY(1ch)

MACBMC

PCIe x8

CRS1021

PCIe x16

CRS1015

OCP2 mezz.

Skylake-SP

LGA 3647

Socket P0

CPU0

Skylake-SP

LGA 3647

Socket P0

CPU1

Switch

2 x 1Gb/s LAN

8 x SATAIII

3 x SlimLine SAS

2 x SSATAIII

4 x SSATAIII

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Chapter 2 System Appearance

2-1 Front View

No. Description

1. Front Panel LEDs and buttons

2. Front USB 3.0 ports

Orange HDD Latches Support NVMe

• Please Go to Chapter 2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons for detail description of function

LEDs.

HDD #0

HDD #1

HDD #2

HDD #3

HDD #4

HDD #5

HDD #6

HDD #7

HDD #8

HDD #9

2

1

R181-N20

HDD #0

HDD #1

HDD #2

HDD #3

HDD #4

HDD #5

HDD #6

HDD #7

HDD #8

HDD #9

2

1

R181-NA0

R181-2A0

HDD #0 HDD #2 HDD #4 HDD #6

HDD #8

HDD #1 HDD #3 HDD #5 HDD #7

HDD #9

2

1

System Appearance - 18 -

2-2 Rear View

No. Description

1. VGA port

2. USB 3.0 ports

3. GbE LAN ports

4. Serial Port

5. 10/100/1000 Server management LAN port

321

Primary

PSU

Secondary

PSU

4 5

R181-N20

R181-2A0

R181-NA0

Primary

PSU

Secondary

PSU

321 4 5

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2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons

L1 L2

2

4

6

8

1

3

5

7

No. Name Color Status Description

1. Reset Button Press the button to reset the system.

2. NMI button

Press the button server generates a NMI to the processor

if the multiple-bit ECC errors occur, which effectively halt

the server.

3. Power button

with LED

Green On System is powered on

Green Blink System is in ACPI S1 state (sleep mode)

N/A Off

• System is not powered on or in ACPI S5 state

(power off)

• System is in ACPI S4 state (hibernate mode)

4. ID Button Press the button to activate system identication

5. HDD Status

LED

Green On HDD locate

Blink HDD access

Amber On HDD fault

Green/

Amber Blink HDD rebuilding

N/A Off No HDD access or no HDD fault.

6. System

Status LED

Green Solid On System is operating normally.

Amber

Solid On

Critical condition, may indicate:

System fan failure

System temperature

Blink

Non-critical condition, may indicate:

Redundant power module failure

Temperature and voltage issue

Chassis intrusion

N/A Off

System is not ready, may indicate:

POST error

NMI error

Processor or terminator missing

7/8.

LAN 1/2

Active/Link

LEDs

Green Solid On Link between system and network or no access.

Green Blink Data trasmission or receiving is occuring

N/A Off No data transmission or receiving is occuring

System Appearance - 20 -

2-4 Rear System LAN LEDs

No. Name Color Status Description

1. 1GbE

Speed LED

Yellow On 1 Gbps data rate

Green On 100 Mbps data rate

N/A Off 10 Mbps data rate

2.

1GbE

Link/

Activity

LED

Green

On Link between system and

network or no access

Blink Data transmission or receiving is occurring

N/A Off No data transmission or

receiving is occurring

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