ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M User manual

EPC621D6I

EPC621D4I-2M

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 2019

Version 1.0

Published October 2019

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infringe.

Disclaimer:

Specications and information contained in this documentation are furnished

for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not

be constructed as a commitment by ASRock Rack. ASRock Rack assumes no

responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this documentation.

With respect to the contents of this documentation, ASRock Rack does not provide

warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to

the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular

purpose.

In no event shall ASRock Rack, its directors, ocers, employees, or agents be liable

for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages

for loss of prots, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the

like), even if ASRock Rack has been advised of the possibility of such damages

arising from any defect or error in the documentation or product.

is device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following

two conditions:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

e Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance

controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the

California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please

follow the related regulations in advance.

“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/

perchlorate”

ASRock Rack’s Website: www.ASRockRack.com

Contact Information

If you need to contact ASRock Rack or want to know more about ASRock Rack,

you’re welcome to visit ASRock Rack’s website at www.ASRockRack.com; or you

may contact your dealer for further information.

ASRock Rack Incorporation

6F., No.37, Sec. 2, Jhongyang S. Rd., Beitou District,

Taipei City 112, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Package Contents

1.2 Specications

1.3 Unique Features

1.4 Motherboard Layout

1.5 Onboard LED Indicators

1.6 I/O Panel

1.7 Block Diagram

Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Screw Holes

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions

2.3 Installing the CPU and Heatsink

2.4 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

2.5 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot)

2.6 Jumper Setup

2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors

2.8 Driver Installation Guide

2.9 Dual LAN and Teaming Operation Guide

2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1 / M2_2)

(EPC621D4I-2M only) 31

Chapter 3 UEFI Setup Utility 32

3.1 Introduction 32

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 32

3.1.2 Navigation Keys 33

3.2 Main Screen 34

3.3 Advanced Screen 35

3.3.1 CPU Conguration 36

3.3.2 DRAM Conguration 39

3.3.3 Chipset Conguration 41

3.3.4 Storage Conguration 43

3.3.5 ACPI Conguration 45

3.3.6 USB Conguration 46

3.3.7 Super IO Conguration 47

3.3.8 Serial Port Console Redirection 48

3.3.9 H/W Monitor 51

3.3.10 Runtime Error Logging 53

3.3.11 Intel SPS Conguration 55

3.3.12 Instant Flash 56

3.4 Security 57

3.4.1 Key Management 58

3.5 Boot Screen 62

3.5.1 CSM Parameters 64

3.6 Event Logs 66

3.7 Server Mgmt 67

3.7.1 System Event Log 68

3.7.2 BMC Network Conguration 69

3.8 Exit Screen 71

Chapter 4 Software Support 72

4.1 Install Operating System 72

4.2 Support CD Information 72

4.2.1 Running The Support CD 72

4.2.2 Drivers Menu 72

4.2.3 Utilities Menu 72

4.2.4 Contact Information 72

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 73

5.1 Troubleshooting Procedures 73

5.2 Technical Support Procedures 75

5.3 Returning Merchandise for Service 75

EPC621D4I-2M / EPC621D6I

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M / EPC621D6I motherboard,

a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock Rack’s consistently stringent quality

control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock

Rack’s commitment to quality and endurance.

In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-

by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the conguration

guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

1.1 Package Contents

• ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M / EPC621D6I Motherboard

(Mini ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.02 cm x 17.02 cm)

• 1 x SATA3 Cable (6G) (60cm)

• 1 x Mini SAS HD to 4 SAS/SATA Cable (12G)

• 1 x USB 2.0 Front Cable (100cm)

• 1 x CPU Non-Fabric Carrier

• 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (EPC621D4I-2M only)

• 1 x I/O Shield

• Quick Installation Guide

If any items are missing or appear damaged, contact your authorized dealer.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the

content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modications

of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on the ASRock Rack website

without further notice. You may nd the latest memory and CPU support lists on the

ASRock Rack website as well. ASRock Rack’s Website: www.ASRockRack.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for

specic information about the model you are using.

http://www.asrockrack.com/support/

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1.2 Specications

EPC621D4I-2M / EPC621D6I

MB Physical Status

Form Factor Mini ITX

Dimension 6.7'' x 6.7'' (17.02 cm x 17.02 cm)

Processor System

CPU Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Socket Single Socket LGA3647 (Socket P)

Chipset Intel® C621

System Memory

Capacity EPC621D4I-2M:

- 4 x 260-pin DDR4 DIMM slots

- Support up to 64GB DDR4 SO-RDIMM and *SO-ECCDIMM

EPC621D6I:

- 6 x 260-pin DDR4 DIMM slots (4*DIMM on top, 2*DIMM

on bottom)

- Support up to 96GB DDR4 SO-RDIMM and *SO-ECCDIMM

*Conditionally supported. For details, please refer to Memory QVL on the

ocial website.

Type EPC621D4I-2M:

- Four Channel DDR4 memory technology

- Support DDR4 2933*/2666/2400/2133 SO-RDIMM and

**SO-ECCDIMM

EPC621D6I:

- Six Channel DDR4 memory technology

- Support DDR4 2933*/2666/2400/2133 SO-RDIMM and *SO-

ECCDIMM

*DDR4 2933 memory is supported only when using the Intel Cascade Lake

CPU and Intel Cascade Lake BIOS.

**Conditionally supported. For details, please refer to Memory QVL on the

ocial website.

DIMM Size Per

DIMM

EPC621D4I-2M:

SO-RDIMM, SO-ECC DIMM: 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB

EPC621D6I:

SO-RDIMM, SO-ECC DIMM: 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB

DIMM

Frequency

SO-RDIMM, SO-ECC DIMM: 2933*/2666/2400/2133 MHz

*DDR4 2933 memory is supported only when using the Intel Cascade Lake

CPU and Intel Cascade Lake BIOS.

Voltage 1.2V

Expansion Slot

PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIE3: Gen3 x16 link (from CPU1)

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Storage

SATA

Controller

EPC621D4I-2M:

Intel® C621: 7 x SATA3 6Gb/s (4 from mini-SAS HD , 1 x SATA

DOM 6Gb/s and 2 x M.2 on bottom)), support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

EPC621D6I:

Intel® C621: 5 x SATA3 6Gb/s (4 from mini-SAS HD and 1 x

SATA DOM 6Gb/s), support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

M.2 2 X2280, (PCIE(x4)/SATA3)

Ethernet

Interface 1000 /100 /10 Mbps

LAN 2 x 1GbE RJ45 via Intel integrated MAC X722 + Marvell®

Alaska® 88E1514

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function

- Supports PXE

- LAN1 supports NCSI

Management

BMC Controller ASPEED AST2500

Features - Watch Dog

- NMI

Graphics

Controller ASPEED AST2500

VRAM DDR4 256MB

Rear Panel I/O

VGA Port 1 x D-Sub

USB 3.1 (Gen1)

Port

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LAN Port 2 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN port

- LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

Internal Connector

TPM Header 1

Fan Header 3Fans x 4-pin (CPU/2System)

ATX Power 1 (24-pin) + 1 (8-pin)

USB 2.0 Header 1 ( support 2 USB 2.0)

BMC SMB

Header

1

PSU SMBus

Header

1

Front Panel

Header

1

Clear CMOS 1 (short pad)

NVME Support 1 x MINISASHD from PCH

COM Header 1 (from BMC)

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ME/SPS

Recovery

1

System BIOS

BIOS Type 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS

BIOS Features - Plug and Play (PnP)

- ACPI 2.0 Compliance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.8.0 Support

- ASRock Rack Instant Flash

Hardware Monitor

Temperature - CPU Temperature Sensing

- System Temperature Sensing

Fan - CPU/Rear/Front Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by

CPU Temperature)

- CPU/Rear/Front Fan Multi-Speed Control

Voltage Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM,

1.05V_PCH, +BAT, 3VSB, 5VSB

Support OS

OS Microso® Windows® (Server OS)

- Server 2012 R2 (64 bit)

- Server 2016 (64 bit)

- Server 2019 (64 bit)

Linux®

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.9 (64 bit) / 7.6 (64 bit)

- CentOs 6.9 (64 bit) / 7.6 (64 bit)

- SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 SP4 (64 bit) / 12 SP4 (64 bit)

- FreeBSD 11.2 (64 bit)

- Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) / 18.04 (64 bit)

Virtual

- VMWare® ESXi 6.5 u1/ vSphere 6.5 u1

- Citrix XenServer 7.5

*Please refer to our website for the latest OS support list.

*On Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) / 18.04 (64 bit) system, Intel Raid mode only

supports UEFI BOOT.

*SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 SP4 (64 bit) / 12 SP4 (64 bit) system only

supports UEFI BOOT.

*Cascade Lake CPU supports Red Hat 7.6 / CentOS 7.6.

Environment

Temperature Operation temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C / Non operation

temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C

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is motherboard supports Wake from on Board LAN. To use this function, please make

sure that the “Wake on Magic Packet from power o state” is enabled in Device Manager

> Intel® Ethernet Connection > Power Management. And the “PCI Devices Power On” is

enabled in UEFI SETUP UTILITY > Advanced > ACPI Conguration. Aer that, onboard

LAN1&2 can wake up S5 under OS.

If you install Intel® LAN or Marvell SATA utility, this motherboard may fail Windows®

Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) certication tests. If you install the drivers only, it will

pass the WHQL tests.

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1.3 Unique Features

ASRock Rack Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. is con-

venient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operat-

ing systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press the <F6>

key during the POST or the <F2> key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access

ASRock Rack Instant Flash. Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS le to your

USB ash drive, oppy disk or hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a

few clicks without preparing an additional oppy diskette or other complicated ash

utility. Please be noted that the USB ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12

le system.

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1.4 Motherboard Layout

Top View

VGA1

USB 3.0

T: USB2

B: USB1

DDR4_E1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

LAN1 LAN2

1

ATX12V1

ATXPWR1

PSU_SMB1

IPMB_1

1

PLED PWRBTN

1

HDLED RESET

1

PCIE7

Intel

C621

17.0 cm (6.7 in)

FAN2

TPM1

1

FAN3

PANEL1

DDR4_D1 (64 bit, 260-pin modulee)

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

BMC_SMB_1

COM1

SATA_4

17.0 cm (6.7 in)

CPU1

2341

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SATA_0_3

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USB_1_2

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SATAPWR1

CLRMOS1

FAN1

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PWM_CFG1

AST2500

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(NCSI)

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Botton View (EPC621D6I)

DDR4_C1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_F1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

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EPC621D6I

BMC

FW

BIOS

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Botton View (EPC621D4I-2M)

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EPC621D4I-2M

BMC

FW

BIOS

M2_1

NUT80_1

M2_2

NUT80_1

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No. Description

1 2 x 260-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1)*

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ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

Front Fan Connector (FAN2)

Serial Port Header (COM1)

PSU SMBus (PSU_SMB1)

BMC SMBus Header (BMC_SMB_1)

Intelligent Platform Management Bus header (IPMB_1)

ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

PWM Conguration Header (PWM_CFG1)

Mini-SAS HD Connector (SATA_0_3)

Rear Fan Connector (FAN3)

TPM Header (TPM1)

USB 2.0 Header (USB_1_2)

SATA3 Connector (SATA_4)

SATA DOM Power Jumper (SATAPWR1)

CPU 1 Fan Connector (FAN1)

System Panel Header (PANEL1)

Clear CMOS Pad (CLRMOS1)

PCI Express 3.0 Slot (PCIE7)

2 x 260-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_D1, DDR4_E1)*

LGA 3647 CPU Socket P (CPU1)

1 x 260-pin DDR4 DIMM Slot (DDR4_C1)* (EPC621D6I only)

1 x 260-pin DDR4 DIMM Slot (DDR4_F1)* (EPC621D6I only)

M.2 Socket (M2_1) (Type 2280) (EPC621D4I-2M only)

M.2 Socket (M2_2) (Type 2280) (EPC621D4I-2M only)

*For DIMM installation and configuration instructions, please see p.20 (Installation of Memory Modules

(DIMM)) for more details.

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No. Status Description

1Green BMC heartbeat LED

2Green STB PWR ready

1.5 Onboard LED Indicators

DDR4_E1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

1

ATXPWR1

1

PCIE7

Intel

C621

FAN2

1

FAN3

DDR4_D1 (64 bit, 260-pin modulee)

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

CPU1

1

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FAN1

1

AST2500

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1.6 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1VGA Port (VGA1) 3 LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN2)*

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN1)* 4 USB 3.1 (Gen1) Ports (USB3_1_2)

LAN Port LED Indications

*ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port

LED indications.

LAN Port (LAN1, LAN2) LED Indications

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10Mbps connection or

no link

Blinking Green Data Activity Yellow 100Mbps connection

On Link Green 1Gbps connection

ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED

LAN Port

ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED

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1.7 Block Diagram

SGMII

PCIe GEN3 x16

INTEL® Processor

Xeon® Skylake-SP Series

LGA-3647 so cket P1

205 W

DDR4 213 3/2400/2666

1 DIMM per channel

supported

CH. A

DDR4 2133/2400/2666

1 DIMM per channel

supported

CH. B

Lewisburg–1G

C621

PCH

DMI Gen3 ×4

SLOT7

Marvell

88E1514

1GbE

RJ45

PCIe GEN3 x1

AST2500

BMC

LPC

TPM

SPI

BIOS

BMC

Flash

SPI

VGA

D-SUB

SIO

NCT5573D

USB 3.0 × 2

PCIe GE N3 x4/

s SA TA_2

SATA3_0:3/

PCIe GEN3 x4

sSATA_0

SATA DOM

EPC621D4I-2M

Block Diagram

Marvell

88E1514

1GbE

RJ45

PCIe GE N3 x4/

SA TA_4

UpLink Gen3 ×1

M2

M2_2

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SGMII

PCIe GEN3 x16

INTEL® Processor

Xeon® Skylake-SP Series

LGA-3647 so cket P1

205 W

DDR4 2133/2400/2666

1 DIMM per channel

supported

CH. A

DDR4 213 3/2400/2666

1 DIMM p er channel

supported

CH. B

Lewisburg–1G

C621

PCH

DMI Gen3 ×4

SLOT7

Marvell

88E1514

1GbE

RJ45

PCIe GEN3 x1

AST2500

BMC

LPC

TPM

SPI

BIOS

BMC

Flash

SPI

VGA

D-SUB

SIO

NCT5573D

USB 3.0 × 2

SATA3_0:3/

PCIe GEN3 x4

sSATA_0

SATA DOM

Marvell

88E1514

1GbE

RJ45

UpLink Gen3 ×1

EPC621D6I

Block Diagram

CH. C

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