ASRock Rack EP2C621D16HM2-M3 User manual

Brand: ASRock Rack

Model: EP2C621D16HM2-M3

Category: Server/workstation motherboards

Type: User manual

EP2C621D16HM2-M3

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published October 2019

Version 1.0

Published March 2020

No part of this documentation may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or

translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of

documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of

ASRock Rack Inc.

Products and corporate names appearing in this documentation may or may not

be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used

only for identication or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to

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.)

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Unique Features 5

1.4 Motherboard Layout 6

1.5 I/O Panel 9

1.6 Block Diagram 10

Chapter 2 Installation 11

2.1 Screw Holes 11

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 11

2.3 Installing the CPU and Heatsink 12

2.4 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 16

2.5 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) 19

2.6 Jumper Setup 20

2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors 21

2.8 Unit Identication purpose LED/Switch 26

2.9 Driver Installation Guide 26

2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 27

Chapter 3 UEFI Setup Utility 28

3.1 Introduction 28

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 28

3.1.2 Navigation Keys 29

3.2 Main Screen 30

3.3 Advanced Screen 31

3.3.1 CPU Conguration 32

3.3.2 DRAM Conguration 35

3.3.3 Chipset Conguration 37

3.3.4 Storage Conguration 40

3.3.5 ACPI Conguration 41

3.3.6 USB Conguration 42

3.3.7 Super IO Conguration 43

3.3.8 Serial Port Console Redirection 44

3.3.9 H/W Monitor 47

3.3.10 Runtime Error Logging 49

3.3.11 Intel SPS Conguration 51

3.3.12 Intel(R) VMD Technology 52

3.3.13 Instant Flash 55

3.4 Security 56

3.4.1 Key Management 57

3.5 Boot Screen 61

3.5.1 CSM Parameters 63

3.6 Event Logs 65

3.7 Server Mgmt 66

3.7.1 System Event Log 67

3.7.2 BMC Network Conguration 68

3.8 Exit Screen 70

Chapter 4 Software Support 71

4.1 Install Operating System 71

4.2 Support CD Information 71

4.2.1 Running The Support CD 71

4.2.2 Drivers Menu 71

4.2.3 Utilities Menu 71

4.2.4 Contact Information 71

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 72

5.1 Troubleshooting Procedures 72

5.2 Technical Support Procedures 74

5.3 Returning Merchandise for Service 74

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Rack EP2C621D16HM2-M3 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 contains introduction of the motherboard and step-

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

guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

1.1 Package Contents

• ASRock Rack EP2C621D16HM2-M3 Motherboard

(Half Form Factor: 20-in x 6.5-in, 50 cm x 16.5 cm)

• Quick Installation Guide

• 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket

• 2 x OCP3.0 Plastic Guide Rails

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 con-

tent 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 ASRock Rack website without

further notice. You may nd the latest memory and CPU support lists on 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

EP2C621D16HM2-M3

MB Physical Status

Form Factor Half Width

Dimension 20’’ x 6.5’’ (50cm x 16.5 cm)

Processor System

CPU Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor

Socket Dual Socket P, LGA3647

Chipset Intel®C621

System Memory

Capacity 16 DIMM slots

Type - Six Channels Memory Technology

- Support DDR4 RDIMM and LRDIMM

DIM Size per

DIMM

- RDIMM: 2666/2400 MHz

- LRDIMM: 2666/2400 MHz

DIMM

Frequency

RDIMM: 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB

LRDIMM: 64GB, 32GB

Voltage 1.2V

Expansion Slot

PCIe 3.0 x 16 SLOT1: Gen3 x16 link from CPU1

SLOT2: Gen3 x16 link from CPU1

M.2 1 (2280, support PCIE(x4) or SATA3 M.2)

Mezzanine slot 1 x16 supports Type OCP 3.0

Storage

SATA Controller 5 x SATA3 (including 1x MINISAS HD port and 1x M.2 port)

Management

BMC Controller ASPEED AST2500

IPMI Dedicated

GLAN

1 x Realtek RTL8211E for dedicated management GLAN

Features - Watch Dog

- NMI

Graphics

Controller ASPEED AST2500

VRAM DDR4 16MB

Rear Panel I/O

VGA Port 1 x D-Sub (Adapter Cable Required)

USB 3.0 Port 2

LAN Port 1 (IPMI) LAN Port (RJ45)

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

UID Button/

UID LED

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Internal Connector

Auxiliary Panel

Header

1 (includes chassis intrusion, location button & LED, front

LAN LED)

Front Panel 1

TPM Header 1

IPMB Header 1

+12V Power

Connector

2 x (8-pin)

Fan Header 4 x System Fan (6-pin)

M.2 1 (up to 2280)

NMI Button 1

ME Recovery 1

SMBus from

BMC

PWR_SMB 1

HSBP_1 1

PSU Header 1 (J4)

System BIOS

BIOS Ty pe 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS

BIOS Features - Plug and Play (PnP)

- ACPI 2.0 Compliance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.8 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)

Linux:

- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 6.8 (64 bit) / 7.2 (64 bit)

- CentOS 6.8 (64 bit) / 7. 2 (64 bit)

- SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 SP4 (64 bit) /12 SP3 (64 bit)

- FreeBSD 11 (64 bit)

- Ubuntu 16.04/15.10 (64 bit)

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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 utility or Marvell SATA utility, this motherboard may fail Win-

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

will pass the WHQL tests.

Virtual:

- VMWare® ESXi 6.5

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

* Before installing the Linux OS, please rst enter the BIOS settings, go to

“Advanced” > “Chipset Conguration” and set “IGPU Multi-Monitor” option

to “Disabled”.

Environment

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

temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C

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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

16.5cm (6.5 in)

50cm (20 in)

VGA1

IPMI_

LAN1

HDLE D RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

UID

USB 3.0

T: USB2

B: USB1

DDR4_L1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_K1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_J1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_J2 (64 bit, 288-pin module, White)

DDR4_G2(64 bit, 288-pin module, White)

DDR4_G1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_H1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_I1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_F1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_E1Blue(64 bit, 288-pin module,)

DDR4_D1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_D2 (64 bit, 288-pin module, White)

DDR4_A2 (64 bit, 288-pin module, White)

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_B1 Blue(64 bit, 288-pin module,)

DDR4_C1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

CPU1

OCU3

OCU1

OCU2

SYSTEM_FAN1

SYSTEM_FAN2

SYSTEM_FAN4

SYSTEM_FAN3

CON28

CON27

CPU2

PCIE2

PCIE1

PSU_SMB1

AUX_PANEL1

RAID_1

IPMB1

HSBP_1

BMC_SMB2

NUT80

M2_1

NUT80

MEZZ1

NMI_BTN1

SATA_0_3

BAT1

Intel

C621

ME_RECOVERY1 PWM_CFG

CHASSIS_ID0

XDP_CPU1

TPM2

XDP_CPU2

DDR4_L1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_K1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_J1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_J2 (64 bit, 288-pin module, White)

DDR4_G2(64 bit, 288-pin module, White)

DDR4_G1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_H1 (64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

DDR4_I1(64 bit, 288-pin module, Blue)

SYSTEM_FAN1

SYSTEM_FAN2

SYSTEM_FAN4

SYSTEM_FAN3

CON28

CON27

CPU2

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No. Description

1 PSU SMBus Header (PSU_SMB1)

2 Virtual RAID On CPUHeader (RAID_1)

3 Auxiliary Panel Header (AUX_PANEL1)

4 Intelligent Platform Management Bus Header (IPMB1)

5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2)

6 M.2 Socket (M2_1) (Type 2280)

7 ME Recovery Jumper (ME_RECOVERY1)

8 PWM Conguration Header (PWM_CFG)

9 CPU Socket 1 LGA-3647 (Socket P) (CPU1)

10 3 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1, DDR4_C1, Blue)*

11 1 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slot (DDR4_A2, White)*

12 CPU Socket 2 LGA-3647 (Socket P) (CPU2)

13 3 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_G1, DDR4_H1, DDR4_I1, Blue)*

14 1 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slot (DDR4_G2, White)*

15 System Fan Connector (SYSTEM_FAN1)

16 System Fan Connector (SYSTEM_FAN2)

17 ATX 12V Power Connector (CON27)

18 ATX 12V Power Connector (CON28)

19 System Fan Connector (SYSTEM_FAN4)

20 PSU Header (J4)

21 System Fan Connector (SYSTEM_FAN3)

22 3 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_J1, DDR4_K1, DDR4_L1, Blue)*

23 OCuLink x4 Connector (OCU2)

24 1 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slot (DDR4_J2, White)*

25 OCuLink x4 Connector (OCU3)

26 OCuLink x4 Connector (OCU1)

27 3 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_D1, DDR4_E1, DDR4_F1, Blue)*

28 1 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slot (DDR4_D2, White)*

29 Mini SAS HD Connector (SATA_0_3)

30 Backplane PCI Express Hot-Plug Connector (HSBP_1)

31 CPU2 Bypass Jumper (XDP_CPU2)

32 CPU1 Bypass Jumper(XDP_CPU1)

33 Chassis ID0 Jumper (CHASSIS_ID0)

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No. Description

34 BMC SMBus Header (BMC_SMB2)

35 Non Maskable Interrupt Button (NMI_BTN1)

36 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1)

37 TPM Header (TPM2)

38 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

39 Mezzanine Card Slot (MEZZ1)

*For DIMM installation and conguration instructions, please see p.16 (Installation of Memory Modules

(DIMM)) for more details.

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1.5 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2) 3 UID Switch (UID)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (IPMI_LAN1)* 4 VGA Port (VGA1)

LAN Port LED Indications

*ere are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port

LED indications.

Dedicated IPMI LAN Port LED Indications

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10M bps connection or no

link

Blinking Yellow Data Activity Yellow 100M bps connection

On Link Green 1Gbps connection

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Port

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1.6 Block Diagram

D D

C C

B B

A A

EP2C621D16HM2-M3 Block Diagram

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a half form factor (20’’ x 6.5’’, 50 cm x 16.5 cm) motherboard. Before you install the

motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts

into it.

EP2C621 Series are dual socket motherboards that support Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor.

Please install a primary processor (BootStrap Processor) into “CPU1” socket and then

install a non-Primary Processor (Application Processors) into “CPU2” socket. *For a single

CPU, please install it into “CPU1” socket (framed by a square).

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure

to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard components.

2.1 Screw Holes

Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis.

Do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or

change any motherboard settings.

1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any components.

2. To avoid damaging the motherboard’s components due to static electricity, NEVER

place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like. Also remember to use a

grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the compo-

nents.

3. Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

4. Whenever you uninstall any component, place it on a grounded anti-static pad or in

the bag that comes with the component.

5. When placing screws into the screw holes to secure the motherboard to the chassis,

please do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the power is switched o or the

power cord is detached from the power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to

the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components.

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2.3 Installing the CPU and Heatsink

1. Before you insert the CPU into the socket, please check if the PnP cap is on the socket,

if the CPU surface is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the socket. Do not force to

insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise, the CPU will be

seriously damaged.

2. Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU.

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1. Before you installed the heatsink, you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU

and the heatsink to improve heat dissipation.

2. Illustration in this documentation are examples only. Heatsink or fan cooler type may dier.

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