ASRock Rack E3C236D2I User manual

Brand: ASRock Rack

Model: E3C236D2I

Category: Server/workstation motherboards

Type: User manual

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E3C232D2I

E3C236D2I

E3C232D2I

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 2017

Version 1.1

Published May 2017

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ASRock Rack Inc.

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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 Onboard LED Indicators 9

1.6 I/O Panel 11

1.7 Block Diagram 13

Chapter 2 Installation 15

2.1 Screw Holes 15

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 15

2.3 Installing the CPU 16

2.4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 18

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 19

2.6 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) 20

2.7 Jumper Setup 21

2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 22

2.9 Driver Installation Guide 28

2.10 Dual LAN and Teaming Operation Guide 29

2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 30

Chapter 3 UEFI Setup Utility 31

3.1 Introduction 31

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 31

3.1.2 Navigation Keys 32

3.2 Main Screen 33

3.3 Advanced Screen 34

3.3.1 CPU Conguration 35

3.3.2 Memory Conguration 37

3.3.3 Chipset Conguration 38

3.3.4 Storage Conguration 40

3.3.5 NVMe Conguration 41

3.3.6 ACPI Conguration 42

3.3.7 USB Conguration 43

3.3.8 WHEA Conguration 44

3.3.9 Intel Server Platform Services 45

3.3.10 Super IO Conguration 46

3.3.11 Serial Port Console Redirection 47

3.3.12 H/W Monitor 50

3.3.13 Trusted Computing 51

3.3.14 Intel TXT Information 53

3.3.15 Instant Flash 54

3.4 Boot Screen 55

3.4.1 CSM Parameters 57

3.5 Security 58

3.6 Event Logs 59

3.7 Server Mgmt 61

3.7.1 System Event Log 62

3.7.2 BMC Network Conguration 63

3.8 Exit Screen 65

Chapter 4 Software Support 66

4.1 Install Operating System 66

4.2 Support CD Information 66

4.2.1 Running The Support CD 66

4.2.2 Drivers Menu 66

4.2.3 Utilities Menu 66

4.2.4 Contact Information 66

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 67

5.1 Troubleshooting Procedures 67

5.2 Technical Support Procedures 69

5.3 Returning Merchandise for Service 69

Chapter 6 Net Framework Installation Guide 70

6.1 Installing .Net Framework 3.5.1 (For Server 2008 R2) 70

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Rack E3C236D2I / E3C232D2Imotherboard, 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 E3C236D2I / E3C232D2I Motherboard

(Mini ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.02 cm x17.02 cm)

• Support CD

• User Manual

• 4 x SATA3 Cables (50cm)

• 2 x SATA3 Cables (60cm)

• 1 x I/O Shield

• 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket

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

E3C236D2I / E3C232D2I

MB Physical Status

Form Factor Mini ITX

Dimension 6.7'' x 6.7'' (17.02cm x17.02 cm)

Processor System

CPU Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v5/v6 Series Processors*

*BIOS version 2.0 or above is required for v4 series.

Chipset E3C236D2I:

Intel® C236

E3C232D2I:

Intel® C232

System Memory

Capacity 2 x DDR4 DIMM slots

Type - Dual Channel DDR4 memory technology

- Supports DDR4 2400*/2133/1866/1600 ECC/non-ECC**

UDIMM memory

*Only E3-1200 v6 CPUs can support DDR4 2400.

**Non-ECC UDIMM support Client OS only.

DIMM Size Per

DIMM

ECC and non-EDD UDIMM : 16GB, 8GB, 4GB

Voltage 1.2V

Expansion Slot

PCIe 3.0 x16 1 slot

Storage

SATA

Controller

C236 / C232: 6x SATA3 6Gb/s (SATA0 share with M.2

connector), support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

Ethernet

Interface 1000 /100 /10 Mbps

LAN 2 x RJ45 GLAN by Intel® i210+Intel® i219

- 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 AST2400

IPMI Dedicated

GLAN

- 1 x Realtek RTL8211E for dedicated management GLAN

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Features - Watch Dog

- NMI

Graphics

Controller ASPEED AST2400

VRAM DDR3 16MB (ASPEED)

Rear Panel I/O

VGA Port 1 x D-Sub (From ASPEED AST2400)

USB 2.0 Port 2

USB 3.0 Port 4

LAN Port - RJ45: 2x GLAN(by Intel® i210+Intel® i219)

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

Dedicated LAN 1 x RJ45 Dedicated IPMI LAN port

Serial Port 1 (COM1)

Internal Connector

Auxiliary Panel

Header

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

LAN LED, event log LED)

M.2 1

TPM Header 1

IPMB Header 1

Speaker 1

Fan Header 3(CPU/Front/Rear)

ATX Power 1x (24-pin) + 1x (4-pin)

USB 3.0 Header 1 (2 ports)

TR1 1

Type A USB 3.0

Port

E3C236D2I :

Type A USB 2.0

Port

E3C232D2I:

ME/SPS

Recovery

ClearCMOS 1 (short pin)

PSU SMBus 1

NMI button 1

Smbus from

BMC

SGPIO 2

PECI 1

PMBUS Mode

Jumpers

System BIOS

BIOS Ty pe 128Mb 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

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Hardware Monitor

Temperature - CPU/PCH Temperature Sensing

-MB/Card Side/TR1 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, VCCSA,

VCCM, V1.0M, VCCIO, VCCST_SFR, VPPM, +BAT, 3VSB,

ATX+5VSB

Support OS

OS Microso® Windows®

- Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)

- Server 2012 (64 bit)

- Server 2012 R2 (64 bit)

- Server 2016 (64 bit)

Linux®

- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 6.6 (64 bit) / 7.0 (64 bit)

- SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 SP3 (64 bit) / 12.0 (64 bit)

- Ubuntu 15.04 (64 bit) / 15.10 (64 bit)

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

Environment

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

temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C

NOTE: Please refer to our website for the latest specications.

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.

E3C236D2I / E3C232D2I

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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

E3C236D2I

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

Intel

C236

PCIE7

BIOS

ROM

17.0cm (6.7 in)

ATXPWR1

ATX12V1

CMOS

Battery

FRNT_FAN1

COM1

VGA1

21 20

RoHS

BMC

CPU_FAN1

LAN1

Top:

IPMI

LAN

USB 3.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

USB 2.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

NMI_BTN1

IPMB1

SPEAKER1

USB3_7

USB3_5_6

TPM1

REAR_FAN1

SATA_0 SATA_1 SATA_2

SATA_SGPIO2

E3C236D2I

LAN2

USB 3.0

T: USB_3

B: USB_4

PECI1

M2_1

NUT1

PANEL1

AUX_PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PSU_SMB1

BMC_SMB1

SATA_SGPIO1

ME_RECOVERY1

SATA_3

SATA_4

SATA_5

PMBUS_SEL_DAT1

PMBUS_SEL_ALT1

PMBUS_SEL_CLK1

1234

CLRMOS1

T 1

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E3C232D2I

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

Intel

C232

PCIE7

BIOS

ROM

17.0cm (6.7 in)

ATXPWR1

ATX12V1

CMOS

Battery

COM1

VGA1

21 20

RoHS

BMC

LAN1

Top:

IPMI

LAN

USB 3.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

USB 2.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

NMI_BTN1

IPMB1

SPEAKER1

USB3_7

USB3_5_6

TPM1

REAR_FAN1

SATA_0 SATA_1 SATA_2

SATA_SGPIO2

E3C232D2I

LAN2

USB 3.0

T: USB_3

B: USB_4

PECI1

M2_1

NUT1

PANEL1

AUX_PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PSU_SMB1

BMC_SMB1

SATA_SGPIO1

ME_RECOVERY1

SATA_3

SATA_4

SATA_5

PMBUS_SEL_DAT1

PMBUS_SEL_ALT1

PMBUS_SEL_CLK1

1234

CLRMOS1

T 1

FRNT_FAN1

CPU_FAN1

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No. Description

1 CPU PECI Mode Jumper (PECI1)

2PMBUS Mode Jumper (PMBUS_SEL_ALT1)

3PMBUS Mode Jumper (PMBUS_SEL_DAT1)

4 ermal Sensor Header (TR1)

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

7 Front Fan Connector (FRNT_FAN1)

8 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1, Blue)

9 Clear CMOS Pad (CLRMOS1)

10 SATA SGPIO Connector (SATA_SGPIO1)

11 SATA SGPIO Connector (SATA_SGPIO2)

12 E3C236D2I: Vertical Type A USB 3.0 (USB3_7)

E3C232D2I: Vertical Type A USB 2.0 (USB3_7)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0)*

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA_3)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA_2)

17 SATA3 Connector (SATA_4)

18 SATA3 Connector (SATA_5)

19 Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

20 M.2 Slot (M2_1)* (supports M.2 module type 2230)

21 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

22 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

23 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

24 PSU SMBus (PSU_SMB1)

25 Auxiliary Panel Header (AUX_PANEL1)

26 TPM Header (TPM1)

27 Intelligent Platform Management Bus header (IPMB1)

28 ME Recovery Jumper (ME_RECOVERY1)

29 Non Maskable Interrupt Button (NMI_BTN1)

30 BMC SMBus Header (BMC_SMB1)

31 Rear Fan Connector (REAR_FAN1)

32 PMBUS Mode Jumper (PMBUS_SEL_CLK1)

**e M.2 slot (M2_1) is shared with the SATA_0 connector. When M2_1 is populated with a M.2 SATA3 mod-

ule, SATA_0 is disabled.

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1.5 Onboard LED Indicators

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module)

Intel

C236

PCIE7

BIOS

ROM

ATXPWR1

ATX12V1

CMOS

Battery

COM1

VGA1

RoHS

BMC

LAN1

Top:

IPMI

LAN

USB 3.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

USB 2.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

NMI_BTN1

IPMB1

SPEAKER1

USB3_7

USB3_5_6

TPM1

REAR_FAN1

SATA_0 SATA_1 SATA_2

SATA_SGPIO1

E3C236D2I

LAN2

USB 3.0

T: USB_3

B: USB_4

M2_1

NUT1

PANEL1

AUX_PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PSU_SMB1

BMC_SMB1

SATA_SGPIO2

ME_RECOVERY1

SATA_3

SATA_4

SATA_5

123

FRNT_FAN1

CPU_FAN1

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No. Item Status Description

1 SB_PWR1 Green STB PWR ready

2FAN_LED1 Amber CPU1_FAN1 failed

3FAN_LED2 Amber Front_FAN1 failed

4FAN_LED3 Amber Rear_FAN1 failed

5BMC_LED1 Green BMC heartbeat LED

E3C236D2I / E3C232D2I

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1.6 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_1_2) 5 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2)

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (IPMI_LAN)* 6 LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN1)**

3VGA Port (VGA1) 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_3_4)

4 Serial Port (COM1) 8 LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN2)**

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 10Mbps connection or

no link

Blinking Yellow Data Activity Yellow 100Mbps connection

On Link Green 1Gbps connection

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Port

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ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Port

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

LED indications.

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

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1.7 Block Diagram

C236

Type A

USB3.0

USB2.0

SuperSpeed USB

2 Rear ports

High-Speed USB

480Mb/s

USB3.0

US B2.0

4 Rear ports

SuperSpeed USB

5Gb/sUS B3.0

US B3.0 5Gb/s

2 Front ports

USB3.0

5Gb/sUS B3.0

SuperSpeed USB

RTL8211E

RGMII

MNG RJ45

PCIE x1

UART

DDR4 2133

LPC

SIO

NCT5573D

DDR3

256MB

SPI

uB oot

SPI

TPM-S

Header

SPI FLASH

SYSTEM BIOS

Serial Port

VGA Port

RGB

RGMII

  % 0 &

$6 7  

SPI

USB2

PWM

FRNT FAN1

CPU FAN1

REAR FAN1

SATA 3

SATA 1-5

PCI-E X16 SLOT 7100MHz

PCI-E Ge n3 BUS

INTEL I210

(LAN1 NCSI)

PCIE x1 100MHz

INTEL I219

(LAN2)

100MHzPCIE x1

DMI 3.0

INTEL

E3C236D2I

Quick

Switch

PCIE x3

LGA-1151 Pin Socket

Channel B

INTEL

Processor

128-bit Dual-Channel Memory x 2 Slots

DDR4 2133

Channel A

PCH-H

M.2 Slot

PCIE x1

SATA/PCIE

Quick

Switch

SATA 0

SATA 3

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C232

RTL8211E

RGMII

MNG RJ45

PCIE x1

UART

DDR4 2133

LPC

SIO

NCT5573D

DDR3

256MB

SPI

uB oot

SPI

TPM-S

Header

SPI FLASH

SYSTEM BIOS

Serial Port

VGA Port

RGB

RGMII

  % 0 &

$6 7  

SPI

USB2

PWM

FRNT FAN1

CPU FAN1

REAR FAN1

SATA 3

SATA 1-5

PCI-E X16 SLOT 7

100MHz

PCI-E Ge n3 BUS

2 Front ports

USB3.0

Type A

USB2.0

High-Speed USB

SuperSpeed USB

USB2.0

2 Rear ports

High-Speed USB

480Mb/s

US B2.0

INTEL I210

(LAN1 NCSI)

PCIE x1 100MHz

INTEL I219

(LAN2)

100MHzPCIE x1

DMI 3.0

INTEL

E3C232D2I

Quick

Switch

PCIE x3

LGA-1151 Pin Socket

Channel B

INTEL

Processor

128-bit Dual-Channel Memory x 2 Slots

DDR4 2133

Channel A

PCH-H

M.2 Slot

PCIE x1

480Mb/s

4 rear ports

USB3.0

US B3.0

SuperSpeed USB

5Gb/s

US B2.0

5Gb/sUS B3.0

SATA/PCIE

Quick

Switch

SATA 0

SATA 3

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