ASRock Rack E3C246D4I-2T User manual

E3C246D4I-2T

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published February 2020

Version 1.0

Published July 2020

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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 8

1.6 I/O Panel 9

1.7 Block Diagram 11

Chapter 2 Installation 12

2.1 Screw Holes 12

2.2 Pre-installation Precautions 12

2.3 Installing the CPU 13

2.4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 15

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) 16

2.6 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) 17

2.7 Jumper Setup 18

2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19

2.9 AC-IN / DC-IN Power Connections 24

2.10 Unit Identication purpose LED/Switch 25

2.11 Driver Installation Guide 25

2.12 Dual LAN and Teaming Operation Guide 26

2.13 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1) 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 36

3.3.4 Storage Conguration 38

3.3.5 ACPI Conguration 39

3.3.6 USB Conguration 40

3.3.7 Super IO Conguration 41

3.3.8 Serial Port Console Redirection 42

3.3.9 H/W Monitor 45

3.3.10 Runtime Error Logging 47

3.3.11 Intel SPS Conguration 48

3.3.12 Intel(R) Bios Guard Technology 49

3.3.13 Instant Flash 50

3.4 Server Mgmt 51

3.4.1 System Event Log 52

3.4.2 BMC Network Conguration 53

3.4.2 BMC Tools 55

3.5 Security 56

3.5.1 Key Management 57

3.6 Boot Screen 61

3.6.1 CSM Parameters 63

3.7 Event Logs 65

3.8 Exit Screen 66

Chapter 4 Software Support 67

4.1 Install Operating System 67

4.2 Support CD Information 67

4.2.1 Running The Support CD 67

4.2.2 Drivers Menu 67

4.2.3 Utilities Menu 67

4.2.4 Contact Information 67

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 68

5.1 Troubleshooting Procedures 68

5.2 Technical Support Procedures 70

5.3 Returning Merchandise for Service 70

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Rack E3C246D4I-2T 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 E3C246D4I-2T Motherboard

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

• Quick Installation Guide

• 1 x SATA Power Cable (80cm)

• 1 x ATX 4P to 24P Power Cable

• 1 x Oculink to 4 SATA Cable (60cm)

• 1 x Oculink to 4 SATA Cable (60cm) (Optional)

• 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

E3C246D4I-2T

MB Physical Status

Form Factor Mini ITX

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

Processor System

CPU Supports Intel® Xeon® E-2100 Processors

Chipset Intel® C246

System Memory

Capacity 4 x DDR4 DIMM slots

Type - Dual Channel memory technology, 2DPC

- 4 x 260-pin DDR4 SODIMM slots

DIMM Size Per

DIMM

ECC SODIMM: 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB

Voltage 1.2V

Expansion Slot

PCIe 3.0 x16 1 slot

Storage

SATA

Controller

C246: 2x OCULINK (support 4x SATA or PCIEx4 from OCU1,

4x SATA or PCIEx4 from OCU2)

M.2 1x M.2 (NGFF 2280), shared with one PCH SATA port; PCIE

x4 Gen3 from PCH (HSIO14-17)

Ethernet

Interface 10000/1000 /100 Mbps

LAN - 2 x RJ45 10G base-T by Intel® X550

- 1 x RJ45 Dedicated IPMI LAN port by RTL8211E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function

- Supports PXE

- LAN1 supports NCSI

Graphics

Controller ASPEED AST2500

VRAM 512MB DDR4

Rear Panel I/O

VGA Port 1 x D-Sub

USB 3.0 Port 2

LAN Port - RJ45: 2x GLAN(by Intel® X550)

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

Management

LAN Port

1

UID 1

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Internal Connector

ITX_AUX_

PANEL1

1

PANEL1 1

TR1 1

TPM Header 1

Fan Header 3x (4-pin)

ATX power DC-

IN

1x (8-pin)

ATX Power 1x (4-pin)

SATA Power 1x (4-pin)

OCuLink 2

USB 3.0 Header 1 (supports 2 USB3.0)

ClearCMOS 1 (short pad)

SGPIO 2

COM Header 1

IPMB 1

PWR SMB 1

BMC_SMB 1

NCSI1 1

OH/FanFail

LED

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System BIOS

BIOS Ty pe 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS

BIOS Features - Plug and Play (PnP)

- ACPI 2.0 Compliance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.8.0 Support

- ASRock Rack Instant Flash

Hardware Monitor

Temperature - CPU/PCH/DDR/LAN/Storage 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: VCORE,VCCSA,VCCM,3V, 5V,

12V,+1.05V_PCH_AUX,+BAT, 3VSB, 5VSB,VCCIO,+2.5V_

VPP

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Support OS

OS Microso® Windows®

- Server 2016 (64 bit)

- Server 2019 (64 bit)

Linux®

- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 6.10 (64 bit) / 7.7 (64 bit)

- SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 12 SP4 (64 bit) / 15 SP1 (64 bit)

- Ubuntu 18.04.4 (64 bit)

Virtual

- VMWare® ESXi 6.5 u3

- Win hyper-V Server 2016

* 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.

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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

PCIE7

17.0cm (6.7 in)

VGA1

RoHS

USB 3.0

T: USB_1

B: USB_2

USB3_3_4

SATA_SGPIO1

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CLRMOS1

3

ATX12V2

Super

I/O

Intel

C246

COM1

1

OCU1

FAN1

C 1

M2_1

T

CMOS Battery

1

BMC

12

18 17 16

13

9

10

12

11

7

8

5

6

27

25

19

20

CHASSIS_ID0

23

TPM1

1

T 1

R

1

PWM_CFG1

SEC_OR1

22

21

24

1

PSU_SMB1

1

26

UID1

IPMI_LAN

1

DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_A2 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_B2 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

ATX4PIN1

SATAPWR1

1

OCU2

SATA_SGPIO2

1

BMC_SMB_1IPMB1

LAN1 LAN2

(NCSI)

X550

1

NCSI1

FAN2 FAN3

4

ITX_AUX_PANEL1

1

14

15

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

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No. Description

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

2 2 x 260-pin DDR4 SO-DIMM Slots (DDR4_A2, DDR4_B2)

3ATX 4-PIN Power Connector (ATX4PIN1)

4 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V2)

5PSU SMBus (PSU_SMB1)

6 SATA Power Connector (SATAPWR1)

7 Clear CMOS Pad (CLRMOS1)

8 Front Fan Connector (FAN2)

9 Rear Fan Connector (FAN3)

10 OCuLink x4 Connector (OCU1)

11 Auxiliary Panel Header (ITX_AUX_PANEL1)

12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

13 SATA SGPIO Connector (SATA_SGPIO1)

14 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_3_4)

15 SATA SGPIO Connector (SATA_SGPIO2)

16 PWM Conguration Header (PWM_CFG1)

17 Security Override Jumper (SEC_OR1)

18 ermal Sensor Header (TR1)

19 OCuLink x4 Connector (OCU2)

20 BMC SMBus Header (BMC_SMB_1)

21 Intelligent Platform Management Bus header (IPMB1)

22 COM Port Header (COM1)

23 CPU Fan Connector (FAN1)

24 Chassis ID Jumper (CHASSIS_ID0)

25 TPM Header (TPM1)

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

27 NCSI Header (NCSI1)

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1.5 Onboard LED Indicators

RoHS

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ATX12V2

Intel

C246

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DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_A2 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_B1 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

DDR4_B2 (64 bit, 260-pin module)

1

2

3

4

No. Item Status Description

1 SB_PWR1_LED Green STB PWR ready

2FAN_LED2 Red FAN2 failed

3FAN_LED3 Red FAN3 failed

4BMC_LED1 Green BMC heartbeat LED

5FAN_LED1 Red FAN1 failed

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1.6 I/O Panel

2

5

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2) 4 10G LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN_2)**

2 LAN RJ-45 Port (IPMI_LAN)* 5 VGA Port (VGA1)

3 10G LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN_1)** 6 UID Switch (UID1)

LAN Port LED Indications

*ere are two LEDs on each 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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**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 100Mbps connection or no

link

Blinking Yellow Data Activity Orange 1Gbps connection

On Link Green 10Gbps connection

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Port

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1.7 Block Diagram

INTEL

Processor

LGA-1151 Pin Socket

PCI-E X16 SLOT 7

Ch ann el A

INTEL

C246

PCH-H

Ch ann el B

HSIO 26-29

BMC

AST2500

(HSIO 6)

RGB

TPM-S

Header

DDR4

256MB

PWM

RTL8211E

RGM II

MNG RJ45

IPMB

RGM I

I

CPU FAN1

FRNT FAN1

REAR FAN1

USB3.0 5 Gb/s

USB3.0 SuperSpeed USB

2 rear ports Type AHSIO 0-1

HSIO 4-5

USB 3.0 SuperSpee d USB

2 Fron t ports USB3.0 5 Gb/s

Rear VGA

Port

AUX panel

header I2C

DDR4 SODIMM

Oculink 1

INTEL X550

(LAN1 NCSI)

10G-Ba seT x 2

(LAN1 NCSI)

SATA 3 / P CI E x4 Gen3

Oculink 2SATA 3 / P CI E x4 Gen3

HSIO 18-21

HSIO 22-25

SATA 3 / P CI E x4 Gen3 M.2 (PCI E / SATA)

HSIO 14-17

Switc h

SIO

NCT5567D-B

PCIE x4

SPI BMC

Fla sh

SPI FLASH

SYSTEM BIOS

S MB US

FRU

SPI

HSIO 6

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Chapter 2 Installation

This is a mini ITX form factor (6.7'' x 6.7'', 17.02 cm x 17.02 cm) motherboard. Before

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

motherboard ts into it.

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.

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.

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1. Before you insert the 1151-Pin 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.

Illustrations in this User Manual are provided for reference only and may slightly dier

from actual product appearances.

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2

A

B

3

2.3 Installing the CPU

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cover must be placed if

you wish to return the motherboard for aer service.

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