Tyan THUNDER K8SR User manual

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Thunder K8SR

S2881

Revision 1.01

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®

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN…...................................................................4

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.........................................................5

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................5

SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................6

CHAPTER 2: BOARD INSTALLATION............................................7

2.00 – BOARD IMAGE ...............................................................................8

2.01 – BLOCK DIAGRAM ..........................................................................9

2.02 – BOARD PARTS, JUMPERS AND CONNECTORS .............................10

2.03 –FAN CONNECTORS AND HARDWARE MONITORING....................15

2.04 – INSTALLING THE PROCESSOR(S).................................................17

2.05 – INSTALLING MOTHERBOARD IN CHASSIS...................................20

2.06 – INSTALLING THE MEMORY.........................................................20

2.07 – ATTACHING DRIVE CABLES........................................................23

2.08 – INSTALLING ADD-IN CARDS........................................................24

2.09 – CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES.............................................25

CHAPTER 3: BIOS..........................................................................28

3.00 – BIOS SETUP UTILITY..................................................................28

3.01 – BIOS MAIN MENU ......................................................................30

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3.02 – BIOS ADVANCED MENU .............................................................31

3.03 – BIOS PCI/PNP MENU.................................................................42

3.04 – BIOS BOOT MENU ......................................................................44

3.05 – BIOS SECURITY MENU ...............................................................46

3.06 – BIOS CHIPSET SETTING MENU ..................................................47

3.07 – POWER MENU..............................................................................52

3.08 – BIOS EXIT MENU........................................................................56

CHAPTER 4: DIAGNOSTICS.........................................................57

APPENDIX I: GLOSSARY..............................................................58

TECHNICAL SUPPORT..................................................................63

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Before you begin…

Check the box contents. The retail motherboard package should contain the

following items. If any are missing contact vendor/dealer for replacement

before continuing with the installation process

1 x Thunder K8SR motherboard

1 x 34-Pin floppy drive cable

2 x SATA Data Cable

1 x SATA Drive Power Adapter

1 x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable

1 x Thunder K8SR user’s manual

1 x Thunder K8SR Quick Reference guide

1 x TYAN driver CD

1 x Silicon Image SATARAID driver disk

1 x Silicon Image SATALink (IDE) driver disk

1 x ADAPTEC SCSI driver disk

1 x I/O shield

2 x CPU Retention Frame

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Congratulations

You have just purchased the premier solution in high-end rackmount server

motherboards. This motherboard was designed from the ground up to

maximize cooling efficiency and performance in the same platform.

Powered by the AMD Opteron™ Processor with the scalability of 32-bit and

64-bit support, this platform supports, eight DIMM slots for 16GB of PC3200

DDR memory with ECC, Dual Gigabit Ethernet, integrated Serial ATA/SATA

RAID, optional SCSI and SODIMM ZCR support, and optional advanced

server management tools.

Hardware Specifications

Processor

Dual µPGA 940-pin ZIF sockets

Supports one or two AMD Opteron

™

processors

128-bit DDR dual-channel memory

controller integrated in CPU

Chipset

AMD-8131

™

PCI-X Tunnel

AMD-8111

™

I/O Hub

Winbond W83627HF Super I/O

Memory

128-bit DDR dual-channel memory

bus

Eight DIMM sockets (four per CPU)

Supports up to 16GB of DDR RAM

Requires registered RAM

Supports ECC or non-ECC

Supports DDR400*, 333, or 266.

Integrated I/O

One floppy, two serial (one pin header

& one DB-9 connector), & one parallel

port (pin header)

PS/2 KB/mouse connectors

Total four USB 1.1 connections (two

rear connectors and two front pin

headers)

Integrated EIDE Controller

Two ports for up to four EIDE devices

Supports up to ATA-133 IDE devices

Expansion Slots

Two PCI-X slots

- One 64-bit (3.3v) PCI-X slots

support up to 133 MHz on Bus B (PCI

Slot 1)

- One 64-bit (3.3v) PCI-X slot

supports maximum of 100 MHz on

Bus A (PCI Slot 2)

System Management

Analog Devices ADT7463 monitor IC

connected to SMBus 1.0

Total nine 3-pin fan headers (five with

control and monitoring, one with

monitoring only, and three without

monitoring or control)

2-pin Chassis Intrusion header

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Integrated SATA Controller

Silicon Image SIL3114 SATA

Four SATA 1.0 channels

IDE RAID 0, 1, 0+1 (option)

48-bit LBA support

Integrated Gigabit Ethernet

Broadcom

®

BCM5704C Gb Ethernet

Two RJ-45 LAN connectors with

LEDs PCI-X Bridge A (64-bit

100MHz)

Two front Panel LED headers

Regulatory

FCC Class B (Declaration of

Conformity)

European Community CE

(Declaration of Conformity)

* DDR400 is supported with

Opteron™ model 246 and higher

BIOS

AMIBIOS8

®

on 4Mbit LPC Flash

ACPI 1.0b & 2.0

Serial Console Redirect

PXE via Ethernet

USB device boot

48-bit LBA Support

Form Factor

SSI EEB v3.0 footprint (13 x12”

330.2x304.8 mm)

EPS12V/SSI 2.0 (24pin + 8pin)

Universal power connector

Serial (one) and VGA (one)

connectors

Stacked USB 1.1 (two) connectors

Stacked PS/2 KB/Mouse connectors

Two side-by-side RJ-45 LAN

connectors with LED

Software Specifications

OS (Operating System) Support

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003

SuSE Server 8.x for AMD-64

Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0

Turbo Linux for AMD64

Other distributions of Linux pending validation

TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with

or without notice.

Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at http://www.TYAN.com

. There you can

find information on all of TYAN’s products with FAQs, online manuals and

BIOS upgrades.

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Chapter 2: Board Installation

Precaution: The Thunder K8SR supports EPS12V/SSI type power supplies

(24pin + 8pin) and will not operate with any other types. For proper power

supply installation procedures see page 26.

DO NOT USE ATX 2.x or ATXGES power supplies as they will damage the

board and void your warranty.

How to install our products right… the first time

The first thing you should do is read this user’s manual. It contains important

information that will make configuration and setup much easier. Here are some

precautions you should take when installing your motherboard:

(1) Ground yourself properly before removing your motherboard from

the antistatic bag. Unplug the power from your computer power

supply and then touch a safely grounded object to release static

charge (i.e. power supply case). For the safest conditions, TYAN

recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap.

(2) Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of

the board, or flex the board in any way.

(3) Avoid touching the motherboard components, IC chips, connectors,

memory modules, and leads.

(4) Place the motherboard on a grounded antistatic surface or on the

antistatic bag that the board was shipped in.

(5) Inspect the board for damage.

The following pages include details on how to install your motherboard into

your chassis, as well as installing the processor, memory, disk drives and

cables.

NOTE

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN

DAMAGED

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2.00 – Board Image

This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at the

time of publishing. The board you receive may or may not look exactly

like the above picture.

The following page includes details on the vital components of this

motherboard.

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2.01 – Block Diagram

Thunder K8SR (S2881) Block Diagram

I/O Hub

8111

DIMM2

DIMM4

DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM1 DIMM3

DIMM4 DIMM2

CPU 2CPU 1

Lower 64-bit

Upper 64-bit

Lower 64-bit

128-Bit Dual Channel

PCI-X

8131

PCI-X Slot 2

Broadcom 5704C

PCI-X Slot 1

ATA-133 EIDE x2

USB 1.1 front & rear

BIOS

EEPROM

ADT-7463

Hardware Monitor

ATI RageXL

SATA

3114

1

2

3

4

Floppy

PS/2

Serial & Parallel

PCI Bus

32bit/33MHz

SMBUS

LPC BUS

PCI-X BUS B

PCI-X BUS A

Adaptec AIC7902

SODIMM ZCR

Super

I/O

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2.02 – Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors

This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time

of publishing. The board you receive may not look exactly like the above

diagram.

Jumper Legend



OPEN - Jumper OFF without jumper cover



CLOSED - Jumper ON with jumper cover



Key Pin Missing pin to indicate proper orientation

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J4 SMBus 1.1 Connector

Use this connector to connect external SMBUS devices



Pin1: SMB_DATA Pin2: GND Pin3: SMBUS_CLK Pin4: NC

J14 Onboard Buzzer/Speaker header



Close Pin-3 and 4 (Default) - Onboard Buzzer Enabled



Open Pin- 3 and 4 - Disable onboard buzzer or connect to chassis

speaker

J14

J76

J34

J53

J42

J25

J73 & J75

J4

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J25

USB Front Panel Header





Signal Pin Pin Signal

VCC

1 2

VCC

Data -

3 4

Data -

Data +

5 6

Data +

GND

7 8

GND

KEY

9 10

GND

J34 J34 Clear CMOS Jumper



(Clear)



(Default)

You can reset CMOS settings by using this jumper if you have lost

your system/setup password or need to clear system BIOS setting.

There are three easy steps:

Power off system and disconnect both power connectors from

the motherboard

Use jumper cap to close Pin2 and Pin3 for several seconds to Clear

CMOS Put jumper cap back to Pin1 and Pin2 (default setting)

Reconnect power & power on system

NOTE: If you do not disconnect the power connectors from the

motherboard the CMOS may not clear completely.

J42 COM2 Header





Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2

Signal Pin Pin Signal

Data Carrier Detect

1 2

Data-Set-Ready

Receive-Data

3 4

Request-to-Send

Transfer-Data

5 6

Clear-to-Send

Data Terminal Ready

7 8

Ring-Indicator

Ground

9 10

NC/KEY

J53 PCI-X Slot 1 Bus Speed Override



Open – (Default) Allows PCI slot 1 to operate at up to 133MHz

(Maximum one PCI-X 133 device)



Closed – Forces PCI slot 1 to operate at a maximum bus speed of

100 MHz

J73/J75 Front Panel LAN LED headers



1

Yellow +

2

Yellow -

100Mb

LNK/ACT

Gigabit

3

Green +

4

Green -

10Mb

LNK/ACT

J76 SMDC HEADER

Tyan proprietary Server Management Daughter Card header

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J77 INTR – Chassis Intrusion Header

Active Low this header connects ADT7463 pin76



PIN1: Case Open PIN2: GND

J85 ATI Video disable



Open – (Default) Enable onboard video



Closed – Disable onboard video

J85

J86

J92

J111

J87

J77

J102

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J86 Front Panel Header







HDDLED+

1  2

PWR LED

(green)

HDDLED-

3  4

SLP LED (yellow)

Reset SW

5 6

PWR SW

Reset SW

7 8

PWR SW

+5V

9 10

SLEEP SW

InfraRed Rx

11 12

SLEEP SW

GND

13 14

KEY

InfraRed Tx

15 16

NC

CH INTRU#

17 18

GND

J87 Gigabit Ethernet Disable



Open – (Default) Enable onboard Gigabit Ethernet



Closed – Disable onboard Gigabit Ethernet

J92 PCI-X Slot 2 Bus Speed Override



Open – (Default) Allows PCI-X slot 2 to operate at up to 100MHz



Closed – Force PCI-X slot 2 to operate in at a maximum 66MHz

Note: This jumper affects integrated Ethernet and SCSI on the

same bus

J102 SATA (Serial ATA) Controller Disable



Open – (Default) Enable onboard SATA Controller



Closed – Disable onboard SATA Controller

J111 SCSI Controller Disable (optional)



Open – (Default) Enable onboard SCSI Controller



Closed – Disable onboard SCSI Controller

OEM Reserved Connectors and Jumpers

DO NOT MODIFY THESE JUMPERS

The pin definition of these headers are not available

J103 RSVD

J104 RSVD

J110 RSVD

J89 GPIO

J90 GPIO

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2.03 –Fan Connectors and Hardware Monitoring

All System fan headers use the same pinout listed on the right

FAN1 J10

Direct +12V from power supply

(No power control and tachometer monitor)

FAN2 J36

Fan power control: ADT7463A pin10

Fan tachometer monitor: ADT7463A pin12

FAN3 J37

FAN1

FAN2

FAN5

FAN3

FAN6

FAN4

FAN7

FAN8

FAN9

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Fan power control: W83627HF/AW pin116

Fan tachometer monitor: W83627HF/AW pin113

FAN4 J9

Fan power control: W83627HF/AW pin115

Fan tachometer monitor: W83627HF/AW pin112

FAN5 J11

Direct +12V from power supply

(No power control and tachometer monitor)

FAN6 J47

Fan power control: ADT7463A pin11

Fan tachometer monitor: ADT7463A pin24

FAN7 J12

Direct +12V from power supply

(No power control and tachometer monitor)

FAN8 J38

Fan tachometer monitor: W83627HF/AW pin111

FAN8 J88

Fan power control: ADT7463A pin13

Fan tachometer monitor: ADT7463A pin9

CPU Temperature Monitoring

CPU 1: ADT7463A pin15 and16 (with processor differential thermal output)

CPU 2: ADT7463A pin17 and 18 (with processor differential thermal output)

CPU1 area: W83627HF/AW pin104 (with R1794 10K thermistor)

CPU2 area: W83627HF/AW pin103 (with R1792 10K thermistor )

CPU VRM area: W83627HF/AW pin102 (with R1793 10K thermistor )

Voltage Monitoring

+12V ADT7463A pin21

+5V ADT7463A pin20

3.3V W83682HF/F pin98

+3.3V standby ADT7463A pin4

CPU1 Vcore 1.55V W83682HF/F pin100

CPU2 Vcore 1.55V W83682HF/F pin99

CPU1 DDR VTT 1.25V W83682HF/F pin96

CPU2 DDR VTT 1.25V ADT7463A pin23

CPU1 DDR VDD 2.5V W83682HF/F pin95

CPU2 DDR VDD 2.5V ADT7463A pin22

NOTE: ADT7463 SMBus 1.1 slave Address: xx2Dh

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2.04 – Installing the Processor(s)

The Thunder K8SR supports the latest 64-bit processor technologies from AMD.

Only AMD Opteron

™

processor 200 series are certified and supported with this

motherboard.

Check our website for latest processor support. http://www.tyan.com

NOTE

If using a single processor, it MUST be installed in socket CPU0.

When using a single processor only CPU0 memory banks are

addressable.

TYAN is not liable for damage as a result of operating an unsupported

configuration.

The diagram is provided as a visual guide to help you install socket processors

and may not be an exact representation of the processors you have.

Lift the lever on the socket until it is approximately 90

o

or as far back as possible

to the socket.

Align the processor with the socket. There are keyed pins underneath the

processor to ensure that the processor’s installed correctly.

Seat the processor firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until the

processor sits flush with the socket.

Place the socket lever back down until it locks into place.

Your processor is installed.

Repeat these steps for the second processor if you are using two processors.

Take care when installing processors as they have very fragile connector pins

below the processor and can bend and break if inserted improperly.

Heatsink Retention Frame Installation

After you are done installing the processor(s), you should proceed to installing

the retention frame and heatsink. The CPU heatsink will ensure that the

processors do not overheat and continue to operate at maximum performance for

as long as you own them. Overheated processors are also dangerous to the

health of the motherboard.

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The back-plate assembly prevents excessive motherboard flexing in the area

near the processor and provides a retention bracket for the heatsink.

Because there are many different types of heatsinks available from many

different manufacturers, many have their own method of installation. For the

safest method of installation and information on choosing the appropriate

heatsink, consult the recommended list at www.amd.com

.

The following diagram will illustrate how to install back-plate and retention frame:

(1) Mounting screws

(2) Retention frame

(3) CPU socket

(4) Motherboard PCB

(5) Adhesive insulator material

(6) Back-plate assembly

NOTE: Please see next section for specific instructions on

how to install mounting bracket.

Thermal Interface Material

There are two types of thermal interface materials

designed for use with the AMD Opteron processor.

The most common material comes as a small pad

attached to the heatsink at the time of purchase.

There should be a protective cover over the material.

Take care not to touch this material.

Simply remove the protective cover and place the

heatsink on the processor.

The second type of interface material is usually

packaged separately. It is commonly referred to as

‘thermal compound’ or ‘thermal grease’. Apply a thin,

even layer on to the CPU lid (applying too much will

reduce the effectiveness).

NOTE

Aways check with AMD and the manufacturer of the heatsink to

ensure the thermal interface material is compatible with the processor

& meets the manufacturer’s warranty requirements

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Heatsink Installation Procedures

Type A: CAM LEVER (TYPE) INSTALLATION

1

2

3

1. Once you have completed installing the back-

plate and interface material; align the retention

bracket screw hole with CPU back-plate standoffs.

Tighten screws to secure retention bracket.

Repeat for on other side.

DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN.

2. After tightening screws secure metal clip to

plastic retention bracket center tab. Repeat for on

other side of heatsink.

3. After securing metal clip to plastic retention

bracket center tab, push down on plastic clip to

lock plastic clip to side tab.

Type B: SCREW RETENTION TYPE HEATSINK

1

2

3

1. Align the heatsink retention frame screw hole with back-

plate assembly standoffs. Place heatsink inside retention

bracket. Place metal clip over retention frame tab.

2. Insert screw through metal clip. Check that the

heatsink’s metal clip is and the tab on the retention frame

are as illustrated.

3. Tighten screw through metal clip. Repeat on other side.

DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN.

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2.05 – Installing Motherboard in Chassis

Before installing your motherboard, make sure your chassis is designed to

support SSI or Extended ATX motherboards. The S2881 has 12 mounting

holes to secure it in the chassis. These mounting holes are highlighted in the

image below. Some rackmount chassis come with preinstalled standoffs.

Check the chassis thoroughly to ensure all standoffs match the mounting

hole pattern.

NOTE

Be sure to use all of the mounting holes available

Do not overtighten the screws as this can damage the

motherboard

2.06 – Installing the Memory

Before attempting to install any memory, make sure that the memory you

have is compatible with the motherboard as well as the processor.

The following diagram shows common types of DDR SDRAM modules:

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