Asus AP2300, Hardware Reference Manual

Page 1: ...AP2300 Dual Pentium III Server Platform Hardware Reference Guide ...

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Page 4: ... Server Left Side 15 3 Basic Operation 16 3 1 Starting the Server 16 3 2 LEDs 16 3 3 BIOS Setup 16 4 Hardware Setup 17 4 1 Opening the Chassis 17 Panel Screws 17 Removing the Right Panel 17 Opening the Left Panel 18 Chassis Circulation System 18 Fan Modules 18 4 2 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board 19 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Settings 19 4 3 Motherboard Placement 20 Motherboard Spacers 20 Mother...

Page 5: ...ling Fan Control Board 31 Hard Disk Drive Message Board 31 4 12 SCSI Backplane 32 4 13 SCSI ID Setting 33 4 14 SCSI Termination 34 4 15 SMBus Connector 34 4 16 Redundant Power Supply 35 Power Supply Components 34 Power Module Rating 34 Removing One Power Supply Module 36 Removing the Entire Power Supply Unit 36 Power Supply Mounting 36 Power Supply Information 37 4 17 Standard Power Supply Optiona...

Page 6: ...icular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equip ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet...

Page 7: ... a brief introduction to each server component 3 Getting Started This section provides information on getting started with the server 4 Hardware Setup This section provides detailed information on setting up the server 5 Appendix This section gives you additional information to help plan your server Symbols To complete certain tasks safely and completely you should be aware of a few symbols used t...

Page 8: ...cklist provides a guideline as to the necessary components for a server Standard components Motherboard CUR DLS Chassis AS 30 Power Supply ATX Processor CPU Pentium III Memory Modules 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB 1GB SDRAM Hard Drive Ultra160 Ultra2 Ultra wide Floppy Drive 1 44MB CD ROM Drive 40X 50X Expansion Cards SCSI Terminator Passive terminator for 68 pin SCSI cables User s Manuals CD ROM mother...

Page 9: ...ort up to 30 SCSI devices on dual channels Onboard LAN Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN controller Onboard VGA ATI Rage XL VGA controller with 4MB PC100 SDRAM to support one VGA connector and one DFP Digital Flat Panel connector Super Multi I O Two PCI Bus Master IDE Ports with Ultra DMA 33 support one floppy two serial COM ports one parallel port one PS 2 keyboard one PS 2 mouse one RJ 45 LAN port t...

Page 10: ...p paper clips screws and staples away from connectors slots sockets and cir cuitry Before opening the chassis panels make sure all power cables are unplugged Avoid dust humidity and temperature extremes Place the server on a stable surface If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact an authorized dealer It is recommanded that you wear gloves when assem bling or dissembli...

Page 11: ...ed with a three wire power cable and plug for the user s safety Use the power cable in conjunction with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid electrical shock CAUTION Motherboards adapters and disk drives are sensitive to static electricity discharge These devices are wrapped in antistatic bags to prevent this damage Take the following precautions If you have an antistatic wrist strap ava...

Page 12: ...12 AP2300 Hardware Reference Guide 1 Introduction 1 Introduction This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 13: ...de Panel Handle 9 Side Panel Screws 10 Metal Door Lock 11 Hot Swap Trays 12 Hard Drive Fan Module 13 Chassis Stabilizers 2 1 Server Front Side The front side of the server is provided to show the front exterior compo nents of this server The chassis is made of strong rust resistant metal and covered with a protective ivory surfacing Server Front Side Front Side 1 2 4 6 3 7 9 8 5 10 11 13 12 ...

Page 14: ...y Fan 3 AC Power In Connector 4 Alarm Reset Button 5 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse 6 USB Ports 1 and 2 RJ45 Port LAN 7 Serial Port COM1 8 Parallel Port 9 Serial Port COM2 10 VGA Connector 11 Rear Fan Module 12 Chassis Stabilizer 2 2 Server Back Side Server Back Side 2 1 4 3 5 6 7 10 9 11 12 8 Back Side ...

Page 15: ...e Guide 15 2 System Overview 2 Overview Back Side Back Side II Components Server Left Side 1 Power Supply 2 Motherboard 3 Chassis Intrusion Micro Switch 4 Chassis Stabilizer 5 Rear Fans Left Side 2 3 Server Left Side 2 5 1 4 3 ...

Page 16: ...the electrical cord from the outlet 3 2 LEDs There are two LEDs on the top right hand corner of the front panel The upper one is the power LED and the lower one is the hard drive access LED When the system is booted the power LED is green When the hard drive is being accessed the hard drive access LED is green Startup LEDs 3 Basic Operation 3 3 BIOS Setup This server does not come with any pre ins...

Page 17: ... have to open the top panel before removing the left panel The side panels are secured by two large thumb screws on the front of the server which can be turned with your fingers Removing the Front Door Push down on the hinge spring to remove the front door Opening the Chassis 4 1 Opening the Chassis This section gives descriptions of how to install and remove components When setting up devices on ...

Page 18: ...panel forward Chassis Circulation System The chassis air circulation sys tem is comprised of two 3 inch 8 cm fans The fan modules are held by two screws and four latches on the inside rear of the chassis To take out the fans re move the screws Fan Modules There are four screws used to se cure the fan into the individual frames To replace the fan re move the screws IMPORTANT Usually the rotation of...

Page 19: ...d The fan control board s cable connections are shown below Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Settings The rear fan control board has DIP switches to allow controlling the control board status and the number of fans DIP Switch SET1 Fan Control Board Setting ON momentarily Reset Control Board OFF Normal Default SET2 SET3 SET4 Number of Fans ON ON ON 1 ON ON OFF 2 Default ON OFF ON 3 ON OFF OFF 4 OFF O...

Page 20: ...n this chassis Motherboard Spacers Place four spacers in the ar eas circled on the chassis Extended Expansion Card Guide Motherboard Screws Place nine screws in the areas circled on the motherboard The four screws used with the moth erboard spacers are longer than the others Be careful not to over tighten the screws Doing so may damage your motherboard Chassis Intrusion Connector Chassis Intrusion...

Page 21: ...les from contacting with the fans and other devices Make sure that all cables are properly secured Cable Connections The cables connect to the motherboard as shown The motherboard includes onboard SCSI with two 68 pin SCSI connectors RAID connections require a RAID card Power Switch 68 pin SCSI Cable Floppy Drive Cable IDE Cable Power LED HDD LED Chassis Intrusion Connector Cable Fan Power Cable A...

Page 22: ...mi nated with the optional S370 terminator to improve signaling For memory installation refer to the motherboard User s Manual Installing S370 CPU Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The notched corner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a c...

Page 23: ...e fan heatsink over the mounted CPU Attach the heatsink clip over the clip attach point as shown above Connect the fan power plug to the motherboard To remove the fan heatsink reverse the installation procedure Fan Heatsink 4 5 Fan Heatsink The CPU must have a fan heatsink that covers the face of the CPU CPU Fan Power Fan Heatsink Clip ...

Page 24: ...ted to the motherboard for the chassis intrusion detection to work The moth erboard will signal theASMAsoftware when the side panel is opened The connection diagram is given here Chassis Intrusion Switches one on each side Cable Chassis Intrusion Switch Motherboard s Chassis Intrusion Lead from the two Chassis Intrusion Switches No Connection Chasis Signal GND ...

Page 25: ...Expansion cards can be easily installed just like on any stan dard PC Up to 7 PCI cards can be installed Expansion Cards 4 7 Expansion Cards Contact Make sure that the total amperage of your installed expansion cards does not exceed the system power specification CAUTION ...

Page 26: ...ost bay along with the power button A CD ROM can fit into either the second third or fourth bay from the top A metal clip on each side of the device tray secures the tray in place Press inward to release the clips The tray slides in or out on the side rails Fixed Storage Devices Fixed Storage Device Tray There are six screws provided as circled for mounting a 4 inch de vice such as a floppy or har...

Page 27: ...Clips The device bay panel is held by two plastic clips on each side Press these clips in with a screw driver to release Fixed Storage Devices Storage Device Spacers A floppy drive spacer is used to cover the floppy drive and power button Astandard storage device spacer is used to cover the CD ROM tape drive or additional CD ROMs You should purchase an extra spacer for each storage device Floppy D...

Page 28: ...t models Five tray hot swap bay and three tray hot swap bay The 1 0 inch SCA hot swap bay can accommodate five 1 0 inch hard disk drives 4 10 Three Tray Hot Swap Bay The 1 6 inch SCA hot swap bay can accommodate three 1 6 or 1 0 inch hard disk drives LEDs LEDs Green Power LED Yellow Hard Disk Access LED Red Hard Disk Status LED reserved For details about LEDs see p 31 Levers Each SCA hot swap bay ...

Page 29: ...y extend both levers and pull on both levers To install the tray push the tray firmly into the bay with the levers extended then close the levers 1 2 3 4 5 Hot Swap Bay To remove the hot swap bay release the front cooling fans first by pressing the eject mechanism with a small screwdriver Remove the six retaining screws as circled above and then the entire hot swap bay can be slid out of the chass...

Page 30: ...front cooling fans main purpose is to cool the hard disk drives These fans can be removed by using a small screw driver to push the eject mecha nism in the fan module The eject mechanism is behind a small hole as boxed on page 29 There are two individual 2 1 4 inch 6cm fans secured by four screws on each fan TheASMA ASUS Server ManagementAgent software will report an error message when any of thes...

Page 31: ... LED Yellow Hard Disk Access LED Front Cooling Fans Power LED Status LED Description Off Off Power subsystem OK and ready for hard drive insertion On Off Hard disk drive is ready for operation On On Hard disk drive failure On Fast Flash RAID is rebuilding On Slow Flash Hot spare hard disk drive ready Fast Flash On Hard disk drive failure short circuits Must work with ASMA software 8 1 16 9 Pin 1 R...

Page 32: ...the included terminator block must be used on the end connector 4 12 SCSI Backplane SCSI Backplane 1 Tray Connector 1 or 5 1 Tray Connector 5 or 1 1 Tray Connector 4 or 2 1 Tray Connector 3 1 Tray Connector 2 or 4 SCSI Backplane Back Side 1 6 Tray Connector 1 1 6 Tray Connector 3B 1 6 Tray Connector 5B Fan Control Board Connector SCSI Backplane Front Side Power Connector SCSI ID Configuration DIPS...

Page 33: ...hot swap bay 1 2 3 4 5 6 O N Resulting SCSI ID s Top Bay ID Tray5 12 Tray4 08 Tray3 04 Tray2 02 Tray1 00 Bottom Bay Switch 5 OFF Switch 5 ON Resulting SCSI ID s Top Bay ID Tray5 13 Tray4 09 Tray3 05 Tray2 03 Tray1 01 Bottom Bay 1 2 3 4 5 6 O N Delay HD motor spin up 12 x SCSI ID in milliseconds ON Remote HD motor spin up initiated OFF Bay SCSI ID Setting see below Reserved Reserved All SCSI device...

Page 34: ...ing a male or female terminator as illustrated below Female Terminator for SCSI cable Male Terminator for SCSI Backplane SCSI Termination SMB 4 15 SMBus Connector To use SMBus devices connect the motherboard s SMBus connector to the SMB In connector on the DA BP5E SCSI backplane board Another SMBus device can be connected to the SMB Out connector on the backplane board SMBus Connector CUR DLS Moth...

Page 35: ...odule Rating The power modules are rated at 300W each and have passive current shar ing on all outputs Each power module supplies up to 300W to share the load but two modules combined do not provide 600W If one power mod ule fails 300W load is supported using one power module Redundant Power Supply Power Button Input Voltage Selection Switch AC Power In Connector Alarm Reset Button Power Supply St...

Page 36: ...ny of the power modules fails the power module s LED will turn OFF If this happends re move the power cord to the failed power module Remove the two screws and slide the failed power module out Removing the Entire Power Supply Unit Unplug all power cords Remove the four screws securing the power supply unit and then slide the power supply unit toward the front of the chassis as pointed Redundant P...

Page 37: ...ive load meets FCC class B and CISPR 22 class B conducted limits Total output power for 5V and 3 3V combined should not exceed 175Watts Maximum 12V output is 105Watts Total output power for 5V and 3 3V combined should not exceed 280Watts DC Output Characteristics Output Voltage 5V 3 3V 12V 5V 12V 5Vsb Max Load 35A 15A 15 0A 0 5A 0 8A 1 5A Min Load 2 5A 0 5A 0 5A 0A 0A 0A Max Power 175W 105W 2 5W 9...

Page 38: ...e power supply must be done from the inside Four screws are used to secure the power supply to the chassis back side Output Voltage Regulation Ripple and Noise Output Voltage Limits Vdc Ripple Noise Output Min Nom Max Maximum 1 3 17V 3 30V 3 46V 50mVp p 2 4 80V 5 00V 5 25V 50mVp p 3 11 40V 12 00V 12 60V 120mVp p 4 4 50V 5 00V 5 50V 120mVp p 5 10 92V 12 00V 13 20V 120mVp p 6 4 75V 5 00V 5 25V 50mVp...

Page 39: ... TUV safety EMI The power system operating with resistive load meets FCC class B and CISPR 22 class B conducted limits Standard Power Supply Total output power for 3 3V and 5V combined should not exceed 210W Output Nom Vdc Max A Min A 1 3 3V 20 0 1 0 2 5 0V 45 0 2 0 3 12 0V 12 0 0 5 4 5 0V 0 5 0 0 5 12 0V 0 5 0 0 Output Current Capacity Range Min V Nom V Max V Range 1 90 120 137 Range 2 180 230 26...

Page 40: ...x Qty TotalAmp Total Watts Motherboard 3 3V 54 78 5 0V 147 40 12 0V 4 00 Hard Drive 5 0V x 12 0V x CD ROM 5 0V x 12 0V x Tape Drive 5 0V x 12 0V x Floppy Drive 5 0V x 12 0V x System Fans 5 0V x 12 0V 0 3 x 0 6 7 2 Other 3 3V x 5 0V x 12 0V x Total Power Power Consumption With 2GB SDRAM memory and 2 CPU fans each consuming about 2Watts on 12 0Volts installed ...

Page 41: ...ra SCSI devices ID0 ID15 may be con nected to the 68 pinWide connector if using a 1 5m 4 9ft cable but only 4 Wide Ultra SCSI devices if using a 3m 9 89ft cable Ultra SCSItechnologyisunstableoverlonglenghts there fore stability will depend on they quality of your cable and de vices A total of 15 Wide SCSI devices ID0 ID15 may be con nected to the 68 pin Wide connector A total of 7 Narrow Ultra SCS...

Page 42: ...riping for data distribution over several drives for in creased performance RJ 45 An 8 pin connector used in many computer networking devices Female connectors are found on hardware devices whereas male connectors are found on twisted pair cabling used to connect two networking devices SCA Single Connector Attachment SCA is a technology that incorporates both power and signal into an 80 pin interf...

Page 43: ...tabilizer 13 14 D Device Bay 9 Device Cables 21 DFP 9 Drive Expansion Bay 13 E ECC 9 EMI 37 39 Expansion Cards 8 25 Expansion Card Guide 15 25 F Fan 18 40 Front Cooling 30 Power Supply 14 Rear Cooling 19 Rear Fan Module 14 Fan Heatsink 23 Attachment 23 Fixed Storage Device 27 Bay Cover 26 Device Tray 26 Spacers 27 Floppy Drive 8 13 27 40 H Hard Drive 31 40 Message Board 31 Fan Module 13 Access LED...

Page 44: ...4 Power Switch 16 PS 2 keyboard 9 PS 2 mouse 9 R Rack mount Rails 8 9 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Settings 19 Rear Fans 15 Right Panel 17 RJ45 Port 9 14 S Safeguards 10 SCA 29 Screws Side Panel 13 SCSI Backplane 9 32 Cable Limits 41 Controller 9 ID 33 41 Termination 34 SDRAM 8 9 Serial Port 14 Side Panel Handle 13 Side Panel Screws 13 SMB 32 34 T Terminator 8 32 Top Panel 13 Screws 14 U USB Por...