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Fortress 9100
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Copyright© 2000 AOpen Incorporated
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AOpen Fortress 9100
User’s Guide
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1. Read these instructions carefully. Save these instructions for f ut u re ref erence.
2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.
3. Do not use this product near water.
4. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The product may fall, causing
serious damage to the product.
5. Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation; to
ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these openings
must not be blocked or covered. The openings should never block by placing the product on a
bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. This product should never be placed near or over a
radiator or heat register, or in a built-in installat i on unl ess proper ventilation is provided.
6. This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label. If
you are not sure of the type of power available, consult your dealer or local power company.
7. This product is equipped with a 3-wire grounding-type plug, a plug having a third (grounding)
pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are
unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact your electrician to replace your obsol ete outlet.
Do not defeat the purpose of the grounding-t ype plug.
8. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this product where persons will
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walk on the cord.
9. If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total ampere rating of the
equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating.
Also, make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not
exceed 15 amperes.
10. Never push objects of any kind into this product through cabinet slots as they may touch
dangerous voltage points or short out parts that coul d result in a fire or electric shock. Never
spill liquid of any kind on the product.
11. Do not att empt to service this product yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose
you to dangerous voltage points or other risks. Refer all servicing to qualified service
personnel.
12. Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel
under the following conditions:
a. When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed
b. If liquid has been spilled into the product
c. If the product has been exposed to rain or water
d. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed.
Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions since
improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require
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extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal condition.
e. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged
f. If the product exhibits a distinct change in perf ormance, indicating a need for service
13. Replace the battery with the same type as the product's battery we recommend. Use of
another battery may present a risk of fire or explosion. Refer battery replacement to a
qualified serviceman.
14. Warning! The batt ery could explode if not handled properly. Do not recharge, disassemble or
dispose of it in fire. Keep it away from children and dispos e of my used battery promptly.
Use only the proper type of power supply cord set (provided in your keyboard/manual
accessories box) for this unit. It should be a detachable type: UL listed/CSA certified, type
SVT/SJT, rated 6A 125V minimum, VDE approved or its equivalent. Maximum length is 15
feet (4.6 meters).
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DANGER
INVISIBLE RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM.
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASSE 1
LASER KLASSE 1
LOUKAN 1 LASERLAITE
PRODUIT LASER
CATEGORIE 1
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CAUTION:
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type
recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
FFCCCC CCllaassss BB RRaaddiioo FFrreeqquueennccyy IInntteerrffeerreennccee
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Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordanc e with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver
is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
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Notice 1:
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsi bl e for compliance
could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Notice 2
Shielded interface cables , if any, must be used in order to comply with the em i ssion limits.
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Purpose
This user’s guide aims to give you the information you need to operate the system properly and
tells you how to install internal components.
Manual Structure
This user’s guide cons i sts of four chapters.
Chapter 1 Fortress 9100 Housing (SV100)
This chapter describes t he housing and all its major c omponents. It cont ai ns instructions for
upgrade options and installation procedures.
Chapter 2 Fortress 9100 Motherboard (DX3R Plus)
This chapter describes t he motherboard and all its m ajor components. It c ontains the motherboard
layout, jumper sett i ngs, cache and memory configurations, and information on other internal
devices.
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility
This chapter gives information about the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by
changing the settings of t he BIOS parameters.
Chapter 4 SCSI Select Configuration Utility
This chapter gives information about t he S CS I Select utility and tells how to configure the SCSI
configuration by changed the set tings of the SCSI param et ers.
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The following conventions are used in this manual:
Text entered by user Represents text input by the user.
, , , etc….
Represent the actual keys that you have to
press on the keyboard.
NOTE
Gives bits and pieces of addi tional
information related to the current topic.
CAUTION
Gives precautionary measures to avoid
possible hardware or software problems.
IMPORTANT
Reminds you to take s pecific actions
relevant to the accompl i shment of
procedures.
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FORTRESS 9100...........................................................................................................................1
I
MPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
CD-ROM S
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HAT’S IN THIS MANUAL
CHAPTER 1 HOUSING INSTRUCTION (SV100).........................................................................21
1.1 I
1.2 F
1.2.1 Front Panel...................................................................................................................22
1.2.2 Real Panel....................................................................................................................25
1.2.3 Internal Component ......................................................................................................27
1.2.4 Motherboard Layout......................................................................................................29
AFETY WARNING
B R
LASS
NTRODUCTION
EATURES
ADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT
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1.2.5 LED/Switchboard Connector (CN15).............................................................................34
1.3 O
PENING THE HOUSING PANELS
1.3.1 Opening the housing panel...........................................................................................36
1.3.2 Installing an expansion board........................................................................................37
1.4 HOT-
1.5 I
1.6 I
1.7 S
CHAPTER 2 BIOS SETUP UTILITY.............................................................................................65
2.1 E
SWAPPING
NSTALLING
1.5.1 Installing a CPU............................................................................................................44
1.5.2 Removing a CPU..........................................................................................................47
NSTALLING AND REMOVING MEMORY MODULES
1.6.1 Installing a DIMM..........................................................................................................49
1.6.2 Removing a DIMM........................................................................................................50
1.6.2 Reconfigu r in g th e system..............................................................................................51
ERVER RACK INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL
1.7.1 Vertical mounting hole pattern.......................................................................................52
1.7.2 Installing cage nuts.......................................................................................................54
NTERING SETUP
SCSI SCA HDD...........................................................................................40
& R
EMOVING THE
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CPU........................................................................................44
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2.2 S
YSTEM INFORMATION
2.2.1 Processor.....................................................................................................................69
2.2.2 Processor Speed.......................................................................................................... 69
2.2.3 CPU/SDRAM BUS Frequency......................................................................................69
2.2.4 Level 1 Cache...............................................................................................................69
2.2.5 Level 2 Cache...............................................................................................................70
2.2.6 Diskette Drive A............................................................................................................70
2.2.7 Diskette Drive B............................................................................................................70
2.2.8 IDE Primary Channel Master.........................................................................................70
2.2.9 IDE Primary Channel Slave........................................................................................... 70
2.2.10 Total Mem o r y..............................................................................................................71
2.2.11 1st/2nd/3rd Bank.............................................................................................................71
2.2.12 Serial Po r t 1................................................................................................................71
2.2.13 Serial Po r t 2................................................................................................................72
2.2.14 Parallel Po r t................................................................................................................72
2.2.15 PS/2 Mou se................................................................................................................72
2.3 P
RODUCT INFORMATION
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2.3.1 Product Name...............................................................................................................74
2.3.2 System S/N...................................................................................................................74
2.3.3 Main Board ID...............................................................................................................74
2.3.4 Main Board S/N.............................................................................................................74
2.3.5 System BIO S Version...................................................................................................74
2.3.6 SMBIOS Version...........................................................................................................75
2.4 D
ISK DRIVES
2.4.1 Floppy Drives................................................................................................................77
2.4.2 IDE Drive s .....................................................................................................................77
2.5 O
NBOARD PERIPHERALS
2.5.1 Serial Ports 1 and 2 ......................................................................................................83
2.5.2 Parallel Por t..................................................................................................................84
2.5.3 Onboard Device Settings..............................................................................................88
2.6 P
OWER MANAGEMENT
2.6.1 Power Management Mode............................................................................................93
2.6.2 Power Switch < 4 sec....................................................................................................95
2.6.3 System W a ke - u p Eve nt.................................................................................................95
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2.7 B
OOT OPTIONS
2.7.1 Boot Sequence.............................................................................................................99
2.7.2 Primary Display Adapter...............................................................................................99
2.7.3 Fast Boot....................................................................................................................100
2.7.4 Silent Boot..................................................................................................................100
2.7.5 Num Lock After Boot...................................................................................................101
2.7.6 Memory Test...............................................................................................................101
2.8 D
ATE AND TIME
2.8.1 Date............................................................................................................................103
2.8.2 Time............................................................................................................................103
2.9 S
YSTEM SECURITY
2.9.1 Supervisor Password..................................................................................................106
2.9.2 User Password ...........................................................................................................108
2.9.3 Disk Drive Control.......................................................................................................108
2.10 S
YSTEM EVENT LOG
2.10.1 System Event Logging.............................................................................................. 112
2.10.2 Events Con trol..........................................................................................................114
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2.10.3 Event Process...........................................................................................................115
2.10.4 Threshold Event Control...........................................................................................116
2.10.5 Temperature Threshold Se tting .................................................................................116
2.10.6 Voltage Threshold Setting......................................................................................... 117
2.11 L
OAD DEFAULT SETTINGS
2.12 A
BORT SETTINGS CHANGE
CHAPTER 3 SCSISELECT™ UTILITY......................................................................................120
Settings for the SCSI Controller and All Devices..................................................................120
Individual Settings for SCSI Dr ives ......................................................................................122
When to Use the SCSISelect™ Utility..................................................................................122
3.1 R
UNNING THE
3.2 U
TILITY OPTIONS
3.2.1 Configuring Channel A................................................................................................125
3.3 C
ONFIGURE/VIEW HOST ADAPTER SETTINGS MENU
3.3.1 Host Adapter SCSI ID.................................................................................................130
3.3.2 SCSI Parity Checking..................................................................................................133
3.3.3 Boot Device Options...................................................................................................135
SCSIS
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ELECT
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TILITY
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3.3.4 Boot Channel Options.................................................................................................136
3.3.5 Boot SCSI ID Options.................................................................................................137
3.3.6 Boot LUN Number Options..........................................................................................138
3.3.7 Boot LUN Number.......................................................................................................139
3.4 A
DVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
3.4.1 Host Adapter BIOS .....................................................................................................146
3.4.2 Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS Initialization................................................... 146
3.4.3 Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte................................................146
3.4.4 Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks...............................................147
3.4.5 BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM..........................................................................148
3.4.6 BIOS Support for Int13 Extensions..............................................................................148
3.5 SCSI D
3.5.1 Format Disk................................................................................................................151
3.5.2 Verify Media................................................................................................................152
3.6 D
3.6.1 Extended Tr ans lation..................................................................................................152
3.6.2 DOS 1 GByte Limit......................................................................................................153
ISK UTILITIES
ISK DRIVES OVER
...........................................................................................................149
1 GB
YTE
..................................................................................144
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3.7 W
HEN TO USE THE EXTENDED TRANSLATION
3.7.1 with DOS 5.0 and above .............................................................................................153
3.7.2 drives with mixed partitions ......................................................................................... 154
3.7.3 Using FDISK...............................................................................................................154
GLOSSARY ...............................................................................................................................155
AC97.......................................................................................................................................155
ACPI (A
DVANCED CONFIGURATION
AGP (A
CCELERATED GRAPHIC PORT
AMR (A
UDIO/MODEM RISER
AO
PEN BONUS PACK
APM ........................................................................................................................................157
ATA/66 ....................................................................................................................................157
ATA/100 .................................................................................................................................. 157
BIOS (B
ASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM
B
US MASTER
CODEC (C
DIMM (D
ODING AND DECODING
UAL IN LINE MEMORY MODULE
CD...........................................................................................................156
IDE (DMA
MODE
& P
OWER INTERFACE
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ECC (E
RROR CHECKING AND CORRECTION
EDO (E
XTENDED DATA OUTPUT
EEPROM (E
EPROM (E
EV6 BUS..................................................................................................................................160
FCC DOC (D
FC-PGA..................................................................................................................................161
F
LASH
FSB (F
I2C BUS....................................................................................................................................162
P1394 .....................................................................................................................................162
P
ARITY BIT
PBSRAM (P
PC100 DIMM.......................................................................................................................... 163
PC133 DIMM.......................................................................................................................... 163
PDF F
PNP (P
LECTRONIC ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE
RASABLE PROGRAMMABLE
ECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
ROM.............................................................................................................................161
RONT SIDE BUS
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IPELINED BURST
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ORMAT
LUG AND PLAY
)..............................................................................................................164
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LOCK
SRAM)........................................................................................163
)...............................................................................159
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EMORY
ROM).......................................................160
ROM).............................................................................160
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POST (P
RDRAM (R
RIMM......................................................................................................................................165
SDRAM (S
SIMM (S
SMB
SPD (S
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USB (U
VCM (V
ZIP
TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................................................................168
PRODUCT REGISTRATION ......................................................................................................172
TECHNICAL SUPPORT.............................................................................................................174
OWER-ON SELF TEST
DRAM)........................................................................................................164
AMBUS
YNCHRONOUS
INGLE IN LINE MEMORY MODULE
US (SYSTEM MANAGEMENT BUS
ERIAL PRESENCE DETECT
DMA/33 ........................................................................................................................166
LTRA
NIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
IRTUAL CHANNEL MEMORY
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FILE
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DRAM) .............................................................................................165
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((SSVV110000))
11..11 IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
This installation guide des cribes the features of the S V100 housing and tells you how to install the
basic system components such as di sk drives, a motherboard, or expansion boards.
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11..22 FFeeaattuurreess
1.2.1 Front Panel
Additional duplicate keys can be found at the back of t he system.
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No. Icon Item
1 Slim type FDD LED
2 Slim type FDD
3 Slim type floppy disk eject button
4
5
6
7 LAN2 access LED
8 LAN1 access LED
9 Reserved
10
11
12
Event LED
HDD access LED
Power LED
Power switch
HDD power LED
HDD activity LED
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14 Drive trays
15 Drive tray lock
16 Metal handle
17 USB ports (2 ports)
18 Slim type CD-ROM drive emergency ej ect hole
19 Slim type CD-ROM drive eject butt on
20 Slim type CD-ROM drive LED
HDD error LED
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1.2.2 Real Panel
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No. Item
1 Power supply
2 Power supply fan
3 Serial port 2
4 PS/2 mouse port
5 *Parallel Port (Optional)
6 Ventilation
7 Add-on card bracket
8 Very high density SCSI connector
9 LAN 2 RJ-45 port
10 LAN 1 RJ-45 port
11 USB ports
12 VGA port
13 Serial port 1
14 PS/2 keyboard port
* If you system without a parallel port, it will be changed to a ventilation of fan.
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1.2.3 Internal Component
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No. Item
1 Hot-swap SCSI HDD trays
2 Slim type CD-ROM drive
3 Slim type FDD
4 Metal bracket/Expansion card sl ot
5 DX3R-1U Motherboard
6 Power supply
7 Housing fan
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1.2.4 Motherboard Layout
DM4
DM3
DM2
DM1
CN1
CN8
CN3
CN13
CN5
CN7
CN6
CPU1 CPU2
CN4
CN10
CN15CN18CN19CN23
U10
JP10
U20
CN14
CN16
CN17
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CN28CN32
CN20
CN26
CN21
CN27
JP5
CN22
CN31
CN24
CN25
P2
U21
U32
CN30
U85
U92
U93
JP6
CN41
CN33
CN34
CN35/CN3
BU1
JP8
JP9
CN46
CN39
U99
CN37
CN43
CN42
CN36
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Item Description
BT1 Battery
BU1 Buzzer
CN1/CN6/CN36 IPMI connector
CN2 ITP port
CN3 ATX power suppl y connector
CN4 Upper: PS/2 mouse connect or
Lower: PS/2 keyboard connector
CN5 Serial port connector
CN7 CPU1 thermal connector
CN8 CPU1 fan connector
CN10 Upper: Parallel port
Lower left: Serial port 1
Lower right: VGA port
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