ASRock Rack E3C226D2I operation manual

E3C226D2I

E3C224D2I

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published March 2015

Copyright©2015 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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Disclaimer:

Specications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informa-

tional use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed

as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or

omissions that may appear in this manual.

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ties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular purpose.

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even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from

any defect or error in the manual or product.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the fol-

lowing 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

The 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 Cali-

fornia, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance.

“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see

www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com

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Contents

1 Introduction ....................................................... 5

1.1 Package Contents ............................................... 5

1.2 Specications ...................................................... 6

1.3 Unique Features .................................................. 9

1.4 Motherboard Layout ............................................ 10

1.5 I/O Panel ............................................................. 14

1.6 Block Diagram ..................................................... 15

2 Installation ......................................................... 17

2.1 Pre-installation Precautions ................................ 17

2.2 Screw Holes ........................................................ 17

2.3 CPU Installation .................................................. 18

2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan .................. 21

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ............. 22

2.6 Expansion Slots .................................................. 24

2.7 Jumpers Setup .................................................... 25

2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors ..................... 26

2.9 Driver Installation Guide ...................................... 33

3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ......................................... 34

3.1 Introduction ......................................................... 34

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ........................................... 34

3.1.2 Navigation Keys ......................................... 35

3.2 Main Screen ........................................................ 36

3.3 Advanced Screen ................................................ 37

3.3.1 CPU Conguration ..................................... 38

3.3.2 North Bridge Conguration ......................... 41

3.3.3 South Bridge Conguration ........................ 42

3.3.4 Storage Conguration ................................ 43

3.3.5 Super IO Conguration ............................... 44

3.3.6 ACPI Conguration ..................................... 45

3.3.7 USB Conguration ...................................... 47

3.3.8 WHEA Conguration .................................. 48

3.3.9 Intel Server Platform Services .................... 49

3.3.10 Serial Port Console Redirection ............... 50

3.3.11 Voltage Control ......................................... 51

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3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ......... 52

3.5 Boot Screen ........................................................ 54

3.6 Security Screen ................................................... 56

3.7 Event Logs .......................................................... 57

3.8 Server Management ............................................ 58

3.9 Exit Screen .......................................................... 59

4 Software Support .............................................. 60

4.1 Install Operating System ..................................... 60

4.2 Support CD Information ...................................... 60

4.2.1 Running Support CD .................................. 60

4.2.2 Drivers Menu .............................................. 60

4.2.3 Utilities Menu .............................................. 60

4.2.4 Contact Information .................................... 60

5 Troubleshooting ................................................ 61

5.1 Troubleshooting Procedures ............................... 61

5.2 Technical Support Procedures ............................ 63

5.3 Returning Merchandise for Service ..................... 63

6 Net Framework Installation Guide ................... 64

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock E3C226D2I / E3C224D2I motherboard,

a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent

quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design con-

forming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance.

In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the mother-

board and step-by-step hardware installation guide. Chapter 3 and 4 con-

tains the conguration guide of BIOS setup and information of the Support

CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software

might be updated, the content 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’s web-

site without further notice. You may nd the latest VGA cards

and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock

website http://www.asrock.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard,

please visit our website for specic information about the model

you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock E3C226D2I / E3C224D2I Motherboard

(Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm)

Quick Installation Guide

Support CD

6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specications

Physical
Status

Processor
System

BIOS BIOS Type 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS

System
Memory

Expansion
Slot

Storage

Ethernet

Form Factor Mini-ITX

Dimension 6.7'' x 6.7'' (17.0 cm x 17.0 cm)

E3C226D2I:
Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3
product family & Haswell i3
* Haswell i5/i7 processor support is

CPU

Socket Single socket (LGA1150)

Power Phase 4 power phase design

Chipset Intel® C226 / C224

Max.
Capacity

Socket 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots

Type

Voltage 1.35V, 1.5V

PCIe 3.0 x 16

PCIe 3.0 x 4

PCIe 2.0 x 1

PCI

SATA
controller

Additional
Controller

Interface Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

LAN
Controller

an extended advantage pro vided by
ASRock Rack. It is out of warranty,
user's discretion is required.
E3C224D2I:
Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3
product family & Haswell i3

16GB DDR3 ECC DIMM

Dual Channel DDR3 1600/1333 ECC
DIMM

1 slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Intel® C226: 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s
Intel® C224: 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s, 2 x
SATA2 3.0 Gb/s

N/A

2 x Intel® i210

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Managememt

Graphics

Rear Panel I/O

Internal
Connector

Controller ASPEED AST2300

IPMI
Dedicated
GLAN

Controller ASPEED AST2300

VRAM DDR3 16MB

Output

LAN Port

(RJ45)

PS/2 KB/
Mouse

VGA Port 1 x D-Sub

USB 2.0 Port 2

USB 3.0 Port 2

Serial Port 1

UID Button/
UID LED

COM Port
Header

Auxiliary
Panel Header

TPM Header 1

IPMB Header 1

Buzzer N/A

Fan Header 3 x 4-pin

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

USB 2.0
Header

Type A USB

2.0 Port

USB 3.0
Header

Mezzanine
card Board
to Board
connector

Realtek RTL8211E

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up
to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

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1

1

N/A

1 (includes chassis intrusion, location

button & LED, front LAN LED)

1x USB2.0 header (each supports 2

USB 2.0)

1

1x USB3.0 header (each supports 2

USB 3.0)

N/A

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Microsoft® Windows®:

Server 2008 R2 SP1(x64)
Server 2012 (x64)

Linux:
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 5.5 /

6.4 (x32 and x64)

Supported OS OS

CentOS 5.5 / 6.4 (x32 and x64)

SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 SP1

(x32 and x64)
FreeBSD 9.1 (x32 and x64)
Fedora Core 18 (x64)
UBuntu 12.04/12.10 (x64)

Virtual:
VMWare ESXi 5.1

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com

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1.3 Unique Features

ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded

in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows

you to update your BIOS without entering operating

systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this util-

ity, you can press the <F6> key during the POST or the

<F2> key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access

ASRock 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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DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)

Intel

C226

PCIE1

64Mb
BIOS

17.0cm (6.7 in)

17. 0cm (6. 7 in)

ATXPWR1

ATX12V1

CMOS

Batt ery

FRNT_FAN1

COM1

VGA1

1

2

3

4

5

6

11

12

10

8

9

14

13

15

16

17

18

RoHS

19

BMC
ROM

CPU_FAN1

UID_SW1

UID_LED1

LAN1

LAN2

Top:
IPMI
LAN

USB 3.0
T: USB_0
B: USB_1

Top:
PS/2
Keyboard/
Mouse

USB 2.0
T: USB_0
B: USB_1

ME_REC OVERY1

1

NMI_BTN1

1

IPMB_1

1

1

SPEAKER1

USB_3-4

1

USB_2

USB3_2-3

1

PANEL1

1

HDLED RES ET

PLED PWRB TN

TPM1

1

1

AUX_PANEL1

PSU_SMB1

REAR_FAN1

SATA_3 SATA_4 SATA_5

7

20

21

24

22

23

SGPIO_1

1

SATA_0 SATA_1 SATA_2

E3C226D2I

1.4 Motherboard Layout

E3C226D2I

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1 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

2 Front Fan Connector (FRNT_FAN1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4

5 SGPIO Connector (SGPIO1)

6 SATA3 Connector (SATA_3, White)

7 Vertical Type A USB 2.0 (USB_2)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_2-3)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA_5, White)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA_4, White)

11 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

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13 SATA3 Connector (SATA_2, White)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1, White)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0, White)

16 Auxiliary Panel Header (AUX_PANEL1)

17 TPM Header (TPM1)

18 PSU SMBus (PSU_SMB1)

19 Rear Fan Connector (REAR_FAN1)

20 Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

21 Non Maskable Interrupt Button (NMI_BTN1)

22 ME Recovery Jumper (ME_RECOVERY1)

23 Intelligent Platform Management Bus header (IPMB_1)

24 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Blue)

USB 2.0 Header (USB_3-4)

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DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)

DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)

Intel

C224

PCIE1

64Mb
BIOS

17.0cm (6.7 in)

17. 0cm (6. 7 in)

ATXPWR1

ATX12V1

CMOS

Batt ery

COM1

VGA1

1

2

3

4

5

6

11

12

10

8

9

14

13

15

16

17

18

RoHS

19

BMC
ROM

CPU_FAN1

UID_SW1

UID_LED1

Top:
IPMI
LAN

Top:
PS/2
Keyboard/
Mouse

ME_REC OVERY1

1

NMI_BTN1

1

IPMB_1

1

1

SPEAKER1

1

1

PANEL1

1

HDLED RES ET

PLED PWRB TN

TPM1

1

1

AUX_PANEL1

PSU_SMB1

7

20

21

24

22

23

SGPIO_1

1

E3C224D2I

FRNT_FAN1

REAR_FAN1

LAN1

LAN2

SATA_3 SATA_4 SATA_5

SATA_0 SATA_1 SATA_2

USB_3-4

USB3_2-3

USB_2

USB 3.0
T: USB_0
B: USB_1

USB 2.0
T: USB_0
B: USB_1

E3C224D2I

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1 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

2 Front Fan Connector (FRNT_FAN1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

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5 SGPIO Connector (SGPIO1)

6 SATA3 Connector (SATA_3, White)

7 Vertical Type A USB 2.0 (USB_2)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_2-3)

9 SATA2 Connector (SATA_5, Blue)

10 SATA2 Connector (SATA_4, Blue)

11 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

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13 SATA3 Connector (SATA_2, White)

14 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1, White)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0, White)

16 Auxiliary Panel Header (AUX_PANEL1)

17 TPM Header (TPM1)

18 PSU SMBus (PSU_SMB1)

19 Rear Fan Connector (REAR_FAN1)

20 Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

21 Non Maskable Interrupt Button (NMI_BTN1)

22 ME Recovery Jumper (ME_RECOVERY1)

23 Intelligent Platform Management Bus header (IPMB_1)

24 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Blue)

USB 2.0 Header (USB_3-4)

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1.5 I/O Panel

1

10

1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

2 Serial Port (COM1)

3 Dedicated IPMI LAN Port*

4 LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN1)**

5 UID LED (UID_LED1)

* There 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
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection

2

9

3

4

7

8

5

6

6 UID Switch (UID_SW1)

7 LAN RJ-45 Port (LAN2)**

8 USB 3.0 Ports (USB_01)

9 D-Sub Port (VGA1)

10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_01)

ACT/LINK

LED

SPEED

LED

LAN Port

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

LAN port LED indications.

LAN Port (LAN1, LAN2) LED Indications

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Off 100Mbps connection
On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection

ACT/LINK

LED

SPEED

LED

LAN Port

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1.6 Block Diagram

E3C226D2I

Dual RJ45

PCI-E X16 SLOT1

PCIe x 16 Gen3

Intel I210AT
10/100/1000

Intel I210AT
10/100/1000

NCSI

X 16

VGA

1 X COM Port

PCIE x1

PCIE x1

3 X FAN

Intel Processor

HASWELL (95W)

LGA-1150 Pin Socket

DMI

INTEL

Lynx Point
C226

PCH

PCIE x1

TPM

ASPEEND

AST2300

LPC BUS

RGMII

Channel A

Channel B

600MB/S

SPI

USB3.0

USB2.0

SIO

Nuvoton NCT5573

Realtek
PHY 8211 E

DDR3 1333/1600

DDR3 1333/1600

SATA_1

SATA_0

SATA_3

SATA_2

SATA_5

SATA_4

SPI FLASH

4 USB3.0 port

2*rear ; 2*onboard

5 USB2.0 port

2*rear ; 2*onboard ; 1*type-A

KB/MS

USB

RJ45

64Mb

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E3C224D2I

Dual RJ45

PCI-E X16 SLOT1

PCIe x 16 Gen3

Intel I210AT
10/100/1000

Intel I210AT
10/100/1000

NCSI

X 16

VGA

1 X COM Port

PCIE x1

PCIE x1

3 X FAN

Intel Processor

HASWELL (95W)

LGA-1150 Pin Socket

DMI

INTEL

Lynx Point
C224

PCH

PCIE x1

TPM

ASPEEND

AST2300

LPC BUS

RGMII

Channel A

Channel B

600MB/S

300MB/S

SPI

USB3.0

USB2.0

SIO

Nuvoton NCT5573

Realtek
PHY 8211 E

DDR3 1333/1600

DDR3 1333/1600

SATA_1

SATA_0

SATA_3

SATA_2

SATA_5

SATA_4

SPI FLASH

4 USB3.0 port

2*rear ; 2*onboard

5 USB2.0 port

2*rear ; 2*onboard ; 1*type-A

KB/MS

USB

RJ45

64Mb

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Chapter 2: Installation

Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis

to ensure that the motherboard ts into it.

2.1 Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard com-

ponents or change any motherboard settings.

1. 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 com-

ponents.

2. In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the

motherboard’s components, NEVER place your motherboard

directly on a carpet. Also remember to use a grounded wrist

strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle

the components.

3. Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.

4. Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a

grounded anti-static pad or in the bag that comes with the

components.

5. When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the

chassis, please do not over-tighten the screws! Doing so

may damage the motherboard.

2.2 Screw Holes

Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard

to the chassis.

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2.3 CPU Installation

For the installation of Intel 1150-Pin

CPU, please follow the steps below.

LoadPlate

LoadLever

ContactArray

SocketBody

1150-Pin Socket Overview

Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the socket, please check 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.

Step 1. Open the socket:

Step 1-1. Disengage the lever by pressing

it down and sliding it out of the

hook.

Step 1-2. Keep the lever positioned at

about 135 degrees in order to ip

up the load plate.

Step 2. Remove the PnP Cap (Pick and Place Cap).

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1. It is recommended to use the cap tab to handle and avoid kicking

off the PnP cap.

2. This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after

service.

Step 3. Insert the 1150-Pin CPU:

black line

Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge which

is marked with a black line.

Step 3-2. Locate Pin1 and the two orienta-

tion key notches.

orientation key notch

Pin1

orientation key notch

1150-Pin CPU

For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key

notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket.

alignment key

Pin1

alignment key

1150-Pin Socket

Step 3-3. Carefully place the CPU into the

socket.

Step 3-4. Verify that the CPU is within the

socket and properly mated to the

orient keys.

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Step 4. Close the socket:

Step 4-1. Flip the load plate onto the IHS.

Step 4-2. Press down the load lever, and

secure it with the load plate tab

under the retention tab.

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