Asus AP2300 User Manual

AP2300

Dual Pentium® III Server Platform

Hardware Reference Guide

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Product Name: AP2300

Manual Revision: 1.00 E540

Release Date: June 2000

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ASUS Contact Information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)

Marketing

Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Technical Support

MB/Others (Tel): [phone] (English)
Notebook (Tel): [phone] (English)
Desktop/Server (T el):[phone] (English)
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
WWW: www.asus.com.tw
FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS

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Marketing

Address: 6737 Mowry A venue, Mowry Business Center, Building 2

Newark, CA 94560, USA
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Marketing

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Contents

1. Introduction .....................................................................7

1-1 How this Manual is Organized .......................................... 7

Symbols ....................................................................... 7

1-2 Component Checklist........................................................ 8

Standard components.................................................. 8

Optional components................................................... 8

1-3 Features............................................................................ 9

Motherboard: ASUS CUR-DLS.................................... 9

Chassis: AS-30 ............................................................ 9

1-4 Safeguards ..................................................................... 10

Operation Safety........................................................ 10

Tools Required........................................................... 10

1-5 Electrical Safety ...............................................................11

2. System Overview ..........................................................13

2-1 Server Front Side............................................................ 13

2-2 Server Back Side ............................................................ 14

2-3 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

Motherboard Screws.................................................. 20

Chassis Intrusion Connector...................................... 20

Device Cables............................................................ 21

Cable Connections .................................................... 21

4-4 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ....................................... 22

Installing S370 CPU................................................... 22

4-5 Fan Heatsink................................................................... 23

Fan Heatsink Attachment........................................... 23

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4-6 Chassis Intrusion Switch................................................. 25

4-7 Expansion Cards ............................................................ 25

4-8 Fixed Storage Devices.................................................... 27

Floppy Drive and CD-ROM........................................ 27

Fixed Storage Device Tray ........................................ 26

Fixed Device Bay Cover Clips ................................... 26

Fixed Device Bay Cover ............................................ 26

Storage Device Spacers ............................................ 27

4-9 Five-Tray Hot-Swap Bay ................................................. 29

4-10 Three-Tray Hot-Swap Bay .............................................. 28

Hot-Swap Tray........................................................... 29

Hot-Swap Bay............................................................ 29

4-11 Front Cooling Fans ......................................................... 30

Front Cooling 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 (Optional) ................................. 38

Power Supply Mounting............................................. 38

Power Supply Information.......................................... 38

4-18 Power Supply Requirement ............................................ 40

Power Supply Requirement Calculation Table........... 40

5. Appendix ........................................................................41

5-1 SCSI Cable Limits........................................................... 41

5-2 Glossary.......................................................................... 42

Index...................................................................................43

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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received, including interfer­ence that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the 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 accordance with
manufacturer’s 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:

• Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to

the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations.
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regula­tions of the Canadian Department of Communications.

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1. Introduction

You are reading the AP2300 Hardware Reference Guide. This hardware refer­ence guide provides information and procedures on the various components
used in this server. Some components shown in this reference guide are op­tional and may be individually purchased to complete the server. This guide is
intended for experienced users and integrators with hardware knowledge of
personal computers. You should also read all documentation and manuals in­cluded with this server and with your separately purchased components.

•

1-1 How this Manual is Organized

There are only a few sections in this reference guide as follows:

1. Introduction

This section provides general information and features of this server.

2. System Overview

This section provides a brief introduction to each server component.

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

Sections / Symbols

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 throughout this guide.

WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to
complete a task.

CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when
trying to complete a task.

IMPORTANT: Information that MUST be followed in order to com­plete a task.

NOTE: Tips and information to aid in completing a task.
PHILIP (CROSS) SCREW DRIVER: Tools required to install or re-

move the components in this server .
STANDARD (FLAT) SCREW DRIVER: Tools required to install or

remove the components in this server .

STEP: Actions to complete a task.

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1. Introduction1. Introduction

Checklist

• 1-2 Component Checklist

If assembling this server by yourself, it is important to prepare all the server
components before starting. This will save a great deal of time by not hav­ing to hunt down components. The following checklist 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
Memory Modules: 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB, 1GB SDRAM
Hard Drive: Ultra160, Ultra2, Ultra-wide
Floppy Drive: 1.44MB

®

III

CD-ROM Drive: 40X/50X
Expansion Cards
SCSI Terminator: Passive terminator for 68-pin SCSI cables
User’s Manuals: CD-ROM, motherboard, hardware guide

Optional components

RAID Controller: PCI-DA2200 or DA-3000 RAID controller
S370 CPU Terminator
Rack-mount Rails: AS-30 rail kit

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1. Introduction

• 1-3 Features

The AP2300 is configured on the ASUS CUR-DLS smart motherboard which
uses the ServerSetTM chipset from ServerWorks®, supporting dual Pentium
III processors and 133MHz Front Side Bus in order to accelerate even the
most complicated server tasks. The following are highlights to this server’s
many features. For additional features and details, read the motherboard
User’s Manual included with this server package.

Motherboard: ASUS CUR-DLS

• Processor: Dual Intel® Pentium III FC-PGA processors running at

133MHz or 100MHz Front Side Bus.

• Memory: Four 168-pin DIMM sockets for 16MB-4GB PC133 regis-

tered SDRAM with ECC support.

Features

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

• Onboard SCSI (optional): LSI

®

Ultra160/Ultra2-Wide SCSI controller

to support up to 30 SCSI devices on dual channels.

• Onboard LAN: Intel

• Onboard VGA: AT I

®

82559 Fast-Ethernet LAN controller.

®

Rage XL VGA controller with 4MB PC100
SDRAM to support one VGA connector and one DFP (Digital Flat
Panel) connector.

• Super Multi-I/O: T wo 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, two USB ports, and
one IrDA connector.

• Expansion Slots: Six or seven PCI slots (33 or 66MHz, depending on

model), and one ASMC slot for IPMI (Intelligent Platform Manage­ment Interface) compliant management solution.

Chassis: AS-30

• Chassis: Tower server chassis with rack-mount rail tracks.

• Backplane: Wide-SCSI backplane board with LVDS support, remote

SCSI ID DIP switches and power to support 5 SCSI SCA hard drives.

• Power: ATX 300W redundant power supply with optional standard

400W power supply.

• Device Bays: Support for one 3.5inch floppy device, three 5.25inch

devices, five hot-swappable hard disk drives in removable aluminum
trays.

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Safeguards

• 1-4 Safeguards

Observe the following safety instructions any time you are connecting or
disconnecting any devices.

Operation Safety

IMPORTANT

• Any operation on this server must be conducted by cer­tified or experienced engineers.

• Before operating your server, carefully read all the
manuals included with the server package.

• Before using the server, make sure all cables are cor­rectly connected and the power cables are not dam­aged. If any damage is detected, contact your dealer as
soon as possible.

• To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and
staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and cir­cuitry.

• Before opening the chassis panels, make sure all power
cables are unplugged.

• A void 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 assem­bling or dissembling the server to protect from cuts and
scrapes.

• When the server is powered on, heat sinks and the sur ­faces of certain IC devices may be hot. Do not touch
them. Check whether the fans are functioning properly .

Tools Required

A Phillips (cross) screwdriver and a standard (flat) screwdriver are
needed to install or remove the components in this server.

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1. Introduction

• 1-5 Electrical Safety

IMPORTANT

• Before installing or removing signal cables, ensure that the
power cables for the system unit and all attached devices are
unplugged.

• T o prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable
from the electrical outlet before relocating the system.

• When adding or removing any additional devices to or from
the system, ensure that the power cables for those devices are
unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible,
disconnect all power cables from the existing system before
you add a device.

• Use one hand, when possible, to connect or disconnect signal
cables to prevent a possible shock from touching two sur­faces with different electrical potentials.

Electrical Safety

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

CAUTION

This product is equipped 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.

IMPORTANT

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 available, use it while
handling the device.

• Do not remove the device from the antistatic bag until you
are ready to install the device in the system unit.

• With the device still in its antistatic bag, touch it to a metal
frame of the system.

• Grasp cards and boards by the edges. Hold drives by the
frame. Avoid touching the solder joints or pins.

• If you need to lay the device down while it is out of the
antistatic bag, lay it on the antistatic bag. Before picking it
up again, touch the antistatic bag and the metal frame of the
system unit at the same time.

• Handle the devices carefully in order to prevent permanent
damage.

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2. System Overview

• 2-1 Server Front Side

The front side of the server is provided to show the front exterior compo­nents of this server. The chassis is made of strong rust-resistant metal and
covered with a protective ivory surfacing.

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Front Side

2. Overview

1. Top Panel

2. Power LED

3. ATX Power Button

4. Hard Drive Access LED

5. Floppy Disk Drive

6. CD-ROM Drive

7. Drive Expansion Bay

8. Side Panel Handle

9. Side Panel Screws

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Server Front Side

10. Metal Door Lock

11. Hot-Swap Trays

12. Hard Drive Fan Module

13. Chassis Stabilizers

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2. System Overview

• 2-2 Server Back Side

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2. Overview

Back Side

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Server Back Side

1. Top Panel Screws

2. Power Supply 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

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