Supermicro H8SCM, H8SCM-F User Manual

SUPER

H8SCM

H8SCM-F

®

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.1a

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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
H8SCM(-F) serverboard.

The H8SCM(-F) serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5650/SP5100 chipset and
supports one AMD Socket C32 type processor with up to 32 GB of ECC/Non-ECC
UDIMM or up to 64 GB of ECC RDIMM SDRAM memory. The H8SCM serverboard
does not have IPMI capability, whereas the H8SCM-F serverboard does.

Please refer to the motherboard specifi cations pages on our web site for updates on
supported processors (http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/). This product is intended
to be professionally installed.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your motherboard

box, describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the motherboard
and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this
chapter when installing the processor(s) and memory modules and when installing
the motherboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the hard disk
drives, the various ports, and the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs.

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting
procedures for the video, the memory and the setup confi guration stored in CMOS.
For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is
provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In addition,
you can visit our web site for more detailed information.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on
running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages.
Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes.

Preface

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1-1 Overview .........................................................................................................1-1

Checklist ..........................................................................................................1-1

1-2 Contacting Supermicro ....................................................................................1-2

H8SCM(-F) Quick Reference .......................................................................... 1-5

1-3 Chipset Overview ............................................................................................1-9

AMD SR5650/SP5100 Chipset .......................................................................1-9

HyperTransport Technology ............................................................................ 1-9

1-4 PC Health Monitoring ...................................................................................... 1-9

1-5 Power Confi guration Settings........................................................................1-10

1-6 Power Supply .................................................................................................1-11

1-7 Super I/O ....................................................................................................... 1-12

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices ..................................................................................2-1

Precautions .....................................................................................................2-1

Unpacking .......................................................................................................2-1

2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................2-2

2-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ...................................................... 2-4

2-4 Installing Memory ............................................................................................2-4

DIMM Module Population Confi guration .................................................... 2-6

2-5 PCI Expansion Cards ......................................................................................2-7

2-6 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections ........................................................ 2-8

Front Control Panel ......................................................................................... 2-8

2-7 Connector Defi nitions ..................................................................................... 2-9

Power Connectors .....................................................................................2-9

PW_ON Connector .....................................................................................2-9

Reset Connector ........................................................................................ 2-9

Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH)......................................................................2-9

NIC2 (LAN2) LED .....................................................................................2-10

NIC1 (LAN1) LED .....................................................................................2-10

HDD LED ..................................................................................................2-10

Power On LED .........................................................................................2-10

NMI Button ............................................................................................... 2-10

LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ........................................................................... 2-10

Universal Serial Bus Ports ........................................................................2-11

USB Headers ............................................................................................2-11

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Fan Headers ..............................................................................................2-11

Serial Ports ................................................................................................2-11

SGPIO ......................................................................................................2-12

Chassis Intrusion .....................................................................................2-12

Overheat LED ...........................................................................................2-12

Wake-On-LAN ..........................................................................................2-12

Power I2C .................................................................................................2-12

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ............................................2-13

Power LED/Speaker ................................................................................. 2-13

JIPMB (H8SCM-F only) ............................................................................ 2-13

Compact Flash Card PWR Connector ..................................................... 2-13

Video Connector ....................................................................................... 2-14

2-8 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-14

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-14

CMOS Clear ............................................................................................. 2-14

LAN1/2 Enable/Disable ...........................................................................2-15

VGA Enable/Disable ................................................................................. 2-15

Compact Flash Master/Slave Select ........................................................ 2-15

Watch Dog Enable/Disable ...................................................................... 2-15

Onboard Speaker Enable/Disable ............................................................2-16

I2C to PCI-Express Slot ...........................................................................2-16

BMC Jumper ............................................................................................ 2-16

2-9 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................2-17

LAN1/LAN2 LEDs ..................................................................................... 2-17

Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs

(H8SCM-F only) ....................................................................................... 2-17

BMC Heartbeat LED ................................................................................ 2-17

Power LED ...............................................................................................2-17

2-10 IDE and SATA Drive Connections ................................................................. 2-18

IDE Connector .......................................................................................... 2-18

SATA Ports ...............................................................................................2-18

2-11 Enabling SATA RAID ..................................................................................... 2-19

Serial ATA (SATA)..........................................................................................2-19

Installing the OS/SATA Driver ....................................................................... 2-19

Building a Driver Diskette ......................................................................... 2-19

Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS ................................................................. 2-20

Using the Adaptec RAID Utility ..................................................................... 2-21

Installing the RAID Driver During OS Installation ......................................... 2-21

2-12 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................2-22

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Supero Doctor III ........................................................................................... 2-23

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ........................................................................... 3-1

Before Power On ............................................................................................ 3-1

No Power ........................................................................................................ 3-1

No Video ......................................................................................................... 3-2

Memory Errors ...............................................................................................3-2

Losing the System’s Setup Confi guration .......................................................3-2

3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................3-3

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................... 3-3

3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service.................................................................3-4

Chapter 4 BIOS

4-1 Introduction ......................................................................................................4-1

4-2 Main Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-2

4-3 Advanced Settings Menu ................................................................................4-2

4-3 Security Menu ............................................................................................... 4-14

4-4 Boot Menu ..................................................................................................... 4-14

4-5 Exit Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-15

Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes
Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes ................................................................. B-1

B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes .............................................................................B-2

B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes ................................................................. B-3

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged
leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to
detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.

Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard.
If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

• One (1) H8SCM(-F) serverboard

• One (1) I/O shield (MCP-260-00027-0N)

• One (1) Retention bracket (BKT-0012L)

• One (1) 9-pin serial port cable (CBL-0010L)

• One (1) ATA 66/100 IDE LP cable (CBL-0036L-03)

• Six (6) 2ft. Amphenol, SATA cable (CBL-0044L)

• One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities

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1-2 Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)
Web Site: www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Asia-Pacifi c

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County

Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]

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DP1

COM2

JWOL1

JPB1

USB4/5

JIPMB

SATA0 SATA1

SATA2 SATA3

SATA4 SATA5

JWF1

JCF1

JWD1

SLOT5 PCI-E 2.0 X4 (in X8)

SLOT4 PCI 33MHz

SR5650

IDE#1

Figure 1-2. H8SCM(-F) Motherboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

VGA

JPL1

CPU

BMC

AMD

SP5100

AMD

JPG1

SLOT6 PCI-E 2.0 X8

JI2C1

JI2C2

SLOT7 PCI-E 2.0 X8 / X16 (IN X16)

BATTERY

DP2

USB2/3

T-SGPIO1

T-SGPIO2

USB6

JOH1

FAN4 FAN3

JD1

JBT1

JPL2

JL1

LAN2

LAN1

COM1

DIMM2B

DIMM2A

IPMI_LAN

USB0/1

DIMM1B

DIMM1A

KB/Mouse

FAN5

JPW1

JPI2C1

JF1

JPW2

FAN1

FAN2

CPU

Notes:

Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.
Not all ports, jumpers or LED Indicators are available on all serverboards.

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H8SCM(-F) Quick Reference

Jumper Description Default Setting

JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7)
JCF1 Compact Flash Master/Slave Closed (Master)
JI2C1/JI2C2 I2C to PCI-E Slot Enable/Disable Both Closed (Enabled)
JPB1 BMC Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPL1 LAN 1 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JPL2 LAN 2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JWD1 Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

LED Description

LAN Ports LEDs for the LAN Ethernet ports
Dedicated IPMI LAN (H8SCM-F only) LEDs for the dedicated IPMI LAN Ethernet port (H8SCM-F only)
DP1 LED for BMC Heartbeat
DP2 LED for Serverboard Power-On

Connector Description

COM1/COM2 COM1 Serial Port/Header
FAN 1-5 Chassis/CPU Fan Headers
IDE#1 IDE Disk Drive Connector
IPMI LAN (H8SCM-F only) Dedicated IPMI LAN Port (H8SCM-F only)
JD1 Speaker Header
JF1 Front Panel Connector
JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header
JOH1 Overheat Warning Header
JIPMB (H8SCM-F only) System Management Bus Header for the IPMI Slot
JPI2C1 Power I2C Header
JPW1 24-pin Main ATX Power Connector
JPW2 +12V 8-pin CPU Power Connectors
JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector
JWOL1 Wake-On-LAN Header
LAN1/2 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports
PS2 Mouse/Keyboard PS2 Mouse/Keyboard connectors
SATA0 ~ SATA5 SATA Ports
T-SGPIO-1/TSGPIO-2 Serial General Purpose Input/Output Header for SATA
USB0/1, USB2/3, USB4/5, USB6 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports, Headers and Type-A Port
VGA VGA Connector

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Motherboard Features

CPU

• Single AMD Opteron 4000 series (AMD Socket C32 type) processor

Note: Refer to our web site for details on supported processors.

Memory

• Four (4) single and dual channel DIMM slots support up to 32 GB of ECC/

Non-ECC UDIMM or up to 64 GB of ECC RDIMM DDR3-1600/1333/1066 in
1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB size of 1.5V or 1.35V voltages.

Note: Refer to Section 2-4 before installing memory and our web site for recommended DIMMs.

Chipset

• AMD SR5650 chipset and one SP5100 Southbridge chipset

Expansion Slots

• One (1) PCI-Express x8 (in x16 slot) Gen. 2

• One (1) PCI-Express x8 Gen. 2

• One (1) PCI-Express x4 (in x8 slot) Gen. 2

• One (1) PCI slot

BIOS

• 16 Mb AMIBIOS

• APM 1.2, DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0 (ACPI 2.0 is BIOS supported), SMBIOS

2.3, Real Time Clock Wakeup, Plug and Play (PnP), BIOS resume hot keys,
Hardware BIOS Virus Protection

®

SPI Flash ROM

PC Health Monitoring

• Onboard voltage monitors

• Fan status monitor with fi rmware/software on/off and speed control

• Watch Dog

• Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS

• Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss

• System resource alert (via included utility program)

• Auto-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core

• CPU thermal trip support

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• I

C temperature sensing logic

• Chipkill Support

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ACPI Features

• Microsoft OnNow

• Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

• BIOS support for USB keyboard

• Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Onboard I/O

• Six (6) SATA ports supported by an on-chip SATA controller (RAID 0, 1, 10

supported)

• Seven (7) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.0) ports (2x rear, 4x header,

1x type A)

• Two (2) LAN ports supported by two onboard Intel® 82574L Ethernet controllers

for 10/100/1000Base-T

• One (1) dedicated IPMI LAN port (H8SCM-F only)

• One (1) VGA port supported by an onboard Matrox

(with 16 MB DDR2 memory)

®

G200 graphics controller

• One (1) UDMA IDE 133/100 connector

• Two COM Ports (one external serial port, one Fast UART 16550 port)

Other

• Onboard power LED

• Chassis intrusion detection

CD Utilities

• BIOS fl ash upgrade utility

• Super Doctor III

• IPMI 1.5 / 2.0

Dimensions

• Micro-ATX form: 9.6" x 8.6" (244 x 218 mm)

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Figure 1-3. AMD SR5650/SP5100 Chipset:

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent

the features on your motherboard. See the previous pages for the

actual specifi cations of your motherboard.

CPU1

HT3 Link
16/16-2.6 GHz

DIMM A1

DIMM A0

DIMM B1

DIMM B0

RJ45

RJ45

VGA

DDR2 SDRAM

64MB X16

PSU I2C

IPMB

COM1
COM2

WPCM450-R

HWM

W83795G

INTEL

82574L

INTEL

82574L

BMC

VGA

RMII

FE PHY

RTL8201N

RJ45

PCI-E GEN2 x1

PCI-E GEN2 x1

PCI SLOT1

PCI

SMBus

LPC

W83527HG

SIO

TPM

SR5650

SP5100

KB/MS

A-Link

7xUSB

PCI-E GEN2 X8

PCI-E GEN2 X8

PCI-E GEN2 X4

Slot4 PCIE x8/x16

SWITCH

Slot2

IDE (ATA/133)

TA x6

SA

SPI Flash

Slot3 x8

Clock Gen

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1-3 Chipset Overview

The H8SCM(-F) serverboard is based on the AMD SR5650/SP5100 chipset. This
chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processor (MCP). Controllers for
the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron processors.

AMD SR5650/SP5100 Chipset

The AMDSR5650/SP5100 are each a single-chip, high-performance HyperT ransport
peripheral controller. It includes a 22-lane PCI Express interface, an AMD Opteron
16-bit Hyper Transport interface link, a six-port Serial ATA interface and a seven-port
USB 2.0 interface. This hub connects directly to the CPU.

HyperTransport Technology

HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, low latency point to point link that was
designed to increase the communication speed by a factor of up to 48x between
integrated circuits. This is done partly by reducing the number of buses in the
chipset to reduce bottlenecks and by enabling a more effi cient use of memory
in multi-processor systems. The end result is a signifi cant increase in bandwidth
within the chipset.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the H8SCM(-F)
serverboard. The serverboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that
supports PC health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitors

The onboard voltage monitor will continuously scan crucial voltage levels. Once
a voltage becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to
the screen. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to defi ne the sensitivity of the
voltage monitor. Real time readings of these voltage levels are all displayed in
BIOS.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware/Software Speed Control

The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans. The onboard
fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS.

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CPU Overheat/Fan Fail LED and Control

This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat/Fan Fail warning
function in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When
this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs, the Overheat/Fan Fail
warning LED is triggered.

Auto-Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core

The 5-phase-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to
AMD Opteron 4000 series processors and auto-sense voltage IDs ranging from 0.8
V to 1.55V. This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system
more stable.

1-5 Power Confi guration Settings

This section describes the features of your motherboard that deal with power and
power settings.

Microsoft OnNow

The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive, system-wide approach to system
and device power control. OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears
to be off and responds immediately to user or other requests.

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the chassis power LED will start blinking
to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the
CPU will wake-up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on.

BIOS Support for USB Keyboard

If a USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal
keyboard during system boot-up.

Note: To wake up the system from an S4 state by the USB keyboard/mouse, please
connect the keyboard/mouse to USB port 0/1 at the rear I/O side.

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Main Switch Override Mechanism

The power button can function as a system suspend button. When the user
depresses the power button, the system will enter a SoftOff state. The monitor
will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down. Depressing the power button
again will cause the whole system to wake-up. During the SoftOff state, the power
supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive. In case the
system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power, just depress and hold the
power button for 4 seconds. The power will turn off and no power will be provided
to the motherboard.

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Wake-On-LAN is defi ned as the ability of a management application to remotely
power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and access
tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffi c is kept
to a minimum and users are not interrupted. The motherboard has a 3-pin header
(WOL) to connect to the 3-pin header on a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has
WOL capability. Wake-On-LAN must be enabled in BIOS.

1-6 Power Supply

As with all computer products, a stable power source is necessary for proper and
reliable operation. It is even more important for processors that have high CPU
clock rates.

The H8SCM(-F) serverboard requires the use of proprietary power supplies. Please
refer to the pinout information for the power connectors in Section 7 of Chapter 2
for detailed information on power requirements.

In areas where noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a
line fi lter to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install
a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.

Warning: To prevent the possibility of explosion, do not use the wrong type of
onboard CMOS battery or install it upside down.

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1-7 Super I/O

The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O Winbond® BMC chip includes a
data separator, write pre-compensation circuitry, decode logic, data rate selection,
a clock generator, drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic. The
wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I/O greatly reduces the number
of components required for interfacing with fl oppy disk drives.

The Super I/O provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication
ports (UARTs), one of which supports serial infrared communication. Each UART
includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud rate generator,
complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system. Both UARTs
provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well as an advanced
speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support higher speed
modems.

The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Confi guration
and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management
through a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management to reduce
power consumption.

The IRQs, DMAs and I/O space resources of the Super I/O can be fl exibly adjusted
to meet ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power
Management).

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Chapter 2

Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent
damage to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following
measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.

Precautions

• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic

bag.

• Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral

chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

• Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not

in use.

• For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent

conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and
the motherboard.

• Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specifi ed by the manu-

facturer. Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down, which may
result in a possible explosion.

Unpacking

The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage. When
unpacking the board, make sure the person handling it is static protected.

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2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the processor.
Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding,
removing or changing any hardware components.

Installation Procedure

Follow the procedures as listed below to install the motherboard into a chassis.

1. Install the processor(s) and the heatsink(s).

2. Install the motherboard in the chassis.

3. Install the memory and add-on cards.

4. Finally, connect the cables and install the drivers.

Installing the Processors

1. Begin by removing the cover plate that
protects the CPU. Lift the lever on the
CPU socket until it points straight up.
With the lever raised, lift open the silver
CPU retention plate.

2. Use your thumb and your index fi nger
to hold the CPU. Locate and align pin
1 of the CPU socket with pin 1 of the
CPU. Both are marked with a triangle.

Triangles

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