American Megatrends StorTrends 1312 manual

User ’ s Guide MAN -1312N 05/01/ 01[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide ii © Copyrigh t 2001 Americ an Mega trend s, Inc. All right s reserved. Ame rican Megatr ends, I nc. 6145F No rthbel t Par kway Nor cros s, GA 30071 http:/ /www .ami.com / This publi cation contains proprietary information that i s protected by copyright. No part of this publication m ay be reproduced , tran[...]

Pre face iii Table of Contents 1 Hardware Feat ures ............................................................................. 1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 1 Features...................................................................[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide iv Preface To the OEM Thank y ou for purchasing the American Megatren ds StorTrends 1312-N product. This product is a state of the art NAS (Network Attached Storage) serv er that can house twelve SCSI hard disk drives. It is assu m ed that you have also licensed the rights to use the American Megatrends docum[...]

Pre face v Technical Support AMI prov ides techn ical support f or AMI products purchased di rectly from AMI or from an AMI-authorized res eller only. If… The n… You purc hased t his pr oduct f rom A MI or from a certified AMI resell er, Call A MI technica l support at 770-2 46- 8600. Please be prepared to specify the seria l numbe r of the pro[...]

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C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 1 1 Hard w are F eatures Overv iew The StorTrends 1312 is a 3U ch assis wi th 12 hot sw appable drive bays that can be used as a NAS (Network Attached Storage) or JBOD (Just a Bu nch of Disks) solution. The 1312 off ers h ot swappable redundan t and hot sw appable pow er suppli es, AMI’s In dium embedded m otherb[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 2 Features, Continued StorTrend s 1312 NAS 3U, 12 driv e dual chann el SCSI NAS h igh-performan ce and highly- scalable solu tion: additional features to the NA S solution include AMI’s I ndium motherboard and custo m- designed NAS software. T his configuration is available in two configurations. -N denotes[...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 3 Processor The Stor Trends 1312 s upports t he fol lowing FC PGA and PPG A CPUs : Processor Ty pe Processor S peed PCI Expansi on Slot Freq uency L1 Cache Size L2 Cache Size 933 MHz 866 MHz 800EB MHz 733 MHz 667 MHz 600EB MHz 533EB MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 133 MHz 32 KB 32 KB 32 KB 32 KB[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 4 Processor, Continued Core Speeds / Versi ons Features Intel® Pentium® III 133 MHz FSB Intel® Pentium ® III 100 MHz FSB Intel® Celeron™ FCPGA Intel® Celeron™ PPGA FCPGA 370-pin Packa ge X X X PPGA 370-pin Packag e X 0.18 Micr on Proc ess T echnology X X X 0.25 Micr on Proc ess T echnology X 133 MHz[...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 5 Intel® Celeron™ Proces sor • The Intel® Celeron™ Process or is avail able at speeds rang ing from 300 MHz to 70 0 MHz. • Dyna mic E xecuti on tec hno logy • Includes Intel® MMX™ media enhanceme nt technology • Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions (available on the Intel® Celeron™ P rocessor at 70[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 6 Intel® Pentium® II I Processor • The Pentium ® III Processor i s availabl e at speeds ranging from 500 MHz to 1.0 GHz (1000 MHz) • Versions available with either a 133 MH z or a 100 MHz sy stem bus that are designed t o support th e Intel® 810E chipset on the StorTrends 131 2 • Incorporate 256 KB [...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 7 Intel® Pentium® II I Processor, Continued 256 KB, Lev el 2 Advanced Transf er Cache The Advanced Transfer C ache (ATC) consists of microarchitectural improvements to provide a hig her data bandwidth interface betw een the level 2 cache and the proces sor core that is completely scaleable wi th the processor cor[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 8 PCI Bus Spe ed AMIBIOS automati cally configu res the PCI sl ot. The PCI sl ot is sy nchron ous with the CPU clo ck: CPU Ex t ernal Cl oc k Freq uency PCI Ex pan sio n Slot Freq uency 66 MHz 33 MHz 100 MHz 33 MHz 133 MHz 33 MHz Intel® 810E Chipset The Intel® 810E ch ipset cont ains the follow ing: • 828[...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 9 IDE Support , Continued Featu re Opti ons Descr ipti on Type • None • User • Auto (default) • CD-ROM • ATAPI Removable • Other ATAPI • IDE Re movable Specif ies the IDE conf iguration m ode f or IDE devices. User allows the u ser to chan ge the other featu res in this table. Auto automaticall y sets[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 10 SCSI Support The StorTrends 1312 incorpo rates th e LSI Logic (Sym bios) 53C896 S CSI chi pset. The LSI Log ic 53C896 su pports th e following functions : • Supports singl e ended and LV D signals • Multi Channel. SCSI Channel A and SCSI Channel B each support the following: • independen t register s[...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 11 Real-Time Clo ck, CMOS SRAM , and Battery The real-tim e clock is compat ible with DS1287 an d MCI146818 com ponents . The clock provides a time-of-day clock and a multicentur y calendar w ith alar m features a nd century rollover. The real-tim e clock supports 256 by tes of batt ery-backed CMOS SRA M in two ban[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 12 Graphics Subsy stem The Intel® 82810E DC- 133 GMCH g raphics memory controller hub com ponent prov ides the f ollowing graph ics support feat ures: • integrated 2-D an d 3-D graphics engines • inte grate d hard ware moti on comp res sion e ngin e • integrated 230 MH z DAC See the below table for th [...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 13 Hardware Monitoring Components The hardware monitor component provides lo w-cost instrumentation capabilities. T he features of the com ponent include: • internal ambient temperature sensing • remote thermal diode sensing for direct monitoring of processor te mperature • power s upply monit oring (+12, +5,[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 14 RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs Two LEDs are built into each of the RJ-45 LAN connectors. T he table and diagram below des cribe the LED s tatus when th e StorTrends 1312 is powered u p and the LAN subsy stem is operatin g. LED color LED state Condition Off 10 Mbit/se c data rate is se lected Amber (10/10 0) On 1[...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 15 Syst em States and Po wer States Under ACPI, the operating system directs all s ystem and device power state transitions. The operatin g syst em puts dev ices in and out of low-powe r states based on user preferences and knowledge of how devices are being used by applications . Devices that are not be ing used c[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 16 Hardware Support The StorTrends 1312 prov ides sev eral hardware f eatures that support power mana geme nt, inc lud ing: • power con nector • wake o n net work e vent • instantly on tech nology Wake on n etwork event s and Instant ly Available t echnology requ ire power f rom the +5 V standby line. T[...]

C hapte r 1 Har dw are Fe ature s 17 Wake on Network Events Caution For Wake on ne twork event, the +5 V st andby line for the pow er supply must be capable of providin g adequate +5 V standby cu rrent. Failure to provide adequ ate standby current when implementing Wake on netw ork event can damage the pow er supply . Wake on net work e vent enabl [...]

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installa tion 19 2 Hard w are Inst allation Overv iew This chapt er provides y ou with inst ructions on h ow to install the StorTrends 1312. This manual assumes that y o u are familiar with the basic installation of the CP U and memory mod ule . Warning The Am erican Megatrends StorTrends 1312- N product i s designed f or lock an[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 20 Step 2 Inst all CPU and Memory Remove the lid by unscrewing the two sc rews that hold it into place and slide the lid towards the rear. Note: The StorTrends 1100 is des igned t o support th e Intel™ Pen tium III® and C eleron® processors. It i s unders tood that prior t o install ing the CPU, th at you[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installa tion 21 Step 2 Inst all CPU and Memory , Contin ued Locate the CPU socket and lift the retention mechanism. Align the CPU with the socket. Carefully ins ert the CPU by gently dropping it into place. Do not force the CPU into the socket. Ret urn the retention mechanism in the down position once the CPU is seated properly.[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 22 Step 2 Inst all the CPU , Continued Mount the C PU cooling fan and heatsink to the top of the CPU by clipping the retainer bracket to the CPU sock et. Clip the shorter side of th e mounting bracket to the CPU socket first. Plug the CPU cooling fan into conn ector JP6. It is a 3-pin berg that conn ects the [...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installa tion 23 Step 2 Inst all CPU and Memory , Contin ued The SDRAM DIMM socket on the m otherboard can be popul ated w ith either of the following: • 8 MB 168- pin 3.3V SD RAM • 16 MB 168- pin 3.3V SD RAM • 32 MB 168- pin 3.3V SD RAM • 64 MB 168- pin 3.3V SD RAM • 128 MB 168- pin 3.3V SDRAM • 256 MB 168- pin 3.3V [...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 24 Step 4 Connect Power and Net work Cables Warning The power supplies can not auto sense the voltage. If you are using 220 V pow er, make sure each power supply is set to 220 V. If you use 220 V pow er and th e power su pplies are se t to 110 V, y ou will physically damage the backplane and v oid your warran[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Installa tion 25 Step 5 Inst all Hard Driv es, Continue d Hard Drive Installa tion View your hot swappable SCSI h ard drive carrier. You will notice a metal brace is attached to the rear. You must remove this brace before m ounting the hard drive. To remove the brace, rem ove the two screws that h old it in place. Place your hard[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 26 Step 5 Inst all Hard Driv es, Continue d SCSI Hard Drive Carrier Insertion Align the hot-swappable SCSI hard driv e carrier with the guide rails inside the bay. Slide the hot swap hard drive chassis back into the hot swap bay with the faceplate half way down. On ce it is fully inserted, you can pu sh the f[...]

Ch apte r 3 T echnical Ref ere nce 27 3 T echnical Reference This chapter des cribes th e hot swappable devices and LED status lights on the S torTrends 1312. The following are hot sw appable: • SCSI Hard Drive • Pow er Su pply • Cooling Fan The following are st atus LED lights located on the front of the ch assis: • Pow ered On • Pow er [...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 28 Power Supply There are three hot-sw appable power suppli es in the StorTrends 1312. Tw o power s upplies can supply pow er to a fully confi gur ed s yste m. To remov e a failed pow er supply , press th e lever an d pull th e power suppl y straight out. In sert a new on e into the empty bay by sliding it st[...]

Ch apte r 3 T echnical Ref ere nce 29 Cooling Fan There are two h ot-swappable cooling fan units in the StorTrends 1312. Th ey cool the drives by drawing air t hrough th e SCSI hard drive carriers. To remov e a failed cooli ng fan un it, unscrew the thumbscrew until it han gs loose. Pull it straight out. Insert a new one into the empty bay by slidi[...]

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Ap pe ndix A Batte ry Replace ment 31 Appendix A Battery Replacemen t The American Megatrends StorTrends 1312-N produc t incorporates the Am erican Megatren ds Indium m otherboard. The Indium moth erboard BIOS retains CMOS sett ings when pow ered off. It does this by power suppl ied from a L ithium batt ery. This batt ery is located at BT 1 designa[...]

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I ndex 33 Index A ACP I, 14 AMI web site , iv Anti-static equipment, 1 9 ARM D, 9 ATX Pow er Connector , 16 Available Ref resh Fre quencies , 12 B Backplane Features, 1 Backplanes Series 906, 1 Battery, 11 Bracket removal , 24 C Carrier, 26 Chassis Features, 1 CMOS SRAM, 1 1 Contents , v Cooli ng Fan , 29 Core Speeds / Versi ons , 4 CPU, 3 Installa[...]

A MI StorT rends 13 12 User ’s G uide 34 M MCI1 46818, 11 Mem o ry Installation , 20, 21, 2 2 N NAS A ppliance Sof twa re, 2 NAS software, 1 Network Cables Installation , 24 O Onboar d I/O, 11 Overview , 1 P Packi ng List, v PCI Bus Speed , 8 PCI Ex pan sio n Slot Freque ncy , 8 Pl ug a nd Pl ay , 15 PnP, 15 Power Cable s Installation , 24 Powe r[...]