Intel R2000BB4GS9 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction

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  • 1.1 Chapter Outline

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  • 1.2 Server Board Use Disclaimer

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  • 1.3 Product Errata

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• 2. Product Family Overview

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  • 2.1 Chassis Dimensions

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  • 2.2 System Level Environmental Limits

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  • 2.3 System Features and Options Overview

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    • 2.3.1 Hot Swap Hard Drive Bay and Front Panel Options

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    • 2.3.2 Back Panel Features

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    • 2.3.3 Front Control Panel Options

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  • 2.4 Server Board Features Overview

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  • 2.5 Available Front Bezel Support

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  • 2.6 Available Rack and Cabinet Mounting Kit Options

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• 3. Power Subsystem

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  • 3.1 Mechanical Overview

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  • 3.2 Main Power Inter-Connect Layout

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  • 3.3 Power Connectors

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    • 3.3.1 Power Supply Module Card Edge Connector

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    • 3.3.2 Riser Card Power Connectors

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    • 3.3.3 Hot Swap Backplane Power Connector

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    • 3.3.4 Optical Drive and SSD Power Connector

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  • 3.4 Power Supply Module Efficiency

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  • 3.5 Power Cord Specification Requirements

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  • 3.6 Optional Chassis Grounding Support

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  • 3.7 AC Input Requirement

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    • 3.7.1 Power Factor

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    • 3.7.2 AC Input Voltage Specification

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    • 3.7.3 AC Line Isolation Requirements

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    • 3.7.4 AC Line Dropout / Holdup

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      • 3.7.4.1 AC Line 12VSBHoldup

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    • 3.7.5 AC Line Fuse

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    • 3.7.6 AC Inrush

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    • 3.7.7 AC Line Transient Specification

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    • 3.7.8 Susceptibility Requirements

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    • 3.7.9 Electrostatic Discharge Susceptibility

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    • 3.7.10 Fast Transient/Burst

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    • 3.7.11 Radiated Immunity

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    • 3.7.12 Surge Immunity

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    • 3.7.13 Power Recovery

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    • 3.7.14 Voltage Interruptions

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    • 3.7.15 Protection Circuits

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    • 3.7.16 Over-current Protection (OCP)

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    • 3.7.17 Over-voltage Protection (OVP)

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    • 3.7.18 Over-temperature Protection (OTP)

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  • 3.8 Cold Redundancy Support

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    • 3.8.1 Powering on Cold Standby supplies to maintain best efficiency

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    • 3.8.2 Powering on Cold Standby supplies during a fault or over current condition

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    • 3.8.3 BMC Requirements

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    • 3.8.4 Power Supply Turn On Function

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  • 3.9 Closed Loop System Throttling (CLST)

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  • 3.10 Smart Ride Through Throttling (SmaRT)

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  • 3.11 Power Supply Status LED

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• 4. Thermal Management

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  • 4.1 Thermal Operation and Configuration Requirements

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  • 4.2 Thermal Management Overview

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    • 4.2.1 Set Throttling Mode

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    • 4.2.2 Altitude

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    • 4.2.3 Set Fan Profile

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    • 4.2.4 Fan PWM Offset

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    • 4.2.5 Quiet Fan Idle Mode

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    • 4.2.6 Thermal Sensor Input for Fan Speed Control

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  • 4.3 System Fans

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  • 4.4 Power Supply Module Fan

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  • 4.5 FRUSDR Utility

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• 5. Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor and GPGPU Add-in Card Support

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  • 5.1 High Power Add-in Card Support Criteria

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  • 5.2 Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor Card – System Configuration Requirements

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• 6. System Storage and Peripheral Drive Bays Overview

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  • 6.1 2.5” Hard Disk Drive Support

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    • 6.1.1 2.5” Drive Hot-Swap Backplane Overview

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    • 6.1.2 Cypress* CY8C22545 Enclosure Management Controller

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  • 6.2 3.5” Hard Disk Drive Support

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    • 6.2.1 3.5” Drive Hot-Swap Backplane Overview

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    • 6.2.2 Cypress* CY8C22545 Enclosure Management Controller

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  • 6.3 Optical Drive Support

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  • 6.4 Internal – Fixed Mount Solid State Drive (SSD) Support

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  • 6.5 Low Profile eUSB SSD Support

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  • 6.6 SATA DOM Support

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  • 6.7 mSATA SSD Support

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• 7. Storage Controller Options Overview

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  • 7.1 Embedded SATA / SAS Controller support

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  • 7.2 Embedded Software RAID Support

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    • 7.2.1 Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2)

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    • 7.2.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RSTe)

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  • 7.3 Intel® Integrated RAID Module Support (Available Option)

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  • 7.4 Intel® SAS Expander Support Options

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    • 7.4.1 24-Port PCIe Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240

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    • 7.4.2 24-Port and 36-Port Internal Intel RAID Expander Cards

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    • 7.4.3 SAS Expander Usage Guidelines

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    • 7.4.4 Sample SAS Expander Configurations

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      • 7.4.4.1 Cable Routing using the both embedded SCU ports and a SAS Expander Card (RSTe only)

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      • 7.4.4.2 Cable Routing using a x8 wide-port capable 6 Gb SAS / SAS RAID Controller and an expander card

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• 8. Front Control Panel and I/O Panel Overview

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  • 8.1 I/O Panel Features

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  • 8.2 Control Panel Features

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• 9. Intel® Local Control Panel

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• 10. PCI Riser Card Support

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  • 10.1 Architectural Overview of the Server Board Riser Slots

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  • 10.2 Riser Card Support

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  • 10.3 Riser Card Options – Riser Slot #1

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    • 10.3.1 1-Slot PCIe Riser Card (Required for Intel® Xeon Phi™ and GPGPU Support)

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    • 10.3.2 3-Slot PCIe Riser Card

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  • 10.4 Riser Card Options – Riser Slot #2

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    • 10.4.1 2-Slot PCIe Riser Card (Required for Intel® Xeon Phi™ and GPGPU Support)

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    • 10.4.2 3-Slot PCIe Riser Card

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    • 10.4.3 3-Slot PCIx / PCIe Riser Card

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• 11. Mezzanine Module Support

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  • 11.1 IO Module Support

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  • 11.2 Intel® Remote Management Module 4 (RMM4) Lite and Management NIC Support

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• Appendix A: Integration and Usage Tips

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• Appendix B: POST Code Diagnostic LED Decoder

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• Appendix C: POST Code Errors

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• Appendix D: System Configuration Table for Thermal Compatibility

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• Glossary

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• Reference Documents

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