American Megatrends MAN-940-QH Dépliant

 

 

 

 

MAN-940-QH 

01-04-07

 

 

Thank you for purchasing the MegaRAC G4 card. Please take a few minutes to 
review this quick guide before beginning the installation process. If you require a 
further explanation of any item covered in this guide, please refer to the installation 
instructions on your MegaRAC G4 CD. 

 

 

You should have received the following: 

• 

an American Megatrends MegaRAC® G4 card 

• 

a MegaRAC® G4 card Quick Installation Guide  

• 

this MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide (located on the MegaRAC® G4 CD) 

• 

a MegaRAC® G4 CD 

• 

a VGA Splitter Cable 

• 

a MegaRAC G4 USB Cable with a power jack input for the AC Adapter 

• 

MegaRAC® G4 feature connector cable 

• 

an AC Adapter (Optional) 

If you need help installing, configuring, or running the MegaRAC G4 card, call 
American Megatrends technical support at 770-246-8645.  

 

Technical Support Web Site: http://www.ami.com/support/ 
Technical Support Email: support@ami.com 

 

Use the following steps to install the MegaRAC G4 card. 

Step Action 
1 

Unpack the MegaRAC G4 card (and check jumper settings) 

2 

Plug in the MegaRAC G4 card into the host system and attach internal 
cables 

3 

Connect external cables 

4 

Confirm the motherboard’s BIOS settings 

5 

Initial configuration of the MegaRAC G4 card 

6 

Install/Boot to an Operating System 

 

Note: 

The AC Adapter (optional) continues to provide power to the MegaRAC 
card in the event that the host system is on standby mode (3.3V STB) or 
powered on. 

(and check jumper settings) 

Inspect the cardboard carton for obvious damage. If damaged, call 770-246-8600. 
Leave it in its original packing.  

 

Jumper Setting 
J5 

Confirm that no jumper is installed (pins one and two, open). 

J14 & J15  If your hosts system’s motherboard has support for I2C on the PCI slots, 

place a short pins one and two. If not, confirm that no jumper is installed 
(pins one and two, open). 

J16 & J17 Verify that these two headers are each shorted with a jumper. If J16 and J17 

are not shorted, short pins one and two on both J16 and J17. 

 

Note: 

J14 and J15 can be used in place of the MegaRAC Feature Cable to gather 
I2C bus information from the motherboard. 

 

 

USB In

Network

VGA In

J10 RS232 Serial Port

J5 Recovery/ Configuration

J18 MegaRAC Feature Connector

J16 & J17 Must Be Shorted

J14 & J15 I2C Clock/Data PCI Bypass

Host System’s Motherboard PCI Slot

VGA Splitter Cable

RJ-45 Network Cable

Plug the AC Adapter here (optional)

To the MegaRAC G4
(USB In)

To Host System’s USB Port

Power On Cable
(Runs between 
the MegaRAC G4
and the Power On 
Switch located 
on Front Panel of 
the Host System)

Power On Cable
(Runs between the 
MegaRAC G4 and the 
Power On Header located 
on the Host System’s 
Motherboard)

Reset Switch Cable
(Runs between 
the MegaRAC G4
and the Reset 
Switch located 
on Front Panel of 
the Host System)

Reset Switch Cable
(Runs between 
the MegaRAC G4
and the Reset 
Header located 
on the Host 
System’s 
Motherboard)

I2C Cable
(Optional, with Limitations. Runs between the 
MegaRAC G4 and the IPMB Header located 
on the Host System’s Motherboard)

To the Monitor 
(15-pin Female)

To the MegaRAC G4
(15-pin Female)

To the Host System’s
VGA Port 
(15-pin Male)

MegaRAC Feature 
Connector Cable
(not to drawn to scale)

 
Physically plug in the MegaRAC G4 card into any available PCI slot inside the host system. 

 

J10 Serial Port 

You can connect an external 9 pin serial port connector to this header. This header is primarily used to text redirect over the serial port. 

J18 MegaRAC® Feature Connector    Inspect the MegaRAC Feature Connector Cable. There are six connectors on the MegaRAC Feature Connector Cable. One side has one connector and it plugs into 

the MegaRAC card. The other end has a “Power On” pair, “Reset Switch” pair and an I2C connector. The “Power On” pair allows you to control the power on your 
host system. The “Reset Switch” pair also allows you to reset the host system. These two pair of cables allows you to maintain you host system’s power and reset 
switch functionality. Connect them according to the illustration above. 

 
 

OEM FEATURE ONLY: The I2C connector attaches to your motherboard’s I2C port (Hardware Health Monitoring port). The pin-out of the I2C port varies from 
motherboard to motherboard. Also the name of the I2C port varies. It may be listed as an IPMI or IPMB port. Your motherboard may not have this port at all. 
Instead, it may have its Hardware Health Monitoring (I2C Clock and I2C) Data routed through the PCI slot. In this case, use the jumpers at J14 and J15. If your 
motherboard does not have Hardware Health Monitoring support, tie this cable so that it does not come into contact with anything inside the chassis. The I2C 
connector requires that you have a Sensor Definition Kit (SDK/SDR.DAT) file created along with a Soft Processor (SP.DAT) file. These two files tell the MegaRAC 
software what it is monitoring.