User manual TYAN TOMCAT I7230A

[. . . ] Tomcat i7230A S5160 User's Manual Tomcat i7230A /// Revision 1. 00 S5160 Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2005. No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from TYAN Computer Corp. All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in this manual are property of their respective owners including, but not limited to the following. TYAN, Tomcat, i7230A and S5160 are trademarks of TYAN Computer Corporation. Intel, Pentium 4, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] However, sometimes, the BIOS may not be able to detect the hardware changes. A serious resource conflict may occur and the operating system may not even boot as a result. This BIOS feature allows you to manually force the BIOS to clear the previously saved ESCD data and reconfigure the settings. All you need to do is enable this BIOS feature and then reboot your computer. The new ESCD should resolve the conflict and allow the operating system to load normally. Please note that the BIOS will automatically reset it to the default setting of No after reconfiguring the new ESCD. So, there is no need for you to manually disable this feature after rebooting. Yes / No Large Disk Access Mode This option determines whether a hard drive with more than 1024 cylinders, more than 16 heads and or more than 64 tracks per sector is present on the system. Virtually, all modern hard disks have these characters so leave this option at DOS, unless you know otherwise. DOS / Other Route Port 80h cycles to This feature allows you to route Port 80h I/O cycles to LPC or PCI bus. LPC / PCI Legacy USB Support When enabled, the BIOS takes control of the USB ports. DOS) or when you have USB hardware like USB mice that you want to use even before the operating system loads. Enabled / Disabled 31 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 3. 3. 1 Advanced Chipset Control This section allows you to fine tune the chipset configuration. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup ECC Condition This feature is used to select ECC Error condition to be detected. Multiple bit / None / Single bit / Both ECC Error Handler When an ECC error occurs, it generates an interrupt. This feature is used to select the type of interrupt to report. SMI / NMI / SCI Parallel ATA This feature is used to enable the PATA function. Enabled / Disabled Serial ATA This feature is used to enable the SATA function. Enabled / Disabled Native Mode Operation This feature is used to choose Native Mode for ATA. However, certain OS is not supported under Native Mode. Auto / Serial ATA SATA Controller Mode Option This feature is used to select SATA controller mode. In "compatible mode", SATA and PATA drives are auto-detected and placed in Legacy mode. In "Enhanced (non-AHCI) mode", SATA and PATA drives are auto-detected and placed in Native IDE mode. Compatible / Enhanced (non-AHCI) 32 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 SATA RAID Enable This feature is used to enable SATA RAID functionality. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Disabled / Enabled SATA AHCI Enable This feature is used to enable SATA AHCI functionality. Disabled / Enabled 3. 3. 1. 1 Integrated Device Control Sub-Menu These items are for determining whether the integrated PCI devices will be enabled in PCI configuration space. USB Device 29, Function 3: Enable or Disable this USB Device by setting item to the desired value. Enabled / Disabled USB Device 29, Function 2 & 3: Enable or Disable these 2 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value. Enabled / Disabled USB Device 29, Function 1 & 2 & 3: Enable or Disable these 3 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value. Enabled / Disabled USB Device 29, Function 0 & 1 & 2 & 3: Enable or Disable these 4 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value. Enabled / Disabled USB Device 29, Function 7: Control USB 2. 0 functionality through this Setup Item. Enabled / Disabled 33 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 3. 3. 1. 2 PCI Express Sub-Menu These items are for debugging the PCI Express Ports. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 34 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 3. 3. 1. 2. 1 Slot 1 (x8 Port) Sub-Menu These items are for PCI Express MCH Dev1 port control options. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup PCI Express MCH Dev 1 This feature is used to enable PCI Express MCH Dev1 port control. Enabled / Disabled 35 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 3. 3. 1. 2. 2 Slot 2 (x4 Port) Sub-Menu These items are for PCI Express Root Port #1 control options. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup PCI Express Port #1 This feature is used to enable PCI Express Port #1 control. Auto / Enabled / Disabled 36 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 3. 3. 1. 2. 3 Integrated LAN1/LAN2 (BCM5721) Sub-Menu These items are for Integrated LAN1/LAN2 control option. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Integrated LAN Control This feature is used to enable Integrated LAN control. Auto / Enabled / Disabled Option ROM Scan This feature is used to enable the functionality of option ROM scanl. Disabled / Enabled 37 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 3. 3. 2 Advanced Processor Options This section allows you to fine-tune the processor options. Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Hyperthreading Enable this only if you have an Intel Hyper Threading processor. Hyper-Threading Technology enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-level-parallelism (TLP) on each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT) where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources. Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking workload environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that would otherwise have been idle, Hyper-Threading Technology provides a performance boost on multi-threading and multi-tasking operations for the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture. Enabled / Disabled Single Logical Proc. Mode This feature is used to enable the Single Logical Processor mode. Disabled/ Enabled L3 Cache This feature is used to enable the L3 cache funtionality. Enabled / Disabled 38 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7230A S5160 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Thermal Management 2 Thermal Management throttles the processor back as it reaches its maximum operating temperature. Throttling reduces the number of processing cycles, thereby diminishing the heat dissipation of the CPU. [. . . ] By adding SMDC, Tyan's server board becomes a highly manageable and IPMI compatible system with all the advanced features suggesting in IPMI Spec. More detailed information on Tyan's SMDC card can be found on our website: http://www. tyan. com 58 http://www. tyan. com Tomcat i7221 S5150 Technical Support Technical Support If a problem arises with your system, you should first turn to your dealer for direct support. Your system has most likely been configured or designed by them and they should have the best idea of what hardware and software your system contains. Furthermore, if you purchased your system from a dealer near you, take the system to them directly to have it serviced instead of attempting to do so yourself (which can have expensive consequences). [. . . ]