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Table of Contents Check the box contents… ………….………………..Page 4 Chapter 1: Introduction …………………………..Page 5 1.00 Congratulations! ………….………………..Page 5 1.01 Hardware Specifications ……………….…………..Page 5 1.02 Software Specifications .………………………..…Page 7 Chapter 2: Board Installation …………………………..Page 8 2.00 Board Image ……………….…………..Page 9 2.01 Block Diagram …………….……………Page 10 2.02 Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors ……………..…………..Page 11 2.03 Jumper Settings ………….……………
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Appendix: Glossary …………………………Page 76 Technical Support …………………………Page 81 3 http://www.TYAN.com
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Before you begin… Check the box contents! The retail motherboard package should contain the following: 1x S2937 motherboard 1x 34-Pin floppy drive cable 6 x SATA cable 3x SATA Drive Power Adapter 4 x SAS cable (for S2937WG2NR only) 1x Ultra-DMA-100/66 IDE cable 9-pin Serial cable 1 x USB2.0 cable 1x S2937 user’s manual 1x S2937 Quick Reference guide 1x TYAN driver CD 1x I/O shield 2 x CPU Mounting Kit If any of these items are missing, pleas
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Chapter 1: Instruction 1.00 – Congratulations You are now the owner of the ideal solution for rackmount servers. Tyan S2937 supports Dual AMD Opteron 2000 series processors, up to 64G Registered/ECC memories, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, one IDE connector, 6 Serial ATA-II (SATA) connectors, 8 SAS connectors and 2 USB ports. S2937 offers exceptional performance for your server platform needs. Remember to visit TYAN’s Website at http://www.TYAN.com. There you can find information on
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Integrated 2D/3D PCI Graphics BIOS ® - ATI ES1000 controller - Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit LPC Flash - 32MB DDRI Frame Buffer of video ROM memory - Support ACPI (S0, S1, S4, S5) - Serial Console Redirect Integrated I/O Interfaces - PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot - (1) Floppy connector - PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0 Power - - (1) ATA133/100 IDE connector Management - (1) 9-pin Serial header - Multiple boot options - (6) SATA-II connectors - (8) SAS connectors (Four standard, Power One 4-i
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1.02 – Software Specifications OS (Operating Systems) Support Windows XP (32/64-bit) Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32/64-bit) Windows Vista (32/64-bit) SuSE 10.0 (32/64-bit) TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support any OS with or without notice. 7 http://www.TYAN.com
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Chapter 2: Board Installation You are now ready to install your motherboard. The mounting-hole pattern of the S2937 matches the E-ATX specifications. Before continuing with installation, confirm that your chassis supports an E-ATX motherboard. How to install our products right… the first time! The first thing you should do is to read this user’s manual. It contains important information which will make configuration and setup much easier. Here are some precautions you should take wh
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2.00 – Board Image The picture above is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing. The board you receive may or may not look exactly like this picture. The following page includes details on the vital components of this motherboard. 9 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.01 – Block Diagram 10 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.02 – Board Parts, Jumpers and Connectors Note: * Only for S2937WG2NR SKU. This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing. The board you receive may not look exactly like the diagram above. 11 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.03 – Jumper settings Jumper Function Settings Onboard SAS Disable Jumper (for *JP1 See Section 2.04 S2937WG2NR only) JP2 OPMA card support select header See Section 2.05 JP3 Clear CMOS See Section 2.06 J2 USB Front Panel Header See Section 2.07 J26 Front Panel Header See Section 2.08 COM2 COM2 Header See Section 2.09 IPMB IPMB connector See Section 2.10 JP9/JP10 LAN1/ LAN2 Enable/ Disable Jumper See Section 2.11 JP11 TPM Enable/ Disable Jumper See Section 2.12 JP8 Onboard VGA E
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Jumper Legend OPEN - Jumper OFF Without jumper cover CLOSED - Jumper ON With jumper cover To indicate the location of pin-1 To indicate the location of pin-1 JP2 JP3 JP1 J26 J2 13 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.04 – SAS Disable Jumper (JP1) For external disable SAS controller Installed: Disable Not installed: Enable (Default) (Default) 2.05 – OPMA card supporting select header (JP2) When using other OPMA card, remove jumper When using TYAN OPMA card, install jumper (default) (Default) 2.06 – Clear CMOS (JP3) Use this jumper when you have forgotten your system/setup password or need to clear the system BIOS settings. Normal (Default) H
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2.08 – Front Panel Header (J26) HDD_LED+ PWR_LED+ 1 2 HDD_LED- PWR_LED- 3 4 Reset Button - 5 6 PWR Button + Reset Button + 7 8 PWR Button - GND Warn LED + 9 10 External NMI Warn LED - 11 12 5VSB 14 KEY 13 SMBUS DATA GND 15 16 SMBUS CLOCK INTRUDER# 17 18 JP8 COM2 IPMB JP10 JP9 JP11 15 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.09 – COM2 Header (COM2) DCD DSR 1 2 RXD RTS 3 4 TXD CTS 5 6 DTR RI 7 8 GND NA 9 10 2.10 – IPMB Connector (IPMB) Signal Pin Pin Signal IPMB DATA 1 2 GND IPMB CLK 3 4 NC 2.11 – LAN1/LAN2 Enable/ Disable Jumper (JP9, JP10) Default, Enable (Default) Install jumper to disable onboard LAN1/LAN2 2.12 – TPM Enable/ Disable Jumper (JP11) Default, Enable (Default) Install jumper to disable TPM (Trusted Platform Mod
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2.13 – Onboard VGA Enable/ Disable Jumper (JP8) Default, Enable Install Jumper to disable onboard VGA (Default) SYS FAN3 SYS FAN7 SYS FAN1 SYS FAN5 SYS FAN4 CPU2 FAN SYS FAN2 SYS FAN6 CPU1 FAN 17 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.14 – CPU1 & CPU2 FAN Header (CPU FAN1, CPU FAN2) Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to the motherboard to keep the CPU stable and reliable. Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Fan PWM (speed) GND +12V Tachometer Control 2.15 – System FAN Headers (SYS FAN1/2/3/4/5/6/7) Use these headers to connect the cooling fans to the motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable. Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Fan PWM (speed) GND +12V Tachometer Control Note: S2937
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JP7 J116 J118 J113 J111 J15 2.16 – TYAN Front Panel 2 for Barebones (J15) LAN2_LED+ 1 2 LAN2_LED- LAN1_LED+ LAN1_LED- 3 4 NC NC 5 6 FP_ID_LED_PW GND 7 8 IDLED_IN GND 9 10 Reserved 11 12 KEY 2.17 – LCD Module Header for Barebones (J113) SIN GND SOUT 2 4 6 3 1 5 +5V KEY +5Vsb 19 http://www.TYAN.com
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2.18 – Fan Connector for Barebones (J111) CPU_FAN_TACH0 CPU_FAN_TACH1 1 2 SYS_FAN_TACH1 SYS_FAN_TACH2 3 4 SYS_FAN_TACH3 SYS_FAN_TACH4 5 6 SYS_FAN_TACH5 7 8 SYS_FAN_TACH6 NC NC 9 10 GND KEY 11 12 GND CPU_FAN_PWM 13 14 20 http://www.TYAN.com
