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Product Specification - Page 2
Revision History
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Revision History
Date September 2007 May 2008 April 2009 June 2010
Revision Number
1.0
Initial release.
Modifications
1.1
iBMC fix to Integrated the BMC and fix the FAN sensors.
1.2
Corrected the heading typo at the top of some even numbered page.
1.3
Updated China CCC/CNCA related information.
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Revision 1.3
Intel order number...
Product Specification - Page 5
... 60
5.5
BMC Reset Control 60
5.5.1 BMC Exits Firmware Update 60
5.5.2 Standby Power Comes Up 60
5.6
System Initialization 60
5.6.1 Processor TControl Setting 60
5.6.2 Fault Resilient Booting (FRB 60
5.6.3 BSP Identification 61
5.6.4 Boot Control Support 61
5.6.5 Post Code Display 61
5.7
Integrated Front Panel User Interface 62
Revision 1.3
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Intel order number E15331-006
Product Specification - Page 17
... Board X38ML
Server Board Overview
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Description NIC2 RJ-45 connector (J3A1) Integrated BMC Force Update Jumper Serial A DB-9 connector VGA connector Chassis intrusion header ServerEngines* Integrated BMC POST LED 2x5 USB header for USB 2 and 3 Intel® 82575EB LAN controller SMBus connector Intel® 82801IR ICH9R (J6B1) Password Clear jumper PCI...
Product Specification - Page 42
System BIOS
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Setup Item Hyper-Threading Technology
Options Enabled
Disabled
Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep Technology
Enabled Disabled
Core Multiprocessing
Enabled Disabled
Intel® Virtualization Enabled
Technology
Disabled
Execute Disable Bit Enabled Disabled
Help Text Hyper-Threading Technology allows multi-threaded software applications to execute ...
Product Specification - Page 45
Intel® Server Board X38ML
System BIOS
Setup Item Onboard SATA Controller Configure SATA as
SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3
Table 10. Setup Utility - ATA Controller Configuration Screen Fields
Options Enabled Disabled
IDE AHCI RAID
< Not Installed/Drive information> < Not Installed/Drive information> < Not Installed/Drive information> < Not Installed/Drive information>
...
Product Specification - Page 63
Intel® Server Board X38ML
System BIOS
4.6 Recovery Mode
You can initiate the recovery process by setting the recovery jumper. The BIOS detects that the recovery jumper is set and executes code from the backup boot blocks.
A BIOS recovery can be accomplished from a SATA CD-ROM and USB mass storage device. Recovery from USB floppy is not supported. A SATA CD image for recovery is created ...
Product Specification - Page 65
...buses, sensors, server management firmware, and system BIOS. The BMC on the Intel® Server Board X38ML is provided by the ServerEngines* Pilot-II integrated Baseboard Management Controller (Integrated BMC).
This chapter provides an architectural overview of the Platform Management subsystem and the details of its features and functionality including BIOS interactions and support.
5.1 Platform...
Product Specification - Page 66
Platform Management
Intel® Server Board X38ML
5.1.2
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Non-IPMI Features
In-circuit BMC firmware update Fault resilient booting (FRB): FRB2 is supported by the watchdog timer functionality Chassis intrusion detection and chassis intrusion cable presence detection. Basic fan control using TControl version 2 SDRs. Acoustic...
Product Specification - Page 72
Platform Management
Intel® Server Board X38ML
5.4.5
BMC Command Used to Reset System
Chassis Control is the primary command used to reset the system.
5.4.6
Watchdog Timer Expiration
You can configure the watchdog timer to cause a system reset when the timer expires. See the Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification, Version 2.0.
5.5
BMC Reset Control
Table 30. BMC ...
Product Specification - Page 73
... processor is the BSP. You can use software to identify the BSP, as long as it uses the multiprocessor specification tables. See the BIOS EPS for additional details.
5.6.4
Boot Control Support
The BMC supports the IPMI 2.0 boot control feature that allows the boot device and boot parameters to be managed remotely.
5.6.5
Post Code Display
When the Integrated BMC receives standby power...
Product Specification - Page 78
... Specification, Version 2.0. When the BMC initializes or when the system boots, it scans the SDR repository and configures the IPMB devices that have management controller records and the Init Required bit set in their SDR repository. This includes setting sensor thresholds, enabling or disabling sensor event message scanning, and enabling or disabling sensor event messages.
SDR Update mode does...
Product Specification - Page 84
Platform Management
Intel® Server Board X38ML
ƒ Chassis control command ƒ PEF action ƒ BMC watchdog timer ƒ Power state retention
The BMC provides a system status on the front panel LEDs. For more information, refer to Section 5.7.2.
5.18 BMC Self Test
The BMC performs ...
Product Specification - Page 89
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Platform Management
5.20.3
Factory Default Event Filters
20 PEF table entries are supported. The following table describes 12 factory-pre-configured event filters. The remaining 8 entries are software... (security violation) Power supply failure BIOS BIOS: POST code error Not Supported Reserved (no source... is provided with the BMC firmware to aide an SNMP browser ...
Product Specification - Page 100
... UNDI driver for the installed network interface card must be loaded. The UNDI driver should be included with the network interface card. The Simple Network Protocol driver is available at http://developer.intel.com/technology/framework.
The BIOS supports legacy PXE option ROMs in legacy mode and includes the necessary PXE ROMs in the BIOS image for the onboard controllers. The legacy PXE ROM is...
Product Specification - Page 104
...Reporting and Handling
Intel® Server Board X38ML
the BMC as PCI Express* Bus Correctable errors. PCI Express* non-fatal and fatal errors are reported to the BMC as PCI Express* Bus Uncorrectable errors. The system event log for these errors includes the location of the device reporting an error, the PCI Express* link number, PCI bus number, PCI device number, and the PCI function number. An...
Product Specification - Page 108
Error Reporting and Handling
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Field
Sensor Type Sensor Number Type Code Event Data 1
Event Data 2 Event Data 3
IPMI Definition
See the Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification, Version 2.0. The number of the sensor that generated this event. 0x6F if event offsets are specific to the sensor. 7:6
00 = Unspecified byte 2 10 = OEM code in...
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Intel® Server Board X38ML
Error... a firmware update.
6.3 Error Messages and Error Codes
The system BIOS displays POST error codes and error messages on the video screen. Before video initialization, POST error codes...set in the upper and lower nibbles then both red and green LEDs are lit, resulting in an amber color. If both bits are clear, then the LED is off.
In the following example, the BIOS...
Product Specification - Page 112
Error Reporting and Handling
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Diagnostic LED Decoder
Checkpoint
G=Green, R=Red, A=Amber
MSB
LSB
Boot Device Selection
0xD0
R
R OFF R
Description Trying boot device selection
0xD1
R
R OFF A Trying boot device selection
0xD2
R
R
G
R Trying boot device selection
0xD3
R
R
G
A Trying boot device selection
0xD4
R
A OFF R Trying boot device ...
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... software state error Processor component encountered a low voltage error Processor component encountered a high voltage error PCI component encountered a SERR error ATA/ATAPI ATA bus SMART not supported ATA/ATAPI ATA SMART is disabled PCI Express* component encountered a PERR error PCI Express* component encountered a SERR error PCI Express* IBIST error DXE boot services driver not enough memory...
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Intel® Server Board X38ML
Connectors and Jumper Blocks
7.8 Jumper Blocks
The server board has several jumper blocks used to configure or enable/disable various features. This section describes the usage and settings of each jumper block.
Table 65. Jumper Block Definitions (J1A2, J1A3, J1A4, J3A1, J6B1)
Reference ID J1A3 J1A2 J6B1 J3A1
J1A4
Name CMOS Clear
BIOS Recovery Mode...