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Chapter 3

Hardware specifications

Server specification

AB460 F1 blade specifications

Specifications

Value

Server blades

Up to 10 hot-plug AB460 and/or ABx280 F1 server blades

Blade support

Supports both Intel and AMD based server blades

LED

Power LED, Fault LED

Infiniband switch

Up to two hot-plug 4x QDR IB switches

Gigabit Ethernet switch

Up to two hot-plug layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches

Management module

Chassis Management Module (CMM) providing remote KVM and IPMI 2.0
functionalities

Power supply module

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Hot-plug 3+1 redundamt 2500 watts

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Peak Efficiency: 94%

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Input AC range: 200~240 VAC

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Fan: Four x 90 mm

Specifications

Value

Processor socket

Two Intel 1366-pin LGA

Processor support

Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series

Core logic chipsets

Intel 5500 (Tylersburg) chipset
IOH-24D

LAN controller

Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port 10/100/1000)

Memory controller

Integrated in 5500 IOH-24D

SAS

Integrated LSI 2008 SAS 2.0 (six 6 Gb/s SAS ports) with RAID 0,1,10 support

VGA controller

iBMC controller embedded

I/O subsystem

Two PCIe x8 slots

Memory

Twelve DDR3-1333 slots

Media storage

Supports six 2.5-inch hot-plug SAS2/SATA Hard Drive drives

Status LED indicators

Front: Power, KVM/ID, Network, Status/Fault

Thermal solution

One heatsink per processor

System specifications

Chapter 3

Summary of Contents for AB2x280 F1

Page 1: ...AB7000 Series Service Guide PART NO PRINTED IN TAIWAN ...

Page 2: ...ble below for the updates made on Acer AB7000 Series service guide Copyright Copyright 2011 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of ...

Page 3: ...s bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems IMPORTANT Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures ...

Page 4: ...vices This type of damage may reduce the life expectancy of the device To prevent electrostatic damage Avoid hand contact by transporting and storing products in static safe containers Keep electrostatic sensitive parts in their containers until they arrive at static free workstations Place parts on a grounded surface before removing them from their containers Avoid touching pins leads or circuitr...

Page 5: ...les 20 Chassis Management Module 21 Acer 4X QDR InfiniBand switch module 22 Acer 4X QDR InfiniBand switch module with integrated CMM 23 InfiniBand wwitch LEDs 23 System block diagram 24 AB460 F1 mainboard block diagram 24 Mainboard 27 AB460 F1 mainboard connectors 27 Jumpers 28 Clearing CMOS 28 AB2x280 F1 mainboard connectors 29 Jumpers 30 Clearing CMOS 30 Hardware removal and installation 31 Powe...

Page 6: ...tion procedure 52 Rack Mounting Hardware 52 Installation 52 System diagnostics 55 System Check Procedures 55 AMI BIOS Recovery 56 BIOS Updates 56 Flashing BIOS 56 Flashing a BIOS using the USB Ports on the CMM 56 Flashing a BIOS using a Floppy Image File 56 BIOS Setup 57 Changing configuration data 57 Main setup 58 Advanced Setting 59 Boot Features 59 Power configuration 60 Processor Clock Options...

Page 7: ...le of Contents Removable Drives 74 CD DVD Drive 75 Network Drives 75 Exit Options 76 BIOS POST codes and messages 77 BIOS POST Messages 77 BIOS POST Codes 80 Recoverable POST Errors 80 Terminal POST Errors 80 ...

Page 8: ...viii Table of Contents ...

Page 9: ...ded view of AB460 F1 blade module Item Description 1 Blade Unit Module 2 SAS2 SATA Hard Drives six per blade module 3 SAS2 SATA Hard Drive Bays 4 DIMMs system memory 5 Airflow Deflector 6 CPU Heatsinks 7 Top Cover System components Chapter 1 ...

Page 10: ...2 Chapter 1 Exploded view of AB2x280 F1 blade module Item Description 1 Blade Unit Module 2 SATA Hard Drives 2 per blade node 4 total 3 DIMMs system memory 8 per node 4 CPU Heatsinks 4 5 Top Cover ...

Page 11: ...MMY 33 R6T09 002 FRONT DUMMY BLADE W O LOGO FRONT 10 BLADE DUMMY 60 R6T09 001 RAIL KIT BLADE SERVER RAIL SET 33 R6T09 001 REAR DUMMY MODULE FOR TWINBLADE W O logo REAR DUMMY MODULE FOR TWINBLADE 60 R6T09 003 POWER SUPPLY POWER SUPPLY 2500W 2500W POWER SUPPLY PY 25M0S 001 POWER CORD BLADE POWER CORD BLADE POWER CORD C 19 TO C 20 CA R6U00 008 MODULE TWINBLADE CHASSIS MANAGEMENT MODULE TWINBLADE CHAS...

Page 12: ...DDR3 1333 LGA1366 95W D 0 AT80602000771AA SLBF5 KC 55501 EPX Xeon DP Quad Core E5540 Nehalem EP 2 53G 8MB 5 86 GT s QPI DDR3 1066 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000789AA SLBF6 Xeon DP Quad Core E5540 Nehalem EP 2 53G 8MB 5 86 GT s QPI DDR3 1066 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000789AA SLBF6 KC 54001 EPE Xeon DP Quad Core E5530 Nehalem EP 2 40G 8MB 5 86 GT s QPI DDR3 1066 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000792AA SLBF7 Xeon ...

Page 13: ...KC 56501 EPX Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5640 Westmere EP 2 66GHz 12MB 5 86GT s QPI DDR3 1066 LGA1366 80W AT80614005466AA SLBVC B 1 Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5640 Westmere EP 2 66GHz 12MB 5 86GT s QPI DDR3 1066 LGA1366 80W AT80614005466AA SLBVC B 1 KC 56401 EPE Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5630 Westmere EP 2 53GHz 12MB 5 86GT s QPI DDR3 1066 LGA1366 80W AT80614005463AA SLBVB B 1 Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5...

Page 14: ...LABEL TWINBLADE AB2X280 F1 RIGHT 40 R6509 001 OEM FRONT BLADE LED LABEL TWINBLADE AB2X280 F1 LEFT OEM FRONT BLADE LED LABEL TWINBLADE AB2X280 F1 LEFT 40 R6509 002 Category Part Name Description Acer Part No Blade Module AB460 BLADE AB460 BLADE TX R6300 008 CASE COVER BRACKET ASSEMBLY AB460 F1 server blade chassis HS R6300 001 DDR3 Registered 1 5V DIMM Samsung 2GB RDIMM M393B5673EH1 CH9 DDR3 1333 C...

Page 15: ...MB 4 80 GT s QPI DDR3 800 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000801AA SLBF9 Xeon DP Quad Core E5504 Nehalem EP 2 00G 4MB 4 80 GT s QPI DDR3 800 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000801AA SLBF9 KC 50401 EP5 Xeon DP Dual Core E5502 Nehalem EP 1 86G 4MB 4 80 GT s QPI DDR3 800 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000804AA SLBEZ Xeon DP Dual Core E5502 Nehalem EP 1 86G 4MB 4 80 GT s QPI DDR3 800 LGA1366 80W D 0 AT80602000804AA SLBEZ KC 50...

Page 16: ...B R630F 001 MYLAR LATCH MYLAR STICKER WITH ACER LOGO LEFT LATCH MYLAR STICKER WITH ACER LOGO LEFT 40 R6309 002 LATCH MYLAR STICKER WITH ACER LOGO RIGHT LATCH MYLAR STICKER WITH ACER LOGO RIGHT 40 R6309 003 NAME PLATE OEM FRONT BLADE LED LABEL AB460 OEM FRONT BLADE LED LABEL AB460 40 R6309 001 Category Part Name Description Acer Part No ...

Page 17: ...ck rails to support the server and gain access to internal components For more information about telco rack solutions refer to the RackSolutions com website Power down the server If you must remove a server from a rack or a non hot plug component from a server power down the server Remove the server from the rack If the rack environment cabling configuration or the server location in the rack crea...

Page 18: ...10 Chapter 2 Extend the server from the rack 1 If the server is screwed into the rack remove the screws and set them aside ...

Page 19: ...After performing the installation or maintenance procedure slide the server back into the rack and then press the server firmly into the rack to secure it in place WARNING To reduce the risk of personal injury be careful when pressing the server rail release latches and sliding the server into the rack The sliding rails could pinch your fingers 4 If necessary secure the server to the rack with the...

Page 20: ...ing system as directed by the operating system documentation NOTE If the operating system automatically places the server in Standby mode omit the next step 3 Press the Power On Standby button to place the server in Standby mode When the server activates Standby power mode the system power LED changes to green 4 Disconnect the power cords The system is now without power Remove the server from the ...

Page 21: ...fficiency 94 Input AC range 200 240 VAC Fan Four x 90 mm Specifications Value Processor socket Two Intel 1366 pin LGA Processor support Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series Core logic chipsets Intel 5500 Tylersburg chipset ICH10R IOH 24D LAN controller Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller Dual Port 10 100 1000 Memory controller Integrated in 5500 IOH 24D SAS Integrated LSI 2008 SAS 2 0 s...

Page 22: ...500 IOH 24D SATA Intel ICH10R SATA 3 0Gbps Controller RAID 0 1 support VGA controller iBMC controller embedded I O subsystem One PCIe Generation 2 x 8 mezzanine card slot Memory Eight DDR3 1333 slots Media storage Supports two 2 5 inch hot plug SATA SSD hard Drive drives Status LED indicators Front Power KVM ID Network System Fault Thermal solution One heatsink per processor Specifications Value T...

Page 23: ...ns Width x Depth x Height Weight 42 mm 1 67 in x 480 mm 18 9 in x 288 mm 11 32 in Minimum 9 6 kg approximately with standard configuration one processor one memory module and one HDD Maximum 13 8 kg approximately maximum configuration two processors twelve memory modules and six HDDs AB2x280 F1 blade dimensions Width x Depth x Height Weight 42 mm 1 67 in x 520 7 mm 20 5 in x 288 mm 11 32 in Minimu...

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Page 25: ...tion Power Status LED left LED Yellow off No CMM or Not Ready Green Power On or Standby Power Green Flashing Power Overload Red Power Supply Failure Fault LED right LED Yellow Over Temperature State in Switch Module GbE IB or Power Supply Module Yellow Flashing Fan Failure Off Normal with AB460 F1 blades included System appearance Chapter 4 ...

Page 26: ...power cables plugged into the blade chassis enclosure 4 KVM ID LED Blue Indicates KVM being utilized on blade unit Flashing Blue Indicates ID activated on blade module 5 Network IB LED Flashing Green Indicates network activity over LAN Flashing Orange Indicates network activity over InfiniBand module 6 System Fault LED Red Indicates a memory error overheat VGA error or any error that prevents boot...

Page 27: ... with power cables plugged in 4 KVM ID LED Blue Indicates KVM being utilized on blade unit Flashing Blue Indicates ID activated on blade module 5 Network IB LED Flashing Green Indicates network activity over LAN Flashing Orange Indicates network activity over InfiniBand module 6 System Fault LED Red Indicates a memory error overheat VGA error or any error that prevents booting 7 KVM Connector N A ...

Page 28: ...tch Module installed for Ethernet module redundancy 2 top Dummy 3 top 1 Chassis Management Module CMM 2 3 top 1 4xQDR 40Gbps Infiniband Switch module with miniCMM integrated installed for Inifiniband module redundancy 2 3 bottom 4xQDR 40Gbps Infiniband Switch module 4 Power supply with cooling fan module integrated 3 1 redundant with 1Gb 10Gb Ethernet module and CMM included ...

Page 29: ...itch accessed at back of module Feature Description Management Capabilities Can manage 10 blade units with up to 20 computing nodes network modules and 4 power supplies Ports One Ethernet port one VGA port and two USB ports Basic Functions Supported Local KVM remote KVM remote storage Serial over LAN SOL blade monitoring and control System Management System management interface provided via dedica...

Page 30: ...he Green LED is blinking the QDR switch is overheated Please check the air fan and vent condition If the fault LED goes on at the same time a hard reset or a power off cycle needs to be initiated 3 External InfiniBand Port 16 QSFP ports for Q3636 and 18 QSFP ports for Q3618 4 Per Port Dual color LED PHY link Green Logic link Amber ACT blinking Green Amber 5 Module Release Handle 6 Port Numbers Fir...

Page 31: ...dle 6 Internal CMM Module Ethernet Port 7 Port Numbers First port number is top port second port number is bottom port 8 QDR Switch Reset and CMM Load Default 9 KVM Connector 10 CMM Activity LED Feature Description Internal External Ports Internal 20 4X QDR copper ports External 16 4X QDR copper ports Bandwidth 4X QDR 40 Gbps non blocking architecture for 2 88 Tbps total bandwidth 36 port LED Stat...

Page 32: ...24 Chapter 4 System block diagram AB460 F1 mainboard block diagram ...

Page 33: ...Chapter 4 25 AB2x280 F1 mainboard block diagram ...

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Page 35: ...460 F1 mainboard connectors Item Description Item Description 1 LGA 1366 CPU Sockets 7 Intel 5500 chip 2 DIMM Slots 8 Onboard Battery 3 6 SAS2 SATA Hard Drive Bays 9 Front IO Module 4 InfiniBand Connectors for InfiniBand cards 10 BIOS Chip 5 Gbx Connectors for power and logic to backplane 11 LSI 2008 SAS2 Controller 6 ICH10 12 JPT1 CMOS clear Mainboard Chapter 5 ...

Page 36: ...rds JBT1 consists of two contact pads located near the BIOS chip refer to item 12 in the AB460 F1 mainboard 1 First power down the blade and remove it from the enclosure 2 Remove the blade cover to access the mainboard see Removing Replacing the blade cover on page 38 for further details Short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Replace the cover install the blade back ...

Page 37: ...tion Item Description 1 CPU Sockets 7 Intel 5500 Chip 2 DIMM Slots 8 ICH10R Chip 3 Space for 2 5 SATA Hard Drive 9 Front IO Module 4 Gbx Connector for power and logic to backplane 10 Matrox G200eW Graphics chip 5 BIOS Chip 11 JPT1 CMOS clear 6 Onboard Battery ...

Page 38: ... clear any passwords JPT1 consists of two contact pads item 11 in the AB2x280 F1 mainboard 1 First power down the blade and remove it from the enclosure 2 Remove the blade cover to access the mainboard see Removing Replacing the blade cover on page 38 for further details Short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Replace the cover install the blade back into the enclosur...

Page 39: ... size During the disassembly process group the screws with the corresponding components to avoid mismatch when putting back the components Power supply removal and installation Removing a Power Supply First make sure the power supply has been shut down You can remove power from a power unit via your system management software 1 Remove the power cord from the power supply unit 2 Release the locking...

Page 40: ...to the left WARNING This left right orientation depends on the power supply s top or bottom location If you inadvertently put a power supply upside down in the lower slots it can be VERY difficult to remove the power supply 2 Push unit all the way in until it is firmly seated 3 Push the handle back into the closed position until it clicks into the locked position 4 Move the locking clip away from ...

Page 41: ...eding 2 Remove the dummy cover from the bay you want to place the module in 3 Place the module s release handle in the open position 4 Slide the module into the module bay until it stops 5 Push the release handle to the closed position NOTE After the module has been installed and the handle locked it will turn on and a POST test will run to verify it is working properly If there are no problems th...

Page 42: ... To maintain proper airflow hard drive bays must have drive carriers or dummies inserted during operation AB460 F1 HDD LED Indicators AB2x280 F1 Hard Disk Drives The AB2x280 F1 blade unit accommodates up to two 2 5 SATA hard disk drives per node which are mounted in drive carriers The drives are hot swappable and can be removed or replaced without powering down the blade unit they reside in The si...

Page 43: ...es 2 then use it to pull the drive carrier out 3 Installing a Hard Drive 1 Remove a blank drive carrier from the blade see removal procedure above 2 Insert a drive into the carrier with the PCB side facing down and the connector end toward the rear of the carrier 3 Align the drive in the carrier so that the screw holes of both line up Note that there are holes in the carrier marked SAS SATA to aid...

Page 44: ...hen the carrier reaches the rear of the bay the release handle will retract 6 Push the handle in until you hear the carrier click into its locked position Blade unit removal and installation Removing the blade unit 1 Power down the blade unit 2 Push the red handles to pry out both handles completely and use them to pull the blade unit from the enclosure ...

Page 45: ...unit has been replaced first before installing a blade unit in the enclosure 1 Slowly push the blade unit into its bay with the handles fully pulled out 2 When the blade stops push the handles back in to their locked position making sure the notches in both handles catch the lip of the enclosure ...

Page 46: ...above 2 Depress the two buttons on the cover while pushing the cover toward the rear of the blade unit When it stops lift the cover off the blade unit 3 To replace the cover fit the six grooves in the cover into the studs in the sides of the blade then slide the cover toward the front of the blade to lock it into place ...

Page 47: ...pulation rules for each blade before installing 7 Replace the air shroud and the blade cover and install the blade module back into the enclosure 8 Power up the blade unit Populating Memory Slots The mainboard of a AB460 F1 blade module has twelve memory slots depending upon the blade model Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Popul...

Page 48: ...40 Chapter 6 AB460 F1 DIMM Numbering ...

Page 49: ...GB 32GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 16GB 16GB 32GB 16GB 16GB 48GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 64GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 96GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB Total Capacity CPU1 CPU2 DIMM 1B 1A 2B 2A 3B 3A 1B 1A 2B 2A 3B 3A 2GB 1GB 1GB 3GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 4GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 6GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 8GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 9GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 12GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB...

Page 50: ... 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 64GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 72GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 96GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 32GB 16GB 16GB 48GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 64GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 96GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 128GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 144GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 192GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB...

Page 51: ...B 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 16GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 32GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 8GB 8GB 32GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 64GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 32GB 16GB 16GB 64GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 96GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 128GB ...

Page 52: ...B 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 12GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 6GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 18GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 24GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 36GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 48GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB ...

Page 53: ...has eight memory slots per node Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Populating slots at the same time with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in three channel interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory See the following table and figure for details AB2x280 F1 DIMM Num...

Page 54: ...n t be used For the system to function DIMM modules must be installed following the slot sequence listed below DIMM module of the same type size and manufacturer must be installed in the same colored DIMM slots Independent mode Single Processor Configuration Total Capacity DIMM 1B DIMM 1A DIMM 2A DIMM 3A 1GB 1GB 2GB 1GB 1GB 3GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 4GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 2GB 2GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 6GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8G...

Page 55: ...1GB 1GB 1GB 6GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 8GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 6GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 16GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 4GB 4GB 12GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 32GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 8GB 8GB 24GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 32GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 64GB 8GB 8GB 8...

Page 56: ...1GB 1GB 4GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 8GB 8GB 32GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 32GB 16GB 16GB 64GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB Total Capacity DIMM 1B DIMM 1A DIMM 2A DIMM 3A 3GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 6GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 16GB 16GB 16GB Total Capacity CPU1 CPU2 DIMM 1B 1A 2A 3A 1B 1A 2A 3A 3GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 6GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 6G...

Page 57: ... Set the heatsink aside and upside down so that nothing comes into contact with the thermal grease on its underside Installing the heatsink 1 To install the heatsink apply thermal grease to the top of the processor If reinstalling a heatsink first clean off the old thermal grease with a clean lint free cloth 2 Place the heatsink on the processor then tighten two diagonal screws until snug then the...

Page 58: ...ket until it reaches its upper limit Step 1 below 3 Lift the silver cover plate completely up and out of the way Step 2 below NOTE Be careful not to damage the pins protruding from the CPU socket 4 Align pin 1 of the processor with pin 1 of the socket both are marked with a small gold triangle and gently seat the processor into the socket Step 3 below 5 Check to make sure the processor is flush to...

Page 59: ...e the correct card and three screws 2 Following the instructions remove the blade module and open the cover to access the mainboard 3 In a standard electro magnetically protected workstation secure the card to the serverboard by gently but firmly attaching the card to the two connectors 4 Using a Phillips screw driver secure and tighten each screw one at a time Do not overtighten the screws ...

Page 60: ...below for installing an enclosure in a rack Installing an enclosure 1 Decide where you want to place the blade enclosure into the rack 2 Position the Enclosure Template at the front of the enclosure to determine the locations of the screws for the enclosure rails 3 The two enclosure rail sections are screwed together to keep them immobile during shipping Release these screws just enough to allow t...

Page 61: ...t to be used for lifting the system they are only to be used to slide the system within the rack 6 With one person on either side see the descriptive label on the side of the enclosure lift the enclosure and slide it into the installed rails WARNING Be sure that the enclosure is empty of all blades power supplies switches and management modules BEFORE lifting These should be installed AFTER the en...

Page 62: ...54 Chapter 6 8 The enclosure is now securely installed in the rack ...

Page 63: ...can indicate the malfunction For the LED locations and description of their behaviour see Front panel LED indicators on page 17 2 Make sure that air flow is not blocked 3 Make sure nothing in the system is making contact that could short out power 4 If the problem is not evident continue with System Internal Inspection System Internal Inspection 1 Turn off the system and all the peripherals connec...

Page 64: ...the KVM dongle USB ports on the CMM module or by use of a Floppy disk Flashing a BIOS using the USB Ports on the CMM 1 Copy the contents of the zip file to a bootable USB pen drive 2 Connect your bootable USB pen drive to any USB slot on the CMM located on the back side of the enclosure 3 Boot to the USB pen drive and go to the directory where you saved the contents of the zip file 4 Type flash fi...

Page 65: ... can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include F1 F10 Enter Esc and arrow keys Changing configuration data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS setup utility This setup utility can be accessed by pressing F2 at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the setup utility normally the only visible Pow...

Page 66: ...entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in the 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears as 17 30 00 BIOS Build Ver This item displays the BIOS revision used in your system BIOS Build Date This item displays the date this BIOS was completed Processor The BIOS will automatically display the status of the processor used in your system and indicate the CPU type used Speed This item displays the...

Page 67: ...e modified between POST messages or the OEM logo Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages AddOn ROM Display Mode Sets the display mode for Option ROM Bootup Num Lock Selects the Power on state for Numlock key Wait For F1 If Error Forces the system to wait until the F1 key is pressed if an error occurs Interrupt 19 Captu...

Page 68: ...allows you to set the ratio between the CPU core clock and the FSB frequency The default setting depends on the type of CPU installed on the motherboard The default setting for the CPU installed in your motherboard is 18 Press or on your keyboard to change this value NOTE if an invalid ratio is entered the BIOS will restore the setting to the previous state C1E Support Select Enabled to use the fe...

Page 69: ... consumption and heat dissipation Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information The options are Disabled Disable GV3 and Enabled Enable GV3 Intel Turbo Boost Available when Intel EIST Technology is enabled Select Enabled to use the Turbo Mode to boost system performance Performance Watt Select When selected the Power Optimized Turbo Boost engages after p state is sustained for more tha...

Page 70: ... to low power L0s and L1 are automatically selected by the motherboard Memory Frequency This feature enables you to force a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has detected Memory Frequency Allows you to force a DDR3 memory module to run at a frequency other than what the system has detected Memory Mode Set the memory mode Independent All DIMMs are available to the operating system Channel ...

Page 71: ...keyboard to change this value Air Flow This is the air flow speed to the DIMM modules Each step is one mm sec The default is 1500 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Altitude This feature defines how many meters above or below sea level the system is located DIMM Pitch This is the physical space between each DIMM module Each step is 1 1000 of an inch The default is 400 Press or on your ...

Page 72: ...ou to decide how many onboard USB ports to enable Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to use Legacy USB devices If set to Auto legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on the motherboard NOTE Only available when USB Functions is set to Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate the onboard USB 2 0 controller NOTE Only available when USB Function...

Page 73: ...ity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with a 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Block Mode boosts the IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if Block Mod...

Page 74: ...iSCSI Option ROM to boot the computing using a network device Select PXE to use the PXE Option ROM to boot the computer using a network device Select Description Auto Automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined SWDMA0 Use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs SWDMA2 Use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs ...

Page 75: ...I configuration Use this feature to configure Advanced configuration and Power Interface ACPI power management settings for your system ACPI Aware O S Select Yes to enable ACPI support for an operating system that supports ACPI Select No to disable ACPI support for an OS that does not support ACPI ACPI Version Features The options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 Please refer to ACPI s websit...

Page 76: ...h Performance Event Timer Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer i...

Page 77: ...rvisor Password is set as above Available options are Full Access grants full User read and write access to the Setup Utility View Only allows access to the Setup Utility but the fields cannot be changed Limited allows only limited elfis to be changed such as Date and Time No Access prevents User access to the Setup Utility Change User Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the sub...

Page 78: ... is assigned to a client computer or network device Select DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol to allow a client computer or device to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server that manages a pool of IP addresses and network information on a request and grant basis Select Static Static Allocation to allow the host server to allocate an IP address based on a table containing MAC Address IP Addre...

Page 79: ... 48 D0 D4 60 Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This allows you to enable Remote Access support If Remote Access is set to Enabled the following items will be displayed Serial Port Number This feature allows the user to decide which serial port to be used for Console Redirection The options are COM 1 and COM2 Base Address IRQ This item displays the base address and IRQ of the serial port us...

Page 80: ...72 Chapter 8 Event Log Configuration View Event Log View the System Event Log Mark All Events as Read Marks all events as read Clear Event Log This option clears the Event Log memory of all messages ...

Page 81: ...submenu allows you to configure boot settings for the system Boot Device Priority This feature allows you to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device ...

Page 82: ...boot sequence from all available hard disk drives The settings are Disabled and a list of all hard disk drives that have been detected 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive Removable Drives This feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from all available removable drives ...

Page 83: ...er 8 75 CD DVD Drive This feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from all available removable drives Network Drives This feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from available network drives ...

Page 84: ...ion and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to the BIOS Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then select OK to allow the BIOS to automatically load optimal defaults to the BIOS ...

Page 85: ...tor shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists chec...

Page 86: ...A Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow ...

Page 87: ... settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration ...

Page 88: ...e screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Post Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers 0Bh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to ini...

Page 89: ...e cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize I20 support 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4B...

Page 90: ...hadow area message 6Eh Display possible high address for UMB recovery 70h Display error messages 72h Check for configuration errors 76h Check for keyboard errors 7Ch Set up hardware interrupt vectors 7Dh Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS23...

Page 91: ... check sum failure 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives A0h Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase F2 prompt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag B0h Check for errors B1h Inf...

Page 92: ... Initialize note dock optional C7h Initialize note dock late C8h Force check optional C9h Extended checksum optional CAh Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard CBh Redirect Int 13h to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM RAM PCMCIA and serial disk CCh Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video CDh Re map I O and memory for PCMCIA CEh Initialize digitizer and display message D2h Unknown ...

Page 93: ...int code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously E7h Go to BIOS E8h Set Huge Segment E9h Initialize Multi Processor EAh Initialize OEM special code EBh Initialize PIC and DMA ECh Initialize Memory type EDh Initialize Memory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors ...

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