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Chapter 2

SharpStreamer™ PCIE-7207 Installation and Use (6806800T60F)

Hardware Preparation and Installation

This chapter will guide you through the hardware preparation and installation of the
SharpStreamer™ PCIE-7207 card. It also lists the environmental, thermal, and power
requirements for the PCIE-7207 card.

2.1

Unpacking and Inspecting PCIE-7207 Card

Shipment Inspection

To inspect the shipment:

1. Verify that you have received all items of your shipment:

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One SharpStreamer™ PCIE-7207 card

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One printed copy of

Quick Start Guide

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One printed copy of

Safety Notes Summary

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Any optional items ordered

2. Check your shipment and report any damage or differences to the Contact Center

[email protected]

Damage of Circuits
Electrostatic discharge and incorrect installation and removal of the card can damage
circuits or shorten their life.

Before touching the card or electronic components, make sure that your are working
in an ESD-safe environment.

Summary of Contents for SharpStreamer PCIE-7207

Page 1: ...SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use P N 6806800T60F May 2016 ...

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Page 3: ... 1 5 Ordering and Support Information 28 2 Hardware Preparation and Installation 31 2 1 Unpacking and Inspecting PCIE 7207 Card 31 2 2 Environmental Thermal and Power Requirements 32 2 2 1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements 32 2 2 2 Power Requirements 33 2 3 PCIE 7207 Card Installation and Removal 34 2 3 1 PCIE 7207 Card Installation 35 2 3 2 PCIE 7207 Card Removal 36 3 Functional Description ...

Page 4: ...rs 47 4 1 Connectors 47 4 1 1 Edge Connector 47 4 1 2 ATX Power 49 4 2 Indicators 49 4 3 Controls 53 5 BIOS 55 5 1 Connecting to the Console 55 5 2 Accessing the BIOS Setup Screen 56 5 2 1 Menu Bar 58 5 2 2 Legend Bar 59 5 2 3 Field Help 60 5 2 4 General Help 60 5 3 Configuring BIOS Setup Settings 60 5 3 1 Main Menu 61 5 3 2 Advanced Menu 62 5 3 2 1 Boot Configuration 63 5 3 2 2 Console Redirectio...

Page 5: ...n 81 6 3 1 Network Interfaces 82 6 3 2 Log on to a PCIE 7207 CPU 83 6 3 3 Access a PCIE 7207 CPU via AMT 83 6 3 3 1 Installing amtterm 83 6 3 3 2 Connect to a PCIE 7207 CPU using amtterm 84 6 4 Software Upgrade 85 6 5 Software Removal 86 7 Utilities and Applications 87 7 1 pci7207 Host OS Utility 87 7 1 1 pci7207 Usage 88 7 2 PCIE 7207 OS 95 7 2 1 Sensor Information 95 7 2 2 BIOS Update 95 7 2 3 A...

Page 6: ...rom Host System 105 8 3 Install SSF Agent on MCP 106 9 ViewCheck Installation 109 9 1 Install ViewCheck Lib on Host 109 9 2 Install ViewCheck on MCP 111 A SSF and ViewCheck 113 A 1 Update PCIE 7207 OS with SSF MCP Agent Client and ViewCheck 113 B Related Documentation 115 B 1 Artesyn Embedded Technologies Embedded Computing Documentation 115 ...

Page 7: ... 55 Table 5 2 BIOS Setup Menu Bar 58 Table 5 3 Legend Keys 59 Table 5 4 Main menu 62 Table 5 5 Advanced menu 63 Table 5 6 Boot Configuration 64 Table 5 7 Console Redirection Setup 65 Table 5 8 Serial IO Configuration 68 Table 5 9 Security menu 69 Table 5 10 Power menu 70 Table 5 11 Advanced CPU Control 70 Table 5 12 Boot menu 72 Table 5 13 Exit menu 74 Table 6 1 PCIE 7207 Card Subnet Configuration...

Page 8: ...SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 8 List of Tables ...

Page 9: ... 45 Figure 3 5 I2C Bus Map 46 Figure 4 1 LED Arrangement View 50 Figure 4 2 Reset Button Location 53 Figure 5 1 BIOS Setup screen 56 Figure 5 2 General Help menu 60 Figure 5 3 Main menu 61 Figure 5 4 Advanced menu 62 Figure 5 5 Boot Configuration 63 Figure 5 6 Console Redirection Setup 65 Figure 5 7 Serial IO Configuration 67 Figure 5 8 Security menu 68 Figure 5 9 Power menu 69 Figure 5 10 Advance...

Page 10: ...SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 10 List of Figures ...

Page 11: ...ides information about the controls indicators connectors and pin assignments associated with the PCIE 7207 card BIOS on page 55 describes the BIOS Setup configuration information Software Installation on page 77 includes prerequisites host setup software packages and software installation upgrade and removal procedures Utilities and Applications on page 87 provides information about the utilities...

Page 12: ...t Output iDRAC integrated Dell Remote Access Controller ISP Internet Service Provider JTAG Joint Test Action Group MAC Media Access Control MCP Multi Chip Package MDI Media Dependent Interface MSO Multiple System Operator OTT Over the Top PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect SOL Serial Over LAN SPD Serial Presence Detect TCK Test Clock TDI Test Data Input TDO Test Data Output TDP Thermal Design P...

Page 13: ... screenoutputandcoderelatedelements or commands in body text Courier Bold Used to characterize user input and to separate it from system output Reference Used for references and for table and figure descriptions File Exit Notation for selecting a submenu text Notation for variables and keys text Notation for software buttons to click on the screen and parameter description Repeated item for exampl...

Page 14: ...voided may result in minor or moderate injury Indicates a property damage message No danger encountered Pay attention to important information Notation Description Part Number Publication Date Description 6806800T60F May 2016 Removed Declaration of Conformity 6806800T60E April 2016 Added a note about power sensors and SPDs in the section pci7207 Host OS Utility on page 87 Added ntp servers related...

Page 15: ...ded header with new image 6806800T60C August 2015 Updated Firewall configuration information in ViewCheck Installation and SSF Installation chapters 6806800T60B July 2015 Incorporated the inputs received from SMEs and Support team Added Declaration of Conformity 6806800T60A June 2015 Initial release Part Number Publication Date Description ...

Page 16: ...SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F About this Manual 16 About this Manual ...

Page 17: ...ned by Artesyn or persons qualified in electronics or electrical engineering are authorized to install remove or maintain the product The information given in this manual is meant to complete the knowledge of a specialist and must not be used as replacement for qualified personnel Keep away from live circuits inside the equipment Operating personnel must not remove equipment covers Only factory au...

Page 18: ...uency emissions compliance is maintained Operation Product Damage Surface of the Product High humidity and condensation on the product surface causes short circuits Do not operate the product outside the specified environmental limits Make sure the product is completely dry and there is no moisture on any surface before applying power Overheating and Product Damage Operating the product without fo...

Page 19: ...the product or electronic components make sure that your are working in an ESD safe environment Product Damage Incorrect installation of the product can cause damage of the product Only use appropriate tools when installing removing the product to avoid damage deformation to the card and or PCB Environment Always dispose equipment that is finally taken out of operation according to your country s ...

Page 20: ...SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F Safety Notes 20 ...

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Page 22: ...führt werden können dazu führen dass der Anwender die Genehmigung zum Betrieb des Produktes verliert Boardprodukte werden in einem repräsentativen System getestet um zu zeigen dass das Board den oben aufgeführten EMV Richtlinien entspricht Eine ordnungsgemässe Installation in einem System welches die EMV Richtlinien erfüllt stellt sicher dass das Produkt gemäss den EMV Richtlinien betrieben wird V...

Page 23: ...FunktionsfähigkeitmußdurcheinenqualifiziertenReparaturdienstwiederhergestelltwerden Installation Beschädigung von Schaltkreisen Elektrostatische Entladung und unsachgemäßer Ein und Ausbau des Produktes kannSchaltkreise beschädigen oder ihre Lebensdauer verkürzen Bevor Sie das Produkt oder elektronische Komponenten berühren vergewissern Sie sich daßSie in einem ESD geschützten Bereich arbeiten Besc...

Page 24: ...SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F Sicherheitshinweise 24 ...

Page 25: ...pliances the SharpStreamer solution is more easily deployable portable and does not constrain operators to only one type of equipment to monetize OTT streaming content It also offers network scalability for increased subscribers to pay as you go adding more cards and density from small to large servers as needed Compared to software only solutions the SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 requires far fewer ser...

Page 26: ...resscompliantcardofthree quarterslengthandfullheightwith dimensions 239 83mm x 111 15mm The PCIE 7207 card can be used as a Server Media Accelerator The following are the key hardware feature components of the card Quad Intel Core i7 5650U Processors as accelerators Broadwell Quad Gigabit Ethernet on board to each Core i7 Processor accelerator vPro Enabled Processors for remote access using Virtua...

Page 27: ...iated with the PCIE 7207 cards It can also be used to reset power down up PCIE 7207 CPUs and recover a corrupted or misconfigured BIOS 1 3 1 2 AMT The PCIE 7207 card does not have a physical serial console for each of the CPUs instead it uses Intel Active Management Technology AMT to access the CPU console via SOL or VNC Intel AMTisahardwareandfirmwaretechnologyforremoteout of bandmanagementusedby...

Page 28: ...63 4 2003 FCC 15 109 g CISPR 22 1997 2003 Class A ANSI C63 4 2003 ICES 003 Issue 5 2012 Class A CAN CSA CISPR 22 2008 Radiated Emissions CISPR 22 2012 Class A CISPR 22 2012 EN 300 386 V1 6 1 2012 Class A EN 55022 2011 FCC 15 107 2015 Class A ANSI C63 4 2003 ICES 003 Issue 5 2012 Class A CAN CSA CISPR 22 2008 Conducted Emissions EN 300 386 v1 6 1 2012 EN 61000 4 2 2009 ESD EN 300 386 v1 6 1 2012 EN...

Page 29: ...Introduction SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 29 SL DG7207 01 001 STD ViewCheck for PCIE 7207 single board license Table 1 2 Ordering Information Part Number Description ...

Page 30: ...Introduction SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 30 ...

Page 31: ...o inspect the shipment 1 Verify that you have received all items of your shipment One SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 card One printed copy of Quick Start Guide One printed copy of Safety Notes Summary Any optional items ordered 2 Check your shipment and report any damage or differences to the Contact Center at RMASupport ec Artesyn com Damage of Circuits Electrostatic discharge and incorrect installation...

Page 32: ...nmental thermal and power requirements of the PCIE 7207 card 2 2 1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements The card is thoroughly inspected before shipment If any damage has occurred during transportation please contact our Contact Center immediately Make sure the 2x3 ATX plug is 12V and capable of supplying 120 watts Operating temperatures refer to the temperature of the incoming air passing acros...

Page 33: ...fied environmental limits Make sure that the card is completely dry and there is no moisture on its surface before applying power Table 2 1 Environmental and Thermal Requirements Requirement Operating Non Operating Temperature 0 C to 50 C 40 C to 70 C Minimum Airflow Reference to sea level 500 LFM 2 5 m sec 400 LFM 2 m sec for 35 C Operation Temperature Change 30 C hr 30 C hr Relative Humidity 5 t...

Page 34: ... TDP of 15W The peak power state is only for a temporary duration and it is the maximum power the thermal characteristics allow for Shipping the card along with a server is not recommended If you still need to ship the card along with the server ensure the card is properly secured in the server Check if necessary precautions were followed to keep the card resistive against wobbling Otherwise there...

Page 35: ... with a minimum x4 PCIe connector to hold the card and a 2x3 ATX power connector available for each of the PCIE 7207 cards installed 4 Insert the PCIE 7207 card into the PCIe slot secure it and ensure that the card is properly fitted in the PCIe slot 5 Connect the 12V ATX 2x3 power connector to the rear side of the board 6 Lock the slot ejectors close the system cover and then switch on the system...

Page 36: ...herals and remove any cables connected to the card 3 Remove the system cover 4 Disconnect the 12V ATX 2x3 power connector from the rear side of the board 5 Gently pull the PCIE 7207 card to remove it from the slot 6 Close the cover of the system MCPtranscodingperformanceisdirectlyrelatedtotheairflowandcoolingabilityofthe server in which the card is installed Wait at least 30 minutes for the card t...

Page 37: ...ocessors dualcoreand hyper threading with built in graphics to assist the host Xeon CPUs to transcode the video more efficiently and allow the host to handle other network functions That means each PCIE 7207 card is equivalent to four complete computing systems With two cores and two threads per processor the four processors on the PCIE 7207 card has a total of 16 processing threads that run at 2 ...

Page 38: ...y 1600 topside DDR3L Memory 1600 topside DDR3L Memory 1600 topside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 bottomside DDR3L Memory 1600 Bottom side DDR3L Memory 1600 topside DDR3L Memory 1600 topside DDR3L Memory 1600 topside DDR3L Memory 1600 tops...

Page 39: ...ble on the board Each MCP accelerator sends and receives traffic over the Gigabit Ethernet link 3 2 CPU Complex Each CPU complex consists of a single MCP combining an Intel i7 5650U Broadwell mobile processor with an Intel QM87 Chipset Lynx Point all on the same BGA package Each MCP is connected to an Intel i218 Clarkville controller providing Gigabit Ethernet to the i350 Gigabit Ethernet Controll...

Page 40: ... fingers of the PCIe card to the server through the x4 PCIe Gen2 bus 3 5 DDR3 1600 Memory The memory is designed as a dual channel interleaved 4GB per channel dual chip dual rank DDR3 1600 Samsung or Micron dual source memory The memory reference is generated from the Serial Presence Detect SPD memory chip The SPD memory chip is a combination of the Samsung or Micron Memory parameters 3 6 Temperat...

Page 41: ...The air temperature surrounding each sensor can be read via the I2C interface The I2C address map is shown in Figure 3 5 on page 46 Figure 3 2 Location of Temperature Sensors U121 temperature U130 temperature U128 temperature U120 temperature U80 temperature U37 temperature U43 temperature U119 temperature U129 temperature Primary Side Secondary Side ...

Page 42: ...and or as a firmware recovery option Each MicroSD controller connects to each MCP host through USB port 0 For example MicroSD slot 1 connects to MicroSD controller 1 which then connects to USB port 0 of MCP1 The MicroSD cards need to be inserted into their slots before power is applied to the board Insert the MicroSD card into the slot and then install the PCIE 7207 card into the server The MicroS...

Page 43: ... BIOS recovery option You can format the MicroSD card as fat32 then copy the recovery firmware onto the card Boot the server with a Linux CentOS Operating System and run the pci7207 command to recover the firmware The process to write the recovery BIOS into the firmware over the MicroSD bus takes about 10 minutes Figure 3 3 MicroSD Card and MCP Location MicroSD MCP2 MicroSD MCP4 MCP1 MCP2 MCP4 MCP...

Page 44: ...sing VNC SOL amtterm or Open Source Manageability Tool Kit to reconfigure the BIOS 3 7 2 MicroSD as Non Volatile Storage The MicroSD slots can accommodate up to 32GB of flash storage that can be used as storage similar to a flash thumb drive 3 7 3 MicroSD as boot device By default during the board boot operation the BIOS will first look for a boot record on the MicroSD storage device If no boot re...

Page 45: ...hitecture of the PCIE 7207 card There is a physical push button that connects directly to the CPLD and is an external reset for all the MCP complexes The PCIe reset from the PCIe connector connects directly to the i350 reset For more information about Reset button refer the section Controls on page 53 Figure 3 4 Reset Architecture DRAM Devices RESET_N RESET_N RESET_N RESET_N RESET_N RESET_N RESET_...

Page 46: ...x30 EEPROM write protect 0x60 U43 MCP1 MB SPD Address 0xA4 Integrated temperature address 0x34 EEPROM write protect 0x64 U80 FRU FOR MCP1 Address 0xAA Integrated temperature address 0x3A EEPROM Write Protect 0x6A U90 MCP2_VCCIN Power Sensor Address 0x88 U2 MCP2 SMBus controller slave address 0x4F U121 MCP2 MA SPD Address 0xA0 Integrated temperature address 0x30 EEPROM write protect 0x60 U130 MCP2 ...

Page 47: ... Table 4 1 PCIE 7207 Card Edge Connector Pinout Pin Name Side B Description Name Side A Description 1 12V 12V power PRSNT 1 PCIe edge present input 2 12V 12V power 12V 12V GF 3 12V 12V power 12V 12V GF 4 GND Ground GND Ground 5 SMCLK PCIE EDGE SMBCLK SMBus System Management Bus Clock JTAG2 PCIe Edge TCK Test Clock 6 SMDAT PCIE EDGE SMBDAT SMBus System Management Bus Data JTAG3 PCIe Edge TDI Test D...

Page 48: ...fferential pair Lane 0 17 PRSNT2 Hot Plug presence detect PERn0 18 GND Ground GND Ground End of the x1 connector 19 PETp1 PCIE3 EDGE TX P PCIE3 EDGE TX N Transmitter Lane 1 Differential pair RSVD Reserved NOT CONNECTED 20 PETn1 GND Ground 21 GND Ground PERp1 PCIE1 EDGE RX P PCIE1 EDGE RX N Receiver Lane 1 Differential pair 22 GND Ground PERn1 23 PETp2 PCIE3 EDGE TX P PCIE3 EDGE TX N Transmitter La...

Page 49: ...nsmitter Lane 3 Differential pair GND Ground 28 PETn3 GND Ground 29 GND Ground PERp3 PCIE1 EDGE RX P PCIE1 EDGE RX N Receiver Lane3 Differential pair 30 RSVD Reserved PERn3 31 PRSNT2 PCIE EDGE PRESENT X4 this net is connected to pin A1 through the PCIe7207 card to show x4 present card in the system GND Ground 32 GND Ground RSVD Reserved End of the x4 connector Table 4 1 PCIE 7207 Card Edge Connect...

Page 50: ...LD does not have 3 3V power from the PCIe gold fingers In such cases first check if the card is receiving 3 3V from the PCIe slot or not The front panel LEDs are used to indicate the basic power state of the card All the LEDs are shown on the primary side of the card Figure 4 1 LED Arrangement View D3 D5 D4 D27 D26 D28 D9 D11 D10 D24 D22 D23 D38 D40 D42 A A D41 A A D31 D30 D29 D33 D32 D36 D35 D34 ...

Page 51: ...Reset OFF MCP3 in Reset BLINKING Server is holding MCP3 power off through i350 GPIO see pci7207 commands D33 Green4 ON MCP4 out of Reset OFF MCP4 in Reset BLINKING Server is holding MCP4 power off through i350 GPIO see pci7207 commands D32 Green5 BLINKING CPLD is running through the power up state that means not in the powerdown state and all is good OFF No 3 3v GF power to the CPLD D29 Green6 BLI...

Page 52: ...d D9 activity green4 BLINKING green MCP4 activity D11 speed Gig amber4 MCP4 Link is at Gigabit speed D10 speed green4 MCP4 link is at 10 100 speed CATERR Catastrophic Error This signal indicates that the system has experienced a catastrophic error and cannot continue to operate The processor will set this for non recoverable machine check errors or other unrecoverable internal errors CATERR is use...

Page 53: ...3 4 3 Controls A Reset button is available at the rear side of the PCIE 7207 card By pressing the Reset button labeled as S2 all the MCP processors on the card get reset The following figure shows the Reset button location on the card Figure 4 2 Reset Button Location Reset Button Secondary Side ...

Page 54: ...Controls Indicators and Connectors SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 54 ...

Page 55: ...m is required to configure the hardware of the card This configuration is necessary for operating the card and the peripherals connected to it The configuration data is stored as part of a boot flash since the configuration data storage needs to be non volatile 5 1 Connecting to the Console The PCIE 7207 allows you to monitor system conditions through the AMT Serial over LAN Redirection The defaul...

Page 56: ...e console PCIE 7207 refer the section Access a PCIE 7207 CPU via AMT on page 83 To access BIOS Setup screen press F2 when the message Press F2 to enter BIOS setup appears on the screen The following screen is displayed The menus shown in the figures in this chapter are from a typical system The actual menus displayed on the screen may be different and depend on the hardware and features installed ...

Page 57: ... at the bottom of the menu Additionally an item specific help is displayed on the right hand side of the menu window It displays the help text for the currently selected field If you have performed any unwanted changes or not sure about configuration settings restore the default values To restore default values perform the following steps 1 Press F2 on the keyboard to return to setup 2 Press F9 to...

Page 58: ...tains the following menu options which are explained in Table 5 2 The default values set become effective only after saving and exiting the BIOS setup Till then they are loaded only for display purposes Table 5 2 BIOS Setup Menu Bar Menu Description Main Configuring the basic system Advanced Setting the advanced features available on the system chipset Security Setting the security password Power ...

Page 59: ...eys to move the cursor to the desired submenu and then press Enter key Incorrect settings can cause the system to malfunction To rectify mistakes use F2 on the keyboard to return to setup and restore the system defaults by pressing F9 Alternatively you can press F2 to return to the BIOS setup and go to the Exit menu and select Load setup Defaults Table 5 3 Legend Keys Key Function F1 Displays gene...

Page 60: ... 4 General Help You can press F1 on the keyboard in any menu context to invoke the general help window The general help window describes the legend keys and their alternates as shown in the following figure The scroll bar on the right side of any window indicates that there is more than one page of information in the window 5 3 Configuring BIOS Setup Settings This section provides BIOS configurati...

Page 61: ...6800T60F 61 5 3 1 Main Menu To view the Main menu select the Main tab from the menu bar To modify menu screen items scroll down the Main screen The following screen appears By default the Main tab is selected on the BIOS Setup screen Figure 5 3 Main menu ...

Page 62: ...nu To view Advanced menu select Advanced tab from the Menu bar The following screen appears Use the legend keys to make a selection or exit in from the Advanced menu Table 5 4 Main menu Selection Options Format Description Language English French Chinese Japanese Set the setup language System Time HH MM SS Set the system time System Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date Figure 5 4 Advanced menu ...

Page 63: ...formed in the Advanced menu 5 3 2 1 Boot Configuration The following figure shows the Boot Configuration submenu Table 5 5 Advanced menu Feature Description Boot Configuration Select the boot configuration Console Redirection Change console redirection parameter Serial IO Configuration Change device options to enable the debug UART Figure 5 5 Boot Configuration ...

Page 64: ...ble provides information about options in the Boot Configuration submenu and their default values The values shown in the tables enclosed within brackets indicate the default settings Table 5 6 Boot Configuration Feature Options Description Numlock On Off Enables or disables Numlock ...

Page 65: ...re available if there is a need for separate port configuration ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthefeatureoptionsintheConsoleRedirection Setup submenu and their defaults values Figure 5 6 Console Redirection Setup Table 5 7 Console Redirection Setup Feature Option Description Console Serial Redirection Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the Console Redirection Terminal Type VT_100 VT_10...

Page 66: ...the stop bits Flow Control None RTS CTS XON XOFF Selects the flow control Information Wait Time 0 Second 2 Second 5 Second 10 Second 30 Second Selects the information screen display time C R After Post Yes No Selects if the Console Redirections is enabled after Post Text Mode Resolution AUTO Force 80x25 Force 80x24 DEL FIRST ROW Force 80x24 DEL LAST ROW Selects the text mode resolution Table 5 7 C...

Page 67: ...ses AutoRefresh Disabled Enabled Selects if the terminal will be refreshed after a console is detected FailSafeBaudRate Disabled Enabled Selects if the baud rate automatically changes to one of the terminals it can be detected ACPI SPCR Table Disabled Enabled Selects if the SPCR ACPI table will be included for Windows EMS Table 5 7 Console Redirection Setup continued Feature Option Description Fig...

Page 68: ...ew the Security menu select Security tab from the menu bar Use the legend keys to makeaselectionandexitfromtheSecuritymenu TheSecuritymenuappearsasshowninthe following figure Table 5 8 Serial IO Configuration Feature Option Description DMA Controller Disabled Enabled Enable or disable the PCI DMA controller UART0 Controller Disabled Enabled EnableordisablethePCIUART0controller Figure 5 8 Security ...

Page 69: ... 3 4 Power Menu To view the Power menu select the Power tab from the menu bar The Power menu is displayed which looks similar to the following figure The values shown in the tables enclosed within brackets indicate the default settings Table 5 9 Security menu Feature Option Description Set Supervisor Password Sets the password Figure 5 9 Power menu ...

Page 70: ...g figure shows the Advanced CPU Control submenu The following table provides options in the Advanced CPU Control submenu and their defaults Table 5 10 Power menu Feature Options Description Advanced CPU Control Select CPU features Figure 5 10 Advanced CPU Control Table 5 11 Advanced CPU Control Feature Options Description HT Support Auto Disabled Enables or disables the Hyper Threading ...

Page 71: ...Disabled Enables or disables the CPU virtualization support Boot Performance Mode Max Non Turbo Performance Max Battery Turbo Performance Selects the performance state the BIOS left behind before entering the OS Turbo Mode Disabled Enabled Enables or disables the CPU Turbo Mode Energy Efficient P state Disabled Enabled Enables or disables the Energy Efficient P state feature Table 5 11 Advanced CP...

Page 72: ... provides options in the Boot menu and their default settings Figure 5 11 Boot menu Table 5 12 Boot menu Feature Option Description Boot Type Dual Boot Type Legacy Boot Type UEFI Boot Type Selects the boot type Quick Boot Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the quick boot feature which skip certain tests to decrease the boot time Quiet Boot Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the booting in text...

Page 73: ...lects the supported ACPI version USB Boot Enabled Disabled Enables or disables USB boot support EFI Device First Disabled Enabled Selects if UEFI if enabled or Legacy if disabled is the first boot device Timeout 2 Selects the timeout in seconds before the first boot attempt Automatic Failover Disabled Enabled Selects if another boot devices is used after the first one failed EFI Change EFI boot or...

Page 74: ... to the figure below The following table provides Exit menu features and their description Figure 5 12 Exit menu Table 5 13 Exit menu Feature Description Exit Saving Changes Exits the setup and saves the changes Save Changes Without Exit Saves the changes without exiting Exit Discarding Changes Exits the setup and discards the changes Load Setup Defaults Loads the default setup parameter Discard C...

Page 75: ...BIOS SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 75 5 4 Updating the BIOS For information on updating the BIOS on the PCIE 7207 card refer to the section BIOS Update on page 95 ...

Page 76: ...BIOS SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 76 ...

Page 77: ... It is recommended to install the CentOS 7 1 Linux Desktop distribution on the host system A Linux OS based on Ubuntu 14 04 x is also available for the PCIE 7207 which can be used on a host system running either CentOS 7 x or Ubuntu 14 04 x The Setup and use of the Ubuntu Linux package is described in the documents included in the Ubuntu Linux package The following sections describe the setup and ...

Page 78: ...all configuration changes are required Log in to the host as root and run the following commands firewall cmd permanent zone public add service dhcp firewall cmd permanent zone public add service tftp 6 1 1 2 SELinux Configuration By default SELinux is set to enforcing which prevents DHCP TFTP from working properly To change the SELinux configuration 1 Log in to the host as root 2 Modify the file ...

Page 79: ...tart xinetd service 6 cp usr share syslinux pxelinux 0 tftpboot 6 1 1 4 pci7207 Utility Installation To install the pci7207 utility 1 Copy the pci7207 utility to the host system to root 2 Log in to the host system as root 3 Run the following commands cd root mkdir tmp cd tmp unzip pci7207 zip cp pci7207_ version centos7 usr local bin pci7207 cd rm rf tmp Obtain the latest version of the pci7207 ut...

Page 80: ...local bin pci7207 cg etc dhcp dhcpd conf usr local bin pci7207 ci tmp pcie7207IPs sh chmod x tmp pcie7207IPs sh tmp pcie7207IPs sh systemctl restart dhcpd service 3 Configure the host system to automatically run the pcie7207start when the OS starts chmod x etc init d pcie7207start restorecon etc init d pcie7207start chkconfig add etc init d pcie7207start 4 Disable the NetworkManager service system...

Page 81: ...efault pcie7207 pxelinux cfg default The default file would normally contain DEFAULT pcie7207 vmlinuz 3 10 0 229 1 2 36242 MSSr5 el7 centos x86_64 initrd pcie7207 initramfs 3 10 0 229 1 2 36242 MSSr5 cpio gz rdinit sbin init console tty0 console ttyS0 115200n8 acpi_enforce_resources no rd luks 0 rd lvm 0 rd md 0 rd dm 0 After completion of the above configuration steps each PCIE 7207 CPU boots wit...

Page 82: ...7207 CPU Ethernet interface For example a host system with three 3 PCIE 7207 cards installed would have an internal network similar to details provided in the following table Table 6 1 PCIE 7207 Card Subnet Configuration Card CPU Local IP Host 7207 CPU IP 1 1 172 20 11 1 172 20 11 100 1 2 172 20 12 1 172 20 12 100 1 3 172 20 13 1 172 20 13 100 1 4 172 20 14 1 172 20 14 100 2 1 172 20 21 1 172 20 2...

Page 83: ... download it from www realvnc com It works well and requires a license for commercial use vinagre This is the standard remote desktop viewer installed with CentOS 7 It works but it is not the best option The SOL viewer has been verified to work with the PCIE 7207 amtterm The amtterm version is not available from the CentOS 7 repositories but the amtterm version available from CentOS 6 5 works in C...

Page 84: ...se amtterm to connect to the CPU it requires the CPU IP address and the AMT password for host which is set to P ssw0rd for all PCIE 7207 CPUs To connect to PCIE 7207 card 1 cpu3 amtterm 172 20 13 100 AMT password for host 172 20 13 100 amtterm NONE CONNECT connection to host ipv4 172 20 13 100 172 20 13 100 16994 open amtterm CONNECT INIT redirection initialization amtterm INIT AUTH session authen...

Page 85: ...obtain the new version of the utility using the SWORDS download server available from the Artesyn Customer Resource Center Website and follow the installation procedure outlined in the section pci7207 Utility Installation on page 79 to replace the existing utility with the new version To upgrade the PCIE 7207 OS image obtain the new version of the PCIE 7207 image using the SWORDS download server a...

Page 86: ...7207 OS and the pci7207 utility from a host system 1 Log in to the host system as root 2 Remove the PCIE 7207 OS image cd tftpboot rm rf pcie7207 rm f pxelinux cfg default 3 Remove the pci7207 utility rm usr local bin pci7207 4 Remove the pcie7207start startup script chkconfig del pcie7207start rm etc init d pcie7207start ...

Page 87: ...07 CPU on a specific card Generate a DHCP configuration file The utility searches the system for PCIE 7207 devices For each device it determines the MAC address of the each port and adds 4 to determine the PCIE 7207 CPU MAC address The generated dhcpd conf output is based on the MAC address of each PCIE 7207 CPU It assumes a network configuration as follows For each PCIE 7207 CPU there is a separa...

Page 88: ...f only the card id is provided it will power cycle all CPUs for the card indicated r reset CPU t temperature of CPU e execute BIOS Crisis Recovery for the specified CPU The following commands are independent of Card Id and CPU g generate a dhcp conf i output ifconfig commands for each interface l list installed PCIE 7207 cards Display utility version pci7207 v pci7207 version 1 0 10 Backwards Comp...

Page 89: ... 5d enp1s0f0 1 2 01 00 1 0xf7700000 0x100000 ec 9e cd 14 d4 5e enp1s0f1 1 3 01 00 2 0xf7600000 0x100000 ec 9e cd 14 d4 5f enp1s0f2 1 4 01 00 3 0xf7500000 0x100000 ec 9e cd 14 d4 60 enp1s0f3 2 1 02 00 0 0xf7300000 0x100000 ec 9e cd 15 e9 c9 enp2s0f0 2 2 02 00 1 0xf7200000 0x100000 ec 9e cd 15 e9 ca enp2s0f1 2 3 02 00 2 0xf7100000 0x100000 ec 9e cd 15 e9 cb enp2s0f2 2 4 02 00 3 0xf7000000 0x100000 e...

Page 90: ...f2_cpu3 hardware ethernet ec 9e cd 14 d4 5f fixed address 172 20 13 100 subnet 172 20 14 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 option broadcast address 172 20 14 255 next server 172 20 14 1 host enp1s0f3_cpu4 hardware ethernet ec 9e cd 14 d4 60 fixed address 172 20 14 100 subnet 172 20 21 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 option broadcast address 172 20 21 255 next server 172 20 21 1 host enp2s0f0_cpu1 hardware ethernet ...

Page 91: ...he existing dhcpd conf file or you have to update the existing dhcpd conf file manually with the generated output pci7207 cgrn Sample etc dhcp dhcpd conf allow bootp allow booting authorative default lease time 1209600 max lease time 1814400 filename pxelinux 0 subnet 172 20 11 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 option broadcast address 172 20 11 255 option routers 172 20 11 1 option ntp servers 172 20 11 1 ...

Page 92: ...hardware ethernet ec 9e cd 14 d4 60 fixed address 172 20 14 100 subnet 172 20 21 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 option broadcast address 172 20 21 255 option routers 172 20 21 1 option ntp servers 172 20 21 1 next server 172 20 21 1 host enp2s0f0_cpu1 hardware ethernet ec 9e cd 15 e9 c9 fixed address 172 20 21 100 subnet 172 20 22 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 option broadcast address 172 20 22 255 option rout...

Page 93: ...nfig enp1s0f2 172 20 13 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 ifconfig enp1s0f3 172 20 14 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 ifconfig enp2s0f0 172 20 21 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 ifconfig enp2s0f1 172 20 22 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 ifconfig enp2s0f2 172 20 23 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 ifconfig enp2s0f3 172 20 24 1 netmask 255 255 255 0 Reset a PCIE 7207 CPU pci7207 s1 n1 cr Power down a PCIE 7207 CPU pci7207 s1 n1 cd Power up ...

Page 94: ...Recovery for Card 1 CPU 1 Selected Did you insert a uSD card with the BIOS Crisis Recovery Image in the CPU uSD Slot Enter Y N Y Starting BIOS Crisis Recovery for Card 1 CPU 1 BIOS Crisis Recovery Complete Power Cycling Card 1 CPU 1 Obtain sensor information from a PCIE 7207 CPU pci7207 s1 n2 ct Warning Permanently added 172 20 12 100 ECDSA to the list of known hosts root 172 20 12 100 s password ...

Page 95: ... SPD2 25 50 C 7 2 2 BIOS Update The PCIE 7207 OS includes a utility to perform BIOS updates Two different forms of BIOS updates are supported BIOS region only update This is the recommended update mechanism Full BIOS update This updates the BIOS and Intel ME regions A provisioning of AMT is required for console access after a full BIOS update To perform a BIOS region only update on a PCIE 7207 CPU...

Page 96: ...o update and place it in root and execute the BIOS update utility In the example below CARD 1 CPU 1 are used scp pcie7207_ BIOS release _signed bin 172 20 11 100 root amtterm pP ssw0rd 172 20 11 100 cd opt InsydeBios H2OFFTx64 sh root pcie7207_ BIOS release _signed bin The procedure takes few minutes A CPU power cycle might be required after completion of the BIOS update Provisioning AMT is also r...

Page 97: ...set time date manually using following command timedatectl set time To set the hardware clock syncing it with system clock hwclock r Mon Jan 3 15 59 43 2000 0 781876 seconds hwclock w hwclock r Thu Feb 11 15 37 19 2016 0 735010 seconds On SharpStreamer card the time zone is set in etc profile By default the timezone is set to MST You can change the timezone if required root pcie7207 grep TZ etc pr...

Page 98: ...ications SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 98 Thu Mar 10 13 35 37 PST 2016 If you do not update the required time zone in etc profile the time zone will again set to MST when you reboot the system ...

Page 99: ...re is delivered as a complete package which includes SSF packages dependent packagesandaninstallationscript ThispackageisprovidedasasingleTARfile ThelistofRPMs required to install SSF on host and on MCP are categorized and shown in Table 8 1 on page 99 and Table 8 2 on page 101 respectively Table 8 1 List of SSF and Dependent RPMs for Host RPM Description SSF Core ssf_main_rel Version el7 x86_64 r...

Page 100: ...rd s MCP Dependent RPMs freeradius 1 1 7 el7 x86_64 rpm Provides access and authentication services to SSF libpqxx 2 6 8 el7 x86_64 rpm Library to communicate with PostGRE database postgresql 9 1 3 el7 x86_64 rpm Database to provide configuration persistency vsftpd 3 0 2 9 el7 x86_64 rpm Supports file transfer from remote user daemonize 1 7 3 1 el6 x86_64 rpm Provides utility to run SSF process as...

Page 101: ...command cd ssfPcie7207_el7_setup_ Version Table 8 2 List of SSF and Dependent RPMs for MCP Package Description SSF MCP Agent Client ssf_mcpagtclnt_rel Version el7 x86_64 rpm Provides SSF agent for configuration and management for MCP on PCIE 7207 tested with PCIe 7207 BBS DA 08 Dependent RPMs libnet 1 1 6 7 el7 x86_64 rpm To help with the construction and handling of network packets ivykis 0 36 2 ...

Page 102: ...SSF PCIE 7207 Zend and dependent rpms 2 to UnInstall SSF PCIE 7207 Which removes all SSF PCIE 7207 Zend and dependent rpms 3 to Upgrade the SSF PCIE 7207 rpms if all zend rpms and SSF PCIE 7207 are installed 4 to Quit the installation Option 1 SSF PCIE 7207 Installation 2 Uninstallation 3 Upgrade 4 Exit Please enter your choice 7 Enter 1 to select SSF PCIE 7207 installation NOTE SOME PACKAGES WILL...

Page 103: ...llation of ssf pcie 7207 packages takes time Please wait Installation of ssf pcie 7207 packages Done starting SSF PCIE 7207 services This is first time Need to initialize and Create DB Initializing the postgres DB Starting postmaster OK Last login Wed Jun 24 16 48 30 IST 2015 Starting radiusd OK Intialize Radius user tables in SSF DB Starting ssfPcied OK Starting ssfcsimd OK Starting ssfbcsimd OK ...

Page 104: ...ime of installation the installation script automatically enables https 443 protocol for SSF s web access and SSF specific ports 11110 and 11120 for internal communication of SSF and then proceeds with SSF installation If the Firewall configuration is in disable mode at the time of installation the installation script only performs the SSF installation After the SSF installation for SSF to work pr...

Page 105: ...nEL7 sh The complete installation procedure is divided into the following categories 1 SSF PCIE 7207 Installation 2 SSF PCIE 7207 Uninstallation 3 Upgrade SSF PCIE 7207 Please choose the option 1 to Install SSF PCIE 7207 Zend and dependent rpms 2 to UnInstall SSF PCIE 7207 Which removes all SSF PCIE 7207 Zend and dependent rpms 3 to Upgrade the SSF PCIE 7207 rpms if all zend rpms and SSF PCIE 7207...

Page 106: ...allation of Zend Framework Done Check the log file home ssfPcie7207_el7_setup_R 2 0 18 UNINSTALL_LOG_2015_06_24T18_18_09 which is stored in the current location for more information Congratulations All SSF PCIE Packages removed successfully 8 3 Install SSF Agent on MCP The SSF functionality for PCIE 7207 MCP is provided as an RPM To install SSF agent on PCIE 7207 card s MCP you have to include ssf...

Page 107: ...nder the directory ssf mcp rpms in the standard SSF package The procedure on how to include an RPM with PCIE 7207 OS is described in the section Update PCIE 7207 OS with SSF MCP Agent Client and ViewCheck on page 113 OncetheMCPisbootedwithnewPCIE 7207OSimage verifythestatusofSSFserviceasshown in the following example 1 Log in to the respective MCP as root 2 Run systemctl status mcpagent command to...

Page 108: ...SSF Installation SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 108 ...

Page 109: ...P on PCIE 7207 For more information about ViewCheck refer to ViewCheck on SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 User Guide 9 1 Install ViewCheck Lib on Host ViewCheck Lib RPM for the host is the ViewCheck interface library provided in the following format diagnostics lib RELEASE _ BUILD DIST OS pcie7207 rpm Installation Steps To install the ViewCheck Lib on host 1 Download the ViewCheck RPMs using the SWORDS do...

Page 110: ...Check installation In this case the following message is notified FirewallD is not running After ViewCheck installation for ViewCheck to work properly you have to perform the following changes manually Enable ViewCheck specific ports 21000 and 25678 firewall offline cmd zone public add port 21000 tcp permanent firewall offline cmd zone public add port 25678 udp permanent Uninstallation Steps To un...

Page 111: ...ie7207 rpm FormoreinformationonhowtoincludeaViewCheckRPMtoPCIE 7207OS refertothesection Update PCIE 7207 OS with SSF MCP Agent Client and ViewCheck on page 113 Once the MCP is booted with new PCIE 7207 OS image verify the status of ViewCheck service as shown in the following example 1 Log in to the respective MCP as root 2 Execute the systemctl status diagcore service command The installation and ...

Page 112: ...ViewCheck Installation SharpStreamer PCIE 7207 Installation and Use 6806800T60F 112 ...

Page 113: ...in the PCIE 7207 OS using the SWORDS download server available from the Artesyn Customer Resource Center Website http crcportal artesyn com 2 Copy the PCIE 7207 OS to a Linux host system 3 Copy SSF MCP Agent Client ViewCheck packages and dependent RPMs to the same location on the Linux host system 4 Copy updatePCIe 7207 OS sh script to the Linux host system 5 Log in to the Linux host system as roo...

Page 114: ...SSr5 cpio gz r home rpms t tmp The modified PCIE 7207 OS image will be generated at the same location as the original PCIE 7207 OS image The original PCIE 7207 OS image is renamed with org extension 7 Add the parameter net ifnames 0 to the PXE boot default file if not available This is required to use the standard Linux interface names on MCPs 8 Install the new PCIE 7207 OS image Refer the section...

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