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bullx R423-E3 - Installation and User's Guide 

 
 

 

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Page 1: ...bullx R423 E3 Installation and User s Guide extreme computing REFERENCE 86 A1 48FH 01...

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Page 3: ...bullx R423 E3 Installation and User s Guide Hardware January 2013 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 A1 48FH 01...

Page 4: ...the proprietors of the trademarks mentioned in this manual All brand names and software and hardware product names are subject to trademark and or patent protection Quoting of brand and product names...

Page 5: ...ting Considerations 6 2 5 Installing the System into a Rack 7 2 5 1 Separating the Sections of the Rack Rails 7 2 5 2 Installing the Inner Rail Extension 8 2 5 3 Outer Rack Rails 9 Chapter 3 System In...

Page 6: ...g PCI Add on Cards 31 5 6 1 Installing an Add on Card 31 5 7 Serverboard Details 32 5 7 1 Serverboard Quick Reference 33 5 8 Connector Definitions 35 5 9 Jumper Settings 41 5 10 Onboard Indicators 43...

Page 7: ...5 IPMI 76 7 6 Boot 78 7 7 Security 79 7 8 Save Exit 80 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes 83 Appendix B System Specifications 85 Processors 85 Chipset 85 BIOS 85 Memory Capacity 85 SAS Controller 85 SAT...

Page 8: ...lling the Rack rails 10 Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard CR2032 Battery 17 Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins 20 Figure 5 2 Rear I O Ports 21 Figure 5 3 Installing DIMM into Slot 28 Figure 5 4 R423...

Page 9: ...rdered without processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer here for details on the sys...

Page 10: ...llation and User s Guide Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix...

Page 11: ...Three 8 cm system fans FAN 0126L4 One air shroud MCP 310 29001 0N SATA SAS Accessories One SAS SATA backplane BPN SAS 825TQ Two 27 cm iPass to SATA cables CBL 0176L 02 Hot swap Hard Drive Carrier MCP...

Page 12: ...are RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 capable SATA A SATA controller is integrated into the C602 chipset to provide a 6 4 port SATA subsystem which is RAID 0 1 10 and 5 capable Two ports support SATA 3 0 I SA...

Page 13: ...es Front Control Panel The control panel on the R423 E3 chassis provides you with system monitoring and control LEDs indicate system power HDD activity network activity system information and power su...

Page 14: ...1 1 System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your serverboard See the previous pages for the actual specifications of your serverboard Th...

Page 15: ...e heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2 3 Preparing for Se...

Page 16: ...ore touching them Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the servers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling 2 4 4 Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operati...

Page 17: ...refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Note This rail will fit a rack between 26 and 33 5 deep 2 5 1 Separating the Sections of the Rack Rails The chassis pa...

Page 18: ...inner rail to mount the chassis in the rack Installing the Inner Rails Figure 2 2 1 Place the inner rail extensions on the side of the chassis aligning the hooks of the chassis with the rail extension...

Page 19: ...he front of the outer rail onto the rack 4 Repeat steps 1 3 for the remaining outer rail Figure 2 3 Assembling the Outer Rails Installing the Chassis into a Rack Figure 2 4 1 Extend the outer rails as...

Page 20: ...10 bullx R423 E3 Installation and User s Guide Figure 2 4 Installing the Rack rails Note The figure above is for illustration purposes only Always install servers to the bottom of the rack first...

Page 21: ...also two buttons on the chassis control panel 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two buttons located on the front of the chassis a reset button and a power on off button Reset Use the reset button to...

Page 22: ...Information LED This LED will be solid blue when the UID function has been activated When this LED flashes red it indicates a fan failure When red continuously it indicates an overheat condition which...

Page 23: ...Red When this LED flashes it indicates the drive is rebuilding When solid on it indicates a SATA drive failure If a drive fails you should be notified by your system management software Please refer...

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Page 25: ...ical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boar...

Page 26: ...uring that all connections have been made DO NOT use the front side handles to carry the server They must be used ONLY to pull or push the server on the rails when installing or removing it 4 3 ESD Pr...

Page 27: ...waste management agency to dispose of your used battery properly 4 5 Electronic Certification WARNING This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in...

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Page 29: ...oard to support it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from electric static discharge 5 1 1 Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to preve...

Page 30: ...cable JF1 mportant Make sure the cables do not come into contact with the fans 5 2 2 Connecting Power Cables The R423 E3 serverboard has a 24 pin primary power supply connector J22 for connection to t...

Page 31: ...The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 5 2 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 2 Rear I O Ports Chapter 5 Advanced Server...

Page 32: ...make sure that you use an Intel certified multidirectional heatsink only Make sure to install the system board into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink When receiving a server board witho...

Page 33: ...m its locking position 3 With the lever labelled Close 1st fully retracted gently push down on the Open 1st lever to open the load plate Lift the load plate to open it completely 4 Using your thumb an...

Page 34: ...any pins of the socket to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket CAUTION You can only install the CPU inside the socket in one direction Make sure that it is properly inserted into the CPU socket befor...

Page 35: ...ith the CPU inside the socket Lock the lever labelled Close 1st first then lock the lever labelled Open 1st second Use your thumb to gently push the load levers down to the lever locks Chapter 5 Advan...

Page 36: ...s are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 2 Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not over tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 3 Finis...

Page 37: ...ly 2 Unscrew the heatsink screws from the serverboard in the sequence as shown in the illustration below 3 Hold the heatsink and gently wiggle it to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force w...

Page 38: ...desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM P1 DIMMA1 When populating two DIMM modules within a channel always start with Bank1 first For optimal memory performance please install...

Page 39: ...y attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot For memory to work properly...

Page 40: ...optimal memory performance please install DIMMs in pairs with an even number of DIMMs installed All channels in a system will run at the fastest common frequency 30 bullx R423 E3 Installation and Use...

Page 41: ...opulate 2 Fully seat the card into the slot pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card 3 Finish by using a screw to secure the top of the card shield to the chassis The PCI slot sh...

Page 42: ...ard Details Figure 5 4 R423 E3 Serverboard Layout not drawn to scale Note Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only and should not have their settings changed 32 bullx R423 E3 Installation and...

Page 43: ...5 7 1 Serverboard Quick Reference Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 33...

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Page 45: ...tions Secondary Power Connector JPWR1 and JPWR2 must also be connected to the power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power On connection is on pins 1nd 2 of JF1 T...

Page 46: ...he LED connections for JLAN2 are on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activity See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 JLAN1 LED The LED connections for JLAN2 are...

Page 47: ...rd Fan 1 Fan 6 Fan A Fan B all of which are 4 pin fans Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans Fan speed control is supported with 4 pin fans only See the t...

Page 48: ...on the right for pin definitions Overheat fan fail LED The JOH1 header may be connected to an LED indicator to provide warn ings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on right for...

Page 49: ...IPMB A System Management Bus header for IPMI 2 0 is located at JIPMB1 Connect the appropriate cable here to use the IPMB I2 C connection on your system SATA DOM Power Connector A power connector for S...

Page 50: ...connections COM1 COM2 are located on the serverboard COM1 is located on the rear I O panel COM2 located next to the IPMB header is used to provide front access support See the table on the right for...

Page 51: ...s on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS which will also clear any passwords Instead of pins this jumper consists...

Page 52: ...le or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings BMC Enable Jumper JPB1 allows you to enable the embedded the Winbond BMC...

Page 53: ...LED on the left indicates the speed of the connection See the table at right for more information Onboard Power LED LE1 An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 This LED Indicator is lit when the syste...

Page 54: ...rverboard including eight SATA2 ports I SATA2 5 S SATA0 3 and two SATA3 ports I SATA0 1 See the table on the right for pin definitions SAS Ports Eight Serial Attached SCSI Ports SAS 0 3 4 7 are provid...

Page 55: ...following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD damage 6 1 1 Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object be...

Page 56: ...ails on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 6 3 System Fans Three 8 cm hot swap fans provide the cooling for the system It is very important that the chassis top cover is properly installed and making a goo...

Page 57: ...g a New Fan 1 Replace the failed fan with an identical 8 cm 12 volt fan available from Bull 2 Position the new fan into the space vacated by the failed fan previously re moved A click can be heard whe...

Page 58: ...S SATA Drive Installation These drives are mounted in carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis The carriers also help promote proper airflow for the drives For this reason...

Page 59: ...Figure 6 3 Removing a Drive Carrier Figure 6 4 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 49...

Page 60: ...the hard drives The backplane is already preconfigured so no jumper or switch configurations are required 6 4 4 DVD ROM Installation Optional The top cover of the chassis must be opened to gain full a...

Page 61: ...t without powering down the system 6 5 2 Removing Replacing the Power Supply You do not need to shut down the system to replace a power supply module The backup power supply module will keep the syste...

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Page 63: ...xt will accompany it Note The AMI BIOS has default informational messages built in The manufacturer retains the option to include omit or change any of these messages The AMI BIOS Setup Utility uses a...

Page 64: ...mage to the system In no event shall Bull be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update If you have to update the BIOS do not shut down or reset...

Page 65: ...System Date using the arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard and press Enter Press the Tab key to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD YY format The time is entered in...

Page 66: ...ogo The default setting is Enabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This sets the display mode for the Option ROM Select Keep Current to use the cur rent AddOn ROM Display setting Select Force BIOS to use the O...

Page 67: ...to reboot when it is inactive for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Button Function If this feature is set to Instant_Off the system will power off immediately as soon as...

Page 68: ...Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU installed in Socket 1 64 bit This item indicates if the CPU installed in Socket 1 supports 64 bit technology Hyper threading Select Enabled to support Int...

Page 69: ...e CPU Select Enabled to support Intel Virtualization Technology which will allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual sys...

Page 70: ...ate ACPI C3 to the operating system During the CPU C6 State the power to all cache is turned off The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU C7 Report Available when Power Technology is set to Custom Sel...

Page 71: ...security and availability in networking and data sharing The options are Enabled and Disabled Data Direct I O The Intel I OAT I O Acceleration Technology significantly reduces CPU overhead by leveragi...

Page 72: ...A The options are GEN1 GEN2 and GEN3 LAN i350 x540 Link Speed Select GEN1 to enable PCI Exp Generation 1 support for the above port Select GEN2 to enable PCI Exp Generation 2 support for the above por...

Page 73: ...s specified in the specification The options are Auto Force DDR3 800 Force DDR3 1066 Force DDR3 1333 Force DDR3 1600 and Force SPD Channel Interleaving This feature selects from the different channel...

Page 74: ...USB Devices This feature enables all USB ports devices The options are Disabled and Enabled If set to Enabled EHCI Controller 1 and Controller 2 will appear EHCI Controller 1 EHCI Controller 2 Select...

Page 75: ...ayed when the AHCI Mode is selected Aggressive Link Power Management When Enabled the SATA AHCI controller manages the power usage of the SATA link The controller will put the link in a low power mode...

Page 76: ...the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles The options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 Above 4G Decoding Available if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding Select Enabled to decode a PCI device tha...

Page 77: ...Onboard LAN1 Option ROM Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 Option ROM LAN2 Option ROM This is to boot the computer using a network device The default setting for L...

Page 78: ...this option is set to Disabled the serial port becomes unavailable The options are Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 3E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 and I...

Page 79: ...Redirection These submenus allow the user to configure the following Console Redirection settings for COM Port 0 or COM Port 1 as specified by the user COM 1 COM2 These two submenus allow the user to...

Page 80: ...wer devices are used The options are 1 and 2 Flow Control This feature allows the user to set the flow control for Console Redirection to prevent data loss caused by buffer overflow Send a Stop signal...

Page 81: ...racter set Select VT UTF8 to use UTF8 encoding to map Unicode characters into one or more bytes The options are ANSI VT100 VT100 and VT UTF8 Bits per Second This item sets the transmission speed for a...

Page 82: ...nstruction embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options are Enabled and Disabled Trusted Computing Available when a TPM devi...

Page 83: ...Intel TXT LT SX Dependencies This feature displays the features that need to be enabled for the Intel Trusted Execution Technology to work properly in the system VT d Support Intel Virtualization Tec...

Page 84: ...ot The options are Enabled and Disabled Runtime Error Logging Support Change this item to enable or disable runtime error logging The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Correction Error Threshold...

Page 85: ...or disabled The options are Disabled and Enabled MECI The Multiple Event Count Increment MECI counter counts the number of occurrences a duplicate event must happen before the MECI counter is incremen...

Page 86: ...upon each system reboot Select No to keep all system event logs after each system reboot The options are No Yes On next reset and Yes On every reset When SEL is Full This feature allows the user to de...

Page 87: ...d enter it to the system manually in the field If DHCP is selected the BIOS will search for a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server in the network that is attached to and request the next av...

Page 88: ...Boot Option 2 Boot Option 3 Use this feature to specify the sequence of boot device priority Network Devices BBS Priorities This option sets the order of the legacy network devices detected by the mo...

Page 89: ...Password which is required to enter the BIOS setup utility The length of the password should be from 3 characters to 20 characters long User Password Use this feature to set a User Password which is...

Page 90: ...system configuration changes select this option to save the changes and reboot the computer so that the new system configuration settings can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit and press Enter...

Page 91: ...Enter to save the current settings as the user s defaults When the dialog box appears asking you if you want to save values as user s defaults click Yes to save the current values as user s default s...

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Page 93: ...normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for poss...

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Page 95: ...of ECC registered unbuffered DDR3 1600 1066 800 memory Note refer to Section 5 5 for details SAS Controller LSI 2208 SAS controller for eight SAS ports SATA Controller Intel chipset based SATA contro...

Page 96: ...158 F Operating Relative Humidity 20 to 95 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Regulatory Compliance Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A EN 61000...

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