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Cisco UCS B250 Extended Memory Blade Server Installation and Service Note

OL-22474-03

  Installing and Removing the B250 M2 Air Baffle

configured with a single CPU. Cisco UCS B250 M1 servers shipped beginning July 2010 and all Cisco 
UCS B250 M2 servers are automatically shipped with a baffle pre-installed. Installation requires no tools 
and is shown in 

Figure 7

. The baffle provides needed back pressure that allows the fans and heat sinks 

to work together optimally. 

Figure 7

Air Baffle (N20-BBFLB) Installation

Step 4

Carefully place the air baffle (provided through the field upgrade kit) so that two alignment holes will 
align with and are engaged with the top of the standoffs. 

Step 5

Replace the top cover onto the enclosure of the UCS B250 Blade Server.

Summary of Contents for UCS B250 M1

Page 1: ...DIMM slots for up to 384 GB of memory it supports two adapters You may install up to four UCS B250 Blade Servers to a UCS chassis Figure 1 UCS B250 Extended Memory Blade Server 1 Hard drive bay 1 8 Power button and LED 2 Hard drive bay 2 9 Network link status LED 3 Left ejector captive screw 10 Blade health LED 4 Left blade ejector handle 11 Console connector 5 Asset tab 1 1 Each server has a blan...

Page 2: ... button and LED allows you to manually take a server temporarily out of service but leave it in a state where it can be restarted quickly or to bring it back into service If the desired power state for a service profile associated with a blade server or an integrated rack mount server is set to off using the power button or Cisco UCS Manager to reset the server will cause the desired power state o...

Page 3: ...you can create a direct connection to the operating system and the BIOS running on a blade server Figure 2 KVM Cable for Blade Servers Conventions This document uses the following conventions for notes cautions and safety warnings Notes and Cautions contain important information that you should know Note Means reader take note Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material that are no...

Page 4: ...ruumiillisia vammoja Ennen kuin käsittelet laitteistoa huomioi sähköpiirien käsittelemiseen liittyvät riskit ja tutustu onnettomuuksien yleisiin ehkäisytapoihin Turvallisuusvaroitusten käännökset löytyvät laitteen mukana toimitettujen käännettyjen turvallisuusvaroitusten joukosta varoitusten lopussa näkyvien lausuntonumeroiden avulla SÄILYTÄ NÄMÄ OHJEET Attention IMPORTANTES INFORMATIONS DE SÉCURI...

Page 5: ... de aviso significa perigo Você está em uma situação que poderá ser causadora de lesões corporais Antes de iniciar a utilização de qualquer equipamento tenha conhecimento dos perigos envolvidos no manuseio de circuitos elétricos e familiarize se com as práticas habituais de prevenção de acidentes Utilize o número da instrução fornecido ao final de cada aviso para localizar sua tradução nos avisos ...

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Page 7: ...de prevenção de acidentes Use o número da declaração fornecido ao final de cada aviso para localizar sua tradução nos avisos de segurança traduzidos que acompanham o dispositivo GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES Advarsel VIGTIGE SIKKERHEDSANVISNINGER Dette advarselssymbol betyder fare Du befinder dig i en situation med risiko for legemesbeskadigelse Før du begynder arbejde på udstyr skal du være opmærksom p...

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Page 9: ...g these procedures and handle modules by the carrier edges only Note Seagate SATA disks and Intel or Samsung SATA SSDs are not supported in UCS Manager release 1 2 1 and cannot be used with servers using UCS Manager release 1 2 1 Replacing an HDD or SSD with a drive of the same size model and manufacturer generally causes few problems with UCS Manager If the drive being replaced was part of a RAID...

Page 10: ...4E RAID controller runs at 1 5Gb Link Speed instead of 3Gb with 6Gb Local Disks when running UCS 1 4 2 and earlier software releases A03 D146GA2 146 GB 6Gb SAS transfer rate1 10K RPM SFF HDD hot plug drive sled mounted A03 D146GC2 146 GB 6Gb SAS transfer rate1 10K RPM SFF HDD hot plug drive sled mounted A03 D300GA2 300 GB 6Gb SAS transfer rate1 15K RPM HDD hot plug drive sled mounted A03 D100SSD 1...

Page 11: ...hard drive within a blade server Figure 3 Installing and Removing a Hard Drive in a Blade Server Installing a Blade Server Hard Drive To install a blade server hard drive in either type of blade server follow these steps Step 1 Place the hard drive lever into the open position by pushing the release button see Figure 3 Step 2 Gently slide the hard drive into the opening in the blade server until i...

Page 12: ...n two power modes Main power mode Power is supplied to all server components and any operating system on your hard drives can run Standby power mode Power is supplied only to the service processor and the cooling fans and it is safe to power off the server from this mode After establishing a connection to the blade server s operating system you can directly shut down the blade server using the ope...

Page 13: ...ng the ejector levers on the blade until it unseats the extended memory blade server Step 3 Slide the blade part of the way out of the chassis and place your other hand under the blade to support its weight Step 4 Once removed place the blade on an antistatic mat or antistatic foam if you are not immediately reinstalling it into another slot Step 5 If the slot is to remain empty reinstall the slot...

Page 14: ...Grasp the front of the Extended Memory blade server and place your other hand under the blade to support it See Figure 5 Figure 5 Positioning an Extended Memory Blade Server in the Chassis Step 3 Open the ejector levers in the front of the extended memory blade server Step 4 Gently slide the blade into the opening until you cannot push it any farther Step 5 Press the ejector levers so that they ca...

Page 15: ...igure 6 Opening an Extended Memory Blade Server Installing and Removing the B250 M2 Air Baffle The air baffle available with the M2 servers may need to be installed in M1 servers You will need a 1 Phillips Screw Driver and a 1 4 Nut Driver to install the baffle To install the baffle Step 1 Remove the top cover from the enclosure of UCS B250 Blade Server Step 2 Using the screwdriver remove the pan ...

Page 16: ...UCS B250 M2 servers are automatically shipped with a baffle pre installed Installation requires no tools and is shown in Figure 7 The baffle provides needed back pressure that allows the fans and heat sinks to work together optimally Figure 7 Air Baffle N20 BBFLB Installation Step 4 Carefully place the air baffle provided through the field upgrade kit so that two alignment holes will align with an...

Page 17: ...t the CPUs DIMMs HDDs and adapter cards and any failure notifications are sent to UCSM You can view these notification in the System Error Log or in the output of the show tech support command If errors are found an amber diagnostic LED will also light up next to the failed component During run time the blade BIOS component drivers and OS all monitor for hardware faults and will light up the amber...

Page 18: ...rror conditions or blinking Amber for critical error conditions Working Inside the Extended Memory Blade Server This section describes how to perform the following tasks within a extended memory blade server All of these procedures require you to first remove the server from the chassis and then remove the cover Installing a Motherboard CMOS Battery page 18 Installing a CPU or Heat Sink page 21 In...

Page 19: ... server by pressing the Power button Figure 9 Removing and Replacing a Motherboard CMOS Battery CMOS battery replacement will not have any impact on UCS Manager Removing a CPU or Heat Sink You can order your blade server with two CPUs or upgrade later to a second CPU Both CPUs must be of the same type and memory in slots intended for the second CPU will not be recognized if the second CPU is not p...

Page 20: ...s M2 Models Product ID Power Draw W Clock Speed DDR3 Cache Low Voltage Mode N20 X00001 Xeon X5570 95 W 2 93 GHz 1333 1 1 While the CPU and DIMMs in an M1 server might in some cases seem to support 1333 DDR the optimal setting due to BIOS concerns is 1066 8 MB N N20 X00002 Xeon E5540 80 W 2 53 GHz 1066 8 MB N N20 X00003 Xeon E5520 80 W 2 26 GHz 1066 8 MB N N20 X00004 Xeon L5520 60 W 2 26 GHz 1066 8...

Page 21: ...10 callout 3 Step 4 Open the socket latch See Figure 10 callout 4 Step 5 Remove the CPU or socket protective cover See Figure 10 callout 5 Figure 10 Removing the Heat Sink and Accessing the CPU Socket Installing a CPU or Heat Sink Before installing a new CPU in a server verify the following The CPU is supported for that model server A BIOS is available that supports the CPU DIMM and server combina...

Page 22: ...h a thermal pad remove the protective film and verify that the CPU is clean and will bond successfully with the heat sink Step 5 Replace the heat sink See Figure 11 callout 5 Caution Make sure that the heat sink fins are aligned to run along the length of the blade server see Figure 11 Step 6 Secure the heat sink to the motherboard by tightening the four captive screws in an X pattern See Figure 1...

Page 23: ... extended memory blade server requires and its effect on performance The following topics are covered Supported DIMMs page 24 Low Voltage DIMM Considerations page 25 Memory Arrangement page 26 Memory Performance page 28 Memory Mirroring and RAS page 30 Modern processors are designed to support several generations of memory technology Cisco s Extended Memory Technology allows us to replace high den...

Page 24: ... a configuration of 6 DIMMs per channel Carefully match CPU and DIMM speed If the CPU and DIMM speeds do not match the system runs at the slower of the two speeds Table 5 Cisco Systems Supported DIMMs for M1 Series Cisco Product ID Description A02 M308GB1 2 Two DIMMs each 4GB dual rank DDR3 1333 A02 M316GB1 2 Two DIMMs each 8GB dual rank DDR3 1333 A02 M308GB1 2 L Two DIMMs each 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ...

Page 25: ...server Note that this causes the system BIOS to default to standard voltage operation Performance Mode That is the server cannot operate in the Power Saving Mode unless all DIMM pairs in the server are low voltage DIMMs There is a setting in the BIOS Setup utility that you can use to change the DDR memory mode when the server has all low voltage DIMMs installed To access this setting follow these ...

Page 26: ...in the Extended Memory Blade Server Physical DIMMs and Channels Each channel is identified by a letter A B C for CPU 1 and D E F for CPU 2 Each physical DIMM is identified by numbers from 0 to 7 Figure 15 shows how banks and channels are physically laid out on the extended memory blade server The DIMM slots in the right are associated with the right CPU while the DIMM slots in the left are associa...

Page 27: ... pairs which must be installed in the pairs shown in Table 7 Mixing pairs even otherwise identical sets within a channel will lead to memory errors Figure 14 shows a logical view of DIMMs and Channels Figure 14 Logical DIMMs and Channels Each CPU in a Cisco UCS B250 blade server supports 2 logical DIMMs up to 8 physical DIMMs and 3 channels DIMMs can be used in the extended memory blade server in ...

Page 28: ...he right column cannot communicate with the memory in left column unless both CPUs are present Memory Performance When considering the memory configuration of your extended memory blade server there are several things you need to consider All DIMMs within the Extended Memory blade server should use the same clock frequencies Mixing clock frequencies is not supported Your selected CPU s can have so...

Page 29: ...the caveats listed in the section below regarding performance degradation Always set the system BIOS to operate the DIMMs in Performance mode in order to run at 1333 MHz Fully populating 1 bank or 2 banks with DIMMs will ensure optimal memory bandwidth running at the 1333 MHz speed If DIMMs are partially populated in 1 bank less than 6 DIMMs or 2 bank patterns less than 12 but greater than 6 DIMMs...

Page 30: ... Table 8 and Table 9 show the available options Table 8 M1 Model Adapter Card Options Cisco Product ID Name N20 AI0002 Cisco UCS 82598KR CI 10 Gb Ethernet Adapter N20 AQ0002 or N20 AE0002 Cisco UCS M71KR E Q Converged Network Adapter N20 AC0002 Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card N20 AB0002 Cisco UCS NIC M51KR B Broadcom BCM57711 Network Adapter 1 1 Requires UCS Manager 1 3 1 or later N20 AI010...

Page 31: ...ch the version of UCS Manager used and the adapter card must be supported in the UCS Manager version your system uses Note To deploy two Virtual Interface Cards on the UCS B250 Extended Memory Blade Server running ESX 4 0 you will need to upgrade to patch 5 ESX4 0u1p5 or later release of ESX 4 0 To remove an adapter card from the extended memory blade server follow these steps Step 1 Loosen the th...

Page 32: ...isco com go unifiedcomputing b series doc Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request For information on obtaining documentation submitting a service request and gathering additional information see the monthly What s New in Cisco Product Documentation which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation at http www cisco com en US docs general whatsnew whatsnew html Sub...

Page 33: ... go to this URL www cisco com go trademarks Third party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company 1110R Any Internet Protocol IP addresses and phone numbers used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses and phone numbers Any examples command display outpu...

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