ClearCube A6106HL Quick Start Manual Download Page 1

 

 

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A6106HL Blade PC Quick Start Guide 

 

A6106HL 
components 

The table and picture below show each A6106HL Blade PC component. 
 

Number 

Part 

Function 

Front panel 

Provides indicators and power-related buttons. 

1A 

Power button 
and indicator 

Button: 

Press to power on and power off blade. Press and hold for 3 seconds 
to force power off. Button is illuminated (solid) when power is on. 

Indicator: 

Power button flashes slowly when blade is in standby (Windows 
Sleep power state). 

1B 

Reset button and 
HDD indicator 

Button: 

Press to reset blade power. 

Indicator: 

Button flashes to indicate hard drive activity. 

Handle 

Use to aid insertion and removal from chassis. 

I/O access slot 

Provides access to select motherboard I/O ports for configuration 
outside of the A-series chassis. 

Power connector 

Connects to A-series chassis AC power supply. 

Ethernet ports 

Connect to Ethernet ports on the A-series chassis backplane. 
See 

Figure 5

 

below

 for details about backpack connections. 

Storage drive 
carrier 

Holds up to two storage drives, connecting directly to SATA 
connectors inside the blade. 

Does not support hot-swap operation

Video 
configuration label 

Provides important blade configuration information, including 
video host card MAC address, serial number, and more. 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1.

 

The A6106HL Blade PC components  

 

1A 

1B 

 

Summary of Contents for A6106HL

Page 1: ...D indicator Button Press to reset blade power Indicator Button flashes to indicate hard drive activity 2 Handle Use to aid insertion and removal from chassis 3 I O access slot Provides access to select motherboard I O ports for configuration outside of the A series chassis 4 Power connector Connects to A series chassis AC power supply 5 Ethernet ports Connect to Ethernet ports on the A series chas...

Page 2: ...to implement Intel AMT and provides references to additional information about A series blades A series chassis and to information about using PCoIP technology A6106HL overview A6106HL blades are 6U high single slot blades that mount in an A3100 chassis The A3100 chassis provides power network interfaces and USB ports for each blade The picture below shows zero clients connected to A6106HL blades ...

Page 3: ...on press the reset button to reset power Result The blade powers down the power indicator 1A turns off and the blade powers on again Storage drives and carrier About blade storage drives A6106HL blades use a carrier to mount storage drives such as hard disk drives HDD solid state drives SSD self encrypting drives SED and hybrid drives SSHD NOTE A6016HL blades do not support hot swap replacement of...

Page 4: ... pressing the latch to open the front bezel hold the bezel with one hand to ensure that the bezel does not fall 2 From the top pull the bezel toward you and lift up to remove it 3 Hold the blade so the D shaped handle in the front of the blade is upright and is facing you Align the blade with the top and bottom guides in the chassis and slowly insert the blade Result When fully seated the blade is...

Page 5: ...tion Set mass storage lockout which enables you to prohibit and restrict the use of USB based mass storage devices such as flash drives on ClearCube blades A3100 Chassis Ports and Protocol Support A3100 chassis Expansion Backplane As noted above the A3100 chassis provides power and network connections for A6106HL blades The picture below shows the A3100 Expansion Backplane located on the rear of t...

Page 6: ... card The blade s video configuration is specified on a label on the side of the blade shown as item 7 in Figure 1 on page 1 two or four DVI monitors depending on zero client and power cables a USB keyboard and a mouse and a switch connected to a DHCP network NOTE These instructions assume devices are connected to an imaging network or other network with a DHCP server to provide IP addresses for t...

Page 7: ...nect the zero client to the same switch 3 Optionally if you are imaging the blade connect an Ethernet cable to the standard Ethernet port on the rear of the blade this is the bottom most port when the blade is resting on a table as shown above and connect the other end of the cable to the switch 4 Connect monitors to the zero client two or four depending on the zero client Connect a mouse to the z...

Page 8: ...s NOTE The video host card MAC address is specified on a label on the side of the blade 3 Select the blade s host card from the list and click OK Result The zero client and blade establish a PCoIP session displaying the blade s desktop 4 Reset blade power from the operating system Start menu or by pressing the reset button on the front of the blade Watch monitors for pre OS video for example a mes...

Page 9: ...oles available such as the Intel browser based utility VNC Viewer Plus and Spiceworks Be sure to choose a console that supports your management objectives Network The A3100 chassis supports Intel AMT through the primary Ethernet port only See Figure 5 above for more information Supported features A6106HL blades support all Intel AMT features except for KVM over IP Default login credentials The lis...

Page 10: ...etup menu in the Intel R AMT Configuration menu noted below The steps below enable an AMT management console to connect to a blade Perform these steps on each blade you will manage from an AMT management console Step Action 1 Log in to the AMT BIOS extension as shown in the section above 2 Select Intel R AMT Configuration and press ENTER 3 Select Activate Network Access and press ENTER Result A me...

Page 11: ...horities for proper disposal instructions For assistance contact ClearCube at recycle clearcube com Related information and Support Related information The table below shows documents about A6106HL configuration operation and maintenance topics For information about See Creating custom operating system images Tech Bulletin TB00265 Operating System Image Requirements Blade and chassis setup operati...

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