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Overview ························································································ 3

Product features ························································································································ 3

High-density computing ········································································································ 3

Scalability ·························································································································· 3

Multiple protection mechanisms ······························································································ 4

Server topology ························································································································· 4

Server specifications ········································································· 5

Components ····························································································································· 5

Front panel ······························································································································· 7

Front panel view of the server ································································································ 7

LEDs and buttons ················································································································ 8

Ports································································································································· 9

Rear panel ····························································································································· 10

Rear panel view ················································································································ 10

LEDs ······························································································································ 10

Ports······························································································································· 11

System board ·························································································································· 12

System board components ·································································································· 12

System maintenance switch ································································································ 14

DIMM slots ······················································································································· 15

HDDs and SSDs ······················································································································ 15

Drive numbering ················································································································ 15

Drive LEDs ······················································································································ 16

Drive backplanes ····················································································································· 17

Front 4LFF SAS/SATA drive backplane·················································································· 17

Front 8SFF UniBay drive backplane ······················································································ 18

Front 2SFF UniBay drive backplane ······················································································ 18

Rear 2SFF UniBay drive backplane ······················································································· 19

Riser cards ····························································································································· 19

RC-1HHHL-R3-1U-SW-G6 ·································································································· 19

RC-1HHHL-R4-1U-X16-G5 ································································································· 20

RC-2FHFL-1U-SW-G6 ······································································································· 21

LCD smart management module ································································································· 22

Fan modules ··························································································································· 23

B/D/F information ····················································································································· 24

Installation guidelines ······································································ 25

Processors ····························································································································· 25

DIMMs ··································································································································· 26

SAS/SATA drives ····················································································································· 26

NVMe drives ··························································································································· 26

M.2 SSDs ······························································································································· 27

Server management module ······································································································ 28

Serial & DSD module ················································································································ 29

PCIe modules ························································································································· 30

Storage controllers ··················································································································· 30

Embedded VROC controllers ······························································································· 31

Standard storage controllers ································································································ 31

Powerfail safeguard modules ······························································································· 31

Installation guidelines ········································································································· 32

NVMe VROC modules ·············································································································· 32

Network adapters ····················································································································· 32

GPUs ···································································································································· 33

Power supplies ························································································································ 33

Fan modules ··························································································································· 33

Summary of Contents for UniServer R4700 G6

Page 1: ...without prior written consent of New H3C Technologies Co Ltd Except for the trademarks of New H3C Technologies Co Ltd any trademarks that may be mentioned in this document are the property of their r...

Page 2: ...drive backplane 17 Front 8SFF UniBay drive backplane 18 Front 2SFF UniBay drive backplane 18 Rear 2SFF UniBay drive backplane 19 Riser cards 19 RC 1HHHL R3 1U SW G6 19 RC 1HHHL R4 1U X16 G5 20 RC 2FH...

Page 3: ...ent requirements 35 Component compatibility 36 Processors 36 DIMMs 36 About DIMMs 36 DRAM DIMM rank classification label 36 Guidelines 37 Storage 39 I O extended modules 40 Supported operating systems...

Page 4: ...nternet enterprise and finance The servers balance computing performance and scalability and have better space optimization for simple deployment and management Product features High density computing...

Page 5: ...s VGA connectors and management network ports PCH C741 CPU1 SPR CPU2 SPR BMC AST2600 CH0 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 OCP3 0 PCIe x16 RISER1 PCIe x16 A1 A0 B1 B0 C1 C0 D1 D0 E1 E0 F1 F0 G1 G0 H1 H0 Slimsas x4 DDR4...

Page 6: ...t parts of a server on which multiple components are installed such as processor memory and fan It is integrated with basic server components including the BIOS chip and PCIe connectors 6 Encryption m...

Page 7: ...rack The right ear is integrated with the front I O component and the left ear is integrated with VGA connector dedicated management connector and USB 3 0 connector 22 Drive Provides data storage spac...

Page 8: ...d on PCIe riser connector 4 optional 4 VGA module supports one VGA connector optional 5 Drives or LCD smart management module optional 6 8SFF drives 7 Dedicated management connector Figure 3 4LFF fron...

Page 9: ...k adapter Health LED Steady green The system is operating correctly or a minor alarm is present Flashing green 4 Hz HDM is initializing Flashing amber 1 Hz A major alarm is present Flashing red 1 Hz A...

Page 10: ...1 Hz A pre alarm is present Flashing amber 1 Hz A major alarm is present Flashing red 1 Hz A critical alarm is present UID All beads flash white 1 Hz The firmware is being upgraded or the system is b...

Page 11: ...USB 3 0 connectors 8 HDM dedicated network port 1Gbps RJ 45 default IP address 192 168 1 2 24 9 OCP 3 0 network adapter in slot 5 optional LEDs Figure 7 Rear panel LEDs 1 UID LED 2 Link LED of the Eth...

Page 12: ...Either of the following conditions exists The power supply is faulty The power supply does not have power input but another power supply has correct power input Flashing amber 1 Hz An alarm has occurr...

Page 13: ...ork adapter 3 OCP 3 0 network adapter slot 2 Serial DSD module slot OCP2 DSD UART CARD 4 PCIe riser connector 1 for processor 1 RISER1 PCIe X16 5 Server management module slot BMC 6 Fan connector 1 fo...

Page 14: ...e5 0 for processor 2 C2 P4A 27 MCIO connector C2 P4C x8 PCIe5 0 for processor 2 C2 P4C 28 Fan module connector 3 FAN3 29 Fan module connector 2 FAN2 30 Front drive backplane AUX connector 2 AUX2 31 Fr...

Page 15: ...and password as a best practice 5 Off default Normal server startup On Restores the default BIOS settings To restore the default BIOS settings turn on and then turn off the switch The server starts up...

Page 16: ...rive numbering The server provides different drive numbering schemes for different drive configurations at the server front and rear as shown in Figure 11 through Figure 15 For the correspondence betw...

Page 17: ...The server supports SAS SATA and NVMe drives You can use the LEDs on a drive to identify its status Figure 16 and Figure 17 shows the location of the LEDs on a drive Figure 16 Drive LEDs 1 Fault UID...

Page 18: ...z Off The drive is in hot insertion process Steady amber Steady green Flashing green 4 0 Hz The drive is faulty Replace the drive immediately Steady blue Steady green Flashing green 4 0 Hz The drive i...

Page 19: ...IO connector A3 A4 PCIe5 0 x8 NVMe A3 A4 5 SAS SATA connector SAS PORT 6 MCIO connector B1 B2 PCIe5 0 x8 NVMe B1 B2 7 MCIO connector B3 B4 PCIe5 0 x8 NVMe B3 B4 PCIe5 0 x8 description PCIe5 0 Fifth ge...

Page 20: ...x4 Mini SAS HD connector SAS PORT 3 AUX connector AUX 4 Power connector PWR PCIe4 0 x8 description PCIe4 0 Fourth generation signal speed x8 Bus bandwidth Riser cards The R4700 G6 supports the followi...

Page 21: ...ont PCIe slots Slot 4 PCIe4 0 16 8 4 2 1 for processor 1 NOTE The numbers in parentheses represent supported link widths SlimSAS connectors SlimSAS port 1 x8 SlimSAS port connected to MCIO connector C...

Page 22: ...al speed x16 Connector bandwidth 16 8 4 2 1 Compatible bus bandwidth including x16 x8 x4 x2 and x1 RC 2FHFL 1U SW G6 Item Specifications PCIe riser connector Connector 1 PCIe slots Slot 1 PCIe5 0 16 1...

Page 23: ...mpatible bus bandwidth including x16 x8 x4 x2 and x1 LCD smart management module An LCD smart management module displays basic server information operating status and fault information and provides di...

Page 24: ...dule connector on the system board see System board 3 LCD module shell Protects and secures the LCD screen 4 LCD screen Displays basic server information operating status and fault information Fan mod...

Page 25: ...mmand For information about how to execute the command execute the help pci command Operating system The obtaining method varies by OS For Linux execute the lspci command If Linux does not support the...

Page 26: ...tsink temperatures during the removal process take necessary protection measures before performing any operations Processor model suffixes If the model of a processor is UN CPU INTEL 8490H the model s...

Page 27: ...es will increase If you hot swap an HDD repeatedly within 30 seconds the system might fail to identify the drive NVMe drives Support for hot removal and managed hot removal of NVMe drives varies by op...

Page 28: ...re 28 SATA M 2 expander module rear view 1 SATA M 2 SSD card slot 2 NVMe M 2 SSDs An NVMe M 2 expander module is required for NVMe M 2 SSDs and you can install a maximum of two NVMe M 2 SSDs If you ar...

Page 29: ...pander module 1 NVMe M 2 SSD card slot 1 2 NVMe M 2 SSD card slot 2 Server management module The server management module is installed on the system board to provide I O connectors and HDM out of band...

Page 30: ...UID LED 5 HDM serial port 6 iFIST module optional 7 NCSI connector Serial DSD module The serial DSD module is installed in the slot on the server rear panel The module provides two SD slots and forms...

Page 31: ...FHFL Full height and full length HHHL Half height and half length HHFL Half height and full length For more information about PCIe module compatibility with riser cards see Riser cards Storage control...

Page 32: ...r transfers data from DDR memory to the flash card where the data remains indefinitely or until the controller retrieves the data A supercapacitor has a lifespan of 3 to 5 years If the lifespan of a s...

Page 33: ...ront drive backplane and the controller in the lower numbered slot to the rear drive backplane For information about slot locations see Rear panel view Use Table 16 to identify the supercapacitor avai...

Page 34: ...ure the drive backplanes and then GPU modules The supported number of GPU modules depends on the slots left after the drive backplanes are configured To install a module in a PCIe slot the GPU modules...

Page 35: ...Gbps dedicated management port Up to two embedded OCP 3 0 network adapter connectors to expand 4 1 GE copper ports 2 10 GE copper or fiber ports 2 25 GE fiber ports or 2 100 GE fiber ports Optional Ne...

Page 36: ...to 45 C 41 F to 113 F complying with ASHRAE class A4 The operating temperature range varies by server model and configuration For more information see the detailed technical documents for the server S...

Page 37: ...com DIMMs About DIMMs The server supports DDR5 DIMMs DDR5 DIMMs can perform parity check on addresses and the DDR5 DIMMs cannot protect data from getting lost in case of unexpected system power outage...

Page 38: ...ors the total number of DIMM slots is 32 When you install a DIMM use Table 18 to verify that it is compatible with the processors Table 18 DIMM and processor compatibility Processor Memory type freque...

Page 39: ...ured memory mode to take effect make sure the following installation requirements are met Memory mode DIMM population requirements Independent If one processor is present see Figure 33 If two processo...

Page 40: ...rm Factor drive is a 2 5 inch drive An LFF Large Form Factor drive is a 3 5 inch drive Table 20 RAID levels RAID level Reliability Read ability Write ability Drive usage RAID 0 Low High High 100 RAID...

Page 41: ...lowing are supported on the server Fourth generation Intel Xeon scalable processors Citrix Hypervisor 8 2 64 bit H3Linux 2 0 2 SP01 Microsoft Hyper V Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 2019 Ora...

Page 42: ...event logs and updating server firmware and driver versions iFIST Integrated Fast Intelligent Scalable Toolkit an embedded server deployment tool for standalone intelligent deployments It can help cu...

Page 43: ...Focuses on the centralized intelligent management of H3C proprietary servers and supports three installation methods including the no installation option Features intelligent deployment with a composa...

Page 44: ...purchase consulting service and policy consulting and complaint and suggestion platforms Remote technical support After receiving the network or system failure report H3C engineers analyze and deal w...

Page 45: ...2 01 America FCC FCC Part 15 Subpart B CLASS A Canada NTRL UL CSA C22 2 NO 62368 1 14 2nd Ed Issue Date 2014 12 01 Canada ISED ICES 003 CLASS A China RoHS GB T26572 2011 SJ T11364 2014 Europe RoHS 201...

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