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X2-106 Series

MS-9272 1U Rackmount Server

G52-92721X1

9272v1.0-Preface.p65

 2006/9/27, 

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Page 1: ...i X2 106 Series MS 9272 1U Rackmount Server G52 92721X1...

Page 2: ...other countries PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registe...

Page 3: ...lace the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and war...

Page 4: ...when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manua...

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Page 8: ...Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 4 Memory Population Rules 2 4 Installing DDRII Modules 2 6 Power Supply 2 6 SSI 24 Pin System Power Connector JPWR1 2 7 Connectors 2 8 Serial Attached SCSI Connectors SAS...

Page 9: ...2 28 Chassis Ears 2 28 Chassis Rails 2 29 Rack Rails 2 31 Chassis into the Rack 2 32 Chassis off the Rack 2 33 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Control Keys 3 3 Getting Help 3 3 General Hel...

Page 10: ...on MPT Support B 8 3 Creating Integrated Mirroring Volumes B 8 3 1 IM Configuration Overview B 9 3 2 Creating IM and IME Volumes B 9 3 3 Creating a Second IM or IME Volume B 12 3 4 Managing Hot Spares...

Page 11: ...performance barebone system powered by dual Intel XeonTM processors Intel 5000P North Bridge ESB2 South Bridge and ServerEnginesTM Pilot Super IO Server Management Bridge With high scalability reliab...

Page 12: ...rver 1 2 System Overview 1 HDD Tray 2 Slim CD ROM Drive 3 Tape Module Tray 4 Axial Fan Module redundant 5 Fan Duct 6 Memory DIMM Slots 7 PCI Riser Card Bracket 8 SSI EPS 1U Power Supply Top View 6 7 1...

Page 13: ...ting Started CD ROM Drive 1 Slim CD ROM Drive Tape Module Tray 2 Tape Module Tray HDD Bay 3 Swappable Hard Disk Drive Bays Port 4 Serial Port 5 USB Ports Front View Front Bezel 4 6 7 5 9 10 8 11 12 13...

Page 14: ...ta on the hard disk and remains off when no disk activity is detected 8 Status LEDs of LAN 1 2 1 The green LED is on when there is an active connection on the LAN port 2 This LED flashes when transmit...

Page 15: ...No disk activity LAN1 LAN2 Activity Green On LAN link Green Blink LAN access activity System Status Green On Running normal operation Amber On Critical or non recoverable condition Amber Blink Non cri...

Page 16: ...ed RJ45 NIC 1 Access Yellow On Gigabit mode access RJ45 NIC 2 Access Green On 100M mode access RJ45 NIC 3 Access Off Off 10M mode access System ID Blue On Identified as active via Blinking command or...

Page 17: ...SOUT 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 Data 3 Data 4 GND 1 2 3 4 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 D0P Differential Pair0 2 D0N Differential Pair 0 3 D1P Differential Pai...

Page 18: ...lly Buffered Dual In line DIMM slots Maximum 48 GB LAN Supports Gigabit Ethernet by Intel 82563EB SAS Optional SAS Host Controller LSI Logic SAS1068 A data transfer rate of up to 3Gb s SATA Optional 4...

Page 19: ...Drive Bay x 1 Full height slot x 1 Low profile slot x 1 Chassis Dimension 467mm W X 43mm H X 728 60mm D Power Supply 650 W att Redundant_PSU l PFC Function Yes l Form Factor SSI EPS 1U l Redundancy S...

Page 20: ...ID2 LAN1 USB3004 USB3003 D3003 JNMI1 JID3000 VGA1 COM1 K BMS 1 L AN3 LAN2 S AS2 Optional SAS 1 Optional PCIE1 PCIE2 J_FORCE_MODE DIMM33 DIMM23 DIMM13 DIMM32 DIMM22 DIMM12 DIMM31 DIMM21 DIMM11 DIMM41 D...

Page 21: ...roper sequence of removing or installing components to the server CPU Memory Power Supply Back Panel Connectors Jumpers Slot Chassis Cover CPU Heatsink Memory Riser Card Hard Disk Drives Chassis Ears...

Page 22: ...p 2 10 J_FANSEL p 2 14 JRST3000 JPBT3000 p 2 11 CPU1 2 p 2 3 Back Panel I O p 1 6 J3003 p 2 11 JBAT1 p 2 12 J10 p 2 13 J_IPMB p 2 11 SAS2 SAS1 p 2 8 DDRII DIMM Slots p 2 4 PCI Class Slots p 2 15 J_PA...

Page 23: ...o not find the heatsink and cooling fan contact your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer For more information on compatible components please visit http www msi com tw p...

Page 24: ...le or double sided modules depending on their needs Important 1 To enable successful system boot up always insert the memory modules into the DIMM11 first Channel1 1st 2 In dual channel mode Channel 1...

Page 25: ...DIMM 21 DIMM 31 DIMM 41 DIMM 12 DIMM 22 DIMM 32 DIMM 42 OR b DIMM 11 DIMM 21 DIMM 31 DIMM 41 DIMM 32 DIMM 33 DIMM 42 DIMM 43 OR c DIMM 11 DIMM 12 DIMM 13 DIMM 21 DIMM 22 DIMM 23 DIMM 31 DIMM 41 10 DIM...

Page 26: ...nter and will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slo...

Page 27: ...e power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin ATX power supply or 24 pin SSI power supply as you like If you d like to use the ATX power supply please plug your power supply along wi...

Page 28: ...s SAS uses serial communication instead of the parallel method found in traditional SCSI devices but still uses SCSI commands for interacting with SAS devices Each SAS connector can connect to 4 disk...

Page 29: ...Each SATAII connector can connect to 4 hard disk device SATA2 SATA1 Important Please do not fold the SATA cable into 90 degree angle Otherwise data loss may occur during transmission SATA Cable Option...

Page 30: ...which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers mo dems and the like PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL...

Page 31: ...ntelligent Platform Management Bus SMBus PIN SIGNAL 1 SMBClock 2 SMBData 3 PSAlert 4 GND 5 3 3V Pin Definition IPMB Connector J_IPMB This connector is used to connect the IPMB Intelligent Platform Man...

Page 32: ...it will damage the mainboard Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system ca...

Page 33: ...system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the password while the system is on it will damage the mainboard J_PASSWORD 1 Recovery 1 3 Normal 1 3 Clear 1 3 Normal 1 3 Write Protectio...

Page 34: ...and have to be simultaneously configured as SAS RAID or Non SAS RAID Fan Selection Jumper J_FANSEL This jumper determines whether all fans or only specified fans will work J_FANSEL 1 All Fans 1 3 Spe...

Page 35: ...signs with transfer rates of 4 0 GB s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB s PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ acronym of int...

Page 36: ...note that always wear anti static gloves when handling electrical components and exer cise caution during the installation process For more information contact your local dealer or experienced technic...

Page 37: ...2 17 Hardware Setup FINISH REPLACE RISERCARD BRACKET INSTALL HARD DISK DRIVES CONNECTHDD POWER CORDS CHECK IF ALL PARTS ARE PROPERLY CONNECTED REPLACE CHASSISCOVER...

Page 38: ...er 1 Loosen the thumbscrew on the rear bezel of the system 2 Press the release buttons and slide the rear chassis cover backwards to remove it from the chassis 3 Press the release buttons and slide th...

Page 39: ...chassis cover and slide it backwards 3 Fasten the thumbscrew on the rear bezel of the system Important Before you remove or install any components make sure the server is not turned on or connected to...

Page 40: ...n duct before installing the CPU 2 Locate the first CPU socket The CPU has a plastic cap on it to protect the contact from damage Before installing the CPU always cover it to protect the socket pins 4...

Page 41: ...ion indicated below with red circles for correct mating put down the CPU in the socket housing frame Be sure to grasp on the edge of the CPU base Note that the alignment keys are matched 7 Visually in...

Page 42: ...proper cooling make sure the heatsinks the fan duct are properly installed 11 Place the heat sink on top of CPU1 and secure the screws on both sides Note The heatsink has to be installed to prevent th...

Page 43: ...Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the socket The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automati cally close BIOS Important To enable successf...

Page 44: ...I Expansion Card 1 Locate the riser card bracket and lift it up from the chassis 2 Unscrew the cover plates and put them aside for later use 3 Insert the expansion card into an appropriate PCI class s...

Page 45: ...s on the motherboard Align the riser card golden fingers with the PCI slots Then align the rear part of the bracket with the U shaped cuts on the chassis 4 Screw to secure the expansion card bracket 6...

Page 46: ...erver Hard Disk Drive 1 To release the hot swapping HDD holder flip open its lever and pull the holder out of the bay 2 Unscrew both sides of the HDD holder to release the tray 3 Take the tray out and...

Page 47: ...will find on the HDD holder four identical screw holes as on the HDD Place the HDD into the holder and align the screw holes on the HDD with the ones on the holder Secure the HDD with four screws supp...

Page 48: ...er Rack Mounting Chassis Ears 1 Insert the chassis ear into the chassis as marked below 2 Push it in until it fits firmly Screw to secure the chassis ear 3 Follow the same procedures to install the se...

Page 49: ...ls have been assembled together beforehand The first thing to do with the rail set is to take the chassis rails off the rack rails Note The chassis rail is designed with a locking tab which can 1 hold...

Page 50: ...gets locked by the chassis hooks 6 Screw the chassis rail to the chassis Each chassis rail has two screw holes Follow the same procedures to install the second chassis rail Note The chassis rail engr...

Page 51: ...w holders to the rack as shown 2 Align the rack rail with the rack and screw the rail to the rack by secur ing one screw to the bottom screw holder 3 Follow the same procedures to se cure the rail on...

Page 52: ...into the Rack 1 To slide the system into the rack first align the chassis rails with the rack rails and push the system backwards until the locking tab clicks 2 Simultaneously press down the locking...

Page 53: ...ull the system forwards The system should slide easily off the rack Press down the locking tabs on both sides 1 To slide the system off the rack first seize the system by its ears and gently pull the...

Page 54: ...IOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you...

Page 55: ...OENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS v...

Page 56: ...l keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen Yo...

Page 57: ...Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features available on your system s chipset Security Use this m...

Page 58: ...item includes none one or more setup items Use the Up Down arrow keys or Tab to highlight the item or field you want to modify and use the or key to switch to the value you prefer System Time The time...

Page 59: ...f Cylinders Heads and Sectors 32 Bit I O Enables 32 bit communication between CPU and IDE card Tranfer Mode Selects the method for transferring the data between the hard disk and system memory Ultra D...

Page 60: ...ed into several sub menus Each sub menu provides more settings To enter the sub menu highligh the sub menu you want to configure and press Enter Advanced Chipset Control The sub menu is used to config...

Page 61: ...rleave This setting selects the number of memory divisions for the Branch 0 1 Rank Interleave Branch 0 1 Rank Sparing This setting enables Branch 0 1 Rank DIMM sparing feature Enable Multimedia Timer...

Page 62: ...gacy Mode Maximum 4 ATA devices to connect Combine mode and Non Combine mode Non Combined Mode P ATA devices only Maximum of 4 devices Non Combined Mode S ATA devices only Maximum of 2 devices Combine...

Page 63: ...nction or unreliability and instability may occur Intel Virtualization Technology Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and...

Page 64: ...and the following screen appears Serial Port A B These settings enable disable the onboard Serial Port A B Base I O Address These settings specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Por...

Page 65: ...this setting is set to Yes the DMI event log will be cleared at next POST stage Then the BIOS will automatically set this option to No Legacy USB Support Set to Enabled if your need to use any USB 1 1...

Page 66: ...ent Logging This setting disables enables the logging of system events Existing Event Log Number It shows the number of existing event logs Remaining Event Log Number It shows the number of remaining...

Page 67: ...NMI or a reset when the software that it monitors does not respond as expected each time the watch dog polls it select the time period in a separate field Enabling this selection will enable OS boot w...

Page 68: ...This feature enables UCR over the IPMI LAN connection Console Type This setting specifies the type of device to be set as the console of video pages to support This setting specifies the number of vi...

Page 69: ...r Password Is User Password Is It shows the preset supervisor user password read only Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Enabling Supervisor Password requires a password for entering Setup The...

Page 70: ...is set and this option is disabled BIOS assumes the user is booting Chassis Intrusion Detect The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning...

Page 71: ...pend upon the hardware installed in your system Wake On LAN Select Enabled to wake up the system when incoming signals are detected on the specified LAN devices Resume On Time Select On to wake up the...

Page 72: ...f so the generic type is marked with a plus or minus sign Use the Enter key to expand or collapse the devices marked with or Press Ctrl Enter to expand all such devices To change a device s priority f...

Page 73: ...e the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimized performance of the mainboard Discard Changes The option allows users to restore all of the BIOS settings to previo...

Page 74: ...com bines four independent SATAII ports for support of up to four Serial ATAII Serial ATAII RAID drives It offers RAID level 0 Striping RAID level 1 Mirroring and Duplexing RAID level 5 Block Interle...

Page 75: ...ing optimizations including tagged command queuing elevator seek and packet chain command The Intel Southbridge offers RAID level 0 Striping RAID level 1 Mirroring and Duplexing RAID level 5 Block Int...

Page 76: ...motherboards with a supported Intel chipset The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services Please use Ctrl I keys to enter the In...

Page 77: ...owing screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usa...

Page 78: ...r arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increme...

Page 79: ...is finished Important Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an example if you want...

Page 80: ...ID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to accept...

Page 81: ...uctures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this op...

Page 82: ...installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press Enter to continue with installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 Se...

Page 83: ...e from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the...

Page 84: ...A 11 Intel SATA RAID The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window...

Page 85: ...A 12 MS 9272 Server After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue...

Page 86: ...lect the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following window and click Next button to start installation Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup t...

Page 87: ...A 14 MS 9272 Server Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Setup installation status...

Page 88: ...system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive 1 BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows XP on the single SATA hard drive R...

Page 89: ...Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for the...

Page 90: ...y will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage RAID 5 Useful RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks...

Page 91: ...size settings are 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers 64K...

Page 92: ...isk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted per...

Page 93: ...ace will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continue th...

Page 94: ...ou can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration proc ess starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted for...

Page 95: ...esponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Reconnect the hard drive 3 Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automatically Failed H...

Page 96: ...tem 6 When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 7 The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be launch...

Page 97: ...A 24 MS 9272 Server...

Page 98: ...B 1 LSI SAS RAID LSI SAS RAID Appendix B This appendix explains how to configure and use the components of the LSI Logic Integrated RAID IR soft ware with LSI SAS 1064 1064E 1068 1068E controllers...

Page 99: ...n its host adapters LSI Logic can offer the Integrated RAID solution at a lower cost than a hardware RAID implementation Fusion MPT firmware supports IM and IS volumes You can configure IM and IS volu...

Page 100: ...with up to ten drives total per controller v Note Ten disk drives is the theoretical upper limit although the SAS controller itself may support fewer drives If a disk in an Integrated Mirroring volum...

Page 101: ...to the OS for each IM IME volume Supports both SAS and SATA disks although the two types of disks cannot be combined on the same LSI Logic SAS controller Fusion MPT architecture Easy to use BIOS based...

Page 102: ...e boot disk is transparent to the BIOS drivers and operating system Host based status software monitors the state of the mirrored disks and reports any error conditions In Figure 2 1 the system is con...

Page 103: ...d Mirroring Enhanced IME volume with three mirrored disks Each mir rored stripe is written to a disk and mirrored to an adjacent disk This type of configu ration is also called RAID 1E LSI Logic provi...

Page 104: ...ng The hot swapped disk is automatically resynchronized in the background without any host or user intervention The firmware detects hot swap removal and disk insertion Following a hot swap event the...

Page 105: ...mware disables disk write caching by default This is done to increase data integrity so that the disk write log stored in NVSRAM is always valid If disk write caching were enabled not recommended the...

Page 106: ...C to start the CU After you do this the message changes to Please wait invoking SAS Configuration Utility After a brief pause the main menu of the SAS BIOS CU appears On some systems however the follo...

Page 107: ...w Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add the disk to the volume change the No to Yes by pressing the key ke...

Page 108: ...volume type select Create IME Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add the disk to the...

Page 109: ...display the current volume 2 Press C to create a new volume 3 Continue with step 4 of the IM or IME creation procedure in the previous section to create a second volume The other way in which to add a...

Page 110: ...IME volume s The global hot spare disk must have 512 byte blocks it cannot have removable media and the disk type must be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with SMART support If SA...

Page 111: ...array is placed in the Degraded state until the data on the mirrored disks has been resynchronized Follow these steps to force the synchronization of a selected array 1 Select Synchronize Array on th...

Page 112: ...s Enter The LED on the disk flashes until the next key is pressed You can locate all the disk drives in a volume by selecting the volume on the RAID Properties screen The LEDs flash on all disk drives...

Page 113: ...ting system The SAS BIOS CU is used to configure IS volumes which can consist of two to eight disks v Note Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Striping volumes can be configured on the same LSI logic...

Page 114: ...For example as shown in Figure 4 1 segment 1 is written to disk 1 segment 2 is written to disk 2 segment 3 is written to disk 3 and so on When the system reaches the end of the disk list it continues...

Page 115: ...Support The IS firmware enables Mode 6 SMART on the IS member disks Mode 6 SMART requires each physical disk to be polled at regular intervals If a SMART ASC ASCQ code is detected on a physical IS dis...

Page 116: ...ange disks in the same size classification The supported stripe size is 64 Kbytes Refer to Section 4 2 IS Features for more information about Integrated Striping volumes 5 2 Creating IS Volumes The SA...

Page 117: ...a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column To add a disk to the volume change the No to Yes by pressing the key key or space bar As disks are added the Array Size field changes to reflect the...

Page 118: ...igure two IS volumes or an IS volume and an IM or IME volume If one volume is already configured and if there are available disk drives there are two ways to add a second volume The first is as follow...

Page 119: ...ystem This option is only available when the selected array is currently inactive Follow these steps to activate a selected array 1 Select Activate Array on the Manage Array screen 2 Press Y to procee...

Page 120: ...device options and to keep the boot device constant during device addi tions and removals There can be only one boot disk Follow these steps to select a boot disk 1 In the SAS BIOS CU select an adapte...

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