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SBI-7126T-S6

Blade Module

User’s Manual

Revison 1.0

Summary of Contents for SBI-7126T-S6

Page 1: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual Revison 1 0...

Page 2: ...tes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A...

Page 3: ...and servicing the SBI 7126T S6 blade module Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI 7126T S6 blade module into the Superblade chassis Other sections co...

Page 4: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual iv Notes...

Page 5: ...3 1 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Installing Blade Modules 3 1 Powering Up a Blade Unit 3 1 Powering Down a Blade Unit 3 1 Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure 3 1 Removing Replacing the Blade Cover 3 2 I...

Page 6: ...pter 5 RAID Setup Procedure 5 1 Chapter 6 BIOS 6 1 6 1 Introduction 6 1 System BIOS 6 1 How To Change the Configuration Data 6 1 Starting the Setup Utility 6 1 6 2 BIOS Updates 6 2 Flashing BIOS 6 2 6...

Page 7: ...vii Terminal POST Errors A 4...

Page 8: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual viii Notes...

Page 9: ...Figure 3 6 Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot 3 8 Figure 3 7 Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier 3 10 Figure 4 1 SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module Front View 4 1 Figure 4 2 Blade Control Panel 4 2 Figure...

Page 10: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual x Notes...

Page 11: ...ation Sub menu 6 8 Table 6 6 SuperIO Configuration Sub menu 6 9 Table 6 7 Chipset Configuration Sub menu 6 9 Table 6 8 ACPI Configuration Sub menu 6 11 Table 6 9 AHCI Configuration Sub menu 6 12 Table...

Page 12: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual xii Notes...

Page 13: ...com products superblade 1 2 Product Checklist of Typical Components Your blade module ships with its mainboard already installed in its chassis Memory hard disk drives and the CPU must all be installe...

Page 14: ...800 SDRAM Memory is interleaved which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in groups of two or three Please refer to the Supermicro web site for a list of supported memory www...

Page 15: ...e enclosure Each blade enclosure is a 7U form factor so a standard 42U rack may accommodate up to six enclosures with sixty blade modules or the equivalent of sixty 1U servers With the inclusion of si...

Page 16: ...ddress Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl...

Page 17: ...electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease electro...

Page 18: ...mponents and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap d...

Page 19: ...ng Down a Blade Unit A blade unit may be powered down in either of five ways Press the power button on the blade unit Use IPMIView or the web browser based management utility to power down if you have...

Page 20: ...e cover toward the front of the blade to lock it into place Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure Make sure the cover of the blade unit has been replaced first before installing a blade unit in t...

Page 21: ...3 3 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Figure 3 1 Inserting a Blade into the Enclosure Figure 3 2 Locking the Blade into Position...

Page 22: ...rocessor socket up until the processor is released from the socket then lift the silver cover plate and remove the processor Installing a Processor 1 If present remove the protective black PnP cap fro...

Page 23: ...battery is included on the mainboard to supply certain volatile memory components with power when power has been removed from the blade module If this battery dies it must be replaced with an equival...

Page 24: ...o you may populate any number of DIMM slots Populating three slots at a time DIMM1A DIMM2A DIMM3A etc with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel interleaved...

Page 25: ...DIMM slot should be left unpopulated NOTE Though multiple DIMM memory module types and speeds may be supported you need to use DIMM memory modules of the same speed and type Figure 3 5 12 Slot DIMM N...

Page 26: ...tly see Figure 3 6 Figure 3 6 Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot 5 Gently press down on the DIMM until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see Table 3 1 for installing DIMMs into...

Page 27: ...ing a Hard Drive 1 Remove a blank drive carrier from the blade see removal procedure above 2 Insert a drive into the carrier with the PCB side facing down and the connector end toward the rear of the...

Page 28: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual 3 10 Figure 3 7 Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier...

Page 29: ...a mouse to the USB hub You will also need to connect a monitor to the video connector on the SUV cable Turn on the blade module 3 Insert the CD containing the OS into the CD ROM drive 4 Follow the pr...

Page 30: ...gement may be performed with either of three software packages IPMIview IPMItool or a Web based Management Utility These are designed to provide an administrator with a comprehensive set of functions...

Page 31: ...ule Features Feature Description Processors Supports single or dual 1366 pin Intel Xeon 5500 series processors Memory Supports up to 96 GB 24 GB of ECC Registered Unbuffered ECC DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDR...

Page 32: ...s blade module on and off 2 KVM Button N A Initiates KVM function 3 Power LED Green Indicates power status On Orange Indicates power status Off with power cables plugged in 4 KVM UID LED Blue Indicate...

Page 33: ...switch to another blade disconnect the cable then reconnect it to the new blade See the Web based Management Utility User s Manual on your Superblade system CD ROM for further details on using the KV...

Page 34: ...nit is a proprietary design which is based on the Intel 5500 Tylersburg chipset See Figure 4 4 for a block diagram of this chipset Figure 4 3 for a view of the B8DT6 Mainboard and Figure 4 5 for an ex...

Page 35: ...ylersburg North Bridge chip 8 Onboard Battery 9 KVM Module 10 BIOS Chip 11 LSI 2008 SAS2 Controller PROCESSOR 0 PROCESSOR 1 IOH TYLERSBURG 24D ICH10 MIDDLE PANE KAWELA QPI QPI QPI INFINIBAND ADAPTER C...

Page 36: ...lear any passwords JBT1 consists of two contact pads located near the BIOS chip 12 in Figure 4 5 Clearing CMOS 1 First power down the blade and remove it from the enclosure 2 Remove the blade cover to...

Page 37: ...SBI 7126T S6 blade module are shown in Figure 4 5 and described in Table 4 5 Table 4 5 Main Components of SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module Item Description 1 Blade Unit Module 2 SAS2 SATA Hard Drives six pe...

Page 38: ...126T S6 blade unit accommodates up to six 2 5 SAS2 SATA hard disk drives which are mounted in drive carriers The drives are hot swappable and can be removed or replaced without powering down the blade...

Page 39: ...CK INIT option may return some data miscompares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern NOTE The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in an array...

Page 40: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual 5 2 Notes...

Page 41: ...ata The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the DELETE key at the appropriate time d...

Page 42: ...ncluded with the system 1 Copy the contents of the zip file to a bootable USB pen drive 2 Connect the KVM dongle CBL 0218L to the KVM connector at the front of the blade you will be flashing the BIOS...

Page 43: ...described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the MAIN BIOS SETUP screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you ne...

Page 44: ...w keys to change the options for each setting Press the ESC key to exit the CMOS SETUP menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use sub menus are indicate...

Page 45: ...set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields...

Page 46: ...setup menu options in this sub menu XChipset Configuration See Table 6 7 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu XACPI Configuration See Table 6 8 for a description of BIOS setup...

Page 47: ...ns in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer system The options are Enabled and DISABLED Please refer to the Intel website for further detailed information N...

Page 48: ...s are No and YES Plug Play O S Selecting YES allows the OS to configure Plug Play devices Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in your system NOTE This is not required for system b...

Page 49: ...wer with L0s and L1 automatically selected by the mainboard The options are Disabled and ENABLED Memory Frequency This feature forces a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has detected The avai...

Page 50: ...This feature allows you to enable USB functions in your system Options are Enabled or DISABLED USB Port Configure This feature allows you to configure USB ports in your system Options include 6x6 USB...

Page 51: ...Mode This option allows you to enable your system to function without a keyboard monitor or mouse attached Options include Disabled or ENABLED XChipset ACPI Configuration This sub menu allows you to c...

Page 52: ...use S M A R T to support the hard disk drive Option include DISABLED and Enabled Table 6 10 Event Log Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Description View Event Log Selecting this option allows you to...

Page 53: ...however it may be over ridden IP addresses are 6 two digit hexadecimal numbers base 16 0 9 A B C D E and F separated by dots such as 00 30 48 D0 D4 60 Current IP Address in BMC This static display sh...

Page 54: ...abled Options include COM1 and COM2 The Base Address IRQ is displayed statically under this option for your reference Serial Port Mode Use this option to select the serial port mode setting Options in...

Page 55: ...mation about your system s health and includes the following health information CPU Temperatures for both CPUs System Temperature CPU Vcore for both CPUs 3 3V Vcc V 5Vin 12V Vcc V 5V Standby Battery V...

Page 56: ...box to set or change the Supervisor password which allows access to the System s BIOS Change User Password Select this option and hit the ENTER key to access a sub menu with the following options Ful...

Page 57: ...elow Figure 6 4 Boot Setup Menu Table 6 18 Boot Setup Menu Options Menu Option Description XBoot Settings Configuration This sub menu allows you configure settings during system system boot Quick Boot...

Page 58: ...p message in POST Options are Enabled and DISABLED Interrupt 19 Capture When enabled this feature allows option ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 Options include Enabled and DISABLED XBoot Device Priority Thi...

Page 59: ...this item and hit ENTER to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility The system will reboot and implement the changes you have made to the BIOS Setup Discard Changes and Exit Highli...

Page 60: ...e CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance and mainboard fans and CPU will run normally Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that...

Page 61: ...Fahrenheit as it is detected by the BIOS Voltage Monitoring The following voltage infomation is displayed CPU Vcore for both CPUs 3 3V Vcc V 5Vin 12V Vcc V 5V Standby Battery Voltage NOTE The system m...

Page 62: ...SBI 7126T S6 Blade Module User s Manual 6 22 Notes...

Page 63: ...4k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extend...

Page 64: ...n older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA...

Page 65: ...cking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the s...

Page 66: ...POST Errors Post Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initi...

Page 67: ...ize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize I20 support 48h Check video configuration against...

Page 68: ...lize Intelligent System Monitoring 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83...

Page 69: ...pt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag B0h Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep bef...

Page 70: ...mory for PCMCIA CEh Initialize digitizer and display message D2h Unknown interrupt Table A 3 Boot Block Flash ROM Terminal POST Errors Post Code Description E0h Initialize the chipset E1h Initialize t...

Page 71: ...in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte o...

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Page 73: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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