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SBI-7425C-S3/S3E

Blade Modules

User’s Manual

Revison 1.0a

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Page 1: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Modules User s Manual Revison 1 0a...

Page 2: ...e resolution of any such disputes 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...

Page 3: ...and Installation Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Module into the SuperBladeSuperBlade chassis Other sections cover the installation and placement of memory...

Page 4: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E 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: ...aring for Setup 5 1 5 3 RAID Setup Procedure 5 2 Starting The MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility 5 2 Using Easy Configuration 5 3 Using New Configuration and View Add Configuration 5 4 Initializing V...

Page 7: ...menu 6 15 Console Redirection Submenu 6 16 Hardware Monitor Submenu 6 17 IPMI Submenu 6 19 6 6 Security 6 20 6 7 Boot 6 21 Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Order 6 22 6 8 Exit 6 22 Appendix A BI...

Page 8: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Module User s Manual viii Notes...

Page 9: ...ade Module 4 6 Figure 5 1 RAID Configuration Utility Management Menu Screen 5 2 Figure 5 2 Virtual Drives Configured Screen 5 4 Figure 5 3 Virtual Drives List Screen 5 7 Figure 6 1 Main BIOS Setup Men...

Page 10: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Module User s Manual x Notes...

Page 11: ...ptions 6 7 Table 6 4 Memory Cache Submenu Menu Options 6 9 Table 6 5 PCI Configuration Submenu Menu Options 6 10 Table 6 6 Advanced Chipset Control Submenu Menu Options 6 11 Table 6 7 Advanced Process...

Page 12: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Module User s Manual xii Notes...

Page 13: ...is the chassis that the blades power supplies and modules are housed within Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperBlade www s...

Page 14: ...ory 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 supermicro com...

Page 15: ...blade enclosure Each blade enclosure is a 7U form factor so a standard 42U rack may accommodate up to six enclosures with 84 blade modules or the equivalent of 84 1U servers With the inclusion of six...

Page 16: ...Address 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 n...

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: ...components 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...

Page 19: ...utility to apply power using either a CMM module or by the use of an installed SIMBL add on card in the blade module Powering Down a Blade Unit A blade unit may be powered down in either of five ways...

Page 20: ...ff the blade unit 3 To replace the cover fit the six grooves in the cover into the studs in the sides of the blade then slide the cover toward the front of the blade to lock it into place Installing a...

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: ...processor 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 f...

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: ...u may populate any number of DIMM slots Populating two slots at a time DIMM1A DIMM2A DIMM3A DIMM4A etc with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel interleaved...

Page 25: ...he air shroud that covers the DIMM slots NOTE The DIMM slot number specified in Table 3 1 equals the DIMM slot to be populated The notation indicates that the DIMM slot should be left unpopulated NOTE...

Page 26: ...ved or replaced without powering down the blade unit they reside in A blade module needs a hard disk drive with an operating system installed to operate To remove a hard drive carrier do the following...

Page 27: ...n in Figure 3 7 5 Insert the drive carrier into its slot keeping the Open button at the bottom When the carrier reaches the rear of the bay the release handle will retract 6 Push the handle in until y...

Page 28: ...1 The PXE BOOT option in BIOS must be enabled 2 A PXE server has been configured this can be another blade in the system 3 The PXE server must be connected over a network to the blade to be booted 4...

Page 29: ...eep tabs on the system and perform management activities Refer to the manuals on your SuperBlade CD ROM for further details on the various functions provided by these management programs 3 9 Configuri...

Page 30: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Modules User s Manual 3 12 Notes...

Page 31: ...Feature Description Processors Supports single or dual 771 pin Intel Xeon 5400 5300 5200 5100 series processors Memory Supports up to 24 GB of ECC Registered DDR2 667 533 SDRAM in six DIMM slots Stor...

Page 32: ...urns 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 Indic...

Page 33: ...other 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 KVM function re...

Page 34: ...blade unit is a proprietary design which is based on the Intel 5100 Intel ICH9R chipset See Figure 4 4 for a block diagram of this chipset Figure 4 3 for a view of the B7DC3 mainboard and Figure 4 5...

Page 35: ...nectors for power and logic to backplane 7 Intel 82575EB LAN Chip 8 Intel 5100 North Bridge chip 9 Onboard Battery 10 KVM Module 11 BIOS Chip 12 ICH9R South Bridge Chip ICH9 CPU1 DDR2 1067 1333 MT s S...

Page 36: ...ds located near the BIOS chip 10 in Figure 4 3 Clearing CMOS 1 First power down the blade and remove it from the enclosure 2 Remove the blade cover to access the mainboard see Section Removing Replaci...

Page 37: ...ed or replaced without powering down the blade unit they reside in The three drives can be used to set up a RAID array SATA RAID 0 or 1 only or JBOD These drives use a yellow color for the Blade HDD a...

Page 38: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Modules User s Manual 4 8 Notes...

Page 39: ...a second larger size You can couple the disks from the source to create a virtual volume and use one or more disks of a second larger size to provide a single larger volume or multiple larger volumes...

Page 40: ...ty of the smallest drive The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the possible RAID levels that you can implement with the array Starting The MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Fo...

Page 41: ...ess the SPACEBAR to add each selected physical drive to the new array When you select a physical drive its status changes from READY to ONLIN A array number drive number For example ONLIN A00 01 means...

Page 42: ...iguration when prompted and press any key to return to the MANAGEMENT menu 13 Initialize the new virtual drive s see Initializing Virtual Drives on page 5 6 for detailed instructions Using New Configu...

Page 43: ...S or SATA 5 To define multiple arrays select all the drives you want for the first array then press ENTER to start selecting drives for the second array and so on 6 When you have selected drives for a...

Page 44: ...Initializing Virtual Drives This section explains the two methods of initializing a virtual drive with the MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility If the FAST INIT property is enabled fast initialization...

Page 45: ...tion already completed If AutoResume is enabled and if Fast Init is not enabled the initial ization resumes where it left off when you restart it instead of starting over from zero percent Continue Th...

Page 46: ...ress ENTER The Configuration Utility displays a bar graph showing the initialization progress 5 When initialization completes press ESC to return to the previous menu If you press ESC while initializa...

Page 47: ...on Data 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 ti...

Page 48: ...L included 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 BI...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 and enter the correct data for the sys...

Page 51: ...g ENTER Table 6 2 contains a list of all menu options found in the ADVANCED SETUP menu Figure 6 2 Advanced Setup Menu Table 6 2 Advanced Setup Menu Options Submenu Description Boot Features Access thi...

Page 52: ...ccess this submenu to make changes to I O device configuration settings See Table 6 8 for a list of menu options in this submenu DMI Event Logging Access this submenu to make changes to DMI event logg...

Page 53: ...ests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and DISABLED If DISABLED the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the diagno...

Page 54: ...ride the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are INSTANT OFF and 4 sec override Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how th...

Page 55: ...or faster CPU operation Cache Base 512k 640k If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in memory area 512K 640k to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the static DROM SDROM or w...

Page 56: ...o boot from the GLAN1 Ethernet port The options are Enabled and DISABLED Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from the GLAN2 Ethernet port The...

Page 57: ...Crystal Beach Configure Enabled Enabling this creates memory mapped accesses to the Crystal Beach configuration space located in Device 8 Fn 0 and Fn 1 The options are Enabled and DISABLED SERR Signal...

Page 58: ...when selected Default is Enabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are YES and No USB Hos...

Page 59: ...e the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the Execute Disable Bit function For more information please refer to the Intel and Microsoft web sites A...

Page 60: ...serial port A The options are Enabled user defined DISABLED and AUTO BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8...

Page 61: ...r serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Figure 6 6 DMI Event Logging Submenu Table 6 9 DMI Event Logging Submenu Menu Options Menu Option Description Event Log Validity This is a display to info...

Page 62: ...e shown in Table 6 10 ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press ENTER to mark the DMI events as read Clear...

Page 63: ...pe This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control Thi...

Page 64: ...CPU This function monitors the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items CPU1 Temperature This setting monitors CPU1 temperature CPU2 Temperature This setting monitors CPU2 temperatu...

Page 65: ...to log POST progress The options are ENABLED and Disabled BIOS POST Errors This function enables you to log POST errors The options are ENABLED and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enab...

Page 66: ...ervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system CLEAR means such a password has not been used and SET means a supervisor password has been entered for t...

Page 67: ...ssword When the item SET USER PASSWORD is highlighted hit the ENTER key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the sy...

Page 68: ...ity of boot order of a device or to move items from the category of EXCLUDED FROM BOOT ORDER to the category of BOOT PRIORITY ORDER and vise versa See details on how to change the priority of boot ord...

Page 69: ...he BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit ENTER to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safe...

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Page 71: ...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 72: ...e On 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 EI...

Page 73: ...method for checking 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 disp...

Page 74: ...al 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 In...

Page 75: ...s 41h Initialize 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 configur...

Page 76: ...tialize 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...

Page 77: ...Erase F2 prompt 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 s...

Page 78: ...memory 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...

Page 79: ...have failed 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...

Page 80: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Modules User s Manual A 10 Notes...

Page 81: ...VLAN ID 5 For USE DHCP FOR ISCSI TARGET INFORMATION enter information for the following settings and then select OK to continue Target Name Target IP Target Port Boot LUN 6 Select SAVE CHANGES AND EX...

Page 82: ...When prompted for the driver file point to where you saved the driver files and windows will pick it up for installation 11 Launch the MS ISCSI INITIATOR file that you saved previously and do the fol...

Page 83: ...that appears select first YES and then OK at the prompts 15 Reboot the system and press CTRL D to go back to the ISCSI PORT SELECTION screen In this screen disable the first primary port and then ena...

Page 84: ...SBI 7425C S3 S3E Blade Modules User s Manual B 4 19 Open the WINDOWS COMMAND PROMPT terminal window and type iscsibcg verify fix in the window and press ENTER 20 Reboot the system...

Page 85: ...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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