Themis CoolShell CS-3U Installation Manual Download Page 110

Page: 110 / 118

C-20

Themis Computer

CoolShell CS-3U Installation Manual

Summary of Contents for CoolShell CS-3U

Page 1: ...alable Server Rugged 3U High Subrack Removable 1U High Components CPU I O Blades Media Module 2 Power Supplies PCI Express SATA Multiple Gigabit Ethernet SFP Optical Transceiver USB Ports CoolShell CS...

Page 2: ...S 3 U C o o l S h e l l C S 3 U M u l t i p l e C P U M u l t i p l e C o r e 6 4 B i t S c a l a b l e S y s t e m C o o l S h e l l C S 3 U C o o l S h e l l C S 3 U M u l t i p l e C P U M u l t i...

Page 3: ...ns France Phone 33 476 14 77 80 Fax 33 476 14 77 89 Themis Computer Americas and Pacific Rim 47200 Bayside Parkway Fremont CA 94538 Phone 510 252 0870 Fax 510 490 5529 World Wide Web http www themis c...

Page 4: ...CS3U are trademarks of Themis Computer Inc AMD the AMD Arrow logo AMD Opteron and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc ATI is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc AM...

Page 5: ...anual VersionRevisionHistory Version 1 1 December 2009 Modified Table 1 1 page 1 6 to change reliability to 16 800 hours and Table 1 2 page 1 6 to change vibration to 3G Assorted minor edits and chang...

Page 6: ...the power cord and its connectors must always remain easily accessible Do not set up the device in the proximity of heat sources or in a damp location Make sure the device has adequate ventilation Al...

Page 7: ...pliance 1 7 1 3 5 Hazardous Materials 1 8 1 3 6 CPU Blade 1 8 1 3 7 I O Blade 1 9 1 4 Packaging and Shipping 1 10 2 Installation and Operation 2 1 2 1 Installation Procedures 2 1 2 1 1 Subrack Install...

Page 8: ...Bus Connector Firewire 1394 A 11 Appendix B BIOS Setup Utility B 1 B 1 Introduction B 1 B 1 1 System BIOS B 1 B 1 2 How To Change the Configuration Data B 2 B 1 3 Starting the Setup Utility B 2 B 2 Ru...

Page 9: ...nboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure B 10 B 4 3 2 Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure B 10 B 4 3 3 PCI Parity Error Forwarding B 11 B 4 3 4 Reset Configuration Data B 11 B 4 3 5 Frequency f...

Page 10: ...Prefetch Only when supported by the CPU B 15 B 4 5 11 PECI Absent Alarm Only when supported by the CPU B 15 B 4 5 12 Intel Virtualization Technology Only when supported by the CPU B 15 B 4 5 13 Intel...

Page 11: ...rature Monitoring If supported by the CPU B 22 B 4 11 3 Fan Speed Control Modes B 23 B 4 11 4 Voltage Monitoring B 23 B 4 12 IPMI Only when an IPMI card is installed B 24 B 4 12 1 IPMI Specification V...

Page 12: ...1 C 2 2 Installing from CD ROM C 1 C 2 2 1 Language Selection C 2 C 2 2 2 Keyboard Selection C 3 C 2 2 3 Select Disk Partitioning Setup C 3 C 2 2 4 Automatic Partitioning C 5 C 2 2 5 Partitioning Your...

Page 13: ...he Two Middle DVI Connectors and the KB M Cable to the Right Hand USB Connectors 2 4 Figure 2 6 Cable the Storage Expansion Subsystem to the CPU Blade 2 5 Figure 2 7 Connect the Power Cords to the AC...

Page 14: ...igure C 2 Keyboard Selection C 3 Figure C 3 Disk Partitioning C 4 Figure C 4 Automatic Partitioning C 5 Figure C 5 Disk Setup C 7 Figure C 6 Add Partition C 7 Figure C 7 Boot Loader Configuration C 9...

Page 15: ...eset Connector Pinout Signal Descriptions A 1 Table A 2 PCI Express Connector Pinout Signal Descriptions A 2 Table A 3 Clock I2C Connector Pinout Signal Descriptions A 3 Table A 4 Stereo Audio Connect...

Page 16: ...xiv Themis Computer CoolShell CS 3U Installation Manual...

Page 17: ...see photo below which consists of the following 1RU high components all contained in a 3RU high subrack mountable within a 19 RETMA rack One CPU Processor Blade based on two Intel 64 bit Quad Core Xeo...

Page 18: ...ned to fit into a stan dard 19 rack and has all of the benefits of Themis scalable server systems based on Themis rugged enterprise server RES and CoolShell technology namely Minimum space weight and...

Page 19: ...Themis Computer Preface Website Information Wide Web by browsing the website http www themis com Individual CoolShell CS 3U Components CPU Processor Blade I O Blade Media Module AC Power Supplies 850W...

Page 20: ...iagram Motherboard Auxiliary Signals SMB System Management Bus SMB I C Bus 2 I C A 2 I C B 2 PCI Express x16 Reset PCI Express x8 Reset PCI Express x8 Reset I O Blade Media Module AC Power Supplies Pr...

Page 21: ...concerning the procedure or action being described Caution A caution describes a procedure or action that may result in injury to the op erator or equipment This may involve but is not restricted to h...

Page 22: ...xx Themis Computer CoolShell CS 3U Installation Manual...

Page 23: ...400 series CPUs supports PCI Express power reset clock I2C and two audio channel connectors as well as a reset button and two status LEDs One I O Blade supports three PCI Express x8 ATI V7600 graphics...

Page 24: ...e 1 4 AC Power Supply on page 1 3 and Figure 1 5 page 1 4 Media Module Figure 1 1 CoolShell CS 3U within Rugged 3RU Subrack Figure 1 2 CPU Blade Front Panel Power Reset Audio Channel A Audio Channel B...

Page 25: ...1 4 AC Power Supply Front Panel USB 2 0 Ports Primary video used by BIOS during boot Native USB ports and bootable USB ports LEDs To CPU Blade PCI Express Video Card Link for keyboard mouse DVD disk s...

Page 26: ...0 Ports 6 total Pluggable SATA Drive Copper to Optical Ethernet Pairings Port Copper Port Optical 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 DVD ROM Boot Drive Digital I O Port Remote I2C A B A LED Notes B PCI Ex...

Page 27: ...stallation procedures for connecting the CoolShell CS 3U to the Storage Expan sion Subsystem are given in Chapter 2 Installation and Operation Figure 1 6 Storage Expansion Subsystem Disk Drive 2 Disk...

Page 28: ...stem CPU Blade I O Blade Media Module Power Supply PS Subrack Storage Expansion Subsystem 39 76 pounds 1 PS to 42 52 2 PS pounds 13 0 pounds 9 5 pounds 4 5 pounds 2 76 pounds 10 pounds 6 9 pounds N A...

Page 29: ...are outlined in Table 1 3 The chassis is installed with four 38 mm fans contained side by side in a single fan assembly 1 3 3 Regulatory Compliance The CoolShell CS 3U is designed to comply with the M...

Page 30: ...rds depending on the type of riser cards that are used Total power specifications for the CPU Blade are given in Table 1 5 on page 1 8 Table 1 5 CPU Blade Power Specificationsa see Note 1 1 0V 1 5V 3...

Page 31: ...9 which also lists the total maximum current draw at 3 3V In addition each plug in graphics card receives 12V through a supplemental PCI Express power connector 6 pins 8 pins implemented on the riser...

Page 32: ...olShell CS 3U with a subrack component systems and one power supply is under 40 pounds 18 2 kg its weight with two power sup plies is under 43 pounds see Table 1 1 on page 1 6 The approximate weight o...

Page 33: ...stalled follow these steps to attach the empty 3RU subrack to a 19 RETMA rack 1 Remove any Blades CPU and I O power supplies and the Media Module if installed from the 3RU subrack see Figure 2 1 An em...

Page 34: ...e Figure 2 3 Caution Use industry standard ESD grounding techniques when handling all electronic components Figure 2 2 Install Subrack Alignment Guide Pins onto the 19 Rack Figure 2 3 Mate Subrack Ali...

Page 35: ...components CPU Blade I O Blade Media Module and power supplies previously removed from the 3RU sub rack 2 Connect the video display cable to one of the two DVI connectors third or fourth from the lef...

Page 36: ...re 2 6 on page 2 5 6 Connect the power cords to the AC outlets on the power supplies see Figure 2 7 page 2 5 and the other ends to an isolated AC wall circuit This will cause the CoolShell CS 3U to po...

Page 37: ...e Figure 2 7 Connect the Power Cords to the AC Power Supplies Clock I2C PCI Express Power Reset Storage Expansion Subsystem CPU Blade 3 1 4 2 5 To AC Power Sources 2 Note Any number of video displays...

Page 38: ...e mini DB9 end male of the audio cable adapter P N 116510 L01 into Channel A or Channel B 2 Connect a mini stereo phone plug as needed to each of the three stereo audio connectors at the other end of...

Page 39: ...following steps to activate all monitors applications system tools and NVIDIA tools Select System Tools under the Applications menu Select NVIDIA X Server Settings then X Server Display Con figuration...

Page 40: ...2 8 Themis Computer CoolShell CS 3U Installation Manual...

Page 41: ...PU Blade A 1 1 Power Reset Connector Pinouts are described in Figure A 1 signal descriptions are shown in Table A 1 Figure A 1 Power Reset Connector Pinout Table A 1 Power Reset Connector Pinout Signa...

Page 42: ...2 PCI Express Connector Pinout Signal Descriptions Pin Signal Definition Pin Signal Definition A1 Ground B1 Ground A2 SEM_PCIE_TX0_P B2 SEM_PCIE_RX0_P A3 SEM_PCIE_TX0_N B3 SEM_PCIE_RX0_N A4 Ground B4...

Page 43: ...n Subsystem or other optional subsystems to be developed in the future Figure A 3 Clock I2C Connector Pinout Table A 3 Clock I2C Connector Pinout Signal Descriptions Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SEM_PCIE_C...

Page 44: ...the special audio cable adapter male mini DB9 to three stereo audio connectors to connect to microphone line in and line out cables see Figure 2 8 on page 2 6 Figure A 4 Stereo Audio Connector Pinout...

Page 45: ...I O Blade can support a total of six USB connectors two per installed graphics card Pinouts are described in Figure A 5 signal descriptions are shown in Table A 5 A 2 2 DVI Video Output Connector Wit...

Page 46: ...Detect 2 TDMS Data2 17 TDMS Data0 3 TDMS Data2 4 Shield 18 TDMS Data0 4 No Connection 19 TDMS Data0 5 Shield 5 Ground 20 No Connection 6 DDC clock 21 No Connection 7 DDC data 22 TDMS Clock Shield 8 A...

Page 47: ...O Blade supports up to three stereo goggle connectors one per installed graphics card Pinouts are described in Figure A 7 signal descriptions are shown in Table A 7 Figure A 7 Stereo Goggle Connector...

Page 48: ...nouts are described in Figure A 8 on page A 8 signal descriptions and LED inter pretations are given in Table A 8 on page A 9 Pinout signal descriptions and LED interpretations are given in Table A 8...

Page 49: ...TRD2 Transmit Receive Data 2 5 TRD2 Transmit Receive Data 2 Upper Right Activity on indicated upper secondary port 6 TRD1 Transmit Receive Data 1 7 TRD3 Transmit Receive Data 3 8 TRD3 Transmit Receiv...

Page 50: ...Media Module contains six USB 2 0 connectors Pinouts are described in Figure A 10 signal descriptions are shown in Table A 9 Figure A 10 USB 2 0 Connector Pinout Table A 9 USB 2 0 Connector Pinout Sig...

Page 51: ...as the Power Reset connector on the CPU Blade see Section A 1 1 Power Reset Connector on page A 1 A 4 2 PCI Express Connector The PCI Express connector has the same pinout and signal descriptions as t...

Page 52: ...A 12 Themis Computer CoolShell CS 3U Installation Manual...

Page 53: ...in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time t...

Page 54: ...n for each parameter setting in the Setup utility B 2 Running Setup The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appro priate text from the main BIOS Setup screen see...

Page 55: ...e Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting The icon X indicates a submenu With the item highlighted pre...

Page 56: ...88MB 3 5 in B 3 1 5 IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port 2 and SATA Port 3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 M...

Page 57: ...t PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 B 3 1 6...

Page 58: ...stem memory is recognized as being present in the system B 3 1 11 Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system Note The Enhanced mode...

Page 59: ...that can be accessed by highlighting the item and press ing Enter B 4 1 X Boot Features Access the Boot Features submenu to make changes to the following settings B 4 1 1 Quick Boot Mode If enabled t...

Page 60: ...immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec 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 ove...

Page 61: ...ock 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU oper ations Select Uncached to disable this funct...

Page 62: ...elect Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Wr...

Page 63: ...for each of the settings to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This se...

Page 64: ...ows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and S...

Page 65: ...nce caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled B 4 4 10Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timer...

Page 66: ...processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s website for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled B 4 5 5 Machine Checking Only when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to a...

Page 67: ...supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and...

Page 68: ...make changes to the following settings B 4 6 1 KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz B 4 6 2 Serial Port A This setting a...

Page 69: ...pt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 B 4 6 9 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy di...

Page 70: ...ar All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No B 4 8 X Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings B 4 8 1...

Page 71: ...mperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options a...

Page 72: ...ed control function to allow the onboard fans to con stantly run at full speed 12V all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation B 4 9 3 Voltage Monitoring The following it...

Page 73: ...he BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item B 4 10 2Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboar...

Page 74: ...Temperature Monitoring If supported by the CPU Highlight the entry and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following PECI Plat form Environment Control Interface items PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI...

Page 75: ...ble to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V all of the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation B 4 11 4 Voltage Monit...

Page 76: ...he current IPMI Version B 4 12 2Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version B 4 12 3System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to D...

Page 77: ...options are Enabled and Disabled B 4 12 7BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled B 4 12 8OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Wa...

Page 78: ...options display the System Event Log SEL and System Event Log SEL in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revisio...

Page 79: ...etup Utility Advanced Setup B 4 14 X Realtime Sensor Data This feature displays information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speed and voltages of various components Figure B 5 The Re...

Page 80: ...tting options are displayed by highlighting the entry using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section B 5 1 Supervisor Password Is This entry displays...

Page 81: ...r key When prompted type the supervisor password in the dialogue box to set or to change the supervisor password which allows access to the BIOS B 5 4 Set User Password When the item Set User Password...

Page 82: ...he boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB...

Page 83: ...gure B 8 All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section B 7 1 Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you have made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility B 7 2 Exi...

Page 84: ...ettings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use B 7 4 Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you have made You will remain in the...

Page 85: ...uck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch...

Page 86: ...me settings The BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock This may require setting the legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used The previous PO...

Page 87: ...considerably CPU ID This is the CPU socket number for a Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot wri...

Page 88: ...lict There is an I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen The PS 2 Mouse that is installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes that successfull...

Page 89: ...displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error o...

Page 90: ...CoolShell CS 3U Installation Manual B 38 Themis Computer...

Page 91: ...such as installation preparation to the step by step installation procedure C 2 Installation C 2 1 BIOS Configuration Before beginning to install please check your bios settings 1 Make sure that the s...

Page 92: ...Hide Help button at the bottom left corner of the screen The help screen is open by default To minimize the help text click on Hide Help Click on the Next button to continue with Language Selection C...

Page 93: ...ning Setup C 2 2 3 Select Disk Partitioning Setup Partitioning allows you to divide your hard drive into isolated sections where each section behaves as its own hard drive Partitioning is particularly...

Page 94: ...oning Note If you receive an error after the Disk Partitioning Setup phase of the instal lation saying something similar to The partition table on device hda was unreadable To create new partitions th...

Page 95: ...Linux partitions partitions created from a previous Linux installation This does not remove other partitions you may have on your hard drive s such as VFAT or FAT32 partitions Remove all partitions o...

Page 96: ...ing Review and clicking Next to move forward the partitions created for you in Disk Druid appear You can make modifications to these partitions if they do not meet your needs Click Next once you have...

Page 97: ...erprise Linux Installation Installation C 7 Themis Computer C 2 2 6 Adding Partitions To add a new partition select the New button The following dialog box appears Figure C 5 Disk Setup Figure C 6 Add...

Page 98: ...et Disk Druid decide where partitions should go Size MB Enter the size in megabytes of the partition Note this field starts with 100 MB unless changed only a 100 MB partition will be created Additiona...

Page 99: ...le for loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel software The kernel in turn initializes the rest of the operating system GRUB Grand Unified Bootloader which is installed by defa...

Page 100: ...our hard drive that is automatically loaded by your computer s BIOS and is the earliest point at which the boot loader can take control of the boot process If you install it in the MBR when your machi...

Page 101: ...hem in the Network Devices list Once you have selected a network device click Edit From the Edit Interface pop up screen you can choose to configure the IP address and netmask of the device via DHCP o...

Page 102: ...an choose to have DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol automatically detect it or you can manually enter the hostname in the field provided Finally if you entered the IP and Netmask information ma...

Page 103: ...d system security A firewall exists between your computer and the network and determines which resources on your computer remote users on the network can access A properly con figured firewall can gre...

Page 104: ...r time zone Using your mouse click on the interactive map to select a specific city represented by a yellow dot A red X appears indicating your selection You can also scroll through the list at the bo...

Page 105: ...ontrol over your system Use the root account only for system administration Create a non root account for your general use and su to root when you need to fix something quickly These basic rules minim...

Page 106: ...fault package selection or customize packages for your system After Next is selected on the Set Root Password screen see previous section the Package Installation Defaults screen see Figure C 14 appea...

Page 107: ...You can select package groups which group components together according to function for example Xwindows System and Editors individual packages or a combination of the two Select each component you w...

Page 108: ...es At this point there is nothing left for you to do until all the packages have been installed How quickly this happens depends on the number of packages you have selected and your computer s speed I...

Page 109: ...After installing all the packages you will get the following message Congratulations Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation is now complete Finally the installation program prompts you to prepare...

Page 110: ...C 20 Themis Computer CoolShell CS 3U Installation Manual...

Page 111: ...tion B 13 Advanced Processor Options Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch B 15 C1 Enhanced Mode B 14 Core Multi Processing B 14 CPU Speed B 14 Frequency Ratio B 14 Hardware Prefetch B 15 Hyper Threading B 14...

Page 112: ...A 3 Front Panel 1 2 PCI Express Connector A 2 PCI Express Connector Pinout A 2 PCI Express Connector Pinout Signal De scriptions A 2 Power Reset Connector A 1 Power Reset Connector Pinout A 1 Power R...

Page 113: ...Pinout A 5 USB 2 0 Connector Pinout Signal Descrip tions A 5 USB 2 0 Connectors A 5 Video Connector Pinout A 6 Video Connector Pinout Signal Descrip tions A 6 I O Blade Power Specifications 1 9 I O co...

Page 114: ...s 2 5 multiple video displays 2 3 N Network Configuration screen C 11 Noise Level 1 7 Notes xix NVIDIA 3700 graphics card xv NVIDIA 3700 graphics cards A 5 A 7 NVIDIA tools 2 7 NVIDIA X Server Setting...

Page 115: ...etup C 7 Editing a Network Device C 12 Firewall Configuration C 13 Keyboard Selection C 3 Language Selection C 2 Network Configuration C 11 Package Group Details C 18 Package Group Selection C 17 Pack...

Page 116: ...2 2 alignment holes 2 2 installation 2 1 weight 2 1 Subrack Installation 2 1 SuperMicro web site B 1 System Event Log SEL B 26 System Event Log SEL in List Mode B 26 System Event Log Submenu B 26 syst...

Page 117: ...ThemisComputer 47200BaysideParkway Fremont CA94538 Attn PublicationsDepartment Place Stamp Here Fold here tape at top to seal...

Page 118: ...ed ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ _________________...

Search results

Summary of Contents for CoolShell CS-3U

Reviews:

Related manuals for CoolShell CS-3U

Brands by name

Popular brands

Themis CoolShell CS-3U, Installation Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for CoolShell CS-3U

Reviews:

Related manuals for CoolShell CS-3U

Brands by name

Popular brands