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This manual introduces the technical characteristics and the system installation and 

setup of the server, and helps you to particularly understand and expediently use this 
server.

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Summary of Contents for NF5270M3

Page 1: ...d benefit the humankind This manual is the property of the Inspur Group Co Ltd This User Manual is not to be copied by any group or person in any manner without the consent of Inspur Group Co Ltd The Inspur Group Co Ltd reserves the right of revise this manual momentarily Any alteration about the content of this manual will be noticed Please contact Inspur Group Co Ltd if you have any questions or...

Page 2: ...nfiguration of your computer to our Customer Service Don t disassemble the server case or any hardware components in the case by yourself 3 In this server the MEMORY CPU CPU Fan and Fan are in given standard Please don t use them with the corresponding components of any other computers confusedly 4 When you have any software problems during the application of this server we hope that you firstly c...

Page 3: ...radio jamming In this case users need to adopt feasible measures to the interference 9 The copyrights of the markers and names of the software and hardware product referred in this manual are the property of corresponding companies 10 In the above statement us indicates the Inspur Group Co Ltd The Inspur Group Co Ltd holds the right of final explanation about the above statement ...

Page 4: ...the onboard SATA controller is introduced Chapter Five Operating System Installation In this chapter how to install the prevailing operating systems to the server is introduced Chapter Six Common Problem and Trouble shooting In this chapter solutions of some common problems are introduced Chapter Seven Use Instructions on Management Functions of Integrated Management Card In this chapter how to us...

Page 5: ... Configuration Interface 25 4 2 Application of Control Buttons 25 4 3 SATA HostRAID Configuration 25 Chapter Five Operation System Installation 29 5 1 Inspur Drive U Disk Use Instructions 29 5 2 Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Manually 33 5 3 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 2 Manually 37 Chapter Six Common Problems and Trouble shooting 43 6 1 Restarting Server 43 6 2 Problems When Starting the M...

Page 6: ...pter Eight Server Installation Guide 58 8 1 Cabinet Preparation 58 8 2 Components Needed in Server Installation 59 8 3 Installation of Inner Rail 59 8 4 Install Guide Rail into Cabinet 60 8 5 Install the Server to Cabinet 62 ...

Page 7: ...bles matched with correct earthed plug and check the ratings of the extended cables to make sure that the sum of rated current of all products inserted into the extended cables do not exceed 80 of the limits of the rated currents of the extended cables Warning 4 Please be sure to use the supplied power supply component such as power lines power socket if supplied with the equipment etc For the saf...

Page 8: ...t you bought is the chassis besides carefully read the installation description attached with the cabinet products and get known about the special warning notices and installation process you must abide by the following preventive measures to guarantee the cabinet to be stable and safe Warning 10 Before installing equipment in the chassis please install front and side supporting feet on the indepe...

Page 9: ...ce to dry the system at least for 24 hours and make sure that the system is fully dried Close the cover of the host re connect the system to the power socket and then start the equipment In case of operation failure or abnormal situation please contact Inspur and get technical support 3 Pay attention to the position of the system cables and power cables wire them in places not to be stepped on or ...

Page 10: ...uch the earthing conductor or the unpainted metal surface on the cabinet regularly to conduct off the static electricity on the body that may damage the internal components 7 When dismounting the internal components with the approval of Inspur please pay attention to the following matters Switch off the system power supply and disconnect the cables including disconnecting any connection of the sys...

Page 11: ...all the heaviest component When pulling out the components from the cabinet it shall apply force slightly to ensure the cabinet to keep balance and stabilization When pressing down the release latch of the sliding rail of components and sliding in or out please be careful as the sliding rail may hurt your figures Never make the AC power branch circuit in the cabinet overload The sum of cabinet loa...

Page 12: ...single memory volume I O Interface USB Interface 2 front USB interfaces 2 back USB interfaces 1 built in Type A USB interface Serial Interface 1 back serial interface Network Interface 2 optional RJ45 network interfaces 1 special interface for management Display Interface 1 back VGA interface ID Indicators and Buttons I D I n d i c a t o r s a n d Buttons 1 ID indicator blue at the front of the ca...

Page 13: ...PU Hard Disk Hard Drive Type 3 5 inches SAS hard disk and SATA hard disk 2 5 inches AS hard disk SATA hard disk and SSD hard disk different types support different hard disk types please refer to actual configuration Qty 3 5 inches 8HD type Supports maximum 8 3 5 inches hard disks or 8 2 5 inches hard disks 3 5 inches 12HD type Supports maximum 12 3 5 inches hard disks or 12 2 5 inches shard disk ...

Page 14: ...ge box guide rail accessory box Environment Parameters Working Environment Temperature 10 35 Storage Transportation Temperature 40 55 Working Humidity 35 80 relative humidity Storage Transportation Humidity 20 93 40 relative humidity 2 2 Front Panel View This server has four configurations of 3 5 inches 8HD type 3 5 inches 12HD type 2 5 inches 24HD and 2 5 inches 25HD type pictures in the followin...

Page 15: ...n Off Network disconnected 5 Fan Failure Indicator It provides alarming function for fan failure When system operates normally indicator not on When system fan fails indicator on amber When power off or AC power on BMC initiating indicator on is a normal status 6 System Abnormal Indicator It provides alarming function for system abnormal status i e abnormal status such as over high system temperat...

Page 16: ...Installation positions of 3 5 inches 8HD type 1 8 hard disks 15 Installation Positions of 1 12 Hard Disks Installation positions of 3 5 inches 12HD type 1 12 hard disks 16 Installation Positions of 1 8 Hard Disks Installation positions of 2 5 inches 24HD type 1 8 hard disks 17 Installation Positions of 9 16 Hard Disks Installation positions of 2 5 inches 24HD type 9 16 hard disks 18 Installation P...

Page 17: ...face for IPMI management 4 Serial Interface Connects serial interface device 5 I350 Network Card 2 Interface Integrates Intel I350 network card 1 interface 6 USB Interface Connects USB interface device 7 USB Interface Connects USB interface device 8 ID Indicator and Button After server connects to power supply press this ID button indicator on blue to identify the machine press again to turn off 9...

Page 18: ...ntroduction Indicator Name Color Indicator Status Function Description Active Indicator Yellow Off Network disconnected On Network connected Flash Network communicating Rate Indicator Orange On 100Mbit s data transmission Green On 1000Mbit s data transmission ...

Page 19: ...y 1 Before the server BIOS setup is altered please record the corresponding original setup Hence when there are operating problems in the system due to the option altered the setup can revert 2 Ordinarily the factory default system value is the optimized setup Don t try to alter the parameters before you understand their denotations 3 The common setup is introduced in detail in this paper The less...

Page 20: ...ment Security Configure system super user and user password Save Exit Save BIOS setup and exit BIOS setup etc Button introduction Button Description Up Select the previous menu or value Down Select the next menu or value Left Select the left menu or value Right Select the right menu or value Esc Button Return to the previous menu or main menu Button Change option value Change current option value ...

Page 21: ...menu is mainly used to set enhanced features if set improperly it may arouse abnormal system working it is suggested that you should use factory settings Main and common sub menus or options are introduced in the following CPU Configuration Socket 0 1 CPU Information Displays detailed information of system currently installed CPU Hyper threading CPU hyper threading function setting includes two op...

Page 22: ...uld support 4 SATA 3 0Gb s devices Serial ATA Controller 1 This option could only be used when SATA Mode option is set to IDE Mode When this option is set to Enhanced it could support 2 SATA 3 0Gb s devices Port0 1 2 3 4 5 Hot Plug This option could only be used when SATA Mode option is set to AHCI Mode or RAID Mode SATA interface could be set to support hot plugging or not including two options o...

Page 23: ...play card options include Offboard default External display card is the prior device Onboard Mainboard integrated display card is the prior device IOH PCIe Link Speed Control PCIE_0 PCIE_1 PCIE_2 PCIE_3 PCIE_4 PCIE_5 Link Speed Control Sets transmission rates of PCIE_0 PCIE_1 PCIE_2 PCIE_3 PCIE_4 PCIE_5 slots respectively including three options of GEN3 default GEN2 and GEN1 QPI Configuration Subm...

Page 24: ... 1066 1333 is disabled PCH This menu is used to realize display of related PCH chip information and parameter settings SMBus Controller This option is used to open or close system bus controller there re two options of Enabled default settings and Disabled Restore AC Power Loss This option is used to set system status for power on after abnormal power off including the following setting options Po...

Page 25: ...nd Disabled default settings System Event Log This menu is used to set system even log features modification on settings made in this menu could only validate after reboot SEL Components This option is used to set whether to record all event logs during system startup there re two options of Enabled and Disabled default settings If set to Enabled settings on cleaning methods for system event logs ...

Page 26: ... menu are used to set username for remote login IPMI management interface user privilege whether username is available or not and to change user password etc UserID To set user group there re five options of Anonymous ADMIN User1 User2 and User3 When set to admin user group user privilege whether user is available or not options could not be changed only password could be set When set to Anonymous...

Page 27: ...ow button and then press enter to complete setting this guiding sequence option Network Device BBS Priorities Press Enter to enter sub option of this menu user could set guiding sequence of all network cards supporting PXE function Hard Drive BBS Priorities Press Enter to enter sub option of this menu user could set guiding sequence of all hard disks VI Security Menu Administrator Password This op...

Page 28: ...nd system will exit BIOS Setup then restart the computer Save Changes Select this option press Enter and select Yes in prompt popped up all modifications in BIOS Setup will be saved and system won t exit BIOS Setup for this action Discard Changes Select this option press Enter and select Yes in prompt popped up all modifications in BIOS Setup will be discarded and system won t exit BIOS Setup for ...

Page 29: ...d functions Jumper Setting Figure 3 2 1 Open Case Top Panel If the following operation is required please obtain authorization of Inspur Group Co Ltd first open top panel of the case detailed steps are as follows 1 Shut down the system disconnect AC power cable 2 Loosen two bolts at the back of case top panel 3 Vertically press down card slots on case top panel with two thumbs and push top panel t...

Page 30: ...figure Mainboard Jumper Position Figure Jumper Name Function Description Jumper Function CLR_CMOS Jumper CMOS Jumper Short circuit pin 1 2 normal status default Short circuit pin 2 3 clear CMOS Note 1 It is required to shut down the system when clearing CMOS and cut off power 2 After jumper operation completes please install top panel of the case CLR_CMOS Jumper ...

Page 31: ...ility 2 Press Ctrl I buttons to enter SATA HostRAID configuration interface 4 2 Application of Control Buttons Button Description Used to move cursor in different menus or change menu option values TAB To select the next menu setting option Enter To select menu Esc To exit menu or return to the previous menu from submenu 4 3 SATA HostRAID Configuration After entering SATA HostRAID configuration in...

Page 32: ...e menu System displays the following menu options Name Please enter a volume name not exceeding 16 characters without special characters RAID Level Please select RAID volume level if there s no volume created at present there re four volume levels of RAID0 Stripe RAID1 Mirror RAID10 RAID0 1 and RAID5 Parity for selection please select volume level according to actual needs RAID0 It is allowed to u...

Page 33: ...ATA HostRAI configuration interface and displays the created RAID volume in RAID volume list II Delete RAID Volume Menu After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface we could use Up and Down arrow buttons to select this menu and then press Enter to delete RAID volume menu System prompts Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non RAID Warning ALL DISKS DATA WILL BE DELETED To delete RAID ...

Page 34: ... to RAID volume IV Exit Menu After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface use Up and Down arrow buttons to select this menu and then press Enter to enter this menu System prompts Are you sure you want to exit Y N enter Y system exits SATA HostRAID configuration interface enter N to cancel exit operation ...

Page 35: ...xternal RAID card or SAS card please refer to electronic user manual in external RAID card or SAS card CD to add a hard disk controller drive As for net drive display drive and system service pack you could still refer to instructions in this chapter for installation This installation instructs manual installation of operation system taking 2108 SAS RAID configuration as an example if your server ...

Page 36: ...ot from hard disk otherwise system will not be able to boot from hard disk The following is a brief introduction on the making of mainboard integrated hard disk controller drive while installing operation system via using Inspur drive U disk For driver make of external RAID card or SAS card please refer to related content in external card drive CD Driver Make 1 Prepare a computer configured with W...

Page 37: ...RAID card driver CD into CD driver driver make program will run automatically If CD automatic running is disabled by the system please enter CD directory run dolphin bat in CD Inspur driver CD or setup exe RAID card driver CD under CD directory 3 Steps to make a driver using Inspur system driver CD 1 After running dolphin bat system enters Welcome to Inspur driver CD interface There re two methods...

Page 38: ...o make according to actual needs click Next button to make corresponding driver Driver making interfaces and methods will be different for different operation systems selected Windows System Driver Make During driver make of Windows OS copy the drive into analog floppy disk A of Inspur drive U disk directly Select Windows edition and drive to make and then click Next The following prompt appears P...

Page 39: ...hard disk U disk will not occupy any disk by then If hard disk is not partitioned it is required to create 1 disk partition on unpartitioned space and delete this new disk partition U disk will not occupy any disk by then and then create a disk partition according to actual needs complete installation of operation system according to prompts Note Make sure to distinguish U disk and hard disk do no...

Page 40: ...r this step Now it is required to load a hard disk controller driver If you use a USB floppy disk please insert a floppy disk into floppy driver If you use an Inspur drive U disk or a normal U disk please confirm U disk connection is correct Then click Browse button select path of the drive click OK system will search drivers automatically 6 On Select the driver to be installed interface select th...

Page 41: ...ts to install Windows and system will complete operations such as Copying files Expanding Windows files Installing features Installing updates and Completing installation etc during this process system may reboot for several times automatically 13 After installation completes system will boot to The user s password must be changed before logging on the first time interface take out installation CD...

Page 42: ...n starts click Next according prompt 9 Complete installation click Finish according to prompt take out drive CD and reboot system 17 Install network card driver 1 Insert Inspur system driver CD into driver click install on autoplay interface popped up after CD running or click blue dolphin icon under running program enter Welcome to use Inspur driver CD windows enter navigation code see driver CD ...

Page 43: ...Enter Setup Type interface please select installation type there re two options of Complete and Complete select Custom here and click Next to continue 8 Enter Custom Setup interface click Next to continue 9 Enter Ready to Install the Program interface click Install to install display card driver 10 Installation starts and then completes on Install Shield Wizard Completed interface please click Fin...

Page 44: ...example enter BIOS to configure and enable the server to boot from CD driver 2 System enters Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 2 interface options are as shown in the following Install or upgrade an existing system Install system with basic video driver Rescue installed system Boot from local driver Memory test You could use up and down arrows to select here it is the first installation by def...

Page 45: ... test and start the installation Here select to skip media testing press Enter to continue 5 Enter RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 interface select Next to continue 6 System enters What language would you like to use during the installation process interface select the language to be used during installation here we select English English and then select Next to continue 7 Enter Select the appropriate ...

Page 46: ...eplace Existing Linux System s Shrink Current System Use Free Space Create Custom Layout Here custom manual partition is taken as an example select Create Custom layout and click Next to continue 13 Installation enters installation hard disk selection interface in Data Storage Devices to be mounted only list system displays storage devices detected Please click the hard disk to install system acco...

Page 47: ...rts to format hard disk partition 16 Installation enters Boot Loader setting interface please set according to needs and then click Next to continue 17 System prompts The default installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a basic server install You can optionally select s different set of software now Please select the type to be installed as well as software package to be customized according to...

Page 48: ...n 24 Installation enters Create User interface user could set password add a new user according to actual needs and then click Forward to continue 25 Installation enters Date and time interface please set the correct time and date and then click Forward to continue 26 Installation enters Kdump setting interface set according to actual needs and then click Finish to complete installation 27 Enter U...

Page 49: ...el Clear up system memory self check the POST again and restart the operating system Reset button Cold boot again switch off and restart the system power so that to clear up the system memory to self check the POST again to restart the operating system and to power up all peripherals again Power button 6 2 Problems When Starting the Machine Some problems often occur when the machine is started gen...

Page 50: ...ther than Inspur ones please remove them first 7 With the permission of Inspur technical support personnel you may pull and plug RAM and clear CMOS for test 6 2 3 Installation System Can t Find Hard Disk 1 When installing the system directly booted with the system CD if it prompts that no hard disk can be found please check the normality of the disk state and power on self check hard disk state 2 ...

Page 51: ...e following measures 1 If other external non Inspur components or some application program software are installed before the fault it is suggested removing it and going on to test your server 2 Use the latest antivirus software for antivirus test 3 It is suggested that you record the displayed information code for blue screen such as stop c000000218 stop 0x0000007b This kind of information reveals...

Page 52: ...is the alarm may be from motherboard RAID card or hard disk back plane If it is also accompanied by no display on the monitor or power on faults there is high possibility of something wrong with motherboard You can try to pull or plug RAM or clear CMOS if the starting self check is normal and the alarm starts when the RAID card is under test and there is abnormal array information then it is likel...

Page 53: ...tion is completed Or enter BIOS SATA Configuration SATA Port item and set SATA Port3 Port4 Port5 item to Disabled At this time the system will be installed to the first physical disk After the completion of operating system installation set SATA Port3 Port4 Port5 item to Enabled In the HostRAID mode please record the name of the RAID volume when you are doing the RAID setting When installing the o...

Page 54: ... management Please set or view IP address according to actual use situation of net card If you ve reset IP address of IPMI management card after saving it is required to restart or power off the server plug off the cable for normal use 7 2 Remote Login 7 2 1 System Requirements of Remote Client System requirements on client connecting to server management chip GUI interface via a web browser are s...

Page 55: ...nd password Password Username admin Password admin Note Users could carry out configuration of all modules and set rights via default username and password in order to guarantee system security it is suggested to modify login password after login 7 2 3 Function Menu Introduction Default displayed interface after login is as shown in the following figure On top of the interface the following functi...

Page 56: ... to prompts 2 FRU Information Menu FRU information will display in this menu including Basic Information and Server Information ID number and name of FRU device will display in Basic Information Server machine type name and manufacturer etc will display in Server Information Detailed information is shown in the following figure 3 Server Health Menu This function menu could view data information re...

Page 57: ...picture Set Mode to Relative Recommended when server OS is Linux without Redhat Set mouse mode to relative while relative mouse should select shortcuts of Alt M to shift between remote picture and local picture Set Mode to Other Mode Recommended for SLES 11 OS Installation Set mouse mode Others which is suggested while installing SLES 11 operation system Network Menu Carry out configuration on net...

Page 58: ... various remote operations with respect to server such as running remote console system on off as well as other control operations Console Redirection Menu Login to console After selecting this menu click Java Console button system will login to remote desktop If it is suggested to install Jviewer browser during usage please install according to suggestion A Remote desktop Video menu Menu Function...

Page 59: ...ption Hold down and Press and Release will display indicating to press or release Windows button on the left Right Windows Key Select this option Hold down and Press and Release will display indicating to press or release Windows button on the right Ctrl Alt Del Select this option which is equal to pressing Ctrl Alt Del buttons at the same time during operation Context Menu Context Menu Hot Keys S...

Page 60: ...se Mode Select this option to set mouse mode D Remote desktop Options menu Menu Functions Bandwidth Select this option to set to display bandwidth Keyboard Mouse Encryption Keyboard Mouse encryption setting Zoom Select this option to zoom in out remote desktop display window Zoom In means to enlarge display window while Zoom Out means to reduce display window E Remote desktop Media menu Click Medi...

Page 61: ... layout menu Menu Functions Auto Detect Select this option to detect keyboard type automatically SoftKeyboard Use soft keyboard there will be keyboard types of multiple languages for selection G Remote desktop VideoRecord menu Select VideoRecord menu to set options related to video records Menu Functions Start Record Select this option to start video recording Stop Record Select this option to sto...

Page 62: ... Click menu dropdown menus About JViewer will display select this option version of this relocated browser will display Server Power Control Menu Select Server Power Control menu to enter the interface as shown in the following Server Power Control Menu To display current power status of server providing five options which are namely server restart instant shutdown sequential shutdown startup rest...

Page 63: ... management card Firmware it is not suggested to carry out update by yourself if necessary update files should be authorized by us in advance Preserve Configuration This menu could be used to preserve option values in dropdown menu before loading factory default values Selected option values will not change while loading factory default values Restore Factory Defaults This menu is used to load fac...

Page 64: ... guide rail installation Cabinet grounding to avoid electric shock a grounding device must be installed in the cabinet If the server power line is installed in the power socket which constitutes a portion of the cabinet grounding should be properly provided for the cabinet If the server power line is inserted into the power socket in the wall the grounding device in the power socket just provides ...

Page 65: ...ure 1 8 3 Installation of Inner Rail Please install the inner rail to the cabinet according to the following description 1 Firstly take out the inner rail from the guide rail hold the front fixed frame of the whole guide rail and pull outward the inner rail just as shown in picture 2 Picture 2 2 When the inner rail can t be pulled any more stir the bayonet lock shown in picture 3 along the directi...

Page 66: ...he inner rail can t be clamped into the double screw bolt slightly loose the four screws and then push the inner rail again After the inner rail is clamped tightly screw down Picture 5 5 Repeat step 1 4 install the other inner rail in the corresponding position at the other side of the cabinet 8 4 Install Guide Rail into Cabinet 1 Make sure the installation location of the guide rail on the cabine...

Page 67: ...r Installation Guide Picture 6 2 Find out the screw accompanied with guide rail picture 7 fix well the second hole picture 6 on the front and back frame corresponding to angle rail Picture 7 3 Repeat the above operation install the other guide rail to the cabinet ...

Page 68: ... end of the outer rail 3 Refer to picture 8 keep the server horizontal and push it steadily into the cabinet If it is blocked during the pushing pull forward the bayonet lock at the front of the inner rail and at the same time push it into the cabinet Picture 8 4 Use fixed screw picture 7 to fix the server to the cabinet through the third hole picture 9 in the front of guide rail corresponding to ...

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