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Page 2: ...ischarge ESD 13 2 8 Cooling and Airflow 13 2 9 Battery 13 3 System Installation 14 3 1 Preparing for Setup 14 3 1 1 Unpacking 14 3 1 2 Packing List 15 3 1 3 Environmental Specifications 16 3 1 4 Install Rail for Mounting the System on the Rack 17 3 1 5 Install System at the Rack Cabinet 19 3 2 Installing User Serviceable Component 20 3 2 1 CPU 20 3 2 2 Memory 21 3 2 3 Hard Disk Drives 24 3 2 4 PCI...

Page 3: ...Integrated Mirroring Overview 68 5 2 3 Creating Integrated Mirroring Volumes 74 5 2 4 Integrated Striping Overview 81 5 2 5 Creating Integrated Striping Volumes 84 5 3 ServerDome Overview 89 Part II Technical Guide 1 Removing Installing System Components 90 1 1 Installing the CD ROM Drive 90 1 2 Installing the Floppy Disk Drive 91 1 3 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 93 1 4 Removing the Power Supply...

Page 4: ...ated or reduced to any medium or machine without written consent Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of UNIWIDE Technologies Inc We take every care in the preparation of this document but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice Technical S...

Page 5: ...his first in industry feature increases the performance value mix by reducing the cost of system memory by up to 100 over competition In line with extreme processing and data buffering capability XtremeServer is equipped with both PCI Express and PCI X slots and SATA II with RAID 0 1 support For those preferring SAS devices 6 slot SAS with RAID option is available Data transfer is optimized with o...

Page 6: ...cessed LAN1 LAN2 Activity Green Off No LAN access White On Identification is active by management software or ID LED button System ID Off Off Identification is not active Off Off Running normal operation System Fault Red On Critical or non recoverable condition Green On HDD exists and is powered HDD Status Off Off No HDD Green Blink Disk is accessed Red Blink Disk has problem or on Rebuilding HDD ...

Page 7: ...link LAN is linked and accessed Link and Activity Off Off LAN is not linked Orange On Gigabit mode access Green On 100M mode access Speed Off Off 10M mode access Link and Activity LED Speed LED h IEEE 1394 Port i GbE LAN Port IPMI j GbE LAN Port k External SAS Port l AC Power Inlet m Rear Fan a PCI Slots b System Geographical ID Switch c VGA Port d Serial Port e PS 2 Port Keyboard Mouse f USB 2 0 ...

Page 8: ...il FAN Green Normal Yellow Fail NOTICE You can check the power status LED after the front bezel is removed a Power Supply b Silm FDD c Silm CD ROM d Center Fan e Memory DIMM Slots f HeatSink g CPU Memory Duct h PCI Express Add on Card Option i PCI Express Add on Cards j PCI X Add on Cards k Rear Fan ...

Page 9: ...ip Analog Devices hardware monitoring chip Memory 128 bit dual channel memory bus Eight DIMMs per CPU up to 128GB memory capacity Registered ECC DDR2 400 533 667 SDRAM DIMM SATA Controller 3526VA 01 Integrated nForceTM Professional 2200 and 2050 Six ports supporting RAID 0 1 10 5 Mediashield Windows SAS Controller 3526ES 01 LSILogic LSI1068X 8 ch SAS controller 4 CH shared with External SAS port L...

Page 10: ...4bit 133 100 66MHz PCI X slot supporting full length add on card Integrated I O Rear I O One VGA port One serial port One PS 2 keyboard mouse port Two USB 2 0 ports Two RJ45 GbE ports One IEEE 1394a Firewire port One external SAS connector 3526ES 01 Front LED Panel Two USB 2 0 ports LEDs Power GbE LAN1 GbE LAN2 ID System Fault Switches System ID Reset Power System Management FAN connectors For CPU...

Page 11: ...rial Console Redirection Support USB boot and PXE boot in boot sequence Support serial over LAN function Power Supply 1000W 2 1 hot swap redundant Power Supply with PFC function AC Input 100 240V 50 60Hz 12 4 6 2A Form Factor 3U H x W x D 131 x 430 x 698 mm 5 2 x 16 9 x 27 5 inch Regulatory CE EMC EN55022 EMI EN55024 EMS EN61000 3 2 Harmonic EN61000 3 3 Flicker CE LVD EN60950 CB IEC 60950 FCC FCC ...

Page 12: ...9 1 3 Mainboard Layout 1 3 1 Block Diagram ...

Page 13: ...nForceTM Professional 2200 NVIDIA nForceTM Professional 2050 AMD 8132 PCI X 2 0 Tunnel HT Connector PCI X slot supports ZCR PCI Express x16 Slot Two Broadcom PCI Express GbE ports LSILogic LSI1068X 8 ch SAS controller 32pin SAS Connector External SAS Connector Winbond 83627THF LPC Super I O XGI Volari Z9 16 Interface Connector ...

Page 14: ...ct type required If a power cord is not compatible with the AC wall outlet in your region get one that meets the following criteria z The power cord must be properly rated for the AC voltage in your region z The power cord plug cap must have an electrical current rating that is at least 125 of the electrical current rating of the product z The power cord plug cap that plugs into the wall socket ou...

Page 15: ...TION To avoid personal injury or property damage the following safety instructions apply whenever accessing inside the product z Turn off all peripheral devices connected to this product z Turn off the system by pressing the power button on the front of the product z Disconnect the AC power by unplugging all AC power cords from the system or wall outlet z Disconnect all cables and telecommunicatio...

Page 16: ...s to dissipate the static charge while handling the components z Avoid moving around unnecessarily z Hold the server components especially boards only by the edges z Place the server components on a grounded static free surface z Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the component wrapper z Do not slide the components over any surface 2 8 Cooling and Airflow CAUTION For proper cooling and...

Page 17: ...oduct out of the box hold it in the middle and not the cushion Depending on the weight of the product two people together should lift it Main Box Slide Rail Box Heatsink Pad Heatsink Box System Bottom Cushion XtremeServer 3526 System System Top Cushion Accessory Box PSU Box Power Supply Unit ...

Page 18: ...tained in the package is damaged or missing please contact your local dealer for replacement In addition keep the box and packing materials for possible future use XtremeServer 3526 Slide Rail Accessory Box PS 2 Y Cable Power Code Optional Manual and Driver CD ServerDome Optional Power Supply CPU Heatsink ...

Page 19: ...check the power capacity of the place where the system is installed Grounding The system should be grounded Temperature The system should be installed where the airflow and temperature is proper If the system is installed in the rack the temperature in rack should be less than 35 degree Celsius In most case the temperature of the rack is higher than that of the out of the rack Airflow Since the ai...

Page 20: ...il Slide rails consist of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures directly to the server chassis and an outer fixed slide rail that secures directly to the rack itself You should have received outer slide rails in the rack mounting kit See packing list And both the left and right side inner rails have been pre attached to the chassis Inner Fixed Chassis Rail ...

Page 21: ...below put the rear of outer rail on right place of the rear mounting frame and fit it on the front mounting frame You can fit the outer rails on the rack very easily and then eventually you can reduce the assembly time Finally secure it with M6 screws ...

Page 22: ...amage to the equipment get help to lift and stabilize the system during installation or removal especially when the system is not fastened to the rails Lift the system to slide of rack Set the system on the slide rail of rack Slide the system into the rack Secure the system with thumbscrew on the rack Pull it out pressing both levers on the inner slide rails simultaneously ...

Page 23: ... 1 CPU1 The correct CPU installation sequence is CPU0 CPU1 CAUTION If you are using 3546VA 01 3546ES 01 model you must surely use two or four CPU for appropriate operation Follow these instructions to install the CPU The socket locking lever must be raised Pull out slightly and then lift up Locate the pin 1 of the CPU socket and pin 1 of the CPU Marked by a triangular hole in the Pin 1 corner Lowe...

Page 24: ...To take advantage of the 128 bit interface you must install DIMMs in pairs of two DIMM0 and DIMM1 are paired DIMM2 and DIMM3 are paired DIMM4 and DIMM5 are paired and slots DIMM6 and DIMM7 are paired If you are only installing two DIMMs into a Memory Bank it is recommended that you install them in slots DIMM6 and DIMM7 to get the full bandwidth NOTE For optimal dual channel DDR operation installin...

Page 25: ...es the one pictured below CAUTION Always populate H0 DIMM socket before installing memory modules in the H1 DIMM sockets Insert the module into the DIMM socket and press down evenly on both ends firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place The tabs of the DIMM socket will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM is properly installed into the socket ...

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Page 27: ... ID Configuration HDD Type Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 Slot 0 SATA ID 6 ID 5 ID 4 ID 3 ID 2 ID 1 SAS SCSI ID 5 ID 4 ID 3 ID 2 ID 1 ID 0 NOTICE When you install hard disk drive into the system we recommend using slot 0 first ...

Page 28: ...ere damage to both your motherboard and expansion card WARNING Please again check add on card type when adding expansion card to slot PCI X slot can t support exclusive 5V add on card 3 2 4 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure Release the latch by pulling towards the front and rotate it Install PCI card to the system Rotate the latch back into the original position to lock ...

Page 29: ...NING If removing a power supply release the locking latch of the power supply Press the release button on the side of the front bezel and take the bezel away from the system Release the latch hook and pull the power supply out of the system ...

Page 30: ...s such as password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup 4 1 1 Starting BIOS Setup The AMI BIOS is immediately activated when you power on the computer every time The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMO...

Page 31: ...ginal BIOS file that you copied to the bootable floppy disk The screen displays the status of the update process NOTICE The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only What you see on your screen may not be exactly the same as shown CAUTION DO NOT shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS Doing so may cause system boot failure When the BIOS update process is complete the utilit...

Page 32: ...highlighted item To exit the Help Window press ESC key or F1 key again F2 F3 Key Change colors F7 Key Discard changes F8 Key Load failsafe defaults F9 Key Load optimal defaults F10 Key Save and Exit Home Go to top of screen End Go to bottom of screen Esc Exit NOTICE The BIOS does NOT automatically save values that you have modified If you do not save your values before you exit the BIOS Setup Util...

Page 33: ...The following picture shows the main menu Main menu shows the information of BIOS version date and ID processor type speed and count system size In addition system time and date is adjustable using key or number keys NOTICE You can check the BMC F W version on the post and in the BIOS setup utility 4 1 5 Advanced Menu You can make these modifications on the advanced menu ...

Page 34: ... and enable disable the Error Reporting GART error reporting should remain disabled for the normal operation Feature Options Description GART Error Reporting Disable Enable This option should remain disabled for the normal operation This driver developer may enable it for testing purpose ...

Page 35: ...ntroller Primary enable only the Primary IDE controller Secondary enable only the Secondary IDE controller Both enable both IDE controllers IDE Detect Time out sec 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI device ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host Device Host Device Select the mechanism for detecting 80 pin cable Configuration nVidia RAID ROM Disabled Enabled Disable e...

Page 36: ...tion Submenu Feature Options Description Floppy Configuration Disabled 5 1 4 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 3 1 2 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 2 88 MB Select Floppy A or Floppy B and then selects floppy diskette type installed in your system ...

Page 37: ... Disabled Enabled Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller Serial Port1 Address Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Addresses Serial Port2 Address Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Addresses ...

Page 38: ...nfiguration ACPI Aware O S Yes No Enable O S supports ACPI Disable O S doesn t support ACPI 4 1 5 6 Hyper Transport Configuration Submenu To set up the hyper transport speed and bandwidth you can adjust over this menu The incorrect manipulation will impede the system running ...

Page 39: ...36 4 1 5 7 IPMI Configuration To set up the BMC LAN Configuration you can adjust over this menu 4 1 5 8 MPS Configuration Submenu ...

Page 40: ...37 4 1 5 9 PCI Express Configuration Submenu Enable Disable PCI Express L0 and L1 link power states 4 1 5 10 Remote Access Configuration Submenu ...

Page 41: ...Support Disabled Enabled Auto Enables support for legacy USB Auto option disables legacy support if no USB device connected USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed FullSpeed Configures the USB 2 0 controller in HiSpeed 480Mbps or FullSpeed 12Mbps USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command ...

Page 42: ...ontroller Enabled Disabled IEEE 1394 Enabled Disabled On board IEEE 1394 Enabled Disabled NIC0 PXE Setting Enabled Disabled On board NIC0 PXE Boot Enabled Disabled NIC1 PXE Setting Enabled Disabled On board NIC1 PXE Boot Enabled Disabled Audio CODEC Interface Enabled Disabled On board Audio CODEC Enabled Disabled ...

Page 43: ...40 4 1 6 PCI PnP Menu PCI PnP Menu 1 PCI PnP Menu 2 ...

Page 44: ...d will function correctly PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled Disabled Enabled BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives Offboard PCI ISA IDE card Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 PCI Slot6 Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding the card IRQ3 IRQ15 Available Reserved Available specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI ...

Page 45: ...POST messages Enabled Display OEM logo Bootup Num Lock Off On Select power on state for Num Lock PS 2 Mouse Support Disabled Enabled Select support for PS 2 mouse Wait for F1 if error Disabled Enabled Wait for F1 key to be pressed if error occurs Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled Enabled Enabled allows option ROMs to trap interrupt 19 Boot Endless Loop Disabled Enabled ...

Page 46: ...43 4 1 8 Security Menu Security Menu 1 Change Supervisor Security Menu 2 Change User ...

Page 47: ...or Feature Options Description Change Supervisor Password Install or change the password Change User Password Install or change the password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Enabled Enable Disable boot sector virus protection ...

Page 48: ...45 4 1 9 Chipset Configuration Menu 4 1 9 1 NorthBridge Chipset Configuration Submenu ...

Page 49: ...ode using AUTO or if you use LIMIT you can set one of the standards Bank Interleaving Auto Disabled Interleaving allows memory accesses to be spread out over BANKS on the same node or across NODES decreasing access contention Memory Hole Remapping Disabled Enabled Enable Software Memory Remapping Around Memory Hole ...

Page 50: ...e Disabled Enabled DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically maintaining system integrity L2 Cache BG Scrub Disable 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us 655 4us Allows the L2 date cache ram to be corrected while idle Date Cache BG Scrub See above Allows the L1 date cache ram to be corrected while idle ...

Page 51: ...ption IOMMU Mode AGP Present Disabled 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB Set GART size in systems without AGP or disable altogether Some OSes require valid GART for proper operation If AGP is present select appropriate option to ensure proper AGP operation ...

Page 52: ...ns Feature Options Description Power Management APM Disabled Enabled Enable or disable APM LAN PME Resume Disabled Enabled Enabled or disabled Internal 802 3 MAC to generate P M E in SoftOFF RTC Resume Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled RTC event to wake after a power failure Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off Power On Last State Power Off Power On Last State ...

Page 53: ...ing the changes ESC key can be used for this operation Discard Changes Discard changes done so far to any of the setup question F7 key can be used for this operation Load Optimal Defaults Load optimal default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation Load Failsafe Defaults Load Failsafe default values for all the setup questions F8 key can be used for this operation ...

Page 54: ...ing This section covers the jumper setting Refer to the following illustration for the location of the jumpers PCI X Speed CHB J22 PCI X Speed CHA J26 VGA Enable Disable J18 Clear CMOS JP1 External SAS Enable Disable JP2 ...

Page 55: ... 4 2 1 PCI X Speed Setting J22 J26 PCI X speed can be selected by the switch Please follow the below instruction 133 100 66 1 OFF ON OFF 2 OFF OFF ON 1 Off 2 Off 133MHz 1 On 2 Off 100MHz 1 Off 2 On 66MHz ...

Page 56: ...keep the jumper connected to pin1 and pin2 Default to retain the RTC data as shown below Follow these instructions to clear the CMOS RTC data AC off Short pin2 and pin3 with a jumper for a few seconds Replace the jumper on pin1 and pin2 Turn on your computer by pressing the power on button Hold down Delete during boot and select either the Load Optimal Defaults or Load Failsafe Defaults option in ...

Page 57: ...ification CPU number and type of server ServerDome is monitoring on the basis of identification CPU number and type of server CAUTION You have to install the ID switch before BMC F W update ID Assignment This sets up identification information of server ON OFF Disable Enable Switches B ID Binary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 00000000 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 10 00001010 OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 12...

Page 58: ...ignment This sets up server type Switches A ID Description Binary 1 2 1 1 way 00 OFF OFF 2 2 way 01 ON OFF 3 3 way 10 OFF ON 4 4 way 11 ON ON Switches A Type Description Binary 3 4 1U 2way passive 00 OFF OFF 3U 2way Active 4way 01 ON OFF 3U Only 2way Passive 10 OFF ON ...

Page 59: ...losure monitoring controller will use in system Default setting is 1 2 for J13 and 1 3 2 4 for J14 on board SATA controller If you want to use add on another SATA controller supporting SES I2C interface you have to set the jumper to 2 3 for J13 and 3 5 4 6 for J14 Connector Description J10 SAS Port 0 3 J11 SAS Port 4 5 Jumper SGPIO SES I2C J13 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 5 J14 2 4 4 6 ...

Page 60: ...n the SATA BP DIP SW1 is used to decide which controller we will use in system Default setting is all ON for on board SATA controller If you want to use add on SATA controller you have to set the switch to ON like below picture ...

Page 61: ...he desired RAID array Install the operating system on one hard disk then reboot the system Run the Windows nForce Setup application and install the RAID driver Initialize the NVRAID Array 5 1 1 2 Bootable RAID Array Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS Specify the RAID level either Mirroring RAID 1 Striping RAID 0 Striping and Mirroring RAID 0 1 or Spanning JBOD and...

Page 62: ...select Integrated Peripherals then press Enter Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config see the picture then press Enter From the RAID Config window enable the RAID Enable the other items would be light then you can enable the disk that you want to use as RAID disks Press F10 to save the configuration and exit ...

Page 63: ... 5 1 3 1 Understanding the Define a New Array Window Use the Define a New Array window to z Select the RAID Mode z Set up the Striping Block z Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array Depending on the platform used the system can have one or more channels In a typical system there is usually one controller and multiple channels and each channel has a slave and a master The channel controller ...

Page 64: ...affects how data is arranged on the disk It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal which is 32KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array dis...

Page 65: ...e Define a New Array window after two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks NVIDIA RAID Utility Array Disks 5 1 3 3 Completing the RAID BIOS Setup After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk data prompt appears ...

Page 66: ...ail screen appears The Array Detail screen shows information about the array that you selected such as Striping Block used RAID Mode Striping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then press C At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N Press Enter again to go back to the previous window and then press F10 ...

Page 67: ...re which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID driver Start the nForce Setup program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page Select the modules that you want to install Select the relative options that you have configured Click Next and then follow the instructions After the installation is completed be sure to reboot the system After the reboot Initialize the newly creat...

Page 68: ... screen to appear Specify the NVIDIA drivers a Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S then press Enter The Windows Setup screen appears as below b Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DIRVER and then press Enter c Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter d Select NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller and then press Enter e The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both driv...

Page 69: ...ng the GUI portion of the installation you might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver Click Yes as many times as needed in order to finish the installation This will not be an issue with a signed driver NOTICE Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be i...

Page 70: ...also called Integrated Mirroring Enhanced IME z Integrated Striping IS which provides features of RAID 0 By simplifying the IM and IS configuration options and by providing firmware support in 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 volumes toget...

Page 71: ...sk Up to two IM volumes are supported per SAS controller with up to ten drives total per controller If a disk in an Integrated Mirroring volume fails the hot swap capability allows the volume to be easily restored by simply swapping disks The firmware then automatically re mirrors the swapped disk Additionally each SAS controller can have one global hot spare disk available to automatically replac...

Page 72: ...S for each IM IME volume z Supports both SAS and SATA disks although the two types of disks cannot be combined on the same LSI Logic SAS controller z Fusion MPT architecture z Easy to use BIOS based configuration utility and DOS based configuration utility for manufacturing use only z Error notification OS specific event log updated by drivers and errors displayed inside the Fusion MPT BIOS z SES ...

Page 73: ...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 the system is configured with a second disk as a mirror of the first primary disk The advantage of Integrated Mirroring RAID 1 is that there is always a mirrored copy of the data The disadvantage is that writes take longer ...

Page 74: ...ing Enhanced IME volume with three mirrored disks Each mirrored stripe is written to a disk and mirrored to an adjacent disk This type of configuration is also called RAID 1E LSI Logic provides the BIOS based configuration utility to enable the user to create IM and IME volumes during initial setup and to reconfigure them in response to hardware failures or changes in the environment ...

Page 75: ...rvention The firmware detects hot swap removal and disk insertion Following a hot swap event the firmware readies the new physical disk by spinning it up and verifying that it has enough capacity for the mirrored volume The IM firmware resynchronizes all hot swapped disks that have been removed even if the same disk is re inserted In a two disk mirrored volume the IM firmware marks the hot swapped...

Page 76: ...log stored in NVSRAM is always valid If disk write caching were enabled not recommended the disk write log could be invalid 5 2 2 4 9 NVSRAM Usage For the LSISAS1064 1064E and LSISAS1068 1068E controllers the IM firmware requires at least a 32K NVSRAM in order to perform write journaling Write journaling is used to verify that the mirrored disks in the IM IME volume are synchronized with each othe...

Page 77: ...is not used Refer to Section 2 2 IM Features for more information about Integrated Mirroring volumes 5 2 3 2 Creating IM and IME Volumes The SAS BIOS CU is part of the Fusion MPT BIOS When the BIOS loads during boot and you see the message about the LSI Logic Configuration Utility press Ctrl C to start the CU After you do this the message changes to Please wait invoking SAS Configuration Utility A...

Page 78: ...AS BIOS CU On the Adapter screen use the arrow keys to select an LSI Logic SAS adapter Press Enter to go to the Adapter Properties screen shown in below Figure On the Adapter Properties screen use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties on the screen and press Enter When you are prompted to select a volume type select Create IM Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be ...

Page 79: ... to select a volume type select Create IME Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 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 key or space bar Repeat this step to select a total of three to eight disks for the volume or three to seven disks if you will create a globa...

Page 80: ...ollows On the Adapter List screen use the arrow keys to select an LSI Logic SAS adapter Press Enter to go to the Adapter Properties screen shown in Figure On the Adapter Properties screen use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties and press Enter with step 4 of the IM or IME creation procedure in the previous section to create a second volume 5 2 3 2 4 Managing Hot Spares You can create one glob...

Page 81: ...ause while the global hot spare is being removed 5 2 3 3 Other Configuration Tasks This section explains how to do other tasks related to configuring and maintaining IM and IME volumes 5 2 3 3 1 Viewing Volume Properties Follow these steps to view the properties of volumes In the SAS BIOS CU select an adapter from the Adapter List Select the RAID Properties option The properties of the current vol...

Page 82: ...e disks in the activated array are not the same type as the hot spare disk SATA versus SAS 5 2 3 3 4 Deleting an Array CAUTION Before deleting an array be sure to back up all data on the array that you want to keep Follow these steps to delete a selected array Select Delete Array on the Manage Array screen Press Y to delete the array After a pause the firmware deletes the array If there is another...

Page 83: ...0 on the next boot and remains at this position This makes it easier to set BIOS boot device options and to keep the boot device constant during device additions and removals There can be only one boot disk Follow these steps to select a boot disk In the SAS BIOS CU select an adapter from the Adapter List Select the SAS Topology option The current topology is displayed If the selection of a boot d...

Page 84: ...e SAS BIOS CU is used to configure IS volumes which can consist of two to eight disks Note Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Striping volumes can be configured on the same LSI logic SAS controller 5 2 4 2 IS Features Integrated Striping supports the following features z Support for volumes with two to eight drives z Support for two IS volumes with up to 10 drives total on a controller An IS volu...

Page 85: ...or example as shown in Figure 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 writing data at the next available segment of disk Below Figure shows a logical view and a physical view of Integrated Striping configuration The primary advantage of IS is speed because it transfers data ...

Page 86: ...port 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 disk the firmware processes the SMART data and the last received SMART ASC ASCQ is stored in non volatile memory The IS volume does not support SMART directly since it is just a logical representation of th...

Page 87: ...ion The supported stripe size is 64 Kbytes Refer to Section 4 2 IS Features for more information about Integrated Striping volumes 5 2 5 2 Creating IS Volumes The SAS BIOS CU is part of the Fusion MPT BIOS When the BIOS loads during boot and you see the message about the Setup Utility press Ctrl C to start it After you do this the message changes to Please wait invoking SAS Configuration Utility A...

Page 88: ...et support or SAS with SMART support z Disks must have 512 byte blocks and must not have removable media z There must be at least 2 and no more than 8 drives in a valid IS volume Hot spare drives are not allowed When the volume has been fully configured press C and then select Save changes then exit this menu to commit the changes The configuration utility will pause while the array is being creat...

Page 89: ...ated to configuring and maintaining IS volumes 5 2 5 4 1 Viewing IS Volume Properties Follow these steps to view the properties of IS volumes In the configuration utility select an adapter from the Adapter List Select the RAID Properties option The properties of the current volume are displayed If more than one volume is configured press Alt N to view the next array To manage the current array pre...

Page 90: ...sk in the Device Identifier column and press Enter The LED on the disk flashes until the next key is pressed z 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 in the volume Note The LEDs on the disk drives will flash as described above if the firmware is correctly configured and the drives or the disk enclosure ...

Page 91: ...nd press Alt B This controller will no longer have a disk designated as boot To change the boot disk move the cursor to the new boot disk and press Alt B The boot designator will move to this disk Note The firmware must be configured correctly in order for the Alt B feature to work ...

Page 92: ...figure manage and maintain X number of servers The ServerDome remote management capabilities are IPMI 2 0 compliant and work with either Windows or Linux Key Features z Easy to set up and manage z Provides graphic user interface z Failure notifications with customized e mail and popup message z Provides remote management capabilities through SNMP and IPMI z System HW resource real time monitoring ...

Page 93: ...d to the CD ROM Locate the CD ROM kit right into the place on the chassis and then slide it forward Push the lock tension down to secure the CD ROM kit Install the FFC Flexible Flat Cable of CD ROM drive CAUTION Face the conduct side down and lock the connector to secure the cable Do not treat the connector by force ...

Page 94: ...D with two mounting bracket Install the FDD with two mounting brackets in the plastic housing as shown below Install the FDD cable to backplane CAUTION Face the conduct side up and lock the connector to secure the cable Do not treat the connector by force ...

Page 95: ...92 Push the button and slide the front LED panel back into the system To use the FDD push the blue button and it will come up to the front Close the FDD Use the FDD ...

Page 96: ...sk carrier and secure HDD to the carrier with four screws Keep the blank disk for the future use Insert the disk carrier into the bay and then close the handle to lock Removing the HDD carrier push the release button of the carrier and gently pull the drive carrier outward ...

Page 97: ...nit CAUTION In replacing the power supply handle the unit with care because it is heavy Push the release button on the right side of the front bezel and remove it With the handle held release the locking latch Pull out the power supply ...

Page 98: ...In installing the fan module carefully set the unit on the fan connector 1 5 1 Center Fan Unit Push both latches of the fan module Lift the fan module upward and set it away from the system Locate the fan module on the chassis and align arrow mark with that on chassis Push the fan module carefully down ...

Page 99: ... 1 5 2 Rear Fan Unit Push both latches of the fan module Pull the fan module out and set it away from the system Locate the fan module on the locking guide of the chassis Push the fan module in carefully ...

Page 100: ... 6 1 Backplane Unit CAUTION Before installing IFB remove HDD carrier and locate FDD forward Slide down the backplane board along the holding guide Secure backplane board with two screws Install the FDD and Front LED cables to the backplane ...

Page 101: ...Z PACK connector into a connector of the motherboard Install the interface unit into the chassis and secure it with three screws 1 6 3 Center FAN Cage Unit Secure the center fan cage to cage rear with the two screws after aligning fan connector of fan board with header of motherboard ...

Page 102: ...99 1 6 4 SAS Cable WARNING Routing SAS cable should be prior to installing Interface unit 1 6 4 1 Using Onboard SAS Controller SAS cable way SAS Cable ...

Page 103: ...eatsink back plates on the bottom side of motherboard Place the motherboard on the key hole standoffs of the chassis so that each of the six mounting holes fit into the key hole standoffs Secure the motherboard on the chassis with the screws CAUTION Insert the front side of motherboard into the chassis first In placing the motherboard check the ID LED s hole ...

Page 104: ...101 1 8 Installing the Rear Cage Unit Push slowly Cage Rear into a chassis until making a click sound Check the Latch rear cage locking Install the cable for FDD front LED panel and CD ROM drive ...

Page 105: ...102 1 9 Installing the CPU Heatsink CAUTION Make sure that thermal interface material should be on the bottom side of the heatsink ...

Page 106: ...rting memory plenum which could lift up memory Align the air duct with the guide of the chassis and put it on top of the motherboard Push it down and carefully check whether it is secured In order to remove the air duct hold the hand guide of duct and remove it away from the system with care ...

Page 107: ... 11 Installing the Front Bezel Locate the front bezel on the chassis as shown below hole of chassis and press right parts of bezel to secure it In order to remove the bezel press Push button and Pull it out ...

Page 108: ...from ROM to lower system memory and control is given to it BIOS now executes out of RAM Copies compressed boot block code to memory in right segments Copies BIOS from ROM to RAM for faster access Performs main BIOS checksum and updates recovery status accordingly D6 Both key sequence and OEM specific method is checked to determine if BIOS recovery is forced If BIOS recovery is necessary control fl...

Page 109: ... Input Devices Also update the Kernel Variables Traps the INT09h vector so that the POST INT09h handler gets control for IRQ1 Uncompress all available language BIOS logo and Silent logo modules 13 Early POST initialization of chipset registers 24 Uncompress and initialize any platform specific BIOS modules 30 Initialize System Management Interrupt 2A Initializes different devices through DIM See D...

Page 110: ...peripheral parameters Enable Disable NMI as selected 90 Late POST initialize of system management interrupt A0 Check boot password if installed A1 Clean up work needed before booting to OS A2 Takes care of runtime image preparation for different BIOS modules Fill the free area in F000h segment with 0FFh Initializes the Microsoft IRQ Routing Table Prepares the runtime language module Disables the s...

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