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Setting a Hot Spare

Install a hard disk drive to be used as hot spare, and then power on the server.

Run the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility.

Select

Objects

→

Physical Drive

from the TOP menu.

The

Objects - Physical Drive Selection Menu

screen appears.

Figure 33: Objects - Physical Drive Selection Menu screen

Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be used as hot spare and press

Enter

The "Port #X" screen appears. Select

Make HotSpare

Select

Yes

when prompted to do so.

The hard disk drive indication changes to "HOTSP."

Install a hard disk drive

Run the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility

Set for hot spare.

Exit the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility

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Страница 1: ...NovaScale T840 E2 User s Guide NOVASCALE REFERENCE 86 A1 43FB 01 ...

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Страница 3: ...NOVASCALE NovaScale T840 E2 User s Guide Hardware May 2009 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 A1 43FB 01 ...

Страница 4: ...h product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by Bull Trademarks NEC ESMPRO NEC DianaScope NEC MWA and ExpressBuilder are trademarks or registered trademarks of NEC Corporation NovaScale is a registered trademark of Bull SAS Adobe and Adobe Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporate...

Страница 5: ...7 Front Lamps Indication 18 T840 E2 Rear View 21 Rear Lamps Indication 22 T840 E2 Internal View 24 Motherboard 25 Motherboard Layout 25 Motherboard Jumpers 26 Rear Panel Connectors 28 Processor 28 RAID Support 28 Memory Configuration 29 Memory Sparing and Mirroring 30 BMC Controller 30 Video 32 Network Controller 32 ACPI 33 Keyboard and Mouse 33 Optional Features 35 DVD Writer Combination Drive 36...

Страница 6: ... the Intel Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration Utility 76 Description 76 Enabling RAID in the BIOS 76 Entering the Intel Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration Utility 76 Setting Up the RAID Feature 76 RAID Configuration using the LSI Logic Software RAID Configuration Utility 77 Running the Setup Utility 77 Operating Procedures for the Setup Utility 79 Manual Rebuild 84 Setting a Hot Spare 86...

Страница 7: ...e Agreement 123 Utilities 123 ExpressBuilder 124 ExpressBuilder Windows Based 124 Bull System Client and Bull System Area Manager 125 Bull System Client 125 Bull System Area Manager 125 Bull System Client and Bull System Area Manager Scopes 126 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 127 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 128 Installation Notice 128 Installing Windows Server 2003 129 Updatin...

Страница 8: ... Array Configuration 161 Collecting Event Log 161 Collecting Configuration Information 161 Collecting Dr Watson Diagnostic Information 162 Memory Dump depending on your configuration 162 If You Need Assistance 162 Error Messages 163 POST Error Messages 163 POST Error Beep Codes 163 POST Error Pause Option 164 Diagnostic LEDs 164 Diagnostic LEDs 170 BIOS Setup Utility 171 Using the BIOS Setup Utili...

Страница 9: ... loss of life Caution Cautions indicate situations that can damage the system hardware or software Note Notes give important information about the material being described Names of keyboard keys are printed as they appear on the keyboard For example Ctrl Alt or Enter Text or keystrokes that you enter appear as boldface type For example type abc123 and press ENTER File names are printed in upper ca...

Страница 10: ...bance characteristics EN55024 Immunity characteristics EN6100 3 2 Limitation of harmonic current emissions EN6100 3 3 Limitation of voltage fluctuation and flicker in low voltage supply system EN60950 1 Product Safety If your system includes a telecommunication network board the input output socket is classified as Telecommunication Network Voltage TNV 3 Warning This is a Class A product In domest...

Страница 11: ...he product with the CE or FCC Marking Connections and Remote Earths PELV Protected Extra Low Voltage To ensure the extra low voltage integrity of the equipment only connect equipment with mains protected electrically compatible circuits to the external ports SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage Every input and output of this product is classified as Safety Extra Low Voltage Remote Earths To prevent elect...

Страница 12: ...oltage change occurs via a switch in the power supply The detachable power supply cords are intended to serve as the disconnect devices For PLUGGABLE EQUIPMENT the socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible This equipment has a 3 wire grounded power cords To prevent electrical hazards do not remove or defeat the ground prong on the power cords Replace a powe...

Страница 13: ...es circuit cards or other devices protect them from static electricity To do so make sure your system s power switch is OFF Then unplug the system s AC power cord s Wear an anti static wrist strap available at electronic supplies stores to handle the device you want to install Be sure to connect the wrist strap to an unpainted metal portion of the system chassis As an alternative you can dissipate...

Страница 14: ...e The Intel Tylersburg chipset The Intel Xeon Nehalem EP and Westmere DP processors The RAID technology offering support for various RAID levels on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems The tower chassis can easily be installed into a standard EIA 19 inch rack cabinet To get comfortable with your computer we recommend you read this user guide Keep it in a safe place for future reference ...

Страница 15: ...his User s Guide you can also find several other documents relevant to your system options and accessories Some printed documents may also have been shipped with your system We recommend you read these additional documents as it becomes necessary when setting up using or upgrading your system ...

Страница 16: ...ollowing figure shows the location of the front system features Figure 1 Front View with Front Bezel Front Bezel Lock Lock the front bezel to prevent unauthorized access to the inside of the chassis Figure 2 Front Door Lock A Note the keys can be found behind the front bezel ...

Страница 17: ...inserted CD ROM or DVD ROM The drive is equipped with the following Open Close button to eject the tray Access lamp that indicates the disk access status lights while being accessed Emergency hole to forcibly eject the tray 4 DUMP switch 5 RESET switch 6 Hard disk drive bay The bay can contain hard disk drives 7 POWER SLEEP switch The POWER SLEEP switch is used to turn the power of the server ON O...

Страница 18: ...ers to prevent the server from falling down Close the stabilizers when laying the server down Front Lamps Indication This section explains the indication and meanings of the system lamps located on the front panel of your system Figure 4 Front panel lamps 1 STATUS lamp Lights green the server is operating normally blinks amber the server is in abnormal state Off the server is in abnormal state Ref...

Страница 19: ... RAID6 RAID10 or RAID50 a single failed hard disk drive does not affect the operation of the server However we recommend you replace the failed hard disk drive and auto rebuild reconfigure the hard disk drives as soon as possible You can hot swap such a failed hard disk drive Blinks amber during the data rebuild operation when the defective hard disk drive is replaced with a new one in the RAID Sy...

Страница 20: ...0 www bull com Wait at least 90 seconds between the removal of a failed hard disk drive and the installation of a new hard disk drive Do not replace another hard disk drive while a rebuilding is already in progress ...

Страница 21: ...mponents of the server from being stolen 4 Serial port connector The serial port connector is used to connect the server to a device with a serial interface The server cannot be directly connected to a leased line through the connector 5 VGA Monitor connector Used to connect with the display unit 6 LAN connector The LAN connector is connected with a network system on a LAN 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10...

Страница 22: ...ith each other LINK state Blinks green information is transmitted through a network port ACT state Note If the lamp does not light in the LINK state check the network cable and the cable connection If the lamp still does not light the network LAN controller may be defective Contact your service representative 2 1000 100 10 lamp This lamp indicates whether each of the standard network ports is oper...

Страница 23: ...ent Diagram Refer to Diagnostic LEDs on page 164 to check the meaning of LEDs status A ID LED F Diagnostic LED 4 B Status LED G Diagnostic LED 3 C Diagnostic LED 7 MSB LED H Diagnostic LED 2 D Diagnostic LED 6 I Diagnostic LED 1 E Diagnostic LED 5 J Diagnostic LED 0 LSB LED ...

Страница 24: ...Guide 24 www bull com T840 E2 Internal View Figure 9 Internal View 1 Air duct 2 Tool less device bay locks 3 5 5 inch device bay 4 Hard disk drive bay 5 Rear tool less PCI retention mechanism 6 Power supply ...

Страница 25: ...iagnostic LEDs U SSI 24 pin Front Panel connector D D DIMM sockets off Processor 2 socket Channel D E D SATA 4 M Status LED V System fan 2 header E E SATA SGPIO E Slot 3 PCI Express x4 N ID LED W CPU 1 fan header F F SATA 0 F Slot 4 32 bit 33 MHz PCI O External Serial B header X CPU Power Connector G G SATA 1 G Intel RMM3 slot P SATA Key Y CPU Socket 1 H H SATA 2 H Slot 5 PCI Express x8 Q System f...

Страница 26: ...E These pins should not be jumpered for normal operation J2D2 CMOS Clear 1 2 These pins should have a jumper in place for normal system operation Default 2 3 If these pins are jumpered the CMOS settings are cleared on the next reset NOTE These pins should not be jumpered for normal operation J1A1 BIOS Recovery 1 2 These pins should have a jumper in place for normal system operation Default 2 3 The...

Страница 27: ...ace the jumper on pins 1 and 2 7 Close the server chassis 8 Reconnect the AC power and power up the system Recovering the BIOS The following steps boot the recovery BIOS and flashes the normal BIOS 1 Power down and unplug the system from the AC power source 2 Move the recovery jumper at JIA1 from the spare location at pins 1 and 2 to cover pins 2 and 3 Refer to Motherboard Jumpers on page 26 to lo...

Страница 28: ...y with SW RAID levels 0 1 10 Optional support for SW RAID 5 with activation key The BIOS Setup utility provides multiple drive configuration options on the Advanced Mass Storage Controller Configuration setup page some of which affect the ability to configure RAID By default the Onboard SATA Controller option is enabled When this option is enabled you can set the SATA Mode option to the following ...

Страница 29: ... SATA RAID Controller on page 46 for more information Memory Configuration The Intel Server Board S5500BC supports a DDR3 based memory subsystem The server board supports two DIMMs per channel The silkscreen on the board for the DIMMs displays DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_D2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_E2 The minimal population possible is DIMM_A1 Figure 12 DIMM Configuration Diagram ...

Страница 30: ...With memory mirroring the system maintains two copies of all data in the memory subsystem If a DIMM fails the data is not lost because the second copy of the data is available from the mirrored DIMM in the opposite channel The system will not fail due to memory error unless both the primary and the mirrored copy of the data become corrupt at the same time In a mirrored system the maximum usable me...

Страница 31: ...PMI 2 0 Compliant Integrated 250Mhz 32 bit ARM9 processor Six I2C SMBus Modules with Master Slave support Two independent 10 100 Ethernet Controllers with RMII support SPI Flash interface Three UART for ICMB support DDR II 16bit up to 667 MHz memory interface Sixteen Mailbox Registers for communication between the host and the BMC Watchdog timer Three General Purpose Timers Dedicated Real Time Clo...

Страница 32: ...Controller registers and Frame buffer Hardware based encryption engine Graphics Controller Subsystem Integrated Matrix Graphics Core 2D Hardware Graphics Acceleration DDR II memory interface supports up to 128Mbytes of memory Supports all display resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 16bpp 75Hz High speed Integrated 24 bit RAMDAC Single lane PCI Express host interface Video The Intel server board S5500BC ...

Страница 33: ...tor on the back edge of the board Refer to Diagnostic LEDs on page 23 to see network controllers LEDs meaning ACPI The motherboard supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI as defined by the ACPI 2 0 specifications An ACPI aware operating system can put the system into a state where the hard drives spin down the system fans stop and all processing is halted However the power sup...

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Страница 35: ...com Optional Features You will find hereafter information about the optional components that may be installed in your system This is not an exhaustive list some options may not be available any more others may have been added ...

Страница 36: ...eed DVD R writing and 12xZCLV speed DVD R DL writing and 6xCLV speed DVD RW writing and 2xCLV speed DVD RW DL writing Disc at Once Incremental and Multi Border Restricted overwrite DVD RW only 48xCAV speed CD R writing and 32xZCLV speed CD RW writing Supports various DVD and CD formats Power tray disc loading mechanism The drive can be mounted and used in both horizontal and vertical orientation D...

Страница 37: ...User Guide 37 www bull com DAT72 Tape Backup Unit USB Please refer to the documentation on the Tape Online CD for more information ...

Страница 38: ...User Guide 38 www bull com DAT160 Tape Backup Unit USB Please refer to the documentation on the Tape Online CD for more information ...

Страница 39: ...User Guide 39 www bull com LTO 3 HH Tape Drive SCSI Please refer to the documentation on the Tape Online CD for more information ...

Страница 40: ...User Guide 40 www bull com LTO 4 HH Tape Drive SAS Please refer to the documentation on the Tape Online CD for more information ...

Страница 41: ...formance on multi processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores Interrupt moderation Delivers increased performance while significantly reducing CPU utilization Compatible with x1 x4 x8 and x16 full height and low profile PCI Express slots Remote management support Intel PROSet Utility for Microsoft Device Manager Provides point and click power over individual adapters ...

Страница 42: ...nd physical layer PHY Includes a full height bracket Cable distance 100m in Category 5 for 100 1000 Mbps and Category 3 for 10 Mbps Network Management Wired for Management WfM baseline v2 0 enabled for servers DMI 2 0 support Windows Management Instrumentation WMI and SNMP manageable SMBus support Remote Installation Services RIS Diagnostics loopback testability PHY register access Advanced Config...

Страница 43: ...imum IEEE 802 3ad link aggregation control protocol PCIe Hot Plug Active peripheral component interconnect PCI IEEE 802 1Q VLANs IEEE 802 3 z ab u x flow control support TCP checksum offload transmission control protocol TCP user datagram protocol UDP Internet protocol IP IEEE 802 1p TCP segmentation large send offload Interrupt moderation ...

Страница 44: ...User Guide 44 www bull com S ATA Hard Disk Drive SATA II specification Capacity 160GB minimum on 2 5 250GB minimum on3 5 7200 RPM RAID support ...

Страница 45: ...User Guide 45 www bull com SAS Hard Disk Drive Capacity 73GB minimum on 2 5 300GB minimum on 3 5 10000 or 15000 RPM RAID support ...

Страница 46: ...rray reconstruction Online Capacity Expansion Comprehensive management tools Audible alarm circuit Specifications Hardware Specifications LSI SAS 1078 RAID Chip PCI Express compliant 3 Gb s per lane x8 lane width Cache memory of 128MB or 256MB DDRII 667MHz SDRAM depending on your configuration RAID Support RAID Levels 0 1 10 RAID Levels 0 1 10 5 and 6 with the optional activation key Note For more...

Страница 47: ...eliability and stability of a single channel I O interface Features Interface PCIe x1 Data transfer rate up to 320Mbyte sec Connectors Internal One 68 pin VHDCI External One 68 pin Ultra320 Physical Specifications Size 16 8cm x 6 5cm Note no internal SCSI tape drive is qualified for your system This card is used only to connect to external storage devices Note refer to the Card User Guide for more...

Страница 48: ...without the need for special drivers The SAS3442E R features PCI Express connectivity removing the host bus bottleneck from the parallel PCI busses Features 3Gb s per port x4 internal SFF 8484 x4 external SFF 8470 connectors Integrated RAID 0 1 1E and 10E 8 lane 2 5 Gb s PCI Express MD 2 small form factor design Connects to both SAS and SATA HDDs and tape drives Allows more than 122 total end poin...

Страница 49: ...ting Up Your System This chapter describes how to select a site unpack the system make cable connections and power on the system units Information on front and rear panel features switches and LEDs are also included in this chapter ...

Страница 50: ...tely The carton contains various accessories as well as the system itself If you find any component missing or damaged contact your service representative Store the provided accessories in a designated place for your convenience You will need them to install an optional device or troubleshoot your system as well as to set it up Make a backup copy of each provided discs if any Store the original di...

Страница 51: ...ough the rack installation kit is inspected and carefully packaged at the factory damage may occur during shipping Follow these steps for unpacking 1 Visually inspect the shipping containers notify your carrier immediately of any damage 2 Carefully remove the rack mounting hardware and verify the parts Note The quantities noted below are subject to change without notice Front cover 1 unit Device c...

Страница 52: ...User Guide 52 www bull com 3 5 inch HDD cover 1 unit 2 5 inch blank cover 1 unit Filler 1 unit Metric Screw M5 10 units Inch screw 6 32UNC 5 units ...

Страница 53: ...w M4 14 units Stud 1 unit 2 sets of support rail assem blies 1 front and 1 rear part for each 6 minimum self tapping screws TCB M5 for support rails front and rear parts assembling 6 minimum washers to be used with the 6 self tapping screws ...

Страница 54: ...support rail assemblies to the rack 4 washer plates to be used with the flange head screws to fix the support rail assemblies to the rack 2 Screws M5x16 to be used with the washers to fix the filler to the mounting rails 2 Washers for the M5x16 screws 6 Caged nuts 2 units to be used with the screws and washers to fix the filler to the mounting rails 4 units to fix the front bezel ...

Страница 55: ...sists refer to Solving Problems on page 148 Static Precautions An electrostatic discharge ESD can damage disk drives option boards and other components You can provide some ESD protection by wearing an anti static wrist strap attached to chassis ground when handling system components Electronic devices can be easily damaged by static electricity To prevent damage keep them in their protective pack...

Страница 56: ...hen you must provide proper grounding for the rack itself If server power cords are plugged into wall AC outlets the safety grounding conductor in each power cord provides proper grounding only for the server You must provide additional proper grounding for the rack and other devices installed in it Temperature The operating temperature of the server when installed in an equipment rack must not go...

Страница 57: ...izers 3 Mount the stud to the front face of the server 4 Using the screws securing the dummy cover mounted on the vacant slot of 5 25 inch device put the device cover over the dummy cover and secure it together with the dummy cover Figure 15 Mounting the dummy cover 5 According to your system configuration secure the 3 5 inch HDD cover to the front cover with metric screw M4 3 5 inch fixed disk mo...

Страница 58: ...User Guide 58 www bull com 3 5 HDD cover 3 metric screws M4 Figure 16 Securing the HDD cover ...

Страница 59: ...User Guide 59 www bull com 2 5 inch disk model 2 5 blank cover Figure 17 Securing the 2 5 inch cover Built in FDD model Figure 18 Removing the plate ...

Страница 60: ...the rack 1 Assemble the front and rear parts of the right support rail with 3 self tapping screws and 3 flat washers Figure 20 Right support rail front and rear parts Note When using self tapping screws we recommend you tighten the screw for 3 quarters of a turn and loosen for 1 quarter Repeat this cycle until the screw is completely tightened 2 Adjust the total length to fit the distance between ...

Страница 61: ... rails with 3 flange head screws M5 and the washer plate Figure 21 Installing the right support rail Position the caged nut on the inside of the front vertical mounting rail Hook the side lip of a caged nut into the square hole in the rail Push the other side lip of the caged nut into the square hole in the rail until it is secured Figure 22 Inserting a caged nut ...

Страница 62: ...ser Guide 62 www bull com 3 Repeat steps 1 to 2 for the left support rail 4 Take the server and fix it into the bay Figure 23 fixing the server in the bay 5 Fix the filler with M5 screws above the server ...

Страница 63: ...h as a printer or scanner by following the instructions included with these devices Caution Damage to the system may result if the keyboard mouse cable other than USB is inserted or removed when power is applied to the system Inserting a telephone line connector into a LAN RJ 45 port may result in personal injury and equipment damage ...

Страница 64: ...eets the following criteria The power cord must be rated for the available AC voltage and have a current rating that is at least 125 of the current rating of the system The power cord connector that plugs into the wall outlet must be terminated in a grounding type male plug designed for use in your region It must have certification marks showing certification by an agency acceptable in your region...

Страница 65: ... shut down Hot Swapping a Power Module Warning Hazardous voltage current and energy levels are present inside the power supply There are no user serviceable parts inside it servicing of the power supply should be done only by technically qualified personnel 1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed in General Safety Information on page 96 2 Remove the power cable from the defective power sup...

Страница 66: ...the hot swap power supply from the chassis Figure 24 Removing the Hot Swap Power Supply Module from the Chassis 4 Insert the new hot swap power supply module Figure 25 Inserting Hot Swap Power Supply Module in Chassis 5 Connect the power cable to the replaced hot swap power supply TP00856 A B TP00854 ...

Страница 67: ...is unlit before turning off the system or ejecting the media Doing so avoids damaging the data stored on the media When you turn off the system wait at least 10 seconds before turning it on again Cycling the power immediately may cause malfunctions or failures in the system Power off the system and unplug the power cord before relocating the system Moving the system while it is powered on may caus...

Страница 68: ...ht make sure that the ac power cord is connected to a functional ac power source After a few seconds your system begins the internal Power On Self Tests POST The POST automatically checks the system board CPU s memory keyboard mouse and most installed peripheral devices It also displays the start message of the BIOS setup utility The POST check results should be especially monitored in the followi...

Страница 69: ...WER lam turns off This is called a software power off If necessary press the POWER switch on the front of the computer chassis again to power off the system The POWER lamp turns off 2 Power off the peripheral devices Note If the system power cord is connected to a power control unit such as an UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply refer to the UPS user s guide for proper power off procedures ...

Страница 70: ... off or pressing the power on off switch does not power off the system To perform a forced power shutdown press on the power on off switch located on the front panel of the system for at least 4 seconds to force the system power off To power on after a forced shutdown wait at least 10 seconds and then power on again ...

Страница 71: ... process To reset the system when it is not frozen make sure that no processing is in progress Soft reset If the system halts before starting the OS press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press Delete This restarts the system Hard reset depending on your configuration Press the reset button at the front of the system Refer to Powering On your System on page 68 ...

Страница 72: ...ions configure the RAID level setup arrays format the drives etc BIOS Setup Utility You can configure your system as well as option boards you may add to your system using the BIOS Setup Utility Several unique system parameters are configured using the BIOS Setup which is stored in the system FLASH memory If your system has been factory configured the BIOS Setup Utility does not need to be run unl...

Страница 73: ...to configure your disk array before reinstalling your network operating system The RAID controllers support various versions of RAID technology referred to as RAID levels To use any RAID level you must configure the RAID controller using the RAID configuration utility prior to installing your Network Operating System For an explanation of this utility check this user s guide for basic informations...

Страница 74: ...rored identical data is written to a pair of disk drives while reads are performed in parallel The reads are performed using elevator seek and load balancing techniques where the workload is distributed in the most efficient manner Whichever drive is not busy and is positioned closer to the data will be accessed first With RAID 1 if one disk drive fails or has errors the other mirrored disk drive ...

Страница 75: ...al drive to continue to operate depending on which two disk drives fail RAID 5 RAID level 5 organizes data across the disk drives of the logical drive and distributes parity information across the disk drives along with the data blocks This organization allows increased performance by accessing multiple disk drives simultaneously for each operation as well as fault tolerance by providing parity da...

Страница 76: ...selections are chosen with the arrow keys and the space bar A warning is displayed if there is no logical drive available to be configured Enabling RAID in the BIOS RAID should first be enabled in the BIOS before you can configure it For more information refer to BIOS Setup Utility on page 171 Entering the Intel Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration Utility When the SATA RAID or SAS RAID options...

Страница 77: ...own on the POST screen and then press Ctrl M The LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility starts Figure 26 LSI Logic Software RAID Configuration Utility TOP Menu Management Menu Note To exit the utility press Esc in the TOP menu of LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility Select Yes and then press Ctrl Alt Delete to reboot the server when prompted to do so Tree Menu Selection execution parameter Setting...

Страница 78: ... Coercion 1GB Factoty Default Logical Drive Logical drive operation Logical Drives Select logical drive when multiple logical drives exist Initialize Initialize logical drive Check Consistency Check logical drive redundancy View Update Parameters Display logical drive information RAID Display RAID level SIZE Display logical drive capacity Stripe SIZE Display stripe size Stripes Display the number ...

Страница 79: ...rive information Device Type Hard disk drive type Capacity Hard disk drive capacity Product ID Hard disk drive model Revision No Hard disk drive revision Rebuild Perform rebuilding Check Consistency Perform logical drive redundancy check Run the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility Set new configuration information pack logical drive settings Check the logical drive settings Initialize logical dr...

Страница 80: ... New Configuration menu clears any existing configuration information To add configuration information to an existing configuration select View add Configuration You cannot create a Spanning of RAID1 or set the logical drive capacity on the Easy Configuration menu Use the New Configuration or View Add Configuration instead ...

Страница 81: ... Configuration Array Selection Menu screen appears Figure 27 New Configuration Array Selection Menu screen 3 Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be packed by using the cursor key and then press Space to select it The display for the selected hard disk drive changes from Ready to Online Figure 28 New Configuration Array Selection Menu screen 4 Press F10 to set Select Configurable Array s ...

Страница 82: ...rd disk drives Figure 30 Logical Drives Configure screen 7 Select RAID Size DWC RA or Span by using cursor keys Then press Enter to fix the selection and set each value 1 RAID Sets the RAID level The selectable RAID level varies depending on the number of hard disk drives that configure a pack 2 Size Sets the logical drive size Up to 40 logical drives can be created per disk array controller Param...

Страница 83: ...settings are completed select Accept and then press Enter to create the logical drive The created logical drive is displayed in the Logical Drive Configured screen 9 After creating a logical drive press Esc to close the screen Go back to the Save Configuration screen and then select Yes to save the configuration Parameter Remarks Off Write through On Write back Parameter Remarks Off Does not perfo...

Страница 84: ...rogress bar in the Initialize Logical Drive Progress screen reaches 100 initialization is completed 15 Execute a Check Consistency on the logical drive that has been initialized Refer to Check Consistency on page 87 for more information 16 Press Esc to return to the Top menu and exit the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility Caution Be sure to execute a Check Consistency after creating a configura...

Страница 85: ...veral hard disk drives can be selected simultaneous rebuilding 5 The Fail indication for the selected hard disk drive starts blinking 6 Once the hard disk drive is selected press F10 to start rebuilding 7 Press Yes when prompted to do so The rebuild process starts When the progress bar in the Rebuild Physical Drives in Progress screen reaches 100 the rebuilding is completed 8 Press Esc to return t...

Страница 86: ...al Drive Selection Menu screen appears Figure 33 Objects Physical Drive Selection Menu screen 4 Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be used as hot spare and press Enter 5 The Port X screen appears Select Make HotSpare 6 Select Yes when prompted to do so The hard disk drive indication changes to HOTSP Install a hard disk drive Run the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility Set for hot spare ...

Страница 87: ... ID number Check Consistency 1 Run the LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility 2 Select Check Consistency from the Top menu The Logical Drives screen appears 3 Move the cursor onto the logical drive to be checked and press Space to select it 4 Once the logical drive is selected press F10 to start the consistency check 5 When prompted to do so press Yes The consistency check starts When the progress ...

Страница 88: ...on the disk array controller and that on the hard disk drive do not match excluding at the replacement of a faulty disk array controller configuration may fail if you select the configuration information on the disk array controller In this case execute Clear Configuration to create the configuration again Use the MegaRAID Storage Manager to delete a specific logical drive Force Online Puts online...

Страница 89: ... RAID Configuration using the Universal RAID Utility Use this utility to set up the RAID configuration of your hard disk drives Note For more information refer to the specific documentation included on the ExpressBuilder DVD ROM ...

Страница 90: ...version of the SYSCFG utility Windows Windows based SYSCFG and SELVIEW utilities are provided on the ExpressBuilder DVD These can be found in the BMC Windows arch directory These utilities can be run directly from the ExpressBuilder DVD IMB Driver Installation To use the Windows BMC utilities it is necessary to first install the Intelligent Management Bus device driver This driver provides the Ope...

Страница 91: ...Execute the following commands in bold to change the required parameters Note These commands must be run from the directory containing the SYSCFG EXE program Entering some commands may produce an error caused by the BMC being too busy at that time to respond Re enter the command a few seconds later Reset BMC Restore the factory default BMC settings Command syscfg rfs Reset the BMC Command syscfg r...

Страница 92: ...s syscfg le 1 static IP address subnet mask Exemple syscfg le 1 static 192 168 1 10 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Syntax syscfg lc 1 12 gateway IP address Example syscfg lc 1 12 192 168 1 254 Note The BMC may not work correctly if it does not have a default gateway configured Please ensure that it is configured ...

Страница 93: ...d None LAN Alert Configuration will not be displayed IP Address Source Static BMC Host IP Address 192 168 1 10 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway IP Address 192 168 1 254 Gateway MAC Address 00 00 00 00 00 00 Backup Gateway IP Address 0 0 0 0 Backup Gateway MAC Address 00 00 00 00 00 00 Community String AMI Gratuitous ARP Enable Disabled Gratuitous ARP Interval milliseconds 0 BMC ARP Response Enabl...

Страница 94: ... possible to change the name of the user 2 the root account User User Name Status 1 Anonymous User Disabled 2 root Enabled 3 test1 Disabled 4 test2 Disabled 5 test3 Disabled C BMC SysCfg syscfg d user 2 1 User Configuration Settings User ID Selected 2 Channel Selected 1 User Name root User Status Enabled Privilege Level Limit Admin SOL Enable Enabled C BMC SysCfg syscfg d user 5 1 User Configurati...

Страница 95: ...lowing command Syntax syscfg user user new name new password Example syscfg user 5 bmcuser bmcpassword Enable User Ensure that the user is enabled Syntax syscfg ue user enable disable channel Example syscfg ue 1 enable 1 Now view the new configuration With the IP address and User IDs configured and enabled an IPMI based management system can now communicate directly with the BMC ...

Страница 96: ...eat sink on the processor board s will be hot To avoid the possibility of a burn be careful when removing or installing components that are located near processors Contact your sales representative or dealer for a list of the approved optional peripheral devices Static Precautions An electrostatic discharge ESD can damage disk drives option boards and other components You can ensure some ESD prote...

Страница 97: ...and ESD precautions listed under General Safety Information on page 96 and Static Precautions on page 96 at the beginning of this chapter 2 Shutdown the operating system OS 3 If necessary press the power on off switch on the front panel of the system The power on LED goes out Refer to Powering On your System on page 68 4 Power off the peripheral devices 5 Unplug the system power cord s from the AC...

Страница 98: ...s for the computer video monitor and any peripheral devices are turned OFF and unplug the power cord see General Safety Information on page 96 2 Disconnect the monitor and peripheral devices printers for instance from the system 3 Unlock the left side cover if required Figure 35 Key lock 4 Fold the four stabilizers at the bottom of the server toward inside Figure 36 Fold the stabilizers ...

Страница 99: ...r slowly and gently so that its right cover faces the floor Figure 37 Lay the server 6 Remove the two screws from the rear of the server Figure 38 Remove the two screws 7 Hold the left side cover securely to remove it Figure 39 Remove the cover ...

Страница 100: ...mask must be removed to install or remove the hard disk drive and 5 25 inch device Follow the procedure below to remove the front mask 1 Open the front panel Figure 40 Open the front panel 2 Slide the front mask upward to remove it Figure 41 remove the front panel ...

Страница 101: ...th your right hand outside the chassis 4 Pivot the cache until it gets released from the frame Note The two tabs that hold the cache actually break this is normal 5 Removed the two slide rails already screwed in the bay 6 Attach the slide rails to the upper holes on both side of the 5 25 inch device Figure 42 Attaching the Slide Rails 7 Slide in the 5 25 inch device until it clicks into place 8 Co...

Страница 102: ...er to Removing the Front Panel on page 100 3 Unconnect the cable s from the 5 25 inch device 4 Press both slide rails ends A to release the 5 25 inch device 5 Pull the 5 25 inch device out of the frame 6 Replace the front panel 7 Replace the right side door ...

Страница 103: ...ay location 1 HDD cage 2 Hard disk drive First 3 Hard disk drive Second 4 Hard disk drive Third 5 Hard disk drive Fourth Caution Do not use any hard disk drive that is not authorized by Bull Installing a third party s hard drive may cause a failure in the server as well as the hard disk drive Installation Follow the procedure as described below to install 3 5 inch hard disk drives 1 Open the front...

Страница 104: ...ive A click occurs when it is locked Figure 45 Closing the lever Note Make sure of the orientation of the hard disk drive tray before inserting it into the cage according to the figure shown above Also make sure that the hooks of the hard disk drive are engaged with the frame of the HDD cage 6 Close the front panel Removal Caution About data on the hard disk drive Be sure to take appropriate measu...

Страница 105: ... purposes It is strongly recommended that the software or service both available at stores for data erasure should be used in order to avoid the trouble explained above For details on data erasure ask your sales representative Caution Removing more than one hard disk drive while the server is powered on destroys the logical disk Remove or replace the hard disk drive one by one 1 Open the front pan...

Страница 106: ... as well as the hard disk drive Figure 46 Hard disk drive bay 1 Hard disk drive First 2 Hard disk drive Second 3 Hard disk drive Third 4 Hard disk drive Fourth 5 Hard disk drive Fifth 6 Hard disk drive Sixth 7 Hard disk drive Seventh 8 Hard disk drive Eighth 9 HDD cage Note Fill the slots with hard disk drives sequentially starting from slot 0 the rightmost slot If you start filling from slot 7 or...

Страница 107: ...ion About data on the hard disk drive Be sure to take appropriate measures not to leak important data e g customers information or companies management information on the removed hard disk drive to any third parties Data seems to be erased when you empty Recycle Bin of Windows or execute the format command of the operating system However the actual data remains written on the hard disk drive Data ...

Страница 108: ...ot put a CPU directly on a desk For more details on static electricity see Static Precautions on page 96 Do not operate the system until you have confirmed that the additionally installed CPU is in normal state Make sure to use a CPU authorized by the manufacturer Installing a third party CPU may cause a failure of the CPU as well as the motherboard Installing a CPU 1 Remove the left side cover 2 ...

Страница 109: ...er Figure 49 Raising the holder 6 Insert the CPU in the socket slowly and carefully in the right orientation Figure 50 Inserting the CPU in the socket 7 Push the CPU lightly in the socket and push down the holder Figure 51 Pushing down the holder ...

Страница 110: ...own the lever to secure the CPU Figure 52 Pushing down the lever 9 Place the heatsink on the CPU Figure 53 Placing the Heatsink 10 Secure the heatsink with four screws in the order shown in the figure below Figure 54 Securing the heatsink ...

Страница 111: ...e heat sink first remove the screw slightly move the heat sink and then completely remove the heat sink Caution Do not remove any CPU unless it failed After the operation heat may make the cool seat at the bottom of the heat sink adhere to the CPU To remove the heat sink from the CPU first turn the heat sink to the left and right lightly to make sure that the heat sink is not stuck to the CPU Remo...

Страница 112: ...User Guide 112 www bull com Refer to Advanced Menu on page 174 for more information ...

Страница 113: ...wing steps 1 Make sure the power switches for the computer video monitor and any peripheral devices are turned OFF and unplug the power cord see General Safety Information on page 96 2 Disconnect the monitor and peripheral devices printers for instance from the system 3 Remove the server cover Refer to Removing the Left Side Door on page 98 4 Locate the memory upgrade sockets on the motherboard Re...

Страница 114: ...e server Make sure that no error message appears in the POST 10 If POST displays an error message take a note on the message and see the POST error messages listed in POST Error Messages on page 163 11 Run the BIOS SETUP and select Advanced Memory Configuration to verify that the installed DIMM shows the status Normal Refer to Advanced Menu on page 174 for details 12 Select Yes for Reset Configura...

Страница 115: ...tion to restore the system after replacing the battery 1 Turn off and unplug the system unit and any external options connected to the system 2 Open the server chassis 3 Locate the battery on the motherboard Refer to Motherboard on page 25 4 Use your finger to carefully remove the battery from the battery socket on the motherboard Warning The battery may explode if it is incorrectly replaced or im...

Страница 116: ...at may be present on the hard disk drive before installing the disk mirroring controller board and configuring the array Use hard disks of the same capacity and revolution for each pack to configure them in the array The disk array configuration improves the disk reliability On the other hand the disk capacity is reduced not equal to the sum of the array s hard disks total capacity Use an appropri...

Страница 117: ...he screw shown in figure Rear panel on page 117 and open the retention panel Figure 59 Rear panel 3 Remove the PCI slot shield if it has not already been removed by pushing the shield out from the inside of the chassis 4 Remove the PCI add in board from its protective wrapper Caution Be careful not to touch the components or gold edge connectors Place the board on an anti static surface 1 Screw 3 ...

Страница 118: ... always require careful handling After removing the add in board from its protective wrapper or from the server board place it with the component side up on a grounded static free surface or conductive foam pad Do not slide the add in board over any surface 1 Remove the left side door Refer to Removing the Left Side Door on page 98 2 Remove the screw of the retention panel and open the retention p...

Страница 119: ...y and are attached to standard storage devices System power cables vary in length and provide connector sizes to accommodate a variety of supported storage configurations Power cable connectors are keyed to fit only in the correct position Depending on your configuration the cables from the power supply are either of the Molex type and requires one of the adaptator below included with your sys tem...

Страница 120: ...he cables to a drive 1 Connect the S ATA cable connector to the matching pins on the storage device Take care to prevent bending drive connector pins Align the cable connector to the matching pins on the drive 2 Locate an available power connector coming from the power supply 3 Connect the appropriate power cable to the cable power adaptor 4 Connect the power cable adaptor to the connector on the ...

Страница 121: ...cable shown in the picture Refer to the instructions included in the Installing Hard Disk Drives or Hard Disk Drives Cage chapters depending on your configuration for more information on the motherboard to backplane connection Figure 63 SAS Cable 1 to 4 A Backplane connector B Motherboard connectors numbered P1 through P4 Figure 64 SAS Data and Power Cable 1 to 4 A Additional SAS controller connec...

Страница 122: ...User Guide 122 www bull com Interrupt Requests The BIOS automatically assigns IRQs to devices in the system for legacy compatibility A method is not provided to manually configure the IRQs for devices ...

Страница 123: ...e of the utilities mentionned above may not be available on your server Read the on line documentation Windows systems only Note Some of the features can be performed remotely using a cross cable COM or LAN Software End User License Agreement Carefully read the terms and conditions of the Software End User License Agreement printed on the ExpressBuilder disc sleeve Utilities All the utilities desc...

Страница 124: ... includes two distinct programs ExpressBuilder Windows based Express Setup ExpressBuilder Windows Based Use this application to Read the User s Guide or the other documents Update the system and Install software applications depending on your configuration Note An internet browser with XML language support is mandatory to use the ExpressBuilder software application Some documents are provided in t...

Страница 125: ...onents of the IT infrastructure servers desktops and notebooks It empowers administrators to keep all of these systems functioning at peak efficiency and it helps them Reduce power consumption across all systems Manage and configure PCI RAID systems from different manufacturers with one simple interface replacing the disparate interfaces from different manufacturers Note Some controllers may not b...

Страница 126: ...Area Manager Scopes Product Features Bull System Client Bull System Area Manager Asset Discovery and Monitoring X X Remote Keyboard Video Mouse Control X Remote Out of Band Management IPMI AMT X Power Management X Asset Change Tracking Alerting and Reporting X Physical Logical RAID Storage Monitoring and Configuration Monitor Only X Utilization and Performance Monitoring X X Configurable Alerting ...

Страница 127: ...tup utility SETUP About Express Setup The Express Setup included in your ExpressBuilder DVD is intended for initial setup of the system Its automatic installation mode guides the user easily through the process by detailing specific hardware features and providing screen prompts for software selection and configuration The program loads the utilities and drivers applies RAID settings partitions th...

Страница 128: ...tion complete all the process of adding the optional device and the setup of system mainframe BIOS and optional board specifica tion After completing Express Setup see Setup for Solving Problems described later to specify the settings for trouble recovery such as Specifying Memory Dump Installing on a RAID Pack If you want to install Windows Server 2003 on a volume the RAID pack needs to be config...

Страница 129: ...anguage of your choice and click OK Note At this step the choosen language is set up for installation menus only The language of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is linked to the version you are going to install on your computer 5 Click on Setup Windows 6 In the ExpressSetup assistant window select the following options Operating system to install System partition to create if you need to create one ...

Страница 130: ...User Guide 130 www bull com The installation is completed ...

Страница 131: ...red the system using a backup tool Log on to the system using the administrator account or another account which is a member of the Administrators group 1 Insert the ExpressBuilder disc into the optical device drive the autorun should start automatically and display the ExpressBuilder window If the Autorun function is invalid in your system run ar_menu autorun_menu exe directly on the disc 2 In th...

Страница 132: ...ould start automatically and display the ExpressBuilder window If the Autorun function is invalid in your system run HTML ar_menu autorun_menu exe directly on the disc 2 In the Menu Items To install specific drivers click on Setup Windows select Driver Directory and browse to the directory of your choice To install software applications click on Setup Software and select the application of your ch...

Страница 133: ...User Guide 133 www bull com Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Please refer to the additional documentation provided on the ExpressBuilder DVD ...

Страница 134: ...User Guide 134 www bull com Installing the Operating System without Express Setup ...

Страница 135: ...ded to Dynamic Disk note the following issue Do not select the partition where the operating system had been installed as the partition to install the operating system newly Select Use the current File System for the format of operating system partition Manual Installation when the Disk Array Controllers are Connected If you keep the disk array controllers connected during installation process po ...

Страница 136: ...nformation equivalent to the dump file size is to be written to a separate disk If the disk does not have enough free space to enable the file size to be written then after installing the system using the Size required for installation Paging file size install an additional new disk Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 You will need the following for Windows Server 2003 installation ExpressBui...

Страница 137: ...e displayed If the screen is not displayed Enter was not pressed properly Retry after turning the system off then on again 4 If a RAID controller is installed press F6 while Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration is displayed A screen with a solid blue background is displayed Note Note There is no visible indication on screen when F6 has been pressed 5 When the following messag...

Страница 138: ...ve Letter Modifying the Drive Letter Be aware that the drive letter of the system or boot volume cannot be modified using the following procedure 1 Click the Start menu right click My Computer and specify Manage to start Computer Management 2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the Change Drive Letter a...

Страница 139: ...enu Items click on Setup Windows and select Update the system Wait until the driver installation is completed 3 Remove the ExpressBuilder disc from the optical device drive 4 Restart your computer The update is completed Installing Drivers or Software Proceed as follows to install specific drivers or software Log on to the system using the administrator account or another account which is a member...

Страница 140: ...Below is the example on how to add PAE switch to Boot ini file 1 Click Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System 3 Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under Setup and Recovery 4 Under System Setup click Edit to open Boot ini 5 Add PAE to Operating Systems section in Boot ini file and then save it Example of Boot ini file boot loader time...

Страница 141: ...ide 141 www bull com Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Please refer to the additional documentation provided on the ExpressBuilder DVD to install Windows Server 2008 without using the Express Setup tool ...

Страница 142: ...torage devices suitable for the system and backup tools consult with your sales agent We also recommend you make a backup copy of the disk array configuration data if your system is in an array configuration Perform the backup copy again if your hard disks have been auto rebuilt due to a failure To make a backup copy of the configuration data use the configuration utility that is resident in the F...

Страница 143: ...y cloth 4 Soak a soft cloth in a neutral detergent diluted with cold or lukewarm water and squeeze it firmly 5 Rub off the stains from the system with the cloth prepared in Step 4 6 Soak a soft cloth in water squeeze it firmly and wipe the system with it once again 7 Wipe the system with a dry cloth 8 Wipe off dust from the fan exhaust openings with a dry cloth Cleaning the Interior of the system ...

Страница 144: ... and unplug all the power cables 2 Remove thecover 3 Use a small brush to loosen any dust and debris on the motherboard 4 Use computer grade canned air to blow dust off components on the motherboard 5 Use a small vacuum cleaner with plastic tip to vacuum out the dust and debris from the inside of the system 6 Reinstall the cover 7 Reconnect all the power cables and turn on the system Cleaning the ...

Страница 145: ...se ball cover and rotate it clockwise until it is locked Optical Mouse An optical mouse is an advanced computer pointing device that uses a light emitting diode LED an optical sensor and digital signal processing DSP Movements of the mouse are detected by sensing changes in the reflected light rather than by interpreting the motion of a rolling sphere as with a mechanical mouse Tips for correct us...

Страница 146: ...e the soft pads Cleaning an Optical Disc Drive A dust accumulated tray or a dusty optical drive may cause the device not to read data correctly To Clean an Optical Drive 1 Power on the system The POWER SLEEP lamp is lit 2 Press the optical drive tray Open Close button on the front of the optical drive The tray opens 3 Hold the disc and take it out from the tray Note Do not touch the signal side of...

Страница 147: ...he system warm or cool to room temperature before using it Keep the system away from magnetic forces Keep the system dry Do not wash the system with a wet cloth or pour fluid into it Protect the system from being bumped or dropped Check the system for condensation If condensation exists allow it to evaporate before powering on the system Keep the system away from dust sand and dirt ...

Страница 148: ... system and an AC outlet Before doing the procedures in this manual make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cords from the back of the chassis Not disconnecting power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage Running your system with the cover removed can damage your system components For proper cooling and airflow always replace the co...

Страница 149: ...rmally the indicator may need replacement 4 Monitor the power on self test POST execution Each time you turn on the system the POST checks the system board memory keyboard and certain peripheral devices 5 Check the following during the POST If the POST does not detect any errors the system should boot up not prevent the boot process non fatal errors display a message that may appear similar to the...

Страница 150: ... on the system board correct if they have been changed from their original default settings Are all jumper and switch settings on optional add on cards and peripheral devices set correctly Check the documentation included with these devices for details Ensure that there are no system resource conflicts between hardware components For example two add on cards could inadvertently share the same inte...

Страница 151: ...re on the hard disk and try again If problems appear intermittently there may be a loose cable dirt in the keyboard if keyboard input is incorrect or other random component failures A transient voltage spike power cut or brownout may have occurred Symptoms of voltage spikes include a flickering video display unexpected system reboots and the system not responding to user commands If necessary exit...

Страница 152: ...omer service Does the system meet the minimum hardware requirements for the software Refer to the software documentation Is the software an authorised copy Unauthorised copies often do not work Obtain an authorised copy of the software If you are running the software from a CD or a floppy disk is it a good copy If you are running the software from a CD is the disc scratched or dirty Is the softwar...

Страница 153: ...en Make sure the monitor is plugged in and turned on Are the brightness and contrast controls properly adjusted Make sure that the video signal cable is properly connected Turn the system power off before reconnecting cables Make sure your system s video adapter card is installed enabled Reboot the system CMOS RAM settings are wrong If system settings stored in CMOS RAM change for no apparent reas...

Страница 154: ...creen display appears and beep occurs Is the DIMM board installed securely Check whether the DIMM board is inserted into the mating connector securely Make sure the jumper switches have been returned to their original positions after CMOS clearing for the positions of the jumper switches POST fails to complete Is the memory size large The memory check may take a few seconds if the memory size is l...

Страница 155: ...erly connected Make sure that the cable is connected to the correct connector on the rear of the system The keyboard or mouse does not operate if it is connected when the system is powered not applicable to USB devices Power of the system first and connect it properly Are the system drivers installed Refer to the manual that comes with your OS to check that the keyboard and mouse drivers are insta...

Страница 156: ...upplied with the disk array controller Is the hard disk applicable to the system Operation of any device that we do not authorize is not guaranteed Is the hard disk properly installed Is the hard disk properly configured Fail to access the internal or external SCSI devices Is the SCSI device applicable to the system Operation of any SCSI device that we do not authorize is not guaranteed Is the cab...

Страница 157: ...hat the proto col such as TCP IP and services are properly specified Ιs the transfer speed correct Open the network property dialog box in control panel to specify the Link Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB Wake on LAN does not start from standby state Ιs Hub set to Auto Negotiation Or Is the client set to Auto Negotiation optimum speed For both hub and client Wake on LAN ...

Страница 158: ... the system Is the ExpressBuilder disc in the disc drive Take out the ExpressBuilder disc and restart the system Is the OS broken Use the recovery process to recover the system The OS presents unstable operation Did you update the system Installing a network drive after installation of the OS may cause unstable opera tion Use the ExpressBuilder disc to update the system The system does not restart...

Страница 159: ...m does not boot from the ExpressBuilder disc check the following Did you set the ExpressBuilder during POST and restart the system If you do not set the ExpressBuilder during POST and restart the system an error message will appear or the OS will boot Is BIOS configuration correct The boot device order may be specified with the CMOS Setup utility of the sys tem Use the CMOS Setup utility to change...

Страница 160: ...instruction to input the correct value It is not necessary to cancel the installation Specified to join the Domain but the system is installed as Workgroup When the setup fails to join the Domain during the installation it will install the system as Workgroup Open System in Control Panel to specify joining the Domain Entered the incorrect Product ID CD key Even if you entered the incorrect Product...

Страница 161: ... which configures Windows system is archived 3 Click Save as in the Run menu 4 Input the file name of archived log in the File Name box 5 Select the type of the log file you want to save in the File Type list box and click OK For more information refer to Windows Online Help Collecting Configuration Information This section describes how to collect the information on hardware configuration and ins...

Страница 162: ...you like Caution Consult with your sales agent before dumping the memory Dumping the memory while the system is in process may affect the system operation Restarting the system due to an error may display a message indicating insufficient virtual memory Ignore this message and proceed Restarting the system may result in dumping improper data If You Need Assistance If you have a problem with your c...

Страница 163: ... the Error Manager screen an error is logged to the SEL and user input is required to continue The user can take immediate corrective action or choose to continue booting Halt the message is displayed in the Error Manager screen an error is logged to the SEL and the system cannot boot unless the error is resolved The user needs to replace the faulty part and restart the system POST Error Beep Code...

Страница 164: ... board To assist in troubleshooting a system hang during the POST process you can use the Diagnostic LEDs to identify the last POST process that was executed Each POST code is represented by the Eight amber Diagnostic LEDs The POST codes are divided into two nibbles an upper nibble and a lower nibble The upper nibble bits are represented by Diagnostic LEDs 4 5 6 and 7 The lower nibble bits are rep...

Страница 165: ...User Guide 165 www bull com Figure 66 POST Progress Code LED Example Figure 67 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder Figure 68 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued ...

Страница 166: ...User Guide 166 www bull com Figure 69 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued Figure 70 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued Figure 71 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued ...

Страница 167: ...User Guide 167 www bull com Figure 72 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued Figure 73 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued ...

Страница 168: ...User Guide 168 www bull com Figure 74 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued Figure 75 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued ...

Страница 169: ...User Guide 169 www bull com Figure 76 Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder continued ...

Страница 170: ...ower Indicates system power is on or off Front control panel Green Off Power is off or in sleep state S5 On Power is on or in sleep state S0 ID Aid in server identification from the back panel Front control panel and board rear left corner Blue Press the ID button or use the server Management software to turn the LED on or off System Fault Visible fault warning Control panel and board rear left co...

Страница 171: ... precedes selections with submenus Refer to the following table for information on the keys that you use with BIOS Setup These keys are also listed at the bottom of the Setup menu Table 10 BIOS Setup Keys Key Function in Setup Menu F1 Get Help about an item ESC The Esc key provides a mechanism for backing out of any field This key will undo the pressing of the Enter key When the Esc key is pressed...

Страница 172: ...out displaying the full list The plus key on the keypad is used to change the value of the current menu item to the next value This key scrolls through the values in the associated pick list without displaying the full list Enter The Enter key is used to activate sub menus when the selected feature is a submenu or to display a pick list if a selected option has a value field or to select a sub fie...

Страница 173: ...he system in MB or GB The term physical memory indicates the total memory discovered in the form of installed DDR 3 DIMMs Quiet Boot Enabled Disabled If enabled the logo screeen is displayed during POST If disabled the diagnostic screen is displayed during POST POST Error Pause Enabled Disabled If enabled go to the Error Manager for critical POST errors It takes the system to the error manager to ...

Страница 174: ...n Press Enter Press Enter to open the submenu Mass Storage Controller Configuration Press Enter Press Enter to open the submenu Serial Port Configuration Press Enter Press Enter to open the submenu USB Configuration Press Enter Press Enter to open the submenu PCI Configuration Press Enter Press Enter to open the submenu System Acoustic and Performance Configuration Press Enter Press Enter to open ...

Страница 175: ...le if all CPUs in the system support Turbo Mode Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology on the processors This technology allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency which can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production Intel Hyper Threading Technology E...

Страница 176: ...t Enabled Disabled It only appears when Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O is enabled Hardware Prefetcher Enabled Disabled It is a speculative prefetch unit within the preocessor s Note modifying this setting may affect system performance Adjacent Cache Line Prefectch Enabled Disabled When enabled cache lines are fetched in pairs even line odd line When disabled only the current cach...

Страница 177: ... the difference between the Total Physical Memory and the sum of all the memory reserved for internal usage This difference also includes the sum of all the DIMMs that failed the Memory Test during POST Current Configuration Display only Displays one of the following Independent Mode System memory is configured for optimal performance and efficiency and no RAS is enabled Mirror Mode System memory ...

Страница 178: ...his slot Disabled The DDR 3 DIMM installed in this slot was disabled by the BIOS to optimize memory configuration Failed The DDR 3 DIMM installed in this slot is faulty malfunctioning Spare Unit The DDR 3 DIMM is functioning as a spare unit for memory RAS purposes Note X denotes the Channel Identifier and Y denotes the DIMM Identifier within the Channel Table 14 Memory Configuration Submenu Contin...

Страница 179: ... system performance Mirroring Optimizes reliability by using half of physical memory as a backup Sparing Improves reliability by reserving memory for use as a replacement in the event of a DIMM failure NUMA Optimized Enabled Disabled If enabled BIOS includes ACPI tables that are required for NUMA aware Operating Systems Table 15 Memory RAS and Performance Configuration Continued Feature Choices or...

Страница 180: ...nboard SATA Controller Enabled Disabled When enabled the SATA contoller can be configured in IDE RAID or AHCI Mode RAID and AHCI modes are mutually exclusive SATA Mode ENHANCED Compatibility ACHCI SW RAID ENHANCED Supports up to 6 SATA ports with IDE Native Mode Disappears when the Onboard SATA Controller is disabled COMPATIBILITY Supports up to 4 SATA ports 0 1 2 3 with IDE Legacy mode and 2 SATA...

Страница 181: ...se I O address for the serial Port B IRQ 3 4 Selects the Interrupt Request line for the serial Port B Table 18 USB Configuration Submenu Feature Choices or Display Only Description Your Setting Detected USB Devices Information only Shows the number of USB devices in the system USB Controller Enabled Disabled When Disabled all of the USB controllers will be turned off and inaccessable by the OS Leg...

Страница 182: ... USB devices less than 530 MB are emulated as floppies Forced FDD HDD formatted drive are emulated as a FDD e g ZIP drive Hidden if no USB Mass storage devices are installed This setup screen can show a maximum of eight devices on this screen If more than eight devices are installed in the system the USB Devices Enabled displays the correct count but only displays the first eight devices USB 2 0 C...

Страница 183: ...bled Disabled When Enabled both the onboard video controller and an add in video adapter will be enabled for system video The onboard video controller will be the primary video device Onboard NIC1 ROM Enabled Disabled When Enabled loads the embedded option ROM for the onboard network controllers If it is Disabled NIC1 and NIC2 cannot be used to boot or wake the sytem Onboard NIC2 ROM Enabled Disab...

Страница 184: ...500m Higher than 1500m 300m or less 980ft or less Optimal performance setting near sea level 301m 900m 980ft 2950ft Optimal performance setting at moderate elevation 901m 1500m 2950ft 4920ft Optimal performance setting at high elevation Higher than 1500m 4920ft or greater Optimal performance setting at the highest elevations Note this item does not appear on some models Set Fan Profile Performance...

Страница 185: ... entry screen With the supervisor password all SETUP menus are available for access This option is available only when you log into the SETUP utility with the supervisor password Clearing the Administrator password also clears the user password Set User Password Up to 7 alphanumeric characters Press Enter to display the user password entry screen With a user password only certain menus are accessi...

Страница 186: ...is allowed if not present already An enabled and activated TPM executes all commands that use the TPM functions and TPM security operations are also available TPM Administrative Control No Operation Turn On Turn Off Clear Ownership No Operation No changes to current state Turn On Enables and activates TPM Turn Off Disables and deactivates TPM Clear Ownership Removes the TPM ownership authenticatio...

Страница 187: ...ll be reset to Disabled after reboot FRB 2 Enable Enabled Disabled When Enabled the BMC will reset the system if the BIOS does not complete the Power On Self Test before the FRB 2 timer expires O S Boot Watchdog Timer Enabled Disabled When Enabled the BIOS sets the watchdog timer with the timeout value selected If the OS does not complete booting before the timer expires the BMC will reset the sys...

Страница 188: ...User Guide 188 www bull com Console Redirection Press Enter System Information Press Enter Table 13 Server Management Menu Continued Feature Choices or Display Only Description Your Setting ...

Страница 189: ...ust match the remote terminal application terminbal Type PC ANSI VT100 VT100 VT UTF8 Character formatting used for console redirection Setting must match the remote terminal application Legacy OS Redirection Disabled Enabled This option enables legacy OS redirection i e DOS on serial port If it is enabled the associated serial port is hidden from the legacy OS Table 15 System Information submenu F...

Страница 190: ...ves are in the system Network Device Order Enter Press Enter to set the network device boot order by selecting the boot option for this position Add in or onboard network devices with a PXE option ROM are two examples of network boot devices BEV Device Order Enter Set the order of the legacy devices in this group Appears when 1 or more of these devices are available in the system Add New Boot Opti...

Страница 191: ...bled Disabled When set to Enabled continually retries NON EFI based boot options without waiting for user input USB Boot Priority Enabled Disabled If enabled newly discovered USB devices will be put to the top of their boot device category If disabled newly discovered USB devices will be put at the bottom of the respective list Table 16 Boot Options Menu Continued Feature Choices or Display Only D...

Страница 192: ...sk 1 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position Hard Disk 2 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position Table 19 CDROM Order Submenu Feature Choices or Display only Description Your setting CDROM 1 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position CDROM 2 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position Table...

Страница 193: ... the boot option for this position Network Device 2 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position Table 22 BEV Device Order Submenu Feature Choices or Display only Description Your setting BEV Device 1 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position BEV Device 2 Set system boot order by selecting the boot option for this position ...

Страница 194: ... Shell Select this option to boot now Note This list is not the system boot option order Use the Boot Options menu to view and configure the system boot option order Boot Device x Select this option to boot now Note This list is not the system boot option order Use the Boot Options menu to view and configure the system boot option order ...

Страница 195: ...User Guide 195 www bull com Error Manager Menu The Error Manager Menu displays any errors encountered during POST ...

Страница 196: ...operation Discard Changes and Exit Reads previous values of all Setup items from NVRAM and exits the BIOS Setup ESC key can be used for this operation Save Changes Saves all modified Setup item values to NVRAM Discard Changes Reads previous values of all Setup items from NVRAM Load default Values Load default values for all SETUP items F9 key can be used for this operation Save as User Default Val...

Страница 197: ...ter at the end of the procedure Performing the BIOS Update We recommend you update your system BIOS using the Bull Boot CD 1 Consult our Web site at the following address http support bull com and type Boot CD in the Search field 2 Click on Boot_CD to open the Flash CD page 3 Download and read the text files and download the Boot CD compressed file 4 Extract the ISO file and burn the image on a CD...

Страница 198: ...vision Level To identify your system s current BIOS revision level perform the following procedure 1 Power on or reboot the system Press F2 to enter SETUP is displayed 2 Press F2 3 In the Main menu check the value that appears in the BIOS Version field ...

Страница 199: ...f this does not help process with the BIOS recovery as described below 1 Remove the BIOS jumper 2 Update the BIOS 3 Power off the server 4 Remove the A C power 5 Replace the jumper to the Normal position 1 2 6 Plug in AC power 7 Wait for thirty seconds and power on For more information on the BIOS Recovery jumper refer to Recovering the BIOS on page 27 ...

Страница 200: ...bays Hot swap 4 slots 3 5 8 slots 2 5 Hard Drive Controller Support up to six Serial ATA II hard drives through six on board SATA II connectors External accessible bays 5 25 inch bay 3 slots 3 5 inch bay 1 slot On board Connectors Headers DDR3 DIMM Eight 240 Pin connectors PCI Express Three Gen2 x8 connectors One Gen1 x4 connector PCI One 5V 32bit 33MHz connector RJ 45 Two stacked connectors with ...

Страница 201: ...press Gen2 x8 connector with x8 link width Slot 5 One half length 6 6 inches PCI Express Gen2 x8 connector with x4 link width Slot 3 One half length 6 6 inches PCI Express x4 connector with x4 link width Slot 4 One half length 6 6 inches 5V PCI 32 bit 33 MHz connector USB USB 1 1 One USB 1 1 Port connected to the Integrated BMC for KB MS function USB 2 0 Four USB 2 0 Ports connected to the Server ...

Страница 202: ...nent was purchased Be sure to record the same information for any components added to the system such as a power supply hard disk drives add in boards or printers Record the model and serial numbers of the unit and system board The model and serial numbers of the system unit are recorded on a label attached to the rear of the unit The location of serial numbers on add in boards hard disk drives an...

Страница 203: ...e Serial No Date installed 6 Size Serial No Date installed 7 Size Serial No Date installed 8 Size Serial No Date installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date installed HDD cage Model name Serial No Date installed Hot swap SATA Hard Disks 1 Type Serial No Capacity Date installed Type number 2 Type Serial No Capacity Date installed Type number 3 Type Serial No Capacity Date installed Type number...

Страница 204: ...rial No Capacity Date installed Type number 5 Type Serial No Capacity Date installed Type number 6 Type Serial No Capacity Date installed Type number Type number 5 25 inch Device 1 Size Capacity Serial No Model name Type number Date installed 5 25 inch Device 2 Size Capacity Serial No Model name Type number Date installed 5 25 inch Device 3 Size Capacity Serial No Model name Type number Date insta...

Страница 205: ...ter Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date installed External USB Device 1 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date installed External USB Device 2 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date installed External USB Device 3 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date installed External USB Device 4 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date installed External USB Device 5 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date in...

Страница 206: ... 1 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date installed Firmware version OS Application of RUR media Apply Name Name Version Version File system FAT HPFS NTFS Others Bundled software installed Licensed software installed Application running when a failure occurred ...

Страница 207: ...mailing address below NAME __________________________________________________________ DATE ______________ COMPANY ___________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Please give this technical publicati...

Страница 208: ...______________________________ DATE ______________ COMPANY ___________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE ___________________________________________ FAX _____________________________ E MAIL ...

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Страница 210: ...BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 A1 43FB 01 ...

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