3.1 Power-Off Procedure.................................................................................................................................................... 26
3.2 Power-On Procedure.....................................................................................................................................................27
3.3 Removing a CH121 V5................................................................................................................................................ 28
3.4 Installing a CH121 V5..................................................................................................................................................31
3.5 Removing the Cover.....................................................................................................................................................35
3.6 Installing the Cover...................................................................................................................................................... 35
3.7 Removing the Air Ducts............................................................................................................................................... 36
3.8 Installing the Air Duct.................................................................................................................................................. 37
3.9 Removing the PCIe Card Panel.................................................................................................................................... 39
3.10 Installing the PCIe Card Panel....................................................................................................................................40
3.11 Removing a PCIe Card............................................................................................................................................... 41
3.12 Installing a PCIe Card.................................................................................................................................................43
3.13 Removing a SAS/SATA Drive....................................................................................................................................46
3.14 Installing a SAS/SATA Drive..................................................................................................................................... 47
3.15 Removing an NVMe Drive.........................................................................................................................................49
3.16 Installing an NVMe Drive ......................................................................................................................................... 62
4.1 Installation Environment Requirements....................................................................................................................... 71
4.1.1 Space and Airflow Requirements.............................................................................................................................. 71
4.1.2 Temperature and Humidity Requirements.................................................................................................................71
4.1.3 Cabinet Requirements................................................................................................................................................72
4.2 Hardware Installation................................................................................................................................................... 72
4.2.1 Installation Overview................................................................................................................................................ 72
4.2.2 Unpacking the Compute Node.................................................................................................................................. 73
4.2.3 Installing Optional Parts............................................................................................................................................ 74
4.2.4 Installing the Compute Node.....................................................................................................................................75
4.2.5 Connecting to Network..............................................................................................................................................75
4.3 Initial Configuration..................................................................................................................................................... 75
4.3.1 Default Information................................................................................................................................................... 75
4.3.2 Configuration Overview............................................................................................................................................ 77
4.3.3 Changing Initial Passwords....................................................................................................................................... 78
4.3.3.1 Changing the Initial Password of the Default iBMC User..................................................................................... 78
4.3.4 Checking the Compute Node.....................................................................................................................................80
4.3.5 Setting the iBMC IP Address.................................................................................................................................... 82
4.3.6 Configuring RAID.....................................................................................................................................................83
4.3.7 Configuring the BIOS................................................................................................................................................83
4.3.7.1 Entering the BIOS.................................................................................................................................................. 84
4.3.7.1.1 Entering the BIOS (Skylake)...............................................................................................................................84
4.3.7.1.2 Entering the BIOS (Cascade Lake)..................................................................................................................... 86
4.3.7.2 Setting the System Boot Sequence......................................................................................................................... 88
4.3.7.3 Setting PXE for a NIC............................................................................................................................................ 89
4.3.7.4 Setting the BIOS Password.....................................................................................................................................90
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