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SBI-7125W-S6

Blade Module

User’s Manual

Revison 1.0

Содержание SuperBlade SBI-7125W-S6

Страница 1: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual Revison 1 0...

Страница 2: ...s Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A di...

Страница 3: ...and Installation Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module into the SuperBladeSuperBlade chassis Other sections cover the installation and placement of memory modul...

Страница 4: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual iv Notes...

Страница 5: ...3 1 3 1 Overview 3 1 3 2 Installing Blade Modules 3 1 Powering Up a Blade Unit 3 1 Powering Down a Blade Unit 3 1 Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure 3 1 Removing Replacing the Blade Cover 3 2 I...

Страница 6: ...are and Software Requirements 5 2 5 2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Installation 5 2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for Microsoft Windows 5 2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager for Linux 5 5...

Страница 7: ...5 25 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration 5 25 Chapter 6 BIOS 6 1 6 1 Introduction 6 1 System BIOS 6 1 How To Change the Configuration Data 6 1 Starting the Setup Utility 6 1 6 2 BIOS Updates 6 2 Flas...

Страница 8: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual viii Notes...

Страница 9: ...MCH ESB2 Chipset Block Diagram 4 5 Figure 4 5 Exploded View of SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module 4 6 Figure 5 1 Customer Information Screen 5 3 Figure 5 2 Setup Type Screen 5 4 Figure 5 3 Select Server Window...

Страница 10: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual x Notes...

Страница 11: ...3 Advanced Setup Menu Options 6 6 Table 6 4 Boot Features Submenu Menu Options 6 6 Table 6 5 Memory Cache Submenu Menu Options 6 7 Table 6 6 PCI Configuration Submenu Menu Options 6 8 Table 6 7 Advanc...

Страница 12: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual xii Notes...

Страница 13: ...ing systems that have been certified for use with the SuperBlade www supermicro com products superblade 1 2 Product Checklist of Typical Components Your blade module ships with its mainboard already i...

Страница 14: ...R2 800 667 533 SDRAM Memory is interleaved which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in groups of two or three Please refer to the Supermicro web site for a list of supported m...

Страница 15: ...de enclosure Each blade enclosure is a 7U form factor so a standard 42U rack may accommodate up to six enclosures with 60 blade modules or the equivalent of 60 1U servers With the inclusion of six CMM...

Страница 16: ...ddress Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl...

Страница 17: ...electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease electro...

Страница 18: ...mponents and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap d...

Страница 19: ...sed management utility to apply power using either a CMM module or by the use of an installed SIMBL add on card in the blade module Powering Down a Blade Unit A blade unit may be powered down in eithe...

Страница 20: ...the blade unit 3 To replace the cover fit the six grooves in the cover into the studs in the sides of the blade then slide the cover toward the front of the blade to lock it into place Installing a Bl...

Страница 21: ...3 3 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Figure 3 1 Inserting a Blade into the Enclosure Figure 3 2 Locking the Blade into Position...

Страница 22: ...rocessor socket up until the processor is released from the socket then lift the silver cover plate and remove the processor Installing a Processor 1 If present remove the protective black PnP cap fro...

Страница 23: ...battery is included on the mainboard to supply certain volatile memory components with power when power has been removed from the blade module If this battery dies it must be replaced with an equival...

Страница 24: ...slots Populating two slots at a time DIMM1A DIMM2A DIMM3A DIMM4A etc with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel interleaved memory which is faster than singl...

Страница 25: ...rs the DIMM slots 4 Insert each DIMM vertically into its slot starting with slots 1A and 2A Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM incorrectly see Figu...

Страница 26: ...isk drive with an operating system installed to operate To remove a hard drive carrier do the following Removing a Hard Drive Carrier 1 Locate the colored Open button at the bottom of the drive carrie...

Страница 27: ...the carrier 3 Align the drive in the carrier so that the screw holes of both line up 4 Secure the drive to the carrier with six screws as shown in Figure 3 7 5 Insert the drive carrier into its slot k...

Страница 28: ...and a mouse to the USB hub You will also need to connect a monitor to the video connector on the SUV cable Turn on the blade module 3 Insert the CD containing the OS into the CD ROM drive 4 Follow th...

Страница 29: ...may be performed with either of three software packages IPMIview IPMItool or a Web based Management Utility These are designed to provide an administrator with a comprehensive set of functions and mo...

Страница 30: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual 3 12 Notes...

Страница 31: ...Feature Description Processors Supports single or dual 771 pin Intel Xeon 5400 5300 5200 5100 5000 series processors Memory Supports up to 64 GB of ECC FBD DDR2 800 667 533 SDRAM in eight DIMM slots S...

Страница 32: ...s blade module on and off 2 KVM Button N A Initiates KVM function 3 Power LED Green Indicates power status On Orange Indicates power status Off with power cables plugged in 4 KVM UID LED Blue Indicate...

Страница 33: ...other blade disconnect the cable then reconnect it to the new blade See the Web based Management Utility User s Manual on your SuperBlade system CD ROM for further details on using the KVM function re...

Страница 34: ...e unit is a proprietary design which is based on the Intel 5400 MCH ESB2 chipset See Figure 4 4 for a block diagram of this chipset Figure 4 3 for a view of the B7DW3 Mainboard and Figure 4 5 for an e...

Страница 35: ...Bridge chip 8 Intel 5400 North Bridge chip 9 Onboard Battery 10 KVM Module 11 BIOS Chip 12 USB Port ESB2 CPU1 FBD DIMM Bank1 DDR2 106 7 133 3 1600MT s HD Connect Pane SAS SATA Ports 6 USB Ports 5 S I...

Страница 36: ...located near the BIOS chip 11 in Figure 4 3 Clearing CMOS 1 First power down the blade and remove it from the enclosure 2 Remove the blade cover to access the mainboard see Section Removing Replacing...

Страница 37: ...nd can be removed or replaced without powering down the blade unit they reside in The six drives can be used to set up a RAID array SATA RAID 0 or 1 only or JBOD These drives use a yellow color for th...

Страница 38: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual 4 8 Notes...

Страница 39: ...reating arrays and virtual disks You can use the Configuration Wizard Auto Configuration mode to automatically create the best possible configuration with the available hardware You can use the Guided...

Страница 40: ...ation for more information on hardware and operating system requirements 5 2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Installation This section explains how to install or reinstall MegaRAID Storage Manager s...

Страница 41: ...5 3 Chapter 5 RAID Setup Procedure Figure 5 1 Customer Information Screen...

Страница 42: ...f MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage config urations If you select ONLY FOR CURRENT USER ADMINISTRATOR the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be avai...

Страница 43: ...ers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software then you cannot connect to a remote server unless you first edit the startupui bat file Specifically you must add the IP address o...

Страница 44: ...ystem More than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software has been installed This message indicates that the user has installed more than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software This can be...

Страница 45: ...RAMSJMEGARAID STORAGE MANAGERJSTARTUPUI or dou ble click the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER shortcut on the desktop To start MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Red Hat Linux system select APPLICATIONSJS...

Страница 46: ...e the configuration Select VIEW ONLY if you need to only view and monitor the configuration b Enter your user name and password and click LOGIN You must enter the root administrator user name and pass...

Страница 47: ...the LOGICAL view of the system and the devices in it depending on which tab is selected The PHYSICAL view shows the hierarchy of physical devices in the system At the top of the hierarchy is the syst...

Страница 48: ...el Some types of devices such as arrays and ports do not have operations associated with them The GRAPHICAL VIEW tab can be selected in the right panel if a physical drive or virtual disk is selected...

Страница 49: ...ce specific OPERATIONS menu pops up if you right click a device icon in the left panel An ADVANCED OPERATIONS submenu is also available This is where you access the Configuration Wizard and other conf...

Страница 50: ...izard select a controller in the left panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window and then select OPERATIONSJADVANCED OPERATIONSJCONFIGURATIONJCONFIGURATION WIZARD The CONFIGURATION WIZARD MODE SELEC...

Страница 51: ...You should change these parameters only if you have a specific reason for doing so It is usually best to leave them at their default settings Stripe Size A stripe size of 64 Kbytes is supported Disk C...

Страница 52: ...N mode 1 Select a redundancy option from the drop down menu at the bottom of the AUTO CONFIGURATION screen No Redundancy The new configuration will have no data redundancy RAID 0 If a physical disk in...

Страница 53: ...The new storage configuration will be created and initialized unless you selected NO INITIALIZATION Using Guided Configuration Figure 5 8 Guided Configuration Screen Selecting GUIDED CONFIGURATION mo...

Страница 54: ...existing arrays 3 Select a maximum number of virtual disks to be created The Configuration Wizard may not be able to create as many virtual disks as you want depending on the current configuration an...

Страница 55: ...first ARRAY SELECTION screen that appears when you select MANUAL CONFIGURATION Figure 5 10 Array Selection Screen 1 In the ARRAY SELECTION screen select two or more available drives in the left panel...

Страница 56: ...y to use for the new virtual disk 5 In the right panel select RAID 0 as the RAID level 6 Optional Set SIZE in MB to a lower number if you do not want to use the entire available capacity for the new v...

Страница 57: ...on using the MANUAL CONFIGURATION mode of the Configuration Wizard 1 In the ARRAY SELECTION screen Figure 5 10 select two available drives in the left panel Click the RIGHT ARROW button to move the se...

Страница 58: ...eview the configuration shown in the window If you want to change something click BACK and change the confi guration parameters 13 Click FINISH to accept the configuration and start the initialization...

Страница 59: ...ange something click BACK and change the configuration parameters 11 Click FINISH to accept the configuration and start the initialization process unless you selected NO INITIALIZATION earlier Using M...

Страница 60: ...ARRAY SELECTION screen Figure 5 10 select two available drives in the left panel Click the RIGHT ARROW button to move the selected drives to the right panel 2 Click ACCEPT to accept these drives for a...

Страница 61: ...the left panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window and select a controller icon 2 In the right panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window select the OPERATIONS tab and select SET ADJUSTABLE TASK...

Страница 62: ...mation on these properties see Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters 4 Click GO to accept the changes Deleting a Virtual Disk You can delete virtual disks to rearrange the storage space To delete a vi...

Страница 63: ...ew configuration or load a previously saved configuration file To clear a configuration from a controller follow these steps 1 Select a controller icon in the left panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGE...

Страница 64: ...e MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window 2 On the menu bar select OPERATIONSJADVANCED OPERATIONSJCONFIGURATION JADD SAVED CONFIGURATION A WARNING message appears 3 Click YES 4 When the OPEN dialog box appear...

Страница 65: ...on Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the DELETE key at the appropriate ti...

Страница 66: ...ncluded with the system 1 Copy the contents of the zip file to a bootable USB pen drive 2 Connect the KVM dongle CBL 0218L to the KVM connector at the front of the blade you will be flashing the BIOS...

Страница 67: ...described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the MAIN BIOS SETUP screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you ne...

Страница 68: ...orrect configurations accordingly The items included in this submenu are shown in Table 6 2 below Table 6 2 SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 Submenu Menu Options Menu Option Description Type Selects the type o...

Страница 69: ...nhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and placed in Native IDE Mode When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced it displays a submenu with the following men...

Страница 70: ...s in this submenu XHardware Monitor Access this submenu to make changes to the hardware monitor settings See Table 6 11 for a list of menu options in this submenu Table 6 4 Boot Features Submenu Menu...

Страница 71: ...or faster CPU operation Cache Base 512k 640k If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in memory area 512K 640k to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the static DROM SDROM or w...

Страница 72: ...his setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems Table 6 7 Advanced Chipset Control Submenu Menu Option...

Страница 73: ...unction Select Enabled to enable all USB devices specified The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The options are Enab...

Страница 74: ...are Enabled and Disabled Intel EIST Support EIST is used to allow the CPU state to dynamically change based on the system load The options are Enabled and Disabled Native mode support only Table 6 9 I...

Страница 75: ...s Menu Option Description COM Port Address This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to...

Страница 76: ...u Options Menu Option Description Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a super...

Страница 77: ...priority of boot order of devices in the ITEM SPECIFIC HELP window 6 8 Exit Choose EXIT from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys All Exit BIOS settings are described in Table...

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Страница 79: ...4k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extend...

Страница 80: ...n older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA...

Страница 81: ...hecking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the...

Страница 82: ...POST Errors Post Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initi...

Страница 83: ...ize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize I20 support 48h Check video configuration against...

Страница 84: ...lize Intelligent System Monitoring 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83...

Страница 85: ...pt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag B0h Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep bef...

Страница 86: ...mory for PCMCIA CEh Initialize digitizer and display message D2h Unknown interrupt Table A 3 Boot Block Flash ROM Terminal POST Errors Post Code Description E0h Initialize the chipset E1h Initialize t...

Страница 87: ...in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte o...

Страница 88: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual A 10 Notes...

Страница 89: ...VLAN ID 5 For USE DHCP FOR ISCSI TARGET INFORMATION enter information for the following settings and then select OK to continue Target Name Target IP Target Port Boot LUN 6 Select SAVE CHANGES AND EX...

Страница 90: ...hen prompted for the driver file point to where you saved the driver files and windows will pick it up for installation 11 Launch the MS ISCSI INITIATOR file that you saved previously and do the follo...

Страница 91: ...ect first YES and then OK at the prompts 15 Reboot the system and press CTRL D to go back to the ISCSI PORT SELECTION screen In this screen disable the first primary port and then enable the second po...

Страница 92: ...SBI 7125W S6 Blade Module User s Manual B 4 19 Open the WINDOWS COMMAND PROMPT terminal window and type iscsibcg verify fix in the window and press ENTER 20 Reboot the system...

Страница 93: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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