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1. 20 19 Ground q No Connection Key l Key Power Leo 3 3V HDD LED 4 FP UID Switch 3 3V SB NIC1 Link LED lt NIC1 Activity LED NIC2 Link LED lt NIC2 Activity LED OH Fan Fail PWR Blue_LED_Cathode Fail UID LED UID 5V SB 3 3V PWR Fail LED lt Ground Reset gt Reset Button PWR Power Button 5 22 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Front Control Panel Pin Definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions HDD FP UID Switch The HDD UID Switch connections are located on pins 13 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable to display HDD or SATA activities This connection can also be used as a front panel UID Unit Identifi er switch The UID LED on Pin 7 of JF1 works in conjunction with this UID Switch When the user presses and releases the UID switch the UID LED will be turned on or off to indicate the location of the unit Refer to Page 5 25 for more details A PWR LED Ground Key Q Power LED lt roo LeD lt S eera 3 oe ee NIC4 Link LED lt NIC2 Link LED OH Fan Fail PWR Fail UID LED PWR Fail LED lt Ground Y Y Y Y n Ground LOJLAJLGJ 5 23 Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Definition 3 3V SB PWR LED Defini
2. Crystal Beach DMA Direct Memory Access This feature works with the Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedi cated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card When this feature is set to Enabled it will enhance overall system performance by providing direct memory access for data transferring The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel VT d Select Enabled to enable Intel s Virtualization Technology support for Direct I O VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled IOH PCIE Porti Bifurcation This feature allows the user to set IOH Bifurcation configuration for the PCI E Port 1 The options are X4X4X4X4 X4X4X8 X8X4X4 X8X8 and X16 IOH PCIE Max Payload Size Some add on cards perform faster with the coalesce feature which limits the payload size to 128 MB while others with a payload size of 256 MB which inhibits the coalesce feature Please refer to your add on card user guide for the desired setting The options are 256MB and 128MB 7 10 Chapter 7 BIOS gt South Bridge Configuration This
3. This feature forces a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has detected The available options are Auto Force DDR 800 Force DDR 1066 and Force DDR 1333 Memory Mode The options are Independent Channel Mirror Lockstep and Sparing Independent All DIMMs are available to the operating system Channel Mirror The motherboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy Lockstep The motherboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel Sparing A preset threshold of correctable errors is used to trigger fail over The spare memory is put online and used as active memory in place of the failed memory Demand Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme where the Processor writes corrected data back into the memory block from where it was read by the Processor The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 8 Chapter 7 BIOS Patrol Scrubbing A memory error correction scheme that works in the background looking for and correcting resident errors The options are Enabled and Disabled Throttling Closed Loop Throttling Open Loop Throttling improves reliability and reduces power in the processor by automatic voltage control during processor idle states Available options are Disabled and Enabled If Enabled the following items will appear Hysteresis Temperature Temperature Hysteresis is the temperature lag in degrees Celsius after the set DIMM temperatu
4. A LAN 1 B LAN 2 C IPMI Dedicated LAN bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and Use InfiniBand LED Indicators LEB1 LEB2 Two Infi niBand LED Indicators _EB1 LEB2 are located on the motherboard The green LED LEB1 is the Infi niBand Link LED The yellow LED LEB2 indicates activity Refer to the table on the right for details Also see the layout below for the LED locations Onboard Power LED An Onboard Power LED is located at LE2 on the motherboard When this LED is on the system power is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the tables at right for more information 5 38 r s Guide InfiniBand Link LED LEB1 Settings Color Status Definition Green Solid InfiniBand connected Off Off No connection InfiniBand Link LED LEB2 Settings Color Status Definition Yellow Solid InfiniBand active Yellow Off InfiniBand connected Activity idle Onboard PWR LED Indicator Settings LED Color Definition Off System Off PWR cable not connected Green System On Green ACPI S1 State flashing quickly A LEB1 B LEB2 C LE2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 14 Serial ATA and PCI E Connections Serial ATA Ports S
5. A SELECT DISKS J e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays B 7 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu Deleting a RAID Volume A N Warning Make sure you back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press lt Del gt A warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N
6. Chapter 7 BIOS 7 6 Exit Options Select the Exit tab from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Save Changes and Exit Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot the computer so the new system con figuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Discard Changes Select this option and press lt Enter gt to discard all the changes and return to the AMI BIOS Utility Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt Then select OK to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically load Optimal De faults to the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press lt Enter gt The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not for maximum performance 7 29 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and Use
7. bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt Set LAN Configuration Set this feature to configure the IPMI LAN adapter with a network address as shown in the following graphics Channel Number Channel Number Enter the channel number for the SET LAN Config com mand This is initially set to 1 Press or on your keyboard to change the Channel Number Channel Number Status This feature returns the channel status for the Channel Number selected above Channel Number is OK or Wrong Chan nel Number 7 22 Chapter 7 BIOS gt IP Address Configuration Enter the IP address for this machine This should be in decimal and in dotted quad form i e 192 168 10 253 The value of each three digit number sepa rated by dots should not exceed 255 as shown in the screen below BIOS SETUP UTILITY 192 168 001 1731 Parameter Selector Use this feature to select the parameter of your IP Address configuration IP Address Current IP Address in BMC This item displays the current IP address used for your IPMI connection 7 23 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt MAC Address Configuration Parameter Selector Use this feature to select the parameter of your Mac Address configuration Mac Address The BIOS will automatically enter the Mac address of this machine however it may be over ridden Mac addresses are 6 two digit hexadecimal numbers Base 16 0 9
8. 1 Install the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier 2 Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as shown in Figure 6 3 6 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Figure 6 3 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier Installing Removing Hot swap SATA Drives 1 To remove a carrier push the release button located beside the drive LEDs 2 Swing the handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out see Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Removing a SATA Drive 6 4 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 5 Power Supply The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 has a single 980 watt power supply This power supply has the capability of operating at 100 240 input volts Depress both main power buttons on the front of the chassis and then unplug the AC power cord to completely remove power from the system before removing the power supply Power Supply Failure If the power supply unit fails the system will shut down and you will need to replace the power supply unit Replacement units can be ordered directly from Bull S A S PWS 981 1S Replacing the Power Supply Accessing the Inside of the System 1 Remove the top chassis cover by releasing the retention screws that secure the unit to the rack 2 Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until it locks you will hear a click 3
9. A N adequate airflow to your system 5 16 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 9 Back Panel Connector Pin Definitions Universal Serial Bus USB Back Panel USB 0 1 Pin Definitions Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 0 1 are located on the I O back panel Additional two USB connections USB 2 3 are used to provide front chas sis access Connect USB cables to these USB ports headers to use USB Definition Pin 5V 5 USB_PN1 6 USB_PP1 7 Ground Definition 5V USB_PNO USB_PPO Ground connections USB cables are not Front Panel USB 2 3 Pin Definitions included See the tables on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Pin 1 5V 5 USB_PN2 7 USB_PP2 8 Ground 9 No Con nection 1 USB 0O 2 USB 1 3 USB 2 3 5 17 Definition 5V USB_PN3 USB_PP Ground Key bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Two Ethernet ports are located next to the USB 0 1 on the IO Backplane In Se ene addition an IPMI Dedicated LAN is lo cated above the USB ports 0 1 These ports accept RJ45 type cables P2V5SB SGND TDO Act LED TDO P3V3SB TD1 Link 100 LED Notes Yellow 3V3SB 1 The IPMI Dedicated LAN is for WEN Liini 1000 LED Yellow 3V3SB R22 E2 R422 INF E2 TD2 Ground TD2 Ground 2 Please refer to the LED Indicator Section for LAN LED information iii Ground TD3 Ground 1 LAN1 2 LAN2 3 IPMI
10. Six 6 brackets for mounting the rack rails in a rack telco rack e One 1 CD containing drivers and utilities 1 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 1 2 Serverboard Features At the heart of the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 lies two R422 E2 R422 INF E2 dual processor serverboards which are based on Intel s 5520 chipset Below are the main features of the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard Note that the features on each board are doubled for the server Processors Each bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard supports two Intel 5500 series LGA 1366 processors each processor supporting two full width Intel QuickPath Interconnect QPI links with a total of up to 51 2 GT s Data Transfer Rate 6 4 GT s per direction Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www bull com Chipset Intel 5520 chipset including the 5520 North Bridge and the ICH10R South Bridge Memory The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard has twelve 240 pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 48 GB of DDR3 registered ECC 1333 1066 800 MHz memory with maximum of 8 GB per DIMM module see Section 5 6 in Chapter 5 for DIMM Module Population Configuration Serial ATA The South Bridge IOH 36D ICH10R of the 5520 chipset includes a Serial ATA controller for 3 Gb s SATA drives The hot swappable SATA drives are connected to a backplane that provides power bus termination and configura
11. A B C D E F separated by dots i e 00 30 48 D0 D4 60 Current Mac Address in BMC This item displays the current Mac address used for your IPMI connection gt Subnet Mask Configuration Subnet masks tell the network which subnet this machine belongs to The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 Parameter Selector Use this feature to select the parameter of your Subnet Masks configuration Subnet Mask This item displays the current subnet mask setting for your IPMI connection gt Set PEF Configuration MUS SETUP UTILITY Disabled 7 24 Chapter 7 BIOS Set PEF Configuration Set this feature to configure the Platform Event Filter PEF PEF interprets BMC events and performs actions based on pre determined settings or traps under IPMI 1 5 specifications For example powering the system down or sending an alert when a triggering event is detected The following will appear if PEF Support is set to Enabled The default is Disabled PEF Action Global Control These are the different actions based on BMC events The options are Alert Power Down Reset System Power Cycle OEM Action Diagnostic Interface Alert Startup Delay This feature inserts a delay during startup for PEF alerts The options are Enabled and Disabled PEF Alert Startup Delay This sets the pre determined time to delay PEF alerts after system power ups and resets Refer to Table 24 6 of the
12. E2 R422 INF E2 l LAN 1 16 COM Port 1 Black es fe C 7 VGA Blue Infiniband R422 INF E2 UID switch 5 5 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 5 5 Installing Processor and Heat Sink When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on A N the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and heatsink fans 3 When purchasing a 5500 Series processor or when receiving a motherboard with a 5500 Series processor pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 4 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installing an LGA 1366 Processor 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate 3 Hold the plastic cap at its north and south center edges to remove it from the CPU socket Hold the north and south edges of the plastic cap to remove it 5 6 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 4 Afte
13. ES1000 graphics chip The ES1000 was designed spe cifically for servers featuring low power consumption high reliability and superior longevity Other Features Other onboard features that promote system health include voltage monitors a chassis intrusion header auto switching voltage regulators chassis and CPU overheat sensors virus protection and BIOS rescue 1 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Interconnect dnel QPI Intel Quick Path CH1 Processor Processor j QuickPa Oa Intek QuickPath Interconnect inte QP PCle Gen2 X16 CI PCle 2 X1 F m x S202 X16 Intel IOH m interconnect Intel QPI ESI Control Interface Link 6 Serial ATA Port Power Managment SMBUS 2 0 7C USB 2 0 12 port InteX High Definition Audio Code SPI Flash BIOS Intel 82567 Gigabit Intel ICH Platform LAN SST and PECI Sensor Connect Inputs Fan Speed Control Output Figure 1 1 Intel 5500 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see Chapter 5 for details 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Server Chassis Features The following is a general outline of the main features of the 1U chassis Details on the chassis can be found in Chapter 6 System Power The bullx R422 E2 chassis includes a single 980W cold swap power supply which provides the power to both serverboards housed in the chassis SATA Subsystem The bullx R422 E2 chassi
14. Install two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws and tighten them until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tight ening all four screws 5 8 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Removing the Heatsink removed However if you do need to remove the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink and prevent damage to the CPU or other components Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be 1 Unplug the power cord from the power supply 2 Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the CPU fan header 3 Using a screwdriver loosen and remove the heatsink screws from Using a screwdriver to the motherboard in the sequence as remove Screw 1 show in the picture on the right 4 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 5 Once the heatsink is loosened remove it from the CPU socket 6 To reinstall the CPU and the heatsink clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before reinstall ing them on the motherboard 5 9 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 5 6 Installing Memory CAUTION A Exercise extreme care when install
15. Installation Figure 2 6 Accessing the Inside of the System Remove this screw Remove this screw Remove this screw 2 11 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Notes 2 12 Chapter 3 System Interface Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 Overview There are several LEDs on the two control panels as well as others on the SATA drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific components There are also two buttons on each control panel This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take Note that the server has two control panels one for each serverboard installed in the system This allows each severboard to be controlled independently of the other 3 2 Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on each control panel a reset button and a power on off button Reset RESET va a K s t i i l i i 1 3 Depressing the reset button will reboot only the serverboard it is associated with Power This is the main power button which is used to apply or turn off the main system power only to the serverboard it is connected to Depressing this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the serverboard 3 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 3 3 Control Panel LEDs Each of th
16. Installation and User s Guide 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 into a rack unit with the rack rails provided If the system has already been mounted into a rack you can skip ahead to Sections 2 5 and 2 6 There are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly You should also refer to the installation instructions that came with the rack unit you are using Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The chassis package includes two rack rail assemblies in the rack mounting kit Each assembly consists of two sections an inner fi xed chassis rail that secures directly to the server chassis and an outer fi xed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself Figure 2 1 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails right side rail shown Rail Extension Inner Rail is preinstalled to the chassis Outer Rails Installing the Inner Rails Both the left and right side inner rails have been pre attached to the chassis Pro ceed to the next step Chapter 2 Server Installation Figure 2 2 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails right side rail shown Inner Rail pre installed Figure 2 3 Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails right side rail shown 2 5 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Installing the Inner Rail Extension The chassis inc
17. PIO Mode The IDE PIO Programmable I O Mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow the AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer bandwidth of 32 Bits Select Enabled to enable 32 Bit data transfer 7 13 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide DMA Mode Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select SWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 2 1 MBs Select SWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select SWDMAZ2 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMAO to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a data tr
18. Server into the Rack You should now have rails attached to both the chassis and the rack unit The next step is to install the server into the rack Do this by lining up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting See Figure 2 5 When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Finish by inserting and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack Figure 2 5 Installing the Server into a Rack To install the chassis into a rack 1 Confirm that chassis includes the inner rails A and rail extensions B Also confirm that the outer rails C are installed on the rack 2 Line chassis rails A and B with the front of the rack rails C 3 Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click 4 Optional Insert and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack 2 8 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup After you install the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 in the rack you will need to open the top cover to make sure the se
19. The top cover of the chassis is secured with four screws two at the top rear of the cover and one on each side lip also near the back Remove all four then place both thumbs in the indentations and push the cover back until it slides off 4 Lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server Removing the Power Supply 1 First unplug the power cord from the system 2 To remove the failed power unit remove the two screws on the back of the power supply which secure it to the chassis 3 Lift the unit straight out of the chassis See Figure 6 5 6 5 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Installing a New Power Supply 1 Replace the failed unit with the exact same power supply model Carefully insert the new unit into position in the chassis and secure it with the two screws at the rear of the unit Before reconnecting the power cord make sure the power switch on the power supply is in the off position Reconnect the power cord replace the chassis top cover and push the unit back into the rack Finish by turning the power switch on the power supply on and then depress the power buttons on the front of the chassis Figure 6 5 Removing the Power Supply 6 6 Chapter 7 BIOS Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AMI BIOS Setup Utility for the R422 E2 R422 INF E2 The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be e
20. after it has been entered The options are Setup and Always Boot Sector Virus Protection When Enabled the AMI BOIS displays a warning when any program or virus is sues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 5 Boot Configuration Use this feature to configure boot settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt Boot Device Priority 1 21 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt Boot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot De vice The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device 3rd boot device 4th boot device 5th boot device and Disabled e 1st Boot Device USB XXXXXXXXX e 2nd Boot Device CD DVD XXXXXXXXX gt Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from all available hard disk drives The settings are Disabled and a list of all hard disk drives that have been detected i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive 3rd Drive etc e 1st Drive SATA XXXXXXXXX gt Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Removable Drives The settings are 1st boot device 2nd boot device and Disabled e 1st Drive USB XXXXXXXXX e 2nd Drive gt CD DVD Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available CD DVD Drives i e 1st Drive 2nd Drive etc 7 28
21. appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 4 1813 ICH 7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 45 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved J Nane Volung RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays see note on page B 3 Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 8B HDC HD258 SD 1IKCRA WD WHAL 24349 12 9GB Ne RA Di HDC WD25840JD BBHFYBR WD WHAEH1376189 12 9CB Non RA Di HDC WD2584JD AFYB WD WMHAEH14495 12 90B Non RA Di Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volune tl Previous Next SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrows lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt
22. drive carrier indicates drive activity A connection to the SATA backplane enables this LED to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed e Red The red LED to indicate an SAS SATA drive failure If one of the SAS SATA drive fails you should be notified by your system management soft ware 3 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Notes Chapter 4 System Safety Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions A Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 from damage Be aware of the locations of the power on off switch on the chassis as well as the room s emergency power off switch disconnection switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from the system Do not work alone when working with high voltage components Power should always be disconnected from the system when removing or in stalling main system components such as the serverboard memory modules and floppy drive When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system first and then unplug the power cords of all the power supply units in the system When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary Use only one hand when work
23. follow the tables below for memory installation DIMM Population Table DIMM DIMMS DIMM Type Speeds in MHz Ranks per DIMM Slots per Populated Reg Registered Any combination Channel per Channel SR Single Rank DR Dual Rank QR Quad Rank Reg DDR3ECC 800 1066 1333 SR or DR Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 QR Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 Mixing SR DR Reg DDR3 ECC Mixing SR DR QR VA Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may l not show more than 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices the amount of memory that remains available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device i Physical Memory Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 3 99 GB Local APIC 3 99 GB Area Reserved for the chipset 3 99 GB I O APIC 4 Kbytes 3 99 GB PCI Enumeration Area 1 3 76 GB PCI Express 256 MB 3 51 GB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 3 01 GB 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 2 85 GB TSEG 2 84 GB Memory available to OS amp other applications 2 84 GB 5 11 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Installing and Removing DIMMs i DIMM DDR3 AEREN PEt aea ape ota ah a E gea Ira 1 Hd 1 H H 4 uw n n 1 Note Notch should align with the recep fiv
24. hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 IOH 36D controller C 1 Adaptec Embedded SATA Controller Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than PATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while SATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall SATA provides bet ter functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel IOH 36D I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5520 Chipset the IOH 36D I O controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec SATA Host Controller which support up to six SATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID configurations See the table b
25. it by press ing lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive C 10 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the boo
26. keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 4 Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Volunl RAID Level RAID Minor Disks Select Disks Strip Size N A Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity it
27. mount the serverboards by aligning the board holes with the raised metal standoffs that are visible in the chassis Insert screws into all the mounting holes on your serverboards that line up with the standoffs and tighten until snug if you screw them in too tight you might strip the threads Metal screws provide an electrical contact to the serverboard ground to provide a continuous ground for the system 5 2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 3 Connecting Cables Now that the serverboards are installed the next step is to connect the cables to the boards These include the data cables for the peripherals and control panel and the power cables Connecting Data Cables The cables used to transfer data from the peripheral devices have been carefully routed to prevent them from blocking the flow of cooling air that moves through the system from front to back If you need to disconnect any of these cables you should take care to keep them routed as they were originally after reconnecting them make sure the red wires connect to the pin 1 locations The following data cables with their locations noted should be connected See the serverboard layout for connector locations Note that each connection listed should be made for both serverboards in the chassis e SATA drive cables I SATAO I SATA1 e Control Panel cable JF1 Connecting Power Cables The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard has two 20 pin ATX power
28. onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section B 3 and Appendix C for OS and other software installation instruc tions e This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel IOH 36D RAID controller designed for the Windows OS B 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel IOH 36D SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the CD that came packaged with your moth erboard Note that the current version of the IOH 36D SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel IOH 36D Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 552
29. sup ply connectors for connection to the ATX power supply Only one of these from each board should be connected to the power supply The Primary ATX Power Header is used to supply power to the primary serverboard and the Second ary ATX Power Header is used to supply power to the secondary serverboard Connect the power supply to only one of these on both boards primary left secondary right when viewed from front of server See Section 5 9 for power connector pin definitions 5 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Connecting the Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 5 1 for the pin locations of the various front control panel buttons and LED in dicators All JF1 wires have been bundled into a single ribbon cable to simplify this connection Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 as marked on the board The other end connects to the Control Panel PCB board located just behind the system status LEDs on the chassis Figure 5 1 Control Panel Header Pins Ground Reset Button Power Button 2 1 Ground 5 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specifi cation See the picture below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 5 2 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel Connectors IPMI_ dedicated LAN R422
30. system integrators and PC technicians It provides information for the installation and use of the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced techni cians only The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 is a 1U Twin two serverboards in a 1U chas sis rackmount server chassis and two R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboards The R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboards supports Intel 5500 Series Processor platform Manual Organization Chapter 1 Introduction The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the server system and describes the main features of the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard and the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 chassis Chapter 2 Server Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 into a rack and check out the server configuration prior to powering up the system If your server was ordered without the processor and memory components this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation Chapter 3 System Interface Refer to this chapter for details on the system interface which includes the func tions and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located throughout the system bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Chapter 4 System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a gen
31. the system automatically to either C2 C3 or C4 state The options are Disabled and Enabled C State package limit setting If set to Auto the AMI BIOS will automatically set the limit on the C State package register The options are Auto C1 C3 C6 and C7 C1 Auto Demotion When enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C3 C6 or C7 requests to C1 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabled and Enabled C3 Auto Demotion When enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C6 or C7 requests to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabled and Enabled Clock Spread Spectrum Select Enable to use the feature of Clock Spectrum which will allow the BIOS to monitor and attempt to reduce the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components whenever needed The options are Disabled and Enabled 7 7 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt Advanced Chipset Control The items included in the Advanced Settings submenu are listed below gt CPU Bridge Configuration QPI Links Speed This feature selects QPI s data transfer speed The options are Slow mode and Full Speed QPI Frequency This selects the desired QPI frequency The options are Auto 4 800 GT 5 866GT 6 400 GT QPI LOs and L1 This enables the QPI power state to low power LOs and L1 are automatically selected by the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled Memory Frequency
32. to go back to the Delete Volume menu Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID AN or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear R Matri torage Manager option KUM L G 1 Copyright C 28093 85 Intel Corporation All Right Create RAID Volune ja Port Drive Mode Size Status Tift WG 232 961 Select the disks that should be reset f Previous Next SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu B 9 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide B 10 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the
33. warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 C 17 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide To verify disk media Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 ST368613AS 3 65 ee SATA Port 1 HDC WD 4BCD BFLAL 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying other wise select No and hit lt Enter gt Adaptec SATA HostRAID Control ler Ha C 18 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide C 20 Appendix D System Specifications Appendix D System Specifications Note unless noted specific
34. 0 chipset the I O Controller Hub IOH 36D provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports an 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The IOH 36D supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode B 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following RAID levels are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the IOH 36D allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS Settings for SATA RAID Fu
35. 1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore 5Vin 12Vcc V VP1 DIMM VP2 DIMM 3 3Vcc V and Battery Voltage gt ACPI Configuration Use this feature to configure Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI power management settings for your system ACPI Version Features The options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 Please refer to ACPI s website for further explanation http www acpi info ACPI APIC Support Select Enabled to include the ACPI APIC Table Pointer in the RSDT Root Sys tem Description Table pointer list The options are Enabled and Disabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ When this item is set to Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ is supported by the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Headless Mode This feature is used to enable system to function without a keyboard monitor or mouse attached The options are Enabled and Disabled High Performance Event Timer Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 19 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt IPMI Configuration Intell
36. 4ACD BRAFLNI Y2 HDC Rd BMELAZ i9 2b A3 MEC KM71ACIh BAFLAI 69 20 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt C 6 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configuring drives vill write Array Information on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If cor rect type Y to continue bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page C 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete l SATA HostRAID Controller A8 Array Configuration Utility Select drives to create Array Selected Dr ives HH STSGHRISAS 74 366 681 HDC HD 48CD 88FLAL 69 860 A2 HDC HD74AGD AAFLAZ 69 AGB 83 HDC HD74AGD AAFLAL 69 8CB 3 The arrays you have s
37. D signal if J_UID OW is set to off ete aes eh When the jumper J UID OW is On the Red dependently Red LED does not overwrite the Blue LED LED OH Fan Fail PWR Fail UID LED and the The Red LED has no effects Blue_UID_LED work independently The Red pave Pipe ee et ee LED will have no effects on the Blue LED See oe On Blue LED the table on the right for jumper settings Red LED Off Blue LED On Offt A J_UID LED B OH Fan fail PWR Fail UID LED Ground Key Power LED lt HDD LED lt NIC41 Link LED lt NIC2 Link LED Blue_LED Cathode UID 5V SB 5 36 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 13 Onboard Indicators Link Activity LED ED LAN1 LAN2 LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the mother board An additional IPMI dedicated LAN port Rear View when facing the rear is also located on the R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Side of the chassis Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two GLAN Activity Indicator LED Settings LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information Color Status Definition Yellow Flashing Active GLAN Link Indicator LED Settings LED Color Definition Note IPMI dedicated LAN does not operate at 1 Gbps Off No connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps
38. Dedicated LAN 5 18 Serial Ports A COM Port is located on the IO Backplane See the table on the right for pin definitions Video Connector A Video VGA connector is located next to the COM Port on the IO backplane This connector is used to provide video and CRT display Refer to the board layout below for the location a Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Serial Ports Pin Definitions COM1 Definition Pin Definition CDC DSR RXD RTS TXD DTR Ground NC No Connection 1 COM Port 2 VGA Port nf N 5 19 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide InfiniBand Pin Definitions InfiniBand Connecttion R422 INF E2 The onboard InfiniBand connector is located on the backplane on the motherboard This switch is primarily used for High performance comput ing See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition Input PairO Pos Input PairO Neg Input Pair1 Pos Input Pair1 Neg Input Pair2 Pos Input Pair2 Neg Input Pair3 Pos Input Pair3 Neg 1 InfiniBand 5 20 Definition Input Pair3 Pos Input Pair3 Neg Input Pair2 Pos Input Pair2 Neg Input Pair1 Pos Input Pair1 Neg Input PairO Pos Input PairO Neg Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Unit Identifier Switches Two Unit Identifier UID Switches and LED Indicators are loca
39. Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press lt delete gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected ST36 813AS 3G 85 HDC HD74AGD BAFLAZ 69 8GB HDC HD 44GD 84FLAL HDC HD74AGD BAFLAZ HDC HD74AGD BAFLAL Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are dis played here amwe rras FHI RLI SHY AL CAAA ste Hobe Dont Egira Privas HK IHA ZET Aak TLN her EHA Erru THH i Le Hrite Giaccone Broil ae Stripe Sin HH He H3 WEH SH Als HUL HEYAHSD HELMA HOC HEYAH ZI EHELAL KA ELH BLLELE 6a_ECE 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when
40. Enhanced 7 12 Chapter 7 BIOS Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third IDE Master and Fourth IDE Master These settings allow the user to set the parameters of Primary IDE Master Slave Secondary IDE Master Slave Third and Fourth IDE Master slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with a 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that supports 48 bit LBA mode The options are Disabled and Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Block Mode boosts the IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if Block Mode is not used Block Mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allow data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled
41. Event Log memory of all messages The options are OK and Cancel 7 4 Security Settings The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both pass words the Supervisor password must be set first BIOS SETUP UTILITY Change Supervisor Passuord Supervisor Password This item indicates if a Supervisor password has been entered for the system Not Installed means a Supervisor password has not been used User Password This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Not In stalled means that a user password has not been used Change Supervisor Password Select this feature and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu and then type in a new Supervisor Password 7 26 Chapter 7 BIOS User Access Level Available when Supervisor Password is set as above Available options are Full Access grants full User read and write access to the Setup Utility View Only allows access to the Setup Utility but the fields cannot be changed Limited allows only limited fields to be changed such as Date and Time No Access prevents User access to the Setup Utility Change User Password Select this feature and press lt Enter gt to access the submenu and then type in a new User Password Clear User Password Available only when User Password has been set This item allows you to clear a user password after it has been entered Password Check This item allows you to check a password
42. I D N A CH C0 l H Z N EE HE m WD ane eee 8 Roa ee LAN LAN USB Ports COM Port VGA Port InfiniBand Port USB Ports COM Port VGA Port InfiniBand Port The InfiniBand ports are included on the bullx R422 INF E2 only 6 2 Control Panel Each control panel on the front of the chassis must be connected to the JF1 con nector on its associated serverboard to provide you with system control buttons and status indicators When viewed from the front of the chassis the serverboard on the left is referred to as the primary serverboard and the serverboard on the right as the secondary These wires have been bundled together in a ribbon cable to simplify the connection Connect the cable from JF1 on the serverboard to the control panel PCB printed circuit board Make sure the red wire plugs into pin 1 on both connectors Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path The LEDs inform you of system status for the serverboard it is connected to See Chapter 3 for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Details on JF1 can be found in Chapter 5 6 2 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 3 System Fans Each serverboard has its own set of three 4 cm high performance fans for a total of six in the chassis to provide the cooling for the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Fan speed may be controlled by a setting in BIOS see Chapter 7 System Fan Failure If a fan fails
43. IPMI 1 5 Specification for more information at www intel com The options are No Delay 30 sec 60 sec 1 5 min 2 0 min Startup Delay This feature enables or disables startup delay The options are Enabled and Disabled PEF Startup Delay This sets the pre determined time to delay PEF after system power ups and resets Refer to Table 24 6 of the IPMI 1 5 Specification for more information at www intel com The options are No Delay 30 sec 60 sec 1 5 min 2 0 min Event Message for PEF Action This enables of disables Event Messages for PEF action Refer to Table 24 6 of the IPMI 1 5 Specification for more informa tion at www intel com The options are Disabled and Enabled gt BMC Watch Dog Timer Action Allows the BMC to reset or power down the system if the operating system hangs or crashes The options are Disabled Reset System Power Down Power Cycle BMC Watch Dog TimeOut Min Sec This option appears if BMC Watch Dog Timer Action above is enabled This is a timed delay in minutes or seconds before a system power down or reset after an operating system failure is detected The options are 5 Min 1 Min 30 Sec and 10 Sec 7 25 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt DMI Event Log View Event Log Use this option to view the System Event Log Mark all events as read This option marks all events as read The options are OK and Cancel Clear event log This option clears the
44. Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Capability Available when supported by the OS and the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot thus preventing a worm or a virus from flooding illegal codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The default is Enabled Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information 7 6 Chapter 7 BIOS Simultaneous Multi Threading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Simultaneous Multi Threading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Active Processor Cores Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are All 1 and 2 Intel EIST Technology EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage andcore frequency inan effortto reduce power consumption and heat dissipation Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information The options are Disable Disable GV3 and Enable Enable GV3 Intel TurboMode Technology Select Enabled to use the Turbo Mode to boost system performance The options are Enabled and Disabled Intel C STATE Tech If enabled C State is set by
45. NF E2 weighs approximately 40 Ibs 18 2 kg when fully loaded When lifting the system two people at either end should lift slowly with their feet spread out to distribute the weight Always keep your back straight and lift with your legs Place the chassis top cover and any system components that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made 4 2 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 3 ESD Precautions A Electrostatic discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components 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 grou
46. PK1 can be used Pin Definiti to provide audible alarms for various beep codes See i sata F a igs 1 Pos Beep In the table on the right for pin defi nitions Refer to the layout below for the locations of the Internal Speaker aca bea Buzzer SP1 BEEP IN ALARM SP A NMI Header B Internal Speaker 5 30 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Wake on LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and a cable to use this fea ture See the table on the right for pin definitions Wake on Lan Pin Definitions Definition 5V Standby T SGPIO Headers Two SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output headers T SGPIO 0 T SGPIO 1 are located on the motherboard These headers sup port serial link interfaces for the onboard SATA connectors See the table on the right for pin defi nitions Refer to the board layout below for the location NC No Connections NC Data Ground NC A Wake On Lan B T SGPIOO C T SGPIO1 5 31 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide System Management Bus 12C Connector J18 moni Definition tors power supply fan and system te
47. S Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then Ee short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch dog Enable Disable Watch Dog Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Watch Dog JWD1 is a system monitor that reboots the system when a software application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if an application hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Pins 1 2 Reset default Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable 5 34 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Power Setting Select JPEN1 allows you to confi gure power settings for hot swap support on the Hot Swap version of Chas sis 827 To enable hot swap support for this model of chassis connect a cable to Pins 2 3 of JPEN1 To use the regular power setting for other chassis close Pins 1 2 on JPEN1 with a cap See the table on the right for jumpe
48. T1 CMOS Clear See page 5 34 JPEN1 Normal Power Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 LAN1 2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled J UID OW Red LED OW Pins 7 8 of JF1 Off Overwrites see page 5 36 JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset To use Hot swap support on the 827 chassis connect a cable to pins 2 3 on JPEN1 Close pins 1 2 of JPEN1 with a cap to use regular PWR setting Connector COM1 FAN 1 4 InfiniBand IPMB J119 JF1 JNM1 JP10 JPSK1 JWR1 JWR2 JWOL1 LAN1 2 IPMI dedicated LAN SATAO SATA5 SMBus Swi Description COM1 Serial Port System CPU Fan Headers InfiniBand Connector R422 INF E2 IPMB Header for an IPMI Card R422 E2 R422 INF E2 infiniBand 1 C Debug Header R422 INF E2 Front Panel Connector NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Header Onboard 4 pin Power Connector Internal Speakzer Buzzer Header 12V 20 pin Power Connector see page 5 27 Wake On LAN Header Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports LAN RJ45 Port for IPMI 2 0 R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Intel South Bridge SATA Ports System Management Bus SMBus I C Header J18 Unit Identifier Switch 5 15 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide T SGPIO 0 T SGPIO 1 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers USBO 1 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports 0 1 2 3 VGA Video Port LED Description LE Onboard Standby PWR warning LED Indicator Warning To avoid possible system overheating please be sure to provide
49. Transfer Select Enable to enable the function of 32 bit IDE data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 14 Chapter 7 BIOS IDE Detect Timeout sec Use this feature to set the time out value for the BIOS to detect the ATA ATAPI devices installed in the system The options are 0 sec 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 gt PCI PnP Configuration Clear NVRAM This feature clears the NVRAM during system boot The options are No and Yes Plug amp Play OS Selecting Yes allows the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices This is not required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug amp Play Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles The options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 PCI IDE BusMaster When enabled the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE drives The options are Disabled and Enabled Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 or LAN2 Option ROM This is to boot computer using a network interface The options are Enabled and Disabled gt Super IO Device Configuration Serial Porti Address Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 an
50. ail Power Fail and UID LED con Ping Definition nections The Red LED on pin 8 provides warnings of 7 Blue LED Cathode an overheat fan failure or power failure The Blue LED UID 5 5V SB on pin 7 works as the UID LED indicator for the front Opies ae Fail panel UID switch located on pins 13 14 of JF1 When Jumper J_UID_OW is set to off default the Red LED OH Fan Fail PWR Fail LED takes precedence over the Blue LED Refer to the table Status Red LED on the right for pin definitions State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flashing Fan Fail F Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 Definition and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 3 3V PWR Fail LED A OH Fan Fail PWR Fail UID LED B PWR Supply Fail Ground No Connection Key Key Power LED lt i 3 3V HDD LED lt FP UID Switch 3 3V SB NIC4 Link LED lt NIC1 Activity LED NIC2 Link LED i NIC2 Activity LED OH Fan Fail PWR_ Fail UID LED UID SV SB Pwr Fail LED lt 3 3V Ground ojo Reset gt Reset Button Ground oje PWR gt Power Button Blue_LED_Cathode bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Reset Button i Definitions JF1 The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a hardware reset switch on the plac
51. all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the ambient operating tem perature of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient temperature Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern Reliable Ground A reliable ground must be maintained at all times To ensure this the rack itself should be grounded Particular attention should be given to power supply con nections other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc 2 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2
52. ansfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMA 1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMAQ to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select UDMA 1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs Select UDMAS3 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 66 6 MBs Select UDMA4 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs Select UDMAS5 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 5 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs Select UDMA6 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 6 It has a data transfer rate of 133 MBs The options are Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn and UDMAn S M A R T For Hard disk drives Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impend ing drive failures Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto 32Bit Data
53. asily updated This chapter describes the basic navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility setup screens Starting BIOS Setup Utility To enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility screens press the lt Delete gt key while the system is booting up Note In most cases the lt Delete gt key is used to invoke the AMI BIOS setup screen There are a few cases when other keys are used such as lt F1 gt lt F2 gt etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text mes sage When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these text messages The AMI BIOS Setup Utility uses a key based navigation system called hot keys Most of the AMI BIOS setup utility hot keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation process These keys include lt F1 gt lt F10 gt lt Enter gt lt ESC gt arrow keys etc Note Options printed in Bold are default settings How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters
54. ations apply to a complete system both server boards Processors Two Intel 5500 Series LGA 1366 processors each processor supporting two full width Intel QuickPath Interconnect QPI links with a total of up to 51 2 GT s Data Transfer Rate 6 4 GT s per direction Chipset Intel 5520 BIOS 32 Mb AMI SPI Flash ROM ACPI 1 02 2 0 3 0 Plug and Plat PnP and USB Keyboard support Memory Twelve 240 pin DIMM sockets support up to 48 GB of DDR3 Registered ECC 1333 1066 800 MHz Memory with maximum of 4 GB per DIMM module Serial ATA Controller Intel ESB2 on chip controller to support four 3 Gb s Serial ATA RAID 0 1 SATA Drive Bays Four 4 hot swap drive bays to house four 4 standard SATA drives PCI Expansion Two 2 low profile PCI Express 2 0 x16 slots with pre installed riser cards Serverboard bullx R422 E2 bullx R422 INF E2 Dimensions both 6 5 x 16 4 in 165 x 417 mm D 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide D 2 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 Al 51FA O1
55. between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via_ When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost C 9 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below oono Array Pro perties gt Array Type RAID Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart
56. bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide REFERENCE 86 Al 51FA 01 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Hardware June 2010 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 Al 51FA 01 The following copyright notice protects this book under Copyright laws which prohibit such actions as but not limited to copying distributing modifying and making derivative works Copyright Bull SAS 2010 Copyright Super Micro Computer Inc 2009 Printed in France Trademarks and Acknowledgements We acknowledge the rights of the proprietors of the trademarks mentioned in this manual All brand names and software and hardware product names are subject to trademark and or patent protection Quoting of brand and product names is for information purposes only and does not represent trademark misuse Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Windows and Microsoft software are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torwalds Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies The information in this document is subject to change without notice Bull will not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of this material Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional
57. computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Power Button Pin ore Definitions JF1 The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and Definition PWR Reset 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be confi gured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button Ground No Connection Key Key Power LED 4 3 3V HDD LED FP UID Switch 3 3V SB NICA Link LED lt NIC1 Activity LED NIC2 Link LED NIC2 Activity LED OH Fan Fail PWR_ Blue_LED_Cathode Fail UID LED 4 UID 5V SB PWR Fail LED lt 3 3V Ground Reset Reset Button y Ground PWR gt Power Button 5 26 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 11 Connecting Cables 20 pin Propiletary Power Connectors 20 pin Main Power Connector Pin There are two 20 pin main power supply connec Ae tors PWR1 PWR2 and a 4 pin auxiliary power Definition Pin Definition connector JP10 on the motherboard These 99r Ground power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specifi 2 5 Ground cation For power supply to work properly please 9 3 Giound follow the instruct
58. d Serial Port 2 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options for Serial Porti are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The options for Serial Port2 are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 7 15 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This allows the user to enable the Remote Access feature The options are Disabled and Enabled If Remote Access is set to Enabled the following items will display Serial Port Number This feature allows the user decide which serial port to be used for Console Redirection The options are COM 1 and COM 2 Serial Port Mode This feature allows the user to set the serial port mode for Console Redirection The options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 and 9600 8 n 1 Flow Control This feature allows the user to set the flow control for Console Redirection The options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Select Disabled to turn off Console Redirection after Power On Self Test POST Select Always to keep Console Redirection active all the time after POST Note This setting may not be supported by some operating systems Sel
59. d Setup Configurations Use the arrow keys to select Boot Setup and hit lt Enter gt to access the submenu items BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt Boot Features gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for system boot The options are Enabled and Disabled QuietBoot Mode This option allows the bootup screen options to be modified between POST messages or the OEM logo Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages The options are Enabled and Disabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This sets the display mode for Option ROM The options are Force BIOS and Keep Current Bootup Num Lock This feature selects the Power on state for Numlock key The options are Off and On 7 4 Chapter 7 BIOS Wait For F1 If Error This forces the system to wait until the F1 key is pressed if an error occurs The options are Disabled and Enabled Hit Del Message Display This feature displays Press DEL to run Setup during POST The options are Enabled and Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When this item is set to Enabled the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will capture Interrupt 19 at boot and allow the drives that are attached to these host adapt
60. ding the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer e The Default Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU tempera ture reaches about 5 C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below CPU Temperature System Temperature This feature displays current temperature readings for the CPU and the System The following items will be displayed for your reference only CPU Temperature The CPU thermal technology that reports absolute temperatures Celsius Fahrenheit has been upgraded to a more advanced feature by Intel in its newer processors The basic con cept is each CPU is embedded by unique temperature information that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or Temperature Tolerance has been assigned at the factory and is the baseline on which the motherboard takes action during different CPU temperature conditions i e by increasing CPU Fan speed triggering the Overheat Alarm etc Since CPUs can have different Temperature Tolerances the installed CPU 7 17 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide can now send information to the moth
61. e chassis airflow See Chapter 5 for details on cable connections 2 9 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 2 6 Preparing to Power On Next you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SATA drives and SATA backplane have been properly installed and all connections have been made Checking the SATA drives 1 All drives are accessable from the front of the server The SATA disk drives can be installed and removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover Depending upon your system s configuration your system may have one or two drives already installed If you need to install SATA drives please refer to Chapter 6 Checking the Airflow T Airflow is provided by six sets of 4 cm fans each set of fans consists of two fans that are mounted back to back and an air shroud The system compo nent layout was carefully designed to direct sufficient cooling airflow to the components that generate the most heat Note that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow generated by the fans Providing Power 1 Plug the power cords from the power supplies unit into a high quality power strip that offers protection from electrical noise and power surges It is recommended that you use an uninterruptible power supply UPS Finally depress the power on button on the front of the chassis 2 10 Chapter 2 Server
62. e ee eee ener cere errr tre 6 5 Chapter 7 BIOS 7 1 giide s 01 e g epererer ner ner terre E E re cree rer rere eer cr ert er 7 1 Te E10 eee ee eee eee eee er cere ee ere en eer 7 2 7 3 Advanced Setup Connguravons xiccenincaneclscomitaieaniiinemimentaeist 7 4 TA SECUN SONGS pcrs enen Eroe eese E eoi iTe EaD EDn 7 26 T 5 Boot GConfiguratioN cresensa RE 7 27 T6 EXTON cence ere ene en een eee err Ce eee ee ee ere ee 7 29 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D System Specifications VIII Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 is a 1U Twin server comprised of the 1U chassis and two twin R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboards Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 In addition to the serverboard and chassis various hardware components may have been included with the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 as listed below e Four 4 CPU heatsinks SNK P0017 e SATA Accessories Four 4 SATA hard drive carriers MCP 220 00001 03 01 One 1 internal SATA backplane BPN SAS 808 One 1 SATA cable set CBL 0201L e Two 2 PCI E x16 riser cards RSC R1U E16R e Six 6 4 cm high performance fans FAN 0085L e Rackmount hardware with screws CSE PT51L Two 2 rack rail assemblies
63. e point on the siot To install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom Top View of DDR3 Slot Fy Release Tab U Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Figure 5 3 DIMM Installation 5 12 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 7 Adding PCI Cards PCI Express 2 0 Slot The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 includes two preinstalled riser cards These riser cards support two low profile PCI Express 2 0 second generation PCI E cards to fit inside the chassis PCI Card Installation The riser card has already been preinstalled into the serverboard Perform the fol lowing steps to add a PCI add on card 1 Remove the PCI slot shield on the chassis by releasing the locking tab 2 Insert the add on card into the riser card 3 Secure the add on card with the locking tab 5 13 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 5 8 Serverboard Details Figure 5 4 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Layout ee Oxo SITE ITs fc Y et ep q o o o nog voww cowed a your i we La Winn ft Cree 5 14 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Serverboard Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JB
64. e two control panels located on the front of the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 chassis has five LEDs Each LED provides you with critical information related its own specific serverboard This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When on continuously it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally verify that the heatsinks are installed properly see Chapter 5 This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the indicated condition exists SH NIC2 Indicates network activity on LAN2 when flashing E NIC1 Indicates network activity on LAN1 when flashing u HDD Channel activity for the hard disk drives This light indicates SATA drive activity on the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 when flashing 3 2 Chapter 3 System Interface Ay Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply unit This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating 3 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs Each SATA drive carrier has two LEDs e Green When illuminated the green LED on the front of the SATA
65. ebase and select Adaptec Then press lt En ter gt For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adaptec SATA with HostRAID The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functional ity and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O performance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximiz ing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design bullx R422 E1 R422 INF E1 serverboard offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configurat
66. ect Boot Loader to keep Console Redirection active during POST and Boot Loader The options are Disabled Boot Loader and Always Terminal Type This feature allows the user to select the target terminal type for Console Redirection The options are ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support A terminal keyboard definition that provides a way to send commands from a remote console Available options are Enabled and Disabled Sredir Memory Display Delay This feature defines the length of time in seconds to display memory information The options are No Delay Delay 1 Sec Delay 2 Sec and Delay 4 Sec 7 16 Chapter 7 BIOS gt Hardware Health Monitor This feature allows the user to monitor system health and review the status of each item as displayed CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which determines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning A N 1 Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold temperature pre defined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cooling fans will run at full speed 2 To avoid possible system overheating please be sure to provide ad equate airflow to your system The options are e The Early Alarm Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm inclu
67. elected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays a wow a aaa a a a A a AE aa a Ae Select driv 1 create Array Selected Drives 1888138 p 74 36 68 ST380613AS 74 303 9 Al 41 HDC ND74KUD HAFLAT 54 HUB HDC HD74ACD BAFLAZ 43 WDC WD 48CD BHFLAL 69 BCB C 8 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you can not change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives EEE CNG ESC ARS 4 LESSEE AE tirray Froperties Array Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Label Array Size 68 938 GB 64KB Stripe Size Create RAID via Done 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press lt Enter gt Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select
68. elow for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only C 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Configuring SATA RAID 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Cod
69. em is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 5 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option RUM v5 1 4 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Uolumig RAID Level RAIDIA RAIDAI1 Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx GB Create Vo lune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a s
70. en exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm User intervention If the system buzzer and Overheat LED has activated take action immediately by checking the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems Notes 1 The system may shut down if it continues for a long period to prevent damage to the CPU 2 The information provided above is for your reference only For more information on thermal management please refer to Intels Web site at www Intel com System Temperature The system temperature will be displayed in degrees in Celsius and Fahrenheit as it is detected by the BIOS Fan Speed Control Monitor This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die tem perature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disabled Full Speed 12V to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disabled Full Speed 2 Server Mode 3 Workstation Mode 7 18 Chapter 7 BIOS Fan1 Fan 4 Reading This feature displays the fan speed readings from fan interfaces Fan1 through Fan5 Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed CPU
71. eral overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard including the locations and functions of connectors headers and jumpers Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfiguring the serverboard Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the R422 E2 R422 INF E2 1U rackmount server chassis You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing removing or reconfiguring SAS SATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans Chapter 7 BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D System Specifications Preface Notes bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide VI Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 9 2 ao Sen ee eee ens Ree te aN ORO Oe SERRE Re Se aR CT Re Cee Ean 1 1 l 2 Serverboard FPGAS S ssc sci cece See Shetatm aeaii aa ead aes 1 2 1 3 Server Chassis Features sicccccces sxzecnienu citerdennatnrcusaeeteteectecen sateneus caesdec
72. erboard what its Temperature Tolerance is and not the other way around This results in better CPU thermal management Bull has leveraged this feature by assigning a temperature status to certain thermal conditions in the processor Low Medium and High This makes it easier for the user to understand the CPU s temperature status rather than by just simply seeing a temperature reading i e 250C The CPU Temperature feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control User intervention No action required Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but the CPU is still within its normal operating state and below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider checking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Tempera ture Tolerance has been reached or has be
73. ers the steps required to install the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard into the chassis connect the data and power cables and install add on cards All serverboard jumpers and connections are also described A layout and quick reference chart are included in this chapter for your reference Remember to completely close the chassis when you have finished working with the serverboard to better cool and protect the system 5 1 Handling the Serverboard Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them very carefully see previous chapter To prevent the serverboard from bending keep one hand under the center of the board to support it when handling The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from electric static discharge Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent Electrostatic Discharge ESD e Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag e Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the moun
74. erver please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 6 Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear on ROM v5 ght Cc 2483 85 Inte Corpo atior ALL ight CREATE VOLUME MENU J Nane VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity B U GB Create Volune HELP Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays see note on page B 3
75. feature allows the user to configure the settings for the Intel ICH South Bridge chipset USB Functions This feature allows the user to decide the number of onboard USB ports to be enabled The Options are Disabled 2 USB ports 4 USB ports 6 USB ports 8 Ports 10 Ports and 12 USB ports Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to use Legacy USB devices If this item is set to Auto Legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on the motherboard and vise versa The settings are Disabled Enabled and Auto USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activate the onboard USB 2 0 controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting allows you to select the USB 2 0 Controller mode The options are Hi Speed 480 Mbps and Full Speed 12 Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand Off Select Enabled to enable BIOS Enhanced Host Controller Interface support to provide a workaround solution for an operating system that does not have EHCI Hand Off support When enabled the EHCI Interface will be changed from the BIOS controlled to the OS controlled The options are Disabled and Enabled 7 11 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt IDE SATA Floppy Configuration When this submenu is selected the AMI BIOS automatically detects the pres ence of the IDE devices and displays the following items SATA 1 Configuration If Compatible is selected it sets SATA 1 to le
76. gacy compatibility mode while selecting Enhanced sets SATA 1 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled Compatible and Enhanced Configure SATA 1 as This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA 1 The options are IDE RAID and AHCI When the option RAID is selected the item ICH RAID Code Base will appear When the option AHCI is selected the item SATA AHCI will be available ICH RAID Code Base This feature is available when the option RAID is se lected Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware to configure Intel s SATA RAID set tings Select Adaptec to enable Adaptec s SATA RAID firmware to configure Adaptec s SATA RAID settings The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI This feature is available when the option AHCI is selected Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled If the option Enabled is selected the following item will display Hot Plug This feature is available when the option Enabled is selected Select Enable to enable the hot plug function for the SATA devices The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA 2 Configuration Selecting Enhanced will set SATA 2 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled and Enhanced SATA 2 Configuration Selecting Enhanced will set SATA 2 to native SATA mode The options are Disabled and
77. igent Platform Management Interface IPMI is a set of common interfaces that IT administrators can use to monitor system health and to manage the system as a whole For more information on the IPMI specifications please visit Intel s website at www intel com BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt View BNC System Event Log Status of BMC Baseboard Management Controller BMC manages the interface between system management software and platform hardware This is an informational feature which returns the status code of the BMC micro controller 7 20 Chapter 7 BIOS gt View BMC System Event Log This feature displays the BMC System Event Log SEL It shows the total num ber of entries of BMC System Events To view an event select an Entry Number and pressing lt Enter gt to display the information as shown in the screen HOS SETUP UTILITY SEL Entry Number e Total Number of Entries e SEL Entry Number e SEL Record ID e SEL Record Type e Timestamp Generator ID e Event Message Format User e Event Sensor Type e Event Sensor Number e Event Dir Type e Event Data Clear BMC System Event Log Clear BMC System Log Select OK and press the lt Enter gt key to clear the BMC system log Select to keep the BMC System log The options are OK and Cancel that you no longer need any data stored in the log before clearing the i Caution Any cleared information is unrecoverable Make absolutely sure BMC Event Log 7 21
78. ighlight System Time or System Date using the arrow keys Key in new values through the keyboard and press lt Enter gt Press the lt Tab gt key to move between fields The date must be entered in Day MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in the 24 hour format For example 5 30 P M appears as 17 30 00 Supermicro X8DTT F IBX IBXF IBQ IBQF e BIOS Build Version This item displays the BIOS revision used in your sys tem e BIOS Build Date This item displays the date when this BIOS was completed e AMI BIOS Core Version This item displays the revision number of the AMI BIOS Core upon which your BIOS was built Processor The AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of the processor used in your system e CPU Type This item displays the type of CPU used in the motherboard Speed This item displays the speed of the CPU detected by the BIOS e Physical Count This item displays the number of processors installed in your system as detected by the BIOS e Logical Count This item displays the number of CPU Cores installed in your system as detected by the BIOS e Micro_code Revision This item displays the revision number of the BIOS Mi cro_code used in your system Memory This displays the size of memory available in the system e Size This item displays the memory size detected by the BIOS 7 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 7 3 Advance
79. iguration Utility ain Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives C 4 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page C 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below manage firrays reate Array ddzDe lete Hotspare Con igure Drives bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press lt Insert gt ec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 f Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives ST3888135AS 74 56B HDC WD 46CD H6FLAL 69 20B HDC WD 40CD ABFLA2 69 2CB HDC WD 46CD B8FLAL 69 26B Hl I 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Selected Drives ST HH STSBHHISRS 4 508 AL WoC KD7
80. ing AS peaches cas saecrecretc ced nE A E E EE 5 3 5 4 Control Panel Connectors lO Ports c ccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeneaneneeeees 5 5 5 5 Installing Processor and FE aS rvcgeicecdsainactvecniaeiteriaussacatemesweiwicmitatdieisias 5 6 5 6 Installing MERION sea sccercbetesscrstenstccrectpetenceinctand eee iS 5 10 5 7 Adding PG WANS ecrerenecenine i RE 5 13 5 8 Serverboard Details sssnseeneeeseseenetrtntntstsrtttrn tnt atacusatendiecasaiaien nenene 5 14 VII bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 5 9 Back Panel Connector Pin Definitions picisdtscieecenceorespeisisertestareencrsivinicenes 5 17 5 10 Front Control PAG sccaSaciacaicscccsenesentenuieveeeasenasenaneundsciacadeavantearacuneeseeureceateerdetneted 5 22 5 11 Connecting Cable Si sccsscvcercesssscesueeeseendicate tabiireiedncnenisnieaeecmnielatanneet 5 27 5 12 UTMOST Settings renerrien acca asters AE 5 33 543 Onboard INdCatO Snecer niaiserie ieie aigein a eE nin 5 37 5 14 Serial ATA and PCI E Connections xxscicsiescexsiceresccvsostusnetaueuctintcctensovmeccenssuvesce 5 39 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup 6 1 Static Sensitive DEVIGO Sarii aa Er ATE E EREET ERE 6 1 62 C nrolPanel essinu este eee 6 2 63 Systemi FRING scepter E beet cease ce peas sate 6 3 6 4 Drive Bay Installation REMOVaI 2c ceeceecceeeeeee eee e eee eeee eae aeeeeeeeeeeeteneenaneeeees 6 3 6 5 gd 1 s fee 10 scsreecren ere een eer er tee cere ce e
81. ing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the N memory is interleaved to improve performance See step 1 Installing a DIMM 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with P1 DIMM 1A For best memory performance please install memory modules of the same type and same speed on the memory slots as indicated on the tables below See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incor rectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules Memory Population for Optimal Performance For a motherboard with One CPU CPU1 installed ee e a 6 DIMMs P1 DIMM1A P1 DIMM1B P1 DIMM2A P1 DIMM2B P1 DIMM3A P1 DIMM3B For a motherboard with One CPU CPU2 installed aren ranch raren ona eem rennin eoma For a motherboard with Two CPUs installed CPU1 CPU2 Branch 1 Branch 1 Branch 3 eomms 1a jaf eomus ia e aa 5 10 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Memory Support The R422 E2 R422 INF E2 supports up to 48 GB Registered ECC DDR3 1333 MHz 1066 MHz 800 MHz in 12 DIMMs w maximum of 4 GB per DIMM Also memory speed support is dependent on the type of CPU used on the board DIMM Module Population Configuration For memory to work properly
82. ing with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electri cal components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease static electrical discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators The power supply power cords must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets 4 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide e Serverboard Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarites see Figure 4 1 This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions e Mainboard replaceable soldered in fuses Self resetting PTC Positive Tempera 4 2 ture Coefficient fuses on the mainboard must be replaced by trained service technicians only The new fuse must be the same or equivalent as the one replaced Contact technical support for details and support General Safety Precautions A Follow these rules to ensure general safety Keep the area around the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 clean and free of clut ter The bullx R422 E2 R422 I
83. ion Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the lt Insert gt key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the lt Delete gt key to de select it bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 40 Options frray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Array Conf
84. ions given below See the table 14 Ground 4 Ground on the right for pin definitions Also refer to the Ground 5 Ground layout below for the PWR connector locations 16 Nea 6 NC1 17 12V 7 12V 18 12V 8 12V 12V 8 12V connector and PWR2 the left connector as input power supply at the same time Only one connector can be used for input power supply to the motherboard at a time For proper use of these proprietary PWR Connectors please customize your PWR cables based on Supermicro PWR Connector Pin Out Definitions listed above Note 1 You cannot use both 20 pin power connectors PWR1 the right Note 2 The black square dot on a power connector indicates the location of Pin 1 See the pictures below for the power cable connections PETERT e e Ea a pits j A Right 20 pin connector amp cable PWR1 B Left 20 pin connector amp cable PWR2 C 4 pin PWR Connector 5 27 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 4 pin Auxiliary Power Connector 4 pin Power Pin Definitions In addition to two 20 pin power connectors a 4 pin 12V PWR supply is located at JP10 on the motherboard This power connector is used to provide power supply to hard drive disks Refer to the layout below for the location Definition 12V Ground Ground Note 1 The 4 pin Auxiliary Power Connector is used for power sup
85. ix Serial ATA Ports I SATAO I SATA 5 are located at JS1 JS6 on the motherboard These ports provide serial link signal transmission which is faster than that of the traditional Parallel ATA See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial ATA Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 TX_P 34 Ground RX_N RX_P Ground PCI Express x16 Gen 2 Slot A PCI Express x16 Gen 2 Slot is located next to the SATA ports on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the InfiniBand Connector location A SATAO B I SATA1 C SATA2 D I SATA3 E SATA4 F SATA5 G PCI E x16 Gen 2 5 39 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Notes 5 40 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform mainte nance on the bullx R422 E2 chassis For component installation follow the steps in the order given to eliminate the most common problems encountered If some steps are unnecessary skip ahead to the step that follows The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a Philips screwdriver 6 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to any printed circuit boards PCBs it is important to handle them ve
86. ludes a set of inner rails in two sections inner rails and inner rail extensions The inner rails are preattached and do not interfere with normal use of the chassis if you decide not to use a server rack Attach the inner rail extension to stabilize the chassis within the rack To install the inner rails 1 Place the inner rack extensions on the side of the chassis aligning the hooks of the chassis with the rail extension holes Make sure the extension faces outward just like the preattached inner rail 2 Slide the extension toward the front of the chassis 3 Secure the chassis with 2 screws as illustrated 4 Repeat steps 1 3 for the other inner rail extensionT Figure 2 4 Assembling the Outer Rails Secure to the Front of the Rack Secure to the Attach Outer Racks Rear of the Rack together 2 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation To install the outer rails of the rack Attach the short bracket to the outside of the long bracket You must align the pins with the slides Also both bracket ends must face the same direction Adjust both the short and long brackets to the proper distance so that the rail fi ts snugly into the rack Secure the long bracket to the front side of the outer rail with two M5 screws and the short bracket to the rear side of the outer rail with three M5 screws Repeat steps 1 3 for the other outer rail 2 7 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Installing the
87. may be changed by entering the AMI BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing lt Del gt at the appropriate time during system boot bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible Power On Self Test POST routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the AMI BIOS Setup Utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens An AMI BIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the screen below the copyright message ed issue Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the system In no event shall Supermicro be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from a BIOS update If you have to update the BIOS do not shut down or reset the system while the BIOS is updating This is to avoid possible boot failure 7 2 Main Setup i Warning Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS relat When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below 7 2 Chapter 7 BIOS System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date H
88. mperatures See the table on the right for pin definitions Sleek Data PWR Fail Ground 2 IPMB I C SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions A System Management Bus header for the IPMI slot is located at IPMB Connect the appropriate cable here to use the IPMB I C connection on your system Definition Data Ground Clock No Connection A PWR SMB B IPMB SMB g Ho000000000 is 5 32 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 12 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identifi ed with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable L_ Seting 3 2 1 3 2 1 Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Jumper Settings JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN Ports 1 2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings A GLAN Port 1 2 Enable 5 33 Definition Enabled default Disabled bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide CMO
89. nctions Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt En ter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines 8 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following mes sage Press lt Ctrl gt lt I gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one d
90. nd the like e This product is not suitable for use with visual display work place devices according to 2 of the the German Ordinance for Work with Visual Display Units Rack Precautions A N Warnings and Precautions e Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them e In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack e In multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together e Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack e You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable Server Precautions e Review the electrical and general safety precautions in Chapter 4 e Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails e Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first and then work up e Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the server from power surges voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure e Allow the hot plug SATA drives and power supply modules to cool before touching them 2 2 Chapter 2 Server Installation e Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the serv ers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling e Make sure
91. nded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed circuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the serverboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard 4 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 4 4 Operating Precautions A Care must be taken to assure that the chassis cover is in place when the Nova Scale R422 E2 R422 INF E2 is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the system can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Figure 4 1 Installing the Onboard Battery LITHIUM BATTERY OR BATTERY HOLDER LITHIUM BATTERY BATTERY HOLDER Battery model CR2032 3 Volts or equivalent type Varta Sony Matsushita Pa nasonic FDK 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup This chapter cov
92. nel Although they share a common power supply the 12C signals used for power supply monitoring are received by the primary serverboard only When viewed from the front of the chassis the serverboard on the left is referred to as the primary board and the serverboard on the right as the secondary SATA Backplane Drives As a system the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 supports the use of four SATA drives The SATA backplane works as a single backplane divided into two sections This means that while a single power connector is used and functions such as overheat ing apply to both sections together each pair of SATA drives is logically connected to its own serverboard Consequently RAID setup is limited to a two drive scheme RAID cannot be spread across all four drives 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 up and running Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time This quick setup assumes that your system has come to you with the processors and memory preinstalled If your system is not already fully integrated with a serverboard pro cessors system memory etc please turn to the chapter or section noted in each step for details on installing specific components 2 2 Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the bull
93. one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page C 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installa
94. ors to function as bootable disks If this item is set to Disabled the ROM BIOS of the host adaptors will not capture Interrupt 19 and the drives attached to these adaptors will not function as bootable devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Configuration Power Button Function If set to Instant_Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4_Second_Override the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are Instant_Off and 4_Second_ Override Restore on AC Power Loss Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on after a power loss Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before a power loss The options are Power On Power Off and Last State Watch Dog Timer If enabled the Watch Dog Timer will allow the system to reboot when it is inactive for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled 7 5 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt Processor and Clock Options This submenu allows the user to configure the Processor and Clock settings Ratio CMOS Setting This option allows the user to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the Memory Frequency Note if an invalid ratio is entered the AMI BIOS will res
95. ply output to HDDs Required Connection only Note 2 The black square dot on the power connector indicates the location of Pin 1 See the pictures below for the power cable connections A 4 pin Aux PWR B One male receptacle PWR Connector C amp D Two female PWR connectors 5 28 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Fan Headers The R422 E2 R422 INF E2 has four chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan4 on the motherboard All these 4 pin fans headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans 3 pin fans do not sup port fan speed control However fan speed control is available for 4 pin fans The fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting in the BIOS The Default set ting is Disabled See the table on the right for pin definitions Fan Header Pin Definitions Definition Ground 12V Tachometer PWR Modulation A Fant B Fan2 C Fan3 D Fan4 5 29 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide NMI Header NMI Button Pin Definitions i JF1 The non maskable interrupt header is located at ai i m Definiti JNMI1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini ee i Control tions Internal Buzzer ae Eee Pin Definitions The Internal Buzzer located at JS
96. r removing the plastic cap us ing your thumb and the index finger hold the CPU at the north and south center edges CPU 5 Align the CPU key the semi circle cutout against the socket key the notch below the gold color dot on the side of the socket CPU Socket 6 Once both the CPU and the socket are aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or its pins to avoid damag ing the CPU or the socket Socket keys 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Once the CPU is securely seated on the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket 9 Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock Warning Please save the A N plastic cap The motherboard must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the plastic cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins Load Plate 5 7 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Installing a CPU Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die because the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 Install Screw 1 3
97. r s Guide Notes 7 30 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up pro cedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs A 1 BIOS Error Beep Codes BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 1 beep No memory detected in the system 5 short beeps 1 long beep Memory Error Video adapter missing or with faulty memory 8 beeps Display memory read write error 1 continuous beep with the front panel OH LED on 1 continuous beep with the front panel OH LED on System Overheat bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Notes Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix B Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s IOH 36D SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User e If you do not wish to configure
98. r settings VGA Enable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA connection supported by the onboard VGA Con troller The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings 00000 zA 000 E E T a a 1 amnia ooooo0oo00000 ORloooco n ES E a3 H H E a o o o o o o o o o o o o o ao o o o o 5 35 Power Setting Select Jumper Settings Jumper Definition Pins 1 2 Onboard PWR setting Pins 2 3 Hot Swap support VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A PWR Setting Select B VGA Enable bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide When the jumper J_UID_OW is set to Off de sade Jumper Definition fault the Red LED Overheat Fan Fail PWR Fail UID LED located on Pin 8 of the Front otauty LED Pin8 of JF takes j precedence over over Control Panel JF1 will take precedence over writes the Blue UID LED the Blue UID_LED located on Pin 7 of JF1 In Pin 7 of JF1 this case when the Red LED is on the Blue Red LED On Blue LED Off LED will be turned off When the RED LED SCALED OR Tue UID is off the Blue UID_LED can be on or off In On or Off other words the Red LED signal overwrites the Red LED OH Fan Fail Blue UID_LE
99. re threshold is reached before Closed Loop Throttling begins The options are Disabled 1 5 C 3 0 C and 6 0 C Guardband Temperature This is the temperature which applies to the DIMM temperature threshold Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 006 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Inlet Temperature This is the temperature detected at the chassis inlet Each step is in 0 5 C increment The default is 070 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Temperature Rise This is the temperature rise to the DIMM thermal zone Each step is in 0 50C increment The default is 020 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Air Flow This is the air flow speed to the DIMM modules Each step is one mm sec The default is 1500 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Altitude This feature defines how many meters above or below sea level the system is lo cated The options are Sea Level or Below 1 300 301 600 601 900 901 1200 1201 1500 1501 1800 1801 2100 2101 2400 2401 2700 2701 3000 DIMM Pitch This is the physical space between each DIMM module Each step is in 1 1000 of an inch The default is 400 Press or on your keyboard to change this value 7 9 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide gt North Bridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for the Intel North Bridge chip
100. rive installed Due to each serverboard controlling two of the four SATA Using the Intel IOH 36D SATA RAID Utility Program Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Volunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 8 HDC WD2588SD 81K WD HMAL72034971 232 SCB HDC WD2588SD 81K WD HMAL72834599 32 SCB HDC WD2564JD 84F WD HMAEH1376189 232 9GB HDC WD2588JD 4F WD HMAEH1449527 232 9GB ress WUD to enter Configuration Utility idaptec SCSI BIOS v4 3 8 opyright 2883 Adaptec Inc All Rights Reserved d d Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt b Ch ID LUN Vendor Product size b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supermicro s endorsement or non endorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual B 3 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will
101. rverboard is properly installed and all the con nections have been made Accessing the Inside of the System 1 Release the retention screws that secure the system to the rack Grasp the two handles on either side and pull the system straight out until it locks you will hear a click Remove the four screws two on the sides and two on the top that secure the top cover to the chassis Place your thumbs in the two rectangular recess es and push the cover away from you toward the rear of the chassis until it stops You can then lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server see Figure 2 6 To remove the system from the rack completely depress the locking tabs in the chassis rails push the right side tab down and the left side tab up to continue to pull the system out past the locked position Checking the Components and Setup ile You may have one or two processors already installed in each of the two serverboards Each processor needs its own heatsink See Chapter 5 for instructions on processor and heatsink installation Your server system may have come with system memory already installed Make sure all DIMMs are fully seated in their slots For details on adding system memory refer to Chapter 5 You can install two add on cards to the system See Chapter 5 for details on installing PCI add on cards Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking th
102. ry carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD discharge Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag e Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the serverboard add on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 6 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Figure 6 1 Chassis Front View Control Panel Primary Serverboard Control Panel Secondary Serverboard Trase QO IRURA Ea SATA Drives Figure 6 2 Chassis Rear View LAN Ports PCI Express x16 Slot Power Supply LAN Ports PCI Express x16 Slot B
103. s was designed to support four SATA hard drives which are hot swappable units Control Panel The bullx R422 E2 chassis features two independant control panels associated with each serverboard in the chassis Each control panel has LEDs to indicate power on network activity hard disk drive activity and system overheat conditions Each control panel also includes a main power button and a system reset button Rear I O Panel The bullx R422 E2 chassis is a 1U rackmount chassis Its I O panel provides a slot for two low profile PCI E x16 expansion cards two COM ports four USB ports two VGA ports and four Gb Ethernet ports The bullx R422 INF E2 also provides two InfiniBand ports See Chapter 6 for details Cooling System The bullx R422 E2 chassis has an innovative cooling design that features two sets of triple for a total of six 4 cm high performance fans A fan speed control setting in BIOS allows fan speed to be determined by system temperature 1 5 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 1 4 1U Twin System Notes As a 1U Twin configuration the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 is a unique server sys tem With two system boards incorporated into a single chassis there are several points you should keep in mind System Power A single power supply is used to provide the power for both serverboards Each serverboard however can be shut down independently of the other with the power button on its own control pa
104. table array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays z ape py EM reate Array 08 nirror RAID 1 34 468 dd Delete Hotspare Coni igure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Adding Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to adda new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page C 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press lt Insert gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page C 4 select Add
105. ted on the motherboard The Front Panel UID Switch is located at Pin 13 on the Front Control Panel JF1 The Rear UID Switch is located at SW1 next to the Infi niBand Connector The Front Panel UID LED is located at Pin 7 of JF1 and the Rear UID LED is located eun at LE4 When you press a UID switch on the front panel or on the back panel both Rear UID LED and Front Panel UID LED Indicators will be turned on Press the UID switch again to turn off both LED Indicators These UID Indicators provide easy identifi cation of a system unit that may be in need of service See the table on the right for pin definitions Definition Ground Ground Button In Note UID LED is supported by the physical switch or the BMC When it is controlled by the physical switch it will stay solid When it is controlled by the BMC it will blink 1 UID Switch 2 FP UID Switch amp UID LED 5 21 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide 5 10 Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo cated on acontrol panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See the figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins
106. teneigentuege 1 5 1 4 1U Twin System INGOTS static taes ios ct eos catetedetd enrieeiant iti leata dis Cacgd herders 1 6 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2 1 OVEIVIEW See nee ee rer srt name mn R eae eer en ere are 2 1 2 22 Unpacking the System iiien an akaki EEE Ee aceasta 2 1 2 3 Preparing for Set eccriene ae i eE a EEEE E AiE 2 1 2 4 Installing the System into a Rack x sicccvicr cccdnacdvasarseeseaauaasGansdeutawewievicindanciweiants 2 4 2 5 Checking the Serverboard Setup sssssssesrrrrrrrestsrtrrnrnrntstsrttrrrnrnennsrerrene 2 9 2 6 Preparing to Power Onirensccsisisneereni n r E EEE 2 10 Chapter 3 System Interface 3 1 MOT aerea a E A E E A 3 1 3 2 Control Panel BUNS yrassa oana onr AE aE Eo re eiia 3 1 3 3 ControlPanel LEDS csse E 3 2 3 4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDS aicictesiesieiess esstncsaancnntencatceresatindsdadaudeetuendeviunietiaeiaccacoee 3 3 Chapter 4 System Safety 4 1 Electrical Safety Precautions ccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeceeeeeeneeneneaeeaaneeeeneneeees 4 1 4 2 General Safety Precautions acces veiecentrrcccrenscessvdcscenietintieas Ra weecieiscdiarexaiansetians 4 2 4 3 ESD Proca tionS orere E ERES 4 3 4 4 Operating Precautions sesismiscereirn e telemeaxneedasant a ebvbiateladvaancies 4 4 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup 5 1 Handling the Serverboard srecen E EET 5 1 5 2 Installing the Serverboard rsieiedacsasaeics caseeiseranacdiereetessteeiledreiesdecni mom eimeceeneens 5 2 5 3 Connect
107. the remaining fans will ramp up to full speed and the overheat fan fail LED on the control panel will blink on and off Replace any failed fan at your earliest convenience with the same type and model the system can continue to run with a failed fan Remove the top chassis cover while the system is still running to deter mine which of the fans has failed Then power down the system before replacing a fan Removing the power cord is also recommended as a safety precaution 6 4 Drive Bay Installation Removal Accessing the Drive Bays SATA Drives Because of their hotswap capability you do not need to access the inside of the chassis or power down the system to install or replace SATA drives Proceed to the next step for instructions Note The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot swap capability of the SATA drives Use caution when working around the SATA backplane Do not touch the backplane with any metal objects and make sure no AN cables touch the backplane Also regardless of how many SATA drives are installed all four drive carriers must remain in the chassis to maintain proper airflow SATA Drive Installation The SATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the chassis These carriers also help promote proper airflow for the system For this reason even empty carriers without drives installed must remain in the chassis Mounting a SATA Drive in a Carrier
108. ting fasteners and the serverboard 5 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide Unpacking The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid electrostatic discharge When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 5 2 Installing the Serverboard This section explains the first step of physically mounting the serverboard into the chassis Following the steps in the order given will eliminate the most common problems encountered in such an installation To remove the serverboard follow the procedure in reverse order Accessing the Inside of the System 1 Remove all four screws securing the top cover of the chassis two at the top rear of the cover and one on each side lip also near the back Place both thumbs in the indentations and push the cover back until it slides off Lift the top cover from the chassis to gain full access to the inside of the server If already installed in a rack you must first release the retention screws that secure the unit to the rack then grasp the two handles on either side and pull the unit straight out until the rails lock into place See Figure 2 5 Check Compatibility of Serverboard Ports and I O Shield Make sure that the I O ports on the serverboards align properly with their respec tive holes in the I O shield at the back of the chassis when installing Mounting the Serverboard onto the Serverboard Tray 1 Carefully
109. tion UID Signal 3 3V HDD Active B HDD LED FP UID Switch LED FP UID Switch 3 3V SB NIC4 Activity LED NIC2 Activity LED Blue_LED_ Cathode UID 5V SB 3 3V Reset Reset Button PWR Power Button bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide NIC1 LED Indicator GLAN1 LED Pin Definitions The NIC Network Interface Controller LED connec sal tions for GLAN port 1 are located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 Attach a NIC LED cable to display LAN Port1 connections and activities Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Definition NIC1 Activity NIC1 Link NIC2 LED Indicator The Network LED connections for GLAN port 2 are al located on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach a NIC LED si cable to display LAN Port2 connections and activities Nice Activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NIC2 Link A NIC1 LED B NIC2 LED Key Key Power LED lt 3 3V HDD LED lt FP UID Switch 3 3V SB 5 Cc Q nict vink LED lt nic2 Link LED ojo NIC2 Activity LED OH Fan Fail PWR Blue_LED_Cathode Fail UIDLED UID 5V SB PWR Fail LED lt 3 3V Ground o Reset gt Reset Button Ground o PWR gt Power Button 5 24 Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup Overheat OH Fan Fail UID LED OH Fan Fail PWR Fail Connect an LED cable to pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to use B the Overheat Fan F
110. tion and User s Guide Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears SATA Port 8 S1T388813AS 3 85 1 5 Gb s 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 HDC WD 48GD BFLAL HDC WD748CD ABFLAZ HDC WD 74 CD BFLAL HDC WD 48CD HBFLAZ 27 B8D27 1 5 Gb s 31 88F31 1 5 Gb s 2 88D27 1 5 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed C 16 Appendix C Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level format ting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 1368813AS 3 05 LS SATA Port 1 HDC WD 4BCD BBFLAL 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the
111. tion settings RAID 0 and 1 are supported PCI Expansion Slots Each bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard has one PCI Express 2 0 x16 slot so two PCI Express 2 0 x16 slots are provided in the server In the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 server configuration riser cards have been pre installed to support two low profile PCI Express 2 0 x16 add on cards 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Ethernet Ports Two Intel 82563EB network controllers are integrated into each of the server boards to support a total of four Gigabit LAN ports 100 1000Base T 1000BaseTX RJ45 output Onboard Controllers Ports Onboard I O backpanel ports include one COM port a VGA port two USB ports two Gigabit LAN NIC ports and on the bullx R422 INF E2 only an InfiniBand MT25204 controller 20 Gbps port There are two sets of I O ports included in the server one set for each severboard A InfiniBand Port Bracket The InfiniBand port bracket is a small U shaped bracket that secures the connector to the I O port shield This allows the I O shield not the serverboard to support the cable s weight The bracket can be found on the connector itself When installing the serverboard remove the bracket from the InfiniBand port Slide the port through the shield and then replace the bracket to secure the port to the I O shield ATI Graphics Controller The bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 serverboard features an integrated ATI video controller based on the
112. tore the setting to the previous state The default setting depends on the type of CPU installed on the motherboard The default setting for the CPU installed in your motherboard is 18 Press or on your keyboard to change this value C1E Support Select Enabled to use the feature of Enhanced Halt State C1E significantly reduces the CPU s power consumption by reducing the CPU s clock cycle and voltage during a Halt State The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the hardware pre fetcher will pre fetch streams of data and instructions from the main memory to the L2 cache in the forward or backward manner to improve CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to
113. x R422 E2 R422 INF E2 was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it Decide on a Suitable location for the rack unit that will hold the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Be sure to read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section 2 3 Preparing for Setup The box the bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 was shipped in should include two sets of rail assemblies two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the system into the rack Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation process in a minimum amount of time Please read this section in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that follow Choosing a Setup Location e Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door completely 63 cm 25 inches e Leave approximately 76 cm 30 inches of clearance in the back of the rack to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing 2 1 bullx R422 E2 R422 INF E2 Installation and User s Guide e This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location dedicated equipment rooms service closets a

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