Acer AR585 F1, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Model Number Serial Number Purchase Date Place of Purchase 2010 All Rights Reserved Acer AR585 Series User Guide Acer AR585 ...

Page 3: ... power from the system by unplugging all power cords from the power supplies CAUTION for accessibility Be sure that the power outlet you plug the power cord into is easily accessible and located as close to the equipment operator as possible When you need to disconnect power to the equipment be sure to unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet Warnings Do not use this product near water Do ...

Page 4: ...this product where people will walk on the cord If an extension cord is used with this product make sure that the total ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating Also make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed the fuse rating Do not overload a power outlet strip or receptacle by ...

Page 5: ...case has been damaged the product exhibits a distinct change in performance indicating a need for service the product does not operate normally after following the operating instructions Note Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to re...

Page 6: ...rash when discarding To minimize pollution and ensure utmost protection of the global environment please recycle For more information on the Waste from Electrical and Electronics Equipment WEEE regulations visit www acer group com public Sustainability sustainability01 htm ...

Page 7: ...ient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the device and receiver Connect the device into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice Shielded cables All connections to other computing devices must be made using shielded cables to maintain compliance with ...

Page 8: ...Canada Compliant with Russian regulatory certification Notice BSMI Laser compliance statement The CD or DVD drive used with this computer is a laser product The CD or DVD drive s classification label shown below is located on the drive CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT CAUTION INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM Appareil à laser de classe 1 Attention Radiation laser visible et invisible...

Page 9: ...blootstelling aan straal Declaration of Conformity for EU countries Hereby Acer declares that this system is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC List of applicable countries This device must be used in strict accordance with the regulations and constraints in the country of use For further information please contact local office in the...

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Page 11: ...gement tools 15 Server management overview 16 RAID configuration utilities 17 Adaptec Onboard SATA RAID Creation 17 MegaRAID 9260 8I SAS RAID Creation 19 Appendix B Acer Smart Console 21 Using Acer Smart Console 22 Software requirements 23 Accessing Acer Smart Console 23 Acer Smart Console user interface 24 System Information 24 Server Health 25 Configuration 28 Remote Control 41 Launch SOL 43 Vir...

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Page 13: ...1 System tour ...

Page 14: ...Chipset SR5690 SR5670 I O bridge SP5100 south bridge 32 quad channel DDR3 slots supporting up to 512 GB of RDDR3 modules or 128 GB of UDDR3 modules Support for high speed peripherals using PCI Express Generation 2 technology two PCIe x16 slots one PCIe x8 slot and choice of one PCIe x8 or one Flex I O slot Additional I O option using one Universal I O UIO expansion slot HyperTransport 3 Technology...

Page 15: ...Default power supply unit PSU 7 Overheating fan failure LED indicator 2 Redundant PSU bay 8 LAN port 1 2 activity indicators 3 USB 2 0 ports 9 HDD activity indicator 4 Serial port 10 Power indicator 5 Optical disc drive ODD 11 Reset button 6 Power failure LED indicator 12 Power button ...

Page 16: ...d disk drives No Function Icon Status Indicated behavior 1 Power failure Red On Power supply unit failure 2 Overheating fan failure Red On System temperature safety threshold breach Red Blinking System fan failure 3 LAN port 1 2 activity Green Blinking Network activity on LAN port 1 or 2 4 HDD activity Amber Blinking Hard drive activity 5 Power state Green On System is powered on No Icon Component...

Page 17: ... indicator status Hard drive status Hard drive access Green Blinking Off Hard drive failure Green On for SAS HDD Off for SATA HDD Red On Hard drive rebuilding Green Blinking Red Blinking HDD hot spare Green Blinking Red Blinking ...

Page 18: ... port 9 AC power plug for the redundant PSU 3 Dedicated IPMI LAN port 10 100 10 AC power plug for the default PSU 4 USB 2 0 ports 11 Gigabit LAN port link indicator 5 Serial port 12 Gigabit LAN port activity indicator 6 Video port VGA 13 IPMI LAN port activity indicator 7 Gigabit LAN ports 14 IPMI LAN port link indicator ...

Page 19: ...Mbps network link Off 10 Mbps network link 2 IPMI LAN port activity Amber Blinking Active connection 3 Gigabit LAN port activity Yellow On Active connection Yellow Blinking Transmit receive activity 4 Gigabit LAN port link Off 10 Mbps network link Green 100 Mbps network link Amber 1000 Mbps network link ...

Page 20: ...1 System tour 8 Internal components No Component 1 HDD backplane board 2 Default PSU 3 Mainboard 4 Air shroud 5 System fans ...

Page 21: ...lot1 PCIe Gen 2 x8 expansion slot 3 PCI E slot2 PCIe Gen 2 x16 expansion slot 4 PCI E slot3 PCIe Gen 2 x8 expansion slot 5 PCI E slot4 PCIe Gen 2 x16 expansion slot 6 CPU1 Processor 1 socket 7 ID Unit identifier button 8 FAN9 Processor 1 fan 9 LAN2 Gigabit Ethernet port 2 ...

Page 22: ...r 3 socket 18 FAN7 Processor 3 fan 19 P3 DIMM DDR3 DIMM slots for processor 3 20 FAN1 Processor 4 fan 21 JF1 Front panel board connector 22 CPU4 Processor 4 socket 23 P4 DIMM DDR3 DIMM slots for processor 4 24 FAN2 Chassis fan 2 25 FAN3 Chassis fan 3 26 FAN4 Processor 2 fan 27 CPU2 Processor 2 socket 28 P2 DIMM DDR3 DIMM slots for processor 2 29 FAN5 Chassis fan 5 30 FAN6 Chassis fan 6 31 JPW1 24 ...

Page 23: ...O header for SATA 40 SATA0 SATA5 SATA connectors 41 USB4 5 header USB header 4 5 42 USB2 3 header USB header 2 3 43 USB6 USB Type A port 44 JTPM1 Trusted platform module header 45 JBT1 Battery CMOS battery 46 COM2 Serial port 2 47 JL1 Chassis intrusion header 48 JBT1 Clear CMOS jumper 49 UIO slot UIO or PCIe Gen 2 x8 expansion slot 50 JPB1 BMC jumper 51 JPG1 VGA jumper 52 JWD1 Watchdog jumper 53 J...

Page 24: ... Enable watchdog 1 2 Close Reset default setting 2 3 Close NMI Open Disabled 3 JPG1 Enable VGA port 1 2 Close Enabled default setting 2 3 Close Disabled 4 JPB1 Enable BMC 1 2 Close Enabled 2 3 Close Normal default setting 5 JBT1 Clear 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 ...

Page 25: ...13 Mainboard LED No Code Function Status Description 1 DP1 IPMI heartbeat Flashing green BMC normal 2 DP3 Mainboard power Green Power on ...

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Page 27: ...Appendix A Server management tools ...

Page 28: ...this utility please refer to the Acer Smart Server Manager User Guide Acer Smart Setup Allows you to install your choice of operating system for the server clone system to set up multiple identical servers set up BMC and configure RAID for the system hard drives For detailed instructions on this utility please refer to the Acer Smart Setup Help file Acer Smart Console Remotely manage the server vi...

Page 29: ...ontroller Configuration submenu 4 Change the setting of the OnChip SATA Type field from Native IDE to RAID 5 Press F10 and select Ok to save the setting and close the Setup Utility Entering onboard SATA RAID BIOS Utility To start Adaptec onboard SATA RAID BIOS Utility press CTRL A when you see the RAID BIOS prompt during POST After POST finished the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display ...

Page 30: ... a RAID Volume During Adaptec onboard SATA RAID volume creation process the onboard SATA RAID volume will be automatically initiated once the onboard SATA RAID volume has been created Assigning a Hot Spare Drive A hot spare is a hard disk drive that automatically replaces any failed drive in a RAID volume and can subsequently be used to rebuild the RAID volume 1 Select Array Configuration Utility ...

Page 31: ...e setting of Set Factory Defaults from No to Yes then click Submit 3 Press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot the server Creating RAID Volume 1 Click Start to launch the Configuration menu 2 Select Configuration Wizard 3 Select Add Configuration default and click Next 4 Select Custom Configuration default and click Next 5 Hold the Ctrl key and select the drives that you want to add into the array After select...

Page 32: ... listed 3 Click Home to go back to the Configuration menu Assigning a Hot Spare Drive 1 Select a free disk marked as UNCONF GOOD and listed under Physical Drives 2 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and click Go 3 Click Home to go back to the Configuration menu You will see the disk marked as Hotspare in pink and listed under Physical Drives 4 Reboot the server and install the ...

Page 33: ...Appendix B Acer Smart Console ...

Page 34: ...d or out of band Acer Smart Console implements media redirection for the CD DVD ROM drive and floppy drive This feature enables remote installation of the operating system or applications Notification Via SNMP trap and email to inform a person or management software when system status changes Platform neutrality Acer Smart Console uses the standard HTTP protocols You can easily use a web browser t...

Page 35: ... and enter the system s IP address You will be prompted to enter a username and password 2 Enter the root username and password in the login screen Username root Password superuser 3 Click Login The Acer Smart Console page appears Note The default username is root and the default password is superuser Both the username and password are case sensitive and should be entered in lower case each time I...

Page 36: ... statuses that may be displayed on the console Normal The system is in good health and no alerts were detected on the sensors Warning At least one sensor has a warning alert Critical At least one sensor has a critical alert System Information The System Information menu includes options that allow you to view general system information and the system FRU field replaceable units Selecting the Syste...

Page 37: ...ages of the power supply the fan speed processor and system temperature sensors Sensor Display Color Indicates the health of the system processor fan temperature and voltage in a box displayed before each sensor category Green Indicates the system is in good health and no alerts were detected on the sensors Amber Indicates at least one sensor has a warning alert Red Indicates at least on sensor ha...

Page 38: ... Non Critical NC High Non Critical NC High Critical Threshold CT threshold information and these items can not be modified When each threshold matches alert level system will send the alert to the specified destinations To configure the specified destination please go to Alert section To refresh the sensor status just click Refresh ...

Page 39: ...lated to critical hardware components It logs the events when the sensor triggers an abnormal state or is recovering from an abnormal state When the log matches a pre defined alert the system will send out a notification automatically if pre configured ...

Page 40: ...s Protocol and RADIUS settings configure the mouse mode settings configure the network settings configure the Dynamic DNS configure the remote session settings configure the SMTP email server settings create an SSL certificate and manage users The Configuration menu has the following options Alerts Date and Time LDAP RADIUS Mouse mode Network Dynamic DNS Remote Session SMTP SSL Certificate Users ...

Page 41: ... Alerts page allows you to do the following Modify Change the email address or the destination server Send Test Alert Send a test alert to the designated email address Delete Remove pre set alert destination settings Setting up alerts You can set up notifications to be sent via SNMP trap or via email Setting up SNMP traps 1 On the Alerts page click Modify 2 Specify the event severity such as Criti...

Page 42: ...cations 1 On the Alerts page click Modify 2 Specify the event severity such as Critical or Warning 3 Enter the recipient s email address 4 Enter a subject and message 5 Click Save Date and Time The Date and Time option allows you to set the BMC date and time ...

Page 43: ...count list and authentication from the LDAP server and create Acer Smart Console user accounts from this list Configuring LDAP settings 1 On the LDAP Settings page and check Enable LDAP Authentication 2 Enter the required information to access the LDAP server 3 Click Save ...

Page 44: ...t Console 32 RADIUS The RADIUS option allows you to configure the RADIUS option Configuring RADIUS 1 On the RADIUS Settings page check Enable RADIUS 2 Enter the required information to access the RADIUS server 3 Click Save ...

Page 45: ...mouse mode to control your mouse Setting the mouse mode 1 Select a mouse mode from the Mouse Mode page Absolute Select this setting when using a Microsoft Windows operating system Relative Select this setting when using a Linux operating system 2 Click Save ...

Page 46: ... management network parameters You can configure the network settings by using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or manually Configuring network settings 1 On the Network Settings page select whether to obtain an IP address automatically or configure the network settings manually 2 Click Save ...

Page 47: ...ion allows you to configure and change the management network parameters Configuring Dynamic DNS 1 On the Dynamic DNS Settings page check Enable Dynamic DNS 2 Enter the required information to access the Dynamic DNS server 3 Click Save ...

Page 48: ...enable or disable encryption on KVM or Media data during a redirection session Select the remote session then press Save Configuring Remote Session settings 1 On the Remote Session page select whether to enable KVM or Media Encryption 2 Select a Virtual Media Attach Mode 3 Click Save ...

Page 49: ...tocol mail server settings Configuring the SMTP settings 1 On the SMTP Setting page select a LAN channel number 2 Enter the IP address of the SMTP server 3 Enter the username and password 4 Enter the email address for sending email notifications 5 Enter the machine name 6 Click Save ...

Page 50: ...Console 38 SSL Upload The SSL Certificate option allows you to upload a SSL certificate manually Uploading an SSL certificate 1 On the SSL Upload page click Browse to locate the SSL certificate on your system 2 Click Upload ...

Page 51: ...lete and view user accounts from the user list To configure user accounts in the User List page you can select from the following command buttons Delete User Remove the user from the list Modify User Edit the user profile Add User Create a new user account ...

Page 52: ...ssigned this privilege have the least amount of system access This is considered the lowest privilege level Operator The operator privilege has restricted access All BMC commands are allowed except for the configuration commands that allows the user to change the behavior of the out of band interfaces Operator privilege can not disable individual channels or change user access privileges Administr...

Page 53: ...lows you to start the KVM Remote Console utility and remotely manage the server using the monitor mouse and keyboard as if you are connected directly to the server Launching the KVM Remote Console utility On the KVM Remote Console Redirection page click Launch Console The web browser downloads and automatically launches the remote console application The KVM Remote Console screen appears For more ...

Page 54: ...r Control The Server Power Control option allows you to perform a remote power on power off power cycle and reset your server Performing a remote power control operation On the Server Power Control page select an option then click Perform Action ...

Page 55: ...k Launch SOL Select the Baud rate from the pull down menu as your SOL transfer rate Make sure that the Baud rate selected here matches the Baud Rate set in the BIOS Once you have selected the Baud rate and press Start to start the session You can also press Stop to stop the SOL connection ...

Page 56: ...disk option allows you to upload and share images via the BMC These images will then be emulated to the host server as USB applications Perform the floppy disk operation On the floppy disk page select an image file then click Upload to upload your image file to the server ...

Page 57: ...e BMC These images will then be emulated to the host server as USB applications Perform the CD ROM operation 1 On the CD ROM Setting page enter the share host server 2 Enter the path to the CD ROM image file 3 Enter the user name optional and password optional 4 Click Save ...

Page 58: ...ter Update Mode The Firmware Upload page appears 2 Click Browse to locate the firmware image file 3 Click Upload to upload the image file to the server Unite reset Unite reset allows you to reboot the BMC IPMI Controller IP reset IP reset allows you to reset the settings for virtual media keyboard and mouse on the host server Factory default Factory Default allows you to reset IPMI to the factory ...

Page 59: ...remotely using a local keyboard monitor and mouse Virtual media Virtual storage Click this item to select a virtual storage device for your console redirection USB Floppy Flash Devices Click this item to use a USB floppy device or a flash device for your console redirection CDROM ISO Click this item to use a CDROM or an ISO device for your console redirection Logical Drive Type Click this item to ...

Page 60: ...allows you to playback the media displays that you have recorded Open Click this item to open your media recording files Close Click this item to close your media recording files Stop Click this item to stop media recording playback Play Pause Click this item to continue with media recording playback or to stop media recording playback Macro This feature allows you to configure Macro settings for ...

Page 61: ...lt F4 Alt Prnt Scrn Prnt Scrn F1 Alt F1 Pause Options The options menu allows you to configure the settings for Hotkey Preferences Full Screen Mode OSD UI Style and Keyboard_Mouse_Hotplug for your console redirection Hotkey settings This feature allows you to configure Hotkey settings for your console redirection Set Hotkey Click this item to configure your hotkey settings for your console redirec...

Page 62: ...splay Scale Use the handle on the slider to set the appropriate scale setting for your video display from 25 to 100 Image Quality Check the High Color box for a network connection with heavier traffic Check the Low Color box for a network connection with lighter traffic Click OK to use the settings set up by you Input Mouse Settings Click Input to configure mouse settings including the following E...

Page 63: ...u click Video Stream Control to display the submenu The Window pop up menu will display Check this box to enable Video Stream Flow Control support Select the correct speed setting After setting the speed click OK Full screen mode This feature allows you to set the video display to the full screen mode for your console redirection OSD UI style This feature allows you to configure the OSD UI style s...

Page 64: ...r Display Click this item to change the tool bar display format Hotplug Keyboard Mouse Click this item to use hotplug keyboard and mouse Macro Click this item to enable Macro support and use the Macro settings features Video Recording Click this item to access the Video Recording submenu and to use video recording Video Playback Click this item for video playback Hotplug Keyboard Mouse Hotplug Key...

Page 65: ...o capture the screen display on your remote console Full Screen Capture Click this item to capture the full screen video display Exit Yes At the prompt click Yes to exit from remote redirection No Click No to return to the current session ...

Page 66: ...Appendix B Acer Smart Console 54 ...

Page 67: ...vity link 7 mainboard 13 overheating fan failure 4 PSU failure 4 rear panel 7 M mainboard jumper settings 12 layout 9 monitor port 6 O ODD see optical disc drive 3 optical disc drive location 3 overheating fan failure LED indicator 4 P power supply unit failure LED indicator 4 PS 2 keyboard port 6 PS 2 mouse port 6 R RAID configuration utilities 17 rear panel 6 S safety CD or DVD ix serial port lo...

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