Bull NovaScale Blade BL265, Installation And User Manual

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Page 3: ...NOVASCALE BLADE NovaScale Blade BL265 Installation and User s Guide Hardware May 2009 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 A1 44FB 00...

Page 4: ...ical Publications you are invited to use the Ordering Form also provided at the end of this book Trademarks and Acknowledgements We acknowledge the rights of the proprietors of the trademarks mentione...

Page 5: ...1 Blade server controls and LEDs 11 2 2 Turning on the blade server 14 2 3 Turning off the blade server 15 2 4 Blade server connectors 15 Chapter 3 Installing Options 17 3 1 Installation guidelines 1...

Page 6: ...1 Setup Utility menu 54 4 1 2 Using passwords 57 4 2 Installing the operating system 57 4 3 Using the PXE boot agent utility program 57 4 4 Firmware updates 58 4 5 Configuring UEFI compatible devices...

Page 7: ...United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement 73 European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 74 Taiwanese Class A warning statement 74 Chinese Class A warning statement 74 Japanese Volu...

Page 8: ...ctor expansion card 37 Figure 3 15 CIOv form factor expansion card retaining clips 38 Figure 3 16 Installing a storage interface card 39 Figure 3 17 Storage interface card interposer 40 Figure 3 18 In...

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Page 17: ...tance see the Bull Hardware Product Warranty document for your blade server on the Resource DVD You can obtain up to date information about the blade server at http www bull com support If firmware an...

Page 18: ...el on the blade server itself or in any way block the ventilation holes on the blade server 1 1 Related documentation This Installation and User s Guide contains general information about the blade se...

Page 19: ...that appear in this document are also in the multilingual Safety Attention document which is on the Resource DVD Each statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety A...

Page 20: ...M Supports 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB and 8 GB DIMMs with up to 96 GB of total memory on the system board Drives Supports up to two hot swap small form factor SFF Serial Attached SCSI SAS or Serial ATA SATA stora...

Page 21: ...g 40 to 60 C 40 to 140 F Humidity Blade server on 8 to 80 Blade server off 8 to 80 Blade server storage 5 to 80 Blade server shipment 5 to 100 NEBS Environment Air temperature Blade server on 5 C to 4...

Page 22: ...Integrated keyboard video mouse cKVM Hard disk drive support The blade server supports up to two 2 5 inch hot swap SAS SFF hard disk drives RAID 0 and RAID 1 support up to 300 GB per drive Integrated...

Page 23: ...ription the Blade Chassis can share the power load between two power modules to ensure sufficient power for each device in the Blade Chassis This policy is enforced when the initial power is applied t...

Page 24: ...ash ROM resident code and diagnostics Power Policy 24 hour support center VPD on Memory Processor presence detect Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI Automatic server restart ASR Built in...

Page 25: ...ents of the blade server You must remove the blade server from the Blade Chassis and remove the cover to access the components The following illustration shows the major components of the blade server...

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Page 27: ...the service processor IMM on the blade server is not communicating with the Advanced Management Module Flashing slowly The blade server has power supplied and is ready to be turned on Lit continuousl...

Page 28: ...eyboard that is directly attached to the management module you can press keyboard keys in the following sequence to switch KVM control between blade servers instead of using the KVM select button NumL...

Page 29: ...utton you can use the management module Web interface to determine whether local control has been disabled on the blade server Note The operating system in the blade server must provide USB support fo...

Page 30: ...ver does not respond This process can take approximately two minutes after the blade server has been installed While the blade server is starting the power on LED on the front of the blade server is l...

Page 31: ...off in any of the following ways You can press the power control button on the blade server see Blade server controls and LEDs on page 11 This starts an orderly shutdown of the operating system if thi...

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Page 33: ...w bull com support Observe good housekeeping in the area where you are working Place removed covers and other parts in a safe place Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives Be...

Page 34: ...them To reduce the possibility of damage from electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions When you work on a Blade Chassis that has an electrostatic discharge ESD connector use a wrist...

Page 35: ...d have unintended consequences Some configuration information and update options are established according to bay number if you reinstall the blade server into a different bay you might need to reconf...

Page 36: ...lines on page 17 2 If the blade server is installed in a Blade Chassis remove it see Removing the blade server from the Blade Chassis on page 19 for instructions 3 Carefully lay the blade server on a...

Page 37: ...on unit in a blade server The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware To install an optional expansion unit complete the following steps Figure 3 3 Installing an expans...

Page 38: ...in the illustration 7 Lower the expansion unit so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the cover pins at the rear of the blade server then pivot the expansion unit down onto the blade server 8 I...

Page 39: ...ade server on a flat static protective surface with the cover side up 4 Open the blade server cover if one is installed see Removing the blade server cover on page 20 for instructions 5 Remove the exp...

Page 40: ...eps Figure 3 5 Installing a hot swap storage drive 1 Read the safety information that begins on page vii and Installation guidelines on page 17 2 Identify the SAS storage bay storage bay 0 or storage...

Page 41: ...drive The blade server has two SAS hot swap storage bays for installing or removing hot swap storage devices such as a SAS storage drive To remove a hot swap hard disk drive or drive filler complete...

Page 42: ...The following table lists each channel and which DIMM connectors belong to the channel Memory channel DIMM connector Channel 0 DIMM connector 1 and 2 Channel 1 DIMM connector 5 and 6 Channel 2 DIMM c...

Page 43: ...2 DIMMs X X X X X X X X X X X X Table 3 3 System memory configuration for independent channel mode 2 microprocessors Mirrored channel mode In mirrored channel mode channel 2 is unused The memory conte...

Page 44: ...instructions 4 Carefully lay the blade server on a flat static protective surface 5 Open the blade server cover see Removing the blade server cover on page 20 for instructions 6 If an expansion unit...

Page 45: ...DIMM from its package 11 To install the DIMMs repeat the following steps for each DIMM that you install Figure 3 8 Installing a DIMM a Make sure that the retaining clips are in the open position away...

Page 46: ...n correctly installed Press the DIMM firmly into the connector and then press the retaining clips toward the DIMM until the tabs are fully seated When the DIMM is correctly installed the retaining cli...

Page 47: ...from the Blade Chassis on page 19 3 Open the blade server cover see Removing the blade server cover on page 20 4 If an optional expansion unit is installed remove the expansion unit see Removing an o...

Page 48: ...IMM access door 7 Using your fingers pull the DIMM out of the connector 8 Install a DIMM or DIMM filler in each empty DIMM connector see Installing a memory module on page 26 Note A DIMM or DIMM fille...

Page 49: ...installed in other blade servers in the Blade Chassis must also be compatible with these I O modules In this example you can then install two Ethernet switch modules two pass thru modules or one Ether...

Page 50: ...your fingers to lift the cover from the blade expansion connector 8 Touch the static protective package that contains the expansion card to any unpainted metal surface on the Blade Chassis or any unp...

Page 51: ...y lay the blade server on a flat static protective surface 4 Open the blade server cover see Removing the blade server cover on page 20 Locate the CFFh expansion card The CFFh is installed into the bl...

Page 52: ...ion guidelines on page 17 2 If the blade server is installed in a Blade Chassis remove it see Removing the blade server from the Blade Chassis on page 19 for instructions 3 Carefully lay the blade ser...

Page 53: ...ons to remove a CIOv form factor expansion card in the blade server The following illustration shows how to remove a vertical combination I O CIOv expansion card Figure 3 14 Removing a CIOv form facto...

Page 54: ...Chassis or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack component then remove the expansion card from the package 6 Locate the CIOv expansion connector see Blade server connectors on page 15...

Page 55: ...ow to install a ServeRAID MR10ie CIOv storage interface card in the blade server The illustrations and installation instructions are similar for other CIOv storage interface cards Note The backup batt...

Page 56: ...d rack component then remove the expansion card from the package 7 If an interposer card is installed on the ServeRAID MR10ie CIOv storage interface card remove it Figure 3 17 Storage interface card i...

Page 57: ...ion connector on the system board then press the card into the CIOv expansion connector 10 Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the storage interface card Note For device driver and configu...

Page 58: ...to the backup battery 12 Install the backup battery for the storage interface card into DIMM connector seven see Blade server connectors on page 15 and Installing a memory module on page 26 13 If you...

Page 59: ...orage interface card To remove a storage interface card complete the following steps 1 Read the safety information that begins on page vii and Installation guidelines on page 17 2 If the blade server...

Page 60: ...nsion card connector c Remove the cable from the storage interface card by holding the card in one hand then use your other hand to pull the cable away from the card When pulling the cable make sure t...

Page 61: ...If you have not already done so remove the backup battery cable from the backup battery by holding the blue touchpoint on the cable then pull the cable away from the backup battery b Remove the backu...

Page 62: ...led an optional expansion unit that has its own cover see Closing the blade server cover on page 47 3 Reinstall the blade server into the Blade Chassis see Installing the blade server in a Blade Chass...

Page 63: ...is installed Do not attempt to override this protection The following illustration shows how to close the blade server cover Figure 3 23 Closing the blade server cover To close the blade server cover...

Page 64: ...t on page 21 4 Lower the cover so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the pins at the rear of the blade server as shown in the illustration Before you close the cover make sure that all compone...

Page 65: ...see the documentation for your Blade Chassis for additional information To install a blade server in a Blade Chassis complete the following steps Figure 3 25 Installing the blade server in a Blade Ch...

Page 66: ...o the blade bay until it stops 5 Push the release handles on the front of the blade server to the closed position Note After the blade server is installed the service processor in the blade server ini...

Page 67: ...support SMP See Chapter 5 Installing the operating system on page 65 for details and your operating system documentation for additional information 3 11 4 Input output connectors and devices The inpu...

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Page 69: ...rogram is part of the blade server firmware Use it to select the boot protocol and other boot options and to select a power management option For information about using this utility program see Using...

Page 70: ...onfiguration changes through other options in the Setup utility the changes are reflected in the system summary you cannot change settings directly in the system summary Product Data Select this choic...

Page 71: ...stem whenever a nonmaskable interrupt NMI occurs Disabled is the default Network Configuration Select this choice to view the system management network interface port the IMM MAC address the current I...

Page 72: ...en pages in the error log The system event logs contain all event and error messages that have been generated during POST by the systems management interface handler and by the system service processo...

Page 73: ...your password in a secure place If you forget the power on password you can regain access to the blade server in by removing the blade server battery and then reinstalling it or by using the power on...

Page 74: ...make sure that the UEFI code service processor IMM firmware and diagnostic firmware levels are consistent for all blade servers within the Blade Chassis 4 5 Configuring UEFI compatible devices Use thi...

Page 75: ...is information to configure a RAID array Configuring a RAID array applies only to a blade server in which two or more storage drives are installed Note When configuring a RAID array the storage drives...

Page 76: ...e instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items then press Enter If you select RAID Properties SAS Topology or Advanced Adapter Properties additional screens are displayed 4...

Page 77: ...the IMM through either the IMM Web interface or the Module Management Web interface mportant If you disable the USB in band interface you cannot perform an in band update of the IMM firmware using th...

Page 78: ...ng the LAN over USB interface manually The IMM using the LAN over USB interface requires operating system drivers and other configuration For more information about LAN over USB configuration on diffe...

Page 79: ...in WINDOWS inf For Windows 2008 Go to Computer Management then Device Manager and find the RNDIS Device Select Properties Driver Reinstall driver Point the server to the Windows inf directory where i...

Page 80: ...tributions might not detect the LAN over USB interface and might require manual configuration For information about configuring LAN over USB on specific Linux distributions see the white paper Transit...

Page 81: ...ing system installation instructions from the Bull Support web site http www bull com support and install the operating system mportant The operating system in the blade server must provide USB suppor...

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Page 83: ...erview The following tools are available to help you diagnose and solve hardware related problems POST codes error messages and error logs The POST error codes indicate the detection of a problem See...

Page 84: ...t logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors Hardware inventory including PCI and USB information Light path diagnostics status LSI RAID and controller configuration Network interfaces and...

Page 85: ...ng the troubleshooting procedures that are provided in your system and software documentation Most systems operating systems and programs come with information that contains troubleshooting procedures...

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Page 87: ...nvironments Maximum internal hard disk drive capacities assume the replacement of any standard hard disk drives and population of all hard disk drive bays with the largest currently supported drives a...

Page 88: ...et la Norv ge L tiquette du syst me respecte la Directive europ enne 2002 96 EC en mati re de D chets des Equipements Electriques et Electroniques DEEE qui d termine les dispositions de retour et de r...

Page 89: ...han recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This...

Page 90: ...of non Bull option cards This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22 European Standard EN 55022 The limits for...

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