QUANTA QSSC-S99K, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual 2U 2 Way x86 Server QSSC S99K 2U ...

Page 2: ... to correct the interference at your own expense INDUSTRY CANADA Canada only This Class B or Class A if so indicated on the registration label digital apparatus meets the requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B ou Classe A si ainsi indiqué sur l étiquette d enregistration respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le Materie...

Page 3: ...n in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Furthermore the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obl...

Page 4: ...ule in this server is a laser Class 1 product Ambient Operation This equipment cannot be operated above an ambient operation temperature of 40 degrees centigrade Equipment Location This equipment can only be accessed by SERVICE PERSONNEL or by USERS who have been instructed about the reasons for the restrictions applied to the location Access is through the use of a TOOL or lock and key or other m...

Page 5: ...and tips WARNING Warning information appears before the text it references and should not be ig nored as the content may prevent damage to the device CAUTION CAUTIONS APPEAR BEFORE THE TEXT IT REFERENCES SIMILAR TO NOTES AND WARNINGS CAUTIONS HOWEVER APPEAR IN CAPITAL LET TERS AND CONTAIN VITAL HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION Personal Inventory This Computer system is designed for years of productiv...

Page 6: ...edundant Power Supply Unit 23 Replacing a Power Supply Unit 24 Replacing the Riser Card 25 Replacing the Expander Backplane 26 Replacing the Motherboard 27 Replacing the Chassis Cover 28 CHAPTER 3 29 BIOS 29 BIOS System Support 29 BIOS Features 29 BIOS POST 29 PCI Sub System Sub Device ID 29 Hotkeys 29 LEDs 30 Boot Device Sequence Selection 30 Eventlog 30 System Management BIOS SMBIOS 31 ACPI BIOS...

Page 7: ... Platform Event 72 AST2050 Firmware Update 74 Temperature Monitoring 74 Voltage Monitoring 74 FAN Control and Monitoring 75 Bus Error Detection 75 Processor Error Detection 75 Watchdog 76 BIOS BMC Interface 77 RMCPOEM Command Packet Format 77 IPMI 1 5 2 0 Command Support List 78 GUID Flow Chart 78 IPMI Device Global Commands 78 BMC Device and Messaging Command 79 BMC Watchdog Timer Commands 80 Cha...

Page 8: ... 137 Language 140 User Privilege for WEB 141 KVM Interface 142 Setting up Internet Explorer 142 Console Redirection Window 145 APPENDIX A 153 Support 153 Before you Begin 153 Installing the Rack Brackets 154 Troubleshooting Sequence 156 Server Boot Issues 156 Installation Problems 158 Troubleshooting External Connections 158 Status LED Descriptions 159 AMI POST Errors and Beep Codes 161 POST Code ...

Page 9: ...s a full range of I O ports including two USB ports two 10 100 1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports one link from ICH10R 82576 one 10 100M LAN port from AST2050 one 9 pin serial port and one 15 pin VGA port ASPEED 2050 server management firmware enables the administrator to monitor the QSSC S99K 2U status through a typical web browser Checklist Carefully unpack the QSSC S99K 2U and check that the follo...

Page 10: ... swap version of the QSSC S99K 2U Front View 1 2 3 4 Front control panel left HDD bay HDD release lever button HDD status LEDs See Front Control Panel on page 3 HDD bay Use this lever button to remove the hard drive in HDD bay 1 Display HDD status Active Present Green Fault Red 5 Logo panel right Right panel 2 ...

Page 11: ...DD active LED System D LED Lights green when a connection is made to the NIC1 port blinks when NIC1 port is active access Lights green when a connection is made to the NIC2 port blinks when NIC2 port is active access Lights Green for hard drive operation See table below for behavior Color Blue Off Blinking Condition Occurrence No identification Indicate ID button pressed on chassis 7 8 Power butto...

Page 12: ... ports Add on card covers Connect the power cable to the socket An optional power module can be installed for backup power support Connect I O devices to these ports See QSSC S99K 2U I O Ports on page 5 Remove these covers before installing any PCI e card 4 ...

Page 13: ...Ds Description on page 6 Press to light front and rear ID LEDs see table below for behavior Lights when the system has been selected for identification Connect serial devices to this port Connect a monitor to this port Connect USB devices to these two ports Connect a RJ 45 jack to this port to link to a 10 100M LAN from AST2000 Connect a RJ 45 jack to this port to link to a 10 100 1000 Megabit Eth...

Page 14: ...ghts when server is powered on This LED is inside the button on the 2 5 option Lights when the BMC port is on blinks off when there is traffic on the BMC port Rear System LEDs Status System Status LED Displays status errors and is controlled by BMC Color Amber Condition Blinking Occurrence Critical Failure critical Fan Voltage Temperature state Non Critical Failure non critical Fan Voltage Tempera...

Page 15: ...m the power outlet whenever you are working inside the computer case If possible wear a grounded wrist strap when you are working inside the computer case Alternatively discharge any static electricity by touching the bare metal chassis of the computer case or the bare metal body of any other grounded appliance Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only Do not touch the components on the boa...

Page 16: ...mponent PCI E Slot for riser card CPU0 socket I O ports see Rear View on page 4 ID LED button CPU0 power connector DDR3 DIMM slots x9 CPU0 CPU0 power connector CPU1 socket Mainboard power connector CPU1 power connector DDR3 DIMM slots x9 CPU1 IPMB connector SATA II connectors x 6 Front USB connectors x2 Front panel connectors Port 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 8 ...

Page 17: ...s to install an HDD 1 Push the release button in the direction of the arrow The HDD tray locking handle springs open 2 Open the locking handle and pull to remove the HDD tray 3 Place the hard drive on the HDD tray and secure with the four screws Do not over tighten the screws 9 ...

Page 18: ...Chapter 2 Installing Hardware 4 Replace the HDD tray and push firmly until the sits flush in the HDD bay 5 Close the locking handle by pushing it in the direction shown until it clicks 10 ...

Page 19: ...rdware Removing the Chassis Cover Refer to the following illustrations for instructions on removing the chassis cover 1 2 3 Remove the securing screw Press the top cover release button Slide the cover back and then remove 11 ...

Page 20: ...ing Hardware Removing the Fan Duct Refer to the following instructions to remove the fan duct assembly 1 2 Locate the fan duct cover and remove the four 4 securing screws Carefully lift up the fan duct cover as shown 12 ...

Page 21: ... following instructions to install CPUs Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 Pull the locking lever of the CPU socket out and up as shown 2 Push down as demonstrated to lift the CPU bracket 3 Remove the CPU dust cover by lifting the tab marked Remove 4 Locate the pin 1 corner of the CPU marked by a small triangle and the pin 1 corner of the socket note that the CPU has notches that fit i...

Page 22: ...nto the socket press the lever down and lock in place If you notice any resistance when inserting the CPU ensure that it is aligned correctly 5 Align the pin 1 corner and the notches and drop the processor into the socket Notch Notch 6 Replace the CPU bracket and locking lever to lock the processor in place 7 Repeat steps 1 through 9 for the second CPU 14 ...

Page 23: ...following instructions to install heat sinks 1 2 3 Apply thermal compound evenly on the top of the CPU Remove the protective cover from the underside of the heat sink Place the heat sink s on top of the CPU and tighten the four per heat sink captive screws 4 Tighten the four retaining screws clockwise in the order shown to secure the heat sink 5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the second heat sink 15...

Page 24: ...tall the fan duct 1 2 Insert the fan duct into place as shown Ensure it is flush with the fan assembly and the screw holes are aligned Replace the four 4 securing screws WARNING Fan ducts are situated over and around the DIMM modules Ensure that all edges are not lodged inside the memory banks 16 ...

Page 25: ...he riser connector on the system board A second PCI card can be installed Because the lower and upper PCI cards are installed in the same manner both use the following procedure Note The PCI riser assembly does not include a riser card or any cabling as standard To install a PCI card a riser card must be installed Refer to riser card user manual for installation pro cedures 1 2 3 Remove the riser ...

Page 26: ...om ponents on page 2 for the location of the memory modules Refer to the following instructions to install memory modules 1 2 Pull the locking latches of the DIMM slot outwards Align the memory module correctly Note the notch and obstruction in the following illustration 3 Press the edge connector of the memory module into the slot Press down firmly so that the locking latches of the DIMM slot are...

Page 27: ...00 DDR3 800 DDR3 800 DDR3 800 DDR3 800 DDR3 800 DDR3 800 DDR3 800 1N or 2N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N DIMM 2 Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Single rank Single rank Single rank Dual rank Single rank Dual rank Dual rank Dual rank DIMM 1 Empty Empty Empty Single rank Single rank Dual rank Dual rank Single rank Dual rank Quad rank Single rank Sin...

Page 28: ...e chassis cover See Removing the Chassis Cover on page 5 Disconnect the three 3 power cables from the backplane Remove the single securing screw from the chassis as shown Slide the assembly to clear the securing pins and pull up as shown 5 Select the fan module to replace and remove the screws from the assembly carrier 6 Replace the fan and reverse steps 5 to 1 to connect the fan assembly 20 ...

Page 29: ...age 19 Insert the LSI SAS Raid Card into the riser card as shown 3 4 Locate the battery carrier and remove the two 2 securing screws Lift the battery carrier up to remove 5 6 Turn the battery carrier over and affix the battery in place Replace the battery and carrier assembly and secure in place with the two 2 screws 7 Connect the battery leads into the indicated location on the LSI SAS Raid Card ...

Page 30: ... assembly See Replacing the Riser Card on page 19 Note The PCI riser assembly does not include a riser card or any cabling as standard To install a PCI card a riser card must be installed Refer to riser card user manual for installation pro cedures 22 ...

Page 31: ...vided in the following guide to install a redundant power supply unit PSU Note You can also install an optional backup power supply Contact your dealer for details 1 2 Remove the single securing screw from the PSU bracket Remove the blank bracket 3 Insert the new power supply unit it locks in place 23 ...

Page 32: ...nit PSU Note You can also install an optional backup power supply Contact your dealer for details Follow these instructions to install the redundant power supply 1 2 3 Lift the PSU handle to grasp it Push the locking lever in to release the PSU Pull the PSU by the handle to remove 4 Insert the new power supply unit it locks in place 24 ...

Page 33: ...cover See Removing the Chassis Cover on page 5 Firmly grasp the riser assembly and lift up and away See the following image 3 4 5 Turn the assembly over and place on a clean static mat Remove the securing screw 1 and slide the riser card as shown 2 Pull out the riser card as shown in the following figure 6 To replace the riser card reverse steps 5 to 1 25 ...

Page 34: ... the Fan Duct See Removing the Fan Duct on page 6 Remove the Fan Assembly See Replacing the Fan Assembly on page 14 Locate and disconnect the fan and the power cables from the backplane board Remove the two securing screws from the backplane board Grasp the backplane and gently remove the board from the chassis Place the new board in the chassis Ensure that the board is right side up and the twelv...

Page 35: ... sinks from the chassis See Installing Heat Sinks on page 9 Remove the CPU s from the chassis See Installing CPUs on page 7 Disconnect the power IPMB SATA front panel and mainboard cable connectors from the motherboard See QSSC S99K 2U Mainboard Components on page 2 Remove the ten 10 screws securing the mainboard in place Lift the mainboard out of the chassis in the direction of the arrow front ed...

Page 36: ...pter 2 Installing Hardware Replacing the Chassis Cover Refer to the following instructions to replace the chassis cover 1 2 Replace cover and slide in the direction shown 1 Replace the securing screw 2 28 ...

Page 37: ...POST and display error message only when the error is detect by BIOS during POST The error detected by BMC or MMB during POST will handle and react by BMC or MMB these errors are unaware for BIOS so BIOS will not stop the POST and not display error message to screen For example CPU temp is monitored by BMC to log the event but no reaction by BMC the CPU will do TM2 Thermal Monitor 2 to reduce the ...

Page 38: ...nformation will be show in bios setup menu at next boot for example SAS Raid card HDD information LEDs Power LED will be turned on when system is in power on state Power LED Status Function description OFF Shutdown ON Power ON Blink at 50 Duty Cycle Sleep Suspend Boot Device Sequence Selection S99K 2U BIOS support BBS Ver 1 01 Eventlog S99K 2U BIOS will log POST errors and ECC PCI IOH QPI errors a...

Page 39: ...unctions You can emulate a function key or control key by using a special key sequence call on escape sequence to represent a specific key For console redirection an escape sequence starts with an escape character This character can be entered in a number of different ways depending on the requirements of your terminal emulation software For example 0x1b and Esc all refer to the same escape charac...

Page 40: ...st be installed into CPU Socket 0 and only DIMM sockets on memory channels corresponding to CPU Socket 0 may be used Chapter 3 BIOS Key Escape Sequence Up ESC Shift a Down ESC Shift b Right ESC Shift c Left ESC Shift d Home ESC Shift h End ESC Shift k F1 ESC Shift op F2 ESC Shift oq F3 ESC Shift or F4 ESC Shift os Key Escape Sequence F1 ESC 1 F2 ESC 2 F3 ESC 3 F4 ESC 4 F5 ESC 5 F6 ESC 6 F7 ESC 7 F...

Page 41: ... processor in a fill farthest approach In addition when populating a quad rank DIMM with a Single or Dual rank DIMM in the same channel the Quad rank DIMM must be populated farthest from the processor Note that Quad rank DIMMs are not allowed in three slots populated configurations All allowed DIMM population configurations for three slots per channel are shown in below tables Chapter 3 BIOS 33 ...

Page 42: ...used in Mirrored Channel Mode 3 Mirrored Channel Mode In Lockstep Channel Mode each memory access is a 128 bit data access that spans Channel 0 and Channel 1 This is done to support SDDC for DRAM devices with 8 bit wide data ports The same address is used on both channels such that an address error on any channel is detectable by bad ECC Lockstep Channel mode is the only RAS mode that supports x8 ...

Page 43: ...LV DIMM support 35 Chapter 3 BIOS ...

Page 44: ...Level property controls who has access to the control supervisor user etc The following table summarizes the effect of Access Level on a control Chapter 3 BIOS Chapter 3 BIOS Chapter 3 BIOS 36 System Configuration AMI BIOS Version 08 00 16 Main Processor s Inter CPU 2 40GHz Math Processor Built In Base Memory Size 640KB Extd Memory Size 2040MB Serial Port s 3F8 2F8 Display Type VGA EGA BIOS Built ...

Page 45: ...Save and Exit ESC Exit System Overview AMIBIOS Version S99_2A01 Build Date 07 30 10 Product QSSC Processor Genuine Intel CPU 000 2 40GHz Speed 2400MHz Counte 2 System Memory Size 2048MB System Date Fri 30 2010 System Time 09 40 55 v02 66 Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Main Advanced Boot Server Security Exit Configure CPU Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help...

Page 46: ...ccess Level 1 Chapter 3 BIOS 38 Advanced Disabled for WindowsXP Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Configure advanced CPU settings Intel Xeon CPU X5560 2 80GHz CPUID 206C0 Frequency 2 40GHz BCLK Speed 133MHz Cache L1 384KB Cache L2 1536 KB Cache L3 12288 KB Ratio Status Unlocked Min 12 Max 18 Ratio Actual Value 18 Hardware Prefetcher Enabled 2 Adjace...

Page 47: ... 1 Auto 800 Mhz 1066 Mhz 2 Independent Channel Mirroring Lockstep 3 Disable Enabled Control Group User Access Level Memory Frequency Access Level 1 Memory Mode Access Level 1 Throttling Closed Loop Access Level 1 Throttling Open Loop Access Level 1 Chapter 3 BIOS 39 Advanced BIOS Setup Utility pppppppOptionspppppp Forces a DDR3 Frequency slower than the common tCK detected via SPD Select Screen Se...

Page 48: ...1 as IDE 2 SATA Port0 Hard Disk SATA Port1 Not Detected SATA Port2 Not Detected SATA Port3 Not Detected SATA Port4 Not Detected SATA Port5 Not Detected Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled 3 IDE Detect Time Out Sec 35 4 HDD Security Erase Support Disabled 3 Advanced BIOS Setup Utility Disabled Disables LBA Mode Auto Enables LBA Mode if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted wit...

Page 49: ...R T Access Level 1 32Bit Data Transfer Access Level 1 SuperIO Configuration 1 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 2 Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Control Group User Access Level Serial Port1 Address Access Level 1 Serial Port2 Address Access Level 1 Chapter 3 BIOS 41 Advanced BIOS Setup Utility Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Addresses Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 Gener...

Page 50: ...tion F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled 3 Keyboard 3 Mice 1 Drive Legacy USB Support Auto 1 USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Advanced BIOS Setup Utility v02 66 Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Advanced BIOS Setup Utility Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage Devices after start Unit command Sel...

Page 51: ...ss Level 1 Active State Power Management Access Level 2 ME Support Access Level 1 Chapter 3 BIOS 43 Advanced BIOS Setup Utility pppppppOptionspppppp Disabled Enable with PXE Enabled without PXE iSCSI Remote Boot Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit PCI Configuration Maximum Payload Size Auto 6 iSCSI Remote Boot Disabled 4 NIC1 KAWELA Enable with PXE 1 ...

Page 52: ...C Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives CD DVD Device Network Device USB Drives BIOS Setup Utility v02 66 Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Boot Allow BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Boot Settings ...

Page 53: ... Access Level 1 Bootup Num Lock Access Level 1 Wait For F1 If Error Access Level 1 Hit F2 Message Display Access Level 1 Chapter 3 BIOS 45 Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device USB ...

Page 54: ...ing Access Level 1 NMI on Error Access Level 1 46 Chapter 3 BIOS Main Advanced Boot Server Security Exit Configure Remote Access Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit IPMI Configuration Status Of BMC Working IPMI Specification Version 2 0 BMC Firmware Version 00 00 01 Set BMC LAN Configuration Remote Access Configuration Restore on AC Power Los...

Page 55: ... Access Level 1 Chapter 3 BIOS 47 Server Select BMC LAN port to dedicated NIC or shared NIC Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Lan Configuration Channel Number 01 Channel Number Status Status is OK BMC LAN Port Configuration Shared NIC 1 DHCP Enabled Disabled 2 IP Address 192 168 001 002 3 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 000 3 GateWay Address 192 168 001 001...

Page 56: ...e and Exit ESC Exit Configure Remote Access type and parameters Remote Access Enabled 1 Serial port number COM1 2 Current SOL Baud Rate 115200 bps Serial Port Mode 115200 8 n 1 3 Flow Control None 4 Redirection After BIOS POST Enabled 5 Terminal Type ANSI 6 Server BIOS Setup Utility v02 66 Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Use to traverse The event log Select Screen Select Item Change Op...

Page 57: ...and Exit ESC Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Full Access 1 Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check Setup 2 Main Advanced Boot Server Security Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes F10 key can be used for this operation Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F...

Page 58: ...u have made in the Setup utility and exit the Setup utility When the Exit Discarding Changes dialog box appears press OK to discard changes and exit or press Cancel to return to the setup main menu ESC key can be used for this operation Discard Changes If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box asks if you want to discard the settings changes for all the items in the Setup utility Sel...

Page 59: ... with the system S4 state All Power Resources that supply a System Level reference of S0 or S1 are in the OFF state Device states are compatible with the current Power Resource states Only devices that solely reference Power Resource that are in the On state for a given device state can be in that device state Devices that are enabled to wake the system and that can do so from their current device...

Page 60: ... in some way differs from INT 15 88 or INT 15 E801 the information returned from E820 supersedes the information returned from INT 15 88 or INT 15 E801 This replacement allows the BIOS to return any information that it requires from INT 15 88 or INT 15 E801 for compatibility reasons For compatibility reasons if E820 returns any AddressRangeACPI or AddressRangeNVS memory ranges below 16Mb the INT 1...

Page 61: ... LengthLow Low 32 Bits of Length in Bytes 12 LengthHigh High 32 Bits of Length in Bytes 16 Type Address type of this range The BaseAddrLow and BaseAddrHigh together are the 64 bit base address of this range The base address is the physical address of the start of the range being specified The LengthLow and LengthHigh together are the 64 bit length of this range The length is the physical contiguou...

Page 62: ...mable device Some of the reasons a BIOS would do this are The address range contains system ROM The address range contains RAM in use by the ROM The address range is in use by a memory mapped system device The address range is for whatever reason unsuitable for a standard device to use as a device memory space Chapter 3 BIOS 54 ...

Page 63: ...micro controller support IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface for server management BMC and its related circuit may be built on server motherboard or on a daughter board BMC firmware needs server BIOS providing some system information and reaction for server management For SMS SMBIOS is a major interface that SMS can get system information and status KCS Keyboard Controller Style KCS int...

Page 64: ...nt Interface Specification v1 5 v2 0 and the appropriate reference documents Reference Documents 1 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification Revision 1 0b 1996 1997 1998 Intel Corporation Microsoft Corporation Toshiba Corporation 2 I2 C Address Allocation Revision 1 13 1997 Intel Corporation 3 Intel Dynamic Power Node Manager 1 5 08 2008 Intel Corporation 4 Data Center Manageability...

Page 65: ...le region of battery backed 128 bytes of memory which normally resides on the baseboard CPU Central Processing Unit Deasserted A signal is deasserted when in te inactive state Active low signal names have _L appended to the end of the signal mnemonic Active high signal names have no _L suffix To reduce confusion when referring to active high and active low signals the terms one zero high low and t...

Page 66: ...MAC Media Access Control MB 1024 KB MD2 Message Digest 2 Hashing Algorithm MD5 Message Digest 5 Hashing Algorithm Higher Security Ms Milliseconds Mux Multiplexer NIC Network Interface Card NMI Nonmaskable Interrupt NM Node Management OBF Output buffer OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer Ohm Unit of electrical resistance PDB Power Distrubution Board PEF Platform Event Filtering PEP Platform Event P...

Page 67: ...the I2C protocol The SMBus is a low speed bus that provides positive addressing for devices as well as bus arbitration SMI Server Management Interrupt SMI is the highest priority nonmaskable interrupt SMM Server Management Mode SMS Server Management Software SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SOL Serial Over LAN UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UCT Upper Critical Threshold UDP...

Page 68: ...event occurs BMC functionality of S99K 2U is responsible for acting as an interface or gateway between the host system i e server management software and the periphery devices Below is a concept block diagram of BMC in a general server platform BMC Hardware Architecture Overview Each of these periphery devices including the BMC has various environment sensors and controls that are made available t...

Page 69: ...ave mode The I2C bus interface conforms to and provides a subset of the Philips I2C bus inter IC bus interface functions The register configuration that controls the I2C bus differs partly from the Philips configuration however Also this interface is compatible with SMBus specification 2 0 I2C Diagram Chapter 4 BMC 61 ...

Page 70: ... includes main board part number product name and manufacturer etc Health status Hardware monitoring report Events log view and clear Event notification via lighting chassis LED indicator and PET Platform Event Trap Platform Event Filtering PEF to take selected action for selected events Chassis management includes power control and status report front panel buttons and LEDs control Watchdog and a...

Page 71: ...There are several power control sources implemented in BMC including Watchdog Timer PEF and IPMI chassis command Power Management Node Management Intel NM support will be provided to support power management Sensor Name Sensor Number Sensor Type SDR Type SPS FW Health 17h DCh OEM 03 NM Health 19h DCh OEM 03 NM Exception 18h DCh OEM 03 NM Threshold 1Bh DCh OEM 03 NM Capabilities 1Ah DCh OEM 02 Plea...

Page 72: ...s ID button it will have toggle behavior that different from command trigger While identify LED blinking user press ID button will force stop blinking and turn off ID LED 3 System Status LED Amber There is a dual color LED for system status on front and rear panel The behavior of Status LED and ID LED is as below Color Condition When Status LED Amber Blink Critical Failure critical Fan Voltage Tem...

Page 73: ... PCI SensorID 7 Event Dir Event Type 6Fh 8 EventData1 Axh 04h PCI PERR 05h PCI SERR 07h Bus Correctable Error 08h Bus Uncorrectable Error 0Ah Bus Fatal Error 9 EventData2 XXh PERR SERR dev fun num 10 EventData3 XXh PERR SERR bus num 5 Log IOH Error Byte Field Value Description 1 NetFunLun 10h 2 Platform Event Command 02h 3 Generator ID 01h 4 EvM Rev 04h 5 Sensor Type 13h Critical Interrupt 6 Senso...

Page 74: ...itialization activity Based on the data bit availability to display progress codes a progress code can be customized to fit the data width The higher the data bit the higher the granularity of information that can be sent on the progress port The progress codes may be reported by the system BIOS or option ROMs Error Code Error Message Response 0000 Timer Error Pause 0003 CMOS Battery Low Pause 000...

Page 75: ...essor The processor will be run at a reduced frequency which will impact system performance Pause 0102 Error The CPU Core to Bus ratio or VID configuration has failed Please enter BIOS Setup and re config it Pause 0120 Thermal Failure detected by PROCHOT Pause 0121 Thermal Failure detected by PROCHOT Pause 0122 Thermal Failure detected by PROCHOT Pause 0123 Thermal Failure detected by PROCHOT Paus...

Page 76: ...alt 0198 Processor Mismatch Halt 5120 Cmos cleared by jumper Pause 5121 Password cleared by jumper Pause 5125 Not enough space to copy PCI Option ROM Pause 8101 Warning USB Host Controller not found at the specified address Warning 8102 Error USB device failed to initialize Warning 8103 Warning Unsupported UBS device found and disabled Warning 8104 Warning Port 60h 64h emulation is not supported b...

Page 77: ...ftware access to the IPMB BMC provides Master Write Read command via its interface with SMS SMS can access other management controllers through this IPMB interface LAN interface BMC LAN interface in AST2050 is assigned to its Shared Nic LAN Default in S99K 2U Shared Dedicated Nics both are supported IPMI Specification v2 0 defines how IPMI messages encapsulated in RMCP RMCP packet format can be se...

Page 78: ...P HMAC SHA1 Integrity Algorithm types supported none HMAC SHA1 96 Confidentiality Algorithm types supported none AES CBC 128 xRC4 128 xRC4 40 Session Support 4 NMI The system support NMI assertion there are three possible NMI assertion sources Chassis Control command PEF action and Watchdog timer pre interrupt The NMI pulse duration is 10ms It is not available at BIOS POST period If NMI was trigge...

Page 79: ...ting Memory 0h Correctable error BIOS BIOS is responsible for detecting Memory 1h Uncorrectable error BIOS BIOS is responsible for detecting POST Error BIOS BIOS is responsible for detecting QPI Error BIOS BIOS is responsible for detecting PCIE Error BIOS BIOS is responsible for detecting Internal Error BIOS BIOS is responsible for detecting In the implementation architecture as long as BIOS detec...

Page 80: ...ts selectable action on an event or LAN alerting base on event By default no any PEF entries or actions exist application need to configure it to enable Other than analog sensors all discrete sensors support PEF The number of Platform Event Filter Table is 40 The number of Alert Policy Table and Alert Destination Table is 15 The policy to match an event to Platform Event Filter Table entry is IPMI...

Page 81: ...F Field Size Description GUID 16 bytes System GUID Sequence Cookie 2 bytes Increment for each new PET issued Local Timestamp 4 bytes Time for trap sent out UTC Offset 2 byte This platform not support UTC offset setting Use 0xFFFF for unspecified Trap Source Type 1 byte 0x20 for BMC Event Source Type 1 byte 0x21 for IPMI format PETs Event Severity 1 byte Management software needs to specific this f...

Page 82: ...an example of temperature thresholds Prefix Mainboard only appears in Web UI Temperature Sensor Number LCT LNCT UCT UNCT CPU0 Temp 44h N A N A 102 98 CPU1 Temp 45h N A N A 102 98 MB Temp 40h N A N A 75 70 FP Temp 41h N A N A 50 45 BP Temp 43h N A N A 55 52 DIMM Temp 1 42h N A N A 100 95 PROC_HOT0 2 21h N A N A N A N A PROC_HOT1 2 22h N A N A N A N A IOH_THERMALTRIP 2 25h N A N A N A N A IOH Temp 4...

Page 83: ... to define these values Below is the table of fan speed thresholds Fan Sensor Sensor Number Normal LCT LNCT UNCT UCT System FAN 1 51h N A 1500 2000 N A N A System FAN 2 52h N A 1500 2000 N A N A PCI FAN 50h N A 1500 2000 N A N A Bus Error Detection PCI Bus Error Detection This feature will be done by BIOS BIOS will record events in SEL Memory Bus Error Detection This feature will be done by BIOS B...

Page 84: ...IOS OS Load WD Action Info command All this data will be kept inside BMC NV memory Pre Timeout Interrupt Support For watchdog pre timeout s interrupt BMC supports SMI and NMI and SMI is used in BIOS implementation already so use watchdog with pre timeout SMI is not recommended Timeout Action Support For watchdog timeout action BMC supports power down power cycle and power reset 76 Chapter 4 BMC ...

Page 85: ...00 Sequence 1 0xFF for no RMCP ack Class of Message 1 0x08 for OEM defined RMCP OEM Command Header IANA 4 0x00001C4C for quanta Group 1 0x05 for upgrade BIOS firmware Command 1 0x00 Xmodem Data Start 1 SOH Sequence 1 0x00h 0xFFh Complement 1 0xFFh Sequence Data 128 or 1024 Payload CRC16 2 CRC16 LSB Chapter 4 BMC 77 ...

Page 86: ...sent the system If the GUID stored in BIOS CMOS is different from the one stored in EEPROM the one stored in BIOS CMOS must been replaced by the one stored in EEPROM Furthermore if BMC is not working Get System GUID will return the value stored in BIOS CMOS otherwise always returns the value stored in EEPROM IPMI Device Global Commands Command NetFn CMD O M Supported Get Device ID App 01h M Yes No...

Page 87: ...et Session Privilege Level Command App 3Bh M Yes No Close Session App 3Ch M Yes No Get Session Information App 3Dh M Yes No Get Authentication Code Command App 3Fh O Yes No Set Channel Access Commands App 40h M Yes No Get Channel Access Commands App 41h M Yes No Get Channel Info Command App 42h M Yes No Set User Access Commands App 43h M Yes No Get User Access Commands App 44h M Yes No Set User Na...

Page 88: ...dog Timer App 25h M Yes No Chassis Commands Command NetFn CMD O M Supported Get Chassis Capabilities Chassis 00h M Yes No Get Chassis Status Chassis 01h M Yes No Chassis Control Chassis 02h M Yes No Chassis Reset Chassis 03h O Yes No Chassis Identify Chassis 04h O Yes No Set Chassis Capabilities Chassis 05h O Yes No Set Power Restore Policy Chassis 06h O Yes No Get System Reset Cause Chassis 07h M...

Page 89: ...Get Auxiliary Log Status Storage 5Ah O Yes No Set Auxiliary Log Status Storage 5Bh O Yes No Note 1 Partial Add SEL Command needn t be supported when Add SEL is supported SDR Repository Commands Command NetFn CMD O M Supported Get SDR Repository Info Storage 20h M Yes No Get SDR Repository Allocation Info Storage 21h O Yes No Reserve SDR Repository Storage 22h M Yes No Get SDR Storage 23h M Yes No ...

Page 90: ... S E 26h O Yes No Get Sensor Threshold S E 27h O Yes No Set Sensor Event Enable S E 28h O Yes No Get Sensor Event Enable S E 29h O Yes No Re arm Sensor Events S E 2Ah O Yes No Get Sensor Event Status S E 2Bh O Yes No Get Sensor Reading S E 2Ch M Yes No Set Sensor Type S E 2Dh O Yes No Get Sensor Type S E 2Eh O Yes No Set Sensor Reading and Event Status S E 2Fh M Yes No LAN Command Command NetFn CM...

Page 91: ...thentication Type Enable 2 Byte 1 Call back level 7 6 Reserved 5 0 Authentication Type support 5 Reserved 4 Straight password 3 Reserved 2 MD5 1 MD2 0 Reserved Byte 2 User level Same as byte 1 Byte 3 Operator level Same as byte 1 Byte 4 Administrator level Same as byte 1 Byte 5 Reserved IP address 3 Byte 1 4 IP address MSB first IP address source 4 Byte 1 7 4 Reserved 3 0 Address source 0h Reserve...

Page 92: ... Number of destination 17 Byte 1 7 4 Reserved 3 0 Number of destination 4 in default platform Destination Type 18 Byte 1 7 4 Reserved 3 0 Destination selector Byte 2 Destination Type 7 0b unacknowledged always 6 3 Reserved 2 0 000b PET Trap destination always Byte 3 Reserved Byte 4 Reserved Destination Address 19 Byte 1 Destination Selector 7 4 Reserved 3 0 Destination selector Byte 2 Destination ...

Page 93: ...volatile otherwise noted Set In Process 0 Byte 1 This bit 7 2 Reserved 1 0 00b Set Complete 01b Set In Process 10b Reserved 11b Reserved PEF Control 1 Byte 1 7 4 Reserved 3 Reserved 2 Reserved 1 1b Enable event message for PEF actions 0 1b Enable PEF PEF Action Global Control 2 Byte 1 7 6 Reserved 5 1b Enable diagnostic interrupt NMI in this platform 4 Reserved 3 1b Enable Power Cycle 2 Reserved 1...

Page 94: ...er of Alert Policy Entry 8 Byte 1 7 Reserved 6 0 4 Alert Policy Entry support in default platform Alert Policy Table 9 Byte 1 Set Selector 7 Reserved 6 0 Alert policy entry number 1 base Byte 2 4 entry data System GUID 10 Byte 1 GUID source 7 1 Reserved 0 1b use following value in PEF trap 0b use value returned by Get System GUID Command Byte 2 17 System GUID Chapter 4 BMC 86 ...

Page 95: ...on 0x04 Prestonia 0x05 Nocona 0x06 Opteron 0x07 Dempsey 0x08 Clovertown 0x09 Tigerton 0x0A Dunnington 0x0B Hapertown 0x0C WolfDale Dp 0x0D Nehalem EP 0x0E Westmere 0x0F 0x0FE Reserved 0xFF No CPU Present Byte3 4 Processor frequency in MHZ LSB Interface ALL Normally this will be called by any external application for query system information 1Ch Set DIMM Information Operator Request Byte 1 DIMM ind...

Page 96: ... In receiving this command BMC will stop watchdog timer So BIOS need to make sure to setup BIOS WD first to avoid any gap in between 74h Set POST End Operator Request Byte 1 0x05 no special meaning simply backward compatible Response Byte 1 completion code Interface LPC by BIOS Right before BIOS enter INT19h BIOS shall use this command to let the booting is successfully at least BIOS part before c...

Page 97: ...te SDR format A Assertion D De assertion R Readable S Settable for Threshold Sensor only UC Upper Critical UNC Upper Non Critical UNR Upper Non Recoverable LC Lower Critical LNC Lower Non Critical LNR Lower Non Recoverable Chapter 4 BMC 89 ...

Page 98: ...80 R 1818 Reading Threshold 7 0 6 Scan 1 5 Event 1 4 Thresh 1 3 Hyst 1 2 Type 1 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 7Fh 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 Hyst R S 01 3 2 Thresh R S 10 1 0 Per Thresh 00 Default 58h FP Temp 41h 0Ch 01h Temperature 01h Threshold 01h Upper Critical Going High A S R Upper Non Critical Going High A S R Upper Critical Going Low D S R Upper Non Critical Going Low D S R Upper Critical thresh...

Page 99: ...can 1 5 Event 1 4 Thresh 1 3 Hyst 1 2 Type 1 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 7Fh 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 Hyst R S 01 3 2 Thresh R S 10 1 0 Per Thresh 00 Default 58h CPU0 Temp 44h 03h 01h Temperature 01h Threshold 01h Upper Critical Going High A S R Upper Non Critical Going High A S R Upper Critical Going Low D S R Upper Non Critical Going Low D S R Upper Critical threshold is comparison returned D Uppe...

Page 100: ...reshold 7 0 6 Scan 1 5 Event 1 4 Thresh 1 3 Hyst 1 2 Type 1 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 7Fh 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 Hyst R S 01 3 2 Thresh R S 10 1 0 Per Thresh 00 Default 58h DIMM Temp 42h 20h 01h Temperature 01h Threshold 01h Upper Critical Going High A S R Upper Non Critical Going High A S R Upper Critical Going Low D S R Upper Non Critical Going Low D S R Upper Critical threshold is comparison ...

Page 101: ...arison returned D Upper Non Critical threshold is comparison returned D A 0280 D 3280 R 1818 Reading Threshold 7 0 6 Scan 1 5 Event 1 4 Thresh 1 3 Hyst 1 2 Type 1 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 7Fh 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 Hyst R S 01 3 2 Thresh R S 10 1 0 Per Thresh 00 Default 58h PROC_HOT0 PROC_HOT1 21h 22h 03h 3 4 Temperature 01h Digital Discrete 03h 1 State Asserted A D R A 0002 D 0002 R 0002 Trigg...

Page 102: ...d A 0082 D 0000 R 0082 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 1 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 63h 7 Ignore 1 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Event 00 Default C0h IOH_THERMALTRIP 25h 03h A Temperature 01h Digital Discrete 03h 1 State Asserted A R A 0002 D 0000 R 0002 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 1 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 63h 7 Ignore ...

Page 103: ...ger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 1 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default C0h POST Error 27h 22h 1 System Firmware Progress 0Fh Sensor Specific 6Fh Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS A 0000 D 0000 R 0000 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ign...

Page 104: ...R A 0801 D 0000 R 0801 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 1 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 1 Default 63h 7 Ignore 1 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Event 00 Default C0h System Event FEh 06h 3 System Event 12h Sensor Specific 6Fh 4 PEF Action A R A 0010 D 0000 R 0010 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Aut...

Page 105: ...Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h BMC Watchdog 2Ah 06h 4 Watchdog 2 23h Sensor Specific 6Fh 0 Timer expired A R 1 Hard Reset A R 2 Power Down A R 3 Power Cycle A R A 000F D 0000 R 000F Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default ...

Page 106: ...3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h DIMM A0 DIMM A2 DIMM B0 DIMM B2 DIMM C0 DIMM C2 DIMM D0 DIMM D2 DIMM E0 DIMM E2 DIMM F0 DIMM F2 60h 71h 20h 1 18 Memory 0Ch Sensor Specific 6Fh 0 Correctable error A R 1 Uncorrectable error A R A 0003 D 0000 R 0003 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type...

Page 107: ...0 R 0000 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h NMI A5h 22h 4 System Firmware Progress 13h Sensor Specific 6Fh Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS A 0000 D 0000 R 0000 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h...

Page 108: ...0 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h INTERNAL Error 83h 22h 5 System Firmware Progress 13h Sensor Specific 6Fh Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS A 0000 D 0000 R 0000 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default...

Page 109: ...0005 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h Mirror Mode 88h 22h 7 Memory 0Ch Sensor Specific 6Fh Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS A 0000 D 0000 R 0000 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 ...

Page 110: ...0 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h PSU Redundancy 2Ch 0Ah 1 Power Supply 8h Redundancy States 0Bh 0 Full Redundant 1 Redundancy Lost A D R A 0003 D 0003 R 0003 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6...

Page 111: ...0002 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto 1 5 4 No Hyst 00 3 2 No Thresh 00 1 0 Per Evt 00 Default 40h PS2 Status 87h 0Ah 3 Power Supply 8h Sensor Specific 6Fh 1 Power Supply Failure detected A D R A 0002 D 0002 R 0002 Trigger Offset 7 0 6 Scan 0 5 Event 1 4 0 3 Hyst 0 2 Type 0 1 Event 1 0 Scan 0 Default 22h 7 Ignore 0 6 Auto ...

Page 112: ...L Upper Critical going high EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL PROC_HOT0 PROC_HOT1 IOH_THERMALTRIP 21h 22h 25h Temperature 01h Digital Discrete 03h State Asserted EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL P1V5_ICH P5V P1V8_AUX P12V P3V3 P3V3_STBY 31h 32h 33h 34h 35h 36h Voltage 02h Threshold 01h Lower Non Critical going low Lower Critical going low Upper Non Critical going high Upper Critical going high EVENT_SEVERITY_NON_CRI...

Page 113: ...n Uncorrectable EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL PSU Redundancy 2Ch Power Supply 8h Redundancy States 0Bh Full Redundant Redundancy Lost EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL PS1 Status PS2 Status 86h 87h Power Supply 8h Sensor Specific 6Fh Power Supply Failure detected EVENT_SEVERITY_CRITICAL BMC SEL 2Bh Event Logging Disabled 10h Sensor Specific 6Fh Log Area Reset Cleare...

Page 114: ...1 22 23 24 M a i n b o a r 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 d 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h SDR Type 12h BMC Device Locator Record 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 XXh XXh 51h 12h XXh 20h 00h 0Ch 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 07h 00h 00h 00h 06h 00h 00h XXh 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 B M C 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h Chapter 4 BMC 106 ...

Page 115: ... 1 Common Header Format Version 01h 1 Internal Use Area Starting Offset in multiples of 8 bytes 00h 1 Chassis Info Area Starting Offset in multiples of 8 bytes 01h 1 Board Area Starting Offset in multiples of 8 bytes 05h 1 Product Info Area Starting Offset in multiples of 8 bytes 0Bh 1 Multi Record Area Starting offset in multiples of 8 bytes 00h 1 PAD 00h 1 Checksum EEh Internal Use Area Format F...

Page 116: ...ormat Version 01h 1 Board Area Length 06h 1 Language Code 19h 3 Mfg Data Time Number of minutes from 0 00 hrs 1 1 96 LS Byte First 1 xxxxxxh 1 Board Manufacturer type length C6 P Board Manufacturer bytes Quanta 1 Board Product Name type length C4h Q Board Product Name bytes S99Q 1 Board Serial Number type length 1 CEh N Board Serial Number bytes 1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 Board Part Number type length C9h...

Page 117: ...ngth 1 D4h P Product Serial Number bytes 1 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 1 Asset Tag type length CBh Q Asset Tag bytes GG ZZZZ Z20 1 FRU File ID type length bytes C1h R FRU File ID bytes 31h xx Custom product info area fields 1 C1h indicate no more field information C1h Y 00h any remaining unused space 1 Product Info Area Checksum 1 4Bh Note 1 Needing one utility to update these fields during manufactu...

Page 118: ... Use Area Format Field Length byte Field Value 1 Common Header Format Version 01h 2 72 Reserve for expansion the size can be deal later Chassis Info Area Format Field Length byte Field Value 1 Chassis Info Area Format Version 01h 1 Chassis info Area Length 01h 1 Chassis Type 17h 1 Chassis Part Number type length C0h N Chassis Part Number bytes 1 Chassis Serial Number type length 1 C0h M Chassis Se...

Page 119: ...Q Board Product Name bytes 1 Board Serial Number type length 1 C0h N Board Serial Number bytes 1 1 Board Part Number type length CBh M Board Part Number bytes 3QS99FB0000 1 FRU File ID type length C0h R FRU File ID bytes xx Additional Custom Mfg Info fields 1 C1h indicate no more field information C1h Y 00h any remaining unused space 1 Board Area Checksum 1 DEh Note 1 Needing one utility to update...

Page 120: ... bytes 1 Product Version type length C0h R Product Version bytes 1 Product Serial Number type length 1 C0h P Product Serial Number bytes 1 1 Asset Tag type length C0h Q Asset Tag bytes 1 FRU File ID type length bytes C0h R FRU File ID bytes xx Custom product info area fields 1 C1h indicate no more field information C1h Y 00h any remaining unused space 1 Product Info Area Checksum 1 FCh Note 1 Need...

Page 121: ...dows 2008 2 Linux OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x 32 64 bit Fedora Core 8 9 10 11 12 Chapter 4 BMC Requirement WEB1 Web based Graphical User Interface supported on the following browsers IE 6 IE7 and Firefox 2 0 on Windows Firefox 2 0 on Linux WEB2 The web server shall support both HTTP and HTTPS protocols WEB3 The web GUI shall be accessed using a supported browser and by entering the IP address ...

Page 122: ... devices locally or via USB which can be emulated by host OS CD ROMs DVD ROMs ISO images At most one 1 Virtual Media devices may be attached at one time VM3 Virtual Media shall support all of the following client devices locally or via USB which can be emulated by host OS Floppy disks USB mass storage devices Floppy images At most one 1 Virtual Media devices may be attached at one time Chapter 4 B...

Page 123: ...nition AC Alternating Current AES Advanced Encryption Standard BIOS Basic Input Output System BMC Base board Management Controller CPU Central Processing Unit DCT Discrete Cosine Transform DES Data Encryption Standard DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS Domain Name System ESMS Embedded Server Management System FRU Field Replace Unit IE Internet Explorer IP Internet Protocol IPMI Intellige...

Page 124: ... Proprietary Administrator and Operator privilege levels are authorized to login to the web interface the User and No Access privilege levels don t have permission Login web page The default username is root and the default password is root After passing authentication the following web page appears Note Once you have logged into the BMC using the manufacturer default password be sure to change yo...

Page 125: ...nables you to view the System Information List FRU Component and Server Identify pages Click the System Information tab to view the following web page System Information This page shows the BMC information System Information web page BMC Information Description Device Power Status Current power status of the server Firmware Revision Baseboard Management Controller firmware version major number and...

Page 126: ...hassis List FRU This page displays the FRU information You can select the required FRU type from the Detected FRUs dropdown menu to see the FRU data List FRU web page BMC Information Description Chassis Information Chassis information about Type etc Board Information Board information about Manufacturer Product Name Serial Number Part Number etc Product Information Product information about Manufa...

Page 127: ... field and the Number of Memory Slot field display the total number of the motherboard supported Component web page CPU Information Include CPU ID Status Socket Manufacturer Model and Frequency Memory Information Include memory ID Status Socket Module Size Model and Frequency Chapter 5 ESMS 119 ...

Page 128: ... Server Identify Operation Select the server identify LED operation Server Identify Timeout You can set the timeout value when you select the Blink operation and must between 1 to 255 Perform Action Click to execute the selected Server Identify Operation Server Health The Server Health menu allows you to view the Sensor Readings and Event Log Click the Server Health tab to view the following web p...

Page 129: ...nsor type category displays the full sensor threshold base type only Sensor Readings web page Item Description Name Name of the sensor Status Show the current status of the sensor Reading The current value of the sensor Refresh Click to refresh this table Show Thresholds Click to see the threshold value of the sensor Sensor Readings with Threshold web page Chapter 5 ESMS 121 ...

Page 130: ...m events that occur on the managed system The system event log is generated by the BMC BIOS or OS The log lists the following information about Event ID Time Stamp Sensor Name Sensor Type and a short Description The list may be sorted by clicking any column heading in the event log list Subsequent clicks on the column headings reverse the sort Note If the event log belongs to OEM SEL Record the Se...

Page 131: ... SNMP SMTP Users PEF SSL Web Session and Power Protection settings Click the Configuration tab to view the following web page Alerts When BMC sends a platform event such as an environment warning or a component failure an alert message may be sent to one or more email addresses IP addresses On this page you can configure an alert destination To delete an alert configuration entry select it and cli...

Page 132: ...stination Address SNMP trap destination IP address or email address for the configured alert entry Modify Add a new alert configuration entry or modify an existing one Send Test Alert Test the selected alert configuration entry Delete Delete the selected alert configuration entry 1 Modify Alert Chapter 5 ESMS 124 Modify of Alerts web page ...

Page 133: ...ss Type the Email address into this field when you selected Email as the Alert Type Subject Type a Subject into this field when you selected Email as the Alert Type Message Type a Message into this field when you selected Email as the Alert Type Save Use this button to save your settings Cancel Use this button to cancel your action 2 Send Test Alert To send a test alert select a destination addres...

Page 134: ...to start stop mouse redirection Save button Use this button to make the settings active IPMI is an OS independent platform and KVM support is an added feature for IPMI For your mouse to function properly please configure the mouse mode settings according to the mouse is absolute coordinates or relative coordinates on your host server For example it is recommended to use absolute relative mouse mod...

Page 135: ...imary and Secondary DNS Server will become editable when this option is selected Primary DNS Server Specify the IP address of the preferred DNS server Secondary DNS Server Specify the alternative IP address to be used when the preferred DNS server is not available Note If you configure the IP address with a static IP you can t get the DNS IP address from DHCP server Items Description Enable DNS Re...

Page 136: ...f VLAN ID is from 2 to 4096 VLAN Priority The range of VLAN Priority is from 0 to 7 7 is the highest priority This field can be set only if user login web page via VLAN interface Save Use this button to save your settings Cancel Use this button to cancel your action and back to network settings page SOL Here you can configure the Serial over LAN settings select or change values for each attribute ...

Page 137: ...to advanced SOL page Advanced SOL web page Item Description Character Accumulate Interval The amount of time that the BMC will wait before transmitting a partial SOL character data package 1 based 5ms increments This value must be less than 255 Character Send Threshold The BMC will send an SOL character data package containing the characters as soon as this number of characters of greater has been...

Page 138: ...dify the community string and click the Save button to save a new community string SNMP web page SMTP The SMTP page shows the IP address of SMTP mail server You can modify the IP address and click the Save button to save a new mail server IP address SMTP web page Chapter 5 ESMS 130 ...

Page 139: ...istrative rights are allowed to add edit and delete users but administrative level privileges still can t delete root anonymous and itself If a new user is given administrative privileges permissions are automatically granted for all interfaces 1 Add New User This page allows you to enter the requested information for the new user You can add a new user by entering the information for the new user...

Page 140: ...ve Confirm Password Confirm your password by entering your password again Network Privileges Assign network permissions and access rights to any of the followings User Operator Administrator OEM Proprietary No Access Add Click to add the new user and return to the user list Cancel Cancel this action and return to the user list 2 Modify User You can use this page to update the information for the u...

Page 141: ...rk permissions and access rights to any of the followings User Operator Administrator OEM Proprietary No Access Modify Click to accept the modifications and return to the user list Cancel Cancel this action and return to the user list 3 Delete User If you would like to delete a user highlight the user name from the user list and click the Delete User button PEF The PEF page allows you to configure...

Page 142: ...ancel button to return to PEF list page Item Description Event Filter Action Check uncheck the Alert box to enable disable alert occurs You can select one of power operation If event occurs the power action will perform No Power Action Power Down Reset Power Cycle Alert Policy Num Choose the alert policy number of the Alerts List Sensor Type Select the sensor type Sensor Num Enter the sensor numbe...

Page 143: ...escription Default Certificate Displays the creating time of the existing certificate Default Privacy Key Display the creating time of the existing privacy key New SSL Certificate Click to choose the new SSL certificate that you want to upload Upload Click to start upload SSL certificate The Certificate file name should end with pem or crt After you click on the Upload button the new SSL certifica...

Page 144: ...ick to start upload Private Key The Private Key file name should end with pem or key After you upload the new Private Key the web server will restart You must close this browser session and open a new browser session to reconnect to the device Web Session This page allows you to change web session time out value The default value is 300 seconds If you don t active web within 300 seconds the web se...

Page 145: ...te server It enables you to use the display mouse and keyboard on the local management station to control the corresponding devices on a remote managed system Click on the Java Console button to launch the Java based remote console Note Before you can use the Console Redirection feature your browser must have the JRE installed in your operating system and the maximum session limit is two Note The ...

Page 146: ...Console Redirection web page When you click on the Java Console button Java will start and launch console redirection Console Redirection web page Launch Console Redirection Chapter 5 ESMS 138 ...

Page 147: ...asked to confirm your choice Upon confirmation the command is executed and you are informed of the status Server Power Control web page Items Description Power Status On or Off Items Description Reset Server Reboot the system without powering off Power Off Server Power down the system immediately Power Off Server Power down the system gracefully Power On Server Power up the system Power Cycle Serv...

Page 148: ...Language You can use the Language to select the preferred language from Available Languages list Languages web page Chapter 5 ESMS 140 ...

Page 149: ...Set Privilege Platform Dependent OEM A O U N OEM A O U N Login V V V X X System Information System V V V X X List FRU V V V X X Component V V V X X Y Server V V V X X Y Server Health Sensor V V V X X Event Log V V V X X V V X X X Configuration Alerts V V V X X V V X X X Mouse V V V X X V V V X X Network V V V X X V V X X X SOL V V V X X V V X X X Y SNMP V V V X X V V X X X Y SMTP V V V X X V V V X...

Page 150: ...r Internet browser before you can redirect the host system s console Open your IE browser and left click Tools and then Internet Options Click the Internet Options The Internet Options window opens click the Settings button Click the Settings button Chapter 5 ESMS 142 ...

Page 151: ...ActiveX controls and also allow it to run Signed ActiveX controls To do this left click the Security tab and then the Custom Level button Note In Microsoft Windows 2003 server operating systems the default security setting is High which disables many items aside from the ActiveX items mentioned in this document The security settings for a Microsoft Windows 2003 server operating system remote clien...

Page 152: ...ctiveX Controls section Scroll down and click the Enable button under the Run ActiveX controls and plug ins section Click the OK button Click the Enable button under the Run ActiveX Controls section You are prompted with a Warning window Click the Yes button to accept the changes to the Internet zone and go back to the Internet Options window Chapter 5 ESMS 144 ...

Page 153: ...Remote Console cannot run with any other security settings in Internet Explorer Click the Apply button Console Redirection Window You can start the launch console redirection by clicking Java Console on web The console redirection screen shows Then click the Mouse tab and select Sync Cursor Select Mouse menu to Sync Cursor Chapter 5 ESMS 145 ...

Page 154: ... redirection Restart It can be used to stop console redirection and then start console redirection Full Screen It can be used to view the console redirection in full screen mode Note Set your client system screen resolution to 1024x768 so that you can view the host system in true full screen Exit Exit and close the redirection window Chapter 5 ESMS 146 ...

Page 155: ... Used to access the left side WINDOWS key during console redirection session The following actions can be performed 1 Hold Down 2 Press and Release Right Windows Key It can be used to access the right side WINDOWS key during a console redirection session The following actions can be performed 1 Hold Down 2 Press and Release ALT CTRL DEL It can be used to act as if you depressed the CTRL ALT and DE...

Page 156: ...Mouse Mouse dropdown menu Item Description Sync Cursor Sync cursor for remote control mouse Options Options dropdown menu Chapter 5 ESMS 148 ...

Page 157: ...only You can choose one YUV compression mode via select Compression Mode YUV is a color space Y is expressed as luminance and UV is expressed as chrominance You can also select a number to control DCT quality Video Settings window Device Device dropdown menu Chapter 5 ESMS 149 ...

Page 158: ...OM can be used to start or stop the redirection of a physical DVD CD ROM drive Redirect CDROM window Redirect ISO can be used to start or stop the redirection of the ISO file Redirect ISO window Chapter 5 ESMS 150 ...

Page 159: ...rt or stop the redirection of a physical floppy drive Redirect Floppy window Redirect Floppy Image is used to start or stop the redirection of the floppy image instead of a physical driver Redirect Floppy Image window Chapter 5 ESMS 151 ...

Page 160: ...Help Help dropdown menu The Help dropdown menu contains the About JViewer menu item that allows you to view copyright and version information Chapter 5 ESMS 152 ...

Page 161: ...quire only a few simple tools including the following A Philips screwdriver A flat tipped screwdriver A grounding strap An anti static pad Most of the electrical connections can be disconnected by using your fingers It is recommended that you do not use needle nosed pliers to disconnect connections as these can damage the soft metal or plastic parts of the con nectors Before working on internal co...

Page 162: ...installing the server into the rack Follow the procedures below to install the rack mount brackets onto the server Remove the Rails 1 Loosen the four securing screws from the slider mechanism 2 3 Extend the front and rear ends of the rails to fit the rack cabinet Secure with all necessary screws for your cabinet 4 Tighten the four screws on the slide rails to secure in place 154 ...

Page 163: ...CAUTION THE SERVER SYSTEM IS HEAVY TO AVOID PERSONAL INJURY TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO LIFT AND PLACE THE SERVER INTO POSITION 6 Slide the server onto the rails and push back until it sits flush against the vertical supports on the cabinet The server must rest completely on the rails 155 ...

Page 164: ...le try removing and reinstalling the processor to ensure it is installed correctly Processor overheat the system does not boot or shuts down shortly after booting Ensure that the cooling fans are correctly installed and running Ensure that the correct thermal interface material or the thermal grease is applied to the processor Ensure that the power supply fan is running Ensure that the air intakes...

Page 165: ...ds If the system boots correctly there may be a short or overload associated with one of the components Re place each of non essential items one at a time to isolate which one is causing the problem If the problem occurs even after removing the non essential components the problem has to be with the server board power supply memory or processor Defective Components Defective components especially ...

Page 166: ...y and disk space available Remove all added options one at a time and try to power up the system If after removing an option the server works you may find that it is a problem with the option or a configuration problem be tween the option and the server Contact the option vendor for assistance If the system doesn t power on check the LED display If the power LED is not on you may not be receiving ...

Page 167: ... LED Green Green HDD HDD Tray LED indications for on board SATA ports Green Amber Top OFF OFF Green ON OFF Green ON ON Green Bottom 3 2B HDD Tray Green Amber Top No HDD No Access HDD Access Green Bottom Green Amber Top Green Bottom HDD Tray LED indications for SAS SATA add on cards Green Amber Top OFF OFF Green ON Green Bottom Green Amber Top 3 2B Front Panel HDD Tray Green Bottom Green Amber Top ...

Page 168: ...ber Right OFF OFF On No BLINK No 10 BLINK Green On 100 BLINK Amber On 1Gb Link Access Speed 10 Link Access Speed 100 Link Access Speed 1Gb Link No Access No Link No Access Dedicate NIC for Management Green Right Green Amber Left 6 Rear Panel BMC LAN Green Right Green Amber Left Green Right Green Amber Left 7 System ID Button Blue Blue OFF OFF OFF Off 10 On 100 BLINK Off 10 On 100 BLINK Off Indicat...

Page 169: ...te Save power on CPUID value in scratch CMOS D2 Verify the bootblock checksum Disable CACHE before memory detection Execute full memory sizing module Verify that flat mode is enabled D3 If memory sizing module not executed start memory refresh and do memory sizing in Bootblock code Do additional chipset initialization Re enable CACHE Verify that flat mode is enabled D4 Test base 512KB memory Adjus...

Page 170: ...E2h Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next E6h Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory E9h Enter the recovery mode to seek the recovery device Edh Initializing the floppy drive Eeh Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette Efh A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A F0h Next sear...

Page 171: ...esence of Keyboard in KBC port 0E Testing and initialization of different Input Devices Also update the Kernel Variables Traps the INT09h vector so that the POST INT09h handler gets control for IRQ1 Uncompress all available language BIOS logo and Silent logo modules 13 Early POST initialization of chipset registers 24 Uncompress and initialize any platform specific BIOS modules 30 Initialize Syste...

Page 172: ...or 87 Execute BIOS setup if needed requested 8C Late POST initialization of chipset registers 8D Build the ACPI tables 8E Program the peripheral parameters Enable Disable NMI as selected 90 Late POST initialization of system management interrupt A0 Check boot password if installed A1 Clean up work needed before booting to OS A2 Takes care of runtime image preparation for different BIOS modules Fil...

Page 173: ...em will continue booting with a degraded state The user may want to replace the erroneous unit 2 Pause The message is displayed on the screen an error is logged to the SEL and user input is required to continue The user can take immediate corrective action or choose to continue booting 3 Halt The message is displayed on the screen an error is logged to the SEL and the system cannot boot unless the...

Page 174: ...ARN RD RCVEN Error Warning 002A WARN WR LEVEL Error Warning 002B WARN WR DQ DQS Error Warning 002C WARN DIMM POP RUL MINOR OUT OF ORDER Error Warning 002D WARN DIMM POP RUL MINOR INDEPENDENT MODE Error Warning 002E WARN CLTT MINOR NO TEMP SENSOR Error Warning 002F WARN CLTT MINOR CIRCUIT TST FAILED Error Warning 0030 WARN THROT INSUFFICIENT Error Warning 0031 WARN CLTT DIMM UNKNOWN Error Warning 0...

Page 175: ...ter Drive ATAPI Incompatible Pause 0083 Secondary Salve Drive ATAPI Incompatible Pause 0101 Warning This system board does not support the power requirements of the installed processor The processor will be run at a reduced frequency which will impact system performance Pause 0102 Error The CPU Core to Bus ratio or VID configuration has failed Please enter BIOS Setup and re config it Pause 0120 Th...

Page 176: ...pping Pause 0184 BIOS does not support current stepping Pause 0185 BIOS does not support current stepping Pause 0186 BIOS does not support current stepping Pause 0187 BIOS does not support current stepping Pause 0194 CPUID Processor family are different Halt 0196 CPUID Processor Model are different Halt 0193 CPUID Processor stepping are different Halt 0192 L2 cache size mismatch Halt 0197 Processo...

Page 177: ...t Controller Warning 8105 Warning EHCI controller disabled It requires 64bit data support in the BIOS Pause 8301 Not enough space in Runtime area SMBIOS data will not be available Warning 8302 Not enough space in Runtime area SMBIOS data will not be available Pause 8601 Error BMC Not Responding Pause 8701 Insufficient Runtime space for MPS data System may operate in PCI or Non MPS mode Pause Appen...