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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

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1-1 Overview

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1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components

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1-3 Blade Module Features

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Processors .............................................................................................. 1-2
Memory ................................................................................................... 1-2
Storage.................................................................................................... 1-3
Density .................................................................................................... 1-3

1-4 Contacting Supermicro

..................................................................... 1-5

Chapter 2 System Safety

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2-1 Electrical Safety Precautions

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2-2 General Safety Precautions

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2-3 Electrostatic Discharge Precautions

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2-4 Operating Precautions

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Chapter 3 Setup and Installation

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3-1 Overview

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3-2 Installing Blade Modules

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Powering Up a Blade Unit....................................................................... 3-1
Powering Down a Blade Unit .................................................................. 3-1
Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure ............................................ 3-1
Removing/Replacing the Blade Cover .................................................... 3-2
Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure ............................................... 3-2

3-3 Processor Installation

....................................................................... 3-4

3-4 Onboard Battery Installation

............................................................ 3-5

3-5 Memory Installation

........................................................................... 3-6

Populating Memory Slots ........................................................................ 3-6
DIMM Installation .................................................................................... 3-8

3-6 Hard Disk Drive Installation

............................................................. 3-9

3-7 Installing the Operating System

.................................................... 3-11

Installing with an External USB CD-ROM Drive.................................... 3-11
Installing via PXE Boot.......................................................................... 3-11
Installing via Virtual Media (Drive Redirection) ..................................... 3-12

3-8 Management Software

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Summary of Contents for SBI-7226T-T2

Page 1: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual Revison 1 0a...

Page 2: ...resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi...

Page 3: ...and servicing the SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module into the SuperBlade chassis Other sections co...

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

Page 6: ...n Utilities 5 2 5 2 BIOS Setup 5 2 Chapter 6 BIOS 6 1 6 1 Introduction 6 1 Running Setup 6 1 6 2 Main BIOS Setup Menu 6 1 System Time System Date 6 2 6 3 Advanced Settings Menu 6 2 CPU Clock Configura...

Page 7: ...Configuration 6 12 System Health Monitor 6 13 6 4 Boot Menu 6 13 6 5 Security Menu 6 14 6 6 Exit Menu 6 15 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 A 1 BIOS POST Messages A 1 A 2 BIOS POST Codes A 3 Recoverabl...

Page 8: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual viii Notes...

Page 9: ...talling a Hard Drive in a Carrier 3 10 Figure 4 1 SBI 7226T T2 Blade Unit Front View 4 1 Figure 4 2 Blade Control Panel 4 2 Figure 4 3 B8DTT Mainboard 4 5 Figure 4 4 Intel 5500 IOH 24D Tylersburg ICH1...

Page 10: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual x Notes...

Page 11: ...ubmenu 6 6 Table 6 6 CPU Bridge Configuration Submenu 6 7 Table 6 7 NorthBridge Configuration Submenu 6 7 Table 6 8 SouthBridge Configuration Submenu 6 8 Table 6 9 ACPI Configuration Submenu 6 9 Table...

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Page 13: ...power supplies and modules are housed in Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been certified for use with the SuperBlade www supermicro com products superblade...

Page 14: ...support up to 16 GB of ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM or 64 GB of ECC Registered DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM DIMMs Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate...

Page 15: ...front mounted easy removable carriers two for each node See Chapter 3 Setup and Installation on page 3 1 for storage installation details Density A maximum of ten blade modules may be installed into...

Page 16: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual 1 4 Figure 1 1 Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers...

Page 17: ...per Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical...

Page 18: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual 1 6 Notes...

Page 19: ...oards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as elect...

Page 20: ...erated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and...

Page 21: ...unit is in place when the blade is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the blade can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Any drive carrier without a hard drive ins...

Page 22: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual 2 4 Notes...

Page 23: ...owering Down a Blade Unit A blade unit may be powered down in either of five ways Press the power button on the blade unit Use IPMIView or the web browser based management utility to power down if you...

Page 24: ...e cover toward the front of the blade to lock it into place Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure Make sure the cover of the blade unit has been replaced first before installing a blade unit in t...

Page 25: ...3 3 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Figure 3 1 Inserting a Blade into the Enclosure Figure 3 2 Locking the Blade into Position...

Page 26: ...ssor socket up until the processor is released from the socket then lift the silver cover plate and remove the processor Installing a Processor 1 If present remove the protective black PnP cap from th...

Page 27: ...to supply certain volatile memory components with power when power has been removed from the blade module If this battery dies it must be replaced with an equivalent CR2032 Lithium 3V battery Dispose...

Page 28: ...type will result in three channel interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory See Table 3 1 and Figure 3 5 for details For an interleaved configuration memory module...

Page 29: ...8 Slot DIMM Numbering Edge of Board Toward CPU Toward CPU Edge of Board Toward CPU Toward CPU P2 DIMM1A P2 DIMM1B P2 DIMM2 P2 DIMM2 P3 DIMM2 P3 DIMM3 P3 DIMM1A P3 DIMM1B P4 DIMM1A P4 DIMM1B P4 DIMM2...

Page 30: ...3 6 Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot 4 Gently press down on the DIMM until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see Table 3 1 for installing DIMMs into the slots in the correct o...

Page 31: ...g a Hard Drive 1 Remove a blank drive carrier from the blade see removal procedure above 2 Insert a 2 5 drive into the carrier with the PCB side facing down and the connector end toward the rear of th...

Page 32: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual 3 10 Figure 3 7 Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier...

Page 33: ...a mouse to the USB hub You will also need to connect a monitor to the video connector on the SUV cable Turn on the blade module 3 Insert the CD containing the OS into the CD ROM drive 4 Follow the pr...

Page 34: ...ent may be performed with either of three software packages IPMIview SuperBladeTool or a Web based Management Utility These are designed to provide an administrator with a comprehensive set of functio...

Page 35: ...ts Dual 1366 pin LGA Socket processors for up to two Intel 64 bit quad core Xeon series processors Memory Supports up to 64 GB of ECC Registered DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM DIMMs or 16 GB of ECC Unbuffer...

Page 36: ...s blade module on and off 2 KVM Button N A Initiates KVM function 3 Power LED Green Indicates power status On Orange Indicates power status Off with power cables plugged in 4 KVM UID LED Blue Indicate...

Page 37: ...o switch to another blade disconnect the cable then reconnect it to the new blade See the Web based Management Utility User s Manual on your SuperBlade system CD ROM for further details on using the K...

Page 38: ...he SBI 7226T T2 blade unit is a proprietary design which is based on the Intel 5500 IOH 24D Tylersburg ICH10R chipset See Figure 4 4 for a block diagram of this chipset Figure 4 3 for a view of the B8...

Page 39: ...4 5 Chapter 4 Blade Module Features Figure 4 3 B8DTT Mainboard 2 6 7 3 6 5 5 9 1 4 5 5 8 8 7 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 14 14 13 13...

Page 40: ...ocket 4 CPU4 Socket 5 DIMM Slots see Figure 3 5 8 Slot DIMM Numbering on page 3 7 for details 6 Space for 2 5 SATA Hard Drive 7 Gbx Connector for power and logic to backplane 8 BIOS Chip 9 Onboard Bat...

Page 41: ...clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords JBT1 consists of two contact pads located near the BIOS chip 10 in Figure 4 3 PROCESSOR 0 PROCESSOR 1 1 DDR3 DIMM 2 DDR3 DIMM 1 1 1 DDR3 DIMM 2 DDR3 DIMM...

Page 42: ...access the mainboard see Section Removing Replacing the Blade Cover on page 3 2 for further details Short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Replace the cover install the...

Page 43: ...The four drives can be used to set up a RAID array SATA RAID 0 or 1 only or JBOD These drives use a yellow color for the Blade HDD active LED Table 4 5 Main Components of SBI 7226T T2 Blade Unit Item...

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Page 45: ...e ACU you can restart it by pressing CTRL R NOTE A RAID 1 created using the QUICK INIT option may return some data miscompares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause fo...

Page 46: ...e of these utilities see the SuperMicro website at http www supermicro com support manuals for these RAID Installation Guides 5 2 BIOS Setup Use the BIOS setup to configure for either the Intel or Ada...

Page 47: ...5 2 select the SATA drives you wish to configure as RAID drives For each drive select the CONFIGURE SATA AS menu option and select the RAID option for it The screen will change to reflect your change...

Page 48: ...SBI 7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual 5 4 3 In the changed IDE CONFIGURATION screen select the MAX PORTS ON SATA option and set your ports selection Figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 Selecting Max Ports Option...

Page 49: ...5 5 Chapter 5 RAID Setup Procedure 4 For the RAID ID Support menu option Figure 5 4 select either the Intel or Adaptec utility for configuring your RAID configuration Figure 5 4 Selecting RAID Utility...

Page 50: ...7226T T2 Blade Module User s Manual 5 6 5 The last option is for enabling or disabling Hot Plug support for your RAID configuration using the HOT PLUG menu option Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 Enabling Hot P...

Page 51: ...Esc key once to exit the IDE CONFIGURATION screen and go to the EXIT menu in the BIOS setup From the Exit menu select SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT to confirm your RAID configuration changes and exit the BIO...

Page 52: ...le User s Manual 5 8 7 Your system will reboot When the reboot displays the screen message in Figure 5 7 press CTRL A to bring up the RAID Configuration Utility you chose in step 4 Intel or Adaptec Fi...

Page 53: ...he message Press the Delete key to enter Setup appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST press the DELETE key to activate the main SETUP menu 6 2 Main BIOS Setup Menu The MAIN MENU s...

Page 54: ...ou can edit the SYSTEM TIME SYSTEM DATE field to change the system time and date Highlight SYSTEM TIME or SYSTEM DATE using the ARROW keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the TAB key or th...

Page 55: ...ilize the additional HW Caps that are provided by Intel Virtualization Technology Settings are Enabled and Disabled NOTE A full reset is required to change this setting Execute Disable Bit Capability...

Page 56: ...ATA 1 Options include IDE RAID or AHCI Max Ports on SATA 1 Use this setting to specify the maximum ports on SATA 1 Options include 4 ports and 6 ports RAID ID Support If you have selected the RAID set...

Page 57: ...graphics device is installed in the system in order for the graphics card to function properly The options are ENABLED and Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster When enabled this allows BIOS to use PCI busmaste...

Page 58: ...nd IRQ 4 for the interrupt address Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 The options are DISABLED 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E...

Page 59: ...ponents Options include Auto 4 800GT 5 866GT and 6 400GT QPI L0s and L1 This setting allows you to Enable or Disable QPI L0s and L1 Memory Frequency This setting forces a DDR3 frequency slower than th...

Page 60: ...egacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system AUTO disables Legacy support if no USB devices are connected The options are DISABLED Enabled and AUTO USB 2 0 Controller Mode Select...

Page 61: ...les the Headless operation mode through ACPI NUMA Support This setting Enables or Disables NUMA support Chipset ACPI Confguration Use this sub menu to confgure chipset ACPI related configuration setti...

Page 62: ...ht this item and press ENTER to mark all events as read Clear Event Log Select Yes and press ENTER to clear all event logs The options are YES and NO to verify Table 6 12 IPMI Configuration Submenu Me...

Page 63: ...of XX XX XX XX XX XX The current MAC Address is statically displayed below Subnet Mask Use this sub menu forSubnet Mask configuration Subnet Mask This setting allows you to set the Subnet Mask for you...

Page 64: ...Menu Option Description Remote Access Allows you to Enable or Disable remote access If enabled the settings below will appear Serial Port Number Selects the serial port to use for console redirection...

Page 65: ...nd KEEP CURRENT The default setting is Force BIOS Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Select KEEP CURRENT to allow the computer sys...

Page 66: ...ves installed in your system 1st Drive These settings specify the boot sequence from the available hard disk drives devices installed in your system The devices to set are 1ST DRIVE 2ND DRIVE 3RD DRIV...

Page 67: ...is option to quit BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT from the EXIT menu and press ENTER Discard Changes...

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Page 69: ...4k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extend...

Page 70: ...n older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA...

Page 71: ...cking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the s...

Page 72: ...POST Errors Post Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initi...

Page 73: ...ize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize I20 support 48h Check video configuration against...

Page 74: ...lize Intelligent System Monitoring 7Eh Initialize coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83...

Page 75: ...pt AAh Scan for F2 key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag B0h Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep bef...

Page 76: ...mory for PCMCIA CEh Initialize digitizer and display message D2h Unknown interrupt Table A 3 Boot Block Flash ROM Terminal POST Errors Post Code Description E0h Initialize the chipset E1h Initialize t...

Page 77: ...in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte o...

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Page 79: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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