ClearCube A6108 Quick Start Manual Download

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A6108 Blade PC Quick Start Guide

A6108

components

The table and picture below show each major A6108 Blade PC component.

Number Part

Function

Power button

and indicator

Button:

Press to power on and power off blade. Press and hold for 3 seconds to force power off.

Indicator:

Button is illuminated (solid) when power is on.

Button blinks slowly to indicate blade is in Sleep power state.

Reset button and HDD indicator

Button:

Press to reset blade power.

Indicator:

Button flashes to indicate hard drive activity.

USB

Dual USB 2.0 port

Video Access and Pull Tab Provides access to select video and pull tab for removal from

chassis

Storage drive carrier

Holds up to two storage drives, connecting directly to SATA

connectors inside the blade.

Does not support hot-swap operation

The A6108 Blade PC components

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Summary of Contents for A6108

Page 1: ...is illuminated solid when power is on Button blinks slowly to indicate blade is in Sleep power state 2 Reset button and HDD indicator Button Press to reset blade power Indicator Button flashes to indicate hard drive activity 3 USB Dual USB 2 0 port 4 Video Access and Pull TabProvides access to select video and pull tab for removal from chassis 5 Storage drive carrier Holds up to two storage drives...

Page 2: ...tel AMT and provides references to additional information about Aseries blades A series chassis and to information about using PCoIP technology A6108 overview A6108 blades are 6U high single slot blades that mount in an A3100 chassis The A3100 chassis provides power network interfaces and a USB port for each blade The picture below shows zero clients connected to A6108 series blades in an A3100 ch...

Page 3: ...utton is located on the bottom portion of the front panel shown as 2 in Figure 1 on page 1 When a blade is powered on press the reset button to reset power Result The blade powers down the power indicator 1 turns off and the blade powers on again About blade storage drives A6108 blades use carrier free hot swappable bays for drives such as hard disk drives HDD solid state drives SSD self encryptin...

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Page 5: ...rk TX 78641 512 652 3500 www clearcube com Storage drives and carrier Continued Drive order The picture below shows how storage drives are ordered in the storage drive carrier 3 Drive order in the storage drive carrier Page of P N TBD Rev A 1 0 10 9 2020 5 15 ...

Page 6: ... From the top pull the bezel toward you and lift up to remove it 3 Hold the blade so the D shaped handle in the front of the blade is upright and is facing you Align the blade with the top and bottom guides in the chassis and slowly insert the blade Result When fully seated the blade is flush with the front edge of the bottom guide bracket NOTE There is slight resistance when blade connectors are ...

Page 7: ...in specified below for more information Set mass storage lockout on PCoIP host cards which enables you to prohibit or restrict the use of USB based mass storage devices such as flash drives on ClearCube blades Expansion Backplane As noted above the A3100 chassis provides power network and USB connections for A6108 blades The picture below shows the network connections on A3100 Chassis Expansion Ba...

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Page 9: ...onfiguring an A6108 blade outside of a chassis From inside a chassis make sure all network and power cables are attached to the chassis Before you begin be sure to have Ethernet cables a standard 120 V computer power cable IEC 60320 C13 connector with NEMA 5 15 inlet a DisplayPort monitor video cables and power cables a USB keyboard and a mouse and NOTE These instructions assume devices are connec...

Page 10: ...ing network If you are imaging from an imaging network connect an Ethernet cable to the standard Ethernet port on the rear of the blade this is the bottom most port when the blade is resting on a table as shown below Connect the other end of the cable to a switch connected to an imaging network 5 Network ports on the rear of the blade 5 Connect a power cable to the power connector at the rear of t...

Page 11: ... boot logo select the choice needed DEL or F2 to enter BIOS Setup F7 to enter boot menu Next steps You can now deploy the A6108 blade See the sections below for important details about A6108 configuration operation and maintenance Flashing the motherboard BIOS The A6108 BIOS is available from the ClearCube Support site The BIOS download includes detailed instructions about how to flash the motherb...

Page 12: ...owser based utility VNC Viewer Plus and Spiceworks Be sure to choose a console that supports your management objectives Network The A3100 chassis supports Intel AMT through the primary Ethernet port only See Figure 5 and Figure 6 above for more information Supported features A6108 blades support all Intel AMT features except for KVM over IP Default login credentials The list below shows default In...

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Page 14: ...onnect to a blade Perform these steps on each blade you will manage from an AMT management console Step Action 1 Log in to the AMT BIOS extension as shown in the section above 2 Select Intel R Standard Manageability Configuration and press ENTER 3 Select Activate Network Access and press ENTER Result A message is displayed Press Y on your keyboard 4 Press ESC to return to the main menu 5 Select ME...

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