Intel SE7500WV2 - Server Chassis - SR2300, Training Manual

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Page 3: ...et 23 Processor Subsystem 24 Memory Subsystem 25 Peripheral Components Video 26 Peripheral Components Network 27 Peripheral Components Mass Storage 28 Peripheral Components Standard I O 30 Peripheral...

Page 4: ...Direct Platform Control DPC 67 Client System Setup Utility CSSU 68 LAN Alert Viewer 69 DMI Explorer 70 Performing Remote Management 71 Customizing the Software 72 Software Architecture 73 Introductio...

Page 5: ...Workbook Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training 2003 Intel Corporation v Management Console 100 Managed Server Requirements 103 Course Summary 105 Learning More About These Products 106 Course Evaluat...

Page 6: ...Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training Student Workbook vi 2003 Intel Corporation...

Page 7: ...e cycle This course provides knowledge about the product s features and positioning Call Center Personnel People who handle calls during the support phase of the server life cycle These include instal...

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Page 9: ...terials In addition the following product guides and technical product specifications provide further details about the topics covered in this course Although not necessary for the class they serve as...

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Page 11: ...Student Workbook Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training 2003 Intel Corporation 5 Overview 2003 Intel Corporation Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training...

Page 12: ...ames and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training Course Agenda This course introduces the Intel server board SE7500WV2 and its product updates Topics incl...

Page 13: ...Student Workbook Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training 2003 Intel Corporation 7 Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 2003 Intel Corporation Intel Server Board SE7500WV2...

Page 14: ...nt Workbook 8 2003 Intel Corporation Topics 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Topics Learning About the Server Board U...

Page 15: ...bout the Server Board 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Learning About the Server Board Server Board Introduction Targ...

Page 16: ...is a high performance server board that is built for high density rack mount applications The Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 and Intel Server Chassis SR1300 combine to make a high performance 1U rack mo...

Page 17: ...rd SE7500WV2 is a high performance cost effective server board Intel provides server integrators with a choice between a low cost ATA 100 RAID solution or a high performance Ultra160 SCSI solution dep...

Page 18: ...CSI version Pending validation of 2GB DIMMS in the SE7500WV2 To provide a high level of flexibility and maximum performance the SE7500WV2 is designed with the Intel E7500 chipset support for dual Inte...

Page 19: ...t of specifications for 1U and 2U rack mount server chassis including Defined volume restrictions and airflow strategies to ensure proper cooling of server components Support for remote system managem...

Page 20: ...lti media services Providing streaming audio and or video media to intranet and or Internet users This scenario typically employs a number of 1U servers connected to a large drive array Messaging serv...

Page 21: ...d Web server and or cache commonly accessed Web objects pages graphics and sound Proxy services provide a level of security and user control Caching services typically improve the response times of co...

Page 22: ...0 mass storage subsystems Compatible with 1U and 2U rack mount chassis products from Intel and a variety of third party manufacturers Full featured server board with support for powerful remote manage...

Page 23: ...made the SCB2 popular Performance With support for the fastest Intel XeonTM processors currently available twice the memory capacity two fully independent 64 bit PCI X expansion buses and dual Intel 1...

Page 24: ...res of the server board Support for one low profile PCI X slot and one full height PCI X slot Redundant cooling Front panel support for bootable USB devices Intel Server Chassis SR2300 A 2U rack mount...

Page 25: ...property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Compatible Third Party Products Network operating systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 6 X Red Hat Linux 7 3 SUSE Linux 8 A var...

Page 26: ...rty of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Boxed Board Contents and Accessories Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 ATA 100 RAID or Ultra160 SCSI version PS 2 Y cable for keyboard and mouse ATX I O shield an...

Page 27: ...Understanding the Server Board Architecture 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Understanding the Server Board Architect...

Page 28: ...brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Conceptual Diagram In this section we discuss the design characteristics of the Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 including Chip...

Page 29: ...one of the PCI buses as appropriate Contains an integrated memory controller that controls data transfers to and from memory and handles error detection and correction Provides hub links for both the...

Page 30: ...t processors as well as future supported processors Fault resilient booting A component of the management subsystem that monitors the boot process and upon failure of the bootstrap processor marks the...

Page 31: ...MCH provides the following ECC functions Single bit error correction If a single bit error is detected the ECC logic generates a new recovered 64 bit QWord with a pattern that corresponds to the origi...

Page 32: ...l standard IBM VGA modes The ATI RAGE XL chip contains SVGA video controller Clock generator 2D and 3D engine RAMDAC random access memory digital to analog converter The video subsystem supports modes...

Page 33: ...100Base TX and 1000Base TX compatible PHY IEEE 820 3u auto negotiation support Full duplex support at 10 Mbps 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps operation Network adapter teaming Adapter fault tolerance AFT prov...

Page 34: ...ors High density external connector attached to SCSI channel A 68 pin internal connector attached to SCSI channel B Each channel supports either 16 bit single ended SE or low voltage differential LVD...

Page 35: ...s an embedded Promise Technology PDC20277 ATA 100 RAID controller that provides two independent ATA 100 channels in a single 32 bit 33 MHz PCI bus master device and provides the following features Two...

Page 36: ...H3 I O controller hub also includes an integrated PCI based Ultra DMA 100 IDE controller that supports programmed I O data transfers and bus master IDE data transfers and provides two independent ATA...

Page 37: ...roller hub includes a low pin count LPC interface to a National Semiconductor ASIC that provides a number of legacy I O functions including Floppy disk drive controller Two separate floppy disk drive...

Page 38: ...H 10 to DB 9 cable to the 9 pin internal header located at jumper J9A2 and then routing the cable to the rear of the chassis The Intel Server Chassis SR2300 provides a knockout on the back of the chas...

Page 39: ...ard by simply using standard CAT 5 cable to connect from the rear port to the serial port concentrator The 8 pins of the rear RJ 45 connector can be configured using the J5A2 jumper block located at t...

Page 40: ...CI segment provides support for the onboard SCSI controller SCSI SKU only along with the one or three PCI expansion slots available on the PCI riser cards Zero channel RAID The SCSI version of the Int...

Page 41: ...Bus C vary greatly depending upon whether the ATA 100 RAID version or the SCSI version of the SE7500WV2 is installed in the SR1300 chassis The SCSI controller on the SCSI version of the board is a 64...

Page 42: ...works in conjunction with the Heceta systems monitor ASIC to communicate with various sensors and headers through the Intelligent Platform Management Bus IPMB to monitor All power supplies SCSI termin...

Page 43: ...tic feature that consists of a hardware decoder and four LEDs located at the back of the server board As the BIOS tests specific areas the code is displayed at the onset of the BIOS routine If the BIO...

Page 44: ...r cooling fans and monitor their rotating speed These headers do not provide variable speed control for these fans Fan pack The fan pack headers provide power to the chassis fan pack monitor the rotat...

Page 45: ...components Installed DIMM memory modules Network interface controller SuperI O Heceta sensor monitor Intelligent chassis management bus ICMB The SE7500WV2 includes a 5 pin ICMB connector onboard that...

Page 46: ...C which then sends an NMI to the processor This is typically only used for diagnostic purposes LED indicators The front panel connector provides power to a series of individual LEDs installed in the s...

Page 47: ...connectors that perform a variety of functions relating to the system power Power connector The SE7500WV2 includes a server system infrastructure SSI compliant 24 pin power connector The first 20 pins...

Page 48: ...he password is cleared upon system reset CMOS clear jumper Resets all BIOS settings to default with the exception of BIOS passwords When the pins are open default CMOS configuration is preserved When...

Page 49: ...el Server Board SE7500WV2 Training 2003 Intel Corporation 43 Differences Between the Intel Server Boards SE7500WV2 and SE7501WV2 2003 Intel Corporation Differences Between the Intel Server Boards SE75...

Page 50: ...01WV2 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7501WV2 New Features Intel E7501 Chipset Adaptec AIC 7902 SCSI controller Support for...

Page 51: ...te to 320 MB s Host RAID A new feature integrated into a number of new Adaptec SCSI controllers Host RAID provides support for RAID levels 0 and 1 directly through the SCSI controller and includes sup...

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Page 53: ...Student Workbook Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training 2003 Intel Corporation 47 Intel Server Management 2003 Intel Corporation Intel Server Management...

Page 54: ...Student Workbook 48 2003 Intel Corporation Topics 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Topics Overview of Intel Server Manage...

Page 55: ...ng the cause of the problem Repairing the problem A complete server management solution provides four components Monitoring Monitoring the system voltages temperatures and unit sub assemblies and prov...

Page 56: ...3 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Monitoring the Server Monitor Key monitoring features y Voltages cooling temperatures and sy...

Page 57: ...s 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Receiving Server Alerts Key alerting features y Alerts are proactive and configurable y...

Page 58: ...Diagnosing Server Problems 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Diagnosing Server Problems Key diagnostic features y System a...

Page 59: ...oblems 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Repairing Server Problems Key repair features y Remote power control y Automatic t...

Page 60: ...Student Workbook 54 2003 Intel Corporation Ease of Implementation 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Ease of Implementation...

Page 61: ...arge portion of the IT infrastructure that is not being managed Intel Server Management software is a comprehensive IT systems management solution that includes the server hardware The software maximi...

Page 62: ...Product Components 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Product Components The Intel Server Management software consists of B...

Page 63: ...ration 57 Hardware Components 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Hardware Components The Hardware Management Subsystem consi...

Page 64: ...rd LAN LAN EMP Optional Modem Alerting Intel Server Management can meet or exceed the functionality of a remote management card feature for feature But Intel server management is actually offers more...

Page 65: ...ol functionality as well as access to sensor information server event logs and field replaceable unit FRU catalog information The management subsystem is wired to 5V standby so it functions even when...

Page 66: ...y environment You can communicate to the baseboard management controller and related circuitry four different ways LAN You can remotely manage a server over the LAN Because many Intel boards now have...

Page 67: ...tware Components 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Software Components y Reviewing the software components in Version 3 x y...

Page 68: ...oration Software Components Version 3 x 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management Software Components Version 3 x The software comp...

Page 69: ...sk partition The size of the service partition can be configured during installation The disk partition includes a set of files called the service partition software The service partition software inc...

Page 70: ...ols for Managing the server Diagnosing and troubleshooting the server y Tools include Intel Server Management console Platform instrumentation control PIC console Direct platform control DPC console C...

Page 71: ...s within IP address range Manually adds servers y Display managed server list y Display and launch server specific tools Direct platform control Platform instrumentation control Client system setup ut...

Page 72: ...mentation Control PIC y Provides real time server monitoring and management y Sets sensor thresholds y Enables watchdog timer y Monitors for alerting events y Sets paging configuration y Specifies aut...

Page 73: ...rol DPC y Control managed servers remotely Regardless of operating state y Connect to server through LAN Serial connection direct and modem y Power on off or reset server y Invoke console redirection...

Page 74: ...tility CSSU y Remotely access service partition and configuration files y View event sensor and field replaceable unit information y Update server BIOS and firmware y Configure the server for BIOS sec...

Page 75: ...Viewer y Enables alert type configuration Pop up window LAN alert console y Provides detailed description of alert events including Event severity Sensor information Event information Date and time of...

Page 76: ...orer 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Allows the user to view attributes for each DMI compliant component including Baseboard Intel LAN adapters A...

Page 77: ...rol Client server setup utility Tools available Direct platform control Client server setup utility Server OS Not Needed Tools available Intel Server Manager Platform instrumentation console Direct pl...

Page 78: ...st larger server providers and OEMs y Requires little or no software engineering Rebranding gives VARs and Resellers the ability to easily make Intel Server Management their own with little or no soft...

Page 79: ...stack is the firmware The firmware allows other higher level software to talk to the hardware including the server management subsystem The industry standard that is used to talk to the hardware is ca...

Page 80: ...w features in version 5 x Overview of the 5 x Release Product Usage Model System requirements Supported Intel Server Hardware Management Console Requirements Managed Server Requirements Intel Server M...

Page 81: ...into a single wizard driven utility used to configure the service partition along with various firmware and BMC communication settings on the server Installation Wizard The Installation Wizard signif...

Page 82: ...l through modem Serial over LAN New feature available in Intel Server Management 5 x The Intel Server Management 5 x release also includes a number of remote management tools and features including Se...

Page 83: ...defined limits Intel Server Management can be configured to generate one or more of the following alert types for a given event E mail alerts Intel Server Management release 5 x includes an SMTP mecha...

Page 84: ...n is started from the Platform Instrumentation Console PIC of a remote console these tools can only be run from the service partition the primary operating system on the server to be tested must be sh...

Page 85: ...rands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 x Compatible Intel Server Boards X SE7501HG2 X X SE7501BR2 X X...

Page 86: ...cations E mail alerting Intel SMaRT Tool integration service opportunities Service provider VAR Command line interface CLI remote auto configuration capabilities Linux high performance clusters Serial...

Page 87: ...on 81 Versions of Release 5 x 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Manage...

Page 88: ...and brands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 0 New Features in Release 5 0 Configuration wizard Instal...

Page 89: ...ds system administrators through a series of setup screens to configure a new server system When all the necessary information has been gathered from the system administrator the wizard confirms the c...

Page 90: ...eceives user input builds dependencies and sends the configuration data and modules to be installed to the managed server 2 The second component of the install runs on the managed server Windows NetWa...

Page 91: ...events Automatically sends to e mail enabled devices Uses the SMTP protocol Configured within PIC The Intel Server Management 5 x release includes a new e mail alert function Using this feature users...

Page 92: ...g Intel Server Management with Intel SMaRT Tool decreases the mean time to repair and quickly gets customer servers up and running again Intel Server Management and Intel SMaRT Tool provide automated...

Page 93: ...hers Intel Server Management 5 0 Intel SMaRT Tool Integration cont Launched from within PIC Intel SMaRT Tool queries for system information Server board type Chassis ID Chassis name Provides replaceme...

Page 94: ...or historical analysis Uses existing IPMI over LAN industry standard Remote Management Console Managed Server NIC RS232 UART Baseboard Management Controller OS BIOS SOL Encode Decode Existing IPMI Com...

Page 95: ...the same fashion as the DPC console In addition to platform control the CLI provides the interface to the SOL character stream The SOL and IPMI platform control interfaces use different IPMI sessions...

Page 96: ...S232 UART Baseboard Management Controller SOL Encode Decode Telnet Console Shell Interface SOL Encode Decode OS BIOS Serial over LAN SOL enables suitably designed servers to transparently redirect the...

Page 97: ...Always Available SOL access enabled IP address configuration set to DHCP or Static based on the operating system IP address set to match the operating system address Subnet mask set to match the opera...

Page 98: ...and brands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 5 New Features in Release 5 5 Includes the features of Re...

Page 99: ...s a new remote management feature called native command line interface This feature allows the user to directly send text based commands to the server s Baseboard Management Controller BMC using a ser...

Page 100: ...ystem depending on which option is selected By default the software attempts a graceful shutdown Performing a graceful OS shutdown requires a proprietary OS agent be present If this agent is not prese...

Page 101: ...when an event occurs The platform instrumentation control component of Intel Server Management version 5 5 supports configuring individual sensors to provide a system ID alert This is part of the lig...

Page 102: ...he event as a critical condition through the health branch of the software and the requested event actions are carried out Following is a list of cooling unit states and their meanings Fully Redundant...

Page 103: ...stem Requirements 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 x Sys...

Page 104: ...ay be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 x Compatible Intel Server Products Intel Server Board SHG2 Intel Serve...

Page 105: ...poration 99 Feature Comparison 2003 Intel Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Manag...

Page 106: ...rands may be claimed as the property of others Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 x Management Console Provides basic server management functions...

Page 107: ...ther names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Management 5 x Management Console cont Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows 2000...

Page 108: ...erty of others Intel Server Management 5 x Management Console cont Hardware Requirements Intel Pentium or Celeron processor performance level or better At least 64 MB of RAM At least 120 MB of availab...

Page 109: ...l NetWare Server 6 0 with Support Pack 1 or NetWare 5 1 with Support Pack 3 Red Hat Linux Server 8 0 Caldera OpenUnix Server 8 0 Additional requirements for DMI SNMP translation Pre installed support...

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Page 111: ...tion Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 Training Course Summary In this course we have discussed the functional and architectural aspects of t...

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