Actidata actiNAS BB212-3 User manual

User Guide
User Information for barebone actiNAS BB212-3
used within the storage systems
actiNAS WIN 212 / actiNAS LX 212 / actiNAS SV 212
Contact Information Manufacturer:
actidata Storage Systems GmbH
Wulfshofstr. 16, D- 44149 Dortmund, Deutschland (Germany)
T: +49 (0) 2 31/56 36 32 –0 (Switch Board)
T: +49 (0) 2 31/56 36 32 –35 (Service Hotline)
E: [email protected]
I: www.actidata.de
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Introduction
This manual is the operation manual for users about the storage server barebone
system actiNAS BB212-3. It mainly introduces and describes the characteristic
parameters, system configuration and installation mode of this product. This
type of storage server of actidata supports one controller module and this system
is integrated based on 2U12bay cabinet and G1DCW motherboard.
This manual is used for the reference and research for professional system
integrators and personal computer technicians. This product shall be installed
and serviced only by experienced technicians.
Manual Structure:
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
This section provides the specifications of major components of the system, and
describes the main features of G1DCW motherboard and 2U 12 bay chassis.
Chapter 2: System Interface Introduction
This section describes the details of system interfaces, including the information
about I/O interface, various connectors, terminals and jumper functions of
motherboard.
Chapter 3: Detailed Controller Module Installations
This chapter provides the information about the installation and instructions of
processor, memory, PIKE card and expansion card of G1DCW motherboard;
please refer to this chapter for matters needing attention in installing or
removing the accessories.
Chapter 4: Chassis Installation
This chapter provides the installation and description of the backplane, SPIB
board and fan wall on the server; please refer to this chapter for matters needing
attention in the installation and removal of backplane, SPIB board and fan wall.
Chapter 5: System Installation
This chapter describes the necessary steps and matters needing attention for
using the actiNAS BB212-3 server barebone system.

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Content
Chapter 1 Product Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4
1.1 System features................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 Board features ................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Server chassis system features .................................................................................10
1.4 System view......................................................................................................................12
Chapter 2 System Interface Introduction.....................................................................................16
2.1 Overview............................................................................................................................16
2.2 Motherboard IO interface............................................................................................22
2.3 Jumper setting .................................................................................................................41
Chapter 3 Detailed Controller Module Installation..................................................................44
3.1 Front view of module....................................................................................................44
3.3 CPU installation...............................................................................................................45
3.4 CPU heat sink installation ...........................................................................................49
3.5 Memory installation......................................................................................................51
3.6 PIKE card and expansion card installation...........................................................54
4.2 Fan installation................................................................................................................57
4.3 Controller module installation..................................................................................59
4.4. System hard disk installation...................................................................................61
Chapter 5 System Cabinet Installation..........................................................................................64
Overview...................................................................................................................................64
System Cabinet Steps ...........................................................................................................64

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Chapter 1 Product Introduction
1.1 System features
1.1.1 System parameters
Model
actiNAS BB212-3 barebone –Motherboard-Features
Processor
Dual CPU-MB for Intel Broadwell EP E5-2600 V4 system
(Socket R3 LGA 2011)
Critical
applications
Storage server system
Video editing server system
Big data analysis server system
High performance database system
Virtualized Server System
Internet application server system
Outstanding
features
550W 1+1 redundant platinum label efficiency power supply
Support 12*3.5 or 2.5 SAS2.0/SATA3.0 6Gb/s HDD
Onboard M.2 interface, and support X4 PCI-E 3.0 SSD
High performance, low cost, no cable, easy maintenance,
low power consumption
Use IPMI2.0 dedicated Gigabit management LAN
Motherboard
SY201D12REH-BF
Chipset
Intel PCH WellsBurg C612 chipset
Memory
(system)
Memory (system), 4 memory channels per CPU with 2
DDR4RDIMM per channel; Support 1024GBRDIMM,
2048GBLRDIMM, and rate of 2133,1866,1600Mhz,
maximum 1DPC rate of Broadwell is up to 2400MHZ.
Expansion
cards
Support up to 4*PCI-e slot x8；

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SATA
12 SATA 3.0 6Gb (all of them connect to SPIB via LSI2008)
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (MS Windows®) RAID 0, 1, 10 (Linux)
M.2 SSD
PCI-e Gen3 X4 M.2 SSD
(Support M.2 SSD length 42mm,80mm and 110mm)
LAN
Intel I350-AM2 two 1GbE network ports
and JL82599ES two SFP + optical ports
IPMI LAN
1Gb IPMI management network port;
VGA
15 PIN VGA Connector (From AST2400)
USB
Rear USB: 2 USB 3.0 ports and 1 built-in USB3.0 port
Front USB: 2 USB 2.0 ports
Management
interface
AST2400 BMC Controller for IPMI and Graphic Support
Power Supply
550W 1+1 redundant platinum label efficiency,
hot-swappable, 80PLUS Platinum
Fans
4 easy-plug 8038 fans (12V/Max3.3A)
LED indicator
Rear LED: UID LED, two-color system status indicator;
Internal plate: PWROKLED, BMC Heartbeat LED, etc
Dimensions
2U Rack Mount,675mm*448mm*88mm
1.1.2 System overview
actiNAS BB212-3 barebone system is a kind of 2U dual server product with
high-density, low-power and controller architecture, appropriate for big data
analysis, cloud computing, virtualized computing, and Internet applications, etc.
System hardware consists of three modules, namely the hard disk module,
controller module and power module; these three modules adopt the hot-plug
design, greatly reducing the cost of equipment maintenance.
The main features of product are summarized as follows:：

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Controller system uses the INTEL Grantley-EP platform with the latest
generation of INTEL E5-2600 V3 HASWELL and E5-2600 V4BROADWELL
CPU, and the maximum capacity of 145W
The system memory is 16 slices of DDR4 RDIMM, MAX 2048GB LRDIMM.
Chipset adopts Intel PCH C612 chip.
Controller module supports one M.2SSD, and supports one half-height
and one full-height PCI-E 3.0 expansion card.
System uses 550W1+1 redundant platinum label efficiency power supply
and supports hot-plug replacement.
System uses 3 pluggable 8038 fans.。
System supports four Intel I350-AM4 RJ45 Gigabit ports and two Intel
82599 SFP+ 10 Gigabit optical ports.
System has an independent IPMI management network port with remote
management, and BMC chip uses Aspeed AST2400.
System has a VGA interface from BMC.
Controller has two USB3.0 interfaces for users.

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System structure diagram is as follows:

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1.2 Board features
1.2.1 Board parameters:
actiNAS BB212-3 with G1DCW dual server motherboard is based on Intel X86
architecture, which uses Intel Grantley-EP platform based on Intel PCH C612
chipset, accompanied with the latest generation of Haswell E5v3 CPU, which is
compatible with Broadwell E5v4 CPU, and supports 4-channel
DDR4-1600/1866/2133/2400 ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM.
The main features of G1DCW are as follows:
Motherboard
G1DCW
Processor
CPU of Intel Haswell E5-2600 V3 system, compatible with
Intel Broadwell EP E5-2600 V4 system (Socket R3 LGA
2011)
Chipset
Intel PCH Wellsburg: C612
Memory
(system)
4 memory channels per CPU with 2 DDR4 RDIMM per
channel;
Support 1024GBRDIMM, 2048GBLRDIMM, and rate of
2133,1866,1600Mhz, maximum 1DPC rate of Broadwell is
up to 2400MHZ.
LAN
B: Intel I350-AM2 two 1GbE network ports;
4B: Intel I350-AM4 four 1GbE network ports;
BF: Intel I350-AM2 two 1GbE network ports, and
JL82599ES two SFP + optical ports;
4BF: Intel I350-AM4 four 1GbE network ports, and
JL82599ES two 10 Gigabit SFP + optical ports.
VGA
Aspeed AST2400 Graphics
Input/output
interface
1*VGA port, 4* Gigabit Ethernet ports, 2*10 gigabit ports,
1* unique IPMI port, 1* main switch, 2*USB3.0
Management
interface
IPMI 2.0 + KVM with dedicated LAN

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Motherboard
SY201D12REH-BF
Processor
CPU of Intel Broadwell EP E5-2600 V4 system (Socket R3
LGA 2011)
1.2.2 Diagram of motherboard hardware chip function:

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1.3 Server chassis system features
1.3.1 Chassis parameters
Basic parameters
Chassis style
Rack-mounted
Chassis structure
2U
Adaption
motherboard
actidata G1DCW
Support hot-plug
fans
Pluggable
cooling system
Four 8038 temperature control fans
Slide way
Optional
Fixed mode of
cabinet
Fixed screw
Product material
High-quality SGCC (galvanized steel sheet)
Cabinet size
675mm*448mm*88mm (D*W*H)
Package size
902*591*228mm (L*W*H)
Safety
certification
CCC, CE, FCC and ROHS

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1.3.2 System power supply
Chassis: 550W1+1 redundant platinum label efficiency power supply, and
support hot-plug replacement;
Input AC voltage：100-127V~/ 9.9A；200-240V~/ 4.79A；
Output DC voltage：+12V，+12V_SB；
Frequency：47Hz~63Hz。
1.3.3 Cooling system
Four 8038 fans (12V /Max 3.3A)
Fan parameters:
oVoltage: 10.8-13.2V, current: 2.75A, max. 3.3A.
oPower: max. 39.6W.
oMaximum speed: 9000 +/- 10% RPM.
oAir flow: 3.754 m³ / min (132.6 CFM).

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1.4 System view
1.4.1 Front view
1.4.2 Rear view

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1.4.3 Front panel buttons and indicator lights:
The buttons and LED indicators on front panel are as follows, and the functions
and status of each button or light are described, as follows:：
LED state description
No
Image
LED appearance
Description
②
Green light always
on
Device start-up state
③
Blue light always on
System ID indicator
④
Green light flashing
Normal system operation
⑤
Yellow light always
on
Alarm indication, including
system alarms, fan alarms,
power alarm, etc., viewed
via IPMI management
software
⑥
Green light always
on
Network port 1 is
connected normally
⑦
Green light always
on
Network port 3 is
connected normally
⑧
Green light always
on
Network port 2 is
connected normally

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⑨
Green light always
on
Network port 4 is
connected normally
⑩
Blue light always on
Yellow light always
on
Hard disk location
Hard disk alarm
⑪
Green light always
on
Hard disk in place
⑫
USB port
2*USB2.0 ports
⑬
Reset
Restart button
1.4.4 Hard disk indicators
1. Active LED（green）
2. Fault LED（yellow）
3. Status LED（blue）
4. LED is described as follows:：
ActLED（green）
Fault LED（yellow）
Status LED（blue）

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Hard disk
in place
Always on
OFF
OFF
Hard disk
in place
Always on
OFF
OFF
Hard disk
activity
Flashing 4Hz/sec
OFF
OFF
Hard disk
location
Always on
Flashing
4Hz/sec
OFF
Hard disk
alarm
Always on
OFF
Always on
RAID
reconstruct
ion
Always on
OFF
Flashing 1Hz/sec
1.4.5 Hard disk orders
The default order of disks on the backplane is as follows:

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Chapter 2 System Interface Introduction
2.1 Overview
The main interfaces in system are distributed on the motherboard, and the
interface layout of motherboard is described as follows:
2.1.1 Physical image of G1DCW motherboard
Physical image of G1DCW motherboard

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2.1.1 G1DCW motherboard interface and definition:
1. Diagram of motherboard interface location:

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2．Motherboard interface definition:
Main Connectors on G1DCW motherboard
Connector No
Description
Comment
CN1
VGA Connector
SW1
LED-POWER Button (switch
button with two-color indicator
light)
Green, yellow
J9
1GbE Ethernet interface 1 and
port 2
J10
1GbE Ethernet interface 3 and
port 4
G1DCW-B/BF no port
J11
SFP+ 10 gigabit optical port *2
G1DCW-B/4B no port
CONN1
USB3.0 Connector *2+IPMI
management network port
Self-adaption
1000/100/10M
D9
UID LED
SYS_FAN1
4PIN PWM fan connector
SYS_FAN2
4PIN PWM fan connector
SYS_FAN3
4PIN PWM fan connector
SYS_FAN4
4PIN PWM fan connector
SYS_FAN5
4PIN PWM fan connector
J12
3PIN BMC Debug RS232
Connector
JCOM1
9Pin System Debug RS232
Connector
USB1
Vertical USB3.0 Type A *1
JTPM1
TPM Connector
LPC/TPM connector
GPU1_POWER1
GPU1 Power Connector1
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GPU1_POWER2
GPU1 Power Connector2
GPU1 Power connector2
GPU2_POWER1
GPU2 Power Connector1
GPU2 Power connector1
GPU2_POWER2
GPU2 Power Connector2
GPU2 Power connector2
CPU_XDP1
XDP connector
Used for debug
J23
M.2 SSD connector
The following lengths can
be supported: M.2 (42mm,
80mm,110mm)
JBAT1
CR2032 Battery Socket
CPU1_SLOT1
PCI-e 3.0 X16 SLOT
16 LANE PCI-e all signal
from CPU1
CPU2_SLOT1
PCI-e 3.0 X16 SLOT
16 LANE PCI-e all signal
from CPU2
CPU2_SLOT2
PCI-e 3.0 X8 SLOT
8LANE PCI-e all signal
from CPU2
CPU1_PIKE1
PCI-e X8 SLOT PCI-e signal
transfer
Insert self-developed PIKE
card of actidata
(non-standard card)
SAS_PIKE1
PCI-e X4 SLOT SAS signal
transfer
CPU1-DIMMA1
CPU1 memory channel A, 1st
DIMM
CPU1-DIMMA2
CPU1 memory channel A, 2nd
DIMM
CPU1-DIMMB1
CPU1 memory channel B, 1st
DIMM
CPU1-DIMMB2
CPU1 memory channel B, 2nd
DIMM
CPU1-DIMMC1
CPU1 memory channel C, 1st
DIMM

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CPU1-DIMMC2
CPU1 memory channel C, 2nd
DIMM
CPU1-DIMMD1
CPU1 memory channel D, 1st
DIMM
CPU1-DIMMD2
CPU1 memory channel D, 2nd
DIMM
CPU2-DIMME1
CPU2 memory channel E, 1st
DIMM
CPU2-DIMME2
CPU2 memory channel E, 2nd
DIMM
CPU2-DIMMF1
CPU2 memory channel F, 1st
DIMM
CPU2-DIMMF2
CPU2 memory channel F, 2nd
DIMM
CPU2-DIMMG1
CPU2 memory channel G, 1st
DIMM
CPU2-DIMMG2
CPU2 memory channel G, 2nd
DIMM
CPU2-DIMMH1
CPU2 memory channel H, 1st
DIMM
CPU2-DIMMH2
CPU2 memory channel H, 2nd
DIMM
CPU1
CPU1 SOCKET
CPU2
CPU2 SOCKET
J18
AirMax high-speed signal
connector
Used to connect SPIB
J19
AirMax high-speed signal
connector
Used to connect SPIB
J20
AirMax high-speed signal
connector
Used to connect SPIB