Amulet Hotkey CoreModule FX600 User manual

CoreModule FX600 Expansion Module
Remote Workstaon soluons for Dell FX2s FC630/FC640 blade servers
Quick Start Guide
www.amulethotkey.com QS-FX60-0001 v1.4 August 2021
For Health and safety informaon, refer to the sheet LS-AHKL-0001.
The Amulet Hotkey CoreModule FX600 is an expansion module for use with
the CoreStaon WFC630 and WFC640. The expansion module can provide the
funconality for GPU accelerated one-to-one (1:1) host workstaons.
This guide tells you how to install a Quad-Expansion module into a FX2s chassis.
Expansion modules can provide 1:1 soluons: These modules use
a combinaon of GPU cards and PCoIP host cards to provide remote
workstaon soluons. There are network ports on the module.
The CoreModule can be used in a two blade or four blade setup.
Assign four module slots to two blades (default)
Each CoreModule FX600 contains up to four cards that map to one or two blades
installed in the top/boom posions in the same side at the front of the chassis.
Figure 1: Four blade conguraon example
In Figure 1 the two cards in posion A,B at the top of the CoreModule connect
with a blade in the boom Compute posion. The remaining two (C & D)
connect to the blade in the top Compute posion. So Compute 1 connects
through to C & D, Compute 3 to A & B on the RHS (at the rear).
Note: On the chassis and in the CMC, slots are enumerated 1 to 8 with PCIe A
on the LHS equivalent to slot 1 and PCIe D on the RHS equivalent to slot 8.
Assign four module slots to one blade
If only one blade is used on half of the chassis, the space below can be empty,
contain a storage sled, or a compute sled with no PCIe expansion requirement.
In Figure 2, all four cards in the CoreModule connect with a single blade in the
top Compute posion. So Compute 1 connects to A, B, C & D on the RHS (rear).
Compute 2 connects to A, B, C & D on the LHS (rear).
Figure 2: Two blade conguraon example
How to select the mapping for four module slots to one blade
1 Login to the CMC with the IP address, username and password.
2 Select PCIe Overview from the le-hand menu and click the Setup tab.
3 Make sure the Enable PCIe Slot Reassignment box is checked. See Figure 3.
Note: This selecon is automac when a storage sled is installed in the chassis
slots Compute 3 or Compute 4, reassigning the slot below to the slot above.
Figure 3: Recongure the iDRAC for alternave slot reassignment
Prepare the blades in the Dell FX2s chassis
1 For a new install, power down all the blades.
2 Remove any Dell Single slot PCIe modules that occupy the slots where you
will install the CoreModule.
Install a CoreModule in the Le or Right Hand Side
The CoreModule FX600 installs easily into the rear of the FX2s chassis on either
the Le Hand Side (LHS) or Right Hand Side (RHS) of the expansion bay.
Cauon: ! Always use an-stac handling procedures such as wearing a
wrist-strap before handling the CoreModule.
1 Remove all packaging and the connector protector from the module.
2 Read the label on the CoreModule(s) and idenfy the cards that it contains.
‘DXF-G’ for a GPU card. ‘DXF-H4’ for a DXH4 host card.
3 Decide which is the correct posion (LHS or RHS) to install the module(s).
Note: Make sure you install the CoreModule in the correct side of the expansion
bay for your conguraon.

www.amulethotkey.com CoreModule FX600 Expansion Module Quick Start Guide
Health and Safety (Refer to legislaon sheet LS-AHKL-0001)
• This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules (Class A)
• Operang temperature range: 15° to 35° C (59° to 95° F)
• Operang humidity range: 10% to 80% (non-condensing)
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4 Align the connectors on the rear of the CoreModule with the four
expansion connectors at the rear of the FC640 blade. (Figure 4).
5 Push the module into the expansion bay so it is almost fully installed.
6 Push the card-puller lever up unl you hear a click. The module is installed.
Figure 4: Install the CoreModule FX600 in the Le Hand Side (LHS).
If you install two CoreModule FX600s, the FX2s chassis looks like Figure 5.
Figure 5: FX2s chassis with two CoreModule FX600s installed
Set up the FX600 module
1 See our website for the latest approved driver and soware versions.
2 Make sure you install the latest approved blade iDRAC on all blades in the
FX2s chassis. See our support link for the latest informaon.
3 To select the conguraon in Figure 1, make sure the checkbox for Enable
PCIe Slot Reassignment is deselected.
4 To select the conguraon in Figure 2, make sure the checkbox for Enable
PCIe Slot Reassignment is selected.
5 Power on the blades in the FX2s chassis.
6 To set up 1:1 conguraon, see the Conguraon Manual HB-CONF-0001.
Note: Set the Dell Wyse P25/P45 BIOS Access parameter to ENABLE in the BIOS.
This allows the remote PCoIP to enter or modify the BIOS sengs. See Figure 6.
Figure 6: System BIOS sengs for 1:1 conguraon
To remove the CoreModule
Cauon: ! Always use an-stac handling procedures such as wearing a
wrist-strap before handling the CoreModule.
1 Power down the blades that map to the CoreModule FX600.
2 Press in the release tab on the top of the module lever.
3 Pull the lever down. This ejects the module from the connectors on the
backplane of the chassis.
4 Carefully draw out the CoreModule FX600 and t the connector
protector that came with the unit. See Figure 7.
5 Put in a suitable an-stac bag.
Figure 7: Remove the CoreModule FX600 from the FX2s chassis
Blanking plugs
The CoreModule FX600 may or may not come ed with a blanking plug in the
lower posion. See Figure 8 and make sure of the following:
Single user octal operaon: t the plug in the lower network socket.
Dual user quad operaon: provide a network connecon to each socket.
Figure 8: Make sure blanking plugs are ed correctly