Amulet Hotkey CoreModule FX400 User manual

FX2s FX400 CoreModule (T4 Single-Width Taco)
Remote Workstaon soluons for Dell FX2s FC630/FC640 blade servers
Quick Start Guide
www.amulethotkey.com QS-FX40-0001 v1.1 September 2020
For Health and safety informaon, refer to the sheet LS-AHKL-0001.
The FX400 is an expansion module for the Dell PowerEdge FX2 chassis.
Each FX400 CoreModule contains one NVIDIA T4 PCIe card. The T4 is a high
ulity GPU that accelerates a wide range of modern applicaons such as
machine learning, deep learning, and virtual desktops. The T4 is opmised for
maximum ulity in the cloud and enterprise data centers to deliver superior
scalability, reliability and performance.
There may be dierent ways to congure, depending on use case. As well as
explaining the basic installaon of the FX400, this guide gives one setup example
of how to use an FX400 CoreModule with an FC640 to support virtual desktops.
Assign two module slots to one blade (default)
Each FX400 CoreModule contains one NVIDIA T4 PCIe card that maps to a blade
installed in the top/boom posion in the same side at the front of the FX2s
chassis as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Four blade conguraon example
In Figure 1 the FX400 CoreModules in posions PCIe1 & PCIe2 at the rear le
hand side (LHS) connect with a blade in the boom Compute 4 posion on the
right hand side (RHS) at the front.
The second pair (PCIe3 & PCIe4) connect to the blade in the top Compute 2
posion on the same side.
The third pair (PCIe5 & PCIe6) connect to the boom Compute 3 posion on the
front LHS.
The fourth pair (PCIe7 & PCIe8) connect to Compute 1 in the top posion on the
front LHS.
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, four FX400 CoreModules connect with a single blade in the top
Compute posion. So Compute 1 connects to PCIe5, 6, 7 & 8 on the RHS (rear).
Compute 2 connects to PCIe 1, 2, 3, 4 on the LHS (rear).
Figure 2: Two blade conguraon example
How to select the mapping for four module slots to one blade
Cauon: ! This is only possible when all sleds or blades are powered down.
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 FX2s chassis
1 For a new install, power down all the blades.
2 For an exisng conguraon:
a). shut down or migrate all VMs hosted by the blades;
b). in the VMware vSphere client, locate the ESXi server in the Inventory and
put it in to Maintenance Mode;
c). power down any blades that will connect to the FX400 CoreModule.
3 Remove any Dell Single slot PCIe modules that occupy the slots where you
will install the FX400 CoreModule.
Install a FX400 CoreModule module in a PCIe slot
The FX400 CoreModule module installs easily into the rear of the FX2s chassis
into one of the eight slots of the expansion bay.
Cauon: ! Always use an-stac handling procedures, such as wearing a
wrist-strap, before handling the FX400 CoreModule.
1 Remove all packaging and the connector protector from the module.
2 Decide which is the correct posion to install the module(s).
Note: Make sure you install the FX400 CoreModule module in the correct PCIe
slot of the expansion bay for your conguraon. Refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2.

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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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3 Press in the release tab on the top of the module lever.
4 Pull the module lever down prior to inserng into the expansion bay.
5 Align the connectors on the rear of the FX400 CoreModule module with the
expansion connector at the rear of the FX2 chassis. See Figure 4.
6 Push the module into the expansion bay so it is almost fully installed.
7 Push the card-puller lever up unl you hear a click. The module is installed.
Figure 4: Install the FX400 CoreModule module in a PCIe expansion slot.
A fully populated chassis looks like Figure 5.
Figure 5: A populated FX2s chassis with eight FX400 CoreModule modules
Set up the FX400 CoreModule
Cauon: ! Follow the requirements for proper thermal control of the FX400.
Sled iDRAC Minimum BIOS Minimum requirement
FC430 iDRAC8 2.10.5 2.70.70.70 rmware installed
FC630 iDRAC8 2.10.5 2.70.70.70 rmware installed
FC640 iDRAC9 2.6.3 4.00.00.00 rmware installed
FC830 iDRAC8 2.11.0 No minimum rmware requirement.
Fans must be set to medium or
higher to avoid overheang
1 Install the latest approved iDRAC on all compute sleds in the FX2s chassis.
See our support website and the Tech Note for the latest approved versions.
2 To select the conguraon in Figure 1, make sure the checkbox for Enable
PCIe Slot Reassignment is deselected.
3 To select the conguraon in Figure 2, make sure the checkbox for Enable
PCIe Slot Reassignment is selected.
4 Power on the blades in the FX2s chassis.
5 Set the BIOS seng SR-IOV Global Enable to ENABLED.
6 To set up expansion modules for VDI conguraon, and for more detail on
PowerEdge sled mappings, see KBA 113 - Set up VDI for the T4, DXG-M6,
DXG-P6 and DXF-G cards for essenal informaon.
To remove the FX400 CoreModule
Cauon: ! Always use an-stac handling procedures such as wearing a
wrist-strap before handling the FX400 CoreModule module.
1 Shut down or migrate all VMs hosted by the blades.
2 In the VMware vSphere client, locate the ESXi server in the Inventory and
put it in to Maintenance Mode.
3 Power down the blades that map to the FX400 CoreModule module.
4 Press in the release tab on the top of the module lever.
5 Pull the lever down. This ejects the module from the connectors on the
backplane of the chassis.
6 Carefully draw out the FX400 CoreModule module and t the connector
protector that came with the unit. See Figure 6.
7 Put in a suitable an-stac bag.
Figure 6: Remove the FX400 CoreModule module from the FX2s chassis
To set the fan speed (necessary only on FC830)
Either (From the CLI):
1 Use an ssh client (port22) to login as root (default password ‘calvin’).
2 Enter $ racadm fanoset -s medium
Or (From the GUI):
1 Log in via a browser to the CMC IP address. Select fans from the side menu.
2 Select the Setup tab and select medium from the drop down menu.