Bull Escala EL260B User manual

Escala Blade Server
EL260B
Installation and User's Guide
ESCALA BLADE
SERVERS
REFERENCE
86 A1 35FA 00

ESCALA BLADE SERVERS
Escala Blade Server EL260B
Installation and User's Guide
Hardware
July 2008
BULL CEDOC
357 AVENUE PATTON
B.P.20845
49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01
FRANCE
REFERENCE
86 A1 35FA 00

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Preface iii
Introduction
Thank you for buying a Bull blade
server. This blade server takes
advantage of Bull Power
Architecture technologies and
features superior performance,
availability, and scalability.
This Installation and User's Guide
contains information for setting up,
configuring, and using your
ESCALA EL260B blade server.
Additionally, a service information
label is attached to each Blade
chassis unit and Blade server. This
label provides a graphical
summary of many of the installation
and service activities that are
associated with each device.
For more information about your
Blade chassis components and
features, you can view the
publications on the Blade Resource
DVD.
Go to
http://www.bull.com/support/

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Preface v
Table of Contents
List of Figures.........................................................................................................viii
List of Tables ..........................................................................................................viii
Safety ................................................................................................................... ix
Safety statements............................................................................................................................ x
Chapter 1. Product overview ...............................................................................1
1.1 Related documentation........................................................................................................ 2
1.2 Notices and statements in this documentation ........................................................................ 3
1.3 Features and specifications.................................................................................................. 4
1.4 What your blade server offers ............................................................................................. 6
1.5 Reliability, availability, and serviceability features.................................................................. 7
1.6 Major components of the blade server ................................................................................ 10
Chapter 2. Power, controls, indicators, and connectors ........................................... 11
2.1 Blade server control panel buttons and LEDs........................................................................ 11
2.2 Turning on the blade server ............................................................................................... 14
2.3 Turning off the blade server ............................................................................................... 14
2.4 System-board layouts ........................................................................................................ 16
2.4.1 System-board connectors.......................................................................................... 16
2.4.2 System-board LEDs .................................................................................................. 17
Chapter 3. Installing and removing options ........................................................... 19
3.1 Installation guidelines........................................................................................................ 19
3.1.1 System reliability guidelines...................................................................................... 19
3.1.2 Handling static-sensitive devices ............................................................................... 20
3.2 Removing the blade server from a Bull Blade Chassis ........................................................... 21
3.3 Removing the blade server cover........................................................................................ 22
3.4 Installing a SAS hard disk drive ......................................................................................... 23
3.5 Removing a SAS hard disk drive ........................................................................................ 25
3.6 Installing a memory module ............................................................................................... 26
3.7 Supported DIMMs ............................................................................................................ 27

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3.8 Installing an I/O expansion card........................................................................................28
3.8.1 Installing a small-form-factor expansion card...............................................................29
3.8.2 Installing a standard-form-factor expansion card .........................................................30
3.8.3 Removing the hard disk drive tray .............................................................................31
3.8.4 Installing the expansion bracket ................................................................................32
3.8.5 Installing a combination-form-factor expansion card ....................................................33
3.9 Completing the installation ................................................................................................34
3.9.1 Installing and closing the blade server cover...............................................................35
3.9.2 Installing the blade server in a Bull Blade Chassis .......................................................36
3.10 Input/output connectors and devices...................................................................................37
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server ............................................................. 39
4.1 Updating the firmware ......................................................................................................40
4.1.1 Starting the TEMP image ..........................................................................................41
4.1.2 Verifying the system firmware levels ..........................................................................41
4.2 Entering vital product data.................................................................................................42
4.3 Using the SMS utility.........................................................................................................43
4.3.1 Starting the SMS utility.............................................................................................43
4.3.2 SMS utility menu choices..........................................................................................43
4.4 Creating a CE login..........................................................................................................44
4.5 Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers.........................................................................45
4.6 Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration........................................................................46
4.7 MAC addresses for host Ethernet adapters ..........................................................................46
4.8 Configuring a SAS RAID Array ..........................................................................................47
Chapter 5. Installing the operating system ........................................................... 49
5.1 Locating the installation instructions ....................................................................................49
5.2 Installing service and productivity tools for Linux on POWER .................................................51
Chapter 6. Solving problems ............................................................................. 53
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance ..................................................... 55
Before you call .............................................................................................................................55
Using the documentation ...............................................................................................................55
Appendix B. Notices.............................................................................................. 57
Important Notes ...........................................................................................................................57
Product recycling and disposal.......................................................................................................58
Electronic emission notices.............................................................................................................59
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement ..................................................................59
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement ................................................................................59

Preface vii
United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement.................................................................... 59
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement .................................................................... 60
Taiwanese Class A warning statement ............................................................................................ 60
Chinese Class A warning statement................................................................................................ 60
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement ................................................ 60
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1. Major components of the blade server............................................................................10
Figure 2-1. Blade server control panel buttons and LEDs ...................................................................11
Figure 2-2. System-board connectors ..............................................................................................16
Figure 2-3. System-board LEDs.......................................................................................................17
Figure 3-1. Removing the blade server from the Bull Blade Chassis.....................................................21
Figure 3-2. Removing the cover......................................................................................................22
Figure 3-3. Installing the rear SAS hard disk....................................................................................23
Figure 3-4. Removing the rear SAS hard disk drive ..........................................................................25
Figure 3-5. Installing a memory module ..........................................................................................26
Figure 3-6. Installing a small-form-factor expansion card ...................................................................29
Figure 3-7. Installing a standard-form-factor expansion card ..............................................................30
Figure 3-8. Removing the hard disk drive tray..................................................................................31
Figure 3-9. Installing the expansion bracket.....................................................................................32
Figure 3-10. Installing a combination-form-factor expansion card .........................................................33
Figure 3-11. Installing the cover .......................................................................................................35
Figure 3-12. Installing the blade server in a Bull Blade Chassis ............................................................36
List of Tables
Table 1-1. Escala EL260B blade server vital product data ..................................................................1
Table 3-1. Installing a memory module ..........................................................................................26
Table 3-2. Supported use of DIMMs ..............................................................................................28
Table 4-1. MAC addressing scheme for physical and logical host Ethernet adapters ...........................47