Fujitsu Primergy bx920 s4 User manual

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PRIMERGY BX920 S4

Server Blade

Operating Manual

November 2013

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BX920 S4 Operating Manual

Before reading this manual

For your safety

This manual contains important information for safely and correctly using this

product.

Carefully read the manual before using this product. Pay particular attention to

the accompanying manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" and ensure these

safety notes are understood before using the product. Keep this manual and the

manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" in a safe place for easy reference while

using this product.

Radio interference

This product is a "Class A" ITE (Information Technology Equipment). In a

domestic environment this product may cause radio interference, in which case

the user may be required to take appropriate measures. VCCI-A

Aluminum electrolytic capacitors

The aluminum electrolytic capacitors used in the product's printed circuit board

assemblies and in the mouse and keyboard are limited-life components. Use of

these components beyond their operating life may result in electrolyte leakage

or depletion, potentially causing emission of foul odor or smoke.

As a guideline, in a normal office environment (25°C) operating life is not

expected to be reached within the maintenance support period (5 years).

However, operating life may be reached more quickly if, for example, the

product is used in a hot environment. The customer shall bear the cost of

replacing replaceable components which have exceeded their operating life.

Note that these are only guidelines, and do not constitute a guarantee of

trouble-free operation during the maintenance support period.

High safety use

This product has been designed and manufactured to be used in commercial

and/or industrial areas as a server.

When used as visual display workplace, it must not be placed in the direct field

of view to avoid incommoding reflections (applies only to TX server systems).

The device has not been designed or manufactured for uses which demand an

extremely high level of safety and carry a direct and serious risk of life or body

if such safety cannot be assured.

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These uses include control of nuclear reactions in nuclear power plants,

automatic airplane flight control, air traffic control, traffic control in mass

transport systems, medical devices for life support, and missile guidance

control in weapons systems (hereafter, "high safety use"). Customers should

not use this product for high safety use unless measures are in place for

ensuring the level of safety demanded of such use. Please consult the sales

staff of Fujitsu if intending to use this product for high safety use.

Measures against momentary voltage drop

This product may be affected by a momentary voltage drop in the power supply

caused by lightning. To prevent a momentary voltage drop, use of an AC

uninterruptible power supply is recommended.

(This notice follows the guidelines of Voltage Dip Immunity of Personal

Computer issued by JEITA, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology

Industries Association.)

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Harmonic Current Standards

This product conforms to harmonic current standard JIS C 61000-3-2.

Only for the Japanese market:

About SATA hard disk drives

The SATA version of this server supports hard disk drives with SATA / BC-SATA

storage interfaces. Please note that the usage and operation conditions differ

depending on the type of hard disk drive used.

Please refer to the following internet address for further information on the

usage and operation conditions of each available type of hard disk drive:

http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/harddisk/

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Only for the Japanese market:

IAlthough described in this manual, some sections do not apply to the

Japanese market. These options and routines include:

– CSS (Customer Self Service)

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Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.3 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2 Server specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3 Installation steps, overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.2 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.3 FCC class A device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4.4 Transporting the Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4.5 Notes on installation in the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4.6 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

5 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.1 Unpacking the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.2 Installing the server blade in the system unit . . . . . . . . 38

5.3 Connecting devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5.4 Instructions for connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . 43

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6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

6.1 Control and display elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

6.2 Switching the Server Blade on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6.3 Configuring the Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6.3.1 Preparing for local installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6.3.2 Preparation for remote installation to use Advanced Video

Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

6.3.3 Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . 55

6.3.4 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

6.3.5 Configuring the onboard CNA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

6.3.6 Configuring the server and installing the operating system with

the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

6.3.7 Configuring the server and installing the operating system

without ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

6.4 Cleaning the Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

7.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

8.1 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

8.2 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

8.3 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

8.4 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

8.5 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

8.6 System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

8.7 Hard disk drive error messages at system boot . . . . . . . 66

8.8 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

8.9 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

BX920 S4 Operating Manual 9

1 Introduction

The PRIMERGY BX920 S4 server blade is an Intel-based dual-socket server

blade. It is ideal for use in data centers belonging to enterprises or Internet

service providers, and makes an excellent large application server, terminal

server for compute-intensive applications or DBMS server.

Security functions in the BIOS Setup protect the data on the server blade from

unauthorized changes.

The server blade occupies only one bay in the PRIMERGY BX900/BX400

system unit.

IYou can find information about assembling, starting up and operating the

system unit in the relevant operating manual.

1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual

This operating manual describes how to install, set up and operate your server

blade.

This operating manual is intended for those responsible for installing the

hardware and ensuring that the system runs smoothly. It contains all the

information you need to put your PRIMERGY BX920 S4 server blade into

operation.

To understand the various expansion options, you will need to be familiar with

the fields of hardware and data transmission and you will require a basic

knowledge of the underlying operating system.

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1.2 Documentation overview

More information on your PRIMERGY BX920 S4 server blade can be found in

the following documents:

– "ServerView Quick Start Guide"

– "Safety Notes and Regulations" manual

"安全上のご注意 " for the Japanese market

– "Warranty" manual

"保証書 " for the Japanese market

– "PRIMERGY ServerView Suite Local Service Concept - LSC" manual

– "Returning used devices" manual and "Service Desk" leaflet

"サポート＆サービス " for the Japanese market

– PRIMERGY BX920 S4 Server Blade Upgrade and Maintenance Manual

– D3142 BIOS Setup Utility for PRIMERGY BX920 S4 Server Blade

Reference Manual

– "LSI MegaRAID - SAS Software User Guide"

– "Modular RAID Controller / Modular SAS HBA Installation Guide"

IAll documentation on PRIMERGY hardware and ServerView software is

available online from the Fujitsu manuals server at:

–http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com (global market)

–http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/manual (Japanese market)

The complete PRIMERGY documentation set can also be downloaded

as a DVD ISO image at:

–ftp://ftp.ts.fujitsu.com/images/serverview/manuals (global market)

–http://jp.fujitsu.com/primergy/downloads (Japanese market)

IFor the Japanese market:

Before using the product, please check for additional information that

may be available under the following URL:

http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/products/note/

Further sources of information:

– ServerView Suite Glossary

– Manual for the monitor

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– Documentation for the boards and drives

– Operating system documentation

– Information files in your operating system

1.3 Notational conventions

The following notational conventions are used in this manual:

Text in italics indicates commands or menu items.

"Quotation marks" indicate names of chapters and terms that are being

emphasized.

Êdescribes activities that must be performed in the order

shown.

VCAUTION! pay particular attention to texts marked with this symbol.

Failure to observe this warning may endanger your life,

destroy the system or lead to the loss of data.

Iindicates additional information, notes and tips.

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2 Functional overview

The PRIMERGY BX920 S4 server blade is an Intel-based dual-socket server

blade. It is ideal for use in data centers belonging to enterprises or Internet

service providers, and makes an excellent large application server, terminal

server for compute-intensive applications or DBMS server.

2.1 Features

Intel®Xeon®processor

The server blade is equipped with an Intel®Xeon®processor E5-2400 v2 family

for high-speed data processing.

Customer Self Service (CSS)

The PRIMERGY Customer Self Service (CSS) concept enables you to identify

and replace the affected component yourself in the case of certain error

scenarios.

In the CSS concept, you can replace the following components yourself in the

event of an error:

– Solid state disk drives / Hard disk drive

– Memory modules

– Expansion cards

For information on replacing these components, see the "PRIMERGY

BX920 S4 Server Blade Upgrade and Maintenance Manual".

CSS indicators on the control panel of the PRIMERGY server provide you with

information if a CSS event arises.

In addition, CSS errors are displayed in the ServerView Operations Manager,

the server management software from Fujitsu.

In the event of errors, the ServerView Operations Manager refers you directly

to the affected component and its order information in the Illustrated Spares

catalog of the server in question. (This feature is not available for the Japanese

market.)

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IFurther information on the CSS concept is provided in the "PRIMERGY

ServerView Suite Local Service Concept - LSC" manual on the Fujitsu

manuals server.

For the latest information on optional products provided for the BX920 S4

Server Blade see the configurator of the server:

http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/index.html

(for the EMEA market)

http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/system/

(for the Japanese market)

System board

The features of the system board are described in the Upgrade and

Maintenance Manual for the hardware.

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for safer storage of keys can be implemented

as an option. This module enables programs from third party manufacturers to

store key information (e.g. drive encryption using Windows Bitlocker Drive

Encryption).

The TPM is activated via the BIOS system (for more information, refer to the

“D3142 BIOS Setup Utility for PRIMERGY BX920 S4 Reference Manual").

VCAUTION!

– When using the TPM, note the program descriptions provided by the

third party manufacturers.

– You must also create a backup of the TPM content. To do this, follow

the third party manufacturer's instructions. Without this backup, if the

TPM or the system board is faulty you will not be able to access your

data.

– If a failure occurs, please inform your service about the TPM

activation before it takes any action, and be prepared to provide them

with your backup copies of the TPM content.

Hard disk drives (HDD) / Solid state drives (SSD)

The server blade can be equipped with a maximum of two 2.5-inch HDD/SSD

modules.

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Each HDD/SSD module can accommodate an SAS/SATA hard disk drive or an

SAS/SATA SSD drive. The module is connected to the SAS/SATA backplane

wirelessly. This allows HDD/SSD modules to be plugged in or pulled out easily.

Two SAS/SATA hard disk drives or SAS/SATA SSD drives can be controlled by

the onboard SAS/SATA controller.

Mixed configurations of SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, SAS SSDs and SATA SSDs

within the same logical drive (RAID array) are not supported.

If the server blade has a corresponding RAID configuration, HDD/SSD modules

can also be replaced during operation.

Onboard CNA controller

A CNA controller is integrated on the system board; up to 4 x 1 Gbit/s or

2x 10 Gbit/s can be selected on the CNA controller.

For more information on configuring the controller, see section "Configuring the

onboard CNA controller" on page 56.

Onboard SAS/SATA controller

A SAS/SATA controller is integrated on the system board; up to two SAS/SATA

hard disk drives or SAS/SATA SSD drives can be connected to the controller.

The LSI Embedded MegaRAID software (SATA Software RAID) supports RAID

levels 0, 1 and 10. The SAS functionality needs to be enabled separately by

using an onboard SAS enabling key.

For more information on configuring the controller, see section "Configuring the

onboard SAS/SATA controller" on page 55.

SAS/SATA RAID controller

The server blade is available with the following SAS/SATA RAID controllers for

operating the internal SAS/SATA hard disk drives:

– Modular RAID 5/6 controller with "MegaRAID functionality" (SAS

MegaRAID) for SAS1.0 and SAS2.0

RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 1E, 5, 50, 6 and 60 are supported for internal hard disk

drive configurations. As an option, a flash backup unit (FBU) can save the

memory content even if the power fails. Cache memory size of 512 Mbyte is

available.

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IFor more information on configuring the controller, see section

"Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller" on page 55.

Slots for expansion cards

The server blade supports two optional mezzanine cards. This enables Fibre

Channel connections, Infiniband connections and/or additional Ethernet

connections to be implemented.

The following mezzanine cards are available for the server blade:

– 1 Gbit/s Ethernet mezzanine card with 4 ports

– 6 Gbit/s SAS HBA mezzanine card

– 6 Gbit/s SAS expander mezzanine card

– 6 Gbit/s SAS RAID mezzanine card

– 8 Gbit/s Fiber channel mezzanine card with 2 ports

– 10 Gbit/s Ethernet mezzanine card with 2 ports

– 10 Gbit/s CNA mezzanine card with 2 ports

– 40-Gbit/s Infiniband mezzanine card with 2 ports

– 56-Gbit/s Infiniband mezzanine card with 2 ports

IIf a server blade is configured with one or two mezzanine cards, this does

not exclude other configurations for any of the other server blades in a

system unit.

If you want to install mezzanine cards in server blades, the system unit

must be fitted with the corresponding Fibre Channel, SAS, Infiniband

and/or Ethernet connection blades. You can find detailed information

about the equipping rules for connection blades in the operating manual

for the system unit.

Mezzanine cards may only be installed and removed by authorized,

qualified personnel. The procedure is described in the PRIMERGY

BX920 S4 server blade Upgrade and Maintenance Manual.

USB flash module (UFM)

A UFM (USB flash module) can also be configured.

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Graphics controller

The server blade has an onboard graphics controller (integrated in the iRMC

controller). A monitor can be connected via the Y-cable on the front of the server

blade.

IFor peripherals like keyboard, mouse, display, optical drive, etc.

Advanced Video Redirection and Virtual Media connection by iRMC is

recommended.

External ports

The server blade has the following ports on the front:

– One USB port

– One port for a special Y-cable , with 2 USB ports and one VGA port.

High level of availability and data security

When memory data is accessed, 1-bit errors are identified in the main memory

and automatically corrected with the error correcting code (ECC) method.

ASR&R (Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart) restarts the system in

the event of an error and automatically "hides" the defective system

components.

The PDA (Prefailure Detection and Analyzing) technology from Fujitsu

Technology Solutions analyzes and monitors all components that are critical for

system reliability.

iRMC with integrated management LAN connector

IThe server blade can use iRMC Advanced Video Redirection and

Virtual Media as a standard function. Therefore, the license key to the

option is unnecessary.

The iRMC (integrated Remote Management Controller) is a Baseboard

Management Controller (BMC) with integrated management LAN connector

and expanded functionality that was previously only available with additional

plug-in cards. In this way, the iRMC enables complete control of PRIMERGY

servers, regardless of system status, and thus particularly the control of

PRIMERGY servers that are in the "out-of-band" system status.

Major functions supported by the iRMC include the following:

●Browser access via iRMC’s own web server

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●Secure communication (SSH, SSL)

●Power Management for the managed server (depending on its system

status)

●Power Consumption Management

●Connecting virtual drives as remote storage

●Text-based and graphic console bypass (Advanced Video Redirection)

●Virtual Media

●Command Line Interface (CLI)

●Simple, interactive or script-based iRMC configuration

●Customer Self Service (CSS)

●iRMC’s own user management

●Multi-computer, global iRMC user administration using an LDAP Directory

Service

●Automatic network configuration via DNS / DHCP

●Power supply of the iRMC via the system standby supply

●Full-coverage alarm management

●System Event Log (SEL) reading and processing

●IPMI support

●CIM / WS-MAN support

●Internal Event Log for user login/logout auditing

More information about the iRMC can be found in the "iRMC S4 - integrated

Remote Management Controller" user guide (on the Fujitsu manual server

under Industry Standard Servers - Software - ServerView Suite - Out-Of-Band

Management).

Server management

Server management is implemented using the ServerView Operations Manager

supplied and the PDA (Prefailure Detection and Analysis) technology from

Fujitsu. PDA reports the threat of a system error or overload at an early stage,

allowing preventive measures to be taken.

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Functional overview

The ServerView Operations Manager enables the management of all

PRIMERGY servers in the network via a central console. The ServerView

Operations Manager supports the following functions:

●Round-the-clock monitoring, regardless of server status

●High-performance, graphical console bypass (AVR) protected by

HTTPS/SSL (128 bit)

●Virtual Media via USB

●Remote power on

●Temperature monitoring of the CPU and the surrounding area

●Detailed status and error reports for processors and main memory

●Watchdog timer for Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart (ASR&R)

in the event that memory modules or processors fail

●Power monitoring

●End-of-life monitoring of fans with prompt notification before failure

●Watchdog timer for monitoring the operating system with ASR&R

Further information on the ServerView Operations Manager is provided in the

associated documentation.

ServerView Installation Manager

You can configure the PRIMERGY server quickly and precisely with the

ServerView Installation Manager software provided. User-guided menus are

available for installing the server operating system (for further details see

section "Configuring the Server Blade" on page 52).

Service and support

PRIMERGY servers are service-friendly and modular, thus enabling quick and

simple maintenance. The two redundant hot-pluggable management blades of

the system unit, with independent LAN and COM ports for management, enable

comprehensive remote administration of the server blade. Together, they allow

remote diagnosis for system analysis, remote configuration and remote restart,

even in the case of operating system failure or hardware errors.

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2.2 Server specification

This section explains the specifications for the server blade. The specifications

for this server blade are liable to be updated without any notice. Please be

forewarned.

System Board

Processor

Memory modules configuration

Interfaces

System board type D3142-B100

Chipset Intel®C600

Processor quantity and

type

2x Intel®Xeon®processor E5-2400 v2 product family

Memory slots 12 slots in total; 6 slots per CPU

Memory slot type DIMM (DDR3): LRDIMM, RDIMM

Memory capacity

(min. - max.)

4 GB - 768 GB

Memory protection Advanced ECC; Memory Scrubbing, SDDC

(Chipkill™); Memory Mirroring support; Hot-spare

memory support

Memory notes Memory Mirroring with identical modules in both

channel pairs of a bank (2 modules per bank), Rank

sparing or Performance Mode with the spare rank

module having identical or larger memory capacity

than all the other ranks on the same channel

USB connectors 4 x USB 2.0 (1x front , 2x front via Y-cable, 1x

internal)

Graphics (15-pin) 1 x VGA via Y-cable (front)

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