Fujitsu Primergy BX920 S4 User manual

Operating Manual - English

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.

Operating Manual BX920 S4

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/

BX920 S4 Operating Manual

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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BX920 S4 Operating Manual

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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Contents

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.

10 Operating Manual BX920 S4

Introduction

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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