Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX300 User manual

PRIMERGY
PRIMERGY BX300
Blade Server System
Operating Manual
Xenia Fierley / Martin Jung
Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH München
81730 Munich
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Introduction
Overview: Blade Server System Installation Steps
Important Notes
Installing the Hardware
Preparation for Use and Operation
Blade Server System LAN Port Assignment
Property and Data Protection
The Server Blade
The Switch Blade
The Management Blade
Continued

The Power Supply Concept
The Ventilation Concept
Troubleshooting and Tips
Related Publications and Index

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Contents
1Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Overview of the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Blade Server System Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Overview: Blade Server System
Installation Steps 11
3 Important Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1 Notes On Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Components With Electrostatic Sensitive Devices . . . . . . . 18
3.3 CE Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 FCC Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5 Notes On Installing Into the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.6 Transporting the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.7 Environmental Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Installing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1 Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2 Unpacking the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3 Installing the System Into the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.3.1 Mounting the Assembly Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.3.2 Mounting/Removing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.4 Cabling the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.4.1 Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.4.2 Cable Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.4.3 Instructions On Connecting and Disconnecting Cables . . . . . 39
4.5 Connecting the System to the Line Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5 Preparation for Use and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.1 System Operating and Indicator Elements . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.1.1 The Front Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.1.2 The Rear Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.2 Switching the Server System ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.3 Management Blade Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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5.4 Updating BX300 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.4.1 Updating the Server Blade Firmware (BIOS and BMC) . . . . . 51
5.4.1.1 Using an USB Floppy Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.4.1.2 Using TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.4.2 Updating the Management Blade firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.4.3 Updating the Switch Blade firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6 Blade Server System LAN Port Assignment . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.1 One LAN Switch Blade / 10 Server Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.2 Two Redundant LAN Switch Blades / 10 Server Blades . . . . . 64
6.3 Four LAN Switch Blades / 11 or More Server Blades . . . . . . . 65
6.4 LAN Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.5 Additional LAN Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7 Property and Data Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.1 BIOS Setup Security Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8 The Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.1 Server Blade Pentium® III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.1.1 CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
8.1.2 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
8.2 Server Blade Pentium® M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.2.1 CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.2.2 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.3 Control and Connection Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
8.4 PCI Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.4.1 LAN-PCI Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.4.2 FC-PCI Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8.5 Exchanging/Adding Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.5.1 Installing SDRAM/DDR RAM Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.5.2 Installing an Additional Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.5.3 Exchanging a Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8.5.4 Exchanging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.5.5 Adding PCI Module to the Server Blade Pentium® M . . . . . . 88
8.6 Adding/Removing a Server Blade to/from the System . . . . . . 95
8.6.1 Server Blade Pentium® III/M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
8.6.2 Server Blade Pentium® M with attached PCI Module . . . . . 101
9 The Switch Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
9.1 Control and Connection Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
9.2 Installing a Switch Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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10 The Management Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
10.1 Control and Connection Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
10.2 Exchanging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
10.3 Exchanging a Management Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
11 The Power Supply Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
11.1 Power Supply Unit (PSU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
11.1.1 Replacing a Power Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
11.2 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
12 The Ventilation Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
12.1 The Front Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
12.1.1 Replacing the Front Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
12.2 The Rear Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
12.2.1 Replacing the Rear Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
13 Troubleshooting and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
13.1 System beeps three times and stands still . . . . . . . . . . . 133
13.2 System Power LED Remains Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
13.3 Front or Rear Identify/Fault LED Blinks Amber . . . . . . . . . 134
13.4 System Switches Itself OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
13.5 Screen Remains Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
13.6 Flickering Stripes On the Monitor Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
13.7 No Screen Display or Display Drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
13.8 No Mouse Pointer Displayed On the Screen . . . . . . . . . . 137
13.9 Floppy Disk Cannot Be Read/Written . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
13.10 Time and Date Are Not Correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
13.11 Server Blade Does Not Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
13.12 Drive Reported as Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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1 Introduction
The PRIMERGY BX300 Blade Server System represents the next Fujitsu
Siemens Computers generation of highly compact, power-saving and scalable
servers for integration in 19-inch rack systems.
As economical, ultra-compact systems, the mono or dual CPU server blades
are ideal for use by company data centers and Internet service providers. They
are perfectly suited for web or caching services, terminal server farms, as well
as for communications or front-end applications.
The PRIMERGY BX300 Blade Server System offers a high level of reliability
and availability through highly developed hardware and software components.
This includes hot-swappable server blades, switch blades, management blades,
hot-swappable power supply units and fan modules, the server management
software ServerView, and RemoteDeploy, Prefailure Detection and Analysing
(PDA), and Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart (ASR&R).
Security functions in the BIOS Setup protect the data on the server against
manipulation. Additional security is provided by the lockable rack door.
The server chassis occupies only 3 height units in the rack and can provide the
environment for 20 server blades.
Figure 1: PRIMERGY BX300 Blade Server Systems in a PRIMECENTER Rack

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Overview of the Documentation Introduction
1.1 Overview of the Documentation
IPRIMERGY manuals are available in PDF format on the ServerBooks
CD. The ServerBooks CD is part of the ServerStart Bundle delivered with
each server system.
The PDF files for the manuals can also be downloaded free of charge
from the Internet. The overview page showing the online documentation
available in the Internet can be found via the URL: http://manuals.fujitsu-
siemens.com
Concept and Target Group of this Manual
This operating manual is intended for those responsible for installing the
hardware and operating the system. The manual contains all the information
required for mounting and operating your PRIMERGY BX300 Blade Server
System.
For a short overview of the installation steps please refer to chapter 2 on
page 11ff.
To understand the different expansion options, you need a knowledge of
hardware and data transmission, as well as basic knowledge of the operating
system used.
Other Components of the PRIMERGY BX300 Documentation set
To the PRIMERGY BX300 documentation set belong the following manuals:
– “Safety” manual (print version delivered together with the system, PDF
version available on the ServerBooks CD)
– “Warranty” manual (print version delivered together with the system, PDF
version available on the ServerBooks CD)
– “Ergonomics” manual (PDF version available on the ServerBooks CD)
– “BIOS Setup V4.06“ manual (PDF version available on the ServerBooks CD)
– "ServerView Suite" includes the ServerStart CD, the ServerBooks CD and the
ServerSupport CDs. The PDF version of the user manual „PRIMERGY
ServerView Suite - ServerStart“ is also available on the ServerBooks CD.
IIf you need a backup of the ServerBooks CD, send the details of your
server via email address: [email protected].

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Introduction Blade Server System Concept
– “PRIMERGY BX Blade Server Systems: RemoteView Management Blade -
User Interface Description“ (PDF version available on the ServerBooks CD)
– “PRIMERGY BX LAN Switch Blade - User Interface Description“ manual
(PDF version available on the ServerBooks CD)
Further Sources of Information
Further information is provided:
– in the RemoteDeploy manual (only relevant for cloning server blades)
– in the technical manual for the rack
– in the manual for the monitor
– in the ServerView Server Management manual
– in the manual for the Remote Test and Diagnostic System RemoteView
– in your operating system documentation
– in the information files of your operating system
(see also “Related Publications” on page 141).
1.2 Blade Server System Concept
The Blade Server System concept is a modular concept which separates the
I/O functionality (switch blade) from the CPU (server blade). Two management
blades with an integrated management solution for complete redundant remote
administration of the system are also implemented. Fault tolerance on a
complete blade system level is also maintained by using two redundant, hot-
swap power supply units (PSU), as well as hot-swap, redundant fans.
The server blade combines all the core components of a traditional server on a
hot-swap card. It contains one or two CPUs, the main memory and one or two
hard disk drives on which the operating system is installed.
The use of notebook technology and low-voltage Pentium®III CPU’s or
Pentium®M CPU’s as well as using common power supply units reduce the size
of the hot-swap card to that of an add-on adapter card as used in PCI slots. This
small size allows for high-density with very little power consumption.
The headless design without any connections for keyboard or mouse ports
allows complete remote administration of hardware and software features. VGA
and USB connectors at the front of each server blade can be used for local, on-
site maintenance.

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With a maximum of two hard disk drives and on-board RAID functionality,
enough capacity is available for installation of the operating system or applica-
tions with static content such as web server or terminal server software.
In order to use PCI (33 MHz or 66 MHz) or PCI-X low profile expander controller
cards for configurations with external hard disk drives or storage subsystems
the server blade Pentium®M can be expanded with LAN-PCI or FC-PCI
modules.
A fully redundant, hot-swap design of the server blade ensures that blades can
be added or exchanged without interruption of service. The compact design
allows up to 20 server blades to be installed in a chassis of only 3 HU (height
units) in a 19-inch rack.
All data traffic into and out of the Blade Server System moves via LAN connec-
tions. A common backplane in the server chassis with four redundant switch
blades provides high-speed LAN access via multiple Gigabit interfaces.
Each switch blade has ten downlink ports to the server blades and three uplink
ports to layer-3 switches. These LAN connections provide the only I/O function-
ality for the server blade.
The two management blades have separate LAN connections for maintaining
accessibility to the system even when the standard traffic network connections
are down.
1.3 Features
CPU
One or two low-voltage (LV) Intel®Pentium®III processors with 800 MHz up to
1 GHz and 512 kB second-level cache and/or Pentium®M processors with 1.4
GHz or 1.6 GHz and 1 MB second-level cache in up to 20 hot-swappable CPU
server blades ensure high data throughput and system performance.
Memory
There are two memory sockets available on each server blade. The server
blade Pentium®III can be populated with 256 MB, 512 MB or 1 GB 133 MHz-
SDRAM, the server blade Pentium®M with 512 MB 1 GB or 2 GB
200 MHz-DDR RAM modules. The maximum memory expansion is for 2 GB for
server blades Pentium®III and 4 GB for server blades Pentium®M.
ECC with memory scrubbing function is standard.

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Hard Disk Drives
Each server blade can accommodate two 2.5-inch IDE hard disk drives (HDD)
with 20, 40, 60 or 80 GB. The maximum hard disk capacity on one server blade
is 160 (2x80) GB in a RAID 0 configuration. Usually two disks are mirrored in a
RAID 1 configuration. On-board IDE-RAID controller is standard.
LAN Availability
Each server blade has two Gigabit LAN channels. Each of the four switch blades
has 10 Gigabit downlink and three uplink ports for 10/100/1000 Base TX.
Power Supply
Two hot-swappable power supply units which adjust automatically to any power
voltage in the range 100 V - 127V or 200 V - 240 V in a redundant power supply
configuration ensure enough power for the system. If one of these units fails, the
second one ensures that operation continues unimpaired. The defective power
supply unit can be replaced during operation (hot-swap).
Ventilation
The system is kept cool by three fans in each power supply unit and five fans in
the front panel in a redundant and hot-swappable configuration with the two rear
fans.
Make sure that the system is always populated with two power supply
units.
High Level of Availability and Failure Protection
When memory data is accessed, 1-bit errors in the main memory are recog-
nized and automatically corrected with the ECC (Error Correcting Code)
method.
ASR&R (Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart) restarts the system in
the case of an error and automatically “hides” the defective system components.
The PDA (Prefailure Detection and Analyzing) technology from Fujitsu Siemens
Computers analyzes and monitors all components relevant for system reliability.
The on-board IDE-RAID controllers support RAID Levels 0 and 1 and increase
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The hot-swappable components provide additional failure protection. Failure
protection on a complete blade system is ensured by the two redundant, hot-
swap power supply units (PSU), as well as hot-swap, redundant fans.
Server Management
Server management is implemented via the supplied ServerView software and
PDA (Prefailure Detection and Analyzing) technology from Fujitsu Siemens
Computers. PDA warns of system errors or overloading before they occur so
that preventive measures can be taken.
ServerView allows the management of all PRIMERGY servers in the network via
a central console. Here ServerView supports the following functions:
●Remote startup (Wake On LAN)
●Temperature monitoring of the CPU and the surrounding area
●Watchdog timer for Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart (ASR&R)
in the event of failure of memory modules or processors
●Power monitoring
●End-of-life monitoring of the fans with timely notification before a failure
●Watchdog timer for operating system monitoring and application monitoring
with ASR&R
Deployment software makes installation of many servers fast and easy. You find
further information in the corresponding documentation (see “Related Publica-
tions” on page 141).
Information on server management with ServerView is provided in the associated
documentation (see also “Related Publications” on page 141).
ServerStart
You can configure the server quickly and precisely with the ServerStart software
provided. User-guided menus are available for installing the server operating
systems.

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Service and Support
PRIMERGY servers are service-friendly and modular, thus allowing quick and
easy maintenance.
IFor the easy and immediate recognition the levers or handles and locking
buttons (touch points) of the locking mechanism for the different hot-plug
or hot-swap components are implemented in green color.
The flash EPROM program supplied with the Fujitsu Siemens utilities supports
fast BIOS Update. The two redundant and hot-swappable management blades
with independent management LAN and COM ports ensure complete remote
control. Together they facilitate remote diagnosis for system analysis, remote
configuration, and remote restart should the operating system or hardware fail.
1.4 Notational Conventions
The following notational conventions are used in this manual:
Italics indicate commands, menu items or software programs.
“Quotation marks” indicate names of chapters and terms that should be
emphasized.
Êtext which follows this symbol describes activities that
must be performed in the order given.
VCAUTION! pay particular attention to text marked with this symbol.
Failure to observe this warning may endanger your life,
damage the server, or lead to loss of data.
Ithis symbol introduces supplementary information,
remarks, and tips.
Table 1: Notational Conventions

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1.5 Technical Data
Electrical Data (power supply unit with 1200 W)
Compliance Standards
Approvals
Rated voltage range 100 -127 V / 200 - 240 V
Rated frequency 50 Hz - 60 Hz
Max. rated current: 100 -127 V / 11 A
200 - 240 V / 6,6 A
Max. active power 100 -127 V / 850 W
200 - 240 V / 1200 W
Max. apparent power 100 -127 V / 946 VA
200 -240 V / 1183 VA
Thermal dissipation range 1100 kJh (1043 BTU) - 4450 kJh (4218 BTU)
Protection class I
Product safety and ergonomics IEC 60950 / EN 60950 / UL 60950 3rd. Ed.,
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 3rd. Ed.
Electromagnetic compatibility FCC class A
Emitted interference EN 55022 class A
Harmonic current EN 61000-3-2
Noise immunity EN 55024
CE label
according to EU directives
Low-Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC
Electromagnetic Compatibility 89/336/EEC
Product safety
Global CB
Europe ENEC
USA/Canada CSAUS / CSAC
Japan VCCI

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Mechanical Values
Weight
max. 64.8 kg (depending on the configuration)
Environmental Conditions
Condensation during operation must be avoided.
Noise Level
Width 435 mm
Installation depth 740 mm
Total depth (with front panel) 775 mm
Height 130 mm or 3HU
Environment class 3K2
Environment class 2K2
EN 60721 / IEC 721 section 3-3
EN 60721 / IEC 721 section 3-2
Temperature:
Operation (3K2)
Transport (2K2)
5 °C .... 35 °C
-25 °C .... 60 °C
Relative humidity 10%...85%
Sound power level LWAd (ISO 7779) 7,4 BA
Sound pressure level at bystander position
LpAm (ISO 7779) ≤56,6 dB(A) (in the
standard configuration