Fujitsu Primergy BX900 S2 User manual

Operating Manual - English
PRIMERGY BX900 S2
Blade Server
System Unit Operating Manual
Edition December 2012

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BX900S2 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.)
Technology controlled by the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade
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Documents produced by Fujitsu may contain technology controlled by the
Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law of Japan. Documents which
contain such technology should not be exported from Japan or transferred to
non-residents of Japan without first obtaining authorization in accordance with
the above law.
Harmonic Current Standards
This product conforms to harmonic current standard JIS C 61000-3-2.
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)

BX900S2 Operating Manual
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2 System unit specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3 Installation steps, overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.3 FCC Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.4 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.1 Unpacking the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.2 Installing/removing the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.2.1 Installation in PRIMECENTER/DataCenter rack . . . . . . . . . 51
5.2.2 Installing/removing the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.3 Connecting devices to the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.1 Cable routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4 Connecting the system unit to the mains . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4.1 Using cable ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . 65

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6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1 Control and display elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1.1 Front of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1.1.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.1.1.2 LEDs on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.1.1.3 ID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.1.2 Back of system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.1.2.1 Control and display elements on the management blade . . . 73
6.1.2.2 Indicators on the hot-plug power supply units . . . . . . . . . 76
6.1.2.3 Indicators on the hot-plug fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.1.3 Indicators and connectors of the connection blades . . . . . . . 78
6.1.3.1 Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 18/6 (SB6) . . . . . . . . 78
6.1.3.2 Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/12 (SB11A) . . . . . . 79
6.1.3.3 Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/8+2 (SB11) . . . . . . 81
6.1.3.4 Connection Blade 10 GbE Switch/IBP 18/8 . . . . . . . . . . 83
6.1.3.5 Connection Blade Ethernet Pass Thru 10Gb 18/18 . . . . . . 85
6.1.3.6 Connection Blade 8Gb FC Switch 18/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
6.1.3.7 Connection Blade 8Gb FC Pass Thru 18/18 . . . . . . . . . 87
6.1.3.8 Connection Blade DCB SW 10Gb 18/6+6 . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6.1.3.9 Connection Blade FEX B22F 10Gb (Cisco) . . . . . . . . . . 90
6.1.3.10 Connection Blade Infiniband Switch 40 Gb 18/18 . . . . . . 91
6.1.3.11 Connection Blade Infiniband Switch 56 Gb 18/18 FDR . . . . 92
6.1.3.12 Connection Blade SAS Switch 6 Gb 18/6 . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.2 Switching the system unit on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
6.3 Configuring management blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6.4 Cleaning the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.1 System power indicator does not light up . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.2 Front or back error LED flashes orange . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.3 System switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

BX900S2 Operating Manual 7
1 Introduction
The PRIMERGY BX900 S2 system unit is a highly compact, energy-saving and
scalable server system for installation in a 19-inch rack. The BX900 S2 system
unit has space for up to 18 server and storage blades.
With its advanced infrastructure modules, the BX900 S2 system unit offers the
server blades a high level of connectivity and availability. These include hot-plug
connection blades, redundant management blades and power supply units, the
server management of the ServerView suite, Prefailure Detection and
Analyzing (PDA), and Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart (ASR&R).
Security functions in the BIOS-Setup of the server blades and on the system
boards protect the data on the blade server from manipulation. Additional
security is provided by the lockable rack door.
The BX900 S2 system unit takes up 10 height units (U) in the rack.
1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual
This operating manual describes how to install, set up and operate your system
unit.
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 BX900 S2 system unit 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 BX900 S2 system unit can be found in
the following documents:
– "Quick Start Hardware - PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Blade Server" leaflet
"はじめにお読みく ださい -PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Blade Server" for the
Japanese market
(only included as a printed copy)
– "Quick Start Software - Quick Installation Guide" DVD booklet
(only included with the ServerView Suite as a printed copy)
– "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
– "Returning used devices" manual and "Service Desk" leaflet
"サポー ト ＆サービ ス " for the Japanese market
– "PRIMERGY BX900 S2 System Unit Operating Manual"
– "PRIMERGY BX900 S2 System Unit Upgrade and Maintenance Manual"
– “PRIMERGY BX900 Blade Server Systems ServerView Management
Blade S1" User Interface Description

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Introduction
IPRIMERGY manuals are available in PDF format on the
ServerView Suite DVD 2. The ServerView Suite DVD 2 is part of the
ServerView Suite supplied with every server.
If you no longer have the ServerView Suite DVDs, you can obtain the
relevant current versions using the order number U15000-C289 (the
order number for the Japanese market: please refer to the configurator
of the server http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/system/).
The PDF files of the manuals can also be downloaded free of charge
from the Internet. The overview page showing the online documentation
available on the Internet can be found using the URL (for EMEA market):
http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com. The PRIMERGY server documentation can
be accessed using the Industry standard servers navigation option.
For the Japanese market:
Please refer to the following URL for the latest product manuals:
http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/manual/
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 on the ServerView Suite DVD 2
– Manual for the monitor
– Documentation for the boards and drives
– Operating system documentation
– Information files in your operating system

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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
This section provides information on the features and technical data of the
PRIMERGY BX900 S2 system unit.
2.1 Features
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:
– Hot-plug power supply units
– System fans
For information on replacing these components, see the "PRIMERGY
BX900 S2 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual".
CSS indicators on the control panel and on the back of the PRIMERGY server
provide you with information if a CSS event arises.
The ServerView Local Service Display for Blade enables you to identify the type
of component affected by the error directly on the server.
In addition, CSS errors are displayed in the management blade web interface
and 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.)
IFor the latest information on optional products provided for the BX900 S2
system unit see the configurator of the system unit:
http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/index.html
(for the EMEA market)

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http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/system/
(for the Japanese market)
Server blades
The PRIMERGY BX900 S2 system unit has 18 half height or 9 full height bays
on the front for server or storage blades.
Figure 1: Numbering of the server blade slots
1 234175678
9 10111218 13141516

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Functional overview
The following server blades are available for the BX900 S2 system unit.
PRIMERGY BX920 S2 server blade
Processor type Intel®Xeon®5500 or 5600 series
Processor quantity 1 - 2
Max. per system unit 18
Memory slots 9
Maximum memory capacity 144 GB
PRIMERGY BX920 S3 server blade
Processor type Intel®Xeon®processor E5-2400
family
Processor quantity 1 - 2
Max. per system unit 18
Memory slots 12
Maximum memory capacity 384 GB
PRIMERGY BX922 S2 server blade
Processor type Intel®Xeon®5500 or 5600 series
Processor quantity 1 - 2
Max. per system unit 18
Memory slots 12
Maximum memory capacity 192 GB
PRIMERGY BX924 S2 server blade
Processor type Intel®Xeon®5500 or 5600 series
Processor quantity 1 - 2
Max. per system unit 18
Memory slots 18
Maximum memory capacity 288 GB

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IThe maximum number of installable server blades depends on the
number of power supply units and fan modules fitted in the system unit,
the available mains voltage and the redundant power supply
requirements, see the "PRIMERGY BX900 S2 System Unit Upgrade and
Maintenance Manual".
For further information on the server blades, see the relevant operating
manuals.
PRIMERGY BX924 S3 server blade
Processor type Intel®Xeon®processor E5-2600
family
Processor quantity 1 - 2
Max. per system unit 18
Memory slots 24
Maximum memory capacity 768 GB
PRIMERGY BX960 S1 server blade
Processor type Intel®Xeon®7500 series
Processor quantity 2 - 4
Max. per system unit 9
Memory slots 32
Maximum memory capacity 512 GB

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Storage blades
Storage blades can be used to extend the internal storage capacity of the server
blades.
PRIMERGY SX910 S1 storage blade
Storage media LTO tape drive
Tape slots quantity 1
Max. per system unit 6
Installable in slots 2 - 17 - 7 - 10 - 18 - 15
Connected to server blade in the adjacent slot to
the left or to the right
PRIMERGY SX940 S1 storage blade
Storage media 2.5 inch HDD or SSD modules
Disk slots quantity 4
Max. per system unit 6
Installable in slots 2 - 17 - 7 - 10 - 18 - 15
Connected to server blade in the adjacent slot to
the left or to the right
PRIMERGY SX960 S1 storage blade
Storage media 2.5 inch HDD or SSD modules
Disk slots quantity 10
Max. per system unit 2
Installable in slots 7/8 - 15/16
Connected to server blade in the adjacent slot to
the left

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PRIMERGY SX980 S1 storage blade
Storage media 2.5 inch HDD or SSD modules
Disk slots quantity 10
Max. per system unit 3
Installable in slots 1/2 - 3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8 - 9/10 - 11/12 -
13/14 - 15/16
Connected to server blades with SAS
mezzanine card via SAS
connection blade
PRIMERGY SX980 S2 storage blade
Storage media 2.5 inch HDD or SSD modules
Disk slots quantity 10
Max. per system unit 3
Installable in slots 1/2 - 3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8 - 9/10 - 11/12 -
13/14 - 15/16
Connected to server blades with SAS
mezzanine card via SAS
connection blade
IThis storage blade provides dual port / redundant SAS
connections to the SAS drives.

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Functional overview
Connection blades
The PRIMERGY BX900 S2 system unit has eight slots for connection blades on
the back. Connection blades provide the installed server blades with
connections to the Ethernet LAN as well as to SAN environments and SAS
storage environments.
The connection blade slots of the BX900 S2 system unit are numbered as
follows.
Figure 2: Connection blade slots
CB1
CB3
CB5
CB7
CB2
CB4
CB6
CB8
Fabric 1
Fabric 2
Fabric 3
Fabric 4

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Each pair of adjacent connection blade slots forms a so-called fabric. The
following table shows how you can fill the fabrics and which network
components of the server blades they are connected to:
VCAUTION!
●The downlink ports of connection blades DCB SW 10Gb and FEX
B22F 10Gb (Cisco) operate only at 10 Gb link speed.
●The two connection blades within a fabric must have the same
technology, i.e. either Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SAS or Infiniband.
System unit Server blade
Connection blade slots
Fabric 1
CB1: 1Gb Ethernet or CB2: 1Gb Ethernet or
10 Gb Ethernet or 10 Gb Ethernet or Onboard LAN controller /
DCB SW 10Gb or DCB SW 10Gb or Onboard CNA controller
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco)
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco)
Fabric 2
CB3: 1Gb Ethernet or CB4: 1Gb Ethernet or
Mezzanine card 1
10 Gb Ethernet or 10 Gb Ethernet or
DCB SW 10Gb or DCB SW 10Gb or
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco) or
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco) or
Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel or
Infiniband (CB3/4)
Fabric 3
CB5: 1Gb Ethernet or CB6: 1Gb Ethernet or
Mezzanine card 2
10 Gb Ethernet or 10 Gb Ethernet or
DCB SW 10Gb or DCB SW 10Gb or
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco) or
FEX B22F 10Gb
(Cisco) or
Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel or
SAS or SAS or
Infiniband (CB5/6)
Fabric 4
CB7: 1Gb Ethernet or CB8: 1Gb Ethernet or
Infiniband (CB7/8)
Table 1: Fitting rules for connection blade slots

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When filling the slots in fabrics 2, 3 and 4, also make sure the server blades are
fitted with the appropriate mezzanine cards.
IFor information about port assignment of connection blades and
corresponding mezzanine cards, please refer to the "PRIMERGY
BX900 S2 System Unit Upgrade and Maintenance Manual".
The following connection blades are available for the BX900 S2 system unit:
Ethernet connection blades
Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 18/6 (SB6)
18 internal 1-Gbit/s ports to the server blades
6 external 1-Gbit/s ports through RJ45 connections
Installable in all connection blade slots
IThis connection blade can be used as a layer-2 switch or an
Intelligent Blade Panel (IBP).
1Gb Ethernet connection blades in slots CB3/4 (fabric 2), CB5/6
(fabric 3) and CB7/8 (fabric 4) only support server blades that
are fitted with an 1 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card.
Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/12 (SB11A)
36 internal 1-Gbit/s ports to the server blades
8 external 1-Gbit/s ports through RJ45 connections
4 external 1-Gbit/s ports through SFP modules
Installable in all connection blade slots
IThis connection can be used as a layer-2 switch or an Intelligent
Blade Panel (IBP).
1 Gb Ethernet connection blades in slots CB3/4 (fabric 2),
CB5/6 (fabric 3) and CB7/8 (fabric 4) only support server blades
that are fitted with an 1 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card.

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Connection Blade GbE Switch/IBP 36/8+2 (SB11)
36 internal 1-Gbit/s ports to the server blades
8 external 1-Gbit/s ports through RJ45 connections
2 external 10-Gbit/s ports through SFP+ modules via fiber-optic or
copper cable
1 internal stacking port to the midplane of the BX900 S2 system unit
1 external stacking port through a CX4 connection
Installable in all connection blade slots
IThis connection blade can be used as a layer-2 switch or an
Intelligent Blade Panel (IBP).
The stacking ports allow up to 8 SB11 connection blades to be
switched together to form a so-called stack, see the
"PRIMERGY BX900 S2 System Unit Upgrade and Maintenance
Manual".
1 Gb Ethernet connection blades in slots CB3/4 (fabric 2),
CB5/6 (fabric 3) and CB7/8 (fabric 4) only support server blades
that are fitted with an 1 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card.